Night Chase

Shan Kaiquan and the others made another trip, filled five buckets of water, and splashed it all across the corridor in front of Class 8 and Class 9. Some of the water even spread into Class 10's territory.

"Almost done." Ma Shicheng stood on tiptoe and hunched over as he carefully waded through the water. If his shoes got soaked, they would not dry easily in this weather.

While the others were busy, Wang Longlong guarded the east-side balcony of Class 8, keeping watch for anything unusual and preventing them from being discovered by the school security guard. But it was one in the morning now, and every light in the school buildings had gone out.

The night was cold and desolate. There was only a faint glow between heaven and earth, like the crystalline gleam reflected by frost.

Wang Longlong shrank his neck. Normally, he would definitely be tucked under his blankets by now. His parents had something to do tonight and would not be coming home, which was why he could stay at school.

Meng Gui invited Ma Ge and me to sleep over at his place tonight. Should I go? Wang Longlong's thoughts drifted.

Suddenly, he spotted a black figure emerging from the north exit of Building No. 2.

Wang Longlong froze. Someone is still studying this late?

He marveled at the person's diligence. At this level, he's probably even better than Chen Qian. This first-year student is terrifying!

After thinking it over, Wang Longlong took out his phone, intending to snap a picture to motivate Qian Ge'er.

But it was too dark. Smartphone cameras these days were terrible at taking nighttime photos, and he could not make out anything clearly.

As Wang Longlong pondered this, he suddenly saw that the shadow was not heading toward the