Chapter 62: What is the pink hair cut into pieces?

The bell for the last class in the afternoon rang on time.

The slightly depressing atmosphere in the classroom suddenly relaxed.

“Student Chen, how is your hand?”

Yin Qingle, who was sitting at the front table, turned around and asked quietly.

There was still a hint of lingering guilt in her voice.

Her clear eyes seemed to hold a pool of spring water.

This made Chen Dongyang feel a little embarrassed.

“It’s okay, I’m much better now.”

He waved his left hand.

He tried to make his smile look more relaxed.

“That won’t do.”

“Classmate Chen was injured while protecting her.”

“We sisters must remember this favor.”

Yin Xiran also came over.

She had an incomprehensible smile on her face.

“How about this?”

“To show our gratitude, we treat you to dinner this weekend?”

“No, no, you’re too polite.”

Chen Dongyang quickly refused.

At that moment, our homeroom teacher, Ms. Yang, walked into the classroom.

She had a lesson plan under her arm.

The class, which had been noisy at first, instantly quieted down.

She patted the podium.

She cleared her throat.

A serious expression crossed her face.

“One more thing before school ends.”

“Everyone, if you have nothing to do, please don’t go to that old teaching building to the west.”

“Do you understand?”

She swept her eyes across the class.

“This morning, a few freshmen ignored our advice and snuck in.”

“They had an accident and broke their legs.”

“They’ve been taken to the hospital.”

“That building has been in disrepair for a long time and is very unsafe.”

“If I catch anyone going there again, they’ll all be given a serious warning!”

There was a whisper in the class.

Obviously, everyone had heard more or less about the various rumors about the old teaching building.

“Old teaching building?”

Yin Xiran muttered softly.

There was curiosity glittering in her eyes.

Yin Qingle also looked confused.

After all, they had just transferred to this school today.

So it was normal that they didn’t know anything.

Chen Dongyang felt this was a good time to change the subject.

So he explained.

“Our school used to have two campuses, but they later merged.”

“The building to the west is all that’s left of the old campus.”

“It’s said to be over 30 years old.”

“Due to various issues like aging circuits and unstable structure, it was completely abandoned five or six years ago.”

“The school has always said it would be demolished, but I don’t know why it’s been delayed until now.”

“Is that all?”

Yin Xiran was obviously not satisfied with this explanation.

Her bright eyes were full of expectation of “Tell me the gossip quickly.”

What else?

Faced with such an onslaught of gazes, Chen Dongyang felt helpless.

He could only lower his voice as he continued.

“There are many rumors about that place in the school.”

“Some say strange cries can be heard coming from the building at night.”

“Others say that a student once disappeared there and never emerged again.”

“The most famous rumor is that the mirror in the last stall of the women’s restroom on the third floor of that building can reflect your future death.”

“Woo…”

Yin Qingle’s face turned pale.

She subconsciously grabbed her sister’s sleeve.

“They’re just unfounded rumors.”

Chen Dongyang scratched his cheek.

“I think they’re all fake, because there are no mirrors in the restrooms of No. 2 Middle School.”

“I see.”

The curiosity on Yin Xiran’s face did not dissipate.

Instead, it became more interested.

“So, those freshmen this morning were not going to verify this legend, right?”

“That’s probably the case.”

Chen Dongyang shrugged.

“Every year, there are a few brave freshmen who want to go on ‘adventures’.”

“But they either get locked in and scared to death, or they accidentally fall and hurt themselves.”

“Anyway, you should just stay away from it.”

“I understand.”

Yin Xiran nodded with a smile.

Not knowing how much she had understood.

After school, Chen Dongyang cleaned up his desk.

He declined Yin Xiran’s repeated invitation to “eat to make amends.”

He walked home alone.

His mind was in a mess.

Sometimes he thought of the dangerous crimson energy when Yin Qingle lost control.

Sometimes he thought of Jiang Yuxin’s cold eyes that seemed to see through everything.

Sometimes he thought of his own newly awakened ability to rewind time.

All of this seemed like a mess.

This made him feel upset.

Just as he walked to the school gate.

He was about to turn back home.

He caught a glimpse of a familiar figure out of the corner of his eye.

