Chapter 75 - Trade

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The Blonde Lady seemed lost in thought. “But if that’s the case, what’s going on with the children that appear at night?”

Those children kept plastering themselves on their windows to stare at them every night, and the entire dormitory could not sleep well as a result of it. QGdSxZ

Fang Qi: “Uh…”

It did not seem to make sense.

If the Dean rebuilt the kindergarten to protect these twelve students, why were there so many children in the kindergarten? Could it be that their gained information was meant to confuse them?

All of the players started doubting the truth of the story. After all, the Dean did not look affable at all, and she gave the impression that she would tear off her pretence at any given moment and start massacring in all directions. mDi2Jh

Shen Dongqing threw down the newspapers. “We just need to go out and ask.”

When the other players looked in the direction he was facing, their bodies quivered instantaneously— a black and thin figure stood outside the window, staring at the people inside the classroom with dead eyes, and it was unknown how long she had been standing there for.

The Blonde Lady faltered as she said: “Are we going out?”

It felt like standing inside was a lot safer, for the Dean seemed to be barred outside the classroom. If they went out, wouldn’t they be walking right into the trap? an8YcF

Shen Dongqing felt strange: “If we don’t go out, how are we supposed to solve the riddle?”

After he said that, he twisted open the classroom door and walked out before anyone could stop him.

Perhaps because everyone knew about the backstory of Haiduo Kindergarten now, the original bright and beautiful kindergarten had reverted back to its true appearance. After being abandoned for a period of time, the entire kindergarten was suffused with a kind of rundown atmosphere.

None of the children could be seen, only leaving the decoloured playground installations and the crows that were lingering around the grass lawn. 1WLlk4

When he turned his head back, he noticed that even the classroom windows were draped in spiderwebs.

The Dean stood in a place that was not far away from the classroom, and a small figure peeked his head out from her dress. And as though he was afraid of Shen Dongqing, he shrank back again to hide, not daring to show himself.

However, Shen Dongqing was not conscious of his fear at all as he waved at Shun Shun with a crinkled-eyed smile.

Shun Shun mumbled: “Scoundrel!” gZuOjo

The Dean was still wearing a perpetual dead face and not a trace of amiability could be seen. Even the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes brought its own harshness as she said coldly, “All of you have violated the rules of the kindergarten…”

Before she could finish her words, she was interrupted by Zhou Wenyan: “I can escort the twelve students and bring them to the place they’re supposed to go.”

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The Dean’s movements halted, and her expression went through the subtlest change, as if she was judging if Zhou Wenyan’s words were true or false.

Finally, she asked: “What do you want?” wyep 7

Zhou Wenyan leaned half of his body against Shen Dongqing’s shoulders, which made him look wilful. “I’m not making a trade with you, I just feel like doing it.”

Towards the people who ought to die, Zhou Wenyan would never show them any mercy, and he would even send them on their way.

But towards the people who should live, Zhou Wenyan would not be miserly with his compassion either.

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“Follow me.”

The Dean held hands with Shun Shun as she walked towards the resting room. oPbALX

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Inside the resting room, twelve porcelain dolls were lying on their small beds in a neat and orderly manner, and not a single one of them were missing.

The Dean carried one of the porcelain dolls and caressed it gently.

The porcelain doll trembled and they could faintly hear her saying, “Mother Dean.” Dvt2Xu

The Dean handed the porcelain doll to Shen Dongqing, saying: “I can only protect them inside the kindergarten, and I was never able to send them out. I’ll be troubling all of you.”

The Dean spoke with immense solemnity.

Shen Dongqing hugged the porcelain with great caution. He showed a rarely seen seriousness as he stated: “I will send them back home.”

The twelve porcelain dolls were distributed among the five players and they carried them to the kindergarten’s entrance. Gdjw6Y

Fang Qi: “Why do I feel so strange? It feels like it’s more dangerous outside?”

Blonde Lady: “Shut your crow mouth!”

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Fang Qi clamped his mouth shut in a hurry, expressing that he would not say another word from that moment onwards.

The Dean walked up to the front and pushed open the rusted iron gates. 2BrT6p

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