Section Thirty-Seven: Being Trapped

  "Alright, stop messing around, let's eat quickly and rest for a while before heading back to school! By the way, also help me think of ways to improve the living conditions at home, that's the priority! I don't want my two precious younger brothers to suffer!" Lu Meiyou said with a smile, but her eyes showed worry and concern.

  "It's great to have an older sister, haha, maybe after a nap I'll have a burst of inspiration and come up with all sorts of ideas! Good afternoon, goddess!" Xuan Sheng felt extremely happy as he went upstairs.

  School Activity Room:

  "Why is nobody here yet, I'm starving to death! Open the door!" Xiaoxuan desperately knocked on the activity room door, frantically shouting for help, "Is anyone there? Is there still someone outside? There's someone in the activity room!"

  "Stop shouting and save some saliva, or you might faint soon!" Luo Er lay on the floor of the activity room, looking at Xiao Xuan with a weak voice.

  The activity room was empty, with nothing in it except for scattered pencil leads on the tables and floor. The windows were sealed shut because there were no railings, so there were no open windows either! The scorching sun beat down, making the entire room feel stiflingly hot, as if even the air was burning. Luo Er and Xiao Xuan had been locked in here for over two hours already, with no water, no breeze, and no fresh air, feeling like they were on the verge of suffocation. Xiao Xuan's voice was hoarse by now, and it was only then that she realized how deadly thirst could be. She pulled out a few comic books and drafts papers, scattered them randomly on the floor, leaned against Luo Er, and lay down dazedly.

  "Xiao Xuan, you're pointing over there, it's so hot!" Luo Er said weakly.

  "Oh, forgot, 90 degrees flesh on flesh!" Xian said, moving slightly to the side.

  "Xiao Xuan, is Shen Kai your biological brother?"

  "Yes, it's really born to one father and one mother..."

  "What's going on here? You're doing something behind my back, and this is going to get us both killed!"

  "Yes, he said he would go get the layout and come back, but in the end, he never returned..."

  "Shen Kai, I really hate you to death!" Lak (Luo Er) was dizzy from the sun's heat and had all sorts of fantasies before her eyes, but most of them were about water and rice...

  Lu Xiansheng and Chen Zhiquan, the two of them woke up to find that the car was already ready. They got in the car and lazily headed back to school, but this time their spirits were much better, it seems that taking a nap at noon is good for the body!

  "What's going on? I haven't seen Lí Luòér and Shěn Xiǎoxuān all morning?" Zhìquán asked Xuànshèng while leaning against the classroom window, watching the students rushing to and fro.

  "I also want to know..." Lu Xiangsheng's cold and stern face didn't have a single ripple.

  "You won't go find Lí Chāo for dinner anymore?"

  "I don't know!"

  "At worst, it's just being with Shen Kai..."

  Lu Xuan Sheng glanced at his watch and saw that there were still 25 minutes before class started. However, the teacher should arrive early, right? "I'm going to find Shen Kai, do you want to come together?"

  "Shen Kai? Let's go, meet this school grass, haha!" Zhi Quan's disdainful smile made Lu Xian Sheng's eyebrows furrow, feeling somewhat uneasy.

  "Trouble someone to call Shen Kai from your class!" Lu Xiangsheng shouted at the students in the first row while standing at the door.

  "The class monitor has gone to the toilet!" The boy in the first row wiped his mouth and said dazedly.

  The girl next to him couldn't bear it anymore and pushed the water boy away: "Liu Er Gouzi, what are you talking about? Shen Kai went out for lunch with Bai Shi and hasn't come back yet! Please don't spread rumors, okay?"

  "What's with the white poetry?" Lu Xian Sheng looked at this domineering girl in confusion.

  "Yes, at the end of class, I even asked Shen Kai if he wanted to have lunch with us, and he said that Bai Shi was waiting for him..."

  "Shh! Something's going to happen!" Xuan Sheng turned around and ran off, Zhi Quan simply followed after him.

  Two people rushed all the way to the activity classroom in the annex building, looking at the tightly locked door, Xuan Sheng panted heavily and leaned against the glass frame of the door to look inside...

  "How is it? Is Lai Luoer there?" Chen Zhiquan asked anxiously from behind.

