With Bu Zhongyao and Gu Yueshuo calling her “Your Majesty” over and over again, Su Ning successfully lost herself in the flattery.
It had to be said that no one knew her better than her own enemies.
Bu Zhongyao had been fighting with Su Ning for so many years, so she knew exactly what Su Ning liked.
After Su Ning agreed to help them after school, the group arranged to meet outside the boys’ dormitory.
Su Ning glanced at Xuan Yuan Mo.
“Why are you here too?”
Xuan Yuan Mo said, “I’m having nightmares too.”
Su Ning thought about it and remembered that there had indeed been such a thing.
Xuan Yuan Mo clearly had not been getting much rest either.
His handsome face looked noticeably more haggard, which made Bu Zhongyao feel terribly sorry for him.
Bu Zhongyao said, “Xuan Yuan Mo, we’ll definitely find a way to solve this.
If we really can’t find a way…”
She let out a sob and moved closer to Xuan Yuan Mo with a sorrowful expression.
“Then we’ll just have to meet again in our next lives!”
Gu Yueshuo grabbed Bu Zhongyao by the arm and hugged her tightly.
He burst into tears.
“Little Yao Yao, don’t give up!
We’ll definitely all survive!”
Bu Zhongyao’s ears practically hurt from him calling her that.
Xuan Yuan Mo completely ignored the strange couple.
His probing gaze fell on the young man standing beside Su Ning.
Shen Ji was chewing on a packet of dried meat.
When he faced Xuan Yuan Mo, he even gave him a pure and friendly smile.
Su Ning quickly stepped forward and blocked Shen Ji from view.
She did not want Xuan Yuan Mo to lead her boyfriend astray.
“All right.
Since everyone’s here, let’s go.”
Since they currently had the most information about Zhao Yuan, they decided to investigate the things related to him first.
Gu Yueshuo kept urging them on.
“You have to hurry!
I only have two days left.
I don’t want to die!”
Bu Zhongyao said, “Why are you shouting?
Look at how calm Xuan Yuan Mo is!”
Gu Yueshuo unwillingly glanced at Xuan Yuan Mo, muttered a few things under his breath, and fell silent.
Zhao Yuan had disappeared from his dormitory, so naturally, they had to go and take a look at that room.
Ever since Zhao Yuan disappeared, Gu Yueshuo had been assigned to another dorm room and had never gone back.
Girls were not allowed into the boys’ dormitory, so Gu Yueshuo took the initiative.
He went to distract the dorm supervisor and let the others slip inside first.
The room was locked.
Fortunately, Gu Yueshuo had turned in a key before, so he still had a spare one.
He unlocked the door, and a dark, damp smell immediately hit them.
Bu Zhongyao could not help remembering Zhao Yuan as she had seen him that night.
She trembled and wanted to hide behind Xuan Yuan Mo, but he ignored her.
She then wanted to hide behind Su Ning, but Shen Ji gave her a faint, chilling glance.
For some reason, she suddenly felt uneasy and did not dare to go near them.
Where was that Gu Yueshuo guy?
Why wasn’t he here yet?
Downstairs, Gu Yueshuo finished fooling the dorm supervisor and hurried upstairs.
Unfortunately, he ran into a classmate from his class.
Wei Suo was wearing his new glasses.
When he saw Gu Yueshuo, he timidly lowered his head.
It seemed he had been bullied by Gu Yueshuo quite a lot in the past.
Gu Yueshuo immediately straightened his back.
He looked at Wei Suo with disdain and walked past him.
But then he heard Wei Suo say, “I heard you’ve been having a lot of trouble lately.”
Gu Yueshuo stopped.
“What did you say?”
Wei Suo stood with his back against the wall, not daring to look at Gu Yueshuo.
He spoke timidly.
“They say you’re being haunted by Sadako.”
Gu Yueshuo forced himself to remain calm.
“What nonsense are you talking about?
I haven’t done anything wrong.
How could a ghost possibly haunt me?”
