Translator- Tojoillust
Editor- DragonReadingAmongFlowrs & Fictional Reality
Chapter 44
What’s going on?
Did nothing accidentally happen just now?
What about the boy with the voyeurism? Didn’t show up at all?
The sense of losing control became even stronger in Zhao Hongyang’s heart.
He stood there somewhat bewildered, watching the departing figure of Su Jingyan. He took a deep breath, then glanced towards the direction of the restroom. Looking left and right a few times, he licked his dry lips in a somewhat helpless manner. His whole demeanor was anxious.
The more Zhao Hongyang thought about it, the more he felt that something was off. The development of this turn seemed extremely bizarre, yet unfortunately, he had no idea where exactly things had gone wrong this time.
Shit!
“Arghhhhh!!”
Zhao Hongyang was still lost in his thoughts. The next second, a sudden piercing scream echoed around him. Startled and unprepared, he shuddered involuntarily and jumped in surprise. He quickly looked up and in a bewildered state gazed towards the source of the sound.
Before he could even see the situation clearly, a figure almost came straight at him, but brushed past him at an arm’s length, like a gust of wind, swiftly flashing by him unexpectedly.
Zhao Hongyang widened his eyes in terror, inhaling a breath of the cold air. In the instant when that figure drifted past, it had been so fast it even caused his bangs on forehead to fly up along with it.
The next second, a resounding “Bang” echoed across the ground as if something heavy had fallen downstairs and hit with earth-shaking impact. The sound reverberated in people’s hearts, leaving them shaken and unable to recover their composure for quite some time.
All around, there was a collective gasp and intaking breath, followed by startled screams from the classmates who snapped back to reality. This was followed by hurried footsteps. One after another, students poured out of the classroom, gathering at the corridor’s edge and looking downward, joining in on the commotion.
Oh, my God.
Someone actually jumped off a building.
The deceased was a male student.
The reason for the jump was unknown.
Zhao Hongyang’s brain was still in a state of confusion. Despite the surrounding clamor that was like the end of the world, it was as if he had tinnitus, as if there were sound waves constantly echoing inside his ears.
As for what the people around him were saying, he couldn’t hear or listen to them at all.
Zhao Hongyang’s whitened lips began to tremble, cold sweat beading down the position of his temples and slowly began to slide down, perhaps because too much cold sweat flowed down, some of it even flowed directly down the sideburns of his face and into his ears.
Zhao Hongyang’s throat moved and he shook his head somewhat stiffly.
Just now…
This was where he stood…
And witnessed the jump of the boy who jumped.
Of course, if it were just that, then perhaps it wouldn’t have terrified him to the extent it did now.
Zhao Hongyang’s heart raced with a “thump thump thump,” and he began to pant uncontrollably.
Just before the boy had jumped down, as his feet were straddling the railing, his gaze had pierced through the crowd and fixed on Zhao Hongyang. When he coldly turned his head to look at Zhao Hongyang, his eyes were filled with an unhidden shade of darkness and a warning.
Kind of like a dying person sending his last curse to every living thing before dying with regret.
Of course, if it were just this simple look, Zhao Hongyang might still be able to pacify his heart through psychological reassurance.
But the problem was…
He just saw the face of the boy who jumped off the building clearly…
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Thinking about this, Zhao Hongyang’s cold sweat flowed faster and his heart was starting to jump around like crazy, beating desperately. There was a painfully contorted look on his face, his eyebrows all twisted up in a knot.
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Because Zhao Hongyang had been holding the same position for a long time, his legs were starting to tingle and even feel a bit weak, making him have the urge to just kneel down right there.
He turned his head side to side stiffly to look at the horrified expressions of each of the people around him that looked like the world was ending, and once again his body shuddered uncontrollably.
But this time, he slowly started moving his feet, shifting from the spot where he had been standing for ages. He didn’t even know what kind of mentality he had at this moment. He was shivering all over, yet he did what all those people next to him were doing, leaning against the railing to get a look at the unfortunate scene below.
From beginning to end, he was still caught up in a dreamlike state.
After summoning every last ounce of his courage, Zhao Hongyang battled his inner turmoil before finally daring to steal a fleeting glance downstairs.
But just that one look made him feel like his stomach was turning over, like roundworms in his stomach were wriggling like crazy, and he swallowed, a sour taste bubbling up in his mouth.
I’m going to vomit…
The design of their school’s teaching building was somewhat unique. It was not constructed as separate, individual buildings.
They had four teaching buildings, labeled as A, B, C, and D, and these four buildings were interconnected, forming a square shape, with a large flower bed and walkway in the center.
This also meant that the scene where the boy had just jumped from the corridor was not just something that only the students in their building could see.
Rather, all students who had classes scheduled at this time, or anyone who was in the building could see this scene of the jump.
In the center, surrounded by the school building, was the flower bed with a lot of iron trees planted inside.
After the boy jumped down he, coincidentally, had directly hit the top of the iron tree, his head was knocked to the side of the flower bed.
Perhaps the impact was just too great, so it directly smashed out the brains, staining the entire trail bright red!
