My Life as a Farm Owner in a Thriller World-Chapter 103: Yucai Middle School 4

Finally, the teacher spoke up: "Who cleaned the windows yesterday? Step forward!"

He Fei didn't move.

The teacher's gaze swept across the classroom like a feral wolf. Her crimson lips almost looked like they might drip blood.

"Does no one admit it? Fine, I'll ask myself. If I catch the culprit—"

He Fei could only cast a desperate, pleading look toward Yun Jin and Yang Fan, who had been guiding him ever since they entered the haunted realm.

Finally, Yang Fan took the initiative to stand up. As he rose, he reached out and gave He Fei a hand, signaling him to stand up as well.

"Report, teacher. The windows yesterday were cleaned by me and He Fei." 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

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Yucai Middle School was one of the earliest haunted realms to appear in Huaguo, and one of the most frequently active. Countless investigators had lost their lives here.

The government spent three full years, even sacrificing nearly a hundred Secrets Unravelers, before they were able to organize all of its rules and post them on the forum.

Yucai Middle School was difficult to conquer because every investigator entering could experience entirely different events. The entire campus was filled with unpredictable factors and sudden incidents.

From the first person who survived leaving Yucai Middle School until now, over a hundred explicit and hidden rules had been recorded.

There were even dedicated people who compiled all incidents in Yucai Middle School and developed corresponding strategies.

Only after ensuring the survival rate within this haunted realm reached over 80% could it be labeled "completely cleared."

An 80% survival rate also clearly tells everyone that, even with predecessors' experiences as reference, death was still possible here. And moreover—

"The events we encountered this time do not match any of the school incidents compiled on the forum."

Yun Jin stood in front of the old bathroom mirror, head lowered, washing her hands.

Her gaze remained on her hands, avoiding eye contact with those around her. Her voice was low, but sufficient for Zhou Jing to hear.

It was break time, but most students were still in their classrooms studying. The bathroom was practically empty—just the two of them.

This was effectively the only place in the entire teaching building without surveillance.

Yun Jin said coldly, "We might be the first to encounter this situation, so this time, the difficulty might be higher than we imagine."

Zhou Jing remained silent. She had also read all the forum information about this haunted realm, so she understood this very well.

Yucai Middle School was a very typical school, with student performance as the top priority.

In this haunted realm, besides the sports events held every May and October, there could always be various exams, competitions, debates, and so on.

Yet yesterday, shortly after entering the school, they were told to rehearse a welcome ceremony for "Ms. Wan."

This was taking up students' learning time—a stark departure from Yucai Middle School's usual style.

No one had a clue how to handle this sudden change. Perhaps the only way was to figure out who this "Ms. Wan" really was.

Yun Jin remained silent for a moment. Once she had rinsed the soap off her hands, she finally spoke: "Yang Fan and He Fei were just taken to the teacher's office."

Her voice muffled by the mask, it sounded somewhat indistinct.

Zhou Jing was taken aback. "Th-then... what should we do?"

Yun Jin finally glanced at her. Slowly turning off the faucet, she said two words: "Observe and wait."

As she finished speaking, the faucet was turned off, and she turned and walked toward the exit of the restroom.

Yucai Middle School's rules prohibited excessive interaction between male and female students, and between students from different classes. Students could spend no more than five minutes in the restroom.

Even after delaying as much as possible, it had now been nearly five minutes since Yun Jin had entered the restroom.

Under these school rules, Yun Jin couldn't exchange information with Yang Fan and He Fei normally. Even if they tried to communicate with gestures or eye contact, exceeding the allowed time would count as "excessive interaction."

Yun Jin genuinely thought these school rules were inhumane. Zhou Jing and Zheng Wu felt the same. Though assigned to the same class, they were effectively fighting alone.

As she passed the window the Dean of Students had criticized for being unclean, Yun Jin slowed her steps and carefully examined it.

Finally, in a small corner, she spotted a tiny water mark no bigger than a fingernail. Perhaps someone had accidentally splashed a drop of water there, which dried to leave the mark.

Yun Jin: "..." If it weren't for her vision being 2.0, she wouldn't have noticed it.

At this moment, He Fei and Yang Fan were walking behind the Dean of Students.

He Fei felt nervous, frustrated, and confused. He couldn't understand why, since he had cleaned the windows thoroughly yesterday.

Before the big cleanup began, Yang Fan had reminded him to pay attention to every corner, making sure the teacher couldn't find any flaws.

He Fei knew this was a matter of life and death, so he had been careful.

The Dean of Students's footsteps echoed slowly and deliberately. The thin heels of her shoes struck the office stairs with a shrill, piercing sound, echoing through the empty stairwell.

Each step seemed to crush invisible lives beneath her feet, tearing and screaming.

This amplified He Fei's unease. He felt a dull, throbbing pain in his head, as if it were about to split open, and a cold sweat broke out across his back.

Though he hadn't studied much, He Fei was not stupid. Since entering the haunted domain, he had carefully observed everything and memorized what Yun Jin and Yang Fan said.

He Fei noticed that the two students who had been kept behind to write self-criticisms for being late yesterday had not shown up for class today.

He deduced that those students had probably met some misfortune. Being punished by a teacher was undoubtedly dangerous.

Just as He Fei was feeling anxious and uneasy, a woman's voice suddenly came from the staircase above.

"Eh? Teacher Zhang, you're back?"