Chapter Forty-Four

  The next day, Su Jin'er was woken up by a ringing sound. She picked up the phone beside her pillow and saw that it was Chu Fei Fan's call, and she immediately sat up.

  "Chu Fei Fan, are you okay?" Her hand holding the phone was shaking slightly.

  "Ah! It's me! What's wrong? Did something happen yesterday?"

  When she heard Chu Fei Fan's voice, her hanging heart fell down, but thinking of the strange things that happened last night, she still felt a deep-seated fear.

  "See you in a little while at the pavilion."

  She hung up the phone and leaned against the wall. Although she had slept, she felt very tired, as if she had run a long distance, with her whole body aching.

  She glanced at Li Yiqian, who was still asleep. Her mouth was slightly swollen due to her tongue and looked like she had something in her mouth. She didn't know how to tell Chu Feifan about the paper and the plate.

  Su Jiner arrived at the pavilion when Chu Feifan was already there. He saw her coming and stood up.

  "What's wrong with you? Why is your face so pale?" He wanted to reach out and support her, but he drew back, afraid that his sudden movement would frighten her.

  Su Jiner sat on the stone bench as if she had fainted: "I want to ask you a question, and I hope you can tell me honestly."

  Chu Fei Fan looked at her worriedly and nodded, he wasn't very concerned about what questions she would ask because no matter what question it was, he would answer honestly. What he was concerned about now was her body, she seemed like she could faint at any moment.

  "Are those people you killed? Including Li Yiqing?" She looked at him tensely, waiting for an answer from him. No matter what he said, she would believe him, because she knew that she had unknowingly fallen in love with this boy, and she was certain that he would tell her the truth.

  "It wasn't me, really it wasn't me." Chu Fei Fan was somewhat surprised, he had not expected her to ask herself this question, even more so that she would suspect him, he looked at her with some sadness.

  "I trust you, so what I'm about to say may go beyond what we can accept, but it's all true, and I ask you to listen until I finish speaking."

  When he heard her say she believed in herself, he smiled happily and nodded like a child.

  "Yesterday, after we went back, we played the dish spirit game. We invited Li Yiqian's sister, and she told us that she was a suicide victim. However, when we asked her why she wanted to commit suicide, her emotions seemed to be very agitated, and she kept turning our hands with her fingers. Finally, the dish fell to the ground, and an unbelievable scene appeared. After we turned on the light, we found Li Yiqian lying on the ground licking the floor, and the broken dish was a death omen. What's even more frightening is that a ' Chu' character appeared on the paper."

  Su Jiner finished saying all her words in one breath and leaned against the pillar as if she had fainted.

  "What is that dish trying to tell us?"

  Su Jiner stared tightly at Chu Feifan: "If those people were really not killed by you, then it means you are in danger."

  "Do you believe it?"

  She shook her head, she really didn't know whether to believe it or not. The things that happened last night were too strange and made one have to believe. If someone was playing tricks, who could it be? At the time, Du Xiaonan was eating instant noodles, Li Yiqian was unconscious, so there was only herself and Lin Yuan left. But how could she suspect her best friend?

  It's definitely not her.

  Seeing Su Jin'er not speaking, Chu Fei Fan said: "Or perhaps the dish fairy is telling us that all these things are related to the surname Chu."

  What Chu Fei Fan said is true, if it's really the case, then there must be another person with the surname Chu here, but who could it be? Is it this boy in front of me?

  As she thought this, she inadvertently glanced at Chu Fei Fan. As if sensing her gaze, Chu Fei Fan turned his head and their eyes met in mid-air. Su Jin Er's body trembled slightly, his gaze was so scorching that it seemed to set one's heart ablaze. Her face felt like it was on fire as she subtly turned her head away, staring at the ground with an expression that held too many implications, but more than anything, concern and fear.

  "We still have things to do today, you go back and prepare with Zuo Yi, I'll go wake up Lin Yuan and Qianqian. I feel that Du Xiaonan is a bit different from before, maybe we should let her come with us."

  She gazed at Chu Fei Fan's eyes, which were black and bright.

  "Alright, I'll go prepare then!"

  Su Jiner felt very tired, just a few days had passed, but it seemed like several centuries to her. Wu Nannan's death was considered an accident because everyone saw that she died in a car crash, so no one would link her death to the series of cases at school. But Su Jiner knew that her death wouldn't be that simple.

  When she returned to her dormitory, Lin Yuan was already up. She saw Su Jin'er and quickly ran over to say: "You scared me to death! I thought you went to investigate something alone again!"

