Those Classmates who Suddenly Disappeared
Chapter 91: A Share of Hatred

Chapter 91: Chapter 91: A Share of Hatred

"No way!" Upon a closer look, Lin Xi felt that the girl opposite her seemed familiar, but she was in a state of panic, flailing her arms around and tossing her hair wildly. The surrounding environment was so dark that Lin Xi couldn’t get a clear view of her face for a moment.

Lin Xi didn’t plan to identify the girl. The situation was dangerous and she had to get away as quickly as possible.

Just as Lin Xi was about to get up, the lights in the information center suddenly lit up, which took Lin Xi by surprise. At the same time, the overly panicked girl was also stunned.

"Yang Xinran, is that you?" Lin Xi recognized the girl and then asked, "What are you doing here?"

Yang Xinran was dumbstruck for a moment before crawling up from the ground. Her evasive gaze indicated her guilty conscience.

Lin Xi directly questioned, "What exactly is going on? You said Gu Fan was here to surprise me, but I didn’t see Gu Fan when I arrived. I was trapped here, and then Gu Fan found this place."

"He really found this place. He really is resourceful." Yang Xinran muttered to herself, her eyebrows furrowed and her expression somewhat tense. It was unclear what she was thinking.

Lin Xi stepped forward and grabbed Yang Xinran, continuing to press, "Gu Fan wasn’t waiting for me here at all. It was you who tricked me, wasn’t it?"

"Who deceived you? Let me go." Yang Xinran indignantly shrugged off Lin Xi’s hand, putting on a strong attitude, and accentuating her words, "Lin Xi, just because you are attractive and everyone revolves around you doesn’t mean you can frame people."

Lin Xi immediately became furious, "Now you’re turning things around on me. If you didn’t trick me, then has Gu Fan ever asked you to deliver a message? Gu Fan was clearly outside, but you said he was waiting for me in the information center. Isn’t that deceiving me?"

"Yes, he was waiting for you here for so long. You were slow so he lost patience. Can’t he step out for a bit?" Yang Xinran was stubborn, almost making Lin Xi explode with anger.

"Calm down, calm down. There must be a solution." Lin Xi forced herself to calm down. However, she could still feel the constant threat around her, and regardless, Lin Xi was still furious and wanted to tear Yang Xinran apart.

Lin Xi continued to ask, "Was that your shadow I saw in the darkness just now?"

"It could have been me, or it could have been other students trapped here." Yang Xinran responded indifferently. She seemed uninterested in talking to Lin Xi, but neither her strong nor her indifferent attitude could hide the guilt in her eyes.

Lin Xi asked again, "It’s strange, why are you here too?"

"What’s it to you?" Yang Xinran’s response made Lin Xi even more upset, to the point that she couldn’t think rationally.

Lin Xi ignored Yang Xinran, looking around, and seeing no other movements, she decided to leave and find an exit. Now that the lights were on, and Gu Fan was nearby, she didn’t need to be afraid anymore.

Lin Xi thought, maybe it was just like Yang Xinran said. In the pitch-dark, those shadows could have been Yang Xinran and other students trapped here?

However, as soon as Lin Xi moved, Yang Xinran bit her lip and quickly followed, step by step matching Lin Xi’s pace, which annoyed Lin Xi, "Why are you following me? We should go our separate ways."

"Who’s following you? We’re just going the same way. Don’t flatter yourself." Yang Xinran defended herself. But her pace was almost matched with Lin Xi’s. When Lin Xi sped up, she sped up. When Lin Xi slowed down, she slowed down too.

Lin Xi stopped, turned around, and glared at Yang Xinran, but Yang Xinran pretended not to see, stopped too, and surveyed the surroundings.

Lin Xi, with arms folded and a skeptical look, said, "If we’re really going the same way, you can go first."

"I can go first, who’s scared of whom." Yang Xinran responded, but she refused to go first, and continued to stalemate with Lin Xi.

Lin Xi felt strange, "What exactly happened? Yang Xinran, why did you trick me into coming here, and now you’re following me..." Suddenly, Lin Xi thought of a possibility, her face instantly turned pale, and she pointed at Yang Xinran, "Could it be that you are the mastermind behind the kidnapping."

"Who is the puppet-master? Don’t accuse me wrongly. I am only... I am only afraid to walk alone." Clearly, Yang Xinran’s expression was a bit anxious. After she finished this sentence, she looked around cautiously.

But Lin Xi was confused, "What’s unsafe? This is the campus. Besides, the environment was so dark just now. The figures we saw could be students trapped here too."

At this, Yang Xinran shook her head, "If you really think so..."

