["Empathy" confirmed.】

"Consciousness connection is being established..."

There was the sound of electricity coming from my ear, intermittent and inaudible.

After activating "empathy", the sense of trance in the brain is stronger than that of meeting Jiang Mian.

Some kind of force is repelling her approach, pushing Bai Shuangxing forcefully.

After an unknown period of time, the sound of electric current weakened, replaced by the crackling sound of burning fire.

The whole person was dizzy, Bai Shuangxing tried hard to stabilize his mind, not to let himself be pushed away by that invisible force.

Nothing could be seen in front of it, like a huge black curtain, with no light from all directions.

And when the sound of flames suddenly sounded, a ray of flame appeared on the black curtain, and the fire grew stronger, burning the curtain violently.

The shady scene was reduced to ashes, and Baishuangxing finally saw the first ray of sunshine.

Unexpectedly, in Qin Mengdie's consciousness, the first scene was not Xinghua No. 1 Middle School——

The subject of this white night was Xinghua No. 1 Middle School, so the memories she left here should also be about the school.

Still a little confused in his mind, Bai Shuangxing tried to take a step forward, looking up and looking around.

This place seems to be... also a school.

As far as the eye can see, there are neatly arranged classrooms. There is no one else in the corridor, and it is very quiet.

Obviously, the school is not well funded.

The teaching building looks old and has not been renovated for a long time. The aisles are narrow, the floor is not tiled, and there are potholes and depressions everywhere.

Looking out of the window, the playground is also very small, with scattered flowers and trees planted on both sides.

Since he couldn't see the students, Bai Shuangxing didn't feel the vigor that he should have in adolescence, but only saw a bit of bleak silence.

Is this the school where Qin Mengdie used to be?

Thinking of this, Bai Shuangxing turned his head slightly and glanced at the class card in front of the classroom.

Class 2 (3) of junior high school.

It turned out to be junior high school.

Thanks to this glimpse, Bai Shuangxing finally found two figures in a classroom not far away.

The junior high school girl on the left is wearing a black and white school uniform with a scrawled ponytail; beside her is a woman in her thirties and forties.

The two stood on the podium in the classroom, separated from Bai Shuangxing, and it was difficult to see their faces clearly from the current perspective.

Bai Shuangxing went straight forward without hesitation.

With the experience in Jiang Mian's consciousness last time, this time, her movements are much more familiar——

All the scenes in front of me are memories. As an uninvited guest from outside, she cannot be seen by other people in the memory, so act without worrying about causing any trouble.

Looking closer, the junior high school girl was thin and handsome, and her facial features overlapped with Qin Mengdie's to a certain extent.

As expected, the content of this memory is what happened when Qin Mengdie was in junior high school.

"Test scores have slipped again."

The middle-aged woman pushed her glasses on the bridge of her nose, holding a test paper in her hand: "This is the third time in a row...I heard that you even copied other people's homework recently?"

Junior high timidly lowered his head and made no sound.

"Qin Mengdie."

The woman sighed: "Can you tell me what you think?"

Then there was a long silence.

Qin Mengdie didn't speak, and the woman stared at her without saying a word, her eyes were serious, without anger or prestige.

Qin Mengdie, who was only a junior high school student at this time, of course couldn't bear such a look.

"I……"

She still lowered her head and picked her fingers: "Teacher, what's the use of studying so hard now?"

Qin Mengdie's voice became softer and softer: "I heard people say... people like us who go out from small places, no matter how hard we work, it will be difficult to make a lot of money in the future. Those who study all day are actually the real ones.Stupid. And, when grown up—”

She paused, her voice low and inaudible: "Sooner or later, I will marry someone and live with that person."

Once again there was an eerie silence on the podium.

After a while, the woman rubbed the center of her brows, with a bit of anger in her eyes: "Who told you this?"

Qin Mengdie didn't speak.

Bai Shuangxing looked at her, a little surprised.

In Xinghua No. 1 Middle School many years later, Qin Mengdie was an excellent teacher recognized by almost all students, no matter his personality or professional ability, he was impeccable.

