Ever since entering the Abandoned School, my grades had steadily declined, but I no longer cared.
Wu Yong looked at me and said, "Liang Fan, what's happened to you lately? You've completely lost your spirit. It's just a girlfriend, isn't it?"
I shook my head and looked toward Song Shuangqing in the distance. She had grown haggard over the past few days and looked to be in very bad shape.
But I had no time to care about her, and I no longer felt the way I once had.
Just then, Song Shuangqing walked over. She lowered her head and said softly, "Liang Fan, there's something I want to talk to you about."
"All right." I glanced at her and walked out.
In a corner of the school, Song Shuangqing stopped and turned to look at me. Her expression was complicated as she asked, "I know I wronged you. I want to get back together. As long as you can forgive me..."
"That's impossible." I refused outright and turned to leave.
Song Shuangqing's face fell, but she didn't stop me. She only watched silently as I walked away.
When I returned to the classroom, I lay facedown on my desk, feeling miserable inside.
If not for that bastard Li Yuming, I would still be dating Song Shuangqing. But now, I had lost everything.
To this day, the school uniform girl still hadn't let me off.
All day, I went around gathering information, searching for anything related to the school uniform girl.
But whenever I asked about her, everyone avoided the subject. In an entire day, not a single person was willing to tell me anything.
This made me realize even more clearly that something extremely terrifying must have happened back then. Otherwise, things could never have become like this.
With no other choice, I went to Old Chen Tou again. After pouring several gulps of strong liquor down his throat, he slurred, "Why are you asking about that girl for no reason? Aren't you just asking for trouble?"
"No matter what, I still want to know what happened back then." I looked at him and asked seriously.
Old Chen Tou shook his head and said, "Stop asking. If you ask too many questions, you won't be safe either."
"Why?" I couldn't help asking.
"It's a taboo of this school. No one is allowed to mention it." Old Chen Tou looked at me, but his words made my head explode with a bang. His eyes were so clear at that moment, without the slightest trace of drunkenness.
Only then did I realize that Old Chen Tou hadn't been drunk from the beginning. He had deliberately said those things!
"What happened back then? Why was the school abandoned? Tell me quickly." I looked at him and shouted.
Old Chen Tou shook his head and said calmly, "What good would telling you do? There's nothing to worry about anymore."
I didn't understand what he meant, but I could only leave helplessly.
For the next few days, everything remained peaceful. Apart from attending school, I continued searching for clues about the school uniform girl.
But I couldn't find anything, and the anxiety was driving me frantic. Then, while casually browsing the school forum, I made a major discovery.
I found a post from five years ago. It hadn't received a single reply at the time.
The content was simple, consisting of only a few sentences: "This is terrifying. I've never encountered anything like this in my life. A perfectly good person suddenly committed suicide. It's truly horrifying."
The post was from five years ago. I froze for a moment. That meant the school uniform girl had committed suicide five years ago.
No wonder I couldn't find any clues. The students from five years ago had already graduated, while the remaining teachers had been ordered by the school to keep silent. That was how the whole matter had been completely buried.
I hurriedly asked him about what had happened five years ago, but he stammered and refused to talk about it. Just as I pressed him anxiously, he suddenly said, "Give me five thousand yuan, and I'll tell you."
I agreed immediately, and we arranged to meet somewhere.
When I arrived at the meeting place, I saw a blond guy walking over with a cigarette between his lips.
He glanced at me and asked, "Are you the one from the forum?"
"Yes, that's me." I nodded.
"Follow me." Blondie led me through several winding turns until we reached a small alley. Only then did he hold out his hand and say, "Do you have the money?"
"Of course I do, but I want to know what happened back then." I held out my hand and took out a kraft-paper envelope.
Blondie snatched it away, counted the money, then handed me a slip of paper. "Someone asked me to give this to you. If there's nothing else, I'm leaving."
With that, he left at once. I didn't stop him and simply opened the note.
There was only one sentence: "The girl who died five years ago was named Han Qianqian. She was threatened and raped, so she chose suicide. She was in Class 3-5. It was a massive scandal, and the school kept it under extremely tight wraps."
"I was a student who graduated five years ago, and I witnessed what happened back then. But the school forbade us from talking about it. Otherwise, they would revoke our diplomas."
After reading this, I breathed a sigh of relief, my face filled with excitement. Although the note didn't contain much information, it finally told me the school uniform girl's name.
I returned to the classroom and continued contacting that netizen on my phone, only to discover that his account had already been deleted.
I was helpless. The trail had gone cold again.
What exactly had Han Qianqian suffered to become like that?
As soon as I thought of this, I suddenly made an extremely bold decision.
Why not just ask the school uniform girl herself?
With that, I let my impulse take over and actually headed toward the Abandoned School. It wasn't until I reached the entrance that I finally calmed down.
I couldn't just go inside like this. If the school uniform girl caught up with me inside, I'd be walking straight into a dead end.
So, standing outside the gate, I called out Han Qianqian's name.
Before you continue