Zhang Ju had noticed early on that Chen Ge was not a normal person. No matter what he saw, his eyes would remain calm like nothing in the world could surprise him.
Honestly, he was afraid of people like that, but it was because of that fear that he chose to follow and listen to him.
Standing before the picture, Zhang Ju opened his remaining right eye. He stared silently at Chen Ge's face.
He had a normal face, a face that could not be picked out in a crowd, but it was a person like that who had accidentally revealed an expression that even he was afraid of.
It was hard to describe. It was like a combination of a vengeful ghost and a madman. From that face, one could see madness, sickness, and cruelty, but there was no fear or fear.
Zhang Ju knew what he looked like. He had always thought he was a scary monster, but what Chen Ge did earlier made him realize that there was a 'monster' scarier than him in this world.
"Yes, we should be the same kind of person."
He believed Chen Ge because that kind of expression could only be found in someone who had been through hell. Like him, the man had forgotten the past.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Bai. I was reminded of some very unpleasant memories, and that is why I lost control." Zhang Ju's voice was harsh and grating, but his attitude was much better.
"It's fine. Why would a teacher blame a student?" Chen Ge had a smile on his face. He gave off a kind and gentle feeling. It was hard to believe that it was him who had been talking to Zhang Ju earlier. "What did you remember? Don't worry, tell me everything. "
"Actually, it's nothing. They're just some painful memories." The wounds on Zhang Ju's body were still leaking blood, and his clothes were slowly dyed red. "I was reminded of myself when I witnessed a murder. I was weak and cowardly. I remembered the feeling of fire burning my skin, like needles piercing into my flesh until I couldn't feel the pain anymore. I also remembered how I struggled in the sterile room. Despair took root in my heart. I didn't want to die, but I didn't know how to live."
"Then at the end of your life, did anything special happen to you or around you?" Zhang Ju had appeared in the world behind the door, but at the time, he had lost the ability to push open the door. Chen Ge was curious about how he had entered the school. Only by knowing how he had entered would he have a chance to deduce the escape route.
In a three-star scenario, the 'door' was the only entrance, but a four-star scenario was slightly different.
"The last stage of my life …" Zhang Ju reached out to touch his face. "I seem to have fallen into a coma, but I can sense the outside world. I cannot tell the difference between reality and nightmare, but I remember one thing very clearly. Every night, at night, a door would appear inside the sickroom."
"Door?"
"I stayed in the hospital for seven days, and the door would appear every night. It got closer and closer to me until it reached my bedside." Zhang Ju raised his head, and his face was covered in blood. "That is a moving door. The more I am afraid, the more despair I feel, the closer it will get to me. I could not call for help, and on the eighth night, the door was pushed open from the inside. Many hands reached out from the gap and pulled me in. "
Zhang Ju's description was similar to what had happened to Chang Gu. They had both encountered a 'door' that could move on its own. Every night, the door would slowly approach the sleeping person. It would stand next to the bed, and the door would be pushed open from the inside to take away the living person in the bed.
"Is this school behind the door?" Chen Ge was more curious about what happened next. He wanted to know how Zhang Ju lost his memory and how this student, who had been ruined in the fire, slowly became a Half Red Specter.
Zhang Ju shook his head. "I had a dream, a very real dream. In the dream, they all called me Lin Sisi. I kept telling them that my name was Zhang Ju, and they got the wrong person, but they thought I was joking.
"No one believed me. I could only use the name Lin Sisi to live in the dream and experience everything that Lin Sisi had been through. After some time, even I started to question whether my name was Lin Sisi or not.
"Being bullied, abused, ignored, that was not a good feeling, but when I thought about it, I had become a monster in real life, so living in the dream was not bad."
Zhang Ju's voice was calm like he was telling someone else's story. "I had no friends, and the whole world hated me. The mental and physical torture slowly numbed me until one day, a girl walked into my dream.
"It was a rainy day, and someone stuffed a frog into my deskmate's bag. She suspected that it was me, but why would I do something so pointless?
"No one listened to my explanation. The students chased me out of the classroom, and everyone in the corridor looked at me strangely. I had no choice but to escape to the rooftop of the education block.
"There, I met her.
"Even though I knew it was a dream, I still felt that the girl was very special." Zhang Ju's voice changed. "Her name was Chang Wenyu, and she was the only one who did not ignore me.
"I told her about my pain, and she expressed her understanding.
"Then, I told her about my past and told her that I was not Lin Sisi.
"She's very interested in what I'm talking about, and I like spending time with her, because only when I'm with her can I not forget myself and not be assimilated by that dream."
"We would meet every night on the rooftop, and I slowly felt like I could not leave her.
"Just as I thought my life was starting to gain color, she suddenly asked me a question — do you want to see the scenery outside the school?
"At the time, I did not understand the meaning of that question. I just wanted to be with her, so I nodded.
"That night, after midnight, she took me to the library."
"The door to the library was locked. We climbed through the window and found a mirror behind a bookshelf on the third floor.
"The mirror was very big, and the girl said that the mirror could be used a few more times. She told me not to tell anyone else.
"I trusted her, and at the same time, I was reminded of something. This was the first time I had seen a mirror in a dream!
"I asked the girl what I should do.
"The girl only told me to look at the mirror quietly.
"I stood before the mirror, and she hid behind me. In the dead of night, I looked at myself in the mirror.
"The more I looked, the more I realized that the person in the mirror did not look like me. Slowly, my reflection started to bleed, and scars started to appear on the face of the person in the mirror.
"His ears withered, his left eye closed, and his face was a mess of flesh and blood!
"I did not dare to look anymore, but when I wanted to leave, the monster in the mirror grabbed hold of me!
"Blood flowed on the surface of the mirror until the whole mirror was dyed red!
"I screamed for help and turned to look at Chang Wenyu, but she did not move. Even now, I remember the last thing she said to me — 'Why should I be afraid? The you in the mirror is the real you. '
"Her slender fingers pressed lightly on my left eye, and she slowly plucked it out!
"The world instantly lost its color, and I was dragged away by the monster in the mirror. All the good memories turned into the worst curse in that moment.
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