The Girl on the Wall Chapter 7

  When I finished eating the third bread, Ye Zikuo still didn't say a word to me. We had been walking for a long time and after smoothly going down to the second floor, we somehow couldn't go down to the first floor. We simply sat at the entrance of the stairs on the second floor, I opened my backpack to eat bread and drink water to boost my energy, while Ye Zikuo looked around everywhere, seemingly thinking about something.

  "Yezikuo, I'm going to the bathroom." After finishing speaking, I got up and walked towards the bathroom. "Wait, I'll go with you." Yezikuo followed me, "I'm going to the women's bathroom!" I looked at him discontentedly, "I'll wait for you outside the door." Yezikuo still had a smelly face, but followed me anyway. I secretly smiled, this little guy finally spoke up.

  "When you're in the bathroom, remember to keep tapping on the wall so I know you're okay." Ye Zikuo said with a hint of embarrassment, "Okay!" I replied, though clearly worried. Mingming had told me not to trust him, but he was still thinking of me like this, and a warm current surged up in my heart, making my eyes moisten slightly.

  "What's wrong?" Ye Zikai asked. "Nothing," I said, and quickly went into the bathroom. The bathroom was very dimly lit, with a heavy, damp air. I tapped on the wall while observing, but didn't find anything unusual. After finishing in the bathroom, as I prepared to leave, I was startled by a shadow on the wall and froze in place, my hand stopping mid-tap. In my mind, I couldn't help but think of that girl from the other day in the stairwell. But wasn't she on the stairs? How could she be here?!

  I hadn't even had time to think it through when Ye Zi Ke's anxious face appeared in front of me, asking "What's wrong?! What happened?!" I pointed at the wall and said: "Look at the shadow on the wall, I'm thinking if it's that girl I saw that day?" Ye Zi Ke followed my gaze, and a strange thing happened. A girl walked out from the wall, but what presented itself in front of us wasn't a person, but rather a piece of paper lightly floating towards us.

  "Xiao Han?!" Ye Zikuo stuttered, and the girl looked at Ye Zikuo with a surprised face: "Brother Zikuo! I'm Xiao Han!" After finishing speaking, she rushed towards Ye Zikuo. I was frightened and immediately pulled Ye Zikuo away. Xiao Han fell to the ground, looking at me with a resentful expression, then lightly got up and said: "I told you where my dormitory is last time!" "Xiao Han, how did you become like this?!" Ye Zikuo looked at Xiao Han's face, wanting to touch but not knowing how. "Brother Zikuo, I'm already dead, my skin was peeled off and stuck on the wall." Xiao Han said with tears all over her face, holding onto Ye Zikuo's hand.

  "Oh no! Oh no!" The cries came from outside the bathroom door, where Wang Xue and others were wailing. I rushed out to see them running towards me, pleading: "Ning Hong! Save us!" I led them into the bathroom, but they let out another shriek when they saw the tiny Xiao Han again.

  Xiao Han made a "psst" sound and said, "Everyone follow me!" Then she went back to the wall that had just appeared. "Are we going through the wall?" I asked in confusion. Ye Zikai pulled my hand and said, "Let's go quickly!" The people behind us, including Wang Xue, followed with questioning eyes. When they saw Xiao Han disappear into the wall, they were all stunned.

  I walked to the wall, stretched out my hand to touch it, but passed through the wall. Yezi Ke nodded at me and we walked towards the wall together. We indeed passed through the wall. In front of us was still this toilet. Qiqi asked fearfully: "Did we really come over? Why is this place the same as before?"

  Xiao Han walked up to Ye Zi Ke and said, "Brother Zi Ke, just now you were all trapped in that man's illusion, only now have we truly come out. This is the real Music Building." "Xiao Han, tell me what happened to you? Why did that man kill you?" Ye Zi Ke looked at Xiao Han seriously, Xiao Han hugged Ye Zi Ke and sobbed: "Brother Zi Ke, I was so innocent, why did he want to kill me?! He said I took his son's place in this school, so he wanted to kill me, peel off my skin and stick it on the wall, make me atone for my sins... but I really didn't know anything! What did I do wrong?!"

  Xiao Han's emotional outburst made Wang Xue and the others' faces gradually reveal a terrified expression, "Skinning?" Liu Bei stared tightly at Xiao Han, while Wang Xue turned her head to look at me and said, "Sorry, although we deduced the truth together, we were still misled by Teacher Xu's words." I lowered my head, not knowing what to say. Just like Yezi Ke said, we all relied too heavily on emotions, so it was easy for us to be tempted and misled.

