Lebensberater für die Südliche Song-Dynastie

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Gao Xiaoyuan reached out to hold Lin Nana's hand, but was stopped by that voice: "No one is allowed to touch her. If anyone touches her, I will detonate a bomb!"

Gao Xiaoyuan was startled, and immediately withdrew her hand after hearing this.

Lin Nana looked at Gao Xiaoyuan with pain: "I... I don't know how much longer I can hold on, you guys have to think of something."

“I…” Gao Xiaoyuan looked at Xu An helplessly.

"Just tell me what you want, don't waste time! We don't want to die before we know the truth!" Li Biqi screamed.

"Hahaha—hahaha—" A burst of terrifying laughter suddenly erupted, as if it would pierce people's eardrums in an instant.

"Once the game starts, don't waste time!" Chen Shuai said coldly.

"Okay, since you mentioned games, let's play a game," the voice exclaimed happily.

"What do you want?" Li Wenbin kept his eyes on the grenade that Principal Chen was talking about, afraid that it might fall out at any moment.

"What do you want?" Li Wenbin kept his eyes on the grenade that Principal Chen was talking about, afraid that it might fall out at any moment.

"Let's play a lie detector game," the voice continued.

"How do you detect a lie?" Gao Xiaoyuan asked nervously.

"I will ask you questions, and you will answer them. If you are lying, you will all die."

"It seems unfair to us to ask us this," Xu An said, while searching for the source of the voice.

"I also think it's unfair!" Chen Shuai looked at Xu An, already understanding what Xu An meant.

"Of course, after I've asked you all, you can also ask me questions, but only one at a time, and the answer must be truthful!"

"Who knows if the answer is true or not!" Li Wenbin continued to stare at the grenade that Principal Chen had mentioned.

“I know,” the voice answered confidently.

“You’re the one who says everything, how are we supposed to know if it’s true or not?” Li Biqi said reluctantly.

The classroom suddenly fell silent. After exchanging glances, the students remained quiet.

The game begins now! "The command comes from that voice:" The first question is answered by Li Wenbin.

"Why me?" Li Wenbin exclaimed in dissatisfaction.

"How did Su Siyu die?" The voice gave Li Wenbin no chance to refute.

“Why…why should I say…how…how should I know…” Li Wenbin cried out, his face flushed red.

Xu An frowned, his eyes fixed on Li Wenbin. He felt that Li Wenbin's reaction was too agitated and seemed a bit abnormal.

"Don't you know?" a voice suddenly sneered.

"I……"

Before Li Wenbin could speak, the voice continued, "Remember, if you lie, you'll die immediately. My gun is already pointed at you. The moment you open your mouth, I can decide whether to kill you!"

Li Wenbin opened his mouth, his face growing increasingly pale, and finally, he lowered his head weakly, saying in a barely audible voice, "It was me...it was me who killed her..."

Xu An's eyes suddenly widened.

Chen Shuai stared at Li Wenbin in astonishment, and even Gao Xiaoyuan screamed. Li Biqi almost fell off her chair.

"It was me...it was me!" Li Wenbin, no longer wanting to hide it, slammed his fist on the table and shouted, "I didn't mean to. That night a year ago, the power suddenly went out. I was really scared. I wanted to scream, but I felt a friend push me, and I fell down. I don't know where I landed. I was just scared and wanted to get away as quickly as possible. In my panic, I touched a shoe. I was terrified. I didn't know whose shoe it was. Just as I was about to scream, someone covered my mouth. I struggled to break free, but I couldn't get away from that hand. Finally, I pulled a fruit knife out of my pocket. Just then, that person suddenly let go, but because I was so scared, I stabbed into the darkness with all my might. I stabbed desperately! I stabbed desperately! Finally, I heard a scream." Li Wenbin's body slumped weakly against the chair.

"Which voice is Su Siyu's?" Chen Shuai looked at Li Wenbin sadly.

Li Wenbin nodded weakly: "I recognized the voice, it was definitely Su Siyu's, but I fainted before I could react."

"Were you scared unconscious?" Gao Xiaoyuan pressed.

