In the next few days after the party, Chen Rou Jiao, like the other final year students study hard as their final exam is around the corner. In order to pass with flying colour, they devoted their time and concentration on studying, even some of them took extra ways to get the greatest result.
Chen Rou Jiao also wanted the best for her future. Although she was the best student in Computer Science in her batch, she still needs to pay full attention so she will not make unnecessary mistake later.
To focus on her study for the final exam, she already quit her part-time jobs a month ago. With the remaining money she had after bought the luxurious long dress that she wear at the party, and some allowance from he father, it should be enough to cover her expenses in a few weeks until the exam end.
She studied with Pei Xin and Chun Hua in the library with their friends from different faculty. Because they already spent 2 hours study the textbooks word by word, flipped the pages of Programming textbook without any tend to read it content, Chen Rou Jiao finally called defeated.
Most of her friends were the same. Instead of mull over the books before their eyes, they started to talk within their group about some topics that Chen Rou Jiao not interested to listen.
Chen Rou Jiao wanted to get out of the place to get a fresh air but she did not want to go alone. It will be boring to walk by herself on the college ground. Hence, she tried to drag Pei Xin and Chun Hua to join her quest to a brief escape of boredom.
"No I can't." Pei Xin replied half-heartedly. Her eyes did not even look at Chen Rou Jiao. "I have many topic to cover today."
"Me too." Chun Hua added, while writing notes on a piece of paper.
Chen Rou Jiao exhaled deeply, "It just a couple minutes. It will not effect your knowledge though."
Pei Xin raised her head, her serious stare fixed on her face. Chen Rou Jiao suddenly got goosebumps.
"Unlike you, the best student, we can't waste our time to do something unimportant. We can have our rest at night. Now we all need to focus."
Chen Rou Jiao jeered at Pei Xin strictness, "Even a fool need to take a break or else they brain will explode, how come you guys able to stay here surrounding by the books?"
Pei Xin shook her head. Had no time to confront her friend any longer. She at last turned to her study back.
"You guys." she intentionally pressed her voice, wanted their attention but only a sigh she received.
Chen Rou Jiao pouted. She was neglected by her friends. So she shifted her attention to the others, who seems to talk something serious among themselves.
Chen Rou Jiao had known Pei Xin and Chun Hua since their freshmen year because they shared the same dorm room. They also took same course so they were very closed.
Since Pei Xin came from military background, her personality was quite tough and too strict in every day life, meanwhile Chun Hua was raised by single mother who was a CEO of fashion magazine company. So she already being independent since she was a child. Compared with her who live in carefree family, Chen Rou Jiao always wondered how they can be so closed.
She came closed to another group next to the who also her friends, approached delightedly.
"What you all talking about?"
The first one to response was, Fen Ju, a delicate and sweet girl. She looked at Chen Ruo Jiao and pulled her arm to join her. They did not want the librarian scolded them for being too noisy and disrupted other students. They were in the library, so they needed to abide with the rules here.
"We are talking about a rumor we got just now." she explain in low tone, after Chen Rou Jiao took a seat, by force.
Chen Rou Jiao raised her eyebrows, grinned meaningfully, wanted to hear more. "What rumor?"
Liling interrupted excitedly, "You know right, all students are all out for the exam?" Chen Rou Jiao nodded twice. Liling satisfy with Chen Rou Jiao attention, "Now, according to the rumor, there are students who doing drugs to be more focus on their study."
Chen Rou Jiao's jaws dropped thus she cover it with her right palm. This absolutely a ridiculous method she had ever heard. Doing drugs to establish good result in exam. Have they are out of their mind?
"Then, what do the college do about this?" Chen Rou Jiao asked.
Fen Ju and Liling shrugged. "For now, the college only doing a secret investigation. Trying to identify any possible suspects. All we have to do now is waiting for their announcement." Liling added.
Chen Rou Jiao sighed. The way of these people thinking was far for her to understand. If they struggling to get the result they desire, all they needed was to study more, or seek for help. Drugs was not the escape path and never will be. However, she need to aware that no all people were the same. They must have troubles that led them to the way they had to do drugs.
"I also heard that they will do inspection in our dorm anytime now." Fen Ju whispered. Afraid if anyone heard the big secret she obtain from her informer inside the management. She only dared to tell her close friends.
"Do not tell anybody about this." Fen Ju warned her friends. Chen Rou Jiao, Liling and the two others nodded firmly.
Whatsoever, Chen Rou Jiao was bored to death. Listening to those rumors will never cure her boredom. And also could not fill her empty and growling stomach. Hence, she decided to ask Fen Ju and Liling to accompany her to the cafeteria.
"Okay. I am also starving here." Fen Ju gave the green light which made Chen Rou Jiao feel better. Liling also join them, as she also unable to study anymore.
The three of them packed their things and left the library. On their way downstairs to the cafeteria, someone accidentally bumped into Chen Rou Jiao's left shoulder, caused her to take a step backward.
"Aaah!!!!"
She was perplexed with the whole situation but that strange man who lowered his cap, avoided his face to be shown, just rushed away from her without any apologized.
"Are you okay, Rou Jiao?" Liling and Fen Ju checking her.
"What's wrong with him?" Fen Ju commented furiously, while peering at that man who slowly cease to exist blocking by the huge wall between them.
Chen Rou Jiao lifted her shoulder. "I have no idea. Maybe he want to meet someone urgently." Chen Rou Jiao tried to think positive. After all, she was not injured and her left shoulder was in good condition.
"Such a weirdo." Liling added. They burst into laughed.
"Let's go then. Just ignore him." Chen Rou Jiao said right away and the others only nodded and followed her without complained.
***
The man who bumped Chen Rou Jiao at the stairs earlier now standing with his mouth shut in front of a group of three girls, at the corridor of the library.
"Tang Yi Lian..." that man unstable voice. His head lifted to match the eyes of the girl who standing quite front from her two friends.
With crossing arms, the girl with a long silky hair and slanted eyes, glared sharply with serious expression toward that man.
"Have you do what I asked?" Tang Yi Lian questioned him.
Her seriousness made that man nodded immediately.
A satisfaction smile appeared on her slim face. Then she turned her head to the girl at her left, lifted her brows slightly. That girl immediately hand over a quite pack brown envelope to the man.
He bowed down and quickly left Tang Yi Lian and her friends.
"Are you sure this gonna work?"
Her friend at the right side, Lian Lian asked worriedly.
Suyin answered for Tang Yi Lian, "Of course. That girl will never escape Tang Yi Lian judgement for now."
Tang Yi Lian smirked. "We just need to wait for D-day. I want to see her expression tomorrow." she said arrogantly. She failed to execute Chen Rou Jiao last year, but now she determined that that girl will suffered forever.
"Just wait for your doom, Chen Rou Jiao." she whispered with hatred to herself. Then she just walked away while her friends followed her without complained.
Without they acknowledgement, Li Da Zhan was nearby and listened to their evil plotting. However, Li Da Zhan done nothing to stop them. He just smirked. "What will your future behold, Chen Rou Jiao?"
As silent he came, he also return to his friends in the library without attracted any attention from Tang Yi Lian and her gang.