White Roses Dyed Blood Red

'Did you like my surprise?'

'You mean the three dead bodies?!'

'Only a psycho would like that kind of thing!'

'Only for you darling, only for you,'

By now, Hu Angli, who stood behind her, had already noticed her pale face and furious typing. He watched over her shoulder like a hawk while glaring at the receiver's last message.

'Why did you do it?'

'They were going to hurt you I had to do something,'

Now Angli was somewhat approving of the other.

'You are mine,'

And now he hated the other person again.

Yaorui was upset at those words as well. But what she felt was much worse than just anger. Fear maybe?

She put the thought to the back of her mind, saving it for later, much later.

'Who are you?'

'That is something you will never come to know.'

'Do I know you?'

'You did, and then you didn't,'

Before Yaorui could come up with a response, Angli leaned over her shoulder."You should block him,"

"Y-you! When did you get here?!"

"What do you mean? I was always here,"

Yaorui gave him a look, earning a blind smile from Angli.

A/n: Blind smile= eyes disappearing when one smiles, most commonly seen among Asians

"Not gonna block him? I'll do it for you," And with that, Yaorui's phone was in his hand.

"I wouldn't do that,"Angli turned to Jiexu.

"He's a lov- dangerous person!"

"But from what I've seen and heard, this guy potentially saved our butts,"

"He's right, we should keep him,"

Angli looked her as if she had committed a crime, "Y-you, fine," He handed back her phone.

And without a moment's waste, Angli was like a sorry puppy apologizing for stealing her personal property.

"It's fine Angli, you're one of my best friends anyway, you didn't do anything other than hold it,"

"But-,"

"No, buts!" She gave him a glare and moved on.

She found Precious at the barstools by the kitchen away from the crowd.

"Bout time we announce the thirty-minute to," Precious glanced down.

"You're right, YOU GUYS HAVE THIRTY MINUTES TO GET READY AND GET OUTSIDE!" With that, Precious slumped back into her chair as if she wasn't yelling five seconds ago.

The next thirty minutes consisted of utter chaos in the dorms. Kids were banging on doors, others complaining, and a few blaming their roommates for not waking them up. At least the boys were easier to settle.

On the bright side, at least all fifty of them made it outside.

The backyard was mainly flat land, there was a forest in the back, it was still green, looks like fall hadn't hit yet. She overheard a few students planning to plant some seeds, make a little garden.

They started with five l.a.p.s around the yard followed by some stretching before her family and a few others begun teaching the basics of fighting.

Today was more of an orientation than a lesson. The inexperienced kids were taught different forms to see which ones they liked best.At the end of the morning, they had their brunch outside in the yard, the event of last night forgotten.

"Are we allowed in the forest? We can play capture the flag like in the Percy Jackson books!"

A/n: I asked Google if Rick Riordan books were sold in China, the answer came out positive.

"Probably, there's no fence, so I'm pretty sure we are,"

"So who's up for a game of capture the flag?" Everybody cheered in response.

While the group spoke cheerfully of the upcoming game, Yaorui's mind drifted off to the texts she received this morning.

The person said it was a surprise, they said that they were protecting her. They said as if she knew the victims.

Three girls, all from the school in India, all were planning to harm her...Her eyes went wide, the same day in the bathroom, three girls in India spoke about her, but she never cared because they didn't know who she was.

Yaorui opened up the gossip forum and clicked on the article she had read. As suspected, the three murder victims looked just like the three girls she saw that morning in the bathroom. Even the clothing they wore matched her memory.

But why kill them if they didn't know who she was and what caused her condition.Did they find out? Or did the mystery sender just kill them?

"What are you thinking about?" Angli leaned over to her.Yaorui contemplated telling him before answering him.

"The three girls that died, I saw them that day in the bathroom,"

His eyes narrowed, "And?"

"They were talking about me without knowing it was me,"

"Were they planning to harm you?"

"No, maybe, I don't know, but it has something to do with the rankings,"

"Then they were planning to do something to you,"

"I guess..." The topic became awkward after that, neither was sure of what to say.

Like a blessing from heaven, a slip of her hand sent a blotch of salad dressing in his cup. This effectively broke the tense atmosphere and ignited a small food fight that left the chefs devasted (not really).

Food went flying, traumatizing the gardeners once they realized what a mess they had caused. They became more agonized when they came to remember that they were part of the problem.

In the end, everybody was forced to clean up the yard and take nice long showers to get all the ketchup out of their hair.

Capture the flag was officially postponed for tomorrow on the basis that another food fight hopefully won't break out tomorrow.

She came out of the bathroom with damp hair, an oversized hoodie on with a shirt underneath and loose sweats. Precious sped past her and entered the steamy bathroom.

Yaorui continued gently patting her hair dry with a towel while listening to Precious's playlist play in the background.

She observed their room as she did so, Precious had bought fairy lights which they had hung on all four walls. There were two beds, two desks, two dressers, and two wardrobes. They had ordered bookcases and storage units from the furniture shop, but they didn't know when they would be delivered.

Their room was rather simple, white walls, white furniture, white sheets, they really hadn't done much other than hanging fairy lights and a few pictures and polaroids.

Books were stacked along the wall of her side of the room. Although she could afford online books, she always preferred to get physical copies made of paper. They were heavy, yes, but the smell of paper and fresh ink made it all worth it for her.

She had brought her top thirty-five books while the rest of her collection was downloaded onto a USB stick. But her intention of limiting herself didn't go very well when she found herself exiting a bookstore with stacks of books. Organizing them gave her arms a workout.

Speaking of workouts, she seems to have gotten weaker this past year, her stamina especially. The campus tour wouldn't have been so hard if her stamina had remained the same as last year's.

Looks like she'll need to increase her training, maybe she'll start morning exercise at nine alone instead of at ten with everyone else.

All of a sudden, a knock came at the door. Yaorui placed her towel on her desk and went to open the door.

Behind the door stood a girl, short hair, tall, and a bit on the chubby side. She was playing with her hands and the hem of her shirt while bowing her head.

"ZhenZhen, right?" The girl's face went red and nodded fervently, "What can I do for you?"

"Ah-well, Senior Ysa wanted me to inform you that dinner was almost ready,"

"Thank you, we'll be right down,"Just as she was about to close the door, the girl spoke up again.

"C-can I get an autograph?" Yaorui smiled, the girl was just so cute!

"Of course," She reached out for the pen and paper ZhenZhen held out for her and with one elegant move, signed her name.

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Dinner went smoothly, and everyone had gathered in the living room, save for a few others.

The students that were in the living room figured had nothing better to do decided to join in on movie night.

It was an opportunity to get to know each other and bond as cringy as it may sound, it was true.

But just as the movie was about to start, the channel changed, and a man and woman wearing a bold shade of yellow appeared.

"Good evening, tonight the latest news on the situation,"