Chapter Thirty-two: Dark Clouds Gather

  They reluctantly returned to school, while Lin Yuan called Su Jin'er's parents, and now they are in Su Jin'er's dormitory watching her.

  Chu Fei sat on the edge of the bed, stroking her hair, her eyeballs slightly rolling under her eyelids, but she couldn't wake up. Maybe her mind was clear, but she just couldn't wake up, or maybe she was having a beautiful dream.

  "Jin'er, do you know? This time I've made up my mind to confess to you, but before I could even open my mouth, you started punishing me. Are you punishing me for not saying it the moment you woke up? Or have you already decided to reject me, so you're using this method to reject me? Fine, as long as you wake up, I'll agree to anything, even if you want me to disappear forever."

  Su Jin'er was still sleeping quietly, she was as beautiful as a poppy flower, her lips were bright red like blood, but her face was pale like paper, her long eyelashes cast a faint shadow.

  Su Jiner and Lin Yuan's home is in the south of H City, while the Medical College is at the northernmost end. When Su Jiner's parents heard that their daughter was in trouble, they both took leave to come to the Medical College. They arrived two hours later, and when they saw their daughter lying unconscious on the bed, they didn't make a fuss like other parents, but instead asked about her situation.

  After a simple glance at his daughter's situation, Su Yan looked at Chu Fei Fan and asked, "Who are you?"

  "Hello uncle, I'm Chu Feifan."

  "Are you the second son of Chu Xiong and Madame Dong?"

  "Yes!"

  "No wonder he looks so familiar, I have a connection with your father too. So this is the young master of the Zuo family?"

  "Yes, uncle, I'm Zuo Yi."

  "They're all top-notch talents!"

  After exchanging greetings, they roughly told what had happened at school and then talked about Jin'er's illness.

  "Something so big has happened, can the principal still sit still? Nifan, Xiaoyi, you go find the principal and ask the school to have an early holiday! Although this kind of thing will affect the school's reputation, but we also can't let the murderer get away with it!"

  "Alright, you go find the principal, we'll take Jin'er back home first and take her to a big hospital in the city for a check-up. Afterwards, if you want to come visit Jin'er, you're welcome anytime." Liu Li said.

  "Thank you, Auntie. We'll go find the principal now."

  "Auntie, I want to go back with you," Lin Yuan said.

  "Alright, you're Jin'er's best friend, she must want you by her side!"

  Chu Fei Fan and Zuo Yi bid farewell to them and went straight to find the principal. There are still about half a month before the school holiday, but now five people have died, so the school has to advance the holiday.

  Lin Yuan and Su Jin'er's parents were packing up the clothes to take home, Liu Li looked at Su Jin'er who was lying on the bed in a coma and said: "Xiao Yuan! You and Jin'er have always been the best of friends, can Auntie ask you something?"

  "Auntie, I'll tell you everything I know," said Lin Yuan as he folded his clothes and put them in the suitcase.

  "Auntie knows that Jin'er doesn't like studying medicine, but she made this choice for me and your uncle. Is she unhappy or something at school?"

  "Auntie, what is Jin'er's greatest advantage?"

  "She is like her father, stubborn, once she decides to do something, no one can stop her."

  "So, if she really didn't like medicine, she wouldn't have chosen it. She just thought doctors and murderers were the same, she just couldn't accept it, but now she has overcome herself."

  "But now it's become like this because I entered this school."

  Listening to his wife's words, Su Yan said: "The child is still alive now, as long as he is alive, there is hope. Don't cry anymore, let's go home first! The school thing will be handed over to the police!"

  Dean's office.

  "Principal, such a big thing happened in school, don't you care at all?"

  The principal turned his back on them, and after a while, he slowly turned around and looked at them: "These things will be handled well by the police, you don't need to worry. Your current task is to study hard, and don't talk about school affairs outside, it's not good for the image."

  Zuo Yi wanted to say something else, but was pulled back by Chu Fei Fan. Chu Fei Fan looked at the dean, who appeared to be 40 years old despite being over 60, and said: "We are just two of the tens of thousands of students in this school, but we implore you to consider the students' well-being, give us a holiday in advance, and let us know when to return to school after everything has been settled."

  Chu Fei Yan's tone was crisp and clear. He knew the capabilities of the person in front of him, even his father had to be cautious around him.

  "Alright, I'll notify you soon, but I hope you can keep this confidential."

  Walking out of the principal's office, Chu Fei Fan punched the wall and cursed loudly. He hated this kind of person the most, but he was powerless to do anything about it. What he hated even more was the feeling of being powerless.

  "I almost rushed up and punched him twice. So many things have happened in school, he doesn't care at all, what does he take people's lives as?"

  "It doesn't matter... anyway, he agreed to let us off and half of the school has already gone home, he didn't say anything else. Never mind for now!" Now his mind is all about Su Jin'er.

