"Principal, there's been a ghost story at the academy..."
Before Ruan Xiangyu could finish speaking, Zhang Tangjin interrupted her.
"In broad daylight, where would a ghost come from!"
Secretary Ruan, you are a highly educated intellectual who has received a materialist education, how can you believe in such absurd things as ghosts!
Zhang Tangjin put down the teacup he was about to drink.
"However, one of our students is going crazy because of this."
Principal Zhang, if you don't do something about this, what will happen if something happens to the students?
I've specifically reported this to you. If something like Chen Qianqian happens again, Principal, you'll be fully responsible!
Ruan Xiangyu said, her tone somewhat impolite.
Upon hearing that he would be held fully responsible, Zhang Tangjin's chubby cheeks trembled slightly.
Ruan Xiangyu seemed to have hit Zhang Tangjin's weak spot. Zhang Tangjin drank a cup of tea in one gulp and said: "These damned students are always causing trouble. It must be some students playing a prank on purpose!"
Otherwise, why would there be a knocking sound at the door in the middle of the night?
Zhang Tangjin pushed up his glasses with his chubby fingers.
Beneath the square-framed glasses, a glint of wisdom flashed in those small eyes; an idea had been formed.
"How about this, you contact Ma Mingzhe, the captain of the school security team, and ask him to come with me tonight, along with you, and the three of us to go check out Building 17."
Is it really a ghost, or is someone deliberately plotting behind the scenes?
If I catch him, he'll be in big trouble!
Zhang Tangjin said, and firmly believed that someone was behind this!
Having received 20 years of materialistic education, he simply couldn't believe in such an absurd thing as ghosts.
Ruan Xiangyu almost spat out the hot tea she had just taken a sip of.
The principal is incredibly careless! He actually wants to check it himself tonight. Fine, he can check it himself, but why did he have to drag me along?!
This place is haunted!
Just as Ruan Xiangyu was about to decline, Zhang Tangjin became impatient.
"Secretary Ruan, if there's nothing else, go ahead and get back to work!"
Zhang Tangjin dismissed her, and Ruan Xiangyu wanted to say something more, but seeing the principal's unpleasant expression, she knew it was inappropriate to say anything more.
Ruan Xiangyu swayed as she left the principal's office.
Zhang Tangjin smelled the faint scent of perfume in the office and watched Ruan Xiangyu's departing figure. Her slender waist and full, round buttocks made him swallow hard.
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That night, at midnight.
A waning moon hung high in the sky, its light bathing Tongcheng University.
Three people were standing downstairs in the quiet girls' dormitory!
There were two men and one woman. The man standing at the front was short and fat, wearing square glasses, and slightly older, with a large belly like a pregnant woman.
This person is Zhang Tangjin, the president of Tongcheng University.
Behind Zhang Tangjin was a tall man holding a sturdy, thick wooden stick more than a meter long. He was Ma Mingzhe, the captain of the school's security team. Before becoming the captain of the security team at Tongcheng University, he was a well-known boxer in Tongcheng City.
Standing next to Ma Mingzhe was a slender woman holding a flashlight; she was Ruan Xiangyu, the dean of the art academy.
At this moment, Ruan Xiangyu looked around nervously in the darkness.
The three reflections looked somewhat cold and desolate in the night.
"Is this the rumored haunted girls' dormitory building number 17?"
"Yes, Principal!"
Ruan Xiangyu said, subtly moving closer to the tall security captain.
"Are you ready!"
"alright!"
Ma Mingzhe said, his voice was deep and powerful, which made Ruan Xiangyu feel a sense of security.
Zhang Tangjin glanced at his watch and, feeling it was about time, said, "Let's go in then. Tonight I want to see who's really playing tricks here!"
You'd better not let me catch you, or else... hmph!
After Zhang Tangjin finished speaking, he led the two of them into the corridor of dormitory building number 17.
The corridor of Building 17 was narrow and dark. Ma Mingzhe went forward to find the switch for the corridor light, but was stopped by Zhang Tangjin.
