A Master or an Obedient Student?

"Jin Xi, no matter what, I still have to thank you for helping me. It's getting late, you should go back to class!" Seeing that Jin Xi was not willing to say more, Liu Tao did not force her.

"Alright, goodbye, Teacher Liu." With that, Jin Xi turned and left.

Liu Tao paused. She acted so mysterious just now, like a master, how did she turn into an obedient student so quickly?

…

Year 3, Class 9.

Jin Xi walked into the classroom, and the bad students who had gathered together dispersed. Needless to say, they must be discussing Jin Xi.

Jin Xi ignored them and strode over to her seat with her long, slender legs. The school required the students to wear uniforms. It had a simple style and the colors were monotonous, but for some reason, it looked exquisite on her. 

When the bell rang, Jin Xi took out the elementary school textbook that Liu Tao had given her and flipped through it casually. It was so boring. She yawned and started scribbling on the paper to kill time.

"Dong Dong."

Suddenly, a knocking sound came from under her desk. Jin Xi lazily turned her head.

Her deskmate quietly pushed a note over with a pen. Her movements were very fast, as if she was afraid of being found out.

Jin Xi took it and saw a message on it.

[ "You'd better ask your parents to come and pick you up after school. They seem to want to do something to you." ]

Jin Xi narrowed her eyes. Those students? They seemed to have forgotten what happened.

She chuckled and wrote a short sentence.

[ "I'll be fine." ]

The girl was very anxious when she saw this. When she entered the classroom in the morning, she heard that someone was going to deal with the new student after school. She liekd her deskmate, so she took the risk to remind her, but she didn't take it seriously at all. What should she do?

…

When the school bell rang, the girl didn't dare to leave. She asked tentatively, "Jin Xi, I…I'm going home now." She was still worried, so she reminded her again.

"If you're afraid, you can go to the security guards at the gate. They'll help you."

That group of bad students was not to be trifled with, and this was all she could do. Fortunately, Jin Xi didn't refuse this time.

"I will," she nodded with a smile, "thank you."

Hearing this, the girl finally heaved a sigh of relief and left with the other students.

Jin Xi had no intention of going home. She was the last one to walk out of the classroom. She carried her school bag on one shoulder and looked up at the sky as she walked out of the teaching building. The fiery red sunset, the clear sky, and the full moon.

She took out her phone and sent a message to Zhang Lan.

[ "It's time. Prepare the Soul Pearl." ]

In fact, she hadn't gone to treat Old Madam Zhong because she was waiting for the night of the full moon. The day of the full moon was the day with the strongest yin energy every month. Only on such a special day would the Soul Pearl be able to unleash its greatest effect. This way, it would be able to eradicate the strange illness in Old Madam Zhong's body.

However, things had gone wrong on Zhang Lan's end.

As soon as she sent the message, she received a call.

"Hello?" Jin Xi asked.

"You're looking for Zhang Lan?"

An unfamiliar voice came from the other end of the phone.

Jin Xi froze for a moment, then asked warily, "who are you?"

"I'm Cui Feng, an officer from the police station. My police number is 95527. Zhang Lan is suspected of a hit-and-run case and is now being detained. I received your text message and thought that you two should be acquaintances, so I called you back." 

Jin Xi's face darkened. The last time they met, she had already reminded Zhang Lan to quickly get rid of that car. However, that fellow didn't take it seriously. Now, he was being detained!

"Alright, I got it." Jin Xi hung up.

Normally, she wouldn't even care if Zhang Lan was detained or not. However, she had to use the Soul Pearl today, so she had to get him out.

Carrying her school bag, she quickly walked to the school gate and was about to hail a taxi to the police station.

Unexpectedly, a few figures appeared out of nowhere and blocked her way.

"Hey, new student, where are you in such a hurry to go? Do you want us to give you a ride?"

Jin Xi recognized the person. His name was Gao Xu, the leader of the gang in Class 9. Jin Xi didn't know the people around him, but judging from their roguish attire, they weren't students. They were probably hooligans who had dropped out of school.