Chapter 5: Gloomy Celebration

  I had to grit my teeth and return to the first room, already fed up with that human-shaped coffin. Chen Yan 'Lou' ran over, the flashlight's beam making my eyes ache. He once again forced the broken spring on the back of the human model back into place, his movements stiff, he must be a bit scared too.

  We had just closed the first 'door', and as I expected, that sound started again.

  Rumble Rumble

  But this time it was two shots!

  "Never mind, let's just go find the materials quickly!" Now I'm not even clear what I'm persisting in. If the instructor's death was explained as an external factor, it might be easy to accept if it happened to someone else. But for us students who study case investigations, we can't help but want to investigate further.

  Ling also looked impatient, nodding her head. We quickly arrived at the second 'gate', and the smell of sulfur hit us in the face. Fortunately, we had brought masks, or this smell would have suffocated me to death.

  Everything was some medical bottles and jars, we roughly flipped through a small bookshelf but couldn't find the needed information.

  And on the opposite side, there were several large jars placed, and we became a bit at a loss. The first 'door' told me that I shouldn't touch some unnecessary things anymore, and we should quickly go to the last 'door' to take a look. If there's nothing needed in the last 'door', it's probably because we went in the wrong direction, and we should have chosen left instead of right from the beginning.

  Before I could say anything, Yan 'Lu' had already opened a large vat with her hand. These vats were extremely big and could fit an adult inside.

  I was about to stop him: "No - !" Before I could finish, the smell of the 'medicine' in the large vat dazed my brain.

  He pulled me back quickly, and I shone my flashlight into the large vat, trying to see what was inside. As soon as I saw it clearly, all of my organs seemed like they were going to burst! My heart almost couldn't take it.

  Only in the large vat of black, pungent medicine water, three or four infant heads faintly appeared!

  "Xiao Mimi, you——"

  "No...no...... Let's go back quickly!" I pulled him, my mind in a mess, wanting to run out, but he stood there like a wooden stake, unmoving.

  "What are you spacing out for?!" I ran out by myself, and it's already impossible to imagine that this is the underground room. What is everything for, could it be that the school has a hidden assassination crime...

  I ran along the tunnel, but no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't find my way back because I had thrown away the flashlight when I was on the verge of a nervous breakdown. I felt my way forward in the darkness, and I felt an overwhelming sense of terror. My heart seemed to be jumping out of my chest, and then from the first door came a faint rumbling sound. Tears were falling down uncontrollably. I'm not a strong girl, but I want to try to be brave.

  After about ten or twenty minutes, the sound got closer and closer to me. The first 'door' suddenly opened by itself, and I clearly saw a black shadow flash by, making me think my eyes were playing tricks on me. It flashed into the second 'door', where Lulu was!

  I crouched tens of meters away, afraid to go over, but I had to save my friend.

  Once again, I ran back from the narrow path that only one person could pass through. On the way, because it was not clear, I fell down several times. My knees were already bruised, and I didn't care about anything else.

  Back at the second 'door', I opened it in one go. Saw a person lying on the ground, and the 'exposure' was gone!

  "Lin Luo!" I shouted loudly, but there was no response.

  I was furious and grabbed a medicine bottle from beside me, throwing it at the person lying on the ground with their head in their hands. The person immediately let out a pained cry and tried to get up but couldn't. It was clear that I saw his left shoulder had become paralyzed, the entire shoulder had lost its shape, while the right side was still intact. He wore a white robe, very much like a regular medical staff member, but with his head covered so that his face could not be seen clearly.

  "Lab Luo, where are you? Lab Luo!" I shouted again, and suddenly a hand stretched out from the pungent medicinal water.

  Those pale and slender hands are the ones that can bring me warmth!

  I hurriedly reached out and grabbed it, the black medicinal liquid also filled my hands. The coolness was refreshing and didn't feel uncomfortable at all.

  He calmly crawled out, but his whole body had been soaked in the black medicine water. The white vest inside also turned gray, apparently the medicine water had discolored.

