Chapter 8 Keeping Promises

  Just as I stuck the willow leaf on my eyes, a female ghost appeared in front of me. But she didn't scare people. She was slender and elegant, probably in her early twenties. About 1.6 meters tall, with a white and clean face, and a very good figure. She walked slowly towards us, seemingly still a bit shy looking at us, but I found that she was actually wearing our school uniform!

  "What are you doing? How dare you sneak into someone else's home? If you don't leave, I won't be polite!" As she finished speaking, her face changed. The flesh on her face fell off, leaving only a white skeleton. She stretched out her hands to strangle my neck, and I quickly stretched out the palm of my right hand with the Jiegui seal and slapped it onto her head.

  The female ghost who was possessed by the talisman stood still, and Zhao Yuer was so scared that she tightly hugged my waist and hid behind me.

  "We're not bad people, we're looking for a bracelet that Zhou Wen stole, and there's a girl named Lina who was killed by her..." I quickly explained to her, hoping the female ghost could tell me where the bracelet was hidden.

  "What? You didn't lie? He robbed another girl's bracelet and killed someone? This can't be true, it's not true!" The female ghost actually cried out in pain.

  "Can you tell me where that bracelet is? We really need it, and who are you anyway? Are you also one of the ones he killed?" I looked at the poor female ghost in front of me, seemingly as pitiful as Lina, and then she told me her story.

  Her name is Weiwei, she was Zhou Wen's girlfriend when he was a freshman. Because Zhou Wen was handsome and gentle to her, he finally moved her heart, and soon they rented a house outside the school to live together. However, not long after the start of their sophomore year, Zhou Wen met Linna, and for some reason, he became infatuated with Linna and wouldn't leave her side. He stopped coming back to the house they rented, and even said he wanted to break up with Weiwei.

  So Weiwei wanted to see what kind of woman Zhou Wen was with. She was very clear about Zhou Wen's daily schedule, and finally one day she followed Zhou Wen to the fourth floor of the library, where she saw Zhou Wen with a girl, and that girl had on her hand the bracelet that Zhou Wen had brought back.

  "So how did you die? Did you discover Zhou Wen's secret and he killed you?" My heart felt a chill, this Zhou Wen was truly a demon who could kill without batting an eye, even more terrifying than a ghost.

  "I saw them kissing, and Zhou Wen's hands were still all over that girl's clothes. I was so angry that I rushed over to confront him, but he pushed me away. Then the girl started arguing with me, asking what I was doing there. At that moment, I couldn't help it and got into a fight with her. Later, Zhou Wen came over and pulled me away, and during the struggle, my neck seemed to hit something and I passed out. When I woke up, I was in this room...and had become a ghost..." Mei Mei said, tears streaming down her face.

  "Why did he bring you home then?" I was a bit perplexed and Zhao Yuer also stared blankly, looking dazed.

  "He drew a spell on me, I couldn't leave the room, as soon as I walked out, the spell would ignite and I would turn to ashes. Now I'm his ghost slave, he makes me serve him every day, sleep with him, accompany him..." She said, lowering her head slightly.

  "What a vicious man! He won't let you go even after you're dead, he'll definitely get his retribution. Don't worry, I'm letting you go now, hurry up and leave. You must tell me where the bracelet is!" As she spoke, she removed the faint symbol from her forehead, as well as the one on Zhou Wen's body.

  "Go get it yourself!" After saying that, he smiled slightly at us and walked out of the room, disappearing from sight.

  I and Zhao Yuner hastily took out the bracelets from the drawer, I took a closer look and it was exactly what Linna said. The bracelet was placed in a box, there were also several books that seemed to be about magic spells inside the box. I put all these things into the cloth bag behind me. Holding Zhao Yuner's hand, we rushed downstairs and she skillfully drove her dad's Audi car, speeding all the way to school.

  He sent me to school, and the sky was already late. Zhao Yuer drove back home. The dormitory had just turned on the lights, and when I opened the door of the dormitory, I saw Wu Shihong reading there, but those two people were gone.

  "Nie Yu, you're back! How did you manage to get the bracelet?" Wu Shi Rong asked anxiously.

  "Got it, look!" As I said that, I took off my clothes and after a day of struggling, the sweat all over my body was soaked through, finally feeling cool.

  "What's bitten your belly? It's so purple!" I followed Wu Shi Rong's eyes and looked over, scaring me to death. My belly was pinched purple by Zhao Yu Er, with a big patch of dark marks on both the left and right sides.

  "This seems to be a frame-up, doesn't it? Who did you get to frame him? It must have been Zhao Yu'er. How can you still try to force your way through without being afraid of going to prison?" He burst out laughing as he spoke.

  "I thought you were going to get on the bus, but I'm not that kind of person. I was just too tired and fell asleep in the car, she pinched me to remind me. Look, I brought back the stuff, hurry up and use Li Lin's computer to check if it's what we want." I hastily took out the wristband and handed it over to Wu Shi Rong, taking advantage of the fact that Li Lin hadn't returned yet to use his computer.

  Wu Shi Rong smiled and looked at my belly, sticking out his tongue. Then he opened Li Lin's computer and quickly browsed through various websites and materials.

  "That's it! Let's hurry up and deliver the bracelet to Nina, or she'll be getting anxious. I didn't think you were so capable - how did you and Zhao Yuer manage to get it back, by breaking in or robbery?" Looking at him with a hateful smile, I really wanted to stick a calming talisman on him to make him behave for a while.

