The school leadership never anticipated that all the students in Class 1 of the first year of high school would be living so comfortably, forming a stark contrast with the miserable students from other classes.

The school leaders felt that the students in this class were having it far too easy.

So they came up with a devious plan.

Shi Li, with the experience from her past life as an aid, thought that staying obediently in the village would keep them out of trouble.

However, she hadn't accounted for the school leadership's unconventional tactics.

It was much like you before an exam. You think you can predict the examiner's intentions, but the examiner has an unpredictable mind, impossible to fathom.

Every day, the students diligently reported to the fields on time, without a single complaint.

This was because they believed in the foresight of Shi Li's inner voice, which had never been wrong.

Their trust in Shi Li was even stronger than her trust in herself.

Neither Shi Li nor her classmates could have imagined that they would wake up not on the earthen kang of their dormitory, surrounded by sleeping classmates.

Instead, they found themselves in a pitch-black room, barely able to make out the outlines of their surroundings.

They were bound hand and foot to chairs, sitting in an incredibly uncomfortable position. At that moment, being able to stand up and stretch, or even just move their limbs a bit, would have been a tremendous relief.

With their hands and feet tied, even standing up was an almost impossible task.

They couldn't even make a sound, as their mouths were gagged.

Not with a wad of cloth stuffed in their mouths like in some movies, but with medical tape sealing their lips shut.

They couldn't even open their mouths to make a sound.

When Shi Li first opened her eyes, she thought she had transmigrated again, this time into the plot of the original novel.

As the vicious female supporting character obsessed with the male lead, after Feng Yunhe and Liang Rongrong became a couple, she naturally couldn't accept that her idol had been snatched away. So, she resorted to various "criminal" tactics.

One of these included having Liang Rongrong kidnapped. As the righteous protagonist protected by the female lead's halo, Liang Rongrong would certainly be safe.

The vicious supporting character would end up ensnared in her own trap, becoming the kidnapped one instead.

Shi Li truly believed she had transmigrated to that moment in her sleep.

Outside were ruthless kidnappers, and her life was in danger.

Shi Li tried hard to recall the plot of the original novel, but because it was just the tragic fate of a vicious supporting character, it hadn't been described in much detail.

Other classmates were also gradually waking up in their respective dark rooms, and everyone quickly realized that they had probably been kidnapped.

But what exactly was the situation? Who were the kidnappers? Why had they been kidnapped? Was it for revenge or ransom? What about the other classmates? How were they doing?

Had only one person been kidnapped, or the entire class?

If it was the entire class, who could have done this? Subduing thirty people at once would be a massive undertaking.

As everyone was lost in their thoughts, they were suddenly jolted by a whimper.

In the pitch-black room where one couldn't see their hand in front of their face, hearing a slightly tearful female voice was incredibly shocking.

It was no different from seeing a white-dressed, long-haired figure floating down the road at night, surrounded by two ghostly blue flames.

[Where on earth is this?]

[How did I end up in a place like this as soon as I opened my eyes?]

[Help! Save me!]

[Why is my life so miserable?]

She had already tried so hard to complete the tasks, how could she have transmigrated again?

Transmigration was one thing, but to end up at such a disastrous point in time? How was she supposed to survive this?

Even if she had to go through the grueling college entrance exam preparation twice more, that would be better than this.

[I'm so stupid, really, waaah]

The classmates confined in other rooms listened carefully and realized that the source of this voice was none other than their old friend, Shi Li.

This revealed a lot of information: they weren't alone in this place, and there was a 90% chance that the entire class had been brought here.

If that was the case, the possibility of this being an act of revenge was zero.

It could be for ransom; perhaps some kidnappers had heard that children from wealthy families were experiencing village life here and decided to kidnap them for ransom from the rich.

This guess seemed highly plausible, yet the classmates thought of another seemingly impossible scenario: could this be the school's doing?

This guess had no supporting evidence, and logically, the school wouldn't do something like this.

But everyone unanimously felt it was related to the school.

If it was the school's doing, then surely someone was observing them, and if they didn't see any movement from their side for half a day, they would certainly come to rescue them.

The classmates thought this way and instantly gave up struggling.

Only Shi Li, unaware of the situation, still believed she had transmigrated again and was about to die, so she was desperately trying to escape.

They say human potential has no limits, especially in desperate situations.

You never know how much potential you have until you push yourself to the brink.

Shi Li was in this exact situation. She fell to the ground along with the chair,

[Ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow]

Then she stretched her arms as far as she could to untie the ropes on her feet. Her wrists hurt from the rope burns, but she persisted in trying to untie the knots.

Her entire body was in a very contorted position. At this moment, Shi Li was very proud of having studied dance for a while; her flexibility was good, so this posture that would have been impossible and potentially back-breaking for others wasn't too difficult for her.

Just as she finally untied the knots around her ankles and was about to be free, the door that had been closed since she woke up suddenly opened, letting in a flood of light from outside.

Having been in darkness for so long, Shi Li found the dazzling light uncomfortable.

But whether it was dazzling or not was secondary now. Shi Li's mind was filled with thoughts like: [It's over, it's over, the kidnappers caught me trying to escape, oh no, oh no, will they kill me?]

The other classmates, who had been quiet for a long time, suddenly heard Shi Li's scream, nearly deafening them. But that wasn't important right now.

Why had the room holding Shi Li suddenly been opened? Could their guess have been wrong? Was this not a prank by the school after all?

Everyone started to worry about Shi Li, not because they were afraid of never hearing gossip again, but because after spending so much time together, they all saw each other as siblings. Now, if anyone was in trouble, everyone would be concerned.

So those who had been lying still couldn't sit idle anymore and started thinking about how to escape.

When the door was opened from the outside, Shi Li was in a twisted position on the ground.

Believing the person at the door to be a kidnapper, she tilted her head back and put on a fawning smile to show her complete submission and obedience, all in an effort to save her life.

Her hands were pathetically trying to cover the ropes tangled around her feet, in a pose that was as ridiculous as it was contorted.

The sunlight dispelled the gloom inside the room, and after a moment of adjustment, Shi Li could finally make out the face of the backlit figure.