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Chapter 355 Gathering of Villains
Although Gu Mian was separated from the others, he didn't lose his mind.

“The others will definitely choose a place to meet up…” Gu Mian thought, “It’s probably the classroom where we play games.”

Gu Mian walked towards the classroom while thinking.

It's already 2 PM, and everyone's lunch break is over.

Gu Mian mingled with the crowd and followed the main group toward the teaching building.

When Gu Mian returned to the classroom, she saw that Chu Changge, 007, Li Yibai, and Guo Jimei were already sitting inside.

Gu Mian first looked at 007, asking with her eyes if he had found Guo Jimei's ballot.

007 understood Gu Mian's meaning and gently shook his head: "I didn't find it. When I went downstairs again, even you were gone. I heard from Chu Meiren that you saw Zhang Pingfan chasing after him... By the way, Yue Nu said she was looking for Pan Yue's diary, but she didn't find any diary when she came back."

The mysterious disappearance of Guo Jimei's voting paper has made her identity even more enigmatic.

Upon hearing this, Gu Mian looked at Guo Jimei: "So, Guo Jimei, you came back with Lin Qi?"

Guo Jimei immediately shook her head: "You were all gone by then. Lin Qi, Yue Nu, and I wanted to search for you separately, but I didn't dare to go alone. Luckily, I ran into Li Yibai again, so I went with Li Yibai. Later, I got a little tired, so I went back to the classroom with Li Yibai first."

Li Yibai was sitting next to 007 at this moment. Hearing Guo Jimei's words, he nodded, indicating that this was indeed the case.

So Guo Jimei and Li Yibai were the first to return to the classroom.

007 continued Guo Jimei's words: "I ran into Chu Meiren on my way to look for someone. She said that someone might have already returned to the classroom, so the two of us came back together."

Just as 007 was speaking, Gu Mian suddenly heard footsteps outside the door.

He looked outside and saw that Coco was already standing at the door.

She glanced quickly at the people in the room, then walked in: "You're all back! I thought you'd come back, so I thought I'd come and see you."

As soon as Coco finished speaking, 007 asked, "Didn't you run into anyone else outside?"

Coco paused slightly, then shook her head: "No..."

Gu Mian withdrew her gaze from Coco.

So now only Yue Nu and Yuan Qinghua are outside alone.

They didn't waste any time.

Chu Changge immediately broke the brief silence: "So, did any of you manage to catch up with Zhang Pingfan?"

007 and Guo Jimei came down from the dormitory, so naturally they didn't participate in this chase.

Among those present, only Gu Mian, Chu Changge, Keke, and Li Yibai had ever pursued Zhang Pingfan.

Chu Changge's tone clearly indicated that he had not caught up with them.

Li Yibai spoke first: "That kid must have been possessed by some evil spirit. He runs away whenever he sees someone, and he runs incredibly fast. I couldn't catch him."

Coco shook her head slightly: "I was left at the very back and didn't see anything at all."

Upon hearing this, Li Yibai looked at Gu Mian and asked, "I saw you running in the lead. Did you catch him?"

Gu Mian spread his hands slightly: "If I had caught him, I would have brought him back right now." He paused for a moment after saying that before continuing: "I was following behind him the whole time, so I watched him climb over the fence next to the playground and leave the school."

Gu Mian did not mention that Zhang Pingfan had met with Xu Xingcheng.

A bold idea was swirling in his mind.

Just then, two more footsteps suddenly echoed down the corridor.

The group turned to look at the entrance and saw the absent Yue woman and Yuan Qinghua; the two of them had arrived together.

Yue Nu seemed surprised to find so many people in the classroom. She said with some astonishment, "I thought it would take a while to gather everyone together. I didn't expect you all to be so smart."

Yuan Qinghua spoke up from the side: "After we were separated, I looked for people outside for a while, and then I ran into Yue Nu, so we came back together."

Now we've finally got everyone we could gather.

Yue Nu quickly took two steps, pulled out a stool and sat down: "I heard Yuan Qinghua say on the way that you saw Zhang Pingfan. He ran away, so you chased after him and got separated."

That way, there's no need to waste time explaining to the Yue woman.

Gu Mian nodded: "That's right, because there were still some students outside when Zhang Pingfan appeared, and we couldn't find each other while we were chasing him... Of course, we didn't catch Zhang Pingfan in the end, and he went out of the school."

At this moment, Yue Nu showed a strange expression: "His attitude of running away as soon as he saw us is a bit puzzling. If he hadn't done something wrong, he wouldn't be so scared, would he?"

At this moment, Li Yibai suddenly spoke up: "Speaking of guilty consciences... right now there's only one thing that can be called a guilty conscience, right? That's Wang Pang..."

Wang Pang's body was found in the building last night, and his death was extremely gruesome.

To this day, no one knows who did it.

A cold breeze blew in from outside the window.

Coco seemed to feel cold, so she took a few steps to the bedside and closed the window.

“Li Wentao got an extra vote last night, so it’s possible that Zhang Pingfan cast it…” Li Yibai continued.

“Indeed,” Yue Nu nodded, “before Zhang Pingfan disappeared, did any of you notice anything unusual about him?”

Li Yibai shook his head: "Pan Yue and Zhang Pingfan have a good relationship. If she were here, we could ask her, but now we don't know where she is."

Pan Yue was traumatized last night and ran away like a madwoman.

But it's also possible that she used this opportunity to act alone.

Yue Nu continued, "So if we don't have a specific candidate in mind to vote for tonight, we can vote for Zhang Pingfan, but..."

But what? Gu Mian looked at Yue Nu.

"But I have an idea, maybe we can find at least one ghost tonight."

As soon as Yue Nu said this, almost everyone looked at her.

Seeing that everyone's attention had turned to her, Yue Nu continued, "We know that there is a rule in this game that civilians cannot kill other players, while ghosts can kill any player during the killing process."

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