The People in the Wall 07 (Original Fiction, Suspense)

The next morning, Wang Jing'an and Officer Zhou visited the home of Zhang Meihui, Gao Zhenxiang's elementary school homeroom teacher. Teacher Zhang looked haggard. After confirming they weren't followed, she led them inside. She produced the counseling records from eleven years ago, which documented Gao Zhenxiang's frequent zoning out, fear of adult men, and head injuries. It also stated: "Dad would bang my head against the wall." However, the domestic violence report that should have been there was only a torn remnant. Teacher Zhang finally admitted that she had discovered Gao Zhenxiang was being abused back then but chose to remain silent out of fear of his father, Gao Jianguo. She recalled what happened after she considered reporting it: her motorcycle's brake lines were tampered with, her home windows were smashed, and she even received a threatening letter that read: "The next one to have their head banged against the wall will be you." Teacher Zhang tore up the report because of this, thinking everything would be over once the child graduated. She never expected this fear to last for eleven years. Just then, the living room phone suddenly rang. The caller ID showed no number, and redialing only resulted in a "number does not exist" response. Teacher Zhang's face turned deathly pale, and she kept muttering, "He knows... He knows I told." Officer Zhou sensed something was wrong and immediately rushed out the door. In the stairwell of the opposite building, a dark figure flashed by quickly. By the time he reached the rooftop, no one was there. The only thing left on the ground was a single item—a child's pencil. Wang Jing'an bent down to look. Three blurred characters were engraved on the end of the pencil. Gao Zhenxiang.