Yin Shou Shu

Chapter 418 Come on! Let's hurt each other!
The eerie laughter drifting from the corridor of the teaching building echoed throughout the building like a school broadcast, sending chills down Ran Qing's spine.

He suddenly realized the female ghost's sinister intentions.

"...You deliberately dragged me in here to buy time so the blood zombies outside could kill us!"

Ran Qing's expression beneath the mask was somewhat ferocious.

The cacophony of the evil lords' raucous laughter echoed wildly in his ears.

A surge of intense, bloodthirsty anger rose suddenly in Ran Qing's chest.

Although he forcibly suppressed this intense violent emotion the next second, the voice coming from under the wooden mask was still hoarse and unpleasant.

"...Li Hongye, do you hate me that much? Do you wish me dead?"

Ran Qing walked slowly down the dark corridor, saying in a wooden tone, "I've come this far. Tonight, one of us will inevitably fall."

"Now that we've come this far, there's no need to hide anything anymore. Speak your mind and let's settle things once and for all."

Ran Qing coldly scanned the teaching building in her field of vision and said softly, "Do you really hate me that much? Did you want me dead from the very beginning?"

Why did you write that in your diary?

"Don't tell me that your diary was also forged after you died."

"Even when you forged the booklet written by Aunt Liu, copying her contents verbatim with such messy and illegible handwriting, you could write such a neat and beautiful forged diary on the spot..."

Ran Qing had read Li Hongye's diary.

Aunt Liu found Ran Qing from Li Hongye's house.

The diary is missing some key information and does not mention the hatred between the two families; it only records Li Hongye's daily life at school.

The writing style in those diaries was lively and cheerful, and the language was lively and cheerful. There were even some subtle feelings for Ran Qing in them.

In her diary, the girl repeatedly recorded Ran Qing's embarrassing moments in a teasing and affectionate tone.

Ran Qing absolutely refused to believe that Li Hongye had made these up on the spot.

If you were to make it up on the spot, it would be too difficult and pointless.

Even without that diary, Ran Qing would still follow Li Hongye's lead to catch ghosts and open the Ghost King's coffin.

The cheerful and lively girl in the diary is the Li Hongye that Ran Qing knows, not the cold-faced, hateful ghost who was full of hatred for Ran Qing before.

As Ran Qing finished speaking, the ghostly laughter that had been lingering in the dark corridor suddenly disappeared.

The diary Ran Qing mentioned proved to be more effective than the exorcism spells of the spirit mediums at this moment.

A good ten seconds passed before the cold, icy voice of the female ghost from the shadows finally rang out.

But this time, it no longer sneered.

Instead, it was a cold, wooden, resentful, hoarse whisper filled with intense malevolent malice.

"...You read my diary!"

The female ghost seemed to be angry.

She wasn't angry when Ran Qing exposed her scheme, and she didn't go berserk when Ran Qing brought people to kill her.

But now, upon hearing that Ran Qing had read her diary, the female ghost hiding in the shadows became enraged and let out a resentful and chilling growl.

"I hid very well! How did you find me? You couldn't have found me!"

The female ghost growled angrily, as if enraged, doubting whether Ran Qing had truly found the diary.

When Ran Qing received that diary, she had not yet obtained the Destiny Master's Tablet.

Later, Ran Qing put that diary in a box under her bed and never looked at it again.

Clearly, the female ghost in the shadows was indeed monitoring Ran Qing through the life tablet, completely unaware that Ran Qing had read her diary from her previous life...

Hearing the female ghost's roar filled with suspicion and resentment, Ran Qing responded coldly.

"...It was Aunt Liu who found you. You may have hidden it very well, but you're still too green in front of an old hand like Aunt Liu."

Ran Qing didn't know how her sixth aunt found the diary. She only remembered that her sixth aunt stayed in Li Hongye's two bedrooms for a long time, and finally casually took out Li Hongye's diary and handed it to her.

No wonder Aunt Liu took so long; it turns out there really was something hidden in the house.

I just didn't expect Li Hongye to react so strongly to the diary...

Recalling the cheerful and carefree tone of the girl in the diary, I listened to the resentful growls of the female ghost in the dark school building, filled with shame and anger.

Ran Qing's blood-red ghost eyes narrowed slightly, and she suddenly understood something.

He stopped, looked around, and made a mocking sound at the gloomy teaching building in front of him.

"...I think I understand now."

