Sunny Xu felt something was wrong...

No, something was very wrong.

He took a deep breath and didn't immediately run back, but continued to walk towards the guard room.

He turned around and stared at the dark corridor for a while. There were only five classes on the second floor with lights on because there were still people inside. Unless everyone inside had left, the lights wouldn't be turned off.

Would someone turn off the lights just because they went out to the bathroom or get a glass of water? Moreover, there were still two boys left in the class when the girls went out.

Could this be considered a prank?

Sunny Xu knocked on the door, but no one answered. He walked to the window next to it and looked inside, but didn't see anyone.

The door was unlocked and opened with a gentle push. The guard room was indeed empty, with no one inside.

"Why isn't anyone here at this time..."

Sunny Xu sighed and scratched the back of his head in distress.

The school gate was locked, and there was hot tea in the thermos on the table in the guard room, indicating that the security guard had left not long ago, probably to use the restroom.

Just as he hesitated about what to do next...

"Ah—!!"

A scream of terror sounded behind him.

Sunny Xu quickly ran out of the guard room and looked towards the direction where the sound came from, the connection between the teaching building and the opposite experimental building... that was the location of the second-floor restroom!

The scream sounded like a girl, and it could only be Seigetsu Zhu and the others.

"Something really happened..."

Sunny Xu gritted his teeth and immediately ran back.

But when he subconsciously looked up at the corridor on the second floor of the teaching building, he almost stopped in his tracks.

...At some point, the lights in the classroom had turned on again.

He thought for a moment, then ran back to the guard room and took out a flashlight.

*

Sunny Xu ran back to the second floor, panting. After entering the entrance of Class 5, he found that Wang Yue and the bespectacled boy were standing by the window, perfectly fine.

Wang Yue was persuading the other boy, "Brother Guo, let's go and take a look?"

The person adjusted the glasses on his nose and replied in a low voice, "Since you want to go so much, then go by yourself. I still have homework to do and don't have time to get involved."

After speaking, he returned to his seat alone.

Wang Yue muttered to himself, "How can I dare to go alone..." and anxiously paced around. Suddenly, when he saw Sunny Xu coming in from outside, he ran over as if he had seen a savior and confirmed, "Xu, did you hear it too? The scream came from the restroom."

Sunny Xu nodded.

"Should we go and take a look?"

Sunny Xu nodded again.

"That's great." Wang Yue let out a sigh of relief. "I don't dare to take the risk alone."

Sunny Xu's gaze bypassed him and fell on the thin and weak boy behind Wang Yue.

"Is he not going?"

At a time like this, he could still calmly sit down and do his homework. Was he really so calm that nothing could faze him, or was he obsessed with studying?

"Well, his intention is..."

"Definitely just a prank." The bespectacled boy didn't even lift his head. "You saw Sun Xiaofang go out with them just now, right? She often does this kind of thing. When everyone else is being fooled by her, she's the only one laughing over there."

Sunny Xu and Wang Yue exchanged glances.

"Is that so?"

"Well..." Wang Yue smiled awkwardly. "It has happened before."

Speaking of which, horror movies often have similar scenes, where the first scare is usually a prank or a false alarm, even more annoying than a real ghost.

"Girls are just so boring. I advise you not to meddle in other people's business."

In the end, this boy didn't forget to add this sentence, while he continued to write diligently on the table.

Sunny Xu glanced at Wang Yue and found that he was already showing signs of hesitation. He couldn't help but shake his head.

"Even if it's a prank, we should still go and check."

"Yes, yes, I always feel a bit worried since they haven't come back. Even if we're really being fooled, I'll accept it!" Wang Yue rubbed his round head and agreed. "Let's go even if it's true!"

*

The two walked forward along the dark corridor.

Every classroom they passed was without lights, enveloped in the silence of the night. If it were a person passing by alone, they would indeed feel a sense of fear.

There was not a single campus at night that wasn't scary. It was unclear whether it was because of the vast empty space, the accumulation of various supernatural rumors, or the contrast with the lively scenes during the day.

"The person just now was Guo Zixuan."

When they were halfway there, Wang Yue suddenly said.

"Hmm?"

"I'm talking about the bespectacled guy." He sighed. "He's not easy to get along with, but don't mind him.""...It's okay, I don't mind."

Sunny Xu had already noticed that the guy next to him was a big mouth, but he didn't expect that right after they finished chatting, he would start gossiping behind his back.

"And, he might have a bit of a grudge against you."

"...Ah?"

This was unexpected.

"But why? I don't even know him."

"It doesn't matter if you don't know him, he knows you." Wang Yue said, "Guo Zixuan has always had good grades. He always ranks in the top ten in the monthly exams. In the final exams last semester, the class president was first, and he was second. In short, since the class was divided, Guo Zixuan has always been the representative of the male students in the liberal arts class. Until the last midterm exam..."

So that's why. Sunny Xu suddenly realized and nodded.

During the last semester, he hadn't transferred to Jinjiang City No. 15 High School yet, so naturally, he wouldn't know about this.

