If there was anything scarier than a ghostly scene in this world, it may be that a nearby ghost suddenly raised their head and called out your name!
[XiaowanâŠ] Zhang Xiaoqing, who played the role of a ghost in her illusion, was wearing a high school uniform. The years had stopped flowing in her body. Her pleading expression was just right and made Su Zimo also have to admire her.
After Zhang Xiaoqing called out the name of Hua Xiaowan, Su Zimo backed up with somewhat stiff and staggering footsteps, hiding himself inconspicuously in an unobtrusive dark corner again.
With Su Zimoâs help, the plot was finally pushed in the right direction. The whole story was like a boulder that had already fallen from the mountain, and the incoming car can no longer be stopped.
[Xiaowan.. Help me! Why does the pen fairy refuse to let me go!] Zhang Xiaoqing was full of bloody tears behind the shabby classroom desk. She looked at Hua Xiaowan with a mournful and pleading expression. [Pen fairy refuses to let me go. Please, please help me get rid of this pen, please!]
âItâs been four years!â All of Hua Xiaowanâs defenses collapsed at that moment. âYouâve disappeared for four years. Why do you want to come back and torture us after four years. Disappear quickly for me, bastard!â
[XiaowanâŠ] The girl sitting alone in the ruined classroom shed bloody tears that couldnât be stopped. The originally white paper on the desk was completely drenched in red. Endless red liquid flowed from the dilapidated wooden desk, down the gaps, all the way to Hua Xiaowanâs feet outside the door.
When Hua Xiaowan raised her hand that was on the ground, she found that it was already covered in that sticky red liquid.
âZhang Xiaoqing, donât forget that you committed suicide back then. Your death has nothing to do with anyone. You committed suicicde!â Hua XIaowanâs hands trembled, trying to grasp her boyfriend Qi Yang, but were quickly avoided by their target.
Even until then, Hua Xiaowan still tried shirking responsibility.
Su Zimo stood on the side and saw it very clearly. If Zhang Xiaoqing really wanted to kill the three pranksters, she could have done it long ago. Such mentally fragile humans werenât troublesome opponents for Zhang Xiaoqing, who had become a ghost.
But the reason why Zhang Xiaoqing spent so much effort to create such an illusion is that, deep in her bones, she was still the high school girl who was so weak that she jumped from the rooftop. She also hoped to be able to hear the truth and a confession from the three pranksters, right?
Qi Yang was like a witness Zhang Xiaoqing chose.
âSuicide? Zhang Xiaoqing? Is this⊠someone you know?!â Qi Yang couldnât help but step back in Su Zimoâs direction. âThe reason why this is happening now is because of your relationship with me. I was dragged into this because of you? What did you three do in the first place! Could it be that Zhang Xiaoqingâs suicide was caused by you?!â
âNo! It has nothing to do with me!â Hua Xiaowan vigorously shook her head again.
[Xiaowan, help me⊠Why does the pen fairy refuse to let me go!] Zhang Xiaoqing cried in the classroom. [Help me, arenât you my best friend?]
âThe pen fairy is fake! The pen fairy is fake, and the three of us pretended and lied to you! There isnât a pen fairy in this world. Youâre the real ghost, and youâre much worse than the pen fairy!â Xua Xiaowan shouted hysterically, âLet us get out of here!â
[Weâre friends, so Iâll listen to you.]
In the blink of an eye, the red liquid that looked like blood had completely disappeared from the illusion. Even the old run-down classroom that was like those of the old teaching building looked cleaner and more tidy than before.
The dust, debris, and trash disappeared, and the stained walls were renewed. Even the broken windows and curtains that hung like rags began to emit a clear and clean feeling. The whole space was lit up.
But if you tried to look out the window, all you could see was white nothingness.
Sitting behind the desk and facing them, Zhang Xiaoqing wore a clean high school uniform with her usual bun on her head. Although her face was expressionless, her ordinary but nice facial features became clean, just like when she and Hua Xiaowan had their first meeting one morning.
Such a change of scenery had slightly reduced the pressure the original environment caused. But a sense of oppression immediately broke out because of what Zhang Xiaoqing said.
[Come to play with the pen fairy? Play pen fairy with me one last time and you can leave here.]
Zhang Xiaoqing looked at them calmly.
[Come and sit with me.]
The desk in front of Zhang Xiaoqing suddenly became two, and there were five more chairs around them, just enough for six people to sit tightly around and play pen fairy.
Most of the people present were stuck in place. They couldnât walk at all, as if their feet were filled with lead.
At that time, the recurring plot promoter Su Zimo walked out of the dark and toward Zhang Xiaoqing without fear, then chose the seat next to her and sat side by side.
The remaining four seats were opposite Zhang Xiaoqing and on either side.
âSu Zimo, what are you doing! Thatâs a ghost!â Qi Yang stared at Su Zimoâs incredible actions.
âShe said that we can leave after playing pen fairy. Donât you want to leave?â Su Zimo spread his hands. âAnd Iâm an atheist who doesnât believe in ghosts. You can find a scientific explanation like a mirage, so letâs come and sit together.â
âTop student⊠You canât ignoreâŠâ
âStudent Qi Yang, are you scared?â Su Zimo sat there tilting his head and asked, hitting Qi Yangâs weak point.
