"What are my characteristics?" he immediately asked.
Shi Nian smiled: "Your characteristics... You’re a good student who wants to listen attentively, so you’ve chosen a seat that’s close to the professor but not easily noticed, so you don’t have to speak often. This seat allows you to listen more than speak, which is a trait only diligent students have."
Mark laughed: "You’re flattering me."
Shi Nian quietly exhaled.
Although she had also said the above words to Tang Yanqing, she added the following: "Listening more than speaking, although it shows his eagerness to learn, also shows that he is good at hiding himself. After all, this is a behavioral analysis class; the more a student says, and the more attention they receive, the more likely they are to become a live sample for the professor and classmates to observe. He doesn’t want to be in that role and doesn’t like being observed and interpreted."
Fortunately, Shi Nian didn’t have much appetite today, so she didn’t take much food and ended the meal quickly.
With the lunchbox for Spicy Girl, she said goodbye to Mark in front of room 507. She pushed the door, but it was still locked tightly, suggesting she was the first to return.
Using the key to open the door, it was still silent inside; it seemed Spicy Girl was still asleep.
She tiptoed into the room, walked to the bedside, and gently patted her: "Hey, wake up, eat and then sleep."
Spicy Girl turned over, opened her tired eyes, and mumbled as she saw the dark sky outside: "Hmm, it’s already so dark."
Shi Nian took care of her meal and spoke comforting words.
Suddenly, a scream came from outside: "My diamond necklace is missing!"
Shi Nian went out to see that it was S standing at her room door, holding an empty jewelry box: "Who stole my necklace? Hurry and give it back!"
Zhong Kui and his roommate Jack had just walked in through the main door and were dumbfounded: "What’s going on?"
S scanned Shi Nian with her eyes and then ran up to her: "Oh, I remember now, I saw you in the dining hall, but I didn’t see her! Tell me, when you went to eat, was she alone in the dorm?"
Earlier in the dining hall, Shi Nian had also seen S, Marina, Zhong Kui, and Jack. They could all testify for each other, so she just nodded: "But don’t make hasty accusations. She fell asleep crying until I woke her up when I returned."
"Then it’s definitely her!" S sneered, pointing at Spicy Girl: "You saw with your own eyes on the balcony, I was still wearing it around my neck. Only after returning to the dorm did I take it off, and during the short time I went to eat, it was gone when I came back. Who else could have taken it if not you?"
Shi Nian also frowned.
She was the one who had locked the suite door, and there was indeed only Spicy Girl in the dorm. Spicy Girl was truly in an indefensible position.
S wanted to push her aside to rush in and question Spicy Girl. Shi Nian stopped her: "It’s just temporarily not in its original place; it doesn’t necessarily mean it’s lost! Maybe you forgot where you put it, or it slipped somewhere on its own. You should first thoroughly search your territory before falsely accusing someone."
S glared at Shi Nian hatefully: "I’ve already looked! What do you mean by falsely accusing her? It was definitely her! She’s so poor, she’s been eyeing my diamond necklace for a long time!"
Spicy Girl was so angry she slapped the bed and cried: "You, you’re slandering me! It must be because you slapped me today, and being stopped by N, you feel unsatisfied, so you made up a reason to frame me!"
Spicy Girl’s words made sense, and Shi Nian couldn’t help but suspect the same.
There was a knock at the door, and Sean walked in, his gray-blue eyes serious: "What’s all this noise?"
Seeing Sean, Spicy Girl immediately seemed to find her backbone, cried, and ran to Sean’s side, pointing at S: "She’s falsely accusing me."
After listening to the whole story, Sean laughed, strolled over to S: "Miss, if I remember correctly, you’ve lost this diamond necklace at least three times in the past two years, right? Although the necklace is valuable, losing it repeatedly isn’t good, and you certainly shouldn’t falsely accuse a classmate because of it."
S folded her arms and sneered: "I knew you’d protect her. Sean, I recall it’s not your shift today, yet you appear at this time. Did she discuss in advance to have you come to her rescue?"
Sean clutched his police hat tightly, but still smiled: "What are you talking about? Just because I’m not on the day shift doesn’t mean I can’t do the night shift."
At that moment, a cool voice appeared at the door: "Tsk, why is it so lively? Could it be, you’re all here to welcome me?" Read full story at Novᴇl_Fire(.)net
[The necklace is just a small prelude~ Happy holidays to everyone, see you tomorrow]
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