Chapter 100: Transmigrated as a Fraudulent Male Streamer (24)
How ironic for a ghost to claim he was afraid of ghosts.
The thought instantly popped into Cen Yu’s mind.
Still, he was actually a bit curious about what Pei Hengyun really was… Could he truly be “Xinyu” from the tomb under the old teaching building, just as Yu Sheng had mentioned?
Cen Yu looked at Pei Hengyun. According to the original plot, the man had killed him on the fourth night, but looking at him now, Cen Yu could feel that Pei Hengyun harbored virtually no malice toward him.
Then there was the matter of the survivor in the original text: who exactly was that person found by the rescue team after they saved Pei Hengyun?
Cen Yu pondered for a moment, deciding it was best to tackle the tasks one by one.
He was almost one hundred percent certain that “Cen Yu” was indeed a former student of Meiman High School, He Yongning’s desk partner, and their former classmate.
That was why the farmhouse restaurant owner felt he looked so familiar.
As for Yan Feiluan… Cen Yu hadn’t missed the flash of surprise in Yan Feiluan’s eyes when he first saw him. The teacher knew exactly who he was, and the trembling of his body when he spoke of “matters of ghosts and spirits” didn’t lie either—he clearly knew far more than he let on.
Cen Yu thought for a moment, naturally remembering the rich second-generation heir who was supposed to die tonight.
So he looked toward Jiang Tuan. “Where is that rich second-gen guy staying?”
“Isn’t he interested in live streaming?”
“Call him along.”
Fan Jie hadn’t expected Jiang Tuan to call him at 8:00 PM, asking if he was interested in an adventure at the old teaching building.
Fan Jie was just about to say, “Are you out of your mind?” when something suddenly crossed his mind… Almost instantly, he changed his tune, telling Jiang Tuan he would arrive at the old campus on time.
Just as he was getting ready to head out, he bumped right into Yu Sheng.
Since he didn’t own a house here, Yu Sheng, who organized the gathering, had simply lent him a spare room in his family’s home.
Logically speaking, since he was supposed to leave tomorrow morning, he should have been resting in his room at this hour.
Yu Sheng looked at him in surprise. “You’re going out?”
Fan Jie replied vaguely, “Just going for a stroll.”
Yu Sheng, however, glanced toward the courtyard outside. “Tonight?”
“…” Fan Jie was just about to ask if Yu Sheng was asking a stupid question—if not tonight, was he supposed to go out tomorrow night?
Yet inexplicably, under Yu Sheng’s calm, cool gaze, Fan Jie felt an odd shudder run down his spine. All he could do was stammer numbly, “Yeah, just going out for a stroll.”
“Did Jiang Tuan and the others invite you?” Yu Sheng asked again.
Fan Jie wasn’t surprised that Yu Sheng knew, assuming the man had a closer relationship with Jiang Tuan and the others anyway, and that Jiang Tuan had simply called to inform him in advance.
“Yeah, Jiang Tuan said Cen Yu is going to stream a ghost hunt and plans to explore the old teaching building,” Fan Jie said directly and openly. He carefully scrutinized Yu Sheng’s expression. “Are you coming too, Teacher Yu?”
Yu Sheng nodded, his shadow stretched long under the moonlight. Looking at Fan Jie, he said, “Get your things together, and we’ll leave.”
By 11:00 PM, Cen Yu launched his live stream. Unsure whether it was because clips from his previous stream had gone viral after being reposted or for some other reason…
The moment the stream started, over ten thousand viewers flooded in. For a small-time streamer like Cen Yu, it was the very first time he had seen so many people line up right at the start.
Holding his phone, he was dressed in a half-zip jacket and cargo shorts, having stashed the claw hammer he pinched from Jiang Tuan’s place into the pocket at the hem of his jacket.
He turned his head to glance at Jiang Tuan. “Has that guy arrived yet?”
He was planning to head straight into the old campus as soon as the guy got here.
Jiang Tuan rummaged around the house for flashlights, only to find two. After giving one to Cen Yu, he held the other in his own hand, leaving He Yongning and Pei Hengyun with no choice but to use their phone flashlights for illumination.
“Keep your voice down!” Jiang Tuan warned immediately.
They had originally planned to sneak into the school grounds by climbing over the fence.
Fortunately, he knew the security guard at Meiman Middle School. Jiang Tuan had specifically asked him for a favor, explaining that a few former classmates wanted to explore the old teaching building at night, which was the only reason the guard had let them in.
Cen Yu immediately made an apologetic gesture.
Pei Hengyun was still wearing the same clothes as before, staring at the pitch-black teaching building with an unreadable expression.
It wasn’t until he caught the sound of two sets of footsteps that he turned around, spotting a hurriedly approaching Fan Jie, followed closely by Yu Sheng walking behind him.
Yu Sheng was dressed similarly to how he looked this morning. He Yongning simply assumed Fan Jie had mentioned it to him and didn’t pay it much mind.
Though Jiang Tuan was surprised, Yu Sheng lived in the same village as him and they were usually quite close, so he spoke up, “I thought you wouldn’t be interested.”
“It’s been a long time, and opportunities like this are rare,” Yu Sheng replied in his usual scholarly manner, adjusting the glasses on the bridge of his nose. “So I came along with Fan Jie.”
“Ah, right,” Fan Jie chimed in hastily.
Glancing at the dimly lit teaching building, he suddenly felt a nervous flutter in his chest…
Seeing that everyone had gathered, Cen Yu began shooting the breeze with his live stream viewers—
“Don’t believe there are ghosts here?” Cen Yu let out a low chuckle. “I got groped by a ghost when I was taking a shower the other day!”
“Pervert ghosts don’t count as ghosts?” Cen Yu glanced at the chat. “I’m telling you it’s real, the invisible kind!”
Saying this, he held up his phone. “An abandoned teaching building…”
Holding the flashlight in one hand and his phone in the other, he panned the camera across the teaching building. “Let’s go inside and take a look first.”
It had been agreed upon earlier that because Cen Yu needed to stream, if Pei Hengyun wanted to come along, he would have to rely on He Yongning and Jiang Tuan for support, as Cen Yu wouldn’t be able to carry him in.
Under everyone’s gaze, Pei Hengyun rolled his ankle slightly. “…My ankle is mostly better.”
He turned to the group and added, “I’ll just be walking a bit slower.”
He Yongning frowned at Pei Hengyun, who offered him a slight smile in return.
Although Jiang Tuan felt something was off, he merely nodded.
Cen Yu had been waiting for these exact words from Pei Hengyun.
He called out to the group, “Then everyone take good care of yourselves.”
Fan Jie watched as the first few people walked into the teaching building.
He said to Yu Sheng beside him, “Shall we go in too?”
Yu Sheng watched the receding back of Cen Yu walking away with his phone held high. He pulled out his own phone as well. “Alright.”
All of them had already visited this old teaching building once this afternoon.
Cen Yu’s claim that he was going to explore it was merely an excuse.
His true destination was the new teaching building.
He suspected that in the teachers’ office or perhaps the archives room of the new building, there would be old photos from back then, which could serve as evidence to prove his identity.
As a result, he walked at a breakneck pace, leaving the group behind him in no time at all.
Then, he swiftly cut his live stream and clicked off his flashlight. Relying solely on the sliver of ambient light from outside, he navigated slowly through the pitch-black abandoned teaching building, before slipping out through the stairwell at the far end.