  I returned the overcoat to Yan 'Lu', who put it on his thin body. I asked him with concern if he was cold, and he replied irritably that I was talking nonsense.

  We looked down at the ground and found that the black shadow had disappeared without a trace.

  "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have run away."

  He was frozen stiff, and suddenly collapsed to the ground. "This isn't your fault, everything here is still unusual. You were right to go out just now, otherwise... it could have been you who got hurt." He said calmly, rubbing his injured right hand: "I'm going to take off my clothes and wring them dry."

  I nodded, taking the jacket he had taken off, his undergarment, and a vest stained with color. His delicate skin was exposed in the silent air, and I unconsciously blushed.

  Unlike Liu Ke's robustness, he was instead very 'thin'.

  Ling didn't care about being a man or woman anymore, and directly took off her jeans in front of me, revealing gray underwear. I quickly turned around, she started to wring the jeans, then put them on. I just turned back, and wrung out all the tops. A large puddle of black medicine water appeared on the ground, I sniffed Ling's body. There was no bloody or rotten smell, it seemed that those baby heads were fake.

  "That's the real kid, and this is a secret laboratory for pickling." He seemed to know what I was thinking about, and after finishing speaking, he looked at my dazed expression. His lips, which had been frozen purple, managed to squeeze out a faint smile. "Don't worry about anything, there won't be any ghosts here. You took the wrong path, we should have checked the last 'door' and gone left."

  "No, it's too late, it's already four o'clock."

  He helplessly sat down on the ground, "Sigh, looks like I'll have to come again."

  I screamed in my heart, what! Do I have to go through this again?!

  I supported him, not going to the last 'door', but directly returning on the original road. All the way I was nervous and frightened, if that 'masked' man appeared again, I'm afraid I couldn't cope with it alone while supporting Yan 'Lu'.

  The tense nerves finally relaxed at the exit, and we restored the original arrangement. I took out the previously prepared lock and iron chain and rearranged them. We then sneaked out of the underground library, looked at each other, and burst into laughter, teasing each other's disheveled appearance - he was drenched from head to toe, my knee and lip were bruised, and we couldn't help but mock each other's sorry state.

  We said goodbye outside the playground, and he wanted me to go to the infirmary to get some medicine. But now I think of medical things, I feel terrified and uneasy. So I told him not to worry, it's just a minor injury. Although my knees still hurt a lot, I smiled and sent him off with my eyes.

  He walked away and waved his right hand.

  I put down my guard and climbed back over the wall into the girls' dormitory.

  Returned to the dormitory, dazed for a moment, and the terrifying thing seen after the second door still lingered in my mind. If this school has a murder suspect, and it's killing kids - then this place is very dangerous.

  I was woken up by the alarm clock in a daze, last night's nightmare made me sleep very restlessly.

  After hastily eating breakfast, I and Yan 'Lu' rushed to the bulletin board.

  Today is April 5th.

  The bulletin board of the law department has been crowded by students, and it's hard to get in or out. I was squeezed to the outside, and after finally getting in, I was squeezed out again. I looked at my senior "Luo" who is a head taller than me with despair, he had already easily entered the inner circle to check his grades.

  Waiting for him to walk out with his clothes in order, I suddenly understood how he got in. With his achievements here, many people will voluntarily give way, right?

  "How was it?" I asked nervously.

  "It's been two years and you're still so stupid." He repeated the words from the previous exam. I suddenly felt my breath catch, my entire body's blood vessels reversing their flow.

  As I expected, after waiting for a whole morning until everyone had dispersed, I went back to take another look.

  He smiled behind her back.

  "Damn it, again for the third time!" I stomped my foot in frustration, at this moment, there's no use complaining about heaven and earth.

  Liu Ke is second, but in my heart, this soul will always be first...

  I heard footsteps approaching and knew he was coming to mock me again. I had no choice but to rush out and say, "We'll talk another day!"

