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Chapitre 13

Shi Feng seemed to understand their concerns and deliberately kept his distance from them.

"You were about to buy something, right? How about I go and buy it for you now? That way it'll be safer," Shi Feng said, and started walking back.

Da Kai said without any politeness, "Okay, thank you for your help."

"It's nothing," Shi Feng smiled.

Seeing that Shi Feng had already gone far away, Zhang Da said to Da Kai, "Could he be one of those people too?"

"No, no, if that were the case, he would have already made his move."

"He certainly wouldn't dare to lay a hand on the two of us, but if he goes to find help..."

When Da Kai heard Zhang Da finish speaking, he was also a little worried. After waiting for a few minutes, he told Zhang Da that he didn't want to wait anymore. The two of them carefully walked out of the woods. Suddenly, they saw Shi Feng rushing back. Da Kai and Zhang Da looked around nervously. Seeing that there was no one there, they relaxed a little.

"This is bad. Those guys seem to have found some of you and are about to make their move."

Upon hearing this, Da Kai hurriedly asked, "Where?"

"Follow me"

Shi Feng led Da Kai and the other two to an abandoned laboratory bungalow.

"They're inside, so be careful."

Da Kai and Zhang Da cautiously walked to the window of the house and peeked inside.

"Watch out, Da Kai, watch out behind you." Yang Mian's voice came from behind Da Kai.

Da Kai turned around and saw Shi Feng stabbing at him with a military knife in his hand. Da Kai quickly grabbed his hand and punched him hard. Shi Feng fell to the ground with a thud. Da Kai rubbed his fist and asked Yang Mian, "Where are Gu Xing and the others?"

“We were discovered a few minutes after you left; we got separated.”

Zhang Da looked around, then he and Da Kai worked together to drag the unconscious Shi Feng into the laboratory, while Yang Mian found a rope and tied Shi Feng up.

"Damn it, this bastard tricked me. Luckily, Yang Mian saw it."

Shi Feng suddenly woke up and found himself tied up. He cried helplessly, "Waaah... Waaah, I didn't want to, Da Kai, I don't want to die!" Shi Feng struggled as he cried, his clothes were torn out of shape by the ropes, revealing a huge hole in his chest.

Da Kai couldn't bear to blame him anymore. Seeing that he wasn't crying too loudly, he ignored him and the three of them sat silently on the ground, worried about Gu Xing and the others.

(three)

Mo Xiaoqiang, He Xiao, and Zhang Qing came out of the school police station. They had been locked up all night and didn't have much time left. As soon as they came out, the three of them inquired about the whereabouts of Gu Xing and the others, but they didn't find anything. They wanted to go outside the school to look for them, but He Xiao suggested that they have lunch first. So the group headed towards the cafeteria.

Meanwhile, in a corner of the cafeteria, Gu Xing and Li Xu anxiously watched the male students around them, wary of the victims from the previous night attacking them.

"Luckily, Xu Chen only came to our male dormitory. If he had dug out the hearts of everyone in all five male and female dormitories, we would have been hiding somewhere."

Hearing Li Xu say this, Gu Xing also became dissatisfied: "It's all because of what you said, 'A minor hermit hides in the forest, a major hermit hides in the city.' Now that there are more people, we've become paranoid."

"Don't worry, they won't think we're still on campus. Even if they do, they won't expect us to be in such a crowded place as the cafeteria."

As they were talking, Mo Xiaoqiang and the others had already entered the dining hall. Li Xu and Gu Xing immediately buried their heads under the table. Li Xu murmured, "Namo Amitabha, may Buddha protect us so they don't see us."

When Mo Xiaoqiang and his two companions entered, they had already spotted Gu Xing and his companion. They immediately surrounded them. Gu Xing, realizing they had been discovered, stood up. Both doors of the dining hall were on their side, with the restrooms behind them. For a moment, Gu Xing and Li Xu had nowhere to escape.

Mo Xiaoqiang and his group arrived in front of Gu Xing and his group, their hands in their pockets. Gu Xing knew that those must be weapons.

"Gu Xing, don't blame me. I was forced into it. You were there last night, and you heard everything." Mo Xiaoqiang said nervously, his hand reaching for a knife in his bag. The other two were about to make their move as well.

"Wait!" Gu Xing shouted, "You can't kill us!"

"Gu Xing, there are three of us, and only two of you. I advise you not to resist, but to help us. Don't worry, just grit your teeth and get through this."

Gu Xing smiled calmly. "You killed us in front of everyone. Do you think you can escape? In the end, you'll be sentenced to death. You won't die a clean death."

Mo Xiaoqiang then noticed the people eating, which numbered nearly a hundred male and female students.

"Go to the toilet, quick!" Mo Xiaoqiang had already pulled out a knife. They were in a corner, so they didn't attract the attention of the students present.

"Oh, oh," Li Xu responded in fright and headed towards the toilet.

Gu Xing grabbed him and said to Mo Xiaoqiang, "If you have the guts, then do it right here."

