identity exposure

9am, teaching office.

"Sit."

Officer Huang sat on the swivel chair of the head teacher, his body slightly leaned back, legs crossed, hands folded on his stomach, his demeanour relaxed and unruffled, as if he was sitting in his own interrogation room.

Gao Yang sat down in front of him in a disciplined manner and remained silent.

Officer Huang smiled at this and said, "Young man, don't be nervous, there's no one else here, I'll just ask you a few random questions."

"Well ..." Gao Yang muttered in a small voice at his words.

"Is your face hurt?"

"Oh, it was bitten by a bug." Gao Yang touched it casually.

"Okay, let's get started then." Officer Huang took out his transcript book, "Gao Yang, what was the relationship between the deceased Li Weiwei and you?"

"We've known each other since we were kids, we've always had a good relationship, sort of childhood friends." Gao Yang answered honestly.

Officer Huang asked as he took notes, "Were you with Li Weiwei all yesterday afternoon?"

"Well, we watched a movie at the mall, then had dinner and played until late at night before we each went home."

"What time was it when you and Vivian Li parted?"

"It seemed to be almost eleven o'clock."

Gao Yang knew that he couldn't keep track of the time too clearly, otherwise it would arouse the other party's suspicion.

"It was so late, didn't you give her a ride home?"

"I gave her a ride along the way, and she said she didn't need to on the last stretch, so I didn't."

Gao Yang knew that the surveillance on that last stretch of road had been destroyed by Qing Ling, so he deliberately asked, "Officer Huang you can watch the surveillance, the surveillance can prove it."

Officer Huang pondered for a moment and his eyes faintly twitched, "To be honest, the surveillance on the road where you separated happened to be broken."

"How come?" Gao Yang made a surprised expression.

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

"It could be an acquaintance who committed the crime, but it's just preliminary speculation, nothing clues at the moment. After all, there's no murder weapon, no witnesses, none of that."

"No clues at all?" Gao Yang inquired.

Officer Huang put down his legs and leaned forward and said, "Does Li Weiwei have any classmates who are not on good terms or have offended anyone?"

Gao Yang shook his head, "She's very nice, her classmates all like her, I can't think of any enemies she has."

"What about people who are jealous of her? Or others?"

Gao Yang sniffed and pondered for a moment, shaking his head, "No impression."

Officer Huang nodded, his eyes never leaving Gao Yang's face, "You like Li Weiwei, right?"

Gao Yang paused for a moment, "Well ... Kind of like it."

"Due to the need to investigate the case, I looked at Li Weiwei's chat records, you confessed your love to her before and she said yes ..."

"Yes, yesterday was our first date, I didn't think it would turn out to be our last ..." Gao Yang lowered his head, his mood low and sad, something he wasn't faking.

Officer Huang stopped asking questions as he stood up, "Okay, that's it for today." He went up and patted Gao Yang's shoulder, his tone was somewhat meaningful, "Condolences."

...

The questioning ended and Gao Yang breathed a sigh of relief, a false alarm.

He left the office and started walking towards his classroom.

"Gao Yang!" Someone called out to him.

Before Gao Yang could turn around, a strong arm suddenly wrapped around his neck from behind.

Gao Yang could barely breathe.

"Cough cough ... cough cough ..."

"Hahahahahahaha!"

A teenager with dyed blonde hair and earrings let go of his arm, this person was no other than Wang Zikai.

Wang Zi Kai was Gao Yang's high school classmate, but not anymore, because he was forced to drop out of school after he beat up the boy in the next class.

And the reason for the fight was quite ridiculous, just because the other guy took a look at him.

Wang Zikai's family is rich, and he drives a sports car to school every day, plus he is a good-looking boy, so he is a proper high-flyer.

He is a bully who is feared by everyone at school.

I don't know why, but this bully has been particularly warm to Gao Yang since his first year of high school. Wang Zikai has stressed to others more than once that Gao Yang is his best and only friend.

This flattered Gao Yang, but at the same time, it was also unbelievable. Gao Yang was quite scared inside at first, but then he realised that Wang Zikai was actually quite a nice person.

Today, Prince Kai was in a good mood, so he was probably here to check out of school.

"What's wrong with you, you look depressed." Wang Zikai asked Gao Yang curiously.

"Li Weiwei is dead." Gao Yang said with an expressionless face.

"Ah?!" Wang Zikai was taken aback at his words, "How did she die?"

"Robbery, killed ..."

"Holy shit! It's too unlucky too." The first thing I did was help you confess to her a couple of days ago, eh, did she say yes? I'm sure she said no. Hahaha, Gao Yang, if you keep going like this, no one will like you!"

Gao Yang shrugged his shoulders at his words, not caring about his words.

"Brother, don't be too sad." Wang Zikai patted Gao Yang's shoulder indifferently, "Look on the bright side, you'll never have to worry about her being snatched away by someone else again."

"..."

Gao Yang sniffed in silence.

"I'll drive to pick you up after school today, play some games together and relax." Wang Zikai said to Gao Yang with a smile.

"No, I have to go to Li Weiwei's funeral service tonight."

