Chapter Forty-Six: The Fog Deeps
The woman in red who disappeared halfway, the child who suddenly disappeared, and the strange and inexplicable funeral, the second morning of my high school life, my mind was full of these mysteries.
The class guide took several leave slips and read them aloud on the podium: "Zhang Lu has diarrhea, Shen Ke is constipated, Wang Feng has stomach pain, Xu Lu is malnutritional, and he is silent at night...... Well? The king of ten thousand yamas put his eyes in front of my leave slip and looked at it carefully, and finally cried and laughed aloud: "Night silence, hey, menstrual disorder!" ”
Suddenly, the whole class burst into laughter. I looked at the four of them in embarrassment, and they fell to the ground laughing. I was about to protest, but someone had already taken a step ahead of me and slammed the table and stood up.
"Teacher, do you think this leave slip may have been written by the classmate who was silent at night? I don't think anyone would make such a boring excuse to take a vacation! Mi Jingyun asked with a dissatisfied face.
The laughter in the room was immediately cut off by this tone of obvious exasperation. The class fell silent, and some were even stunned.
King Wanyan coughed: "Of course, I also think it's very strange, maybe someone is making a joke about a classmate who is silent at night." ”
"Is it just a joke?" Mi Jingyun said solemnly: "This is simply slander, and it is an insult to the personality of your classmates." There may not be any such person now, but what will he become when he enters society? Is it garbage, scum or a moth to society? We should resolutely resist and prevent this from happening. I suggest that this matter be investigated to the end, and that garbage should be caught and punished! Silent Night, do you think this is enough? ”
"This ...... Actually...... I don't care," I scratched my head and stood up, "and it might just be a joke without malice." ”
"Silent classmate!" Mi Jingyun stared at me angrily, looking like she hated iron but not steel, "Please also have a little self-consciousness as a boy." I don't care if I'm tricked, it's like I'm doing a lot of things! ”
You're already in trouble! I grunted out loud, "I'm sorry, it's my mind that's too superficial." For the sake of that classmate's future, I hope to increase the punishment for him, not only to bring him out and expose him, but also to point out to the principal the importance of prevention before it happens, give him a serious demerit, and divide this matter into 99 episodes in the local newspaper, one episode a day, as a warning to such people! ”
The four perpetrators stared at me like fools. Some of the people in the class who understood my intentions began to snicker again. And Mi Jingyun nodded very seriously, then shook her head again, and asked me hesitantly: "Is this too harsh." Or are they really just joking......"
"But is it a joke? It's just an insult to my personality! It was a merciless trampling on my pride! I couldn't help but laugh and said to her seriously, "This kind of person is garbage." Even if he is not garbage now, no one can guarantee that if he continues like this, he will not become garbage! I'm sure none of us would want to be classmates with a piece of trash, right? So such a punishment may be too light. ”
I slapped the table hard and said excitedly, "While exposing him, I suggest that he be pulled out to parade in the streets immediately." Then find a group of masked men to beat him down and break his tendons! ”
Mi Jingyun was stunned, and it took a long time for her mind to understand that I was playing with her, her face turned red, and she glared at me angrily. With a comedic atmosphere, everyone finished the class with a bitter smile.
"You guy, we almost thought you were here for real!" During recess, Zhang Lu's four guys surrounded me.
I glared at them, "Hmph, remember for me that each of you owe me a meal." ”
"Hey, so you don't want any more data?" Shen Ke grinned and pulled out an envelope.
"Is that what I asked you to look up for me yesterday? So fast! I hurriedly reached for it, and the guy ducked backwards.
"My uncle works at the town library, and he helped me find these materials and photocopied them. How about lunch for a week? ”
"Three days." I bargained.
"At least four days! It took a lot of effort for me to get it. Shen Ke took the envelope and shook it in front of my eyes.
"I'm out of luck. It's a deal, but I'll have the final say on what I please. "I've finally grabbed the data, and I can't wait to look at it.
