novelraw Chapter 151: Snowy Day
Chapter 151: Snowy Day
This is rather unfortunate.
Sneaking into someone else's room and actually getting caught by the person involved!
Why didn't any of the lookouts he set up react?
Cheng He was now at the highest level of alert, his mind racing frantically.
He truly hadn't detected this ghost boy's approach at all!
This could only mean two things.
First, his abilities had weakened to the point where he couldn't even detect a ghost like this.
Second, the power of the ghost before him far exceeded his imagination, beyond his ability to control.
Generally speaking, according to the requirements given by the rules, even if the 'most obedient child' identified belonged to the ghost faction, it shouldn't cause excessive harm to players.
After all, what they needed to do was take the other party away from this place, which to some extent counted as an extremely brief alliance.Right now, saying or doing anything seemed inappropriate.
Cheng He stood there stiffly, locking eyes with Xiao Yong standing behind him.
He didn't know how much time had passed—perhaps less than two seconds, yet it felt like several hours had truly gone by.
Xiao Yong blinked lightly, the eerie look in his eyes instantly disappearing, as if returning to his usual somewhat timid demeanor, asking in a low voice, "Is there something you need in my room?"
The other party had definitely witnessed everything just now, yet he hadn't transformed into a ghostly state, which meant there was still room for maneuver.
Although he didn't know whether it was due to rule restrictions or something else, he absolutely couldn't say the wrong thing next.
But before Cheng He could say anything, the other party directly gave him a rather awkward yet seemingly plausible excuse, "If you came to copy homework or something, I don't have any either."
Cheng He immediately understood—the other party was giving him a way out.
He smiled somewhat sheepishly, "I'll leave right away..."
"Mm." Xiao Yong directly walked past him, acting as if he couldn't see the items in Cheng He's hands or the half-open cabinet, and went straight into the washroom.
After quickly scanning a few more glances, Cheng He immediately restored everything to its original place.
Xiao Yong's attitude was indeed worth pondering.
He needed to discuss this properly with Yang Qianqian and Xu Zisheng later.
Only after Cheng He's figure disappeared outside the door did Xiao Yong limp out from the partitioned area, walking directly to where he kept his things.
Opening the tidied cabinet, the boy took out some collected newspaper information and some numerical data.
Looking at the candid black and white photo, Xiao Yong lowered his head, his hand gently brushing over the words 'physical disability' below, his eyes seemingly brightening behind his black fragmented hair, "This is enough..."
There was also a newspaper folded at the very bottom, densely written with several words, "...Shocking discovery by police of an organ transplant base in the city... organ sources... athlete..."
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"This is really strange..."
Yang Qianqian smacked her lips twice. Back when Xiao Le was taken away, she had sensed something wasn't right.
She wanted to send a communication message to Cheng He, but he hadn't responded at all.
It was as if something was blocking it.
She never expected Cheng He would get caught red-handed by the room's owner while sneaking around.
She had already prepared for Cheng He's potential misfortune, even considering turning him into a backup Witch Curse Doll.
Listening to Cheng He's description of Xiao Yong's attitude, Xu Zisheng pondered slightly. He felt that if they tried to take Xiao Yong away tonight, the other party might truly not resist, and might even cooperate with them.
"However, we definitely can't take the usual route tonight. Creating a diversion would be an effective tactic—we need to go a different way."
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During class, Xiao Gui'an casually looked over the collected answer sheets one by one.
The classroom was extremely quiet, with only occasional page-turning sounds and the scratching of pen tips on paper.
Xu Zisheng and the others had decided to leave tonight.
They had deduced who the 'most obedient child' in the institution was based on the information they collected.
He just didn't quite understand what the judgment criteria were.
Casually, Xiao Gui'an's gaze lightly swept over Xiao Yong, who was bent over writing homework below. The black birthmark on the side of his face seemed to have faded slightly.
If you really talk about obedience, every orphan here is sufficiently well-behaved and sensible.
But this kind of obedience and sensibility ultimately doesn't lead to a good outcome.
