It seems that the villain is targeting me.

After saying this, Lao Liu fell silent in her mind.

The world is so fickle, people use things and then throw them away. Lu Yao was once again left alone by 41006 to face the bleak reality.

But I guess she is almost used to it now, and her death-like heart has not been affected by this backstab.

What waves.

At the moment she turned around, she still had a hopeful mentality - as a middle school student from a wealthy family, with good academic performance, who did not often participate in activities but often participated in bullying, most teachers in the school knew her.

Out of respect for her father, most teachers would turn a blind eye to her disciplinary violations.

Even if she really hurt someone and had to call her parents, Lu Yao was confident that her father would be able to help her settle it with money - provided that she didn't create such a big mess.

Now that she has just returned to school from home after being in detention, it is time for her to behave herself and behave herself.

If something went wrong at this juncture, even Lu Yao would be terrified, fearing to see Lu Weiren's gloomy and furious old face.

Lu Yao made a decision quickly: if it was a teacher she knew, she would beg for mercy; if it was a teacher she didn't know, she would find a way to slip away quickly!

But when she turned around, she was still stunned by what was happening before her eyes.

Lu Yao raised a trembling hand: "You, you..."

She discovered that she knew this teacher, and not only did she know him, but he also—

"What are you doing here, Lu Yao?" Xiao Niao stood behind her, his expression looking very calm. "Class is about to start, why don't you go to the classroom?"

It's that person!

Lu Yao almost screamed on the spot. The scene of being forced to drink raw egg white to induce vomiting still frequently haunted her nightmares. She would never forget that sticky and disgusting feeling in her life.

"Why are you here!" she screamed sharply.

Xiao Niao's ears hurt from the sonic attack. Her brows furrowed, and her light brown eyes moved slightly before her gaze fixed behind Lu Yao.

"I'm a teacher hired by the city's No. 1 Middle School, so of course I'm here," she replied calmly. "But you—what's going on with that classmate lying behind you?"

Two thoughts were clashing fiercely in Lu Yao's mind.

One side said, "Why are you running? Just standing there!"

One party said, you know her, go and plead for mercy.

Lu Yao was so confused that she almost collapsed.

She looked at the familiar person in front of her and shouted incoherently: "I don't know, teacher, he was like this when I came here."

At this time, Gu Tianjiao also struggled to get up from the ground and stood behind Lu Yao without saying a word.

Even though the light was dim, Xiao Niao still caught a glimpse of the eye-catching shoe prints on his face.

Xiao Niao: “…” I don’t feel like I want to delve into this anymore, so I might as well just let them go.

But she is a teacher now after all. Even if she doesn't want to get involved in the mess between the male and female protagonists of the original novel, she still has to fulfill her minimum responsibilities.

She then asked Gu Tianjiao to go to the school clinic by himself - as for Lu Yao, she was brought to the office of the teaching department and let the dean of teaching personally make the decision.

Gu Tianjiao limped away bravely, and judging from his pace, he was somewhat impatient.

Lu Yao stood there in a daze, not knowing what she was thinking.

"...Lu Yao? Classmate Lu Yao?"

Xiao Niao's voice brought her back to consciousness. Lu Yao shuddered violently and only then realized that she had been distracted without realizing it.

"Wow, what did you just say..."

Lu Yao took a step back unconsciously. She didn't hear clearly what Xiaoniao had just said, but subconsciously wanted to stay away from this dangerous person.

"Ah," Xiao Niao lowered his voice slightly, chatting casually, "I mean, before we go to the training office, I have something I want to ask you."

"What?" Lu Yao subconsciously raised her head and asked.

Xiao Niao rubbed his fingers gently.

"Well," she said, "it's just a personal matter, but I thought you might still remember..."

"Have you ever seen a cat? Classmate Lu Yao, a white cat, weighing at least fourteen pounds, with yellow spots on the tip of its tail and mouth."

"That's not some expensive cat,"

Xiao Niao shook his head when he said this, "So I don't understand why someone would want to take it away?"

She looked at the girl who was standing there, completely motionless.

"So, Lu Yao, do you know where my cat went?"

Xiao Niao asked.

Chapter 5000: How many people drank so much that they ended up like this? (+)

When Xiao Niao first lost contact with Number Four, he didn't take it too seriously.

She had never been very strict with Number Four because she was used to working with Tongzi, so she could easily forget about the cat even when she was on a mission.

In daily life, Xiaoniao didn't restrict it much and basically treated it like a cat.

It seems like No. 4 has retired early. His daily work is to eat, sleep, and pet his fur. Occasionally, he goes out for a walk. He can be said to be the most embarrassing person in the Hedgehog Cat System.

No wonder Tongzi’s first reaction after he found it was lost was that this guy had skipped work again.

So, when Xiao Niao was told that Number Four had been hanging around the school, he naturally thought that the other party was just having fun and didn't want to go home.

She also left a window for No. 4 and placed food and water on the small balcony so that No. 4 could eat immediately after returning home from a stroll.

But when he went to the balcony again, the food on the small plate was still untouched.

"...the coordinates are wrong,"

Xiao Niao held onto his knees, panting slightly, a thin layer of sweat covering his forehead. "Xiao Si isn't even near the school."

The system was also in a heavy mood. It used its reconnaissance module to scan a piece of open space in front of Xiaoniao - there was nothing there except dust, but the module told it that the fat cat was there.

[…There are two possibilities,] the system whispered, [either Number 4 doesn't want us to know its whereabouts and has forged the wrong coordinates.]

[——Or someone kidnapped it under duress and deliberately placed this decoy around us.]

The former is unlikely - it is equivalent to defection. Number Four is obsessed with regaining his organization, and it is hard to imagine that he would choose to betray at this juncture.