Bai Shuangxing thought that she was an obedient student who went smoothly since she was a child, but she didn't expect Qin Mengdie to say such words.

The middle-aged woman was silent for a few seconds, then suddenly stood up and walked to the window.

With a swipe, the curtains were opened by her.

The soft sunset came in like a tide, and Bai Shuangxing turned his head.

Looking from this direction, behind the classroom is a desolate back mountain.

Farther away, there are increasingly rolling mountains with no end in sight.

The woman asked, "Have you ever been to a bigger city than this?"

Qin Mengdie was taken aback for a moment, then shook his head.

"In a bigger city, when you look out of the window, you don't see mountains like this."

The other party said: "You will see tall buildings, wide roads, bustling commercial streets—"

She paused and continued: "There, you can watch dramas, eat high-end restaurants, go to the largest amusement park, and participate in art exhibition concerts... When you do these things, you will feel happy yourself, right?"

Qin Mengdie's expression was still blank, and she nodded.

The middle-aged woman smiled.

"so"

She said: "Do what makes you happy, what does it have to do with other people's gossip? As long as you can go to a better school and go to a bigger place, no matter what others think, you can always live well."It's better than it is now, isn't it?"

"And marriage."

The woman thought for a while, and stared seriously into the girl's eyes: "Who said that after marriage, you have to 'live with that person'? Qin Mengdie, you are living for yourself, not for others."

Hearing the last sentence, the junior high school girl in black and white school uniform was slightly taken aback.

For a long time, she has heard too many words like "Marry a chicken and follow the chicken, marry a dog and follow the dog" and "Women should have husbands and children". This is a concept that has been deeply rooted in many people's minds since many years ago.

But now, they are like sprouts that spread and grow, gradually exploring the new generation of men and women.

The few passages heard today made the girl stunned, which is rare.

She thought for the first time——

For herself, can she live a better life?

The middle-aged woman's voice fell, and there was a momentary distortion in the space around Bai Shuangxing.

Immediately afterwards, a painting was quickly consumed like a fire, and the scene in front of me was reduced to ashes.

The people and things here dissipate at the same time, revealing the content on the next scroll.

This time, Bai Shuangxing recognized it.

The tall teaching buildings, the familiar furnishings in the classrooms, and the warm sunshine outside the windows are exactly Xinghua No. 1 Middle School.

A few years later, Qin Mengdie came to this high school to teach.

After Bai Shuang traveled, she belatedly remembered that the students in the second year of high school (1) had told her that Qin Mengdie graduated from University A and could have gone to a better school in a big city to work, but finally chose to return to her hometown.

She likes this class of students very much.

Busy business, hard work, everyone has their own different personalities, when they see her, they will always say "Hello, teacher" politely and obediently.

At the end of a biology class, Bai Shuangxing watched her say goodbye to the students, and left the classroom with the textbook.

Halfway through the walk, Qin Mengdie stopped walking when he didn't know what to think.

"The documents haven't been handed in yet...it's already this time, I don't know if the principal is still here."

She muttered to herself: "Let's go and have a look first."

Hearing the word "principal", Bai Shuangxing's heart tightened.

Everyone has complex fragments of consciousness, and what she can empathize with must be the most important events.

Since it is related to the principal...

There is a high probability that this is the beginning of Qin Mengdie's discovery of offering sacrifices to evil gods.

Qin Mengdie was very efficient, so she immediately returned to her desk to pick up the documents and set off for the principal's office.

It's getting late now, and the moon and stars are few and far between.Qin Mengdie's steps were brisk, and Bai Shuangxing followed behind her, with indescribable feelings in his heart.

Everything that happened tonight will be the introduction to Qin Mengdie's death.

She was right.

Before arriving at the principal's office, just as Qin Mengdie was about to reach out to knock on the door, a man's roar came from the room: "Have you found the right person yet? There are only a few days until the 10th!"

It's the principal.

The headmaster in my impression is gentle and gentle, and has never been so angry.

Qin Mengdie froze for a moment, then stopped for a while.

