Chapter 115: In the Shadows

Ning Yitao was momentarily stunned.

Wasn't this the very place where Liu Yun'er had been trapped? What was the connection between Liu Yun'er and Liu Qiaozǐ?

These thoughts raced through Ning Yitao's mind.

Liu Qiaozǐ excitedly grabbed Ning Yitao's hand and pushed open the door.

Then the two of them stepped into another dreamscape...

In this dreamscape, both Ning Yitao and Liu Qiaozǐ became onlookers. Ning Yitao noticed that their bodies had become somewhat translucent.

It seemed that this dreamscape was a real event. In that case, most of the dreamscapes Ning Yitao had initially seen were actually real - recorded scenes.

Unexpectedly, Liu Qiaozǐ liked to collect memories.

Liu Qiaozǐ pulled Ning Yitao eagerly and said,

"You'll stay with me. I've got so many things I like to share with you. Let's spend the rest of the time together."

Right after she finished speaking, there came a commotion from the toilet, the sound of many things clattering to the ground.

It was after school, and all the students in the campus had gone home. In the quiet environment, the noise from the toilet was especially conspicuous.

Ning Yitao looked over. To her surprise, the small toilet was crowded with people.

At the toilet door, a brand - new pink schoolbag was carelessly discarded on the dirty floor, and its contents were scattered everywhere.

The newly issued textbooks for the new semester were torn to pieces and strewn in the corners of the toilet, mixing with the sewage and dirty footprints on the floor.

A group of people were cornering a girl. They all looked like junior high school students.

The girl shrank into the corner, sobbing and constantly kicking her legs in an attempt to hide further back, but how could the people in front of her let her succeed?

The girl in the corner turned pale, involuntarily biting her lips tightly. Her slightly trembling hands turned ice - cold.

She faintly felt her teeth chattering. She nervously clenched her fists, and her weak and hunched body trembled slightly. Her dry and pale lips were silently sobbing.

She didn't dare to cry out loud for fear of even more brutal revenge.

Among the crowd, the girl with multi - colored dyed hair at the front casually slung her school uniform around her waist.

She stepped forward, grabbed the girl in the corner by the hair and forced her face up, then slapped her hard.

"Slap!"

In a short while, the girl in the corner was seen helplessly shedding tears. Her cheek was already swollen high, and a clear handprint appeared on her face.

The bullying girl seemed to be venting her anger as she slapped the girl's face wildly with both hands. Each slap carried quite a bit of force.

As she hit, she angrily cursed,

"Liu Yun'er, you good - for - nothing! How dare you refuse a toast only to drink a forfeit? Who do you think you are? Do you think telling the teacher will solve anything? I'm telling you, people like you deserve to be beaten to death!"

"All we wanted was some money from you. Was that such a big deal? You actually dared to tattle to the teacher. You're the first one to do that. Today, even if I, Li Zhizhi, beat you to death, you have to take it!"

As these names came out, Ning Yitao instantly matched the information about these girls in her mind.

The petitioners, Mu Jiajun and Kang Xiaoying, came to the program group for help in order to find Liao Ruochun.

On the night Liao Ruochun went missing, she went to the library with Li Zhizhi to look up information.

Liao Ruochun and Li Zhizhi had been friends since junior high school. They had both repeated a grade.

The reason for repeating the grade was that they had not done well in the entrance exams from primary to junior high school. Their parents had paid to have them repeat the grade in the hope that they could be admitted to the school on the next try.

And Liu Yun'er, the protagonist of the rumor about giving birth in the school toilet, was also here at this moment.

It seemed that the three of them had been in the same grade originally, but Liu Yun'er had good grades.

She had smoothly entered high school, becoming Li Zhizhi's senior and later a "celebrity" in the high - school department of the school.

"I didn't expect to see Li Zhizhi and Liu Yun'er from their junior - high days here. They had such a story. But now it seems that Li Zhizhi is not a good person,"

Ning Yitao thought with a frown.

She looked at Liu Yun'er, who was crying non - stop from the beating. She speculated uneasily, but these were all things that had already happened. Ning Yitao could only continue to watch what would happen next.

Li Zhizhi crossed her arms, leaned forward and looked down at Liu Yun'er. She raised her foot and stomped hard on Liu Yun'er's head, shouting,

"Do you hear me!"

Liu Yun'er cried non - stop, covering her head with both hands. She had just entered junior high school and had been protected by her parents since childhood.

Because of her parents' business, she had been sent to her rural hometown to study.

Who would have thought that such a thing would happen to her.

A slightly chubby girl standing next to Li Zhizhi took advantage of Li Zhizhi getting tired from beating and grabbed Liu Yun'er's hair.

She slapped her again. Liu Yun'er was beaten and fell to one side. Her school uniform was already dirty and messy.

Another delinquent girl picked up the plastic water pipe in the toilet, turned the water on full blast and sprayed it on her.

They deliberately provoked Liu Yun'er. Liu Yun'er could only cry and feebly block with her hands in an attempt to resist some of the harm.

These girls took turns torturing Liu Yun'er in various ways. Her body was covered in blue and purple bruises, and her clothes were full of dirty footprints.

Liu Yun'er's face was no longer recognizable. It was all swollen.

Her face was covered with tears, and the dirty things on the ground had also stuck to her face. Liu Yun'er felt that her tears were about to run dry.

No matter how much she begged for mercy, they would only be more brutal.

Liu Yun'er didn't know how much time had passed. All she knew was that her ears were filled with insults and the sound of punches and kicks. She had resisted, but all she got was even more cruel harm.

The moment her clothes were stripped off, Liu Yun'er never opened her eyes again. She didn't want to face reality. She just hugged herself tightly as if she could forget everything that had happened.

Li Zhizhi and her group laughed and cursed, venting their anger on Liu Yun'er.

When Li Zhizhi and her group forcefully spread Liu Yun'er's limbs apart, she finally couldn't help but open her eyes desperately. She saw a camera pointed at her.

And the person behind the camera was actually her best friend, Liao Ruochun.

When Liu Yun'er saw Liao Ruochun, it was as if she had seen a glimmer of hope. She hoped that Liao Ruochun would save her and get her out of hell.

She choked with sobs and said in a trembling voice,

"Liao Ruochun, aren't we good friends? Save me, save me."

As soon as she finished speaking, Li Zhizhi immediately cast a probing look at Liao Ruochun.

Li Zhizhi moved quickly. She kicked Liao Ruochun to the ground, and the phone flew out and hit the floor hard. The phone screen shattered instantly.

Li Zhizhi questioned her,

"What do you mean? You're friends with her? Didn't you tell us it was Liu Yun'er who snitched? Are you playing us for fools?"

Then, Li Zhizhi stepped on Liao Ruochun's shoulder, preventing her from getting up. The girl let out a soft cry of pain. Then Liao Ruochun quickly defended herself,

"No, I'm not friends with her. It really was her who snitched. I saw her go into the teacher's office, and then you were all called to the office. It must have been her."