Although the master and disciple had discussed selling this book at an auction yesterday, the Shengde Auction House only holds two auctions a year. They had missed the second half of the year’s auction, so they could only wait for the one in March in the first half of next year.
Since there was still plenty of time, this allowed Mr. Huo to contact a person who could help them conceal their identities and hold an anonymous auction.
Because Mr. Huo had already given his word on this matter, Luo Xiao went to school feeling very at ease.
As soon as he walked into the classroom, before his bottom had even warmed the seat, Ye Lan, who had just entered, came up with a resentful expression: “Xiao Xiao, we haven’t seen each other in a long time. Do you miss me?”
“Huh?” Luo Xiao twitched his mouth speechlessly, “I remember we only haven’t seen each other for two days, right?”
“But, doesn’t the ancient saying go–a day without seeing is like three autumns?” Ye Lan said pitifully, “We haven’t seen each other in more than six autumns!”
“……” When did your skin become so thick? Luo Xiao silently criticized him in his heart.
As for the students in the front and back rows, they felt that this was just the playful banter between the class representative and the class monitor, and it would be better for outsiders like them not to get involved. Didn’t you see what happened to the person who interfered last time? That person was directly “frozen” by the class monitor! That’s not all, he was also taken care of by every subject teacher! Thinking about that experience, it’s really a lot of snot and tears!
“Oh, right, Xiao Xiao, I’ve thought it over. This time’s reward, I want to save it up, and when we’re together in the future, you can give it to me!” A cunning gleam flashed in Ye Lan’s eyes. Hmm, for that big goal, starting now, work hard to save the rewards!
“…As you wish.” Luo Xiao rolled his eyes at him and then picked up the textbook and started reading by himself.
Ye Lan thought of what he accidentally found at He Ben’s place yesterday, and he couldn’t help but darken his expression a bit. Unexpectedly, it could actually be done this way.
Time passed day by day. Just a month before the final exams, a shocking event occurred at Linxiang Middle School. Of course, this time it was not the infamous Class 13, but rather Class 2, another elite class.
Early that morning, since Linxiang Middle School had morning exercise routine starting from when it was established, the teachers and students participated in the morning exercise as usual. But who would have thought that shortly after the exercise began, chaos broke out in the middle of the group.
Luo Xiao and Ye Lan exchanged a glance, then nodded and started leading their class members to the side in an orderly manner, not wanting to add to the chaos in front. But everyone’s eyes were shining with curiosity. Before they could even stood properly, they saw several medical staff quickly carrying a stretcher and rushing the person away for treatment.
From the mouths of a few passing students, they vaguely heard the words “blood,” “female,” and “Class 2,” and so on. Luo Xiao had a bad feeling about it. So he applied his spiritual power to his eyes, hoping to see that he was wrong, but the situation had indeed turned bad.
“Xiao Xiao, what’s wrong?” Ye Lan asked worriedly after seeing Luo Xiao’s furrowed brows.
After dismissing his spiritual power, Luo Xiao lowered his voice and said to him, “Yezi, I saw a trace of resentment.”
“Eh?” Ye Lan’s eyes widened. “Could it be…?”
“Yes,” Luo Xiao nodded solemnly. “I’m afraid it’s related to the girl who was carried away.”
Sure enough, during the lunch break, the incident that occurred that morning spread throughout the school. It turned out that the girl’s name was Zhang Meng, and she was one of the top ten students in Class 2 and the class representative for Chinese. Because of her sweet appearance and gentle personality, she was quite well-liked in the class.
This time, it was her good friend who discovered her first during the morning exercise. Although the friend had noticed that her personality suddenly became a bit strange recently, she just assumed that it was because she didn’t do well on the exams. She didn’t expect such an incident to happen. Zhang Meng actually fainted and was bleeding from the lower body.
According to reliable information, the reason for Zhang Meng’s bleeding was that she was pregnant, and the intense morning exercise had caused a miscarriage. This news caused an uproar across the entire school.
Considering that Linxiang Middle School had been established for more than 50 years, this was the first time such an incident had been exposed. Linxiang Middle School has always been one of the top middle schools in S City. In addition to its consistently excellent performance in various aspects, another reason is that it has never had any negative news, such as fights or brawls, and of course, Class 13 is a special case not included in this.
The Class 2 homeroom teacher, who got to know about this incident, had a deeply furrowed brow. He never could have imagined that the class he was responsible for would have such an incident. A 14-year-old girl who had always performed excellently, actually became pregnant?!