In the room, another person's voice was so low that Qin Mengdie couldn't hear it clearly.

Then came the principal's irritable voice: "It's hard to get such an opportunity... If you really don't have children, you can find a poor family to give some money. As long as the matter is done, when we are prosperous in the future, we don't care about this little money."

……Child?

It is not polite to eavesdrop. Qin Mengdie originally wanted to leave, but when she heard this, she frowned.

Another person kept echoing: "Yes... I found one yesterday... There are several children in the family, and I can't open the pot... The price needs to be discussed..."

Bai Shuangxing could clearly see that Qin Mengdie's face was gradually turning pale.

"After the 10th, our good luck will come."

The principal laughed: "I've been the principal in this poor place for so long, and I'm almost suffocated to death if I want money or power. I hope God will bless me and let me get promoted and get rich."

He said and yawned: "Okay, let's stop here. Don't come to school to look for me in the future. What if someone overhears you? Didn't I tell you a long time ago, and only talked about it at my house?"

"Isn't this an emergency?"

Another person smiled flatteringly: "The sacrifice must be decided in advance."

sacrifice.

Qin Mengdie's complexion was even worse.

Children, good luck, "gods", offerings, prices, the number 10 in a few days, can't be heard by others.

Combining a series of words and sentences, she was always smart, and soon had a terrifying guess.

If this was in a movie, Qin Mengdie would have stepped on something, or the cell phone rang suddenly, heard by the two people in the room, and started a thrilling pursuit.

In short, she will expose her whereabouts for various reasons, thus putting herself in a dangerous situation.

Fortunately, reality is not a movie.

Qin Mengdie held her breath and moved slowly without making any sound.

strangeness.

Bai Shuangxing was a little puzzled: Since she didn't reveal her position, why was she discovered by the principal later?

She thought for a moment, then suddenly her heart moved. She raised her head and scanned the corridor outside the principal's office.

Sure enough, there was a dark camera.

If didn't guess wrong... Afterwards, the headmaster checked the surveillance.

Today's conversation is extremely important, he may just take a look at it with a guilty conscience, but unexpectedly, he happened to see Qin Mengdie's shadow.

Qin Mengdie walked very fast.

Her heart was pounding non-stop, she was so frightened that her entire body was in a tense state, and she finally took a slow breath until she walked out of the teaching building.

Subconsciously, she took out her mobile phone and wanted to call the police.

However, before pressing the number, Qin Mengdie realized something was wrong.

She only heard a brief conversation, and there is no other evidence. If the police call the police, it is likely that no clues will be found.

In that case, not only will there be no results, but it will also scare the snake.

She must... try to find more evidence of the crime before the 10th arrives.

In the blink of an eye, another cluster of flames struck.

In a very short time, Bai Shuangxing saw several different pictures.

Qin Mengdie asked the old people in the town about "gods", checked the principal's work files, and wrote at his desk late at night.

According to her plan, no matter whether she can find a final clue or not, she must call the police in advance on October 9th.

On the 10th day, if the principal can be controlled... even if he cannot be convicted, it will still make him have no time to hurt the child who was sacrificed.

The scenes gradually blurred, and the picture flickered, and it was frozen in the evening of the next day.

Looking at the surrounding layout, it should be the teacher's cafeteria in the school.

The teachers prepared dinner and took their seats at the table one after another.

The principal smiled kindly, and for some reason, sat not far from Qin Mengdie.

Visible to the naked eye, Qin Mengdie's back stiffened.

She was... well hidden yesterday.

He can't find out, can he?

The middle-aged man next to him was cheerful, eating and chatting, when he suddenly turned his head: "Teacher Qin, what do you think?"

His eyes were small and long, with dark pupils, reminiscent of a poisonous snake waiting for an opportunity.

Qin Mengdie tried to stay calm, raised her lips and smiled: "Principal, what's wrong?"

The other party was also smiling, and looked at the other teachers around him: "I was chatting with these teachers about social news just now."

