Chapter 38:Weird Campus 7 Toilet

“Area calculations are homework. Submit next class.”

The scar-faced teacher’s marred face twisted into a sinister grin. “Fail to submit, and face the consequences.”

Bang!

The math teacher stormed out as abruptly as he’d arrived.

Everyone exhaled in relief.

Yuan Shen whispered something to Qi Dong.

Her expression shifted. She beckoned Zhang San, pointing at the door.

Zhang San glanced at Ran Feng, whose face darkened. “What?”

Zhang San shook his head at Qi Dong.

Yuan Shen pulled Qi Dong up, heading for the door.

They opened it, peeked out, saw no danger, and left together.

Xu Nian closed her textbook, her gaze falling on the desk’s corner, where words were carved:

Crying comes from the first-floor girls’ bathroom at midnight. Don’t go.

She had to check it out.

Clues were laid out—she couldn’t ignore them.

Xu Nian memorized the message, then scratched it out with her dagger.

But… she recalled the shrinking walls from refusing to enter the classroom.

Could she leave now?

Her seat was near the door. Estimating roughly, the chain would let her reach the entrance to check outside.

At the door, muffled voices drifted through.

Yuan Shen’s low voice: “…that Shen Musi…”

Xu Nian paused, hand on the door, listening.

“She’s been dead for years. This Shen Musi doesn’t even look like her. Don’t overthink it.”

“Yeah, it’s long over,” Qi Dong sighed.

They knew a dead person named Shen Musi?

What a coincidence.

A flicker of surprise crossed Xu Nian’s calm eyes. She glanced back, meeting Shen Musi’s starry gaze.

Light bathed Shen Musi, who raised her chained wrist, eyes swirling with emotions Xu Nian couldn’t read.

“Deskmate, no running off.”

Xu Nian’s lashes trembled.

Memories flashed like a rewinding film, Shen Musi’s figure briefly overlapping with someone’s.

Was it really not her?

Doubt planted a seed in her heart.

“I’m going to the bathroom. Coming?”

Xu Nian asked casually.

“Sure.”

Shen Musi answered just as casually—chained together, what choice did she have?

Shen Musi naturally looped her arm through Xu Nian’s, as if they were close friends.

Xu Nian let her, then took her hand directly.

Shen Musi’s soft hand tentatively held hers, her heart skipping. She gripped back, feigning nonchalance.

“What about the homework? I’m kinda lost. Can you help, deskmate?”

Shen Musi pouted.

Xu Nian noticed her red ear tips.

Leaning close, she whispered, “I finished it. Copy mine.”

Shen Musi happily shook her arm. “You’re the best, deskmate.”

Her ears reddened more.

They left, not seeing Yuan Shen or Qi Dong.

Xu Nian picked a direction down the corridor. Soon, a door with a bathroom sign appeared.

“Ah—!”

A piercing scream rang out before they got close.