Liao Jun noticed that there seemed to be a trace of surprise in Du Ruoying's eyes looking at Du Ruoxian from a distance. It seemed that the two knew each other.So he said to her: "If you are an acquaintance, go down and say hello, there is no rush for rehearsal."

"No...no need," she hastily withdrew her gaze, "let's—let's start quickly."

However, during the performance, she always sneaked a glance to the middle of the first row of the auditorium, where Du Ruoxian was sitting.

As for Du Ruoxian, it seemed that he didn't expect that she would completely ignore him. At the beginning, his expression and movements seemed a little cramped.But after the eyes of the two met once in a while, he suddenly returned to his usual state.

He raised the corners of his mouth to her, and tried to convey a clumsy encouragement to her with his eyes, and the tension melted unconsciously.

So it was Du Ruoying's turn to get nervous.

Knowing that the most important thing to do right now is to concentrate on rehearsing, but she is full of thoughts about why he suddenly appeared here.You know, he is not the kind of person who comes to chat with her whenever he has something to do, and he is never so free that he comes to visit her on a whim.

And he didn't even contact her in advance.

Is there something important that needs to be discussed with her?And the situation is urgent, too late to contact in advance?But he doesn't seem in a hurry...

Could it be that the matter to be discussed involves some confidentiality principle, so I can only talk to her face to face?But usually, if she doesn't take the initiative to ask about this kind of thing, he won't take the initiative to bring it up...

Thinking about it, Du Ruoying gradually became uncontrollably distracted in the performance, and the problems of stuck lines and inappropriate movements occurred frequently.The worst thing is that Du Ruoxian saw all of this.

He even laughed out loud at her slip of the tongue.

This... this simply made her more nervous...

"Sister Ruoying, you seem to be a little out of shape today." Lin Zijian's soft words suddenly woke her up from her daze.

She glanced around and noticed that William, five paces away, was also staring at her.And behind her is Lin Zijian who plays Moriarty, who holds her hostage in order to negotiate with William who plays Sherlock Holmes.

At this moment, everyone waited quietly in place, motionless, waiting for her to hit the long sword.

Only then did Du Ruoying realize that the second act had already begun.

The bright white spotlight made her brain feel dizzy, making her feel more and more difficult to concentrate.

"Ah...I'm sorry, I just..." She apologized hastily, then followed the next direction of the script, took the sword from his hand and stabbed herself.

Unexpectedly, an arc flashed before his eyes, and the sword in his hand was also deflected by a huge impact, and flew out.The slender silver blade made two sharp and beautiful spins in mid-air, and finally stabbed firmly to the wooden floor at the edge of the stage.

Du Ruoying clutched her palm in pain, her eyes quickly locked on the source of the impact, but she only saw William who was right in front of her eyes.

Although it was only for a moment, she clearly saw him bowing forward and stretching his right arm horizontally.She noticed that he was holding a theatrical revolver in his hand, and there was a new, thin dent on the body of the gun, as if it had just been severely chopped by something.

Yes, it was he who knocked down her sword.

An inexplicable depression suddenly rose, like a train that had completely derailed, and rushed out of the control of reason. She even forgot that there were so many people around her watching, so she yelled at him at a very high decibel Said: "What are you doing! Do you want to make any strange changes to the script?"

However, William's expression was surprisingly cold: "If you are so slow, you will lose your life sooner or later, classmate Xiaoying."

"what?"

"The prop sword was swapped by someone, and what you have is a real sword." He narrowed his eyes slightly, and there was a trace of reproach in his tone, although his voice was still gentle and calm, "Could it be that you haven't given up yet?" Unaware, or—do you think your life is harder than that wooden floor?"

"What's the matter, what happened?" Seeing that the situation on the stage was not right, Liao Jun hurried over.

"Ah, that sword!" Zhou Han pointed at it and exclaimed.

"Someone...someone dropped the sword," Li Ruiqing murmured palely, "It seems that someone really wanted to harm Senior Sister Ruoying..." As she spoke, she looked at Li Wen timidly.

"Ruiqing, do you mean something?" Li Wen suddenly said angrily, "If you have thoughts about me, just say it, don't beat around the bush."

"I..." Li Ruiqing kept silent in fear.

Zhou Han stepped forward to stand between the two of them, and protected Li Ruiqing behind him: "Senior sister, why don't you just admit that you have a guilty conscience?"

"What did you say?"

"Ruiqing and I heard all the wishes you said on the cursed steps."

"The cursed steps?" Du Ruoying asked suspiciously.

"I don't understand what you are talking about, what cursed steps, you actually believe in such naive things, I think you didn't learn politics well?"

"Speaking of it, Zijian!" Liao Jun turned sideways and said suddenly, "The sword was stolen, but you didn't feel wrong when you held it in your hand?"

"What do you mean by that?" Lin Zijian dissatisfied, "Didn't Junior Ruoying find anything unusual when she got it? It looks exactly the same as the prop sword before, how would I know it could be a real sword? If you really want to be held accountable, shouldn't Zhou Han be held accountable, she is the one responsible for subduing Hua Dao?"

