I downloaded the app and discovered that my childhood sweetheart's affection level had skyrocke

Lin Zhou had heard the rumor about confessing his love on the seventh day of the school anniversary since elementary school.

On the seventh day of the school anniversary celebration, if you confess your feelings to the person you like before the last fireworks display ends, they will definitely say yes.

At first, there weren't so many requirements, but later, I don't know how, it gradually became that I had to be by the playground, personally hand over the gift, and even wait until the last firework went off before I could speak.

It's made to look so real.

Lin Zhou remembered someone once holding flowers and squatting by the playground all night. As soon as the fireworks went off, he started running. When he ran up to the girl, he was panting so hard he couldn't speak, which scared the girl into thinking he was having an asthma attack.

"I...I like you!"

"Big brother, you're about to die and you're confessing your love to me?! I'll say yes! Don't die!!!"

However, quite a few people still believe it every year.

After all, it's 100% guaranteed. It would be a shame not to give it a try.

"Speaking of which—Yu Ning, is that rumor true?" Lin Zhou couldn't help but ask, thinking of this, "The one about confessing to someone you like tonight and having a 100% success rate."

Gu Yuning, who was clearing away the plates, looked over upon hearing this. Before she could speak, Luo Xiaoke, holding Merlin, moved a little closer.

"Zhouzhou wants to give it a try? Is Zhouzhou going to confess his feelings to me?"

"I'll agree to it."

After saying that, he moved closer, sandwiched between Luo Xiaoke and Lin Zhou. Merlin was feeling very uncomfortable, "Nya-nee—"

"I was just asking," Lin Zhou said, when he suddenly felt his clothes being tugged. Looking down, he saw that Bai Wanwan was still holding on. The girl didn't say anything, but just looked at him quietly.

You need to confess your feelings to Luo Xiaoke.

Even though Bai Wanwan had no expression, Lin Zhou could still understand the girl's feelings at that moment.

No, I was just asking.

"What a load of bull... What kind of rumor is this? If confessing on that day guarantees success, wouldn't the entire academy be filled with NTR (Netorare) the next day?" Ye Zhiyu said, swaying as she came down from the second floor.

"Wow, your girlfriend is so cute. I'm planning to confess my feelings on the seventh day of the school anniversary celebration."

"What?! Damn it, I'm going to confess my feelings to you next year!" Ye Zhiyu vividly portrayed the scene.

"Damn it!!!!

Lin Zhou: "..."

"But... even knowing this rumor, I'm still willing to spend the seventh day with you..."

"You actually understand, right?" Ye Zhiyu waved her hand. "Like a Ferris wheel? An aquarium?"

Gu Yuning said to Lin Zhou, "Of course it's fake... People who like each other are just choosing a suitable time to say it. You don't really think that just because fireworks are going off, the other person will suddenly like you, do you?"

"That's true." Lin Zhou stroked his chin.

However, on the other hand, Yinshan Academy has been established for so many years, and there are quite a few strange things passed down from it. In addition to those related to love, there are also some messy ghost stories.

He once tried to scare Shi Qinglin with the Seven Ghost Stories when they were sheltering from the rain in the Literature Department, but as soon as he opened his mouth, Shi Qinglin said he wasn't interested.

Lin Zhou was quite disappointed that the girl with long, straight black hair, who was a literary type, turned out to be a staunch materialist.

"Speaking of which, do you know the fourteenth step of the old building?" Lin Zhou asked casually, thinking of this.

"I know." Luo Xiaoke nodded, patting Merlin's head. "You can't count the stairs at night."

"Yes, that's it." Lin Zhou leaned back in his chair. "It's said that the stairs in the old teaching building all have thirteen steps, but when it rains, if someone goes up alone, they sometimes count to the fourteenth step. At that point, you can't go any further, or someone below will start counting with you."

"and then?"

"Then you count to whichever number you want, he'll count to that number too. If you stop, he won't stop." Lin Zhou looked at her, his voice lowering slightly. "By the time he counts to thirteen, he'll already be standing behind you."

Lin Zhou lowered his voice, "Then he'll ask you, 'Hey classmate...why aren't you leaving?'"

"He's actually a faceless man!"

Just then, Gu Yuning walked over and took the last cup from the table. Luo Xiaoke's shoulders immediately shrank, and even Merlin was forced to lift its head up by Gu Yuning's hug.

"Yu Ning, why do you walk so quietly...?"

"I've been packing things." Gu Yuning looked at her with amusement.

Luo Xiaoke immediately threw herself into Lin Zhou's arms in fear, "Zhouzhou, I'm so scared~"

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid." Lin Zhou coughed lightly. "It's all fake, don't be scared."

So cute... It's so soft and squishy when I hug it, ouch... You're pressing on my trajectory.

Ye Zhiyu didn't react much, but asked while biting into her sandwich, "How did that person know he was standing behind?"

"Let's listen to the sound."

Did you look back?

"have no idea."

"They know nothing and have absolutely no logic."

Lin Zhou looked at her and said, "Are you sick?"

This fish's focus is really different from that of normal people.

"The library one is more famous," Lin Zhou continued. "Before it closes, there's a girl in an old school uniform sitting inside with books next to her, like she's waiting for someone—if you go over, she'll let you sit opposite her and thank you."

"What's there to be afraid of?" Ye Zhiyu asked.

"The problem is that you sit with her all night, and when the closing time comes, you look down to pack your bag, and when you look up again, she's gone," Lin Zhou said. "There will be a library card on the table with a photo of her, but the graduation date is more than 20 years ago."

Ye Zhiyu thought for a moment, "Then she must be an auntie."

"...Can't you just listen normally for a moment?"

"Graduated more than 20 years ago, now in my forties, that makes perfect sense," Ye Zhiyu said. "A person in their forties still wearing a school uniform, tsk tsk tsk, perhaps it's the master's mission."

Lin Zhou didn't want to deal with the fish anymore.

"Someone in our class went to look for her," Luo Xiaoke suddenly said. "That boy went several times but never met the girl. He did meet another boy, and they got together."

"Huh?" Lin Zhou was taken aback. "You went to find a female ghost and happened to fall in love with her?"

"Yeah~"

Luo Xiaoke looked at him with a smile, "Does Zhouzhou want to go look for it too?"

"What am I supposed to do there?"

"How come you guys don't feel anything at all?" Lin Zhou couldn't help but ask when he saw that everyone seemed unafraid.

Some of the stories inside scared me so much that I was afraid to sleep. For a while, strange noises and sounds of people crawling on the floor would occasionally come from my room in the middle of the night.

Lin Zhou even felt like he was dreaming.

"Oh no, I'm so scared!" Luo Xiaoke immediately hugged Lin Zhou tightly.

"Um... if you're scared... Lin Zhou, your storytelling skills definitely have room for improvement," Gu Yuning said.

Ye Zhiyu said, "It's not that the story is bad, it's that you're bad, you're weak."

Lin Zhou: "..."