Red Maple Leaf Boarding School (23): "He Never Replied Again"
Ms. Medina taught English. If Shang Qingbei had been here, he might have been somewhat interested; unfortunately, most of the Players still alive were past the age of needing to take English exams.
They were either fidgeting restlessly or distracted and uneasy, yet they still had to pretend to listen attentively in front of the NPCs. It was sheer misery.
Fortunately, at exactly eleven o'clock, a piercing bell rang on time, announcing the end of class.
Ms. Medina gathered all the Players into the corridor, her cold gaze sweeping across every face. "I know that last night, quite a few of you did not rest properly and slipped out of your dormitories while I wasn't paying attention—those who did so know exactly who they are."
Seeing that she was clearly settling scores after the fact, the Players all held their breath and waited anxiously for judgment to fall. A few with weaker nerves were already trembling dazedly.
Ms. Medina seemed quite satisfied with their fear, her gray eyes narrowing slightly. "Of course, I keep my word. I can forgive all your violations on the first day. But one bad child took something of mine and still hasn't returned it. Such vile behavior must be punished."
The moment she finished speaking, a short player in the crowd let out a startled cry. Everyone looked over to see a mass of yellow flowers suddenly blooming across his chest, their stamens bursting forth lushly and feverishly, cascading downward like a waterfall.
He howled in agony and toppled backward onto the ground, rolling and convulsing without stop. Yellow flowers were continuously crushed beneath him, but more soon bloomed from the corpses of the flowers. Broken petals and intact stamens covered him together, crawling outward