At the end of the path leading west.

A slender girl with long black hair walked leisurely.

Her back was lonely and cold.

Even from a distance, her aura of repulsion was still clearly discernible.

It’s Jiang Yuxin.

Chen Dongyang stopped subconsciously.

Where is she going?

That direction… is the old teaching building.

The head teacher had just warned her not to go near that place.

So why did she still go there?

Didn’t she hear him?

No, given her personality, even if she did hear him, she would probably just ignore him.

But what was she going there for?

Was there anything in that old, dusty, abandoned building that could interest her?

An indescribable feeling quietly crept into Chen Dongyang’s heart.

This made him feel a little uneasy.

He hesitated for a moment.

Reason told him that this was none of his business.

Jiang Yuxin was an extremely dangerous guy.

It was definitely not a wise move to approach him.

He should turn around and go home immediately.

Pretending he hadn’t seen anything.

But……

He recalled the repeated falls from the rooftop.

And his still-aching arm.

He had a hunch that everything that had happened to Jiang Yuxin was inextricably linked to these “abnormalities.”

And he, swept up in this current without explanation, feared it was impossible to stay out of it.

“What a hassle…”

Chen Dongyang complained softly.

But still resigned himself to his fate and followed quietly.

The road leading to the old teaching building was indeed desolate.

The weeds on either side grew to a height of more than a meter.

They nearly buried the narrow concrete path.

It was completely silent.

With only the rustling of leaves and the sound of my own heartbeat to be heard.

He followed Jiang Yuxin from a distance.

Using the trees and abandoned buildings on the roadside as cover.

Carefully keeping his distance.

Jiang Yuxin’s pace was not fast.

Each step was calm and light.

As if he was not walking towards an abandoned building full of strange rumors.

But taking a walk in his own back garden.

Soon, the old teaching building shrouded in the afterglow of the setting sun appeared at the end of the sight.

Jiang Yuxin’s figure flashed at a corner in front of the teaching building.

Then disappeared.

Chen Dongyang’s heart tightened.

He quickly quickened his pace.

Rushing forward in two steps at a time.

Turning the corner.

However, the scene before him made him freeze in place for a moment.

Empty.

There was a small open space behind the corner.

Facing the main entrance of the old teaching building.

The open space was completely exposed.

With only a few clumps of half-dead weeds.

No place to hide.

Jiang Yuxin just disappeared right under his nose.

Chen Dongyang subconsciously took a half step back.

Looking around warily.

Aside from the sound of the wind, there was no other movement.

The silent old school building lay dormant in the twilight.

Like a giant beast waiting for its prey to fall into its trap.

Is it some kind of power she has?

Something that allows her to become invisible, or perform short-distance space jumps?

Chen Dongyang didn’t know.

He only knew that this place exuded an indescribable weirdness.

Go back.

The voice of reason screamed in his head.

This was beyond his comprehension.

If he continued to dwell on this, who knew what would happen.

But……

He gritted his teeth.

Ultimately suppressing the urge to turn and run.

He had a feeling that if he left today, he might miss a crucial clue.

A clue that was connected to that damned cycle and all the mysteries surrounding Jiang Yuxin.

He didn’t want to look back on this day with regret.

He quickly rushed to the main entrance of the old teaching building.

A huge rusty lock was hung on the locked door.

The gap between the doors was filled with dead leaves and cobwebs.

It was obvious that no one had entered from here for a long time.

How on earth did she get in?

Chen Dongyang walked around the base of the teaching building.

Most of the windows on the first floor were nailed shut with wooden boards.

The few windows that survived were too high from the ground.

Making it impossible for a person to climb in within a short time.

After much hesitation, Chen Dongyang’s gaze finally settled on a window on the side of the teaching building.

The glass had completely shattered.

Leaving only an empty window frame.

It was relatively low to the ground.

With a few stacked bricks below.

Seeming enough to serve as a foothold.

“I’m really asking for trouble…”

He complained softly.

But still climbed up using his hands and feet.

Carefully flipped into the window.

A stale smell of dust, mold, and rotting paper hit him in the face.

Making him cough a few times.

The place he landed in seemed to be an abandoned storage room.

