Chapter 3 Investigation Begins

  We bent down, being extremely careful. Afraid that the administrator would see us, but the more careful we were, the easier it was to make a mistake. As expected, just as we arrived at the second row of bookshelves, the administrator came over.* Wearing a badge with "Library Administrator 008" on it.

  I felt a chill run down my back and didn't dare turn around. If I got deducted points, it would affect my graduation certificate. At this moment, I looked to the side for help, and saw that 'Luo' was calmly flipping through a geography book.

  I straightened my back, casually pulled out a history book to take a look. It turned out that the administrator was just making his rounds, and I had actually scared myself. After seeing the administrator walk away, Yan 'exposed' beside me, trying hard to hold back the urge to laugh. I could only silently put down the book, not knowing what to do next.

  He said: "The database is just behind the cash register... that 'door'."

  I followed his gaze and saw a very inconspicuous place, at the lower left corner of the cash register. The lock was already very old and seemed to break with just one hit. It was surrounded by a circle of iron chains, all rusted.

  Yes, and this "gate" is only opened once a year, which is when new students enter the school to submit their documents. And coincidentally, the library is an underground one, so the humid climate causes the iron chains to rust in just a few years. Thinking about how many years the school has been established, I also feel deeply nostalgic.

  "Let's come over tonight," said Lin Luo.

  I wonder how he knew it, what if the ones on the shelves were not databases but new books?

  "I asked: 'How did you know it was there?'"

  I asked and regretted it, he looked at me with a condescending gaze as if I was an idiot. And said: "After we freshmen entered the school, I came to the library to read books just right when they were carrying folders in and out." Paused for a moment, continued: "Xiao Mimi, your IQ needs to be supplemented."

  "Don't call me Xiao Mimi!" I said indignantly.

  I took a glance at the watch, it was exactly one o'clock. The two of us had agreed to meet at 8 pm tonight by the green belt on the right side of the library, so I hastily headed with him to the examination hall to prepare for the exam.

  The exam questions were not very difficult, and I almost understood some similar questions in the morning study 'Lu' lectures.

  After leaving the examination room, I took a deep breath, stretched my waist and kicked my legs. At 4:00 pm, there was still a long time until 8:00 pm. So I decided to go back to the dormitory and play with the computer for a while.

  At eight o'clock, there were few students left, almost only couples dating outside. By nine o'clock, they all returned to the dormitory. We've 'killed' time, now we can take action.

  Back to the dorm, I saw my roommate crying and wailing. I asked her what was wrong, it seemed like she was going to fail a course. After comforting her for a few sentences, I opened my computer and continued to idly browse the school website to pass the time.

  "Beep beep —— beep beep ——"

  My phone rang, I answered it. After two "hellos" with no response, my roommate who was curious came over. I helplessly hung up the phone and continued to use my computer. My roommate's eyes sparkled as she asked: "What? Someone playing a prank?"

  I shook my head, "Not clear."

  It seems that everyone in this field likes to have some unscientific and strange things happen. Because they are always studying, but can't get the opportunity to practice. Some students finish their fourth year, although they get a graduation certificate, it's completely useless. This major is really too cold. You say you need police to investigate, police to chase, police to crack cases. In fact, there are very few places that actually need detectives.

  By seven o'clock in the evening, I hastily ate a bowl of instant noodles. Changed into tight pants and long boots. All black, looking in the mirror like a ninja.

  At 8 o'clock sharp, I arrived at the green belt and saw him hiding behind, drowsy and sleepy. He seemed to sense something, immediately woke up, and I had to awkwardly put down my hands that wanted to play a prank on him. Rubbing his nose, he smiled foolishly for a moment.

  He adjusted his collar, squatted down and said: "Look." His slender fingers pointed above my head.

  I realized we were standing right under two surveillance cameras pointing outside. This was a blind spot, I thought.

  "Look at the green belt across from us," Luo said. "You need to figure out a way to get over there without being caught by the cameras."

  I scratched my head and forced a smile, saying: "Don't be like that, I'm not a ninja."

