Chapter 64 The Principal

  In the dark and gloomy corridor, hearing such a desolate and hollow voice was really making people's hair stand on end. I looked in the direction of the sound, and at the other end of the corridor, a hunched figure was walking towards us. I poked Xu Shiwei and asked him in a low voice, "Did you hear what he just said? He's calling out to Shunzi... could it be that he's that stinky tofu seller?"

  Xu Shiwei nodded thoughtfully: "I think it looks a bit like..."

  I gazed at the dark corridor and asked Xu Shiwei in puzzlement, "Hey, where are we? Are you sure this is that school?"

  Xu Shiwei looked around for a long time, then said with certainty: "Yes, I had a friend who studied here before. If I'm not mistaken, this should be the oldest teaching building in that school. It was said to be haunted back then."

  As he said this, his face suddenly changed: "This teaching building was sealed off many years ago!"

  What did he mean by that? It's been sealed off, so how are we supposed to get out? And how did that old man get in? Damn it, is he a ghost too? As I watched the hunched figure getting closer and closer, I subconsciously shrank back behind Xu Shiwei. In the end, I wasn't as strong as I thought I was, and I was still very scared in this situation. Hiding behind him, I stuttered: "How did you get us to transfer here? Why did we end up in this broken place?"

  "Don't be afraid, he's not a ghost." Xǔ Shì Wéi seemed to have seen through my thoughts and patted me on the shoulder reassuringly.

  I grabbed his arm, suspiciously saying: "How did you know... he's getting closer and closer." I felt my voice trembling, wasn't I supposed to be a yin-yang eye? That's why I could see that Shunzi in broad daylight, and now I've run into this haunted teaching building, and seen such a strange old man. Logically speaking, the heavier the yin energy is, the easier it is for ghosts to harm people...

  My heart was racing with anxiety, and I felt embarrassed that Jiang Xishan was holding on too tightly. He wasn't Ge Fei, after all. If the person by my side was Ge Fei, maybe I wouldn't be so afraid. Many times, with Ge Fei around, no matter what happened, it didn't seem so scary to me. Just as I was getting anxious, Xishan suddenly walked towards that hunched figure, and I felt a surge of fear in my heart. I had to follow him, though. If we were going to find out who hurt Ge Fei, we would encounter even more terrifying things later on. How could I be so afraid already? Right, Lin Sixia, you can't be afraid, can't be afraid. I kept telling myself this in my heart, no matter what, I mustn't be afraid.

  That figure walked very slowly, so after a long time it was still at the far end. Fortunately, both I and Xu Shiwei were young people, and even in such a broken corridor, we would walk past in a while.

  Just then, Xu Shiwei took out his phone, and the white light shone on his face, making him look like a ghost at first glance! The hunched figure was startled and suddenly retreated, falling to the ground with a thud. Immediately afterwards, the old man let out a loud wail, as if he had seen a ghost.

  Seeing this, Xu Shiwei quickly covered the old man's mouth and pressed his throat, saying: "I'm not a ghost, I'm a professional ghost catcher. I heard that there have been a lot of paranormal activities here recently, so I came to take a look."

  Xu Shiwei didn't say anything, but as soon as he did, the old man wailed even louder: "Master, Master, don't take my Shunzi! My Shunzi is a good person! He just comes back to visit sometimes, and he's never harmed anyone!"

  "You're Wang Ergou, the stinky tofu seller, aren't you? Don't worry, I'm not here to collect from him, I'm here to help his soul ascend." Xu Shi said with a gentle smile as he helped the old man up, speaking in a way that sounded like he was telling the truth, as if he were some kind of master of soul ascension.

  Perhaps he pretended to be too real, the old man also believed it, and immediately shut his mouth, with tears in his eyes, grasping Xu Shiwei's hand, full of gratitude: "Really? Master, thank you so much! Our Shunzi was miserable when she was alive, and after she died... Alas, let's go out and talk about it, if the principal finds out, I'll be driven away again..."

  "Hurry up, hurry up, I told you to keep an eye on him, how did he get away again......" Before Old Man Wang could finish speaking, a flurry of urgent footsteps came from downstairs. The old man's face turned pale with fear and he exclaimed: "Oh no, this is terrible."

  I pulled at Xu Shiwei, originally wanting him to take the old man and run from that corridor, but before I could say it, the hallway suddenly lit up. Now we really can't escape, I poked Xu Shiwei and anxiously asked him: "What do we do now, are we going to fight our way out?"

  I originally thought Xu Shiwei would make a big show of using the ring to disappear or something, but he made a move that left me speechless. Seeing the security guard and a bald fat man walking towards him, he walked over with a bright smile, patted the bald fat man's shoulder warmly, and shouted loudly: "Hey, isn't this Principal Zhang? Your hair still hasn't grown back yet!"

