Free Web NovelAfter checking the situation in the classroom, Lu Yibei originally wanted to leave.
The people in the classroom were just a group of reckless youngsters. They already knew the reason why Shihekou Middle School was closed, yet they still dared to come here to play Disc Spirit games.
For this kind of thing, even if someone gave Lu Yibei money, she would... she would still have to consider it.
That group of reckless youngsters didn't know how dangerous this abandoned school was, but Lu Yibei knew very well. Based on what she knew alone, there were at least two urban legend hidden on the campus right now.
There's a saying: 'Heaven's wrath can be defied, but self-inflicted harm cannot be escaped.'
Lu Yibei was here to hunt urban legend, she didn't have the time to waste on them. For this kind of reckless youngster, even if she kindly reminded them, they probably wouldn't listen.
Forcing them to leave might even provoke their rebellious streak, causing them to mock her while continuing their deep dive into self-destruction.
But...
Perhaps it was because they mistook Lu Yibei for the Disc Spirit, but as the chants sounded repeatedly, Lu Yibei actually felt her hunger alleviate to some extent.
Although she didn't understand why the Spiritual Energy provided by four or five people combined wasn't much more than Uncle Zhang Shan's, she was about to starve to death, so why be so picky?
It was already pretty good to get something for free without having to fight.
Lu Yibei remembered that Liu Banxian, who had been fortune-telling at the entrance of Peony Street for a long time, said that nine out of ten fortune-telling sessions were fake. Most of them just followed the customer's wishes and said nice things.
Isn't it just blowing some rainbow farts? Who doesn't know how to do that? She was excellent at it!
Recalling Liu Banxian, Lu Yibei sighed softly. Liu Banxian was quite friendly to the children living on Peony Street, but he was too greedy for money.
She remembered asking Liu Banxian back then whether his fortune-telling was real or fake, and he shamelessly asked her for 998.
Would Lu Yibei give it? Of course not!
Since then, she had never seen Liu Banxian again. According to the neighbors' discussions, he likely starved to death in the winter because he couldn't cheat money for a long time, or he was caught by the city management.
At first, Lu Yibei didn't quite believe that Liu Banxian would starve to death, but today, she believed it.
If everyone was like the Miss who just asked a question, not asking about marriage or fate, but immediately asking mathematical problems, they wouldn't starve to death, but they would certainly be angered to death.
Can't we have a little less scheming and a little more sincerity, with everyone contributing a little love, so the world can embrace a beautiful tomorrow?
...
Seeing that the "Disc Spirit" in the corridor hadn't answered her question twice in a row, Du Sixian's face showed a cunning smile.
She smiled and turned around, looking meaningfully at her companions, "It's really a fake! I'm going out to see, who's coming with me?"
Everyone was stunned for a moment, then shook their heads in unison.
They just liked seeking excitement, at most repeatedly dancing on the edge of death, but they didn't plan on dying!
Still pretending? Du Sixian pouted, picked up her camera and hung it around her neck, grabbed a scattered metal table leg from the ground, and ran towards the door.
Du Sixian rushed out impetuously, and everyone looked at each other for a while.
Upon witnessing the white-haired figure in the corridor turn and run away at the same time Du Sixian rushed out, they collectively {N•o•v•e•l•i•g•h•t} took a breath of cold air.
"Hiss—!"
"You... why didn't you call her back just now? That might really be a Strange Tale." freewebnovel.cσ๓
"Do you think she would have listened if we told her in that state?"
Everyone was whispering when Du Sixian's loud shout came from the corridor.
"Stop, I see you!"
"Come on! Let's have a go, see if I don't beat your dog head in!"
Everyone, "..."
After another moment of silence, Brazil War God whispered, "Is the Demoness... always this fierce? I didn't see it at all in the group before."
"Not sure. But she's a bit too ferocious, isn't she? She actually... actually scared away the Strange Tale?" Liang Yue said.
"My dear, what should we do now?" Yun Meng looped her arms around Pharaoh's arm, lifted her head, and asked softly, "Continue the Disc Spirit game?"
"Let's not?" Pharaoh frowned slightly, paused, and said with a strange expression, "The Disc Spirit has already been scared away by the Demoness."
...
Lu Yibei carried the mingwang statue and ran wildly through the teaching building, with Du Sixian chasing closely behind with her camera. The two of them, one chasing and one fleeing, quickly left the teaching building.
Suddenly, the dilapidated and ruined campus under the night sky became lively, and the sound of joyful running footsteps echoed throughout the entire campus.
Lu Yibei ran forward in a panic, quickly reaching the boundary of the campus. There was no road ahead. She looked around and fixed her gaze on the building not far away.
That building had six floors and looked much larger than the teaching building. Large patches of white tiles on the outer wall had peeled off, making it look mottled as if stained with dirt.
The main door was wrapped with thick iron chains and several large locks were attached. The windows were also nailed shut with wooden planks.
Lu Yibei stared at the building for a moment, then glanced at the direction from which the footsteps behind her were coming, turned around, and ran towards the building.
Arriving at the main door, she noticed that there was also a discolored seal on the door. The seal showed no signs of damage, indicating that this building had not been opened since it was sealed.
She stopped at the main door for a moment. The sound of Du Sixian's chasing footsteps behind her grew closer. Lu Yibei frowned slightly, turned around and ran around the building. After running a few steps, she saw a window that was not nailed shut with wooden planks.