"What do you mean? Are those shadows suspicious? Yang Xinran, what do you know, tell me quickly." Lin Xi also felt Yang Xinran’s fear, and urged her urgently.

After hesitating for a moment, Yang Xinran still remained silent. Lin Xi grew anxious, stamped her foot, turned around, and stormed off, trying to leave Yang Xinran behind.

"Wait, wait for me." Yang Xinran caught up with Lin Xi, grabbed her arm and said sternly, "If you don’t want to get into danger, we better stick together."

Lin Xi shook her head, "What danger? If someone really means us harm, they should have taken their shot when it was pitch dark. Now that the lights are on, it means they have retreated and don’t intend to make a move."

"Not necessarily. Perhaps they wanted the lights to come on so we would reveal ourselves or make it easier to find us. Maybe they never left." Yang Xinran’s words made sense, but Lin Xi was still skeptical, "If you want me to believe you, tell me, why did you deceive me into coming here and why are you here? Did you arrange all this?"

Gathering her composure, Yang Xinran thought before taking a deep breath as if gathering her courage, "Yes, I arranged all this. Gu Fan didn’t wait for you here, I tricked you into coming. After you entered the Media Information Center, I locked the door, then went around to the back door, I shut off the main switch causing the entire Media Information Center to blackout, I trapped you in the dark."

"Indeed, it was you." Lin Xi glared at Yang Xinran, she never dreamt that a classmate would harm her.

"What’s the big deal? Consider it a prank." At this moment, Yang Xinran displayed a carefree demeanor, which infuriated Lin Xi. However, Lin Xi was puzzled, "How did you get trapped here too, unless you wanted to see me make a fool of myself in the dark."

"Sorry, I’m not interested in that. I was planning to slip away from the back door after turning off the switch, only to find that the back door was locked." Having said this, Yang Xinran looked extremely vexed. She originally intended to trap Lin Xi, but she ended up trapping herself too. What a turn of events!

Lin Xi guessed something, and asked, "This is not a prank. I’ve never heard of you pulling pranks on classmates on such a grand scale. Moreover, today is the school anniversary and the graduation ceremony. Even if you wanted to pull a prank, it should be to make everyone happier, not target me. Besides, you have no reason to target me. I haven’t crossed paths with you."

"Does it matter to figure it out now? You are trapped because of me. I am trapped, have you thought about who did it?" After saying this, Yang Xinran pointed to the classrooms around her, "Take a good look, so many classrooms that usually remain unlocked are now locked. Do you know what this means? It’s not that there are other students trapped here. If there were, we should have seen them by now. What we have here are other people. Do you understand what I mean?"

Lin Xi nodded, "Yes, I understand. This is not a prank. You plotted against me and unwittingly trapped yourself. This is what is called self-inflicted."

Hearing this, Yang Xinran’s expression gradually cooled down, "Correct, this is not a prank. But I indeed deliberately targeted you. I lured you here, I turned off the switch, leaving you trapped in the dark."

Lin Xi listened to every word, she could see the bitterness in Yang Xinran’s eyes, she was puzzled, "Why did you target me? I don’t recall offending you."

"You didn’t offend me, at least you never did anything wrong. But your mere existence is a kind of harm to me." The hatred in Yang Xinran’s eyes grew stronger, as if she had loathed Lin Xi thoroughly. This bewildered Lin Xi, making her wonder if she had done anything wrong.

Yang Xinran gritted her teeth, word by word, "When I was in high school, I was the school belle. When the boys talked about the girls, the conversation revolved around me. I was everyone’s center, the focal point. But everything changed when I entered college. You are prettier than me, more noticeable, and everyone only has eyes for you. Beside you, I seem to become insignificant. I have never felt so humiliated in my life."

"You know what’s the worst, Lin Xi? You, me, and Du Jun, one of us is going to disappear next. Du Jun, being rich, can hire bodyguards. You have Gu Fan to protect you, and Gu Fan can summon Lu Yi and Jie to help protect you. But what about me? I have to figure it out myself. The most annoying part is that Gu Fan claims we’re a team and that he will protect each and every one of us. But I bet, once things go south, he would protect you first and not care about me."

"I don’t want to be the twelfth to disappear, so I try to make you, Lin Xi, the twelfth one, because I hate you." At this point, Yang Xinran vented her extreme discontentment.

Just then, the elevator nearby made a door opening sound, and the lights in the Media Information Center suddenly went out again. The surroundings fell back into darkness and deathly silence.

Lin Xi’s heart squeezed, and then she saw a few hands reaching out from the dark elevator to grab Yang Xinran. With a hard yank, they pulled Yang Xinran into the dark.

Yang Xinran let out a scream, then her voice choked in the dark. At this moment, Lin Xi was terrified and turned to run.