Carrying My Senior's Coffin (GL) - Chapter 24

The ghostfire was not burning the fabric itself.

It was burning the brain matter stuck to it.

However, the brain matter was highly corrosive and spread quickly. By the time Fang Yiyi managed to save the pants, the long trousers had already been burned into a pair of shorts full of holes.

Fang Yiyi sat on the floor with her legs folded beneath her, staring anxiously at the ruined pants.

How was she supposed to wear these?

Fortunately, none of the important areas had been corroded.

Fang Yiyi rolled the melted trouser legs upward to conceal the ragged edges, turning them into a strange-looking pair of extremely short shorts.

She remained in the laboratory for a while longer, then used the cover of darkness to take a shortcut and quickly run back to her dormitory.

Unfortunately, it was right around dinnertime, so a few people were still scattered along the path.

Fang Yiyi kept her head lowered as she ran, preventing them from seeing her face.

However, her long, slender legs immediately became the center of attention.

“Who is that? Oh my god, those legs.”

“…I’m going to keep dieting. I hereby declare those legs my new goal.”

“Wow, incredible. Wait, what is she wearing? Are those some new kind of bubble shorts?”

“They look strange, but they’re actually kind of cute.”

…

Fang Yiyi ran even faster.

She hated being discussed, regardless of whether the comments were good or bad.

After returning to the dormitory, Fang Yiyi originally planned to change clothes and go to the cafeteria.

But when she remembered what had just happened outside, she suddenly became reluctant to leave again.

She took out her phone and seriously ordered food delivery instead.

Li Ting did not know what she was thinking.

“Go take a shower.”

“Mm…”

Fang Yiyi obediently agreed and walked onto the balcony to retrieve her dry pajamas.

While picking up her clothes, she casually glanced out the window.

At once, she saw Director Tong standing beneath the enormous silk tree in front of the dormitory building.

The leaves concealed the upper half of Director Tong’s body, so Fang Yiyi could not see her face.

Only her jeans and sneakers were visible.

Fang Yiyi had never seen her wear that outfit before, but that did not prevent her from recognizing her.

Fang Yiyi had noticed something a long time ago.

The more often she and Li Ting rolled around together in bed, the more Li Ting’s appearance resembled that of a living person.

At the same time, Fang Yiyi’s five senses and physical abilities became increasingly acute.

Just like when she had faced Mi Manman today—even after Manman began flying and increased her speed, Fang Yiyi had still been able to dodge effortlessly.

Her physical condition was completely different from when she had faced Nancy.

Could this somehow be dual cultivation, benefiting both of them?

The moment that thought appeared, Fang Yiyi could not help laughing.

She was not happy.

She merely found the idea that had suddenly popped into her head ridiculous.

What dual cultivation?

Li Ting was a ghost, not some immortal master.

Fang Yiyi still remembered what Li Ting had looked like when they first met.

Her gaze had been gloomy, her body withered, and her red clothes torn and ragged.

She had looked more terrifying than the promotional poster for a horror movie.

But now, Li Ting looked increasingly human.

Then, by the same logic, could Fang Yiyi be becoming increasingly ghostlike?

The incandescent light on the balcony was switched on.

Its glow fell across her hands.

Fang Yiyi naturally had pale skin.

Because she had always been malnourished, her skin was usually rough, especially her hands, which had been dry and abnormally white for years.

Yet now, her skin was smooth, delicate, and fair with a rosy undertone.

Her hands looked as though they had never touched a drop of housework.

No matter how she examined them, they did not seem connected to a dead creature like a ghost.

…Was this a final burst of vitality before death?

Fang Yiyi blinked and amused herself once again with her wild imagination.

“Where’s your phone?”

Li Ting searched around the room but could not find it.

“Ah, it’s here.”

Fang Yiyi took the phone from her shirt pocket and handed it to Li Ting before turning and entering the bathroom.

Several peaceful days passed.

Then the clothes arrived.

The parcel collection point at Zhengling Women’s University was located inside the campus supermarket.

After her pants were ruined, Fang Yiyi simply stopped wearing her uniform.

She wore the pale green dress every day.

At first, she became the center of attention wherever she went.

She strongly resisted that attention, so she threw her uniform jacket over the dress in an attempt to ease her anxiety with something familiar.

