Chapter 5: Disappearance Incident and Photo

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Song Liang raised his eyes and asked: "Do you know?"

Huaiyou looked inexplicable, but still asked curiously: "So what happened, of course I know."

Song Liang rolled his eyes, looking exhausted, and then explained the matter in detail.

"Oh right, you started commuting recently, you probably don't know."

"Three girls disappeared last night." Song Liang said softly, his tone seeming to carry a different kind of feeling, "The incident happened roughly around 2 or 3 AM last night. Many police officers suddenly rushed into the boys' dormitory and even the girls' dormitory, and then everyone was woken up, and finally, everyone was mobilized to start searching for the three missing girls. But strangely, why would the disappearance of those girls run to the boys' dormitory to search? And why did we have to be called together to search?"

"Finally, they searched until 5 or 6 AM, nearly 2 or 3 hours, but they didn't find the missing girls they were talking about. There were even police dogs at the scene; where have I seen such a battle? Later, after we discussed it, we found out that the missing girls were students from our school."

Song Liang leaned his head closer, lowered his voice, and then said again: "I heard that the missing girls had a background that was scary... that's why they made such a big scene, and later, I heard that they disappeared together, and they had all contacted their families, I don't know the specific content, but I heard they were all asking for help... and even said where they encountered danger."

"But strangely, I heard that the location where they asked for help was the school dormitory, but there was no reaction at all... The police searched for half the night, but there were no clues, and even the police dogs didn't find any clues... So, now, it has become like this, we didn't sleep at all..."

"And judging by it, those girls are probably in trouble; if something really happened, and they haven't been found for so long, I feel it's not good..."

After Huaiyou heard Song Liang roughly explain these things, a trace of unease inexplicably flashed in his heart.

Three, the number seemed a bit familiar.

Isn't it exactly the same as one of the plots of the "Ju Yuan" movie?

Three missing female students, but their bodies were found on the roof of the house.

Could this be part of the reality movie...

Could it be, speaking of which, they are also hidden or have already died, on the roof of some house.

The next second, he hadn't let Huaiyou think carefully about other problems.

Following the sound of heavy footsteps, a middle-aged man walked in.

And the expression of the whole class seemed to stop breathing instantly, becoming quiet.

The head teacher.

The head teacher's face was gloomy, and after scanning the whole class, he quickly spoke.

"I believe most of the students should have heard about what happened last night. The school was involved in a special disappearance case. According to the request of the police, starting from today, all commuting students are not allowed to go home at night, at least for a few days."

"For the sake of safety, the school hopes that all commuting students will stay in the student dormitory for a few days. The school's beds are completely sufficient. I hope the commuting students will understand. You can contact your family to tell them about the situation in a while. If there are any doubts or other problems, you can ask your parents to call and ask, or you can find me alone in a while. Alright, that's it."

The head teacher quickly finished saying these things, just wanted to leave, and then as if he remembered something, turned his head and said: "By the way, at night, we might still ask students to cooperate like last night. Students didn't rest well, and the courses will also be adjusted accordingly."

Finally, after finishing the last point, the head teacher also left in a hurry.

It seemed that there were other things that needed to be dealt with.

For a moment, the class fell into a kind of silence, but after a while, it still returned to its normal appearance.

But Huaiyou could still clearly feel some different emotions contained in that atmosphere.

But he couldn't say exactly what.

Song Liang turned his head: "Oh, it looks like we have to stay together tonight too. I guess we'll have panda eyes tomorrow."

Huaiyou nodded helplessly: "What's the matter, we were all in the dormitory together at the beginning, now it's just returning to that kind of life, but I'm more curious, why did you say it was for the sake of safety?"

Huaiyou keenly felt that this matter seemed to be slowly pulling some things together.

Song Liang looked left and right, confirmed that no one was paying attention to this side, and then said to Huaiyou.

"It's like this, those three missing girls were all commuters, and their disappearance was also said to be very strange. To rule out any dark hands or criminals, making such a decision to ensure safety is understandable... Besides, you should have seen the police at the school gate, now the school is probably the safest place."

"Think about it, what if you run into something on the way home? What should you do then?"

"Is that so." Huaiyou thought carefully and recalled that when he just entered the school gate, there were indeed a few police officers talking to the security guard Uncle, and he didn't take it to heart.

Was it because of this matter?

After thinking for a while, Huaiyou sat back in his seat and chatted with Song Liang for a while, learning some inside information about the matter. He had to say that the other party seemed to know quite a lot about the matter, and the news was quite well-informed.

