Linjiang No. 5 Middle School has the best educational resources in the city and is also the largest closed management school in the province.
"Classmate, school doesn't start until tomorrow. You can't enter the school today."
The middle-aged man in uniform in the security booth has a harsh voice. Unlike the older security guards in other schools, the security guards here are young people who have received professional and hard training. When he speaks, his face under the brim of his hat is expressionless, and the air between the two of them is... Braving the unique chill of autumn.
"I need to go through the admission procedures."
"one person?"
The feeling of being looked up and down by others was very uncomfortable for Li Huixi.
"Um."
"Li Huixi...right...you've registered, let's go in."
Bangdang...
The school's magnetic iron door slowly opened, and the shaft made a dull sound. Li Huixi needed two hands to push the door, and the black paint on the door peeled off in her hands.
The autumn wind passed through the leaves on the roadside, and a few dead leaves fell down. School hasn't officially started yet today, and the school is unusually quiet. Coupled with the gloomy weather, it makes people feel inexplicably uneasy. The occasional recess bell became the only sound in the school, but it was even more desolate in the emptiness.
When she walked outside the building where student status was processed, Li Huixi's eyes always glanced at uninhabited places unconsciously.
"I can't describe the feeling of uneasiness. The walls in the whole school... are all red..."
Li Huixi raised her head and looked around. The entire school is painted red without exception, and perhaps this is where the uneasiness comes from.
"What a depressing color."
Fortunately, there were people coming and going in the office building and it didn't look deserted.
Li Huixi muttered alone and walked silently towards the building. The moment she opened the door, she was immediately stunned. The originally howling wind was isolated from the building when the glass door closed. A few beads of sweat appeared on Li Huixi's forehead. She swallowed and stared warily at the empty hall in front of her.
Before entering, there were many figures walking back and forth here, but everyone seemed to have disappeared the moment the door opened. There was no sign of anyone appearing or appearing in the main hall on the first floor.
"I can't be wrong. There were clearly a lot of people here just now..."
"It's separated by a glass door. How could it be wrong? You stopped hallucinating many years ago."
When Li Huixi was confused about the situation, a figure happened to flash past in the corner.
Not caring too much, Li Huixi hurried to catch up and wanted to ask which floor the office where she applied for student status was located:
"excuse me?"
Li Huixi caught up with the figure, who seemed to be the teacher here. The person in front of him has a slender body and long limbs, and he holds a stack of documents in his forearm.
When the teacher heard someone calling her, she reacted immediately and slowly turned her head.
Li Huixi just breathed a sigh of relief, but the standard smile she was about to squeeze out froze on her face: the teacher in front of her was right in front of her. When she turned around, she gradually disappeared without a trace...
What's even more unforgettable is that she turned around in a posture that was impossible for humans to achieve. The bones in her neck creaked, but her lower body did not move at all. Her throat vibrated slightly, making a very subtle sound, " "Cluck" sound.
Li Huixi could still see the solidified and blackened blood on her face covering her facial features, and the faintly visible corpse spots. The only part of her mouth that could be seen clearly was twitching in a strange way, as if she was telling something.
Li Huixi was stunned by the scene in front of her, cold sweat broke out on her back, and she murmured secretly:
"Then those I saw outside the door couldn't be..."
Under the pale light, Li Huixi's body was suddenly covered by a tall shadow, and a cold hand was placed on her shoulder, which made Li Huixi shiver unconsciously. But then he immediately grabbed the arm behind him and used his strength to throw the person behind him into front of him.
"Hiss...it hurts so much.!"
The thin girl wearing the uniform of No. 5 Middle School fell in front of Li Huixi.
"who?"
"Don't be afraid, I'm a normal person."
The girl held her hands in front of her body and forced a twisted and awkward smile from her pain-affected face.
Li Huixi's eyes moved around quickly, waved her hands, looked down at the girl at her feet, and asked with a hint of doubt:
"Normal person? What do you mean?"
Having said this, the girl hurriedly stood up and blocked Li Huixi's mouth. The pain and bitter smile on her face had been forced to dissipate at some point, and were replaced by fear. She looked around vigilantly, and saw that there was still nothing around, so she stretched out her hand. Li Huixi pushed into the toilet and pulled each cubicle in turn. When she saw that no one was there, she pulled Li Huixi into the last cubicle and slid the door core shut.
"Don't let the school know that you can see it, otherwise..."
"Otherwise what?"
"Your existence will disappear."
"Huh? What do you mean?"
"It means that everything about you will be erased, and no one will remember that you have ever been in this world."
The girl's expression was serious and her voice was extremely low. Considering the unnatural events that had just happened, the girl's words were not entirely untrustworthy.
Li Huixi looked at the girl's panic expression and smiled unconsciously.
"Why are you laughing? Aren't you afraid?"
“Once you understand the basic issues, there will be nothing to fear about the unknown.”
"I live on campus all year round, so there are a lot of these things during the holidays, but when school starts, I can hardly see them anymore."
Li Huixi laughed to herself, but the girl could tell that she was laughing at her cowardice.
"Really, do you remember what I said?"
"Okay, okay, I won't laugh at you anymore. What do you call me?"
"Chen Chichi, Class 15, Senior High School."
