Pan Zhiguo was very agitated recently over the successive suicides of students. Although he had a strong background, it would draw attention if these events couldnât be stopped.
âWhatâs going on? How did you persuade them?â Pan Zhiguo shouted at Shi Yaxin, unable to restrain his anger.
Shi Yaxinâs hands were clasped before her, sweat on her palms. She answered in a tremulous voice, âI have tried my best.â
Pan Zhiguo stared at her with his fierce, wolf-like eyes. He grasped her neck, baring his teeth and saying, âWhat I want isnât that you try your best. Do you really know why I allowed you to stay here? If you canât do your job well, whatâs the use of you?â
Shi Yaxin seemed to be frightened by him. Clasping Pan Zhiguoâs hands, she begged him with a sob, âIâm sorry, I know itâs my fault. I didnât do my job well. I promise Iâll persuade them properly next time and wonât let themâŚâ
âEnough,â Pan Zhiguo interrupted her, helping her to stand steadily and adjusting her collar. He said gently, as if he were another person, âXiao Ya, I have told you many times: Donât be so careless. Why didnât you listen to me? I told you to be careful, be carefulââ Pa!
A slapping sound rang out. Shi Yaxinâs head turned because of the slap. The obvious imprint of a hand soon appeared on her face.
âSorryâŚâ Not daring to resist, she apologized quietly.
Pan Zhiguo caught Shi Yaxinâs collar again and pulled her close to him, threatening her. âShi Yaxin, Iâm telling you, if you do something in secret to ruin me, I will deal with you harshly.â
Shi Yaxin was so frightened that she trembled, shaking her head over and over. âI wonât. I wonât.â
âThat would be best.â Pan Zhiguo pushed Shi Yaxin away. âGet out.â
Clutching her clothes tightly, Shi Yaxin quickly ran out and didnât dare to breathe until she was far away from Pan Zhiguo.
Then she carefully took out the recorder hidden in her clothes and turned it off, sending a message after she looked at the cell phoneâs screen for a while.
Ding !
Ming Shu tilted her head and glanced at her cell phone. Then she put down her fork and opened the message.
The light of the screen illuminated the slight smile on her face.
âLook, it didnât work.â Ming Shu showed Shi Yaxinâs message to Cheng Yan. âPan Zhiguo dares to do that at school, do you think heâs a fool? Cheng Yan, did you evade taxation?â
âWhat taxation?â Cheng Yan asked unconsciously.
âIQ taxation.â
ââŚâ Would you die if we had a nice chat? Cheng Yan thought.
Ming Shu lowered the cell phone and replied quickly. Then she took her fork and continued to eat her noodles.
âWhat did you say to her?â Cheng Yan took the phone to see.
But nothing was shown in the messages and the original message from Shi Yaxin disappeared too.
âWhat do you intend to do? Lu Meng, behave yourself.â
âI gave you a chance, but your way didnât work. So now we should carry out my plan.â It wasted so much time and still didnât work, Ming Shu thought.
To waste time is to waste life.
âWhatâs your plan?â Her plan is kidnapping or something similar. It isnât a good method , Cheng Yan thought.
But Ming Shu focused on eating and ignored Cheng Yan.
Canât he stop talking when weâre eating? Ming Shu thought.
âLu Meng, what are you going to do?â Cheng Yan thought that his image was ruined, but he had no other choice since Ming Shu was difficult to pursue.
âLu Meng, Pan Zhiguo doesnât mess around. If he finds us, he wonât let us off.
âDonât risk yourself, Iâll think of other methods.â
Ming Shu put down her fork, making a slight sound that caused Cheng Yan to stop talking and stare at her. What does she want to do? he thought.
Ming Shu just smiled a bit and asked the waiter for the bill.
But Cheng Yan felt a chill go down his spine, as if a cold current came suddenly in March and people felt the chill in their bones.
Cheng Yan didnât notice Ming Shu doing anything special. She went to and left school on time every day. But he still felt worried, so he sent her home after school every day in case she put herself in danger.
âCheng Yan came to school again.â
âEh, whatâs the relationship between Lu Meng and Cheng Yan? Why does he pick her up every day?â
âAh! Why isnât it me that Cheng Yan picks up?â
The girl studentsâ envious gazes fell on Ming Shu constantly. Even Ye Miaomiao poked her arm and winked at her vaguely.
They all said that Cheng Yan didnât dedicate himself to Ming Shu because he didnât appear in person.
Was he dedicating himself to Ming Shu now that he did?
Ming Shu peered out the window and saw Cheng Yan leaning against the wall of the corridor outside the classroom, head lowered to look at his cell phone. The light of the sunset cast on him what seemed to be a warm, dreamlike halo. He looked like the Adonis from ancient Greek mythology.
Ringâ
As soon as the bell rang, the classroom became noisy. The girls gathered at the window, infatuated with Cheng Yanâs handsome face.
Ming Shu packed her things, most of which were snacks, without hurry.
Then under many girlsâ envious gazes, Ming Shu exited the classroom, carrying her bulging bag.
Cheng Yan moved close to Ming Shu to talk to her. But Ming Shu was indifferent to him, which made the other girl students jealous.
She didnât know she was lucky.
âCan you not follow me?â Ming Shu was annoyed at him following her around all the time. The way you stick to me, am I a prisoner? Ming Shu thought.
âYouâre not telling me your plans, so Iâm following you,â Cheng Yan said with a firm expression. âI wonât let you do anything dangerous.â
Pressing her tongue against the roof of her mouth, Ming Shu took a deep breath and said, âIâm going to plant a bomb, do you want to come?â
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Where did a bomb come from? Is she kidding with me? Cheng Yan thought.
It was obvious that Ming Shu wasnât kidding. She took out a junior department school uniform that Cheng Yan had no idea how she got. Then she changed into the uniform and went to the library with her bag.
It was lunch break, so there were students in the library.
Cheng Yan followed her with confusion on his face, feeling astonished in his mind.
Why did he follow her?
How could he know if there was anything she wouldnât do if he didnât follow her?
There were only a few monitors in the library, so there were many blind spots. Cheng Yan saw her take out a time bomb that was set to ten hours and place it in a corner of the library.
Cheng Yan was keeping watch for her. Only God knew why he kept watch for her.
Cheng Yan felt his back dripping with cold sweat by the time they came out of the library.
She was really brave.
âDo you really want to bomb the library?â The time she set was ten hours from now, during which there was no one in the library. She didnât want anyone die. âWhat would you do if the police investigate you? This is so illegal.â
âToday is Friday,â Ming Shu answered with a smile.
Whatâs special about Friday? Is Friday suitable for blowing up libraries?
FridayâŚ
Pan Zhiguo would arrange for the students to be dealt with in the library on that day.
There was something odd here.
Cheng Yan became clever for a second because he was shocked by Ming Shuâs strange behavior.
Except when he was in class, he watched her almost all the time. When did she get a time bomb?
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