Translator: Melimeli, Editors: kayli, Pyrrhae, PR: Baumkuchen

After drawing the smiling face, the ghost of the girl pulled up the corners of her mouth into a smile, as if she were consoling herself.

From one look you could tell that she was definitely a very nice and sensible child when she was alive!

But no matter how sensible, she still became a ghost…

Lin Feiran pretended to watch Gu Kaifeng and his friends play, but from the corner of his eye, he was observing the young ghost. He clenched and unclenched his fists. His palms were covered in a thin layer of sweat, his heart was palpitating, and his limbs felt cold.

At this time, the ghost of the girl hugged her knees with her two thin arms, resting her head against one arm. She started to hum a very popular children's song under her breath. After she finished, she stood up and gave herself a round of applause, seeming accustomed to playing by herself.

Lin Feiran was silent for a moment. He gritted his teeth and prepared his heart. Acting like he was thinking about something, Lin Feiran covered his mouth with his hand so no one could see he was talking to himself. While trembling in fear, he called out, “That… The kid over there… Are, are you there?"

Though talking to the ghost of the girl, Lin Feiran's eyes remained on Gu Kaifeng. This was his first time taking the initiative to deal with a ghost and his heart was thumping quickly as scenes from horror movies flashed through his head. He could not help but imagine the girl's ghost suddenly becoming evil, with her face turning even more terrifying, or with her suddenly pouncing on him and biting him…

By looking at the nearby Gu Kaifeng, he felt safer.

This time, Gu Kaifeng noticed Lin Feiran's gaze on him. He stared back, raised his eyebrows, and laughed. Then, he threw a kiss again.

“…” Lin Feiran fiercely shot daggers at him with his eyes in return, but because he was handsome and cute, it actually did not look fierce at all.

The boys around Gu Kaifeng, led by w.a.n.g Zhuo, immediately started to holler and catcall!

Though conscious that Lin Feiran was disdaining his flirtatious glances, Gu Kaifeng was actually happy inside. But, he scolded the others, “s.h.i.t, why can't you guys act a little more normal.”

w.a.n.g Zhuo said teasingly, “No need to explain, no need to explain! I understand, it's called a kiss of friendship! It's very normal between straight men. Come here, He Hao, mwuaaah!"

With that, w.a.n.g Zhuo threw a kiss at another boy.

The boy named He Hao reached out, pretending to catch the kiss in the air. He pressed the "kiss" to his face and returned the favor, “Mwaaah!”

Lin Feiran was blushing hard from their crazy antics. He turned his head and looked at the ghost who was also staring as the male students fooled around. She tilted her head, eyebrows furrowed in confusion.

s.h.i.t, isn't this the same as corrupting one of our country's precious flowers? Even if the flower has withered, she's still a flower ah. Lin Feiran was distracted from much of his fear by the joking. He greeted the young ghost, "Hi, kid. Don't look at them; those big brothers are all nuts."

Hearing Lin Feiran's voice, the girl's thin body trembled slightly, but she remained motionless and silent.

Lin Feiran waited a few seconds but did not get a response. He licked his dry lips and asked again, “Kid, can you hear me?”

The ghost girl looked at him in surprise, but still did not speak.

Seeing that the other did not attack him or suddenly turn evil, Lin Feiran relaxed a little and his tongue became untied. “I have Yin-Yang eyes. I can see you and want to talk to you. May I?”

“…” The ghost of the girl blinked her bleeding eyes. Looking a little frightened, she cautiously moved a meter away from Lin Feiran.

"Mommy said that you shouldn't talk to strangers! Especially weird brothers and uncles!"

Lin Feiran: "……"

Do I really look like a bad person?

“Hey, I'm just talking to you, why are you running away ah?” Lin Feiran asked unhappily.

The ghost of the girl heard his upset in his tone and slowly inched away again. She hugged her knees more tightly.

Lin Feiran had to soften his voice and coax softly, “This big brother is not a bad man. Can you not be afraid of me?”

As soon as he finished, Lin Feiran felt something was not right.

Why are you, a ghost, more frightened than me! Clearly, I am the one who should be more afraid!

To the little girl, Lin Feiran had a strikingly handsome appearance and as his tone had become gentler, she did not run away. She first buried her face in her hands, then, after a moment, lifted her face a little towards Lin Feiran, revealing her bleeding, tear-filled eyes. She quietly looked at the handsome but suspicious older brother.

If this behavior had been shown by a living girl, it would have been very cute, but a ghost girl doing this could only look scary.

Lin Feiran trembled while trying to console both the ghost and himself, "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid…”

After he calmed down, Lin Feiran did not look at the girl again. He turned his head, locked his gaze on Gu Kaifeng, and softly asked, "Do you know Mrs. Zheng?”

The ghost did not say anything, she just softly hummed "en". If he ignored her ghostly face, this girl was just like any other quiet kid.

(TN: Meaning yes in Chinese.)

Lin Feiran guessed, “Are you Mrs. Zheng's daughter?”

Mrs. Zheng looked around forty years old, but her son seemed to only be in the second grade of elementary school. If he was her first child, it seemed she was starting a family late in life. Lin Feiran thought it was more likely that she had a child who had unfortunately died before having a second one.

