Chapter 171: Chapter 152: Suspicion_2
A word awoke the dreamer, ever since the ghost student in a school uniform appeared, they instantly drew everyone’s attention, thereby overlooking the biggest threat in the nightmare, the Ghost Teacher who had already killed three of their comrades.
"Are you saying that the Nie Hexiang just now might be... might be the Ghost Teacher in disguise?" Even Lu Ji was shocked.
"No, no, Nie Hexiang is a woman, the Ghost Teacher is a man, no matter how he disguises himself, he can’t change his gender..."
Before she could finish, Yu Mi couldn’t go on even with these seemingly consoling words, she abruptly turned to look at Pei Qiuyu, and as if Pei Qiuyu had seen through her thoughts, she shrugged at her.
Yu Mi came to her senses, not long ago they had just escaped from the trap of the Ghost Teacher, at that time, the Ghost Teacher had disguised himself as Pei Qiuyu, acting more real than the real one, if not for Yang Xiao’s vigilance, they would have lost more members, or even faced complete annihilation.
"We’re in trouble..."
....
"Tap."
"Tap."
"Tap."
At this moment, Yang Xiao and Nie Hexiang were walking downstairs together, the atmosphere between them was very harmonious, Nie Hexiang tightly hooked onto Yang Xiao’s arm, like a sweet couple.
During this time, Yang Xiao had probed Nie Hexiang several times, her reaction was always within his expectations, until the last step they took down, they could see through the glass door outside, the students lined up to return.
Outside the glass door, a few teachers were standing at how to write a research paper proposal moment, the male teacher who had argued with Director Ding was also there.
Seeing these people, Yang Xiao’s tense nerves suddenly relaxed, he knew he was temporarily not in danger, he had suspected Nie Hexiang to be the Ghost, but now it seemed he was overthinking, after all, if she were the Ghost, he would not have possibly lived to walk down the stairs.
He had even anticipated the possible dangers, such as an endless staircase that couldn’t be reached, or the light above suddenly breaking, and by the time his teammates found him, he would most likely vanish.
Mysteriously disappearing while coming down from the 5th floor to the 1st floor.
Just like most of his teammates who had encountered misfortune before.
Approaching that glass door, a cold breeze seeped through the cracks of the door, hitting Yang Xiao’s face, and it brought back his sense of being alive.
"Stop messing with it, that light won’t work, it will explode, what will you do then?" Outside, the several teachers gathered together, arguing non-stop.
"What’s wrong with standing in for a bit, and then wait for the electrician to come, do you know how long it takes to fix that big light outside?" a teacher retorted, "We can wear a lot, we’re older, we can take it, but what about these students? Why don’t you think of them?"
"It’s chilly outside now, and they are just wearing school uniforms, they don’t allow coats during exercise outdoors, what kind of ridiculous rules are these, that Director Ding just wants the photos to look good, then he can go suck up to his superiors, they’re all a bunch of blood-sucking scum, they will get their comeuppance!"
"Shh, keep it down, someone’s coming."
It was unknown who was the first to notice Yang Xiao and Nie Hexiang eavesdropping and immediately halted the conversation, but the distaste these people had for the crew was written all over their faces, no one greeted them, and a few teachers looked at Nie Hexiang as if they wanted to knife her.
Frightened, Nie Hexiang quickly pulled Yang Xiao away, creating some distance from them and headed towards the student squad.
During this process, Yang Xiao noticed a black emergency light under the feet of those male teachers, it looked old and sturdy, the kind that one might think was found in a junkyard with its poor condition, and the pulled-out light tube was slightly blackened as if it had been burnt.
Approaching the student squad, as it was free activity time, to avoid the cold, the students were moving within a limited range. Yang Xiao and Nie Hexiang approached the eighth row, but to their surprise, they counted three times to confirm that there were only 16 people in the eighth row.
The mysterious 17th person had vanished...
