Chapter 138 Zuo Shi, please save me!!

"Go."

The next second, he reached out and grabbed Lu Xiaoyu's wrist.

Before Lu Xiaoyu could even react,

she was already being dragged outside.

"Chen... Chen Yu... slow down..."

Lu Xiaoyu was practically being dragged along, panting, her words stumbling.

They passed through Districts D, C, B, and A, turning through several alleys.

Lu Xiaoyu was pulled so hard she was staggering, nearly hitting a wall several times; it was only Chen Yu's great strength that pulled her back.

Finally, they stopped in front of a storefront.

【Information Sharing Center】

Chen Yu pushed the door open and dragged her inside.

There were a few scattered people inside filling out forms at the window; Chen Yu walked straight to the innermost counter.

Two people sat behind the counter, a man and a woman, looking down at their accounts.

It was Wang Xingde and Cui Yan.

Wang Xingde looked up, his expression changed, and he stood up abruptly.

"Student Chen Yu?! Why are you..."

"Take care of her."

Chen Yu gave Lu Xiaoyu a push forward and then turned to leave.

Cui Yan was stunned: "Wait, what do you mean take care of..."

But before she could finish, Chen Yu was already out the door.

Wang Xingde chased after him for a few steps and poked his head out, but the street was empty, without a soul in sight.

"Geez, he runs so fast..."

Turning back, only the dazed and cute Lu Xiaoyu remained.

Wang Xingde cleared his throat: "Uh... you're from Chen Yu's convoy, right? We're all on the same side..."

Lu Xiaoyu stared at the door where Chen Yu had left, somewhat lost in thought.

She subconsciously replied: "I... I'm not..."

"Ah?"

Wang Xingde and Cui Yan exchanged a look and asked softly: "What's your name?"

Lu Xiaoyu whispered: "Lu Xiaoyu."

Wang Xingde muttered it twice: "You couldn't be that..."

He leaned in closer, lowering his voice.

"That Rice Awakened?"

Lu Xiaoyu was stunned for a moment and didn't speak.

The expression on Wang Xingde's face became even more animated, just as he was about to ask more...

"Ahem!"

Cui Yan glared at him fiercely and pinched him under the counter.

Wang Xingde grimaced in pain and looked back at her.

Cui Yan gave him a look.

Wang Xingde shut up resentfully and pulled over a chair from the side.

"Have a seat."

On the other side, Chen Yu dashed back to the Villa while clicking on the Eye of Suspension.

The grayish-white sphere had been hovering at the entrance of the Villa Number One courtyard; now, the images were coming through—

Standing right at the entrance of the Villa was a person.

Liu Xiaoqian.

She was wearing that white shirt, which was now covered in dark red bloodstains. A large portion of the collar was torn, and one sleeve was missing, revealing arms covered in black and blue bruises.

Her thighs under the denim hot pants were also covered in bruises.

Her hair was disheveled, and her originally delicate face...

Was crisscrossed with bloody scars.

Yes, she had been disfigured.

Liu Xiaoqian stood at the Villa entrance, mouth open, saying something.

But the Eye of Suspension could only transmit images, not sound.

Chen Yu narrowed his eyes; unable to read lips, he could only quickly switch the perspective of the Eye of Suspension.

Circling the entire perimeter of Villa Number One...

At the door, nothing.

In the yard, nothing.

On the surrounding paths, nothing.

Behind the palm trees in the distance, nothing.

In any corner where someone could hide, there was nothing.

Lin Yue wasn't there.

But how could he not be there...

Chen Yu closed the Eye of Suspension's view and quickened his pace even more.

...

...

"Save me, Class Monitor."

"Save me, Senior."

"Save me, Zuo Shi."

Liu Xiaoqian stood outside the picket fence gate, her voice hoarse, broken, and tearful.

She would shout a sentence, then tremble; shout a sentence, then tremble.

"Please... I beg you..."

"Let me in... let me in..."

"I'm so scared..."

"I'm so scared..."

Opposite her was Villa Number One.

No.

To be precise.

It was the Villa's main hall, wrapped in blue water ripples.

"Is... is this really Liu Xiaoqian?"

"My god... what on earth has she been through?"

"Those injuries on her body? How did this happen..."

Zhang Wanyue, Shen Qingci, Zuo Shi, and the others stood at the door, their expressions extremely complex.

Two days ago, Liu Xiaoqian had actively wanted to join the team...

And now, she was in this state.

Zzz—

Liu Xiaoqian took a few steps forward, raised a hand, and reached toward that blue ripple.

Zzz—

A flash of blue light, and her hand was bounced back.

She froze for a second, then slapped the light screen even harder.

"Let me in!!!"

"I beg you!!!"

"Let me in!!!"

Liu Xiaoqian slapped at it, each time harder than the last, each time more desperate.

But the blue ripple didn't budge.

Her whole body was pressed against the light screen, her face distorted by fear.

Zuo Shi stood not far behind the door, tears falling: "Xiaoqian..."

"Don't leave me... please don't leave me..."

"I don't want to be taken away again... I don't want to..."

She was speaking incoherently.

"Zuo Shi! Zuo Shi!"

"You save me! You know me best! You know I'm not a bad person!"

"I didn't do anything wrong... I really didn't do anything wrong..."

As she spoke, her whole body began to twitch, as if she had remembered something extremely terrifying.

Zhang Wanyue and Shen Qingci stepped forward in unison, blocking Zuo Shi's view.

"Don't look."

Zuo Shi was blocked behind the two of them,

but she could still hear that voice.

"Zuo Shi!!!"

"Zuo Shi, save me!!!"

"Please!!!"

Wang Mengmeng shivered: "What on earth did Liu Xiaoqian go through..."

Li Mengyao couldn't say a word either.

Even Zhang Zixuan, who was leashed nearby, raised her head and looked at the scene outside the door.

Qiao Xi shook her head: "Her mental state has completely collapsed. In medicine, this is called Acute stress disorder, a typical manifestation of Post-traumatic stress..."

"Can she still be cured?"

Tears were still on Zuo Shi's face.

Qiao Xi was silent for two seconds.

"I don't know."

"Trauma of this level, even before the apocalypse, would require professional psychological intervention and medication."

"Now..."

She didn't finish, but everyone understood.

Liu Xiaoqian was already kneeling at the door, her shoulders still shaking.

That layer of blue light screen separated her and them into two worlds.

"If you don't open the door, I... I will die..."