4.Identity leakage

9 a.m., the Teaching Affairs Office

"Sit down."

Officer Huang was sitting on the swivel chair of the dean of students, leaning slightly backward, crossing his legs, and placing his hands together on his abdomen. His expression was relaxed and commanding, as if he were sitting in his own interrogation room.

Gao Yang sat neatly in front of him, remaining silent.

Officer Huang smiled. "Don't be nervous. There's no one else here. I'll just ask a few questions casually."

"Well..." Gao Yang thought: I'm more nervous when there's no one else, okay?!

"Did you get injured on your face?"

"Oh, bitten by a bug." Gao Yang pretended to touch it casually.

"OK. Let's start." Officer Huang took out the record book. "Gao Yang, classmate, what was the relationship between the deceased Li Weiwei and you?"

"We knew each other since kindergarten and have always had a good relationship. We are good friends." Gao Yang replied.

Officer Huang asked while writing down: "Were you with Li Weiwei all the time yesterday afternoon?"

"Well, we watched movies, had dinner at Dawang Mall and had fun until very late. We didn't go home until late at night."

At what time did you part from Li Weiwei?

"It seemed to be nearly 11 o'clock." Gao Yang knew that the time couldn't be remembered too clearly; otherwise, it would be more suspicious.

It was so late. Didn't you send her home?

"I sent her for a while on the way. For the last section of the road, she said there was no need to send her, so I didn't."

Gao Yang knew that the surveillance camera for the last section of the road was destroyed by Qing Ling. He deliberately asked, "Officer Huang, you can check the surveillance, right? The surveillance can prove it."

Officer Huang pondered for a moment, with a slight movement in his eyes: "To tell you the truth, the surveillance camera on the road where you two parted was exactly broken."

"How could that be?" Gao Yang made a surprised expression.

"The possibility of premeditated crime is quite high." Officer Huang quietly observed Gao Yang's face, trying to find flaws in his expression.

"It might be committed by someone known, but it's only a preliminary speculation. Currently, there are no leads. After all, there is no murder weapon or witnesses."

"Isn't there a single clue?" Gao Yang asked.

Officer Huang put down his crossed legs and leaned forward: "Did Li Weiwei have classmates with a bad relationship or offend anyone usually?"

Gao Yang shook his head and said, "She is very nice. All the classmates in the class like her. I can't think of any enemies she has."

Then what about people who were jealous of her? Or others?

Gao Yang thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "No impression."

Officer Huang nodded. His gaze never left Gao Yang's face. "Did you like Li Weiwei?"

Gao Yang paused for a moment. "Like..."

"Due to the need for the case investigation, I checked Li Weiwei's WeChat records. You confessed to her and she agreed..."

Yes. Yesterday was our first date. I never thought it would be the last one..." Gao Yang lowered his head, feeling down and sad. This was not pretended.

Officer Huang stopped questioning. He stood up. "OK. That's all for today." He stepped forward and patted Gao Yang's shoulder. His tone was somewhat meaningful: "Take it easy and accept the condolences."

The questioning ended and Gao Yang heaved a sigh of relief.

He left the office and walked towards the classroom.

"Gao Yang!" Someone called him.

Gao Yang didn't have time to turn around. Suddenly, a strong arm emerged and tightly strangled his neck.

Gao Yang could hardly breathe: "Cough... cough..."

Haha, hahaha, weakling!

A boy with golden-dyed hair and a lip stud loosened his arm. It was Wang Zikai.

Wang Zikai was Gao Yang's high school classmate, but not anymore a week ago. After he smashed the head of a boy from the next class for the Nth time, he was finally forced to drop out of school.

The reason for the fight was: The other party looked at him.

Wang Zikai's family is rich. He drives a sports car to school every day. Plus, he is good-looking. He is a definite tall, rich and handsome guy. But with such a good hand of cards, he messed them up completely. In the school, he is completely a bully that everyone is afraid of.

I don't know why, but this bully has been particularly enthusiastic towards Gao Yang since the beginning of senior high school. Wang Zikai has emphasized more than once that Gao Yang is his best and only friend.

This made Gao Yang feel extremely flattered and also bewildered.屈服于他的淫威,Submitting to his tyranny, Gao Yang trembled as he became Wang Zikai's friend. As a result, he found that except for his fondness of fighting and occasional crazy moments, Wang Zikai was actually quite a nice person.

Today, Wang Zikai is in a good mood. He should be here to handle the dropout procedures.

"What's wrong with you? You look like you ate shit." Wang Zikai asked.

"Li Weiwei is dead," Gao Yang said.

"Ah?!" Wang Zikai was shocked. "How did she die?"

"Robbery. She was killed..."

"Damn! That's too unlucky." Wang Zikai smacked his lips. "It's a pity that I helped you confess to her a few days ago. Eh, did she accept you? She must have refused, hahaha. How could a guy like you be liked by any girls!"

Gao Yang rolled his eyes: This fool never gets the key points right.

"Brother, console yourself." Wang Zikai casually patted Gao Yang's shoulder. "Think on the bright side. From now on, you don't have to worry about her being snatched away by someone anymore."

"..." Gao Yang endured the urge to curse.

"After school today, bro, I'll drive to pick you up. Let's go play League of Legends together! Transform grief and anger into motivation. We must reach the Silver rank this season!" Wang Zikai said.

