Dark-colored Fairy Tale: Seven Magicians - Chapter 67
Chapter 67
Li Qiuyu was already on high alert when she heard the sarcastic words.
In the magical world, questioning someone’s origins was like an ordinary person calling someone an adopted wild child from a different family. It was an extremely impolite act. Li Qiuyu was prepared to fight Chloe, but she didn’t expect Chloe to once again throw herself into Liu Menglu’s arms and start crying.
“Mengmeng, she’s so mean. I’m so scared.”
The original line was “She’s so mean, I’m so scaredy-scaredy.” But Chloe still had some self-respect, so she didn’t say the overly theatrical word “scaredy-scaredy.”
Liu Menglu was stunned. She began to wonder if she had unconsciously brainwashed Chloe. Otherwise, why had her personality changed again? Or was the person in front of her not Chloe at all?
Yang Shishi nearly choked. She gulped down a big mouthful of water, her expression slowly turning to one of horror.
Li Qiuyu frowned in annoyance, and her desire to fight Chloe vanished completely. Yang Shishi cautiously returned to her seat and ate her bento with peace of mind, while Liu Menglu was still flustered, trying to comfort Chloe.
Although she didn’t know how to comfort her, she just kept trying.
She said things like, “Aiai, don’t cry,” “Aiai, be strong,” and “Aiai, you’re the best,” but they were all useless. Chloe only got more into it and kept crying.
Yang Shishi couldn’t stand it anymore. On an impulse, she said, “If you don’t let Lulu eat, there won’t be time during the lunch break.”
As soon as she said this, Chloe immediately let go of Liu Menglu. There wasn’t a single tear on her face, and before she let Liu Menglu eat, she didn’t forget to switch her bento back.
At this point, the three of them knew that this was all an act.
Yang Shishi silently gave her a thumbs-up. Goodness, regardless of what’s going on, this is enough to be disgusting. It’s a miracle Chloe can be so shameless.
Liu Menglu was more amused than anything else. She thought for a moment and, after confirming that she hadn’t taught Chloe anything strange recently, blamed the culprit on the TV show that played mother-in-law dramas every day.
She’d take the TV apart when she got home today.
Li Qiuyu didn’t think that much. Her only thought was probably how Chloe, as a magical girl, could be so shameless.
The news of someone dying at school, even with the school’s lockdown orders, didn’t stop the students’ gossip.
By the time school was about to end in the afternoon, the news had reached a climax.
Li Qiuyu was about to leave when she heard people behind her discussing it.
“Why would such an excellent upperclassman jump off a building? She was in the top ten in the entire grade during the last monthly exam.”
“Who knows? And when the upperclassman died, she was humming a nursery rhyme. It’s said that the nursery rhyme was very eerie.”
“Huh? Don’t talk nonsense. That’s just a rumor. When she walked to the balcony, she passed by a lot of people, and they all said they didn’t hear anything. You shouldn’t make things up.”
The person who said this was a girl wearing glasses. She seemed to dislike the fact that these people were making things up to exaggerate the story.
But the other girl immediately retorted, “You’re the one talking nonsense. A lot of people heard her singing. If you don’t believe me, ask Senior Dong Huai. He heard it with his own ears, and the people around him heard it too. They are all top ten students in the grade.”
The girl with glasses scoffed and said, “I heard this from Senior Zhu Yang. He’s the leader of the school. His words are as good as gold, and he wouldn’t lie. Besides, his lackeys didn’t hear any songs either. All that stuff about songs is just made up.”
Hearing the two’s conversation, Li Qiuyu was stunned. She immediately remembered the names they mentioned.
One person said she heard it, while the other didn’t.
And according to the two girls’ descriptions, it wasn’t just a matter of a few people hearing it or not, but a group of people having a disagreement.
And the nursery rhyme. All of these were problems.
Li Qiuyu immediately went to the police station and asked the police to bring people to assist in the investigation.
Dong Huai looked at the beautiful girl in front of him, a little bewildered. “You brought me here just to ask if I heard a nursery rhyme?”
Li Qiuyu said sternly, “That’s right. Please cooperate.”
Dong Huai didn’t hesitate and said directly, “I did, of course. A few people around me heard it too, but that guy Zhu Yang said he didn’t hear anything, and he said a few people around him didn’t hear it either.”
Li Qiuyu nodded thoughtfully and then left the interrogation room.
Just then, the door of another interrogation room opened, and a man’s painful groan could be heard from inside. At this moment, Li Shu was tidying up her slightly messy pigtails.
Li Qiuyu looked at Vice-Captain Li Shu in confusion.
Li Shu pushed up her glasses and didn’t explain. Instead, another team member couldn’t help but laugh and say, “Captain, you don’t know, but that guy just now said our Vice-Captain Li is a hot chick and asked her to go to a bar with him. He even verbally harassed the Vice-Captain.” The girl laughed softly after she finished.
Li Qiuyu’s expression also became strange. Li Shu was indeed very good-looking.
But important matters came first. She asked seriously, “Did he hear a nursery rhyme?”
Li Shu nodded, looking at the stack of papers in her hand. “We have confirmed that no one in Zhu Yang’s group heard any songs.”
Li Qiuyu nodded. “Pull out all of their information. It seems like the clues about the demon we’ve been looking for are about to surface.”
A large white table was covered with the files of several students. The key points were all marked in red.
Looking at the red markings, Li Qiuyu suddenly discovered a key point.
She suddenly got up and took out all the files of the previous victims. She then slowly compared them and finally found a commonality.
“This demon truly deserves to die.” Li Qiuyu wrote down a summary on a white paper in her hand, and her red eyes flashed with murderous intent as she looked at the conclusion.
Hearing this, all the team members gathered around.
After seeing Li Qiuyu’s conclusion, their faces also didn’t look good.
Li Shu pushed up her glasses, and a sharp look flashed in her dark eyes. “It seems that only the Captain and I can capture this demon this time.”
All the team members nodded as they looked at the conclusion, which was written on the white paper.
“Under 18, and has excellent grades.”
With such conditions, the ones who would die could be the future pillars of the country. Was this demon trying to destroy the future of a country?
“Ahhhhh, I’m a good-for-nothing, wuwuwu.” Yang Shishi let out a soft sob, looking at the score on her test paper.
Chloe was already used to it. She didn’t care about grades anymore, since she was just copying from Liu Menglu anyway. But she became interested when she heard Yang Shishi complaining about her grades.
“What did you get?”
Yang Shishi’s face was full of pain. “I haven’t been to school for a while, and my grades have dropped so fast.”
Chloe, for once, comforted someone. “It’s okay. As long as you tried, it’s fine. So, what did you get?”