The principal said: "Isn't there a lot of human trafficking recently? I read some comments on the Internet, saying that those families who sell their children are not easy. They are so poor that they can only make ends meet like this."

For a moment, the heart felt as if it was immersed in the bottom of the water.

There was a gloomy coldness from the soles of his feet, and Qin Mengdie could feel the coldness emanating from his bones——

He knows.

wrong.

She obviously didn't make a sound, how could the principal notice it?Or maybe... this is just a coincidence?

"As for those children, they have become a burden to the family and have no value. Those netizens said that it is better to sell them."

The principal smiled warmly: "Mr. Qin, what do you think?"

It was obviously a smiling look, but it made her tremble uncontrollably.

Qin Mengdie clenched his fists, his palms were covered with cold sweat, silent for a few seconds, and met his dark eyes.

Don't be afraid, it's just a coincidence.

This was a topic that several teachers talked about together, and the principal just asked her for her opinion on a whim.

"Whether a person is a burden or has value, others are not qualified to judge lightly."

Qin Mengdie took a light breath: "Those children...the fate of each of them should not be ruined in the hands of others, not even their parents."

The principal looked at her quietly for one second, two seconds, ten seconds.

After a long time, the man rolled his eyes and gave her a final smile: "I think so too."

Even Bai Shuangxing, looking at his expression at this moment, couldn't help but feel horrified.

The picture froze on the principal's smiling face, and after a while, it was burned by flames again.

This time, Bai Shuangxing came to the office.

It was very late now, the sky was completely dark, and the moon could not be seen. There were only a few dim stars inlaid on the entire pitch-black dome.

Qin Mengdie was wearing the same clothes as at dinner. Looking at the time, it should be the same day.

At this moment, the evening class is over, most of the teachers have gone home, only she and the physics teacher from the next class are still in the office.

Qin Mengdie has the habit of staying in the office to correct homework, not to mention, there is another important thing waiting to be done——

Open the drawer, and there is an unfinished poster lying quietly inside.

Xinghua No. 1 Middle School issued a new policy, and each class must formulate its own class rules for students to strictly abide by.

Almost all teachers refer to school rules and regulations, such as "not coming late and leaving early", "respecting teachers and elders, studying hard", "not falling in love early, and maintaining an appropriate distance between men and women".

In that case, wouldn't it be another version of the school rules?

Qin Mengdie thought that her students deserved another unique gift.

From a week ago, she started to prepare this class rule, and by tomorrow, it should be successfully posted in the classroom.

Thinking of tomorrow, Qin Mengdie felt nervous while looking forward to it.

... After dinner, she went to the deserted corner of the campus alone, consolidated the information collected today, and quietly called the police.

Tell the police everything and nothing will go wrong.

The police stated that they will deal with it seriously and start an investigation as soon as possible.

Not sure how this will be handled.

It was late, Qin Mengdie decided to finish the class rules as soon as possible, and then go home to sleep——

Maybe because of the headmaster's eyes, she always felt a little creepy when she was in school.

But... At that time, the door of the principal's office was closed, and it was impossible for the principal to find her, so she should be fine.

"Teacher Qin, are you still busy?"

The physics teacher in the next class stretched and got up from the desk: "I'm going to go—oh, you're still writing the class rules."

"Ok."

Qin Mengdie smiled: "No matter how much I think about it, I can't think of the first class rule. It is still empty. After all, it is the most important one."

"You really care about your students."

The physics teacher shrugged and handed him a glass of water: "Drink some water and take a break. I'm leaving first. Pay attention to your body. It's not good to be too tired."

After a busy day, she has not been able to catch her breath,

Qin Mengdie gratefully took it and drank it down.

The physics teacher waved goodbye, Qin Mengdie lowered her head and continued to think about her first rule.

There must be a reason for this scene to appear.

An uneasy premonition filled Bai Shuangxing's heart, and soon, she realized that something was wrong.

As time passed, Qin Mengdie's eyelids... actually began to tremble subconsciously.

It's not time to fall asleep yet, but she gradually and unconsciously closes her eyes.

wrong.

There is something wrong with that glass of water...!

