Meet Until Friday

Soon, this piece of news was drowned out by the next piece of news.

The good-looking host pulled the reporter to have a conversation, talking about water cuts in a certain community.

Lu Dayong hurriedly changed the channel and said angrily, “The media nowadays are really lying through their teeth. Several colleagues in Sun City District told me that they sensed the aura of a monster. How could it be fake?”

Jiang Xiuqin had just finished cleaning the kitchen. When she saw Chu Yan and Lu Benwei return, she hurriedly brought out a fruit plate.

“That’s enough. You’re a civil servant. You should know what this means. It’s good that you know some things in your heart!” Jiang Xiuqin nagged.

The next second, she smiled again. “Come, Yanyan, have some fruit.”

“Thank you, Auntie.” Chu Yan smiled.

“Come, sit down and eat.”

Jiang Xiuqin pulled Chu Yan down and sat together happily. As for Lu Benwei, Jiang Xiuqin did not even look him in the eye.

Lu Dayong glanced at Lu Benwei and then glanced at the bag on his back. “Why are you carrying your schoolbag when you go out to play?”

Lu Benwei smiled awkwardly. He did not dare to say that he had returned to First Junior High School as a student.

Lu Dayong did not say anything else. He reminded him, “It’s not peaceful these few days. Be careful.” Then he continued watching TV.

Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, it was the second day.

When Lu Benwei and Chu Yan arrived at the classroom, they saw Wang Shuai and a few others gathered, discussing what had happened last night.

“Did you see the news last night? Monsters are lurking in Green Spirit City!”

“Of course, I did, but didn’t they say that it was a hunter who accidentally released a demonic treasure?”

Wang Shuai waved his hand repeatedly. “You’re taking this for granted. How can the officials explain it clearly? Where are the monsters in the city? If this gets to the higher-ups, who knows how many people will lose their hats!”

Everyone was surprised, thinking about what Wang Shuai said.

“Speaking of which, this monster appeared in Sun City District. Could it be hiding in our school now?” Wang Shuai said faintly. “Then, do you think that the monster in the Little Dream of the Red Chamber is the monster in the news?”

“Yesterday was a sign that the ghost was about to come out and cause trouble.”

Suddenly, the atmosphere in the classroom was terrifyingly quiet. One could hear a pin drop.

“Jiayue, it’s that tall building on the northeast side of our school,” Liu Jingjing turned her head and explained to her.

“The dangerous building with pink tiles?” Chu Yan had some impression.

“Those aren’t pink tiles, they were dyed red with ghost blood.” Wang Shuai and the others were trying to scare this seemingly flawless girl.

Chu Yan was bold, so she naturally did not believe in any supernatural things.

“How did you dye it red?” she asked.

Wang Shuai was stunned and immediately lowered his voice. “At that time, the roof of the building was already sealed, and the workers began to stick bricks on the wall. When they reached the last floor, all the workers on the top floor fell off the building! Guess what happened next?”

Chu Yan shook her head.

“The blood of those workers flowed upstream and dyed the entire building red!” Wang Shuai let out a cold breath, trying to make the atmosphere strange.

“And then?” Chu Yan asked loudly without any fear.

This made Wang Shuai feel a little defeated.

“Later on, every Friday night in the Little Dream of the Red Chamber, there would be girls crying and boys cursing. It’s said that a couple fell in love at an early age and was found out by their family when they were pregnant. In the end, they were chased out of the house, and the two of them lived in the Little Red Chamber. Gradually, the boy’s mentality changed, and he started to beat and scold the girl. The girl was so angry that she buried the boy alive and committed suicide. And that day was a Friday!”

Chu Yan frowned.

“How can there be such a mysterious thing?”

“There are more than one or two people who think like you.” The boy sneered.

“Quite a few people have agreed to explore the Little Red Chamber and have been there quite a few times! Guess what happened next?”

Chu Yan stepped on the person’s foot.

The boy grimaced in pain and said, “Someone who went in said that there was a sudden gust of wind inside. They all fell into a coma. When they woke up the next day, they found that they were somewhere else!” Someone else said, “Bullsh*t! My brother went there with someone last year. He said he met a little monster which almost ate them! There are still people who are really missing!”

Everyone was talking at once. In short, there were all kinds of strange things.

Suddenly, someone stood up and said, “In my opinion, we’ll go and find out tomorrow night! Whoever agrees, please raise your hand!”

Other than that person, everyone was a little scared. After all, that was a legendary place with strange powers. No one would want to turn their head and see Sadako.

“Wang Shuai, weren’t you the loudest just now? Why didn’t you go?” The boy tried to goad him. “Do you have the heart but not the guts?”

Wang Shuai gritted his teeth. Even though he knew that this was a provocation, he still had to jump in.

“F*ck, I’ll go!”

“I’ll go too!” Instantly, the classroom was filled with responses.

At this moment, Liu Jingjing poked Chu Yan. “Jiayue, are you going?”

“Why? You want to go?” Chu Yan ground her white teeth and said with a smile.

“If you go, I’ll go.” Liu Jingjing smiled embarrassedly.

“Didn’t Wang Shuai say he’s going? You can ask him to protect you!” Chu Yan revealed a meaningful smile.

“Him? He’d be lucky if he wasn’t scared out of his wits.” Liu Jingjing pouted.

“Annoying fellow, are you going?”

Chu Yan turned her head and saw Lu Benwei, whose eyes were as black as water.

Lu Benwei frowned and pondered for a while. He had heard of the legend of the Little Dream of the Red Chamber when he was in primary school. Ever since he was in middle school, people would invite him to explore the Little Red Chamber from time to time. Unfortunately, Lu Benwei was timid at that time and was rejected politely.

Thinking about it, he felt quite regretful. He had never experienced the feeling of excitement and fear with his classmates. Now that he had returned to his youth, he had another chance. Lu Benwei could not let it go.

“I’ll go!”

“Then I’ll go too!”

Chu Yan’s eyes narrowed into two crescents, revealing her small white canine teeth, which were flowing with a faint light.

…

On the other side, at the Green Spirit City Patrol Bureau.

“What?! Didn’t you investigate the monster incident last night?” a bald inspector asked in disbelief.

Opposite him stood another inspector who said, “The case has been closed. Now, the higher-ups want us to fully cooperate with the Law Enforcement Bureau to investigate the serial murder cases and capture the former Director of the Law Enforcement Bureau, Hu Wu!”action