Chapter 16 Accidents Happen

Fatty Huai Yi and Jiang Cheng were in the same boat, so he naturally had no objections to Jiang Cheng's actions. Even Wang Qi didn't say anything and just walked with the group.

However, it was getting dark earlier and earlier, and no one could be sure if they would come out of the school clinic and find it was already dark.

This was a bit of a risk.

After all, walking around Jiangtan University just as it was getting dark, who could say for sure if those teachers and students who disappeared almost instantly might suddenly appear?

Of course, in another form, suddenly appear.

"Mr. Jiang," Shen Mengyun said, a little embarrassed, "You don't have to hold me. I... I'm not in that bad of shape, I can walk on my own."

Fatty rolled his eyes behind her, thinking that women were truly two-faced creatures. They say one thing, but their actions say another. He didn't see Shen Mengyun pushing the doctor away.

She said one thing, but her body was cooperating quite well, practically glued to the doctor.

Huai Yi was thinking a bit more, and a bit more deeply. He admired Jiang Cheng from the bottom of his heart. There was a reason he was called Third Brother of Deep Red, he was explosively strong.

Not only could he act with the ghosts in the instance, but he could also flirt with the female characters in the instance to get information out of them.

The cruelest part was that even his teammates, who he wasn't even sure were human or ghost, were charmed by him.

It seemed that if time allowed, he might even trigger some hidden plotlines.

Arriving at the school clinic, Jiang Cheng looked through the small window in the door and saw that only the school nurse was inside, and it looked like she was getting ready to leave for the day.

"School nurse," Jiang Cheng knocked on the door, his voice pleasant.

Hearing Jiang Cheng's voice, the school nurse turned her head sharply, but when she saw it was Jiang Cheng, she seemed to perk up. "Junior, what are you doing here?"

"A friend of mine is injured," Jiang Cheng said, releasing Shen Mengyun's arm beforehand, worried that the school nurse might misunderstand.

After examining Shen Mengyun's ankle, the school nurse frowned and said in a slightly reproachful tone, "How did it get like this? And why didn't you come yesterday when you sprained it? Why wait until today?"

"Yesterday... yesterday I didn't think it would be so serious," Shen Mengyun explained softly.

"But now the other doctors aren't here, and the pharmacy is closed..." The school nurse was very kind and treated Shen Mengyun completely like a younger student she cared about.

Jiang Cheng said from the side, "School nurse, do you have any pain relief patches here?"

The school nurse looked at him and nodded. "I do, but her sprain is more serious than I thought. Pain relief patches aren't really suitable for her current injury. They're too slow to take effect. They're barely enough for short-term pain relief. As for anything else..."

"Let's just use them for now, and then tomorrow morning, I'll bring her back to see you, school nurse," Jiang Cheng said quickly, because he was worried that it would get dark outside at any moment.

But as soon as he said this, Jiang Cheng regretted it, because he saw a hint of disappointment in the school nurse's eyes, and the light in her eyes dimmed.

I'll bring her back...

No matter how you heard it, this sentence had a girlfriend vibe.

Most importantly, Shen Mengyun acted like one, sitting there quietly the whole time, doing whatever Jiang Cheng told her to do, obedient and well-behaved.

As a result of this slip-up, Jiang Cheng's standing in the school nurse's eyes plummeted, from a promising, unpretentious heir to a medical family, to a scumbag who already had a girlfriend but was still flirting around.

In the end, because of him, she only gave Shen Mengyun two patches.

Originally, there were five patches in a box, but after opening it, the school nurse only gave Shen Mengyun two.

The reason was that she didn't have the authority to distribute such important supplies, and she needed to call the teacher for approval, but it was too late, and the teacher might already be resting, so she would just skip it.

Before leaving, she even pointedly advised Shen Mengyun to keep her eyes open when looking for a boyfriend. Some men were very good at disguising themselves, looking like people on the outside, but actually being very despicable on the inside.

Shen Mengyun didn't know if she understood or was pretending not to understand. In short, she didn't refute anything the school nurse said.

Back in the dormitory, everyone didn't choose to separate. The five of them gathered in Jiang Cheng's room.

The original team of eight was now reduced to five.

Shen Mengyun and Wang Qi were the only ones left in their respective dorms.

Bringing everyone together wasn't just because he didn't want them to get into trouble, but also for self-preservation.

After all, the Mind-Devouring Demon (Shi Xin Mo) had a precedent of disguising itself as Shen Mengyun.

He was also worried that after a short rest, when everyone met again, Wang Qi, or one of the Shen Mengyuns, might have been replaced by the Mind-Devouring Demon.

The most important thing was that the Mind-Devouring Demon was very good at acting. Once it successfully replaced someone and infiltrated the group, Jiang Cheng wasn't confident that he could see through it.

It was late, and because there were only two beds, everyone had to squeeze together to rest.

For some reason, Wang Qi seemed to have taken a liking to Fatty and sat on Fatty's bed very naturally.

Fatty looked at him, wondering if he had any ulterior motives towards him, and didn't dare to sleep too soundly. He just lay on the bed and tied the drawstring on his pants extra tight.

Jiang Cheng's side was much more harmonious. Shen Mengyun sat on a chair, and Jiang Cheng first helped her take off her shoes, then opened the cooling pain relief patch and applied it to the swollen area.

"How does it feel?" Jiang Cheng asked, looking up.

"Much... much better," Shen Mengyun said softly, then quickly added, "Thank you, Mr. Jiang. It's all my fault for delaying everyone."

Jiang Cheng helped her put her shoes back on. "Don't say that. We were lucky to have you in the library, otherwise many of us would have been in danger."

"Remember not to rub it with your hands, just leave it like this. When you exert force, try to avoid this leg," Jiang Cheng said, standing up and pointing to her ankle, instructing her.

Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it was past 11 pm.

Everyone gathered together and slowly walked out of the dormitory, as usual.

But this time, something unexpected happened.

Because the lights on the first floor of the dormitory were broken, and it wasn't convenient for everyone to turn on their flashlights for lighting, they could only walk towards the door using the only bit of faint light.

After passing Shen Mengyun's dormitory, Shen Mengyun suddenly stopped, her face instantly becoming tense.

"What's wrong?" Jiang Cheng leaned over and asked softly.

"When I left this morning, the door was closed. I specifically closed it and locked it. When I came back in the afternoon, I took a look, and it was the same as when I left..."

But now, Shen Mengyun's dormitory door was ajar, the lock on the door was gone, and through the observation window on the door, it was very dark inside.

Suddenly, a hand reached out and touched Jiang Cheng's arm.

It was Wang Qi.

His expression was a little strange. Jiang Cheng followed his gaze and looked down, noticing that there seemed to be something slightly reflecting light in front of the dormitory door.