Chapter 156
Lin Yi was politely invited out of the room by the thugs. The room they’d prepared for Lin Yi was in the same building but the room conditions were many times better.
After escorting Lin Yi here, the thugs all watched Lin Yi’s expression nervously, fearing that Lin Yi would be dissatisfied.
Lin Yi’s eyes scanned the room. Following Lin Yi, their eyes too roamed the room.
The room was a relatively standard single dorm room; with a bed, a desk and chairs.
But there was no pen and paper; things that Lin Yi wanted.
Ah Shan was right. A journalist’s greatest ability is to reveal the facts and expose the dirt hidden in the darkness to the public. In this world, many journalists who secretly snoop around have been retaliated against for digging up hidden ills.
He had indeed frightened the thugs but Lin Yi could not guarantee to what extent his intimidation would work. So, for now, he didn’t dare directly ask these thugs to think up of a way to take them away from here.
And it was obvious that they weren’t the only ones in Xiushen Academy, there was also Eyes the dorm manager. Eyes had no tattoos on his body and he didn’t believe in gods and ghosts, so he hadn’t fallen for Lin Yi’s trick.
Don’t be fooled by how Lin Yi bullied the indecent and uncultured Eyes; others won’t be so easily deceived by him.
If these thugs could push around Eyes, then other NPCs could also push around these thugs.
He couldn’t pin his hopes on these eight baldies.
Lin Yi had the impression that the person being interviewed by the journalist in Building 2 was above these thugs in hierarchy.
Since that person was someone with the qualifications to be interviewed, what could his status be in Xiushen Academy?
Lin Yi couldn’t go directly to the journalist. Since he didn’t know whether the journalist was really willing to help them, Lin Yi couldn’t reveal his identity. But he still had to deliver a distress message. There weren’t many options left.
That’s what he had done with Qin Zhou in the 16-8 Rule World — passing notes.
As Lin Yi was thinking about how to ask the thugs for paper and pen, the thug with the green dragon tattoo asked in a flattering manner, “Would you like something to eat?”
Because the dinner they’d prepared was hard yellowing steamed buns, they wanted to make up for it this time.
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Lin Yi thought for a while and said, “Okay.”
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Seeing that they were about to close the door for him, Lin Yi said, “Do not lock the door.”
The head thug was momentarily stunned, showing a hesitant expression.
In his heart, Lin Yi couldn’t help sighing. When it comes to business, these eight bald thugs were unreliable indeed!
Senior truly has not deceived me!
Lin Yi said, “If you do not trust me, you can leave one person behind to guard me.”
The thug could hear the displeasure in Lin Yi’s tone and quickly said with a smile, “No, no.”
They closed the door for Lin Yi but did not lock it.
After walking a certain distance, the head thug wanted to assign someone to keep watch. The other baldies stayed far away, keeping their heads bowed in order to avoid eye contact with the head thug.
The thug with the black dragon tattoo: “…”
The green dragon baldie said, “Boss, that little…there’s something about him and he obviously doesn’t want us to guard him. How can we dare to guard him?”
The black dragon baldie understood very well. After all, he himself didn’t dare. But he was afraid that Lin Yi might run away.
If Lin Yi ran away, or even, not just Lin Yi, but if any of the students in the Xiushen Academy ran away, they would be in for a miserable end.
The green dragon baldie said, “He shouldn’t run away, right? If he wanted to run, he would have just asked us to prepare dinner for him. Why would he tell us to bring him paper and pen?”
Upon hearing this, the Ksitigarbha Buddha baldie and the Guan Yu baldie hurriedly agreed. “Yes, yes, that makes sense!”
The black dragon thug thought about it. It was true.
But he was the boss after all and being the boss meant being better than one’s younger brothers in all aspects, including vigilance.
The black dragon baldie still didn’t feel completely at ease. He said, feeling tangled, “A journalist came to interview today. I heard that he’s going to receive the journalist personally. If something goes wrong on our end…”
The black dragon baldie originally wanted to continue trying to scare them into doing the guarding but in the end, he said nothing.
