"The well at the back field is the school's loophole. The old headmaster said that this is a wound that cannot be healed. If the whole school is a person's heart, then this well is the place where the secret is buried."
Chen Ge was suddenly reminded of another question. "Sir, you said that the School of the Afterlife is made up of the memories of many students, and Mu Yang High School appeared here because there was once a child who was bullied at our school, right?"
"Yes." The old headmaster did not want to answer that question.
"Can you tell me more about that child?" Chen Ge knew that the old headmaster did not want to remember that past, but the clues pointed to the key to that child from Mu Yang High School!
The only loophole in the School of the Afterlife was the burned campus of Mu Yang High School, but there was something else worth noting. All the buildings at the school were randomly arranged, but Mu Yang High School was pushed to the edge of the school, the closest place to the red city.
"I don't know the details. I only know that the child's name is Fan Yu. His adopted father was a teacher at our school. He used to teach in the city, but apparently, he offended someone, and no school wanted him, so he ended up at our school." The old headmaster's words toppled some of the memories in Chen Ge's mind again.
"Fan Yu? The child attended Mu Yang High School? "
"Yes. Mu Yang High School might be small, but it offers all the classes for primary school and middle school." The old headmaster smiled bitterly. "We had no choice. There was no primary school in the countryside. The children that I adopted and the children from the farmers around us did not go to school, so I purposely added primary school classes."
"That's not important." Chen Ge moved his body upward. "How many years did Fan Yu attend Mu Yang High School? Why did he drop out? "
"The reason Fan Yu attended Mu Yang High School was because of his adopted father, the teacher at our school. At the time, Fan Yu was not even old enough to attend primary school, but due to his father's strong request, we arranged for him to be in the first grade. His father even begged me to help him get a certificate. " The old headmaster recalled that incident. He had a very good memory, and that was the difference between him and other Specters. Most Specters only remembered their own obsession.
"After a few months, Fan Yu could no longer keep up with his peers. The child was very smart and talented, but his talent was in painting." The old headmaster had a deep impression of that. "Everything that the child drew was perfect. You could say that he was a genius at drawing. At first, his adoptive father did not object to his drawing, until one day, the child drew a portrait in class, and his adoptive father flew into a rage. According to the students in the class, the child's adoptive father tore up the child's painting and slapped the child several times in class. At that time, the matter was very serious, and it was me and another female teacher who worked together to stop him. "
"He's just drawing in class and not paying attention. His father shouldn't be so angry." Chen Ge was very sharp. "Perhaps the child's drawing angered his father. Headmaster, do you know what he drew?"
"The painting was torn to shreds, but I heard from the boy's deskmate that when Fan Yu drew the painting, he borrowed his red marker. I think he said that his red marker ran out of ink." The old headmaster tried his best to remember, but he could not remember what Fan Yu had drawn.
"Red marker?" Chen Ge's pupils narrowed. "To run out of ink and borrow his deskmate's red marker, this means that he used a lot of red in the painting!"
His expression turned serious. Chen Ge slowly turned to the headmaster and pointed at the blood fog around them. "Earlier, you said that Fan Yu is very talented in painting, so what kind of scene is he trying to paint? What kind of scene does he need to use so much red?"
Initially, the old headmaster did not think much of it, but when he heard what Chen Ge said, he was shocked.
"A murder scene?"
"That's possible!" Chen Ge slowed down. "That would explain why his adoptive father was so angry. I suspect Fan Yu's adoptive father is the killer."
Things were more complicated than Chen Ge thought. Initially, Chen Ge thought that Fan Yu's adoptive father had only killed Fan Yu's mother, but from the looks of it, things were not that simple. Fan Yu's father might be a complete madman.
In the day, he was a respected teacher, but at night, he was a madman who could not control himself.
You're right. Only someone like that would draw eyes all over the toilet cubicles at Mu Yang High School. I really underestimated how evil a person can be.
After giving it some thought, Chen Ge realized that Fan Yu's life was much more painful than he thought. Fan Yu's aunt's twins disappeared for no reason, and after they died, they wandered around Mu Yang High School. Could their deaths be related to Fan Yu's adoptive father?
Chen Ge revealed the true nature of Fan Yu's father to the old headmaster, and the old headmaster's eyes were red. "I thought Fan Yu was just bullied at school; I didn't expect there to be so many things."
"You can't judge a book by its cover. He hid it very well, or else he would have been discovered already." Chen Ge had a new perspective on certain things. "Headmaster, did Fan Yu do anything weird before he left school?"
"I didn't pay much attention because Fan Yu was in his adoptive father's class. Even a vicious tiger would not eat its own child, so I didn't ask too much. By the way, there's one weird thing. Fan Yu was always covered in wounds. His adoptive father told me that the boy was not well-liked and liked to fight. "The headmaster was regretful." Now that I think about it, those wounds were probably caused by his adoptive father. "
"That's all?"
"Fan Yu was ostracized in class. Everyone gave him the cold shoulder, and his adoptive father forbade him from drawing. Whenever he was seen drawing, he would beat and scold him. In just a few short months, the boy seemed to have changed into a different person. " The old headmaster did not have the heart to continue. "It's my fault. At the time, the school was about to be closed down, so I was running around. I barely stayed at the school, and I neglected too many things."
"Even if you asked Fan Yu, he probably wouldn't answer. No matter how hard he struggled, he still had to go home. It wasn't that he didn't want to talk about it, but he didn't dare. When other students are bullied at school, at least they have their parents to comfort them, but for him, after being bullied at school, he had to go home to face that scary adoptive father alone. " Chen Ge's heart ached for Fan Yu, and it confirmed his decision to take care of Fan Yu. But then another question appeared in his mind. If the appearance of Mu Yang High School in the School of the Afterlife is because of Fan Yu, then Fan Yu must have entered the School of the Afterlife, but the reality is that Fan Yu is still staying at Jiujiang's Children's Home. He hasn't left.
Chen Ge narrowed his eyes, and many things that he had experienced in the past appeared in his mind.
He had a good relationship with Fan Yu, and he had seen Fan Yu's drawings.
The current Fan Yu had no talent in drawing. All his drawings were made from simple lines, no different from a kindergartener's.
This drawing skill is completely different from that of a genius. Could it be that Fan Yu's situation is the same as Lee Xueyin's? His despairing side entered the School of the Afterlife, and all that was left was an empty shell?
His brain felt like it was struck by lightning. Chen Ge bit on the tip of his tongue. He realized that before he did, there was another 'person' who had discovered Fan Yu's uniqueness!
After the Trial Mission at Coffin Village, the well ghost that had existed for more than one hundred years had given Fan Yu a bangle before they parted!
The Greater Red Specter was cold to everyone except for Fan Yu. It was as if she wanted to get to know Fan Yu and leave a good impression.
When she was sent to the Children's Home while possessing the body of a little girl, there were so many children, but she chose Fan Yu! Being with Fan Yu for so long, I should have realized it a long time ago! "
Climbing out from the well, Chen Ge looked at the bottomless well. He thought about Fan Yu and the campuses that the painter had constructed. One side was dark and despairing while the other was beautiful and peaceful.
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