"Hmm ... Alright then, I won't go, I didn't really know her well, wish you get out of the gloom soon. "

"See you later. "

...

7pm. Mountain Green District. Funeral Hall.

Gao Yang and more than ten students, followed by the class teacher, attended the farewell ceremony of Li Weiwei's body.

On the one hand, Gao Yang had feelings for Li Weiwei, and although she had turned into a monster last night, he still wanted to come and give her a final send-off; on the other hand, he was curious as to why Li Weiwei was not cremated first after her death, which was not in line with his understanding of this world.

The funeral hall was dark and solemn, and Li Weiwei's posthumous photo was placed on the altar, showing the girl with a bright smile. The body was placed in a clear 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, constantly bowing to those who came to pay their respects.

Li Weiwei's mother could not stop crying, her face full of pathos.

The class teacher led a few students to bow to Li Weiwei, then went forward to shake hands with her parents, then walked around the glass coffin to conclude the farewell ceremony.

Gao Yang followed the procession, and as he approached the ice coffin, he took a closer look at Li Weiwei's body. She was wearing a black birthday suit and had make-up on her face, and she looked as if she was just asleep, no different from when she was alive.

But when he thought that this was the girl who had almost crushed his own head yesterday, the fear that came over him made his sweat stand on end.

The class teacher went up to talk to Li Weiwei's parents, and Gao Yang only felt his mouth go dry. He hurriedly avoided the crowd and went to the pantry at the side of the hearse to drink water.

Pushing the door open, he found Qingling was also there.

Gao Yang did not dare to look at Qing Ling and went to pour water alone, but Qing Ling took the initiative to come forward: "Did the police ask you anything?"

"Nothing."

"Tell me all about your conversation." Qing Ling said in a commanding tone.

Gao Yang sniffed and looked around to make sure no one was in the pantry before saying, "Why don't you continue the act?"

Qing Ling smiled slightly, "Acting what?"

"During the daytime, didn't you act very well!" Gao Yang was a little angry at this.

Qing Ling's eyes were cold as she said, "You've seen her?"

"What do you mean?"

"My other personality?"

Gao Yang was taken aback, then he understood, "You mean you have ... a dual personality?"

"Yes."

Gao Yang stopped talking and instead remained silent.

Qing Ling gently closed the pantry door behind him before saying.

"If you want to live in this world, you can't do it without lying to yourself. Over time, I have a second personality. She can be considered my sister, and I named her Qingxiang. But the vast majority of the time it was me, and sometimes she would disobey and run away on her own. Qingxiang was quite irritated by Li Weiwei's death."

Gao Yang's eyes were alert: "I no longer know now which of your words are true and which are not."

"It doesn't matter."

"Give me a reason to believe you."

"A reason?" Qing Ling raised an eyebrow at his words, and with a flick of his right finger holding the teacup, a blade as thin as a cicada's wing suddenly flew out from Qing Ling's breast pocket and was placed on Gao Yang's neck.

"I want to kill you, it's easier than killing Li Weiwei, is that reason enough?"

"It's enough ..."

Gao Yang could only briefly recap the conversation with Officer Huang.

Qing Ling listened and fell into deep thought.

"You're still smart enough not to show any hints."

"Just an ordinary policeman, I can still handle it."

Qing Ling smiled coldly, "It seems that you are not too clear about your situation, do you know how many beasts there are in this city?"

"How many?"

"The ratio is 1 in 10,000."

"One in 10,000 people is a beast, and this ratio is not very high." Gao Yang said with no concern at his words.

"No, out of ten thousand beasts, there is only one man."

"What?!" Gao Yang almost shouted when he heard that, "Really!?!!"

"That's not possible!" Gao Yang couldn't believe it, he just felt his scalp tingling, this was ridiculous.

"That's the truth, do you understand your situation now?"

"..."

Gao Yang's body trembled slightly.

"It's already pretty good to have two humans, me and you, in our school." Qing Ling stepped forward, her gaze cold, "As for your family, your friends, your neighbours, 99.99% of the people you come into contact with in your life, no surprise that they are all beasts,all kinds of beasts."

Gao Yang froze in place as he listened, fear wrapping around him like a cold, poisonous snake.

Grandmother, father, mother, sister, teachers, classmates, friends ... all of them were probably beasts. And Gao Yang, since crossing over, had been living with them for twelve years!

Gao Yang's stomach lurched and he just wanted to vomit.

"To tell you the truth, you're the third human I've seen so far. The first two humans were both stronger than me, but they are both dead now, at the hands of the beast."

Gao Yang still had a slight chance at this, "Impossible, if I was surrounded by beasts ... I would have died long ago."

"That's because you never noticed their presence before this, beasts don't harm unawakened humans. They only kill the awakened, that is, people like me."

"Why?"

"I'm not sure." Qingling shook his head, "They seem to have their own set of rules, and the information I have is limited ..."

"What are you guys talking about?"

A sudden voice made Gao Yang and Qing Ling jolt.

The door to the pantry was pushed open and Officer Huang stood outside with a big smile on his face.

"I'm curious, what is this beast you guys were talking about?"