If something really does go wrong, they’d be crazy to wait for that person come looking for trouble; it would be easier for them to commit suicide!
Inside the room, Lin Yi was calculating.
During the last restart, after they were hungry for nearly 4 hours, Eyes appeared and they made their escape out of the dorm room.
Ah Shan was part of the third group. When he hid on the third floor of Building 2, he happened to hear the interview going on in the room. Estimating the time, Ah Shan had arrived in Building 2 after half an hour. In other words, there was still half an hour left before the interview starts.
If he wants to successfully deliver the distress signal and ensure his safety without dragging down the journalist, he must avoid the person being interviewed.
Then the time for Lin Yi to send the distress signal was either before the journalist starts the interview, that is, before he arrives at Building 2. Or as he’s leaving Building 2 after the interview.
When Ah Shan arrived in Building 2, the interview had already begun.
The time when the journalist starts the interview is unknown so Lin Yi could only wait for the journalist to finish the interview and then find an opportunity to pass the note to him.
Lin Yi had no idea what dinner the baldies were preparing for him but they hadn’t come back yet. Lin Yi paced around the room anxiously.
Just when his anxiety was about to reach its peak, the bald men were finally back.
They brought good food and drink, as well as the pen and paper that Lin Yi wanted. They even brought a pack of cigarettes.
Lin Yi took the pen and paper, took off the cap of the pen and randomly wrote the word “zhou” randomly on the paper, which he then handed to them.
Those baldies didn’t understand. Lin Yi said impatiently, “You can figure it out yourself.”
“Oh!” The bald with the green dragon tattoo stared at the word “zhou” from Qin Zhou, not realizing what it meant. The bald man next to him stared at the word and whispered something in the ear of the green dragon thug.
The head thug spoke quickly, “Take your time eating. We’ll leave first.”
Lin Yi gave an “en”, sat on the chair and split apart the chopsticks.
He stared at the food and breathed a sigh of relief.
The food was delicious but he didn’t have much appetite. It seemed that time moved very quickly in this world. Apart from the hunger when they’d been punished to starve, he felt no need to eat.
The thugs left the room. This time, Lin Yi didn’t need to say anything. They didn’t dare lock the door.
Mainly, it was because they’d felt relieved. They’d gone down the mountain and came back and Lin Yi hadn’t tried to escape.
The bald man with the Ksitigarbha buddha tattoo was curious. “What does this mean?”
The green tattoo baldie, who’d just give the head thug advice, said, “Isn’t ‘zhou‘ just like ‘leave’! He wants us to get out of here.”
The bald thug with the Zhong Kui tattoo didn’t believe it. “Is it that simple? I think he’s suggesting that we change jobs. There is no future in this academy. If us brothers go out and work on our own, we’ll definitely make a name for ourselves. That guy might even have to bow his head to us when he sees us.”
The thug with the black dragon tattoo punched the Zhong Kui baldie. “If that guy hears you, everyone’s going to die with you.”
The Zhong Kui baldie didn’t dare to speak anymore.
Lin Yi listened to the fading voices outside. Once the footsteps completely disappeared, he quickly wrote a sentence on the paper.
Afraid of losing the note, he wrote another one.
Putting the two pieces of paper into his pocket, Lin Yi walked to the door. He first poked his head out and looked around to make sure there was no one around, then he got out as nimbly as a fish.
He had the layout of Xiushen Academy in his mind and purposefully headed to Building 2.
Meanwhile, in Building 2
The interview was just about to begin.
The journalist said to the principal of Xiushen Academy. “What a coincidence.”
The principal also laughed. “Yes, what a coincidence. We’re wearing the same clothes.”
Oh snap! Why do I feel like the interviewer and the reporter share that same face!? Thank you for the update!
..wtf now I’m scared what is that even supposed to mean? wearing the same clothes???
don’t tell me someone’s gonna mistake them for each other and pass on the note to the wrong person
Thank you for the update.