"Bang, bang, bang."

Sunny Xu and Seigetsu Zhu heard this kind of footsteps in the classroom.

It didn't sound like the echo of shoes colliding with the ground, but more like the collision between a body and a hard wall.

The dull sound echoed in the corridor in front of the restroom, gradually getting closer, passing by the washbasin, passing by the entrance, and extending inward.

Sunny Xu's pupils slightly contracted.

That guy...is coming in?

...

He turned off the flashlight, and the lights outside had already been extinguished. However, Sunny Xu quickly noticed that the restroom was not completely pitch black.

There was no reason for this small space to be completely engulfed by darkness. There was a skylight on the back wall that let in the faint moonlight.

The cubicle they were in was located at the far left, where they could see the skylight just by looking up.

The dim light illuminated the countless dust particles floating in the air, and also illuminated the faces of the boy and girl standing in the cubicle less than a meter apart.

He subconsciously glanced at Seigetsu Zhu, who was close to him.

The girl with short hair placed her hand in front of her chest to avoid getting too close to each other. There was a hint of panic in her light brown eyes, and her breath between her lips and teeth became slightly rapid.

When they were pulled into the cubicle, Sunny Xu almost lost his balance. Fortunately, he quickly reacted and supported himself against the wall. Otherwise, they would have fallen together...considering that they were in the restroom, the outcome of this fall would not be too romantic.

Seigetsu Zhu also heard the approaching sound and couldn't help but feel nervous.

However, after listening for a while, she suddenly frowned and looked at Sunny Xu's face for some reason.

Their postures were too close at this moment. His arm brushed against the girl's soft hair, occasionally touching her cheek, and the other hand didn't know where to put it. If it weren't for Seigetsu Zhu blocking it with her hand in time, they would have been intimately cuddling together.

If someone opened the door and witnessed this scene, they would definitely think that they were a student couple who chose to hide in the restroom to secretly embrace and kiss in order to avoid others' gaze.

Because of this, since they closed the door, both of them tacitly looked away to avoid feeling awkward when their eyes met.

But at this moment, Seigetsu Zhu's eyes were staring straight at his face, and the girl's delicate eyebrows slightly furrowed, showing a somewhat conflicted expression, as if she was dissatisfied with something...Sunny Xu felt inexplicable.

- Could it be that she's dissatisfied with my appearance? This strange thought suddenly popped into Sunny Xu's mind.

Girls would definitely care about their first close contact with someone, even if it was an accident. If it was a handsome guy, it would be a wonderful first encounter with a budding spring romance. If it was an ordinary person, it would be hard to say...

But of course, he couldn't ask the other person if he was handsome or not at a time like this.

At least Sunny Xu was quite satisfied with his appearance. After all, his nose, mouth, and eyes had been his companions for over ten years. He had long been accustomed to them, so he couldn't just change them because he wanted to, right?

Perhaps because of the tense situation, his mind was more prone to various random thoughts.

Then, Seigetsu Zhu, with a serious expression, slowly and cautiously raised her hand...

What is she trying to do? Is she going to slap me?

Sunny Xu was startled and remembered a romantic drama he had seen on TV, where the female protagonist accidentally took advantage of the male protagonist and slapped him while calling him a "pervert."

This was not the time to be willful! If they weren't careful, both of them could lose their lives here!

While Sunny Xu was lost in his thoughts, he suddenly felt a cold and soft touch on his lips.

Seigetsu Zhu raised her small hand and covered her own mouth.

...So that's it, she thinks my breathing is too loud?

Sunny Xu blinked his eyes and felt a little annoyed. He raised his free hand and covered the girl's mouth.

Seigetsu Zhu's eyes widened slightly in surprise, but she didn't struggle. Instead, she nodded approvingly.

Both of them were covering each other's mouths, making their postures even more awkward and strange than before.

Sunny Xu's hand didn't completely touch the girl's lips, but his palm unavoidably touched a moist sensation of panic and confusion.

Their heartbeats seemed to be transmitted to each other's hearts through the touch of their palms and lips.

But at this moment, Sunny Xu couldn't generate any random thoughts.

Because the weird person wandering in the corridor had already entered the restroom and was slowly walking towards the deepest part.

"Pat, pat, pat."

The footsteps became faint, echoing the sound of bare feet stepping on the tiles.

Sunny Xu turned his head, and his gaze unconsciously drifted downward.

Through the gap under the cubicle, he could see a pair of bare feet without shoes walking past the door. The skin was bluish-purple, covered in dust, and there were scars left from cracks everywhere. Several toes didn't even have nails, revealing the flesh buds that hadn't grown yet.

