Chapter 028 Cannibalization-2
Life has been peaceful these days, which makes people wonder if the so-called doomsday that appeared in the media before was just a rumor.
In the classroom, Jiang Yan sat in the back row by the window. The soft sunlight slanted down, outlining his cold profile.
"Hey, I heard there's a transfer student at our school."
Wang Xu, who was sitting at the front desk, covered his face with a textbook and spoke cautiously to his two friends, avoiding the teacher on the podium.
Wang Xu's deskmate Su Ze glanced at him and said, "What do the transfer students from other classes have to do with you?"
Jiang Yan also nodded in agreement, and said earnestly like an old lady: "Focus on the college entrance examination."
Wang Xu smacked his lips. "I'm serious. The transfer student is a sophomore. He looks a bit... uh, how should I put it, quite eye-catching."
Jiang Yan lowered his head and underlined the workbook while saying, "From your tone, I guess you didn't see a beautiful woman."
Wang Xu touched his head and laughed awkwardly: "It's a boy."
Su Ze also laughed: "So you are still interested in men."
Wang Xu turned around and glared at Su Ze. Jiang Yan, who was sitting at the back desk, remained motionless and continued to stare at the exercise book in his hand. Only Su Ze joked, "So you like this junior?"
"No." Wang Xu scratched his head. "This boy might have some disease. His hair is all white, and his skin is frighteningly white. He looks sick and even more fragile than you."
Wang Xu seemed to think of something, and suddenly turned to look at Jiang Yan in the back row and said, "You two are about the same size, but in comparison, you look more like a human."
After saying that, Su Ze nudged Wang Xu with his elbow and said in a low voice, "Who are you scolding here?"
Wang Xu hit back with his elbow, "I was just kindly reminding Jiang Yan to eat more. Look how skinny he is."
Jiang Yan automatically ignored the fight between the two people in the front row. The teacher had finished explaining the topic at the podium, and the students were free to arrange the rest of the time.
He flipped through his exercise book and just as he picked up his pen to start working on the questions, a ball of paper was suddenly thrown onto his desk.
Jiang Yan subconsciously looked up at Wang Xu at the table in front of him. He was usually the only one who did such a boring thing.
"Why did you throw the paper ball over here?"
"What paper ball?"
Wang Xu turned his head with a confused expression on his face, "I didn't give you anything."
Jiang Yan paused slightly and looked at the ball of paper on the table again. He thought about it and realized belatedly that the ball of paper came from the left.
Left side?
Isn't there a window on the left?
Jiang Yan leaned towards the window and looked out. Sure enough, from his perspective, there was a sycamore tree and a person was standing under the tree.
The distance was too far, and Jiang Yan, who was nearsighted, couldn't see clearly. He could only vaguely make out that it should be a boy... right?
The person's hair is a bit long, medium-short, and at first glance she looks like a tomboy, so is she... a girl?
Jiang Yan narrowed his eyes and the shadow gradually turned white. He instinctively thought that he was dazzled and had problems with his vision, so he rubbed his eyes.
At this time, Wang Xu, who was sitting at the front table, suddenly said, "Yes, that's him, the boy standing under the tree, his whole body is very white, and it's a bit weird and scary."
It’s a boy, the transfer student.
Jiang Yan had never seen this junior before. In fact, this was not something he cared about. However, Wang Xu seemed very interested. He came over and squeezed in a window with him. "Hey, that person seems to be looking at us."
Due to obstructions and viewing angles, only Jiang Yan's position could see the entire appearance of the boy under the tree, and Wang Xudong could only see a little bit when he looked around.
"Hey, why did he look at us?" Wang Xu asked in confusion, "Are they having a physical education class? He came out alone."
Jiang Yan raised his eyes and picked out a word he didn't quite understand, "Come out alone?"
Wang Xu curled his lips and said, "I saw this boy when I went to the teacher's office this morning. He seemed quite taciturn. And with the way he looks, I don't think anyone would want to play with him."
So that's it.
Jiang Yan retracted his gaze and pulled out the paper ball that was pressed by Wang Xu's arm on the table. He originally thought it was a prank or something, but if it was really thrown by the person under the tree...
But it’s strange. His class is on the fourth floor of the teaching building. How did the other party throw it up there?
It's unbelievable.
Jiang Yan flattened the paper ball, and there were a few crooked words written on it. The handwriting was so ugly, like a reptile. It took him a lot of effort to piece together the answer like guessing a riddle.
The other party said that he wanted to be friends with him.
