Chapter Thirty: The Search for Memories

  Su Jiner and Lin Yuan were getting closer to the small cottage, step by step. The snow in the forest was not as much as outside, but it seemed even colder and more humid than outside, as if every breath would bring a lot of water vapor into the nose.

  With every step closer to the house, fear increases a little more.

  Lin Yuan tightly held Su Jin'er's hand, and his palms were actually sweaty.

  "Jin'er, why do I feel so depressed?!"

  "Yes, I'm the same, this proves that there's really something wrong with this room."

  "Should we call the police? If we just let him go like this, won't it be dangerous?"

  Su Jiner stopped in her tracks, their line of sight could already see the house, she looked at Lin Yuan beside her, her face was pale, maybe her own face was as pale as hers, she couldn't help but think that she was being too selfish, how could she drag her into this adventure with herself?!

  "Jin'er, there's someone in the house!" Lin Yuan exclaimed, pointing at a corner of the house.

  Following her pointing direction, in a corner of the house, there was a black figure with a ferocious devil mask on her face. After seeing them discover herself, she disappeared in a very strange way at that time.

  Su Jiner swallowed and said: "We're leaving here immediately, quickly!"

  They ran frantically in the woods, long having lost track of where they were. The figure behind them, clad in black and wearing a mask, followed them like a ghostly shadow, always keeping a distance that was neither too close nor too far, yet stuck to them like chewing gum.

  They were so tired they couldn't run anymore, but there was no way to run out of this small forest.

  "This forest isn't even that big, why can't we get out?" Lin Yuan panted heavily, his hands on his knees, but he couldn't take another step.

  "How could this be?" Su Jiner turned her head to look at the strange person behind her, who was watching them with his hands clasped together in front of his chest, a sinister smile lurking behind his mask.

  "He doesn't seem to have meant to harm us, or maybe he wants us to be afraid and give up the investigation. Maybe this person is the killer."

  "Now we've all seen him, why doesn't he kill us?"

  That's because his goal has not been achieved yet, and we still have exploitable value!

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  Their eyes were fixed tightly on that person, and he stood there like a sculpture, motionless. After their bodies regained strength, they got up, since that person didn't want to kill them, they looked for a way out, although they knew it was very dangerous, but running wildly without stopping would only lead to exhaustion or being scared to death in the end.

  Just then, Su Jin'er suddenly felt a severe headache, the food in front of her began to blur, she covered her head with her hand and leaned against a tree in agony.

  Seeing Su Jin'er's appearance, Lin Yuan hastily hugged her: "Jin'er, what's wrong?"

  "Ugh, my head hurts!" Su Jiner frowned, her face a bit pale.

  Lin Yuan turned his head and looked back, but the man in black had disappeared.

  "Hold on, we'll go back to school together."

  The sudden situation left Lin Yuan at a loss, on one hand worrying that the people behind him would suddenly appear, and on the other hand worrying about Su Jin'er's situation.

  "Xiao Yuan, come this way!" Su Jiner strained to lift her hand, her head felt like it was being bitten by millions of ants, and beads of sweat the size of beans dripped onto the snowy ground.

  Lin Yuan supported her and slowly walked in the direction that Jin Er pointed out. Lin Yuan was a road idiot, she couldn't tell east, south, west or north at all.

  At last, they walked out of the woods after nearly half an hour.

  "Jin'er, we're out." Lin Yuan said happily.

  Su Jin'er, who had been unable to hold on for a long time, forced a smile and fainted.

  "Jin'er, Jin'er - Save me, save me!"

  Lin Yuan cried. All along, she had regarded Su Jiner's life as more important than her own. Now that Su Jiner suddenly fainted, how could she not be afraid?

  She didn't dare to cry out loud, afraid of attracting the black-clad man from earlier. Yet she wanted to cry loudly, hoping to attract someone passing by. She helplessly gazed at the vast expanse of white snow around her.

  Two figures appeared in the snowy ground, Lin Yuan tightly hugged Su Jin'er, opened his eyes wide to look at those two people, and prayed in his heart that they were not bad guys.

  She saw those two people pointing this way, and their silhouettes seemed very familiar, it was them!

  She excitedly waved her hands at them: "Chu Fei Fan, Zuo Yi, we're over here!"

  Su Jiner was sent to the hospital, and after the doctor's examination, he said that her body was fine, but she was too tired and had a bit of a cold, so she fainted. After resting for a while and getting an IV drip, she would be okay.

  The three of them let out a sigh of relief, sitting in front of her bed watching over her. Lin Yuan was even more fearful, tightly grasping her hand, afraid that if he loosened his grip even slightly, she would disappear.

  But she was also very tired, originally didn't have a good rest, after the fear from just now, her body and mind were already exhausted.

  "You'd better get some sleep too! If you don't, you'll become a first-class protected animal in the country." Zuo Yi said gently.

  "No, I won't sleep, I'll stay by her side and wait for her to wake up, so I can be the first one to know."

