Translator: Cinder Translations
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"Sir," Feng Lan widened her eyes, looking at the camera in Jiang Cheng's hands, "What are you doing?"
"Who allowed you to take pictures?" the leading female security guard shouted angrily, striding towards the door, clearly suspicious that Jiang Cheng and his group were trying to make a big deal out of it. Such reports were not uncommon in the news.
She was of a similar size to the fat guy, and if it came down to a fight, the three female security guards would definitely be more than a match for them.
As the female security guard stepped outside, Jiang Cheng wisely lifted the camera and deleted the photo right in front of her.
The woman was momentarily taken aback, seemingly not expecting that this man would comply so easily.
"It's all a misunderstanding," Zhen Jianren was the first to speak, relieved as he saw the security guard step outside. "My friend must have just gotten lost."
"By the way," he asked, pretending to be puzzled, "Did you lose something?"
The woman glanced back at Luo Yi, her expression somewhat strange. After a moment, she said, "Not exactly."
Seeing this, Zhen Jianren continued to ask, "If you didn't lose anything, how can you say he's a thief?"
Another woman walked over, looking slimmer than the first but more solid.
She had a police baton at her waist and a hoarse voice, saying, "We don't want to escalate the matter, but this is the directive from our superiors."
Her eyes were narrow, and she appeared somewhat helpless.
"Which superior?" Yu Wen suddenly interjected.
The woman hesitated for a moment, then seemed to decide it didn't matter if she told them, saying, "It's Director Li."
"Director Li is our academic director," Feng Lan explained, looking surprised as if she was hearing this for the first time. "She's been at the school for many years, and it's said that the school's development relies heavily on her."
"Her word carries a lot of weight here."
Director Li.
Everyone took note of this name.
It seemed to be another important NPC.
"Where is Director Li?"
"She is not here," the leading woman replied.
"But we need to take our friend with us," Zhen Jianren said, slightly bowing to show friendliness. He looked at the woman in front of him and continued, "We were invited by your school to shoot for the anniversary celebration. There's a rehearsal this afternoon."
"I think if this misunderstanding delays things, it could lead to unnecessary troubles."
The female security guards looked troubled.
They knew about the upcoming anniversary celebration.
The celebration was held every ten years and was quite grand.
All school leaders would be in attendance.
They could only imagine the consequences if such an event were delayed.
But handling it strictly was also Director Li's directive.
Seeing the female security guards' dilemma, Feng Lan spoke up, "How about this: let him go for now so he can continue filming?"
"If you later find concrete evidence proving he stole something, you can come back to find him."
"But what if he runs away?" one of the previously silent security guards asked, her voice somewhat dull.
"I'll keep an eye on him," Feng Lan promised.
After much deliberation, the female security guards finally agreed.
"Then we'll leave it to you," said the leading female security guard, "Teacher Feng."
After saying that, she waved at Luo Yi, signaling him to leave.
Luo Yi walked a few steps to join everyone, and after Zhen Jianren thanked them on behalf of the group, they turned to leave.
Zhang Yinyin stayed behind, walking slowly. Once she had created some distance from everyone, she quickly pulled out a shiny small object from her pajamas.
It was a mirror.
The mirror was highly irregular, with sharp edges, as if it were a shard left behind after a large mirror had shattered.
She held up the mirror, facing away from room 304, using the reflection to observe the security guards inside.
After a while...
"Whoo—"
She slowly exhaled. Fortunately, the worst-case scenario she had anticipated did not happen.
Just as she was about to put away the mirror and turn to leave, her peripheral vision inadvertently caught sight of the edge of the mirror.
The next moment, her eyes widened in shock.
In the reflection of the mirror, a huge face suddenly appeared.
The enormous face moved closer, almost filling the entire mirror surface!
What was even more terrifying was that the face had a gaping maw!
"Ah! Ahhh!!"
She screamed, her hand trembling, causing the mirror to fall to the ground and shatter into countless pieces.
Standing behind her, Jiang Cheng closed his mouth, stroked his chin, and said, somewhat dissatisfied, "Miss Zhang, I was just trying to borrow your mirror to check on my molars, as they've been inflamed during puberty, but..."
Before Jiang Cheng could finish his sentence, the others who had already walked away ran back.
Yu Wen stared at Jiang Cheng and Zhang Yinyin, instinctively directing her gaze at the flustered latter.
"What happened?" Yu Wen said coldly.
"N-nothing." Zhang Yinyin trembled, seemingly still not having regained her composure.
"If nothing's wrong, why are you screaming like a ghost?"
Zhou Taifu had long been displeased with Zhang Yinyin. Just now, her sudden scream nearly made him fall down the stairs.
"Alright, alright," Jiang Cheng stepped in, actively defending Zhang Yinyin.
"Miss Zhang didn't mean it; she was just overly nervous. Everyone, please don't blame her anymore."
At this moment, someone noticed the sparkling shards on the ground.
Their expressions gradually became strange.
Feng Lan glanced at her watch and suddenly exclaimed, "It's 2:10!"
The rehearsal was a mainline task, and even without Feng Lan urging, no one dared to delay.
Everyone rushed to the music classroom on the fourth floor in one breath.
Although it was only one floor apart, the office and the music classroom were situated on opposite sides of the building.
The distance was quite considerable.
When they reached the door, there were already students resembling officials waiting outside. Upon seeing Feng Lan, they finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Teacher Feng," one girl wearing round glasses jogged forward and greeted, "We've been waiting for you. Teacher Wu said their equipment has been set up, and they're asking when to start."
She spoke quickly, looking somewhat exasperated from being hurried along, and quietly complained, "They've pushed us several times."
"Go tell them we've arrived; we'll start in five minutes."
The girl nodded and then pushed the door open.
"I'll go check on the other groups and verify the attendance list," Feng Lan said, turning to Yu Wen.
She had a good impression of this woman.
She was spirited, spoke little, remained calm, and seemed very reliable.
"Okay," Yu Wen nodded at her, her expression unchanged.
Feng Lan turned to leave.
But after walking a few steps, she seemed to suddenly remember something and turned back to glance at Luo Yi a few times, though she ultimately said nothing.
After Feng Lan left, everyone's eyes subconsciously turned toward Luo Yi.
His being caught in this situation was no coincidence.
Especially since he was being targeted like this.
That so-called academic director was likely someone in the know.
But what everyone was most concerned about was—
What intelligence had he obtained?
Perhaps he already knew the identity of the female ghost, or even the truth behind her death?
(End of the Chapter)
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