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Captain Xing did not go to the girls' dormitory. He knew that recently, Su Jin'er and the others had gone through too much and had not had a proper rest for a long time. It was time for her to get a good sleep and regain her strength to pursue the Killer.
He slowly walked into the Pavilion, sat on a stone bench, and lowered his head in thought. Professor Zhang's expression earlier indicated that he had not forgotten what happened five years ago; he simply did not want to think about it for some reason. What terrible events had occurred five years ago?
Meanwhile, in the dormitory, Su Jin'er lay on her bed, unable to sleep. She stared at the bottom of the upper bunk, where a tiny spider had spun a small web, and the spider was resting on it. She gazed at it in a daze.
They were like prey trapped in a spider's web, waiting to be devoured. They wanted to escape but found it futile. The thought that the Killer might be hiding somewhere, watching them in their distress and laughing heartily made her feel intense hatred, wishing she could tear him apart.
Rubbing her dry eyes, she sat up. Although she felt exhausted, she had no desire to sleep. She stood up and walked to the balcony, pushing open the window. The wind blew in from outside, instantly refreshing her mind.
She stood quietly as time passed by unnoticed. Her body began to feel numb, and a melodious sound of music filled her ears. She paused for a moment before finally moving; the music was beautiful, and she instinctively perked up her ears to listen closely.
It was the sound of a flute. Who would be playing the flute at school?
Her body felt numb again, and she grimaced in pain as her legs temporarily refused to move, as if millions of ants were crawling on them. She bent down and slowly rubbed her calves; with each rub, it felt like more ants were added inside her legs.
She moved slowly and then sat down by the bed. The music continued, seemingly coming from the teachers' dormitory building as she listened intently.
Once her legs regained feeling, she slowly walked downstairs. The music seemed to have a magical pull, tightly gripping her nerves and making her feel as if she had lost control over her body as she moved toward its source.
A voice echoed in her mind: Come here; I will tell you everything!
This phrase reverberated in her mind while her body mechanically moved forward. However, she knew that if she didn't want to go, she could stop at any time. But she wanted to go because this might lead her to useful clues.
Captain Xing also heard the music but did not find anything special about it; he simply thought it was pleasant and continued sitting there pondering his own issues without noticing Su Jin'er walking out of the dormitory.
The music continued, and Su Jin'er did not resist its call. She slowly walked toward the teachers' dormitory. Looking up, she realized that the music was coming from above; she was momentarily stunned.
Wasn't this the dormitory where Professor Zhang lived?
She ran up without any hesitation, completely ignoring the teacher's shouts behind her. She rushed up to the fourth floor in one breath and then stopped. She didn't understand why she had run up to the fourth floor, nor did she know why she felt that the music was coming from Professor Zhang's room.
She took a moment to steady her breathing and slowly walked toward the professor's dormitory. The music had stopped at some point, and the dimly lit corridor was silent, with only her slow and heavy footsteps and her labored breathing echoing in the stillness.
What should have been a short corridor felt like it stretched on for a century. The end of the corridor always seemed within reach, yet no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't seem to get there.
Finally, she stood before the professor's door and gently knocked.
This time, Professor Zhang seemed to know she would come; the door opened quickly. He looked at her without any surprise, then stepped aside to let her in.
"Was that you playing the flute just now?" Su Jin'er tried hard to calm herself, but her rapidly rising chest betrayed her.
Professor Zhang nodded and slowly walked over to sit on the edge of the bed. His hoarse voice asked, "Why are you here?"
Su Jin'er shook her head. "A voice inside me told me to come, so I did."
"You could have refused."
"Why would I refuse? Since you wanted me to come, it means you have something to tell me. Of course, I had to come."
Professor Zhang smiled, though his voice sounded unusually unpleasant.
"Alright, then I'll tell you what I know. However, if you don't believe me, then you can't blame me."
Su Jin'er nodded, straightened her posture, and listened intently to every word Professor Zhang was about to say.
"When our school was just established a year ago, there was a girl named Xiao Mei who entered this school with the best grades in the city. Although she had good grades, she wasn't pretty. Because of this, she was often mocked by her classmates, which made her very insecure. Gradually, her grades began to decline as well. Her family wasn't well-off either; they didn't have much money to buy her cosmetics. So she learned to steal and dressed herself up like a fairy every day. The classmates who originally liked her began to dislike her; those who already hated her grew even more contemptuous. Instead of recovering from this situation, she became even more extreme and even threatened her classmates. The school warned her many times but didn't expel her due to her past achievements and her parents' pleas. However, instead of being grateful, she blamed the school for not helping her. Not only that, but she also frequently visited nightclubs and associated with some thugs. Eventually, one day something terrible happened: on her way back from a nightclub, she was raped and then murdered; her body was dismembered. After that incident, the school never found peace again. Those who had once mocked her began dying one after another, each one dismembered until a Taoist priest sealed her spirit away, restoring peace to the school."
Professor Zhang turned his head and looked at Su Jin'er, who was filled with fear, and said, "Do you believe what I say?"
Su Jin'er did not expect him to suddenly ask her this. She was taken aback for a moment and then replied, "I don't know, but what does this have to do with what happened five years ago?"
"Of course it is related; this is what you want to know about my past."
Su Jin'er looked at him in confusion. "Your past? But didn't you mention a girl named Xiao Mei?"
"Yes, Xiao Mei, but that is also the reason why my face has become what it is now."
Su Jin'er was even more puzzled. She watched as Professor Zhang's face grew more terrifying and ferocious due to his anger, and a layer of fine sweat beads formed in her palms.
"Look!" Professor Zhang placed a picture frame in front of Su Jin'er and said, "Look how handsome I used to be, but now look at what I have become."
He widened his eyes, as the corners of his eyes had already stuck together. As he stared with wide eyes, the eyelids that were glued together seemed to be trying to break free. She looked at him in terror.
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