"Just because of this?"

Sunny Xu found it unbelievable. How could there be someone with such a narrow mind in this world?

"Of course not," Wang Yue answered with a mysterious expression, "There's also... I don't know about the others in our class, but those who are in the study group should be able to tell that he has some... intentions towards the class president."

"Ah." Sunny Xu nodded again, realizing it himself. But unfortunately, even after listening to the gossip about the emotions within the top students of Class 5 in their second year of high school, he still didn't understand the situation. "So what?"

"Well, I see that you get along well with the class president, don't you?"

"It's okay," Sunny Xu answered honestly, "After all, we haven't talked much before."

"So you're just ordinary friends?"

"I don't even think we're friends."

"I see, I see." Wang Yue nodded repeatedly, "The class president is kind to everyone, even someone like Shi Hui, she's willing to speak kindly to him. So everyone likes her, especially the boys in our class..."

"Are you one of them?"

Wang Yue felt a little embarrassed, but he didn't deny it.

"Of course, I also think the class president is a good girl. But because she's nice to everyone and doesn't treat anyone differently, it makes people feel like she's unattainable. And we're all high school students, you know the school's attitude, if you want to date, you have to be prepared for a long-term underground battle. The class president doesn't seem like the type to violate school rules and neglect studying..."

"Oh."

Sunny Xu was a bit absent-minded. He realized that the two of them were almost at the bathroom door, but he still hadn't seen anyone.

He felt like he should hurry up and walk faster, but the person next to him kept talking.

"Of course, there are still people who don't want to give up. Among this group of people, Guo Zixuan has always been the most obvious one. After all, his grades are closest to Zhu, and one is the class president while the other is the study committee member, so they have more opportunities to communicate. But the class president only treats him as an ordinary classmate, anyone can see that."

"He's very unhappy about this, but he can't show it, so he can only keep it to himself. And he even starts to dislike other people who want to get close to the class president. Maybe you guys were just having a normal conversation in the corridor, but in his eyes, it's a threat."

Moreover, when you guys were chatting just now, the class president seemed to be even happier than usual. Wang Yue muttered to himself in his heart, but he didn't say it out loud because of his selfishness.

To prove his point, Wang Yue even gave a serious example:

"In fact, there used to be a student in our group who couldn't keep up with the studies. He was from our class, named Song Yao. He was the only one with really bad grades who still wanted to join the group. So the class president took special care of him, everyone can understand this..."

"We're here."

Sunny Xu stood in front of the bathroom door, looking at the empty washstand in front of him, and couldn't help but frown.

It's really strange. No one is here, not even a sound...

"...As a result, it is said that this Song Yao was driven away by Guo Zixuan. After a few days, he stopped going to school and stayed at home. Even the homeroom teacher's home visit was useless. Hey, Xu, weren't you listening?"

"Shh."

Sunny Xu made a gesture for him to be quiet.

"Did you hear someone talking?"

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"No, I didn't..."

Wang Yue instinctively lowered his voice, but he still had a somewhat unwilling expression and asked in a low voice:

"After hearing what I just said, don't you have any other thoughts?"

Sunny Xu thought to himself, why should I care about the gossip in your Class 5? But he just shook his head and answered.

"I suggest you focus on studying. We're about to enter our third year of high school. Don't think about unnecessary things all the time."

"Why does your tone sound like our homeroom teacher..."

Wang Yue felt a little helpless. This was the first time he had met someone like this.

Generally, classmates and friends around him were quite interested in this kind of thing.Of course, Fifteenth Middle School wasn't the type with a terrible atmosphere, where young men and women were restless and no one was serious about studying. It was one of the well-known high schools in the city, but such things were inevitable.

The stricter the school rules, the more tedious the daily study life, the more students were prone to indulge in school gossip as a rare source of entertainment.

If elementary to junior high school was the time when boys and girls' hearts began to flutter, expressing their feelings in a pure and shy manner, then high school students' views on romance would inevitably become more complex.

Young people, situated on the boundary between adults and children, were naturally sensitive.

"However, things like dating... even unrequited love, do indeed affect grades. Perhaps the reason why the class president can always maintain the top rank in the grade is because she's not interested in dating, her mind is undistracted," Wang Yue now thought that Sunny Xu made a lot of sense and began to ponder, "So, Guo Zixuan can't surpass you, also because you're not interested in these things..."

Wait, that's not right!

He suddenly felt something was off.

If the school really wanted to crack down on puppy love, Sunny Xu would definitely be a negative example. Everyone knew that this guy was dating Lin!

Excuses, Wang Yue thought indignantly, all excuses!

...

Sunny Xu completely ignored the other's opinion. He had left Wang Yue behind and was heading towards the washstand.

The stove for boiling water was nearby. He first came here and saw a puddle of water on the ground.

Sunny Xu squatted down, turned on his flashlight, and squinted for a while before he saw a faint footprint, and...

"Hair?"

He reached out and picked up a small clump of wet black hair.

At that moment, the power of "psychic sense" was triggered.