Mother and Daughter Reunited

"Not this one." I shook my head, but at some point, a hint of a smile had also appeared at the corners of my mouth.

That evening, Wu Yong insisted on treating me to dinner and demanded that I bring Lan Lele along.

I hesitated a little, but still gave her a call. Sure enough, Lan Lele came out.

With light makeup on, her delicate face was breathtakingly beautiful. At the dinner table, Wu Yong showered her with praise while constantly bragging about how capable I was.

Lan Lele covered her mouth as she smiled, her gaze occasionally drifting toward me.

After we left, Lan Lele said, "Your friend is quite interesting."

"He's trying to help me," I said calmly.

"Speaking of which, Li Tongtian is no ordinary person at our school." Lan Lele took my hand and narrowed her eyes. "He's the Student Union chairman. He can even speak directly with the Principal."

"Then he really is extraordinary." I replied absentmindedly. Holding her hand, I felt inexplicably elated.

I personally escorted her home. After she waved goodbye, I turned around and headed home.

When I arrived, I swung the Soul Summoning Bell again. This time, I did not go to sleep.

Horror Classroom Section 19

As the eerie sound of the Soul Summoning Bell rang out, the entire room became incomparably gloomy. I waited in silence, staring fearfully at the door. But after a long while, no one pushed it open.

Just as I was wondering about it, I suddenly heard a noise from the window. When I turned my head, I was instantly stunned. A figure had appeared outside the window. It was a man, staring at me blankly, his body covered in bloodstains.

I trembled all over. My home was on the fifth floor, yet there was actually someone outside the window!

Although I was panicking, I gripped the Soul Summoning Bell and tentatively asked the figure outside, "Who are you?"

"You were the one who came looking for me," the man said.

"Is that so?" My nerves eased considerably, and I could not help asking, "How did you die?"

"Someone hit me with a car and fled," the man replied.

"What can you do for me?" I could not help asking.

"Anything within my ability," the man answered.

"Is that right?" An idea suddenly struck me, and I said to him, "I'm a little short of money. Help me get some."

"All right." After saying that, the man vanished.

Half an hour later, the man appeared outside the window again. He knocked the window open, and a cold hand reached through, holding a black bag.

Trembling, I took the black bag. It was filled with a huge amount of money, and I stared at it in shock.

This was too absurd. A ghost could actually obey my commands.

At the thought of this, excitement filled my face. Just as I was about to speak, I saw that the man had vanished.

Only then did I understand. He could help me with just one thing. Even so, the Soul Summoning Bell was still an extraordinarily terrifying magical artifact.

I clutched the Soul Summoning Bell as if it were a priceless treasure, my heart brimming with excitement. With this, even if I escaped Han Qianqian's pursuit, I could still find a way to get money.

The next day, as I walked down the street, I overheard people discussing something. Apparently, a store had suddenly been robbed, and all the money inside had vanished. Yet the surveillance footage showed that no one had entered the store at all.

Hearing this, my expression turned rather unpleasant. After thinking it over, I secretly returned home and took the black plastic bag. Then I quietly put it back in the robbed store and slipped away alone while no one was around.

On my way back to school, I happened to see a large pool of blood on the ground, with signs erected around it. At that moment, I understood. The man who had died the previous night had met with his accident right here.

Mother and Daughter Reunited

On the way back to the classroom, I was filled with excitement. No matter what, I had finally obtained something entirely unprecedented. The Soul Summoning Bell truly possessed an incredibly strange power. Master Du Mo had probably relied on this very item to subdue ghosts.

I lay peacefully on my desk. Wu Yong no longer needed to cover for me, because there was no longer any need.

All the teachers had already given up on me. In the eyes of many classmates, I had become completely despondent after being dumped. Only Wu Yong knew how generous I was in private.

Ever since Master Du Mo died, the school had remained quiet. The construction crew that had originally moved in had all withdrawn by this point.

But I knew very well that the school would not let Han Qianqian off. Their objective was the same as ours: no matter what, they could not let her leave the Abandoned School.

During the third period, Wu Yong patted me on the shoulder and said, "Someone is looking for you."

I nodded and walked out. The moment I stepped outside, my expression became extremely unpleasant.

Han Qianqian's mother was standing in the corridor. When she saw me, she hurried over excitedly and said, "I finally found you."

Seeing her haggard face, I felt somewhat moved.

How much suffering had this poor mother endured to end up in such a state? It looked as though she had walked all the way here. The shoes on her feet were badly worn, making it hard to imagine.

After all, the school must have paid her family a large sum of money to cover up what had happened.

Yet she had not enjoyed a single cent of it. One look at her weathered face was enough to tell that she had never benefited from it in the slightest.

"Child, I finally found you. My husband wouldn't let me come out, so I snuck out." She looked at me timidly. Dressed in tattered clothes and walking down the street, she looked just like a beggar.

"How did you find me?" I asked, looking at her.

"I called Li Tongtian, and he told me to come find you." She looked at me timidly and said, "I hope you can take me to see my daughter."

"In that case, come with me," I said, looking at her.

I led her downstairs. She followed behind me, warily scanning her surroundings.