Chapter 9

Was what Huo Qing said really true?

Why couldn’t I smell any corpse stench on Zheng Qianfei at all?

Do I really have to foolishly tie a Talisman to my back? Just thinking about it makes me feel so embarrassed, so ashamed…

Unable to make up my mind, I decided to consult Ren Anran, and told her all about Huo Qing’s warning.

After hearing it, Ren Anran burst out laughing, “Xu Yi, Huo Qing has something wrong with her head, you’ve been played by her! Corpse stench? She’s totally making things up! I just had hotpot with Qianfei, and if there’s any smell, it’s the delicious scent of beef tallow hotpot!”

Ren Anran’s words made me feel ashamed of my baseless suspicions for a while.

But as night fell, I still secretly tied the Talisman Huo Qing gave me to my back, gluing it again and again with 502 glue, not daring to let Ren Anran or Zheng Qianfei see, afraid they’d laugh at me.

I thought, whatever, it’s tied inside my pajamas, no one can see it anyway, and what if it actually works!

Before going to bed, I turned my back to the bunk ladder, facing the wall, thinking, whatever, it’s just sleeping, facing the wall or not, might as well face the wall-what if it works?!

In short, I was a total coward and did everything exactly as Huo Qing said.

Strangely enough, maybe it was psychological, but after midnight, the temperature in the dorm seemed to drop several degrees in an instant.

I wrapped myself tightly in my quilt, the nerves in my forehead pulsing, making me feel especially uneasy.

“Xu Yi, are you asleep?” Suddenly, Zheng Qianfei’s voice came from behind me.

I jumped in fright, instinctively wanting to turn around, but in a flash, I realized: Why is Zheng Qianfei coming to me so late?

I suppressed the urge to turn around, didn’t dare make a sound, and pretended to be asleep.

There was rustling behind me as Zheng Qianfei climbed up the bunk ladder and lay down on my bed, right behind me.

“Xu Yi, stop pretending, I know you’re awake. Ren Anran already told me, Huo Qing asked you to tie a Talisman on your back, not to turn around, not to answer. You actually believe her?”

Me: …

Pretend to sleep!

Seeing me still pretending, Zheng Qianfei sounded a bit annoyed, “Xu Yi, do you know how funny you look right now? There’s something I didn’t want to say, but after thinking it over, I’ll tell you. Do you remember at the start of the semester, all the freshmen went to the computer lab for a psychological test?”

“The results weren’t disclosed by the department, they had to be kept confidential from the students.”

“I was running for the Student Council at the time, and happened to help a psychology professor organize some files. I accidentally saw Huo Qing’s test report, and it clearly said she was diagnosed as showing signs of mental illness!”

“My boyfriend Wu Ranjun is a real person, not some ghost! It’s ridiculous! All this is just Huo Qing’s imagination! Yet you’re the one who believes her.”

Zheng Qianfei pulled out her phone and brought up a photo, “I secretly took a picture of Huo Qing’s test report. If you don’t believe me, see for yourself.”

I keenly noticed something.

Zheng Qianfei had climbed onto my bed, said a lot, did a lot.

But there was one thing she hadn’t done at all.

She hadn’t touched me.

Not even the hem of my clothes.

That’s not right!

Given Zheng Qianfei’s personality, if I kept pretending to sleep and ignored her, she’d usually just flip me over to face her.

But she didn’t!

She didn’t touch me, as if… she didn’t dare to.

Cold sweat broke out on my back.

Just now, driven by intense curiosity, I almost turned around!