  Zuo Yi naturally knew what he was thinking, and comfortingly patted his shoulder. Her parents were both doctors, and when they returned to the city, they should be able to find out where the problem lay. There was nothing wrong with her body itself; it must have been the anesthesia that left behind some aftereffects.

  "I must find out who gave her the sleeping pill and kill him with my own hands."

  When she returned to the dormitory, Su Jin'er's parents had packed their bags and were discussing Su Jin'er's condition. However, according to the psychologist's words, it was impossible for someone who was hypnotized to experience confusion of thought, but now she did, even Su Jin'er's father, as a doctor, couldn't explain why.

  "Uncle and auntie, you'd better head back to the city as soon as possible! I'm afraid that the longer we stay here, the worse it will be for Jin'er. Maybe when we get back to the city, we can find out what's going on."

  He was really worried about her situation, and if she didn't get better, he would never forgive himself for the rest of his life.

  With Chu Fei Fan and Zuo Yi's help, they safely sent Su Jin Er onto the car, watching as it gradually disappeared from view.

  Chu Fei Fan gazed for a long time at the direction in which the car had left, her eyes welling up with tears.

  "Alright, let's head back!" Zuo Yi said, putting his arm around his shoulder.

  "I think we need to go up that mountain." Chu Fei Fan looked at the mountain that had brought them fear from the very beginning.

  "Are you looking for your brother?"

  "Hmm!"

  "Do you think these two things are related?"

  "My intuition tells me - there is!"

  His tone was firm, and Li Yi nodded in agreement. Everything originated from the mountain, so they should start investigating from there.

  "But let's think about how many clues we have in hand for now!"

  "Hmm! I'll have to investigate Zhou Yang as well."

  They returned to their dormitory and fetched notebooks and pens.

  "It all started with meeting that strange woman who was burning some bones, she told us we would be cursed. What exactly is this curse?" Chu Fei Fan wrote down on the paper.

  "Then who is the white-clothed person that Xu Mengguang saw? Is it real or is Xu Mengguang lying?" Zuo Yi said.

  "Whether Xu Mengguang was telling a lie, we have no way of knowing now."

  Zuo Yi Zan nodded and said, "However, we still need to consider this issue."

  "Now thinking back on all the strange things we've encountered, it feels so chaotic!"

  "Hmm! It's like a tangled mess, can't make sense of it at all."

  "Never mind, just sitting here thinking, even if we think our heads off, we can't come up with anything. Let's go take a look at Xu Mengguang's crime scene!"

  "Are you talking about the laboratory?"

  "Right! That might really be Xu Menglai's first crime scene." If Xu Lingling was lying, then her acting skills were too good. A person only has that kind of eyes and pale face when they are truly frightened.

  Zuo Yi shrugged his shoulders, indicating he had no opinion.

  The old experimental building had long been sealed off by the police, and yellow warning lines were also set up around it. After so many things happened, this place looked even more desolate and terrifying. The whole experimental building looked like it was shrouded in a black fog, just like a legendary haunted house.

  Winter nights always come especially early, the completely darkened sky, can't see five fingers when stretching out a hand, bare tree branches under dim light are like ghosts.

  They cautiously pushed open the laboratory door, and a gust of cold wind blew in their faces, causing them to shiver involuntarily. The dim yellow light cast eerie shadows on the ground.

  "This experimental building is really terrifying!" Zuo Yi wanted to laugh, but his smile was stiff on his face. "Who's there?"

  He shone the light on a corner of the first floor, and for an instant, he seemed to see a white figure standing there quietly, head bowed, with long hair hanging down freely.

  But when I looked again, there was nothing, only dust floating in the air, drifting quietly.

  "Nothing's there!" Chu Feifan also shone his light over.

  Zuo Yi rubbed his eyes and said helplessly, "Looks like I also have a moment of dizziness."

  However, the heart beats rapidly in the chest cavity for no reason, all the hairs on the body stand upright, and the scalp feels numb, but there is no other reason to be afraid.

  "This lab building is really eerie, I feel terrified, a kind of fear that comes from the bottom of my heart." Zuo Yi said with some discomfort.

  "I have the same feeling, this is ridiculous!"

  "Please! Don't mention that word in this kind of environment, it's chilling just to hear it."

  Chu Fei Fan curled her lip: "Was Xu Meng Guang's body found on the second floor or third floor? I don't remember."

  It's a very strange feeling, I clearly remember that I remembered it very clearly, and as long as I think about it, I should be able to recall it, but somehow I just can't.

  "Second floor! You forgot, we met Li Yi Qian at that time too!"

  "Then let's go straight up to the second floor."

  Their voices echoed emptily through the house.

  They didn't notice that behind them, in the corner, a white figure slowly emerged. It lifted its pale face and gazed at their backs with its one eye staring fiercely at them, while the bloody corners of its mouth revealed an eerie and cruel smile.

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