In the streets of the Daping Residential District, most people were still glued to the news billboard, some were horrified, some were shocked, others were skeptical of the report.
No one noticed a tired male student slowly walking behind them and into an alleyway where he leaned against the wall
Li Heng: "It was an accident…It was an accident" He continued muttering to himself
He didn't remember how he escaped or how he could still talk after that. It was a miracle that he could even call a taxi and head to this district
He checked his phone and saw it was bombarded by messages from his friends, his parents and Yu Ting.
Li Heng: "Yu Ting…? Why would she call me?"
(It doesn't make any sense for Cheng Xi to kill me unless someone blackmailed him) He thought to himself before getting up
As he was getting up, a phone call came in and it was Yu Ting. Li Heng looked at the number panicking before completely ignoring it
(I can't trust her. She's too suspicious…) He continued walking through the streets where it was still the same, the same streets, cars honking, people walking around him like no one knew who he was or what he did as they continued with their daily lives and problems. The world continues on as usual
He stood in the streets, looking around the people around him. Some families were walking into stores, some elderly were talking or buying vegetables from the stalls and several police officers were patrolling the streets.
As he stood there, an elderly man shouted at him saying
Elderly man: "Young man, are you alright?! You have blood on your shoes, did you stumble on the ground?" He shouted and Li Heng looked at him confused
Elderly man: "Well, if it's hurt. You should go to a hospital!" He said before returning to what he was doing.
Li Heng took some deep breaths as he calmed down. Later, he took out his phone and look at the messages. The most recent message was from his parents with 20 miss calls each
He took another deep breath before finally calling his parents. As he waited anxiously for a few seconds, the call was through and his parents voice immediately came through
Both Parents: "LI HENG!!! WHERE ARE YOU?! ARE YOU ALRIGHT?!" They both shouted through the phone at once
Li Heng: "I'm fine…I just went for a walk"
Li An: "Aren't you supposed to be at university?! Chen Xian told me that you went missing in university?!"
Li Heng: "I…I will tell you about it when I get back…Alright?"
They paused for a moment before they opened face cam, revealing his mother in front of the face cam and his father beside him
Li An: "Son…Is there anything you didn't tell us?" Li Heng was speechless and his father placed the cam in front of him, revealing his tired eyes
Wu Shao Ning: "Son…We have said before...No matter what happens, we will be beside you...Always"
Li Heng blinked several times, his tears starting to fill his eyes but he kept it back and nodes
Li Heng: "Yeah…I know. I'll be back soon"
His parents nods and ended the call. Immediately, Li Heng walks to a nearby wall and silently cries, not bothering of the passer-by looks. As he breath starting to crackdown, the mysterious gentle voice appeared again and began calming him down
Unknown voice: "Breathe…You need it" She said as Li Heng began to breath normally again
(Who…Who are you really?) He asked in his mind with no response
(Well…Whoever you are...Thank you…For saving me back there...I owe you one) He said in his mind and the voice responded
Unknown voice: "It is my pleasure to help someone…"
(…Well...Um...Do you have a name by any chance?) He asked which the voice hesitated for a few seconds before saying
Unknown Voice: "Aurielle…That's my name"
(Thanks...I'm Li Heng…If you already knew that) He said however Aurielle never responds again
Li Heng: "...I should head back soon…" He then got up with his shaking hands and began heading back to his home
Meanwhile back at the Chongqing university, the event was stopped due to the incident. Numerous police officers were stationed at the university gate, blocking reporters from entering while escorting all personnel out of the area.
Jing Yi was sitting at the cafeteria, her hands still trembling at the scene she had witnessed. Then, she looked at her bilibili channel views count. 1000,2000, 3000 and counting. It was skyrocketing but Jing Yi looked in fear rather than happy.
On the other side, Feng Yi smirked at the rising views like he had won a lottery. As he continued watching, he overheard Yu Ting and Chen Xian arguing with each other in a corner
Yu Ting: "I still think that Li Heng did it. I only assign the two of them together" She said calmly which Chen Xian grabbed her collar shouting
Chen Xian: "I know Li Heng for a long time, he wouldn't do this!"
Yu Ting: "Then where is he? If he didn't do it, he would have called the cops rather than disappearing"
They continued arguing for a while before Feng Yi walked to beside them while holding his phone
Feng Yi: "Hello ladies, may I have an interview?" He asked while smirking
Later at the Chongqing university dorm, a student was looking at his computer boredly as he continuously scrolling the bilibili website until a notification from the university group chat pops up.
Student: "Great, another announcement." He sighed as he began opening the group chat while drinking water from his bottle until he saw the latest news from the Chongqing university news club. [Chongqing university student-Li Heng highly suspect of recent suicide case]
Student: "Omg…" He whispered before dropping his bottle to the ground and soaking his pants. He then quickly head to the bathroom, not before seeing the comments piling up the comment section from the constant phone shaking