However, shortly after everyone had just discussed this matter, a message arrived that took the event to a new level: After being rushed to the hospital, Zhang Meng’s child ultimately could not be saved. Moreover, on the second night after the surgery, she died in her hospital bed with a strange and satisfied smile on her face.
This time, the incident not only caused an uproar within the school, but also created a huge commotion in society. The reason was simple. The police’s repeated investigations determined that Zhang Meng was murdered by an external force. But the problem is, the surveillance footage showed that no one had entered her room during the time she died. There were also no signs of the windows or door being pried open from the outside, so how did she die?
Numerous versions about the cause of her death immediately started circulating. At the same time, a tense atmosphere began to spread in the school. This matter directly caused the plump principal to lose several inches off his waistline, and obvious white hairs appeared on his head. In the end, it was only through tough measures that the spread of these rumors was suppressed.
Luo Xiao also told Mr. Huo about what he had discovered over the weekend. Judging from his furrowed brows, he wondered inwardly: Is there something he doesn’t know about this?
Sure enough, after a moment of silence, Mr. Huo shared the latest news. Apparently, at first they didn’t pay much attention to this matter, but it was because the police officer in charge happened to have a good relationship with one of Old Man Yu’s subordinates. When that person casually mentioned the incident, it caught Old Man Yu’s attention.
Out of caution, that person reported the matter to Old Man Yu. Coincidentally at that time, Old Man Ouyang also happened to have some business to discuss with Old Man Yu. So Old Man Ouyang intended to summon Zhang Meng’s soul to interrogate her, but after several attempts, they were unexpectedly unable to summon her soul. The only explanation for this situation that her soul had already been trapped by someone else.
So the question became, who would trap someone’s soul, and for what purpose? It must be known that randomly trapping another person’s soul is something that would invite heavenly retribution for cultivators like them. The heavenly retribution is not just a minor loss of spiritual energy, but complete dissipation of the soul with no chance of reincarnation! Generally speaking, no one is willing to take such a risk to do such a thing, because those who do will not be able to escape the retribution of the heaven.
Additionally, another thing that greatly puzzled them was that after learning of this incident, Zhang Meng’s parents not only did not cause any trouble, but also showed happy smiles when seeing their daughter’s body. This behavior left the accompanying police and medical staff shivering with an inexplicable chill. How could this be the reaction of normal parents?
Furthermore, after taking Zhang Meng’s body and leaving the hospital, the couple also disappeared from contact. When the police finally located the couple with great effort, they had both lost their memories and did not remember ever having a daughter in middle school.
Given these circumstances, they could only temporarily set this matter aside for now. After all, they still have many other things to deal with besides this incident.
Luo Xiao set this matter aside for the time being. There was no other way. The most pressing issue now was the upcoming final exams. All the students in the school were focusing their attention on the tense review. Especially the students in Class 2, they no longer continued to focus on the matter regarding Zhang Meng, except for her few close friends who still remembered her.
“Alright, my dear students, remember to do well on the exams!” He Ben smiled and narrowed his eyes. “If you do well, I’ll give you a surprise, but if you don’t do well, then there’s nothing I can do.”
“We’ll definitely do well!” After the unexpected results in the midterm exams, they had been working hard. They still wanted to see the expectant eyes of their parents!
“Okay, I look forward to it,” He Ben nodded. Yes, sure enough, the more he looked at these kids, the more cute they seemed!
Soon, the final exams arrived as scheduled. The students of Class 13 all started to get ready to show off their skills in this exam.
After two days of hard work, the exams finally ended. There was now a week-long vacation waiting for the release of the teachers’ grading results.
In the anticipation of everyone, the exam results were now in He Ben’s hands. He waved the report cards in his hands and said, “How’s it, impatient?”
“Teacher, stop talking nonsense!” Several students below shouted, “Just give them to us already.”
“Since you’re all so impatient, okay then.” He Ben called several class officers to distribute the report cards one by one. From below, the students receiving the report cards were a mix of joy and sorrow.
“Ahem!” He Ben cleared his throat to draw everyone’s attention.
After coming over, he slowly opened his mouth and said, “Although your exam results this time have not met my requirements. But compared to the previous mid-term exam, you have also made a lot of progress. So, the reward I promised will still be given!”
“Huh?” After a moment of stunned silence, the whole class burst into cheers, “That’s great, that’s great! Teacher, can you now tell us what the surprise is?”
“Well, it’s not time yet.” He Ben shook his finger, “Next Friday, gather at the school gate. Remember to bring food and backpacks, I’ll take you to see the surprise!”
After saying that, without caring about the confused crowd, he just walked out of the classroom with his hands behind his back, leaving only a constant buzz of discussion behind.
Lucien On ABRWF Chapter 34.1