  Ye Zi Ke gently patted Xiao Han's back and asked, "Xiao Han, who is that man? Why did he kill everyone?" Xiao Han let go of Ye Zi Ke, looking at him with a stunned expression: "Everyone? Brother Zi Ke, are you dead too?" Ye Zi Ke forced out a smile and said, "Yes! If so, won't your mood be better?"

  After finishing, I wiped away the tears on Xiaohan's face. My heart couldn't bear such oppression, looking at these children of my age, trapped, losing their lives, and still encouraging each other. Wang Xue hugged me and said: "If you want to cry, just cry, I told you, you're not that strong!" I hugged Wang Xue and started sobbing too.

  Xiao Han cried and said: "That man is named Li Zhi, he has a son named Li Xue Lin. Isn't this school limited in enrollment? I didn't get in, so I wanted to study with you, and asked my dad for money to get me in. As a result, that kid Li Xue Lin was kicked out of school. I heard that on the same day he went home and jumped off a building to kill himself. His father somehow found out about all this and came to take revenge on me."

  Xiao Han estimated that she remembered the pain of being skinned alive before her death, biting her lip tightly and continuing to say: "I remember him saying that he wanted everyone in this generation to be buried with his son, but I didn't think it was true." Liu Bei, Qi Qi, and Zhang Xin surrounded Xiao Han and said: "Don't be sad anymore, let's leave here together and go home." Ye Zikai patted Xiao Han's head and said: "Yes, even if we die, we have to go home."

  At this time, a voice came from the other side of the wall. Xiaohan wiped away her tears and said: "Zi Ke brother, you guys go ahead!" Ye Zike pulled Xiaohan and said: "Didn't we say we'd go home together?!" Xiaohan smiled and said: "Then you have to take me home, okay?! I can block this wall for now, but I still can't leave."

  Ye Zi Ke shook his head desperately: "Xiao Han, no! We must go home together!"

  "Isn't there something important to protect? Do you want to stay here with me?" Xiao Han said, walking towards the wall and turning her back on Ye Zi Ke.

  Ye Zi Ke clenched his fists tightly, and after a long time, he finally lifted his head and said: "I promise you, I will remember to bring you home!"

  Ye Zi Ke turned around and walked out of the bathroom, looking back at me and Wang Xue and others saying: "Aren't you leaving yet?!"

  Wang Xue and others rushed out of the door, seeing me still standing there in a daze. Ye Zikai shouted: "Are you born with a short circuit in your brain? I told you to leave, so leave!" But before I could finish my sentence, Ye Zikai dragged me away from the bathroom, and behind us, Xiao Han's voice came: "My favorite brother Zikai, don't forget to take me home, okay? I love seeing brother Zikai's smile! Hahaha!" Why did Xiao Han's laughter sound like crying to my ears? Why is every parting so heartbreaking? Why does someone always have to make a sacrifice?

  No, I don't want to escape blindly. I want to go back and save Xiao Huan. I shook off his hand and shouted: "I want to go back and save Xiao Huan!" Ye Zikuo's face as he turned around made me dare not look straight at him. His eyes were red, tears still flowing freely on his face, but his expression was cold and frightening. He said: "Ning Lie! Do you think you're a savior?! You've always been holding us back! Save people? Do you have the qualifications to do that?"

  I was yelled at and left stunned, Wang Xue also looked at Ye Zikuo in surprise and said: "Ye Zikuo, you have a fire in your heart, what's wrong with Ah Ning's temper?" "Shut up! People who don't believe their own reasoning have no right to criticize me!" Wang Xue was so angry that she turned her head and followed Qi Qi and others as they walked away, while Ye Zikuo remained standing still on the spot.

  Thinking that the man named Li Zhi might appear at any moment, I stepped forward and grabbed Yezi Ke's hand, saying: "Sorry, it was my fault. Let's go!" Yezi Ke grasped my hand back and said: "Ning Hong, please, you mustn't get into trouble!" I looked at his eyes in surprise, unable to see any emotions, but deep down, I knew that the most painful moments are those without expression. I pretended to say lightly: "Hmm! I promise you, I absolutely won't be impulsive with my emotions again." I pulled this young man along, thinking about the pain he had endured - his best friend had left, and now it was his sister; he should be the one in the most pain, right? But what could I do to make him feel less sad? What could I do to change the fate of these people? Yezi Ke scolded me rightly, I wasn't a savior, I was nothing at all...