What was first love? The fresh dew on the heart? The kite without string? The mathematical problem that couldn’t be solved? Or was it a charming and scary female ghost bearing a present?

Gao Ming leaned against the wooden table. Liu Yi stood at the door. Fan Li stood between the two with confusion. He felt like he was an extra.

“Liu Yi, you look so much older.” Once Gao Ming opened his mouth, Fan Li wanted to punch him. How could a guy directly call a girl old to her face?

After confirming the door was locked, Liu Yi walked inside the room with the present box. Her gaze was constantly on Gao Ming. “Have I confessed to you?”

“You were harassed by bullies from outside the school. I couldn’t bear to see it, so I interrupted them. Then, you sent me to the school infirmary. You bought me many things and insisted on staying by my bedside for a few days.” Gao Ming frowned, “However, I stated clearly to you that you should focus on your studies and not be in a relationship.”

Liu Yi couldn’t stand it anymore. She flipped through the two diaries on the table and stopped talking.

“Is this a present for me?” Gao Ming was about to touch the red box when Liu Yi suddenly stopped him.

“What?”

“The present is mine.” Liu Yi walked forward to stand before Gao Ming. She had very light makeup, and the temperature around her was low. The two were so close that Gao Ming had to take a step back. Liu Yi followed him. She stared at his face. “Did you not receive your own present? Everyone’s room should come with its own present.”

“What are you talking about? Are you Santa Claus?” Even though Gao Ming was in the school uniform, he was a bad student. He often got into fights. However, he was cornered by Liu Yi. Gao Ming’s back hit the wall, and he realised something. “You are not Liu Yi. What are you?”

“I am Liu Yi, but you are not the Gao Ming I’m looking for.” Liu Yi frowned before turning to Fan Li, “Why are you here?”

Fan Li opened his mouth. Gao Ming said that Liu Yi was his classmate, so she should be a member of Class 13. “Gao Ming told me to come here. He saved my life, so I have to help him no matter what.”

“Is there still such kindness in Han Hai?” Liu Yi stared at Fan Li. “Where is your present?”

“What present?” Fan Li was very lost.

The corridor was silent. The three squeezed at the door. Gao Ming took out a notebook. He wrote down messages on different pages. The general message was for the other Gao Mings to open the doors so that they could save each other.

“We’ll leave at the same time. Try to shove these papers into the rooms. If there’s time, knock on the doors.” Fan Li counted the time and then opened the door. The lights came on. The three slipped the paper under the doors and returned to the room when the one minute was almost up. They waited inside the room for a long time, but there was no sound coming from the corridor. The other Gao Mings seemed to have read the paper but refused to open their doors.

“It looks like not every me is as brave as I am.” Gao Ming gripped his homemade weapon. “If they won’t open the doors, why don’t we break down the doors?”

“You sure are cruel towards yourself.” Liu Yi was a lawyer. She had not done anything like this before.

“I just want to see what the correct choice is.”

Then, the three exited the room again. This round, Gao Ming led the way. He wielded the bat he picked up at the trash collection centre and charged at the door to the left of him. However, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t open the seemingly normal-looking wooden door.

“This is bad. The doors can only be opened from the inside!” Gao Ming shouted, “Only the owners can open the doors!”

“Let me try!” Liu Yi grabbed the bat. Her arms bulged with muscles. Fan Li and Gao Ming had no idea what Liu Yi had been through. She was stronger than them. She applied so much force that the bat was almost bent out of shape.

“No! This won’t work! They have to willingly come out!” Liu Yi let go of the bet.

“Quick! It’s time to go back!” Fan Li urged. However, knocking came from the deep end of the corridor at that moment.

The sound was clear. It was like a head banging against the door.

“Is the knocking coming from there?” Fan Li was shocked as he looked down the corridor. The door covered with talisman was shaking.

“Gao Ming inside that room wants to come out!”