Chapter 18 Prelude
Chapter 18 Prelude
Because he had just woken up and had eaten from seven or eight stalls and had also done a big eater challenge, Qu Ning did not walk very fast and slowly strolled to the gymnasium.
As soon as I got to the door, I saw a group of people gathered around the poster and talking. A passerby shouted, "Wow! It's worthy of being the black class. They are all beautiful girls. Let's go watch this show?"
"What? Isn't there another man?" Passerby B carefully corrected his companion's mistake and pointed to the photo of Qu Ning in the corner of the poster, whose job was marked as off-site odd jobs.
"Hey, it's all the same. I think this guy is quite handsome." Passerby A waved his hand and patted Passerby B, as if to say that there was nothing wrong with what I said.
"Yuejiang, you can't be a fangirl just because he's from the black class. He's just average looking, nowhere near as good as those pretty girls in the black class..." Passerby B responded by slapping the hand of his companion named Yuejiang on him.
"Hehe, we are from the black class after all, and you are very beautiful, Ai-chan." Yue-chan stuck to her companion again, but this time the person called Ai-chan did not push her away again, but gradually merged into the huge crowd in the gymnasium with her companion.
Looking at the two women walking in front of him, Qu Ning's eyebrows twitched slightly, and he thought silently in his heart: "Should I say that this is worthy of the world of yuri animation? Even passers-by are sticking to each other. Well, but someone actually praised me for being handsome, although it seems to be because I am in the black class."
"So what exactly is the Black Class like in the eyes of these students? When I won the dart game and the eating contest, some people seemed to say that it was worthy of being the Black Class."
Just when Qu Ning thought of this, he heard someone say something like, "As expected of a member of the black class, you came just before the show starts, you have a really good attitude." Qu Ning could only quicken his pace, wishing he could hide his face and walk away, shouting in his heart, "So why am I wearing the black class uniform!"
Qu Ning quickened his pace and soon arrived at the preparation room in the gymnasium.
Before Qu Ning pushed open the small door of the compartment, he heard Zou Niu talking: "Oh my, these two people are hugging each other, how disgusting."
In the room, Zou Niu was holding a tablet and looking at something, still with a smiling expression on his face.
Out of curiosity, Qu Ning moved closer. Thanks to his height, he could easily see the content on the tablet: it was Kiritani Tsuyoshi and Ikutame Chizuki, the two were hugging each other. In the picture, Kiritani Tsuyoshi's mouth was moving, as if he was saying something.
Qu Ning was not moved by the hug between the two. Instead, he curiously asked Zou Niu in English: "Eh? What did she say? So why can you see these..."
"Well, I'll ask Zou Niang where they are later. We need to solve the Angel Trumpet issue before the show starts." Qu Ning was thinking this while asking the question. As for whether Zou Niang understood the English question, he was not worried at all, because Qu Ning knew that Zou Niang was proficient in English, Russian and other languages.
"Hehe, just now the two of them were interacting with each other, such as 'You didn't get enough rest last night, I will help you comb your hair', and then Ikutame explained the evil deeds of Angel Trumpet who killed her teacher's daughter under Kiritani's questioning, and then Kiritani confessed to Ikutame. As for why I can see it, there is a camera." When saying this, Zou Niu also imitated Ikutame's voice, and then Zou Niu looked up and gave Qu Ning a meaningful look, "I am an arbitrator, there are few places in the Star Academy that I can't see."
“?????? Ahhhhhh!!!!!! What??? So most of my confusing behaviors these days might have been seen by Zou Niang??? Ahhhhhh…” Upon hearing this news, Qu Ning’s heart was instantly filled with huge waves of embarrassment. He was extremely embarrassed. He thought that what he showed to the members of the Black Class was only a small part that he thought was unimportant, but he didn’t expect that Zou Niang was an exception. “So I carried the old lady back and forth across the road ten times, ran a marathon while using the wheel fist, made faces while holding my breath in the water, took a bath upside down… Oh, she shouldn’t be able to see the faces and the bath. Calm down…”
Fortunately, the deliberate efforts of the past few days have made Qu Ning make considerable progress in managing his facial expressions - at least in terms of forcing himself to be expressionless. After all, he didn't show much expression, but he also forgot what he wanted to say for a moment, and his lips moved a few times before he said nothing.
