Off to School

Mi Chuchu waited in the cold wind for several minutes, but didn't encounter a single person so early in the morning, and had no way to ask for more information.

Looking left and right, she came to the front door on the first floor and kicked the pile of cardboard boxes by the door twice. Those two kicks almost made her see black, and she had to lean against the wall to catch her breath.

"This child's physical condition is too poor."

After complaining, Mi Chuchu heard footsteps coming from the room again, so she quickly ran to the stairs and pretended to go downstairs. When the door opened, she was coming down the stairs and met the eyes of the old lady inside.

Before she could speak, Mi Chuchu greeted her, "Hello, Grandma."

Grandma was clearly taken aback, and muttered, "You little brat, are you here to collect a debt? What bad luck."

After saying that, the door slammed shut with a deafening roar.

Mi Chuchu was completely bewildered as she recalled her words, unable to understand them at all.

"Captain, if we're going by what Lin Yi's mother said, I've only been here for a few days at most. How did I end up offending this old lady?"

Qin Rang was of course unaware of this. At that moment, the group saw a woman wearing a long down jacket and heavy makeup walking towards them from a distance.

The woman wrapped her clothes tightly in the cold wind, revealing a pair of exceptionally slender legs. She walked unsteadily as if she might fall at any moment, and had large dark circles under her eyes.

"It looks familiar..." Tao Yuan muttered.

Mi Chuchu moved aside to give the woman a spacious spot, but the woman still bumped into Mi Chuchu. Mi Chuchu, the little girl, was fine, but the woman herself twisted her ankle, slipped on her high heels, and fell to the ground.

"You're so blind! I really do hate kids more than anything in this world."

The woman got up cursing and glared at Mi Chuchu before leaving, spewing vulgarities.

After her Dad drove out, Mi Chuchu opened the car window and looked out. As the car drove out of the residential area, she finally saw signs of life near the North Gate.

There were several people walking their dogs without leashes on the street. One of them, a young woman, was arguing with an old man who was holding a broom. She said that her dog hadn't pooped or peed indiscriminately, but the old man wouldn't let go and insisted that she clean up the strange dog poop in front of her.

Early in the morning, a middle-aged man was drunk and disorderly at the entrance of the general hospital, hurling insults at the nurses inside.

The Community Center's recreational square was a mess, littered with all sorts of trash.

"So this is what this neighborhood used to be like?" Sheng Qingqiao recalled the strange neighborhood he had seen before, which was orderly and completely different from what he saw now.

Wang Ding said, "That's more realistic. A bizarre neighborhood with too many Rules is definitely not as lively as a human neighborhood."

"Is this what you call lively? This is chaos!"

Mi Chuchu and the others watched as their Dad arrived at the North Gate, North Gate the Security Guards opened the gate for him, allowing him to walk out of the community smoothly.

Outside the residential area was a busy highway, and Mi Chuchu hadn't expected the journey to school to be so smooth; she arrived at her destination in half an hour.

Yun City District Lily School (Primary Campus):

Mi Chuchu raised her head to memorize the name, then followed the flow of people inside. Wasn't that the familiar teaching building the one they had bombed before?

That was Jiang Tuanyuan, the school my Little Dumpling went to.

After saying goodbye to her Dad, Mi Chuchu walked into the school gate, and once again a selection box popped up in front of her.

The class you will be attending is:

A: Class 3(2)

B: Class 2(3)

C: Class 4(2)

"Qin Rang, Tao Yuan, which one should we choose?" Mi Chuchu quickly asked for help.

"Choose A!" Qin Rang.

Mi Chuchu made her choice of options with the last second of the countdown in hand, and followed her memory to find Class 3(2).

Fortunately, I had figured out the elementary school map of this school before in the Little Dumpling Instance, otherwise I wouldn't be able to find my class now.

"We previously learned that Lin Yi's graduation file is in Class 6(2), and he will not change classes unless there are special circumstances."

"The certificates of merit we saw in his house before third grade were all displayed in the study, while those after third grade were all in his room. You've only just arrived, and your Dad are treating you normally, so you can't be in fourth grade; it can only be before fourth grade."

Qin Rang explained.

Sure enough, Mi Chuchu arrived at the classroom safely, but she stopped in front of the classroom door.

She didn't know where her seat was.

Looking through the window, Mi Chuchu had arrived fairly early; there were quite a few empty seats in the classroom. She was sure she'd sit in the wrong seat if she went in.

Bai Yang simply said, "Just find somewhere to hide and come back to sit when most people have arrived."

"That's one way too," Tao Yuan agreed.

Mi Chuchu agreed, thinking it made sense; she could also use this time to look around for any other news.

Although she knew the safest thing to do at this point was to hide somewhere and wait it out, that would only lead to a slow death for her. The more she knew, the greater her chances of survival.

"Ah!"

As she turned to leave, a little girl about her height suddenly bumped into her from behind, and both of them took a step back.

"Lin Yi, what are you standing there for? Why aren't you going inside?" The girl's loud voice attracted the attention of the other students in the class.

Mi Chuchu steadied herself, and another pop-up window appeared in front of her.

Faced with the girl's question, you choose:

A: Apologize and make way

B: Apology and flattery

C: It's none of your business!

Mi Chuchu blurted out, "None of your business... What's it to you?" Perhaps feeling it was inappropriate to use foul language with a child, Mi Chuchu thoughtfully changed her wording.

Lin Yi didn't seem like the type to hold her anger in; options A and B were not within her consideration.

The girl's eyes widened, her index finger almost poking Mi Chuchu's face. "Lin Yi, how dare you talk to me like that! You wait, I'm going to tell the teacher!"

The girl stormed off, leaving Mi Chuchu completely bewildered.

She was prepared for a heated argument, but she never expected to hear that the teacher would tell her.

... Is it really necessary? Going to see the teacher right away?

Seeing her worry, An Ying said, "This isn't a death sentence. If it were, the girl would have eaten you instead of telling the teacher. Don't worry."

Mi Chuchu was relieved.

Moonlit Night glanced at Qin Rang and said, "Aren't you curious about what would happen if we had chosen the other two options?"

"Why choose those two? We didn't do anything wrong," Sheng Qingqiao, puzzled.

Bai Yang said, "Idiot, he means what information the other two options can provide."

Wang Ding pondered, "Judging from that girl's angry attitude, Lin Yi probably rarely says things like that. This proves that his usual tone and attitude are similar to the first two options. Are we out of character?"

"It should be," Tao Yuan said, "But it's just a sentence, there won't be any serious consequences, so it won't be fatal. I didn't expect Lin Yi to have such a good temper before."

The Lin Yi they encountered in the eerie neighborhood was quite different; he was capable of wielding a knife and attacking people.

"We don't yet know exactly which questions are dangerous, but not every question has a fatal option; it's just that each option has different consequences and outcomes," Qin Rang said.

Bai Yang gave him a thumbs up, but because it was a chibi-style thumbs up, it looked rather comical.