Chapter 9: Prince Xing in Confusion 3
No one expected that Yao Shanshan's new action would come so quickly.
We spent the entire afternoon discussing in the WeChat group how to deal with this incident. However, before we could come up with a specific solution, a short night passed. When we arrived at the college the next day, things had changed.
The weather was getting colder and colder. The emerald green leaves of the camphor trees on both sides of the school's boulevard turned yellow. A gust of wind blew, and the yellow leaves fell from the branches, drifting slowly past the ears of passers-by, and finally lightly fell to the ground.
"Ah! I really can't believe that Senior Norn would..."
"How could this happen? I can't believe it."
"Who wants to believe it? If it weren't for those photos, I would never believe that Senior Norn is different from us."
…
I was walking in the bleak autumn wind, thinking with a worried face how to dispel Yao Shanshan's suspicion, when suddenly I heard the voices of several girls talking from the other side.
The content of their discussion was like a bolt from the blue, leaving me frozen in place.
Photos? What photos?
I rushed over and grabbed one of the girls and asked repeatedly, "What happened? What photos did you just talk about?"
“Ah!” The girl who was caught screamed in fear, and then tried desperately to break free from my hand, shouting, “I don’t know, go and see for yourself! It’s all your fault. You’ve ruined our senior Norn!”
"Let go!" The two girls next to me also came to help pull me. They looked at me as if I were a monster, their eyes were full of fear. "You were with Senior Norn, and you can teleport through the wall, and you still ask us what happened?"
Teleport through walls?
After my hands were pulled apart in a daze, I ran towards the teaching building like crazy.
But this time, I didn't need to run to the teaching building at all, because after I ran a few steps, I saw more and more people gathering towards the bulletin board not far from the school gate.
My intuition made me change direction instantly and rush forward at the fastest speed.
However, before I got closer, two photos that filled the entire bulletin board appeared in my field of vision.
I staggered to a stop, an ominous feeling gradually enveloping my heart.
Because the photo is so large, I can see what's on it clearly even from a distance.
The backgrounds of both photos were of Senior Qianqian's Ancient Drama Club. However, in the left photo, Norn and I were standing together, and Norn was anxiously talking to the wall in front of him; while in the right photo, although it was taken from the same angle, Norn and I were no longer in the shot.
Facing strange looks from people around me, I walked step by step to the bulletin board and finally saw the time clearly on the lower right corner of the two photos .
One was taken at 9:34:27am on November 17th, and the other was taken at 9:34:28am on November 17th. There was only one second between them, but the contents of the pictures were completely different. Because in just one second, Norn and I disappeared!
Right below the two photos, on a printed A4 paper, a few short lines of text all illustrate one fact -
Norn is a monster who can teleport, and there is no normal person in the study group!
Just as my hands and feet were going cold, someone in the crowd suddenly exclaimed, "Hurry up and take a look at the school forum. There's a post that reveals the identities of the study group members!"
“Hua La La—”
Almost instantly, everyone took out their mobile phones and logged into the forum to read it.
Things were irreversible, and with a tragic mood, I clicked on the pinned post with trembling fingers.
Title of the post -
Tell me about a study group you didn’t know about!
Classmates, are you still obsessed with the beauty of your study group members? Please open your eyes and stop being deceived! Do you think you are just obsessed with four handsome boys?
No, no, no! Let me tell you, in fact, the so-called Flowing Castle and the so-called study group are just illusions they created to conceal their identities. In fact, after a long period of observation and visits, I made an amazing discovery. They are a group of monsters, monsters hidden around us!
Do you remember the autumn outing organized by the school more than a year ago? Someone saw with their own eyes that after your study star Lucifer entered the haunted house, all the props in the haunted house turned into soft marshmallows.
And there is senior Tian Yifeng, whom you all regard as a god. His former captain of the guard team testified that in order to protect his girlfriend, he appeared out of thin air on the rooftop of the school building without anyone noticing. He even broke the limit of human beings in a subsequent triathlon, and his speed was faster than that of the Olympic champion!
As for the cute prince Hua Qianye that you have always admired, he is even more terrible. I accidentally saw a photo of a botanical garden taken by someone else. In the photo, wherever Hua Qianye appeared, all the flowers and plants were dancing for him!
