The Stunned Oriole

"After all, not everyone is as awesome as we are." Qin Yunhai said it naturally, without blushing in the slightest.

Neither did Wu Wei.

Qin Yunhai nodded in satisfaction. Otherwise, why would they be called best friends?

"Still, he really does have reason to be proud. This Dream Builder ability is somewhat troublesome for ordinary people. Thinking about it now, Kuang Zhiguo was probably hypnotized by him, which was why he wanted to kill you."

Wu Wei's eyes flickered as he pondered. "Maybe Li Long reacted that way because of him too. Dream Builder? Rebirth?"

Li Long had said he had been reborn, and Wu Wei had not doubted him at the time.

But looking at it now, compared with rebirth, it was indeed more likely—and more believable—that Wang Zixuan had used his awakened ability to confuse them into thinking he had been reborn.

"What are you going to do?" Qin Yunhai asked Wu Wei.

Wu Wei gave the same answer as Lan Meng. "Report it to the authorities."

In fact, Wu Wei did not get the chance to do so.

Because Wang Zixuan beat him to it.

"You're saying that your roommate Wu Wei killed your other roommate, Kuang Zhiguo?"

Looking at Wang Zixuan, Li Xiong, a detective from the Six Fan Gate, frowned slightly.

He had been ordered to come to Imperial Capital University to investigate Kuang Zhiguo's death. He had not expected to encounter this situation.

What he had not expected even more was that Li Long, who had only met with disaster yesterday, had also been from their dormitory.

As an experienced veteran detective, Li Xiong immediately sensed that something was off.

"Yes. I have a recording on my phone as evidence."

Wang Zixuan handed his phone to Li Xiong, then continued, "I didn't expect things to become this serious either. I happened to discover it by chance, but I didn't think much of it at the time. I merely recorded what happened."

He hadn't expected things to become this serious?

He had discovered it by chance?

He had merely recorded it?

Li Xiong did not believe a single punctuation mark of Wang Zixuan's words.

But if Wang Zixuan's phone really contained the video he claimed it did, then none of that mattered.

After all, the Six Fan Gate handled cases based on evidence.

At that moment, Wu Wei also strolled into the area.

With the Six Fan Gate here to investigate, both he and Wang Zixuan had to show up. After all, they had been the last two people by Kuang Zhiguo's side before his death.

The moment Wang Zixuan saw Wu Wei, his eyes lit up.

"Wu Wei, over here."

Li Xiong also saw Wu Wei and fell into thought.

Yesterday, he had personally interrogated Wu Wei. As a detective who had worked for the Six Fan Gate for more than a decade, he had not actually overlooked the fact that Li Long had died in Wu Wei's room.

He had merely chosen to ignore it yesterday, since Qian Ruoyun had already confessed.

But now that Kuang Zhiguo was dead too, he could no longer keep ignoring it.

At the end of the day, Li Xiong simply disliked trouble. That did not mean he intended to indulge crime.

When Wu Wei approached, Li Xiong deliberately said, "Student Wu Wei, you're in trouble. You're in big trouble, do you know that?"

He wanted to see Wu Wei's reaction, and he got the answer he had expected.

Wu Wei said calmly, "Nope."

He was acting far too normal, which made him highly abnormal.

Li Xiong had already formed a judgment inwardly, while Wang Zixuan found it even harder to suppress his excitement.

He had never thought Wu Wei was anything special. He was just a little better at studying and a little more handsome. So what?

Why should the woman I like like you?

I'll make sure you're utterly disgraced. Let's see if you can still act as smug as before.

"Wu Wei, sorry. Last night, I got up to use the bathroom and accidentally recorded a video of you drugging Kuang Zhiguo."

"Wu Wei, you've disappointed me too much. I never thought you were this kind of person."

They were still on campus, and Kuang Zhiguo's death had drawn quite a few students over. Wang Zixuan's accusations against Wu Wei attracted even more attention.

Many people were already looking at Wu Wei strangely, but there was none of the mockery or kicking-a-man-when-he-was-down behavior described in novels.

Those who could get into Imperial Capital University were either smart themselves or had wealthy and influential families. In either case, there were very few fools among them.

Naturally, they rarely did foolish things.

Wu Wei was completely unfazed by Wang Zixuan's accusation. He was only curious about one thing. "Wang Zixuan, setting everything else aside, what grudge do you have against me? Why are you going to such lengths to target me? You accidentally recorded a video of me drugging Kuang Zhiguo? Even if you want to frame me, couldn't you at least come up with a decent excuse? We're all smart people. Who could that excuse fool?"

Wang Zixuan smiled. "That's the truth. Believe it or not, the evidence is conclusive, and you can't deny it."

Of course he knew that explanation was full of holes.

So what?

To devise a flawless plot and make Wu Wei lose wholeheartedly? Wang Zixuan had never had such thoughts.

In Wang Zixuan's eyes, bringing Wu Wei down with such an obviously flawed frame-up gave him an even greater sense of accomplishment.

"Don't tell me you like Lan Meng too?"

Wu Wei continued pursuing the heart of the matter.

Wang Zixuan's expression changed slightly. Wu Wei noticed it and was somewhat speechless.

"Does Lan Meng really have that much charm? Making all of you rush after her one after another?"

Wu Wei could not understand it at all.

After all, in front of him, Lan Meng was the same as Wang Zixuan and the others were in front of Lan Meng.

Wang Zixuan clenched and unclenched his fists. "Wu Wei, trash like you will never understand what feelings are."

"True, I don't understand. We're on different levels, after all. The woman I disdain is a lofty goddess in your eyes." Wu Wei answered naturally.

He swore to the lamp that he had absolutely not meant it as sarcasm.

But Wang Zixuan nearly suffered internal injuries from holding it in.

"Wu Wei, keep acting arrogant. You'll be crying soon enough. Don't worry, once you're in prison, Lan Meng and I will visit you."

The next moment, Wang Zixuan wanted to throw back his head and laugh, boosting his own momentum.

But then he was dumbfounded.

Because Li Xiong directly put a pair of handcuffs on him.

"Student Wang Zixuan, you are suspected of murder. You'll need to come back with us for investigation," Li Xiong said flatly.

Wang Zixuan was both shocked and furious. "What are you talking about? Obviously, it was Wu..."

The rest of his words caught in his throat.

Li Xiong held the video before his eyes, and he clearly saw that the person in it was indeed himself.

At that moment, Wu Wei sighed faintly.

"Too clever by half, and you've lost both the lady and the army. Wang Zixuan, do you have anything else to say now?"

Wang Zixuan looked at Wu Wei with hatred in his eyes and a twisted expression on his face.

"Wu Wei, do you look down on me?"

Without waiting for Wu Wei to answer, Wang Zixuan continued talking to himself. "I know you definitely look down on me. Ever since my grandfather died when I was eight, many people started looking down on me."

"Only the young lady, she entered my life like an angel. You'll never understand what that felt like. I'll spare no cost to hold on to that feeling."

Wu Wei: "Huh?"