  "Now it's invisible! But that doesn't mean it's not inside! Maybe they're in the corner of the wall, which is completely out of sight!" Xuan Sheng said to Zhi Quan while knocking on the door.

  "My sixth sense tells me that Li Lu'er is inside, and also Shen Xiaoxuan..." Chen Zhiquan said quietly.

  "Are you certain?" Xuan Sheng's gaze at Zhi Quan was so solemn!

  "Monster, use your brain for once! I heard every single word White Poetry said to you... And by the way, isn't it around 40 degrees now? Not more or less? What about Shen Kai? Is there anything else in his heart besides White Poetry? He'd even forget his own sister..."

  "Ah!" Lu Xiansheng couldn't hold back the fire in his heart anymore, and he pounded on the door with all his might: "Li Luoye! Shen Xiaoxuan? Are you guys inside? If you can hear me, speak up! Li Luoye, Shen Xiaoxuan..."

  "Xiao Xuan, is someone calling us?" Li Luo'er tried hard to open her eyes and speak louder, but the voice she let out might not even be audible to herself... "Xiao Xuan? Xiao Xuan~ did you hear that?"

  Lí luò ér nǔ lì de shēn chū shǒu qù yáo huàng xiǎo xuān, kě shì yǎn qián de shì jiè yòu biàn de mó hu zhe lái ……

  Unable to see what was going on in the activity room and unable to hear any sound, Xuan Sheng and Zhi Quan were like two ants on a hot pot.

  "What should we do? Can't you be sure they're inside?" Xuan Sheng became anxious, almost at his wit's end, and could only turn to Zhi Quan for help.

  "I'm thinking! Can you calm down a bit?! I've never seen you like this!" Zhi Quan pressed on Xuan Sheng's shoulder, trying to get him to calm down.

  "Shit, I'm done!" Xuan Sheng punched the glass of the fire extinguisher cabinet that had been aimed at for a long time, took out the fire extinguisher and smashed it against the frosted glass of the activity room door...

  Looking at the scene in front of him, Chen Zhiquan muttered: "Monster, do you want to be so bloody? I've already thought of a way... If we smash Shen Xiaoxuan's phone, we'll know if they're inside or not... It's only been a few days, and we've already damaged school facilities. Expulsion is just a matter of time, but the premise is that we are transfer students! Or contract students!"

  "It's too late to say anything! It's already been smashed!" Lu Xiangsheng threw down the fire extinguisher, took off his jacket and wiped away the remaining glass debris with all his might...

  "Hurry up and jump in, if no one sees us we can run back before class starts and pretend like nothing happened!"

  Lu Xiansheng looked at Chen Zhiquan with disdain, grabbed the door frame and jumped in. As soon as he entered the activity room, it was like a sauna, with beads of sweat rolling down Lu Xiansheng's bare upper body.

  "Fallen! Wake up!" Xuan Sheng grabbed Li Lu'er's arm and shook it vigorously.

  Luo'er slowly opened his eyes and weakly said: "Look at Xiao Xuan...Xiao Xuan fainted!"

  "What? What did you just say? Lì Luòér!" Lù Xiǎng Shèng stared at Lì Luòér's already closed eyes and asked anxiously.

  "She said let you take care of Xiao Xuan first! Xiao Xuan is not doing well! Use your brain to think!" Zhi Quan stood at the door and shouted at Lu Xuan Sheng.

  "Xiao Xuan? Xiao Xuan!" Lu Xian Sheng slapped Shen Xiao Xuan's face, but there was no reaction at all... "Chen Zhi Quan, they're not responding, what should we do?"

  "Undo your top buttons!" Chen Zhiquan yelled from outside the door.

  "How can I undo it? Do I have to take off my clothes? This is a school! What the...". Lu Xiangsheng suddenly collapsed.

  "Then send it to the infirmary! Hurry up, take it out!" Chen Zhiquan looked around, but no one had noticed the activity room yet. If he came out early, he might still be able to avoid responsibility.

  Lu Xuan Sheng looked at the two girls who had fainted, and was flustered. He first carried Xiao Xuan out from under the door and handed her to Chen Zhi Quan, then he picked up Luo Er and did the same... before quickly jumping out and carrying Luo Er as he sprinted away.

