Chapter 234: Because, I Have Been Here Before!

"There were a total of five students killed in the school, front and back, and every victim's corpse presented an extremely twisted desiccated state."

Chang Qingsen's mother tightly covered her mouth with both hands, a trace of horror and despair flashing through her eyes.

Chang Wei's voice was low and deep, firm, attempting to give her a thread of comfort:

"The identities of the corpses have all been confirmed; there is no Xiao Sen. So, Xiao Sen is currently only in a missing person state. Since his corpse has not yet been discovered, Xiao Sen still has a very large possibility of being alive."

Chang Qingsen's mother's throat was dry and rough, her voice weak as she asked: "Really?"

Chang Wei's expression was grave; he nodded:

"Sister, based on my many years of experience as a prison guard, the corpses in these homicide cases were all abandoned inside the school, very easily discovered. So, Xiao Sen's disappearance doesn't have much connection to these homicide cases."

Chang Qingsen's mother's red and swollen eyes stared tightly at Chang Wei: "Then, what exactly is Xiao Sen's disappearance related to?"

Chang Wei vaguely had some guesses in his heart, especially after talking with Ma Xuan, these guesses became even clearer. However, these words he could not speak directly to his sister.

Chang Wei avoided his sister's gaze, his heart incomparably tormented, only saying in a deep voice:

"In short, sister, rest assured, as long as Xiao Sen is still alive, I will definitely be able to find Xiao Sen and bring him back; our family will definitely be able to reunite."

Chang Qingsen's mother could feel that Chang Wei seemed to be hiding something from her, but she pressed her younger brother several times and he wouldn't say, so she could only choose to believe her younger brother.

Seeing his sister pursue the questioning no further, Chang Wei's heart relaxed slightly.

He pulled out a charging cable from under the sofa, plugging in the already powered-off phone for power. The moment the phone screen lit up, a bunch of missed call notifications popped up on the screen..

Respectively, Tian Tao called 11 times, Ma Xuan called 3 times, Zhou Hu called 1 time.

"Has something happened in the prison?"

Chang Wei's heart tightened fiercely, an uneasy premonition enveloping his heart like dark clouds. He swiftly picked up his phone, pressed the dial key, and called back his confidant subordinate Tian Tao first.

In the Second Prison Light Supervision Zone A District duty room, behind the half-closed door, a corpse still retaining warmth lay prone on the ground in a strange posture, head tilted forward, as if performing a silent pilgrimage ritual, or perhaps conducting some kind of penance.

Beside the corpse's bed, on a quilt folded neatly and squarely, a powered-off black-screen phone lay there quietly.

This matter fully warned everyone: phones must be kept on and reachable 24 hours a day; otherwise, once a certain call is missed, by the time you call back, it may already be a separation of life and death forever.

Leaving only a cold mechanical voice, echoing coldly by your ear:

—Sorry, the number you have dialed is powered off, please try again later.

The unease in Chang Wei's heart surged like a tide, growing ever stronger.

He hung up the phone, his finger sliding gently down the screen, stopping on Ma Xuan's name, just preparing to press the dial key the moment—

Thump thump thump!

Thump thump thump!

A burst of dull and urgent knocking sounds suddenly rang out in the quiet house deep in the night; Chang Wei and his sister were both startled, abruptly turning their heads to look at the door.

So late, who would come knocking?

Both their hearts contracted simultaneously; Chang Qingsen's mother froze first, then a flash of light passed through her eyes, her face surging with irrepressible excitement, she hurriedly rushed toward the doorway.

"Xiao Sen, is it Xiao Sen come back?"

She anxiously twisted the doorknob while asking in a voice carrying a few tremors.

Chang Wei subconsciously gripped his phone tightly, following closely behind his sister's footsteps; just as he reached the living room center, the door opened in response, revealing the female high school student standing outside.

Although the girl at the door wasn't wearing a school uniform, the makeup on her face was very heavy, and a pair of glasses frames that looked somewhat old-fashioned sat on her nose bridge, Chang Wei still, relying on the sharp eyesight honed by over a decade as a prison guard, saw through the other party's age and identity at a glance.

"Who are you looking for?" Chang Qingsen's mother's eyes flashed a trace of obvious disappointment, her voice carrying a disappointment that couldn't be concealed.

Feng Yuhuai stood outside the threshold, raising her head slightly; her gaze swept lightly over the woman, finally landing on Chang Wei inside the room, confirming that the man before her was indeed the person in the photo.

She swallowed her saliva, lowered her voice and countered: "May I ask if this is Chang Qingsen's home?"

Chang Wei stepped forward, stopping his sister from continuing to question; his eyes carried a trace of suspicion, asking straight to the point: "Who are you? What business do you have looking for Xiao Sen?"

The school leadership naturally already knew about Chang Qingsen's disappearance, but whether the students below knew depended on how the school leadership explained it internally; Chang Wei wasn't clear on that either.

Feng Yuhuai behaved very obediently; she replied in a soft, gentle voice: "I am Qingsen-xuezhang's classmate; he hasn't come to school for classes for several days already. I came here to ask when xuezhang can return my rag doll to me."

"Rag doll?" Chang Wei blanked slightly, looking at his sister with some surprise.

These past few days Chang Qingsen's mother had been sleeping in her son's bedroom; she hadn't paid much attention to whether there was a rag doll in her son's bedroom or not.

Feng Yuhuai lightly licked her moist lips, explaining in detail:

"That was accidentally left by me in the school cafeteria; xuezhang picked it up and promised to return it to me. But he hasn't appeared at school for several days in a row, so I got a bit worried and came to check..."

"Xiao Sen he..."

Chang Qingsen's mother's voice choked; she covered her mouth with her hand, tears spinning in her eye sockets, unable to continue speaking. She turned around, steps heavy, walking toward her son's bedroom.

Seeing this, Chang Wei took up his sister's unfinished words, his tone carrying a trace of irritation: "Xiao Sen isn't home, why don't you..."

His words weren't finished yet when Feng Yuhuai, without waiting for an invitation, lowered her head and walked straight into the room, then gently closed the door behind her with a backhand.

Chang Wei sensed something was off; his brows involuntarily knitted tight; he suddenly asked: "Wait, how do you know where Xiao Sen's home is?"

Feng Yuhuai didn't stop her steps, lowering her head and rapidly approaching Chang Wei, simultaneously replying as if muttering to herself: "Because, I, before, followed Qingsen-xuezhang here."

Listening to Feng Yuhuai's explanation, the more Chang Wei listened the more he felt something was wrong in the words; by the time he reacted, he discovered this female high school student had already walked briskly to right in front of him, her shoes almost stepping on his toes.

A chill suddenly surged in Chang Wei's heart: "Wrong, since you followed Xiao Sen here before, why didn't you just take your rag doll directly?"

As Chang Wei spoke, he nearly instinctively stepped back, and subconsciously reached for the electric baton at his waist — naturally grasping empty air — and his right foot likewise couldn't retreat; his shoe and ankle seemed to be entangled by something.

"Damn, forgot I'm not wearing my uniform."

Chang Wei cursed inwardly; what he met looking down was a pair of eyes dyed into a ring-shaped crimson red, the latter grinning wide, saliva overflowing between lips and teeth, bone-chillingly cold:

"That's naturally because, at the time xuezhang entered the house, and I didn't follow in; I hid under the windowsill of xuezhang's bedroom....."

(End of Chapter)