Chapter Sixteen: The Missing Li Yi Qian

  "Run quickly!" Chu Feifan pulled Su Jiner's hand and ran towards the door.

  And the monster behind suddenly accelerated its speed, staring viciously at the few people who were escaping, with more blood flowing from its mouth.

  "How disgusting!" Lin Yuan also rushed out of the door quickly.

  The fog outside grew thicker, they stood face to face, almost unable to see each other's faces, and stared at the second floor of the student union's reading room with a lingering fear.

  "How can there be such a terrible thing, is it a ghost?" Lin Yuan said quietly, patting his chest.

  "It's already eleven o'clock, let's hurry up and leave! Oh right, we can look at that material next time!" Chu Feifan said.

  "Oops! Sorry about that, I took down the materials." Su Jiner shook the materials in her hand.

  "This can't be taken out," Zuo Yi said with some helplessness.

  "It's okay, just take it out and keep it! But only the four of us know." He paused for a moment, then continued: "After you've read it, return it to me!"

  Su Jiner nodded.

  When they returned to their dormitory, it was already 11:15, but the room was still quiet.

  "It seems that Xiaonan and Qianqian haven't come back yet!" Su Jiner said as she opened the door with her key. As soon as the door was open, a gust of cool wind blew in, causing them to shiver involuntarily.

  "Didn't you close the window? How can it be so cold?" Lin Yuan casually turned on the light.

  The bedroom is empty, Du Xiaonan and Li Yiqian haven't come back after all!

  "Where on earth have they gone? How come they still haven't returned yet?" Su Jiner said in puzzlement.

  "That's right! How strange! Will they be okay?"

  Su Jiner shook her head, everything was so strange! Until now, she still hadn't figured out a clue, all the things in her mind were tangled into a mess.

  "Let's wait till tomorrow! If they still don't come back tomorrow, then we'll have no choice but to report it to the police."

  "How could that thing appear in the data room just now? I still feel a strong bloody smell until now!" Lin Yuan climbed onto her bed with his hands and feet.

  Blood?

  Su Jiner lowered her head and looked at her own feet.

  What? How can there be none? Was what happened earlier really just their illusion? But it's really strange, how come every time everyone has the same illusion together?

  "Xiao Yuan, why don't our feet have blood in them?"

  Lin Yuan heard her words and looked at his own feet, saying: "Right! That house was full of blood, why didn't we have any blood on us when we ran out?"

  "Is it really just our illusion? But that monster was so real! And that nauseating bloody smell."

  "Ever since we came to this school, so many strange things have happened! I really don't know if we brought the disaster or if the school was like this from the start."

  Su Jiner didn't say a word, she also didn't know what was going on, it's just that these things were really too strange, was someone operating behind the scenes or was there really such thing as paranormal events?

  The next afternoon, Du Xiaonan came back, but Li Yiqian didn't come back.

  Du Xiaonan returned looking very exhausted, and full of fear. Her face was pale and bloodless, her whole body trembling. At this time, she was curled up in the quilt, shivering with fear.

  "Xiao Nan, what's going on? Where's Qian Qian?" Su Jiner stood beside, looking at Du Xiao Nan on the upper bunk.

  "I don't know, I woke up in the morning and she was already gone."

  "Woke up early? Where are you living now?" Su Jiner asked anxiously.

  "We had just arrived at that place, and were knocked unconscious. When we came to again, we were in a small black room, with no sound anywhere, and not a window in the room. It was pitch black, and you couldn't see anything." Her voice was still trembling.

  "Was Qianqian by your side at that time?" Su Jin'er asked.

  "In the darkness, although we didn't speak, I could feel the sound of breathing beside me."

  "What happened after that?"

  "After that? I was originally going to talk to Qianqian, but before I could even open my mouth, I smelled a very strange fragrance, and then I didn't know anything else. When I woke up again, it was in the woods outside our school."

  "Didn't Qianqian talk to you either?"

  "No, she was sitting quietly on one side, I felt like she was very far away from me, the air around us was also very cold, but I felt that kind of coldness seemed to come from her heart, it was terrifying."

  Although it's already deep autumn, the weather isn't cold enough to make people feel like they're freezing. Moreover, the chill last night in the study room seemed to come from within one's heart.

  "You go to sleep first! Whatever it is can wait until you've rested, your pale face is really scary." Su Jin'er thoughtfully returned to her own bed.

  "Jin'er, what's your idea?"

  "I don't know, all these things are so strange! However, I think that person behind must have a big conspiracy."

  "Conspiracy? You still think it's man-made?"

  "Alright."

  "But how can we explain what happened last night, and what about Li Ran's death? If it was a human act, why would he be shouting for help and then kill himself?"

