Chapter 74 - Group Photo (1/2)

Translator: Lonelytree  Editor: Millman97

Red has the longest wavelength of the visible light spectrum. It is the direct contrast to black so pairing them together creates a unique optical effect.

The black house was dark as night while the red humans were fresh as blood. The picture created a great pressure on those who viewed it.

“The boy’s favorite pastime is drawing. He doesn’t like to go out and often secludes himself in his room.” Unbeknownst to Chen Ge, the woman had entered the room. She held two glasses of water in her hands. “Now, I no longer wish for anything but for him to grow up happily like a normal boy.”

The woman passed a glass of water to Chen Ge while placing the other beside the boy. “Let’s go outside, he is afraid of contact with strangers.”

“Okay.” Chen Ge returned to the living room, holding the glass of water. The woman sat down across from him.

“Do you have any other questions?” The woman seemed to have put her guard up again.

“The poor child, I believe that he was traumatized when he was young, so to cure his condition, we have to find out the reason why and then work from there.” Chen Ge vocalized his inner thoughts. “You are his only family, and it is obvious that you care about him, do you mind if I ask you a few more questions?”

The woman nodded. She had a thin sheen of sweat on her forehead, probably due to the heat.

“Earlier, you mentioned that Fan Yu’s parents went missing after going out in search of him, so where was Fan Yu ultimately found?”

“At Mu Yang High School. He was hiding in my brother’s office.”

“Mu Yang High School again? Weird things seem to keep on happening at that place.”

“You couldn’t be more right…” The woman sighed. “Mu Yang High School is the worst school in Jiujiang. To be honest, I don’t even understand the purpose of its existence. Before it was shut down, the police had to visit it every other day on account of the constant fighting.”

“That serious?” Chen Ge listened closely. After all, getting the information from the woman was much more convenient than researching online.

“That’s not all.” The woman stood up and continued in a serious tone. “The school is famously haunted. According to the nearby elders, the place was originally a crematorium. It was knocked down due to city planning, but just think about it, how peaceful could the school be, being built on top of a site like that? I advised my brother not to seek employment there, but he just refused to listen to me.”

“Then why did your brother insist on going to teach at Mu Yang High School?”

“The salary was high, and he had a record, so it was difficult for him to find a job. Who would have thought that would be his last job?”

“A record? Did he make some enemies? Could his disappearance be related to that?” Chen Ge latched onto the details in the woman’s conversation.

“No, it’s nothing like that. My brother liked to drink, but he was a horrible drinker. That was why he was fired from his original school, and a bad history was left on his record. There were only so many schools in Jiujiang, and that made it difficult for him to get a new job.”