Is She Dead?

At this moment, on the farm, the young man beside Qiu Chen, Xiong Yangbo, was still holding the brick he used to hit Qiao Lingxiang. There was blood all over the brick.

He froze on the spot. The brick in his hand landed on the ground with a bang.

The other young man, Zhong Tie, was slightly more composed. He saw that Qiao Lingxiang's eyes were open as she lay weakly on her side on the ground without moving. She was like a small hill.

He inched forward carefully and stretched out his hand. He pushed Qiao Lingxiang's fat body.

"Hey, don't pretend to be dead. We didn't do anything to you. Hey…"

Qiao Lingxiang remained still. Her eyes were wide open. She didn't even blink.

The young men were scared to death. Qiu Chen pushed Xiong Yangbo.

"Go and take a look. Is she dead?"

Zhong Tie returned quickly and said to Xiong Yangbo, "That's right. Go and take a look too."

Xiong Yangbo hesitated as he slowly crept up beside Qiao Lingxiang. He half squatted down and used his finger to test her breathing. Then his face turned pale and he plonked on the ground. He pushed his body up with his hands and scurried back. He said to Qiu Chen and Zhong Tie, "I don't think she's breathing."

The three young men were so scared they didn't know what to do.

Qiu Chen was the one who regained his senses first. He spoke in a hurry.

"Let's leave quickly. I'm leaving. This has nothing to do with me. I wasn't the one who hit her."

As he spoke, he turned and ran away. Zhong Tie tilted his head and glanced at Xiong Yangbo.

He said anxiously, "I wasn't the one who hit her either."

He ran off after Qiu Chen.

Xiong Yangbo was all alone. He stood in the same spot in a daze. Then, he glanced at Qiao Lingxiang who was dead still. A gust of cold wind blew at him. He shivered. He ran away in fright.

It had nothing to do with him. He only hit Qiao Lingxiang once. How strong were they really? How did she die so easily?

It was the end of the year and Xiang City was starting to look cold and desolate. Aside from the dilapidated parterre waiting to be reorganized, a dead leaf drifted over with the cold wind and landed on Qiao Lingxiang's bloody face.

In the cafeteria, a few ladies from junior high gossiped about Qiu Chen stopping Qiao Lingxiang as they queued for their food.

"I wonder why Dinosaur's so unlucky. How did she provoke Qiu Chen?"

"I saw it. Qiu Chen brought two other young men and blocked Dinosaur's path outside the parterre. They beat her up really badly."

"I heard that this was because, in the morning, he was pissed off by Senior Brother Cen Yi so he took out his anger on Dinosaur."

As they spoke, Cen Yi, who was eating behind them, suddenly raised his head and cursed, "F**k." He threw down the chopsticks and ran towards the parterre of the junior high section immediately after he got up.

Behind him, Lu Zhengqing hurriedly shoved two scoops of rice into his mouth and threw down his chopsticks. He slapped the two young men's heads opposite him, one with each hand.

"Let's go. Stop eating."

The sporty group of young men followed Cen Yi and ran out of the cafeteria.

The senior high and junior high sections of Xiang City High School were separated. The cafeteria was closer to the senior high section. If you wanted to reach the junior high section, you needed to cross half the school campus.

Cen Yi ran faster than Lu Zhengqing and his other friends. His long legs braved the cold wind and he found the famous parterre in the junior high section.

The parterre wasn't huge but it was in the middle of construction so it was dilapidated. At Xiang City High School where the entire campus was pretty and neat, this place was quite famous.