lpffa Chapter 271 - 272: Revenge
Chapter 271 - 272: Revenge
With the Red Ghost no longer provoking her, she had cleared her head considerably.
Although her emotions were still somewhat unstable, she had managed to get them under control. Glancing cautiously at her daughter, she asked Su Nian a question.
"Did she really see a ghost?"
Su Nian looked at the little girl before her, her brow furrowed slightly. Her gaze was so deep it was as if she were looking right through the girl to someone else.
Meeting that gaze, the little girl shrank back cautiously, pressing a little closer into her mother’s embrace.
Su Nian’s eyes were stunning—as sparkling and clear as gemstones. But at this moment, they held an eerie light as she stared intently at the girl’s back.
"What exactly happened at school?"
After a long moment, Su Nian finally averted her gaze and asked.
"My deskmate, Zhang Xiaoya... she jumped off a building a few days ago..."
[So intense! Heavens, when I was in middle school, all I thought about was having fun.]
[The pressure was probably too much for her!]
[No way. This girl looks like she’s only fifteen or sixteen, probably in middle school. What kind of pressure could a middle schooler possibly have to make them resort to suicide?]
[My little sister is only in elementary school and she’s already dating. Kids these days grow up way too fast.]
The girl’s voice was small and timid, and a palpable fear clung to her.
"Why didn’t you say something sooner, child? This is such bad luck! You should have soaked in water with pomelo peels to wash it all away!"
Seeing her mother getting worked up again, the girl couldn’t help but shoot a pleading glance at Su Nian.
Su Nian asked, "What was your relationship with her like?"
"Not... not great..." The girl’s voice was as faint as a mosquito’s buzz.
After a moment’s thought, she added,
"She was actually a really nice person, but everyone in our class hated her, so I couldn’t hang out with her."
[Got it. So it was school bullying.]
[That poor girl. She must have been bullied so badly by her classmates to have chosen to jump.]
[Sigh. Only those who have gone through school bullying know just how terrifying it really is.]
"She died suddenly three days ago. I don’t know what happened, I just heard other people saying she seemed to be possessed by a ghost."
She muttered this in a low voice, timidly lifting her head. Her expression was filled with terror.
But as Su Nian watched her, her brow furrowed deeply.
The ghost lingered behind the girl, watching her with a look of extreme hatred.
And this girl wasn’t innocent, either. Her aura was thick with the red reek of blood—proof that she had harmed someone before.
Su Nian was reluctant to confirm her own suspicion. The girl before her was just too young, after all, but the facts were undeniable.
Su Nian asked, "Did you have anything to do with her death?"
"No."
The girl stared with wide, innocent eyes, as if she couldn’t understand why Su Nian would ask such a question.
The bullet comments were also getting confused.
[Why is the host grilling this little girl?]
[Exactly, she’s so young, what could she possibly understand?]
[Look at how she cowers when her mom yells at her. She’s so timid she doesn’t dare say a word. How could she possibly be a bully?]
[I think we shouldn’t jump to conclusions. The host has never been wrong before. Let’s just wait and see what happens.]
Su Nian placed her hands on the table and leaned in closer to the little girl, until they were very near.
So close that Su Nian could clearly make out the girl’s eyelashes and the fine peach fuzz on her face.
"But this ghost has been following you the whole time. It seems she wants revenge."