The uniform jacket was oversized.

Combined with the long dress, it gave her a deliberately sloppy, lazy appearance.

Sure enough, far fewer people turned to look at her.

Li Ting mocked her, saying she was exceptionally talented at making herself look ugly, but she did not stop her.

So Fang Yiyi wore the same outfit for several days.

After class, she went directly to the supermarket to collect her parcels.

Summer clothes were thin, but there were simply too many of them.

More than twenty pieces made a huge, heavy stack.

Once Fang Yiyi held them in her arms, she could no longer see the road ahead.

It was indeed far too much for one young woman.

The employee helping her locate the packages glanced at her several times and asked whether she had called someone to help carry them.

Fang Yiyi smiled and said she could manage.

Under the employee’s doubtful gaze, she removed her uniform jacket and spread it across the floor.

She opened each parcel, removed the packaging, and neatly stacked the clothes on top of the jacket.

After compressing the pile, she tied the sleeves together.

The jacket became an enormous bundle.

Once she slung it over her back, she looked exactly like a traveling merchant from the 1960s.

The employee: “…”

On the way back, she attracted plenty of attention again.

Unfortunately, she also happened to encounter Bai Xuan.

At first, Bai Xuan did not recognize her.

The friend beside her nudged her with an elbow.

“Hey, isn’t that your older sister?”

Bai Xuan instinctively denied it.

“I don’t have an older sister…”

Then she turned around and saw Fang Yiyi, whom she could barely recognize after only a few days apart.

“…”

“Fang Yiyi?”

Bai Xuan walked toward her while looking her up and down.

In Bai Xuan’s memory, Fang Yiyi had always been a pathetic, embarrassing coward.

She went around with a stiff face all day and never smiled.

She was practically mute and could barely speak a complete sentence.

She hunched her back, acted timid, and was the kind of person who irritated others merely by existing.

If such a person had been unrelated to her, Bai Xuan would not have cared.

Unfortunately, Fang Yiyi was her older sister.

Aside from embarrassing her, she was completely useless.

That was why Bai Xuan especially hated her.

But the person standing before her today…

How should she describe it?

Fang Yiyi had finally removed that ugly, pathetic university uniform.

In its place was a pale green dress that fit her exceptionally well, making her legs appear long and slender.

To be fair, she looked quite beautiful.

Bai Xuan’s expression darkened, and jealousy flashed through her eyes.

Her own legs were not thick.

To maintain her figure, she frequently skipped dinner.

However, their shape was unattractive.

They bowed outward slightly.

It was not noticeable when she wore pants, but dresses exposed the flaw completely.

She especially did not dare wear a dress like Fang Yiyi’s, even when she saw one at the mall.

Yet now this useless Fang Yiyi was wearing one?

It made her furious.

Then she noticed the bundle Fang Yiyi had fashioned from her uniform.

She had no idea what was inside, but Fang Yiyi carried it across her back and bent forward beneath its weight like a migrant worker entering the city with all her possessions.

The bundle completely destroyed the image created by the dress.

Besides, Fang Yiyi had most likely bought that dress using the three thousand yuan.

The thought immediately made Bai Xuan burn with anger.

Her monthly allowance was only two thousand yuan.

After buying cosmetics and clothes, it was nowhere near enough.

Fang Yiyi had finally obtained some money, yet she had refused to give any of it to her.

What kind of logic was that?

Fang Yiyi had eaten and lived in her family’s home for so many years.

Wasn’t it only right that she give Bai Xuan some money?

“Fang Yiyi!”

Bai Xuan called her name again as she approached.

Fang Yiyi stopped and looked at her.

Li Ting said, “Kill her.”

Fang Yiyi blinked and whispered, “Let’s not. It would be difficult to explain.”

“What are you muttering about?” Bai Xuan asked, unable to hear clearly.

Fang Yiyi said, “What do you want?”

They were standing outside the university’s only supermarket, where many students were coming and going.

Bai Xuan did not want others to hear that she was asking for money, so she demanded, “Did you block me?”

Fang Yiyi answered, “Maybe I missed your calls when I changed my phone card.”

“Hm?”

Bai Xuan immediately understood the implication and raised her voice.

“You bought a new phone?”

Had she already spent the entire three thousand yuan?!

