Chapter 25 How Could This Be?

How… could this be?!

Jiang Cheng didn't show any particular emotion. He slowly stood up, half his face hidden in the darkness, his voice as calm as ever.

"Fatty," he said, "have you ever thought about what Su Yu was doing when Chen Yao was being framed?"

Hearing this, Fatty's eyes narrowed, then suddenly widened.

A word to awaken the dreamer.

If it weren't for the direct testimony of Su Yu, a directly related person, how could Chen Yao have been so easily driven to a dead end?

"He..." Fatty's lips trembled. "He also participated in the accusation. It was him! It was him! He provided the most direct false evidence that Chen Yao was seducing him!"

In other words, he was the most crucial step in forcing Chen Yao to her death.

"But… why?" Fatty's eyes showed confusion. "Why would Su Yu do this? Doesn't he love Chen Yao?"

"Chen Yao is so young and beautiful, of course he likes her," Jiang Cheng said, his tone carrying a touch of melancholy that Fatty couldn't understand, "but giving up the principal's daughter for Chen Yao is clearly unwise."

"If I'm not mistaken…" Jiang Cheng paused. "Li Yanwei might not have been lying."

"Doctor, I don't quite understand what you mean," Fatty honestly admitted.

"From beginning to end, Li Yanwei was also a victim. She was just deceived by Su Yu. In her mind, it was Chen Yao who seduced her fiancé first."

"Because… that's what her fiancé, Su Yu, told her."

Fatty seemed to understand something, and his face became strange. He looked past Jiang Cheng, staring at the blackboard, as if deep in thought.

"I think the truth of the matter is probably like this," Jiang Cheng's voice was cold and detached, like a historian, and Fatty was instinctively drawn into a sealed-off time.

"Li Yanwei was right, she and Su Yu were indeed a couple, but because of Li Yanwei's special status, the relationship wasn't made public at school, which laid the groundwork for Su Yu to seduce Chen Yao later."

Fatty said in disbelief, "Are you saying that Su Yu seduced Chen Yao? Not that Chen Yao…"

"Yes," Jiang Cheng nodded, continuing his story. "And Li Yanwei saying that she used her connections to arrange for Chen Yao to enter Su Yu's ballet class should also be true. She was only thinking that Chen Yao was extremely talented, and the once-in-a-decade anniversary celebration was coming up soon."

"If Chen Yao, as a newcomer, made a splash, then Su Yu, as her teacher and a new employee, would also stand out in the huge campus, which would help his career."

After a long while, Jiang Cheng sighed softly. "She's not bad, just stupid."

Jiang Cheng raised his head, his eyes filled with a faint light. "I've been wondering why the security guard, the teacher, and the two students, all the people who gave false testimony, died, while Li Yanwei only had her eyes gouged out."

"Now it seems that Chen Yao probably also figured out the reason. She only hates this stupid woman for being blind, for misjudging Su Yu and believing this guy's lies."

"Those who gave false testimony weren't found by Li Yanwei, but by Su Yu. Li Yanwei was kept in the dark from beginning to end."

"Su Yu's purpose is also easy to understand. He probably became lustful and, after repeatedly failing to win Chen Yao's heart, feared that the matter would be exposed. So, before Chen Yao could report him, he preemptively made a false accusation, turning around and biting Chen Yao."

"Turning black into white, he said that Chen Yao seduced him first, and that he had to sternly refuse because of his teacher status and having a girlfriend, but Chen Yao wouldn't give up and even fabricated lies that he had molested her to threaten him…"

"He portrayed himself as the victim, while Chen Yao became an object of universal scorn."

"That's also why he only dared to show the first half of the diary," Jiang Cheng turned to look at Fatty. "I think the second half of the diary should contain Chen Yao's complaints about Su Yu's excessive attentiveness, or even disgust."

"I agree with you, Doctor," Fatty nodded repeatedly.

Just from the first half of the diary, one could imagine Su Yu's attentiveness to Chen Yao, otherwise how could there be descriptions of Su Yu in every entry?

"Also, the so-called solo dance was eventually changed to a duet. Su Yu probably had a hand in this as well. He just wanted to create time and opportunities to be alone with Chen Yao, to make it easier for him to make a move," Jiang Cheng said slowly.

Fatty's teeth itched with hatred when he thought of Su Yu's face. "This beast in human clothing, this bastard! I said we were just practicing dancing, why did it have to be at night, and he even falsely claimed that the little girl requested it!"

Speaking of this, Fatty suddenly widened his eyes and looked at Jiang Cheng. "Doctor," he said in surprise, "did you already figure all this out?"

He recalled the fierce way Jiang Cheng had picked up the flower pot and smashed it on Su Yu's head not long ago, and felt it was very possible.

Jiang Cheng didn't answer, and Fatty took it as his tacit agreement. Then Fatty clamored to go back to the courtyard and give Su Yu, that bastard, a good beating.

Just as Fatty turned around, a hand suddenly landed on his shoulder.

Fatty was startled until Jiang Cheng's voice came.

"Don't move."

In nightmares, listening to the doctor is the only way to survive. This has almost become Fatty's unwavering belief. Hearing this, he really didn't move.

Slowly, Fatty also noticed the abnormality around him.

His gaze gradually scanned to the door, and then his expression trembled slightly. He was surprised to find that the door was closed somehow, and he hadn't heard any sound.

"The blackboard is here…" Jiang Cheng's voice was very low, "Su Yu told me that too."

Fatty's throat rolled heavily at the words. His mind had never been so quick.

He remembered that the blackboard had been placed in the courtyard before, but now it appeared in this room. It was obvious that someone had moved it, and the person who moved it… was undoubtedly Su Yu.

This is… a trap!

Su Yu probably expected that they would come looking for him.

At the same time, Fatty thought of an even more alarming question: Where did Zhen Jianren and Luo Yi… go?

According to their previous plan, the two of them should be in the equipment center right now.

But… where are they?

It was already certain that Luo Yi was a ghost, so was Zhen Jianren dead, or did something even more terrifying than death happen?

Fatty's body began to tremble with water-like ripples due to fear.

What can be confirmed now is that they were schemed against by Su Yu, that bastard, and trapped in this room that looked very different.

When he came in, Fatty had observed the wooden door of the room. Because of the age, it was severely weathered and old, and it was obviously not enough to stop him and Jiang Cheng.