Chapter 53 - Ghost School (7) (2/2)

“Shaa———–”

A few seconds later, a small burst of blood spurted out from inside the black hole, scattering onto the ground.

The black hole gradually faded away leaving only a small patch of blood behind. There was no trace of Liang Wen Bin.

“Ah———–!”

Lu Jie let out a terrified scream. Ou Yang and the others also stood up and their pupils constricted. Huge fear inside them made them feel like something heavy was crushing their chest and they could hardly breathe. Their only thought was to escape from this horrible place.

“Sit down.”

However, with just the simple two words from the female ghost’s end, they felt like a bucket of ice was dumped onto them. They returned to their senses and sluggishly sat back down.

Liang Wen Bin’s sudden death had affected them psychologically. Zhao Xiao Pang quickly burst into tears and he cried incoherently.

“I don’t want to die, I want to go back. I beg you, please let me go. I will go and burn paper for Su Ling, I’ll pay my respects, I can even recognise him as my godfather! Just let me go………I beg you Su Ling. Let her let me go……..”

“You have also bullied Su ling?” When Shen Qi Qi heard this, she couldn’t help but widen her eyes and look at Zhao Xiao Pang who had cried until his face was red with shock.

“No…..I didn’t, I didn’t want to……….”

Zhao Xiao Pang was flustered. He tried to deny it frantically. With red eyes, he raised his fat fingers at Bai Yi and yelled out loudly: “It’s him! It’s Bai Yi! He instructed us to do that!!”

“Su Ling, if you want revenge, go look for him! I have no enmity with you. I had no reason to bully you. Those horrible things were all because Bai Yi forced me to do it. Also, Ou Yang———”

He immediately turned and looked at Ou Yang with both panic and resentment: “It’s all because of you. Those ideas about torturing Su Ling all came from you! You bastard, only those who are not human would be able think of things like that. Are you even human?!”

“Fuck you. You dare to say something like that?!”

Hearing him push all the responsibilities over to himself and Bai Yi, Ou Yang’s expression quickly changed, and he immediately started to curse.

“You were forced? Zhao Xiao Pang, you even dare to say that? The one who beat up Su Ling the most was you! You even used to sit on Su Ling and make him crawl like a dog. Did I or did I not advice you not to do it? You fucking didn’t listen and you ended up crushing his intestines. Who was the one who left him with a permanent injury?!”

“Bullshit. You’re just a pile of dog shit. Stop acting like a good guy. Why aren’t you mentioning that time you wanted to use the cigarette butt to burn Su Ling’s eyes?”

“You think I’m crazy? Did you really think I would do that? I was just doing it to scare him. Who would really burn his eyes? I don’t have any intentions to be expelled from school!”

“Scare him? It definitely wasn’t because you wanted to scare him. You were clearly angered by Su Ling’s eyes and you truly wanted to ruin it. If it wasn’t for me and Liang Wen Bin holding you back, his eyes would have been a goner!”

The two men broken into a fierce quarrel. In just a few words, they had almost revealed everything that they had done. Cheng Zhi Chu heard this and couldn’t help but shiver. Yang Qian Fan also had a horrified look on his face. This time, it wasn’t a pretense.

“You’re saying everything that you did was instigated by Bai Yi?” Gu Zhen’s eyes darkened as his eyes swept over Bai Yi.

“You didn’t know?”

The two red-faced men looked at Gu Zhen. Ou Yang sneered and said: “That’s true. Although you’re friends, your families are closely tied. How could he let you know about something as scandalous as this? If he did, he would be finished.”

“It doesn’t matter if you know about it now. Yes, it was his doing. We may seem like Bai Yi’s friends but we’re actually just dogs raised by him. We would do anything that he asks us to do.”

“Since middle school, we would often beat up Su Ling. This continued until he died. This is all because Su Ling is————”

“Quiet. Don’t disrupt the class.”

The female teacher who had been silent for a moment suddenly knocked on the desk and stopped Ou Yang’s words. Ou Yang who was influenced by his anger suddenly remembered that he was still surrounded by ghosts. He instantly stiffened and fell quiet.

“As for the next question………”

Several maggots wriggled out from the female teachers mouth as it opened and closed. Her gaze faintly moved over to Cheng Zhi Chu.

