With the Red Ghost no longer provoking her, she had cleared her head considerably.
Although her emotions were still somewhat unstable, she had managed to get them under control. Glancing cautiously at her daughter, she asked Su Nian a question.
"Did she really see a ghost?"
Su Nian looked at the little girl before her, her brow furrowed slightly. Her gaze was so deep it was as if she were looking right through the girl to someone else.
Meeting that gaze, the little girl shrank back cautiously, pressing a little closer into her mother's embrace.
Su Nian's eyes were stunning—as sparkling and clear as gemstones. But at this moment, they held an eerie light as she stared intently at the girl's back.
"What exactly happened at school?"
After a long moment, Su Nian finally averted her gaze and asked.
"My deskmate, Zhang Xiaoya... she jumped off a building a few days ago..."
[So intense! Heavens, when I was in middle school, all I thought about was having fun.]