Mo Xiaoqiang was at a loss for what to do. Seeing this, Gu Xing said to him, "There are only two of us, while there are three of you. Anyway, we can't escape. Your knife can't scare me now; it can only scare the others."

After listening to Gu Xing's words, Mo Xiaoqiang noticed that Gu Xing was still turning his head and looking around. He suddenly thought, "Indeed, he's right. If I kill them here, even if I'm convicted of being mentally ill and not executed, my life will be ruined. Besides, that woman said that whoever kills one of them will be saved. There are only two prey here, not enough for the three of us to share..."

After thinking for a few minutes, Mo Xiaoqiang looked at Zhang Qing, with whom he had a good relationship, and made up his mind. He then whispered to Zhang Qing and He Xiao for a while, took out a knife, walked up to a boy who was relatively close, slashed his arm, and shouted, "I'm going to kill someone!"

Zhang Qing and He Xiao also pulled out their knives and waved them around, shouting like Mo Xiaoqiang, "Murder!"

In an instant, the canteen was in chaos as everyone fled outside. Seeing that it was time, Mo Xiaoqiang said to He Xiao, "Go and close the doors and windows. Zhang Qing and I will keep an eye on them."

He Xiao hesitated for a moment, but still went. Mo Xiaoqiang walked to Zhang Qing's side and whispered, "There are three of us, and only two of them. If we kill them, only two of us will be saved, and we risk being sentenced to death. It would be better to kill He Xiao..."

"What?" Zhang Qing stared wide-eyed at Mo Xiaoqiang.

“This is the only way now.” Mo Xiaoqiang glanced at He Xiao, who had already closed all the doors and was drawing the curtains down in every window. He seemed oblivious to what they were saying. Mo Xiaoqiang continued, “If we kill him, Gu Xing, and Li Xu, we can pin the crime on him. Even if we are convicted, we will only be accomplices. If you don’t say anything and I don’t say anything, who will know?”

Faced with the question of human nature, Zhang Qing hesitated, but Mo Xiaoqiang made up his mind and walked towards He Xiao. Zhang Qing followed, but he was very afraid. In fact, even if he were asked to kill Gu Xing and the other two, he might not be able to do it.

When He Xiao saw Mo Xiaoqiang approaching, he asked him in confusion, "Didn't you say you were watching them?"

Mo Xiaoqiang wiped his sweat and said, "They only have windows over there, and they're all tightly closed. They can't escape. We'll come and help you." As he spoke, he didn't dare to look He Xiao in the eye. He immediately turned his back to He Xiao and went to lower the curtains on the window. Zhang Qing also walked shakily in front of Mo Xiaoqiang.

Mo Xiaoqiang winked at Zhang Qing and brandished his knife. Zhang Qing, trembling, also pulled out his knife. Mo Xiaoqiang took a deep breath, but Zhang Qing lowered his head, staring at the knife in his hand. He couldn't bring himself to kill his roommate of two years. When he finally looked up with a mournful face, his face turned deathly pale. He opened his mouth wide, speechless. Mo Xiaoqiang, seeing his state, was puzzled when he felt a sharp pain in his lower back, followed by the sensation of something hard piercing his skin and entering his body. With the twisting of the object, Mo Xiaoqiang screamed hoarsely.

"Ah ...

“I know what you want, Xiaoqiang,” He Xiao appeared from behind Mo Xiaoqiang, moved his face to his left shoulder, and said with a forced smile, “Actually, I don’t blame you, so don’t blame me now.”

"Ah~~~~~~~~~~~~~~No, no~~~~~~~~~~~~~Ah!"

"Please grant my wish, we've been roommates for two years."

"Ah~ ...

"Zhang Qing, you~~~~~~~~~~~ come quick, I'm going to~~~~~~~~~~ die!"

"He Xiao, you... stop..." Zhang Qing's hands trembled as he watched Mo Xiaoqiang's life slip away, blood pooling on the ground as he struggled.

While struggling against Mo Xiaoqiang, He Xiao gritted his teeth and said to Zhang Qing, "I was forced into this too. He was going to attack me as well."

"No, please stop... no... ah!" Zhang Qing cried out.

"Come on, come help Xiaoqiang, he's in a lot of pain, come on!"

"Ah~~~~~~~~~~ Don't listen to him~~~~~ Come save me~~~~~~~~~~~ Ah."

"No, oh no... please don't!"

"Zhang Qing, even if we don't kill him now, he won't survive tonight. Right? Xiao Qiang, just do us a favor."

"Zhang Qing!" Mo Xiaoqiang shouted loudly.

"Zhang Qing, even if we save him, he won't survive tonight. Do you want to give him the chance? Hurry up! Come and help him! He's in so much pain... Waaah!" He Xiao also started wailing at this moment.