Li Huixi nodded and looked Chen Chichi up and down several times. Inside the coat was the summer uniform of No. 5 Middle School. The color of the clothes was relatively simple. There were a few ink marks left by a black gel pen on his right hand. The first knuckle of the index finger has become calloused, indicating that I write frequently.
"It seems she didn't lie to you..."
At this time, Li Huixi exposed her hands, put down her guard, smiled and said:
"My name is Li Huixi... I just came to school today. Do you know where to apply for a student registration?"
"Transfer student, no wonder you dare to talk to that kind of thing."
Chen Chichi sighed and breathed a deep sigh of relief. He pushed open the toilet door with his left hand, held Li Huixi's hand with the other hand, and walked towards the archives office.
Dong dong dong...
"Hello teacher, this is the newly transferred classmate."
After knocking on the door, the two of them entered the office one after another. All other work stations were empty, except for a female teacher sitting in the last seat by the window.
As soon as she entered the room, Li Huixi's eyes kept looking around. When Chen Chichi saw that she had not spoken for a long time, he took the initiative to introduce:
"This is Teacher Song from the archives room."
After hearing this, Li Huixi just nodded at the other party, and then handed over the file.
Teacher Song didn't care about Li Huixi's rudeness. He just took the file and registered it on his own. The sound of the keyboard echoed in every corner of the room. Chen Chichi stood there awkwardly, looking at the two people with cold eyes. People didn't know what to say for a while.
Fortunately, Teacher Song quickly stopped typing on the keyboard, broke the silence, and said:
"Go report to Class 3 tomorrow. Let's stay in the same dormitory as Chichi. There happen to be only three people in their dormitory."
Li Huixi nodded, but Chen Chichi on the side became excited. He raised his arms and wanted to hug Li Huixi, but looking at her dead fish eyes, he lowered his arms again with a happy look on his face. said:
"You're lucky. The teacher of Class 3 is my mother. Let's go and take you to buy a quilt. It's getting colder, so don't freeze your little body."
Li Huixi looked at Chen Chichi in front of her, and there was a moment of envy in her eyes, but it quickly dissipated, and the tight muscles all over her body slowly relaxed.
"You just need to walk in front, you don't have to hold my hand all the time."
Li Huixi shook off Chen Chichi's hand and had been holding her hand since she came out of the toilet. She took a step forward and wanted to walk side by side with Chen Chichi.
After passing through several teaching buildings and passing by the lake in the center of the school, the shop selling bedding was just downstairs of the dormitory. The weather was getting gloomier and gloomier, and the air was extremely hot and muggy. It was obviously noon, but there was not much light coming through the dark clouds.
It's just lake water... Li Huixi took a second look when she passed by. The sign on the side read:
“People don’t know the way, and clear water reflects the sky.
When I came back to see it, I saw the world on the lake. "
The styles of the school's products are all uniform, and the bedding patterns and colors are only a few, leaving little room for choice. Li Huixi took a fancy to the pure black suit with no pattern in the store at a glance. The boss was about to take it off. He was stopped by Chen Chichi.
"You're such a boring person. You chose such a boring design for your quilt. Look at this, the little florals suit you so well."
Li Huixi glanced at Chen Chichi helplessly, but did not refute her suggestion. When the boss saw the situation, he took off the light yellow and pink floral bedding cover in the store and handed it to the two of them, saying at the same time:
"Chi Chi is right, little girl, you should use something cute. If you choose this set, Auntie will make a bed for you upstairs."
"That's it, but I can do it myself."
Li Huixi took the package and went upstairs without looking back.
"Auntie, that's just the way she is, don't be surprised."
"You're the most popular kid."
After Chen Chichi finished taking care of things at his aunt's place, he got up and went upstairs to chase Li Huixi.
The tree, struck by the strong wind, struggled to flutter its branches.
After packing up all the things and making the bed, Li Huixi's stomach just started growling. When she got downstairs, Li Huixi happened to meet the aunt who had just returned from shopping outside the school and sold her quilts at noon:
"Auntie, where is the canteen? You haven't told me for a long time."
"Just go west through the small playground. By the way, who is Chichi?"
The aunt's understatement exploded in Li Huixi's head like gunpowder. Li Huixi looked at the aunt in front of her in disbelief and confirmed again word by word:
"That's the little girl who came back with me, Chen Chichi, the child of the third class teacher."
"Don't tease me, girl, the teacher from Class Three has never had a child."
Li Huixi ran back to the dormitory quickly, her eyes widened, and her back was soaked with cold sweat again. She counted the beds in the dormitory with student daily necessities, but the room was only so big. When he got into his own bed, there were only three beds with signs of use. The bed that was supposed to belong to Chen Chichi was now empty.
The sky had turned dark at some point. In the corridor, only the green lights of the safety exits flickered to provide light sources. Scattered moonlight fell into the bedroom, and there was only the bare shadow of Li Huixi on the pale floor tiles.
"Everything was fine when I came in, but when..."
"I'm afraid your conversation in the bathroom was overheard by others."
Li Huixi's voice sounded in her mind again. She would always talk to this voice when she was not communicating with other people. Almost all the time. This is also the reason why others think she often talks to herself.
"But why do you still remember her?"
"how could I know?"
"Hey, that aunt is watching you at the top of the stairs."
"I don't have time to care about her. The most important thing now is to find Chen Chichi."
"But she looks at you like you're crazy."
"What's wrong... I'm crazy to begin with."
