Chapter 105 The Singer, Oh, the Singer 38

"Hello, passenger with mobile number ending in ****. Confirming your destination is Senhe Mansion. Estimated arrival time is fifteen minutes. Please fasten your seatbelt."

A tentacle from the roof of the car reached in through the window and considerately fastened the seatbelt for her.

The texture of the tentacle was different from the eerie things and paper figures Lin Xiangjun had seen before; it was soft, flexible, and not sticky on the surface, somewhat like jelly. After quietly fastening the seatbelt, it patted Lin Xiangjun's chest as if coaxing a child before withdrawing from the window.

The car started smoothly.

"Is everyone in your company... dressed like this?"

The young driver's voice was cold and devoid of emotion, but his tone was calm, somewhat like an AI.

"Yes. To suit our customers' aesthetics, our unit coordinates appropriate outfits for every employee to ensure customers remain in a pleasant mood during the ride."

"Of course, if you dislike my current outfit, I can change on the spot. What style do you prefer? You can choose from the manual beside you. If the style you like isn't in the manual, you can also call our headquarters to make a suggestion."

Lin Xiangjun: ...

Is this really an instance?

What kind of company is so considerate that they even know how to use honey traps on their Guests?

Is corporate competition in instances this fierce?

Seeing that the young man was actually preparing to pull over and change clothes, Lin Xiangjun immediately waved her hands repeatedly: "It's fine! This outfit is great! Really great! No need to change! Just focus on driving!"

There was no need, absolutely no need. Rather than admiring beauty, she preferred to find clues and complete the mission quickly.

"By the way, do you know Feicui Lake Middle School?"

She had only asked casually to change the subject, but to her surprise, The young driver actually nodded.

"Feicui Lake Middle School is the best middle school in our area. Most students who graduate from there can get into Jade Lake High School. Jade Lake High School has a very high college entrance rate; it's the dream school for the vast majority of students and parents."

"Did you attend Feicui Lake Middle School or Jade Lake High School?"

"I did. I graduated from Jade Lake High School last year. I'm currently taking a gap year to earn money for my university tuition."

As The young driver spoke, he took off his jacket and placed it on the passenger seat as if he were feeling a bit hot.

He was already wearing only a tight black tank top underneath, which was stretched to the point of being semi-transparent by his muscles. Once the jacket was off, it was even more obvious—he was easily on par with those thirst-trapping male streamers on Douyin.

Unfortunately, his charms were lost on her.

Lin Xiangjun's focus was not on him at all.

Graduated last year?

"Do you know Hu Zhengzheng? Or Xia Suhe?"

Upon hearing Hu Zhengzheng's name, The young driver's body stiffened almost imperceptibly.

But he didn't deny it: "She was a junior one year below me. Her grades were excellent, she was beautiful, and she had a good personality. She was very famous at school."

Anyone who has actually been to school knows that being beautiful doesn't necessarily make someone 'famous' in that way.

"Famous" students were either academic powerhouses who took first place in every exam by a massive margin, or their personal drama was so explosive that they couldn't even hide their own names.

"Can you tell me how she was famous?"

This time, The young driver wasn't as forthcoming. He gave a somewhat evasive answer: "According to company regulations, we cannot disclose information unrelated to work during working hours."

Translated into plain English: He wanted money.

Fine.

What doesn't cost money these days?

Lin Xiangjun readily pulled out a stack of underworld currency, placed one bill next to The young driver first, and repeated: "Can you tell me why Hu Zhengzheng was famous?"

Looking at that beautiful hundred-dollar underworld currency bill, The young driver finally showed his first smile since Lin Xiangjun entered the car.

"Of course. It is our honor to serve our passengers."

Watching the bright and cheerful smile on The young driver's face—like warm sun melting ice—and comparing it to his stiff, calm, and cold demeanor before the money came out...

Lin Xiangjun couldn't help but marvel at how quickly The young driver could change his face.

Are there any good men left these days who aren't materialistic?

The young driver's voice became much gentler:

"Hu Zhengzheng was a junior two years below me. She was an orphan. When she entered high school, she received poverty assistance and a scholarship because of her good grades. The school even waived her tuition because of her financial difficulties and academic excellence; otherwise, it would have been impossible for her to attend Jade Lake High School. The tuition there is two thousand yuan a semester."

"I hadn't heard her name at first. After all, I was in my senior year at the time, and the pressure of the college entrance exams was very heavy. Every day of class was exhausting, so where would I find the time to pay attention to others?"

"The first time I heard her name was at the end of the first semester of my senior year. They said there was a very impressive junior in the tenth grade whose final exam score was a full thirty points higher than the second-place student, and she even got a perfect score in math. That's when I learned there was a junior named Hu Zhengzheng."

At this point, The young driver paused and sighed with emotion: "Her grades were truly too good."

"However, that wasn't a huge deal. What really made her famous was a person named Hou Pan."

"In the middle of the second semester, rumors suddenly started spreading that Hu Zhengzheng had a crush on Hou Pan for a long time, but Hou Pan never agreed. So she could only turn her grief into motivation and study hard, hoping Hou Pan would give her a second look."

Hou Pan.

This was the second time Lin Xiangjun had heard this name.

However, Xia Suhe's politics notebook didn't say that at all.

"Hou Pan? Isn't he a creep? How could there be such an obviously fake rumor?"

The young driver nodded quite in agreement.

"Yes. At the time, Hou Pan was actually more famous than Hu Zhengzheng because of the incident where he installed cameras in the school toilets... It seems you already know about that, but his explosive behavior didn't stop there."

Only after confirming Lin Xiangjun was interested in this did he continue: "He used to like asking for permission to leave class to go to the bathroom. The reason he gave the teacher was that he had a bad stomach and chronic diarrhea, and he even brought a diagnosis from a hospital. Since it wasn't a big deal, the teacher didn't mind."

"But after the camera incident was discovered, people started to wonder if he was actually going to the bathroom during class. Of course, as expected, he really wasn't going to the bathroom."

"What was he doing?"

"He... took advantage of the fact that the dormitory buildings were empty during class hours to go to the girls' dormitory and steal the underwear the girls had hung out to dry."

!!!

How could a human do that?

Lin Xiangjun was instantly disgusted: "In your girls' dormitory, boys can just enter whenever they want?"

"The dormitory building for the tenth graders is quite special. It's a long building with the boys' dorms on the left and the girls' dorms on the right, separated by a door in the middle. However, there's just a railing next to that door without any real security measures. He would just climb over from there every time."