And the boy’s body, at chest position, was actually pierced by the iron tree. He had collapsed in an extremely twisted posture on the ground, inside the flower bed, on the wall, all of it was splattered with an unknown amount of blood.
And the boys didn’t seem to die instantly after the fall. It was a wonder if he still had any residual consciousness, as his eyes were wide open and actually blinked.
Like a moment of sudden awareness in the mind, the previously expressionless face morphed instantly into one of shock and fear. However the outcome was already determined, and everything could only be in vain.
The boy stared up defiantly, his pupils actually contracting, tilted his head back to look at the countless heads of the school building scowling down at him, before finally dying horrifically, completely lifeless.
“Beep-—-beep—” the school’s broadcast suddenly came on. Before everyone could react, a piercing whistle suddenly came from it, shaking their ears and making their scalps tingle.
It was sharp, like scraping glass with a fingernail, and it was so unpleasant that it made people shiver.
The whistle hadn’t blown for long when a man’s urgent and panicked voice followed from the broadcast, with a tone of command, scolding and exclaiming, “Everyone, get back to your classrooms and sit down! No one is allowed to leave without orders. All morning classes are changed to self-study! You have thirty seconds! Otherwise, there will be direct disciplinary action and credit deduction!”
The man’s voice was undoubtedly threatening and warning, but vaguely people could still hear the panic and overwhelmed state in it, and his voice was trembling a little.
As soon as they heard the teachers giving instructions and commands, the students who had been gathering around exchanged glances, each of them withdrawing their gazes from the horrific scene. Filled with fear, they began to walk back to their classrooms.
During this time there were countless students kneeling in place out of fear and fright, their faces pale, and there was also a portion that looked like they would be ready to follow suit and faint in the next second.
Su Jingyan sat in his seat in the classroom a little confused, he had just spread out his book just now when the accident happened.
From his current position, he could only see that some people outside the classroom suddenly had their legs go soft with fear all of a sudden, while others directly began to dry-heave over by the wall because of the immense stimulation they had received.
Outside was an alarming clamor of screams and discussion.
The whole world seemed to be acting as if it had gone mad.
What’s wrong? What happened?
Su Jingyan still had a bewildered expression. Perhaps due to his personality he didn’t stand up to join the commotion. Instead, he remained seated in his place, watching as the students around him couldn’t hold back and rushed out one by one.
Although he was curious, he still didn’t act.
Hearing the instructions from the broadcast, an increasingly peculiar feeling welled up within Su Jingyan. It was an indescribable sensation, a mix of emotions that was quite complex.
Waiting for everyone else to come back from the hustle and bustle and sit back in their seats, Su Jingyan poked the elbow of the boy sitting in front of him who had just come in from outside and looked very bad, and asked strangely, “What’s going on outside? Why was there such a big commotion just now.”
Although the boy did not see the whole process, at this moment, his eyes were still unable to hide the panic, he covered his heart position with his hand and with some fear explained, “Just now someone jumped off the building!”
At these words, Su Jingyan was taken aback.
Sure enough, around the classroom there arose, one after another, rounds of discussion. People were discussing the recent events… and the murmurs that could be faintly heard served as confirmation of the boy’s words.
“I know the boy who jumped off the building, he’s in our major!!!”
“I saw it too, my God! Why did he jump just like that? He also chose this time, so many people saw it. There’s no telling how many people this will leave a lifelong psychological shadow.”
“Ahem, that, listen and I’ll gossip to you about a secret related to the boy who jumped.”
“What? What secret? You know his secret?”
“My brother lived with him at a dormitory, he seems to be the kind to not like to talk too much, Anyway, very withdrawn. My brother had also felt that he was ostracized by the other people and looked very pitiful, so he also helped him a few times. The results, you know what my brother found out?”
“What did you find out? Don’t leave us hanging!”
“My brother found in his cell phone photo album that the boy had secretly taken videos and pictures of their entire dormitory showering and going to the bathroom!”
“Holy crap? For real?”
“It’s definitely true. It seems like they’re not the only ones, he filmed a lot of people anyway, and the most outrageous thing is that he uploaded the videos to an extranet gay porn site to make money…”
Hearing the waves of indignant voices around him, Su Jingyan inexplicably choked up.
He didn’t know if it was because that dream yesterday had a deep impact on him, but as soon as he heard those keywords mentioned by the people around him, he couldn’t help but think of the voyeuristic boy inside his dream.
Su Jingyan’s heart skipped a beat, he felt extremely complicated.
He couldn’t help but think that things shouldn’t be so coincidental, right?
The whole classroom was very noisy. There was no teacher around, so nobody was there to control the discipline. Students beside him were taking out their phones one by one, checking the school’s online forums, discussion boards, official groups, and all starting to chat about this sensational gossip.
Time just went by, and the students sitting in the classroom could even clearly hear the sound of police cars honking downstairs, one after another, making the crowd’s hearts, which had managed to calm down, once again feel flustered.
Speaking of which, leaving them high and dry like this, just idly sitting in the classroom with no teacher coming to start the class, nothing going on – they had enough time that much of their fear and anxiety had long worn off .