"No. I'm going to Li Weiwei's funeral tonight," Gao Yang said.

"Come on," Wang Zikai jumped away exaggeratedly on purpose, "Could it be that you still can't forget her, kid?"

"Roll!

Gao Yang was simply speechless and wished he could kick him. But this was Wang Zikai. You could never expect to hear a word that a normal human being should say from his mouth.

"See you later!" Wang Zikai patted his bottom, waving his hand as he ran away.

7 p.m. Shanjing District. Funeral Parlor.

Gao Yang and more than ten classmates, along with the head teacher, attended Li Weiwei's funeral.

On the one hand, Gao Yang had feelings for Li Weiwei. Although she turned into a monster last night, he still wanted to see her off for the last time. On the other hand, he was also curious as to why Li Weiwei's body wasn't cremated immediately after her death. This didn't conform to his understanding of this world.

The mourning hall was dim and solemn. Li Weiwei's portrait was placed on the altar, and the girl in the photo had a bright smile. The body was placed in a transparent glass coffin with a freezing function, surrounded by lush white flowers.

Li Weiwei's parents, dressed in black suits and black dresses, stood beside the coffin and kept bowing to the people who came to pay their respects.

The wife couldn't stop crying. The husband supported his wife, his face filled with grief.

The head teacher led several students to offer incense to Li Weiwei, then went to shake hands with the parents, and then walked around the glass coffin. The farewell ceremony was over.

Gao Yang followed the team. When approaching the ice coffin, he took a careful look at Li Weiwei's remains. She was wearing a black shroud and had makeup on her face. She seemed as if she was just asleep and was no different from when she was alive.

But as soon as he thought of this girl who almost crushed his head yesterday, a deep sense of fear rose from the soles of his feet again, making his hair stand on end.

The head teacher went forward to talk with Li Weiwei's parents. Gao Yang only felt dry in the mouth and throat. He avoided the crowd and came to the tea room on the side of the mourning hall to drink water.

Push the door open. Qingling is also here.

Gao Yang didn't dare to look at Qingling. He went to pour water alone. However, Qingling took the initiative and came forward: "Did the police ask you anything?"

"Nothing."

Tell me everything," Qingling said in a commanding tone.

Gao Yang looked around to make sure there was no one in the tea room. He showed his cards and said, "Why don't you continue acting?"

Qingling was slightly stunned. "Acting what?"

daytime Weren't you acting very well!

Qingling's eyes flashed. "Have you seen her?"

What do you mean?

"Another personality of mine?"

Gao Yang was taken aback and immediately understood: "You mean, you have... dual personalities?"

Yes.

Qingling gently closed the door of the tea room. "To survive in this world, it's impossible not to deceive oneself. Over time, I developed a secondary personality. She is my younger sister, named Qingling. Most of the time it's me. Sometimes she doesn't listen and comes out by herself. Qingling was quite stimulated by Li Weiwei's death."

Gao Yang's eyes were vigilant: "I don't know now which of your words are true and which are false?"

"It doesn't matter."

Give me a reason to trust you.

"Reason?" Qingling raised an eyebrow. With a slight movement of the right finger holding the disposable cup, a thin blade as thin as a cicada's wing suddenly flew out of Qingling's chest pocket and pressed against Gao Yang's neck.

"I can kill you more easily than Li Weiwei. Is this reason enough?"

"Enough..."

Gao Yang simply repeated the conversation with Police Officer Huang.

After listening, Qingling fell into deep thought.

You were quite smart and didn't expose yourself.

"Just a police officer." Gao Yang said deliberately, "What could be exposed?"

Qingling gave a cold smile: "It seems you don't quite understand your situation. Do you know how many monsters there are in this city?"

"How many?"

"The proportion is one in ten thousand."

"One monster in 10,000 people. That's indeed a high proportion," Gao Yang said.

"No. It's one person among 10,000 monsters."

"What?!" Gao Yang almost shouted. "You... Are you joking?"

"No."

"This is impossible!" Gao Yang couldn't believe it. He only felt his scalp go numb. This was too absurd.

This is the fact. Do you understand your situation now?

"..." Gao Yang's hand was shaking.

"For there to be just you and me as humans in our school is already a small probability event." Qingling took a step forward, her gaze icy. "As for your family, your friends, your neighbors, 99.99% of the people you have come into contact with in your life, without any surprises, are all monsters, all kinds of monsters."

Gao Yang stood rooted to the spot, and fear, like a cold poisonous snake, tightly coiled around him.

Grandma, dad, mom, sister, teacher, classmates, friends... Everyone might be a monster.

Gao Yang felt a wave of nausea in his stomach and just wanted to throw up.

"To tell you the truth, you are the third human I have ever seen so far. The first two humans were stronger than me, but they are both dead."

Gao Yang still held a glimmer of hope: "Impossible. If all the people around me were monsters... I would have died long ago."

"Because you have never been aware of their existence before, monsters won't harm unawakened humans. They only kill the awakened ones, that is, people like us."

"Why?"

"I have no idea either." Qingling shook her head. "They seem to have a set of their own rules. The information I have is also very limited..."

"What are you guys talking about?"

Gao Yang and Qingling were startled sharply.

The door of the pantry was pushed open, and Officer Huang stood outside the door with a beaming smile.

"What are the monsters you mentioned?"