  Chen Zhiquan, who was also physically exhausted, originally hugged Shen Xiaoxuan, but later found it difficult to keep up with Lu Xiansheng's speed and simply carried him on his back...

  "Let go, let go!" Lu Xiangsheng's urgent warning voice echoed clearly throughout the entire building.

  "Monster! Slow down, at least ask clearly where the infirmary is? How can the infirmary be in the same building as the teaching building?" Chen Zhiquan shouted breathlessly while carrying Shen Xiaoxian on his back.

  "Oh...... right!" Lu Xiansheng looked at Lei Luo'er in his arms and only then reacted, "Classmate, where is the infirmary?"

  Looking at Lu Xiangsheng who didn't even wear a shirt, the girls shrieked and panicked, surrounding him from all sides, but no one dared to make a sound.

  At this time, the boy who was drooling earlier appeared, looking at Lu Xiangsheng's bloody hand and tightly embracing Li Luo'er, seeming to understand something... "Follow me, I'll take you to the infirmary!" He said as he pushed through the crowd and led the way.

  As expected, the infirmary is not even in the same building as the teaching block.

  "You three go back to class, they have nothing to do with each other, just heatstroke, resting for a while will be fine, I'll take care of them..." The doctor said with a smile as he looked at the three panting big boys.

  "Teacher, are you sure nothing's wrong? They just lost consciousness a moment ago!" Xuan Sheng asked worriedly.

  "It's okay, I've already changed them into loose clothes. The temperature has been lowered and Lì Luòér is now conscious and can drink water on her own. Shěn Xiǎoxuān can only receive a saline drip for now, but I believe she'll wake up soon... You two can go to class with peace of mind!" The doctor smiled warmly at the tense expressions of Lù Xiǎoshèng and Chén Zhìquán.

  "Alright, teacher!" Chen Zhiquan pulled Lu Xiansheng outwards.

  "Wait, classmate, your hand is bleeding, let me treat it for you!" The doctor looked at Lu Xiangsheng's hand with a heart full of pity and called out to stop him.

  "Hehe, it's okay, teacher. I've already stopped bleeding and can handle it myself!" Lu Xiangsheng smiled wryly and shrugged his shoulders.

  "The blood has already coagulated and was scratched by glass, it's easy to get inflamed. Now the weather is too hot, if you don't want it to fester, just listen to me..."

  "That's all right, teacher, just take good care of them!"

  Lu Xiansheng, Chen Zhiquan and the boy who led the way walked out of the medical room together.

  "Thanks a lot, Liu Ergou!" Lu Xiansheng said with a smile.

  "Ah, heh heh, no need to be polite." He smiled sheepishly, "Actually, this is my nickname. In school, you can still call me Liu Hongfu. My deskmate liked to bully me, and since hearing my grandma call me that, she spread it all over the school, so nobody even knows my real name anymore..."

  "Haha, I said so, how can there be such a funny name, it's really not decent, not decent!" Zhiquan burst out laughing.

  "Relying on Minghao for a living... it should be like that, I've also heard of it!" Xuan Sheng said.

  "Hehe, hehe, yeah! I'll head back to class first, I'm already late, but there should be a good reason for it today!" Liu Hongfu said with a silly grin while constantly glancing at his watch.

  "Alright, I'll also go back to the activity room to get my jacket. If not, I'll look even more indecent than your nickname!" Lu Xiangsheng furrowed his brow and looked at his body with a bitter smile.

  "It's up to you! I'm leaving first!" After saying that, Liu Ergou disappeared without a trace.

  "I think before taking the clothes, shouldn't you wash your hands first? Not to mention disinfecting, but at least treat the wound!" Chen Zhiquan said, looking at Lu Xiansheng's blood-stained hands.

  "Stop messing around! The activity room is nearby! Hurry up and go, we still have class later!"

  "Uh... it seems like... it seems we've gone too far this time..." Chen Zhiquan said hesitantly.

  "Huh?"

  "Look ahead!"

  Lu Xuan Sheng looked carefully and saw a group of people standing at the entrance of the activity room.

  Principal, Secretary, Dean of Studies, Class Advisor, and Shen Kai...