The Witch

Chen Miemie hadn't taken many steps when a sneaky head poked out from the corner not far away.

"Liu Bo, what are you hiding for? I see you."

Liu Bo cautiously trotted over. He first looked around behind Chen Miemie to make sure a certain little girl wasn't following him, and only then did he breathe a sigh of relief.

"You're something else, man. You actually made it out of the Homeroom Teacher's office in one piece."

"What are you talking about? I'm a victim too. Sister Fengling is our good mentor, how could she kick me when I'm down? Didn't you leave? Why are you still here waiting for me?"

"Are you kidding? I, Liu Bo, am known throughout the school as a loyal friend. How could I abandon you? Let me tell you, if you hadn't come out within half an hour, I would have gone in and fought the Homeroom Teacher to the death."

"Pfft, forget it. You'd just be running in to give away a free kill."

"Chen Miemie! You dare look down on me? When I get brave, even I'm scared of myself."

"Enough nonsense. Let me ask you something, do you know Chen Miaomiao?" Chen Miemie stopped the banter and got down to business.

"Of course I do. We're best bros, how could I not know her?"

"Is it true that our Chen family is actually a super-rich family, and Chen Miaomiao is currently competing with me for the status of sole heir, preparing to make a move against me?" Chen Miemie proposed the most likely hypothesis.

Hearing this, Liu Bo's jaw almost dropped to the ground.

"Chen Miemie, you're really something. You just have amnesia, how did you start learning to be delusional?

First, your family is not some wealthy household; heirs to wealthy families don't live on the 18th floor.

Second, Chen Miaomiao is not your sister. She's your mom, and there's no competition between you two. You're grasshoppers on the same rope; if you inherit anything, you're inheriting from her."

"What?! Chen Miaomiao is my mom!!!"

Liu Bo cast a contemptuous sideways glance at Chen Miemie.

"Other than your mom, who would give a boy like you such a cute name? Your vibes are completely identical, can't you tell?"

Chen Miemie felt a bit shut down.

The mastermind behind the murder case that he had just locked onto turned out to be his own mother.

The chain of evidence was almost complete, and suddenly you're telling me the suspect couldn't possibly have a motive?

"Liu Bo, have you met this... mom of mine?"

"I suppose I have, but in the six years we've been at the same school, I've only seen her twice."

"Quick, tell me, what kind of person is she?"

Liu Bo tilted his head and thought for a moment, seemingly trying hard to recall.

"The first time I saw her was six years ago, when she brought you to enroll."

"You actually remember something from six years ago. Impressive."

"It's not that I'm impressive, it's that your mom is impressive. Let alone me, probably all the parents from that same batch remember her. Ms. Chen Miaomiao is the kind of person you never forget for the rest of your life after seeing her just once."

"Why, is she very beautiful?"

"Very beautiful? No, she's exceptionally beautiful! An unearthly beauty, a beauty that words cannot describe. But the main reason she is unforgettable for a lifetime isn't because of her beauty."

"Then what is the reason?"

"Because she's strong, very strong, super invincible strong. Chen Miemie, maybe you were right just now. You really are from a wealthy family; Ms. Chen Miaomiao herself is an entire wealthy family."

"Huh? I'm a second-generation rich kid? How strong is she?"

"Let me put it this way, seeing the way our Homeroom Teacher looked during surgery, you wouldn't forget it for a few years after seeing it once, right?"

Chen Miemie nodded repeatedly: "Forget a few years, I'll never forget it for the rest of my life."

"Compared to your mother, our Homeroom Teacher can only be considered a petty thug on the side of the road.

Back then, on the day she dropped you off for school, anyone who dared to look up and stare directly at Ms. Chen Miaomiao suffered at least a month of nightmares, and the most severe case went completely insane."

"Isn't that screwing over her son!" Chen Miemie was speechless. "Why would she mess with people for no reason? She just dusted off her hands and left, wouldn't people take out their resentment on me?"

Liu Bo shook his head: "That wasn't an active attack from her, it was just the passive effect of a great being. Those who kept their heads down and didn't look were fine. The ones who got hurt were the stubborn ones who refused to yield; they can't blame anyone else.

Besides, even if they had resentment, who would dare to mess with you? Even with your crappy story last night, full of holes and hiding a bunch of facts, didn't the Homeroom Teacher let you walk out without a scratch? Try having someone else do that."