“Classmate Cheng Zhi Chu, it’s your turn.”

Cheng Zhi Chu’s heart jumped. He stood up and looked at the female ghost with pursed lips.

The slide displayed changed and this time there was a photo of Cheng Zhi Chu in his youth.

In contrast to the photos and videos earlier that made people feel uncomfortable, this photo was warm and gentle. The sunlight outside poured into the classroom through the window and reflected the teenagers light coloured eyes, giving it a hint of transparency. He was surrounded by several classmates as he sat at the desk and he smiled happily while chatting with them.

“Do you know who took this photo?” The teacher asked.

He naturally doesn’t know…….How could he know?

Cheng Zhi Chu thought this, but he guessed that based on the instance setting he shouldn’t know. After all, the teenager in the photo didn’t look over at the lens and he appeared to be relaxed. The photo however was a bit fuzzy, like it was taken in a hurry and the photographer didn’t want the teenager to notice.

“……I don’t know.” Cheng Zhi Chu paused for a moment before replying.

The female teacher nodded her head. She raised her hand to touch the projected image and said: “Then you should look for the answer yourself.”

Her words were just spoken when Cheng Zhi Chu suddenly noticed that the surrounding scene had changed. In less than a blink of an eye, he had left the classroom and was standing outside the teaching building.

“Sha———–”

The fountain in front of the teaching building sprayed water out from the water column. Crystal-like water droplets fell into the pool surrounding it reflecting a myriad of colours.

The campus was covered in green grass and the trees were calm and beautiful. This was Chengnan High School before it was decided to be relocated.

Cheng Zhi Chu was stunned for a brief moment when he realised that Bai Yi and the others were gone. He thought of the teacher’s words. He was probably sent here by the teacher to look for the photographer himself.

【Triggered side task: Look for the photographer.]

【Task content: Who took the photo? You are very curious. You need to find that person.]

【Task reward: 1000 Survival Points.]

Hearing the task released by the system, Cheng Zhi Chu actually had some guesses about the photographer’s identity, but he wasn’t completely sure, so he decided to enter the teaching building first.

Unsurprisingly, that photo was taken in the classroom of class 1-7. When Cheng Zhi Chu walked over to the classroom, he saw that there was no one inside. Class just happened to be in session at this moment and, since there wasn’t anyone in the room, they probably went to the sports field or music classroom for class.

Cheng Zhi Chu didn’t rush to leave. Instead, he activated his Clue Prompt skill and checked to see if there were any clues in the classroom.

A pair of footprints appeared on the ground leading out of the classroom. He followed the footprints and it led him out of the teaching building and over to the sports field. Over there, many students were currently taking physical education classes.

When Cheng Zhi Chu followed those footprints, he also figured out what his current physical state was. He was currently in a state like those of a ghost and the people here can’t see him. Without any concerns, he walked directly over to the sports field and found the owner of the footprints.

It was Su Ling.

Seeing the boy sitting on the edge of the field hugging his knees, Cheng Zhi Chu had a strange feeling.

Compared to the noisy ruckus on the field, Su Ling’s side was cold and calm. It was as it there was an invisible wall separating him from the rest of the world.

Cheng Zhi Chu watched this silent boy and couldn’t help but feel very distressed. The time here was obviously summer, but the teenager was still wearing the schools winter uniform. His body was firmly covered probably so that he could hide the wounds on his body.

Yet no one came to look for him.

The teenager hugged his knees and half buried his pale face in his arms. His black hair was messy, and he only revealed a pair of beautiful black eyes like a quiet and obedient black cat. After watching him for a while, Cheng Zhi Chu suddenly realised that the teenager’s eyes were unexpectedly focused on a particular figure running around across the field.

At this moment, the sound of footsteps could be heard coming closer and the boy immediately closed his eyes and pretended to be napping.

But the moment before he closed his eyes, his eyes brightened up. It was as if the person he was expecting for had finally arrived.

“Su Ling, are you okay? Still uncomfortable?”

Then Cheng Zhi Chu heard his own voice.

He looked back and saw his younger self come over.

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Bai Yi’s Diary (Part 53)

The person in the video definitely isn’t the real me and only took my appearance.

How could I throw away something Zhi Chu gave me? Even if I’m crazy, I would never do that.