Dimly lit.

With scattered table and chair legs and tattered books everywhere.

Chen Dongyang did not stay here for too long.

He pushed open the half-open door.

Walked into the long and silent corridor in the teaching building.

The afterglow of the setting sun shone through the windows at the end of the corridor.

Dyeing the dust particles floating in the air golden.

Light and shadow intertwined in the corridor.

Casting large patches of mottled shadows.

Making the abandoned building look even more eerie and dark.

He lowered his head and looked at the ground.

The thick dust was covered with messy footprints.

There were more than one kind of footprints.

Some large, some small.

Some deep, some shallow.

Some old, some new.

Spreading deep into the corridor and towards the stairwell.

It seemed that the freshmen mentioned by the homeroom teacher were not the only visitors here.

This building seemed to be frequented by people.

He gathered himself.

Walked forward.

Following the clearest direction of the footprints.

The sound of his footsteps echoed in the empty corridor.

Seeming particularly abrupt.

He glanced at the empty classrooms on either side.

Most of the doors were open.

The desks and chairs inside were piled haphazardly.

Covered in thick dust.

On some of the blackboards, faint traces of graffiti and posters left by former students remained.

Faded chalk writings read slogans like “Celebrate New Year’s Day” and “Study Hard, Make Progress Every Day.”

In the dim light, they gave off an eerie, frozen feeling.

There is no sign of Jiang Yuxin here.

He climbed the stairs.

Walked up carefully.

The situation on the second floor was similar to the first floor.

Still empty.

Chen Dongyang’s heart beat faster and faster.

He didn’t know what he was looking for.

Or what he was afraid of.

He continued to climb up.

Until he reached the third floor.

Just as he stepped onto the third floor.

A very faint, almost indistinct sound of music suddenly floated into his ears.

It was like a piano piece.

The melody ethereal and beautiful.

Yet tinged with an indescribable purity and sorrow that seemed to belong to another world.

In this deserted, empty building.

The sudden burst of music brought no comfort.

Instead, it felt like an icy hand.

Instantly strangling Chen Dongyang’s throat.

A layer of cold sweat broke out on his back.

Where does music come from?

He swallowed.

Forced himself to calm down.

Listened carefully.

Trying to identify the source of the sound.

The music seemed to come from the other end of the corridor.

Where there was a classroom door closed tightly.

With the words “Music Classroom” vaguely written on the doorplate.

He clenched his fists.

Mustered all his courage.

Walked step by step in that direction.

The closer he got, the clearer the melody became.

As if there was an invisible magic that was tempting him to keep moving forward.

Just when he was less than five meters away from the door.

His palms were covered in cold sweat.

A cold hand rested on his shoulder without warning.

“!”

Chen Dongyang’s hair stood on end instantly.

He shuddered as if he had been electrocuted.

Nearly screaming.

He stiffly and slowly turned his head.

What caught my eye was Jiang Yuxin’s exquisite and flawless face.

She had appeared behind him without a sound.

Like a ghost.

Her black eyes looked particularly deep in the dim light.

Gazing at him calmly.

“Huh…”

Chen Dongyang breathed a sigh of relief.

Feeling like he was almost scared to death.

“Scaring people can kill them, you know that!”

“You’re the one feeling guilty.”

Jiang Yuxin withdrew his hand.

His voice as cold as the gloomy aura that lingered in this building for years.

“Why are you here?”

“Shouldn’t I be the one asking you this?”

Chen Dongyang calmed down and asked.

“The homeroom teacher just told us not to come here, and you turned around and ran over here.”

“Also, how did you disappear downstairs just now?”

Jiang Yuxin snorted coldly and didn’t answer.

Just glanced at him calmly.

She didn’t feel angry about being followed.

Of course, this might be because the other party was Chen Dongyang.

She was thinking about whether to reveal something to the other party.

After a moment, she slowly spoke.

“When I was reading that woman’s thoughts, I found something interesting, so I came over to take a look.”

“I see.”

Chen Dongyang nodded.

Then realized.

“You mean… mind reading?”

The word made his scalp tingle again.

“That’s right.”

Jiang Yuxin looked at his shocked expression.

