Xiao Ming drank continuously under great pressure and died. So, was it the alcohol or the past that killed Xiao Ming?
Xiao Ming was alive both in the past and while drinking, so it was the future that killed him.
But the future has an alibi.
Because the future will never come again.
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“Vice President, there’s no one in this classroom either.”
“Is that so? Did you search thoroughly?”
“Yeah, we checked everywhere. There really is no one.”
“Hm… indeed no one.”
After receiving a report from a student saying someone was secretly hiding in a classroom to skip the large recess, Feng Aoyu, who upholds fairness and justice while maintaining school regulations, immediately took on this task. She led two student council discipline committee members and began checking every classroom in the entire school one by one.
Even after seeing the discipline members come out, Feng Aoyu wasn’t convinced and entered the classroom herself. Holding her head high with sharp eyes, she carefully scanned the room and, finding no one, disappointedly exited.
They had nearly finished checking every classroom in the school.
Yet, they couldn’t find the miscreant the student had reported to be hiding inside a classroom.
Could it be that, to avoid recess, they were willing to hide inside the girls’ restroom?
Wouldn’t it stink?
Thinking this, Feng Aoyu furrowed her brow, her mouth twitching as she bit her lip in frustration. Recently, because of that shameless person named Su Moli kneeling before her and clinging to her leg in front of so many people at school, her mood had already been quite upset.
She had planned to take this chance to catch a few truants and vent a little anger, but she hadn’t expected those students to be so sly. It made her so mad she felt like her temper was growing even bigger.
“Vice President, there are still a few classrooms ahead. Should we check them too?”
“Yes! Of course! What if they’re hiding in the last few classrooms?”
Seeing the discipline members look a bit disheartened, Feng Aoyu strode forward with long legs, leading the way.
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“Moli, what should we do?”
Feeling the noise from the next room, Meng Siyu, hiding under the desk, whispered fearfully, glancing at Su Moli with hopeful eyes.
“Uh😓 well…”
Honestly, looking at Meng Siyu’s expectant gaze, Su Moli felt a little embarrassed and looked away. After all, she wasn’t particularly smart. She had just lived about ten more years than a high school student, not possessing superhuman intelligence.
However, Su Moli was far more mature and steady than her peers. Once she realized that the worst consequence of being caught would be a scolding or standing punishment for one class—and the world wouldn’t end—her mind immediately cleared.
She began scanning the room for hiding spots but found none particularly suitable.
Under the desks, people could hide, but anyone who looked carefully could spot them in an instant. Under the podium might be a good place, but it was hard to hide two people there. Also, if someone searched, they’d be spotted immediately.
Most importantly, Su Moli and Meng Siyu had only a few seconds left! Feng Aoyu and the discipline members were about to arrive.
In such desperation, Su Moli suddenly stood up and looked out the window, seeing the homeroom teacher standing in the distance. Suddenly, an idea sprang to her mind…
“Click” The classroom door was pushed open by Feng Aoyu and her group. Inside, two people sat plainly in their seats without hiding—one asleep, the other watching over her. One of them was Feng Aoyu’s obsession—Su Moli!
“What are you doing here!?”
When enemies meet, their hatred flares. Feng Aoyu strode up directly to Su Moli, eyes fixed sharply on her, then looked at Meng Siyu, who was still with her face buried in her arms on the desk, speaking harshly.
“Don’t you know it’s recess now?”
“Who’s your homeroom teacher? I’m going to tell them.”
Given the situation and the prior report, Feng Aoyu didn’t hesitate to conclude these two were truants. Finally, she had a chance to settle both old and new grudges—to make them get a scolding in the teacher’s office or stand at the classroom door for a lesson.
“Our homeroom teacher already knows.”
“Huh?”
Facing Feng Aoyu’s aggressive interrogation, Su Moli was unafraid, instead speaking calmly.
“Because didn’t we agree to race in the long-distance run yesterday?”
“Last night, Meng Siyu was so anxious she couldn’t sleep and felt unwell. She asked the teacher for leave and arranged for me to watch over her.”
“If you don’t believe me, you can ask the teacher yourself.”
Su Moli spoke with absolute certainty, eyes full of conviction. The panic she had just shown hiding under the desk seemed fake; this was the real truth.
After all, the highest level of lying is first to fool yourself.
“Hm? Are you sure you’re not lying to me?”
Seeing Su Moli’s calm and brazen claim that Feng Aoyu could verify with the teacher, the vice president’s fierce aura instantly cooled. A trace of doubt flickered in her brow.
Combined with the fact that before entering, the two didn’t hide but sat openly in the classroom resting, Feng Aoyu really began to suspect Su Moli might be telling the truth. Yet, her instincts told her something was off.
Especially since Su Moli carried the kind of slick, shameless attitude only someone who’d struggled in society for years would have. Feng Aoyu was caught in a dilemma.
“Feng Aoyu, I know there might be some misunderstandings between us, but Meng Siyu couldn’t sleep all night because of the anxiety you caused her. Don’t abuse your student council power to settle personal grudges.”
Sensing Feng Aoyu’s hesitation and suspicion, Su Moli seized the moment, fully activating her [Basic Hypnosis] and [Ventriloquism] skills, making her voice carry an enchanting effect. With a sorrowful yet heroic expression, she raised her right hand’s index and middle fingers and swore to the heavens.
“I! Su Moli! If I dare deceive you, then in this life and the next, I will never marry a boy! I will remain a lifelong spinster!”
“Now, you have to believe me, right?”
After swearing, Su Moli looked pitifully at Feng Aoyu, as if she—the student council member protecting school order—was the villain.
“You…”
“Fine! I’ll believe what you say is true. Let’s go!”
Facing Su Moli’s deadly oath and her double bind of conscience and morality, even Feng Aoyu—who owned five apartments downtown—could not resist her psychological tactics and finally relented, preparing to retreat in defeat.
“Vice President! Come quickly—”
“There are two students who escaped from the classroom ahead!”
“They’re running toward the restroom now!”
“Damn! Chase them! This time we have to catch those truants!”
Suddenly, a discipline committee member standing outside shouted for Feng Aoyu to rush out and catch the real truants.
The once deflated Feng Aoyu immediately rekindled her fighting spirit, transforming once more into the relentless student council vice president and dashed out.
Seeing those two bad students who had tried to hide in the restroom but, caught, were now frantically running downstairs, Feng Aoyu’s face twisted into a ferocious snarl. Excitement flashed in her eyes like a leopard hunting prey. She could hardly wait to see those unruly students kneeling and begging miserably under her wrath.
“Click!”
As the classroom door closed again, the once calm Su Moli suddenly deflated like a punctured balloon, slumping onto the bench. She hadn’t expected Feng Aoyu’s downtown five-apartment backing to be so strong—she almost couldn’t hold on.
“Moli, you’re amazing (=^▽^=)”
“You seem invincible. No matter what difficulty you face, you always overcome it.”
At this moment, Meng Siyu, still pretending to sleep at the desk, got up first and looked at Su Moli with eyes full of admiration and sparkling stars✨✨.
“But, you swore so fiercely, saying you’d never marry a boy for life… isn’t that a bit too much…”
Halfway through her sentence, Meng Siyu seemed to realize something, looked down at herself, then shyly averted her gaze, no longer daring to look at Su Moli.
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