Faced with the students’ warnings, Zuo Si felt his hair stand on end.
The evil spirit in the school couldn’t hold back any longer!
He put the diary into his backpack, stood up, and was about to leave when a beam of flashlight shone on his face.
“Finally found you, kid.”
It was the Night Watchman’s voice!
Zuo Si immediately sensed something was wrong, a sense of panic rising within him, but he had to remain calm!
He clearly remembered that the Night Watchman had a black mole on the corner of his mouth!
He was very likely Ye Yingjie’s homeroom teacher, Liu Zhendong!
A homeroom teacher, after the school closed down, instead of finding employment at another school, stayed behind to guard an abandoned school?
How could this be?
Ye Yingjie’s diary didn’t mention how the other students died; perhaps before his death, perhaps after.
Zuo Si now strongly suspected that the deaths of these students were related to this Liu Zhendong!
The frequent confinement and beatings of Ye Yingjie… This is absolutely a psychopath; it’s not impossible for him to do something even more extreme!
What else could a person like that, after death, be but an evil spirit?
“Even if he were alive now, he would definitely be a threat to me. Otherwise, those six students would never have given me the hint to escape!”
However, now is not the time to confront him directly.
Zuo Si shielded his eyes from the light and said to the night watchman, “Hey, sir, stop shining the light. It’s blinding me.”
The light slowly descended, falling to the ground.
Zuo Si saw the night watchman, staring at him with a gloomy expression.
“I told you not to get into the school. Are you deaf?”
“Sir, don’t be angry. I’ll leave now, okay?”
Zuo Si cautiously walked towards the door, ready to draw his scalpel at any moment as he brushed past the night watchman.
But to his surprise, although the night watchman’s face was gloomy, he made no other move.
“Could I have misjudged him?”
Zuo Si frowned. He didn’t turn his back to the night watchman but walked alongside him. “May I ask your surname, sir?”
“Why ask so many questions?! Get out of here and don’t ever come back!”
“Don’t be angry, sir. You just look familiar, like my former homeroom teacher~”
“Oh?” The night watchman raised an eyebrow: “What was your homeroom teacher’s name?”
“Liu Zhendong…” Zuo Si carefully observed the night watchman’s expression.
“Hehe.” The night watchman laughed: “What a coincidence, I am Liu Zhendong!”
“Oh, it really is you, Teacher Liu! It’s been so many years! Why aren’t you teaching anymore?”
“Never mind~” Liu Zhendong walked quickly, as if he was in a hurry to leave the school building.
Zuo Si couldn’t help but think to himself, “Why is he in such a hurry? Does he really just want to kick me out of the school?”
After leaving the school building, Liu Zhendong stood at the entrance, glanced at the road outside the school gate, and a barely perceptible cruel smile appeared on his face.
“Teacher Liu?” Zuo Si suddenly felt a sense of crisis. He had a vague intuition that Liu Zhendong beside him might k!ll him at any moment!
Even the temperature around him seemed to drop noticeably!
What was going on?! Zuo Si racked his brains!
“If he wanted to k!ll me, why is he only showing his murderous intent now?!”
“What made him hold back?”
“And why did he try to kick me out when I first entered the school?”
He tried hard to recall the scene before he entered the school, and suddenly a dark red figure flashed through his mind!
“It’s the pregnant woman in red! Liu Zhendong thought I was with that pregnant woman in red…! He was afraid of being retaliated against by the pregnant woman in red if he k!lled me!”
“And now, seeing that the pregnant woman in red hasn’t appeared for so long, he can act with peace of mind…!!!”
Wisps of yin energy were already emanating from Liu Zhendong’s body; he no longer intended to pretend.
Zuo Si was now certain that this Liu Zhendong was an evil spirit!
But now he absolutely couldn’t afford to break off the facade! We have to find a way to keep him calm, or he’ll be dead.
“Teacher Liu, have you seen my friend?” Zuo Si peered towards the door, as if searching for someone.
“What friend? You didn’t come alone?” A sharp glint flashed in Liu Zhendong’s eyes.
“It’s a pregnant woman in a dark red sundress. She’s my sister. We came together. She said if she came in, she would disturb some friends here, so she’s waiting for me outside.”
“Oh?” Liu Zhendong’s face darkened, a hint of apprehension flashing in his eyes. “Young man, don’t talk nonsense. It’ll scare people to death this late at night. I didn’t see any of your friends!”
“Teacher Liu, how could I lie to you? It’s normal that you didn’t see her. After all, my sister isn’t an ordinary ‘person.'”
“Heh, I don’t know what you’re talking about. Hurry up and leave.”
Liu Zhendong urged Zuo Si to leave.
Zuo Si was naturally happy to do so. The closer he got to the school gate, the safer he would be! This time, both of them walked at a leisurely pace, as if taking a casual stroll.
Zuo Si was trying to hide his anxiety from Liu Zhendong.
Liu Zhendong, on the other hand, was observing whether the pregnant woman in red was nearby!
Suddenly, a gray figure darted out. Her pale face was pockmarked and terrifying.
It was Ye Yingjie’s mother!
She blocked Zuo Si and Liu Zhendong’s path, drool dripping from her mouth, her eyes filled with a ferocious glint, her teeth grinding together.
“It’s you!” she pointed at Liu Zhendong. “You k!lled my child! I’ll k!ll you!!”
She lunged at Liu Zhendong like a madwoman, her sharp nails digging into his throat.
Liu Zhendong, however, sneered. After confirming again that the pregnant woman in red wasn’t nearby, he no longer bothered to hide. He wanted to k!ll this woman before him.
Then he would k!ll Zuo Si, making Zuo Si’s soul his servant, at his beck and call.
Liu Zhendong’s face rapidly turned bluish-purple, and black veins, like disgusting worms, appeared on his face.
His Yin energy erupted instantly, and his previously solid body became translucent, surrounded by wisps of grayish-black Yin energy, exuding utter malevolence.
He gave Zuo Si a feeling unlike any other ghost.
Even the pregnant woman in red hadn’t given Zuo Si this overwhelming sense of malice; it was truly chilling.
Bang!
Ye Yingjie’s mother, ‘Li Xiulan,’ was blasted away by the Yin energy, spitting out blood.
She was actually human, not a ghost!
“What happened? Why didn’t Ye Yingjie come to save his mother?”
Zuo Si was startled. Since Li Xiulan was human, her ability to move freely in the school meant she was under Ye Yingjie’s protection.
But why wasn’t Ye Yingjie coming to save his mother now?
Recalling the scenes in the teaching building, Zuo Si had a vague, ominous premonition.
“Ye Yingjie likely met with misfortune while protecting me in the teaching building, otherwise Liu Zhendong wouldn’t have been able to find me!”