145: Chapter 145 Do you know how I've been all these years?

"Stay calm, Jiang You, you need to stay calm. You are a meticulous person."

He frantically searched through his fragmented memories for details:

"At the time, that female devil Teacher Shen Qing gave me five minutes."

"I rushed back to the dorm, and the first thing I did was lift up the mattress."

"I remember it very clearly! I grabbed that whole pile of colorful things, the ones with lace edges, and the one with the pink bear pattern... I grabbed them all!"

"I even specifically shook out the bedsheets, terrified that I might leave behind even a single loose thread!"

"And then..."

Jiang You's gaze gradually focused, and his memories became clearer and clearer:

"And after that... I took that box to the swamp, and finally, in that deep pit, it was taken away hook, line, and sinker by that kind-hearted thief!"

The logic was closed! The incriminating evidence had been transferred!

Dorm 201 was now a pristine, albeit messy, but perfectly innocent boys' dormitory!

"Whew..."

After confirming that there were no loopholes in any of the links, Jiang You's tense nerves finally relaxed.

His heart, which had been hanging in his throat, also "thumped" back down into his stomach.

He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, let out a long breath of relief, and his face recovered that calm, "dead pigs don't fear boiling water" demeanor, even carrying a hint of relief from having survived a disaster.

"Scared the life out of me..."

"As long as they didn't find those things, I wouldn't be afraid even if they pried up the floorboards."

"As of now, I am innocent, a clean, albeit slightly lazy, good student!"

However, before he could even catch his breath properly.

Bai Zimo's monotone, robotic voice rang out again, adding the second half of the sentence:

"However, although nothing was found in the dorm..."

Bai Zimo raised his hand, and that long, pale finger pointed over the crowd towards the direction of the end of the corridor:

"But the Principal found his long-lost treasure in the public restroom on the second floor."

"That is to say, the... shell of that Tier 4 Profound Water Giant Turtle."

"What?"

Gou Fugui and the other two exclaimed in unison, their eyes practically popping out of their sockets.

"A turtle shell?" "We have a turtle shell in our restroom?"

Gou Fugui looked at the other two, completely bewildered: "When we left, didn't the restroom only have a raggedy white porcelain basin? When did it turn into a turtle shell?"

Lu Xingye also frowned: "Yeah, I looked in the mirror before I left, it was just an ordinary broken basin."

"Could it have been hidden in the toilet?" "That shouldn't be it..."

The three of them looked at each other, completely baffled.

Only Jiang You. His heart, which had just been put at ease, "skipped a beat" and tightened up once more.

The corner of his mouth twitched slightly, his gaze instantly became shifty, and he started frantically counting the ants on the ground, completely unable to meet anyone's eyes.

Could it really be that "vintage-style large washbasin"... That detestable Faceless Man, it really was him framing me!

Bai Zimo pushed up his glasses, his gaze falling eerily onto Jiang You.

As the tech geek who had been left behind to guard the dorm, he had seen everything clearly through the surveillance cameras.

After the main group set off, Jiang You was the only one who had rushed back in a panic.

A few minutes later, Jiang You ran off carrying a box, and a turtle shell appeared in the restroom.

If Jiang You didn't do it, who could it be?

However, Bai Zimo did not associate Jiang You with the "Faceless Man".

Are you kidding? Could the lazy Jiang You be that Faceless Man who single-handedly fought three grandmasters?

Bai Zimo quickly came up with a reasonable explanation in his mind: [This kid must have gotten lucky and found the stolen goods abandoned by the Faceless Man in some corner.] [He thought it was just an ordinary basin, so he just installed it?] [Tsk tsk, using a Tier 4 turtle shell as a washbasin, that taste... is truly something else.]

Although he had seen through it, Bai Zimo didn't expose him, but continued to explain calmly:

"Don't worry, the Principal didn't blame us." "After careful deduction, Principal Pang reached a conclusion."

Bai Zimo imitated Principal Pang Ban's hands-behind-the-back, unfathomable tone: "The Principal said, it seems that the thief, the Faceless Man, couldn't take the turtle shell because it was too big, so he casually discarded it in this most inconspicuous corner of Class F."

"As for why it was installed on the washstand... perhaps it's the weird hobby of an expert!" "Or a silent mockery of us!"

"Although the students of Class F are mischievous, they don't have the guts or the strength to steal a Tier 4 turtle shell!"

"So..." Bai Zimo spread his hands: "This matter was left at that, and the Principal has already cried while taking the turtle shell away."

After hearing Bai Zimo's words, Jiang You, standing behind the crowd, silently wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

"That was close..." "Principal, you truly are a righteous official!"

"To be able to guess the evil Faceless Man's conspiracy so quickly, and restore innocence to an innocent person like me!"

"This world, as expected, is still full of love and peace!"

Just as Jiang You was lamenting the hardships of life. Outside the hall, a light and cheerful sound of footsteps suddenly arrived.

Immediately after, a soft, crisp, and energetic voice rang out: "Big Brother!" "I'm here to play with you!" "Look what good things I brought!"

Everyone turned around. They saw that in the setting sun, a stunningly beautiful girl wearing a pink dress, with two fluffy fox ears on her head, was carrying a backpack larger than herself, bouncing and jumping as she ran in.

Behind her followed Teacher Gu Yan, who looked helpless and as if he had aged ten years.

"Bai... Bai Lan?" Jiang You watched this "sweet and innocent" great demon who had suddenly appeared, his eyelids twitching violently.

An ominous premonition surged in his heart. Is this girl planning to latch onto me?

...

Thirty kilometers outside Modu City. This was a long-abandoned chemical plant, where rusted pipes were exposed in the wild grass like the ribs of a giant beast. As the night wind blew, it made a "woo-woo" sound like ghosts wailing.

This was one of the secret meeting points for the Modu branch of the Wusheng Divine Sect.

At this moment, in a dilapidated factory building with wind blowing through it from all sides, a middle-aged man wearing a grey Zhongshan suit, with his hair combed meticulously and looking extremely unusual, was standing with his back to the door, his hands behind his back.

He tilted his head slightly, looking at a damaged movie poster on the wall, his eyes deep and melancholy, as if he were contemplating the ultimate fate of all humanity.

He was Heart Six, the one responsible for meeting up with Plum Blossom Three and Diamond Five for this mission.

"Rustle..." A slight ripple appeared in the air. Plum Blossom Three, covered in mud and tattered clothes, while clutching a silver suitcase tightly to his chest, deactivated his invisibility and stumbled into view.

"Brother Six..." Plum Blossom Three panted, his voice hoarse: "I'm back... where's the car? Hurry and take me away..."

However, the middle-aged man in the Zhongshan suit with his back to him did not turn around.

Heart Six slowly raised his hand, making a "stop" gesture, his voice low and magnetic, like a late-night radio host: "Wait." "The Heavenly King covers the earth's tigers?"

Plum Blossom Three was stunned, the corner of his eye twitching: "...The Pagoda suppresses the river spirits?"

Heart Six did not turn around, but continued to recite in that deep tone: "Three years after another three years, three years after another three years... Do you know how I've spent these past few years?"

Plum Blossom Three: "..."