She frowned slightly and gently pushed it. With a soft creak, the window opened a crack.
Air filled with an old and decaying smell rushed towards her face. She stared at the dark room behind the window, hesitated for a moment, and then flipped over and jumped in.
Sitting on the ground against the wall by the window, she listened as Du Sixian's footsteps ran past the window and then gradually faded away, she let out a long sigh.
However, after calming down, she suddenly realized that something was not right.
That's not right! Why did I run just now?
But, to be fair, I wasn't being a coward, right?
No, I wasn't being a coward. If my guess is true, it could even be considered an act of bravery, saving ignorant young girls in danger in a more subtle way!
After thinking for a while, Lu Yibei calmed down and began to examine the room she was in. freeweɓnovel.cѳm
This seemed to be an art supplies classroom. Old painting tools were scattered haphazardly around the room. Several dusty sketches were scattered on the ground. The immature techniques and low completion rate made the portraits on them look somewhat distorted and grotesque.
She withdrew her gaze from the sketch paper scattered on the ground. Lu Yibei was startled when she looked up. Her gaze inadvertently swept across the corner of the wall and found that someone seemed to be standing there.
That person was leaning against the corner of the wall, half of their face was obscured by a canvas, their figure was hidden in the darkness, their face seemed to be stained with something, and their gaze was fixed blankly in this direction.
Who is it? How long have they been there? Just staring over here like that?
Thinking that she might have been watched in the dark by a strange person for several minutes, Lu Yibei felt uncomfortable all over, as if insects were crawling on her.
Is that a Strange Tale residing in this school?
Lu Yibei thought, gripping the mingwang statue with both hands, assuming a posture that allowed her to swing it at any time, and slowly walked towards the person in the corner.
Perhaps it was because she had no psychological burden in attacking a Strange Tale, but after guessing that the person in the corner might be a Strange Tale, she actually felt less afraid.
She approached little by little, and the darkness was slowly lifted like a thin veil. Just as she was about to see the person clearly, a beam of light suddenly shone from behind her.
"Uh—hoo—!"
Accompanied by a weak, panting guttural sound, a ferocious face abruptly entered her line of sight.
Her pupils constricted for a moment, and she subconsciously took a step back, then immediately realized that what was in front of her was not a person or a Strange Tale, but an oil painting.
It was a highly realistic portrait. In insufficient light, when viewed from a distance, it was easy to mistake it for someone hiding in the corner.
On the canvas, there was a girl in a white dress, lying on the ground in a spread-eagle position. Some mischievous student had used red paint to draw on her body and face, making her look like she was covered in grotesque wounds and lying in a pool of blood.
The beam of light behind Lu Yibei was projected from Du Sixian's phone, and she also saw that eerie oil painting.
After seeing that oil painting, she was startled. Her initial high spirits for exposing fakes instantly vanished. Looking at Lu Yibei's back, whose long hair had turned light red, her heart rate suddenly accelerated.
It was only at this moment that she realized her action of chasing Lu Yibei across half the campus was truly reckless.
What if she really was a Strange Tale?
What if she was deliberately running away to get me separated from my companions and then deliberately lure me here?
At this thought, Du Sixian became even more flustered, feeling a dry mouth, hot all over, and her body couldn't help but tremble slightly.
"You... are you a human or a ghost?"
The trembling voice entered her ears, and Lu Yibei rolled her eyes.
Weren't you so fierce just now? Keep going!
Now you know fear? You're lucky you met me. If you had met a malicious Strange Tale, you probably wouldn't even know how you died.
Lu Yibei thought, turned around, and said weakly, "I'm human, I'm human! Don't hurt me, I came here to live stream. I just wanted to play a joke on you, I didn't expect..."
Du Sixian aimed the flashlight at Lu Yibei's face.
The light illuminated the girl's delicate face. She pursed her small lips, her face devoid of any strange expression, clearly looking like a beautiful girl who was scared stiff.
After carefully examining Lu Yibei, Du Sixian frowned slightly. She didn't seem to be lying?
Did I go too far just now? I scared the Little Girl like this.
No, it's not entirely my fault.
She looks like she's only fourteen or fifteen, maybe not even in high school. Instead of studying properly, she's here doing some live streaming? And pretending to be a ghost to scare people.
While thinking, she walked closer with the metal table leg, then stopped about a meter away from Lu Yibei.
"Live streaming?" Du Sixian asked in confusion, "Then where is your live streaming equipment?"
"When you were chasing me just now, you ran too fast and it fell..."
Du Sixian scratched the back of her head with an embarrassed expression, "Uh... I'm sorry, I didn't do it on purpose, if it really doesn't work..."
Hearing this, Lu Yibei's eyes lit up slightly, "If it really doesn't work, then you can compensate me? You'll compensate me, right? How can you say you don't have some responsibility in this?"
Du Sixian's mouth twitched. Is this Little Girl this real? As soon as she confirmed I wasn't hostile, she started haggling?
"I'll compensate you for a part at most. You also said it yourself, I only have a part of the responsibility."
Even the landlord's family doesn't have spare money! What's more, I'm not a landlord. Du Sixian thought.
"At least compensate half, right?"
"..." Du Sixian pondered for a moment, and said impatiently, "Half is half, no more!"
Seeing that Du Sixian had agreed, Lu Yibei was happy in her heart. I didn't mean to rip you off, just consider it compensation for interrupting my free ride!