"Li Hongye, you're pretending... right?"

"At school, you pretend to be optimistic, cheerful, well-behaved, and cute. You are also pretty and always dress yourself up neatly. Even in your diary, which you write to yourself, you deliberately act cute, pretending to be a cute, interesting, and pretty girl, wanting everyone to envy and like you."

"But deep down, you are dark and evil, having been instilled with the idea of ​​revenge by your mother since childhood."

"Your mother is so obsessed with revenge, she must put a lot of pressure on you, right?"

"Does he keep nagging you about your father's blood feud every day, telling you to find a chance to avenge him in the future, and it annoys you to no end?"

"But she's your mother. You can't resist her or change her, but you know very well that having such a crazy mother is shameful."

"So every time you have a parent-teacher conference, you don't let your mom come, but instead you let Teacher Li come to give you face."

“Your mom runs a small shop, so it’s most convenient for her to attend parent-teacher meetings. Closing the shop for an afternoon won’t have much of an impact. Teacher Li is a school teacher, so she would have to ask for leave specifically to attend your meeting, which would be very troublesome.”

"But you always send Teacher Li...hehe..."

Ran Qing's voice, emanating from beneath the wooden mask, carried a sinister, mocking echo.

It was as if many wicked and malicious lords were repeating his words together.

“You know very well that a crazy woman like your mother would only disgust others and embarrass you.”

“You’ve worked so hard to cultivate a respectable image at school as an outstanding student and a beautiful class beauty. How can you let your mother ruin it?”

"You hate and loathe your mother's madness, yet you can't defy her, so you can only hypnotize yourself and pretend your mother doesn't exist, like burying your head in the sand."

"So in your diary, you haven't mentioned your mother once in two years, as if she won't appear in your life unless you mention her."

"At home, you're forced to go crazy with her. At school, you pretend you know nothing and continue to enjoy your happy life as a good student, the envy of everyone."

"You lived like this, like a schizophrenic, until your mother went completely insane and got involved with the ghost breeder, until you could no longer pretend."

"Not only did your mother die, but you were also forced into her revenge plan, and in the end, you died too."

“You died so pitifully and tragically, your heart must have been filled not only with resentment, but also with inferiority.”

"You dare not let anyone find out about all this... How could you let others discover that you died such a ridiculous death?"

Ran Qing walked through the dark teaching building, her whispers echoing eerily, filled with merciless sarcasm and mockery.

He sneered coldly, adding, "You are Li Hongye, who can manipulate me at will, who can make me blush with a little joke, who always takes the initiative, and who always surpasses me in academics."

"It would be such a disgrace if someone as outstanding as you died such a tragic and miserable death."

Ran Qing sneered sarcastically, "So you deliberately pretended to be vicious and resentful, pretended to hate me from the beginning, and pretended that you and your mother were plotting to harm me from the very beginning."

"That way, at least you won't be a clown anymore, but a dutiful daughter who has avenged her great wrongs and endured hardship for revenge." "And no one will discover that you, the dutiful daughter whom your mother arranged to approach me, actually secretly fell in love with the son of your enemy..."

Ran Qing's mocking voice echoed through the teaching building.

The evil spirit lurking in the shadows roared in anger.

"you shut up!"

A fierce, violent wind suddenly rushed in from the other end of the corridor, slapping viciously against Ran Qing's body and stinging his skin.

Li Hongye's hysterical, resentful, and frantic voice echoed in the teaching building.

"Where do you get the confidence to say I like you!"

"You country bumpkin, you only have two sets of school uniforms to wear all year round. The uniforms are all faded and worn out from washing, but you can't even afford a new set of clothes."

"He's so poor, stingy, and skinny like a monkey! And so old-fashioned!"

"You've never watched any movies, you don't even have a TV at home, you don't know any celebrities or singers, the cassette player you bought only plays English music, you can't even afford to buy a music cassette, and you can't understand any trendy topics I talk to you about."

"Just seeing you makes me feel like you stink! You look like a beggar who crawled out of a garbage dump!"

"If my mom hadn't told me to get close to you, I wouldn't have bothered to give a second glance to a country bumpkin like you!"

"I like you? Hehehe..."

"What's so likable about a country bumpkin like you? You're good for nothing except taking exams and solving problems."

"But you can't even beat me in exams!"

Li Hongye roared with resentment and anger, and her sarcasm towards Ran Qing became even more biting and sarcastic.

