Alternate setting, supernatural horror
Cold gong x talkative shou
The gong is not a ghost
Han Sitong has been able to see things ordinary people can't since he was a child. Sometimes, he's even heard animals talk. He's told people around him about it, but no one believed him. They even mocked him and said he had delusions. At first, he was afraid, but after seeing so many bizarre things, he got used to them.
A strange, timid boy transfers into his class this semester. His bangs are so long they cover his face, and his gloomy aura makes people uncomfortable. The teacher considers his personality and doesn't ask him to introduce himself. He barely speaks and is so timid that even being spoken to makes him jump. Han Sitong sits beside him for two whole days before learning his name is Chen Chiyu.
Han Sitong attends an elite private school, where there is no shortage of rich kids who don't take their studies seriously. They are spoiled and behave terribly, and someone like Chen Chiyu is the perfect target for their bullying.
Sure enough, before Chen Chiyu has even been there for a week, they start picking on him. Han Sitong isn't one to meddle, but sometimes he can't stand watching and steps in. This goes on for a long time.
On the day his grandmother dies, Han Sitong takes the day off. When he returns, it's time for midterms, but Chen Chiyu is absent. That night, Han Sitong sees his grandmother's ghost wandering by the window in his room, repeating the same words: "It's here." The next day at school, Chen Chiyu has returned to class, but it's as if he's become a different person. Even his face looks more and more unfamiliar to Han Sitong.
After school, Han Sitong runs into Chen Chiyu in the suburbs. To be polite, he's about to walk over and say hello, but before he gets close, something at Chen Chiyu's feet catches his eye. It's a corpse. Holding his breath, he squints for a better look, then freezes on the spot: the corpse is Chen Chiyu!
The "Chen Chiyu" standing there seems to notice Han Sitong. He turns his head, but his body doesn't move. The eyeball in his right socket splits in two like a dividing cell, and his pupil turns vertical. Han Sitong hears him speak in a flat voice.
"What are you looking at?"
This is entirely fictional. Believe in science. (Recommended for daytime reading.)
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