“Mm.”

Fang Yiyi answered indifferently while panicking internally.

She had stopped Li Ting from killing Bai Xuan, and Li Ting seemed angry.

She had not spoken to Fang Yiyi again since then.

Besides, if Fang Yiyi faced Bai Xuan alone, she would still be the one who got bullied.

Her hand unconsciously tightened around the sleeve of her uniform jacket.

Relying only on herself, there was a very high chance that Bai Xuan would discover the clothes inside this bundle.

And if Bai Xuan discovered them, Fang Yiyi might not be able to bring them back to the dormitory.

Bai Xuan became so angry that her vision nearly went dark.

She wanted nothing more than to beat Fang Yiyi to death.

Clinging to one final hope, she asked, “What phone did you buy?”

Please.

Please let it be an old-person phone, just like the ones Fang Yiyi normally used…

Then she watched Fang Yiyi pull a small white phone from her pocket.

The brand logo was infuriatingly obvious.

It was exactly the same model as Bai Xuan’s.

…!!!

“Fang Yiyi! How could you!”

People had already begun looking over.

Mindful of the crowd, Bai Xuan restrained herself repeatedly and did not strike her.

Fang Yiyi pressed her lips together.

“Is there anything else? I’m going back to the dormitory.”

“Back to the dormitory?”

Bai Xuan sneered disdainfully and raised her voice.

“You started living with my family when you were nine years old.”

“My parents fed you, housed you, and paid for your education.”

“Now that you’ve gotten into university and don’t need them anymore, you refuse to even listen when they call to speak to you.”

“You hang up and block them.”

“What exactly are you trying to do?”

Students had already begun gathering around them from the moment Bai Xuan started speaking.

After hearing the whole story, some began pointing at Fang Yiyi.

“Isn’t that Fang Yiyi? I think I did hear that she lived with relatives because her parents died young.”

“…How could she behave like that? Isn’t she completely ungrateful?”

“That woman doesn’t look like a good person.”

Fang Yiyi lowered her head.

Her grip around the uniform sleeves gradually tightened until her knuckles turned a sickly white.

All she wanted was to run away.

But so many people surrounded her, forming a circle.

There were people everywhere.

Everyone was staring at her.

The moment Bai Xuan saw Fang Yiyi’s expression, she knew the tactic had worked.

She could not help feeling smug.

It had always been like this since they were children.

Whenever Fang Yiyi angered her, Bai Xuan would find a way to gather a crowd and publicly expose Fang Yiyi’s supposed wrongdoing.

Then Fang Yiyi would become obedient.

This method worked even better than telling her mother and having her beat Fang Yiyi.

“You asked my mother for money.”

“Our family hasn’t had much money recently and couldn’t give it to you immediately, so you directly blocked her.”

“Has she treated you badly all these years?”

“When you were sick, she carried you to the hospital through the rain in the middle of the night.”

“And this is how you repay her?”

“Do you know how heartbroken my mother is?”

Bai Xuan’s voice was sharp and loud.

Within moments, even more people had gathered.

Fang Yiyi’s face turned pale.

Cold sweat appeared on her forehead.

She bit her lower lip and whispered, “That’s not true.”

Unfortunately, her voice was too quiet.

No one heard her.

Bai Xuan, who stood closest, did hear.

She curved her lips into a mocking smile.

That was all Fang Yiyi was capable of.

Unexpectedly, Fang Yiyi behaved differently this time.

She suddenly became forceful and repeated herself.

“That’s not true!”

“It isn’t!”

“You were the one who asked me for money!”

By the end, Fang Yiyi had closed her eyes and was practically shouting.

Bai Xuan froze.

A flash of panic appeared in her eyes, but she quickly concealed it.

“I asked you for money?”

“What money could you possibly have?”

Fang Yiyi’s fingers trembled.

“The compensation I received after I was beaten.”

“When I refused to give it to you, you had your mother ask me for it!”

“You’re really something, Fang Yiyi.”

“You never learned how to behave like a decent person, but you’re certainly skilled at twisting the truth.”

Fang Yiyi did not know how to refute such a completely fabricated accusation.

Her eyes reddened with anxiety.

“Keep talking.”

Li Ting’s gentle voice appeared inside her mind.