These feet stopped below the skylight.

Even though his mouth was being covered by the girl's hand, he instinctively held his breath.

Under his unwavering gaze, the heels of those feet slowly, little by little, lifted...

Without any sound, the ankles seemed to have broken, and the entire foot turned over!

A warm and moist breath came from Sunny Xu's palm. He didn't turn around, but he could feel the other person's anxious mood. It seemed that Seigetsu Zhu had also witnessed this horrifying scene.However, it was far from over. The strange man's feet seemed to be unbound by bones. Sunny Xu watched in horror as the feet bent backward and then forward again, repeating this process several times until they were completely on tiptoe, like a ballet dancer.

This tiptoeing action made the already tall figure of the strange man grow even taller. His head seemed to be about to touch the ceiling.

This meant—

Sunny Xu felt as if his heart was being tightly gripped.

He tried his best to stop trembling, his gaze shakily moving upward.

What he saw was the back of a head.

The strange man outside the door was walking on the narrow tiled road with his shoulders hunched and on tiptoe, like a dancer. Imagining it carefully, it would give a bizarrely comical impression.

But Sunny Xu didn't find it funny at all. Instead, he felt a chilling sensation, like a bucket of cold water being poured from the top of his head: because at this height, he could easily see inside the cubicle!

Damn it!

Sunny Xu almost cursed out loud.

Seigetsu Zhu's face was equally pale.

Fortunately, after the strange man tiptoed, his head leaned towards the cubicle on the opposite side.

But if this continued, being discovered was only a matter of time, a minute... no, maybe not even ten seconds!

He had even imagined the scene where this guy turned his bulging-eyed face towards them...

Just then, he felt the hand he had placed over the girl's mouth being gently held, and something was stuffed into his palm.

—It was a pen.

Sunny Xu looked at Seigetsu Zhu again.

Under the soft moonlight, the girl's face glowed like porcelain, her lips tightly pursed, her shining pupils quietly staring at him.

He was taken aback.

Was she suggesting that he throw it?

Indeed, the notebook and flashlight were too heavy to throw, and if discovered midway, it would be disastrous. Only this pen...

Sunny Xu gripped the pen in his hand, as if holding onto a heavy trust.

Without hesitation, he pointed the pen upward.

Sunny Xu had never been so focused on throwing an object in his life. He felt that if he were playing basketball in a physical education class at this moment, he would definitely be on fire, scoring three points every time.

He dared not take a deep breath, just stared intently at the gap between the door and the ceiling.

...Silently, as if Sunny Xu himself hadn't reacted, he threw the pen in his hand with force.

The pen traced a beautiful parabola, crossing the doors of several cubicles, and landed somewhere before the tall, thin stranger outside turned his head.

"Plop."

Judging by the sound, it seemed to have fallen into the trash can at the door.

—Indeed, it was spot on.

"Creak... creak..."

The strange man outside the door turned his head abruptly, making a weird cry.

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The "hehe" sound, as if squeezed out from deep in the throat, was chilling.

"Thump, thump, thump!"

The strange man's head disappeared from view, accompanied by the sound of footsteps quickly receding.

...

After waiting for a while, the footsteps did not return.

Sunny Xu finally let out a long breath.

He turned his head and found that Seigetsu Zhu was pointing at her own head.

Was she saying that the guy's head wasn't very bright?

Indeed, if he had the wisdom of a normal person, he wouldn't be distracted by such a trick...

As Sunny Xu was pondering, his arm was gently tapped.

He looked up to see Seigetsu Zhu giving him a brilliant smile and a thumbs-up.

This cute little gesture made Sunny Xu chuckle, and his mood unconsciously relaxed.

"Let's go."

Sunny Xu said in a very, very low voice.

"Mm."

The class president's response was equally brief and soft.

The two of them carefully pushed the door open and came to the bathroom entrance.

Just as they were about to leave, Sunny Xu, who was walking in front, suddenly stopped. This time, he grabbed the girl's arm and they both hid in the corner.

He didn't say anything, but Seigetsu Zhu understood. It was because the strange man was still wandering outside.

However, she looked around and didn't see anyone in the open space and corridor directly opposite the bathroom.

Just as the girl was puzzled, she saw Sunny Xu make a silence gesture, then slowly pointed upward.

Seigetsu Zhu followed his finger with her eyes, her pupils contracted, and she quickly raised her hand to cover her mouth with her sleeve, barely suppressing a scream.

Because she saw that the strange man was...

Crawling on the ceiling.