Rules of the Strange: I Can See Through All the Weird

Qi Tong stood there, looking in the direction he had disappeared.

She remembered what Chen Jie had said: when Chen Lingyue was walking out in the afternoon, he paused at the corner.

Perhaps he stopped because, like her, he saw the lock on the iron gate; or perhaps he knew something else.

For example, what's behind the door?

She kept all of this to herself, then turned and walked down the stairs.

Head to the cafeteria, get your food according to the rules, and quickly finish eating while standing to the side.

I still didn't eat that disgusting meat.

Dinner wasn't watermelon stew with meat this time; it was banana steak.

It looks hard to describe; it looks like it was just vomited or just expelled.

Qi Tong's lips twitched slightly.

Do the chefs here have some strange habit of combining meat and fruit together?

The vegetables tasted good, but I wonder what terrible thing happened when they were cooking the meat.

Qi Tong stuffed the last mouthful of rice into his mouth, chewed it twice, swallowed it, and then put down his chopsticks. His movements were clean and efficient, as if he didn't want to stay at this table for even a second longer.

When she returned to the dormitory, Xu Ning and Su Xin were already lying in bed.

She carefully pulled out a chair, intending to sit on the table and organize her thoughts.

The girl in the upper bunk started talking again.

"Could you please keep your voice down? Don't disturb others during break time. How many times have I told you this today?"

Qi Tong paused in pulling the stool, but quickly continued pulling it out and then sat down.

Are you asleep?

The girl in the upper bunk seemed surprised that someone would talk to her directly.

She sat up, her head almost touching the ceiling.

"Whether I sleep or not, the dorm isn't just your place."

"Even if I don't sleep, you have no right to disturb me."

The girl sat on the bed, glaring angrily at Qi Tong, who was sitting at the table under the bed.

Qi Tong calmly raised his head and met the girl's gaze directly.

There were other people in the dormitory: two players and two NPCs.

The other two NPCs didn't say a word from beginning to end; they just quietly leaned against the bed and did their own thing.

"Do you own this dorm? Do they all have to revolve around you?"

The girl paused for a moment, then her voice began to grow louder.

"I live here! I paid for my accommodation! I have the right to enjoy what I'm entitled to!"

Qi Tong sneered coldly.

"So you don't live here anymore? There are six people in this dorm, and you're the only one living here?"

Qi Tong was genuinely angry. Everyone had been deliberately controlling their voices, and while it might be acceptable once or twice, doing it a third time was just asking for trouble.

It happened on the same day.

The dormitory lights are still on; even if she were to do a social dance on the floor, no one could stop her.

The girl on the bed pounded the bed hard, and even the NPC on the lower bunk was affected, with the bed shaking slightly.

After pounding the bed, the girl glared at Qi Tong and angrily climbed down the ladder on the side of the bed.

"Are you deliberately trying to cause trouble?" She pointed at Qi Tong.

"Try pointing at me again."

Qi Tong was extremely impatient. She hadn't expected that after working in the workforce for so long, she would still have to deal with such trivial matters related to the school dormitory.

The girl's eyes widened even more, and she stretched out her finger pointing at Qi Tong.

"I'm pointing at you! So what?"

Qi Tong didn't waste any more words. He reached out and grabbed the girl's fingers, applying slight pressure. The girl's body began to twist uncontrollably along with his fingers.

"Aaaaaaah, it hurts, it hurts!"

The girl screamed and pushed Qi Tong's hand away forcefully with her other hand.

"Relax!"

Qi Tong did not obediently let go.

Instead, he spoke calmly: "What else do you mean?"

The girl immediately begged for mercy: "I won't point anymore, I won't point anymore!"

Qi Tong still didn't let up and continued to press for answers.

"Are you deliberately trying to cause trouble?"

The girl's eyes began to dart away, as if she didn't want to talk. Qi Tong tightened his grip slightly, and the girl's lips trembled as she tried her best to hold back.

Finally, when Qi Tong increased the intensity again, she could no longer hold back and screamed.

"Yes! Yes! I was deliberately causing trouble, it wasn't my intention!"

Tears welled up in the girl's eyes, and sweat beaded on her forehead from the pain.

Qi Tong loosened his grip, but didn't let go of her fingers.

"Who gave you those instructions?"

The pressure on her fingers lessened, and the girl gasped for breath, as if she suddenly had room to breathe.

She was still somewhat wary and unwilling to say more, but she could see Qi Tong's indifferent eyes.

She blurted out a name without thinking.

"Jin Bowen".

"It's Jin Bowen!"

The name Jin Bowen sounds familiar.

Qi Tong shook off the girl's hand and returned to his chair.

Xu Ning, who had been watching the commotion, sat down next to her.

He leaned close to her ear and whispered, "It's the class monitor!"

Qi Tong suddenly understood.

During the first class, Teacher Jiang introduced the class monitor as Jin Bowen!

All the news now points to something being wrong with Jin Bowen.

Qi Tong composed himself and slowly recounted the strange events he had encountered that evening.

"Before dinner, I bumped into the class monitor at the corner. The hallway was empty at the time, and he was the only one standing in the shadows."

"A series of faint, eerie thuds came from behind the door, like someone whispering accusations. There were only the two of us there, so we didn't know if there was anyone behind the door."

As soon as she finished speaking, Xu Ning swayed: "You mean... all those strange noises were made by the class monitor?"

Qi Tong nodded calmly: "It's most likely him. Think about it carefully, every move he made from beginning to end was strange in a way that's hard to describe."

Xu Ning immediately fell silent, carefully recalling the past details. The more she thought about it, the more alarmed she became, and she whispered in agreement: "Indeed... the class monitor's behavior was really outrageous."

Su Xin asked hesitantly, "So what do we do now?"

"We'll investigate the truth tomorrow," Qi Tong calmly reassured them. "Our priority tonight is to follow the dormitory rules and get through the night peacefully."

"Yes, let's rest first." Xu Ning breathed a sigh of relief, feeling exhausted. "Go to sleep as soon as you've washed up, I'm too tired."

Qi Tong nodded, carefully washed up, put all her belongings back in their original places, and then lay back down on the bed.

Night completely enveloped the entire dormitory building.

A series of faint, intermittent noises came from outside the window, the sound of the wind mixed with subtle rustling sounds, making it particularly eerie.

Su Xin huddled under the covers, trembling all over, her voice shaking: "What...what's that noise outside...?"

Xu Ning immediately sent a telepathic message to stop her: "Don't talk! Have you forgotten the dormitory rules? No making noise at night."

The voice just fell.

Boom, boom, boom.

Heavy, dragging footsteps slowly approached the dormitory entrance from the end of the corridor.

The cool moonlight streamed through the window, illuminating a tall figure at the dormitory entrance.

Qi Tong's gaze sharpened, and she silently transmitted her thoughts: "Something seems off about the person who came; their aura is very strange."

The man, his shoes heavy with thick soles, pushed the door open and entered step by step.

Su Xin recognized the person's face by the moonlight and felt a chill run down her spine. She closed her eyes the instant she saw the person and sent a message in her mind.

"It's the class monitor! Why is he in the dorm in the middle of the night?! What's that dark thing behind him?!"

Qi Tong immediately transmitted his voice in a deep voice, "We'll talk about it when it's light. Don't make a sound and don't provoke him."

Jin Bowen walked straight to the front of the aisle between Qi Tong and Xu Ning's beds and stood quietly.

The dark shadows clinging to him surged and shifted, and the dormitory NPCs, who had been sleeping peacefully, suddenly went out of control, letting out a shrill, piercing scream: "Aaaaaah!"