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Yu Jin chased after him outside the door.
Li Hetai's figure disappeared again.
The corridor was pitch black, which was unsettling to look at.
He thought the person had forgiven him.
Li Hetai dislikes crowded places, and if he encounters something upsetting, he will leave quietly.
Unable to find anyone, Yu Jin could only slink back home.
"Yu Jin!"
A familiar voice came from behind me; it was my teacher's voice.
Yu Jin stopped what she was doing.
He hadn't actually told Teacher Lin beforehand; he had sneaked out because the teachers had to teach them even though classes were suspended.
"Why did you come here without saying a word?" Lin Shuo frowned.
He exuded a serious aura, the respect he had shown when facing the Li family that morning was gone.
Yu Jin turned her back and pouted, "I came to see He Tai..."
"What about the others?"
"I just saw him, but he's nowhere to be seen now. I don't know either."
Lin Shuo sighed and said sternly, "You keep using Li as an excuse. How many times has this happened? Don't you know what you're up to?"
Upon hearing this, Yu Jin's eyes immediately reddened.
He couldn't bear to hear such things said about him by an adult he respected.
The child in front of me looked like the sky had fallen, on the verge of tears.
No one could say anything harsh after seeing this scene.
"...I'm sorry, teacher, I didn't mean it."
Lin Shuo squatted down and coaxed with a wry smile, "You're a good child, don't cry, don't cry, let's go find classmate Li together, okay?"
"Hmm..." Yu Jin sniffed and reached out to grab Lin Shuo's coat.
The two people walked to Li Hetai's door.
Lin Shuo cleared his throat and gently knocked on the door three times.
He specifically asked the people at the villa to bring him here.
"Li, are you in your room?"
"Teacher, He Tai isn't inside," Yu Jin said, yawning. "I just came looking for him, but he's not in the room."
Lin Shuo was leaning against the door, very close, and clearly heard a loud "bang" from inside.
There were clearly people in the room.
"Really... I believe you." Lin Shuo twisted the doorknob: "However, I have something very important to discuss with Li. Since we're going to look for her, let's start from the beginning."
The villa has a complicated layout, so since we've already arrived at the rooms, we might as well check on the interior.
Yu Jin and Li Hetai have a good relationship and often cover for each other. Neither of these two kids is very trustworthy.
"Consider it a teacher checking the dormitories..."
Lin Shuo narrowed his eyes, softened his grip, and slowly turned the doorknob.
But... just as he imagined, Li Hetai did not appear. What came into view was a hunched-over figure with a snow-white back exposed.
With a "bang," Lin Shuo slammed the door shut.
His eyes were completely dark.
"Xiao Jin? You said there's no one in the room?"
As drowsiness crept over her, Yu Jin leaned against the wall, nodded heavily, and mumbled, "There's no one inside."
"Xiao Jin, if you're tired, go and rest in the lobby. I'll look for Li around here."
Upon hearing this, Yu Jin instantly perked up, her mind racing with thoughts of how to avoid being lectured again. She smiled and said "Goodbye, teacher" before quickly running away.
The child left excitedly, showing no trace of his earlier drowsiness.
But Lin Shuo's attention was entirely focused on the room.
If I'm not mistaken, it was clearly not Lai Ho Thai, but someone else.
How could there be a person with their upper body exposed in a child's room?
Lin Shuo picked up his phone, intending to take a picture of the people inside as evidence and hand it over to the head of the Li family, but his hand had just touched the doorknob.
A voice, both unfamiliar and familiar, sounded behind me: "Teacher."
Upon hearing this, Lin Shuo quickly turned around.
The person behind him was none other than Li Hetai.
"He Tai?!" Lin Shuo put away his phone: "The teacher is looking for you."
Li Hetai stared straight at Lin Shuo with his dark pupils, which inexplicably made Lin Shuo break out in a cold sweat.
"He Tai, didn't the teacher say that we should come to Hall 2 to do our homework at 1 p.m. sharp?" Lin Shuo's expression was calm, but his tone was stern.
What are you doing here?
Li Hetai countered with a question, his eyes moving upwards.
Combined with the surrounding darkness, as thick as ink, it was indescribably eerie.
"The teacher came to see you because it's about the show." Lin Shuo squatted down and looked Li Hetai in the eye. "Also, about the time you hit Yu Yangcheng."
“Tell my father.”
Li Hetai lifted his foot and took a step back, then bypassed Lin Shuo and quickly opened the door.
In that instant, Lin Shuo quickly turned his head to look behind him.
There was nothing there...
The scene just now seemed like an illusion; there was nothing suspicious in the room, let alone any human figure.
Seeing that Li Hetai was about to go in, he hurriedly called out "Wait," but before he could finish the word, all that was left for him was a tightly closed teak door.
"He Tai! How could you ignore what the teacher said!"
“Li Hetai!…”
The person inside ignored the sounds outside the door and went straight to their destination, arriving at the cabinet door.
There was a "click" sound.
The monotonous suit jackets, vests, trousers, and pajamas, like layers of curtains, shrouded the white figure, while the bathrobe seemed about to fall loose.
In the cramped space, the person tightly covered their mouth, their eyes filled with unnatural tears of fear, and even the owner of the hair didn't notice that a few strands of hair were about to get into their eyes.
Li Hetai quietly looked at the person inside, his hands still holding the cabinet door open.
Gu Xinglan was originally terrified.
The moment the cabinet door opened, there was a face that was all too familiar.
He instantly lost his breath and gasped for air, his face showing relief at surviving the ordeal.
If he wasn't mistaken, the person who saw him outside the door just now was clearly Li Hetai's teacher!
Gu Xinglan felt weak all over. Due to the cramped space, even breathing was difficult. When she moved her body, she accidentally knocked over a few clothes hangers, making a crisp "clanging" sound.
Are you happy to see me in such a sorry state?
Gu Xinglan grabbed a few pieces of clothing and threw them at the people outside.
But the people outside just stood there quietly, letting several vests with a mix of familiar and unfamiliar scents hang on their bodies.
After the people inside had recovered a little.
Li Hetai stepped forward and extended his hand.
With calluses and scars crisscrossing her hands, she seemed oblivious to the person in the closet, bypassing Gu Xinglan and taking out a dark green coat from beside Gu Xinglan's head.
After taking it, Li Hetai withdrew his hand, said nothing, and turned away calmly and quietly.
During that time, their gazes met, but the scene remained as calm as still water, without any confrontation or sparks flying.
Gu Xinglan was already feeling guilty, and when the other person approached, she subconsciously shrank back.
Fortunately, the child completely ignored him.
"System, has the duration increased?"
System; [...the host has increased, increased significantly.]
[Currently, 82 hours.]
Upon hearing this, Gu Xinglan's hands, which had been clenched tightly due to nervousness, instantly relaxed.
This person is quite generous with the time allotted.
met free