They All Say I've Met a Ghost

8

The girl hid behind me, the hand holding my clothes trembling slightly. She was obviously frightened.

The young man really was strong. That sword just now had hurt.

"Get out of the way," the young man said, gesturing at us with his sword. "Don't be misled by fierce ghosts. Ghosts that can show themselves in the current age aren’t easy to deal with. They're extremely violent. Even if they don't deliberately harm you, if you stay in contact with her for a long time, your Yang energy will gradually drain away and your health will get worse and worse."

"You've misunderstood." I shielded the girl in the red dress, not letting the young man frighten her further. "She was joking with me just now, right?"

The last part I said to the girl behind me. She immediately replied, "Yes, I was just playing a trick on the new teacher."

I took this opportunity to instruct her. "Don't go around tricking people in the future. Not even if it's a joke. You must have heard the story of the boy who cried wolf. If you trick people over and over, eventually no one will believe the truth."

“I’m sorry, Teacher Shen. I was wrong." The girl's voice grew smaller and smaller. She had learned her lesson. I was very satisfied.

"Are you blind?" the young man said coldly. “Turn around and have a look at what’s behind you!”

I looked back. Wasn't it a pretty girl with a clean face? Fortunately, I was interested in men. Otherwise, I might not have been able to resist being a beast of teacher — bad thought, I shouldn't have been thinking it.

"Her face is covered in blood and her tongue is a foot long. What kind of person looks like that?"

"Oh, I get it," I said. "You saw wrong. She pretended to be like that just now to scare me. A misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding."

The girl nodded desperately behind me, tightly clutching my suit jacket.

“You… Student, I know you’re afraid. Don't worry, I’ll explain the misunderstanding. But first, can you not clutch so hard? My clothes… may not stand up to it." I heard a tearing sound from behind and silently mourned for my only suit jacket.

First the shirt, then the jacket. My losses were too great!

“Your eyes have been bewildered by the fierce ghost’s mystification. I won't say anything else to you. You will understand when I have gotten rid of her!” The young man pulled the wooden sword out of my hand with a little effort.

I was strong enough to snatch the electric saw from the hand of the mad Mr. Saw. I had come first in the arm wrestling competition in my department every year. I didn't expect that the handsome young man in front of me would be even stronger.

Thinking back to his steady steps when I’d seen him a few days ago, I thought I couldn’t beat him, so I rushed at him and grabbed him by the waist. I said to the girl, "Run quickly! When he calms down, I'll explain it for you."

The girl’s voice a little moved: “Teacher Shen, my name is Mu Huaitong. I'll come attend your class in the future."

She walked without a sound. I didn't know whether she’d really run away or not. I could only keep up my struggle with the young man.

The young man really was strong. I heard constant ripping sounds. My suit jacket was turning into rags.

After tearing for a while, the young man's struggles grew weaker. He pushed at me. "Get up. The ghost has run away already, how much longer are you going to tie me up?"

I estimated that there had been enough time for Mu Huaitong to run out of the school, so I let go of the young man and got up. As I was getting up, pieces of my clothes fluttered off me. I picked up my phone, which had fallen on the ground, then picked up the scraps of jacket using the flashlight. I couldn't just leave garbage lying around in the corridor.