Chapter 125

Because they could not find the direct poison, and the hospital did not provide a clear poisoning report, the police's options were very limited; they could not truly summon all suspects to the station for interrogation, and even the investigation into the social network was mainly based on simple interviews.

However, after this quick and timely operation, they were able to "confirm" the rumor that Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Yunyun had been poisoned, preemptively extinguishing the version of "a certain female class monitor in this school suddenly developed a mental illness" that was already brewing and about to spread.

After all, if it were really a mental breakdown, there would be no need for so many police officers to come.

Tan Tan Yunlong was arranging the next stage of investigation tasks and directions, while Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan and Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You left the dormitory building first and sat in the police car they had arrived in.

Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You was a bit excited and eager: "Brother Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan, what should we do next?"

"There is a simplest method."

"A simple method is good, let's use the simple one!"

"You go and kidnap those five girls, then use torture and forced confessions."

Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You: "..."

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan turned his head to look out the car window; the campus environment often carries an inherent atmosphere of peaceful years, and every university has its own unique style.

After hesitating and thinking for a long time, Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You asked: "Brother Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan, should we kidnap them to the basement of our school's discount store?"

"Hmm?"

"I feel like that place is more suitable for holding people; the most dangerous place is often the safest place."

"Are you really planning to do that?"

"If we can confirm that the curse-caster is among those five people, Brother Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan, I think your method is feasible."

"Then why don't you just kill all five of them? The murderer is among them anyway."

Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You: "..."

Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You tried to convince himself again, his ten fingers curled tightly, his expression twisted for a moment, and finally, his whole person was like a deflated ball, dejectedly saying:

"Brother Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan, this... I don't think I can do it."

He had actually really considered the feasibility of doing so.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan: "No rush. The curse-caster is very stupid; if we fish for her, she will take the bait herself. I deliberately pointed out the laundry soap issue right in front of them just now, which counts as baiting the spot."

Fish will run when startled, but stupid people will jump to the surface of the water when startled.

Now that the scope of suspects has been narrowed down so much, finding out who the curse-caster is is no longer a difficult point.

What needs more consideration now is that since the other party can hold such a high-level cursed object, it's impossible that she, as an ordinary person, just picked it up on the side of the road, right?

I still have a copper coin buried in the graveyard back home in Shigang, and I haven't even gone to pick it up yet.

The fact that she knows how to use, dares to use, and knows how to recover such a high-level cursed object shows that she is very familiar with and understands this.

Even if using a cannon to kill a mosquito is absurd in itself, the premise is that she has a cannon and knows how to fire it.

This means:

She is a fool, and a fool with backing.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan crossed his fingers and tapped them lightly.

Hooking her is just the first step.

The second step is to hook the relationship portal behind her.

As for the third step, that is... heh heh.

A line that often appears in the gangster movies that Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng likes to watch is: Disasters do not reach family members.

But the problem is, you have already moved against our family members first.

Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You noticed a deep indifference revealed in the boy's eyes.

He mistakenly thought that Brother Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan was dissatisfied with his previous refusal, so he had to force himself to speak:

"Brother Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan, could there be more than one murderer?"

"Hmm?"

"I mean, is it possible that among the five people, there are two, three, four, or even all of them who are murderers?"

If they were all murderers, then I would have no moral burden; I'll go perform the spirit-medium ritual tonight and kill without saving!

"No, there is only one murderer."

"Ah..."

"Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Yunyun is very popular. Even if it is the murderer, when getting along with Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Yunyun daily, they should have been sisters with a very good relationship.

In a dormitory, if multiple people are dissatisfied with you and jointly agree to or cover up the act of harming you, how hated by gods and ghosts must you be?

Besides, this is cursing; using a cursed object, ordinary people wouldn't have the qualifications or level to participate even if they wanted to."

"Then I..."

"I only hope for one thing now." Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan lowered his head, looking at his neat fingernails.

"What thing?"

"Did you bring money?"

"I did." Having experienced the embarrassment of going out last time without money for a taxi back, Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You now specifically stuffs his wallet in before going out every time.

"There is a store over there; go buy some paper and pigments."

"Okay, I'll go buy them."

Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You got out of the police car, and watching his departing back, Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan's gaze slowly sank.

He hoped that the portal behind the murderer would not be as sensible and tactful as Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You's family members last time, and not jump out first to perform an act of "upholding justice by destroying one's own kin."

So this time, the identities of the Qin and Liu families will not be reported first.

I am currently: Li the Corpse-Fisher, stationed at the Nantong Haohe Wharf.

Come on,

Take the bait.

The sky gradually darkened.

Inside the dormitory.

The police had already left, and the five girls were either sitting by their beds or on chairs; the atmosphere was very oppressive.

In the gazes they cast at each other, suspicion and caution had already appeared.

Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Yanyan spoke up: "So, Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Yunyun was poisoned by someone?"

Wang Wang Lunan suddenly started crying, saying while sobbing: "Why did this happen, why did this happen? Who on earth wants to harm Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Yunyun, who is it!"

She was the youngest in the dormitory and the most delicate in appearance; in the past, every time she cried, the sisters in the dormitory would come over to comfort her.

But this time, no one was in the mood; they were all freshmen, and for many, it was the first time in their lives facing the police at such close range.

Unlike the image of police seen in movies and television, when you Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face a person in full police uniform questioning you in reality, that sense of oppression and deterrence is real.

Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Mengyao: "I really can't understand who wants to harm Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Yunyun. Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Yunyun is such a good person; who could do such a thing!"

While saying this, Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Mengyao swept her gaze over the other four girls one by one.

Zhang Xin: "I believe that even if someone wants to harm Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Yunyun, it wouldn't be anyone in our dormitory. Won't the police continue to question others? They will ask everyone in the class and others too. We are just the first batch to be questioned; it doesn't mean the murderer who poisoned her is in our dormitory."

Zhou Zhou Shengnan jumped off the bed and said: "Anyway, if I find out who harmed Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Yunyun, no matter who it is, I will kill her!"

Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Yanyan bent down; she was on the lower bunk, and Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Yunyun was on her upper bunk, so some of their supplies were placed under the same bed.

The plastic basin was pulled out by her again; the original piece of laundry soap had already been taken away by the police for inspection.

Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Yanyan pointed at the plastic basin and asked: "Who put a new piece of laundry soap in here?"

Everyone's gaze turned to the plastic basin, and no one spoke.

Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Yanyan asked again: "The person who changed the laundry soap certainly won't come out and admit it themselves. I want to ask, did any of you see anyone else come down here to change things?"

Still, no one spoke, they only shook their heads.

Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Yanyan pursed her lips and continued: "If you saw it, please say it now. Don't try to cover for anyone, because since she dared to poison Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Yunyun, she might poison you too!"

Wang Wang Lunan wiped her tears and said: "I didn't see it."

Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Mengyao: "I didn't see it either."

Zhang Xin: "Is this laundry soap poison, or is it that the piece of laundry soap Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Yunyun used last night was poisonous? Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Yunyun couldn't have eaten the laundry soap, right? Could it be that something would happen just by touching it? Then, Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Yanyan, could the clothes you wore this morning also be problematic?"

Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Yanyan looked at Zhang Xin with some confusion and asked: "What do you mean by that?"

Zhang Xin: "I'm worried about you. Look at the police's attitude earlier; it clearly pointed to the laundry soap being problematic. Didn't the police just come looking for poison?"

Zhou Zhou Shengnan said with a puzzled Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face: "I couldn't understand either, why is poisoning related to laundry soap?"

Zhang Xin continued to explain: "Could it be that kind of toxin that can be contracted through contact?"

Wang Wang Lunan: "If that's the case, wouldn't our whole dormitory be in danger? Wu Wu Wu Wu, I don't want to die, I don't want to become a lunatic, Wu Wu Wu Wu..."

"Nannan, stop crying." Zhou Zhou Shengnan shouted, "Can crying solve any problems?"

Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Mengyao: "How about we write anonymous notes? In case someone is embarrassed to say it in front of everyone, we can write it on paper and then open them together to look?"

Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Yanyan said with dissatisfaction: "Such a thing has already happened, what is there to be embarrassed about? Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Yunyun is already lying in the hospital; if you know something, do you still need to save Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face for her?"

