July 05, 2023 by Wyrd
After hearing that unfamiliar voice, the short-haired player froze in an instant, slowly turning his head back.
Standing behind him was none other than Su Zhiwei, the owner of the office they were trying to break into.
And the few people who were just standing with him a moment ago had silently distanced themselves.
The atmosphere froze in that instant, and there was nothing more awkward than being caught red-handed.
Moreover, if this were an ordinary high school, breaking into the principal’s office would at most be considered a theft offense, and one could get out of jail in a few days. But this was in a horror game instance, where a slight oversight could trigger a fatal opportunity.
Although Su Zhiwei’s expression and gaze could be considered gentle, the short-haired player instantly broke out in a cold sweat, stammering, “Um... I... I...”
“Continue breaking in,” Ruan Qing interrupted the short-haired player before he could say more, arrogantly speaking with a tone full of swagger, as if he didn’t care about Su Zhiwei at all.
The others looked at Ruan Qing with shock. How could he be so unscrupulous, openly breaking into someone’s office right in front of the said person?
Was this the confidence brought about by his identity and background?
...Truly deserving of being the school bully.
Su Zhiwei slightly turned his body, looking at the arrogant teenager beside him, sighing helplessly and speaking with a tone full of doting, “My little rascal, what mischief are you up to again?”
The surrounding people were somewhat surprised, looking at Ruan Qing and Su Zhiwei. Even considering their fear of the school bully’s backing, Su Zhiwei’s tone shouldn’t have been like this, right?
Did these two have some other kind of relationship?
The players looked at Su Zhiwei’s face. Although he was thirty-three, he appeared to be around twenty-five, and his handsome and refined appearance added a touch of charm to him.
The aura of a mature man like him would be hard for inexperienced high school students to resist.
Most importantly, the tone Su Zhiwei used just now sounded like the indulgence and helplessness of a lover.
Could this principal... also be involved with the school bully?
“You want to know? Do I still need a reason?”
“If I must find a reason...” Ruan Qing slightly lifted his chin, arrogantly looking at Su Zhiwei. “It’s because I don’t like you.”
In response to Ruan Qing’s extremely capricious words, Su Zhiwei merely raised an eyebrow, his tone still gentle as the wind. “Have I recently made you angry?”
“No,” Ruan Qing answered firmly.
Su Zhiwei furrowed his brows at his response, seemingly puzzled. “Then why do you dislike me?”
Ruan Qing lifted his head in arrogance once again, his tone filled with superiority and disdain. “I heard that you’ve been an ordinary teacher in this school for three years.”
“As a member of the Su family, you actually became an ordinary teacher. Isn’t that a disgrace to the Su family?”
Ruan Qing’s contempt was clearly directed at the school itself, rather than Su Zhiwei, as if the identity of an ordinary teacher was unworthy of someone from the Su family.
The players looked at Ruan Qing, then at Su Zhiwei.
Su Zhiwei turned out to be a member of the Su family. Could he be... the brother of the school bully?
Now the players understood why Su Zhiwei had that tone. It turned out they were family, but indeed, both of them had the surname Su. It was just that ordinary people didn’t think about it in that way. After all, the surname Su wasn’t particularly unique.
“Oh?” Su Zhiwei’s expression remained unchanged, and his eyes even carried a hint of amusement. “Where did you find out?”
Ruan Qing snorted coldly, “Of course I know. I looked at the information of the First High School yesterday.”
Su Zhiwei chuckled lightly, patiently explaining, “I worked as an ordinary teacher for three years to observe the situation at the First High School, so that I could manage it better. If I had become the principal from the beginning, it would have been difficult to understand what exactly this school lacks. That’s why I came to the school as an ordinary teacher for a few years first.”
Su Zhiwei paused and continued, “It was actually the elder brother’s idea.”
“That means I came to the First High School as an ordinary teacher with the consent of the Su family. Naturally, there is no such thing as embarrassing the Su family.”
After Su Zhiwei finished speaking, he took out the key to the office and opened the door. “Come in and have a seat.”
Su Zhiwei stepped into the office, followed closely by Ruan Qing.
Meanwhile, the others looked at each other and eventually entered the principal’s office as well.
However, unlike Ruan Qing, who went in and sat directly on the sofa with an arrogant attitude, they stood next to it with a restrained look, as if they had made some mistake.
Su Zhiwei poured a glass of water for Ruan Qing and placed it on the table in front of him. He also pushed the fruits on the table towards him. Then, with a gentle expression, he spoke to the others, “Please have a seat. No need to be so nervous.”
