Nightmare Strikes

Translator: Cinder Translations

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How could this happen?!

Jiang Cheng didn't show any particular expression; he slowly stood up, half of his face hidden in the darkness, his voice as calm as ever.

"Fatty," he said, "Have you ever thought about what Su Yu was doing when Chen Yao was falsely accused?"

Upon hearing this, Fatty squinted slightly and then suddenly widened his eyes.

A word struck like a bolt of lightning.

Without the testimony of Su Yu, the direct party involved, how could Chen Yao have been forced to a dead end so easily?

"He," Fatty's lips trembled, "he was also involved in the testimony; it was him! It was him who provided the most direct false testimony that Chen Yao seduced him!"

In other words, he was the key step in forcing Chen Yao to her death.

"But why?" Fatty's eyes revealed confusion. "Why would Su Yu do this? Doesn't he love Chen Yao?"

"Chen Yao is so young and beautiful, he naturally likes her," Jiang Cheng replied, his tone carrying a sense of melancholy that Fatty couldn't quite understand, "But giving up the principal's daughter for Chen Yao would clearly be unwise."

"If I'm not mistaken," Jiang Cheng paused, "Li Yanwei may not have been lying."

"Doctor, I don't quite understand what you mean," Fatty honestly admitted.

"From start to finish, Li Yanwei was also a victim; she was deceived by Su Yu. In her impression, it was indeed Chen Yao who seduced her fiancé first."

"Because her fiancé, Su Yu, told her so."

Fatty seemed to understand some of this, his expression becoming strange as he glanced past Jiang Cheng, staring at the blackboard as if deep in thought.

"I think the truth of the matter may be like this," Jiang Cheng's voice was cold and detached, like a historical narrator, and Fatty instinctively felt himself being pulled into a long-buried time.

"Li Yanwei wasn't wrong; she and Su Yu were indeed a couple. However, due to Li Yanwei's special identity, their relationship wasn't made public in school, which laid the groundwork for Su Yu to seduce Chen Yao later."

Fatty exclaimed in disbelief, "You're saying Su Yu seduced Chen Yao? Not the other way around?"

"Mm," Jiang Cheng nodded and continued, "And what Li Yanwei said about arranging for Chen Yao to join Su Yu's ballet class through connections is probably true. She only thought that Chen Yao was extremely talented, and soon, the ten-year anniversary celebration would be starting."

"If new student Chen Yao made a stunning debut, then as her teacher, the newly hired Su Yu would also shine in the large campus, which would help his career."

After a moment, Jiang Cheng sighed lightly, "She's not bad; she's just foolish."

Jiang Cheng lifted his head, his eyes shimmering with a faint light. "I've always wondered why all the security guards, teachers, and the two students who committed perjury are dead, while Li Yanwei only had her eyes gouged out."

"Now it seems that Chen Yao probably figured out the reason; she only hated this foolish woman for being blind and mistaking Su Yu, blindly believing one side of this guy's story."

"The people who committed perjury weren't hired by Li Yanwei, but by Su Yu. Li Yanwei was kept in the dark from beginning to end."

"It's easy to understand Su Yu's motive; it must be that after he had repeatedly expressed his feelings for Chen Yao and failed, he was worried about the matter being exposed. So, before Chen Yao could reveal the truth, he played the role of the villain and turned the tables on Chen Yao."

"He reversed right and wrong, claiming that it was Chen Yao who seduced him first, and that he had to firmly refuse because of his identity as a teacher and having a girlfriend. But Chen Yao wouldn't let it go, even fabricating lies that he had attempted to touch her inappropriately as a threat."

"He painted himself as the victim, while Chen Yao became the object of everyone's disdain."

"This is also why he only dared to present the first half of the diary," Jiang Cheng turned to look at Fatty, "I think the second half of the diary must contain Chen Yao's complaints about Su Yu's excessive attentiveness, or even her disgust."

"I agree with what you're saying, Doctor," Fatty nodded repeatedly.

From the first half of the diary, one can imagine Su Yu's attentiveness towards Chen Yao; otherwise, how could there be mentions of Su Yu in every entry?

"Moreover, the so-called solo dance being changed to a duet was likely manipulated by Su Yu. He just wanted to create opportunities to be alone with Chen Yao, making it easier for him to take action," Jiang Cheng said slowly.

Thinking of Su Yu's face, Fatty's teeth gritted in anger, "That bastard with a human face and a beast's heart! She said they should practice dancing, but why did he insist on practicing at night and falsely claim it was the little girl's request!"

At this point, Fatty suddenly widened his eyes, looking at Jiang Cheng, "Doctor," he said in shock, "You must have thought of this long ago, right?"

He recalled how Jiang Cheng had picked up a flowerpot and smashed it down on Su Yu's head with great intensity and found it quite likely.

Jiang Cheng didn't respond, so Fatty took it as a tacit agreement, and then he shouted to return to the courtyard to give that bastard Su Yu a good beating.

Just as Fatty turned around, a hand suddenly rested on his shoulder.

Fatty was startled, and Jiang Cheng's voice followed.

"Don't move."

In the nightmare, only by following the doctor's words could one survive, which had almost become an unshakeable truth in Fatty's mind. Upon hearing this, he truly stood still.

Slowly, Fatty began to notice the abnormality around him.

His gaze gradually swept to the door, and then his expression flickered slightly. He was shocked to find that the door had been closed without him hearing any sound.

"The blackboard is here," Jiang Cheng's voice was very low, "and Su Yu told me this."

Fatty's throat constricted as his thoughts raced faster than ever.

Previously, he remembered the blackboard was placed in the courtyard, but now it had appeared in this room. It was clear that someone had moved it, and that person was undoubtedly Su Yu.

This is a trap!

Su Yu must have anticipated that they would come looking for him.

At the same time, Fatty thought of a more shocking question: Where did Zhen Jianren and Luo Yi go?

According to their previous plan, the two of them should also be in the equipment center right now.

But… where were they?

It had already been confirmed that Luo Yi was a ghost, but what had happened to Zhen Jianren? Had he already died, or was there something even more terrifying than death?

Fatty trembled in fear, water-like ripples appearing on his skin.

What can be confirmed now is that they had been schemed against by that bastard Su Yu, trapped in this room that seemed very different.

When they came in, Fatty had observed the wooden door of the room; due to the passage of time, it had significantly decayed and eroded, clearly not capable of blocking both him and Jiang Cheng.

(End of the Chapter)

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