Zhou Zhou Shengnan echoed: "Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Yanyan is right. At this point, if you saw something but didn't dare to say it, that is truly hopeless."

Zhang Xin: "I actually think Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Mengyao's suggestion is good. Why not try it?"

Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Mengyao took out a notebook, tore off five sheets of paper, and took five ballpoint pen refills.

One sheet of paper and one refill; she handed them to her roommates one by one.

When it was time to hand them to Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Yanyan, Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Yanyan didn't take them, but instead shouted: "It's truly a complete waste of effort. With this time, why didn't you just tell the police directly earlier?"

After shouting, Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Yanyan got off the bed and put on her shoes.

Zhou Zhou Shengnan asked: "Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Yanyan, where are you going?"

"I'm going to the school store to buy new cups, toothbrushes, toothpaste, and laundry soap. I'm going to change all my towels too!"

Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Yanyan walked out of the dormitory.

Wang Wang Lunan looked at the paper and pen refill in her hand and asked, "So, are we still going to write?"

Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Mengyao said, "Let's write. What if? Everyone turn your backs to write. After you're done, put them into this box in order, and we'll look at the contents together."

Everyone turned their backs.

"Everyone has finished writing what they should, right? Don't turn around. One by one, put them in, starting with Nannan, then Xinxin, then Zhou Shengnan, and finally me."

After everyone had put them in, Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Mengyao shook the pen holder and then spread out the four slips of paper one by one. The first three had no writing, while the fourth one read:

"I saw Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Yanyan change the soap."

In the dormitory, everyone fell silent.

Zhou Zhou Shengnan asked in confusion, "Who wrote this?"

No one answered.

Zhou Zhou Shengnan continued to ask, "If Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Yanyan changed it, why did she take the initiative to bring this up just now and ask who put it there?"

Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Mengyao: "Could it be that she is doing it on purpose, a thief crying 'stop thief'?"

Wang Wang Lunan: "Do we... do we need to tell the police? Or should we wait for Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Yanyan to come back and ask her together?"

Zhang Xin got off the bed and walked out.

Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Mengyao: "Xinxin, where are you going?"

Zhang Xin: "I'm going to find the counselor, I want to apply for a dormitory transfer!"

……

When Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Yanyan walked out of the dormitory building, a pink paper humanoid drifted down in front of her.

She was in a fit of anger and didn't even look, stepping directly over the pink paper.

Arriving at the store, after paying for her toiletries and daily necessities, Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Yanyan picked up the public phone placed on the counter and dialed a number.

The counter was right at the entrance, in the shadow on the left side of the main gate; Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan was standing there, his ears twitching slightly, and Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Yanyan's conversation fell clearly into his ears.

She was calling her mother, talking about Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Yunyun's situation, saying that the police had come today, and expressing her current nervousness and fear.

Her mother was comforting her on the other end of the line.

After Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Yanyan finished her call, she carried her things back to the dormitory.

The other four girls had also left the dormitory building alone that night; after all, they all had to come out to go to the cafeteria for dinner.

When each girl came out, there would be a small pink humanoid paper slip drifting down in front of them.

Zhang Xin looked down at the paper slip and continued walking forward.

Zhou Zhou Shengnan grabbed the drifting paper slip and threw it into the trash can in front.

Wang Wang Lunan and Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Mengyao were both startled when they saw the paper slips and ran away at an accelerated pace.

Besides Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Yanyan, two other people came to the store to make calls: Wang Wang Lunan and Zhang Xin.

Wang Wang Lunan called her father, first recounting what happened today, and then crying and whimpering to seek comfort.

She really rambled on and on, and even told her father about the note-writing that took place in the dormitory after Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Yanyan left.

Zhang Xin called her uncle. Her uncle was either some leader within the school or had connections within the school. Zhang Xin begged him to help her arrange a dormitory transfer, saying she didn't want to stay in this dormitory anymore.

Her uncle asked her for the reason, and she recounted what happened in the dormitory today, disparaging every other girl except Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Yunyun.

Zhou Zhou Shengnan and Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Mengyao did not make calls, which was normal; at the time, telephones had not yet become widespread, especially for rural students, so wanting to call their parents to chat at any time was a very luxurious thing.

Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Yanyan, Wang Wang Lunan, and Zhang Xin—the family conditions of the three of them should be quite good.

The first two called their own homes directly, while Zhang Xin called to use connections to change dormitories.

In fact, there was a public phone under every dormitory building, right on the table outside the dormitory manager's office.

The reason the three of them came out of the dormitory building to the store to make calls was because Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan had Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You cut the phone lines in the dormitory building.

To get it connected, they would have to wait for the relevant maintenance personnel to come and inspect it tomorrow.

As for the paper humanoids that drifted down when each person came out, they were also thrown by Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You, who was hiding in the tree.

The night grew deeper; although it was not yet time for the dormitory lights to be turned off and power cut, it was not far off. On the road outside, there were only a few scattered couples whispering their final words, and the store was also preparing to close.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan sat down on a bench, and Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You ran over.

"Little Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan Ge, any discoveries?"

"Three people made calls, didn't find anything unusual."

Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You scratched his head: "Sigh, what a pity. It doesn't matter, Little Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan Ge, you think of other ways, we will definitely be able to..."

"What's a pity?"

"Didn't you say that the three who made calls didn't have anything unusual found?"

"No abnormality just means they are normal, eliminating three options."

"Uh... that's right!"

When you position the murderer as an "idiot," the world becomes very simple. Designing any complex and profound traps and probes is an insult to oneself.

An idiot wouldn't think that you are focusing on her, and at this time, she would specifically run out to make a call to her "family," deliberately performing small talk for you to see.

If she had that kind of brain, she wouldn't have done the thing of opening a new bar of soap and throwing it back.

If she wanted to contact her family, she should have told them that someone seemed to have discovered her secret, first admitting her mistake to her family, and then seeking their help.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan asked: "What about the paper slips?"

"Little Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan Ge, I observed that Wang Wang Lunan and Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Mengyao were startled when they saw the paper slips, Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Yanyan stepped directly over them, Zhang Xin took a look and left, and Zhou Zhou Shengnan threw the paper slip directly into the trash can.

So, according to the ones you eliminated earlier, and their reactions, is Zhou Zhou Shengnan the one who cast the curse?"

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan pulled the pink humanoid paper slip from Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You's pocket, shook it gently in front of him, and asked: "Why?"

"Because she isn't afraid! Little Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan Ge, you cut these paper humanoids according to the standard size for hitting a petty person; anyone who knows even a little bit about the ways of curses would be able to tell.

But there is no writing on it, no thread tied to it, and no seal drawn on it. It's just like a Daoist's talisman paper that has no talisman runes at all and is just a standard piece of yellow paper; there is absolutely no need to be afraid.

So, after two rounds of elimination, there is only one truth: the person who cast the curse is..."

"A You."

"Hmm, Little Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan Ge?"

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan flicked the paper slip in front of him and asked: "Do you think this paper slip is scary?"

"I..."

"I specifically painted it pink, not using white or black, just hoping it wouldn't give people a scary feeling. This kind of paper slip, sticking it on a wall during a cultural activity, is very normal. What is there to be afraid of?

Don't think about things so complicatedly; everything can be simpler.

So, those who can be scared by it are either naturally timid and like to cry when encountering things, or... there is really a problem."

"So, the person who cast the curse is..."

"Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Mengyao."

……

"Who are you looking for?"

Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Yanyan opened the dormitory door and asked in a very stiff tone.

After she bought things from the store and returned to the dormitory, the looks the people in the dormitory gave her all carried obvious vigilance, even hostility, which made her feel very uncomfortable inside, and consequently, she didn't have a good temper when facing strangers.

"Is Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Mengyao in your dormitory?"

"Yes."

"A boy entrusted me to deliver a love letter to her. Here."

An envelope with a heart on it was handed over, and Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Yanyan took it.

The girl who delivered the letter left. She was returning late to the dormitory, and a boy gave her money to let her come in and deliver the love letter, which was equivalent to running an errand to earn some extra money.

Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Yanyan closed the door, threw the love letter to Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Mengyao, who was already sitting on the upper bunk, and then returned to her own bed.