Upon hearing this, the others did not immediately sit down. Instead, they remained uneasy and stood at the back, as if they were a group of ordinary students who had done something wrong.
Su Zhiwei did not insist on them sitting down. He sat across from Ruan Qing and his tone was not particularly severe, even verging on gentle. “Su Qing, picking a lock is not a good behavior. You can’t just pick a lock without someone else’s permission; it’s very impolite.”
An act that could be considered a crime was merely regarded as impolite in Su Zhiwei’s words.
Then Su Zhiwei looked at the students standing and his tone became stricter. “All of you are Su Qing’s classmates. I hope that when Su Qing makes a mistake, you can remind him instead of directly helping him make mistakes.”
Due to his family background, Xiao Shiyi was the one who understood the situation of the Su family the most. Su Qing was the only child of this generation in the Su family, and the person in front of them should be the rumored youngest young master of the previous generation in the Su family.
He was Su Qing’s uncle.
Xiao Shiyi took a step forward and politely spoke, “Uncle, don’t worry. Next time, we will definitely remind Brother Su.”
“Xiao Shiyi, please refrain from forming arbitrary relationships within the school,” Su Zhiwei’s tone carried a hint of displeasure, whether it was because they were helping Ruan Qing make mistakes or simply being called “uncle.”
Xiao Shiyi didn’t pay too much attention to it and politely changed the way he addressed the other. “Alright, Principal Su.”
Su Zhiwei wanted to say something, but his phone rang, interrupting him directly.
He took out his phone and glanced at it. After gesturing to Ruan Qing, he walked outside the office balcony to answer the call.
The balcony had floor-to-ceiling windows, but the soundproofing was quite good. Su Zhiwei could be seen speaking, but his voice couldn’t be heard at all.
However, the floor-to-ceiling windows provided a clear view of the office’s interior. Initially, Su Zhiwei was positioned sideways to the windows while speaking, but gradually he turned his back to the windows, facing the outside of the balcony.
In other words, he couldn’t see what was happening inside the office at that moment.
Several people in the office exchanged glances.
This was a good opportunity, but it also came with great risks because if Su Zhiwei turned around, they would be done for.
But if they missed this chance, finding another opportunity might become difficult.
All the players decided to take a gamble. Without entering the tiger’s den, how could they catch the tiger? In this perilous instance, safety was already out of the question.
Ruan Qing felt it was too risky and too coincidental. As soon as they forced open the door, Su Zhiwei appeared.
Were there surveillance cameras in the corridor?
Installing surveillance cameras in high school corridors was relatively common, but monitoring them constantly seemed a bit suspicious.
Moreover, it was a weekend, a day when nobody was working.
They had only been forcing the door for a little over ten minutes when Su Zhiwei arrived, as if he knew about it from the beginning.
Would school staff members really monitor the cameras constantly? Ruan Qing thought it was unlikely.
Even during working hours, they probably wouldn’t monitor them constantly. Usually, they would only check the surveillance footage when something happened.
If this was a coincidence, then they were just unlucky. But if it wasn’t a coincidence...
Ruan Qing glanced at Su Zhiwei, who was answering the phone on the balcony, then discreetly surveyed the surroundings, but didn’t find any mirrors or surveillance cameras.
It’s like an ordinary principal’s office.
There were piles of documents on the office desk, and there’s a regular photo frame placed on it. The cabinet next to the desk, where documents were stored, was also filled with a lot of materials.
A few people silently approached the desk and gently searched through the documents, but they didn’t find anything useful.
After organizing the documents, their gaze shifted to the cabinet.
The cabinet was locked, requiring a key to open it.
The short-haired player skeptically tried using a wire again but couldn’t open it. Both the lock on the cabinet and the one on the office door seemed custom-made and difficult to open without a key.
The other players glanced at him with a difficult-to-hide disdain in their eyes.
The short-haired player rolled his eyes. Some locks in the instance couldn’t be easily opened without obtaining a key.
If everything were so simple, not as many players would have died in each instance.
To open the cabinet, they must first obtain the key, which was definitely with Principal Su Zhiwei.
The problem was, how could they get it?
Everyone silently looked at a certain school bully sitting motionless on the sofa.
Ruan Qing: “...”
The players believed that the school bully and Su Zhiiwei were uncle and nephew, so he should be easier to approach than the others.
Although everyone thought that way, no one dared to suggest that Ruan Qing should steal the key.
Mainly because it was already outrageous for the young master, who acted high and mighty, to do things. Not to mention asking him to steal, especially since he was someone who would only settle for the stars and not the moon.
