Horror Story

[This tree was planted by Yinshan Academy—Ye Shuang, Bai Yuyou, Tang Keke, Tao Xiaotao, An Shiyu, An Shiyi, and others]

After writing the words on the sign, Ye Shuang briefly checked it.

"The handwriting is a bit ugly," An Shiyu said from the side.

"I tried my best," Ye Shuang said helplessly, feeling that his handwriting was actually decent and quite neat.

"Brother, will this sign be blown away if a typhoon hits?" Tang Keke asked, standing nearby. She felt the wind on the mountain was quite strong; if a typhoon came, this wooden board would probably be blown right off, right?

"Probably not?" Ye Shuang wasn't too sure either. After all, they wouldn't come back here in the future, and no one would specifically check if the sign was still there.

"Otherwise, carve the words into the tree," An Shiyu said.

"That's not good. Whether carving words on a tree or writing 'I was here' on historical monuments, it fundamentally shows a lack of respect for others and for culture," Ye Shuang told An Shiyu.

"I was just saying." Seeing Ye Shuang looking like he was about to lecture her, An Shiyu immediately covered her ears in disgust.

Ye Shuang smiled slightly.

"Brother, why don't we bury it a bit deeper?" Tang Keke looked enthusiastic. She had worked very hard to plant these trees, so they had to make sure the names stayed for a long time, right?

"Deeper..."

"Yeah, push harder, Brother?"

"Alright." Ye Shuang could only give it a try. He gripped the wooden sign tightly and pressed down, but perhaps because the soil had already been filled in, it didn't have much effect.

Seeing this, Ye Shuang looked around and finally locked onto the rock that had jarred Tang Keke's palm when they were digging the hole earlier.

Picking up the rock, Ye Shuang pounded the wooden sign down a few times. The effect seemed decent; he wiggled it slightly and it felt much sturdier.

Bai Yuyou and Taozi were still helping to stomp the dirt down. It could only be said that everyone was trying their best to make this sign more secure.

Fortunately, the result looked pretty good. Even when Ye Shuang asked Bai Yuyou to push it a bit harder, the wooden sign didn't fall over.

"That's good, we've done all we can."

"It looks a bit plain. Can we add some words?" An Shiyu asked, seeing there was still space on the wooden sign.

"Hmm? What do you want to write?"

"[My body is also buried under one of these trees. Guess whose name it is?]" An Shiyu raised a finger and said.

"Do you think this is a horror story?" Ye Shuang retorted.

"It's pretty fun."

"It won't be fun if someone actually digs up the hole. Besides, out here in the wilderness..." Ye Shuang said, noticing at this moment that An Shiyi had driven the excavator back to their side.

"I'm back," An Shiyi said, getting down from the excavator.

Ye Shuang glanced in the direction An Shiyi had come from. A lot of people had gathered over there, chattering about something. However, from their expressions, it seemed they had discovered something surprising.

"What happened? Why is it so lively?" Ye Shuang looked a bit curious.

"Oh, nothing. Just that I dug up a corpse just now. The police will be here in a bit," An Shiyi said, inspecting the bucket of her excavator.

"Hmm... It won't get dirty, right? I just bought this excavator."

Ye Shuang: "..."

Are you saying something incredibly messed up right now?

However, Ye Shuang just assumed this girl was spouting her usual nonsense, until police cars arrived to lock down the scene, and a teacher came over to ask Ye Shuang to help maintain order. Only then did he look at An Shiyi with a dumbfounded expression.

"Wait? Is this real?"

"Hmm?" Seeing Ye Shuang's bewildered expression, An Shiyi just kept her hands in her pockets.

"I love telling the truth."

By this time, a few of the girls had already gone over to watch the commotion, and many students were even taking photos with their phones to post on their social media feeds.

Actually, finding a corpse in the wilderness wasn't a very strange occurrence, especially in areas with water.

Murderer: I know a perfect spot to dump a body, absolutely no one knows about it.

Fisherman: I know a perfect fishing spot, absolutely no one knows about it.

Coincidences like that often happen. Many so-called missing persons might just be resting at the bottom of some reservoir or buried in the dirt.

"..."

Seeing everyone gathering to look, Ye Shuang initially told Bai Yuyou not to look at such a terrifying thing. But then he realized that the so-called corpse had already skeletonized. It didn't look that scary, roughly resembling the skeleton models in the biology lab.

Moreover, Bai Yuyou didn't feel anything; she just blinked.

"Did you dig up someone's grave?" An Shiyu asked An Shiyi.

"If it was a grave, even if they didn't have money for a coffin, they would at least buy a straw mat, right?" An Shiyi said, crossing her arms.

"True."

At this time, the surrounding students were also discussing it animatedly. However, to everyone, this was mostly just a novelty. But there were also timid ones, like Tang Keke and Taozi. The two girls were covering each other's eyes, looking like they wanted to see but didn't dare to.

"Alright, alright, don't disturb the uncles' work. Let's go back."

At this moment, Ye Shuang also started to maintain discipline on their side, so that the students' behavior wouldn't interfere with the police's work.

This tree-planting activity ended hastily, and Ye Shuang's group became one of the first batches of people from Yinshan Academy to return.

This incident also quickly spread throughout the academy, though it didn't cause much of a stir. It was said that such things happened every few years at Yinshan Academy, so much so that the veteran teachers of the academy were completely unfazed by it.

"With something like this happening, I'm really exhausted." Having just returned to the academy's infirmary, Ye Shuang turned on the air conditioner and silently sat on a chair to rest.

Just maintaining order among the students wasn't an easy task; it was simply a double torture of body and mind.

"It's alright, it's just some bones." Compared to Ye Shuang's state, the two fishes leaning against the back of their chairs seemed completely at ease, even discussing what to eat for dinner.

"I'm amazed you guys feel nothing at all," Ye Shuang couldn't help but say.

"I think living people are a bit scarier than bones," An Shiyu said, waving her phone. "Especially a two-meter-tall gorilla."

"Indeed, feels like a guy who could hand-rub bullets," An Shiyi agreed deeply.

"Do you think that thing has any weaknesses?"

"Maybe it likes drinking breast milk."

"What on earth are you guys talking about?" Ye Shuang was lost again.

Some gaming terminology?

"Alright, I've rested enough. I need to head out too." Ye Shuang rested for a little while and then stood up.

"Where to?"

"The school board director's office," Ye Shuang said. "Didn't you say the school board director was looking for me?"

"Oh, oh, we'll go too." Saying that, the two fishes followed along.

"Fine." After all, she was Anshi Yilang's granddaughter, so Ye Shuang didn't say anything more.