"On the second day of registration, I was chased by a teacher and had to jump over the wall to escape. This is completely different from the university life that I imagined!" Zhou Tu patted the dirt off his body and untied the rope around his waist.
"There might be more things that you can't imagine later." Chen Ge tugged on the rope that he had tied to the wall and hid it behind the ivy. Even if someone walked past, they would not notice it unless they looked closely.
"This rope is my escape route." When he left the eastern campus, Chen Ge was alone, but when he returned, he had become the leader of a club.
"Sir, did you notice anything wrong?" Zhang Ju straightened his body, and the eyes that were hidden behind the scar slowly widened.
"What's wrong?"
"Perhaps I'm more sensitive. I feel like the air on this side of the wall is more viscous and wet. There is a strange smell to it, like it's been drenched in blood." Zhang Ju used the calmest tone to say the strangest thing.
He slowly opened his lips, and the tip of his tongue licked the scar on his upper lip. His eyes were filled with confusion and confusion. "Compared to the western campus, this place feels more familiar to me."
"Are you kidding me? Are you familiar with the smell of blood? " Zhou Tu originally thought that Zhang Ju was ugly, but he was quite normal. After hearing what he said, Zhou Tu had a new understanding of Zhang Ju.
"I'm not kidding. It's true." Zhang Ju turned to Chen Ge. Chen Ge stood where he was with a smile on his face.
"You're not mistaken. This is the perfect place to cultivate sweet dreams. In the world behind the door, only dead bodies and blood as fertilizer can grow into beautiful flowers."
Chen Ge carried Wang Yicheng on his back and signaled for Zhang Ju to follow behind him. "I'll bring you somewhere first. Be careful, don't make too much noise."
The darkness of the night became their best camouflage as they walked through the untended shrubs.
Along the way, Chen Ge led Zhang Ju to where the female ghost was hiding in the tree hole.
"Does this place look familiar?" Chen Ge pointed at the tree hole that hid the female ghost's head and the surrounding trees.
"I think we've been here before … By the way, isn't this the crime scene where the girl was killed? We saw it in the western campus! Why is there an identical scene in the eastern campus? " Zhou Tu's eyes widened. Even the location of the tree hole and the angle of the opening were identical.
"The murder scene on the western campus is just an empty shell. The dead body and the deceased's soul are hidden on the eastern campus. What you are seeing now is the real crime scene." When Chen Ge said that, Zhang Ju seemed to be attracted by something. He stood alone next to the tree hole, and his shoulders were shaking.
"Zhang Ju?"
As if he couldn't hear Chen Ge's voice, he slowly squatted down and knelt beside the tree hole, his hands trembling as he reached into the tree hole.
"Hey! Are you crazy? I remember that the girl's head was found in that hollow tree! Why did you put your hand in there? "
Zhou Tu wanted to grab Zhang Ju, but he was stopped by Chen Ge. "Don't disturb him. His memory is hidden inside the tree hole. We have to dig out the things that he has lost."
"Dig it out? You've really lost your mind! "Zhou Tu was not as strong as Chen Ge, so he was unable to struggle free. He could only stand to the side and watch.
Kneeling on the ground, Zhang Ju crawled next to the tree hole. His eyes were glued to the dark hole as his hands slowly reached into the hole.
His body continued to tremble, and sweat stuck to the scars on his face like falling tears.
"Nothing? Why not? Why not? Impossible! " Zhang Ju did not feel anything. His voice came intermittently like he was so nervous that he was having trouble breathing. "I saw it with my own eyes! I saw him hide the thing inside the tree hole with my own eyes! How could it not be! "
His fingers scratched at the soil and tree trunk until his nails started to bleed, but Zhang Ju did not feel any pain. His expression was twisted as he dug madly into the bottom of the tree hole.
"Zhang Ju, are you looking for this?" Chen Ge took out a rusty cleaver from his backpack. This cleaver was the possession of the woman in the tree hole. After the shadow consumed the woman, it was found deep inside the tree hole. Initially, Chen Ge wanted to use the cleaver to protect himself, so he did not think too much about it.
The surroundings suddenly became quiet, and everyone's eyes were focused on the cleaver.
"I found this cleaver inside the tree hole. The victim's crazed soul is residing in this cleaver." Chen Ge placed the cleaver before Zhang Ju. "Pick it up. Can you remember your past?"
Zhang Ju was about to break down. His arms shook harder and harder, and his pupils twitched.
"Isn't it familiar? Have you seen this cleaver somewhere else before? Who was holding the knife at that time, and whose neck did the knife end up in? " Chen Ge's words were like nails piercing into Zhang Ju's mind. His shaking hands reached for the cleaver, and when his fingertips touched the handle, his expression changed. His pupils narrowed, and his mouth fell open like he had touched a burning iron.
Before Zhang Ju could scream, Chen Ge had already clamped his hand over Zhang Ju's mouth. "It's fine. Those things are in the past. They are just your past."
As he comforted Zhang Ju, Chen Ge's eyes were glued to Zhang Ju's hand that held the cleaver. If the man made any movement to swing, he would press him down immediately.
Zhang Ju's strength was much greater than Chen Ge had expected, and as his memory loosened, his strength continued to grow. This child was not a normal ghost.
Just as Chen Ge was about to lose control of Zhang Ju, the man finally calmed down.
Chen Ge let go, and Zhang Ju knelt to the ground. His lips were stuck to the dirt, and the scar on his face was particularly glaring.
"I … I remember something." Zhang Ju stared at his broken fingernails. "That day was senior's birthday. A girl wanted to confess to senior, but senior already had a girlfriend, so he asked me to reject the girl on his behalf. When I arrived at the rendezvous, I did not see the girl, so I kept waiting. Then I heard some movement in the forest, so I sneaked over, and I saw someone holding this cleaver …
"The girl was still struggling, but I did not dare go out. I was scared out of my wits. I had not seen so much blood before. " His fingernails dug into the dirt, and the scars on Zhang Ju's face squeezed together. "If I had stepped forward, perhaps the girl would not have died."
Guilt and self-blame tormented Zhang Ju. He gripped the cleaver tightly. "When I went back to call the police, the people had already escaped. I have no idea whether they were caught or not, but I saw one of them look very familiar.
"The second night, we drank a lot, and then we went karaoke. Then there was a fire, and I was sent to the hospital. What happened after that …" Zhang Ju slapped his head. "What happened after that? How come I don't have any memory of what happened after that? "
"You were sent to the hospital, and your memory stopped there." Chen Ge already knew about Zhang Ju's past.
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