"Zhang Ya in Yu Jian's World Behind the Door loved to smile. She looked lovely when she smiled, but I always felt there was a hint of sadness hidden in it."
"Did she recognize me or not?"
"Was Zhang Ya's appearance an accident, or was it influenced by that Storybook?"
"The turning point in Yu Jian's life came when his homeroom teacher resigned. That was when he fell out with the Underworld Fetus. In other words, the most important person in Yu Jian's World Behind the Door might be 'the teacher'—the one person who helped him when he was in deep trouble."
"Does he want me to experience what he went through?"
"To use my memories to experience his past?"
Leaning against a billboard, Chen Ge watched the rain that suited the moment. "Whatever the case, maybe this is a chance for me to truly understand Zhang Ya."
Slapping his cheeks lightly, Chen Ge tried to clear his head. "Stay calm! This may feel a bit like an inspirational coming-of-age school story right now, but it could turn into a bloody escape at any moment, with Vengeful Spirits coming to claim our lives."
The rain showed no sign of stopping. Chen Ge "borrowed" an umbrella from a passerby and returned to the school.
It was already dark. The World Behind the Door seemed to have no concept of time; everything happened in a daze, and things changed incredibly quickly.
Taking out the Skull Crusher Hammer, Chen Ge wandered around the campus.
"Night has fallen, but the ghosts and other filthy things still haven't appeared. Is this really the Liwan Town I remember?"
There was no sign of the Murderous Maniac or any Red-Clothed. What lay before him was just an ordinary little town.
"What Wu Sheng was deprived of was