My Strange Tale Love Strategy Simulator

The corner of the archives was illuminated by a flashlight beam, and the young security guard was breathing heavily, his arm holding the flashlight trembling.

A file folder lay on the ground in the corner, stirring up dust in the flashlight beam.

The security guard swallowed hard and carefully walked toward the file folder that had fallen to the ground. His flashlight swung wildly through the file room, but he couldn't find a single person.

"Strange, why is there no one here? Could it be something eerie?"

Thinking of the strange babies that had been circulating on campus recently, the young security guard was genuinely scared, but his desire to do his job made him force himself to do another search.

These files couldn't have just fallen to the ground out of thin air, nor could they have been opened out of thin air. There must be someone in the archives!

hum-

A faint mechanical whirring startled the young security guard. He raised his flashlight and looked toward the source of the sound, where he saw the surveillance camera in the archives slowly lift up and light up a red dot.

Just as he breathed a sigh of relief, a shock spread from inside his brain, his consciousness instantly went blank, his eyes rolled upwards, and he fell into a daze.

At that moment, Zhang Ying, who was lying on the top shelf in the corner of the archives room, jumped down, wrapped his arms around the young security guard's neck, and whispered, "Sorry, you should get some sleep first."

He then used a naked chokehold to completely knock the young security guard unconscious.

Xiao Hei left the young security guard's body and covered the camera again.

Realizing that time was running out, Zhang Ying quickly flipped through the remaining files and finally found the paper files about the school dance team teacher from back then.

Xu Miaofeng

Gender: Female

[Political Affiliation: Masses]

Age: 24

[Department: Dacang Key No.1 Middle School]

[Job Responsibilities: Instructor of the School Dance Team]

[Unit 1, Building 12, Lakeview Residential Complex, Erxiangkou, Beicheng District, Beijing]

[Brief Description of On-Campus Employment]

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Key Issues

[1. Incompatible teaching philosophies: Rejecting the school's assigned tasks of group drills and choreographing mainstream programs, indulging solely in personalized "artistic exploration," ignoring the physical and mental development of middle school students, and choreographing programs that are too advanced and obscure, resulting in repeated failing grades in school-wide open class evaluations.]

[2: Disregarding school rules and regulations, repeatedly leading students to participate in unofficial social and commercial performances and exchange activities without the approval of the academic affairs office; and there were serious instances of excessive training time, interfering with students' normal academic studies, leading to a series of complaints from parents and homeroom teachers.]

[Anomaly Log: Based on the above information...]

[Disciplinary Decision: Dismissal]

"This Xu Miaofeng is from the same hometown as Teacher Zhou, okay? We can't tell anything from the information in her file. But at least her address is in the file. As one of the key witnesses to the incident back then, maybe we can get some information out of her."

Zhang Ying put down the file about Xu Miaofeng in his hand and mixed it with the other files.

"It would be too conspicuous to just split this one file apart; it would be better to split the others as well."

Zhang Ying glanced at the other files and loosened his fingers...

Three minutes later, the entire archive room was in chaos. Fifteen files were dismantled, and the metal shelves that held the files were overturned and in disarray.

Looking at his masterpiece, Zhang Ying clapped his hands in satisfaction and said, "Now that the archives are so chaotic, they shouldn't be able to figure out my intentions."

He glanced at the young security guard lying on the ground, then strode away from the archives.

After crawling out of the dog hole, Zhang Ying left the school without stopping and rushed home. On his way home, he saw one police car after another heading towards the school.

He showed no sign of panic, simply humming a tune and walking forward casually, appearing to be an ordinary student by no means.

Back home, he searched online for information about Xu Miaofeng, but it was clear that for a not-so-bright and dismissed teacher, there was almost no information about her online.

Xu Miaofeng has been dismissed from the school for four years, and who knows if she has already moved away. But now we can only try our best and go to the address left on her file tomorrow.

At 6:53 pm the next day, at the Laoweidao barbecue stall at the Second Alley in the North District, Zhang Ying sat at the table, eating skewers while searching for the address of the Lakeview Community on his phone.

He took a big bite of the kidney in front of him, a hint of anger on his face.

"Damn it, where is Building 12? I've searched almost half of the Second Alley, and all I can find in this Lakeview Community is Building 11. Am I being haunted again? Where is Building 12?!"

As soon as school was over, he went straight to the Second Alley in the North District, but after searching for almost two hours, he still couldn't find Building 12 in the Lakeview Community. He even wondered if he had made a mistake in the archives.

He found the mention of the archives somewhat strange.

Yesterday's commotion must have been quite significant, even involving the police. But this morning, when I arrived at the school, there was not a sound from the school, and I didn't even see a trace of the police.

It's as if the school deliberately concealed this matter.

However, this should be considered a good thing for Zhang Ying, since he doesn't have to worry about the police finding anything.

He stuffed another skewer into his mouth, closed the phone map, and figured that finding these 12 buildings with just the phone map wouldn't be enough; it would be best to ask a local who lived there.

"You are... Zhang Ying?"

As Zhang Ying was idly eating skewers alone, feeling rather bored, a slightly puzzled voice came from behind him.

"Who?"

Hearing the question, Zhang Ying was surprised to run into someone he knew here. He turned around and saw a young man of similar age wearing an apron and smelling of charcoal, holding an iron plate and looking at him.

"It really is you, Zhang Ying!" The young man's face was full of surprise. He put down the iron plate in his hand and wiped his hands on his apron.

"It's been so long, I never expected to run into you at the store."

Zhang Ying hissed, looking at the young man before him, a feeling of familiarity mixed with strangeness welling up inside him: "Who are you?"

"You don't remember me? Well, it's true, it's been six years since we last met. I am Shen Yugang! Big Diamond!" Shen Yugang said with a smile, revealing a set of pearly white teeth.

"A big diamond! Old Shen!" Memories flooded back, and Zhang Ying's face lit up with surprise: "Didn't you go to another province after graduating from elementary school? Why are you back?"

"I just couldn't keep up with my studies. I was thinking that instead of continuing my studies, I might as well learn a skill at my uncle's barbecue stall and make some money on the side. I'll just tell my uncle, and this meal is on me!" Shen Yugang sat opposite Zhang Ying and started eating the skewers from the iron plate.

"It's been so long since I've seen you, I can't let you spend money like this!" Zhang Ying said politely to the barbecue owner, "Please grill me a few more kidneys!"

Looking at Shen Yugang in front of him, Zhang Ying was filled with many thoughts.

This guy was his best friend from kindergarten to sixth grade. The two were inseparable when they were the same age. He was sad for a long time when he heard that this guy was going to another province.

I never expected to run into someone from the past so soon. I wonder if it's fate.

However, since Shen Yugang works here, he might know about the local situation.

Zhang Ying immediately asked, "Old Shen, do you know about Lakeview Residential Area?"