"Me? How could I do such a thing?" Zhou Han panicked, "The props are usually stored in the prop room backstage, and I am not the only one who has the key."

"Who else has the key?" William asked.

"Senior Yan Xiu used to keep the keys, but now it's mainly me, but senior Liao Jun also has a copy. Moreover, everyone in the drama club actually had the opportunity to secretly distribute the keys," Zhou Han explained, "There was a time before, Because I couldn't come because of something, I asked Ruiqing to open the door with the key. A few days ago, senior Zijian said that he had left something in the prop room, so he asked senior sister Li Wen to ask me to borrow the key."

"Maybe it was done by one of us," Li Wen said. "Didn't it mean that accidents happen every year in this drama club? It happened long before we came to study at Beiyu University. It is impossible for outsiders to be eyeing it." Us?"

"However, according to the information I have collected, the cases of disappearances occurred after the official performances in previous years. This seems to be the first time that this happened today, right?" Du Ruoying said.

"Indeed." Liao Jun said.

"If you don't mind, can you let me go to the props room to have a look, maybe there will be some clues there." After checking the sword, Du Ruoxian stood up and said to everyone.

"You? Who are you?" Lin Zijian asked displeased.

Just as Du Ruoxian was hesitating whether to show his criminal police certificate or identify himself as Du Ruoying's elder brother, his gaze suddenly moved up vigilantly to directly above Du Ruoying, and he took a half step back with his right foot unconsciously.

At the same time, William also shouted: "There is someone up there!"

As if guessing what was about to happen, Du Ruoxian suddenly opened his eyes wide, and shouted at Du Ruoying, "Be careful! Get out of the way!"

Before Du Ruoying could raise her head to confirm, she was pushed aside by William who was beside her with quick eyes and quick hands.The moment her back hit the ground hard, there was a crash of a huge object falling from where she was originally standing, and a lot of fine and foamy splashes were vaguely felt on her calf, which was painful .

After everything was quiet again, she noticed that the stage suddenly became a little darker, because the row of lights that were directly above her had just fallen down.

William and Du Ruoxian had disappeared, but their voices soon appeared on both sides above her.

"I didn't see anyone." It was Du Ruoxian's voice.

"I don't have any here either. It seems that they ran away." It was William's voice.

"A folding knife was found on the wall. It was embedded in the wooden board. The notch was very new. It was facing the original hanging position of the light. It should be a tool for committing crimes."

"I haven't found anything here."

"Then let's do it for now."

"Well, let's talk about the rest."

After the conversation faded away, she turned her attention back to her eyes.She found that in the accident just now, most people were lucky to dodge, only Lin Zijian was hit by the light pole on his ankle.The sudden piercing pain drained all his strength in an instant, and even the screams were so dumb.He was pale, sweating profusely, and was so weak that he seemed about to pass out at any moment.

Li Wen hurriedly stepped forward to check on his injury, while comforting him, she quickly called the school hospital.

After a while, a doctor came and carried Lin Zijian away.

Everyone knows that this is really bad.The heavy object dropped from such a height, and it fell on such a fragile place as the ankle, at least it will be a fracture, and it will definitely take a long time to recover, not to mention the proofreader who is right in front of you, even on the day of the official performance. Can't get on stage at all.

If Lin Zijian, who is the leading actor, is absent, then Li Wen, who is in charge of the sound and light effects, probably won't come again.This is simply too fatal for the drama club, which was originally understaffed and couldn't recruit newcomers to replace it...

Is it really the end of the road this time?

Du Ruoying, who was aware of this problem, suddenly had an idea, grabbed Du Ruoxian's hand, and said to Liao Jun, "How about letting him join in?"

Liao Jun turned his attention to Du Ruoxian, his figure and appearance were not inferior to Lin Zijian's at all, it could even be said to be even better.

"Of course I can't wait for it, but I don't know if he will agree to it?"

"Does your art festival allow foreign aid?" Du Ruoxian asked.

When Du Ruoying heard that this matter was interesting, Du Ruoying couldn't help raising the corners of her mouth slightly: "Don't worry, I've researched the art festival's regulations these days. It's very common to attract foreign aid."

"Then—well, if it's only at night, there should be time." He said.

Great, he was still responsive to most of her requests, even for such absurd things, he agreed without even asking why.

Thinking of this, Du Ruoying couldn't help feeling warm in her heart.

However, she also felt something was wrong.

Why did he suddenly appear here?Moreover, why is this tonight when accidents happen frequently? .seven

It's as if it was deliberately designed.

She looked up at William, but only saw the usual, standard smile like a mask.And his pair of bright red pupils are silently reflecting Du Ruoxian's figure at this moment, like reflecting a prey that is about to be caught.

However, Du Ruoxian, who was the prey, just looked at the younger sister next to him unknowingly, his brows were full of worry...

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