It was too risky to even think about it.
Ruan Qing wasn’t unwilling to steal, but he felt that Su Zhiiwei had a lot of problem. Once he discovered it, the consequences would undoubtedly be terrible.
The original owner’s parents were away on a business trip for more than ten days, which meant they wouldn’t return during this whole game period. If Su Zhiwei was truly involved in something, his background wouldn’t be able to help him in any way.
Because his parents and Su Zhiwei made phone calls simultaneously, Su’s parents unquestionably believe Su Zhiwei. After all, no matter how well-behaved the original owner pretended to be, Su’s parents must know his true character.
So, without being clear of Su Zhiwei’s situation, Ruan Qing didn’t want to take such a big risk.
What they knew for sure was that ten years ago, something significant happened at this school that made Su Zhiwei care about it, which was why he came here to teach.
Ten years ago, Su Zhiwei was only twenty-three years old. He graduated from a top university at twenty-two, worked at the Su Corporation for a year, and then suddenly transferred to this school as an ordinary teacher. It didn’t seem like he suddenly wanted to nurture the country’s talents.
Even if he did want to do so, with the strange incidents happening at the school now, could it really have nothing to do with him?
Ruan Qing had always believed in one theory: when there were too many coincidences, it’s definitely the result of someone carefully calculating.
So, the First High School must have experienced something ten years ago, and it was highly likely that someone died in that incident. This person might have a significant connection to Su Zhiwei.
It couldn’t be a parent-child relationship, as high school students were at least fourteen or fifteen years old, and a twenty-three-year-old Su Zhiwei couldn’t have a child that old.
...A younger brother or a younger sister?
This was also unlikely since Su Zhiwei was the youngest of his generation in the Su family, and it’s impossible to have younger siblings below him.
Moreover, even if there were, if something happened to the Su family at the school, the school would have vanished immediately and couldn’t have existed until today.
Could it be... a girlfriend or a boyfriend?
Well, it’s not impossible either. High school students do engage in early relationships, and if Su Zhiwei’s girlfriend had an incident at the school, it would make sense for him to come here to find the truth.
However, all of this was just his speculation. The specifics of what happened back then needed to be investigated.
This school should have staff members who had been here for over a decade. Perhaps they could provide some insights...
July 05, 2023 by Wyrd
After hearing that unfamiliar voice, the short-haired player froze in an instant, slowly turning his head back.
Standing behind him was none other than Su Zhiwei, the owner of the office they were trying to break into.
And the few people who were just standing with him a moment ago had silently distanced themselves.
The atmosphere froze in that instant, and there was nothing more awkward than being caught red-handed.
Moreover, if this were an ordinary high school, breaking into the principal’s office would at most be considered a theft offense, and one could get out of jail in a few days. But this was in a horror game instance, where a slight oversight could trigger a fatal opportunity.
Although Su Zhiwei’s expression and gaze could be considered gentle, the short-haired player instantly broke out in a cold sweat, stammering, “Um... I... I...”
“Continue breaking in,” Ruan Qing interrupted the short-haired player before he could say more, arrogantly speaking with a tone full of swagger, as if he didn’t care about Su Zhiwei at all.
The others looked at Ruan Qing with shock. How could he be so unscrupulous, openly breaking into someone’s office right in front of the said person?
Was this the confidence brought about by his identity and background?
...Truly deserving of being the school bully.
Su Zhiwei slightly turned his body, looking at the arrogant teenager beside him, sighing helplessly and speaking with a tone full of doting, “My little rascal, what mischief are you up to again?”
The surrounding people were somewhat surprised, looking at Ruan Qing and Su Zhiwei. Even considering their fear of the school bully’s backing, Su Zhiwei’s tone shouldn’t have been like this, right?
Did these two have some other kind of relationship?
The players looked at Su Zhiwei’s face. Although he was thirty-three, he appeared to be around twenty-five, and his handsome and refined appearance added a touch of charm to him.
The aura of a mature man like him would be hard for inexperienced high school students to resist.
Most importantly, the tone Su Zhiwei used just now sounded like the indulgence and helplessness of a lover.
Could this principal... also be involved with the school bully?
“You want to know? Do I still need a reason?”
“If I must find a reason...” Ruan Qing slightly lifted his chin, arrogantly looking at Su Zhiwei. “It’s because I don’t like you.”
In response to Ruan Qing’s extremely capricious words, Su Zhiwei merely raised an eyebrow, his tone still gentle as the wind. “Have I recently made you angry?”
“No,” Ruan Qing answered firmly.