Do you want me to continue talking about Norn? Look at those two photos! Do you believe that an ordinary human can take a living person and disappear in one second? Don't be ridiculous!
All this shows one thing, there are dangers and monsters lurking around us! While they have the privileges of the academy, they may use their special abilities to hurt us one day.
Everyone, rise up! Bravely expose the truth! Defeat all those who are in league with the monsters!
It's a waste for this guy not to be a detective. He can even find out things that happened over a year ago.
After reading this long post, I almost instantly confirmed that although the whistleblower's words were extremely inflammatory , there was no doubt that everything mentioned in it was true.
This realization made my eyes go dark. While the classmates next to me were still reading the post with gusto, I turned around and wanted to run away.
But sometimes, you can't escape just because you want to.
When people are unlucky, even drinking cold water will get stuck in their teeth.
As soon as I took a step, someone over there looked up after reading the post, and then shouted in surprise as if he had suddenly seen me: "Everyone, come and see! That Bai Jie Ni is here! If what is said in the post is true, why don't we just ask her and we will know?"
Hey! I don't know anything!
I glared at the man who had a grudge against me with eyes full of resentment, but I was met with countless pairs of shining eyes at once.
"Yes, yes! Bai Jieni is Norn's girlfriend, maybe she's also a monster!"
"That's right! I remember everything that was said in the post. Although I don't know about Hua Qianye's situation in the botanical garden, I participated in the activities of the Gardening Club with him. At that time, I felt that something was wrong with him."
"I never thought we'd been deceived by this group of people for so long. Do you think they are cannibals? Do they want to eat us all at once while we're obsessed with them?"
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Kaka...My classmate, you think too much!
I watched in silence as the person standing in front of me analyzed various possibilities in a wild and imaginative way, and cold sweat dripped down my forehead.
"Tell me!" Suddenly someone pointed the finger at me, "Are the people in the study group really all monsters? Are they hiding in the Avery Academy to hurt us?"
I am really defeated by the logic of this group of people. Whether the people in the study group are different or not has nothing to do with whether they want to hurt you.
"You misunderstood, they are not..."
I tried to convince them that it was all just a rumor.
However, this is too difficult because I have two photos behind me that are irrefutable evidence.
Sure enough, before I finished explaining, someone pointed at the two photos and asked me, "Then how do you explain why you and Norn disappeared in front of the camera?"
"I..." I couldn't say anything, so I stammered, "Maybe it's the angle of the shot."
"Do you think we are stupid? These two photos are taken from the same angle and only one second apart. Are you kidding us?"
"I don't!"
I quickly waved my hands in denial.
But the students around me were so excited that they stared at me as if they were going to kill me if I didn’t tell them the truth.
I really can't hold on any longer.
Why do you have to interrogate me? Is it because I am a freshman?
And I am still so disappointing. If anyone from Liuguang Castle stood here, they would definitely not perform as badly as I do.
Under everyone's aggressive questioning, I stepped back step by step until I reached the bulletin board, while the excited crowd was less than a meter away from me.
Will I be drowned here by everyone's saliva today?
I thought sadly.
"Are you hiding this for them?"
"What secrets does the Flowing Light Castle have?"
“Is everything in the post true?”
"Did you approach Norn with any premeditation?"
…
As more and more questions came up, I held my head in agony. My feet became unsteady and my body began to slide down the bulletin board.
Why does everyone want to find the answer from me?
"Shut up!"
Just when I felt I was almost dying, someone suddenly pushed through the crowd and pulled me up from the ground.
who is it?
I raised my head with tears in my eyes, and a face I hadn't seen for a long time appeared in front of me.
It’s actually Ai Keqi!
I haven't seen him since Norn and I started dating.
He still had the same look, with long, tangled hair covering almost half of his face and the green earrings on his ears barely visible, but now his usually nonchalant face was filled with worry and anxiety.
"Are you OK?"
He grabbed my arm, looked me up and down, seemed relieved when he saw me shake my head, then turned around and yelled at those who were temporarily stunned by his appearance.
"I say, you are a bunch of idiots, fools who don't even know they are being used. If you want to know the truth, why don't you ask those guys in the study group? What's the point of bullying Bai Jie Ni here? She is not obligated to answer your questions!"
"Why no obligation?"
As soon as Ai Keqi finished yelling, a provocative voice came from behind the crowd, and then under everyone's surprised gaze, the manipulator of all this - Yao Shanshan walked out.
