Chapter Five: Black Is Not Guilt

Tang Guo's death certificate gave the next afternoon at 4:20 as the time and Linchuan Experimental High School as the place. By ten, she was already outside the school. An anonymous source claimed a sophomore had attempted suicide after sustained bullying, and that the school and Serenity Psychological Center had altered his counseling records. Although Tang Guo no longer remembered Jianwei, she sent her livestream notice to the blank, nameless conversation on her phone. “I don't know why,” she added, “but I feel like you'll stop me from doing something stupid.” When Jianwei and Zhou arrived, Xu Cheng stood at the edge of the old classroom roof. Police blocked the courtyard while the principal insisted the boy merely suffered “academic stress.