Su Zhiwei furrowed his brows at his response, seemingly puzzled. “Then why do you dislike me?”
Ruan Qing lifted his head in arrogance once again, his tone filled with superiority and disdain. “I heard that you’ve been an ordinary teacher in this school for three years.”
“As a member of the Su family, you actually became an ordinary teacher. Isn’t that a disgrace to the Su family?”
Ruan Qing’s contempt was clearly directed at the school itself, rather than Su Zhiwei, as if the identity of an ordinary teacher was unworthy of someone from the Su family.
The players looked at Ruan Qing, then at Su Zhiwei.
Su Zhiwei turned out to be a member of the Su family. Could he be... the brother of the school bully?
Now the players understood why Su Zhiwei had that tone. It turned out they were family, but indeed, both of them had the surname Su. It was just that ordinary people didn’t think about it in that way. After all, the surname Su wasn’t particularly unique.
“Oh?” Su Zhiwei’s expression remained unchanged, and his eyes even carried a hint of amusement. “Where did you find out?”
Ruan Qing snorted coldly, “Of course I know. I looked at the information of the First High School yesterday.”
Su Zhiwei chuckled lightly, patiently explaining, “I worked as an ordinary teacher for three years to observe the situation at the First High School, so that I could manage it better. If I had become the principal from the beginning, it would have been difficult to understand what exactly this school lacks. That’s why I came to the school as an ordinary teacher for a few years first.”
Su Zhiwei paused and continued, “It was actually the elder brother’s idea.”
“That means I came to the First High School as an ordinary teacher with the consent of the Su family. Naturally, there is no such thing as embarrassing the Su family.”
After Su Zhiwei finished speaking, he took out the key to the office and opened the door. “Come in and have a seat.”
Su Zhiwei stepped into the office, followed closely by Ruan Qing.
Meanwhile, the others looked at each other and eventually entered the principal’s office as well.
However, unlike Ruan Qing, who went in and sat directly on the sofa with an arrogant attitude, they stood next to it with a restrained look, as if they had made some mistake.
Su Zhiwei poured a glass of water for Ruan Qing and placed it on the table in front of him. He also pushed the fruits on the table towards him. Then, with a gentle expression, he spoke to the others, “Please have a seat. No need to be so nervous.”
Upon hearing this, the others did not immediately sit down. Instead, they remained uneasy and stood at the back, as if they were a group of ordinary students who had done something wrong.
Su Zhiwei did not insist on them sitting down. He sat across from Ruan Qing and his tone was not particularly severe, even verging on gentle. “Su Qing, picking a lock is not a good behavior. You can’t just pick a lock without someone else’s permission; it’s very impolite.”
An act that could be considered a crime was merely regarded as impolite in Su Zhiwei’s words.
Then Su Zhiwei looked at the students standing and his tone became stricter. “All of you are Su Qing’s classmates. I hope that when Su Qing makes a mistake, you can remind him instead of directly helping him make mistakes.”
Due to his family background, Xiao Shiyi was the one who understood the situation of the Su family the most. Su Qing was the only child of this generation in the Su family, and the person in front of them should be the rumored youngest young master of the previous generation in the Su family.
He was Su Qing’s uncle.
Xiao Shiyi took a step forward and politely spoke, “Uncle, don’t worry. Next time, we will definitely remind Brother Su.”
“Xiao Shiyi, please refrain from forming arbitrary relationships within the school,” Su Zhiwei’s tone carried a hint of displeasure, whether it was because they were helping Ruan Qing make mistakes or simply being called “uncle.”
Xiao Shiyi didn’t pay too much attention to it and politely changed the way he addressed the other. “Alright, Principal Su.”
Su Zhiwei wanted to say something, but his phone rang, interrupting him directly.
He took out his phone and glanced at it. After gesturing to Ruan Qing, he walked outside the office balcony to answer the call.
The balcony had floor-to-ceiling windows, but the soundproofing was quite good. Su Zhiwei could be seen speaking, but his voice couldn’t be heard at all.
However, the floor-to-ceiling windows provided a clear view of the office’s interior. Initially, Su Zhiwei was positioned sideways to the windows while speaking, but gradually he turned his back to the windows, facing the outside of the balcony.
In other words, he couldn’t see what was happening inside the office at that moment.
Several people in the office exchanged glances.
This was a good opportunity, but it also came with great risks because if Su Zhiwei turned around, they would be done for.
But if they missed this chance, finding another opportunity might become difficult.
