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Upon hearing this, the hearts of the people present tightened. Just as Lin Anyan was about to speak, Ruan Qing turned his head again.
He slightly lifted his chin and looked at Ning Mufeng, “You’re right, I am indeed filthy.”
“No matter how much I wash, the dirt won’t come off.”
“It’s like falling into mud when I was a child. Even if you clean it, you’ll always carry the smell of mud.”
Although Ruan Qing was looking at Ning Mufeng, his gaze seemed somewhat scattered, as if he could see his childhood self through time.
Ning Mufeng urgently shook his head. “No, no, you’re not dirty. I’m the dirty one.”
“I was just jealous. That’s why I said those things.”
Upon hearing this, Ruan Qing, for some reason, chuckled lightly and said, “Ning Mufeng, do you know?”
He looked into Ning Mufeng’s eyes. “I envy you.”
Ning Mufeng hesitated for a moment, then nodded slightly. “I know.”
Ruan Qing laughed lightly again, denying Ning Mufeng’s answer. “No, you don’t know.”
“Do you know why I envy you?”
Ning Mufeng paused, not saying anything.
Whether he couldn’t come up with an answer or didn’t want to answer was unclear.
Ruan Qing didn’t pay attention to Ning Mufeng’s silence but continued, “Because...”
“I love you.”
Ning Mufeng was stunned, seemingly not expecting this reason.
“Wang Qing loves Ning Mufeng.” Ruan Qing tilted his head and looked at Ning Mufeng. “Incredible, right?”
“Who wouldn’t like a clean moon?”
“Even if you know you can never have it, you still hope the moonlight will shine on you.”
Ruan Qing looked up at the sky, murmuring, “Unfortunately, the moonlight always shines on others. It’s really enviable.”
Ning Mufeng widened his eyes, pupils contracting slightly, a terrible guess forming in his mind.
Sure enough, Ruan Qing looked back at Ning Mufeng, smiled, and said, “Those people, I killed them.”
At these words, Ning Mufeng’s face turned pale, as if struck by a heavy blow, and he staggered back a few steps.
“How is that possible? This can’t be possible.”
Ning Mufeng seemed unable to accept it.
He indeed couldn’t accept it. Not that the young man killed people, but that he himself repeatedly used the young man to get rid of people he disliked.
It was so laughable.
Not only him, but even the people beside him had their expressions changed.
Ruan Qing, seeing this, was not surprised at all. None of the NPC students in this scenario were innocent.
Except for Chu Yi, among the ten people he suspected, all had indirectly or directly killed someone.
However, perhaps fearing leaving evidence, most of them used the culprit to commit the crimes.
Ruan Qing knew it when watching the surveillance footage.
The student caught by Ning Mufeng after slipping in the cafeteria had fallen because he stepped on the water spilled by Chi Yifan not long ago.
The male student who died in the laboratory explosion should not be there at that time at all.
The male student was sent by Lin Anyan to help the students doing the experiment.
More or less, these few individuals had a hand in several incidents.
As for Ning Mufeng, there’s no need to say much. He knowingly took advantage of the culprit, who killed for him, pretending to know nothing.
None of these people were clean.
Ruan Qing looked at Ning Mufeng, whose face turned pale, and smiled faintly. “I almost reached my moon.”
“Unfortunately, it’s dawn.”
On Ruan Qing’s delicate face, there was a hint of reluctance, affection, and a trace of regret.
He looked into the distance and spoke calmly, “I can’t turn back anymore.”
After saying this, Ruan Qing was about to let go of his hand...
“No!!!”
“Wait!!!”
At these words, Ruan Qing, seemingly puzzled, turned to look at the others.
Ning Mufeng was about to speak but was directly interrupted by Lin Anyan. “You can turn back!”
Seeing Ruan Qing looking over, Lin Anyan repeated, “You can turn back.”
Lin Anyan looked directly at Ruan Qing, “Except for us, no one knows that you’ve killed, right?”
“Even if someone knows, so what? It’s better to make sure they can never speak again, right?”
The president on the side widened his eyes in disbelief, looking at Lin Anyan.
And the next moment, Chi Yifan directly knocked him unconscious.
