Free Web Novel10:30 AM, Huacheng Institute of Technology, Liberal Arts Building, Classroom 207.
The Professor on the podium looked to be in his late fifties, but was full of energy and had a hint of sternness in his brows.
Lu Yibei, sitting in the back row, listened to the class absentmindedly while drawing two turtles in his notebook. Then, seemingly casually, he wrote the names "Zhang Shuo" and "Suolang Baima" on the turtle shells.
After learning the true cause of his Old Dad's death, he wasn't as angry as he had imagined, nor did he have the impulsive urge to grab his ancestral two-in-one cleaver, take the train that day, and go hack someone overnight. freёwebnovel.com
On the contrary, his state of mind was exceptionally calm, even calmer than he himself had expected.
Those two guys were Psychic with Spiritual Energy fluctuation levels of A+. Getting carried away by anger would only lead to defeat.
Even with a 'cheat' by his side...
Who among us Lu family members isn't a cheat? And aren't we all dying young. Lu Yibei ridiculed in his mind.
Although he wasn't in a hurry to seek revenge against Zhang Shuo and Suolang Baima, he still used his authorization as a formal Night Watch agent to search for their names in the household registration system.
As expected, among the nearly ten thousand files, there was no information about the two of them.
"Looks like I can only continue the investigation after Jiang Li returns..." Lu Yibei whispered in a voice only he could hear.
Entrusted by others, loyal to their affairs.
Before Jiang Li returned, whether it was obtaining information by completing bounties through the Monster Story Chat Group or finding a way to investigate himself, everything had to be temporarily put aside.
Thinking of this, Lu Yibei, with fierce eyes, drew a slightly smaller turtle in his notebook and wrote the name "Jiang Li" on its shell.
These three people, counting one by one, are all sons of bitches! Lu Yibei thought angrily.
However...
Although he was currently stuck with the mess Jiang Li left behind and couldn't continue the investigation, only able to stew in frustration, there was another matter that also concerned him greatly.
According to the information provided by the Monster Story Chat Group, almost everyone on the passenger bus was a Psychic or a urban legend, except for one person who got off early whose identity was unknown. That was the sloppy big man wearing Tibetan clothing sitting next to their father and son.
On the night Lu Ming was attacked, besides Lu Yibei, twelve ordinary people, including the driver, were caught in the battle and unfortunately died. But only that big man, when Zhang Shuo got on the bus, insisted on getting off despite the wind and rain outside.
He most likely sensed something, and it's even possible that he recognized Zhang Shuo, which is why he acted that way.
Facts proved that his choice was correct.
If he could be found, perhaps unexpected clues could be obtained.
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"Alright students, this semester's classes are finished. The next short class will be self-study."
"Also, there are two to three weeks until the exam. I hope you review well and strive to pass all of them."
"If you don't pass the exam, don't come to me to plead for mercy. Poor exam results only indicate that you didn't study well or attend class on time. Pleading with me is useless."
As soon as Professor Ma's words fell, the classroom was filled with wails.
Lu Yibei stopped his work of "drawing a turtle to curse you", put his hands in his jacket pockets, looked at Professor Ma from afar, and curled his lip.
This old guy is starting to attract hatred again.
Although what he was doing was completely correct, wasn't he afraid that some student's rage meter would fill up, and they would put a sack over his head and beat him up?
As Lu Yibei was muttering to himself, the male student sitting in front of him suddenly stood up with his hand raised and shouted at Professor Ma on the podium, "Professor, could you highlight the key points for us?"
He was a tall male student, perhaps due to frequent outdoor activities, he had healthy wheat-colored skin.
He had neat and clean short hair, paired with a simple yet stylish hoodie, making him look very likable.
The male student was named Yang Yi, the class monitor of the first-year Chinese Language and Literature class. He was quite popular among his classmates and one of the few classmates whose names Lu Yibei remembered.
However, Lu Yibei didn't have a good impression of him.
The reason was probably that he had occasionally heard Yang Yi discussing urban legend games with other classmates during breaks.
Since the incident with the four death-seeking students at Shihekou Middle School, he had developed a deep prejudice against such people.
As soon as Yang Yi finished speaking, the students followed with a commotion.
"Yeah, yeah! Highlight the key points!"
"That's right, if too many of us fail, you won't look good, right?"
Looking at the students making a fuss in the classroom, Professor Ma's face gradually showed an expression of disappointment, about to explode, when Lu Yibei suddenly stood up with his hand raised.
"Professor, the school has already said that you can't highlight key points for the final exam. I think you shouldn't do that!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the classroom suddenly fell silent. Everyone stared at Lu Yibei with unfriendly eyes, as if wishing they could feed him to the urban legend.
