Nightmare Strikes

Translator: Cinder Translations

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Su Yu's body twisted as he squeezed through the small gap of the door, a withered arm reaching out far, as if trying to grab Fatty's leg, his eyes radiating a strange light. Just as Fatty was helplessly kicking his legs, thinking he was about to die, he suddenly heard a loud "bang." Su Yu's half-exposed body paused.

Then his head tilted, as if most of his strength had been drained, and he collapsed onto the ground.

Only his bony fingers occasionally twitched.

Fatty's eyes widened.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Jiang Cheng standing next to Su Yu, raising a second flowerpot high before bringing it down hard.

"Bang!"

The fingers in front of him trembled violently and stopped moving.

The series of shocks caused Fatty to finally lose his grip; his vision blurred, and he eventually tilted his head and completely fainted.

When he woke up again, he found himself in the courtyard, leaning against a pillar.

Not far in front was a sandy area, in the middle of which stood a chair.

It was the kind used during school days—not high, with a backrest, and quite hard. Most importantly, there was a person tied to the chair.

Su Yu.

The moment Fatty saw Su Yu, he regained his senses, immediately turning his stiff neck to look for Jiang Cheng.

After a moment, he heard a rustling sound approaching, and Jiang Cheng's figure emerged from around a corner, each arm carrying a round object.

As he got closer, Fatty recognized that they were two red flowerpots.

"Doctor!" Fatty's voice was filled with excitement.

Jiang Cheng looked in Fatty's direction and nodded, "You're awake."

Fatty seemed to have many questions but didn't know where to start. All he felt was that the doctor was incredibly ruthless—two flowerpots and they had captured a ghost.

And he had even tied the ghost up.

Jiang Cheng seemed to sense Fatty's concerns. As he placed the flowerpots on the ground, he pointed at Su Yu and said, "He won't wake up for a while; don't worry."

"Doctor," upon hearing this, Fatty raised his voice, his face showing extreme excitement, "You're too ruthless! You actually dared to smash a ghost's head with a flowerpot!"

Jiang Cheng was momentarily stunned, then looked at Fatty with a strange expression, "Are you sick? He's a human, not a ghost."

"How can he not be a ghost in that state, trying to grab me?" Fatty shook his head, refusing to believe it.

"Hey," Jiang Cheng stepped forward and slapped Su Yu's face, "Wake up; I have questions for you."

Fatty stood up and jogged over.

Upon waking, Su Yu had lost his earlier eerie demeanor. His hands were bound behind the chair, his legs were also tied together, and his pale face looked as if he might faint again at any moment.

"You despicable accomplices, you're doomed! All of you must die!!" His words were weak, yet the fierceness was still there, making Fatty inexplicably think of a cooked crab that had been tied up.

"What a mess," Fatty glared.

At this point, he also confirmed that Su Yu was indeed human, not a ghost.

After all, his head had been hit by two flowerpots and was still bleeding, so Jiang Cheng found a towel to wrap around it, tied up with a flamboyant bow.

What was frustrating was that no matter what Fatty asked, Su Yu would only repeat a few phrases over and over.

It was clear that he harbored a lot of resentment, with the most frequently mentioned words being: accomplice, doomed, pervert, possessive, dog, Chen Yao, and Li Yanwei.

"Hehehe," Su Yu, his cheeks smeared with blood, looked down and sneered, "You're all in cahoots; none of you can escape."

"Chen Yao will come looking for you."

"You can wait to die. Here with me, you won't gain anything; I won't let a single one of you go."

Upon hearing this, Fatty couldn't help but swallow hard. It was almost confirmed that Chen Yao was the ghost, but regarding what Su Yu said…

"You might be mistaken," Jiang Cheng suddenly spoke up, "Li Yanwei and we are not in cahoots; we just want to uncover the truth of what happened back then and clear the dead's name."

Fatty chimed in, "Right, we're not a part of that group; we are messengers of justice."

Su Yu lifted his head, grinning with a hoarse voice, "You think I'll be fooled by you? You think I don't know that you've already been entangled by Chen Yao? You think you can live much longer? That bitch Li Yanwei…"

"Tsk," Jiang Cheng seemed to lose patience, saying to Fatty, "You go out first; I need to talk to Su Yu alone."

Fatty glanced at Su Yu and obediently left.

Only Jiang Cheng and Su Yu remained in the courtyard.

Fatty didn't dare go far and hid in a nearby room.

This was Su Yu's resting place, containing an old broken table and a relatively clean bed.

There was no light in the room, only a white candle flickering dimly.

On the table lay a large piece of glass.

Curious, Fatty approached and found several photos pressed beneath the glass, all depicting a man and a woman together. They were dressed in dance costumes, moving in perfect harmony, their actions elegant and graceful, giving off an impression of a couple deeply in love.

It was obvious who the man was, but the woman… Fatty's eyes widened slowly.

It was Chen Yao.

A few brief images pieced together in his mind, and he seemed to realize something. He turned and walked outside, only to bump into Jiang Cheng who was looking for him.

"Doctor," Fatty spoke rapidly, "I've got it! You were right; Li Yanwei is indeed lying."

"Su Yu wasn't seduced by Chen Yao; they were in a free relationship, and Li Yanwei was the one causing trouble!"

Jiang Cheng nodded expressionlessly.

Fatty's expression shifted oddly, and then as if realizing something, he tentatively asked, "Doctor, did Su Yu confess everything?"

"Yeah."

Fatty sighed, glancing toward the courtyard, remarking, "It must have taken a lot of effort for you to get him to talk."

"Not too much," Jiang Cheng stroked his chin, "Just a pity about those two flowerpots."

Fatty: "…"

As Jiang Cheng began to recount Su Yu's testimony to Fatty, the latter's eyes slowly widened.

He hadn't expected Su Yu to cooperate to this extent, recounting everything in detail, even handing over the diary that Chen Yao had given him.

The contrast between this behavior and the previous iron-willed man was too stark.

According to Su Yu, the one with a problem was not Chen Yao, but Li Yanwei.

She used her identity as the principal's daughter to bully others in the school, forcefully intervening in Chen Yao's relationship with him.

She was a pervert with psychological issues, extremely possessive, and Chen Yao was falsely accused of being a promiscuous woman simply for not breaking up with him as she demanded.

(End of the Chapter)

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