All the players decided to take a gamble. Without entering the tiger’s den, how could they catch the tiger? In this perilous instance, safety was already out of the question.
Ruan Qing felt it was too risky and too coincidental. As soon as they forced open the door, Su Zhiwei appeared.
Were there surveillance cameras in the corridor?
Installing surveillance cameras in high school corridors was relatively common, but monitoring them constantly seemed a bit suspicious.
Moreover, it was a weekend, a day when nobody was working.
They had only been forcing the door for a little over ten minutes when Su Zhiwei arrived, as if he knew about it from the beginning.
Would school staff members really monitor the cameras constantly? Ruan Qing thought it was unlikely.
Even during working hours, they probably wouldn’t monitor them constantly. Usually, they would only check the surveillance footage when something happened.
If this was a coincidence, then they were just unlucky. But if it wasn’t a coincidence...
Ruan Qing glanced at Su Zhiwei, who was answering the phone on the balcony, then discreetly surveyed the surroundings, but didn’t find any mirrors or surveillance cameras.
It’s like an ordinary principal’s office.
There were piles of documents on the office desk, and there’s a regular photo frame placed on it. The cabinet next to the desk, where documents were stored, was also filled with a lot of materials.
A few people silently approached the desk and gently searched through the documents, but they didn’t find anything useful.
After organizing the documents, their gaze shifted to the cabinet.
The cabinet was locked, requiring a key to open it.
The short-haired player skeptically tried using a wire again but couldn’t open it. Both the lock on the cabinet and the one on the office door seemed custom-made and difficult to open without a key.
The other players glanced at him with a difficult-to-hide disdain in their eyes.
The short-haired player rolled his eyes. Some locks in the instance couldn’t be easily opened without obtaining a key.
If everything were so simple, not as many players would have died in each instance.
To open the cabinet, they must first obtain the key, which was definitely with Principal Su Zhiwei.
The problem was, how could they get it?
Everyone silently looked at a certain school bully sitting motionless on the sofa.
Ruan Qing: “...”
The players believed that the school bully and Su Zhiiwei were uncle and nephew, so he should be easier to approach than the others.
Although everyone thought that way, no one dared to suggest that Ruan Qing should steal the key.
Mainly because it was already outrageous for the young master, who acted high and mighty, to do things. Not to mention asking him to steal, especially since he was someone who would only settle for the stars and not the moon.
It was too risky to even think about it.
Ruan Qing wasn’t unwilling to steal, but he felt that Su Zhiiwei had a lot of problem. Once he discovered it, the consequences would undoubtedly be terrible.
The original owner’s parents were away on a business trip for more than ten days, which meant they wouldn’t return during this whole game period. If Su Zhiwei was truly involved in something, his background wouldn’t be able to help him in any way.
Because his parents and Su Zhiwei made phone calls simultaneously, Su’s parents unquestionably believe Su Zhiwei. After all, no matter how well-behaved the original owner pretended to be, Su’s parents must know his true character.
So, without being clear of Su Zhiwei’s situation, Ruan Qing didn’t want to take such a big risk.
What they knew for sure was that ten years ago, something significant happened at this school that made Su Zhiwei care about it, which was why he came here to teach.
Ten years ago, Su Zhiwei was only twenty-three years old. He graduated from a top university at twenty-two, worked at the Su Corporation for a year, and then suddenly transferred to this school as an ordinary teacher. It didn’t seem like he suddenly wanted to nurture the country’s talents.
Even if he did want to do so, with the strange incidents happening at the school now, could it really have nothing to do with him?
Ruan Qing had always believed in one theory: when there were too many coincidences, it’s definitely the result of someone carefully calculating.
So, the First High School must have experienced something ten years ago, and it was highly likely that someone died in that incident. This person might have a significant connection to Su Zhiwei.
It couldn’t be a parent-child relationship, as high school students were at least fourteen or fifteen years old, and a twenty-three-year-old Su Zhiwei couldn’t have a child that old.
...A younger brother or a younger sister?
This was also unlikely since Su Zhiwei was the youngest of his generation in the Su family, and it’s impossible to have younger siblings below him.
Moreover, even if there were, if something happened to the Su family at the school, the school would have vanished immediately and couldn’t have existed until today.
Could it be... a girlfriend or a boyfriend?
Well, it’s not impossible either. High school students do engage in early relationships, and if Su Zhiwei’s girlfriend had an incident at the school, it would make sense for him to come here to find the truth.
However, all of this was just his speculation. The specifics of what happened back then needed to be investigated.
This school should have staff members who had been here for over a decade. Perhaps they could provide some insights...