  "Go, you guard her, hold her hand, wait for her to wake up, as soon as she moves, you will know."

  Lin Yuan looked at Zuo Yi and nodded, perhaps he was really exhausted, soon a steady breathing sound came out.

  "What a lovely girl!" Zuo Yi couldn't help but exclaim.

  Found Su Jin'er, Chu Fei Fan's hanging heart finally put down, he looked at Zuo Yi smiled and said: "You little devil won't also have a crush on her, will you?"

  He pouted and curled up his lips: "How could I? My heart only belongs to Xiaoying."

  "But her personality is almost identical to Xiaoying's, and Xiaoying has already passed away. You won't remain a bachelor for the rest of your life because of this, will you?"

  "Hehe! That's for later, let's talk about it later."

  Time slowly passed by, and two-thirds of the bottle's drips had already gone down. Su Jin'er furrowed her brow and slowly opened her eyes.

  Seeing him wake up, Chu Fei Fan pulled her hand and said: "Are you awake? Do you feel uncomfortable anywhere?"

  Su Jiner looked at Chu Feifan's concerned face and frowned, saying: "Forest, black-clothed man, Xiao Yuan!"

  She turned her head and saw Lin Yuan quietly sleeping on the edge of the bed.

  "She's fine! Just like you, she's just exhausted."

  "Where have you guys been these past few days? We've encountered so many strange things."

  "We'll talk about these things later, the doctor says you have a bit of a cold and are also tired, so you need to rest well!"

  "I'm not tired, I've rested enough. Can you guys accompany me to that forest? My lost memories have come back."

  "Amnesia? When did you get amnesia?"

  "It was just a while ago, you accompanied me there, didn't you? Maybe I can find the murderer."

  Chu Fei Fan and Zuo Yi looked at each other, then said: "Okay, but you have to finish your drip first, and Lin Yuan is still resting. You'll have to wait for her to wake up!"

  Su Jiner looked at Lin Yuan and then nodded.

  "During this time, can you tell us what exactly happened to you?"

  Then Su Jiner told them everything they had encountered, including the matter of police officer Li Jing and Lin Yuan's attempted suicide last night.

  "These two days, I suddenly feel that Li Jing is very strange, she appeared so suddenly, I remember that the people in the police station were basically all eating white rice, why would she be so interested in this case?"

  "Have you recovered all your lost memories?"

  "It's still very vague, I just remember that I went to the woods and saw a person, but who it was, I couldn't recall at all. However, what's strange is that when I saw Li Jing, I felt like I had seen her somewhere before."

  Chu Fei Fan lowered his head, after a long time, he raised his head and looked at Su Jin Er in front of him: "Jin Er, let's not discuss the case for now, I just want to ask you one question, can you answer me seriously?"

  Su Jiner looked at his clear and black eyes, nodded. Zuo Yi smiled and looked at him, was this kid finally going to confess?

  "This case is so dangerous, we are in the light, the enemy is in the dark, we don't even know who the next victim will be. And this case doesn't have much to do with you either, why take the risk of investigating and putting your life in danger?"

  Zuo Yi helplessly shook his head. Su Jiner looked at him with a tense expression and suddenly smiled, "Are you saying I'm meddling in other people's business?"

  "No, no, it's not what you think, don't get me wrong? I just - just -"

  "Alright, you don't need to explain, I understand what you mean." She lowered her head. "At first, I didn't plan on investigating this matter either, and I'm just an ordinary college student. I also told Lin Yuan not to get involved in this matter, but when I found out that it was related to our dormitory and our classmate Li Yiqian, I had the idea to investigate. However, every time I thought about how it might put Xiao Yuan in danger, I started to feel afraid and wanted to quit. But then Xu Mengguang died, Li Ran died, Zhang Junsheng died, and even Liu Ye was implicated because of me... I hate myself to death! Although we weren't very close with Xu Mengguang and Zhang Junsheng, we've been through thick and thin together, and we witnessed their deaths. Who can continue studying and taking exams with a clear conscience? At least I couldn't do it."

  Lin Yuan also woke up and heard what Su Jiner said. She nodded and said, "Yes, we are afraid too, but we are not heartless people."

  Chu Fei Yan lowered his head. If he were to simply say it, he would indeed be selfish, but who wouldn't want to stay far away from such a thing?

  "Alright! I give up. Actually, even if you didn't investigate, I would have done so anyway. My brother died on that mountain during our military training, so I've decided we should work together to find the killer. However, you must promise me one thing - no more secret actions like this time."

  "Good!" Su Jin'er knew that Chu Fei Fan and Zuo Yi were both very clever, with their help, they would be invincible!

  Although they were also helping them at first, she could clearly feel that they were not fully supportive, but rather protective of them.

  "My IV is finished, and Xiao Yuan has also woken up. Shouldn't you fulfill the promise you made earlier?" Su Jiner looked at the IV bottle.

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