Chapter Forty-Five

  "Hello, I'm Ge Yaze." The boy extended his hand to Su Jiner.

  "Hello, I'm Su Jiner."

  "As expected, she's a beauty. No wonder someone can't get her out of his mind. To be honest, you're the prettiest girl I've ever seen."

  "You're also the most talkative boy I've ever met."

  Ge Ya laughed and shook hands with Lin Yuan and the others, and they walked out of the school gate while chatting and laughing.

  Chu Fei Fan led them into the woods, entering from that hole would save a lot of time, and they had to find out the cause of Zhang Yang's death before others discovered his body and reported it. Su Jin Er suddenly felt very cruel, no matter what crime Zhang Yang committed, he was her classmate, and she could bear to leave his body in that dark hole even after his death, even if it was to find the murderer, it was too cruel.

  They walked through the forest and arrived at the entrance of the cave. Du Xiaonan looked at the entrance, suddenly feeling a chill, and also a kind of inexplicable familiarity.

  Su Jiner looked at Du Xiaonan who was trembling at the entrance of the cave: "Xiaonan, what's wrong?"

  "I don't know, I feel like this place is really familiar, as if I've been here before, but I just can't remember." She rubbed her temples and said.

  "Don't think about it then, when the time is ripe, it will naturally come to mind." Su Jin'er patted her shoulder and walked into the cave, while everyone else had already gone in.

  What secrets are hidden in these strange caves?

  The footsteps of several people echoed chaotically in the cave, each step sounding like a hammer striking in everyone's heart, not very heavy, but still making it hard to breathe.

  "We must save our flashlight and only leave one on, the road ahead is still unknown how long it will take!" Chu Fei Fan's voice came from behind.

  Then one by one the flashlights in front were turned off, and the originally bright cave suddenly became dark. They closed their eyes to adapt to the last bit of light left.

  Everyone knows what Chu Fei Yan means, so no one raises an objection. Darkness is the most terrifying thing, and the most frightening things often happen in the darkest places. Darkness can also stimulate people's dark side, but as long as there is a little light in the darkness, people will have hope in their hearts and won't get lost in the darkness.

  When Li Yi Qian saw the pile of long-extinguished bonfire beside, she stopped and looked at the fire and the rope still on the ground, her eyes seemed to have a burning flame, it was here that she was insulted by Zhang Yang, threatened by him time and time again.

  Lin Yuan patted her shoulder and then led her forward.

  Gao Yaze is walking in the front, followed by Li Yi Qian and Lin Yuan, then Zuo Yi, behind them are Su Jin Er and Du Xiao Nan, and finally Chu Fei Fan.

  Gao Yazhe's voice suddenly came from the front: "I think I'll turn on a flashlight! I can't see the road, and I smell the stench of rotting corpses, so as not to accidentally step on them."

  They also agreed with him because the flashlight was held by Chu Fei, and he was at the back. Although they were very close in distance, the people in front could hardly see any light.

  Du Xiaonan furrowed her brow tightly, and the further she went in, the worse she felt. The familiar feeling not only didn't give her any sense of security, but instead made her even more afraid. A strange sense of self-blame wandered in her heart, like a ghostly presence eroding her soul. She took deep breaths, and the suffocating feeling made her double over in discomfort.

  "Xiao Nan, what's wrong?"

  Su Jin'er supported her arm and asked.

  "I don't know, it's a really uncomfortable feeling. This place feels so familiar, I think I've been here before and did something that hurt me a lot, but I just can't remember, I really can't remember."

  Everyone stopped when they heard her words, because the entrance of the cave became very narrow, only allowing one person to stand, so they could only stand in their own position and listen to their conversation.

  "Let's take a break! Xiaonan doesn't feel well." Suzhiner looked at her with concern, seeing the sweat all over her face.

  "Jin'er, I'm so scared. I feel like I've done something unforgivable, but I just can't remember." Du Xiaonan's face was covered in tears.

  "Do you remember when you came here?"

  Du Xiaonan lowered her head, after a while, she raised her head and said: "I don't know if it was that time or not, but I did come back after the school holiday. That day, when my dad and mom came to the mental hospital to take me home, they came here to pack up their luggage. During this time, I fainted once. As for what I did, I don't remember anything at all."

  Su Jiner looked up at Chu Feifan and said, "Your parents might remember, when we get back, you can ask them. Don't think about it now, maybe your feeling is just an illusion. In our lives, don't we often encounter a scene or something that seems like we've done before? Don't overthink it."

  Du Xiaonan nodded, agreeing with Su Jiner's words. Perhaps she was too tired and had an illusion. She wiped away her tears, stood up, and smiled: "Sorry, I made everyone worry."

