Night shrouded the campus.
Late at night, in a thicket of bushes outside the girls’ dormitory, Qin Luo and his sister, Bai Jingyu, crouched quietly under the cover of darkness, preparing to catch a ghost. After his tireless efforts, he had finally gained his sister’s consent. He had thought that catching a ghost would require thorough preparation, but unexpectedly, his sister had brought him straight here, saying they were scouting the area first.
The university dormitories were divided into old and new buildings. The new dorms had private bathrooms, while the old ones relied on public facilities. Unfortunately, Qin Luo’s class had been assigned to the old dormitory, and they wouldn’t be able to move to the new one until their sophomore year. However, it didn’t affect him much, as he rarely returned to his dorm anyway.
Logically speaking, as a man, scouting a girls’ dormitory at night should have been both nerve-wracking and exciting — a way to “see the world.”
But at this moment, as Qin Luo looked around, the clothes drying on the balconies swayed in the night breeze like hanging ghosts. Coupled with the fact that he was here to catch a ghost, a bone-chilling sensation couldn’t help but wash over him.
Qin Luo swallowed hard and looked at his sister beside him, whispering, “Sister, catching the ghost tonight depends entirely on you. Your dearest brother’s life is in your hands.”
Recalling how that ghost infant had nearly made him pass away on the spot with just one glance, someone with a power level as low as 5 absolutely could not confront a ghost head-on.
It would be enough for his sister to fight the monsters in the front while he shouted “Nice job!” from behind to provide moral support.
However, Bai Jingyu pursed her lips and smiled. “Luo Luo, the aura on my body is too terrifying for ghosts; they won’t show themselves.”
Hearing this, Qin Luo’s heart immediately sank.
Sure enough, his sister said in the next second, “So, I need you to go in, Luo Luo, and lure the ghost out. Only then can I step in to deal with it.”
“What?! Sister, this is a girls’ dormitory. It’s not quite appropriate for a grown man like me to go in, is it?”
Qin Luo’s tone instantly became timid as he spoke from a “moral high ground.”
Bai Jingyu said indifferently, “It’s the middle of the night; they’re all asleep. Besides, keep your phone on a call. If anything happens, I can be by your side within 3 seconds.”
“I think, Sister, maybe we should take our time and plan this more…”
Before he could finish his sentence, his sister grabbed him and tossed him directly onto the second floor landing.
If he hadn’t already experienced this kind of “flight” before coming here, Qin Luo would have almost screamed out loud.
Looking at the pitch-black hallway, he could only grit his teeth, hunch his back, and cautiously walk inside.
After walking a few paces, he suddenly felt something was wrong. ‘Sister clearly said it was impossible for the ghost to appear,’ he thought, ‘but what if it really shows up in front of me?!’ Thinking of this, Qin Luo felt his hair stand on end.
***
Outside the building.
Bai Jingyu stood in the shadows, her eyes fixed on the dormitory building. Just then, a mature figure appeared silently beside her.
If Qin Luo were here, his jaw would have dropped — this person was none other than his Little Aunt, Jiang Qing’e, who had said over the phone that she wouldn’t be coming home tonight!
Concern flickered between Jiang Qing’e’s brows. “This is Luo Luo’s first real combat experience. Are you truly at ease?”
Bai Jingyu smiled softly. “He’s a man; he has to grow up eventually. Besides, with us here, nothing will happen to him.”
Jiang Qing’e nodded slightly, but a touch of complexity flashed in her eyes.
Looking toward the dormitory building, she said softly, “And… if Luo Luo gets hurt, I’ll have an excuse to stay by his side and take care of him.”
As she spoke, her gaze gradually softened.
Bai Jingyu glanced at her and asked indifferently, “Little Aunt, are those old fogies still pestering you?”
Jiang Qing’e’s brow furrowed slightly. “Just some things that don’t know the value of their own lives. If they really dare to make a move against Luo Luo, I wouldn’t mind ‘reducing the population’ of the Four Great Families and the Buddhist and Taoist sects.”
Bai Jingyu chuckled. “I didn’t expect that the thing so many people are fighting desperately for would actually fall into Luo Luo’s hands.”
She had recognized the origin of that black crescent moon the moment she saw it. She had originally intended to share some of her own power with her brother, but now it seemed that would be unnecessary.
Jiang Qing’e’s gaze sharpened slightly. “Perhaps Luo Luo is the so-called Child of Destiny.”
***
Qin Luo cautiously arrived at the second floor.
It was now the middle of the night, and the corridor was terrifyingly quiet. However, as he occasionally passed some dormitory doors, he could still hear faint voices coming from inside; clearly, some people were still awake.
He deliberately avoided the cameras. If he were caught, it wouldn’t be a simple disciplinary matter; he might even be expelled.
Following the posts on the campus forum, he arrived at the girls’ bathroom where the incident had occurred.
Standing at the door and looking inside, it was pitch black. In a trance, it felt as if something was standing deep within, silently staring at him.
Qin Luo quickly took out his phone and dialed his sister’s number.
“*Beep — beep —*”
“Hello, Brother. How are you feeling now?”
Bai Jingyu’s smiling voice came from the other end of the line.
“Sister, everything is normal,” Qin Luo answered in a low voice.
His heart suddenly skipped a beat. His sister rarely called him “Brother” in front of others; she only used that term in certain special circumstances…
‘Could Little Aunt be with her?’
But on second thought, he felt it was unlikely. Little Aunt had clearly said she wouldn’t be back tonight.
“Brother, remember the method I taught you ~ or else I wouldn’t want you to get hurt.”
“…Understood.”
Qin Luo took a deep breath and walked into the bathroom.
According to his sister, a ghost infant would have an attachment to its mother. Even if it killed her, it would linger in the last place she stayed.
But after waiting for a while, there was still no movement.
Qin Luo had no choice but to take out his phone, browsing the forum to distract himself from his fear.
Soon, he saw a popular post.
Supposedly, 10 years ago, a murder had occurred in this very bathroom. A female student had fallen in love with a wealthy young man, only to be heartlessly abandoned after getting pregnant.
No matter how she pleaded, the other party remained unmoved and even appeared before her with a new girlfriend.
Ultimately, in a moment of despair, the girl wore a red dress and committed suicide by slitting her wrists in the bathroom.
As for the boy, not long after, he also mysteriously drowned in the school’s artificial lake.
The comments below the post were full of gossip and requests for details.
Through the phone screen, Qin Luo only felt a wave of coldness surge from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.
‘No way…’
He wasn’t just a little panicked; he was extremely panicked.
This meant there was likely more than one ghost in this bathroom.
Suiciding in a red dress… without a doubt, she would be a malicious spirit.
Just then —
Out of the corner of his eye, Qin Luo suddenly glimpsed a flash of red.
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