"I don't know. Before I fainted, I think... I think I smelled a strange smell, I think I felt a kind of gas..." Li Wenbin looked up, his eyes staring blankly at a certain place in front of him, as if trying hard to recall the scene at that time.

Gao Xiaoyuan finally understood why Su Siyu had gripped Prince Qiu's shoelaces when she touched the fourth shoe. She guessed that the shoe Li Wenbin had touched was the one Prince Qiu had dropped, which was why he was holding it so tightly.

It's so tragic. Su Siyu must have hated Prince Qiu when she died. Gao Xiaoyuan couldn't help but look up at Xu An. He was Prince Qiu's twin brother. She wondered what he thought of hearing such words. But Xu An's face was expressionless, so calm that Gao Xiaoyuan couldn't find any answer.

"Very good, you're all smart and quick-witted. But remember, if any of you are slippery, I have a pack of explosives here, enough to flatten the whole school, so you'd better be sensible."

"Enough with the nonsense. Our time is precious. You'd better just say what you want to do!" Chen Shuai's heart was in his throat. He looked at Principal Chen beside him and couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. Principal Chen's brows were furrowed, his head was stiff, and his eyes were turned to Chen Shuai, as if he was very worried about Chen Shuai's safety.

Chen Shuai noticed his mother's worry, leaned closer, and whispered, "I'm fine. You don't need to worry."

Principal Chen seemed a little agitated and wanted to say something, but after making a few muffled sounds, he was stopped by Lin Nana's screams from earlier that morning.

"Ah—don't move!" Lin Nana leaned forward desperately. "Do you want to kill us?"

Question 3, Question 2, Question 3, Question 4

"My second question is for Lin Nana." A voice suddenly interrupted everyone's thoughts and asked the second question: "How did you survive?"

Lin Nana's hand trembled again, as if she would soon be unable to support the thread.

All eyes in the classroom were on Lin Nana, as if waiting for her answer, because everyone knew the answer must be true.

"I...I was unconscious at the time..." Lin Nana said, glancing around the classroom.

"My gun barrel is already pointed at your forehead."

Lin Nana's hand trembled again, and her lips quivered slightly: "I...I went to the restroom, so...so I escaped unscathed."

Gao Xiaoyuan looked at Lin Nana in surprise.

"When I came back, I heard what sounded like screams coming from inside the concert hall, which was not far away from it, and I also saw..." Lin Nana glanced at Principal Chen and Chen Shuai as she said this, as if she had something difficult to say.

"My finger is already on the trigger," the voice rang out again.

Lin Nana suddenly raised her head and glared at Principal Chen and Chen Shuai, saying, "I saw Principal Chen supporting Deng Zhuofan as they came out of the concert hall. She looked terrified, and there was a lot of blood on her. I was terrified. I didn't know what had happened in the concert hall while I was in the restroom, so I ran to the woods near the school and hid there for the night. The next day, I heard that all the students in Class 0 of Grade 11 had died. Later, I ran home, and then my sister, Teacher Xia, told me to hide because she was worried something would happen to me." Lin Nana looked at Principal Chen in horror.

Chen Shuai turned to look at his mother. At this moment, Principal Chen's brows were furrowed, and tears streamed down her face, but she could not say anything.

"It's Li Biqi's turn now," the voice said again.

Upon hearing her name, Li Biqi couldn't help but shudder. Her body trembled slightly, and her eyes darted around her every now and then.

"How did you manage to survive?" This was a strange question. Everyone else looked at Li Biqi.

"I...I don't know, I just survived," Li Biqi said. "If it were a choice between two options, how would you have survived?" the voice seemed unwilling to let Li Biqi off the hook and continued to ask.

Upon hearing this, Li Biqi seemed to choke on her words, clutching her neck with both hands, her face turning as white as flour: "I...I...I want to survive, but there isn't enough water or food, so I can only...kill Peng Zhi." Li Biqi closed her eyes; she really didn't want to continue.

Everyone was speechless, except for Gao Xiaoyuan who gave a bitter smile.

"Let Xu An answer the fourth question," the voice said calmly.

Xu An raised an eyelid slightly, his face expressionless, quietly waiting for his question.

Who exactly are you?