Ruan Qing, upon hearing Lin Anyan’s words, paused. “This is illegal.”
“It’s not illegal if no one knows,” Lin Anyan said calmly, his tone as steady as ever.
If one didn’t hear it firsthand, it would be hard to imagine that this person could say such terrifying things.
Ruan Qing finally chuckled lightly, shook his head slightly, and said, “No, I’m tired.”
“I want to live in the sunlight.”
Chi Yifan urgently spoke. “You can live in the sunlight. Look at us. Aren’t we living in the sunlight?”
After Chi Yifan finished speaking, he looked at Lin Anyan and said, “He used your hand to kill Luo Chuan, but he lives in the sunlight.”
“I killed Qiao Zixu, and I also live in the sunlight.”
Chi Yifan listed the actions of each of them one by one.
None of the people he mentioned refuted him. They calmly stated their reasons and how they did it.
Chi Yifan paused and continued, “Even Professor Chu knows about our little actions, but he didn’t expose us.”
Chi Yifan skipped over Ning Mufeng, not mentioning what he had done.
After all, Ning Mufeng was different in the eyes of the young man. If he knew that he wasn’t as clean as he thought, he might be directly stimulated to jump off.
After Chi Yifan finished speaking, he looked at Ruan Qing and said, “You see, we’re all the same.”
Chi Yifan and the others spoke very lightly, as if killing someone was as ordinary as drinking water and eating.
The system looked at the few people who had revealed everything and then at the miniature camera not far away, broadcasting everything like bees, and fell silent directly.
Ning Mufeng was wrong!
This person was dirty!
People who schemed had dirty hearts!
It retracted the statement that Ruan Qing couldn’t do what he had planned to do.
Even if these people were not played to death by him, they would go to jail because of these things. This instance could be said to be directly ruined by half.
And the other half...
After listening to Lin Anyan’s words, Ruan Qing fell silent for a moment and finally spoke softly, “Aren’t you afraid when you dream at night?”
After saying this, Ruan Qing didn’t wait for the others to answer and stood up on the railing.
As if he was about to come down.
Because of the danger, everyone’s hearts were in their throats. “You, be careful.”
However, Ruan Qing had no intention of coming down. He just stood on the railing, and his slender figure seemed like it would fall with a gust of wind.
The wind lifted his white shirt, so white that it seemed untouched by any dust.
Ruan Qing faced a few people, revealing a brilliant smile without any trace of gloom. “But I don’t want to live like this anymore; it’s too exhausting.”
“I’ve killed so many people, and every night, I dream that they come to seek revenge on me.”
“I haven’t had a peaceful night’s sleep in a long time.”
“I’m really tired.”
The others were stunned by his words, only now noticing the shadows under the young man’s eyes and his haggard appearance.
As if he had been tormented for a long time.
Yet they had never noticed his pain and vulnerability before.
System: Does this person have any shame left?
In Ruan Qing’s beautiful eyes, there was a sense of relief. “If there’s another life, I hope I can truly live in the sunlight.”
Ruan Qing paused and looked at Ning Mufeng, revealing a gentle smile. “And have my own moon.”
Ning Mufeng hesitated for a moment, a rare hint of vulnerability on his handsome face. “Are you going to give up on me?”
He reached out to Ruan Qing, his tone carrying a hint of plea, “Don’t give up on me, okay?”
“Don’t you want to be with me?”
Ning Mufeng looked into Ruan Qing’s eyes, his tone filled with confusion. “As long as you come down, I’ll belong to you forever.”
“Only to you.”
“I’m not worthy of you anymore.” Ruan Qing shook his head lightly, and after a pause, he spoke with a hint of humility and hope, “Would you be willing to die with me?”
Seemingly realizing the impossibility, Ruan Qing smiled again, “In the next life, I’ll definitely find you cleanly.”
Ning Mufeng was momentarily stunned, then showed an expression that seemed to imply he had no choice but to agree, flashing a brilliant smile, “Alright, I’ll accompany you.”
System: Okay, now the other half of the instance should be messed up as well.
With Ning Mufeng’s death, the instance was basically over.
