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n“You’re computer is still on, right?” I said to Shu Zhe who was blocking my way, “Let me borrow it to check tomorrow’s weather forecast.”

nShu Zhe still stood in front of the entrance to his room.

n“You can look that up on your phone.”

n“But I would need to use data.” I lightly shoved Shu Zhe and he tilted to the side.

nThe class leader was currently deciding which bottle of oil to open first and didn’t really pay much attention to what was happening between me and Shu Zhe. Perhaps she thought saving data is also being frugal, so it’s an admirable action.

nShu Zhe thought he couldn’t hide anymore, so he pushed open his bedroom door and led me in.

nI sniffed the air expecting to find the smell of puberty, but Shu Zhe’s room was unexpectedly fragrant which may be due to the Jasmine on his window sill.

nI’ve said previously that Shu Zhe’s room didn’t really seem like a boy’s room. His room gave off a rather feminine aura, especially the colorful bedding along with the floor mirror next to the closet.

nI suddenly noticed a lock of brown hair coming out of the tightly closed wardrobe.

nSomeone who didn’t know Shu Zhe, would guess:

nShu Zhe’s girlfriend was hidden in the wardrobe

nA girl Shu Zhe murdered was hidden in the wardrobe

nBut I know it’s the third option:

n3. Shu Zhe just finished using the wig and hid it in a hurry, so he left some traces behind

nNo wonder Shu Zhe’s hair was messy when he came out of his room. I could understand if you visited porn sites while your sister wasn’t home, since all guys do it, but why are you wearing a wig? Is it because you can’t jack off without looking at yourself in the mirror while dressed as a girl?

nShu Zhe closed the door to his room right when I entered. I asked Shu Zhe about the wig, but he walked towards his wardrobe and quickly closed the lid of his running laptop.

nIt smelled fishy, so I immediately opened the laptop he was trying to hide.

nShu Zhe wanted to stop me, but it was too late.

nWhat came into view was a QQ chat window.

nThe last message he received was: Are you going to sleep this early? Then goodnight babe.

nThe username was: Cilantro Buns.

nAbove that line was a small line of text written in orange: Your video chat has ended, total time used was 30 minutes…

nWhat the hell, you’re having a video chat with someone else while your sister isn’t home? And it was with the one who always talked about checking out a hotel room with you? So you purposely made a new account to hide in your room and do these things?

n“Shu Zhe.” I said in a serious tone, “Don’t tell me you’re having nude video calls?”

nShu Zhe quickly stuck up a finger in front of his lips to tell me to lower my voice so his sister wouldn’t hear.

n“Bro Ye Lin, use your head for a bit, what ‘nude’ can I even show?”

nI guess that’s right. Money will come in if someone else takes off their clothes, but the truth will be revealed if Shu Zhe takes off his clothes and he will definitely get customer complaints.

n“Then why are you wearing a wig and pretending to be a girl?”

n“Don’t make it sound bad. I found out Cilantro Buns isn’t really smart but he has a lot of money. As long as I’m willing to show my face in a video chat, then he will pay me…. a lot of money. Why would I refuse easy money?”

nI frowned, “Wouldn’t your voice give you away?”

nShu Zhe tidied the sleeves of his pajamas and sat down next to me.

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n“I was afraid of getting found out, so I installed voice changing software…”

nI think Eunuch Cao used it before as a prank, but apparently it didn’t sound natural and had a lot of noise. Can you really trick Cilantro Buns with it?

n“I actually forgot to turn on the software on the second video chat, but they didn’t realize, so I just never used it anymore…”

nWell before your voice changes, a 13 year old shota can sound similar to a 13 year old loli.

n“Ye Lin…”

nI heard the class leader call me.

nIt was different from the class leader’s usual restrained tone of voice.

nI was shocked when I realized the sound didn’t come from outside, but from Shu Zhe who was sitting next to me.

nShu Zhe looked at me with a smile as if he expected to be praised.

n“I listen to my sister everyday, so it’s not hard to imitate her voice. I was able to quickly learn the tricks to pronunciation online that many people couldn’t learn. Ah, it looks like people will always be jealous of talented people.”