The moment the voice finished asking the question, all eyes turned to Xu An. Gao Xiaoyuan's heart suddenly tightened. Xu An sat there calmly, a charming, cool smile playing on his lips: "I am..."

Gao Xiaoyuan gripped the hem of her clothes tightly with her hands.

“Qiu—Wang—Zi—” Xu An calmly uttered these three words.

Gao Xiaoyuan stared blankly at Xu An: "What did you say?"

Xu An's gaze turned somewhat sad when he looked at Gao Xiaoyuan: "I'm sorry, I lied to you."

Gao Xiaoyuan looked at Xu An sadly, not knowing what to say. "You lied to all of us." Chen Shuai's face was very ugly. Li Wenbin glared at Xu An coldly. "You really are Prince Qiu." He turned his gaze to Chen Shuai: "You even made me believe him. Humph, in the end, we were all deceived."

Xu An lowered his head slowly, "The reason I told this lie is because I want to know who killed Siyu..."

Gao Xiaoyuan felt as if something had pierced her heart, and she sadly turned her head away.

"How did you survive?" Li Wenbin pressed.

"I also want to know how I didn't die. If I had died, I wouldn't know anything and there would be no more pain." Xu An stared blankly at the ground.

Gao Xiaoyuan suddenly felt as if her heart had been shattered by a hammer, the pieces falling into every corner of her body. She understood the meaning behind Xu An's words and the longing Xu An felt for Su Siyu. And what was she...?

Chen Shuai looked at Gao Xiaoyuan and saw the sadness in her expression, a sadness that also pierced his heart. "I am indeed a twin, but the one who died was my younger brother, Xu An." Qiu Wangzi said sadly, "That day he came to me, and he only switched identities with me for fun, but I never expected... that he would die in my place."

"So you impersonated him to deceive us!" Gao Xiaoyuan roared.

“Xiaoyuan…” Prince Qiu looked at Gao Xiaoyuan, his eyes filled with sadness, but he didn’t know what to say.

Gao Xiaoyuan gave Qiu Wangzi no chance and shouted loudly into the air, "Isn't it my turn next?!"

"The fifth question will be answered by Chen Shuai." "Why not me!" Gao Xiaoyuan shouted.

"Don't worry, it'll be your turn soon."

Gao Xiaoyuan angrily pushed the peanuts and melon seeds on the table to the ground.

Prince Qiu remained silent, still looking sadly at Gao Xiaoyuan. "Shuai Chen, do you know your true identity?"

"I understand," Chen Shuai answered readily, while looking at Principal Chen: "Mom, I already know that you are my biological mother."

"Gao Xiaoyuan, the next question is for you to answer: Do you know your own identity?" The same question came from the same person again.

Gao Xiaoyuan stared blankly at the table and replied woodenly, "I am who I am, what's there to ask?"

"Are you really you?" the voice suddenly asked. Gao Xiaoyuan raised her head blankly, her gaze seemingly fixed on a certain spot, yet also somewhat unfocused: "Do you know my identity?"

The classroom fell silent again. Qiu Wangzi and Chen Shuai both looked at Gao Xiaoyuan, but neither of them said anything. "Principal Chen, you don't need to ask me any more questions, otherwise everyone will die. So now you can ask me your questions."

Upon hearing this, Li Wenbin eagerly asked, "Who are you?"

"I am... hehe." After a sinister laugh, the green door was suddenly pushed open, and a person walked in.

"Uncle Liu!" Gao Xiaoyuan exclaimed in surprise.

At this moment, Grandpa Liu was holding a long gun in his hand, and there was a ring of explosives tied around his waist.

“Others can continue asking questions.” Grandpa Liu walked to the front of the classroom, straightened up, and looked around at the students like a teacher.

"How could it be you?" Gao Xiaoyuan stared at Grandpa Liu in surprise.

"Because I have a long-standing feud with Principal Chen." Grandpa Liu looked coldly at Principal Chen.

"What grudge do you have?" Gao Xiaoyuan continued to press.

"You've finished asking your questions; others can move on."

“Then I’ll ask Xiaoyuan her question,” Chen Shuai continued.