  Escaping is also impossible, the class that wasn't made up in the morning. At noon, he took the initiative to come to the 'girl' dormitory entrance, and the roommate close to the window said: "Wow, Xiaomi, take a look."

  "What's up?" I went over and found Chen Yan 'reveling' in eating a lollipop, fiddling with his phone.

  "He's so handsome, so handsome!" My roommate saw me spacing out and asked in a hurry: "Hey, is he waiting for you? I occasionally saw him when I was having class. You two like to eat together and chat and laugh."

  Under the gossiping gaze of my roommate, I changed into a coat and put on a cloak, ready to go out.

  "Hurry up and tell me already! Is it your boyfriend yelling?" She followed closely behind, asking to the bottom of things.

  I shook my head and pushed open the door: "No, you've got it wrong."

  Walk out and separate her suspicious gaze at the same time.

  I walked out, and the willow tree swayed between us in the spring breeze. He licked his popsicle stick with a naive smile on his face. From childhood to adulthood, this is one smile that I never get tired of seeing. His radiant smile was warm, so I walked up to him. I looked up at my third-floor roommate's head poking out and shouted: "Hey! He says he thinks you're really pretty!"

  Xiaoxiao made a little joke, and her roommate was so angry that she slammed the window shut and screamed.

  "Hey! Homie you..."

  He saw me laughing happily and wanted to say something but stopped himself and didn't say anything else.

  "Now we're going to be together." He said with his hands in his pockets, sucking on a lollipop and mumbling. "At the celebration this afternoon, we'll sit together."

  I wonder what's wrong with him today, why is he being so proactive.

  "What's wrong?" I looked at him, he said: "Nothing..."

  I suddenly thought of Liu Ke, "Liu Ke... how has he been lately?"

  "I don't know." He looked ahead, and my giggles stopped. I also looked over, and in the small park across the street, I saw Liu Ke with his head down, deeply kissing a girl with big wavy hair.

  His heart tightened, when did he have a 'girl' friend? I thought I understood him so well, but couldn't even discover this.

  But then again, what's wrong with a university student having a 'girl' friend?

  Seeing my face with a confused expression, Yan 'Lu' spoke up and said: "Or... shall we have a kiss too?"

  I turned my head so he couldn't see my expression, and in my heart I was secretly pleased. "Go away, you're really annoying."

  He pretended to be helpless and shrugged his shoulders.

  We arrived at the restaurant and I ordered a curry. Not even a little bit of appetite, looking at the rice, didn't want to eat at all.

  Morning exercise, saw "dew", rushed over.

  We were just about to leave when we ran into Liu Ke and his "girlfriend". They were hugging each other and walking towards us, so I stepped aside to let them pass. Yanluo, on the other hand, directly blocked their way and gave them a strange look. I quickly went over to pull Yanluo away, wanting to head towards the exit. But he shook me off and said: "When did you little brat get a 'girlfriend'? And it's even the principal's daughter."

  I smiled calmly and said, "Congratulations."

  Liu Ke didn't say anything, Liu Hai covered his eyes.

  Lan Yu didn't stop and continued: "Our instructor just passed away, you're already having fun —"

  "That's enough, Lu! Don't say any more..." I grabbed onto him, tears already falling down unknowingly.

  "Aren't you the same?" Liu Ke said, and then left us with his 'girlfriend'.

  The big 'wave' 'surge' rolled in our eyes, and it was hard to get rid of until the strong fragrance was no longer sucked into my nostrils. I lifted my head and forced a smile.

  What happened to Liu Ke in these few days?

  Yan 'exposed' stared at the place where they disappeared, her eyes fixed. As if the air around had dropped several tens of degrees, I comforted myself with two sentences and said to him: "Don't look anymore, they're on a date."

  He let out a satisfied burp and walked out of the restaurant with an air of nonchalance.

  These past few days have been too strange, I don't have time to care about feelings anymore.