If it were before, every time Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Yunyun received a love letter, everyone would collectively let out a curious "Yo~," booing, or even clamoring to look at it together.

However, Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Yunyun never opened them and put them all into her drawer.

Everyone started to guess and suspect, saying that the class monitor already had someone in her heart.

Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Mengyao picked up the envelope with some surprise and waited specifically for a moment, but found that no one booed, and there was no "Yo~" sound.

She muttered to herself: "Heh, at this time, who still has the heart to look at this thing."

Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Yanyan didn't respond, Zhang Xin was packing her luggage in preparation for moving dormitories tomorrow, and Wang Wang Lunan was curled up on the bed with tears in her eyes; she still needed others to comfort her, so how could she have time to provide emotional value to others.

Only Zhou Zhou Shengnan accompanied her with a very perfunctory remark:

"Just take it as a way to ward off bad luck." Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Mengyao's chest heaved, and then she took a deep breath, finally stabilizing her emotions.

Afterwards, she carefully opened the envelope and took out the letter paper.

The handwriting on it was very beautiful, but the content was very brief.

"Regarding the matter of cursing my cousin, I need you to give me an explanation.

Tomorrow at twelve noon, see me backstage at the school auditorium.

——Nantong Haohe Wharf, Li the Corpse-Fisher."

Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Mengyao's entire complexion changed, and she asked in a trembling voice:

"Hey, where is our Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Yunyun's hometown again?"

Zhang Xin zipped up her suitcase; she was from Jin Ling and also from Northern Northern Northern Jiangsu, so she answered casually: "Nantong."

Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Tong Yanyan spoke up at this time: "Didn't they say that the boy who was following the police today was Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Yunyun's cousin? Then he should also be from Nantong?"

Zhang Xin: "Should be."

Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Mengyao got off the bed.

The original text is reading!

Zhang Xin asked: "Are you going out to see him?"

"Huh?"

Zhang Xin said speechlessly, "See that guy? The one who wrote you a love letter."

"I... I... Yes, I am going to see him."

Zhou Zhou Shengnan asked, "Are you planning to say yes?"

Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Mengyao shook her head: "No, I'm going to reject him and make him give up on that idea. Heh, what are you two thinking? Am I that casual of a person, to say yes just because of a love letter?

If that were the case, wouldn't our class monitor have already been through a dozen relationships?"

Because Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Mengyao had brought up Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Yunyun again, the tiny spark of interest everyone had just ignited to talk was instantly extinguished.

Everyone lowered their heads and said nothing more.

Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Mengyao walked out of the dormitory. She went downstairs first. At the entrance of the dormitory building, the dormitory auntie was just about to lock the door. Seeing her come down, she asked:

"Are you going out? Go and come back quickly, I'll wait for you for a while."

"No, no, no, it's fine, Auntie, go ahead and lock the door, I'm not going out."

Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Zhao Mengyao seemed to have suddenly thought of something; after waving her hands repeatedly, she ran back up the stairs.

She didn't return to the dormitory either, but instead entered the public restroom on the floor, hid in the innermost stall, and closed the door panel.

She took a piece of folded paper out of her pocket, unfolded it, and blew into the middle. The paper expanded into the shape of a gold ingot, looking like a small boat. Immediately after, she stuffed the "love letter" into the paper boat.

She looked at her fingers, took a deep breath as she prepared herself mentally.

"Ugh..."

Taking a deep breath in the restroom, a foul stench made her feel nauseous.

After retching twice, she made up her mind, put her finger into her mouth to bite the fingertip, and then dripped the blood onto the paper boat. After waiting for the paper boat to be soaked by the blood over a large area, she took a cigarette case out of her pocket and retrieved a lighter from it.

"Click!"

The lighter ignited the red paper boat, and she threw it into the urinal below.

"Whoosh!"

Just as the water tank at the very front reached a certain water level and began to release water, the flow in the urinal surged, and the burning paper boat disappeared into the round hole.

In a stall further ahead, someone cursed:

"Don't you have any civic virtue? Smoking in the restroom!"

Sixth Hospital, ward.