"She’s not here..." Now Nie Hexiang was also a bit panicked, but Yang Xiao couldn’t stop his act, "She’s not? We counted the same, I’ve always seen 16 people, then... where did she go?"
Nie Hexiang gripped Yang Xiao’s arm tightly, the strength enough to leave marks, her voice suddenly filled with pleading, "I don’t want to look anymore, I... let’s go back, maybe Azhen came just to see if I was doing well, after seeing me from afar, she left."
Yang Xiao thought to himself, "Would you shut up already?" If he were Azhen, even if he had left, he would have to come back to see who was shameless enough to say such things.
But now there was a problem, Azhen had left, and in Yang Xiao’s understanding, once a ghost appeared, it would not leave.
But... why had the ghost disappeared?
Suddenly, Yang Xiao turned his head toward the brand-new five-story teaching building shrouded in darkness behind him. At this moment, there were no teachers or students in the building, only his remaining four teammates.
"Not good, it’s going for them!" Yang Xiao’s heart skipped a beat. Normally, he would not bother with such matters, especially since he was the ghost’s primary target. But now the situation was different, Song Yan was a good person. Even if he didn’t care about the others, he had to find a way to rescue him.
With these thoughts in mind, Yang Xiao went with the flow and agreed to Nie Hexiang’s request, "Alright, Hexiang, I hope you understand that I’m willing to be with you wherever you go. I’ll respect your choice this time, so next time, please respect mine too."
"Mhm, got it," Nie Hexiang hurriedly replied.
The two of them reached an agreement and quickly returned to the teaching building. The teachers who had been in front of the building were now gone, and the emergency light that had been left on the ground was also gone.
As soon as they entered the teaching building, they were greeted by a wave of coldness. Nie Hexiang wrapped her clothes around herself instinctively and murmured softly, "It’s so cold, who left the windows open?"
"Heh, it’s not about the windows, it’s your friend coming to find you," Yang Xiao thought darkly. He was very concerned about the situation of Song Yan and the others. Unlike him, they had no idea they were probably being targeted by the ghost.
As for why the ghost suddenly changed its target, Yang Xiao couldn’t figure it out. To be exact, he was completely clueless.
"Thud."
"Thud."
"Thud."
They quickened their pace, and just as they walked in through the door, they suddenly saw the same emergency light that they had seen before, placed against the wall.
The electrical box on the wall was open, with black wires pulled out from inside connected to the light.
There was also a piece of clothing thrown near the light, a black jacket, but Yang Xiao saw no one nearby.
A sense of foreboding suddenly rose in the pit of Yang Xiao’s stomach. Surely the ghost hadn’t killed all the male teachers, had it? Logically it shouldn’t have, at least he didn’t think it should.
Curbing his curiosity to investigate further, he took Nie Hexiang upstairs to the second floor. But when they reached the second floor, they were both dumbfounded. The layout here was identical to the first floor.
No!
This was the first-floor lobby!
Yang Xiao clearly saw the electrical box by the wall and the old-fashioned lighting lamp below it.
"Ghost Hitting the Wall!" Yang Xiao immediately realized. The ghost’s target had always been the two of them, unchanged.
The reason it hadn’t acted outside must have had its reasons, but now that reason was no longer important. Yang Xiao knew that to survive, they had to leave the building, go outside!
Nie Hexiang was already terrified out of her wits, completely dragged along by Yang Xiao. They ran downstairs at full speed, and sure enough, the ground floor was still the ground floor; this reassured Yang Xiao a little.
He pulled Nie Hexiang toward the glass doors, bringing her along because she was still useful. After all, she was an informant in the case and could be somewhat helpful if she survived.
Of course, the most important thing was, in case of danger, she could take a bullet for him.
Approaching the glass door cautiously, Yang Xiao moved very carefully over these few short steps. Based on his understanding of those things, they would not let them leave easily. This last stretch hid the biggest crisis.
However, the reality turned out to be unexpectedly smooth. They reached the glass door without hinderance, and all they had to do was to push it open to escape.
