A mysterious realm descends, and I defy fate in comics.

Chapter 157 One Night Smooth

Jiang Xingni and Song Juexiao eventually picked a popcorn movie at random, and while watching it, they complained that the plot was out of place and the physical skills were not something a normal person could do.

By the time the two of them came out of the movie theater, it was almost dark.

"When do we start school?" Jiang Xingni fed the last popcorn to Song Juexiao's mouth. Song Juexiao put it in his mouth with her fingertip, blinked at Jiang Xingni, and showed her his phone screen.

"March 1st," Song Juexiao typed.

It's a perfectly normal start date for the school year.

However, when Jiang Xingni recalled his high school life, he realized that he rarely had a complete winter or summer vacation.

It wasn't just because of high school; Jiang Xingni herself was also a major reason. She was constantly busy with competitions, and used her spare time to plan her future.

As a result, once bound to the system, all the planned future has now become nothing.

Jiang Xingni nodded, suddenly realizing that now was the time for him to truly relax.

More than half a month of rest time.

At first, Song Juexiao would occasionally ask Jiang Xingni out to play. But after the novelty wore off—the novelty of going out with a friend that he had never experienced before, rather than the novelty of Jiang Xingni—Song Juexiao felt that he still preferred to stay at home alone.

Xiao Jiming had been inquiring about the aftermath of the incident at the Fourth Middle School, but the information was kept very tightly under wraps, so no one pursued the matter further against Xiao Jiming and his group.

As for Pei Zhaoye and the others, unlike Xiao Jiming and Song Juexiao, they were both orphans and did not have their own houses to live in, so they could only live in the school dormitory.

Pei Zhaoye was, after all, someone whom Song Juexiao could call the young master—even if it was just in a joking way. In short, basically only Jiang Xingni, Song Juexiao, and Xiao Jiming remained of the main characters in the school.

Jiang Xingni was finally able to find the time to learn sign language and then communicate fluently with Song Juexiao.

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"Knock knock".

Jiang Xingni originally thought that the next two weeks would pass uneventfully, and the comic would not continue to depict the plot of this period in detail.

Just as she was about to fall asleep, she heard a knocking sound on her bedroom window.

Jiang Xingni got out of bed, pulled back the curtains, and looked outside.

Xiao Jiming hung upside down outside the window openly and brazenly. When he saw Jiang Xingni open the curtains, he withdrew his hand after knocking on Jiang Xingni's window, crossed his arms, and looked at Jiang Xingni with a smile.

"Let me in." He didn't say it aloud, but just mouthed the words.

When Jiang Xingni opened the window, she suddenly felt that the scene seemed somewhat familiar.

It seems someone knocked on her window like that before and climbed in—who could it be? It's so hard to guess!

Jiang Xing glanced at him with a cold smile.

Xiao Jiming easily climbed into Jiang Xingni's room through the open window, still covered in dampness.

"Is it raining outside?" Jiang Xing glanced at his hair, which was still dripping wet, and tossed a towel to Xiao Jiming.

Xiao Jiming took the towel and nodded in response to Jiang Xingni's question. He then casually dried his hair until it was no longer dripping wet, then neatly folded the towel and put it away.

Jiang Xing stared at his hand for a while, unable to understand how someone could be so familiar with others, sneaking into someone else's house in the middle of the night and stealing their towel.

It was just a towel after all, and Jiang Xingni didn't care.

"So what brings you here in the middle of the night?"

It's really the middle of the night now.

It was almost midnight. Jiang Xingni had stayed up all night, otherwise she wouldn't have heard the knocking on the window before falling asleep, but in her dream.

"Someone's come looking for Lin Hongguang." Xiao Jiming said abruptly, leaning closer to Jiang Xing with a smile in his eyes. "It seems to be related to the Fourth Middle School."

Jiang Xingni raised his head and met Xiao Jiming's gaze.

"You want to hear it?"

Xiao Jiming didn't speak, but looked at Jiang Xingni with an innocent expression, answering Jiang Xingni's question with his eyes—what else?

Jiang Xingni sometimes really didn't want to admit that she could read their eyes, but after spending so much time with Song Juexiao, her ability to recognize other people's micro-expressions had greatly improved.

"We'll write another self-criticism," Jiang Xing said quietly.

She could guess why Lin Hongguang hadn't had time to ask them for this self-criticism.

Jiang Xingni didn't know how prestigious Taixu Academy was, but it was the protagonist's school. As long as Xiao Jiming was there, it would definitely become the best, adding to the protagonist's aura.

As for the Fourth Middle School, Jiang Xingni had studied there, and she and Xiao Jiming knew the school quite well.

Even if it is well-known locally, when it is considered part of the entire province and then the whole country, the Fourth Middle School is nothing special.

Since Taixu Academy is one of Xiao Jiming's achievements, it will inevitably become a nationally renowned school, and perhaps even a globally famous one in the future.

It would be beneath one's dignity to be overwhelmed by a mere middle school.

Adding to the previous clues, it's entirely possible to guess that the whole thing involves not only the middle school, but also a deeper conspiracy.

Xiao Jiming blinked innocently: "As long as I don't get caught, I don't have to write a self-criticism."

Then, Xiao Jiming opened the window, flipped himself out, and stretched out his hand toward Jiang Xingni.

Jiang Xingni could hallucinate that a pop-up window suddenly appeared in front of his eyes, which read:

The protagonist, Xiao Jiming, has sent you a team invitation, wanting to explore the dungeon "The Mystery Behind the Middle School" together. Do you accept the team invitation?

Jiang Xingni thought to himself, and then accepted the team without hesitation.

If she has a role but doesn't show her face, is she going to wait for new teammates to arrive and then be sidelined by the screenwriter?

Jiang Xingni grasped Xiao Jiming's outstretched hand. The moment he leaped out of the window, the wind and rain rushed in. Jiang Xingni quickly closed his window to prevent his bed from getting wet.

As Jiang Xingni stepped onto the eaves, he heard the sound of knocking on the window once again.

She turned around and saw Song Juexiao, dressed in pajamas, standing lazily by the window, looking at the two of them with a hint of helplessness.

"You've left me all alone again," she mouthed.

Even so, Song Juexiao didn't think about changing his clothes and chasing after him.

She frowned as she looked out the window at the rain, reluctant to leave her house and be exposed to the wind and rain.

So Song Juexiao simply waved his hand: "Intelligence sharing."

She said it silently.

She never doubted that Jiang Xingni and Xiao Jiming would keep it a secret, since they would find out in the end anyway, and Song Juexiao was too lazy to go with them.

Jiang Xingni and Xiao Jiming exchanged a glance before leaping into the deeper darkness.

And at this time.

Finally, a sound rang out in Song Juexiao's room.

—"A smooth night."

Song Juexiao said in a low voice.