Mu Qiansè's case was not an isolated one.
During the subsequent investigation into Bai Zhi's other Ex-girlfriends, Xia Wen discovered several more identical cases.
In the end, based on the clues she had found, Xia Wen pieced together and reconstructed the whole truth in her mind.
First of all, Bai Zhi, who casually kept one million in his bank card, was not short on money. Therefore, the speculation that he was a pretty boy living off women because of his looks did not hold up.
Would someone with one million in their bank card scam people out of a few hundred bucks? Wasn't that some joke from the last century?
Once that biggest stain was gone, the other stains naturally ceased to exist as well. After all, aside from scamming money, he had not done anything truly heinous.
Forget about first kisses—someone who spent all year hanging around Internet Cafes had barely even held his girlfriend's hand...
Of course, his unreasonable behavior was also a stain. For example, deliberately standing people up, breaking appointments, skipping dates, using money from his girlfriend's wallet to top up a Game, and so on...
But once that unreasonable behavior was applied to Urban Legends, everything became reasonable again.
He had come to eliminate Anomalies, not to fall in love. Once he dealt with an Anomaly, he broke up without any hesitation. He had even chosen to shoulder the blame himself. It all seemed to carry a certain carefree flair.
By the end of the investigation, Xia Wen herself had become quite curious about him.
After all, he was handsome, mysterious, and so carefree in what he did. He did good deeds without leaving his name behind... He had practically gathered every virtue there was. No wonder her bestie had fallen for him.
Xia Wen suddenly understood Lin Xiaoyi a little better.
"Based on my experience from browsing all kinds of doujinshi for years, Xiao Yi, if you really want to win him over, your previous method won't work."
Solemnly raising one finger before her, Xia Wen wore a grave expression.
"You keep saying that you want to pursue him, but do you really understand him? He neither lacks money nor craves women. What strengths do you have that could attract him, Xiao Yi?"
"Uh..."
Xia Wen's righteous lecture left Lin Xiaoyi feeling a little less confident herself.
"So, if you want to pursue Bai Zhi, Xiao Yi, you first have to thoroughly understand his preferences. To give the simplest example, most students in the school know that Bai Zhi grew up in an Orphanage, but do you know which Orphanage he was in? Or, on a smaller scale, do you know what he likes to eat and what he hates to eat?"
"Wah... I don't know."
Letting out a mournful sound, Lin Xiaoyi looked utterly dejected.
"I nearly forgot that he grew up as an orphan..."
"That's exactly it. You only saw the other side of him hidden beneath the light, but you did not see the other side of that other side hidden beneath the light. You think I'm on the first floor and you're on the second, but I'm actually on the fifth floor. I see far more than you do. We need to learn to see through appearances to the essence."
Reaching out to pat Lin Xiaoyi on the shoulder, Xia Wen spoke earnestly.
"In doujinshi, Male Protagonists with this sort of strange personality must have suffered some huge change in their family when they were young, which gradually made them who they are today. So if you really want to win him over, you must first understand his past."
"So what exactly are we going to do next?"
Lin Xiaoyi looked at Xia Wen expectantly.
"Hmph, who do you think I am? I'm Xia Wen, known as the Best Partner. Your business is my business, so just leave everything to me."
With a mysterious smile, Xia Wen conjured two Tickets from her pocket and waved them in front of Lin Xiaoyi.
"I've already found the Orphanage where Bai Zhi stayed when he was little. I'm planning to investigate it this weekend, and I've even bought the Tickets. When the weekend comes, Xiao Yi, you'll come with me... Hey, hey, hey, don't pounce on me! It's so hot in summer!!!"
Although the government had been conducting information control online, bits of unofficial news and various videos filmed on-site at great personal risk still circulated through major QQ groups. Coupled with the obvious recent increase in all kinds of safety-awareness notices, some more sensitive people could already sense a storm brewing.
Because of what had happened at the Teaching Building a few days ago, the students involved were still lying unconscious in the hospital. As a result, the students in the class had been rather restless while studying these past few days.
Bai Zhi, however, had not been affected. After the three days he had spent preparing for the Novice Quest, he went back to attending class on time every day.
If he isolated himself from people too much, an Anomaly Incident might occur at school without him noticing it in time. Besides, he was currently short on Experience Points, and he was no longer the shut-in who only knew how to stay in Internet Cafes and play Games all day.
If he kept staying indoors like before, his physical condition would worsen by the day. Base Attributes were not fixed. Even if your Constitution reached an astonishing 14 points, close to the human limit, staying home without exercising for an entire month would cause your Constitution attribute to drop.
Therefore, physical training was still very important.
Players and common people could not be distinguished from one another, nor was there any Player radar for identifying Players. Before Players voluntarily revealed their own information, no one knew how many Players were hidden within this school.
However, Bai Zhi was certain that there was definitely more than one Player hidden in the school.
I need to find time to visit the hospital. The key to waking up those students who still haven't regained consciousness might lie in that Title Deed of the Shadow Realm...
Resting his head on one hand atop the desk as he looked out the window, Bai Zhi pondered inwardly.
Also, since I have money now, I should move somewhere bigger. I need to find time to return to the Orphanage and pack up my things too. I remember there's quite a bit of scandalous history there... Though it isn't mine.
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