I took a few steps back in fear. I didn't understand why he was here. Did something happen to Zhang Zhuo?

"Ningning, where are you going so late?" He stepped closer to me, with a strange smile on his face.

"I...I just came out for a walk."

"Ningning, why are you always so disobedient? It's okay, I'll take you back." With that, he started chasing after me.

I didn't know what would happen if Jiang Zhou caught me. I didn't dare to imagine. I ran forward desperately.

But my stamina was limited, and my steps gradually slowed down. Just then, I heard a dull sound behind me. I turned around and saw...

It was Zhang Zhuo. He knocked Jiang Zhou unconscious. I widened my eyes in disbelief. Can even the strange beings get injured?

Zhang Zhuo put on the janitor's vest, panting as he ran up to me. "Luckily I caught up in time," he said.

He pulled me to a secluded place and waited quietly for midnight to arrive.

Finally, midnight came.

A dazzling light appeared in the sky above the school. I was momentarily blinded by it. When I regained my sight, I saw Zhang Zhuo looking at me inexplicably. Excitedly, I told him, "The library has appeared!"

He got excited too.

I grabbed his hand and ran towards the library, getting closer to the entrance.

As we were about to reach the entrance, I took out a mirror from my pocket and aimed it at him. He covered his eyes, taking a few steps back in pain, looking at me fiercely. "How did you figure it out?" he asked.

"There were too many suspicious points about you," I said.

"First, in a school with so many people, why did I happen to run into you, a human? The probability of this is not nonexistent, but very low. So from the beginning, I didn't trust you much.

"Second, you revealed the truth about the dormitory rules, telling me that even beings with human memories can see the dormitory rules, indicating that you might also be a being. You deduced the truth in a short time, which made me even more suspicious of you.

"And you hesitated to open the mirror, but what ultimately convinced me that you were not human was when you touched my wrist just now and instinctively smelled it."

I took out the half bag of lamb from my bag. "Only beings can be so sensitive to the smell of lamb meat.

"Zhao Xinyue told me that beings can't see the library, so you had to follow my footsteps the whole way.

"You wanted to follow me back to the human world, so you've been silently following me since I left the dormitory building. You've dispelled the dangers around me, but you didn't expect Jiang Zhou to come looking for me.

"I have to thank you for that," I looked at him and said.

He rushed towards me angrily, and I quickly entered the library.

A white light flashed, and I closed my eyes. When I opened them again, I was lying on the bed at home.

I checked my phone and realized it was the day I submitted my college applications. There was no information about Jiang Zhou in my phone anymore.

I thanked Zhao Xinyue in my heart. Without her, I might not have been able to escape.

I recalled the conversation I had with Zhao Xinyue that day.

"I found a mirror in the soap," I said.

"Oh, congratulations. You've made progress towards the truth. As long as you hold it up to the beings, it can help you resist for a while. It's a good prop for critical moments." She didn't seem surprised by the existence of the mirror.

She continued, "But I want to remind you that some beings with human memories will want to return to the human world. They need the help of humans to escape. Once they reach the human world, they will eat humans and take over their identities. Be careful."

It was because Zhao Xinyue told me about another way to use the mirror that I dared to walk out of the dormitory building without fear.