"No matter how strong she is, she can't possibly protect me every second of the day. Strong people have strong enemies too, right? I feel like I'm still in a lot of danger."

"You make a good point, but those who know, know. Making a move against you is absolutely high-risk behavior.

The second time I saw Ms. Chen Miaomiao was when you were in danger in fourth grade.

I don't want to recall the details, it was too terrifying. Do you still remember the Great Rift Valley in the west of the city?"

"I don't remember."

"There used to be a mountain range there. It was forcefully blasted into a Great Rift Valley by your mom's four-leaf clover bomb."

Chen Miemie: ......

Looking at it this way, Chen Miaomiao's suspicion dropped again. With her being so strong, whatever reason she might have to attack her own son, she wouldn't need to go through the trouble of hiring an assassin.

"Alright, by the way, do you know who my dad is?"

"You don't have a dad. Ms. Chen Miaomiao is a witch, and witches cannot bear offspring. You are an orphan she adopted."

"What! After all this, I'm not Chen Miaomiao's biological son?"

"These are all things you told me yourself in the past. I'm just telling you again. As for the actual truth of your family's internal affairs, I can't guarantee anything."

"Forget it, I'm exhausted. The world might as well end. I'm going home to sleep."

Chen Miemie just felt that the more he knew, the more chaotic his mind became.

"Wait, are you crazy? Leaving the school gates at this hour, do you have a death wish?!" Liu Bo grabbed Chen Miemie's arm.

"Huh? At this hour? What's wrong?"

"Why don't you look at what time it is?"

Chen Miemie glanced at his watch: "It's five-thirty. If I don't go home now, it'll be dark soon, and I don't want to climb the stairs at night."

"Crazy, you're crazy. Chen Miemie, I'm realizing you're actually in a lot of danger right now. Forgetting other common sense is one thing, but this is a matter of life and death, so you better memorize it well!

In our world, two suns and three moons take turns in the sky. The two suns are the Golden Sun and the Silver Sun, and the three moons are the Eternal Moon, the Rainbow Moon, and the Frost Moon.

There are seven days in a week. During the first six days:

Three days belong to the Golden Sun, and three days belong to the Silver Sun.

Out of the six nights, the Eternal Moon, Rainbow Moon, and Frost Moon each take up two nights.

The combinations of the two suns and three moons result in six possibilities, which randomly appear during the first six days. Each combination only appears once a week.

On the final seventh day, there is neither sun nor moon; it is known as the Day of No Tomorrow."

Liu Bo's explanation was very easy to understand, and Chen Miemie quickly absorbed the new knowledge.

"For example, yesterday, the day had the Silver Sun, and the night had the Eternal Moon in the sky, so we called yesterday the Silver Eternal Moon Day."

Chen Miemie tried to extrapolate: "Then today should be called the 'Golden...'?"

"Right, today's daytime has the Golden Sun, so it's called Golden. Tonight is the Rainbow Moon, so today is the Golden Rainbow Moon Day."

Chen Miemie asked what he didn't understand: "Wait, you just said that the appearances of the two suns and three moons are random. Tonight hasn't arrived yet, so how do you know it will randomly be the Rainbow Moon?"

"If it were the beginning of the week, no one would dare to guess. But since today is the sixth day of the week, and in the past five days, the Evermoon and the Frostmoon have each appeared twice, while the Rainbow Moon has only appeared once, tonight will definitely be a Rainbow Moon."

"Process of elimination! Terrifying, to think you possess such wisdom."

"Thanks for the compliment. Chen Miemie, you must remember my next words very clearly. If you can't, grab a pen and write them down.

Whether it is the two suns or the three moons, they are all there to protect us.

Generally speaking, places illuminated by sunlight and moonlight are safe.

However, around six o'clock every morning and evening, during dawn and dusk, there is a transition period when the sun and moon change shifts.

If you happen to see the sun and moon in the sky together, that is a good thing, as it means double the safety. But if you catch the gap where both the sun and moon are hidden... then the situation is equivalent to the Sunless Day."

"I remember you mentioning earlier that the Sunless Day is the seventh day of the week, a full day with neither sun nor moon."

"Correct. When there is no sun or moon, the entire world falls into complete darkness, and a thick fog shrouds everywhere."

"Everywhere? What about at home and in the academy?"

"If you close the doors properly at home and don't court death by looking out the window, you are 99 percent safe. The same goes for the classrooms at school."

"What exactly is the danger?"

"The anomalies in the fog."