Lin Yu had a reason for seeking out Shen Bingmiao.
This senior sister, one year ahead of him, was the most "famous" person at Jiangcheng Media University.
And the reason for her fame had little to do with her identity as the "Drama club president."
Shen Bingmiao was famous because, during her freshman year, she had hacked into the university's academic administration system to promote the Drama club's new play, sending a backend notification to every Jiangcheng Media student's APP.
As a result, she had been disciplined by the university.
Although Shen Bingmiao loved drama and scriptwriting and attended a media university, her major was actually "Digital Media Art."
As an individual contestant, she had also participated in Jiangcheng Universities' programming competition, defeating the computer science teams from neighboring Jiangcheng Institute of Technology and Jiangcheng University so thoroughly that they were utterly convinced.
Therefore, when Lin Yu asked Shen Bingmiao for help...
Naturally, he hoped she could directly pull up the enrollment records of all the freshmen at Jiangcheng Media.
In the backstage lounge of the activity center, Lin Yu watched Shen Bingmiao open her laptop. After clicking the mouse a few times, she brought up several windows...
"Here. The enrollment records of all the freshmen."
"Thanks, President."
Lin Yu selected the section for "female students" and began flipping through it.
Jiangcheng Media University had admitted more than three thousand freshmen this year. Female students made up a slightly larger share, numbering nearly two thousand.
Lin Yu had an excellent eye for faces, so he flipped through them quickly. He only needed a glance at each page, which contained four records, to confirm...
The girl who had killed him wasn't there.
Of course, it also helped that the junior student was very beautiful—and beautiful in a distinctive way.
Those bright, sharp eyes and brows were something Lin Yu would never forget after seeing them once.
In less than half an hour, Lin Yu had reached the end.
"No luck."
Lin Yu sighed and said regretfully.
Seeing Lin Yu's disappointed expression, Shen Bingmiao became even more curious.
"Judging by your expression, you really aren't looking for a junior student you like..."
"I suppose you could say I'm looking for an attacker."
Lin Yu shook his head.
"Could it have been a boy? You only looked at the girls just now," Shen Bingmiao analyzed. "Maybe it was a 'cross-dressing beauty'!"
"No. That build and those facial features definitely belonged to a girl," Lin Yu said with certainty. "And if there really were a boy who looked like that... he would probably have been famous across the university already."
Jiangcheng Media University's acting department was famous, so the school was not short of beautiful girls and handsome boys. Thus, even if last night's "junior sister" was very beautiful, it was still possible for her to have remained unknown.
But if it had been a boy that beautiful...
He probably would have recognized him himself last night!
Shen Bingmiao clicked her tongue softly. "All right. Then should I help you... investigate through other means?"
"If you mistook her for a junior sister, she should have looked like a university student. And there aren't that many universities in Jiangcheng..."
She spoke eagerly, but Lin Yu hesitated before shaking his head.
"Forget it, President."
If Shen Bingmiao really continued investigating, Lin Yu was afraid she might get herself into trouble.
He still did not know what that mysterious girl who had killed him wanted, or whether she was the type to kill innocent people indiscriminately...
But she was, after all, a dangerous person who could produce a handgun at any moment and might even have participated in the "Death game."
As a participant in the "Death game," Lin Yu knew all too well...
After experiencing this game, he would cherish life more—his own life, especially!
But when it came to other people's lives...
Lin Yu could not deny that his attitude toward the lives of others had grown more contemptuous!
Because he had truly killed people in the Death game.
Just as a beast that had killed someone could not be allowed to remain, a person who had killed someone... was actually the same.
Because they would include "killing someone"—something ordinary people would hardly ever seriously consider—among the "solutions" they could turn to when facing a problem.
"Don't worry, President... It's just a small matter."
"I won't let it affect my performance onstage!"
Lin Yu spoke with certainty.
Seeing how firmly Lin Yu promised this, Shen Bingmiao could only nod.
"All right, I believe you... Who asked you to be our Drama club's 'ace'?"
And just as Lin Yu had promised...
During the rehearsals that followed, he seemed to have completely forgotten the matter weighing on his mind, maintaining an exceptionally perfect state.
Even Shen Bingmiao, watching from below the stage, had to admit...
Lin Yu's performance today really was perfect.
"You're in great form..."
"No, calling it 'good form' isn't enough. It feels like... Junior Lin Yu suddenly evolved again overnight!"
"It's almost as if someone held a gun to his head last night and forced him to practice acting all night!"
Shen Bingmiao muttered.
What she did not know was...
Although those words sounded like a joke, in a certain sense, they had actually revealed the truth!
Last night, with someone indeed holding a gun to his head, Lin Yu had completed the most successful impromptu performance of his life!
Playing the role of a "detective," playing the role of a "Player," playing the role of... a "god"!
Lin Yu himself could feel it as well...
After experiencing last night's Death game, his acting had indeed been "elevated"!
"Is this what the teacher meant when she said that life experience could also help acting grow..."
That night, after the official performance had ended...
Listening to the thunderous applause from below the stage and watching the students—who had originally come only for "credits" or because their roommates had dragged them along to "show support"—become completely immersed in his performance, Lin Yu was filled with emotion.
His acting had been excellent before, but its impact had never been this strong!
Could this count as a blessing in disguise?
Thinking this, Lin Yu could not help laughing.
But... no matter how one put it.
Improved acting was a good thing!
"President, I'm heading out first!"
Looking at the darkening sky outside, Lin Yu, who had changed out of his costume backstage, said to Shen Bingmiao.
"'Ace,' we still have the appreciation and audience interaction segment!"
Shen Bingmiao reminded him.
Lin Yu laughed. "Just tell them I have a 'stomachache'—the lead actor felt unwell but still insisted on completing the entire performance, yet was truly unable to come out and thank the audience... I'm sure everyone will understand, right?"
With that, Lin Yu walked straight out of the Drama club.
"Hey, get back here!"
Shen Bingmiao stamped her foot anxiously, but there was nothing she could do about Lin Yu.
She watched Lin Yu's retreating back and sighed.
"Fine, we'll do as he says..."
"I just hope those 'fans' who came for him won't get too angry."
After leaving the Drama club's backstage area, Lin Yu mounted his bicycle and hurried out of the campus.
His destination now...
Was, of course, the address on that card—"No. 940 Changming Street, Shangnan District, Jiangcheng"!
Although the timing was not right...
Lin Yu still had to go there ahead of time and scout the place.
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