"..."
Is this that academic snob from last time?
Haven't they already isolated him?
Why hasn't he become withdrawn? He can still come out and stir up trouble!
On the podium, Professor Ma nodded towards Lu Yibei with a look of satisfaction.
As expected of the student I favor!
"This student is right. The school has already said that you can't highlight key points. Alright, you can sit down!"
Professor Ma beckoned, signaling Lu Yibei to sit down, but seeing him still standing straight, he couldn't help but ask in confusion, "Student, do you have anything else?"
"Yes, Professor, I'm not finished yet!" Lu Yibei nodded.
"I also want to say, since you can't highlight key points, could you be kind and highlight the non-key points? The New Year is approaching, and it would be accumulating some Yin virtue for your descendants, right?"
Not highlighting them means lacking virtue.
Amidst the students' restrained, faint applause, Professor Ma's mouth twitched. After a few seconds of silence, he said faintly, "Whether it's key points or non-key points, I won't highlight them for you, but..."
"Whether the senior students I call in next class will help you, I can't control."
After speaking, he glared fiercely at Lu Yibei and said in a deep voice, "Lu Yibei, get out here!"
The students watched the slightly thin back leave, their eyes gradually changing from disdain for the academic snob to admiration for a hero sacrificing himself generously.
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In the corridor.
Professor Ma stood by the window, his back to Lu Yibei, with his arms crossed over his chest, his chin tilted up forty-five degrees, looking out the window with a distant gaze.
He looked exactly like a tsundere who was saying, "If you don't coax me properly, I won't be friends with you."
Lu Yibei shook his head helplessly, "Don't be angry, Old Ma. Aren't I worried that you'll anger the students one day and they'll put a sack over your head and beat you up violently?"
"Hmph!" Professor Ma snorted coldly, "I've been teaching for over twenty years, and I've always had this style. The situation you mentioned has never happened."
Lu Yibei, "..." Always had this style?
Then it really is a miracle that you haven't been beaten to death.
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Lu Yibei remembered the "coin toss for directions" routine Professor Ma did every day before going home when he was in the laboratory earlier, and suddenly understood what was going on.
By often using copper coins to divine the auspiciousness of his route home, he not only avoided attacks from urban legend but also avoided being beaten by students!
Having copper coins is great, huh? As if no one else does! You can be reckless, but if something happens next time, see if I still save you!
Lu Yibei muttered to himself, walked forward, took out a half-eaten bag of spicy strips from his jacket pocket, pulled one out, and handed it to Professor Ma.
"Alright, alright, have a spicy strip to cool down."
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He took the spicy strip from Lu Yibei's hand and just put it in his mouth when he realized something was wrong.
"You brat, eating in my class?"
"That's not true, I just like to carry spicy strips with me." Lu Yibei said expressionlessly.
Does anyone carry spicy strips with them? Professor Ma didn't delve further but changed the subject, "You brat, what have you been busy with lately? I haven't seen you around."
"Me? I've been working part-time recently." Lu Yibei said.
Professor Ma frowned slightly and said, "Are you very short on money? If you are, you can apply for a scholarship! Look at Gu Qianqian, she did, and I estimate she's about to get it approved, right?"
Good heavens! I didn't realize that little liar Gu Qianqian not only sold fake medicine to fleece me but also secretly fleeced the school?! Lu Yibei thought to himself.
"If you ask me, stop doing those miscellaneous part-time jobs. Studying properly is the right path. By the way, what kind of part-time job are you doing?"
"Protecting the life and property safety of Hua City residents and combating evil criminal forces." Lu Yibei said with his chest puffed out, looking like a little messenger of justice.
Professor Ma's eye twitched. He was about to mock Lu Yibei, but then he remembered that Lu Yibei indeed had some abilities that ordinary people couldn't understand, so he suppressed the urge to mock.
"Then... what do you think about that matter I told you about last time?"
"The matter from last time..." Lu Yibei froze for a moment and said weakly, "Are you talking about the matter of the grade director having an extramarital affair with his graduate student?"
"Or the matter of the principal having thirteen identical wigs at home?"
"Or..."
"None of them!" Professor Ma interrupted, "You brat, you can't remember serious matters, but how can you remember the gossip I casually mentioned so clearly?"
"I'm talking about participating in the research project with me."
Lu Yibei, "..."
So it was this matter?
Why is he always thinking about researching these things?
What's so good about researching that Smelly Girl? She's lazy and greedy all day, stealing chickens and dogs.
However...