  "It's all right, we've encountered too many things already, so I don't want my friends to have any trouble. Xiaonan, we must be strong." Lin Yuan's voice came faintly from the front.

  Although everyone can't see her expression, her expression must be firm.

  They soon found Zhang Yang's body, and during this time, Du Xiaonan did not feel relieved by everyone's comfort, but instead felt a familiar feeling getting stronger. She bit her lip hard, the metallic taste of blood filling her entire mouth, but she didn't speak. She felt like she was running, running very fast, and could even hear her own heavy breathing, the "thumping" sound of her racing heartbeat. It was as if she was chasing someone, yet also escaping from someone, and she could even see the terrified expression on her own face.

  "We've found the body you were talking about." As soon as they heard Gao Ya Ze's voice, everyone gathered around, and although they all wore masks, they almost fainted from the stench.

  Ge Ya Ze put on white gloves and began to examine Zhang Yang's body. The corpse had severely decayed, with white maggots slowly crawling on it. Lin Yuan and Li Yi Qian turned their heads away and vomited, while Du Xiao Nan stared at the corpse with wide eyes, filled with fear.

  "He was stabbed in the abdomen with a dagger and died of excessive bleeding. There was no murder weapon at the scene, which means he was murdered." Ge Yaze said while examining the body: "He should have had an intense fight with the murderer, and there are scratches of varying degrees on his face and hands, that is to say, it is possible that he was killed by a woman."

  Woman?

  It is highly unlikely that a man would be killed by a woman, unless the man knew the woman and was caught off guard, or the woman was stronger than the man. But how many women are actually stronger than men?

  According to Gao Ya-zhe's account, they had fought before, so the woman wouldn't have been able to kill him by surprise. Who was the real murderer?

  "It's not necessarily so! Maybe the murderer was trying to frame someone else and disguised himself as a woman." Su Jin'er said.

  "That's right, it's possible," Gao Yazhe agreed.

  "Let's take a look around and see if we can find any possible murder weapons," Chu Feifan said.

  "If it was premeditated murder, the weapon would definitely not be here," said Zuo Yi.

  Everyone turned on their flashlights and prepared to search for the murder weapon, although they knew the chances of finding it were slim.

  When they all gathered around to look at the body, Du Xiaonan stood alone in the distance, she didn't go to see the body. When everyone left, she slowly walked in, and when she saw the body, she suddenly let out a loud cry.

  "What's wrong?" Everyone was startled by her shout.

  Du Xiaonan looked at Zhang Yang's corpse in horror, she kept backing away, finally leaning weakly against the wall, she slowly slid to the ground, shaking her head repeatedly, her face full of disbelief.

  "Xiao Nan, have you thought of something? Tell us, don't be afraid." Su Jiner squatted down and hugged her.

  "I remembered, I really remembered, but how could this be? How could I possibly have killed someone?" Du Xiaonan stared at her own hands, rubbing them frantically on the ground.

  Su Jiner grasped her hand: "Tell me, what exactly happened? Why did you say you killed someone?"

  She shook her head, the blood on her lips making her look ferocious and terrifying.

  "Xiao Nan, speak up! We can only help you if you say it out loud!" Lin Yuan also squatted down.

  "No, I killed him, you can't help me, I remember everything, it was me who killed him, it was me who killed him." She struggled to get up.

  Su Jin'er pressed down on her with force, she couldn't let her run now. Her emotions were so stirred up at the moment, who knows what she would do?

  "Let me go, I really killed someone, I'm a murderer, stay away from me or I'll kill you too." Du Xiaonan's loud cry of lost sanity, tears streaming down her face, eyes filled with sorrow and despair.

  "Xiao Nan, calm down and speak up. Let's think of a solution together. You're so innocent and lively, how could you be a murderer? I don't believe it, so please tell me the truth!" Su Jiner said tearfully, she didn't believe Du Xiao Nan was capable of murder.

  Du Xiaonan looked at Su Jiner, slowly stopped struggling, tears fell one by one, suddenly, she tightly hugged Su Jiner and cried out loud, she was very afraid, really very afraid, although she remembered everything, but she didn't know why she killed Zhang Yang.

  "I knew all along why I killed him, I only remember the process of killing him, I remember this cave, I was desperately running forward here, he was chasing me from behind, I was very scared, so I kept running, when I got here, I fell down, he caught up with me, he pinned me to the ground, desperately tearing at my clothes, I resisted, I scratched his face and hands, but after seeing the blood, his eyes turned bright red, I was extremely frightened, and then used my hand on the ground **, somehow touched a dagger, and stabbed him with all my might, he died, it was me who killed him."

  Du Xiaonan buried her face in Su Jiner's shoulder and sobbed loudly.

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