Chapter 26: After parting ways with Fu Yanxiu on bad terms, she continued...
After parting ways with Fu Yanxiu, she didn't see him for several days. Later, she heard from Aunt Qian that Fu Yanxiu had been living in an apartment near the school recently and had not been back for several days.
She didn't care whether he was deliberately avoiding her because he hated her so much, and she had no time to worry about it, because the investigation of Li Ci's disappearance had reached their school and was a hot topic in the school.
Xuling College was investigated and identified as the last place where Li Ci disappeared. Two people were the key targets of questioning, one was Xu Tian and the other was her.
The former was because she was his girlfriend, and the latter was because Li Ci had made an appointment with her before he disappeared, and according to the surveillance footage, after Li Ci entered the waste equipment room on the third floor of the gymnasium, the person who followed him in shortly afterwards was Zhong Fei.
Zhong Fei came out shortly after he went in, but strangely, the surveillance camera only captured the scene of Li Ci going in, but not the scene of him coming out.
They were almost certain that the equipment room was where Li Ci disappeared last, but this was also what they couldn't understand. Why were there only shots of him entering but no shots of him coming out? They searched the entire Xuling Academy but found no trace of Li Ci.
Both Zhong Fei and the male sports committee member were summoned twice, and they cooperated to answer some questions. Zhong Fei truthfully recounted the reasons why Li Ci asked her out, the origin of the grudge between her and Li Ci, and why she informed the male sports committee member in advance because of her fear and uneasiness that day. The male sports committee member also testified that Li Ci was not there when he went in.
The two people's answers were consistent with the situation they investigated. In addition, it took less than ten minutes for the two people to enter the equipment room and come out, and after coming out of the equipment room, they returned to the classroom for class. Their whereabouts were clear. After the routine questioning, the two people were allowed to go back to class.
This matter was full of weirdness, and they could not find any more clues. The case was completely deadlocked - because no one could explain Li Ci's disappearance out of thin air, as if he was swallowed up by the equipment room.
The school was in a panic for a while, and all the rumors about the abandoned equipment room were once again brought to the forefront. The occurrence of this incident seemed to be evidence of those rumors, because there were more and more statements about the abandoned equipment room, and they became more and more weird. Coupled with complaints from some parents, the school directly locked the equipment room.
This matter seems to be hanging here. The Li family is looking for this young master at all costs, but this young master... seems to have disappeared from the world.
Lin Xicai never showed any particular reaction, acting as if it had nothing to do with her, occasionally joining in on the gossip with the others. Whenever this happened, Xie Shi would stare at her with an extremely deep and complex look.
There was something dangerous in his eyes, as if... he knew all her secrets.
He was dangerous, but Lin Xicai strangely felt a sense of security in this danger. She had an inexplicable certainty that he would not do anything.
She even had an inexplicable intuition that this was a situation he was happy to see.
Lin Xicai maintains a delicate and strange balance in her relationship with her deskmate. They don't seem to be familiar with each other, but they seem to know each other very well. They don't seem to like each other, but sometimes they seem to be very close.
Lin Xicai tried to get along with this strange person in this delicate balance.
After school, Lin Xicai was waiting for the bus at the bus stop as usual. She was sitting at the platform and vaguely felt that someone was looking at her. She looked up and saw Xu Tian standing not far away, looking at her with a complicated expression.
Lin Xicai came back to her senses, smiled at her, and nodded in a very official manner to greet her.
Xu Tian seemed a little embarrassed and her face was pale. She walked towards her, looking very worried.
Lin Xicai stared at her for a while and asked politely, "What's wrong?"
Xu Tian's fingertips unconsciously grasped the edge of his clothes. He waited until the third person at the bus stop got on and left. After a moment of silence, he timidly asked, "Is he... you?"
Lin Xicai was stunned for a moment, with a confused expression: "What?"
Xu Tian's lips moved, and a hint of worry suddenly appeared on his face. His voice became trembling. "If...if you need my help, I can help you."
Lin Xicai looked at her and said calmly, "Do you think Li Ci's disappearance was my fault?"
Xu Tian frowned, looking a little confused, as if trying to confirm the truthfulness of her words.
"I did do something," said Lin Xicai.
Xu Tian's face instantly lost all color and he looked around reflexively, his eyes filled with worry and anxiety.
"After returning from the river that day, I bathed and changed my clothes every night, then knelt before the Buddha statue and cursed him viciously for at least half an hour." Lin Xicai smiled maliciously, "If you think his disappearance is the result of my cursing him, then I have nothing to say."
Xu Tian stood there in a daze. A bus drove up and stopped by the roadside. Lin Xicai stood up, patted her shoulder gently, and smiled slightly. "My bus is here. I'll leave first."
Lin Xicai was sitting on the bus. The bus drove a long way away. When she looked back, Xu Tian was still standing there in a daze.
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The monthly exam results came out soon, and Lin Xicai jumped from last place in the school to 52nd from the bottom.
There was progress, but not much. To be honest, Lin Xicai was not satisfied - the further down the ranking, the more obvious the improvement would be. With so much room for improvement, she only improved by more than 50 places, which was far from her expectations.
There were less than 800 students in the entire grade, and she was a million miles away from the name that could save her life.
However, Lin Xicai's emo and discouragement lasted less than ten minutes in total, because she soon saw Xie Shi's ranking.