A meaningful smile curling up at the corner of her mouth.

Seeming very satisfied with the effect.

She deliberately took a half step forward.

Lowering her voice a bit.

With a hint of bluffing and playfulness.

“It’s just as you think.”

“I can’t hide anything you think from me.”

Chen Dongyang subconsciously took a step back.

Wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

Mind reading?

Doesn’t that mean that all his thoughts are as naked as if they were exposed to this girl?

With no secrets left?

Could it be that she heard all the secrets about the time loop?

His speculations about her abilities?

And even his random complaints?

He quickly reviewed his recent thoughts in his mind.

Then forced himself to comfort himself.

Fortunately, I didn’t seem to have any thoughts of doing anything bad to classmate Jiang.

Maybe?

The current date is September 25, 2025.### Chapter 21

“Xiran… Is it really okay for us to leave classmate Chen alone in the infirmary like this?”

After leaving the infirmary for a distance, Yin Qingle couldn’t help but speak in a low voice.

His fingers unconsciously twisting the corners of his clothes.

His tone filled with obvious worry and a hint of complaint.

Yin Xiran walked briskly ahead.

Upon hearing this, she turned with a sly smile on her face.

Like a fox that had snuck a candy treat.

“Oh, my dear sister,” she drawled, winking mischievously.

“How long have we known each other, and you’re already turning your back on me?”

“You’re already feeling sorry for classmate Chen?”

“I, your dear sister, will be jealous.”

“That’s not the case!”

Yin Qingle’s cheeks instantly turned a light red.

“Student Chen was injured while protecting me, and… he looked really uncomfortable…”

“It would be rude for us to just walk away…”

Her voice got smaller and smaller.

Almost becoming a mumble.

Yin Xiran looked at her sister’s shy yet serious expression.

She couldn’t help but chuckle.

She reached out and gently pinched Yin Qingle’s soft cheek.

“Okay, okay, I was just kidding.”

“Sister is just too kind and treats everyone so well.”

“Don’t worry, isn’t the school doctor here?”

“Besides, we can’t help much if we stay there, and it will make classmate Chen feel uncomfortable.”

“Is that so?”

Yin Qingle muttered in disbelief.

Seeing her sister like this, Yin Xiran’s smile grew even wider.

However, when they turned a corner in a stairwell, the relaxed smile faded quietly.

Jiang Yuxin was standing there quietly.

Her back against the window.

The afternoon sun cast a pale golden outline behind her.

Making her already delicate face seem even more unreal.

She seemed to have been waiting for a long time.

Yin Qingle subconsciously shrank behind her sister.

She instinctively felt a little afraid of this classmate with an overly cold aura.

Yin Xiran walked up to him.

The expression on his face returned to its calm and composed state.

“Did you find anything?”

She asked directly.

Jiang Yuxin shook his head.

His eyes calm and unperturbed.

“He looks normal.”

“To analyze his peculiarities, we may need more samples.”

Her tone was more like she was discussing an experimental subject rather than a classmate who had just saved someone.

“Sample…”

Yin Xiran chewed on the word.

His eyes moving slightly.

“I…what are you talking about?”

Yin Qingle on the side was confused.

She looked at Jiang Yuxin, then at her sister.

Quietly pulled the corner of Yin Xiran’s clothes.

Her clear eyes full of confusion.

“Nothing,” Yin Xiran turned around.

A sly, reassuring smile on her face.

“I was just discussing with Jiang how to thank our heroic savior.”

“After all, my sister and I are not good at dealing with boys.”

She casually changed the subject.

Continued walking forward.

Pulling the still confused Yin Qingle.

But her thoughts drifted back to a while ago.

——

“What do you want?”

Jiang Yuxin seemed pleased with Yin Xiran’s directness.

She didn’t answer immediately.

But turned around and stood shoulder to shoulder with Yin Xiran.

Her gaze fixed on the distance.

“I’m not interested in your sisters’ story.”

“Nor do I have any desire to research your sister’s ability, which could spiral out of control at any moment.”

Her voice was flat.

Yet tinged with a subtle arrogance.

“I’m also not particularly interested in you, or your ability to create a barrier against my mental detection.”