"Captain Ma, no need to turn on the lights!"
Zhang Tangjin was afraid that turning on the lights would scare away pranksters.
Tonight he's going to catch her red-handed and show Ruan Xiangyu that there are no ghosts in the world.
The three people walked up the steps one by one.
Everything is normal from the first to the third floor.
Perhaps because of the haunting, the students in this building were all going to bed very early. Principal Zhang, along with Captain Ma and Ruan Xiangyu, walked through the corridor. Except for a few dorm rooms where there was still some noise, most of the dorm rooms had already turned off the lights and were asleep.
Zhang Tangjin was quite pleased with himself. He turned around and teased Ruan Xiangyu, saying, "Secretary Ruan, look, what kind of ghosts are coming from Building 17? There's no knocking at all!"
Captain Ma, seizing the opportunity, chimed in, "Principal Zhang is right. How could there be ghosts in this world? I think it's probably just students spreading rumors and scaring each other!"
Zhang Tangjin nodded, agreeing with Ma Mingzhe's point.
The female student with insomnia mentioned by Ruan Xiangyu was also one of the parties involved. Perhaps her poor mental quality led to her insomnia!
The more Zhang Tangjin thought about it, the more reasonable his speculation seemed.
This Ma Mingzhe seems a bit simple-minded, but I never expected him to be so quick-witted. I hadn't even considered this possibility!
Thinking of this, Principal Zhang couldn't help but give Captain Ma an approving look and praised him, "Captain Ma's words make sense!"
Captain Ma felt a little smug after being praised by the principal.
He brandished the wooden stick in his hand and said to Zhang Tangjin in a fawning tone, "Even if there really is a ghost, I'll smash it over the head and see if it dares to cause trouble in our school again!"
Amused, Zhang Tangjin laughed and said, "Alright, let's go through the last three floors too. If there's nothing else, everyone should go back and get some rest!"
It's getting late.
Zhang Tangjin yawned.
Ruan Xiangyu nodded.
Maybe I'm just overthinking it; there's no such thing as a ghost in this world!
The three walked all the way to the fifth floor without finding anything unusual.
In the girls' dormitory building, the last room at the entrance of the corridor is a public toilet and sink, where students often wash their clothes.
As soon as Principal Zhang reached the fifth-floor corridor, he saw that the light in the last public restroom on the fifth floor was on and the faucet was dripping water!
Ruan Xiangyu was timid and followed behind Zhang Tangjin and in front of Ma Mingzhe. When she reached the fifth-floor corridor, she felt a chilling coldness inexplicably.
The fifth floor is rumored to be haunted, so I guess it's just psychological that I felt cold.
Ruan Xiangyu thought to herself.
In the dead of night, the sound of water dripping is particularly noticeable.
Zhang Tangjin couldn't help but complain.
"These students are really outrageous! They leave the bathroom lights on all night and don't turn off the taps properly!"
"How much electricity and water will be wasted this night? If every dormitory is like this, wouldn't the school be wasting a lot of money for no reason?"
"Secretary Ruan, you really need to strengthen the management of students. Issue a notice tomorrow stating that any floor where the bathroom lights are left on should be publicly criticized!"
Ruan Xiangyu nodded as the chicks pecked at the rice.
Zhang Tangjin originally wanted to ask Ruan Xiangyu to go to the restroom to turn off the faucet and turn off the light, since it was a women's restroom. However, seeing Ruan Xiangyu's frightened and pathetic appearance, he shook his head and asked Ruan Xiangyu to go to the restroom with him to turn off the faucet.
Tick-tock, tick-tock!
The only sound in the bathroom was the dripping water.
Zhang Tangjin entered the bathroom, stood on the steps, and reached out to turn off the tap.
The bathroom light flickered a few times with a crackling sound before going out.
"Damn it, why did the light suddenly break?"
Principal Zhang complained.
Ruan Xiangyu quickly turned on her flashlight.
Just then, a dark figure suddenly darted out from the shadows and rushed towards the corridor balcony…
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