She Was Sentenced to Life Imprisonment [Unlimited] - Chapter 66

Chapter 66: The Studio (8)

◎Incomplete Bodies◎

They safely returned to the art studio. After two or three hours, the sun had just risen. The students, as if they had an alarm clock, automatically woke up one by one and went about their wash-up routine in an orderly fashion.

When all the students were seated at their respective spots, the teacher rushed in frantically. His menacing appearance was now deathly pale from fright.

The teacher didn’t use his usual thin bamboo stick to rap. His trembling voice no longer held any deterrent power when he spoke.

“Who snuck out last night?! The dean and the security guards are all dead!”

The students’ lifeless faces changed upon hearing the teacher’s words. It was impossible to tell if they were happy or sad, but not a single person came forward to admit to leaving. All that was left after they looked at each other was endless silence.

After waiting for a long time for someone to answer, the teacher, either from anger or some other reason, was trembling slightly. With a deathly pale face, he grabbed the bamboo stick he usually used to hit people. His hand, which was pointing at them, was also shaking. He shouted sternly.

“The office has been smashed! Do you know how serious this is?! You’d better confess! The school might consider being lenient!”

Despite his threats, no one came forward. The students’ vacant gazes were just fixed on their easels.

Because the security cameras were broken, the security room had no evidence. Such an accident had never happened before, but last night was an exception.

If it had been a student who died, the teacher wouldn’t have been afraid. But a dean had died, and he was someone who had a connection with that person. This was what made the teacher afraid, which was why he had rushed over in an attempt to find the culprit to reassure himself that he wasn’t that person.

The teacher wanted to use his identity and authority to force a confession, but the students all lowered their heads, not a single person answering his question.

The teacher immediately grew anxious. He frantically hit the stick in his hand a few more times. The force was so great that the tip of the bamboo stick broke. Just as he was about to continue to press them, a hand in the corner suddenly went up.

“Teacher.”

Hearing this, the teacher looked over sharply. He walked over excitedly but didn’t hear the mockery hidden in the tone. He anxiously asked.

“Was it you?!” He was desperate for someone to admit it.

Yan Xin looked at him. She subtly let out a cold laugh, then said leisurely.

“Teacher, I think you’re looking for the wrong person. You should be looking for that murderer at school.”

Seeing that it wasn’t the person who had admitted to going out last night, the teacher’s face immediately darkened. His loud voice echoed through the classroom, making the stunned students shrink back in fear.

“That’s impossible! She can’t kill us!”

Hearing the teacher’s sudden slip of the tongue, a hidden meaning flashed in their eyes. They were pondering over something.

The teacher realized his mistake in the next moment and tried to explain frantically. But he heard Yan Xin speak again. Her tone was smiling, yet it carried a sharp, accusatory weight.

“Why is it impossible? Is she the only one who can kill people at this school? Maybe she just happened to smash the office as well.”

Yan Xin’s words were reasonable and well-founded. The teacher knew it was impossible, but he couldn’t refute it. He could only scan the entire art studio with a grim expression.

“Does no one want to confess?!”

His tone was raised again, carrying a hint of threat.

Why was it that from the moment he walked in, every one of his sentences confirmed that the person who had deliberately caused the damage was from this art studio?

Jiang Nan’s eyes lowered slightly. The answer she came up with was filled with sarcasm.

Because they didn’t dare to suspect the people above them!

Whether they could find the person or not, they just wanted a scapegoat!

The girl’s expression was guilty under his menacing gaze. Her body couldn’t help but tremble. She lowered her head even more, not daring to meet his eyes.

“Was it you?!”

The teacher took in her appearance and immediately zeroed in on her, as if he thought he had found the culprit.

But when he walked over and saw what the girl looked like, he frowned again.

“Aren’t you…”

As he spoke, he quickly took out the roster in his hand. But when he saw the crossed-out name and the two elegant characters written next to it, he froze.

The teacher looked at the two obviously altered characters. He frowned severely. His incredulous gaze seemed to want to burn a hole through the paper, but it couldn’t change the fact that the roster had been changed. He could only speak as if to himself.

“Jiang Nan?”

“Teacher, I’m Jiang Nan.”

A female voice as clear as flowing water broke the silence in the art studio. The voice held no emotion, making the teacher look over sharply. He was still in the corner, but a person had now stood up.

The standing Jiang Nan was slender. Her appearance was sickly and gloomy, making people feel pity at first glance.

At the same time, when the teacher saw Jiang Nan, he also met another gaze. The two piercing and terrifying pairs of eyes made him tremble uncontrollably. He only felt a coldness spread throughout his body.

Subconsciously, he used the obsequious behavior he used on the leaders on the sickly-looking female student. He nodded nonstop and said.

“You’re Jiang Nan, right? Good, good…”

As he spoke, he still looked at the picture on the roster without giving up. Even though he could see that there was another picture underneath, he couldn’t tear it off.

Jiang Nan nodded calmly. She then said in a seemingly polite manner.

“Teacher, should we go up now?”

Hearing this, the teacher froze for a moment. He then seemed to have remembered something and quickly nodded.

