“What took you two so long to get the takeaway? You almost made me starve to death!” As soon as she came in, Wang Jiayi threw a tantrum. She reached for the second tier of the table, as if looking for something.

A mirror! She wants the mirror!

I rushed over and snatched her mirror, pressing the reflective side down.

Already impatient, Wang Jiayi exploded on the spot: “Guan Xin, what do you think you’re doing? Do you know how much my mirror costs? If you break it, can you afford to pay?”

“No mirrors after 7 PM in the dormitory,” I stated the rule.

“Are you out of your mind? You actually believe in these stupid rules! Give it back!” Wang Jiayi tried to grab the mirror from me.

“No!” I held on tightly.

To my surprise, Wang Jiayi slapped me hard, making a loud ‘smack’ as her hand hit my face.

She didn’t seem to expect that I wouldn’t dodge.

“Wang Jiayi, you’ve gone too far!” Zhang Shiyun, who had been silent, suddenly intervened, grabbing Wang Jiayi’s hand.

“What are you doing? Let go, you fat pig!”

Although Wang Jiayi struggled fiercely, Zhang Shiyun was very strong and pushed her to the window.

Infuriated by being called a fat pig, Zhang Shiyun roared: “You spoiled brat! I’ve had enough of you! Don’t think that just because your family has money, you can throw your weight around! You hit someone today, so I’m going to handle this!”

As the two of them were at an impasse, suddenly, there was a scream from above, and then I saw a figure fall from the floor above.

“Ziqi!” A shout followed.

Ziqi? I remembered this name. The girl who registered beside me at the student office, could it be her...

Wang Jiayi and Zhang Shiyun were both scared stiff, and Li Yingying and I quickly pulled them back.

“Someone jumped off the building, call the police!” I shouted.

“How could this happen? Why is there no signal on my phone?” Li Yingying exclaimed.

I took out my phone and saw that there was indeed no signal at all.

“Just now... just now...” Zhang Shiyun stammered, pale-faced.

“Shiyun, what did you see?” I asked.

After collecting herself, Zhang Shiyun said: “Just now, I saw a dark figure hanging upside down, using a rope to pull that girl down from the upper floor...”

“What? Zhang Shiyun, you... you must be joking, right?” Wang Jiayi’s face was now green with fear after what had happened.

“Shiyun wasn’t joking, because Yingying and I encountered something strange when we went down to get the takeaway earlier.”

Then, I recounted all the weird things we had experienced.

“What’s going on! It’s only the first day of school, and all this is happening!” Wang Jiayi vented her anger by kicking a chair.

“Guan Xin, what should we do now? I’m so scared!” Li Yingying’s legs were trembling.

After thinking for a moment, I said, “Something this major has happened; the school will deal with it. Let’s not leave the dorm tonight and see what happens during class tomorrow.”

They nodded in agreement.

Just in case, I wrote down every dorm rule mentioned in today’s broadcast from memory and posted them on the wall.

After eating our takeaway, the four of us went to bed without even taking a shower. We didn’t dare use any electronic devices, and it seemed everyone wanted to sleep as soon as possible.

Since my bed was near the door, I naturally had the task of turning off the lights.

To avoid any complications, I turned off the dorm lights before 11 PM. Then I closed my eyes, hoping tomorrow would come quickly.

However, not long after, I felt movement on the iron ladder below my bed. Anyone who has slept on a top bunk knows that the ladder makes noise when someone climbs it.

What’s going on? I clearly remember locking all the doors and windows, how could someone get in?

I didn’t dare move, afraid of being found out that I wasn’t asleep.

But the sound got closer and closer, and I felt it climbing onto my bed.

I shut my eyes tightly, not even daring to breathe heavily.

“Guan Xin... Guan Xin...”

Oh no! It’s calling my name, how does it know my name? What does it want to do?

The image of the red embroidered shoes and the bony hand I saw on the first floor tonight flashed through my mind, and I trembled all over. Is it coming to get me?

No! It’s only the first day of school; I can’t die yet!

I quietly grabbed the jade pendant hanging around my neck, a gift from my grandfather, said to ward off evil and ensure safety. I took a deep breath, and as the thing got closer, I suddenly sat up, pointed the jade pendant at it, and shouted: “Ward off evil!”

At the same time, I heard it scream: “Ah!”

It worked! Grandpa didn’t lie to me!

But as I celebrated, I looked closely and saw that the thing, no, the person in front of me was actually Li Yingying!

“Yingying, what are you doing? You almost scared me to death!” I was indeed drenched in cold sweat.

But Li Yingying was even more terrified: “I... I was scared alone and couldn’t sleep, so... I came up to join you, but I didn’t expect...”

It turned out to be a misunderstanding. Thankfully, it was just a misunderstanding.

Disturbed by our commotion, Wang Jiayi and Zhang Shiyun burst into laughter; apparently, they hadn’t slept either.

Instantly, the once terrifying atmosphere turned lighthearted.

But the next second, our laughter abruptly stopped as we heard a series of urgent knocks on the door.