novelsite Chapter 70 Where is Pei Zhaoye?
Chapter 70 Where is Pei Zhaoye?
Jiang Xingni didn't know how she ended up following Xiao Jiming back to their temporary lodging.
As soon as Jiang Xingni opened the door, she saw that Song Juexiao seemed to have already received the news. His expression was indifferent, and he looked at her with a accusatory and resentful gaze.
Even though they hadn't been apart for very long, looking at Song Juexiao's expression, Jiang Xingni realized that she was actually feeling guilty.
"...Why that expression?" Jiang Xingni was silent for a moment, but couldn't help but voice her true thoughts. "It hasn't been that long since we last met, has it?"
Song Juexiao's feigned accusatory gaze immediately crumbled.
She blinked, then smiled, her eyes crinkling.
Then she took out her phone and typed on the keyboard, showing the text that appeared to Jiang Xingni:
"Because recently quite a few people have been asking about your special abilities."
"But the person involved has disappeared without a trace."
Song Juexiao waved his phone.
Well, in this situation, she does seem to feel guilty?
Jiang Xingni thought this rather insincerely, then expertly began to coax, "But, aren't I here to see you now?"
Song Juexiao stared at her, continuing to type on his phone screen: "For an unusual event?"
As if to avoid Jiang Xingni's misunderstanding, after typing these words, she quickly added a defense: "Xiao Jiming said you asked him out, and then he brought you back. I think it's unlikely that it was just a reunion."
"And because of this period of time..." Song Juexiao paused for a moment, but Jiang Xingni and Song Juexiao both knew what the pause referred to.
Jiang Xingni's supernatural abilities are being targeted, and Xiao Jiming wouldn't bring her here unless something special happened.
She didn't continue typing, but skipped the brief topic and went back to the previous conversation.
"So it's unlikely to be just casual conversation. What exactly happened?"
Song Juexiao's fingers never stopped, his gaze fixed on Jiang Xingni with a persistent yet slightly worried look.
There's nothing to hide.
Besides, Jiang Xingni's original plan was to tell Song Juexiao directly.
She explained to Song Juexiao with the same calm and practiced ease she used when explaining to Xiao Jiming.
Song Juexiao's reaction was similar.
As the sun was setting, the sunlight was far less glaring than when Jiang Xingni had told Xiao Jiming earlier.
Most of it was already blocked by tall buildings, with only a thin layer of red remaining on the horizon.
When Song Juexiao realized that he had also been led into the alley leading to Ji Shanqing's death, his face instantly tightened.
"So, how exactly did she die?" Song Juexiao opened his mouth almost instinctively, then closed it just before speaking, frantically typing the question.
"You said you can see the truth of this world..." Song Juexiao didn't doubt Jiang Xingni's superpower; she was simply subconsciously thinking, choosing the most effective superpower as the solution. "Can't you see the truth of this matter?"
Jiang Xingni shrugged: "I've tried it."
"Perhaps it's because it was just a relay of words across the distance." Jiang Xing narrowed his eyes. "I didn't see clearly enough; all I know is that she didn't drink pesticide, but committed suicide by jumping off a building."
"But there are clearly girls who drink pesticide."
Jiang Xingni pondered for a moment: "...Perhaps it's not a monster?"
Unlike Jiang Xingni and Xiao Jiming, who didn't know much about the world behind the curtain, Song Juexiao had grown up under the curtain and had seen many different kinds of strange things.
—Although Xiao Jiming did receive a systematic education, he was different from Song Juexiao.
If Jiang Xingni had chosen Pei Zhaoye or He Jingtong, the response she received would not have been like that from Xiao Jiming.
However, at this moment, Song Juexiao's focus was not on these things, but rather on his keen observation of Jiang Xingni's seemingly casual remark.
She said that there were indeed girls in the school who drank pesticide.
Yes, there are.
These four words echoed and reverberated in Song Juexiao's mind.
She has witnessed a great deal of death.
Whether within the school or during training, the mortality rate behind the scenes remains consistently high. Whether you are an ordinary person or a person with superpowers, if you are careless for a moment, your fate will always be death.
Song Juexiao was used to death and had long accepted the fact that she would die one day. However, what Song Juexiao did not think about was that, under their protection, those who should have lived peacefully behind the curtain were...
Jiang Xingni's tone made it sound like this kind of behavior was very common.
Song Juexiao didn't understand, and he was deeply shocked.
"What do you mean... there is also something?" Song Juexiao typed out this sentence with some hesitation.
Jiang Xingni then realized what had shocked Song Juexiao.
Now it was Jiang Xingni's turn to be greatly shocked.
"Don't any of your students at Taixu Academy commit suicide?" Jiang Xingni asked earnestly.
Song Juexiao shook his head honestly.
"To be precise, it's not that there are none, but they are all strange residual effects, so we have to have a check-up every time we return to school."
"This won't happen again once the residual effects are cleared."
Song Juexiao typed out the explanation.
Jiang Xingni translated the sentence in his mind.
That means there is no such situation.
Jiang Xingni's feelings at that moment were difficult to describe in words.
Then she smiled slowly: "So, suicide isn't actually that rare."
"After all, the pressure is too great, the future is too uncertain, and with the added burden... it's hard not to think about this step." Jiang Xingni lowered her eyes, a gentle smile still on her lips.
She hadn't thought about that because her goal was clear, and she didn't have any pressure from her parents; the only pressure came from her own efforts.
Song Juexiao still didn't understand: "...Perhaps I'll understand when we get there?"
She typed the words on her phone, but didn't have high hopes that she would understand them.
Then she put the topic aside and continued with what she had been thinking about.
"If there are so many dead, then this school might have already become one with the ghost realm."
"Perhaps there's no influence from any strange creature at all," Song Juexiao pondered. "Perhaps many people died long before this."
"Only a large number of deaths could blend a ghost realm with reality so seamlessly..." Song Juexiao hesitated for a moment, then typed "perfect" on his phone.
So the question is, how many people need to die to achieve this mass death toll?
"We can check it when we go tomorrow," Jiang Xingni said with a shrug.
Song Juexiao did not raise any objections, but instead listed the personnel who would be going tomorrow:
"I, you, Xiao Jiming, He Jingtong, Su Yanzhi."
...Su Yanzhi?
Where did Pei Zhaoye go?
So it turns out that it wasn't me who got banned this time, but Pei Zhaoye?