Reborn not to be a beast of burden, I set the rules.

Li Guoqiang waved his hand: "The police contacted Liu Ting and said you are the victims. I happened to be eating nearby, so I rushed over."

He glanced at the girl and her parents not far away, and lowered his voice, "Who is this girl?"

"I don't know her. I've met her once before. She's probably from another college in our school. She's the real victim." Ye Ming shook his head.

Li Guoqiang nodded, walked up to the police officer, and showed his work ID: "I am the vice dean of the School of Humanities at Southeast University, and this is my student."

I understand the situation. Please contact me anytime if you need the school's cooperation.

Also, you must protect the privacy of my student and this girl; I don't want him to be harassed by the suspects.

Upon seeing that he was a university teacher, and even the vice dean, the police officers immediately became more polite and nodded repeatedly.

Ye Ming felt a surge of warmth as he watched Li Guoqiang bustling about.

The girl's mother sat beside her, holding her cold hand and whispering words of comfort.

The father stood by the window, silently watching the traffic outside, without taking a single step forward.

The mother suddenly whispered something to the girl, who gently shook her head, then nodded, and finally leaned close to her mother's ear and whispered something very softly.

The mother paused for a moment, then looked up at Ye Ming.

She stood up, walked to Ye Ming, and bowed slightly: "Young man, thank you for saving my daughter."

"Of course," Ye Ming waved his hand. "We can't just ignore it when we run into it."

"Are you from the University of Tokyo? What's your name?"

"Ye Ming, a freshman in the School of Humanities."

The mother nodded and took a business card out of her bag. It was made of off-white cardstock with gold lettering and had a very good texture.

She handed it to Ye Ming with both hands: "You and Zhiyi are classmates at the same school. Thank you for your help this time."

My name is Su Wanqing, and I work for the Huijing Hotel Group. If you need any assistance at Huijing in the future, please feel free to call this number.

Ye Ming lowered his head and took the business card, which read "Huijing Hotel Group · Su Wanqing" and carefully put it into the pocket of his wallet.

The girl's father by the window finally moved.

He walked over, glanced at Ye Ming, then looked at Su Wanqing, his lips moved, but in the end he said nothing, turned around and walked out of the police station.

The girl's eyes welled up with tears as she watched her father's retreating figure.

Su Wanqing sighed and patted her on the back.

At 9 p.m., Ye Ming and the girl walked out of the police station together.

Li Guoqiang had already left, but before leaving, he patted Ye Ming on the shoulder and said, "Call me anytime if you need anything."

Su Wanqing still had to deal with the aftermath, so after sending the two girls to the Sipailou campus of Southeast University, she asked Ye Ming to help take the girls back to school.

The two walked side by side to the school bus stop, and after waiting for a few minutes, a school bus slowly drove up.

There weren't many people on the bus, and they sat in the last row.

The girl huddled by the window, her hands tightly gripping her canvas bag, her fingertips turning white.

The neon lights outside the car window flashed by one after another, their light and shadow flickering on her pale face.

Ye Ming sat beside him, as quiet as a stone.

The girl secretly turned her head to look at him.

The boy has shown almost no sign of panic since he rushed out of the alley.

"Aren't you... scared?" she finally asked, her voice soft.

Ye Ming turned to look at her, thought for a moment, and said, "Will being afraid help?"

The girl was taken aback.

"I didn't have time to think about it then, and there's no need to think about it afterward," Ye Ming added.

The girl lowered her head and whispered, "I was... really scared just now."

"Yes, that's normal." Ye Ming nodded.

Silence fell over the carriage, with only the buzzing of the school bus engine.

The girl slowly loosened her grip on her bag a little.

"My name is Shen Zhiyi." She suddenly raised her head.

Ye Ming turned his head to look at her.

"School of Information Engineering, sophomore, born in 91," Shen Zhiyi added, her ears turning slightly red.

Ye Ming nodded: "Ye Ming, School of Humanities, freshman, born in 90."

Shen Zhiyi paused for a moment, a hint of surprise slowly appearing on her face. She whispered, "Freshman year? Born in 90? Then you... are a year older than me?"

"Um."

Shen Zhiyi lowered her head and muttered softly, "You're a year older than me, how come..."

Ye Ming paused slightly: "I repeated a grade."