There is also a smiley face next to it. It should be a smiley face, but it is drawn like a crying face.
"Why is he looking at me? Is he attracted to me?" Wang Xu scratched his chin and said narcissistically. He turned around and saw the words on the paper ball. "Oh, so he wants to be friends with you. I was just being too sentimental."
"You talk about others behind their backs every day, and you still want him to be your friend. That's wishful thinking." Su Ze sarcastically said, "Just go to bed."
Wang Xu retorted: "Then he doesn't know Jiang Yan either."
Su Ze continued, "You two are not of the same level in appearance. Jiang Yan is a flower among the crowd. What's so special about you being a weed?"
Wang Xu: “…”
"But Jiang Yan, you two really don't know each other?" Wang Xu suddenly said, "I saw him staring at you the whole time, you two don't have any other feelings, do you?"
Jiang Yan shook his head. He had never seen anyone with white hair, not even in the hospital.
"Tsk, he transferred schools so suddenly, and gave you a note so suddenly, there must be some conspiracy." Wang Xu said mysteriously.
Su Ze laughed and said, "You must have watched too many detective movies. You are so good at guessing, but why didn't I see you guess many of the multiple-choice questions correctly?"
"..." Wang Xu's expression froze, and then he grabbed his hair, "No more talking."
"Damn, why are there spider webs?"
Wang Xu was planning to turn around and study hard, but when he looked up, he found a layer of spider web by the window. Under the sunlight, it had a kind of absurd beauty.
Su Ze took a look and said, "What a fuss! Isn't it normal to have spiders in the classroom? Rats have even been in there before."
Wang Xu ignored him and raised his arm to check his clothes. He had just touched the window frame and was afraid that there were spiders crawling on it. At the same time, he reminded him, "Jiang Yan, check if there are any spiders on your body."
Jiang Yan hummed and continued to stare at the spider web. For some reason, he felt a sense of familiarity.
Why does it look a bit like the one at home?
The main reason why he was so sure was that he found this spider web very unique. Its shape was very much like a flower. The spider webs he had seen in other places were all messy, except for the one in front of him and the one at home.
"By the way, do you really intend to be friends with him?"
This question was asked by Su Ze.
Jiang Yan was stunned. He had never thought about this question.
He is about to graduate, and it seems a bit of a waste to make friends at this critical moment of the college entrance examination.
“I don’t know.”
Jiang Yan thought for a while and said.
What no one knew was that the sound of several people talking near the window of the classroom had already been heard clearly by the boy under the tree.
If you look closely, you will find that there is a layer of spider web wrapped around the boy's fingers, and a thin silver-white spider silk extends from the fingertips. It is very flexible, and even the wind cannot break it when it spans in mid-air. In the end, it is tied to a window on the fourth floor of the teaching building.
The boy heard the conversation between several people with the help of this inconspicuous spider silk.
I don’t know.
The silver-haired boy lowered his head in frustration. He was originally very happy and looking forward to it.
Because when he threw the paper ball over just now, Jiang Yan had been looking at him for such a long time.
In order to satisfy the other party, the boy imitated human expressions and smiled for a long time.
He should have seen it, after all, he watched it for so long.
But why wasn't I moved by his smiling face?
Why did it still fail?
After a while, he seemed a little irritated, and the smile on his face had completely disappeared. He was almost a completely different person from the one in Jiang Yan's "eyes" just now.
The young man grabbed with force with an expressionless face, and the spider silk on his fingertips suddenly broke. It fell from the air like a thread and was finally torn into pieces by the chaotic wind.
"Mengtang, get out of class is over, hurry up and gather."
The male monitor who was the sports committee member reluctantly went to the tree to find the lone transfer student. He guessed that Mengtang was just a lonely person who suffered from illness, so the committee member who always bullied the weak and feared the strong deliberately raised his voice to call for help.
Unexpectedly, the man under the tree turned his head mechanically. There was a sick feeling on his expression, and he was obviously terribly cold, like a poisonous chill.
The sports committee member shuddered, lowered his voice a little, and touched his head pretending to be calm, "Come here quickly."
Meng Tang's eyes were dark as he watched the man running away as if escaping from a famine. His eyeballs rolled around, and he must have realized that he had scared the other person.
But it doesn’t matter, he’s not an important person anyway.
***
After school, Jiang Yan and Wang Xu said goodbye to Su Ze at the school gate, and Su Ze got into a private car and left.
Jiang Yan and Wang Xu live in the same community, so they always go home together.
