Pègre - Chapitre 13
Zhao Xuejun was the family's darling from childhood; she had never been slapped, nor even spoken to harshly, and she was also very beautiful.
She was frail, and the boys and girls around her took good care of her. Unexpectedly, she encountered a cold-hearted guy today, and immediately stopped crying.
She stared blankly at him. Leng Xin, however, no longer looked at her, turning her head to Jiang Shichao with a deep frown, and mouthed, "Women are..."
trouble."
The other three, seeing his lip movements, suppressed their laughter and came over to comfort Zhao Xuejun. She had only been expressing her emotions in a moment of excitement.
Suddenly, a cold slap jolted her awake, and of course, she stopped crying. But the slap felt incredibly painful, and her eyes kept...
The three boys pushed Leng Xin forward, forcing him to apologize. Leng Xin pouted, staring at the ceiling, and said:
"I shouldn't have hit you, hmph!" His attitude wasn't exactly great, but the fact that he apologized was already quite good. So...
The family reconciled and sat down to discuss what had happened over the past few days.
"Now let me summarize what has happened in the past few days," Jiang Shichao said.
"On Monday, October 14th, Duan Yun fell from the seventh floor. He felt like he was dead at the time, but afterwards he discovered that his bones..."
His bones were fractured in multiple places, and the mirror was shattered, but he was miraculously unharmed. Photos of his skeleton prove that he is not Satanic.
Lie; On Tuesday, October 15th, Lin Ding and I discovered that everyone around us on Wutong Avenue had disappeared, and then they mysteriously reappeared.
Now, the marks I carved on the sycamore tree prove that we weren't hallucinating; on Friday, October 18th, we were at the sports field.
I witnessed the mysterious deaths of Liu Yongze and Xiao Guang. Afterwards, Lin Ding, Leng Xin, and I conducted tests, which proved that the fluid in their bodies...
The bodies were filled with water from Luoyan Lake, and also contained aquatic plants. Meanwhile, Uncle He saw the two drowned on television, and was washing...
Upon checking his face, he discovered that the water in the basin was connected to the water of Luoyan Lake, suggesting that Xiao Guang may have scratched his face; October 16th, Sunday
Sixth, that is, today, we found in the library that there were several deaths at Luoyan Lake, but there is currently no evidence to prove otherwise.
Those events are inevitably connected to these events. Even today, Lu Yang suffered severe head injuries from extensive friction, and the room floor...
There are jerky marks on the board and the mop end. Can you see the connection between these things?
“I don’t know if you’ve noticed,” Leng Xin continued, “but the accidents happened on Monday and Tuesday, and on Friday…”
An accident also happened on Saturday, and I've been thinking, if these events are connected, then why did the accident happen on Saturday?
Nothing happened on Wednesday and Thursday?
“It’s not that nothing happened,” Jiang Shichao said. “If you hadn’t run into me and Lin Ding, you wouldn’t know what I…”
If you hadn't met Duan Yun, you wouldn't know about his experiences. The other two incidents also stemmed from...
We only found out by chance. I think it's very likely that others also encountered strange things on Wednesday and Thursday, it's just that we...
We don't know yet.
“Yes,” Lin Ding nodded, “I also discovered something: Duan Yun and Lu Yang’s experiences are very similar, and Uncle He…”
The situation they encountered was very similar to what we've experienced.
Jiang Shichao agreed with him, but he had a different opinion: "However, Duan Yun's account of the circumstances at the time of the accident..."
It's clear, but afterwards, he himself had no obvious injuries, while Lu Yang, on the contrary, had no visible injuries at the time of the accident.
Completely ignorant, yet left with a body full of wounds; while what happened to us bears the marks of the sycamore tree on our side.
To prove the authenticity of the encounter, we have no evidence yet to prove whether others experienced hallucinations; He Boyu
The marks on his face proved he wasn't hallucinating, and the injuries on the faces of others, including us watching the game...
The bodies of Xiao Guang and Liu Yongze lying on the playground serve as evidence.
"There's one more thing. Lu Yang and I live in the same dormitory building, with the same room number, but on different floors."
"I'm on the seventh floor, and Lu Yang is on the sixth floor," Duan Yun added.
"We had been looking for information about Luoyan Lake in the library, but considering these four things together..."
Only two things are related to Luoyan Lake, and these two things can be considered as one thing; the other two things are related to...
"It's related to the boys' dormitory building. By the way, where do Xiao Guang and Liu Yongze live?" Jiang Shichao asked.
"Second male dormitory building." Zhao Xuejun wasn't entirely clear on the situation, but she knew everything about Liu Yongze.
but.
"Oh." The boys seemed a little disappointed—it seemed this matter had nothing to do with the boys' dormitory.
.
Jiang Shichao concluded: "I think we should first investigate the following matters: 1. What exactly is the role of Luoyan Lake in this matter?"
1. What role do they play? 2. All the accidents happened to boys. Is it related to the boys' dormitory or to the boys themselves?
3. Regarding my experience with Lin Ding, we need to find evidence to prove whether others experienced hallucinations at the time. 4. Find out the details of Wednesday.
5. Investigate again the circumstances surrounding the incidents involving Duan Yun, Lu Yang, Xiao Guang, and Liu Yongze.
What happened to them, especially Xiao Guang and Liu Yongze. 6. Find out the police station's conclusion. 7. Everything.