Zhang Qing closed his eyes, yelled, and charged at Mo Xiaoqiang, forcefully stabbing the knife into the hole in Mo Xiaoqiang's left chest. Although Mo Xiaoqiang still had some strength left, he stopped struggling and remained motionless. His body swayed violently from Zhang Qing's repeated stabbings, tears streaming down his face. He was numb, unable to feel pain, smell his own blood, or hear Zhang Qing and He Xiao's cries and shouts. His eyes were wide open, watching his friend repeatedly plunge the knife into his body...

Mo Xiaoqiang's eyes remained open, but he could no longer see anything. Zhang Qing continued to cry while mechanically repeating the same movements with her right hand, even though the knife had broken.

He Xiao helplessly laid Mo Xiaoqiang's body down, wailing loudly. He Xiao and Zhang Qing were both in tears, but they still glanced towards Gu Xing's direction, only to find the entire canteen completely deserted.

(Four)

Long before He Xiao stabbed Mo Xiaoqiang in the body, Gu Xing dragged Li Xu into the toilet.

"Are you scared out of your wits? If you're going to leave, you don't have to go to the toilet." Judging from Li Xu's current state, he was indeed scared out of his wits.

"Idiot, stop asking questions and just close the door."

"Even if they manage to hold up, it won't be much longer..."

Gu Xing roared, "Do as I say!"

Startled by Gu Xing, Li Xu regained his senses. He grabbed a mop, propped it against the door, and turned around to see Gu Xing already climbing onto the bathroom vent.

That was the ventilation opening in the men's restroom, just big enough for one person to squeeze through. Because it was a men's restroom, it was rather sloppy, with only a few rotten wooden planks on top. Exposed to the wind and sun, those planks were merely symbolic, nominal. Now, for Gu Xing and his companions, it was a life-saving emergency exit.

With a tug, Gu Xing got the top plank in his hand. He then used the plank to tap the other planks. Li Xu came over and squatted down under Gu Xing, supporting him so he could get leverage. Soon, the ventilation shaft was clear.

Just then, the wailing of two men drifted in, and silence returned instantly. Gu Xing immediately climbed onto the ventilation shaft, about to crawl out, when he saw Li Xu still staring blankly at the toilet door.

"Are you leaving or not?" Gu Xing roared at him.

"Oh, oh, oh," Li Xu kept responding in surprise.

Once they reached the outside of the restroom, they found themselves in a grove of trees. Everyone outside the cafeteria was watching, and some people whose hearts had been ripped out by Xu Chen were constantly trying to squeeze in. Naturally, no one noticed Gu Xing and Li Xu.

At that moment, the cafeteria door opened and then closed again, and two people walked in. Zhang Qing and He Xiao wiped away their tears and cried out in unison, "It's not us, it's Gu Xing and Li Xu..."

Only then did they realize that the person who walked in was the student council president and Xu Chen.

"I saw it all. You guys are so stupid. You're all covered in blood. Who else could it be but you?" Xu Chen showed no expression at the bloody scene, only a little displeased.

Zhang Qing could no longer hold back. He grabbed the knife and charged at Xu Chen. After a few steps, his foot got tangled in something, and he lost his balance and fell to the ground. Zhang Qing struggled to get up, only to see He Xiao shouting in panic, "It's not my fault..."

Zhang Qing looked at his feet strangely. He saw that Mo Xiaoqiang's body hadn't moved, but his hands were tightly gripping his feet.

"Ah~ ...

"Shut up, it's so noisy!" Xu Chen shouted, covering his ears with his hands, while giving the student council president a wink.

The chairman nodded and smiled, took out a black bag that was more than a meter long and half a meter wide from his pocket, went over, pried Mo Xiaoqiang's hand off Zhang Qing's foot, neatly stuffed the corpse into the black bag, then crumpled the bag into a ball and put it into the pocket on the left side of his shirt. For a moment, the chairman's body unconsciously leaned to the left.

"Tsk, it's so hot here," Xu Chen said coquettishly, frowning.

The president immediately took out a fan and fanned Xu Chen. Xu Chen then stamped his foot and said, "It stinks here too, with that bloody smell."

"Yes, yes." The chairman immediately knelt down on the ground and kept licking. In no time, there was no blood on the ground and no smell of blood in the air.

At that moment, the principal came in.

"Heh, I've called all the students away." The principal still grinned maliciously.

Xu Chen nodded, then said to Zhang Qing, "You don't need to worry about anything else. Enjoy your time to the fullest."

"And one more thing," Xu Chen said, turning back to them as he was about to leave, "don't disappoint me again."

Xu Chen walked out of the canteen, muttering, "Boring, just a few people died." Suddenly, he clapped his hands: "That's it, I've got it, ha... ha."

Gu Xing and Li Xu quietly walked back to their dormitory. They saw some people still sitting in the square, constantly touching their chests and muttering something to themselves. Some were dazed and wandering around.

Gu Xing and Li Xu slipped back into the dormitory. It was eerily quiet inside. The two of them carefully made their way to the third floor and found their room door open, indicating that someone had already visited.

“Okay, the most dangerous place is the safest place. Let’s go back.” Li Xu walked forward, but Gu Xing grabbed him.