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Chapter 112 Favorite Toy
Jiang Xingni heard Xu Niannian's words clearly.
Jiang Xingni couldn't help but watch Xu Niannian's retreating figure—Xu Niannian ran very fast, partly because she felt embarrassed by the rare candor she had just uttered.
Another reason is that if she doesn't run fast, Xu Niannian feels she won't be able to escape.
—It's not because Xu Niannian is afraid of death, nor is it because Ji Shanqing is still keeping an eye on Xu Niannian.
Instead, it is more pure.
At this moment, Xu Niannian didn't even dare to turn around and glance at Jiang Xingni, afraid that if she looked at him again, she would run back immediately.
Even if it means death, she wants to die with Jiang Xingni.
Jiang Xingni kept his gaze fixed on Xu Niannian until she ran into the stairwell and then the sound of her footsteps pounding could not be heard. Jiang Xingni could not tell whether she was going upstairs or downstairs.
"How kind of you, Ji Shanqing." Jiang Xingni then looked away, a gentle smile on her lips, as she gazed at Ji Shanqing.
Ji Shanqing simply looked at her.
"You're so lucky," she said suddenly. "You should have been like us."
"But you ran away first."
She was incredibly lucky.
Ji Shanqing thought to herself.
Not everyone can determine their future goals in high school, not everyone can consistently work towards their goals, and not everyone can remain calm amidst gossip.
Not everyone can be like Jiang Xingni, who can be directly admitted to university and stay away from all the messy disputes in high school.
Not everyone is like Jiang Xingni, who receives a reward for her kindness. She runs back for her friend, and her friend will protect her when she is in danger.
Jiang Xingni is really lucky.
"It's not because of luck." Jiang Xingni ignored Ji Shanqing's words.
The power of the Eye of Truth came into play at this moment. The instant her gaze fell on Ji Shanqing, or rather, the instant Ji Shanqing entered Jiang Xingni's field of vision.
She saw something glittering on Ji Shanqing's left chest.
Countless strands of black light emanated from Ji Shanqing's chest, connecting the entire school together.
The left side of the chest, the area closest to the heart.
"Xiao Jiming," Jiang Xingni said in a low voice. "If Zhao Henshan was the beginning of everything, the first person chosen by that strange creature, then why is the creature with Ji Shanqing?"
The strange creatures will choose their own hosts.
Jiang Xingni was well aware of this matter.
In the last instance, Jiang Xingni and Pei Zhaoye chased after the wordless book, which found itself a new host after leaving the village.
Zhao Henshan was the beginning of everything; the strange creature should have appeared on Zhao Henshan.
Jiang Xingni recalled the Zhao Henshan he had seen.
Aside from her pale face, her obviously inhuman floating posture, and the black shadows that shifted in intensity around her, Zhao Henshan didn't possess the same intense, eerie light as Ji Shanqing.
"The monster has changed its chosen host." Xiao Jiming muttered to himself after hearing Jiang Xingni's words.
He wasn't stupid to begin with, and after hearing Jiang Xingni's words, he realized what had happened almost instantly.
"Why did it change hosts? Is there something about Zhao Henshan that doesn't meet its requirements? Or is it that Ji Shanqing can offer far more than Zhao Henshan?"
Jiang Xingni suddenly recalled the words and emotions that each of them had said.
--hatred.
Zhao Henshan experienced everything she shouldn't have had to go through, but ultimately she still didn't know who she should hate.
Tan Shu was killed by Zhao Henshan just as he was transformed into a monster.
Tan Shu's father—who should also be her father—was killed by Zhao Henshan while crying at school because of his daughter's death.
The reason given was simply that his crying was too loud.
Her mother, too, was killed by Zhao Henshan, who was blinded by hatred, some time later.
Everything that could bear the weight of her hatred has been erased by her, leaving Zhao Henshan alone, a forgotten ghost drifting through the world.
Zhao Henshan was indeed filled with hatred, but she didn't know who she should hate, so she could only repeat herself over and over again, because everyone who knew about this was a bystander, a perpetrator, and should all die like this.
But Ji Shanqing is different.
Her hatred had a specific target.
She hated Zhao Henshan for turning her into this, she hated Jiang Xingni and Xu Niannian for escaping death, and she even hated Mao Tianxin for not appearing in front of her and grabbing her when she fell, just as she had grabbed her.
Zhao Henshan's hatred was too vast and too ethereal. Even she herself knew that her hatred was not reasonable or justified, which is why she had to repeatedly show her wounds to others in order to gain a few words of agreement that she was not wrong.
Ji Shanqing knew very well who she should hate the most; everyone else was just an afterthought on this journey.
She has always had her own goals and knows very well how to achieve them.
"It is hatred," Jiang Xingni said softly. "As far as that monster is concerned, Ji Shanqing's hatred is much purer than Zhao Henshan's."
The moment she finished speaking, Ji Shanqing moved.
Upon hearing Jiang Xingni's words, the girl's expression suddenly turned ferocious: "Then tell me, shouldn't I hate him?"
"She completely destroyed all my future, all my plans, utterly and completely!"
"Why shouldn't I hate her? And why should she, just because she was ruined, ruin my life like this?"
Then Ji Shanqing smiled and said, "It's okay, anyway, you'll come to keep me company."
Then, the black shadow suddenly swelled up and spread from Ji Shanqing's body, rushing towards Jiang Xingni with a whooshing sound. In less than a second, Jiang Xingni felt that he was about to be engulfed by the shadow.
She simply squinted.
Then, with a leap, his entire body formed an incredibly flexible arc, successfully extricating himself from the gap where the shadows had not yet converged.
The attack missed Jiang Xingni, and the shadow slammed heavily to the ground.
From Xiao Jiming's perspective, Jiang Xingni suddenly leaped up the instant Ji Shanqing finished speaking, and then an unseen attack landed on the spot where Jiang Xingni had just been standing.
A hole was smashed through the floor of the school corridor.
Looking through the hole, you can even clearly see the crisscrossing cement and steel bars between the floor slabs, as well as the floor of the second floor below.
Jiang Xingni landed lightly on the ground to the side. As soon as she stood up, a chill suddenly appeared on her shoulder.
Zhao Henshan placed his hand on her shoulder, his gaze fixed on Ji Shanqing.
"Who gave you permission to touch my favorite toy?"