16: Yay! Song Zhong resigned!

The next morning.

Cangnan City Second High School.

In the classroom, students were chattering excitedly.

"Class Monitor, Liu Yuan, did you really encounter a perverted killer that night?"

Jiang Qian and Liu Yuan's expressions were grim; they didn't want to recall what had happened that day.

"We didn't see it very clearly! It was very dark at night!"

Jiang Qian considered her words carefully. Both she and Liu Yuan had signed non-disclosure agreements, and since they hadn't seen clearly to begin with, they naturally didn't dare to speak carelessly.

"Then what about Wang Shao turning into a mental patient?" The surrounding students were still persistent.

Ever since Wang Shao woke up, he had been mentally unstable, constantly muttering "monster" and "killer."

He is currently hospitalized for observation at Sunshine Psychiatric Hospital!

Moreover, Lin Qi Ye didn't come to school yesterday.

With such a major incident, these few individuals had already become the biggest news at Cangnan City Second High School.

A group of students surrounded Liu Yuan and Jiang Qian, but couldn't get any information out of them.

So they turned and came over to Li Yifei.

"Li Yifei, Li Yifei, I heard you were with Lin Qi Ye at the end. What happened then?"

"Yeah, yeah, your dad is a police officer, he must know more clearly!"

"Is there really a perverted killer?"

Li Yifei had two dark circles under his eyes, and he looked completely listless.

"I... I don't know... I don't remember!"

Li Yifei's voice was despondent; he didn't want to talk.

Suddenly, the door was pushed open and a fair-skinned, handsome young man walked in!

The previously chattering classroom instantly fell silent!

"Lin Qi Ye!"

Someone, unknown who, was the first to shout, and then the quiet classroom turned into a bustling market again.

"So he's not blind!"

"So handsome, Lin Qi Ye, I can!"

"He must know what happened that night!"

A large group of students immediately surrounded Lin Qi Ye, starting to ask all sorts of questions!

"Lin Qi Ye, what exactly happened to your eyes?"

"Lin Qi Ye, what does the killer look like?"

"Um, excuse me, do you have a girlfriend?"

Lin Qi Ye: (((;ꏿ_ꏿ;)))

Liu Yuan: ʕ⸝⸝⸝˙Ⱉ˙ʔ

Jiang Qian: (╬⁽⁽⁰⁾⁾Д⁽⁽⁰⁾⁾)

Li Yifei: (꒪⌓꒪)

Just now, did a strange question slip in?

Lin Qi Ye struggled for a long time before finally getting rid of his classmates' persistent questions.

He returned to his seat, and even without consciously observing, Lin Qi Ye could feel the expressions of Liu Yuan and Jiang Qian.

Liu Yuan lowered his head, his face extremely awkward, and the emotions in his eyes were very complex: guilt, regret, and even a hint of jealousy?

Jiang Qian's eyes were red. As the class monitor, she recalled her actions that night and felt too ashamed to face Lin Qi Ye.

Li Yifei, however, was not so complicated. Upon seeing Lin Qi Ye appear, a gleam of light actually appeared in his tired eyes.

He hesitated for a moment, then walked over to Lin Qi Ye's side.

"Um... Lin Qi Ye, could you come out for a moment? I want to talk to you."

Lin Qi Ye didn't hesitate; Li Yifei had extended a helping hand to him before.

Although he ran away later, as a student, who wouldn't be scared seeing those two terrifying figures?

The two of them walked to the corridor.

Li Yifei was full of remorse: "I'm sorry! I, I was too scared, I couldn't control myself!"

"You don't need to feel guilty. This is human nature, and you even saved me in the first instance, which is even more commendable!"

Lin Qi Ye patted Li Yifei's shoulder, "You are a brave person!"

Li Yifei looked at Lin Qi Ye in disbelief, "Rea... really? You don't hate me?"

Lin Qi Ye shook his head, "You are my first friend at Cangnan City Second High School!"

"Really?" Li Yifei instantly brightened up, "Then I'll treat you to crispy potato fries for lunch!"

As soon as Li Yifei finished speaking, he suddenly remembered something, and his eyes dimmed.

Lin Qi Ye said with a smile, "This time, it's my treat. No refusing. This is my first time treating someone to food!"

Li Yifei was about to say something, but looking at Lin Qi Ye's smile, he swallowed the words he had on the tip of his tongue.

"Um, Lin Qi Ye!" Li Yifei lowered his voice, "Did you also sign a non-disclosure agreement?"

Lin Qi Ye nodded.

Li Yifei showed a look of longing, "Sigh! If only I could join them, but unfortunately, they don't want me!"

"What, you want to join them? Why?"

"Because it's cool! Erasing your name, fighting monsters in the dark, shedding blood and sacrificing your life for the dawn of Great Xia—that's the life I want!"

"Uh!" Lin Qi Ye didn't know how to persuade him, "Um, when we eat potatoes later, do you still want them mildly spicy, with green onions and cilantro?"

Li Yifei swallowed, "No, this time, I want them medium spicy!"

...

Lunch break arrived quickly. Li Yifei hid behind Lin Qi Ye and came to Uncle Li's stall.

"Boss, two large portions, with green onions and cilantro on both, one mildly spicy, one medium spicy!"

Lin Qi Ye scanned the code, paid, and waited aside.

Today, only Uncle Li was there, and his movements were a bit slower than usual.

Li Yifei looked around curiously, not finding Song Zhong's figure.

"Uncle Li, where's the young man who used to work for you?" Li Yifei asked.

"Oh, you mean Little Song! He had some family matters back home, so he resigned and went back!"

"Oh, oh!" Li Yifei let out a sigh of relief.

Although he didn't know why, he inexplicably felt at ease.

"All right, here are your potatoes!"

Uncle Li packed the two portions of potatoes and handed them to Lin Qi Ye.

On the way back, Lin Qi Ye casually asked, "Li Yifei, you seem quite concerned about that young man!"

Li Yifei scratched his head, "Haha, it's nothing, just a bit curious!"

The two discussed for a while, and Lin Qi Ye didn't find anything unusual from Li Yifei.

...

The day passed just like that.

On the way home, Lin Qi Ye kept thinking about Zhao Kongcheng's words from yesterday.

His hand unconsciously touched the emblem, but thinking of Aunt and Yang Jin, he sighed.

Close to home, Lin Qi Ye suddenly noticed a familiar figure on the curb in the distance.

Zhao Kongcheng!

Why was this guy here again?

Zhao Kongcheng also saw Lin Qi Ye, and he jogged over.

"Oh dear, Lin Qi Ye, I've been waiting for you for a long time!"

Lin Qi Ye looked at Zhao Kongcheng warily, "Uncle, what's wrong? Didn't we just meet yesterday?"

"Sigh, don't even mention it!" Zhao Kongcheng looked dejected, "When I went back yesterday, I got lectured by the captain!"

"Lin Qi Ye, the captain said that you don't have to join the Night Watcher, but you can consider accepting combat training, so that if you encounter danger or anything, you can protect yourself!"

"This..."

Although Lin Qi Ye had gained the abilities of a Starry Night Dancer, he truly didn't understand combat techniques.

And the plan Zhao Kongcheng mentioned was indeed feasible; it could just be treated as an after-school interest class!

Lin Qi Ye nodded, "Okay, then Uncle, do you want to come to my place for dinner?"