“Hey! Liar!” Qiao Jiajin urgently asked from behind, “Who broke in?”

“I don’t know.” Qi Xia arrived in the campus yard and crouched down, advancing quickly.

“This broken place has thieves too?”

Qiao Jiajin wasn’t wearing a shirt, revealing a body covered in knife scars. Only then did Qi Xia discover that the other party not only had a pair of flower arms, but also had a full back tattoo.

What puzzled him somewhat was the wound on Qiao Jiajin’s lower abdomen.

That wound was very fresh, as if he had been stabbed not long ago. It showed an open knife wound but had not bled. Could this be Qiao Jiajin’s true cause of death?

“It’s probably not as simple as a ‘thief.'” Qi Xia came back to his senses and said, “Let’s go take a look first.”

With that, he led Qiao Jiajin directly toward the school gate.

There was still someone standing guard at this time, but that burly man looked unsteady on his feet, already about to fall asleep.

“Zhang Shan?” Qi Xia recognized the person on guard duty, but he didn’t wake him. Instead, he hid not far from the school gate.

“Liar… what are you doing here?” Qiao Jiajin asked.

“I want to catch that ghost,” Qi Xia said.

At this moment, flames had already risen in the various rooms of the teaching building. It looked like many people had woken up.

For a time, everyone was making a commotion, all discussing the disturbance just now.

Qi Xia concealed himself and stared intently at the campus exit. He had taken a shortcut and could obviously reach the school gate faster than that black shadow.

If no one escaped from the exit, it could only mean that black shadow came from within “Heaven’s Mouth.”

“Liar, look at that big guy.” Qiao Jiajin gestured with his chin toward Zhang Shan’s direction. “He looks like he’s about to fall asleep. I’m going to kick him.”

“Wait, wait a moment…” Qi Xia held back Qiao Jiajin. “What do you mean by ‘kick him’?”

“What do you mean?” Qiao Jiajin blinked and seriously explained, “So-called ‘kick,’ means I will lift my leg, use my thigh to generate force, then my knee will drive my lower leg, and then my foot will make contact with his buttocks, causing him some damage.”

“I…” Qi Xia was also a bit dumbfounded. Every time he chatted with Qiao Jiajin, he always had the feeling of “a scholar meeting a soldier.” “I’m not asking you that. Why do you want to kick him?”

“To issue a challenge, of course.” Qiao Jiajin said. “If I kick him now, he’ll get angry. If he gets angry, he’ll fight me one-on-one. One-on-one, I’ll beat him up. That’s my entire plan.”

“You can actually call this a ‘plan’?” Qi Xia shook his head and said, “If you two fight, things will get troublesome. You’ll probably both end up seriously injured.”

“Really?” Qiao Jiajin looked at Qi Xia with confusion. “You’re saying that big guy has some skills?”

“Yes, he not only has skills, he’s also a decent person. I suggest you find an opportunity to get acquainted with him.” Qi Xia said. “If you two could join forces, you could probably kill a ‘bear’ without getting injured.”

“Kill a ‘bear’?” Qiao Jiajin showed an expression like he was looking at an idiot. “Liar, it seems you really haven’t fought before. Do you know what level of opponent a ‘bear’ is?”

“Oh?” Qi Xia looked at Qiao Jiajin with interest. “What level is a ‘bear’?”

“Let me put it this way.” Qiao Jiajin gestured with his hands. “Although I, Master Qiao, have fought my way through the world undefeated, if a bear were standing in front of me right now wanting to fight one-on-one, I absolutely, absolutely couldn’t harm a single hair on it. I would immediately respectfully kneel down and admit defeat, then wait for death. Being even a second slower would show I don’t know my place.”

After hearing this, Qi Xia scratched his head and said helplessly, “‘Absolutely, absolutely couldn’t harm a single hair on it’…? Most people I know are verbally tough but cowardly in action. Your situation seems a bit reversed… Another day, have Lin Qin check you out.”

“I don’t have money to see a psychologist…” Qiao Jiajin muttered quietly. “Do I look sick?”

The two chatted intermittently, waiting a full half hour until dawn broke without seeing anyone leave the campus.

Now almost everyone in the teaching building had woken up. It was unlikely they could hide a stranger.

If that black shadow didn’t choose to escape, it could only mean he came from “Heaven’s Mouth.”

But what was his purpose?

This person’s thinking was very meticulous. He had even arranged his escape route before entering and set up the rope, so he didn’t seem like an impulsive pervert, but more like someone systematically investigating something.

“Looks like ‘Extreme Path’ infiltrated ‘Heaven’s Mouth’ long ago.” Qi Xia solemnly muttered to himself. “But I really can’t figure out what these people’s objective is…”

Qi Xia stood up, stretched his numb legs from squatting, and said to Qiao Jiajin, “No need to wait any longer. Let’s go.”

He knew well that person had already missed the best opportunity to escape. Now that it was daylight and there were guards at the gate, escape was even more impossible.

Qiao Jiajin nodded and stood up to follow Qi Xia back to the teaching building.

“Liar, shouldn’t we have the boss of this place stand up for us?” Qiao Jiajin rubbed his arm. It seemed the cool morning breeze made him a bit cold. “This little thief broke into our territory. Isn’t that a bit disrespectful?”

“Boss…” Qi Xia sighed helplessly. “Chu Tianqiu is the ‘leader’ here, not the ‘boss.’ Besides, we can’t let him handle this matter.”

“Why not?”

“Because we still can’t completely trust him.” Qi Xia said in a low voice. “There’s also a possibility that the person who broke into our room is Chu Tianqiu’s man.”

While the two were talking, they had already arrived at the entrance of the teaching building. Chu Tianqiu was just walking out wearing a jacket.

“Qi Xia? Why is it so chaotic upstairs…” Chu Tianqiu pushed up his glasses with confusion. “Why are you two coming in from outside?”

“It’s nothing. I probably saw wrong and chased a shadow for ages.” Qi Xia stretched lazily. “Sorry for disturbing everyone.”

After hearing this, Chu Tianqiu pondered briefly and said, “This place does have many strange things that appear at night, but those things shouldn’t harm people.”

Qi Xia nodded. He knew Chu was talking about those insects, so he didn’t explain further and instead asked, “Why are you alone? Where’s Yun Yao?”

“Not back yet.” A trace of worry appeared on Chu Tianqiu’s face. He pulled his jacket tighter around himself and said, “Last night they drove out to find Xiao Nian, and they still haven’t returned.”

“I see…” After hearing this, Qi Xia’s expression also became somewhat heavy. There was nothing wrong with the map he drew. If they couldn’t find that woman called Xu Liunian, it could only mean she had changed locations.

Could she be at the city’s edge?

Last time, after Qi Xia rode in her car to the city’s edge, did that woman stay there?

Qi Xia was about to tell Chu Tianqiu this information when he suddenly heard the roar of an engine behind him.

The three of them looked at the same time and saw an old white sedan with its lights on driving toward them from the distance.