  Su Jiner grasped her hand, smiled warmly, but in her smile there was a hint of desolation. Lin Yuan was startled by her smile and stood there foolishly, not knowing what to do.

  Li Yi-qian and Du Xiao-nan are still sleeping, Li Yi-qian's mouth seems to be a little better, so her tongue should also be better!

  "Xiao Yuan, let's go take a look at those caves later. Go wake up Xiao Nan and see how she is?"

  Lin Yuan was still in a daze when he heard Su Jiner's words, and she seemed to have found her soul as she walked to Du Xiaonan's bedside.

  They woke up both Du Xiaonan and Li Yiqian, Du Xiaonan crawled out of her quilt, her hair was messy, her face was pale, her eyes were filled with bloodshot, as if she hadn't slept all night.

  "It's so comfortable! The feeling of sleeping well is just great." Du Xiaonan said while putting on her clothes.

  Lin Yuan looked into her eyes, furrowed his brow and tilted his head saying: "Are you sure you slept well?"

  "Yes! I feel full of energy now, that psychologist is really good, haha!" After finishing speaking, she jumped down from the bed, not looking like the person who was haunted by nightmares a few days ago, but her complexion still worried people.

  Su Jiner looked at her and felt very strange. A spirited person like her, how could she have eyes full of bloodshot?

  Li Yi Qian also got up, she took a mirror and looked at her tongue, it was much better than last night, as long as she didn't speak, no one would notice that her tongue was swollen.

  "Right, where are we going today?" Du Xiaonan said excitedly, bouncing up and down.

  "There are four more caves on the mountain waiting for us to explore what's inside! However, we should be getting a new member today, and this member will be of great help to us." Su Jiner put the flashlight and lighter into her backpack: "You guys bring your flashlights and candles too, by the way, who has rope?"

  "Heh heh!" Du Xiaonan said with a pleased smile: "You guys don't know, I have another hobby! I like rock climbing, so I have ropes."

  Su Jiner raised an eyebrow and looked at her in surprise as she took out a bunch of things from her luggage and put them on the ground. She picked up a rope and said, "Will this do?"

  Su Jiner nodded, she had never thought that Du Xiaonan, who looked so delicate, would like rock climbing. People's hobbies really can't be judged by appearance alone.

  Du Xiaonan picked up the rope and put it in her bag, then she also put her flashlight and candles into it. After that, she took off her clothes and changed into a sportswear, tied her hair into a ponytail, and suddenly looked much fresher.

  "Everyone should bring their own masks!" After seeing Zhang Yang's body in the cave, her stomach wasn't feeling very good, and it seemed like she could still smell that nauseating stench.

  Everyone was silent, quietly packing things they thought they could use into their backpacks. Su Jiner also packed the band-aids her mother had prepared for her into her bag. By the time everyone was ready, it was already 10 o'clock.

  Chu Fei Fan called them saying everything was ready and everyone who should be there had arrived, they could set off at any time.

  For some reason, Su Jin'er suddenly felt very scared, as if something was going to happen. With so many people already dead around her, she was afraid that someone else would get hurt. This time, the people who went together were all her good friends. No matter who had an accident, she wouldn't forgive herself. Was it a wrong choice to let them go with her?

  She looked at them, her eyes scanning each of their faces, and finally she said, "I think you'd better not go."

  "Why?" Lin Yuan frowned.

  "We're not going on a pleasure trip; anything can happen on the road and I don't want any of you to get hurt."

  "You're worried that we'll get hurt, I'm also worried that you'll get hurt! No matter where you go, I'll follow you, even if it's to death, I want to watch over you." Lin Yuan's eyes misted over.

  "Yes, besides, you're also investigating the cause of my sister's death. How can I stand by and do nothing?" Li Yiqian said vaguely.

  Du Xiaonan shrugged: "We can live in the same dormitory is also our fate, when I was beset by nightmares you all worried about me, took care of me, how could I be indifferent to this?"

  "No way, it's really too dangerous, I have a bad feeling about this, so you guys stay here!" She was really worried.

  They looked at each other and said: "We don't have to go either. Let's all not go, no matter how many people die, it has nothing to do with us."

  Lin Yuan's words made Su Jin'er very sad. No matter what, no one else can die, whether it's them or other classmates in the school.

  "Alright then!"

  That's more like it. Don't be so wishy-washy in the future, it doesn't suit you." Lin Yuan said, putting on his backpack and holding onto Su Jiner's arm.

  Chu Fei Fan and Zuo Yi were already waiting for them on campus, they saw that there was one more person beside them, and he should be the very capable forensic doctor Chu Fei Fan had mentioned.

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