Details of the item.
Everyone else agreed with his opinion. The next step was to divide the work. Most of the information about Luoyan Lake and the boys' dormitory needed to be...
The task of searching in the library naturally fell to Duan Yun; Jiang Shichao and Lin Ding were responsible for investigating their whereabouts.
Whether others experienced hallucinations on the day of the incident, and other details of the events; what happened before and after Duan Yun and Lu Yang's incident.
The matter was investigated by Leng Xin; Zhao Xuejun was responsible for finding out what Xiao Guang and Liu Yongze had done before the incident, as well as the police station's investigation.
That was the conclusion drawn. As for whether anything strange happened on Wednesday and Thursday, everyone inquired through acquaintances.
So everyone split up and took action.
---Magpie Bridge Fairy
Reply [21]: When Duan Yun arrived at the library, it was already 10 o'clock. There weren't many students left in the library, only eight or nine at the study tables.
Personally. The academic annals are obscure titles, rarely read, and therefore placed on the innermost shelf. That shelf...
Most of the books were thread-bound, and all were covered in dust. The last time they looked through them, they got covered in dust.
The situation didn't improve this time. Duan Yun sneezed a few times, then focused intently on his search again. It was still the same as last time.
He rubbed his eyes and glanced at the large clock on the wall: it was already eleven o'clock.
Just as I was about to head home, I glanced around and noticed something.
On the very bookshelf containing the academy's history, in the shelf next to Duan Yun's, there was an exceptionally clear painting.
A clear drawing. The figure depicts a young man in a long robe with short hair, likely from the Republican era. The young man's face...
He had handsome eyes, a smile playing on his lips, and a kind expression on his face. The painter seemed extremely familiar with this person, and possessed exceptional skill.
The skill is exceptional; not only is the brushwork fluid and natural, but the painting also captures both form and spirit. Even more remarkable is that this painting was not done with conventional tools.
It was painted on, and the artist used such ingenious techniques that it is truly a masterpiece.
This bookshelf, rarely visited, was covered in years of dust. This painting was created using that dust.
It is, but different from the way most people draw. Most people, even in dusty places, might occasionally sketch a few lines, but...
You draw in the dust with your finger or another object, then wipe away the dust, and the drawing appears. But this one...
The painting, on the contrary, was displayed on an exceptionally clean and spotless bookshelf. However, every single brushstroke of the painting...
The scratches were made entirely of dust, causing the image to bulge out from the bookshelf. Duan Yun initially thought someone had simply dusted it.
The dust was piled up to create the painting, but it was fine and floating, unlike the heavy and solid dust piled up by humans. It was clearly accumulated over many years.
Accumulated dust. It seems someone meticulously embossed a dust painting on this bookshelf, but why would the artist do that?
Why go to such lengths? This painting could be destroyed by a mere gust of wind; what's the point? Duan Yun pondered.
After a while, still unable to figure it out, he thought it might be some strange contraption created by the geniuses in the art department. Just as he was about to leave, he...
I've discovered something new. The folds in the figure's clothing in that painting are so natural, it's as if a gentle breeze is blowing through them.
As Duan Yun moved, he discovered that the wrinkles actually formed several characters: "Since Qiu Tong, the Buddha has gone into hiding." Upon seeing this...
The name "Qiutong" stirred something within me. I quickly turned back, pulled a copy of the college journal from the bookshelf, and hastily flipped to the section on "Hot".
Sure enough, I saw the name "Blood Chapter".
The story in the "Hot-Blooded Chapter" recounts the sacrifice of a young teacher who was willing to die to kill Japanese invaders. His name...
His given name was Gu Qiutong. The above contains a brief introduction: "Tong was a gentle and kind person, never contending with others, and was known for his..."
"Wearing a long robe, he exudes the air of a recluse." Clearly, this painting depicts Gu Qiutong. However, the phrase "Since Qiutong..." is somewhat ambiguous.
What does "Buddha in hiding" mean? Duan Yun fell into deep thought. Suddenly, a gust of wind blew by, raising dust, and the painting...
She simply vanished. He hurriedly searched everywhere for information related to Gu Qiutong, but apart from the information he had found last time and this time, he found nothing.
That's all.
This painting was clearly painted recently, perhaps even after Duan Yun had finished reading the book; otherwise, given Duan Yun's reading habits...
The book's vibrant energy meant that even if the painting didn't disappear, it would certainly be incomplete, not as perfect as it is now. However, Duan Yun just now...
No one had been seen approaching the bookshelf. What was going on? As Duan Yun pondered this, he noticed...
Beneath the bookshelf lay a pair of footprints. The footprints were right in front of Duan Yun's feet, as if someone had just been standing in front of him.
And his toes were touching Duan Yun's toes, as if they were standing face to face. Given the close distance between their feet...
The person's face was almost touching Duan Yun's, yet Duan Yun still couldn't see who it was. He looked back and forth...
Looking around, I saw several students studying in the reading room outside, and a few people browsing the bookshelves near the door.
The book was there, but there was no one around. He couldn't help but get goosebumps. Even more unbelievable was that these two...
The footprints appeared to be left by a pair of wet feet, completely watermarked, and the feet were clearly barefoot.
The toes were very distinct, and even the fingerprints were clearly visible. The October temperature wasn't low, so the watermark quickly evaporated, faded, and disappeared.