Ch 45: The Victim

“Goodness, the boxing match is actually rock-paper-scissors?”

“President Eric lost. Does that mean Quan Ba Senior will be our new president?”

“Ah—I don’t want him to be.”

“I prefer President Eric, too.”

Successfully increasing two beverages to three, Rui Bu Si heard a familiar voice from afar.

Rui Rui and Dan Gu Chun, walking towards her, were startled at first. Seeing Rui Bu Si greet them enthusiastically, they exchanged glances before awkwardly raising their hands in greeting.

—In Meng Academy, students generally don’t greet unfamiliar classmates.

Anyway, they’ve been at the school for so many years, they’ve only met one Rui Bu Si, and everyone seems like a close friend to her.

“It sounds like Eric lost the rock-paper-scissors match.”

After exchanging greetings, they went their separate ways. Rui Bu Si didn’t continue the previous topic.

Originally, seeing Mi Ya Xing agree so quickly, she wanted to see if she could get another drink.

Just now, she suddenly realized that she probably couldn’t know much either.

Hmm, it’s best to stop while I’m ahead.

“Eric won’t care about this.”

Not that he doesn’t care, but Eric has been staring blankly at documents while handling Student Council affairs these days. He doesn’t know what conflict he had with Naiya, and his mood seems to be up and down.

He can help think of ways for other things, but this is really beyond help.

—Eric doesn’t trust him to offer advice in this area at all.

“Yeah, it’s obvious he doesn’t care much.”

How long has she been at Meng Academy? This is like the umpteenth time Eric almost wasn’t president.

It’s just that even if he doesn’t care, there’s always a large group of people who care on his behalf.

For example, Ya Ya.

Mi Ya Xing didn’t want to talk much about this topic.

He had just been forced to pay the price of three drinks, and based on his understanding of her, if he talked about something else, she might demand even more later:

“Why do you think the person controlled by the music is her?”

“Her” refers to Wu La La.

Talking about this in public, if others hear it, especially Naiya, if she knew that he used mind reading on Wu La La and suspected that Wu La La was harming classmates, she would definitely get angry.

“A guess.”

Rui Bu Si was very calm:

“The Mi Ya Xing I know wouldn’t casually care about rumors in the class on behalf of other classmates. Bringing her up with Head Nurse Da Tiantian is to express your guess, right?”

But she was also worried that Head Nurse Da Tiantian always leaked secrets to everyone immediately, so she didn’t mention that it was only a guess.

Oh, of course, it could also be due to other concerns; this isn’t important.

In Meng Academy, Eric and Naiya communicate the most, and Mi Ya Xing rarely hears others’ comments about him.

Is he that kind of person?

Let me think back.

It can’t be said that he’s not.

“Rare to see you show some brains. Hmm, a little unusual.”

Rui Bu Si：……

Her fists clenched.

She immediately summoned a wooden club and hit someone with it.

“The feel is better than a wooden fish.”

It’s possible she’s been hitting the wooden fish too much lately and gotten tired of it.

Mi Ya Xing：……

It sounds like he’s the first victim.

Should he feel honored about that?

“From what I understand, the Dark Clan does have magic that can control people’s actions through music and make the controlled person forget their memories during control.

I know of two types:

One is the Dark Mark placed by the Dark Great Emperor himself, a type of advanced Dark Magic, basically only used by the Dark Great Emperor himself;

The other is the Dark Blood Curse, also advanced Dark Magic, usable only by the Dark Great Emperor.”

There are also simpler methods.

It’s just that they don’t quite meet the conditions.

There are also some that are more fitting, but there’s no need to mention them.

She moved slightly away from Mi Ya Xing.

“So you mean Wu La La might have been hit with the Dark Mark or the Dark Blood Curse?”

Ah…when did they confirm a suspect?

Didn’t Mi Ya Xing just tell her it was a guess and not to call out the name?

“Oh, I didn’t mean that.” Before she finished speaking.

“The Dark Mark doesn’t require any musical theory and doesn’t need to know how to play the harmonica. The Dark Blood Curse is more likely.”

Playing the harmonica…why does it suddenly feel like some unpleasant memories are about to surface?

Hmm, suppress it.

I don’t really want to bring up this memory.

“What’s the way to solve the Dark Blood Curse?”

He wasn’t sure what this thing was, but it was related to the Dark Great Emperor…he had a bad feeling about it and only hoped it wasn’t difficult to solve.

Hmm?

How does she know this?

Honestly shaking her head, suddenly, her hands felt heavy, her vision went dark, and a pile of things appeared in her arms, blocking her view.

“I’ll ask Facebook. Please take these things back yourself.”

Hurriedly turning and running towards the library, Rui Bu Si didn’t stop him.

Steadily placing all the things slowly on the ground:

“This year’s Star of Wisdom is pretty smart.”

The matter only just showed signs, and the answer has already been found.

As for whether an answer can be found on Facebook, she wasn’t sure.

“But isn’t he a little too concerned about Wu La La?”

Somewhat similar to the current situation, when he suspected that Jenny’s Driving Scroll was stolen by Xia Guanglei, he didn’t seem this anxious.

A small bear bumped into her foot, interrupting her thoughts.

“Classmate, why are you standing here alone with so many things? Are you waiting for someone?”

Picking up the little bear and putting it back into its owner’s hands, Rui Bu Si shook her head: “No, I’m worried about how to take all these things back.”

“Oh, I’m heading back to the dormitory too. Bear and I can help you, oh~”

Looking up, the person was full of enthusiasm, already lifting a large portion of the things on the ground.

“Great, Wu La La, thank you for your help.”

There was just a little physical contact, and her body sent out a strong “warning,” her instincts telling her to stay away from danger.

“Didn’t you sleep well last night? You look very tired.”

“I went to bed very early with Bear, but for some reason, when I woke up, it felt like I hadn’t slept at all, I’m so tired.”

She remembered something: “It’s so strange, Mi Ya Xing also asked me this question today. He asked so many questions, he looked strange.”

But in any case, being cared for by her classmates in the new campus was a happy thing for Wu La La.

Immersed in her happiness, she didn’t notice that Rui Bu Si naturally took her wrist at some point, then released it soon after, creating a small distance between them.

Wu…La…La…