"What?"
I was so shocked that I almost jumped off the stool. "Zifeng, who are you talking about?!"
I never thought I would hear this name so easily!
"Wang Anran. What's wrong, Xixi? Do you know her?" Zhao Zifeng was surprised. She knew I had social anxiety, so there was no reason for me to know the senior sisters in their urban rail major.
"Is she a sophomore?" I asked hesitantly because Wang Anran had said last night that she was a sophomore in the urban rail major.
"What sophomore..." Zhao Zifeng burst out laughing. "Wang Anran graduated five years ago. She's actually a senior sister eight years older than us!"
"Graduated?!"
I was even more surprised. Could a dead person graduate and get a diploma?!
"Yes. What's wrong?" Zhao Zifeng countered.
"You mean she's still... still working?!" I almost blurted out "Is she still alive?"
"Of course she's working." Zhao Zifeng's classmate said with a smile. "She's an exemplary figure in our major. After graduation, she went straight to Subway Line 5. She's the most beautiful subway staff on the loop line and has won many awards! You obviously don't take the Line 5 subway often. Her posters are all over there!"
I was confused. What on earth was going on? Clearly, she had become a wandering soul unable to enter the cycle of reincarnation, yet there was an identical corpse walking in the world?
It seemed that I had to go and ask that Wang Anran trapped in the infinite cycle of death tonight!
...
The activities arranged for our class this afternoon were still about getting familiar with the school facilities.
Thinking that I had to deal with Wang Anran's ghost tonight, I sneaked back to the dormitory to catch up on sleep.
The dormitory was very quiet. Since I first saw those pale feet when I opened the door, they hadn't appeared again. Presumably, it was a rather well - behaved ghost.
Lin Li, my dormmate, chose the bunk opposite mine, with a window in between.
I had a full lunch. Drowsily, I climbed into my bed curtain and put my cracked - screen phone beside my pillow. Although I couldn't make or receive calls, at least I could check the time.
The bed curtain was dark blue with silver - white trim. A long zipper separated the bed into a small enclosed space.
Zhao Zifeng helped me pick it online. It was square with light - blocking fabric on all four sides, which was supposed to give each person some private space.
The sun outside the window was shining brightly, and the cicadas were screaming non - stop, making the dormitory seem even quieter.
In my dream, I felt a trace of coldness creeping over my body. I frowned slightly and reached out to grab the blanket beside me, but unexpectedly, my fingers touched a piece of icy skin.
"Ah?!"
I screamed instantly. I was just thinking about that well - behaved hanged ghost. Could it be that she was so unflattering that she came out to scare me while I was sleeping?!
"Humph!"
A familiar voice rang in my ear. As I opened my eyes, Gu Fancheng's handsome face was less than ten centimeters away from mine.
"You, why are you here?!"
I was almost scared out of my wits. He was scarier than a ghost!
"What a lousy bed!"
Gu Fancheng frowned and reached out to grab me just as I was about to fall off the bed. His face was full of annoyance.
"This is the dormitory!" I tried to prop myself up.
"Yeah!" He easily wrapped his arms around my waist, making me unable to move.
"It's daytime now!" I struggled to look up in the direction of the door. Footsteps were already approaching.
"Yeah!" His long fingers slid across my lips and down to my neck, successfully making my body tremble.
He did it on purpose.
"Knock, knock, knock..."
Sure enough, there was a knock on the door, and the voices of Senior Brother Li Zhi and the others came.
"What's going on?"
"Sister Lu, what's wrong?"
"Are you sick?"
...
The senior brothers heard my scream and rushed over immediately.
"... Um... I'm fine."
I tried to break free from Gu Fancheng's hands, but he pulled me into his arms and gave me a hard kiss.
"... I had a nightmare during my nap..."
His hand around me had slipped under my T - shirt and was stroking my back. The icy touch made me stutter.
"That's good! Call us if you have any trouble. We're just next door."
Li Zhi said through the door. "We can come to your rescue in less than five seconds!"
"Th... thank you, Senior Brother Li. Thank you all. I'm really fine..."
I was blushing furiously. If someone came in at this moment, I would die of shame!
Gu Fancheng had flipped me onto the bed. My T - shirt was pushed up, and he was looking at my embarrassed expression with a mocking smile.
"It's okay... Everyone, go back!"
After hearing my words, Senior Brother Li Zhi and the others felt relieved and went back to their rooms.
"... Aren't you a ghost?! Why are you wandering around in broad daylight?!"
I pushed against his chest, trying to reason with him. "This is a school. It's not a place where you can..."
"Where I can what..." He asked deliberately.
"It's not a place where you can act recklessly!" I was both ashamed and angry.
"You're my wife. Making love with you is not reckless behavior!"
He had no shame at all. He grabbed my resisting hand and took a half - hearted bite. "I'm different from ordinary ghosts. I can follow you wherever you go!"
"... What on earth do you want?! I'm alive, and you're dead. Why don't you find a beautiful ghost bride! That would be more in line with the way of heaven, right?!"
I was so anxious that I spoke without thinking!
I was so afraid that Lin Li would suddenly come back. If she saw me struggling with thin air in the dormitory, she would surely think I was a severe sexual fantasist...
"The way of heaven?!"
Gu Fancheng curled his thin lips slightly, showing a cold smile. "I am the way of heaven, your way of heaven! If I ever hear you tell me to find another woman or ghost again, you'll be crying and begging for mercy..."
"... Is this all you know how to do..."
I was so angry at his domineering that I burst into tears. I had no power to resist.
Maybe my words had touched a sore spot of his. His actions became more intense. Each impact made me tremble, and every second I felt the despair of being devoured by him...
The small bed couldn't withstand his madness. I was pulled to the ground. On the cold floor, I was like a broken toy, being ravaged by him wantonly.
Through my blurry tears, I seemed to see a white figure with long hair covering its face hanging from the wooden beam on the ceiling. "She" just hung there quietly, watching me being bullied by Gu Fancheng. A faint sigh came from the hair.
Gu Fancheng was biting my resisting finger. Hearing the sigh, he didn't even turn his head. "I didn't expect that after all these years, you're still so shameless..."
He actually knew there was another ghost in this room?!
I was so ashamed and angry that I wanted to die, and I forgot to think about the meaning of his words.
The white figure disappeared suddenly under his cold mockery.
Gu Fancheng bullied me even more recklessly. Finally, in my pleading cries, he released himself...