Lu Yibei suddenly remembered Miao Xiaoqi mentioning a few days ago that a °• N 𝑜 v 𝑒 l i g h t •° group of ill-intentioned people had set their sights on Ju Meng, and his heart tightened.
"Professor, when exactly is your research project? I've thought about it, and if the timing is suitable, I'd still really like this opportunity to improve myself."
I'll just go and see. If that Smelly Girl is alright, I'll consider it self-improvement. Anyway, it's not a loss! Lu Yibei thought.
Seeing Lu Yibei relent, Professor Ma's face lit up with joy, "No rush, no rush, it's still early! The project won't start until after the seventh day of the first lunar month. It won't delay your exams or celebrating the New Year."
"However, you have to sign up quickly, the deadline is in one week."
That means there are still nearly two months? Lu Yibei muttered to himself and nodded, "Alright then, Professor, please help me sign up!"
"Hmm?" Professor Ma frowned, "Why are you agreeing so readily this time?"
"Because of love." Lu Yibei said seriously.
Professor Ma's old face turned red and he said, "You brat, I've always treated you like a granddaughter, you can't..."
"You're overthinking it." Lu Yibei interrupted coldly.
"Oh." Professor Ma responded awkwardly, silent for a long time, then said faintly, "Do you still have spicy strips? Give me another one, it's surprisingly tasty."
Of course it's tasty! Can other spicy strips compare to spicy strips converted from Spiritual Energy? Lu Yibei glanced at Professor Ma, silently took out the spicy strips from his jacket pocket, "Just one!"
"Why are you so stingy? Why don't you just give me the whole half bag?"
"You wish!" Lu Yibei said, breaking off half a spicy strip and putting it in Professor Ma's hand.
Professor Ma, "..."
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11:30 AM, the class bell rang.
After getting the exam key points from the graduate student who was supervising the self-study, a group of students clearly had more smiles on their faces. As soon as the class bell rang, they happily left.
Human joys and sorrows are not interconnected.
Lu Yibei watched them leave like they were silly roe deer, then packed his backpack on his own, stood up, and was about to leave when he was stopped by Yang Yi.
"Lu Yibei, right?" Yang Yi smiled, "You looked so cool speaking up for everyone today!"
Lu Yibei looked at Yang Yi with a strange look and said, "Wasn't I obviously cool enough before?"
"Uh..." Yang Yi's mouth twitched, and he forced a smile, "It's like this, a few of us good friends are planning to get together before the exam to relax and have some fun. We wanted to invite you to join us."
"Sorry, I might be paralyzed tomorrow." Lu Yibei said.
Yang Yi, "???"
Taking advantage of Yang Yi's brief confusion, Lu Yibei put on his backpack and jogged out of the classroom.
Lu Yibei knew the few people who often hung out with Yang Yi.
A green tea bitch, a naive and sweet girl, a black international student, and Yang Yi, the "popular male god". If you add someone like him, a "fraudster", what kind of lineup is that?
Isn't that the standard death-seeking lineup for American horror movies?
I'd be sick to hang out with you guys! Lu Yibei thought.
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3:12 PM, Huacheng Folk Culture Research Administration, Bai Kai's office.
"Name?"
"White Little Flower."
"Gender?"
"Female."
"How old?"
"28A."
"Hmm?"
Bai Kai was startled for a moment, looked up at Lu Yibei across the desk, and said in surprise, "I've only heard of channel steel having a 28A model, I haven't heard of people having 28A. How small would that be?"
"You are not allowed to insult my wife!"
Lu Yibei interrupted Bai Kai, slumped in the chair, looking at him sideways, and couldn't help but sigh, "I say, Shui Ge, who are we to each other? Is it necessary to do all this fancy stuff?"
"Xiao Bei, be serious. The procedure... even if you are temporarily taking over the position of the main agent, it requires a formal procedure, do you understand?"
Lu Yibei, "..."
Over the next nearly hour, under Bai Kai's guidance, Lu Yibei filled out a bunch of miscellaneous electronic forms that he didn't know what they were for and uploaded them to the Night Watch Headquarters' database. The procedure for Lu Yibei temporarily taking over Jiang Li's position was completed.
After filling out the forms, Bai Kai solemnly took out a box from the drawer and pushed it in front of Lu Yibei, "Take a look, this is the work Jiang Li is responsible for."
Lu Yibei looked at the small box, which was about the size of a shoe box and less than half its thickness, and felt a burst of joy, "Looks like this job isn't as difficult as I thought!"
"Xiao Bei, don't be happy too soon." Bai Kai reminded him seriously, "This, is just the index of the work you're responsible for."
Lu Yibei, "???"
(emmm, the beginning of a new volume, I need to think more, I'll update a little less today...)