Yin Xiran stared coldly at the girl in front of him.

“What I want is very simple.”

Jiang Yuxin finally withdrew his gaze.

Fell on Yin Xiran’s face.

“I want to know everything about Chen Dongyang.”

This answer was completely unexpected for Yin Xiran.

She had considered countless possibilities.

Perhaps Jiang Yuxin wanted to use the power of the sisters.

Or perhaps to obtain some unknown information from them.

Or even some kind of material exchange.

But she never expected that Jiang Yuxin’s target was Chen Dongyang.

Who seemed to have no special features except that he was active and honest.

“Student Chen?”

Yin Xiran’s face showed just the right amount of confusion.

But a wary glint flickered deep in his eyes.

“Is there anything special about him?”

“From what I’ve seen, he’s just an ordinary, even a little overly enthusiastic, high school boy.”

“Ordinary?”

Jiang Yuxin chuckled.

A hint of amusement in her voice.

“Yin Xiran, put away your boring probing.”

“You know very well that in this small campus, there are only three of us who are truly ‘abnormal’.”

“No, maybe now you have to include your sister, making a total of four.”

“And he is the most special one among them.”

Yin Xiran fell silent.

She recalled Chen Dongyang’s almost predictable reaction from earlier.

That kind of reaction speed and decisiveness, which surpassed the limits of ordinary people.

Could not really be explained as “normal.”

However, simply saying that did not do justice to Jiang Yuxin’s attitude.

“Perhaps you’ve already guessed it,” Jiang Yuxin broke the silence.

Her voice flat as if stating a fact that had nothing to do with her.

“Chen Dongyang is very special.”

“But you may not have realized what makes him so special.”

Yin Xiran raised his eyes.

With a hint of inquiry in his eyes.

“My ability has no effect on him.”

Jiang Yuxin said slowly.

His eyes lowered.

“Simply put, my power is mind control.”

“Theoretically, I can read, rewrite, and even erase anyone’s thoughts.”

“But for him, it’s like throwing a stone into a bottomless abyss.”

“I get no response.”

Yin Xiran’s pupils shrank slightly.

“I initially thought Chen Dongyang’s ability was something that nullified the abilities of others…”

“But,” Jiang Yuxin changed the subject.

Her cold gaze piercing through people’s hearts.

“Your sister’s power was able to hurt him.”

“The crimson energy did in fact cause physical burns on his arm.”

“We all saw it with our own eyes.”

The girl analyzed.

“This shows that his ‘immunity’ is targeted.”

“It’s likely just an absolute mental resistance.”

Yin Xiran listened.

Her mind raced.

Trying to connect this information with the details she had observed.

“What does this have to do with us?”

She asked calmly.

“Of course it’s related.”

Jiang Yuxin’s smile deepened.

“You were able to instantly build a barrier under my mental detection this morning.”

“Which proves that you are extremely sensitive to mental interference.”

“At the same time, you can control the movement trajectory of objects from a distance.”

“Just like you did just now.”

Her gaze instantly sharpened.

“Even if your ability primarily manifests as physical interference.”

“Its essence must be closely connected to the spiritual realm.”

“Otherwise, you wouldn’t be able to sense my detection.”

“Let alone intercept it in time.”

“Your manipulation of objects is merely an extension of your personal will.”

“A form of advanced telekinesis.”

These words left Yin Xiran completely silent.

To some extent, Jiang Yuxin’s analysis was not wrong.

“So, you need me to use my ability to help you test and confirm whether classmate Chen is simply immune to mental abilities.”

“Or in other words, he simply ignores your abilities for no reason?”

Yin Xiran tried to analyze from Jiang Yuxin’s perspective.

“That’s right.”

Jiang Yuxin nodded slightly.

“I agree, if you can really help my sister.”

Yin Xiran’s expression was a little complicated.

The young man had just saved her sister.

And now she was going to use her own abilities to test him.

She quickly came to her senses and asked.

“Do you want to do it now?”

“That’s not necessary.”

“Let’s find a more suitable time.”

The girl’s lips curled up slightly.

“As for now… why don’t we go to the infirmary?”

“I’m concerned about the scars your sister left on him.”

“Maybe we can find something else.”