Chapter Thirty-Six: Su Jin'er's Unconsciousness

  "So you believe your brother really killed someone?" Zuo Yi packed up his luggage.

  "At that time, why would my dad tell me these things! They had always kept it from me. Every time I asked, he just told me that my brother was studying abroad and wouldn't be back for many years. But it wasn't until I got into college that my father finally told me the truth."

  "You're so pitiful!"

  "You're the one who's pitiful!" Chu Fei Fan zipped up his luggage and said, "I don't know why, but I always feel like Brother didn't die. It's as if he's still alive and around us. I can even sense his breathing."

  "How come you're becoming more and more like a woman, with this sixth sense that only women have? What are you getting mixed up in? Brother, I'm warning you! Once we leave school, let's forget everything that happened here and enjoy our winter break."

  Chu Fei Fan sighed and nodded slightly.

  Ever since he knew that his brother had killed someone and escaped from prison, there was a stone in his heart, always feeling suffocated. No matter whether the brother really killed or not, no matter if he went astray or not, he was still the good brother in his mind.

  "Let's go!" Chu Feifan said, putting his suitcase beside the bed.

  "Where are you going?"

  "Of course it's that strange mountain, I think I'll go take a look before leaving."

  "Perhaps it's your sixth sense telling you that we might find some clues!"

  "I don't know!"

  However, Zuo Yi still went with him to the mountain. Although they found the murderer of Xu Mengguang, there were still many unanswered questions, such as where did that strange cave lead to? Where would Zhang Yang escape to? He couldn't possibly run openly into the city, so it was very likely that he was near the school, and maybe he would hide in the mountains.

  Downstairs in the dormitory building, Zuo Yi hugged his arms and said: "Aren't you going to say goodbye to your infatuated pursuer?"

  Chu Fei Fan was stunned for a moment before he realized who he was talking about, Xu Lingling: "Xu Lingling is really strange, how she disappeared for a while and came back like a different person. Seeing her makes me feel uncomfortable all over, forget it! I'm afraid she'll stick to me like chewing gum again, and I won't be able to shake her off."

  "Now that I think about it, there seems to be a lot more we need to investigate! Why don't we stay and get to the bottom of things before leaving? I think Su Jin'er would probably think the same way."

  "Never mind! Although I also want to investigate clearly and catch the murderer myself, but my heart is not here now."

  "Yes, yes, yes, you're worried about your dream lover, can't live a day without seeing her, then let's go directly! This way we can see her earlier! Why bother going to that haunted mountain!"

  "Hey! Zuo Yi, have you given up on striving? Do you want to waste your young and vibrant life here?"

  At this time, they had already walked to the foot of the mountain. They thought back to when they first came here, everyone was full of passion and didn't think that in just a few short months, they would be separated by life and death. Human life is really fragile, so fragile that sometimes we don't even know how we ourselves will die.

  "I hope it's not a wild goose chase."

  "I hope we don't get lost again."

  The two of them walked up the mountain, with a different mood from last time. Last time they didn't know that they would encounter such strange things here, but this time, they were mentally prepared to face any terrifying thing.

  The mountain was even more slippery because of the snow, and they walked very carefully and with great difficulty. The temperature here was much lower than at the foot of the mountain, and the cold air kept piercing into their necks, making it impossible for even the boys to withstand the wind.

  "I knew it was this cold here, I would have worn more."

  "I think beautiful frost should be like this!"

  "I don't believe you're not cold."

  Both of them were wearing thin coats and shivering in the cold wind.

  "Why don't we head back? Let's come together with Su Jin'er and the others when spring arrives next year, how about that?"

  "Are you a man? If so, follow me; if not, go back!"

  Zuo Yi glared at Chu Fei Fan in front of him with a scowl, and reluctantly followed up. After all, he was a man.

  They were walking along a steep and narrow path, with unknown plants with thorns on one side and a precipice on the other. They could only move forward one by one with great difficulty. Suddenly, Chu Fei Fan in front stopped, and Zuo Yi Zheng behind him was about to speak when he was covered by Chu Fei Fan's hand over his mouth.

  "There's someone in front of us, let's be careful."

  Zuo Yi nodded, and Chu Fei Fan relaxed his grip. Zuo Yi followed Chu Fei Fan's opened shoulder to see that in front of them was a flat area. They had only climbed less than one-third of the mountain, and on that flat ground stood two people. Their clothes were very strange, not like those of the Han people, nor did they resemble those of any minority group.

  "What kind of people are they? They don't look like Han Chinese!"

  "I don't know, let's go a bit closer and listen to what they're saying!"

  Those two people were talking while rubbing their hands and stomping their feet to warm themselves up.

  "Let's get out of here! The village chief is going crazy, all these years and still no one has been found to avenge his son's death. I think he won't rest until he kills everyone in the village!"

  "Otherwise, let's persuade the villagers to replace the village chief. We're hiding here just to live a peaceful life, aren't we? Now that the village chief has gone mad, it's better for us to change him!"

  "All these years we've never left the village, relying on that outsider to tell us about the outside world. It's not as good as going out and seeing it for ourselves! I still want to leave."

  "You're alone and free to go wherever you want, isn't that easy? I have a family to take care of, where can I go? And my wife is pregnant now!"

  "Never mind, never mind, this damned weather is so cold, let's just go back!"

