Ruan Qing, upon seeing this, immediately withdrew his hand in
fright and even took a few steps back, afraid that the monster in the mirror
would drag him directly into the mirror and tear him apart.
The ‘person’ in the mirror froze upon seeing Ruan Qing’s
reaction, appearing even more sinister.
The ‘person’ in the mirror seemed to be provoked by Ruan
Qing’s actions, but even so, ‘he’ didn’t come out of the mirror.
Ruan Qing breathed a sigh of relief, realizing that ‘he’
couldn’t come out.
He cautiously approached the mirror once again, and under the
fixed gaze of the ‘person’ in the mirror, he took off the ruby earring from his
left ear and then got closer to the mirror.
And... nothing happened.
The ‘person’ in the mirror tilted ‘his’ head, seemingly not
understanding what Ruan Qing was doing.
This time, Ruan Qing didn’t retreat in fear but spoke in his
mind in a cold tone, ‘System, there should be a limit to deceiving the
player, don’t you agree?’
The emotionless voice of the system sounded, [The Crimson
Moon has been changed to a passive defense item, which means it won’t activate
unless the ghost attacks you.]
Ruan Qing silently put the earring back on and then removed
the Chronometer from around his neck, taking out the talisman inside.
When Ruan Qing took out the talisman, the ‘person’ in the mirror
instantly moved further away from the surface.
Ruan Qing looked up at the ‘person’ who was clearly much
farther from the mirror’s surface, and then looked at the talisman in his hand.
Silently, he moved the talisman a bit closer to the mirror.
As expected, the ‘person’ in the mirror moved even farther
away.
Just as Ruan Qing was about to continue testing with the
talisman, it accidentally touched the mirror, and in that instant, the mirror
unexpectedly shattered.
Ruan Qing never expected the mirror to suddenly break, and he
was left completely stunned as the shattered pieces hit him all over.
His exposed hands and face were left with wounds, with his
hands being the most severe since he was holding the talisman.
The moment the skin was cut, blood oozed out and dripped onto
the ground. However, Ruan Qing didn’t easily move from his position. After all,
the floor was now filled with shards, and stepping on them would probably
render his foot useless.
So, at the moment the mirror shattered, he forced himself not
to step back due to fright.
Perhaps the sound was too loud as people downstairs and in
other rooms also heard it. Within a few seconds, Ruan Qing’s room door was
kicked open.
Ruan Qing quickly put the talisman paper into the pocket on
the side of his clothes, and he also put the watch inside.
The person who kicked the door open was Su Zhiwei. He saw the
person standing in the midst of the mirror shards in the bathroom, his pupils
shrinking, completely devoid of the previous elegance and composure.
He ran and urgently shouted, “Little ancestor, don’t move!
Whatever you do, don’t move!”
After Su Zhiwei finished shouting, he was about to reach the
bathroom door. He was afraid that Ruan Qing might fall or step on the shards,
so he hurriedly entered without caring about the fragments on the floor. He
then carefully lifted Ruan Qing horizontally and carried him out.
Ruan Qing clung to Su Zhiwei’s neck and turned to look at the
place Su Zhiwei had walked over. The bloodstains on the floor were very
prominent.
He lowered his gaze and looked at the path Su Zhiwei had
taken, leaving bloodstains on the floor with each step. Obviously, the other
had been scratched by those shards, and the injuries were not light.
Even more severe than Ruan Qing’s own injuries.
After all, the fragments had only scratched him, while Su
Zhiwei had stepped directly on them, even trampling on them again when he
carried him out.
But Su Zhiwei seemed oblivious to the pain, his face showing
no signs of distress, only urgency and concern.
As if he was genuinely worried about Ruan Qing.
At this moment, Ruan Qing was also somewhat unsure whether Su
Zhiwei was concerned about his physical injuries or about him as a person.
Mo Ran took some time to run upstairs from downstairs. He
looked at the teenager being carried by Su Zhiwei and the blood covering the
floor. His voice trembled slightly. “Brother Su, are you okay?”
Su Zhiwei avoided Mo Ran’s reaching hand while holding Ruan
Qing and then placed him on the bed.
Because Ruan Qing’s hand was still dripping blood, the
snow-white bedsheets quickly became stained.
Su Zhiwei carefully lifted Ruan Qing’s fingertips and gently
removed the object that was embedded in his flesh.
Upon seeing the situation, Mo Ran immediately ran out of the
room. After a few seconds, he came back running, holding a medical kit he
didn’t know where he found.
Su Zhiwei took the medical kit from Mo Ran and looked at Ruan
Qing with a furrowed brow, softly saying, “If it hurts, let me know.”
After finishing his sentence, Su Zhiwei began treating Ruan
Qing’s wound.
Disinfection was an essential step, but it was painful. Every
time Su Zhiwei disinfected the wound, Ruan Qing would tremble slightly.
And Su Zhiwei’s brow furrowed even tighter, as if he himself
was the one in pain, not Ruan Qing. Mo Ran, who was standing beside them, also
had a twisted expression, as if he empathized with the pain. Only Ruan Qing
remained calm.
After Su Zhiwei finished treating Ruan Qing’s wound, he
expertly bandaged it, wrapping it as tightly as if Ruan Qing’s hand was already
broken.
Ruan Qing moved his hand a little, finding that it didn’t
affect his movement, so he didn’t say anything more.
After finishing bandaging Ruan Qing, Su Zhiwei seemed to have
forgotten that his own foot was injured. He directly cautioned Ruan Qing,
“Don’t let the wound touch water.”
After saying that, he pointed towards the balcony and said,
“I’ll make a phone call.”