nI’m not jealous of your cross dressing talents at all! I told him to not to court death right under his sister’s eyes, but Shu Zhe didn’t think it was wrong.

n“I only do it when my sister isn’t home. Besides, my sister isn’t like you, she wouldn’t come into my room without knocking.”

nI was insistent on taking away the wig and clothes, but Shu Zhe only agreed to return the clothing and he wanted to borrow the wig for some more time.

nHe placed his palms together and begged me:

n“Bro Ye Lin~~ I’m begging you~~~ let me use it for a while. I’ll make sure it’s hidden as well as Light Yagami hides his deathnote.”

nSince the class leader was outside, I couldn’t really force him, so I could only agree.

nThen I could hear the class leader calling me from outside:

n“Ye Lin, you didn’t finish today’s homework yet, right?”

nI trembled after I realized the class leader was the one who carried my bag upstairs. If she inspected my bag and found a listening device, she would think I was planning to install it in their home.

nBut I calmed down after thinking about it: Yesterday Xiao Qin suggested to search our classmates desk for an umbrella, but the class leader didn’t agree. So she wouldn’t inspect my bag for no reason.

nBut it was almost 9pm. If I still don’t leave, the class leader might force me to write my homework here. Thus I got up to leave, but I made sure to glare at Shu Zhe before I left warning him to keep a good cover and don’t drag me in.

nAfter I left the class leader’s place, I purposely went back to the south entrance and I realized the black sedan was still parked at the entrance. But the man and woman was missing, and I could see a bloodstain next to the car under the moonlight.

nWhat’s up with this situation? As I was still confused, a hunch backed old man came over with a folding fan in one hand.

nHe patted his fan on my shoulder and said:

n“Young man, are you here to see the car action too?”

nI subconsciously nodded, then quickly shook my head.

n“Ah, I’m sorry I also heard it from my grandson, so I came to check it out…”

nWhat a filial grandson. But it seems like your grandson should only be in elementary school based on your age. But sheesh, what’s up with the current generation. If I saw a car shaking when I was a kid, I would assume it was a transforming car or there was something wrong with the car.

n“I thought it was going to be a peepshow, but it turned out to be a full martial arts play…”

n“What do you mean?”

n“Haha.” The grandpa opened his folding fan and covered his mouth and said:

n“It seems the man and woman in the car weren’t married, they were only co-workers. I’m not sure who reported it, but the women’s husband came running over with a cleaver, and that’s why the bloodstain is there…”

nSo they got caught in the act…

nI suddenly thought about the scene of me and Xiao Qin being caught in the act by Auntie Ren.

nIt might be good to have a taste of the forbidden fruit, but the punishment would be brutal. I have to be able to hold myself back, and if I do it I have to make sure I won’t be caught by Auntie Ren.

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nMy house was only one stop away, so I didn’t ride the bus and ran home. I arrived home at around nine thirty.

nI took out the listening device and stuck it in a hidden spot on the bedside cabinet.

nI turned on a radio and placed it on the bed, then I went to the large bedroom to test its effects. It was very clear and I could clearly hear every word coming from the radio.

nThen I took out an old mp3 player my dad bought me a long time ago. It only had a 1.2″ screen and four out of the six buttons were broken, but it had the ability to record for 28 hours.

nAfter connecting it with the listening device, I had a system in place where I could catch conversations even when I wasn’t home.

nI had a nice sleep and a new day arrived.

nComputer class was the last class in the morning on Thursday. Xiong YaoYue sat to my right in the computer lab.

nShe was restless during class and kept playing with her band-aid.

n“What’s wrong?” I asked her. Xiao Qin, who was sitting on my left, was still drawing a picture of us hugging, but it simply looked like two potatoes stacked by each other.

nXiong YaoYue stuck her fingers in her messy short hair, “I… think I forgot something really important…”

nCurrently, the computer teacher wasn’t present yet. The class leader, who was sitting in the row in front of us, suddenly stood up and began to take count of the students. For someone like the class leader who has OCD, she can definitely feel it internally if someone is missing.

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