  At two o'clock in the afternoon, my roommate said there would be a buffet at the celebration.

  "Cake, fruit, red wine - it's just too wonderful!" She gesticulated with her hands and feet, "I really wish every day was a celebration."

  My attention while browsing the web was all drawn to her, looking at her silly smile. I had an urge to pour cold water: "Idiot, every day is a celebration for you. You'll become a 'fat' pig."

  "Yeah." She giggled a few times and ran over with her doll.

  "I heard... our school has been haunted recently." Suddenly changed her expression, making me mistakenly think she was a different person.

  The clearest is probably me and Chen Yan 'exposed' each other, I think.

  At two thirty in the afternoon, we locked the door and walked out of the dormitory. My roommate let out a loud shriek, I lowered my head to tread on willow leaves, lost in thought, and was startled by her.

  Chen Yan still sucked on a 'stick' of sugar, waving at me in the morning. I didn't respond to him, but my roommate was quite enthusiastic.

  "I said: 'What brings you here.'"

  He licked and licked his lollipop stick and said: "I came to play with you."

  My roommate widened her bright and shiny eyes and asked if we had a fight.

  We all shouted in unison: "No!"

  The three of us chattered and quarreled, finally arriving at the gymnasium. It was already 3 o'clock sharp, classmates were all seated in their positions, we sat far away in a very remote position.

  The host's right side was barely visible, and our roommate plopped herself down between us. She smiled awkwardly for a moment, but I had already seen through her little trick.

  The lights around suddenly went out. The originally noisy hall was instantly silent.

  I whispered in front of her and said: "You like him so much, why don't you confess?"

  Although the light was dim and I couldn't see her facial features clearly, I caught a glimpse of her cheeks suddenly flushing bright red, and I couldn't help but smile secretly.

  The music thundered, and the solemn memory began. A small national flag was placed on the important stage, and the host started speaking eloquently.

  "Fellow students and teachers, thank you for participating in our school's 180th anniversary celebration today. I hereby declare the ceremony officially started!"

  After finishing, the host in black suit went off stage. The performers took the stage one after another, and the students below cheered. The chorus of over 50 people began to perform... It lasted for two hours until my stomach growled loudly, then the performance finally came to an end.

  The host's final speech: "Thank you all the performers, the celebration has come to an end. Next, please welcome our school principal to give a grand speech!"

  As soon as he finished speaking, without waiting for the host to leave the stage, the huge stage suddenly turned completely black.

  I shook awake my sleeping roommate Luo, but our other roommate was still drowsy and wanting to sleep.

  I was a bit worried about not being able to hold my urine, and it's so dark, I had to ask him to accompany me out. Originally, I wasn't afraid of the dark, but since the last data library incident, I've been particularly mindful or sensitive.

  I always have a bad premonition, I said: "I want to go to the toilet, you accompany me out of the 'door' since childhood."

  He nodded vaguely and we both crouched down, ready to get up.

  A gust of cold wind swept by.

  "Bang!" The sound of the microphone hitting the ground was particularly jarring.

  Then all the lights came on. The audience below was in an uproar, with a constant buzz of discussion. I and Yan 'Lu' stopped in our tracks, neither of us saying a word.

  At this time, my cold sweat had seeped out, immediately followed by a scream!

  The falling microphone just recorded this scream, and the audience's voice was one 'wave' bigger than one 'wave'.

  I sensed something was wrong and quickly pulled Yan Luo towards the stage.

  "Hey, what are you doing?" he asked.

  "The case of the first and third place students in school, what reason is there to not care." I replied.

  He let out a soft sigh "You're too full of yourself." He stopped me, "I've had a bad feeling about this school for a while now."

  I nodded and approached the stage with him.

  A dozen teachers were slowly moving over from their last row of seats at this time, and I looked towards the stage.

  Empty empty 'hollow' 'hollow', nothing at all.

  A little red on the left caught my attention - by the time I saw clearly, I suddenly felt a chill all over!

