She mustered up her courage and walked forward.
After getting a clear look, she realized that what had fallen onto the ground was just an old, worn-out black rubber ball.
When she looked up, she saw quite a bit of plastic trash on the trees, even instant noodle containers.
It was obvious that, just like at every other school, there were always some inconsiderate people who liked to throw things down from higher floors.
Normally, no one would notice.
But once the wind blew, the trash that had fallen down would become visible.
Su Ning was a considerate person.
She picked up the small ball from the ground and threw it into a trash can before continuing along the path.
After Su Ning’s figure had disappeared from sight, a headless woman in a red dress stumbled out.
She bumped into trees one moment and walls the next.
The sounds of the impacts were enough to make anyone feel sorry for her.
With the sound of dripping water, strands of black hair slowly emerged.
The hair slipped into the trash can and then came back out wrapped around a round object.
The woman in red felt around for her head.
She put it back onto her neck, but she had put it on backward.
She didn’t seem to care.
Instead, her blood-red eyes glared at the white-dressed woman whose black hair covered her face on the other side.
Obviously, this woman was the one who had thrown her head away just now.
No one knew how the two women communicated, but when a cold wind began to blow, the two ghostly figures instantly started fighting.
In the woods, Lu Xiaoran suddenly stopped walking.
Lu Zhizhi asked nervously, “Lu, Lu Xiaoran, what’s wrong?”
Lu Xiaoran rubbed her eyes.
The darkness ahead was as calm as ever.
In a daze, she said, “I think I just hallucinated.
It looked like I saw the Chopstick Fairy fighting Sadako.”
Today was really strange.
Getting lost was one thing, but now they were even having hallucinations.
Su Ning walked for quite a while before she finally saw the abandoned general building.
With the music playing, she continued forward and slipped through the gap in the rusty, open iron gate.
With every step she took, the light from her phone’s flashlight revealed dust floating through the air, so she slowed her footsteps.
The building was pitch-black, and the fire had left blackened marks everywhere.
Her phone warned her that the battery was running low, so she had no choice but to turn off the music.
Su Ning didn’t dare touch the stair railing.
She climbed to the fourth floor and continued down the corridor.
The farther she went, the more obvious the burn marks became.
It was said that the fire here eighty years ago had started in the art room.
That was why the closer she got to the art room, the heavier the traces of the fire became.
She quietly made her way to the art room door.
Through the gap, she could vaguely see a figure crouching on the floor.
She could also hear the sound of someone chewing on something.
She knew that figure all too well.
Su Ning kicked the door open.
“Well, Shen Ji, you didn’t answer my calls, and it turns out you were hiding here eating all by yourself!”
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He turned around and saw the girl in the pink dress.
Her fierce expression startled him so badly that his face went blank, and he didn’t dare move at all.
The moon emerged from behind the clouds.
Shen Ji was in no state to speak of.
His fair, jade-like face was smeared with quite a bit of red-black flesh and blood, and his hands were just as filthy.
Crouching on the dust-covered floor, he looked like a dirty little beggar.
By contrast, Su Ning’s pink mermaid-tail dress was still as exquisite and beautiful as ever.
The silver hair clip in her black hair sparkled in the moonlight.
She hurried over in her white high heels, bent down, and shone her phone’s flashlight at his face.
She said angrily, “Why didn’t you answer my calls?”
Shen Ji swallowed and said weakly, “I forgot to bring my phone.”
Su Ning glanced at the bones and chunks of meat on the ground.
She couldn’t tell what animal the meat had come from, but that didn’t stop the disgust from showing clearly on her face.
“How many times have I told you?
Even if you’re hungry, you can’t eat dirty things.
You’ll get sick!”
It had been during their first week of dating, when Su Ning had made a date plan to spend more time with Shen Ji and strengthen their relationship.
There weren’t many places at school where they could go on a date, so she had taken him to the library.
They weren’t very familiar with each other back then, so their conversations had been awkward.
