Südliche rote Bohnen

Kapitel 11

Alright.

---Magpie Bridge Fairy

Reply [17]: Uncle He saw this on TV, so of course he can label any inexplicable situation as "rumor".

Despite being named [name omitted], Zhao Xuejun was present at the scene and knew everything that happened, even the body of Liu Yongze.

She had seen it up close. She immediately found their deaths utterly incomprehensible, and from then on...

Hearing others discuss the strangeness of the matter, many questions arose in my mind, but due to excessive grief, I was unaware of the harm it caused.

Afraid.

However, after Uncle He told his story, all those doubts resurfaced, and many more suspicious points were added.

Her mind was in a state of extreme confusion, unable to piece together a single clue. She stared blankly out the window from the car, seeing only endless fields.

A desolate landscape stretched out, wild grasses drooped low, and a few scattered clouds drifted across the sky, creating an atmosphere of bleakness. The Third Normal School stood tall on the horizon, reaching towards the high...

The sky stretched to the desolate plains below, low-hanging clouds pressing down on the school, creating an indescribable atmosphere. Fear suddenly welled up within her.

The water gushed out uncontrollably. She wanted to tell Uncle He to turn the car around, but for some reason, there seemed to be a strange...

The allure of the unfamiliar drew her back to school. Uncle He, humming a tune as he drove, was completely unaware of her inner turmoil.

Affection.

She finally arrived at school and returned to her dorm. Her roommates had all left, and she sat alone for a while, still...

She was terrified, but didn't know exactly what she was afraid of; she only knew she couldn't bear to be alone. So she left.

They came out, but didn't know where to go. Then they overheard someone mention the words "Seven Star Boys."

Suddenly realizing that Jiang Shichao's peculiarities might be able to resolve his doubts, he came straight there.

After listening, Jiang Shichao and Lin Ding had mixed feelings. They had both experienced a bizarre ordeal before...

The encounter was so strange that even now they cannot fully confirm whether it was a hallucination. The situation Zhao Xuejun described regarding Uncle He, and...

They were quite similar at first. Uncle He, too, saw something different from what the vast majority of people saw. For example...

If what Hobo saw was real, then everything the spectators at that match saw was fake. However, at that time...

Leng Xin did indeed extract evidence from the two corpses, and these items were still very clearly present in Leng Xin's freezer.

Leng Xin and Duan Yun had actually conducted experiments with them until noon today, therefore their authenticity is unquestionable.

There's no doubt about it. It seems highly likely that Mr. He was the one experiencing hallucinations, or perhaps he was simply having a dream—

Without firsthand experience, Jiang Shichao and Lin Ding would have viewed Uncle He's story in this way; however, having experienced the Wutong Avenue,

After the incident involving Duan Yun and the two players, they have learned to accept some seemingly absurd claims—especially He Bo.

His experience also occurred during this period of frequent strange occurrences, so rather than calling it a dream, it's more accurate to say he encountered something extraordinary.

Unexplained bizarre events.

If it can be confirmed that Mr. He was indeed dreaming or hallucinating, then things will be much simpler; otherwise, there is still...

Many questions remained unanswered. The three of them discussed it and decided to go see Uncle He again. Zhao Xuejun had been terrified before.

Having two friends around makes me feel much better, but that indescribable feeling of unease still occasionally wells up in my heart.

Her body still trembled slightly from time to time. However, at least her complexion had recovered somewhat.

Her rosy complexion reassured the two men, who then agreed to let her go to Uncle He's house with them.

Uncle He's dormitory was in a faculty dormitory building located at the back gate of the school, which was much quieter and more secluded than the student dormitories.

The three of them arrived around 5 p.m., and none of the staff in the dormitory had left work yet; there was no one in front of the door.

.

Uncle He lived in a small house at the end of the corridor on the first floor, with a slightly worn image of the God of Wealth pasted on the door. The three knocked for a long time.

She called the door again, calling his name, but no one answered. Zhao Xuejun suddenly realized he must have gone out on a journey, and couldn't help but...

He apologized to the other two. They then agreed to meet again after 8:30 p.m.—by which time he would surely be back.

Not far from the staff dormitory building is the student dormitory building, where Duan Yun lives. Jiang Shichao and Lin Ding have been...

Having heard Duan Yun's story, I'd never been to his dorm room. Since I was passing by, I decided to go check it out. —Zhao Xuejun

My mind had calmed down a lot, and I happened to run into my roommates, so I went back to the dormitory with them.

I asked the gatekeeper for Duan Yun's dormitory number; it was 701, the third room on the right-hand side of the stairs on the 7th floor. Duan Yun's dormitory door was ajar.

The two pushed the door open and saw Leng Xin there, talking to Duan Yun. Duan Yun saw them and...

Overjoyed, he immediately stood up to greet them: "You've come! That's wonderful! I was just about to look for you!"

"What do you want from us? Is it finally confirmed that you're dead? Congratulations, you can finally rest in peace!"

