Chapter 369: Chapter 369 - 369: No Crying on the Rooftop

Translator: Zayn_

The three of them quickly left the garden and prepared to return to the club activity room.

At this moment, a few men in black came out of the laboratory building behind the garden.

They were wearing the same clothes as the people who took Jiang Xuyan to the small dark room.

Yu Muhuai didn’t even think about it. He tugged at their sleeves.” Run!”

Tang Zinian panted as he ran. “What did we do to trigger this? There’s no sign at all!”

“Maybe we stayed outside for too long and didn’t go back to class.” Yu Muhuai guessed.

“Then, then we, can’t- can’t skip class?”

Otherwise, he would lose himself if he did not find any clues.

Tang Zinian’s doubts were not answered.

Because Yu Muhuai suddenly stopped in his tracks.

Shu Ling followed behind the two of them. Just as she was about to speak, she saw another man in black walking towards them.

The black-robed man’s initial speed was not fast, as if he was deliberately giving them some buffer time. However, once they got close, their pursuit speed would increase.

The three of them were anxious and ran in different directions.

Shu Ling’s physical fitness wasn’t as good as Tang Zinian’s, so it was only a matter of time before she was caught.

Tang Zinian chose the nearest teaching building to enter, but the exact situation was unknown.

After running for a while, Yu Muhuai realized that he couldn’t find the building where the classroom was located. He saw a sign along the way that said ‘Building B’, so he ran in.

Building B was one of the six legends, the location of the crying on the rooftop.

Yu Muhuai felt that if the men in black were to pursue him, he would definitely be caught. After all, there was more than one of them. In this way, he would have to check at least one more place before entering the small black room to avoid wasting time.

Panting, he walked around the teaching building a few times and then went straight to the rooftop.

“Whoosh-Whoosh-”

Yu Muhuai, who hadn’t exercised vigorously for a long time, was about to heave a sigh of relief when a shadow fell on his face.

Yu Muhuai was so shocked that he took a step back. He grabbed the handrail firmly and turned around. Then, he met a pair of familiar eyes.

“So it’s you-”

“Why are you here?”

Their voices rang out one after another.

Song Qingyou made way for Yu Muhuai to go up to the rooftop first.

“I made an excuse that I was coming to look for you guys, so 1 went to the activity room. In the end, you guys weren’t there, so I came out to investigate myself.”

Yu Muhuai’s breathing gradually calmed down. “We went to look at the red maple tree but couldn’t find any clues. We triggered the escape mode and were chased here by the men in black.”

“You’re not being chased,” he said. “This means that the trigger condition might be that we ‘skipped class’ for too long.”

“If that’s the case,” Song Qingyou magically took out a lock. “Should I go and lock the rooftop?”

Yu Muhuai then remembered. “I almost forgot. The rooftop of Building B doesn’t allow students to enter. It must be locked. Didn’t they say that the key is with the security guard?”

“This kind of lock is easy to open.”

Song Qingyou pushed open the door and asked, “How about it? Do you need me to lock you up?”

“No.” Yu Muhuai raised his hand to block the door.

The two of them were very close to each other. The moment he looked up, his usual gentle appearance inexplicably became a little aggressive. After seeing Song Qingyou’s face, his throat moved and he turned his head away.

“The lock can only be opened from the outside. 1 don’t want to be locked up here.”

“Alright.” Song Qingyou calmly let go of the door and didn’t ask if he didn’t believe her.

The two of them stayed on the rooftop for a while, but no black-clothed man came.

“Why didn’t they come up?” Song Qingyou glanced at the stairs. “Have you already shaken him off?”

“Impossible.”

“That is the problem of location.”

The two of them looked at each other and said in unison, “They won’t enter the place where the ghost story/legend happened!”

In order to verify this conjecture, Song Qingyou boldly walked downstairs a few steps, and soon ran back.

“They are indeed downstairs.”

Moreover, they stood motionless, like a machine on standby.

The two of them smiled at each other and turned to investigate the situation on the rooftop.

Other than some miscellaneous items, there was only a huge water tank on the rooftop.

Song Qingyou stepped on the ladder that could open the water tank cover, and she covered her nose halfway.

“So smelly.”

Without thinking, she turned around and walked back.

“Students are forbidden from coming to the rooftop. Could it be because of this stench?”

It wasn’t that Song Qingyou couldn’t handle the pungent smell, but when she thought about how she had kicked the door lock off the rooftop, it was already out of the production team’s expectations. It was better not to move the lock on the water tank.

Yu Muhuai didn’t notice anything wrong. He was just curious. “Is it smelly?”

“The smell should have dissipated. You can only smell it when you stand closer. It smells like a very stimulating smell of fertilizer. I’m thinking if this smell was… specially arranged.”

Song Qingyou knew the answer, but she wasn’t too sure.

Yu Muhuai walked up the stairs thoughtfully and then came down with his nose covered like Song Qingyou.

At this moment, the bell rang.

“If the men in black are here to catch people who skip class, they should leave now that the bell has rung.” Song Qingyou’s mind was clear.

Yu Muhuai looked downstairs.

Just as Song Qingyou had said, the men in black had left the place and were heading towards the school gate.

“There are only ten minutes between classes. There will be a test in the next class.”

Song Qingyou waved her hand and said, “I’ll go back to the classroom first.”

Yu Muhuai didn’t reply. He just looked at the place Song Qingyou had just checked carefully again.

However, there was still only a stench on the rooftop. There was no source of crying.

Yu Muhuai quickly followed Song Qingyou.

When the two returned to the classroom, Tang Zinian was already chatting with Zhao Yingnan.

As for Shu Ling…

Song Qingyou looked around and confirmed that she wasn’t there. “Where’s

Shu Ling?” Why isn’t she here?”

“She was taken away,” Tang Zinian shrugged.

“I heard from Muhuai that the two of you ran away together. Now that Shu

Ling has been captured, Lil Tang, you’re very suspicious.”

“Why is Sister Qingyou calling me Little Tang?” Tang Zinian complained, then said, “We separated after that. I only realized that Sister Shu Ling wasn’t back when I returned to the classroom. Sister Qingyou, don’t accuse a good person.”

No one could testify to what he said. Even Zhao Yingnan looked at him a few more times.

“I’m a new student,” Tang Zinian said. “I joined the club to pursue Sister Yingnan. I can’t be the mastermind.”

“Everyone is a suspect.” Song Qingyou said, “We can’t rule out the possibility that the new student setting is just superficial.”

Zhao Yingnan nodded.” For example, she might have returned to school after plastic surgery, or she might have had an intersection with this school.”

“It sounds a little ridiculous.” Tang Zinian said,” But this setting is not impossible…”

Halfway through their conversation, they suddenly heard Yu Muhuai, who had just sat down, raise his hand and greet them.

“Teacher Jiang, over here.”

The three of them looked at the door and saw Jiang Xuyan walking over with a face full of despair, as if his soul had been extracted..