An awkward atmosphere spread in the room, but Zou Niu looked at Qu Ning with interest, as if he had found temporary pleasure.
"Puff puff--, hello--." The sudden microphone test sound rang out, temporarily saving the embarrassed Qu Ning.
"Romeo and Juliet, starring the Ten Years Black Class, is about to begin!" It was Inukai Ike's voice, "Are your handkerchiefs and tissues ready? Remember to turn off your cell phones. If you don't behave yourself..."
"Ah, as expected of Izuke-sama, my savior... grass."
Before Qu Ning finished thanking Inukai Ijie in her heart, her voice suddenly changed. Her sweet and intellectual voice instantly turned into a low and cold voice, and she said the last half of the sentence: "I don't care if you get killed."
Qu Ning was so shocked that his heart almost screeched, but he calmed down instantly because he knew that what she said might be true.
Unfortunately, before Qu Ning had time to sort out his thoughts, Zou Niang called him, "Let's go. You missed the props arrangement before the show started, so you can't be absent during the props replacement between scenes. Don't forget that your job is to do odd jobs outside the venue."
...............................
Looking at Kiritani Tsuki who seemed to be performing seriously on the stage, Tou Kaku suddenly remembered something, pulled out his prop sword, and observed from different angles under the light.
"The sword is coated with poison." Dong Tujiao said affirmatively after careful observation, and then asked Qing: "Is your sword okay?"
Hearing that the sword was poisoned, Ichinose Haru looked sad and said sadly: "My sword..."
After saying that, she looked around. It was obvious that Jian was not with her, so Dong Tujiao and Qing started looking for him together.
Soon, the two saw Ichinose Haru's sword in the corner and stopped her from picking up the sword. Tousakaku wrapped the sword in a cloth and picked it up, confirming again, "The hilt is poisoned."
Ichinose Haru, who had already returned to normal, suppressed the sadness in her eyes and said with a hint of disappointment: "The poison...it was indeed the coffin."
The two listened to the affectionate conversation between Jiu and Qianzu coming from the stage. They were silent for a while, and Dong Tujiao spoke again: "We need to get rid of these two swords."
"But the stage play will soon be our turn..." Qing replied hesitantly.
"Well, do you want to ask for the song?"
"Please, Mr. Qu."
After a brief pause, they both said the same words.
Soon, Qu Ning, who was not far away, was summoned by the two. After hearing their instructions, Qu Ning nodded in agreement with an expressionless look. Seeing this, Tujiao and Qing left to find a spare prop sword.
Seeing the two people leaving, Qu Ning was worried. Just now, seeing the two people's serious requests, he agreed in a daze. But now thinking carefully, Qu Ning found that he didn't know what to do at all. He thought helplessly: "So this is the sword smeared with Tong Gu Ju's poison, then my work just now was in vain. So what should I do with it! If I throw it away and someone picks it up, it will be a terrible end. There is no place to burn it. Throwing it in the fountain is totally wrong. Adding a poisonous label is just a prank. So is that the only way..."
Regardless of what he was thinking, his face remained expressionless. He tightened the attached cloth again, wrapped the two swords, then turned around and walked towards where Zou Niu had just been.
However, Qu Ning did not notice that before he left, there was a figure at the door who had been watching the conversation between the three people.
....................................
"Ah, Qing-chan is dead!" Zou Niu said with a sad face.
Qu Ning was distracted by the sword that Zou Feng had put aside and labeled with poison, and was afraid that a teacher or some staff member would come in and touch it. Now he was startled when he heard Zou Feng's words and turned his head to look at the stage.
Ichinose Haru fell to the ground, with large amounts of blood flowing from her left chest, staining the entire collar of her clothes red.
“Fuck!” Qu Ning blurted out in his mind, but he said it to Zou Niu, “Isn’t this the plot? Zou Niu was startled and scared me. Speaking of which, it’s time for Romeo the Thousand-footed and the characters from the East Rabbit Corner to fight, right? Well, let’s just watch for a while, it’s a good opportunity to keep an eye on these people hahaha.”
Thinking of this, Qu Ning followed his habit when wearing glasses, walked past Zou Niu and came to the front, watching with great interest.
However, before long, Qu Ning's face changed and cold sweat started to flow down his face. Because he clearly heard, just when the two of them crossed paths, Dong Tujiao whispered to Qianzu: "Angel trumpet is... Tong Gu Jiu."
coobybook