"I was wrong, I was wrong, I was wrong! Please, please stop!"
Wu Mingle let out a hoarse, desperate scream, scattering the memories that had surfaced.
I came to my senses, waking from Wu Mingle's memories.
That man had to be the target I was looking for!
But who—or rather, what—he was, I had no idea.
In Wu Mingle's memories, his face had been blurry.
And the rule he'd told Wu Mingle was definitely a lie! If I hadn't intervened, Wu Mingle's wish would have come true. I could feel it clearly. I was the one who'd disrupted the Blue-Faced Ghost's actions and affected Wu Mingle.
The man's words had been full of insinuations, with a hint of bewitchment.
Perhaps, at first, Wu Mingle had only wanted to use this method to improve her grades and get into Minqing University for graduate school. Taking it a step further, maybe she'd only wanted to secure a recommendation for graduate study. I didn't think she'd been planning from the start to use this method to satisfy her small wish of getting even with someone. Wu Mingle's reckless behavior couldn't have taken shape in just a day or two.
Just as I was thinking this, I heard Wu Mingle panting.
She lay limp on the ground, no longer screaming or moaning.
The pain must have disappeared, too. I no longer felt any intense pain.
Wu Mingle closed her eyes. Tears streaked her face. Maybe they were from the pain, maybe from fear, or maybe from regret.
But when I saw her grit her teeth the next second, it seemed the last possibility was only regret over breaking the rule—not regret over deliberately tormenting that woman.
I hoped the dream would rewind to the very beginning, to when Wu Mingle first met that man.