Carrying My Senior's Coffin (GL) - Chapter 2

“Manman!”

Youlan turned around and stared expressionlessly at her companion. Her prominent hooked nose made her look especially sharp and mean.

“Why don’t you go instead?”

Manman froze, then shook her head in terror.

“No, no, no. I’m not going…”

“Manman, listen to me,” Youlan said. “The only reason I’m making that idiot go is because it’s fun! Ghosts don’t exist in this world. They never have! Do you understand?!”

That evening, when Fang Yiyi returned to the dormitory, she found that her bedding had already been rolled up.

It was both unexpected and entirely expected.

Normally, the others avoided touching her things whenever possible. Based on past experience, if she came back late, they would either throw her bedding outside or sit nearby cracking sunflower seeds and cursing as they urged her to hurry up and pack.

They would not personally roll everything up for her like this.

Fang Yiyi could say with near certainty that this was not as simple as changing dormitories.

One of her roommates stood nearby. When she saw Fang Yiyi enter, she said, “Fang Yiyi, Nancy already packed your things for you. Check whether anything was left behind and hurry up. Youlan will be coming down soon.”

Just as she had expected.

Fang Yiyi’s expression remained calm. Even though she knew there was probably a trap involved, she had no intention of resisting.

Obediently, she picked up her quilt.

“There’s no need. I don’t have much.”

With that, she turned and left.

Nancy was sitting on the top bunk with both legs dangling over the edge, biting into an apple.

She was in a good mood today. The bed curtains she had ordered online had arrived. They were soft pink and decorated with pure white lace trim, radiating the air of a little princess and perfectly matching her taste. Once they were installed, the result looked even better than she had imagined.

On top of that, Fang Yiyi was switching beds and moving into the dormitory they had prepared for her.

If what was written in that battered old book was true, then starting tonight, Nancy would finally be rid of the nightmares that had been tormenting her. She would never have to suffer from insomnia again.

So, out of what she considered roommately affection, she had even acted on a whim and packed Fang Yiyi’s bedding for her.

The corners of Nancy’s mouth lifted slightly. Her gaze had followed Fang Yiyi from the moment she entered, waiting for her to look up, say thank you, and give her a “final farewell.”

But things did not go as expected.

That girl had no manners at all. She had completely ignored her!

“Wait.”

Nancy chewed her apple and spoke indistinctly.

“I packed your things for you, and you’re not even going to say thank you? We were roommates, after all. Don’t you have even that much basic courtesy?”

Fang Yiyi only found her irritating and noisy.

Pretending not to hear, she left without looking back.

Come to think of it, this was the first time Fang Yiyi had ever defied them.

Nancy immediately felt as though she had been humiliated. Her face flushed scarlet, and she pointed toward the direction Fang Yiyi had gone, raising her voice.

“What kind of person is she?! Fang Yiyi, get back here! Did I say you could leave? Fang Yiyi! Are you deaf? I’m calling you!”

The person who appeared was not Fang Yiyi, but Youlan, who came through the doorway carrying a washbasin. Manman followed behind her with a quilt in her arms.

“What happened? Who upset our little princess?” Youlan asked.

She walked straight to the newly vacated bed and motioned for Manman to put the quilt down.

Nancy was still angry. She turned her head away with a huff and ignored her.

Youlan raised an eyebrow. Remembering that she had seen Fang Yiyi on the way in, she immediately understood.

“She’s already gone. There’s no point getting mad. Want to go get something cold to eat later?”

Nancy frowned.

She felt that Fang Yiyi had deliberately given her attitude. That behavior offended her and made her lose face. At that moment, she desperately wanted to do something to restore her dignity and get even.

“If you ask me…” Youlan said while making the bed, “you really don’t need to be angry. Think about where she’s going, hm? She did help us out, in a way. Let today’s matter cancel everything out. It isn’t worth getting angry over someone insignificant. You’ll get wrinkles.”

Nancy thought it over and decided it made sense.

“Fine. I’ll let her off this time. I’m not going to let her ruin my mood. She isn’t worth it.”

Manman nodded frantically from the side.

Youlan said, “To celebrate the two of us finally sharing a dorm, let’s go out for a big meal and get something cold. Consider it a welcome dinner for me. What do you think?”

Nancy considered it.

“You’re paying.”

“Oh, come on.” Youlan tossed the pillow onto the bedsheet. “You little brat. You’re getting a free meal this time, but you’re paying me back next time!”

…

Fang Yiyi’s old room was 301, while Youlan’s had been 405.

Fang Yiyi moved one painstaking step at a time, struggling to stick her head out from behind the bedding as she carefully watched the stairs.