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin sat on a chair, arms crossed, legs crossed and propped up on the edge of the hospital bed.

Although this was a bit far from the bed, he could focus on the patient on the bed while also keeping an eye on the three candles under the bed.

Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Yunyun was asleep, and had been for a long time.

At this moment, her eyelids fluttered slightly, and she woke up.

Although there was still a hint of confusion in her eyes, the spirit belonging to her as an individual was gradually recovering.

She seemed to be thinking, recalling the events of today.

Then, terror appeared in her eyes once again. Terrifying images began to assault her mind, and her body began to curl up instinctively.

"You're awake?"

Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Yunyun turned her head to look at Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin beside her. She bit her lip, and tears flowed from her eyes.

"It's okay, it's okay, it's all over, it's okay."

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin reached out, wanting to help her wipe away her tears. This wasn't the first time Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Yunyun had cried today; when she was lying on the hospital bed during the day with her eyes dazed and lifeless, she had seen him and cried too.

However, when Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin's hand reached over, Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Yunyun grabbed it voluntarily, and immediately after, buried her head into Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin.

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin could only bend down, hold her, and pat her back gently with his palm.

If a girl is a class monitor and isn't strict, and her voice isn't loud, she can't keep people in check.

As the class's Left Protector, Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin had often been yelled at and lectured by the class monitor.

This was the first time he had seen such a fragile side of the class monitor.

Even on the eve of the college entrance exam, when she told him she liked him, she had been as confident and radiant as a rainbow in the sky.

But now, she was very scared, very weak, very eager for support, and very eager for a sense of security.

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin held her, his eyes revealing a fierce glint.

He had been avoiding his feelings for Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Yunyun. Did he like her?

He probably did.

She was very beautiful, she existed in his memories, and her confidence and her smile had once adorned his youth.

If he didn't like her, he wouldn't have mentioned her to Uncle Tan, and even had Auntie Tan overhear it because of that.

If he hadn't been moved, he wouldn't have talked to Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng about it, letting Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng tease him time and again: when are you having a baby?

But if you say he was truly in love to the point of death, that definitely wasn't the case, because it hadn't actually truly begun.

But to him, she was truly different.

This was a difference that even outsiders could see, like Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You.

And besides all this, Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Yunyun's encounter today had once again torn open another scar in Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin's heart.

He had once witnessed Zheng Haiyang die before his eyes, and today, he had almost witnessed Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Yunyun fall to her death before his eyes.

Having already experienced loss once, when it happened again, the anger was imaginable.

He had been suppressing this anger. When Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan was there during the day, he hadn't shown it because he didn't want to interfere with or influence Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan's judgment; Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan had already gone to investigate this incident with his father.

Once the investigation results came out and the real culprit was found, Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin would kneel before Brother Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan and beg him to help him take revenge.

He knew very well that Brother Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan didn't like being hijacked by emotions, and Brother Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan was very repulsed by acting on impulse, but he, Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin, just couldn't endure it.

He wanted to kill, kill, kill the person who laid a hand on Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Yunyun!

Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Yunyun's sobbing gradually stopped, and she moved her head away. The fierce expression on Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin's Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face faded, changing back to a warm smile.

"Thank you, Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Binbin."

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin helped her tidy up the pillow to make her more comfortable.

When he got up to distance himself from her, Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Yunyun raised both hands and grabbed his clothes.

She was very scared.

"Don't go..."

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin shrugged and pointed to the fruit on the nightstand, saying:

"I just wanted to show you the classic scene of peeling an apple by a hospital bed."

Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Yunyun raised her head and looked at the nightstand; there was indeed a fruit basket placed there.

Her lips were also very dry.

But she still shook her head, her hands continuing to grab the boy's clothes.

She wasn't being coquettish out of romantic attachment or reluctance to let her crush leave; she had just experienced something terrifying and was currently still under the shadow of the lingering trauma.

"Fine."

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin picked up an apple and a fruit knife, and lay down on his side by the hospital bed.

A smile appeared on Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Yunyun's pale Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face. She leaned her Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face against Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin's chest, her arms wrapping around his waist, afraid that he would disappear.

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin hummed a song and began to peel the apple.