Huaiyou's seat was by the window, and the angle was just right, able to see part of the situation outside. He could see a lot of things from here, the other teaching buildings, and the direction of the student dormitory and cafeteria.

And just then, Huaiyou supported his head, looked outside, and was thinking about the matter of last night.

Suddenly, a breeze blew slowly.

Something trembled gently on his desk, quickly attracting Huaiyou's attention.

Huaiyou discovered the thing, then picked it up with doubt, and looked closely.

Only then did he discover that the thing was a photo.

Beep.

The phone vibrated.

Huaiyou finally took the phone to look at it with doubt.

He only saw that on the original message, a new message appeared.

【Obtained item: A strange photo.】

【Trigger task: Find the three missing girls.

Task location: School dormitory building.】

Huaiyou frowned, put the phone away, and quickly flipped the photo over to reveal the front.

He only saw that the photo was actually a group photo, with four girls on it, wearing school uniforms, with smiles on their faces.

And strangely, the three girls in order from left to right, Huaiyou knew, but in the photo, their eyes were painted black by some substance, like a printed negative, or like a trace deliberately printed, appearing eerie and strange, and even vaguely looking, the skin of the three girls seemed to be snow-white? Almost without any blood color.

And most strangely, the photo was actually slightly yellowed, like a sense of age from a period of time, and a vague sense of strangeness was highlighted.

And behind the photo, Huaiyou now discovered that there was a line of fine black bold text, which looked like it should have been printed.

——【Commemorating the friendship, we will never be separated, no matter when or where.】

And what really caught Huaiyou's attention was the fourth girl, the girl standing on the far right.

Because Huaiyou knew this girl.

He could even say that even if he pushed forward a few years, her face would always be imprinted in his mind.

Her name was Zhou Yanqing, a girl who always had a gentle smile on her face, looked quite good, full of youthful vitality, usually quite quiet, and most importantly, she was a classmate in the class.

And the relationship between this girl and Huaiyou was quite subtle...

Huaiyou's heart skipped a beat.

Could it be related to this matter? Did she know those missing girls?

Just then, Huaiyou suddenly raised his head and locked onto a position in the third row near the classroom door.

It was Zhou Yanqing's position, but now, Huaiyou strangely discovered that she wasn't in her seat, and she wasn't in the classroom either.

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And after such an episode.

Huaiyou later discovered that although Zhou Yanqing returned during the first class, she seemed to have become reticent, usually she could be seen chatting with classmates around her, but it was a bit strange.

But today, I don't know if it was because of psychological factors, but she was exceptionally quiet.

Of course, it didn't rule out that Huaiyou had been observing secretly, and it was a psychological factor produced by Huaiyou himself.

But in short, he just felt that the other party was a bit strange.

Even later, Huaiyou curiously sent a message to test her, but found that the other party didn't seem to have anything wrong in her words, and she didn't reveal any special strangeness in Huaiyou's concern.

Of course, Huaiyou had also tried to find her after class to chat face-to-face about the photo problem.

But every time after class, almost in the blink of an eye, Huaiyou discovered that the other party had quietly disappeared, even if he had been staring at the other party, she would always pass by Huaiyou, and when he turned his head to look at that position again, he found that she had disappeared.

Of course, she would return after class, but as the time got closer to the evening, he could find that her face actually began to reveal some obvious frustration...

To be precise, it should be a bit sad.

Huaiyou guessed that she might know some things.

And during the day, Huaiyou also showed the strange photo to Song Liang, but after the other party looked at it, he took out a photo that was almost exactly the same from his drawer.

He said it was given to him by the police when he helped search for the three missing girls yesterday.

Most of them were.

Strangely, the photo in his hand looked newer, but it was missing one person, there was no existence of Zhou Yanqing, and apart from that, there was no difference.

It was also three girls.

And even more terrifyingly, after the hints in the conversation, Huaiyou seemed to discover that Song Liang didn't seem to see the black traces in the eyes of the three girls in the photo he was holding.

Even, Huaiyou looked, the photo he was holding had the existence of Zhou Yanqing, but when Song Liang looked, it seemed there was no existence of her.

It seemed that he couldn't see the other content, couldn't see Zhou Yanqing...

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The day passed quickly.

Night quietly descended, the evening self-study session didn't have three sessions like usual, maybe because of the disappearance incident, it was only close to 9 o'clock when students were called back to the dormitory.

Finally, at this moment, Huaiyou gritted his teeth and finally seized the time to chase after the haggard-looking Zhou Yanqing.

Some things, he must know.

…… ===== CHAPTER 6 =====