Mu Jiajun suddenly stood up and tried to run away, but somehow, "Liao Ruochun"'s hand had been gripping his arm all along.
Mu Jiajun simply couldn't break free from "Liao Ruochun"'s control.
When she sensed Mu Jiajun's desperate struggle, "Liao Ruochun" finally made a move. It was as if she had just come to her senses.
"Liao Ruochun" stiffly twisted her neck and turned to look at Mu Jiajun.
But as soon as her neck moved, her head, as if having no fixed position, suddenly dropped onto her chest.
It seemed that there was nothing supporting her head at all, yet her neck was bending at an eerie flexibility.
Maintaining this terrifying posture, she turned her head towards Mu Jiajun and said with a cold smile,
"Why are you running away? Let's play hide - and - seek together. Why did you go looking for the dorm supervisor? She's no fun. It's useless. You'll never find her. Stay. Stay and play games with me~"
As she spoke, she gradually got closer to Mu Jiajun. Seeing "Liao Ruochun" getting closer and closer, the overwhelming fear gave Mu Jiajun unprecedented courage. He had to run, to escape! He must never stay!
Unexpectedly, he punched hard at "Liao Ruochun"'s drooping head.
Immediately, the force that "Liao Ruochun" used to trap Mu Jiajun dissipated. She also seemed to be caught off - guard that Mu Jiajun dared to resist, and stood there stunned.
Mu Jiajun seized the opportunity and started running frantically forward. Behind him came the shrill scream of the female voice that finally came to her senses.
"Come back!! Come back and play with me quickly!!!"
Listening to the approaching female voice and the howling wind in his ears, Mu Jiajun's sense of despair grew stronger and stronger. Just when he thought he was about to be caught, a ray of light emerged on the distant horizon.
The gentle light shone on Mu Jiajun's face. One ray, then another, all the light emerged, illuminating the escape route in front of him.
The sun in the distance slowly climbed up into the sky bit by bit.
Mu Jiajun seemed to regain his strength. He gathered his energy and ran desperately towards the light.
It was not until the voice that had been chasing him disappeared, as if it had never existed, that he dared to stop.
Mu Jiajun then slumped to the ground as if he had come back to life. His tense nerves finally relaxed under the warm embrace of the sun.
Unable to control himself, he lay on the ground and cried loudly. At this moment, he clearly realized what it felt like to survive a disaster.
But he also came to his senses. Liao Ruochun, who had been by his side, was nowhere to be seen.
Mu Jiajun walked dazedly to the classroom. After inquiring everywhere, he found that among the five people in his group last night, he was the only one who had returned to the classroom.
This had never happened before. Every time something strange happened at school, it was the students whose psychological defenses collapsed and went home on their own. This was the first time so many people were missing.
Mu Jiajun didn't dare to say a word. He was afraid, afraid that others would think he was the one who ran away in the face of danger, afraid that others would say he had survived at the cost of the lives of others.
Normally, the disappearance of several students from school would definitely catch the teachers' attention.
But those kids happened to be extremely naughty trouble - makers in the class. Skipping classes was a matter of course for them. So even when they disappeared, no one cared about them.
Only Liao Ruochun's absence caught the teacher's attention. But strangely, the teacher only asked a question and then naturally accepted her "skipping class" behavior.
After Mu Jiajun explained the whole thing to Kang Xiaoying, Kang Xiaoying immediately reported the disappearance of these classmates to the teacher.
The teachers seemed very anxious on the surface. They pretended to call the police, but on the other hand, they told Kang Xiaoying and the others to go back and wait for notice.
As time passed, the two who had obediently gone back to wait for the result noticed something was wrong.
Mu Jiajun never received a summons from the police. The school had never called the police at all!
The school simply didn't want to deal with these things. Even though it was such a big deal as disappearance, since it was a fully - boarding school, most of the kids here had their parents not around. Their parents couldn't notice anything strange about their children at a critical moment.
Of course, Kang Xiaoying immediately rushed to the office to argue with the teachers. It had been so many days, and Kang Xiaoying didn't dare to think about what was happening to her friend Liao Ruochun now.
This school was about to close down. It would shut its doors after teaching this graduating class.
