Chapter 15 The Abandoned Playground

　　Gao Yan seemed to want to follow them into the grove, to hear what they were saying, but for some reason, Yuan Xiaoyi was very resistant to him.

　　The moment she saw him approaching, she stared at him intently, making Gao Yan uneasy. He had no choice but to stop, watching Jiang Cheng and Yuan Xiaoyi disappear into the grove one after the other.

　　"Xiaoyi, I went to the medical building last night, just as you said. You were right, Xiao Ting is indeed there, she really exists, it's not some so-called fantasy." Jiang Cheng paused, took a deep breath, and said with self-reproach, "Unfortunately, when we found her, she couldn't hold on any longer. It's full of dangers there, and I used all my strength to escape."

　　Hearing that something had happened to Xiao Ting, Yuan Xiaoyi's body trembled slightly. After a moment, her eyes turned red. "It's all my fault, if it weren't for me, Xiao Ting wouldn't have... wouldn't have..."

　　Jiang Cheng immediately supported her, interrupting her, "Xiaoyi, you need to be strong. This isn't your fault, you don't need to blame yourself."

　　After a long period of comforting, Yuan Xiaoyi's emotions finally calmed down. "Senior," she said, her eyes red as she looked at Jiang Cheng, "I have something very important to tell you today. Last night... last night I had another dream, I dreamed of Xiao Lin!"

　　"No, it's not a dream, it's real. Xiao Lin really came back to find me last night, just like Xiao Ting!" Whether it was because she was worried that Jiang Cheng wouldn't care about her, or because of fear, Yuan Xiaoyi's body was shaking violently.

　　As expected.

　　Just as Jiang Cheng had thought, this Yuan Xiaoyi was a key figure. As long as she was alive, they could continuously obtain information about the missing girls from her.

　　Yesterday it was Xiao Ting, today it was Xiao Lin.

　　If he remembered correctly, the urban legend about the missing Xiao Lin was related to the abandoned playground, the one on the east side of the school.

　　With little change in his expression, Jiang Cheng looked at Yuan Xiaoyi with encouraging eyes, comforting her, "Xiaoyi, you're braver than any of us. Besides trust, I think that's one of the reasons why Xiao Ting and Xiao Lin are looking for you to save them."

　　At the same time, the anxiety in Jiang Cheng's heart eased slightly.

　　Based on the current results, Xiao Ting wasn't the person they were looking for, otherwise the mission would have ended directly.

　　Jiang Cheng reached out and placed his hand on Yuan Xiaoyi's shoulder, gently caressing it, "Xiao Lin, like Xiao Ting, is also trapped in an urban legend, right?"

　　"Senior, you're right. Xiao Lin came back last night and stood by my bed, but I... but I felt like I was being held down by a ghost, I couldn't move at all."

　　"I could only open my eyes and watch, and listen. Xiao Lin said she was in the abandoned playground on the east side of the school, there was a lot of fog there, and she got lost. No matter which direction she walked, she couldn't get out."

　　"She walked around and around, and it never got light. And near the playground, there's a very terrifying woman in red."

　　Speaking of the woman in red, Jiang Cheng could clearly feel that Yuan Xiaoyi's tone had suddenly changed, and she had fallen into a kind of inexplicable panic. Her small body curled up, her fingers bent, gripping her knees, "That woman in red is very scary. Xiao Lin kept hiding from her, but she cried and told me that she was about to give up, that the woman in red was about to find her!"

　　"If we don't go find her tonight, she will be caught by the woman in red and die in a very terrifying way."

　　"I will go save her." Jiang Cheng was radiating righteousness, "But Xiaoyi, I need you to tell me in detail what the urban legend that is trapping Xiao Lin is like. I don't want the tragedy to repeat itself." Jiang Cheng pursed his lips, his tone tinged with sadness.

　　Seeing this scene, Yuan Xiaoyi's trust in Jiang Cheng deepened. She recalled, "Senior, the abandoned playground is similar to the medical school building, they are both among the most notoriously haunted places in the school."

　　"And... and students are secretly spreading rumors that the old playground was abandoned not because of the bad location, as the school said, but because of a case that happened there."

　　As if worried that Jiang Cheng wouldn't understand, Yuan Xiaoyi reorganized her words and began to tell the whole story.

　　"About a dozen years ago, the school was going to hold a very grand party," Yuan Xiaoyi began, "One of the programs was a freshman dance, which was assigned to several freshman girls."

　　"It is said that there were 5 girls in total, and they happened to be roommates in the same dormitory."

　　"There was a solo dance role in the dance that was very outstanding, and the school teacher designated one of the girls with the best personal qualities for it."

　　"But this caused dissatisfaction among the other girls, so they were very uncooperative during the dance rehearsal, which caused the progress of the dance arrangement to be very slow, and in the last week, they almost had to practice until 10 or 11 at night."

　　"Finally, on the last night before the party, the accumulated conflicts erupted."

　　"The other girls drank some wine before the dance rehearsal because they were feeling depressed, and as a result, in the quarrel, they locked the lead dancer alone in the equipment room next to the stadium."

　　"It was almost 12 o'clock at the time, and it was raining outside. There were already few people around the stadium, and the equipment room was on the other side of the playground, so it was even more remote."

　　"After returning to the dormitory, the girls gradually sobered up and realized that what they had done was inappropriate, so they called the lead dancer, but they called several times and no one answered."

　　"The girls panicked and hurriedly put on their clothes to go back to find her."

　　"But just as they were about to go out, the dormitory door suddenly opened, and the lead dancer actually came back alone."

　　"She didn't have any rain gear, and she was soaked all over, her long hair covering her face, so you couldn't even see her eyes."

　　"The girl was already very pale, and now she looked even more pallid."

　　"The remaining girls didn't think much about it. They were already feeling guilty, so they quickly got her a towel and hot water, and asked her if she needed to take some medicine, since she had to perform tomorrow."

　　"But the lead dancer didn't say a word. She walked straight to her bed. Their dormitory had the beds above and the desks and wardrobes below. The girl didn't even change her clothes, she just climbed up and got into bed."

　　"At first, the remaining girls apologized to her and advised her to change into clean clothes before going to sleep, in case she caught a cold. But seeing that the girl didn't say a word, they assumed that she was still angry, so they didn't bother her anymore and turned off the lights to go to sleep."

　　"The next morning, the lead dancer didn't get up either. The remaining girls thought she was feeling unwell, so they told her to rest and then went to class."

　　"But what they didn't expect was that in the middle of class, a teacher ran in in a panic and pulled the teacher who was teaching out."

　　"A moment later, the original teacher walked in quickly, called out the names of several girls, and said that he wanted to see them about something."

　　"Because he was in a hurry, the teacher stumbled at the door and almost fell."