School Administrative Office
"Here's the photo you wanted."
Chi Xiaoyu handed Lin Bai a photo.
"Thanks."
Lin Bai took it and carefully searched, finding the familiar face of the instigating girl.
"What's her name?"
"This one? That's Jiang Xin."
A nearby teacher said.
"Isn't she dead?"
Chi Xiaoyu asked, confused.
"Yes, the one who jumped yesterday was her."
"What?"
Lin Bai frowned.
"Are you sure?"
"She's my student. How could I mistake her?"
The teacher was getting a bit angry.
'From Li Jiayu's perspective, I clearly saw this Jiang Xin was problematic, but if she's the anomaly, who was the person who died yesterday?'
"Lin Bai? Why do you think she's the killer?"
Chi Xiaoyu looked at Lin Bai in confusion.
"When I approached that door, I experienced the whole process from the victim Li Jiayu's perspective. It was definitely this Jiang Xin who was the problem."
Chi Xiaoyu took the soul jar and waved it at Lin Bai.
"Do you have psychic abilities? Maybe because this jar contains Li Jiayu's soul, and when you got close, she showed you the truth psychically."
"But if Jiang Xin is the anomaly, who died yesterday? And why did Zhou Zhiqiang get together with Jiang Xin after his girlfriend jumped?"
"It seems things aren't as simple as we thought..."
"Quick, follow me to the morgue. I want to examine the body again!"
Chi Xiaoyu drove Lin Bai to a funeral home.
After showing their credentials, they entered the morgue.
A body wrapped in white cloth lay on a table. Chi Xiaoyu carefully lifted the fabric covering the head...
The face revealed was unfamiliar. This person wasn't Jiang Xin.
"Manager, is this the girl who jumped yesterday?"
"Yes, we've prepared the remains, but we still can't contact her family. Sigh."
"What about the bodies of those who jumped earlier?"
"Well, I don't remember. They should have been cremated by now."
Chi Xiaoyu frowned and thought.
"Can disguise itself, can bewitch people's hearts... this anomaly is even more formidable than we thought..."
Note that yesterday, both Chi Xiaoyu and Jiang Xin's teacher at the scene didn't notice this person wasn't Jiang Xin!
"We don't even know if Jiang Xin is her real name."
"This incident is being elevated to B-grade. I'll report back to the director. Let's end here for today. Dismissed!"
Lin Bai looked at the time—it was getting late, which was good, otherwise... Just as Lin Bai was about to leave, Chi Xiaoyu grabbed him.
"Where are you going?"
"Didn't you say we're dismissed?"
"Work is over, but now it's personal time!"
"Huh? What personal time do we have?"
"As your best friend, can't you spend some time with me?"
Chi Xiaoyu looked at Lin Bai expectantly.
Lin Bai held his forehead.
"Just say what you want."
"It's just... can you repeat what you said to me before?"
"What did I say?"
"What you said in high school, in the park."
"I don't remember. What did I say?"
Chi Xiaoyu unhappily let go of Lin Bai's arm.
"You don't even remember. Forget it then, hmph!"
After Chi Xiaoyu left, Lin Bai shook his head. Of course he remembered, but it was getting dark...
9 PM
Bai Ling sat on a park bench, recalling her past.
[Xiaoyu, if we get into the same university, will you be with me?]
[No.]
[Why? Our relationship is so good.]
[It's precisely because our relationship is good that I won't.] (I don't want to burden you)
[Huh?]
Bai Ling sighed.
"Sigh, if I didn't turn into a girl at night, and if I weren't a wanted anomaly, I wouldn't possibly reject Chi Xiaoyu when she's being so forward..."
"Damn it, give me back my nighttime life with my lil bro!"
Ding—
A special notification on her phone...
'Chinese stock market, bursting with coins?'
Bai Ling picked up the phone and checked—her sister was asking for coins again...
"No money."
"Not too much, just 50!"
"What do you need 50 for?"
"Sister Chi said you have a house now. I'm buying a ticket to come find you!"
"Why are you coming here?"
"Mom and Dad went abroad, leaving me alone at home. I'm going to starve!"
"Huh? Don't you know how to cook?"
"I'll come after my middle school exams. I want to attend high school in the city!"
Her sister sent a smiling cat emoji.
"Did Mom and Dad really go abroad?"
"Yes, but they left a few days ago."
Bai Ling transferred 55 to her sister and sent a "spend as you wish" emoji.
"I gave you an extra 5 yuan to buy instant noodles..."
"Thank you very much," her sister replied with an angry cat emoji.
Putting down the phone, Bai Ling held her forehead.
'When my sister arrives and sees me like this... I can't stay at home at night anymore... Chi Xiaoyu, you're not doing the right thing!'
Meanwhile, Chi Xiaoyu's chat history:
"Lin Xinyao, your brother doesn't like me anymore, wuwuwu."
"No way, my brother has always liked you. That's why he hasn't had a girlfriend!"
"Your brother is now living at my place. When you're on break, come help me win him over!"
"After my middle school exams!"
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Bai Ling opened the chat with the cat avatar.
"When will you have gathered enough people? I feel like if you don't hurry, that anomaly will escape."
"I'm trying my best, meow. I've already gathered 5 anomalies, meow."
"Do you have a way to find that anomaly?"
"I can smell her scent, meow."
"Are we going tonight?"
"I'm afraid we can't beat her, but we can try. meow."
"Then come to my house to gather."
"Okay!"