At this time, it was already very late, but fortunately there were street lights everywhere in the big city, and the lively and colorful nightlife had just begun.
"You didn't go find him."
Jiang Yan and Wang Xu were each riding a shared bicycle, chatting as they rode.
The road was busy with cars, and the car horns blew past his ears along with the biting cold wind. While waiting for the traffic light, Jiang Yan answered Wang Xu: "I don't know which class he is from."
What's more, they stay in the classroom almost the entire day in their senior year of high school and basically never go out except to go to the bathroom.
"That's true." Wang Xu stroked his hair, "The light is green, let's go."
As usual, the two rode for ten minutes to reach the community.
When parking the shared bikes at the gate of the community, Wang Xu asked, "Why don't you stay at my house? I feel like your place isn't very good."
But after saying this, Wang Xu immediately felt a gust of cold wind blowing from the back of his neck, which was as dense as needles piercing his skin and was quite painful.
"Tsk, why is it windy? It's so cold."
Hearing Wang Xu's words, Jiang Yan showed a puzzled expression. He and Wang Xu were standing together, but there was no wind at all just now.
"What do you think about what I just said? Your grades are so good, my parents won't say anything." Wang Xu asked again. This time he was not pricked by the wind, but he always felt like something was staring at him.
It was a look with ill intent.
It’s like when you are watching a horror movie at home in the middle of the night, and suddenly you feel someone behind you.
Wang Xu shrank his neck, and at this time Jiang Yan spoke up, "Forget it, I'm fine here, and I still have to write questions for Jiang Nao."
Jiang Yan's situation at his relative's house is known to several of his close friends, but Jiang Yan is just like that. He doesn't want to trouble others, and the same goes for buying glasses. He would rather buy inferior ones than spend more money.
Wang Xu sighed in his heart, but Jiang Yan's birthday was coming soon, and he had already discussed with Su Ze that he would give Jiang Yan a more expensive gift, and if Jiang Nao dared to break it again, he would be sent to the police station immediately.
"Okay, then you go home early."
Although they live in the same community, one of them lives on the left and the other on the right.
So Wang Xu pointed to the right and said, "I'm leaving first. See you tomorrow."
Jiang Yan nodded and said "goodbye".
When Wang Xu was leaving, he suddenly noticed a white shadow flashing under a residential building on the left side of the community. His heart trembled and he thought to himself: Woc, was that Sadako just now?
That place was the road Jiang Yan would take to go home, so Wang Xu wanted to remind him, but when he looked up, he found that Jiang Yan had already walked far away. If he shouted again, he felt that it would seem like he was very worried.
So out of his male dignity, Wang Xu shook his head and comforted himself by saying that he must have seen it wrong.
On the other side, Jiang Yan was walking towards his relative's house with his schoolbag on his back.
The summer cicadas were chirping hysterically even at night. Jiang Yan was walking with his headphones on and playing English songs, immersed in his own world. Suddenly, someone blocked his way. He slammed on the brakes unexpectedly, but still nearly fell down.
Fortunately, someone supported him.
Under the dim light of a street lamp, Jiang Yan looked at the pale arms holding him. He was stunned for a moment, then slowly raised his head, from the familiar blue and white school uniform to the almost sick face that Wang Xu described.
"Are you the one who wrote me the note?"
It was the first time that Jiang Yan saw the other person's face clearly, although Wang Xu described this person as very strange, like a monster.
But after seeing it with my own eyes, apart from his hair color and overly pale skin, the boy in front of me still met Jiang Yan's aesthetic standards.
This is the type of guy he would like as a girl.
So Jiang Yan took the initiative to ask, and seeing that the other party didn't move, he thought that he didn't hear clearly. It was rare for him to be patient in front of a stranger and repeated: "I received your note in the classroom. It was for me, right?"
The person in front of him then moved.
Jiang Yan noticed that the other party's behavior was indeed a bit strange. His movements were a bit stiff, and he twisted very slowly like a puppet.
Is it an illusion?
Jiang Yan blinked and found that the other person had a bright smile on his face, as bright as the sun, which was nothing like a cold puppet.
The other party's voice was very gentle, like a ball of thread, or a very soft ball of wool, "It's you. It's you I'm looking for."
Jiang Yan was a little overwhelmed by the other party's sudden excitement. Before he could open his mouth to say anything, the other party had already grabbed his shoulders.
Hiss, it hurts a little.
He is still very strong.
Jiang Yan thought so, and continued to hear the voice of uncontrollable joy in his ears:
"So can you be my friend?"
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