"You're just like the person in my memory. I've been looking for you for so long!"
Chen Ge remembered clearly that it was a stormy night. The time on his phone was 2 am, and he was running down the corridor of the abandoned school.
When he passed the last classroom, he saw the old headmaster for the first time.
The kind old man stood at the podium. His eyes met with Chen Ge's. That one second of eye contact was the cause, and their meeting at the School of the Afterlife was the result.
The old headmaster probably did not expect that the casual glance back would become the 'chance encounter' that would change his fate.
The person standing before Yin Hong's desk slowly turned around. When he saw Chen Ge, who was carrying two large backpacks, his expression turned unnatural.
"You are …"
"Chen Ge."
Chen Ge walked toward the old man. "We met once at Mu Yang High School. If you can't remember, I can show you the recording. I was livestreaming that day."
"I do remember, but I have something else to do now. After I'm done, we can catch up." The old headmaster seemed to know about Chen Ge's secret. He knew that he was different from the other students. Once he got involved with Chen Ge, there would be endless trouble. Therefore, he reached out to grab Yin Hong's arm and prepared to leave.
"I wonder what is more important than the children at Mu Yang High School?" Chen Ge took out the comic from his backpack. "Sir, everyone misses you. When you're not around, the smiles on the children's faces have lost their light. You're the backbone of Mu Yang High School. Without you, this family is incomplete."
Be it from his expression, voice, or even the tone of his words, Chen Ge perfectly embodied the concept of sincerity and sincerity.
Knowing that his students were in Chen Ge's hands, the old headmaster's gaze changed. His lips fell open, but he did not speak immediately.
Even though he had lived for so long, the old man had not learned how to reject others.
"Principal, I know you have your difficulties, and I also know that you have your own considerations for doing this, but have you ever thought about it? You've given the students the comfort that you believe is safe. Entering a dangerous place like the School of the Afterlife alone, will the children that you've saved be willing to accept this comfort? "
"Do you think they will continue to enjoy their current life if they know that their current life is in exchange for everything you have? You know your children the best. If you don't want them to live in self-blame, it's best if you tell them everything and we can think of a solution together. "
Chen Ge's words resonated in the old principal's heart. He did not care about his own safety, but he cared about his students.
Those students were the old principal's weakness. Of course, they were also the old principal's best helpers.
Without giving the old principal any time to think, Chen Ge took out a ballpoint pen that was covered in tape. He handed it to the old man and then took out a piece of paper from Yin Hong's bag. "I'm not lying to you. I just hope that you can listen to their opinion."
The ballpoint pen that was covered in tape was held in the old principal's palm. The body of the pen shook slightly, and when the tip touched the paper, the pen moved on its own.
"No matter what other people think, I am willing to help you."
Looking at the words on the paper, Chen Ge sighed. When the Pen Spirit found out that he was going to enter the School of the Afterlife, she had said that she would rather die than join, but now that she saw the old principal, she had changed her mind.
The old principal shook his head. He held the pen lightly, afraid that he would break it. It felt like he was caressing his granddaughter's head.
"Not only her, there are others." Chen Ge flipped through the comic and released all the lingering spirits of the students from Mu Yang High School. "They were orphans. You gave them a home, and after they died, their spirits returned to Mu Yang High School. Because for them, no matter how big the world is, Mu Yang High School is their home. "
Looking at the familiar figures, the old principal was silent.
Ten seconds later, he turned to Chen Ge. "I'm going to do something very dangerous. You shouldn't have come, and you shouldn't have brought them with you."
"You've met my parents, so you know some things about them. Since you're willing to leave your children with me, it means that you know how I am. " Chen Ge stood before the old headmaster. "That Haunted House is my home, and since they live there, they are my family. How can I allow my family to blame themselves every day?"
Be it the lingering spirits from Mu Yang High School or Bai Qiulin, who was carrying the mirror, when they heard what Chen Ge said, they were moved. They had a sense of belonging to Chen Ge's Haunted House.
This feeling was not forced on them by Chen Ge, and he had not purposely instilled it into them. It was something that had been accumulated by Chen Ge through many small things in his life.
"What I'm going to do is very dangerous. It will harm you and drag them down with it." The old principal's hair was white. He stood in the abandoned classroom that had been burned down. Looking at the familiar figures, he thought that he would never see those children again.
"I've tried so many ways to get into this school, and one of the reasons is to help you." Chen Ge pulled the lingering spirits of the students from Mu Yang High School back into the comic. They were just lingering spirits, and they were very fragile. If there was an accident, they would disappear instantly, and the last trace of them in the world would be gone.
The old principal saw the students' lingering spirits disappear, and his expression was complicated. In the end, he sighed. "You're very similar to your father. You like to meddle in other people's business, cause trouble, and cause trouble. You don't consider the consequences, but you stick to your bottom line. You have a rare kindness."
This was the first time that Chen Ge had heard someone comment on his father. His impression of his father was completely different from how the old man described him. He was afraid of ruining the atmosphere, so he did not interrupt.
"Looks like you're very familiar with them," Chen Ge said casually.
"Yes, it was your father who told me that Xueyin was trapped inside the School of the Afterlife. It was also him who helped me find a way to enter this place without asking for anything in return. He has helped me so much, and now you've personally come to the school to find me. I … I really owe you too much. " The image of Chen Ge's father in the old principal's words was very big, but Chen Ge felt that something was wrong. He knew that it was an accident that he had entered the Haunted House; he had not expected to meet the old principal.
Earlier, he had been confused, thinking that it was too much of a coincidence, but now that the old principal had said it himself, Chen Ge suddenly realized that the old principal had been tricked.
"I was too selfish. I only thought about myself and didn't consider others." The old principal was reflecting on himself, and Chen Ge did not know how to respond.
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