This time, she finally stopped holding the little notebook that she never let go of. Instead, she put her hands behind her back and walked towards Aikechi and me with cold eyes.
"Isn't Bai Jieni a member of the Avery Academy? If so, since she knows the truth, she has an obligation to give everyone an explanation! We should not live in ignorance anymore!"
"Yes! Senior Sister Yao is right. We should not live in ignorance anymore!"
"Bai Jie Ni, tell us the truth!"
"If you don't tell the truth, you won't be able to leave here!"
…
Amidst the noise, Yao Shanshan suddenly lowered her voice, lowered her head and whispered in my ear with a gloating tone:
"Speaking of which, I have to thank you, Bai Jieni. If it weren't for you, how could I have caught Norn so quickly? I've said it before, I won't let you go!"
The sinister words coupled with Yao Shanshan's ferocious expression were like a blow to the top of my head.
I suddenly realized that every time Yao Shanshan appeared, it seemed to be related to me. If I hadn't been targeted by Yao Shanshan as soon as I entered the school, Norn and the study group wouldn't have been targeted by her. Then perhaps Norn and the study group wouldn't have...
So, it's all because of me?
"Yao Shanshan!" Ai Kaiqi, who was ignored, pulled me behind him. His voice was filled with anger that was about to burn. He spoke to Yao Shanshan word by word, "If I must take Bai Jie Ni away today, do you really want to go against me?"
"Ai Keqi..." I cried out in a touching voice, but I didn't want him to quarrel with Yao Shanshan because of me. I had already ruined the study group, and I couldn't let my friends be targeted by her. I tried to get out from behind him, but he stopped me.
"Go against you?" Yao Shanshan suddenly sneered, her voice full of disdain and arrogance, "Who are you? Why should I listen to you?"
"you……"
Aikechi was obviously very angry. Even though I couldn't see his expression, I could feel that his anger was about to explode, because his hands hanging by his sides had been clenched into fists, and made a horrible "crunching" sound.
But at this tense moment, a figure that seemed to fall from the sky suddenly appeared in the encirclement like a whirlwind, and before everyone could react, I had fallen into a familiar embrace from behind Aikechi.
"Oh my god! It's Norn! It's Senior Norn!"
"How dare he show up here? Did anyone of you see where he came from just now?"
"I don't know. He suddenly appeared in the blink of an eye."
"Ah? Could it be that he really..."
…
Amidst the growing suspicion, Yao Shanshan jumped out again like an indestructible cockroach, her eyes full of malice: "Norn, can you tell us what is going on? Or is everyone's speculation true, and there is indeed a secret in Liuguang Castle?"
Norn, who was suspected and questioned by everyone, turned pale. He carefully tidied my messy hair, his eyes stayed on my red eyes for a moment, and then he looked at the crowd with murderous eyes.
"Who of you bullied her?"
The cold tone and shocking momentum instantly frightened the noisy crowd into an eerie silence. The students who had been chattering just now stood there quietly, and when Norn's eyes swept over them, they all lowered their heads in embarrassment.
"Hey! Norn, I'm asking you a question! This matter is also related to Bai Jie Ni!" In the end, it was the tenacious Yao Shanshan who faced Norn's momentum and asked fearlessly.
"I said..." Nuo En retracted his gaze and looked at Yao Shanshan with disgust. "Bai Jie Ni is a member of the study group. If you dare to bully her, you are bullying the entire study group! Are you sure you want to go against the entire study group?"
"You..." Yao Shanshan was so angry at these words that the corners of her eyes turned red. Her lips trembled but she couldn't speak.
Norn's gaze didn't linger on her for long. He helped me stand steadily, then looked up and looked around.
"Regarding what happened recently and everyone's doubts, the study group will give you an explanation, but before that, if I find you bullying my girlfriend again..." He paused here, and then finished the rest of the words one by one in a slower tone, "You will know the consequences!"
After saying that, he pulled me up and walked away step by step without looking around, along the road that everyone unconsciously made way for.
The scene was completely silent. I turned around and gave a grateful smile to Aikechi, who had remained silent since Norn appeared.
He seemed to want to smile back at me, but the worry in his eyes was even more intense. In the end, I only saw his lonely back as he walked in another direction.
Everything is completely messed up!