Wei Suo said, “A vengeful ghost doesn’t only harm people who have a grudge against it.”
Gu Yueshuo told himself to stay calm.
He could not afford to lose face in front of Wei Suo.
But there was no hiding the fact that his face had gone pale.
During this period, Gu Yueshuo had stopped attending classes.
Instead, he spent every day asking people questions about all sorts of things, and every question was related to the female ghost who had cursed him.
Naturally, people could guess something was wrong.
Gu Yueshuo still cared about his dignity.
He put on a stern expression, and he still managed to carry himself with authority.
“My business has nothing to do with you.
Stop spreading nonsense here.
And stay away from Bu Zhongyao.”
Gu Yueshuo continued upstairs.
Behind him, Wei Suo spoke again.
“Don’t you want to know how to break the seven-day death curse?”
Gu Yueshuo stopped involuntarily.
Wei Suo said, “I’ve looked through a lot of information.
Anyone who sees Sadako will die seven days later.
But if you get someone else to see Sadako, the curse will be transferred.”
“Of course, not just anyone will do.”
Wei Suo lowered his voice.
“It has to be someone you’re closest to.”
Bu Zhongyao stood guard by the door and quietly asked the people inside, “How’s it going in there?”
Su Ning was crouching on the floor, looking at the patch of black marks on the floor.
“We’re looking.
Don’t rush us.
We’ll definitely have time to help Gu Yueshuo.”
Bu Zhongyao replied, “Who cares about him?
I’m worried about myself!”
She glanced at Shen Ji again.
“And another thing, Su Ning, are you sure bringing your boyfriend here isn’t just going to cause trouble?”
Shen Ji was squatting beside Su Ning, bored as he drew on the floor.
Shen Ji drew several chibi-style girls.
From the skull hair clip on the head of the long-haired girl, it was obvious who he had drawn.
Su Ning took out her phone, opened the camera, and took pictures of all his drawings.
She did not hold back her praise.
“Our Shen Ji draws so well!
You could even become a professional artist!”
Shen Ji pressed his lips together in a smile.
He looked both shy and adorable.
Bu Zhongyao simply could not bear to watch.
Xuan Yuan Mo suddenly spoke.
“If this stain really is blood, then with that much blood loss, the person couldn’t possibly still be alive.”
Bu Zhongyao crossed her arms.
“See?
See?
I told you!
What we saw that night was a ghost!
Su Ning, you still refused to believe me!”
Su Ning pursed her lips.
“What if it’s someone else’s blood?”
Bu Zhongyao said, “You’re really stubborn!”
“Ning Ning.”
Shen Ji held Su Ning’s hand and asked obediently, “What are we looking for?”
Xuan Yuan Mo said to Su Ning, “You haven’t told him what we’re looking for?”
Su Ning really had forgotten.
Shen Ji had insisted on coming along as soon as he heard she had something to do today.
He had not asked what it was, and she had forgotten to tell him.
Su Ning explained, “We’re looking for internal organs.”
Shen Ji tilted his head.
“Then why don’t we look in the cafeteria?
They make lots of meat every day.
There must be plenty of internal organs in the kitchen.”
Bu Zhongyao began, “We’re not…”
Su Ning suddenly clapped her hands.
“That’s right!
We should look in the cafeteria!”
Bu Zhongyao’s mind filled with question marks.
“Su Ning, what do you mean?”
Su Ning said, “You said Zhao Yuan keeps asking you for internal organs in your dreams, but he never said which internal organs he wanted.”
Su Ning held her boyfriend’s face in her hands and smiled brightly.
“Shen Ji, you’re so smart!
You’re really my big baby!”
The corners of Shen Ji’s lips curved upward, but he shyly lowered his eyes.
His fingers tugged at the hem of his clothes as he mumbled softly,
“Ning Ning, don’t call me baby in front of so many people.
I’m embarrassed.”
Xuan Yuan Mo: “…”
Bu Zhongyao: “…”
What kind of elementary-school couple were these two?