"Sorry. Kids tend to speak their minds. I hope you won't take it amiss." After saying that, I turned around and walked away.
"Aren't you even going to take a look? There's quite a lot of stuff there."
Xu Yang sidled up to me. I pushed him away irritably.
"I never realized you could be so shameless before."
I grumbled at him but still couldn't help explaining.
"Actually, this isn't a big deal for me. I've already memorized everything."
"What? You've already memorized it? Oh my god, your memory is incredibly amazing!"
Xu Yang exclaimed beside me. It felt like I had returned to the past, but when I blinked, it wasn't Fatty's face in front of me anymore, but Xu Yang's.
I sighed. I missed Fatty a little. If Fatty were here, although he would deliberately try to cheer me up, we knew each other so well.
Xu Yang looked at me in a daze. He was very puzzled. I was fine just now, but why did I suddenly look so unhappy?
But it didn't matter. He walked to the side and sat on a rock outside. I followed and sat down on the rock too.
The sun was gradually setting. I sighed and looked at the backs of the two people who still hadn't come out of the room.
Strange. I felt like Xu Yang should be quite familiar with these things too. Why was he so enthusiastic today? He even took pictures non - stop with his phone.
The guy beside me said directly, "Don't you think it's actually that guy who's up to something? He might be taking those pictures for you."
"For me?"
I shook my head. He really didn't know me well. Although I wasn't very powerful in fighting or other aspects, I knew a thing or two about recognition.
After all, I had been learning from my second uncle since childhood and was already a small boss. I shook my head.
Xu Yang suddenly leaned in very close and whispered, "Be careful. The people in this school are very strange. What you did just now was too obvious. Even if you can remember everything and already have a target in mind, you still need to put on a show."
I didn't quite understand what Xu Yang meant. He just smiled and said, "That old man just now had a lot of hostility towards you."
"People like that just seem to have a naturally grumpy face. If you say he has a strong hostility towards me specifically, I don't think so."
Hearing my words, the other person immediately looked at me with an expression that said I was just too naive.
"What are you talking about? Do you think that's possible? I'll tell you the truth. This matter is not easy at all. Of course, you can think for yourself. If I'm not mistaken, the photo album he gave you just now contains all the S - level tasks here. Do you understand? It's said that few people who take on such tasks come out alive. That old guy just wanted you to fail today. It couldn't be more obvious."
I was a bit puzzled when I heard this. "I can understand why the person in charge did this, but I don't understand who he's doing this for. Even if I leave, what significance does a person like me have to him?"
"Do you really think he just wants to drive you away?"
Xu Yang sneered. "In my opinion, that old guy clearly wanted to kill you just now."
"It can't be that serious, can it? Want to kill me?"
I swallowed hard and didn't say a word. A cold wind blew by, and I shivered all over.
Wait. What was that?
I suddenly opened my eyes wide and felt something was wrong.
A Bai and Yan Yan didn't come out. Instead, there were thumping sounds coming from inside.
Without hesitation, I was about to rush in. Xu Yang tried to stop me, but he failed to hold me back.
I didn't know why, but as soon as I thought that Yan Yan might be injured, I didn't care about anything else.
When I stood at the door, I was gradually enveloped by the black air inside.
I noticed sharply that A Bai had opened a cloth bag. Although I didn't know what this cloth bag was used for in the industry and how he had learned about these strange things, I did know that I had seen this cloth bag before. My face looked a bit grim. I didn't want personal grudges to involve too many things, whether it was feelings or something else.
And now this guy was clearly involving too much. I had a dark look on my face.
Buzz, buzz, buzz. The sound echoed little by little. Those things seemed to be whispering.
"Amazing. I wonder how long he's been collecting this stuff. Do you think he's really that powerful?"
There came a gloating voice from beside me. I gave him a disdainful look and didn't say a word.
"Not amazing at all."
I turned around and was about to leave. It seemed that the things inside weren't a threat to these people. If Yan Yan wasn't afraid of them, there was no need for me to get involved.
With a thud, the old man just now suddenly fell on his face in a very awkward posture.
When he stood up, he had skinned his knee. He looked extremely embarrassed.
This was too pitiful, wasn't it? I even suspected that he had offended someone and that someone was playing tricks on him behind his back.
Wait. These ghosts didn't seem likely to play tricks. So the only possibility was...
I looked at the other person, and my eyes gradually became strange.
"What's going on? Are you serious?"
I looked at him, and the guy beside me looked a bit embarrassed.
"Oh my god, you guys are going too far!"
"It's okay. I can handle it."
I saw the guy beside me and sneered. "You're really interesting."
"Wait. What did you just say?"
A Bai seemed to have reacted. He quickly helped the old man on the ground up and accused Yan Yan, "How could you do this? This is the teacher in charge of task - assignment. He's at least a director - level person. Why did you offend him?"
After saying that, A Bai's gaze fell on me again. Usually, I might have felt a bit guilty, but after knowing what he had done just now, I didn't feel guilty at all.
"You're wrong. If I'm not mistaken, it was you who made the first move. We have no grudges against each other. There's no need for this. But listen up. If you insist on doing this, I don't mind having a go at you."
My face was already dark. I didn't know why he disliked me so much, but if we really had to fight it out, it would be better to have a fair competition rather than playing tricks behind my back.
"Come on. Do you think he'll compete with you? I don't know how he got in here, but you were specifically instructed to come in by your uncle. Anyone who comes in here must have a not - so - simple background. The reason he dislikes you so much is just because you're a special case among these special people."