Chapter 23 - Ghost??
Inside the library, Ke Yan and Jiang Qi sitting opposite each other, each looking at the book in front of them. After a while, Jiang Qi put the book in his hand down, looked at Ke Yan and suddenly asked, “ Ke Yan.. why do you like to read?”
Ke Yan lifted his head from the book, looked at Jiang Qi curious face and asked back: “You?”
Being countered, Jiang Qi slightly surprised and after thinking for a while he realize Ke Yan almost finished reading his book: “I do not know, it seems from small I already likes to read and became accustomed to. How about you?”
Ke Yan did not reply but lightly close the book in his hand and stood up: “Come on, let’s go.”
“Ah, okay.”
Summer night if without wind would be depressingly hot. Two people taking a small road on their way back to the dormitory with Jiang Qi walking behind Ke Yan. Looking at Ke Yan’s figure, he wander what would Ke Yan’s answer would be if he replied on his question just now.
“Save me ah!!” Jiang Qi was lost in thoughts, when he heard the sound calling for help. Both Ke Yan and Jiang Qi’s footstep halted. Jiang Qi’s ears perks up trying to locate the origin of the sound but maybe they misheard since that sound never appeared again. The night seems darker with only both of them walking on the small road. The faint light from the street lamp with insects flitted below it reflected on the ground. Jiang Qi felt a little bit uneasy and subconsciously grabbed on Ke Yan’s hand.
Ke Yan wanted to shake Jiang Qi’s hand but immediately being clutched by Jiang Qi. Jiang Qi grasped Ke Yan’s hand tightly, anxiously looking around and whispered: “Ke Yan, should we look around this surrounding area?”
Ke Yan answered with a cold voice: “Are you sure?”
“Hmm. First let go of my hand.”
“I don’t want to.”
“Quickly let go.” His voice was getting colder by the moment.
“But I’m a little bit scared.”
“Then hold on to your own hand.”
“But there’s no sense of security....”
In the end Jiang Qi still holding to Ke Yan’s hand and both of them went looking around searching for the source of the voice calling for help.
“Ke Yan, just now the voice calling for help seems to be a women.”
“Hmm.”
“Maybe it’s a ghost of a woman?”
Ke Yan looked at Jiang Qi and did not expect that he was scared of a ghost: “How could it be, don’t think anymore.”
Two guys walking around for a while, not even half a shadow can be seen. Ke Yan’s hand already started to ache painfully being tightly grasped by Jiang Qi. So after looking around for a time, he said: “Seems to be nobody, let’s go back ba.”
“Do not. What if that person really need us to save her?”
“Then, you find her on your own ba.”
“Do not....ah wait, I seems to hear some voices in front.”
Helplessly Ke Yan resigned himself to follow Jiang Qi walking ahead, after walking for a while, they finally able to pin-point the source location for the sound. Jiang Qi hid behind Ke Yan and seized his clothes, taking a small step at a time walking forward.
When they reached to a corner, Ke Yan stopped his pace and Jiang Qi followed as well. This time Jiang Qi heard the voice calling for help getting nearer and he wanted to go closer to have a look. However Ke Yan stopped him and told him to not move from there. Jiang Qi obediently stayed.
Ke Yan walking one step ahead towards another corner and looking at the scene right before his eyes feeling his hand itched to beat someone. In front of him there were 3 people, 2 girls and 1 boy wearing black outfit with white mask on their face. One of them was wearing a skeleton mask and this 2 people seems to be in a dispute because they are quarrelling in low voices while waving their flashlight. 3 people having a guilty conscience after being discovered by Ke Yan dare not uttered any sound and obediently standing there like a statue.
Jiang Qi being left behind found that Ke Yan was too quiet, walking forward and call out in a low voice: “Ke Yan?”
Ke Yan turned around, stretched his hand to cover Jiang Qi’s eyes: “Let’s go. Just a bunch of cats only.”
With his eyes being covered by Ke Yan, Jiang Qi could not see anything. He only relied on Ke Yan to bring him forward and listening to Ke Yan’s words could not help but asked: “Cat how to call for help ne?”
“That you heard it wrong.”
“Is that right?”
“Hmm.”
Left behind, the 3 people who originally wanted to scare Ke Yan one by one stick out their head looking at the departure of Ke Yan and Jiang Qi. One of them said: “Who is that boy, how could he and Xiao Ke got together.”
TLN: (Small Ke – xiao usually used to call someone’s close)
The second person bit the handkerchief and said: “It was truly ridiculous, we never had opportunity to hold Xiao Yan’s hand de.”
The first person asked: “Hey Surname Yang, did you have any idea about this?”
“I have no idea whatsoever.”
“Really useless. How could you go to the same college with Xiao Ke but didn’t even know about this thing.”
“Hey, I have not been to college for some time, how was it possible for me to know?