Sure enough, the little ghost only hesitated for a moment before saying "en" again.

“Alas.” Lin Feiran had always thought Mrs. Zheng was a very good person. Now he knew that she lost her daughter. He couldn't help but sigh sadly as he articulated carefully, “So you… Was it an accident or an illness?

The ghost girl seemed reluctant to answer. After a while, she raised her thin, pale hand and made a “two” gesture.

The second? Lin Feiran quickly glanced at her and confirmed, “Because of illness?”

The little ghost nodded.

His communication with the ghost was going abnormally smoothly, so Lin Feiran became more relaxed. He continued to ask, "Then, do you have any unfinished business? Can I help you?"

The ghost hesitated and studied Lin Feiran from head to toe with eyes as black as a hole. Finally, she shook her head slowly as if she did not trust him. She got up, dusted the non-existent dirt from her skirt, and ran away, her slim and faint figure pa.s.sing through the wall as she disappeared in the twinkling of an eye.

Lin Feiran was not surprised. He had a cousin around the same age as her. He knew many children that age were wary of strangers. It would be weirder if she had spilled her guts to him after only a short chat.

The backboard could be heard trembling from a rebound, and another ball went into the basket. The basketball fell on the ground with a bang before it was firmly caught by a pair of attractive hands.

Lin Feiran looked at the basketball the ghost of the girl had wanted to touch and thought up a plan.

That child was very pitiful, Lin Feiran thought. If she died from an illness, she might not have lived happily even when she was alive. When other children eat and play, the little girl might have been wasting away in the hospital every day.

“Did you see the three-pointer I just shot?” Gu Kaifeng came running over with his body that shone brightly with Yang energy, treading in the process on two ghosts that were sleeping on the ground. Both ghosts let out squeaks;  they were burned by his overflowing Yang energy and had lost a part of their stomachs. They woke up one after the other with very sour expressions!

“I saw it.” Lin Feiran unscrewed the cap of a water bottle and handed it to Gu Kaifeng. When Gu Kaifeng reached for it, he deliberately brushed Gu Kaifeng's fingertips. The two ghosts who were lying on the ground, holding their bellies and cursing, disappeared.

“Is this new?” Gu Kaifeng wiped his sweat and looked at the newly opened bottle of water in his hand. He capped it and returned it to Lin Feiran. Then, he stooped and picked up Lin Feiran's bottle from the ground. He took a few gulps directly from the mouth of the bottle, drinking half of the water left. Under Lin Feiran's complicated gaze, he wiped his mouth and said with a smile, “This water is sweeter than the other.”

Lin Feiran: "……"

If there comes a day that Gu Kaifeng dies, he would die from being too s.e.xy!

After eating dinner, they had an evening self-study cla.s.s and returned to the dorm at 8:30.

Lin Feiran took out the book his grandpa left him from his desk drawer and perused it to reconfirm the way to give offerings to ghosts. Gu Kaifeng sat beside him, going through an exercise book. After a while, he suddenly touched Lin Feiran with his knee and asked, “Baby, how did you do these past two days?”

“Not bad.” Speaking of the mid-term exam, Lin Feiran's eyes immediately brightened and he wore a look of exultation as he elaborated, “I answered all of the last major questions for mathematics and physics, and my essay should also be good. Before the exam, I memorized several theses on cla.s.sical literature before the exam and was able to use three of them.”

Gu Kaifeng asked in a leisurely manner, “Can you raise your rank this time?”

Lin Feiran laughed, rubbed the tip of his nose, and boasted, “I think I can surpa.s.s you no problem this time.”

Gu Kaifeng was happy; it seemed as though he had been waiting for this answer as he quickly replied, "Then, what are you going to do if you can't surpa.s.s me? Do you dare to make a bet?"

Lin Feiran rolled his eyes. "I dare. However, if it's for something like 'if I lose, I kiss you', no deal."

Gu Kaifeng complained, "RanRan, you've become harder to trick."

Lin Feiran hummed, “I knew what you were going to do.”

"Then, you don't have to kiss me if you lose," said Gu Kaifeng slowly. He seemed to lower his hand carelessly, but he actually grabbed Lin Feiran's right hand that was hanging by his side. He laced Lin Feiran's fingers with his own and said, "If you lose, promise you will fall in love with me and formally become my boyfriend."

Lin Feiran was silent for a moment and felt sincere surprise from the bottom of his heart. “So you actually knew that I'm not your boyfriend?”

Gu Kaifeng looked at him quietly and said, “Of course I know, you have rejected me well.”

Lin Feiran was angry at such a blunt admission and said, “Then why do you still treat me like… Like that…”

Gu Kaifeng's lips bore a slight grin as he calmly said, "The political science teacher explained that if in a portion of a region a certain portion of the population could love first, they would rise up, leading and a.s.sisting other regions, and the other people, until we gradually attain a common love."

Lin Feiran felt a burst of dizziness. He cradled his forehead in his hand on the table and said, “You're so good at politics, ah? Why don't you study liberal arts?"

Gu Kaifeng answered soberly, “If I study liberal arts, then how am I going to be in the same cla.s.s as you?”

Lin Feiran ignored him. "I'm not going to take that bet with you. Don't even think about it." He returned to reading his grandpa's notebook.

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