Chapter 10: Calm Before the Storm
A dismembering murderer…
I didn’t expect that before Lianbing got into trouble, another murderer would suddenly appear. And it looks even worse than Lianbing’s case. If Lianbing was just attempted murder, this guy is already an irredeemable active offender.
It’s terrifying, probably another mentally twisted pervert.
Speaking of which, now that I have the ability to see people’s true nature, maybe I can help with the search?
Hmm, but if I’m discovered and fail to catch the culprit, I’ll probably become the next target…
Murderers are usually quite neurotic. Lianbing, for instance, became suspicious of me just because we made eye contact and I accidentally made a sound. Perhaps people like them (perverted murderers) have very keen intuition.
That’s how they can hide their true selves as if nothing happened.
Therefore, if I want to get involved in this matter, I have to be prepared for the risk of being thrown into the fire.
Well… maybe I should just forget it.
Dad told me to be careful, and I’m not exactly overflowing with a sense of justice. I shouldn’t meddle in other people’s business.
Besides, my biggest motivation is simply to lessen my mom’s workload, so she doesn’t have to work overtime stitching corpses every day and can get adequate rest.
Of course, if I really encounter that guy, I’ll be happy to provide some clues.
I arrived at the classroom early as usual today, and Lianbing was already in the classroom before me.
She’s been coming so early lately… and so has Lanhua… what’s the situation with those two?
“Good morning, Jun Cheng~”
“Oh, morning.”
“Good morning, Jun Cheng~”
“Ah, good morning.”
“G, Jun Cheng~”
“…”
“Buongiorno, Jun Cheng~”
I turned around, pressed Lianbing’s head, and said with a dark expression.
“Why are you repeating it in different languages? Are you some kind of international alarm clock?”
She grabbed my hand that was on her head and put it into her chest, looking at me with a meaningful smile.
“I’m an alarm clock exclusively for you, Jun Cheng~ Do you need your dear girlfriend to call you every morning and wake you up with a sweet voice? If you do, I can also offer moaning services~ In the morning, little Jun Cheng should be quite energetic, right? Listening to my voice while having Shirley help you out, wouldn’t that be delightful?”
As she spoke, Lianbing licked her lips and made a circular gesture with her right hand, moving it up and down… If a man did this, it would be very lewd, but for a beautiful girl like her, it was quite seductive.
But this girl is too much; making such vulgar jokes first thing in the morning has completely destroyed her lady-like image.
Uh, wait, Lanhua is still sitting next to us. Is it really appropriate to talk like this now!
I turned to look at Lanhua. She was sitting at her seat with a blank expression and didn’t seem to notice our side… Phew… thankfully she’s spacing out.
“I don’t need it, thank you.”
I rolled my eyes, pulled my hand away, and turned back to my seat, feeling a bit bored.
“You’re so cold. Having such a beautiful girlfriend wish you good morning every day, don’t you feel any gratitude, Jun Cheng?”
“Oh ho, I’m quite grateful that you sent Shirley to take care of me. Thanks to Shirley, the amount of housework I need to do has drastically decreased. She’s been a great help, I’m really grateful.”
“Hehehe, in that case, why don’t you have Shirley recognize you as her master and officially become your maid? An exclusive maid is also an option, you know?”
“That would be for the best.”
If I really had a maid like Miss Shirley serving me, I might have to raise my hands in victory and shout “Long live!”
“Hehehe, as long as Jun Cheng becomes my husband, Shirley will also become your maid and serve you forever~”
Hmm…?
Why does this sound so familiar?
Miss Shirley also said something like this to me. Do the mistress and servant have the same thought…?
“Miss Shirley isn’t a dowry.”
“Oh, then how about I marry you along with her? How about that?”
“Cough! What are you talking about!”
This idea is simply outrageous to the extreme!
“Oh my, back in ancient times, didn’t ladies have maids accompanying them when they got married? Shirley is my maid, after all, so she should marry you with me as a concubine~ Besides Shirley, there are three other maids, all of them beautiful women in their prime. You can do whatever you want with them~ Hehehehe, marrying me is like marrying five women~ You can taste a different flavor from Monday to Friday, how about it? It’s a good deal, isn’t it? Are you tempted?”
“What the heck is this? You’re talking about it like a cheap sale at a supermarket… it’s basically deceiving consumers.”
“Yare yare, it’s a gift delivered to your doorstep, yet Jun Cheng, you dare not accept it. Such a person can never achieve greatness, you know?”
“I never intended to be anyone great in the first place.”
“Hehehehe, let’s end the April Fools’ Day jokes here. Even if I wanted Shirley to marry you, she probably wouldn’t agree.”
“Tch, so it really was an April Fools’ joke…”
Today is April Fools’ Day, a day when you can lie freely.
This morning, Xinran told me a joke that wasn’t funny at all and almost tricked me.
So naturally, I would be a little cautious. When Lianbing started talking nonsense I knew she was trying to fool me.
“That’s right, today is April Fools’ Day~ Hmph hmph hmph, it’s a day when you can lie freely, a day when you won’t be punished for deception, a day when you can plunder others at will.”
“Eh?! Wait, this explanation is a bit off!”
A perfectly normal April Fools’ Day has turned into a legal fraud day!
However, Lianbing ignored my retort, propped her chin, and looked out the window, seemingly talking to herself.
“Since it’s a day when you can lie freely… deceiving yourself should also count as lying, right?”
“Eh?”