Dormitory 405 was the second room on the right side of the corridor.

The first was 404.

Its door remained shut year-round. In Fang Yiyi’s memory, it had never once been opened.

According to rumor, a senior student had originally died inside. After the school covered up the news, five freshmen moved in one after another. Within half a year, some died and the others went insane.

After that, the dormitory was sealed.

Strictly speaking, the room still belonged to the section of dormitories assigned to their class.

Suddenly, Fang Yiyi felt herself collide with something.

It was hard and solid.

Her view was blocked, so she could not see directly ahead. Since it was unlikely anyone had moved a cabinet or desk into the corridor, her first thought was that she had bumped into someone.

She immediately apologized.

“I’m sorry! I can’t see in front of me. I didn’t mean to bump into you!”

No one answered.

There were no footsteps either.

Fang Yiyi froze.

She shifted sideways and adjusted her line of sight.

Only an empty corridor lay ahead.

There was not even half a human figure in sight.

Had she imagined it?

Confused, she did not dwell on it. The bedding was heavy, and she wanted to put it down as soon as possible, so she prepared to keep walking.

When she turned her head, a room number appeared in the corner of her vision, impossible to ignore.

A golden number plate was nailed to the natural wood-colored door. It looked extremely old and had long since lost its shine. Chaotic scratches ran across its surface, yet the black lettering remained unusually clear.

Against the pale background, it stood out sharply, as though it had only been repainted yesterday.

Only then did Fang Yiyi realize that she was standing directly in the center of the doorway.

Her body leaned slightly toward the door. To anyone looking, it would appear as though she were about to carry her bedding inside and move in.

“Fang Yiyi? What are you… What are you doing here?”

Someone stepped out of Dormitory 405. Seeing Fang Yiyi with all her belongings, she frowned and asked the question.

Fang Yiyi craned her head out and recognized the class monitor, Feng Xue.

“I’m here to exchange dormitories with Youlan.”

“Exchange dormitories?”

Feng Xue repeated the words, her face full of confusion.

“Wait here.”

After saying that, she quickly returned to her dormitory.

Fang Yiyi had no choice but to wait outside.

A moment later, Feng Xue came back out with an A4 sheet of paper in her hand.

“You’re mistaken. Your dormitory is 404.”

As she spoke, she held the paper up in front of Fang Yiyi.

It was a dormitory and bed assignment chart, listing the floors, room numbers, and number of occupants assigned to their class.

Fang Yiyi’s name appeared alone at the very bottom on the right-hand side.

Compared with the numerous names listed beneath the other room numbers, her solitary entry looked exceptionally spacious and empty.

Fourth Floor: 404

Fang Yiyi

“This…” Fang Yiyi frowned. “Youlan said she was exchanging beds with me. She never said I would have to live in a dormitory by myself.”

“Is that so?” Feng Xue looked genuinely surprised. “But Youlan’s bed has already been assigned to a new student placed in our dorm.”

Perhaps because Fang Yiyi’s expression looked particularly bad, Feng Xue added, “How about this? It’s already late. Stay there for tonight. If you really don’t want to, I’ll speak to the teacher tomorrow and see how she wants to arrange things.”

In other words, Fang Yiyi should stay in 404 first, and they could discuss everything else later.

If Fang Yiyi still could not understand that this was a carefully designed scheme, then her brain truly might as well have been eaten by a pig.

But thinking about the rumors that the room was haunted, Fang Yiyi resisted.

“But I don’t have a key…”

Before she could finish, a large-headed key fell from her quilt and struck the floor with a crisp, unmistakable clang.

“Isn’t it right here?”

Feng Xue picked it up, smiled, and stuffed it into Fang Yiyi’s hand.

“Go on. You must be tired after holding that huge quilt for so long. Hurry inside and rest. You have a private room all to yourself. Plenty of people would be jealous of such treatment. Don’t get so excited about having the whole room that you forget to sleep. Remember to attend morning study tomorrow. I still have something to do, so I’m heading back.”

Without waiting for Fang Yiyi to respond, she quickly retreated into her own dormitory and slammed the door shut with a bang.

She moved as though she were fleeing for her life.

Her actions were too fast, and Fang Yiyi’s view was blocked by everything in her arms.

Because of that, she never saw Feng Xue’s pupils suddenly contract the instant the key fell out, nor did she see her face turn as white as paper, completely drained of blood.

Fang Yiyi sighed.

She raised one leg and braced it against the door, resting most of the quilt’s weight on her thigh. After feeling around for the keyhole, she inserted the key and slowly turned it.

With a sharp click, the lock opened.