  Nor did he know what was going on, the bald and fat man who came with a loud noise suddenly stopped, staring at Xu Shiwei for half a second, before stuttering: "Xu... Mr. Xu, hehehe... how did you end up here?"

  The bald fat man was smiling, but I heard fear in his laughter. Under the dim light of the flashlight, I saw big drops of sweat on his forehead, as if he had seen a ghost, just like the expression when I first met Xu Shiwei. The security guard behind him looked confused and seemed to have no reaction at all. To be honest, I didn't react either, what's going on with this guy?!

  At this moment, Xu Shiwei had a harmless smile on his face: "Principal Zhang, it's been five years since we last met, how come your hair is getting thinner and thinner? You wouldn't have done something bad again, would you? Did you...?"

  "Mr. Xu, you didn't even say a word about coming to school! Look at me, I didn't even have time to welcome you. Come on, let's go outside and talk." Before Mr. Xu could finish speaking, the bald fat man interrupted with a flattering smile.

  Xu Shiwei glanced at Old Man Wang with a slanted gaze, looking at the bald fat man with a hint of a smile: "What's his story?"

  The bald fat man laughed more ugly than crying: "Ah, this is our school's stinky tofu seller Wang Lao Ye Zi, his brain is not normal."

  As he spoke, he hastily squeezed over and carefully supported Old Master Wang, showing great concern: "Hey, old master, why have you come in again! Didn't I tell you this is a dangerous house? It's going to be demolished soon, hurry up and get out, if anything happens I won't be able to bear the responsibility."

  The old man was dragged out of the teaching building before he could understand what was happening. After they came out, the bald fat man sent the old man back home with great courtesy. It was a civilian house located in the school, and as soon as we reached the door, we saw a middle-aged man in his 40s coming out of the house, with a strong smell of stinky tofu on him.

  As soon as he saw Old Master Wang, his face was full of displeasure: "Dad, what's going on with you! Did you sneak into that building again? Haven't I told you many times..."

  The middle-aged man's words were not yet finished, when he was suddenly stared back by the bald-headed fat man. The middle-aged man, who had been full of anger, instantly changed to a face of concern and scolded Wang Lao: "Dad, that place is so dangerous, how many times have I told you, why do you always forget..."

  The middle-aged man was talking incessantly to the old man, and the bald fat man let out a long sigh and said with a serious tone: "Wang Erge, don't blame your dad, he's old and can't help but forget things. You should take good care of him from now on, that building is very dangerous, you know."

  Ah! Is this man really Wang Ergou? I'm a bit confused, so I lightly poked Xu Shiwei and glanced at Wang Ergou, who was smiling and talking to the bald fat man. I asked him with my eyes what's going on. I think he knows that bald fat man, maybe he also knows what's going on. But his response to my gaze is: "I don't know anything."

  After Baldy and Wang Erge had repeatedly reminded him, he finally left and turned to ask Xu Shiwei with a bright smile: "Mr. Xu, what brings you here today?"

  Xu Shiwei crossed his arms over his chest, his words laced with deep meaning: "What's wrong, can't I come without a reason? How to say... we're old acquaintances, yet you don't welcome me like this?"

  Upon hearing this, the bald fat man hastily shook his head: "No, no, how could that be? You came without saying a word in advance, look... I haven't prepared anything."

  "What are you preparing? Trying to bribe me?" Xu Shiwei glanced at the bald fat man, continuing with a profound meaning.

  The fat bald man's face turned somewhat unsightly, and he hastily ordered several security guards: "Nothing's wrong, you go busy yourselves first."

  Several security guards looked at each other, then turned and left. Seeing the security guards leave, the bald fat man looked at me with a difficult expression again, and this look seemed to mean that I should step aside.

  "Alright, in that case, I'll just take a step back and wander around. Who knows, maybe I'll find some clues. I glanced at Xu Shiwei and said lightly: "I'm going for a walk."

  After finishing speaking, I took a step away and was pulled back by Xu Shiwei. His hand rested on my shoulder as he said calmly: "My girlfriend, there's nothing about me that she doesn't know."

  Girlfriend... whatever, let him say what he wants, anyway it's not true, I'm just pretending to be his girlfriend now. It just so happens that I also want to know what's going on between him and this bald fat guy, this bald fat guy doesn't look like a good person at all, it's no wonder he's associated with this second-generation rich kid.

  Of course, I don't mean to belittle these rich second generations, there are also many excellent ones among them, but Xu Shiwei is obviously that kind of extremely vicious and despicable second-generation ancestor. So, I couldn't help but think of him in a bad light.

  However... since he didn't mean for me to avoid him, I won't either. I stood firmly beside Xu Shiwei, staring at that sleazy bald fat man.

  The bald fat man's expression was very entangled, and after a moment of self-entanglement, he said in a pleading tone: "Mr. Xu, that thing, I really... wasn't intentional."