Chapter 52 - Ghost School (6) (2/2)
“Could he have been bullied by his classmates because his family is poor?” Yang Qian Fan blinked and asked innocently. “Uncle Liang, what do you think?”
“………..I don’t know.” Liang Wen Bin replied. He then suddenly revealed an anguished expression. He said to the other two friends, “My arm hurts. Come and help me take a look at it.”
Zhao Xiao Pang and Ou Yang immediately moved over. The three of them no longer paid any attention to Yang Qian Fan. Lu Jie’s tears had already stopped but when the topic about Su Ling was raised, she seemed to once again be sad and tears again poured out. She continued to quietly wipe away her tears.
“I have never heard of Su Ling being bullied.”
Shen Qi Qi thought back and shook her head: “Their class teacher also used to be my teacher. She is a very good teacher and wouldn’t allow there to be any bullying among classmates. I also remember that the students in his class were quite good……..Isn’t that right Junior Cheng?”
She specifically asked Cheng Zhi Chu that question.
“I haven’t been bullied.”
Cheng Zhi Chu still remembered the contents of the instance introduction. It had mentioned that despite the fact that he suffered from a hearing impairment, his classmates were very caring. But he wasn’t clear about Su Ling’s case so he could only speculate and say: “So I think that he probably wasn’t alienated because of his family circumstances.”
“Oh, okay.” Yang Qian Fan nodded.
As they spoke, Gu Zhen’s eyes scanned across the classroom.
There were a lot of damaged and messy tables and chairs in the room. The blackboard was covered in graffiti left behind by the students and everything was covered in a layer of dust. The smell of dust was mixed together with the faint smell of blood causing the smell in the classroom to be a little uncomfortable.
When he looked over at one of the desks, his gaze stalled as if he had seen something. He walked over, picked up the metal plate and gently wiped the dust off.
It was the class plate.
“Class 1-7” Gu Zhen read it out. He asked, “Qi Qi, when Su Ling’s accident happened, what year were we in?”
“Second year…………”
Shen Qi Qi blurted this out and her expression immediately changed. When they were in second year of high school, Su Ling and Cheng Zhi Chu were in first year. Both of them were also in class 7———-”
“Ziiii……..”
The sound of electric current rushed through and the broken lights on the ceiling suddenly lit up emitting glaring white light. Ou Yang and the others subconsciously closed their eyes in response. When they opened their eyes again, they were scared so badly that their souls almost left their bodies.
“Creak………..Bang!”
The door to the classroom closed and the interior of the room had turned clean and bright in a blink of an eye. The tables and chairs were neatly arranged, and various textbooks and notebooks were placed on them. Many students wearing school uniforms sat in their seats and they looked straight ahead with a deathly pale face and empty eyes.
“Ring………”
The bell signalling the start of class sounded and suddenly a figure appeared at the podium. It took the appearance of a mature woman. Her skin was also deathly pale, and her clothes and hair were stained with blood.
Her white eyeballs spun around and swept over to Cheng Zhi Chu and the others. She knocked on the podium and said: “Class is starting. Students, please take your………..”
A bunch of red and white things fell out from her open mouth. Upon closer inspection, it was a tongue that was covered in maggots.
Because her tongue had fallen out, her words had become muffled. She immediately bent down to pick up her tongue and proceeded to put it back inside her mouth. However, because of her bending motion, the top of her head fell off like it was a wig, revealing white brain matter and the pale red brain contents inside.
“Urgh………”
Ou Yang and the others were both disgusted and scared. They couldn’t help but start retching. The female teacher picked up her scalp and reattached it to her head before she finished her sentence: “Please return to your seats. Class is about to start.”
There were exactly nine vacant seats in the class, but Bai Yi and the others didn’t move. Ou Yang and the others were also reluctant to sit. Who knows what would happen the moment they sat down?
“If you don’t want to sit, then class will never start, and you won’t be able to get out.”
When the teacher spoke, maggots fell out from her mouth and fell onto her chest but it didn’t affect her talking speed.
“As long as you cooperate with teacher and let me successfully complete the class, you can leave, and I won’t touch you.”
“I will ask you questions, and you must answer me. You can’t lie and you have to give me an answer or you will be severely punished.”
“Now please return to your seats. Your names are on the table, don’t sit in the wrong seat.”
At this moment, Cheng Zhi Chu suddenly heard the system’s notification.
【Triggered Side Task: Attend Class.]
【Task Contents: Listen to the teacher’s lesson and answer her questions. Perhaps you may get some information from this.]
【Special requirements: You must answer her questions truthfully or you will be met with terrible consequences. You can conceal some things in your answer, but your answer cannot violate your reality circumstances or the instance setting.]
【Task reward: ?]
Cheng Zhi Chu looked up at Bai Yi and Gu Zhen. Although they didn’t say anything, he could tell that they should have also been informed of the same side task because they had moved over to their seats in the front row.
Seeing that they all needed to participate, Ou Yang and the other four had no other choice. They didn’t dare to resist and tremblingly moved to take their seats on the second row.
Zhou Xiao Pang was the unluckiest one. He just happened be left out and was assigned to sit next to a ghost. The cold scent of death emanating from his desk mate almost scared him to death and he could only do his best to make himself as small as possible while sitting there trembling.
However, when Cheng Zhi Chu moved to find his seat, his breathing stopped. He even wanted to change seats with Zhao Xiao Pang.
The four players sat in a row and he just happened to be right in the middle. To his left was Bai Yi and the one sitting on his right was Gu Zhen……….
Too scary. He would rather sit next to a ghost than sit like this!!
Cheng Zhi Chu’s fingers trembled slightly. Unfortunately, he was allocated that seat, so he didn’t have any other options. He could only obediently take his seat and sit pitifully with both his hands on his knees.
Bai Yi and Gu Zhen’s gaze deepened, and their eyes moved to look at each other. They then moved to take their seats on both sides of Cheng Zhi Chu.
Gu Zhen’s arm lightly touched against Cheng Zhi Chu’s arm. At the same time, he said shamelessly said: “Sorry, it’s a little narrow here.”
Before Cheng Zhi Chu had the chance to say anything, he suddenly felt an arm stretch over from the other side, loop around his shoulder and pull him over. In an instant, a large distance had formed between Cheng Zhi Chu and Gu Zhen.
“Come this way Zhi Chu.” Bai Yi smiled gently at Cheng Zhi Chu. He then kissed him on the forehead, “You can just lean on me.”
………..Enough! This isn’t the time to follow that lover’s setting!
Cheng Zhi Chu’s face immediately went red. He pushed away Bai Yi’s chest and internally thought that leaning against Gu Zhen would be better.
The corpse-like female teacher’s expression remained calm. She spoke monotonously: “Classmate Bai, class is in session. Please don’t be a bad influence.”
Bai Yi calmly looked at her.
“…….I won’t let you off next time.” The female teacher quickly added.
Bai Yi gave her a smile. Her mouth twitched slightly, and she appeared to be a little nervous. She accidentally swallowed a lot of the maggots in her mouth in the process.
“Class is starting now.”
The teacher fell silent for a few seconds before speaking up again: “Well then classmate Bai Yi, let’s start with you. Please stand up and answer.”
“…………..” After a moment, Bai Yi slowly let go of Cheng Zhi Chu and stood up to listen to her question.
“Let me ask you, classmate Bai,” The teacher asked, “Do you really like Cheng Zhi Chu?”
Cheng Zhi Chu: “………….”
?? Teacher, didn’t you say not to be a bad influence??
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Bai Yi’s Diary (Part 52)
I should apply for Zhi Chu to sit in my lap during class.