  I changed my clothes in the dormitory and then went to the cafeteria with Wu Shi Rong for dinner. However, after finishing dinner and returning, neither Wang Xue Bing nor Li Lin were seen, I don't know where these two people went. Then, I and Wu Shi Rong arrived at the library of the old building. Still following the usual routine, in the evening, more than 10 o'clock, Lina appeared.

  "I'm so grateful to you all, this is really the bracelet my mother gave me, thank you! With this bracelet, I can leave with peace of mind. As for Zhou Wen, let him be however he wants, a man like that isn't worth thinking about." Lina said as she put on the green bracelet, and looked at us with a happy smile, but her eyes couldn't stop streaming with tears.

  "Lina, we kept our promise and brought back the bracelet. Don't be disheartened from now on, okay? We will definitely find evidence to bring Zhou Wen to justice. You have to believe us! There must be his fingerprints on this bracelet." The Lina in front of me suddenly changed into a beautiful white long dress, exceptionally pretty beyond my expectation.

  "Goodbye, my mother, my school, and all of you. You will be rewarded with good fortune, I wish you all the best! There's nothing left in this world for me to cherish, now that I've seen my mother's bracelet, I have no more regrets. It's time for me to go! Thank you, goodbye!" Linna suddenly rose into the air, her body emitting a pure white gas that condensed into a ball and grew smaller and smaller. Her body slowly became unclear as she waved at us, disappearing without a trace.

  "Ding!" Her bracelet fell to the ground. Lena left, she went to her own world, and Wu Shi Rong and I hastily walked over, foolishly staring at the continuing drifting white smoke, no one could say a word.

  I took the bracelet and walked out of the library with Wu Shi Rong. The dormitory buildings outside were all lit up, but there were hardly any shadows on the road, almost everyone was asleep. Soon, Wu Shi Rong and I arrived at the dormitory, only to find that the door was still locked. After pushing open the door and entering, we found that Wang Xue Bing and Li Lin had not returned yet. I felt a bit uneasy, as these two people usually didn't speak to each other, how could they both disappear together?

  At this time, the phone in the pocket suddenly rang, I picked up the phone and it was Wang Xuebing's voice, his voice was very urgent.

  "Nie Yu! I'm Wang Xuebing, come and save us quickly, we've been beaten up and can't get out of the gymnasium now, think of a way to help us!" I put down the phone and rushed towards the gymnasium.

  The school is now pitch black, all the dormitory buildings are closed, and Wu Shirong and I use our mobile phones to light up the road ahead, searching for a long time before finding the gymnasium. As soon as we approached the gymnasium, we heard someone shouting non-stop inside: "Is anyone there? Is anyone there, hurry up and open the door..." Hearing that it was Wang Xuebing's voice, I rushed over quickly. The two of them looked like they were locked in prison, stretching their hands out from the big door of the gymnasium to get my attention.

  "How did you end up here? Who beat you up?" I pulled on the gym's large door, but it was too heavy and wouldn't budge no matter how hard I pulled.

  "Hurry up and go find the school leader, Li Lin is seriously injured and hasn't woken up yet, he's still unconscious. We'll talk about it later when we get out." Wang Xuebing's hands were stained with blood, his face was bruised and battered, not a single good spot on it.

  I and Wu Shi Rong rushed to the security room, found the school's security guard. The security guard opened the door and then carried Li Lin out, sending them two to the hospital. When we arrived at the hospital, I just realized that Li Lin had a big bump on his head, and his eyes were black and blue, Wang Xue Bing was okay, only his hand was bleeding, and his clothes were torn apart. Li Lin was sent to the emergency room, then Wang Xue Bing told us about what happened.

  Just this afternoon, five or six young men in their twenties suddenly entered the dormitory. These people looked suspicious and didn't seem like students at all. At that time, Li Lin was playing on the computer, and Wang Xuebing was reviewing his lessons. As soon as they entered the dormitory, they started rummaging around, saying they were looking for something, but then said they had entered the wrong room. Li Lin stood up and scolded them, and those people came to beat him up. Wang Xuebing rushed over to intervene, but ended up getting beaten too. After they finished beating them, they wanted to leave, but Wang Xuebing and Li Lin were not in a good mood, so they chased after them. As a result, they were outnumbered and dragged into the gymnasium for another round of beatings. The two of them both passed out, and it wasn't until they woke up that they called me.

  At this time, the head of the school security department arrived with two police officers. After a detailed understanding of their situation, it caused everyone's suspicion. Firstly, these people were not targeting individuals, but looking for something. Secondly, they were not after valuables, and if they were robbers, they would have taken something before leaving, which was really strange. The police finished the record and left. The head of the security department arranged for them to be hospitalized, and I and Wu Shi Rong also returned to our dormitory.

  "What are they looking for? Nie Yu, it seems like there's nothing valuable in our dorm room. Except for Li Lin's computer, the rest are just our textbooks." Wu Shi Rong rummaged through his belongings, checking if anything was missing.

  "I'm not sure, let's wait for the police to check the surveillance video and see if they can lock down the suspect!" I was also puzzled, when I went out with Zhao Yu today, I brought all of Second Uncle's things, leaving only simple clothes and books in the dormitory. What could be worth their trouble? Was it discovered by Zhou Wen? But the time doesn't match either?