Chapter 1049 - Love Taken by the Ghost Fetus [3 in 1] (2/2)

“Madam, you have been called here because we need to discuss the thing that you told us earlier. The parents have misunderstood Miss Zhang.” Mr. Si took out Du Ming’s phone. “Miss Zhang did not do anything inappropriate with any of the students. They shared an umbrella because Chen Ge forgot to bring his umbrella that day.”

“Who told you that?” The middle-aged woman’s face darkened almost instantly.

“It was Du Ming who told me that. Even if you do not believe Miss Zhang, don’t tell me you do not trust the words of your own son?” Mr. Si assumed that it would be easy to convince Du Ming’s mother, but he did not expect the woman to be so determined and desperate for Zhang Ya to leave.

“Impossible! Someone must have forced him to tell this horrible lie!” The middle-aged woman whipped her head around to glare at Chen Ge. “How did my boy get all these wounds? It must be you, right? It was you who forced him to tell these horrible lies! Admit it!”

Du Ming’s mother was like an angered lioness, and her voice kept on raising. The sound of the argument attracted the attention of all the other teachers in the room. Du Ming lowered in head, but his mother was impervious to the scene that she was causing. If anything, she only raised her voice louder and louder.

“Madam, you must calm down. I was the one who interviewed Miss Zhang. She is really a good teacher. She would never do the things that you have insinuated she has done.”

“How can you even guarantee something like that?” The middle-aged woman slammed her bag on the table. “From her looks, I know that she is a good for a nothing girl. I sent my child here because I trusted your school, and this is how you treat me?”

“Madam, you are being a little bit unreasonable.” Mr. Si was cornered. He had said everything he could, but he could not change the middle-aged woman’s mind. He thus turned to Du Ming. “Du Ming, tell me the truth. Did Chen Ge force you to say those things?”

With his head lowered, Du Ming gripped his shirt with his hands, and his face was blanched.

“Du Ming, tell us how Chen Ge forced you to say those false statements! Don’t you be afraid of a ruffian like him. I will protect you!” The middle-aged woman was practically ordering Du Ming to do so.

A palpable silence fell over the office. Du Ming did not say a thing. His mother’s expression was getting more and more desperate and agitated. Just as she was about to explode, Du Ming finally opened his mouth. “No one forced me to say anything.”

Both Mr. Si and Chen Ge sighed in relief, but Du Ming’s mother refused to accept this. She gripped Du Ming by his shoulders. “Son, don’t be afraid. Be a good boy and tell the truth. You are being threatened by this nasty piece of work to say all these things, aren’t you? They are all lies, aren’t they?”

“What I said was the truth. Miss Zhang did not do anything inappropriate with Chen Ge. You merely saw the pictures of Miss Zhang in my phone and tried to chase Miss Zhang away because you are afraid that she might affect my school results!” Du Ming had held this in for a long time, and this time, the words burst out from him like a fountain.

“Du Ming?” The middle-aged woman’s face clouded over. Her teeth clattered noisily, and her breath was coming uneasily through her nostrils. She did not expect Du Ming to say something like that. The fury and sense of betrayal fired up her mind. “All I ever did was for you own good! Why can’t you ever see that‽”

Du Ming did not dare reply. At that moment, the bell rang. Many students ran out from the classroom and gathered at the corridor.

“I have to carry out the roles of both a father and a mother at the same time. Do you think it is easy for me to raise you all by myself? Do you the amount of pressure that I am under?” The middle-aged woman practically hissed through her teeth. “I have placed all my hopes and dreams in you, and this is how you repay me?”

Du Ming’s mother’s voice was getting louder and louder. The students gathered in the corridor could hear her clearly. More of the students started to gather. They leaned against the window to enjoy the show.

“I am talking to you! What is in that mind of yours! For that filthy woman, you do not even want to listen to my words anymore, huh? What has she done to charm you like this?” The middle-aged woman grabbed Du Ming by his shoulders. “After your father left us, I am the person who has been the kindest toward you. Everything I did was for your own good. As long as you are well, I will be happy. Why can’t you understand that?