None of the teachers wanted to cause trouble for the school at this critical moment. They just wanted to procrastinate until the students graduated, so that no one could blame them for these things.
By then, there wouldn't even be a person in charge. How could they be held accountable?
The teachers' perfunctory attitude left Kang Xiaoying in despair.
She had to find another way. She found the program team of "Spiritual Battle".
She hoped that the program team's intervention would force the school to take these things seriously, and she also hoped to find her friends with the help of the program team.
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Ning Yitao unconsciously tapped the last page of the materials after finishing reading them.
The noisy quarrel between Zhaocai and Xie Sumu in the car didn't affect Ning Yitao at all.
Xie Qian noticed from the rear - view mirror that Ning Yitao had finished reading the materials. She added,
"These are the materials I've collected. Every assistant of a spiritualist will provide certain help to their spiritualist. I'm sure that the materials in the hands of others must be less than what I've got."
This was Xie Qian's unique confidence from her professional field. She was a completely different person at work and in life.
In life, she was indecisive, but at work, she never made the slightest mistake.
After the group got on the plane, Xie Qian took out the computer archive and showed Ning Yitao the additional content.
Xie Qian had specially hired someone to take pictures of the washroom in the school they mentioned, but they didn't find the so - called bloodstains. She also investigated the distribution map of the school staff positions.
Since the school was about to dissolve, there had been a major staff cut on campus.
Currently, only a dozen teachers were still on the job and took on most of the school's positions. There was only an old middle - aged female dorm supervisor, Aunt Li, in the dormitory.
The former principal had taken over the school not long ago. He was transferred from another place.
There were rumors that he was punished and transferred here because of corruption, but no one dared to ask him about the truth of this rumor.
Since Ning Yitao was already late, she went straight to the waiting area when she arrived.
To Ning Yitao's surprise, as soon as she arrived at the venue, she saw many people holding her photos. There were screams, and "long guns and cannons" were all pointed at them. The flashlights of the cameras bombarded Ning Yitao.
Ning Yitao's eyebrows never relaxed. She got out of the car and took a few quick steps forward. She stood in front of Xie Qian and the others, looking around warily.
Ning Yitao didn't understand the way of chasing stars in this world. The original owner's life was dull, filled only with working. She even used an old - fashioned mobile phone. She had never experienced such a situation, and there was no useful information left for Ning Yitao.
Finally, Xie Qian behind her put on a translation earphone for Ning Yitao so that she could understand the voices around her. Only then did she let down her guard.
But when she understood what they were shouting, Ning Yitao couldn't help but lower her head, put on a hat, and pressed the brim of the hat very low.
She quickly walked towards the dressing room as if fleeing.
The fans surrounding the program team continued to shout their slogans.
Each person's slogan was different, all aiming to attract Ning Yitao's attention.
"Milk - skinned Ning Yitao, stunning beauty Ning Yitao, a fairy descending to the mortal world Ning Yitao!"
"If Tao never leaves, I'll never abandon!!"
"The pink sea is raging. Protecting Tao is our king!"
"Tao Tao bravely flies, the peaches will always follow!"
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PS: (The fans default pink as the support color and "peaches" as their nickname for the idol. The idol doesn't care about these things. The fans manage everything on their own!!)
If Ning Yitao understood the fan - circle culture, she would definitely post a statement online saying that fans' behavior should not be attributed to the idol.
Even after getting into the dressing room, Ning Yitao could still hear the support slogans outside. She took off the earphone to block out these sounds.
It was Ning Yitao's first time seeing such a scene. She was a bit embarrassed and felt her face getting hot.
She pretended not to care and fanned the air with her hand. She said to Zhaocai beside her,
"Don't you think the weather has been a bit hot recently?"
Zhaocai glanced at her. Naturally knowing what she was embarrassed about, he replied indifferently,
"It's almost winter. You're telling me it's hot?"
Zhaocai deliberately opened the live - stream chat of the filming camera and showed it to Ning Yitao. He quickly put on a translator for her.
This was the live - stream room opened by the program team. Viewers from all over the world could see it. This time, it wasn't just the viewers from their own country.