  After finishing speaking, the two of them walked in the opposite direction from He Chu and Fei Fan.

  "They should be people from the nearby village, but how can there be a village in this deep mountain?! However, listening to their tone, they also seem to have migrated from elsewhere." Zuo Yi stood up and rubbed his frozen arms.

  "Should we follow the past?"

  "Never mind! I'm freezing to death, let's go! Other people's business has nothing to do with us, we can't even take care of ourselves, how can we have time to bother about others?"

  At this time, Zuo Yi's mobile phone rang, he took a look and said it was Lin Yuan's phone number: "There is still signal in such a ghostly place, it's really strange!"

  He picked up the phone, then his face changed drastically, hung up the phone, and hastily pulled Chu Feifan down the mountain: "Hurry up, Lin Yuan called to say that Jin'er is in trouble and may be in danger of her life."

  "What?" Chu Fei Yan wasn't paying attention and almost slipped down, luckily Zuo Yi caught him.

  "Lin Yuan has been crying and can't speak clearly, let's just go back first and talk about it later!"

  Fortunately, at noon, Chu Feifan had already called the driver and was probably on his way. They went back to school, took out their luggage, and waited for the driver at the school gate.

  They sat restlessly in the guard room, after Old Liu from the guard room had passed away, he was replaced by a young man, who looked to be around twenty-five or six years old. When they entered, he was leisurely reading the newspaper and drinking tea at the same time.

  Seeing them come in, he raised his head and smiled: "What's up?"

  "It's okay, we're waiting for the driver to take us home."

  Zuǒ Yì smiled and said.

  The man pointed to the bed and said: "Okay, you sit wherever you like, I'll read the newspaper."

  Chu Fei looked at the man in front of her, his thick black eyebrows, not big, but very spirited eyes, high nose bridge, thin lips, and sexy jawline. Overall, he was a very handsome man. But, she had never seen this man before, yet he gave her a sense of déjà vu.

  The man seemed to feel his gaze and a faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

  "Have we met before?" Chu Fei Fan asked with a frown.

  "I think we should meet for the first time." The boy replied politely.

  "Hmm! Hello, I'm Chu Feifan. Can we be friends?" For some reason, he wanted to befriend this person whom he had just met for the first time.

  "Hello, I'm Li Yunfei."

  The two men shook hands and became friends. Although Zuo Yi thought the man was strange, he still shook his hand: "Hello! I'm Zuo Yi."

  Three people chatted about the terrifying events that had occurred in school recently, and Li Yunfei seemed to be extremely curious about these things, or rather, he was very well-informed.

  "Why are you so curious about these things?" Zuo Yi asked in puzzlement.

  "People are naturally very curious, and what's happening here seems quite entertaining." He smiled carelessly.

  "Do you think killing is fun?" Chu Fei Fan asked in surprise, what kind of friend had he made?

  "Uh! Okay! I was just curious."

  At this time, a man in his forties came in from outside the door. He stood at the entrance and looked around before saying to Chu Fei Fan, "Young Master, we can leave now."

  "Alright then! We'll go first, see you next semester." Chu Feifan waved goodbye to him, Li Yunfei stood up and saw them off at the door, watching their car leave.

  Chu Fei didn't go home but went straight to the hospital.

  Su Jiner was in the second-floor ward, when Chu Feifan arrived, the situation had stabilized, Liu Li was wiping her hand, Lin Yuan and Li Yiqian were sitting beside the bed.

  "Is it really you, Chu Fei? You've arrived?"

  Lin Yuan and Li Yi Qian stood up. Chu Fei Fan walked over, looking at Su Jin Er's pale face: "Auntie, what happened?"

  The doctor said she inhaled a very strange gas, what it was specifically couldn't be known, that gas made her thinking confused and fell into a coma.

  "Li Yi Qian, what gas did you give her?"

  "I don't know! I only remember that when Zhang Yang was hypnotizing her, I fainted and then carried Jin'er out of the cave and put her in the woods. I called out to her a few times and then went back into the cave. I was afraid Zhang Yang would wake up." Li Yiqian said flusteredly, she was also a victim and had no idea what gas it was!

  "Auntie, what's the worst possible outcome of this gas being produced?"

  "Brain death."

  He closed his eyes, leaning back in his chair in agony. The world was so unfair - the demons who killed everywhere were above the law, while kind-hearted people who only wanted to save others had to lie on their hospital beds waiting for the final verdict of fate.

  "How can we save her?"

  They all lowered their heads, because no one could answer this question, and could only wait.

  Zuo Yi patted Chu Fei Fan's shoulder: "Don't worry, she is so strong, she will definitely get through this."

  Su Jin'er was in a deep sleep, but she knew everyone was worried about her. She couldn't help it; she simply couldn't open her eyes, nor could she reassure them. Her brain had consciousness, but it was very vague, and there were always many fragmented images appearing in her mind. Those images were both familiar and strange, and she desperately tried to piece them together, but no matter how hard she tried, she just couldn't do it.

  They brought Su Jiner back home, as it was useless to keep her in the hospital. Chu Feifan came to visit her every day by car, while Lin Yuan and Li Yiqian stayed with her at home all the time. Occasionally, Su Jiner's fingers would move slightly, although not very obviously, but it gave everyone a lot of confidence.

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