Yesterday, I investigated that street all morning, but I couldn't find any clues, so I asked Zhang Lu, the four idle guys, to help me collect information about the east exit of Da Nan Road, especially to investigate the shops in that building, which ones had held funerals in which year.
But what I didn't expect was that the information Shen Ke gave me would be so detailed.
According to the information, Da Nan Road was built in July 17 years ago and completed in December of the same year. The total length is 1,500 meters, and the roadside was full of brick houses, and the buildings were not built until 10 years ago.
The east exit of Da Nan Road, where I met the funeral, is a five-story building that was built seven years ago. In the past seven years, about 137 residents have moved in and out, but now the entire building has been emptied, and only the commercial building on the lowest floor has one tenant.
The tenant's name is Wang Chengde, and since the building was built, he and his wife have rented a middle room to do a small business of groceries. However, three years ago, his wife died of a heart attack. As for the number of funerals held in that building......
"What!" I looked at the materials in my hand in astonishment, and suddenly felt a chill welling up all over my body.
One hundred and thirty-seven times! Over the past seven years, there have been 137 funerals in that building. Oh, my God! That is, every resident who moved in there had a family member die in that building? What the hell is going on?
"Have you read this material?" I suppressed my shocked thoughts and asked Zhang Lu and the others who were constantly laughing and playing beside me.
"Nope." They shook their heads honestly.
"Then it's better to take a look." I smiled wryly and tossed the information to them.
Those guys looked at each other with suspicion on their faces, and after a while, Shen Ke raised his head in surprise and said, "It's terrible." So many people have died there! ”
I said slowly, "Yes, there must be something wrong with that building." ”
"What's the problem?" Zhang Lu asked curiously.
"I don't know." I shook my head, "So we should go there and look carefully for clues!" ”
"We? You don't want a few of us to go with you, do you? Wang Feng seriously pointed out my language problem.
I laughed, "Aren't we a campus five?" Then it's time for the five of them to act together! "Hey, these guys usually make me suffer from the five-person five-person group, and this time I should let them know that it takes a small price to pull people into their funny gang.
Zhang Lu immediately stood up and announced with righteousness and awe: "I regret my decision that our great campus five-member group will be disbanded from now on!" ”
"It's late!" I grabbed her and smiled sinisterly: "The handwriting of that leave slip is one of you." Hehe, do you want yesterday's prank to be exposed by the school magazine, or do you want to take a leisurely stroll around the small five-story building with me? ”
"But you asked me to take a leave of absence for you yesterday." Zhang Lu shouted that he was wronged.
"No one will know about this, haha, of course I've never liked to be strong!"
It could be seen that their hearts were suddenly struggling fiercely.
I could feel that Zhang Lu scolded me for being a devil in his heart, and at the same time pretended to be concerned and said, "Cough! I myself would never let my classmates go to such a dangerous place alone. Of course I go! ”
Shen Ke patted the table and resolutely said, "We are a campus five-person group, of course we are acting together!" ”
"What about you?" I looked at Xu Lu and Wang Feng with enthusiasm, and of course there was a little threat in my eyes.
The two of them immediately made an unshirkable appearance, as if it was a matter of course to go together, and if they didn't go, they would be hit by five thunders.
"Good." I smiled kindly, "Then let's gather in front of that building after self-study tonight." If anyone doesn't arrive, ha, then everyone is looking forward to the front page of the school newspaper tomorrow. ”
"Going at night?" Zhang Lu said in surprise: "It's gloomy enough during the day, and ...... at night."
I interrupted her with a wave of my hand: "Remember, we are unlicensed trespassers, so it's no wonder that we go in during the day without being detected!" ”
After saying that, I didn't pay attention to what she was cursing to me in a whisper, but just took the information casually and studied it carefully again.
I always felt that there was some secret hidden in that building where 137 people had died, and that it had anything to do with the funeral I had seen a few days ago.
Unwarranted curiosity was stirring, and I was suddenly looking forward to tonight's action.