After finishing the cigarette, the man crushed the butt in the nearby flowerpot and stood up.
He turned on the light.
A man in his thirties appeared under the light, wearing a hoodie, ripped jeans, with unshaven stubble and a gloomy expression.
He took off his disreputable clothes, changed into a suit, went in front of the mirror, styled his hair neatly, and applied hair gel.
Then, he picked up an electric shaver, shaved off his stubble, and wiped his face with a towel.
Except for his lifeless fish-like eyes, he had completely transformed into a decent young man—decent enough to play DNF.
After rummaging through the room, he found a pair of colored contact lenses and put them on, trying to widen his eyes.
Now, he had become completely presentable.
After checking the mirror a couple more times, the man muttered, “This should be fine.”
Putting the mirror aside, he instinctively tried to put his hands into his pockets but stopped himself in time and picked up a briefcase instead.
He opened the door, hailed a taxi, and headed toward Dongzhi Township.
When he got out of the car, he smiled at the female driver, causing her heart to flutter slightly.
He declined the female driver’s request to add him on WeChat and walked away.
He sneered disdainfully. Women who get excited seeing someone in a suit are truly shallow.
Unfortunately, humans are just this kind of creature, so he could only adapt.
Arriving at the school gate, he was stopped by two security guards.
“The principal is my mother. I’m here to deliver some documents,” the man said with a smile, pulling out a photo and an ID card. “This is a picture of me and my mother, and here’s my ID.”
Seeing the guards relax slightly, he smirked coldly.
So foolish, so easy to deceive.
However, the two guards did not immediately let him pass.
“We need to call the principal to confirm,” they said, still following protocol even though they believed him.
Damn it! Usually, schools would not only let him in but also treat him with great courtesy at this time of day, the man thought.
He couldn’t allow the guards to make the call; once they did, his movements would be exposed.
Though facing danger, the man remained calm. He had experienced this kind of crisis more than once.
He said to the two guards, “My mother should be napping at this time, and she gets really angry when disturbed. When you call, make sure not to waste her time with unnecessary words.”
Though a lie, the guards didn’t know that. Would they risk angering the principal by making the call?
A confident smile appeared on the man’s face.
The two guards hesitated for a moment. “We still need to follow the procedure strictly.”
Damn it! Even now you still want to call?
The man thought for two seconds, and by then, the guards had already picked up the phone and started dialing.
If he couldn’t enter openly, then he’d have to break in. With such a large campus, they’d never find him.
As the guards’ call connected, the man seized the moment and bolted.
The wind whistled past his ears.
He enjoyed this feeling. Every time he ran, it would trigger screams from his victims—screams of fear, which were also praise for him.
He wasn’t afraid of being caught because he was fast enough.
As long as I run fast enough, the guards won’t catch me!
After enjoying five seconds of the wind rushing past him, the man suddenly felt a powerful force shove him to the ground.
“Don’t move!” A young guard he didn’t recognize pinned him down.
Behind, the two guards he had spoken to moments ago also ran over, saying to the young guard, “Good thing you were here, Xiao Kuai.”
Then, they mocked the man, “Xiao Kuai used to be a sprinter. Why don’t you keep running?”
Damn it! He had shown off in front of an expert.
The man noted this mistake in his mind but remained calm.
He wasn’t just fast at running; he was also good at fighting. Everyone in the nearby three streets knew he was a tough guy, especially with his butterfly knife skills.
While the sprinter guard was pinning him down, he didn’t struggle hard, intending to make the younger guard let his guard down. Now, he had succeeded—Xiao Kuai wasn’t holding him tightly at all.
With a sudden twist, the man broke free from Xiao Kuai’s grip and swiftly pulled out a knife from his waist.
Seeing the shock on the three guards’ faces, the man smiled confidently.
In his mind, all he needed to do was swing the knife a bit, and the three guards would be scared off, allowing him to enter the school freely.
However, he only saw Xiao Kuai backing off slightly, while the other two guards charged forward instead.
Unafraid!
He originally didn’t want to draw blood, but now it seemed unavoidable.
He roared loudly to intimidate them, then swung his knife.
Then everything spun, and he fell to the ground.
Who am I? Where am I?
Looking at the two guards holding him down on either side, the man looked utterly confused.
“Fool,” one of the guards slapped his face, “do you even know who I am? I’m a retired special forces soldier!”
Then he pointed at his companion and said, “Do you know who he is? A former armed police officer!”
The man looked at the young guard, a retired sprinter, and couldn’t help but curse, “What the hell are you guys doing working as security guards?”
“Fool, do you even know where you are? This is Dongzhi Township! We get 20,000 a month, full benefits, holidays, and free medical care with bonuses if injured on duty!”
The three guards dragged the man into the security room and called the police.
Still unshaken, the man had a backup plan.
As the guards were calling the police, four outsiders rushed into the security room.