After peeling off a piece, he fed it into her mouth. She opened her mouth and ate it, not minding at all that her lips touched the other person's fingers.

And this soft, warm touch actually made Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin feel his heart racing like a little Divine Divine Divine Deer.

After eating half the apple, Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Yunyun said: "I'm not eating anymore, you eat."

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin then gnawed on the remaining half of the apple himself.

Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Yunyun asked: "Why are you here?"

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin knew that this wasn't the time to help her recall things, so he smiled and asked in return:

"Then should I be under the bed?"

Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Yunyun seemed to realize that she was pressing against his chest and her hands were also hugging his waist.

But she only lifted her Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face slightly, and her hands also moved away slowly. A moment later, her Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face pressed back against him, and her hands hugged him even tighter.

After a long while, she spoke again: "What... what happened to me?"

"A nightmare. Now the nightmare is over, and from now on, it will all be beautiful dreams."

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin's fingertips gently patted the girl's back.

He didn't intend to tell Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Yunyun the truth, because not everyone can adapt to the truth.

Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Yunyun, after all, was not A Li.

Back then, Brother Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan had risked overdrawing himself to set up the formation to counter-kill that pair of dwarf father and son, and it was he who rode the tricycle and slapped himself to stay awake to send Brother Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan back to the dam at Grandpa Li's house.

Brother Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan told A Li that someone wanted to plot against him, that he had already counter-attacked, and that he was going to kill the person who plotted against him.

He had fainted beside them at the time; although he was dizzy, he saw that A Li, the little girl who had always been cold and expressionless, smiled.

But if he told Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Yunyun the truth, and then told her about what he had experienced in the past and what he would experience in the future, even ignoring the influence of the karma of the river-walking, could she... really accept it?

He followed Brother Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan to finish a mission and came back, telling her: Hey, do you know how awesome I am? I beat a person to death with a rock tonight; I wiped out a whole nest of evil spirits by myself tonight!

Not every girl is like A Li, who directly expresses happiness about this.

Of course, he didn't want her to become like A Li; he hoped she could continue to live her life confidently and sunnily as she had in the past.

If possible, he would be very happy just to see her occasionally.

If she found someone else, he would feel regret in his heart and might suffer from insomnia at night, but he would eventually be able to console himself.

It's just that now... Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin looked at her in his arms, and after his fingers stopped patting, his fingertips touched her back, feeling that slippery sensation even through her clothes.

He was not a naive person; he knew clearly that the sense of distance he had deliberately maintained had seemingly been breached.

"Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin."

Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Yunyun's Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face remained pressed against his chest as she called out his full name.

"This servant is here; what are your instructions, my lady?"

"Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin, I want to be with you, the kind where we never separate."

"That wouldn't be good, would it? You're currently sick; wouldn't that make it look like I'm taking advantage of your vulnerability?"

"It doesn't matter if you don't agree." Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Yunyun raised her head and looked at his Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face. "There's no rule saying only boys are allowed to pursue girls; I can pursue you too."

"No, no, no, it's not worth it, it's not worth it. Old Class Monitor, we shouldn't suffer this grievance."

"Do you have a girl you like?"

"I do."

Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Yunyun lowered her head and fell silent.

This reply seemed to instantly drain away all the courage she had previously mustered.

"Back then, I would always act up on purpose during study hall, just because I wanted to hear her roar at me in anger: 'Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin, be quiet!'"

"Pfft..."

The girl laughed.

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin: "Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin, it's fine if you don't want to study yourself, but don't affect the other students' studies!"

"Alright." The girl grabbed Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin's waist and shook it.

"Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin, if you don't behave, I'm going to tell the teacher!"

"That's enough, that's enough." Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Yunyun's Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face turned red.

"Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin, now is the time for studying; don't you want your future anymore!"

"Stop, enough." Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Yunyun's fist tapped lightly against the boy's chest.

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin lowered his head and looked at the girl in his arms:

"Class Monitor."

Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Yunyun's body stiffened slightly.

"I never thought that I, this toad, would one day be able to eat swan meat."

"Don't, don't..."

Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Yunyun continued to tap lightly on Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin's chest, very dissatisfied.

"At a time like this, don't use metaphors, don't use metaphors."

Sigh, Wo Sect are truly hard to please.