After learning about what happened in this orphanage, perhaps being mediocre and unremarkable could, to some extent, become a protective shield for oneself.
Only after the class-ending bell rang did all the orphans put down their pens, lining up one by one to hand their papers to him.
Xiao Yong was the last to submit his paper. Xiao Gui'an directly pulled out his test paper to look at it.
Half and half.
These grades weren't too good, but not too bad either.
Just like what Xiao Gui'an had seen earlier in the file information—utterly ordinary, conventional, blending into the crowd.
Over so many years, there didn't seem to be any improvement at all.
From every angle, this seemed to be an extremely ordinary child in terms of knowledge, without much value. Even in appearance, there were marks that easily made people dislike him.
Actually, Xiao Gui'an had been observing the other party's performance these past two days.
He had been keeping an eye on those four children.
Xiao Yong was clearly hiding his true abilities.
If it wasn't intentional control, how could it be so precise every time?
Unfortunately, the people in the orphanage weren't willing to think more deeply about it.
The continuous stream of new students always allowed them to cultivate higher quality products, didn't it?
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The temperature dropped even lower.
Even though his illusory body didn't have a heart, Xiao Gui'an inexplicably felt his breathing quicken, his heart pounding wildly.
Tonight's orphanage was quieter than usual.
It seemed because a storm was brewing, all beings had a premonition of it.
Xiao Gui'an stood, looking at the faint ice crystals forming on the window, inexplicably feeling as if they were stained with blood.
Someone stood by his side.
[Writer] didn't turn to look, yet seemed to know who stood beside him. He spoke in a gentle, faint tone, "The weather has turned cold, Teacher Xu. Do you think it will snow?"
The night was already deep, all darkness silently surging.
The only bit of light was the lamp the woman carried in her hand, its dim yellow light swaying slightly.
Now it seemed only the final outcome remained unrevealed.
The woman with a pale, stern face spoke softly, her voice still as unpleasant and hoarse as when they first met, "It will. Snow heavy enough to bury everything."
The refined, jade-like young man with ink-black hair curled his lips, "If it snows, I probably won't want to go out. Staying indoors like this, I likely won't be able to do anything."
"If you want, just step outside, and you can end that state of idleness."
"One would need the intention first."
"You will have it, and more than one at that."
The two spoke as if having a normal conversation, yet also like they were speaking in riddles.
Xiao Gui'an chatted with Teacher Xu intermittently.
He truly didn't like going out in winter before. With heating in the room and ample food, staying home was the best choice.
But it seemed Teacher Xu held the opposite opinion, constantly urging him to go play in the icy snow.
Perhaps the other party liked snowy weather, enjoying walks when it snowed.
Another moment approaching eleven at night.
Xiao Gui'an calculated the time, planning to meet up with Xu Zisheng.
He didn't want a repeat of last night's situation where he couldn't find the person.
If anything really happened, he could still bluff and cover for him.
Although he didn't know if it would work.
If the other party could safely get through this instance, then his efforts in coming along wouldn't be in vain.
This place was absolutely an illegal structure!
After Xu Zisheng and the other players safely left this place, he would definitely report this place to Zero.
If possible, reform the rules here, then move it into the Horror Game World.
Although doing so might not be friendly to players who might enter this instance later, they couldn't just humanely destroy all the ghosts here, could they?
Human lives matter.
Ghost lives matter too!
At this moment, Xiao Gui'an expressed his intention to represent the safety of ghost NPCs.
He bid farewell to Teacher Xu very normally, "Rest early, Teacher Xu. Good night."
Teacher Xu looked at him calmly and said, "Goodbye, Teacher Yan."
Xiao Gui'an slowed his steps, expecting to hear something like 'good night' from her.
But the other party just stood quietly, cold and resolute like a pale statue, showing no intention of speaking further.
It seemed that 'goodbye' would be the last words they exchanged.
Only when [Writer]'s leisurely figure was about to disappear into the night did the other party speak again, "Take it away completely, if you can."
What did that mean?
More riddles with him?
Xiao Gui'an turned back, intending to say a few more words to Teacher Xu, but the space before him was empty, with no figure remaining.