516 Chapter 516: Acting (2/2)

”Nan Gong Ji Yan. She murdered somebody and drank his blood! She killed Jiang Xue Yang!”

”What? Calm down! What are you talking about?!”

It took a while before Teacher Einsberg believed me, and that was after he confirmed with the teacher of Class 2B that she had a missing student. Even though I told them what I had witnessed through the eyes and ears of my Corvus, all I had was my word that the culprit was Ji Yan. I didn't have any real evidence, unfortunately. Corvus didn't wear glasses, after all, so he had nothing on him that could record the whole thing.

In any event, the teachers contacted the police, who searched in the ”forest” and found the corpse of poor Jiang Xue Yang.

The next thing I knew, Teresa Taylor placed the whole school under lockdown and sent everyone back home. As they were sent back home, the students restlessly chattered and gossiped among each other. I was separated from the other students for questioning, and even though I told the police the same thing I had told Teacher Einsberg, none of them believed me.

”You said that Nan Gong Ji Yan is the culprit, correct? The murderer?” the detective was regarding me suspiciously. I nodded, and he continued with his interrogation. ”You claimed that she attacked him during lunchtime. That is the case?”

”Yes, sir.”

”That can't be possible. During lunchtime, she was with Xu Wu Cheng. She had an alibi. Are you sure the person you saw was her?”

”Perhaps there was some sort of illusion. Or a flaw in the kid's summoning magic.” Another police officer offered an explanation. The detective grunted, obviously not satisfied.

”Maybe.”

After a while, they realized that there would no longer be any more useful information from me, and they let me go.

Despite their attempt to hush the event, while I was returning home, I could overhear the other students whispering amongst themselves.

”I heard the victim was Jiang Xue Yang from Class 2B.”

”Scary! It seems like he was killed by a vampire. His corpse was completely drained of his blood!”

The whispers didn't cease even as the students were ordered to go home or return to their dormitories. In the midst of it all, I caught sight of Nan Gong Ji Yan standing by herself, looking angry. Our gazes met for a moment, and she turned away in shame.

She knew I knew. After all, I had snitched on her, and it was only through the intervention and lies of Xu Wu Cheng that she was able to escape the clutches of the police. That fucking couple. They were always one step ahead of me. I didn't know why Xu Wu Cheng was covering for her, but he probably had some use for her. One thing was for sure, he would realize that I was a constant thorn in his side and would eventually move to eliminate me.

I had to prepare myself for the inevitable conflict.

As for Ji Yan, she continued to sullenly stand alone. There was a sudden jolt when her phone buzzed. She reluctantly flipped it open and stared at the text message that she had received, embroidered with the familiar blue rose of the Guang Zhi Yi Sect. Apparently it was a message from the sect, declaring an emergency and ordering an immediate meeting. Ji Yan stared at the message bitterly before replying with an apology.

”I'm sorry. I'm not feeling very well today so I will not be able to participate in today's meeting.”

What a lie.

However, given her pale complexion and trembling body, which an extremely concerned Zhao Yan could undoubtedly see, Ji Yan had the perfect excuse to skip the meeting.

However, she obviously wasn't going back home to rest.

I summoned Corvus to follow her again, but kept my distance because I wouldn't be able to do much if I followed her myself. I would get caught instead.

Ji Yan had gone to Room 5, as she had promised Yi Tai the other day. And when she entered the classroom, she found him waiting for her.

”The whole school is in an uproar right now. Your thirst for blood must be really strong…” He shook his head. ”If I hadn't acted as your alibi, you would have been arrested by the police and dissected, you know? Or perhaps immediately killed. You should be thankful.”

”Thanks to you, I have no choice but to accept your offer,” Ji Yan snapped bitterly.

”Oh?”

Yi Tai turned his head back with a smile. Approaching Ji Yan in an exaggerated manner, he slapped her.

”Ah…” Ji Yan clutched her reddening cheek as tears leaked from her eyes, and she descended into a daze from the sudden act of violence.

Yi Tai smirked as he gently cupped Ji Yan's chin, a contrast to his brutal action earlier. Despite the gentleness, Ji Yan couldn't help but tremble under Yi Tai's touch. For good reason, for the words that followed were cold and merciless.

”You need to beg me for my help.”

Ji Yan shuddered under the icy tone. Ignoring her, Yi Tai continued glacially with a chilling smile.

”If you want my help, then you must absolutely change that arrogant attitude of yours. You must understand that right now, you're nothing but my lowly servant. Therefore I should first teach you how you should talk to your master.”

Ji Yan could only lower her head in frustration, tears flowing freely from her eyes.

”I'm begging you, please help me…”

Yi Tai bit his finger, allowing a trickle of warm blood to flow unhindered. Sticking it out, he then placed his bleeding finger in the desperate Ji Yan's mouth.

”The blood slave must obey all of her master's orders without question.”

Yi Tai smiled and waited patiently as Ji Yan drank deeply from him, before he dropped the bomb on her.

”Including killing enemies for your master…”

Ji Yan withdrew from him, her blue eyes wide in shock. Blood trickled from her lips as she stared at him, stunned. Yi Tai merely smiled and delivered the finishing blow.

”For example, Guang Zhi Yi Sect.”

”That's…”

”What's the matter? Don't you want to surpass your sister?” Yi Tai's sinister smile sent chills down Ji Yan's spine. ”Destroying Guang Zhi Yi Sect is one way of proving your superiority.”

”I…”

”Well, conceal your identity for now and wait for my orders.”

Yi Tai grinned as he left a trembling Ji Yan in the abandoned classroom, leaving her to fear for the future.

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