"Class Monitor."

"Hmm..."

"I like you."

Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Zhou Yunyun was satisfied; she closed her eyes, a smile appeared at the corners of her mouth, and her breathing gradually became steady.

Just as Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin had said before, the nightmare had passed, and what followed would be a beautiful dream.

Let's just treat it as a dream.

At least in the dream, she had found satisfaction.

She fell asleep.

This time, her brow was no longer furrowed; her expression was very comfortable and serene, even carrying a hint of sweetness.

A smile also appeared at the corners of Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin's mouth.

Although the environment wasn't appropriate right now, and smoking is harmful to health, and secondhand smoke is extremely dangerous, and he had already quit smoking, and he had given that pack to his old man earlier...

But he really wanted to lie here right now, light one up, and then continuously puff out excited little smoke rings, just like the steam locomotive in the cartoons: "Choo-choo-choo!"

He moved the girl's hand away, tucked her in gently, and covered her with the quilt.

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin got off the bed, first lowered his head to check the three candles that were still burning normally, then straightened up and gently twisted his waist and neck.

Little Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan Ge and his own father had gone to investigate; he didn't know if his father had inherited enough of his excellent talent and could cooperate well with Little Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan Ge.

Suddenly, Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin felt as if a gust of cold wind had blown in, hitting his Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face and making his forehead feel cold.

The doors and windows of the ward were all closed, and there was no ventilation.

Having experienced so many things, Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin had gained experience: something was up.

He reached his left hand into his pocket to retrieve a talisman and pulled the Yellow River Shovel out of his bag with his right hand.

He walked slowly around the hospital bed, facing the ward door.

In the past, he was used to standing in front of Little Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan Ge; now, behind him, there was another person who needed him to protect their back.

The hospital in the middle of the night appeared very quiet. This floor was a single-patient ward; those who could stay here either had a special medical condition or a special status.

Therefore, tonight, except for this room, the other wards on this floor were actually vacant.

An old man wearing a white vest with holes, carrying a bamboo basket on his back and leaning on a wooden stick with his left hand, arrived on this floor via the stairs.

He looked to be about seventy years old, but his actual age might not be that high, because that wrinkled, gaunt Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face looked like that of an ordinary old farmer in the countryside who had weathered the hardships of life.

The pair of new cloth shoes on his feet were the only decent thing about him; this attire made him look like he was heading out to a market.

The old man raised the wooden stick in his hand, hooked it into the bamboo basket on his back, and then swung it forward.

A dirty, tattered cloth doll landed on the ground.

Obscure and mixed syllables issued from the old man's throat, and the wooden stick in his hand drew circles continuously around the cloth doll.

The cloth doll began to tremble, and wisps of black smoke darted out from its body, finally condensing in front into a girl of fourteen or fifteen, dressed in rags and looking disheveled.

The girl's body was covered in traces of stitching, and silver needles were spread all over her; her messy hair completely covered her Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face.

She began to move forward, dragging her feet along the corridor, and arrived in front of that ward.

She turned around, wanting to enter, but as soon as her figure had squeezed halfway in, she was repelled by an inexplicable force and tumbled backward.

Behind her, the old man's eyes revealed confusion.

Inside the ward.

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin, who hadn't gone into a trance, only felt the cold wind suddenly intensify, only for it to stop abruptly; faint tremors and friction sounds came from around the ward.

He immediately turned his head to look and saw that the three candles under the hospital bed had only flickered slightly but were still burning normally, so he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Just at this moment, in the silent hospital building, a crisp snap of fingers came from somewhere.

"Snap!"

The three candles were extinguished instantly!

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin widened his eyes; what was going on?

The girl was attempting to enter for the second time; her body first passed through halfway, and then, she entered completely.

Seeing this, the confusion on the old man's Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face disappeared, replaced by a smile that carried a hint of reserve:

"Heh heh, a tiny corpse-salvager I've never even heard of actually dares to demand an explanation from my family.

Very well, today, I, this old man, will satisfy you.

I wonder, are you satisfied with this explanation?"

At this moment, a boy's voice came:

"Very satisfied."

(End of chapter)