Saying this, Lianbing turned back, gave me a brilliant smile, closed her left eye, and rubbed her right eye with her left index finger… I remember this gesture!
I quickly took off my glasses and glanced at Lianbing. As expected, after this gesture, the title above Lianbing’s head began to change, and soon it became [Jun Cheng Type Girlfriend]!
“Jun Cheng…?”
“Ah, uh… Hello?”
I didn’t know what to say, and even my speech became stammered.
The Ruansui state, which perfectly embodied the demeanor of a young lady, was overwhelmingly impactful to me! It was comparable to Keling in a maid outfit!
This made my entire day feel hazy, and I didn’t dare to say an extra word… Ruansui, on the other hand, was in a very good mood, just like on our date on Saturday, acting like a little bird relying on me…
I don’t quite understand why she suddenly switched to this personality. Is it really just because of April Fools’ Day?
After classes in the afternoon, Teacher Xiaozhen announced that there would be a three-day holiday starting tomorrow, and evening study sessions from today onwards were also canceled. The classroom erupted in cheers.
“Quiet! Please be quiet! I mean, it’s because of that recent random killing case that the school has temporarily decided to cancel the evening study sessions! So, you must not go out tonight; you all must stay at home, understand?”
“Understood~” xN
The classmates in the class are only this united at times like these. In reality, everyone is probably thinking about where to play during the holiday, completely disregarding the warning about not going out at night.
Random killer? What does that have to do with me? There are millions of people in this city, I won’t be unlucky enough to run into them, will I?
Such a侥幸 thought is probably common to everyone… I had a similar thought about Lianbing before, this is human nature. No one will be particularly careful about something until an accident truly happens.
Well, except for someone like me who has already experienced it once and become cautious.
Teacher Xiaozhen probably saw through everyone’s thoughts and still felt uneasy, so she used her ultimate move.
“From tonight until April 4th, every night at 9 p.m., I will use the seat-by-seat assignment method to assign homework. If anyone skips their turn in the middle, or if someone doesn’t hand in their homework after school starts! You’ll be waiting for me, Teacher Xiaozhen, to make a home visit! Do you understand!”
Teacher Xiaozhen stood on a small platform prepared for her, clapped twice on the table to grab everyone’s attention, and then roared. She was petite but had a strong presence.
“Aiii~~~~” xN
Another chorus of sounds, but this time everyone was sighing, looking reluctant.
The so-called seat-by-seat assignment method is Teacher Xiaozhen’s unique roll-call method. She will call the home of the student in the first seat of the first row to assign homework, and then that student will call the person behind them to inform them of the homework content… This will continue in rotation until everyone has made a call once. After that, Teacher Xiaozhen will personally call the student in the last seat of the last row for a double confirmation.
All in all, it’s a super troublesome method.
But if it’s not passed on, there will be consequences if someone doesn’t hand in their homework or if there’s a gap in the chain. If Teacher Xiaozhen makes a home visit, that’s one of the things we least want to happen.
It’s not that she’ll make things difficult, but she’ll inform their families about every detail of their situation at school… It’s embarrassing, isn’t it?
Speaking of which, some people initially wanted to crack this method. The first person to hear the homework would directly post the homework content to our Year 2 Class 2 discussion group, so there would be no need to notify everyone one by one.
However, because some students didn’t join the class discussion group, and some students couldn’t even use their phones, this plan ended in failure.
As expected, everyone’s gaze turned to those who “couldn’t use phones” – [Witch] [Shi Yao Yin].
Student Shiyao, who already had a fiery temper, saw everyone looking at her and pouted irritably, crossing her arms.
“Why are you looking at me! I just don’t get along with electronic devices, okay!”
[Self-disciplined Doll] [Pearl], sitting in front of her, nodded and added.
“Yes, if it’s handled by student Yin Shiyao, the probability of mechanical damage is as high as 82.6%. Four school computers, three oscilloscopes, two chronographs, and five multimeters have already been scrapped. It can completely be described as a phenomenon close to a ‘curse,’ therefore she cannot use electronic devices like smartphones.”
“Hmph, did you hear that! It’s not my fault, I can’t help it. Why don’t you say something about the others who didn’t join the discussion group!”
Yin Shiyao snorted indignantly, diverting the topic to others who hadn’t joined the class discussion group.
Upon hearing this, everyone looked at two other people: [Zombie (Awakened)] [Li Nai], and [Otherworld Demon King] [Exorcisar Avista Herlik], who we call Qin Jiu.
Being watched by other classmates, Li Nai didn’t panic at all. She rubbed her head and said with a carefree laugh.
“Ahahaha, phones, computers, and the like are useless to me~ As long as I can go to school, I can see my friends. I can also invite friends out by just using a landline; there’s no need for a phone to keep in touch~ Besides, the money spent on those electronic products could buy several high-end meals!”
This is the philosophy of a foodie. Nothing is as valuable as a good meal.
Qin Jiu, who looked incredibly dejected and nothing like a demon king, only uttered a seemingly incredibly sad sentence.
“My family is poor, I can’t afford it… A phone costs three to four thousand, right? Even a cheap one is about a thousand. With that money, I could pay next month’s rent…”
“Sigh…” xN
Everyone sighed in unison. These matters had been discussed more than once, but if problem children could easily solve their problems, they wouldn’t be problem children.
After the class meeting ended, I put Ruansui into the car and then turned back to the school.
Although there was no evening study session today, I still headed towards the library.
There are many things I need to discuss with Lily, and I hope she won’t disappoint me…