"Lin Ding joked. Duan Yun made a gesture as if to hit him.

Seeing that Leng Xin hadn't spoken and seemed to be thinking about something, Jiang Shichao went over and patted him on the shoulder: "What are you thinking about?"

Woolen cloth?"

“I’m wondering,” Leng Xin said slowly, “why do all these strange things have to happen to me?”

Jiang Shichao thought he was referring to the things they already knew, and was about to offer some perfunctory comfort when Duan...

Yun spoke up first, "He's encountered something strange again." Then, before anyone else could speak, he recounted what Leng Xin had gone through.

I said it once.

Jiang Shichao and Lin Ding were very interested in this matter and hurriedly asked where the student lived. Leng Xin and Duan Yun exchanged glances.

He glanced at her and gave a wry smile: "She lives right downstairs from Duan Yunlou!" The two were taken aback: What a coincidence.

Since it was downstairs, it wouldn't be difficult to go and take a look. The four of them went downstairs together. They saw blood in the dormitory room.

The sight was horrifying to both Jiang Shichao and Lin Ding. Although Duan Yun had heard the story before them, he didn't come down.

Having witnessed the scene, I am now so terrified by it that I turn pale and keep wiping my glasses.

"But that's not surprising. Maybe someone came in and injured him!" Jiang Shichao was the first to regain his senses.

Come on. The other three were taken aback. Having witnessed and heard of several strange things recently, they were quite surprised by this.

It's easy to associate it with those strange events, completely forgetting that this is, after all, a normal world.

Most of the things that happened could be resolved using common sense. For the first time, Leng Xin looked at Jiang Shichao with admiration.

He said nothing. Duan Yun was already so impressed he didn't know what to do: "The Seven Star Child truly lives up to his name. Since it's normal..."

"Let's let the school security handle this. I'm actually hungry." With that, he pulled them towards the door.

“But that doesn’t prove it’s not a strange thing, right?” Leng Xin said calmly. Lin Ding glanced at him sideways and snorted.

He remained silent. Jiang Shichao agreed, saying, "Leng Xin is right; we'll have to ask to find out if it's something strange."

When Lu Yang had the accident, the doors to the dorm rooms opposite and to the left were wide open. If someone had come up the stairs and entered Lu's room...

Someone in Yang's 601 dormitory must have seen it. They went to each dormitory room one by one and asked the students, who all firmly denied it.

No one came up. The students in the opposite dormitory were even more certain that someone had come up but they hadn't noticed, because the opposite dormitory...

The students in the room have been playing cards all afternoon. To avoid a surprise dormitory check by the teacher, they've been taking turns sitting by the door.

They act as guards, meaning that, in their words, not even an ant can escape their notice.

---Magpie Bridge Fairy

Reply [18]: This rules out the possibility that someone came up the stairs.

To the right of room 601 was the end of the corridor, where there was a window. Lin Ding walked quickly over and saw that the window latch was closed.

The window was wrapped several times with thick, rusty iron wire, which was used by previous students to prevent thieves from climbing in through the window.

The wire and latch were covered with a thick layer of dust, indicating that it hadn't been opened for a long time.

Obviously, no one climbed in through the window.

After discussing it, the four decided to temporarily categorize this incident as a strange occurrence. The reason it was only temporary was because society...

Many locked-room mysteries have ultimately been found to be man-made, and this case doesn't rule out that possibility either. Everyone checked room 601 again.

He looked it over but found nothing. As he was leaving, Duan Yun's eyes suddenly slid down his nose, and he quickly steadied them with his hand.

He didn't see where he was going and bumped into the door with a thud. The door was open, but the impact sent it bouncing against the wall. There was a sound...

With a thud behind the door, a mop fell over. Duan Yun immediately and frantically picked it up, about to...

After placing the sample, he suddenly heard Jiang Shichao say, "Wait!" He was startled, remaining in his original position, and looked at him with a puzzled expression.

Jiang Shichao.

Jiang Shichao walked up, took the mop, and examined it carefully. Leng Xin and Lin Ding also came over to look, and the three of them exchanged it.

He exchanged a glance and nodded. Duan Yun also stared for a while, only to see that the end of the mop handle was completely stained red with blood.

A sudden pang of fear shot through me. I closed my eyes briefly, and when I looked again, I finally noticed something strange.

The handle end, which was originally smooth, is now a blurry mess, the wood cracked into a fibrous texture, as if it were made of some hard material.

The object was rubbed very hard, leaving several cracks that ran several inches downwards. Usually, the mop handle side is like this.

When held in someone's hand, it rarely gets dusty, let alone in such a miserable state.

Although he saw through it, he couldn't immediately understand why, so he naturally looked at Jiang Shichao. Before Jiang...

Shi Chao spoke, and Leng Xin had already turned the mop upside down, with the handle facing the ground. He slowly lowered the mop until the handle...

It stopped when the end of the handle touched the ground, and then remained in that position. Jiang Shichao and Lin Ding squatted down to examine it closely.