To make things even more awkward, the library administrator hadn’t noticed that there were still people sitting in a corner and locked the doors before leaving for the day.
They had ended up trapped inside the library.
When they called, they were told that the administrator wouldn’t be able to return and open the door for at least two hours.
So they could only wait.
At one point, Su Ning went to the bathroom.
When she came back, Shen Ji was gone.
She searched the library and finally found him crouching in a corner on the basement level.
He had been eating food that was neither properly cooked nor completely raw, and it was filthy, just like this time.
Su Ning loved cleanliness.
She couldn’t accept having such a sloppy boyfriend.
If the circumstances hadn’t made it impossible, she would have been so frustrated that she wanted to get a new boyfriend!
She had harshly lectured Shen Ji back then and told him that he was not allowed to eat dirty things.
At the time, Su Ning had warned him sternly, “Eating things like this will make you sick.
If you get sick, you’ll have diarrhea.
I can’t have a boyfriend who has diarrhea.
If you do this again, we’re breaking up!”
Shen Ji had tried to reach out and touch her, but she slapped his hand away.
“If we break up, don’t even think about touching me!”
Shen Ji had obediently agreed back then, looking all soft and harmless.
But today, he had done it again!
Su Ning was furious.
She demanded, “Shen Ji, are you trying to break up with me?”
“I don’t want to.
Ning Ning, I was just hungry…”
Su Ning said, “I know you’re still growing, so it’s normal for you to get hungry often.
But you can’t just eat random things!
You promised me you wouldn’t do this, but you didn’t keep your promise!”
Shen Ji’s dark, moist eyes blinked lightly, his eyelashes trembling.
His voice was very soft.
“Ning Ning, I’m sorry.
I won’t eat random things anymore.
Please don’t be angry with me.”
Su Ning was still angry, but the moment she saw him like this, her heart softened.
She pressed her lips together, crouched down, took some tissues from her bag, and gently wiped the dirty marks from his face.
She muttered, “If you keep getting yourself this dirty from eating things like this, I won’t kiss you anymore.”
Shen Ji wanted to touch her with his hand, but his hand was dirty, so he didn’t dare.
He could only say softly, “I’m actually very clean, Ning Ning.
I shower and wash my clothes every day.
I promise I’ll eat clean food from now on.
Just don’t stop kissing me.”
When Su Ning had cleaned his face until it was fair again, she took his hand and carefully wiped it clean as well.
She grumbled, “Eating dirty things is bad for your health.
If you get sick, you’ll feel awful.
If you get sick, don’t expect me to take care of you.”
She snorted.
“Anyway, if you make yourself this dirty again next time, I’ll break up with you.”
Shen Ji obediently held up the train of her long dress so it wouldn’t drag on the floor.
He leaned over and rubbed his face against hers, saying in a soft, sweet voice, “Don’t break up with me, Ning Ning.
We won’t break up.”
The way he rubbed against her made Su Ning’s heart itch.
She took a piece of chocolate from her bag, tore open the wrapper, and fed it into his mouth.
“If you’re hungry next time, tell me.
I’m familiar with the people in the kitchen.
Whatever you want to eat, I’ll have them make it for you.”
Shen Ji tasted the sweetness in his mouth and obediently nodded.
Then he leaned closer and lightly touched his lips to hers.
His tentative nuzzling didn’t make her pull away, so he finally worked up the courage to part her lips, their warmth mingling together.
The sweetness of the chocolate lingered between their lips and teeth, driving away the faint smell of blood in the room that neither of them had noticed.
Shen Ji pulled the girl into his arms, drawing her even closer against his chest.
His eyes curved slightly upward, and soft laughter escaped between their lips.
Su Ning glared at him and bit him lightly.
“What are you laughing about?”
The boy looked smug, his eyes shining.
“I knew Ning Ning wouldn’t hate me.”
She clearly hated seeing him dirty and had said so many harsh things to him, yet she was still willing to kiss him.
She really loved him so much.