Several people sat down in the room, and Wu Mabo explained the ins and outs of the matter to Ke Lin.
In the end, he said angrily, “No matter what, we couldn’t stop him, but he should have learned his lesson today.”
“Is that so?” Ke Lin thought for a moment. “Then I’ll stay a few more days and scare him, so he won’t dare to touch ghost games again in the future. Also… Dongzi, could you send me a copy of the call record from the night you and I talked? That was the moment I saved someone, such a cool moment, I want to keep it.”
Wen Dong:…
Wu Mabo was a little puzzled, “When you were saving someone? But most of it was the sound of water inside.”
Ke Lin: “Isn’t that drowning?”
Wu Mabo:…
Ke Lin: “You guys don’t know, those six little brats felt like a thousand-pound weight in the water, I didn’t know where I got that much strength from at the time, thinking I could save one, I felt pretty awesome, and I actually managed to save all six of them, then my damn leg cramped up… If it hadn’t cramped up, I definitely wouldn’t have died!”
Everyone:…
Except for the three in the dormitory, others couldn’t see him themselves. Finally, Ke Lin found someone to chat with and couldn’t help but say a few words.
He looked at Tong Xiaosong and said, “I saw you crying that day, you cried much harder than those two. When you guys called out for the spirit, I was in the car. I didn’t intend to follow you guys, but when you shouted like that, I involuntarily floated over. I was afraid you would faint from crying so hard. Are you really that sad about me dying?”
Tong Xiaosong opened his mouth, feeling a bit embarrassed. At that time, he thought he would never see him again, so all his emotions surged up, which is why he cried so hard.
Now that the person involved is right in front of him, he regrets it a bit. He should have endured without crying.
Wu Mabo couldn’t help but laugh and said, “You flirted with him? You’re confident now, not afraid of Zhi Xian anymore, huh?”
“Shh! Stop it.” Ke Lin shivered and dared not joke with Tong Xiaosong anymore. “Do you guys know how Zhi Xian looks like in my eyes?”
This statement aroused everyone’s curiosity.
Wen Dong asked, “What does he look like?”
“A big blazing fire!” Ke Lin said with fear. “It burns like crazy! Fortunately, it’s a good thing it wasn’t hot, otherwise I would have been burnt to ashes in the car.”
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Wu Mabo blurted out, “But isn’t he made of paper? Isn’t paper supposed to be afraid of fire?”
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Tong Xiaosong thought of what Zhi Xian had once said about the thirteen students and said uncertainly, “Maybe… it’s not in the ordinary sense of paper?”
Wen Dong nodded, “Makes sense. It definitely burns, no wonder there’s a smell of burning paper on him…”
Tong Xiaosong quietly argued, “It’s the smell of agarwood.”
Wu Mabo nodded naturally, “Anyway, it smells good. By the way, Da Lin, now that you’re also dead, do you have any specific smell on you, like a fishy smell?”
Ke Lin: “…I smell like your dad.”
Wu Mabo: “Fuck? You’re taking advantage of me!”
The dormitory became lively again, with chatting and laughter, and soon it was the early hours of the morning.
***
Just as everyone had just laid down and hadn’t fallen asleep yet, they heard a scream, and Lei Haoyu woke up.
Lei Haoyu suppressed the scream back, still with the terrifying images from last night in his mind.
With lingering fear, he swallowed saliva and saw the other three sleeping peacefully in the room, couldn’t help but wonder—was last night a dream?
Lei Haoyu got up and nudged Wen Dong, with whom he hadn’t had any conflict with.
Wen Dong reluctantly opened his eyes and asked, “What’s wrong?”
Lei Haoyu: “Last night, do you remember what happened last night?”
Wen Dong sighed, turned over, and faced away from Lei Haoyu, tiredly saying, “I was sleeping last night, don’t disturb me, it’s not time for class yet, be quiet.”
Lei Haoyu: “…Last night, was it a dream?”
Wu Mabo chuckled, “Are you dreaming or going crazy? Keep it down if you’re going crazy, don’t disturb us. We still have three hours before class, if you’re not sleeping, we want to.”
Lei Haoyu:…
Feeling somewhat dazed, he sat back on his bed, feeling a bit uncomfortable underneath him. When he got up, he noticed the blood-stained plate still on the bed.
Like being shocked, he grabbed the plate and the crumpled paper and threw them into the trash can.
***
In the cafeteria at noon.
“Hahaha…” Wu Mabo burst into laughter, leaning back and forth, “His expression at that time was too funny, hahaha…”
Zhi Xian listened beside them, with a smile on his face, saying, “Then let’s scare him a little more, so he remembers it well.”
Wu Mabo: “Yeah, Da Lin, you should scare him more…”
Mid-sentence, he realized something was wrong.
He saw that Da Lin was sitting two seats away from them, trembling nervously.
“Da Lin, what’s wrong?” Wen Dong asked anxiously, “Can’t you come out during the day?”
Ke Lin shook his head. “No, it’s nothing, don’t ask…”
Zhi Xian glanced at Ke Lin from top to bottom and said, “It might be because of my presence here, so it’s affecting him a bit. Sorry.”
Everyone:…
As for Zhi Xian’s identity, it’s pratically out in the open now.
Tong Xiaosong hesitated for a moment and asked quietly, “He said last night that he saw you burning like crazy. Aren’t you made of paper? Will there be any problems?”
The others listened intently.
Zhi Xian smiled. “I was born from fire, not afraid of it. But you, would you consider living with me?”
Tong Xiaosong’s heart raced, almost leaping out of his chest as he exclaimed, “L-live with you?”
Zhi Xian continued, “Last night, the reason he was able to summon something dirty was because of you.”
Tong Xiaosong was stunned.
Zhi Xian went on, “The school has already relocated from its original site, and the fire made everything vanish into thin air. Logically, even if you were playing ghost games, nothing should have happened. But because of me, since you and I are so close, the magnetic field around us still attracts strange things.”
Wen Dong suddenly realized, “So that’s why we can see Ke Lin, and sit and chat with Ke Lin as if nothing’s wrong?”
Zhi Xian nodded.
Tong Xiaosong’s heart sank as he stared blankly at Ke Lin.
The others wouldn’t be able to see Ke Lin?
If they were away from them, would no one else be able to see Ke Lin?
Ke Lin would be lonely all the time…
Wu Mabo and Wen Dong also thought of this, looking at Ke Lin with faces of disbelief.
Ke Lin shook his body and forced a smile. “You don’t need to imagine too much. Whether it’s a temple, a Taoist temple, or a Buddhist hall… as long as I want, many places and many people can see me.”
Everyone:…
Wen Dong: “…You should still stay away from those places.”
Ke Lin: “Those places are nothing to worry about. My temple was built by a monk. They don’t hunt demons or evil spirits, so they can’t do anything to me, at most, they can just see me. And I don’t have to rely on them, I still have you guys, right? I can come to you too.”
Poor ke lin 😔 it’s good that they can still see him thanks to zhi xian and tongtong