——This classmate who once showed off two formulas in front of her, got a gorgeous 51st place from the bottom, with a total score two points less than hers.
Anyway, at least she scored ahead of him in the exam.
All things are difficult at the beginning. Improving by more than fifty places doesn't seem to be a small number. If she can improve by dozens of places in every exam... then she still has hope, right?
"No! Don't set your standards so low, host. You won't be able to do this. You only have less than a year!"
A long-lost child's voice sounded, and the aqua-blue system suddenly appeared again after disappearing for a long time.
Lin Xicai glanced at it and responded coldly, "You still remember to show up?"
Lin Xicai has lost hope in this irresponsible system that disappears at any time. She is like a concubine who has been thrown into the cold palace to fend for herself, and she is full of resentment when she sees it.
Seeing this, the system felt guilty and innocent, and said bitterly: "I don't know what's going on, host. I don't know what's going on in this world. It feels like there's some kind of power that has inexplicably blocked me. I want to contact you but can't. I'm almost dying of anxiety..."
Lin Xicai pursed her lips and said nothing.
"I don't know when I'll be blocked next time. To make a long story short," the system fluttered its wings and flew back and forth in front of her, saying hurriedly, "Host, you still haven't put 100% effort into your studies. You can't do this. I think I need to help you."
Lin Xicai was stunned when she heard this, as if she couldn't believe it. "What's wrong? Are you feeling guilty?"
Lin Xicai didn't shy away, viewing this as the system making amends for its mistake. Fearing it might regret it, she urged, "How can you help me? Hurry up and get started! Hurry!"
The next second, the system took out a small pill and placed it in Lin Xicai's palm.
Lin Xicai held the small, beautiful aqua-blue pill in her hand, her eyes lighting up. "What is this?"
"This is..." The system thought for a moment, "something that is good for you, you need to eat it."
"Oh, I see," Lin Xicai nodded, "It's the kind of medicine that improves memory, right?"
The system flapped its wings, neither saying yes nor no, but simply urged: "Eat it or not, if not, give it back to me."
Hearing this, Lin Xicai was afraid that it would go back on its word, so she lowered her head and put the beautiful pill in her mouth.
It was colorless and tasteless and melted in the mouth. Before Lin Xicai could taste it, she had already swallowed it.
It is indeed a high-tech product, Lin Xicai thought.
Just then, a slightly stern female voice came from the podium, "Zhong Fei, what are you doing? Nodding and shaking your head, like a nervous wreck?"
Lin Xicai looked up and saw her Chinese teacher leaning on the desk with his palms, looking at her intently.
Lin Xicai stood up from her seat and was about to explain something, but when she opened her mouth, she found that she couldn't make a sound.
Lin Xicai was stunned and wanted to cough twice to clear her throat, but no sound came out. It felt very strange, as if... as if her vocal cords were muted.
Lin Xicai opened her eyes wide, not knowing what was happening to her throat.
Seeing her opening and closing her mouth but not answering, the Chinese teacher couldn't help but frown: "Zhong Fei?"
Lin Xicai pointed to her throat, a look of horror on her face, and gestured, but still couldn't say a word.
The Chinese teacher seemed a little helpless and waved her hand to let her sit down. "69 points in Chinese is not a good score, Zhong Fei, especially you. This is not the score you should have. Pay attention to the class..."
Lin Xicai sat down hesitantly, her eyes still wide open, a look of horror on her face. She didn't understand why she suddenly became mute when she was talking to Xiang Ling just a few minutes ago?
Lin Xicai suddenly looked up at the system and shouted in her heart: "It's you? What on earth did you give me to eat!"
The system flapped its wings and murmured, "I... I'm doing this for your own good. You need a little motivation, and I'm trying to push you. If you rank in the bottom 200 in the next monthly exam, I'll give you the antidote."
"Two hundred? Are you crazy?" Lin Xicai was completely mad, and she wanted to chop it into pieces and mix it with cold salad. "No, are you okay? I have my own plans. Can you please not do this?"
"You are one of the smartest hosts I've ever taught, but you haven't yet fully focused on your studies. I'm trying to urge you to study hard. This goal is completely achievable."
The system softened its tone, "If you can get into the bottom 200, I will give you the antidote immediately and also give you some other benefits."
"I promise you that I will be in the top 200 in the exam, but don't let me be mute, I will suffocate to death!" Lin Xicai almost cried.
"You can say whatever you want in your heart. Just say whatever you want to say in your heart..."
"Shut up!"
"Well, good luck to you, host. I'm waiting for your good news." After the system said this, it disappeared without a trace.
Lin Xicai was in tears. What a rip-off! Why did he find such a rip-off to be her system?
He really spared no effort to dig a hole for her.
Ahh ...
Mute!
She's become mute now.
Lin Xicai was furious and glanced to the side. Suddenly, she thought strangely that her crazy classmate must be very proud now. Didn't he always complain about her noise? Didn't he want quiet? Now it was just what he wanted.
As he wished? Xie Shi closed his eyes and took a deep breath.
Xie Shi's solar plexus ached, the pain coming in waves, torturing his nerves repeatedly.
Her screams, curses, and hysterics, all in a chaotic manner, entered his ears and almost drove him crazy.
He thought he was very tolerant of her, but at certain moments he still had the urge to strangle her.
He couldn't even tell for a moment whether the stupid system was punishing her or him.
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