Chapter 18: The Red Shoes Behind the Curtains (Part II)
Ling Fan's decision to knock on Zhao Ya'an's door in the rain once again, after the last countdown number sounded, proved that his decision was correct, and Zhao Ya'an decided to cooperate with the police to protect his little daughter. When Ling Fan and Tianyu saw the possible Xiao Jingjing and strengthened their determination to protect the two mothers and daughters, Zhao Ya'an also slowly told the secret that had been buried in her heart for more than 20 years, which involved the pair of red dancing shoes behind the curtain, although Su Si thought that it was the reason why Zhao Ya'an was too nervous, but Zhao Ya'an didn't think so, she really noticed that there was a figure reflected behind the curtain, and the figure behind the curtain was also staring at her, which made her feel extremely uneasy, thinking about all the people who might be this figure, One of them is Xia Qingqing's sister.
"Madam, do you mean to say that the figure behind the curtain is Xia Qingqing's sister?" Ling Fan frowned and asked.
Zhao Ya'an neither nodded nor shook his head, nor did he answer Ling Fan's question, but continued: "When I think of Xia Qingqing's sister, my heart is a little hairy, if the figure behind the curtain is really her, then at such a young age, watching her sister being burned to death without making a sound, this is terrible, this little girl is terrible.
But then I thought, this seems a little impossible, Qingqing's sister is only seven years old, a seven-year-old child can't have such a deep city, in the face of relatives being burned to death, a seven-year-old girl can't be calm as if she didn't see it, so I transferred my thoughts to other people, but everyone does not meet my inference, after some comparison, I found that I may really be wrong, the red dancing shoes behind the curtain are probably really just a pair of empty dancing shoes, So I went back to the classroom.
However, just when I thought that everything was going to pass peacefully, a fire changed my opinion, it was a time when five of us in the dormitory were rehearsing a dance program together in the rehearsal room, because of the difficulty of that dance, we decided to practice in the rehearsal room after class, who knew that in the middle of the rehearsal, suddenly Zheng Yingxin's feet slipped and fell to the ground. Although the floor of the dance studio was smooth, it had been waxed, so slipping and falling were rare, and then just as Jung Young-xin was about to get up, she suddenly screamed in fear, and then we realized that her body was covered with a liquid that emitted a strong smell, and we knew by the smell that it was gasoline. When we were just about to help Zheng Yingxin up, suddenly a spark flashed under the door of the rehearsal dance room, and then a flame like a fiery snake quickly rolled towards us, scared us to jump around, fortunately there was an iron table in the rehearsal room, I, Su Si and Xiao Fenger immediately jumped up, and Chen Xinyao climbed onto the windowsill, due to the ventilation of the window, a deep smoke with flames sprayed towards the windowsill, and suddenly pushed Chen Xinyao out, fortunately she grabbed the window frame at that time and did not fall, It's just that her back was burned, but the most unfortunate thing was Zheng Yingxin, her whole body was engulfed in flames, and after a moment of screaming, her body was burned black by the flames.
Soon, some students found that there was a fire in the dance room, so they reported the fire. Soon after, the fire in the dance studio was extinguished, and we were successfully saved, but Chen Xinyao was taken to the hospital by ambulance due to back burns. The police also took Zheng Yingxin's body away, questioned us at the scene, examined the scene, and found nothing, and then left on the pretext of an accident.
Accident?! No, it can't be an accident, I know this better than anyone else, I believe that a few of them are the same, but no one has the courage to say it, because they are also afraid, afraid that the next person to be burned to death by fire will be themselves, and even they suspect that Xia Qingqing's resentful soul will come back to take revenge, but I don't believe it, I don't believe in any ghost revenge, so I ran to the outside of the Swan Tower, there is an old man who cleans around, he usually likes to squat under the Swan Tower and listen to our dance music, So I thought he might know something, and sure enough, when I asked the old man if he had noticed anything unusual, he said that when there was a fire upstairs, she saw a little girl running downstairs in a hurry, running towards the outside of the school, almost six or seven years old.
At that moment, I was stupid, I always thought that the question that haunted my heart had finally been answered, the figure behind the curtain was really Qingqing's sister, that little girl who was only seven years old, such a little girl saw her sister burned to death by us, and stood quietly behind the curtain with amazing calm, it was terrible.
If that girl is really Qingqing's sister, then she will definitely not leave, she will come to us again to take revenge, definitely, she burned Zheng Yingxin, then the next time we will be burned to death, I don't want to die, so I decided to find Xia Qingqing's sister, maybe she is like a ghost, I searched the whole street at that time and did not find her little figure, since I looked for her and couldn't find her, then I decided to try to let her come to the main branch to find me.