  He stood up nonchalantly, sneering at me: "Aren't you dressed like a ninja today?" After finishing speaking, he walked out of the blind spot. I originally wanted to follow him immediately, but he gave me a pause gesture. I had no choice but to squat back down again, mimicking his actions. My mind was still in disarray, thinking that if we messed up this time, not only would we be expelled, but wouldn't we also be publicly criticized at the celebration? The more I thought about it, the more frightened I became, and before I knew it, Morning Research had already appeared in the blind spot of the green belt on the other side.

  I broke out in a cold sweat, I wonder if he's going to say next, let me learn from his past?!

  As expected, "It's your turn, learn from me." He said with a complacent tone, although I couldn't see his face hiding in the green belt, but I could imagine his smug expression.

  "I...I..." I stuttered and couldn't get a word out, I didn't even see how he passed by, what was I supposed to do.

  "What's with the ink? Come over quickly." He was over there, impatiently urging him.

  I wanted to cry but had no tears, so I had to compromise. This is no joke. I didn't care about saving face and directly asked: "How did you get past?"

  He pointed to the couple in the green belt, and I suddenly felt a surge of anger. No wonder I didn't see him, it turned out that he had just pushed down a 'female' classmate, making people who watched the video think they were fighting.

  I shook my head in distress, "No way, who am I going to find?" As soon as I finished speaking, a fierce force grasped me around the waist.

  If it weren't for going to the library, I would have forgotten that we had a fight. He dares to take advantage of me and eat my tofu.

  We smoothly reached the blind spot of the camera, and we all took a deep breath. In fact, I didn't know why I wanted to take risks and go to the data library either. Maybe this is just an aftereffect of learning this trade.

  "Ruo" is a genius, I followed him and didn't waste too much time to smoothly enter the library through a small window. Since the entire library was underground, it was very humid at night, so we took out the flashlights that were prepared in advance.

  I helped him carry it, and he started treading on the blind spots of the cameras in the underground library. The blind spots down here were not as easy to avoid as those upstairs, and after great effort, we finally reached the checkout counter. I was already drenched in sweat, looking at his tireless figure, and deep down, I didn't know whether to feel happy or sympathetic towards him.

  He took out a pair of silver needles for sewing from his waist bag and carefully inserted them into the rusty lock.

  I helped blow away the wind while carefully looking at his serious expression. A wave of delight arose, and it was my first time seeing such a serious morning study 'exposure'.

  Less than 5 minutes later, the lock went "click" and the iron chain fell down.

  I broke out in a cold sweat, he looked at me inexplicably and asked: "Why are you so tired?"

  "I said: 'Nothing, don't mind me.' In my heart I still hoped he would stay here for a while, I wasn't mentally prepared to go on yet."

  Ling sat down beside me and helped me up, we crouched leaning against the cash register.

  He said, "You see this underground library has more than a dozen cameras. Actually, half of them are old and not turned on, while the other half were installed in recent years."

  "Wow? Really? That's what you're saying. Is it only a few that are working? You've observed 'Luo' really carefully." I let out a breath, not forgetting to praise him.

  "But then Ling Xue said with disdain: 'You're all the same, observing so roughly. If that's the case, there wouldn't be any detectives in this world who can crack cases!'"

  I'm used to his way of speaking and didn't mind. I curiously looked inside, there's a camera here so I didn't dare turn on the flashlight, could only take a look under the moonlight.

  Before I knew it, the moon was covered by dark clouds. Before I could even take a look, someone kicked me in the butt! I rolled in like an idiot, covering my injured mouth and glaring at him resentfully. My mouth hadn't healed from the last explosion and now it's bruised again, what bad luck.

  Right after that, Chen Yan 's "Lu" rolled over to me like an acrobat.

  I looked around, it was pitch black and damp to the point of being unbearable. Suddenly a gust of cold wind came, and instantly a bad feeling arose, with a large patch on my back getting wet...

  Fresh blood slowly flowed into my throat along my mouth, and my lips were almost no longer lips...