The balcony had those floor-to-ceiling glass doors, identical
to Su Zhiwei’s office, and the bedroom lights were bright, illuminating the
balcony as well.
Ruan Qing watched as Su Zhiwei took out his phone and made a
call.
Su Zhiwei probably noticed Ruan Qing looking at him and
showed a gentle smile, as if the wind was caressing his face.
However, his words were completely different from his
expression...
“I’ve fucking told you several times, don’t scare him,
don’t scare him! Have you been dead for too long that you can’t understand
human speech anymore?“
“If there’s another next time, don’t expect me to help
you again.“
“Go back to school, and next time, don’t follow me out...“
As Su Zhiwei spoke, he turned around, and Ruan Qing couldn’t
see what he said afterward.
As for listening to it, it’s completely impractical. The
glass material of Su’s villa was even better than that of the First High
School, completely blocking out the sound.
Ruan Qing lowered his gaze thoughtfully. It seemed that there
was no romantic relationship between Su Zhiwei and that monster, as he had
imagined.
After all, even if those few sentences were spoken in the
gentlest tone, they could never be called gentle.
And ‘he’ followed along? Did that monster follow Su Zhiwei?
Ruan Qing looked at his injured hand, and it occurred to him
that when he first returned to Su family’s villa, that feeling of being
observed through the mirror shouldn’t have been an illusion; it was most likely
that monster.
That monster seemed unable to leave the First High School on
its own and could only leave with Su Zhiwei.
So, the man he encountered in the bathroom before and the man
who tried to rob him... they were both Su Zhiwei.
So Su Zhiwei didn’t actually want to give his body to that
monster; he was just a despicable person who had taken a fancy to his own
nephew.
He couldn’t stay in this house with him anymore.
“Let’s go back to school,” Ruan Qing said, giving Mo Ran a
glance before getting off the bed and walking out of the room.
Mo Ran was slightly stunned after hearing Ruan Qing’s words,
then he smiled and said, “Okay, Brother Su.”
Because Su Zhiwei had his back to the room, and the sound
insulation effect of the glass door was good, he didn’t notice that the people
in the room had already left.
Ruan Qing didn’t need to pack any luggage. He directly took a
taxi with Mo Ran back to school.
After arriving at the school, Ruan Qing sent a message to
Xiao Shiyi and immediately received a reply from the other, saying that he
would come to pick him up.
Mo Ran and Ruan Qing waited in place.
Xiao Shiyi soon arrived, and he looked at Ruan Qing’s hand
and asked, “How did you get injured?”
“It’s nothing, just a minor injury,” Ruan Qing didn’t want to
talk about the injury too much. He looked at Xiao Shiyi and asked softly, “Have
you been to Su Zhiwei’s office?”
Xiao Shiyi spoke calmly, “Yes, we went there, but we didn’t
find anything. The cabinet contained information from the past few years, but
there was no information from thirteen years ago.”
“A few other classmates speculated that in order to find
clues, we might need to do so at midnight, twelve o’clock.”
Ruan Qing hesitated, although he agreed with the group of
players’ words, but...
“This could be dangerous.”
Xiao Shiyi nodded, “Yes, it’s basically gambling with our
lives, so everyone is still hesitating now, wanting to see what you think about
this plan, Brother Su.”
Ruan Qing thought for a moment and finally said, “I’ll go to
Su Zhiwei’s office first and take a look.”
Xiao Shiyi didn’t object, and the three of them went straight
to Su Zhiwei’s office, while a few other players also joined them.
Su Zhiwei hadn’t returned yet, but the lights in the
principal’s office were on. After all, it was evening self-study time, and the
entire First High School was brightly lit.
Xiao Shiyi opened the door directly, left two people on
lookout, and entered the office again.
Ruan Qing looked at the files inside the filing cabinet, and
they were indeed the recent years’ data.
He put the files back in place, then looked around and
finally fixed his gaze on a certain spot on the desk.
Ruan Qing hesitated a bit and spoke. “Wasn’t there a photo
frame placed there before?”
Others followed Ruan Qing’s gaze, looking towards the corner
of the desk.
Everyone furrowed their brows, but couldn’t recall whether
there had been a photo frame placed there or not, as their attention was
focused on searching for information and Su Zhiwei himself.
Xiao Shiyi shook his head, “I didn’t notice.”
One of the players rubbed his head. “I didn’t notice either,
can’t remember if it was there or not.”
Ruan Qing was certain that there had been a photo frame there
during the daytime, but now it was gone.
Ruan Qing looked around and finally fixed his gaze on the
shredder, then opened the shredder box, revealing the shredded remains inside,
which were impossible to piece back together.
Evidently, Su Zhiwei had already shredded that photograph.
Ruan Qing had never seen that photo. He only glanced at it
out of the corner of his eye when he picked up the ink and was about to throw
it at Su Zhiwei. The angle was off, so he couldn’t see the full picture of the
photo at all.
He could vaguely make out that it was a photo of Su Zhiwei
and another person. The other person... seemed to be somewhat short? And had
short hair?
No matter how hard Ruan Qing tried, he couldn’t remember
anymore.
The rest of the group, who couldn’t recall anything, had no
choice but to give up for now and prepare to return to the classroom of Class
1-1 to see if they could find any other clues.
However, before they stepped into the classroom, they all
came to a stop.
Because the classroom of Class 1-1 was almost filled with
students, who were currently studying during the evening self-study session.
And among those students... included the people who were left
in that eerie examination room when they prayed for blessings at midnight.
It was as if those few people had never been left in the
examination room at all. Even Pei Yan was among them.
The hearts of the players sank slightly. Could it be that
even God Pei had been replaced?