Since Qingqing's relationship with her sister is so good, I used Qingqing's relics to lure her into the bait, so I packed all Qingqing's things into a suitcase, and then threw them next to a remote garbage can on campus like garbage, and then I returned to the dormitory like no one, but then I changed my clothes, simply put on my bottoms, and then ambushed near the remote garbage can, waiting for Qingqing's sister to come and get the box.
Yet I lay in ambush there all day, but there was not a single sign of me, but I did not give up, and I knew that she would come, because she had been watching our every move, and she must have known that I had thrown her sister's things, and that at her age there would never have been thought that I would be ambushed there. Sure enough, when night fell, there was a slight sound on the grass, and I cheered up, only to see a small figure cautiously approaching the garbage can, and then I heard her crying bitterly as she hugged the box.
Seeing this, I held back the excitement in my heart, slowly touched her back, and then suddenly picked her up, she was also startled, and when I saw that it was me, her little eyes immediately shot angry, she spat at me, and called me a murderer, she also said that she would tell the police about us, and bit me hard, when my hand was painful and released, she fell to the ground all of a sudden, and then got up and ran forward. I was very scared, I was afraid that she would really tell the police what happened that night, in that case, we would really be finished, I didn't have a powerful father like Xiao Feng'er, I was just a child of an ordinary family, so for my future, I desperately chased after the little girl.
After all, it was just a little girl, and no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't outrun a girl who was seven or eight years older than her, and soon I caught her, and we scuffled together.
Just when we scuffled the most intensely, suddenly my hands were empty, the little girl snorted and disappeared, and then I felt a chill, it turned out that next to me was the ice cellar where the academy was kept, the ice kiln was usually covered by a lid, there was an accident where a girl fell to death in the ice kiln, at this time the little girl also fell in, only to a muffled sound, there was no sound in the black hole, I was very scared, for fear of being discovered, Then I felt the lid around the ice kiln and closed the ice kiln, and after I got it, I hurried to the dormitory, but because I was too panicked, I bumped into a person, and then I heard a kind voice, it turned out to be the cleaning old man, he helped me up and asked me what was so flustered, I said it was okay and ran away in a hurry.
After Qingqing's sister stumbled and fell into the ice kiln, our lives began to return to peace, and there were no more fires, and Xinyao also returned to school after treatment, and our lives seemed to start again, but none of us mentioned Xia Qingqing's matter again, which seemed to become our open secret and pain. We thought that this secret would remain in our hearts until we died, but ...... But I didn't expect that it would be excavated twenty years ago, what a retribution. As he spoke, Zhao Ya'an covered his face and cried bitterly, while Xiao Jingjing stretched out her little hand to touch Zhao Ya'an's face with a puzzled face.
Zhao Ya'an's narration reminded Ling Fan of the inexplicable cold on the female ghost, could it be that this female ghost is not Xia Qingqing, but her sister, her sister fell into the ice cave and died, but she was only seven years old at the time, could it be that the ghost will also grow up, this is also ridiculous, if it is not a ghost, it means that Xia Qingqing's sister did not die back then, it seems necessary to check the ice kiln of the Yaochi Dance Academy.
At this moment, Ling Fan's mobile phone suddenly rang, it was Yuzhen calling, Ling Fan took the phone, Chen Yuzhen told Ling Fan on the phone that Su Jiani's life was saved, but she was still in syncope, and no one knew when she would wake up, and the boss asked him and Tianyu to return to the headquarters quickly, there were important matters to discuss, the hospital had strengthened measures, and two guards protected Su Jiani's life, which was also a strong request from the deputy mayor.
"Madam, the news you gave us is very timely, I believe that this matter will soon come to light, and this is my mobile phone number, no matter what is abnormal, please notify me in time, after all, the child's life is precious." Ling Fan handed over his mobile phone number to Zhao Ya'an and said with a solemn expression.
"Understood." Zhao Ya'an held the piece of paper with the mobile phone number written on it tightly in his hand.
"Then let's go first, please be sure to lock the doors and windows during this time, no stranger can meet you, goodbye." When Ling Fan and Tianyu walked to the door, he didn't forget to ask the nanny, and the nanny nodded yes.
"Brother and sister, you must come back to play quietly, goodbye." Xiao Jing's immature voice suddenly came, and then she was seen waving her little hand to say goodbye to Ling Fan and Tianyu.
"Yes, brother promises you." Ling Fan smiled quietly at Xiao Jing.