Chase Game

Ling Yi and his friends were all dressed in casual clothes. If three grown men barged into the girls' dormitory like that, it would probably cause a misunderstanding.

Moreover, no one wanted to cause any further disturbance.

Therefore, Li Qingping invited two uncles wearing hats to accompany him and made prior arrangements with the school.

Fortunately, it's Friday, and some of the girls who finished their morning classes have already gone home, gone shopping, or gone on dates.

The entire dormitory floor was relatively quiet.

At the end of the long corridor, behind a wooden door that has not been opened for a long time, lies the place where the truth is buried.

The dust was still on the doorknob, so it seemed that Bai Huan hadn't entered through the main entrance.

"Open it, there's no one inside."

Chen Yuyao said to Ling Yi, who was holding the key.

She put away the tablet and added:

"I can hear you."

Ling looked down and found that Chen Yuyao's cold and cute face was also facing him, with a serious expression.

He pushed the key into the lock, turned it gently, and with a "click," the door opened.

What came into view was a shocking scene.

The floors, walls, bed, and even the ceiling were covered with A4 paper.

The contents of these papers are all printed screenshots of chats.

"So many?"

Li Qingping was shocked. If he looked at them one by one, how long would it take to see so many?

Fortunately, Chen Yuyao produced a fist-sized black scanner and explained:

"There's too much information. Let's use this tool to handle it. Everyone, please exit."

The three of them breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this and quickly backed out to watch Chen Yuyao operate the system.

She tossed the scanner lightly into the air, where it hovered, and then left the room.

Ten seconds later, the scanner started working.

The blue light entered the information row by row, leaving no corner unchecked.

After all the scans were completed, everyone waited another half minute before Chen Yuyao spoke:

"That's fine."

Led by Chen Yuyao, everyone returned to the room.

The little girl walked up to the scanner, folded her hands together, and gently pressed them against her forehead.

No one dared to make a sound, for fear of disturbing her.

It took Chen Yuyao two and a half minutes to open her eyes.

As soon as she opened her eyes, she saw three people looking at her strangely, so she frowned and asked:

"what?"

"Hehe, it's nothing, it just took too long, I thought you had fallen asleep."

Li Qingping teased the little girl as always.

This time, the little girl didn't say a word. She silently walked to Li Qingping's side and, taking advantage of his confusion, threw a punch that hit him in the waist.

Li Qingping screamed in pain, and Ling Yi and Liu Hao also trembled.

Why are you just like my little sister...?

Ling Yi teased Ling Miaomiao, who usually just retorted.

But if you really make her angry, she might suddenly give you a blow to the waist.

For the sake of your kidneys, you should avoid making Ling Miaomiao angry in the future.

Um... and this one in front of me.

After punishing Li Qingping, Chen Yuyao said with relief:

"I've basically got the gist of it. I'll just highlight the important parts for you..."

Through Chen Yuyao's explanation, the three of them learned the whole story.

Bai Ya and Bai Huan were born into a family that strongly favored sons over daughters, and because they were the firstborn twin daughters, they were even less favored.

When her mother was alive, they lived a slightly better life, but her mother passed away unexpectedly a few years later, and her father seamlessly moved in with a stepmother.

Although there are gentle and kind stepmothers, it is clear that they are not, and are even more vicious.

The stepmother brought a younger brother into the family, and her father focused all his attention on this younger brother, neglecting the two sisters.

Growing up in such a loveless family environment, the two sisters' personalities developed in two opposite extremes.

The older sister, Bai Ya, is sensitive and indecisive.

The younger sister, Bai Huan, is stubborn, resolute, and decisive.

After entering university, Bai Ya was quickly noticed by Zeng Haoting, a playboy who disguised himself as a gentle senior. Under his various advances, she completely succumbed to his charms.

Until she was tricked into going to bed with him.

Everything changed. Zeng Haoting no longer maintained his gentle persona; he became extremely cold.

She later learned that Zeng Haoting had changed his mind.

Bai Ya wanted to break up, but Zeng Haoting threatened her with nude photos.

In that instant, she thought of her younger sister, who looked exactly like her.

If these photos were leaked, it would definitely implicate her younger sister, so she dared not resist.

However, Zeng Haoting became increasingly worse, frequently belittling and beating him.

Bai Ya once thought she had grown up, but now it seems that she is still just the little girl in her memory, hugging her knees, curled up in a corner, and afraid to even cry out loud.

Under the constant mental pressure, she finally broke down.

That night, she poured handfuls of sleeping pills into her mouth, just like she had for the past twenty years, swallowing all her grievances.

However, fate still did not spare this tragic girl.

Even death couldn't grant her her wish.

She groggily awoke from her coma, only to overhear her so-called father and stepmother discussing selling her to a widower in a remote mountain village.

It turns out they had already received 300,000 yuan in hush money from the Zeng family.

She dared not wake up; she was terrified, trembling all over, and tears streamed down her face.

She only dared to open her eyes after everything had quieted down.

She fumbled for paper and pen, and by the moonlight, she wrote her will. She then carefully folded it and tucked it into the crack of the bed where only her younger sister could find it.

Later, standing on the rooftop, Bai Ya uttered her last words:

Mom, I've come to find you.

Bai Huan, who was studying in another province, had not been able to contact Bai Ya for a long time. Only then did she learn that her sister had an accident. However, by the time she returned home, it was already too late.

She didn't even get to see her sister's body.

It wasn't until she found the suicide note through the crack in the bed that things came to this.

After hearing the story, the group was filled with mixed emotions, but only one thought remained in their minds.

Zeng Haoting and Bai Ya's family are both scoundrels.

No wonder that after becoming a player, Bai Huan used the player's abilities to carry out a simple and brutal "an eye for an eye" punishment.

Thus, Ling Yi also realized the meaning behind the blue paint around his mouth.

This originates from the story of "Bluebeard".

Legend has it that Bluebeard was a cruel nobleman who married multiple times, but then tortured them to death, hiding their bodies in a secret chamber of the castle.

Bluebeard's secret was only discovered when his last wife found out. He tried to kill her to silence her, but she, with the help of her brother, managed to kill him.

Subsequently, blue beard became a cultural symbol representing behaviors such as indiscriminate marriage and wife abuse.

The hint given by the white ring was quite apt.

But why did she make such a big show of it when she could have committed murder in secret?

He had a vague feeling that there might be a deeper reason behind this incident, beyond just Bai Huan seeking revenge for her sister.

A sheet of A4 paper fell from the ceiling and fluttered down into Ling Yi's hand. He saw four characters written on the paper in bright red ink:

【Guilty shall be punished】

Standing to the side, Li Qingping also saw it, and he said in a deep voice:

"As expected, it is the [Heaven Beyond the Mind]."