"Besides, if it wanted to run away, it would have already run away," the system pointed out bluntly. "There's absolutely no reason to delay it until now."

So it can only be the latter: No. 4 was kidnapped by unknown persons.

This person knew the secrets about the system and the mission, knew how to modify the system's location coordinates, and was likely still active in a place unknown to Xiaoniao.

"...Could there be other raiders?"

Xiao Niao could only guess at this possibility. She pondered, "Didn't you say before that many people have tried to conquer this world..."

"Absolutely impossible," the system denied Xiaoniao's guess. "Only one person can enter at a time—if the number increases, the risk of being expelled by the world's will doubles."

In fact, the systems were also on the expulsion list, but because Tongzi and No. 4 were bound to the bird and were regarded as a unified entity, they were not targeted.

[Anyway, the fat cat is missing now, we have to find a way to find it.]

Xiao Niao thought for a moment and said, "It got lost in the hotel that day. I remember hearing someone's voice at that time..."

Lu Yao's voice.

Lu Yao was standing outside the corridor at the time, and she directly witnessed cat number four scratching the door.

Regardless of whether it was Lu Yao who took No. 4 away, she obviously knew something.

Back to the present.

Xiao Niao saw that after he finished speaking, Lu Yao, who was standing not far away, lowered her head in silence.

After a long silence, Lu Yao hesitantly uttered a word.

"……cat?"

Xiao Niao clearly heard a slight tremor in her voice.

"What, what cat?" Lu Yao forced herself to remain calm. "There's no cat. What are you talking about..."

As she spoke, her eyes began to roll around, and her disguise was quite clumsy.

Xiao Niao:...It must be her who took Xiao Si away, right?

System: […She was definitely the one who took that fat cat away.]

This girl is still as simple and unpretentious as ever. It is easier to get words from her than to make France surrender.

But why would Lu Yao think of taking Number Four away? As a character in the plot, she should not be aware of the existence of the system.

"...No, that's not right," Xiao Niao discussed with the system in his mind and came to a conclusion, "There is definitely someone behind her."

System: [Assuming that 'person' knows the inside story, they likely kidnapped No. 4 for some reason, so No. 4 should be safe for the time being.]

Xiao Niao's thoughts have become clear.

"In that case, the dangerous person might actually be Lu Yao," Xiao Niao pondered. "Her behavior is abnormal, and what she's done these past few days is almost self-destructive. It's obvious that she's being used as a pawn by the guy behind the scenes. If this continues..."

Xiao Niao thought about it carefully: "...It doesn't seem to be any of my business, huh?"

Seeing that Xiaoniao hadn't spoken for a long time, Lu Yao was extremely panicked.

Of course she knew the cat: the magical talking Baga cat.

At least half of Lu Yao's recent suffering was related to it, so the moment Xiao Niao mentioned it, she thought of cat number four.

One fact that must be mentioned here is that Lu Yao has very little known information.

Whether it was from 41006 or the 'tutor' Xiao Niao whom she had met once, she knew nothing about them: she had no idea what they were up to, nor did she know how to deal with them.

Moreover, her mental state is rather poor, and once an emergency occurs, her mind becomes easily confused.

For example, she easily overlooked the following questions: How could a school have a cat? She had taken the cat from the Fun Hotel, so why would they ask her about it?

Just as Lu Yao was anxiously thinking about whether to ask for help from the strange voice in her head, the bird stopped talking and turned around, facing Lu Yao with its back.

"Class is about to start," Xiao Niao suddenly said, "You should hurry back to the classroom."

Lu Yao was stunned for a moment: "Ah, but, but the cat..."

"Didn't you say you haven't seen my cat?" Xiao Niao said calmly, "It must have gone out to play. Maybe it will come back in a few days."

The girl in front of him was stunned for a moment, and then a look of relief appeared on her face.

It's really like a story where you think there's no way out, but suddenly you see another village with willows and flowers - I didn't expect this person to be so gullible - I just said a few words and he fooled him!

"Okay, I understand, teacher," Lu Yao said hurriedly, "I'll go back to the classroom now..."

Xiao Niao nodded at her and rubbed the bottom of her feet.

Yuzen thoughtfully reminded: "Study hard, and also, go to the school's academic affairs office after school."

"I will inform your homeroom teacher of what happened just now - you and the classmate who just went to the infirmary must go there," she added.

Lu Yao: "Ah?"

"What? Violating school rules means being investigated," Xiao Niao said, "or do you prefer to go now?"

Lu Yao's face suddenly fell into a bitter state. She finally remembered her current situation: after making her own father mad and being locked up for a week, she, the second young lady of the Lu family, was about to receive another school disciplinary action!

And it was for the same reason as last time.

When the time comes, how should she go home and explain to Lu Weiren?

"Dear Deng, I accidentally hit someone and got punished again. Ah, you asked me who I hit - hehe, guess?"

Even though she was used to a life where she could do whatever she wanted, as a student, Lu Yao was still instinctively afraid of being punished.

Her face turned pale and she shuddered subconsciously.

No, no, I absolutely cannot let my parents be called to school at this juncture, nor can I be punished - Dad has been in a bad mood these past few days, and if he knew that I had caused trouble again as soon as I arrived at school, he would definitely be furious!

We must ask for leniency from the teacher!

Thinking of this, Lu Yao immediately begged, "Xiao, Teacher Xiao, please don't report it to the school. I really didn't mean it—I didn't do anything at all!"

This is not a lie. It was not her who beat the person, but Lao Liu.

Xiao Niao looked Lu Yao up and down with suspicion, his eyes full of distrust: There are shoe prints on her face, and you haven't done anything yet?

Poor Tianjian, Lu Yao really didn’t want to slap Gu Tianjiao.

Even when she bullied others in the past, she rarely actually hit them, and was more inclined to engage in mental PUA.