甜蜜的小狐狸

Lu Miao took a step back and invited the others into the room. “Is this related to the competition?” she asked.

Principal Xu nodded with a grave expression. “A student from Fengcheng No. 1

High School who was participating in the competition went missing at Peking University yesterday. Today’s knowledge competition has been temporarily canceled.”

“Are you sure he disappeared at Peking University?” Lu Miao raised her hand and stroked her chin.

“According to the principal of No. 1 High School, after visiting the exam venue yesterday, the student named Yu Liang said he wanted to take a stroll around the campus. When everyone returned to the hotel last night, the principal waited until midnight but didn’t see him. He couldn’t reach him on the phone, so he immediately went to Peking University. They only found one of his shoes behind a flowerbed. The principal promptly reported it to the police, and given that it involves Peking University, the police are taking it seriously. They investigated all the surveillance footage from the moment he entered the school yesterday, but there’s no record of him leaving the school. The surrounding surveillance cameras also didn’t capture him,” Principal Xu explained.

Lu Miao pondered for a moment. “Is it possible that he’s still on the campus? Peking University is so big, it shouldn’t be difficult to hide someone.”

“We don’t know. His phone is unreachable, and the signal has completely disappeared. The police even used satellite positioning, but there are no clues. Peking University is cooperating with the police in a thorough search,” Principal Xu shook his head.

If he had simply gone missing, it could have been due to getting lost or being delayed by something. But losing a shoe and the complete disappearance of his phone signal seemed suspicious.

Under what circumstances would someone lose their shoe and not return to their place of accommodation?

He didn’t dare to think further.

At this moment, he felt extremely fortunate that he had brought all his students back to their school safely.

“Principal Xu, should we wait here indefinitely? Or should we return to Luo City first?” Xu Chengfeng asked.

Principal Xu replied, “The police want to question everyone who saw that student yesterday, including us. Until they find him, no one can leave.”

They were in competition with that student, so in a sense, they were all suspects now.

The room fell silent, and after hesitating for a while, Xia Ziyuan looked up at them and whispered, “Principal Xu, yesterday was the fifteenth, the night of the full moon. Do you think… could it be that the poet at the bottom of the lake took him away?”

Not going out and not finding him on the campus, everything was so eerie. She immediately thought of that mysterious legend.

Lu Miao glanced at Principal Xu.

Principal Xu coughed awkwvardly. “Indeed, there is such a legend at Peking University, but no one has ever gone to verify it with the principal. Besides, many students go to pay their respects to the lake during full moon nights, especially during the beginning of the school year when freshmen flock there. In the hundred years since Peking University was founded, there has never been a case of a student going missing because of paying respects to the lake.”

He had mentioned those legends to inspire them to study hard and strive to be admitted to Peking University. The likelihood of these legends being true was almost non-existent.

Most legends in most places were just a marketing gimmick to attract tourists.

However, Xia Ziyuan remained half-believing and half-doubting in her heart.

They soon received a call from the police. Principal Xu led the others to the nearby police station.

Lu Miao and the others had a simple itinerary yesterday. After entering the school, they only took a brief stroll and then went to the exam venue. They had only briefly seen Yu Liang at the exam venue, and Xia Ziyuan and Xu Chengfeng couldn’t even remember what he looked like.

Then they returned to the hotel.

The entire process was captured on surveillance cameras.

Therefore, they only had to cooperate with the police, give their statements, and then were allowed to return to the hotel.

As soon as Lu Miao entered the room, she received a notification on her bank account that a billion had been deposited.

Just as she was wondering if someone had made a deposit error, Gu Ziheng’s phone call came in.

After the airing of “Youth Trainee,” due to its excellent production and dedicated training of the contestants, who were all talented in singing and dancing, coupled with Gu Ziheng’s comeback, the show’s popularity continued to rise with each episode, surpassing other talent shows of the same period. It had completely overshadowed them.

The show had already recouped its investment costs, even though it was only halfway through its run. Additionally, sponsors were already approaching Gu Ziheng to discuss the second season.

“This is the initial investment you made. After the show’s completion, I estimate there will be another billion in profit sharing,” Gu Ziheng said excitedly over the phone.

His joy stemmed not from the money earned, but from the fact that this show had restored his confidence. In the previous years, his voice had been damaged to the point where he couldn’t sing, and it seemed like everything he tried ended in failure.

This show was his final gamble. At the time, he had already prepared to retire completely if the program failed and return home to help manage the Gu family business.

Now, with the show’s tremendous success surpassing other talent shows of the same period and his voice fully restored, he had already begun preparations for a new album.

And all of this was because of Lu Miao!

Her appearance had changed everything. Gu Ziheng solemnly expressed his gratitude over the phone, “Miao Miao, thank you so much!”

Lu Miao contentedly checked her bank balance. “If you truly want to thank me, work hard to earn money. Remember to come find me when you have another opportunity like this.”

With the funds received from Gu Jinxi and the old lady a few days ago, she already had over two billion.

With another month remaining until the completion of “Youth Trainee,” there would be even more profit sharing to come.

Finally, she no longer had to worry about money.

“Great!” Gu Ziheng chuckled. “By the way, the program team is planning a small celebration in a few days. I’ll come to pick you up.”

Lu Miao was the major financial backer and the biggest contributor to the show. Of course, she would be invited to such a celebration.

After thinking for a moment, Lu Miao agreed since she had nothing else to do these days.

After ending the call, with nothing else to occupy her time, she used video conferencing to check the progress of the modification of the vacuum environment in her villa.

The progress was swift, and it should be completed within another two or three days.

Once the research on the Starfall Herb’s vacuum cultivation was successful, it would become a substantial source of income.

The next morning, Lu Miao was still sleeping when her phone, resting on the bedside table, began ringing incessantly. She picked up the phone and saw that it was Fu Jingshen.

Glancing out the window, she noticed that it was still early in the morning.

Suppressing her annoyance at being woken up, she swiped the answer button with her fingertip. “Fu Jingshen, you better have a good reason for calling me at this hour!”

Otherwise, she would twist his head off!

On the other end of the line, Fu Jingshen also felt helpless. He had been rudely awakened early in the morning too.

He raised his hand and rubbed his forehead. “Another person went missing at Peking University last night. The campus is in a state of panic. If they don’t find the person soon, the news will leak. The principal happens to have a good relationship with the Chen family, your grandfather. He thinks there’s something suspicious about this..”