Chapter 54: Rainy Night

Chapter 54: Rainy Night

“It was raining that night.” The woman said, “The rain was pouring. Although I had an umbrella, half my body was wet. When I put the umbrella away and rushed to Block C, I realised the door was locked by two thick iron chains.”

Zhou Taifu’s face dropped when he heard that. He turned to say something to Xu Wen, but the latter didn’t even acknowledge him.

“I was so nervous. I had just moved here and had no close friends. I was too embarrassed to ask the other teachers for a room to stay overnight. Just to try it out, I gave the door a push. Maybe the guard made a mistake and forgot to use the lock...”

At this point, the woman’s expression shifted.

Xu Wen stopped writing and looked at the woman expressionlessly. “It sounds like a mistake was made.”

The woman eventually nodded. “Yes. Both locks were open. It felt like someone had left them purposely as such. Back then, I was only thinking about grabbing the key. I didn’t think about anything else. I opened the door and ran to the office.”

“Where was your office?” Xu Wen raised her head.

“Third floor.” The woman added, “Room 304.”

Xu Wen jotted it down. This might be something important.

“The whole building was so quiet. All the classrooms were dark. Only the emergency lights were on. The corridors looked so creepy.”

Zhou Taifu was drawn into the story. When the woman reached these scary points, he became anxious.

“I had to use the flashlight on my phone. I ran to the third floor. I opened the office door, rushed in and locked it. I didn’t know why I did so. If I had to explain it, it must be intuition.”

Zhang Yinyin, who had been silent, suddenly spoke, “What did you find?”

“I... I don’t know.” The woman shook her head. “Even now, I have no explanation. It felt wrong. That sound... That sound...”

“I hesitated, but eventually, I moved to the phone. Thankfully, I recognised the number it showed. It was a call from the security department. After I answered the call, I found out they were calling because they saw the lights in the office of Block C come on. They called because they wanted to see what was happening. I almost cried. That was the happiest to get someone’s call. After they found out the situation, they told me to stay inside the office. They would come to fetch me.”

Xu Wen’s expression darkened, but it soon disappeared. The woman didn’t notice it.

“And then?”

“Soon, I heard a series of rushing footsteps. There were three to four people. Then, someone knocked on the door. When I opened the door and saw them, I felt like I was being reborn. My tears couldn’t help but fall.

“The leading person was a man. He was bald and quite large around the waist. He looked tough. There were two people behind him. They were both females. They were in guard uniforms. They instantly berated me, questioning me why I was violating the school rules.

“I was too stunned to do anything but to apologise profusely. I did trouble them. The weather was not helping.

“Other than that, I didn’t want to report my incident to the school board. I just moved here, and I didn’t want to give a bad impression...

“They pitied a new teacher like me, so they didn’t scold me much. However, the bald leader kept glancing down the dark corridors as if he were wary of something.

“He was the one who berated me the most.” The woman thought of something, “I kept on repeating that I didn’t want to live anymore. He was exaggeratingly scary.

“Then, they told me to pack up my stuff and prepare to leave. But as I moved to leave, I suddenly remembered I left my umbrella inside the office. I turned to fetch it...”

At this point, she paused. She looked at the people before him with a paling face.

“I suddenly noticed something.” The woman’s body started to tremble unnaturally. Her pupils slowly narrowed. She said the rest with great difficulty.

“They... the guards didn’t carry any umbrellas. They didn’t have raincoats either. Their uniforms looked brand new. Their clothes were not wet at all.”