"You're here, so we definitely don't need to be scared."
Li Xue suddenly got interested and wanted to find out what was going on. I don't quite understand this kind of gossiping mentality.
"Come on, we're not going. The comprehensive building is pitch - black at night. Who would dare to go there? Besides, there's nothing to clarify."
Yan Lin directly refused on my behalf. Seeing there was no hope, Li Xue turned back and didn't ask anymore.
At night, after the lights were turned off and everyone was asleep, I was still hesitating whether to tell Gu Yuan about it.
Suddenly, I felt a heavy weight on me, and I almost let out a scream.
"Shh... Don't make a sound. Go to sleep." The voice was soft and tingling, and I was all too familiar with it.
"Gu Yuan, how did you get in?" I tried to sit up, but he pushed me down. His hand casually rested on my body, and he pulled me closer to his solid chest.
By the dim light of the phone, I could see his cold and imposing face. I actually felt a bit happy.
But this was a dormitory. If we made any noise and the others heard it, I would be so embarrassed.
"I can come whenever I want. Who can stop me?"
He was right. As a celestial being, he could turn into a beam of light and go wherever he wanted.
"But it's still not okay. This is a girls' dormitory. What if they see you and think you're a pervert?"
Gu Yuan's hand slipped under my neck and nestled my head on his shoulder as he replied, "Don't worry. I'm not interested in them, and they can't hear our conversation."
If Gu Yuan wanted to hide his identity, even other celestial beings wouldn't be able to detect him, let alone ordinary mortals.
Since he was already here, I told him about the strange things that had happened today.
But Gu Yuan didn't seem interested. He directly told me that he didn't want to get involved.
When I tried to say something else, he gently blocked my mouth with two fingers. A cold breath lingered in my ear, and then he fell asleep soundly, making me feel extremely uncomfortable.
...
The next morning, I suddenly sat up in bed, afraid that Gu Yuan was still beside me. That would really expose us.
I looked around. Fortunately, he was gone. I was so scared.
It was a single - person bed. One person was just right, and two people would be very crowded. I had been squeezed against the wall all night and didn't sleep well at all.
I couldn't help but regret it. I might as well have gone home to sleep. At least there was a double - bed. I rubbed my sore shoulders and got out of bed.
I sat on the chair and didn't want to move at all.
But there was class today, and it was our instructor's class. If I didn't go, I would be in big trouble.
When Yan Lin and I were running past the playground, many people pointed at me.
"Look, that's her. Senior Wei Liang jumped off the building because of her."
"Yeah, yeah. I heard she rejected him, and Senior Wei Liang couldn't think it through and jumped."
Public opinion can really be suffocating. I had no idea where they got this information.
I almost believed it myself.
"Lanlan, let's go quickly. Don't listen to their nonsense."
Yan Lin grabbed my hand and walked quickly towards the teaching building.
Just then, we ran into Qin Lan. Her smug look told me that she must have spread all these rumors.
I didn't want to take the blame anymore. I let go of Yan Lin's hand and walked straight towards her.
"Qin Lan, do you think this is funny?"
"Sure it is. Who asked you to always pick on me?"
Qin Lan's words were really inexplicable. I wondered if it was me who always picked on her or the other way around.
"I'm trying to avoid you. I don't have the time to pick on you."
"Hehe, stealing my boyfriend. Isn't that picking on me?"
"I've told you. I've never liked Wei Liang, and I've had nothing to do with him. His death has nothing to do with me."
I was really annoyed by her.
"Now Wei Liang is in the past. That handsome guy yesterday. When you saw me greeting him, you snatched him away. What's your intention?"
Hearing her words, I almost spat out blood in anger. She changed her heart so quickly.
Moreover, if I hadn't stopped Gu Yuan yesterday, her right hand might have been broken. Instead of being grateful, she was repaying kindness with enmity.
"He's her husband, okay?" Yan Lin said indignantly.
"What evidence do you have? Are they registered?" Qin Lan was still being aggressive.
"Then try your best to snatch him. If he goes with you, I'll give him to you."
To be honest, I really wanted to give him to her. With Gu Yuan's personality, who could stand him? One look from him would freeze her to death.
"Okay, you said it. Let's compete fairly."
"Lanlan, let's go quickly. We're going to be late."
Yan Lin grabbed my arm and walked out. Just then, we saw Wei Fan hurrying across the playground and walking straight towards the comprehensive building.
What was he going to the comprehensive building for? He knew that someone had died there a few days ago, and the building had been sealed for several days. Why was he still going?
Based on my understanding of Wei Fan, he wasn't the kind of person who liked to pry into things.
"Yan Lin, let's go and have a look."
I grabbed Yan Lin's hand and followed Wei Fan.
When we got to the comprehensive building, Yan Lin grabbed me.
"Lanlan, let's go back. It's too scary here." She hugged my arm with both hands and shrank her neck.
I patted Yan Lin's shoulder to soothe her uneasiness. I walked around the building. All the doors and windows of the comprehensive building were closed, and I couldn't find Wei Fan.
"Lanlan, we're really going to be late."
"Yan Lin, you go to class first. I'll wait for Wei Fan here for a while."
"He's not here either. Why are you waiting for him?"
Yan Lin grabbed my hand, trying to get me to go back with her.
"It's okay. It's daytime. What could happen? Just tell them I have a stomachache and will be late. Go quickly. If we're really late, we'll get punished."
Yan Lin looked at the time on her phone. She really couldn't wait any longer.
"Then I'll go now. If you don't find him, come back right away, okay?"
Yan Lin looked back several times as she walked. She was still reminding me until she turned the corner.
I stood outside the main door of the comprehensive building and looked inside. It was pitch - black even in the daytime. I couldn't see through it.
This was strange. I had been only a few steps behind him. He couldn't have left from another direction.
Unless he had gone into the comprehensive building, he couldn't have disappeared right under my nose.
I walked around the building again and carefully checked if there were any gaps in the windows.
Sure enough, on the far right side of the building, there was a small window slightly ajar.
I could still see fresh footprints on it.
I paced back and forth beside the window, not knowing whether to go in.
If I didn't go in, what if something happened to Wei Fan?
Finally, I made up my mind and decided to go in and have a look.
I climbed through the window.
I walked in carefully.
I didn't expect the comprehensive building to be so dark during the day without lights. There was also a layer of fog, and the visibility was only about one meter.
I walked up the stairs all the way.
My intuition told me that Wei Fan must be on the rooftop.
I ran all the way up to the rooftop, afraid that something bad would happen to him if I was too late.
After all, there had always been rumors in the school that there was the ghost of Wei Liang here.
Just as I was about to push open the rooftop door, I heard two people talking.
One of the male voices sounded like Wei Fan's, but the tone of his speech was not like the Wei Fan I knew. It was as if he had become a different person.
"Master, is everything ready?"
"Everything is ready. At eleven o'clock tonight, I'll hold a ceremony here. You must cover him with this red cloth then. That way, there will be no mistakes."
Cover him? Who were they going to cover? The soul of Wei Liang?
"Finding a substitute for a true virgin is no joke, so we must ensure everything is foolproof." The master said.
I pressed my ear against the door, trying to hear more clearly, but there seemed to be no more sound inside.
When I got closer, the door suddenly opened. I gasped and took a few steps back, almost falling down the stairs.
Wei Fan was standing right in front of me, looking down at me from above.
His eyes were filled with deep hostility.