“In this whole world, I am the single person who loves and cares for you unconditionally! Du Ming! You disappoint me so much!”

The words were like knives cutting into Du Ming’s heart. The blood leaked out from the wound, and they were all in the name of love. He gasped hungrily for air. His hands held his clothes tightly until his fingers snapped, and his knuckles turned white. The sound of the argument was getting so loud that the students who were not gathered in the corridor could hear it clearly.

The students’ faces appeared on the window, one head piling over another like a wall of strange, inhuman faces. Many eyes wandered all over the room, scanning the figures who were gathered inside the teacher’s lounge. Du Ming felt like he was being stripped and left naked on a stage with the spotlight gathered on him. He tried to cover up his privates and desperately sought somewhere to hide.

“Du Ming’s mother has come to school again?”

“I could hear her during class.”

“Du Ming’s mother sure has a temper.”

“Quick, this is a good show! They have gotten into another argument.”

“Du Ming comes from a single-parent family? His father abandoned them?”

“No wonder he is always acting the way he does. He stutters when he is called to speak in class…”

The words travelled into Du Ming’s ears, torturing his mind. The very last shred of pride that he tried to protect was trampled on. His chest rose and fell unevenly. He covered his hands over his ears. He just wanted to run away from this place. His pupils darted about anxiously. His mother’s interrogation and scolding fell on him like a waterfall. The strange looks and remarks of the students from the corridor rushed into and overwhelmed his mind.

“Stop, stop talking. Please stop talking. I’m begging you…” His mouth opened and closed like a goldfish. His body was shivering. His legs buckled and staggered backward. They carried him to the edge of the window. His fingers that had gotten numb fell on the edge of the windowsill. Du Ming was like a drowning victim who finally found a pocket of air. His hands shoved the window angrily open. His leg leaped over the window, and it was as if the weight was lifting away from his body. The wind blew into his fall. As his world turned upside down, a pair of hands grabbed him firmly.

“Have you lost your mind‽” What Du Ming saw was Chen Ge’s blurry face. It all felt like a dream. “Death is not going to solve any problem!”

Using all the strength in his body, Chen Ge managed to yank Du Ming back to safety. Since Du Ming’s mother entered the picture, Chen Ge had noticed the boy’s emotions beginning to fray. That was why he had kept his guard next to him, afraid that some accident might happen. His precaution was right.

Everyone in the room was shocked. No one expected Du Ming to do something like this, and that included his mother. All the teachers in the room turned to look at Du Ming. There was not a peep from the students outside the teacher’s lounge. The world seemed to have frozen in that moment.

“Why did you do that?” Du Ming’s mother was the one who broke the silence after a long time. There was an obvious change to her voice. It was as if there was another person speaking from inside her.

“Why would you choose to die rather than to listen to my words? It has been proven again and again that I am the person who cares the most about you in this world. I am the one who truly understands you and loves you.”

Black stains started to surface on the middle-aged woman’s face. This world behind the door that mimicked the real world the most started to change. Black threads surged out from the corners, and a horrible stench started to rush in from all sides.

The heavy clouds pressed even lower from the sky. The rain unloaded on the world, washing away the layer of disguise that had covered the small town. The black rain, red rain, gray buildings, and curses weaved together to form this nightmare.

“We are kindred spirits. In this world, only I will be able to understand you; only I can help you. I am the only one who cares about you sincerely. So, why did you choose to die rather than listen to me? All I ever wanted was for you to become a better person, to become someone like me.” The middle-aged woman raised her head. The black curse dispersed to reveal a baby face.

The ghost fetus!

When this face appeared, Du Ming’s body started to change. The rolls of fat were like a cage made from a curse, and it was entrapping a boy who was as thin as a stick figure.

Du Ming’s phone fell to the ground. The woman on the screensaver was no longer an image of Zhang Ya but an unfamiliar woman who was wearing a pair of spectacles.