  The microphone was stained with fresh blood, the stage was too big, and the smell hadn't spread yet.

  Chen Yan 'Lu' hastily stopped me from getting on the horse and said cautiously: "Don't be in a hurry, don't do anything that will arouse suspicion!"

  Although he didn't show much reaction on the surface, his heart must have been in a mess already.

  The stage remained unresponsive for a long time, and the microphone was also cut off. In less than a minute, the smell of blood spread.

  Screaming, terrified, running away. More than 5,000 students suddenly erupted!

  I was squeezed and pushed, my waist hit the stage. I climbed up and walked into the backstage from the right side. The morning research 'exposure' had already been squeezed out of sight, and I didn't have time to think about others. There was no one in the dressing room on the right side, I panted heavily, telling myself to calm down. Must calm down, then open the door behind the dressing room, and walk towards the left backstage through the passage.

  My heart jumped to my throat, I felt particularly terrified. But my hands were uncontrollable and wanted to open that 'door', with a creaking sound, as if time had stopped.

  Inside, several people were standing, against the background only the host and the sound engineer sitting in the seat could be seen. There was also a 'woman' with a ponytail crying bitterly, and the principal lying on the ground, beer belly bulging...

  I was just about to go in when I suddenly had my mouth covered and my hands tied up. I was dragged back to the dressing room, still not understanding what was happening, when a slap landed on my face!

  "What are you doing!" is the voice of Chen Yan 'Lu', I touched my hot cheek, "You know they will suspect you if you go in!"

  He had to worry about me knowing, I lowered my head, "I know, sorry."

  Ling was so angry that her chest heaved up and down, I felt my cheeks swell. But still lowered my head and didn't dare to look at him, this is the first time I saw him get angry. I really hope it's the last time, the heat in front of me got closer and closer, without any resistance. He hugged me, as if apologizing for hitting me just now.

  Time seemed to have stopped, and I felt the powerful heartbeat. Lifting my head, I saw a glimpse of his shoulder and noticed that the 'door' seam was oozing out red fresh blood, and my body froze for a second.

  Blood vessels throughout the body reversed flow, from the soles of the feet to the brain.

  "Blood..."

  I pushed him and let him see the door.

  "Bang!"

  The door opened, and the principal, covered in blood and flesh, crawled out with difficulty, leaving a long trail of blood behind him. From one end of the stage to the other, what was he trying to express... And I thought he was dead.

  The ferocious face saw us and smiled.

  I was so scared that I hid behind Yanluo, he retreated step by step, and the two of us backed all the way to the wall. All I felt was a slight dizziness from the big lamp above my head, and the nearest light fell down quickly, dropping straight from the tens of meters high black shed onto the principal's body. Without mercy, blood splattered everywhere. The whole room was filled with it, Yanluo's entire body looked like she had just been pushed out of a sea of blood. I opened my eyes wide, and in the previous second, the principal who still had breath was dead right in front of me!

  There was still a thick layer of blood on his face, I ran over and stepped on a rotten piece of flesh. If it wasn't for Yanlu holding me up, I might have fallen onto the principal's body, which was blurred with blood and flesh.

  Our souls still in shock, we quickly ran out. When we reached the center of the stage, the hall was already empty and deserted.

  We felt something was off, and soon, another big light above our heads shook and was about to fall. He reacted quickly, hugged me, and we immediately fell to the ground and rolled to one side. The light shattered into pieces in front of my eyes, if not for Chen Yun's help, I think I would have been crushed to death.

  I stared at the long trail of blood and felt a sudden wave of nausea wash over me.

  At this time, an alarm had already sounded outside.

  He sidled into the entrance of the principal's office, and I followed him in with a sense of trepidation.

  "Just as I expected." He seemed to be talking to himself, yet also speaking to me.

  I walked out from behind him, and two big lights fell down like they were smashing the principal, killing the sound engineer and the host.

  "Why..." The question squeezed out of the fat man's throat was hoarse and powerless, as if it was no longer his own voice.

