What Is This Place?

Zhao Yuhui stood in the middle of the stage and looked at the hall in front. A thought flashed and she wondered how it would be to perform on this stage.

It wasn't apparent what she was thinking for the next five minutes but she continued to stand there in a daze. Her eyes were trying to express an emotion which she had kept hidden for a long time.

Zhao Yuhui shut her eyes tightly and smiled. It didn't matter now. She was doing good and would continue to do so. She already had found herself a path which she must walk down now.

Zhao Yuhui came out and went to open another door, this time enthusiastically. It was another auditorium which was slightly smaller than the previous one, more suitable for presenting classroom practicals.

In the end, turned out that the ground floor was filled with auditoriums only; two in the right corridor and two in the left one.

After few minutes, Zhao Yuhui walked up the stairs to go to another floor. It was only than that she realised how the whole place was immersed in deadly silence. Gladly, it was daytime, the appearance of ghosts at this time should not be possible.

Regardless of the thoughts entertaining her, Zhao Yuhui continued with her plan. On the first floor, the lighting was different. Unlike the ground floor where sufficient sun rays were coming through, this floor did not have the same luxury.

Zhao Yuhui went to open the first door that she came across while walking forward.

Just as Zhao Yuhui had pulled the knob of door to open it, she felt the equivalent amount of pressure being exerted from inside causing her to lose her grasp immediately. She staggered back as her heart started beating rapidly.

She was just wondering about ghosts, could something like that really appear?

With her one hand clutching the cloth over her heart and the other being used as a shield around herself, she leaned on the opposite wall while witnessing the door being slowly opened.

A girl about the same height as her appeared who too halted on finding someone else.

In a second, the whole corridor was echoed with the shriek that left the girls mouth. "Ahhhh! Who are you?"

Zhao Yuhui flinched and leaned further back towards the wall. The abrupt shirll had frightened her causing her to let out a cry. "Why are you screaming?"

When the shadow of person appeared at her foot, she had realised it was a human. However, before she could have made any other move, the unexpected shrill echoed in the silence caught her off guard.

The girl's eyes opened wide when she saw a lady shielding herself. "I am so sorry! I wasn't expecting anybody at this time here and than I saw you and got surprised..." She nervously rambled on and on till Zhao Yuhui sighed and straightened her body.

She looked up at the girl whose eyes were anxiously moving all over her whole form. "Don't worry, I am fine. It was my fault too."

Zhao Yuhui had a mask covering her half of the face whereas her forehead was covered with the cap. This kind of style was pretty common around the campus and there was nothing unusual about it.

Thus, the girl couldn't recognise her but it didn't mean that she didn't find the voice familiar.

Just when she was pondering over it, Zhao Yuhui cut her thoughts by trying to look inside the room which the girl was blocking with her body.

The girl smiled and looked back at the room before meeting eyes with Zhao Yuhui. "Are you here to use music room too?"

"Music room?"

"Yea, it is music room." The girl stepped aside to let Zhao Yuhui see it by herself.

The room carpeted with red mat that had several musical instruments came into her vision. And it was filled with the mid-day sunshine.

Indeed.

It was the music room.

Zhao Yuhuis eyes twinkled. "I never knew there is such kind of room here as well." She had thought her department was all about study only.

"Uh? You didn't know here was the music room? Than how come you are here?"

Zhao Yuhui detected the confusion. "I was looking around the block when I came across this building. No one was around so I thought about checking it myself."

"So it was like that...right, this place is quite far. Even if they do know about it, several people avoid coming here."

"Why so?"

The girl stared strangely at the lady on front. "You...you don't know what this place is?"

Zhao Yuhui tilted her head. "Earlier I thought it was a deserted building. Now it seems more like a place where people could continue their hobbies."

The girl incredulously gazed at her. "Woahh! You really don't know! Hah! I couldn't believe someone like that too exist in this university."

What did she mean? Is it that strange?

Zhao Yuhui looked at her with deadpan eyes.

"I rarely come to university."

"So, you are among those who prefer bunking the classes? In that case, it is expected." The girl thoughtfully nodded her head. "Anyway, now that you are here, why don't I show you around?"

Her enthusiasm made Zhao Yuhui feel awkward. Why this girl was so excited?

"I don't want to disturb you-"

"Disturb? Absolutely not! Rather I would be happier to do so." The girl spoke with gleaming eyes.

It grew harder for Zhao Yuhui to deny the eyes from where she could literally feel stars coming towards her. "Fine."

"You might have already visited the ground floor so I won't bother about it. Come inside! It is the first room of first floor."

"Can anybody come here?"

"Yes. Anyone can come here at any time of the year. Normally students come here either to play around or to practice."

Zhao Yuhui slowly stepped towards the piano and lightly caressed the keys of grand piano. A music sheet was kept there. She did not know how to read it but she had always found people who could play musical instruments extremely attractive.

She shifted herself from that instrument to other and then from other to another, all the while a cheerful voice kept on giving her details. Zhao Yuhui felt as if she was in a museum where an assistant was hired and given a responsibility to tell her about the history of everything.

"What are the other rooms about?"