Why does this girl have so many questions?

Shen Zhiyi looked up at him, but didn't ask any further questions. She simply said "Oh" softly.

After a while, she suddenly smiled, a very faint smile, like the delicate fragrance of osmanthus in early autumn.

Ye Ming didn't speak, turned his head away, and the tips of his ears turned slightly red.

The school bus swayed along, and the lights inside cast the shadows of two people on the windows, one on the left and one on the right, not far apart.

Shen Zhiyi looked down, took out an HTC from her bag, pressed a few buttons, and handed it to Ye Ming.

On the screen is the interface for adding QQ friends.

"Let's add each other as friends," she whispered.

Ye Ming took out his phone, glanced at the QQ number on the screen, and typed it in quickly with his fingertips.

The moment the verification message was sent, Shen Zhiyi's phone immediately displayed a notification that the verification had been approved.

She looked at the screen, and after the verification was successful, she carefully made a note of it, exchanged phone numbers, put the HTC into her pocket, and turned to look out the window.

After a while, she suddenly turned her head to look at Ye Ming, her eyes serious: "I won't forget what happened today."

Ye Ming gave a soft "hmm," thought for a moment, and added, "Don't worry about it too much, really."

When the school bus arrived at the stop, the two of them got off together.

The streetlights at the entrance of Southeast University were on, casting a warm yellow glow on the ground.

Shen Zhiyi stood there, hesitated for a moment, then turned to look at Ye Ming: "Are you... coming to Zhujiang Road again tomorrow?"

"They should come; I haven't bought the computer yet," Ye Ming nodded.

Shen Zhiyi's eyes lit up instantly; it was the first time Ye Ming had ever seen such a light on her face.

"I also need to buy some components tomorrow. If you trust me, I can help you take a look at your computer. I'm from the School of Information Science and Technology, and I know a little about hardware... I don't mean to bother you."

She spoke very quickly, as if afraid Ye Ming would refuse.

Looking into her bright eyes, Ye Ming felt his heart suddenly race.

Hey! Give up and don't move.

"OK."

Shen Zhiyi paused for a moment, then smiled: "Tomorrow at 9:30? See you at the school gate?"

"it is good."

Shen Zhiyi nodded, turned around and strode into the school gate. After a few steps, she looked back and waved to him gently before her figure quickly disappeared into the night.

Ye Ming took a deep breath and turned to walk towards the library.

At 11 p.m., Ye Ming pushed open the door of dormitory 204 in Taoyuan Dormitory 7.

Chen Mo was sitting at her desk reading when she glanced up at him and said, "Why are you so late? Li Yue called the dorm this afternoon to ask you to come and meet her."

Ye Ming then remembered that his phone had been on silent at the police station and he had forgotten to return Li Yue's call.

He took out his phone and glanced at it. Sure enough, there were several missed calls. He casually replied, "It's nothing, something came up and I was held up."

Zhou Lei sat in front of the computer as usual, playing CrossFire, the "Fire in the hole" sound effect blasting from the speakers, without even turning his head.

Lin Hao was lying on the top bunk chatting on his phone, completely unaware that he had returned.

Because it was too late, Li Yue was probably asleep, so Ye Ming didn't call her back, but just sent a text message to explain.

Unexpectedly, Li Yue called back immediately, her tone full of anxiety. She only reassured him after confirming that he was safe, and repeatedly told him never to go into alleys alone again.

After hanging up the phone, he walked to his desk and opened the softcover notebook.

I picked up my pen and added a few lines to my notebook:

During the National Day holiday, I will first organize the overall architecture and event library of "Rebirth Simulator".

At the same time, go to the price inquiry server to study the ICP filing process.

He paused, then wrote down another sentence.

Shen Zhiyi, a sophomore in the School of Information Science and Technology, born in 91, knows about hardware. Let's go to Zhujiang Road together tomorrow.

As he wrote those words, those wet eyes reappeared before his eyes.

It's toxic, why do I keep thinking about her? This pretty girl is toxic too.

After finishing writing, he closed the notebook and tucked Su Wanqing's business card between the pages.

The dormitory lights went out on time, and darkness instantly enveloped the entire room.

Moonlight streamed through the window, falling on the bed and spreading out in a pale white hue.

Ye Ming lay on the bed, turned over, and closed his eyes.