  "Let's get out of here quickly, the police are almost here."

  He pulled my hand and was about to go down from the stage when suddenly the lights on the opposite side of the stage shone directly at us.

  "Where's he going? The police have arrived!"

  Suddenly a loud voice came from somewhere, and soon the surrounding area was filled with police officers.

  We subconsciously raised our hands, they were more than a dozen from all sides holding handguns and slowly 'pressing' towards the stage.

  If Ruo wasn't by my side, I would have fainted long ago.

  This series hasn't even figured out what's going on yet, and it's already being made a scapegoat, which is really unfair.

  I helplessly looked at Chen Yan 'Lu', he was firmly gazing into the distance, not showing any tension, completely ignoring these gun muzzles.

  "What are you looking at?"

  The words had hardly been spoken when big lamps came crashing down one after another, and the room was suddenly plunged into darkness.

  Dozens of blood-curdling screams, though not loud, shook my eardrums and nearly deafened me!

  Lingering 'exposure' in the darkness with a cold smile, an icy hand grasped me and pulled me to the right. I stumbled and staggered, no longer knowing where I was.

  Even with great effort, he couldn't see the ground, so he always dragged his feet behind him and almost sprained his ankle.

  He rushed out, wearing rough air, and I was stunned again in an instant.

  Four police cars in front, sirens blaring, lights became dazzling after we ran out.

  "Get them out of here!" The uncle covered his right eye and walked out, with a lot of blood flowing from his hand. He must have dodged the falling object in time, but was stabbed by glass debris in the eye.

  "Outrageous! We're innocent! What right do you have to arrest us!" I bellowed, like a furious little cat.

  Liu 'touched' my hair and was handcuffed. But still handsome, not leaving any inferior color.

  I was silently comforted by him, and had no choice but to shut up. The cold, unfeeling handcuffs were put on, heavy and terrifying.

  Two police cars were left behind, with Big Uncle sitting in front of us, complaining to the driver all the way.

  "This is too weird! What kind of university is this? The dozen or so police officers who came in with me don't know what's going on either. This is too weird, I had a bad feeling from the moment we arrived... Oh right, you two!" He hadn't finished complaining when he suddenly remembered something and turned his head back, his right eye barely visible under the gauze wrapped around it a few times.

  "If you don't tell me clearly, even if you're minors, you'll go to jail! You'll pay with your lives!"

  He finished speaking in a loud and fierce tone, lit up a cigarette, and gazed deeply out of the car window.

  I broke out in a cold sweat, while Lulu remained calm and collected as she gazed out of the car window.

  I think they both have a similar demeanor.

  After a long time, we were sent to the police station.

  Yan 'Luo' was taken away by a curvaceous female police officer, and as soon as I left Yan 'Luo', I felt the air around me was very oppressive.

  The uncle was sent for treatment, and a young male police officer walked over.

  A thin and weak figure, wearing glasses, said to me: "Please come in."

  This is an interrogation room, so quiet that even a needle dropping on the ground can be heard.

  The bespectacled man pushed his glasses up and pulled out a file folder and notebook. "You can start now," he said coldly.

  I looked around and saw a TV in front of me. The man with glasses noticed I was interested, so he turned it on.

  The magnetic card beeped a few times, and the small TV displayed "Lu" and that female police officer.

  I know they are just across, the female police officer is wearing a short leather skirt, black stockings and 12cm high heels. She looks like she just walked out of a TV drama, with bright red lipstick that is both elegant and charming.

  She raised her leg, her long fingers tapping forcefully on the table. Her eyes glanced at the camera, she should also know that we had turned on the TV.

  Yan 'Luo' sat opposite the female police officer, without saying a word.

  I could only see his profile, with sharp features and no expression. His eyes were just looking at the female police officer, faintly.

  The man with glasses didn't say anything and turned up the TV volume.