What was most frustrating was that people were even patrolling outside the classroom corridor from time to time. They had to report and seek permission from these patrolling individuals just to go to the restroom, as if they’re taking a college entrance exam.
But noo, this couldn’t last. It was about to be time for the meal, and the school hadn’t sent a notice until now, having no intention of letting them go, so how could they not be agitated.
Speechless.
In contrast, Su Jingyan’s mood and state were much more stable.
He was in no hurry and his expression was calm.
He still had a lot of snacks stuffed in his school bag that Lu Yichen had prepared for him yesterday morning, and he hadn’t finished eating them at all, so he wasn’t worried about being hungry at all.
He was not like the person next to him, who was on his phone, and did not take his cell phone out to relieve his boredom the entire time but simply held a pen in his right hand, silently scribbling in his notebook, with an expression of being immersed in his own world.
Su Jingyan had a high talent for drawing, and even though he hadn’t received systematic training, in two or three strokes, he could shape a simple outline.
Not to say that he drew realistically, but he was really good at capturing the key features of people’s facial features in his drawings and paintings.
Just like…
Lu Yichen.
Lu Yichen’s eyes are especially captivating. The eyelids were somewhat droopy, and usually he wears a stern expression. His demeanor often gave off a sense of cold detachment from the world, most of the time his gaze appeared quite vacant. His bangs also often partially covered his eyes, giving him a gloomy air, and even his brows were frequently furrowed.
Seeing the depiction of the little Yichen that came to life on the paper with just a few strokes, a smile tugged uncontrollably at the corners of Su Jingyan’s mouth.
Looking at the chibi version of the little man who had still only been drawn a small head and hadn’t yet taken time to draw a body, Su Jingyan paused and blinked his eyes.
Out of his personal subtle mischievousness, Su Jingyan actually didn’t follow the man’s usual style of dressing to draw clothes for him this time, but instead took a different approach and gave the character a different style.
Of course, if it were only that, it would still be fine. But the problem is, perhaps due to a momentary lapse of reason on Su Jingyan’s part, some odd ideas found their way into his head. With a sweeping motion, he proceeded to dress the little figure in a set of attire resembling a cat paw maid outfit.
It took just a few strokes for him to draw this character villain with ease.
“Pfft.” Su Jingyan almost laughed out loud as he looked at this little chibi.
Fortunately, the classroom was already noisy, and his movements weren’t too large, plus his own reaction was extremely fast, just a hint, but quickly stifled back by himself in time.
So basically no one else noticed the fleeting snicker except for the few little fans who kept staring at him and even taking sneak peeks.
And the girl who had secretly photographed Su Jingyan’s smiling face was so excited that she almost jumped up from her stool, secretly clenching her teeth and snickering.
Her elation barely lasted a minute before an inexplicable mishap struck. It was as if her hand had been smeared with butter—the phone suddenly slipped from her grasp, followed by a swift “thud” as it crashed onto the ground. The screen shattered into countless pieces upon impact, to say the least.
“…”, Oh my goodness, FUCK!
Off to the side, Su Jingyan had his lips pressed together, his shoulders trembling. He promptly closed the notebook, a hint of suppressed laughter in his expression.
He was worried that if he looked any longer he really wouldn’t be able to hold his expression and laugh.
He slammed the book shut and proceeded to have nothing to do.
Su Jingyan couldn’t help but sigh with a few notes of sourness.
Ugh, suddenly I miss Lu Yichen so much.
Just as Su Jingyan was thinking about this, suddenly, a “knock knock” sound rang out.
The door of the classroom was rapped with a knuckle-knock, and the clamor abruptly stopped for a moment because of this sudden knock.
After the man knocked, without waiting for any feedback from the people inside, he directly opened the door of the classroom and walked in.
He lifted his head slightly and scanned the classroom, his eyes quickly locking onto a certain spot with pinpoint accuracy, the corners of his mouth slightly rising with a smile he couldn’t hide after seeing the person he was looking for.
The man was quite tall, and his overall demeanor appeared rather indifferent. His features were well-defined and he wore a relatively formal outfit. However, his entire aura inexplicably gave off an impression of a refined scoundrel.
All in all, a handsome man!
The girls in the classroom gasped the moment the man appeared.
Handsome man eh!
The man stood still, his eyes like ink, scanning the entire classroom.
“Excuse me, I’m looking for Su Jingyan.” The man’s voice was cold and clear, but with some unique magnetism.
When the surroundings quieted down, Su Jingyan might have been daydreaming, as he didn’t detect any anomalies at all. He continued to keep his head down, lost in thought.
It wasn’t until the man suddenly pronounced his name that Su Jingyan’s heart jolted. Then, he abruptly lifted his head and looked towards the entrance. His eyes still held a somewhat foolish and bewildered look.
Just like that, Su Jingyan’s gaze met the man’s gaze accurately.
The latter, in turn, looked at him with a smile.
Su Jingyan’s eyelids jumped, and his originally lifeless eyes instantly lit up with a few sparkles of delight.
It’s Lu Yichen!
After the surprise, Su Jingyan had some doubts.
Huh, why is Lu Yichen here?
Lu Yichen looked at his expression and the smile at the corner of his mouth deepened.
