Open and Honest

Rubbing the back of her head, Yuan Shirui squatted on the ground and muttered, “Manager, next time you’re going to hit me, can you give me a heads-up?”

Hearing Yuan Shirui’s muttering, Winnie pretended she hadn’t heard anything.

After all, if she really did give her a warning, she would, nine times out of ten, deliberately pretend to be in a lot of pain.

“So, has the misunderstanding been cleared up?”

Winnie raised her willow-like eyebrows, trying to make Bai Yun in front of her give up the idea of Su Ran going to Beizhou Academy.

“The misunderstanding is cleared up, but I will not take back my proposal. I still hope that Su Ran can go to Beizhou Academy to study. Compared to the fighting and killing in the Blood Hunters, the safety of the academy is undoubtedly a better guarantee.”

From Bai Yun’s perspective, Blood Hunters often had to struggle on the line between life and death, especially on missions outside the Federation.

Even though Su Ran had the power of a Sequence Two, she was still relatively weak.

It would be safer to stay in the academy.

Seeing that Bai Yun was unwilling to give up her idea, Winnie shook her head and said, “I’m afraid Beizhou Academy is not a safe place right now either.”

Hearing this, Bai Yun immediately frowned, her voice sinking.

“The headmaster of our Beizhou Academy is a superhuman who possesses a Domain. In the entire Jiangcheng, even up to the Northern Border City, where can be safer than Beizhou Academy?”

To Bai Yun, Winnie questioning the safety of Beizhou Academy was no less than questioning its strength.

The atmosphere, which had just eased, gradually began to become confrontational again.

“That is the Beizhou Academy you know.”

Winnie took a sip of the boiled water on the table and frowned imperceptibly.

“But the Beizhou Academy now is not the one in your memory.”

As she spoke, she gave the whole pot of tea to Yuan Shirui and instructed, “Go and get me a new pot of hot water. This one is cold. And brew the tea I put in the cabinet.”

Then, Yuan Shirui carried the teapot and walked towards the kitchen.

“Let me start with the first point. Your headmaster is not in the academy at the moment, and you can’t contact him, can you?”

Winnie ignored Bai Yun’s astonished gaze.

She seemed to want to ask Winnie where she got this information, but in the end, she calmed down and forcibly suppressed the urge to ask.

“We have our own intelligence.”

Seeing Bai Yun’s intense reaction, Winnie smiled and explained.

“As for the rest, let Xiao Ran tell you herself. I believe this is also the purpose for which she asked you to come to Sakura Cafe.”

At this time, Yuan Shirui had already brewed the tea and brought it over again.

Winnie poured out the clear, bright tea soup, sniffed the emerging aroma, and nodded with satisfaction.

Then she stood up and poured another cup for Bai Yun.

“Try this. It’s my private collection. It should be effective in alleviating the symptoms of your internal injuries. It’s not good to rely solely on synthetic potions to numb yourself.”

Bai Yun’s body trembled, a look of surprise on her face.

“I run a maid cafe. I’m more sensitive when it comes to taste.”

Winnie didn’t explain much, just gestured for Bai Yun to try her tea.

“This…”

Bai Yun only took one sip and felt an unprecedented relaxation in her limbs and bones.

Su Ran, who was next to Winnie, saw her give her a meaningful look.

She immediately knew it was her turn to speak.

“Teacher Bai, it’s like this. The purpose of seeking you out today is…”

Su Ran told Bai Yun everything about the homicide at the Xingfu apartment building and her attack by Li Ming, as well as what Li Shanhai had found out about the relationship between the two victims and the possible connection to the insurance policy leak.

“Unbelievable…”

Regarding what Su Ran said, Bai Yun’s worldview seemed to have been shaken, and she hadn’t fully recovered yet.

She hadn’t expected that so many things had happened since she left Jiangbei City, and even Su Ran had been in danger twice.

“After I met with you, I immediately received news that a ruin had opened in the former Changling Mountain, so I rushed over without stopping. I didn’t expect so many things to have happened in Jiangbei City during this period.”

Since the medicine to prolong life could only exist in ruins, this left Bai Yun with no time to care about other things.

Her mind was completely focused on the search for the medicine.

“How long does Teacher Bai plan to stay in Jiangbei City?”

Knowing that Bai Yun didn’t have much time left, Su Ran didn’t feel right asking her to stay here longer.

“Although I don’t have much life left, there is still some time before the next ruin opens. I should be staying here for a while longer.”

Then, Bai Yun pretended to be relaxed, not wanting Su Ran to worry too much about her, so she changed the subject.

“Now is not the time to talk about this. You were looking for me to ask about the insurance policy, right?”

Su Ran nodded and honestly admitted her purpose.

Bai Yun frowned and pondered for a moment, as if retrieving memories from her mind.

“Regarding the leak of the insurance policy, because I wasn’t at the school that night, I don’t know the specifics of what happened.”

But regarding Bai Yun’s answer, although Su Ran was mentally prepared that she might not get a direct answer, when she finally faced the fact, she couldn’t help but feel a little disappointed.

“However, the process of us collecting the insurance policies was that the students handed in the envelopes, which were then collected and sealed by us. If there was a leak, then we teachers are also suspects.”

Bai Yun did not deliberately exclude herself, but this was something that could be found out with a little effort.

‘But precisely because it was opened after being sealed, Teacher Bai’s suspicion can actually be ruled out. After all, who would go through so much trouble to open it again after reviewing it?’

From Su Ran’s point of view, she didn’t think the other party would do such a pointless thing.

“Is it possible that the other party did it on purpose? To clear their own suspicion?”

Listening intently to their conversation, Yuan Shirui suddenly spoke up and proposed her own idea.

“It’s possible, but since the other party has the ability to break the seal, there’s actually no need to make it so troublesome. The more moves you make, the bigger the flaws.”

Since the mark left on the envelope required a special method to break, and the other party could only break it, not reproduce it, it meant that the other party’s ability was not particularly powerful.

In order to be as low-key as possible, Su Ran believed that the other party had broken and viewed it after the seal was made.

“If that’s the case, then the person on duty that night is very suspicious.”

Then, Bai Yun checked the duty roster for that night on her phone.

“But the matter of the leak should have been investigated by Beizhou Academy, right? The school didn’t find any clues?”

Su Ran thought of something that didn’t seem right.

Whether it was the security officers or the school, the information she had obtained from Bai Yun, they should have been able to get it as well.

‘But why didn’t the other party find the slightest clue from the personnel on duty that day?’