The man successfully escaped, but his four companions didn’t make it out.
Looking back at his four captured companions on the ground and then at the Dongzhi Township sign, the man deeply realized that this was a place he couldn’t mess with.
He hid in the nearby greenery, dodging the guards chasing after him.
After the guards left, he lay there for another hour to ensure safety before finally standing up.
He exhaled, not feeling desperate.
He only wanted to scare An Siyao, who had scammed his ATM, into leaving his ATM alone. There was no need to enter Dongzhi Township at all.
Returning home, he changed clothes, styled his hair to appear receding five centimeters, pretending to be a prematurely bald successful man. He drove again toward Dongzhi Township.
He sat in his car, pretending to be waiting for someone, which he actually was.
He knew An Siyao’s appearance; there were photos of her on forums.
In between, a guard came over to check. Seeing his receding hairline and the million-yuan luxury car, the guard didn’t recognize him.
The man usually wouldn’t drive his luxury car here. The reason he had clashed with the principal was over this three-million-yuan car.
He waited until four in the afternoon before finally seeing An Siyu.
He approached An Siyu.
“Are you An Siyao? Let’s talk somewhere else,” he said, his hand in his pocket gripping his signature butterfly knife.
Xia Yu glanced at him and, through telepathy, instantly understood his identity.
He turned around, and in a blind spot the man couldn’t see, signaled to his maid, who had come to pick him up in the absence of the regular driver, indicating everything was fine.
Following the man, Xia Yu came to a secluded corner.
“I’m the principal’s son. That makes things clear, right?” The man stared into Xia Yu’s eyes, his gaze fierce.
Xia Yu looked at him with interest. When the man got out of the car, a guard had already moved behind him. If not for Xia Yu’s cooperation, the man would have already been subdued.
Although the guards didn’t recognize him, seeing that he had been waiting at the gate for so long, they had already become suspicious.
Did he really think the security of a noble school was the same as that of a regular school?
No wonder the danger he sensed was only at an elementary school level. It turned out he was dealing with an idiot.
The man thought Xia Yu’s silence was normal. When he had threatened students at regular schools, they had also been too scared to speak.
A sense of security rose in his heart. The failure at noon must have just been an exception.
He pulled out his signature butterfly knife, made a flashy spin, and opened it.
The first spin was already quite showy, but he had even more impressive moves to follow. He first used the blade to lightly cut his arm, leaving a shallow wound to prove it was a real knife, then began flipping the knife skillfully in his hands.
Butterfly knife tricks could be considered a kind of dangerous art. Watching videos of butterfly knife performances, you would certainly see comments or bullet screens like:
“Back when I still had fingers, I was just as skilled.”
Xia Yu watched the man’s movements. The knife flipped dazzlingly in his hands. To an ordinary person, it would indeed look impressive and intimidating.
But for Xia Yu, who had dexterity level 4, it was simply not impressive.
After focusing, the man’s movements appeared to Xia Yu like an old lady doing embroidery.
He extended his finger and poked into the blur of the spinning butterfly knife.
The man was so frightened he nearly lost his soul. He had sharpened the knife extremely well for show, and it was spinning fast. If it had sliced his finger, though not necessarily cutting it off, it would have been a serious injury. If it had sliced off a piece of flesh, it would have been a major incident!
Before he could react, his butterfly knife was stopped, and the blur disappeared.
Looking at Xia Yu’s finger precisely pressing on the back of the blade, the man felt a sense of impending doom and swallowed hard.
Then Xia Yu’s finger moved again. With a flick, the knife spun again in the man’s hand.
The man was frightened again. It was better to get hurt by someone else than by himself.
The more panic he felt, the stiffer his fingers became, making it impossible to control the butterfly knife.
However, under Xia Yu’s skillful manipulation, the knife didn’t cut the man but instead spun twice and clicked shut in his palm.
The man was stunned.
Xia Yu’s finger gave another flick, and the butterfly knife flew from the man’s hand into his own.
Watching the butterfly knife flipping even faster in Xia Yu’s fingers than it ever had in his own, the man silently took a step back.
Opening the knife, Xia Yu pressed the tip against the man’s waist and, using the man’s earlier words, asked, “Now do you understand?”
“I understand, I understand,” the man nodded obediently.
“Then let’s go,” Xia Yu said, putting the knife away and placing it back in the man’s palm.
“Where to?” the man asked, confused.
“To the police station!” Two guards grabbed him from behind.
The guards had arrived when the man started showing off the butterfly knife, but they had waited until now because Xia Yu had signaled them.
Feeling satisfied after dealing with the small nuisance, Xia Yu happily returned to his villa.
Later that evening, after dinner, he returned to his original body.
Meanwhile, the driver was on a bus heading to Lizhen.
He was eavesdropping on other passengers’ conversations, gathering intelligence.
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