Realizing this, Bai Shuangxing's heart trembled, but before he had time to think more, with a snap, the lights in front of him suddenly went out.

The school... has a power outage?

She vaguely guessed the principal's plan, and was about to take a step forward, but her consciousness was overwhelmed——

The whole person was like riding a roller coaster, her mind was in a mess, and the strong dizziness made her feel sick for a while, followed by a hot temperature like a flame.

fire.

In the white night occupied by school rules, when they approached the teacher's office, they did smell an extremely strong burning smell.

The notice board also read, "A teacher accidentally started a fire, the office is temporarily closed, please do not approach."

"Empathy" has progressed here, and the causes and effects in the real world have finally been connected in series.

The principal was very likely to find Qin Mengdie's whereabouts through monitoring, and to avoid future troubles, he found an accomplice and handed her the water with the medicine in it.

After she finished drinking, she felt drowsy. Once a fire broke out...

Qin Mengdie was sure to die.

Before igniting the fire, they deliberately turned off the switch to create the illusion of a trip and a power failure. In this way, there is a reasonable explanation for the fire.

——After tripping, Qin Mengdie lit the spare candle, intending to continue to complete the class rules, but unexpectedly, the more he wrote, the more sleepy he became, and he fell asleep in a daze.

The candle then lit the paper, causing a terrible conflagration.

The medicine was burned, and the principal himself had an alibi. If Qin Mengdie hadn't called the police in advance, no matter what, he would not have been suspected of this matter.

The temperature around me continued to rise.

Baishuang Xing seemed to be in a furnace, and the pain of being burned by the flames could be felt from the skin, while the air was extremely dull, and every time he took a breath, it seemed that he would inhale a mouthful of scorched smoke.

Absolutely can't get stuck in it.

She pressed her fingers hard, piercing her fingertips deeply into the flesh.The sharp stabbing pain awakened the nerves, and in the blink of an eye, Bai Shuangxing's heartbeat suddenly accelerated.

The scene in the office faded silently, and there was no light, no space, and no fire around her.

The darkness is boundless, and the strong resentment is about to condense into a solid body. In the vast darkness, there is a woman standing quietly.

It's Qin Mengdie.

To be precise...she is in the form of a ghost.

His long hair fluttered like a snake, his blood-red eyes were full of lifelessness, and on his bloodless skin, there were several burnt marks, revealing the scorched flesh inside.

In the state of "empathy", Bai Shuangxing felt her emotions.

Chaos, hatred, hatred, and the killing intent to devour everything in front of you.

This is a ghost more powerful than Jiang Mian.

Correspondingly, in her body, human reason is about to be subverted and precarious.

When she noticed Baishuangxing, a faint blue flame emerged from her fingertips.

A posture about to launch an attack.

"Teacher Qin."

In this case, as long as you say even one sentence wrong and wait for Bai Shuangxing's end, it will be a disaster.

The heart clenched secretly, Bai Shuangxing's face was calm: "Do you still remember me?"

The other party didn't answer, and the flames from her fingertips crept up quietly, gradually spreading to her arms and her front body.

"Empathy" has not failed, which means that to a certain extent, Qin Mengdie can understand her words.

"or"

Bai Shuangxing looked into Li Gui's eyes: "Senior Grade 2 (Class 1)."

Hearing these words, Qin Mengdie's pupils suddenly constricted.

"They've been following the rules you set."

It worked.

Bai Shuangxing suppressed his restless heartbeat, and slowly moved forward: "Even in the white night... from the beginning to the end, they are willing to believe in you."

Blood streaks spread rapidly in Li Gui's eyes, Qin Mengdie's body trembled slightly, and the blue flames became more intense and fierce.

But in the depths of her pupils, there is still a ferocious and murderous aura that no one should get close to.

"do not come."

With little reason left, Qin Mengdie couldn't hide his killing intent: "...kill you!"

Bai Shuang walked without stopping.

"Now that the power of the evil god has been released, the students are trapped here and cannot escape."