  "We heard a female police officer say clearly: 'The one just now was your girlfriend, right? You're so young and committing murder is not good.'"

  After finishing speaking, High Heel Shoes strongly got up from her seat and walked over to his side.

  Long legs, separated and attached to his two legs.

  My face turned bright red and the air around me became a bit awkward.

  The female police officer stroked her cheek, revealing a faint smile. With just one smile, I believe he has the ability to make the female police officer's heart flutter.

  Sure, here is the translation:

  As expected, those red lips as tender as a flame pressed against his.

  I almost shouted out in an instant, the bespectacled man pushed his glasses again, as if accustomed to saying: "This is her way of doing things, now it's our turn."

  I stood up, and the handcuffs made a clanking sound. I took a few steps back, covering my mouth with my hand, is this still a police station?!

  "Don't worry, you just need to describe. I'm not that perverted."

  He comforted me by lowering his head and pushing up his glasses again.

  I sat down cautiously, the blood on me had dried. The trench coat with "Lu" embroidered on it was stained with blood, and must have been discarded in the darkness of the escape.

  I said: "We are innocent, just bystanders, eyewitnesses!"

  He pushed his glasses up and picked up a pen.

  "Tell me the cause, process and result."

  I nodded and began to describe: "We were all university students at that school, and the school said there would be a celebration on April 4th, so everyone had to attend. The two-hour performance was very successful, and finally, the host said please welcome the principal to give a speech..." I didn't want to recall that painful scene, but was forced to describe it: "The principal hadn't come out yet, and was killed behind the scenes. I went into the dressing room from the other side, wanting to check behind the scenes. 'Lulu' stopped me, saying I couldn't be suspected, or it would be troublesome. Just as I was about to run out of the dressing room, the principal suddenly crawled from that end to this end." I paused for a moment, seeing the bespectacled man making a serious record, looking at the TV while speaking. The female police officer sat on him, naturally holding a notebook and recording 'Lulu's' words. 'Lulu' was describing in a leisurely manner, just like me, as if there was only air above her body.

  "He seemed to want to say something, waved at us and hadn't spoken yet - the lamp on the shelf fell on him, blood and flesh blurred. We were splashed with a whole body of blood." I stood up, my tone excitedly saying: "Officer, please believe we are innocent! We are just witnesses!"

  The bespectacled man was startled, stood up and pressed down on me, pushing his glasses and saying: "Don't be in a hurry. I heard that you are the top students of the case investigation department, can you tell me how you view this matter?" He took a sip of water, closed his notebook and said: "I also heard that there was footage of your presence at the recent '操' field explosion. What's going on with this too?"

  I broke out in cold sweat, one layer after another, soaking my back.

  "I... I don't know either, it really was just a coincidence!"

  "Oh." The bespectacled man stood up nonchalantly to gather his things, and the TV screen was left with only an empty room. Yan 'Lu' and the others have already come out!

  I excitedly followed the bespectacled man out, and 'Lu' had already been uncuffed, but I still wore mine. The bespectacled man didn't unlock mine for me, he put his arm around Lu's shoulders and said: "What's going on?"

  The man with glasses pushed his glasses and said, "Her description is unclear, it's suspicious."

  "How is that possible? She's been with me all along." He said coldly, his tone dropping, as if the air around him had also dropped several tens of degrees.

  A female police officer walked over and looked me up and down. I felt particularly uncomfortable under her gaze, so I shifted my line of sight and avoided looking at her.

  "Huh? So this is your 'girlfriend'... How tacky."

  She said, with a hint of regret, and turned sideways into the office.

  "I... I am not..."

  "Homie!"

  Ling loudly shouted out my name and asked Glasses Man: "Release her!"

  The bespectacled man held a notebook and calmly said while walking: "She is suspected of being involved in the 'explosion' incident at the scene, and needs to be left behind."

  "Then I'll stay too!"

  The female police officer heard it and excitedly ran out of the office, asking: "Really? Really?"

  I think this woman must have taken a liking to him.