Chapter 423: Chapter 423: The First to Be Eliminated

Translator: Zayn_

Feeling that Tang Zinian’s hand holding the name tag loosened a little, Zhao Yingnan immediately struck while the iron was hot, “Besides, I can guarantee that I’m not the murderer. Even if you tear my name tag, you’ll make one less enemy in the murderer’s camp.”

“You just said that you’re not the murderer, so there’s no need for us to fight to the death in the early stages…”

After she reasoned with him, Zhao Yingnan looked at Tang Zinian with tears in her eyes.

The latter felt uncomfortable being stared at. “Sister Yingnan, don’t look at me like that.”

“Can’t you let me go this once? Just once.” Zhao Yingnan stretched out a finger.

“Look at how weak my stamina is. If you do it again, it’s not like you can’t catch up…”

Tang Zinian nodded in agreement and asked, “Where did you just come out from? Did you meet anyone? Where are you going?” n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Zhao Yingnan breathed a sigh of relief. She pointed to the teaching building behind her. “I came out from there. 1 want to find a place to hide.”

“Then 1 met you…And Xu Xingzhou.”

“Old Xu?” Tang Zinian instantly perked up. “Where did he go? He didn’t tear your name tag?”

Zhao Yingnan shook her head. “1 stuck it on the wall and explained that I wasn’t the murderer. He said that he wasn’t either. Then, he left.”

“So, Old Xu is most likely not the murderer,” said Tang Zinian.

He hesitated for a moment before letting go.

“Thank you!”

Zhao Yingnan knew when to stop and slipped away faster than a rabbit.

By the time Tang Zinian reacted, the person in front of him was long gone.

As the two of them were talking, Shu Ling happened to pass by. However, she had been hiding in the corner and there were a few trees blocking her, so she was not discovered.

After Zhao Yingnan slipped away, Tang Zinian realized that he was too stupid.

He actually believed everything the other party said.

“No! I have to find Sister Yingnan! No matter what, 1 have to tear off her name tag!”

As Tang Zinian spoke, he chased after Zhao Yingnan.

Shu Ling came out from the corner of the wall, her eyes faint.

The probability of Zhao Yingnan being the murderer was very small. Based on this inference, Xu Xingzhou might not be the murderer either.

Tang Zinian was hot on her heels. There was a high chance that he was the murderer.

Tang Zinian, who did not know that he had been labeled as a murderer, quickly chased after them to a few teaching buildings near the club activity room.

Zhao Yingnan had already climbed upstairs.

She pushed open the door of the activity room and went straight to the computer inside.

After pressing the power button, Zhao Yingnan reached out to touch the bookshelf next to the computer. Her white fingers turned red because she squeezed into the gap.

Fortunately, she quickly obtained the USB drive that was hidden in it.

“Fortunately, this is still here.”

Zhao Yingnan was relieved.

She had found this USB flash drive in the activity room when she was searching for information.

Since it was hidden so well, it was obvious that there must be important clues inside.

After confirming that she was the only one inside and outside the door, Zhao Yingnan inserted the USB drive into the computer.

A progress bar quickly popped up on the computer screen.

Zhao Yingnan didn’t have time to catch her breath when a creak suddenly came from behind her.

The sound was very soft, as if the door had been blown by the wind.

Zhao Yingnan’s body stiffened. At this time, a figure appeared behind her on the computer screen, staring at her faintly…

“All!”

Zhao Yingnan’s scream broke the temporary peace in the school.

Tang Zinian, who was looking for traces of Zhao Yingnan, immediately confirmed that the source of the cry was from the club activity room.

He happened to find this place nearby, so he rushed to the scene.

However, the ‘murderer’ had already left.

Only Zhao Yingnan, who was scared and had her mouth covered, and her name tag that fell to the ground, remained in the activity room.

“Zhao Yingnan, OUT!”

“Zhao Yingnan, OUT!”

A series of notifications rang out throughout the entire campus.

Tang Zinian wanted to ask who was the one who tore the name tag, but Zhao Yingnan was not only unable to say anything, but she was also quickly taken away by the men in black.

Jiang Xuyan and the others were quite far away, so they had no idea what was going on.

They would never have thought that someone would be eliminated in less than twenty minutes after the segment of tearing apart the name tags.

Shu Ling, who didn’t make it in time, saw Tang Zinian coming out of the activity room where the scream came from just as she arrived downstairs.

At the same time, Song Qingyou let go of Xu Xingzhou’s arm.

The two of them squatted under the window of the classroom next to the activity room, not making a single sound from beginning to end.

“You-”

Tang Zinian’s footsteps disappeared. Xu Xingzhou was about to speak when he met Song Qingyou’s disapproving gaze.

He gestured a question mark in confusion.

“There might still be people,” Song Qingyou mouthed.

Xu Xingzhou’s legs were numb from squatting, so he could only sit down.

Unexpectedly, Song Qingyou’s guess was right. A few minutes later, a few more footsteps approached. They clearly entered the activity room and then came out.

“No one should be coming for the time being. Let’s go.”

Xu Xingzhou stood up.” Where are you going?”

“Activity room.”

Song Qingyou said, “According to Sister Yingnan’s personality, she probably wanted to find a place to hide. No one would come to the activity room to hide, so she wouldn’t come to the activity room for no reason…”

“So, it’s highly possible that they discovered something.” Xu Xingzhou understood immediately.

“That’s right.” Song Qingyou nodded.

The two of them walked into the activity room one after another. As they rummaged through the things, they could not help but chat.

“Xingzhou, you were too impulsive just now. If 1 hadn’t stayed next door, you might have been ‘caught red-handed’ by Tang Zinian.”

“The school is so big. I thought Teacher Zhao wouldn’t meet anyone else after meeting me.” Xu Xingzhou was embarrassed.

Who knew that Tang Zinian was still following behind Zhao Yingnan!

Song Qingyou nodded. “1 wonder who came in after Tang Zinian. Maybe they thought Tang Zinian was the one who tore off Sister Yingnan’s name tag.” “That’s a good thing for us.”

“That’s right.”

In fact, Song Qingyou could tell that it was Shu Ling just by hearing the footsteps.

It was just that she knew too many skills, so she had to hide her skills occasionally.

The two of them wandered around the activity room for a while. Xu Xing Zhou could not help but mutter,

“There doesn’t seem to be anything extra in the activity room. Could it be that Lil Tang took it away?”

“It’s possible.”

Song Qingyou looked at the pile of newspapers at her feet and frowned.

Xu Xing Zhou sat down and began to analyze.

“Teacher Zhao went straight to the activity room. Either she hid something in the activity room, or there’s something in the activity room…Under normal circumstances, a normal person would take their things and leave because the activity room is not safe.”

Song Qingyou followed up, “And Sister Yingnan spent too much time in the activity room. That is to say, the things that she found had to be placed in the activity room.”

Before she could finish her sentence, the two of them looked at the computer in the corner at the same time.

“I’ve browsed through all the information on the computer. There can’t be any other secrets.”

“So, what Zhao Yingnan found was a USB flash drive.”

“What Tang Zinian took away was a USB flash drive.”

The two came to the same answer at the same time..