  "Well, these things are really strange, but is there really such a thing as ghosts? I still can't believe it!" After a pause, she continued: "Forget it, let's just try to find Qianqian anyway! Hope nothing happens to her."

  "Let's take a look at those materials first!"

  "Let's look at the materials later! Now let's go take a look at the woods that Xiaonan mentioned."

  "Will it be dangerous there?"

  "It's dangerous but what can we do? Can we just watch as Qianqian gets into trouble?"

  Lin Yuan shook her head. Those people she didn't know were dead and gone, it had nothing to do with her, but Li Yiqian's life and death was something she couldn't ignore.

  "Let's go and take a look."

  "Should we call those two as well?"

  "Who's second?"

  "Hey! Stop pretending, who can't see what's on your mind, Chu Gongzi? You still don't know?" Lin Yuan said with a smile, nudging Su Jiner's arm with his elbow.

  "I don't know what he's thinking, and I don't have time to care about what he's thinking now. The two of us will be fine." Su Jin'er's face was red.

  She wasn't unaware of Chu Fei Fan's thoughts, every time their eyes met, she could feel the fervor in his gaze, but now she didn't have the heart to think about these things.

  As they spoke, they had already gone downstairs. The woods were not far from their school. Although it was a bit remote, there was still a well-known school here, so many people came to do business here. Since today was the weekend, many students were out for a stroll.

  Su Jiner and Lin Yuan walked out of the school gate, that piece of forest was on the right side of the school, closer to the foot of the mountain. Du Xiaonan didn't say where she woke up specifically, so they thought finding clues would be like looking for a needle in a haystack. Su Jiner knew clearly that there wouldn't be any major discoveries, but she still wanted to come and take a look, maybe there would be unexpected gains. She had always been puzzled by one question: why did those people kidnap Li Yiqian but leave Du Xiaonan behind, even sending her back to this piece of forest?

  "It's all fallen leaves here, how can we possibly find any clues?" Lin Yuan muttered.

  "I actually knew we'd be taking a wild goose chase, but I don't know why I had a strong feeling that made me come here to take a look, it's as if something was going to happen, and I think Du Xiaonan is hiding something from us."

  "Conceal? No way! She's already scared like that, why would she still want to conceal it from us?"

  "I don't know, maybe she has some difficulties! Wait a minute, there's someone in front." Su Jiner pulled back Lin Yuan who was walking forward.

  When they heard someone speaking, they quickly hid behind a nearby tree.

  "It's Chu Fei Fan and Xu Ling Ling." Lin Yuan said from behind Su Jin Er.

  "Let's go! It's not good to eavesdrop on others' conversations," Su Jiner said.

  "But they're talking about you!"

  When Lin Yuan spoke, Su Jin'er was stunned for a moment, and then a sentence entered her ears.

  "Do you like Su Jin'er?" Xu Lingling said loudly.

  "What if it is? What if it isn't? You have no right to question me." Chu Fei Fan said with his back turned against her.

  Xu Lingling suddenly hugged him and said: "I don't care if you love her or not, I only know that I love you."

  Chu Fei Fan pushed her away and said: "Emotional matters cannot be forced, what you said is right, I do like Su Jin Er, but what does this have to do with you?"

  "So you really like her! What's so good about her? Are you enchanted by her charming appearance? How can you be like this?" She shouted loudly.

  "Shut up, I don't allow you to mention her, and my business, it's better for you not to interfere, or I'll dislike you." His voice wasn't loud, but his tone was very firm.

  "It seems he really likes you!" Lin Yuan said in a low voice.

  "Let's go! There's still things to be done!"

  She didn't expect to hear him say that he liked her in this situation, she didn't know if she should be happy or not, there was always a strange feeling in her heart.

  Just as they were about to turn around and leave, something on the ground caught her attention.

  "What's that?" Su Jiner walked over and picked up something from the ground.

  "Huh? Isn't this the hair clip that Li Yi Qian has been using all along?"

  "Do you know this?"

  "Yeah, yesterday morning when they were leaving I saw her take it out of the drawer and put it on her head, at that time I even said how pretty it looked!"

  "How did it end up here? And Xiaonan didn't tell us where they went to investigate."

  "Oh yeah! I wouldn't have thought of it if you didn't mention it!"

  "Are you sure this hair clip belongs to Li Yi Qian?"

  "En!" Lin Yuan nodded heavily.

  "How did her hair clip end up here? Didn't Xiaonan say they were locked in the black room? Why would her hair clip appear here?!"

  The more I think about it, the stranger it feels. Is Du Xiaonan just making excuses?

  "Let's go and ask what's going on."

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