I had no confidence about this at all.
Whenever I saw a dead person or a familiar face, my subconscious immediately jumped to the worst possible conclusion.
A freshman had jumped off a building on the very day my sister had arrived at college, with all of us there. No matter how I looked at it, this was a bad sign.
I had lost interest in the mother and daughter across the hall. I craned my neck, peering down at the ground.
I suspected that the dead person would soon turn into a ghost and wreak havoc across the school, dragging my sister into it. That was the last thing I wanted to see happen.
Chen Xiao Qiu tugged at me, and I turned around, catching her meaningful glance.
The onlookers were already leaving, and the students and parents in this dorm room were ready to see their guests off, too.
I had no choice but to go back into the corridor with Chen Xiao Qiu.
My parents asked anxiously what had happened.
I didn't know the specifics, so I could only tell them that someone had jumped off a building.
"Did they fall by accident?" Mom asked. "Is there something wrong with the balcony here?"
I couldn't answer that.
Putting an arm around Mom's shoulders, I headed to my sister's dorm first.
My sister's dormitory balcony faced the other way, so we couldn't see what had happened to the person who'd jumped.
A girl was already unpacking in the dorm. Hearing us, she looked up and greeted us. Her smile was a little stiff. After she and my sister introduced themselves, Mom pulled her aside to ask a few questions. Then they went out onto the balcony, where Mom anxiously checked that the railing was secure.
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