Let Me Go!

There was one detail in Zhang Ju's story: on his birthday, a girl had confessed to him. After he turned her down, Zhang Ju and his roommates had celebrated his birthday by drinking and singing.

When Chen Ge had first met Zhang Ju, the other boy had said that his face had been burned in a fire while he was singing at a karaoke bar.

Chen Ge hadn't connected the two events at first, but Zhang Ju was acting so strangely now that an idea had occurred to him.

All the Student Club members' memories of summer vacation were hazy. In other words, someone had altered their memories of that summer, so they couldn't be trusted.

Zhang Ju knew the school well, and he also knew the story about the Senior Student and the girl who had confessed to him. Most importantly, his face had been burned in a fire while he was singing, which matched what the Senior Student had done that night.

After putting all the pieces together, Chen Ge came up with several theories. First, Zhang Ju was the Senior Student. He had killed the girl, making him a complete scumbag—a twisted man who was good at hiding his true nature.

Second, Zhang Ju was the Senior Student. The girl had been killed while waiting for him, and he had happened to witness it. But out of fear, or for some other reason, he hadn't stepped forward to stop the killer, and now he was wracked with guilt.

Third, Zhang Ju was either a bystander or a friend of the Senior Student. He had accidentally witnessed the Senior Student killing the girl but, for some reason, hadn't stepped forward to testify against him.

In just a few seconds, Chen Ge had already considered several possibilities. "Despair, malice,