Li Min looked at me strangely, not knowing what ghost idea I had schemed. However, I left her in the dark. "What? Have you discovered something?" Li Min asked with expectation. She couldn't allow me to deceive her. In fact, it wasn't even a matter of deceit; this girl didn't want to be left behind. So She already wished to involve herself in any plan I intended to cook up.
"Don't you think it is time to go back to your dorm! I only have one bed, don't expect your ghost to sleep in my dorm, not to overthink that I would give up my second brother to you. After all, this second brother is my only bed, and it is my beloved." I asked, still smiling slyly.
"It is creepy when you smile like this one. What nonsense is your head telling you now?"
"Nothing really. In fact, I do not need to think about things that are not necessary. After all, I am nobody compared to some princess or highly valued person in the prince world."
Just as I said this thing, it transfixed Li Min. No, she was stiff right on her spot. Her expression was full of shock and slight fear. However, I did not mind. It was clear that she must have concluded this kind of outcome. Even though she could lie without blinking her eyes, that didn't mean those lies had any effect on this lord. After all, once I included her as a suspect, she couldn't precisely lie her way out. Was she playing with a child? If she was an old fox—I was more dangerous than a fox.
"Don't worry; I will keep my promise. Anyway, I don't care much about your troublesome identity. But!"
"But what?" She responded swiftly as though her life depended on it. In her indifferent voice, I found a trace of fluctuations of fear.
"Let's make another bet. I'm in charge this time." I didn't know I underestimated the information I casually gave. So Li Min cared for her identity that much? I doubted it. Something must be up. After all, Ling Gen seemed to know about her. What's there to hide?
"What bet."
"I know you are not the only one here. I don't care why you left that so-called world of yours—or what you came here to do. However, if your people ever come to pick you up, take me with you. That's my condition. Regardless, if you won't keep it, there should be others willing to buy my trade. At least, I'm sure of Shen Yongrui and Chonglin Mingxia. Even though they may not exactly be from the prince families, they may be closely related more than others."
Anyway, as long as I help her win, the bet would hold. But of course, I couldn't expect myself to fail. But if I did, she could do whatever she wanted—I won't care. I couldn't just allow people to play me to death. Since everyone has a weak point, why not fully maximize these weak links. It would be a terrible use of time if I didn't strike on those weak links. After all, wouldn't they underestimate me the more? From my knowledge, I already knew she understood she couldn't hide these things from me. It was only a matter of time when I would discover her.
I waited patiently to hear her answer. Li Min gritted her teeth; she was slightly confused. It was the first time I had seen this unique expression on her face, but I knew I shouldn't let my guard down. She balled her hands into fists, and she slightly bowed her face. Her breathing appeared unstable—she was contemplating her options.
"I will," she said heavily. It was good she knew how to make a concession. Else, I didn't mind dismissing her.
"Well then, you rest first. Even though you want to stay in my room till tomorrow, I can't allow that because it will only look awkward. In addition, it would lead to no result. Tomorrow, you can start looking up on your own. At least within three days, there might be changes." I told Li Min, hoping that she understood.
All that I needed now was to transfer my supposed glory to Li Min—in return for her to bring me to the ancient world of the prince families. It was a generous trade! It's worth it. I escorted Li Min to her dorm and used the opportunity to look at the bullying scene. I couldn't say if this revelation brought me closer to my salvation or doom. In any case, I didn't want that girl to have any leverage on me again. I hated when people planned to use me.
It was close to midnight, and it was rare to see students outside. However, that would have been true two days ago, but now it's different because of the test. So, as I walked toward the event scene, I saw a few students returning from the same place. I moved casually and unrestrained because I believed no one would take me seriously. After all, I had manipulated people into thinking—that I was worthless. Who would pay attention to a pathetic crap like me? The only thing they could do was a sneer, which was more comforting than praise. The whole place looked darker, except for the dim lights installed around the surrounding. Soon, I got to the bullying scene.
As I had thought, they had already covered everything with footsteps; most of them appeared irregular, probably because of the crowd that had converged here in the morning and this evening. However, most of these footsteps may be deliberately misleading. Regardless, my eyes were naturally sharper, so I could detail each footstep and even envision what the owner of the footstep intended to do.
Standing there motionless with the enormous swimming pool behind me, I flashed my indifferent eyes around my surrounding as I silently thought about something. The water exuded cold calm with unprecedented clarity. But if anyone decided to hide under the water, people could effortlessly catch the person. I churned my thought silently. Why did the bully choose his target, and why did the bully select this place. The entire situation puzzled me. If I was the bully, I.… Different thoughts rapidly collided in my brain. I only stood there with my hand on my chin as I passed my gaze across everything in silence. However, I knew what I had so far could only be called meager. It was indeed so limited that the picture appeared vague.
I sighed miserably; "I can come up with the victim showing timidity which has announced her position to the bully. There was also the possibility that there might be something valuable to the victim that the bully had exploited. However, there is no guarantee that this pool was special, except the bully or the victim was paranoid about this pool. It could be the first evident, or the whole thing was coincident." I muttered to myself.
While I was in deep thought with my thumb placed on my jaw, I perceived conversation coming toward me. I looked in the direction of the spectators; there was a space that could conceal people. I instinctively drove in and waited. My survival card had become the fact that I've concentrated many acupuncture points, reducing my acupuncture points drastically. So my sense organ had become hyperactive. Otherwise, I could have caught those noise late. In any case, I'm safe now.
The people that came were exactly two guys from class A. They were one of those guys around Shen Yongrui on the day first-year gathered together for their unique test. They were Shirong Gang and Taiwan Bohai.
Considering how aloof Shirong Gang was, he must have been someone with a low concentration level. He talked less and looked easy to read. On the other hand, Taiwan Bohai was plump, and he shoved snacks into his mouth every blessed second. From his expression, he must have loved sweet snacks a lot. Just as this person ate, he talked very annoyingly and looked like he either didn't know how annoying he was (as this person ate and spoke simultaneously), or he evidently didn't care.
"I thought we had already been here. Why would Shen Yongrui ask us to come here anyway?"
Taiwan Bohai freely spoke while making animal noises with the way he ate. In fact, he really did not care about his behavior. Meanwhile, Shirong Gang was always asking him to repeat what he said. The guy either did not hear him as his mouth was full of snacks, or he wasn't entirely paying attention to what Taiwan Bohai was saying.
"Let's do this thing seriously. You know this person will discover the truth anyway, with just a mere discussion."
As Shirong Gang spoke, any observant individual could tell he was evidently panicked by looking at his body language. He went off to some corner to search around—looking at the footsteps scattered on the ground. Even though the school tiled the floor, I guessed the school must have made here off-limit until the test was over. But judging from his panicked behavior, it was simple to assume that this Shen Yongrui had his ways of finding out the truth.
"That reminded me, Shen Yongrui was talking about taking care of class B first. Does he want to destroy their effort?" Taiwan Bohai chimed.
"Well, who knows what he is thinking; he's creepy. Let us only wait for the result." Shirong Gang sounded slightly disgusted yet fearful, and he looked as though he was not interested in that topic.
But from this perception, it meant these guys must be dissatisfied with that Shen Yongrui. However, none of them could literally betray him. These people possess influence that anyone could hardly break—especially when they have means of curbing nuisance around them. How do I proceed with these people now? Well, it is better to calculate their step. First, I would like to see what their first move would look like since they claimed to be clever.