“Yes, yes, we should go up…”

He had forgotten what he had come to this classroom to do in the first place.

“Teacher Liu, come out for a moment.”

A person was standing at the entrance to the art studio. It was a leader dressed similarly to the dean. He was looking at the students inside with a serious expression. His face was also not looking so good, as if it were a kind of warning.

The person who was called Teacher Liu looked at him. A fawning smile immediately appeared on his face, and he hurried over.

“Why did the principal come?”

The two of them stood outside, seemingly talking about something. Teacher Liu’s face grew more and more grim.

“Jiang Nan,” Thanatos said.

Hearing her voice, Jiang Nan tilted her head to look. She saw that Thanatos had brought a school uniform jacket for her. Without waiting for her to refuse, the other person had already draped it over her.

Although the school uniform was as clean as if it had just been bought, Jiang Nan was still a little resistant.

“What are you doing?”

Thanatos leaned close to her ear and whispered. Her warm breath sprayed onto her neck.

“There’s something in the pocket.”

Hearing this, Jiang Nan stopped struggling. She went to feel for the item in the pocket with a confused expression.

The item her fingertips touched was hard and cold. Jiang Nan lowered her head and saw that it was a walkie-talkie. She immediately put it back.

Jiang Nan: …

“Where did you get that?”

She felt that this item looked a little familiar, like the one the two security guards who were chasing them had.

The others in the corner also saw the item in Jiang Nan’s pocket. They all looked at Thanatos with some surprise.

But the smile on Thanatos’s face didn’t change. She casually gave a seemingly reasonable explanation.

“I found it.”

Because Thanatos had indeed disappeared for a period of time last night, the others didn’t know what she had done before she climbed the wall. They could only assume that she had also taken the security guards’ walkie-talkie.

The two people outside the art studio seemed to have finished their conversation. The principal’s gaze once again looked in through the window, accurately fixed on Jiang Nan’s direction.

Jiang Nan wasn’t afraid of his gaze. In the next second that their eyes met, the other person seemed to have seen something extremely terrifying. He hurriedly looked away and left.

Teacher Liu’s gloomy face was a little distorted. He muttered to himself.

“The rules, where did the rules go?! That’s impossible!”

His chest was heaving with anger. He almost crumpled the paper in his hand, but no matter what, he couldn’t change the altered characters on the paper.

Even if the rules were on their side, they could still hurt them.

Just like the names on the roster, once they were changed, they could only comply.

His question received no response. It also made his pale face show a sinister smile when he looked at the few people who had been selected. He muttered to himself again.

“You can’t blame me for this. Don’t blame me…”

He repeated himself word by word, as if he were possessed. His voice gradually became hoarse and unpleasant. He looked at the white-haired girl in the corner, who looked as delicate as a willow, with a vicious glare. He gritted his teeth and said.

“Let’s go!”

After saying that, he looked at the other two students who were already trembling with fear from him and said sternly.

“You, and you. Come over here!”

He was as if in a state of fear. He suddenly gained a little confidence from the students’ scared expressions. A smug look appeared on his face again, but it was even more distorted and terrifying.

The two students stood up, a little at a loss. They accidentally stepped on a painting on the floor as they walked over but didn’t have time to apologize. They were afraid that a single step would make the teacher even angrier.

Jiang Nan hid the walkie-talkie in her pocket. Only then did she lift her foot and walk over unhurriedly.

A look of displeasure flashed in the teacher’s eyes, but for some reason, he didn’t dare to urge her. He opened his mouth to say something, but he felt as if his face had been slapped hard by something. It was so hot and painful that he frowned.

He absently touched his face, but it only hurt more, making him grimace.

He had wanted to curse out loud, but he was afraid that it was that person’s doing. He immediately closed his mouth again.

“Are you her friend?” the teacher said with a grim face, as if he wanted to confirm something.

She was referring to Fang Yuan.

Jiang Nan slightly raised her eyes. A coldness was in the depths of her light-colored pupils, making people shiver. She said.

“Teacher, I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

Seeing that she wouldn’t admit it, the teacher suddenly became like a mad dog. His bloodshot eyes were like a devil that had crawled out of an abyss. He shouted at the other two people.

“Then are you her friends?!”

The two students’ faces were pale with fear. They stammered, unable to form a complete sentence. They could only shake their heads like rattle-drums.

“No… no…”

The teacher temporarily let them go. He took them away with a dark expression.

The moment they entered the elevator, the other school seemed to have gathered all the students for a meeting. The sound of the loudspeaker traveled to their side.

【A murderer’s accomplice has infiltrated our school. Last night, the dean and three security guards were murdered. Their incomplete bodies were placed in front of the art building.】

【Furthermore, this person also smashed the glass of the dean’s office. This is undoubtedly a provocation. Please do not panic. We will definitely find the murderer as soon as possible!】

Incomplete bodies…

Jiang Nan’s steps paused. Her gaze looked at the other side, which was separated by a wall. Countless students stood on the corridors of the building. Their hollow eyes were all looking at her.