âWho said I was scared?â Qi Yang said, pushing away Hua Xiaowan when she tried to stop him, and walked straight toward Su Zimo in the classroom.
Immediately after, Qi Yang unexpectedly found that a small white note was stuck in front of each personâs chair with a name written on it. There was also a small note in front of Su Zimo, and Qi Yangâs was on the opposite side of him, diagonal to Zhang Xiaoqing.
Hua Xiaowanâs name was directly across from Zhang Xiaoqing.
Perhaps it was because Zhang Xiaoqing had changed the atmosphere within the illusion, but the warm and sunny classroom with clean windows and bright sunshine really didnât look that scary. In addition, Qi Yang was an outside who didnât know about anything, and he was also doubtful about the existence of ghosts.
Considering various things, Qi Yang looked at Su Zimoâs calm face again, then pulled out the chair opposite him and sat down.
Just as Qi Yang took his seat and wanted to look back at Hua Xiaowan and the others, he saw a weird picture â the three of them couldnât take the initiative to approach Zhang Xiaoqing, but the wall behind them was slightly approaching the classroom. The area where they could escape to became smaller and narrower, until finally they were forced into the classroom.
In just a moment of effort, the hallway outside the door disappeared along with the classroom door itself.
The entire illusion was instantly compressed to just a single classroom with its snow-white walls and misty windows. Everything went back to the start of the entire situation. There was no other way to go.
[If you donât like this classroom, maybe we can change it.]
Zhang Xiaoqing looked up at those who refused to move. Her head was tilted ninety degrees, and she smiled and asked: [How about the rooftop?]
âBang!â
At that moment, the three people who didnât want to move started to move. Lin Zhe even fell directly to the floor because of his excessive motion. When he rose from the ground, he found that Wen Xiaoyu had already sat down at the side of the table, and Hua Xiaowan, who stood next to Zhang Xiaoqing, was dragged down by Qen Xiaoyu to sit there stiffly.
[So, letâs talk about the rules of the pen fairy.]
After Lin Zhe also sat down, Zhang Xiaoqingâs expression returned to normal.
Although they all knew the rules of the pen fairy deep in their hearts, no one would question Zhang Xiaoqingâs words at that moment. They didnât want to say a word at all.
[You hold hands together with me, and the pen fairy will choose to go to someone. The person chosen by the pen fairy must ask anyone in the room except for me a question.]
The rules that were completely different from those of the traditional pen fairy made several people in the room take a deep breath, but they didnât question them.
[The one questioned must answer truthfully no matter what question they encounter, otherwiseâŠ]
Zhang Xiaoqing hadnât finished speaking, yet everything other than their desks and chairs disappeared from the classroom in an instant.
Then the next second⊠even the floor disappeared!
The five people and one ghost seemed to be sitting together on a transparent glass floor. Through the invisible floor, they could clearly see a certain school, the playground, the teaching building, and many people who raised their heads to point at them.
Looking up, they were still in that certain classroom.
Looking down, they seemed to be in the sky above a certain school and didnât know how high up they were. If the chairs moved slightly, they would fall to pieces!
Because of this, Hua Xiaowan and the others who were still struggling to retreat now sat there as motionless as logs. Even their breathing seemed to have stopped entirely.
Qi Yang, who had always acted like a strong man, trembled like crazy now. The frequency was high enough to make the chair creak. That kind of behavior would confuse outsiders who wouldnât know whether he was bold or timid.
[Letâs begin.]
In Zhang Xiaoqingâs hand was a broken pencil that looked just like the one they had picked up in the dilapidated classroom back then.
Su Zimo was the first to reach out and be seen stupidly holding onto a ghostâs hand. The others also reached out and shook hands obediently like puppets. Su Zimoâs hand was warmer and more comfortable than the ghostâs that they had imagined.
[Pen fairy, pen fairy, tell me who you want to choose?]
The unfamiliar summoning words rang from Zhang Xiaoqingâs mouth, then the pencil that was erect in the middle of the desk began to move on the paperless table. It was like a knife, gouging deep marks like ravines into the table. It finally moved to Su Zimo.
Such a development was also unexpected by Su Zimo.
[Your turn is first.]
Su Zimo turned his head and gave Zhang Xiaoqing a look that said âplease rest assured.â Then he turned to look at the others present, and found that except for Qi Yang, everyone who looked at him had fear in their eyes. Hua Xiaowanâs was the strongest.
âOne plus oneâŠâ
Su Zimo could hear Hua Xiaowan imply to ask her a simple question in a very faint voice.
If everyone asked simple questions like that, everyone could indeed pass the test easily.
But in fact, Zhang Xiaoqing never said when the pen fairy game would end, so showing off those clever ideas was actually useless.
Su Zimo chose to pretend not to hear, then turned to look at Lin Zhe and asked, âLin Zhe, what is the real reason for Zhang Xiaoqingâs suicide?â