The Old Dean’s original name was Zhang Dahai. He had killed many, many people, causing an enormous public outcry back in the day. But due to his status, sharp mind, and experience as a former police officer, he was never identified as the suspect.
He was known in the media as the “Ghost Child” because someone investigating his murders found that the families he targeted were mostly those with utterly despicable parents. In the vast majority of those families, just hearing about the things the deceased parents had done made one feel that those parents were not just unqualified; they deserved to be hacked to pieces.
For example, in one case, both parents were gambling addicts. They racked up a huge debt, but instead of reforming, they resorted to crooked paths. They broke their own child’s arms and legs and sent the child to beg on the streets to pay off their debts.
It was because of this that many people believed Zhang Dahai was a “hired killer” summoned by those poor children.
Case after case, far too many people died. And Zhang Dahai, using his former business connections and police contacts, naturally funneled the now-uncared-for children into his orphanage.
At first, he truly believed these children could be reborn in his hands.
But gradually, he changed. These children became his tools—for murder, for gathering intelligence, or for satisfying his desires.
Shen Shuyun followed him for a period. What she discovered was that Zhang Dahai hadn’t changed, but had simply begun to reveal his true nature.
This person’s mentality was extremely twisted. He felt these children owed him an immense debt of gratitude and should do these things for him. That they owed him. Because of events from his own childhood, he also had pedophilic tendencies and enjoyed hurting these children to satisfy himself.
So in reality, coming to him didn’t improve the children’s lives at all. Instead, they entered a different kind of hell. What was worse, once gathered together, under his influence, their mindsets underwent a massive, collective, and drastic shift.
In other words, a massive bastard gathered a group of children, essentially blank slates, together, and this group of children became little bastards.
This was actually the complete opposite of Zhang Dahai’s original intention, though he himself never realized it.
To kill him, Shen Shuyun chose to use the ability she had since childhood: Ghost Communication.
She went to every crime scene and brought out all the wraiths within.
During that time, these wraiths hid on her person, whispering in her ear constantly.
Most of the people killed were themselves problematic, aside from some innocents later on.
The ones killed early on couldn’t be called innocent, but none of them were good. Mingling with such a large group of wraiths for an entire year, it was a miracle Shen Shuyun didn’t go insane.
In the end, she used these wraiths to kill Zhang Dahai. And she also killed all the children Zhang Dahai had adopted.
A total of one hundred and thirty-eight people.
The most tragic among them were the children she burned to death in the dormitory.
Killing those little bastards was intentional on her part. Those little bastards also needed redemption.
And the reason she went to such lengths to gather all these wraiths was connected to those little bastards.
From the conversation between Shen Shuyun and Zhang Dahai, Bai Yu understood everything. She didn’t care to comment on it, only realizing that Shen Shuyun was also a lunatic. If she guessed correctly, this person had made the wraiths kill their own children.
And the reason Shen Shuyun could enter the Scumbag Game was now clear.
Killing that many children fit the Scumbag Game’s requirements perfectly.
“Without me, they would have turned out this way too.” Zhang Dahai was still lying in the same position. “At least I let them experience a brand-new life, didn’t I?”
“Then if I capture all those little imps outside and throw them in front of you, could you still say those words while looking at them?”
Shen Shuyun narrowed her eyes. As expected, at this, Zhang Dahai fell silent.
He was most familiar with the state of the little imps in the school; he just didn’t want to face it actively.
But just as he fell silent, Shen Shuyun suddenly changed her words. “Never mind. Since I could kill them once, I can kill them again. This time, I’ll make sure they are truly freed.”
“No!”
“What’s the matter? Regretting it? Don’t worry, I won’t let you see it. I’ll kill you first, before I kill them.”
The pig-slaughtering knife plunged into Zhang Dahai’s heart, but this attack had virtually no effect on him.
Bai Yu kicked Shen Shuyun away. Blood Threads erupted from her body, madly devouring Zhang Dahai.
Now, Zhang Dahai could feel pain. Not just ordinary pain, but an unbearable, bone-gnawing agony.
For a time, howls like a slaughtered pig echoed through the cafeteria’s second floor.
Soon, Zhang Dahai was dead, completely becoming a part of Bai Yu’s being.
Leaning against the wall, Shen Shuyun watched this scene. She suddenly began to laugh, a wild, hysterical laugh.
Bai Yu didn’t know what she had gleaned from this “catching up” with Zhang Dahai, or if she had gotten the answer she sought in her heart.
But it seemed she had found what she was looking for.
Bai Yu wondered: for Shen Shuyun, what significance did such a simple sequence of events hold?
Was her way of recovering her memories really just chatting and reminiscing with Zhang Dahai?
She wasn’t Shen Shuyun; she couldn’t understand her thoughts.
The only certainty was that the process of seeking an answer didn’t have to be intense. Profound enough was all that mattered.
Lu Liangting was still standing behind the door at this moment. His gaze shifted from Shen Shuyun to Bai Yu. He seemed to understand something, yet also seemed to understand nothing at all.
Shen Shuyun had come with him. And this place seemed deeply significant to her. The girl in the white dress, in turn, had come to help Shen Shuyun. It seemed the two had known each other before.
For some reason, a feeling of emptiness settled in his heart.
Regardless of the outcome, all of this reflected one thing: the girl in the white dress hadn’t appeared here because of him, Lu Liangting. Saving him had just been a convenient byproduct.
But still, even if it was a coincidence that she saved him, she still saved him.
Without her, he truly would have faced certain death this time, far more perilous than even at the Sunshine Apartment.
Lu Liangting took a deep breath, stepped forward, and extended a hand to Bai Yu.
“Thank you very much this time. I wanted to properly thank you back at the Sunshine Apartment too, but never got the chance. Ah, my name is Lu Liangting.”
Bai Yu just glanced at him, then averted her head, showing no intention of shaking his hand.
Lu Liangting’s hand froze in mid-air. Awkward for a moment, he could only withdraw it and scratch his head.
He wasn’t sure if it was his imagination, but he felt that Bai Yu seemed full of wariness and hostility towards him, even though he clearly hadn’t done anything.