Those words could be considered personal attacks, viciously targeting Ran Qing's most vulnerable and insecure feelings.

But Ran Qing, who heard the eerie howls coming from the corridor, felt surprisingly calm.

A hint of sadness even flashed in the writhing eyes of the ghost on his wooden carving.

After Li Hongye's angry howling stopped, Ran Qing, who had been listening in silence, finally grinned and let out a laugh that was anything but funny.

"...It seems you really do like me."

"You like hurting each other, huh? Then come on!"

Ran Qing gave a cold, sinister laugh, and a noisy, eerie, overlapping sound emanated from beneath the wooden mask.

"You want to kill me right now, isn't it because you like me?"

"Everyone thinks that girls should be aloof and reserved, waiting for others to pursue them."

"If a girl takes the initiative to pursue a boy, the boy will laugh at her for not being reserved, and the girl will laugh at her for being shameless."

"Not to mention you, a top student who is obsessed with saving face, pretends to be glamorous, but is actually a dark and stingy person at heart."

"Not only do you feel ashamed that people know you like me, but what makes you even more resentful is that there's another girl in my life who's just as pretty as you, but you're more cheerful and outgoing, right?"

"Mo Li is just as young and beautiful as you, and just as sunny, cheerful and unrestrained."

"But her sunny and cheerful personality is real, while yours is fake."

"Everything you painstakingly cultivated and faked, Mo Li not only has all of it, but she is also more sincere and has even more."

"She traveled extensively at a young age, seeing a lot of things and living a carefree and unrestrained life."

"And no matter how trendy you are in this small mountain town, you're still a country bumpkin."

No matter how sunny and cheerful you are at school, you still have to face your crazy mom when you get home.

"The more outstanding Mo Li is and the freer he lives, the more jealous and resentful you become."

“Especially now that you are dead, but Mo Li is able to live happily, spending every day with me and going through danger together.”

"So even if you kill all the ghost raisers, you still won't stop."

"Because you can't stand seeing Mo Li living so happily, and you can't stand seeing her by my side."

"You're afraid she'll get together with me and become my girlfriend, right?"

"You're afraid that I, who once loved you and was played like a dog by you, will fall in love with another girl after you die."

"Especially since everything this girl has is what you've always dreamed of, you find it even harder to accept."

"So I must die, and Mo Li must die too."

"And all of this is because you like me, and now you're jealous... You can't accept that I've fallen for someone else! Right?"

In the dimly lit corridor, Ran Qing's cold whispers lacked any intense emotion.

He delivered these words without any emotional fluctuation, as if he were reading aloud from a textbook.

These words are full of conjecture and have no evidence whatsoever; they are entirely his one-sided inferences.

However, after Ran Qing finished speaking, the dark corridor fell silent.

The eerie and terrifying female ghost seemed to have left the school building and remained silent for a long time.

In the cold, dark corridor, Ran Qing walked forward expressionlessly, still searching for traces of the female ghost in the building.

He continued walking down the stairs to the next floor after he had seen all the teachers on the entire floor.

In that gloomy classroom, the female ghost's sinister, suppressed, and teeth-gritting voice finally rang out.

"……right!"

The female ghost named Li Hongye, upon opening her mouth, completely lost control of her emotions and began to wail hysterically.

"Yes! I hate you! I hate that bitch!"

"So you will all die!"

"You clearly like me, but you're always all lovey-dovey with that bitch... I've only been dead for a month!"

"Ran Qing! I've only been dead for a month, and you've already taken a liking to that bitch..."

Yes! I like you!

"Although you are poor and old-fashioned, you dare to sever ties with your father, and you would rather starve to death than bow your head. You are also rational and clear-headed, and you never bully the weak or fear the strong."

"I like you. I admire your personality and your strong character. I've really fantasized about the day you confess your feelings to me, and then I'll say yes, and we'll get married, have children, and spend our lives together."

"...But I'm dead, Ran Qing! I'm dead!"

"I'm dead, and everything is gone!"

"You're still alive... How can you be alive! You're still flirting with other women!"

"That bitch Mo Li almost kissed you on the face several times! She's always pressing her chest against your back! She has no shame at all!"

"I can't stand the thought of you still being alive, and I can't stand the thought of you being with another woman!"

"Since you're here tonight, you'll die here with that filthy bitch named Mo Li!"

"Don't leave, all of you!"

(End of this chapter)