As the temperature around her gradually rose, she ignored it and continued, "It's very likely that they won't make it through today."

Before she knew it, Bai Shuangxing came to her.

The surging blue will-o'-the-wisps occupy the entire field of vision. To sign a contract, both parties must have physical contact.

"You didn't attack immediately, you still remember me, right?"

After a while, Bai Shuang raised his lips: "They are all waiting for you - I can take you away."

"Walk……"

The long hair of the ghost in front of him trembled violently, and black mist swept across most of the field of vision, and the flames were raging, bringing her sharp and cold reprimand: "Go away...!"

However, he was caught off guard, and the rest of the words were stuck in his throat.

——Bai Shuangxing stretched out his hands, facing the raging flames, and embraced her in his arms.

Her voice was very soft: "I... saw the first rule you wrote down. You are a good teacher, thank you."

Bai Shuangxing is not a cold-blooded and ruthless wooden person. During this "empathy", she was worried and nervous. When she finally saw Qin Mengdie's poster, she stood quietly in place and remained silent for a long time.

She was right.

The moment she touched it, the blue flame lost its temperature, and Qin Mengdie didn't really hurt her.

Hugged unsuspectingly, Li Gui's eyes were dazed, and at the same time, he heard Bai Shuangxing continue to say:

"It must be scary to wake up and find yourself surrounded by fire, right?"

The flaring flames stopped moving.

"Only you can save them, Chen Miaojia, Li Zhiyi, Su Jin... many classmates are waiting for you."

Bai Shuangxing raised his hand and gently brushed her head: "Don't be afraid. Come to my house... I will avenge you."

Gentle and firm, in this colorless purgatory, no one can refuse such a tone.

In the silence, the sound of deja vu sounded in my ears.

Bai Shuangxing didn't speak, the corners of his mouth curled up quietly.

[Ding dong!Successfully launched the skill "House of Ghosts"]

"The contract is reached, the connection is being established—"

"It'll be fine."

Bai Shuangxing told her in a warm voice: "After everything is over... let all the students see for themselves, the first rule written by you."

First rule.

The hazy consciousness gradually pulled away, and Li Gui was in a trance for a moment.

Vaguely, she thought of something very far away that belonged to her life.

The class she is in charge of is Class 2 (1) in high school.

She likes this class of students very much.

Busy business, hard work, everyone has their own different personalities, when they see her, they will always say "Hello, teacher" politely and obediently.

But I don't know why, most of the students don't seem to like themselves.

The disciplinary committee member in the class is named Li Zhiyi, and he is a meticulous boy.

On a rainy Wednesday, Li Zhiyi looked at her with a gloomy expression.

He said: "Teacher, I can't make friends, I can't play basketball or football, I'm so terrible, I deserve to be bullied."

Nope.

Li Zhiyi was obviously conscientious and careful, and his mind was also clever. He and Ji Fenglin were the only ones who solved the math finale of several exams.

The girl who always sits in the last row is called Chen Miaojia, she is a very individual girl.

But more than once, Chen Miaojia shed tears in front of her eyes.

"Teacher, am I terrible? I can't do anything well, and no one likes me."

Chen Miaojia said: "Sometimes I feel that if I hadn't been born in the world from the beginning, my parents would only have a younger brother...would they be much happier?"

Of course not.

Chen Miaojia is very smart. Although she always sleeps in class, she can master a lot of knowledge points, and she is outgoing and always smiling, like a little sun.

There are also Liu Yuanyuan who feels inferior because of her poor family, Zhang Jun who is timid and silent because of her fat body, and Song Yuke who is depressed because of poor grades...

They're not bad at all, they just don't know it.

So on the last night of her life, the head teacher of Class 1 (Senior Grade 2) completed her class plan poster.

She was full of longing in her heart, looking forward to seeing the energetic faces of those children again tomorrow morning.

In the first article of the class rules, the most important and most conspicuous place, she carefully wrote one stroke at a time:

[Students, please don’t forget.]

[The future is bright.The world is a good place.The rising sun is beautiful.]

[No matter when and where, you are wonderful.]