Chapter 6: The Vanished Corpse

  "I had the same dream as you."

  Although it was surprising to hear that someone had done the same dream as herself, she still calmly said it out.

  "How come?"

  Su Jiner shook her head: "This forest gives me an inexplicable feeling, it's very strange, there's always a kind of unexplained palpitation. Logically speaking, in this situation I shouldn't be able to fall asleep, but I did, and I even had such a strange dream."

  Chu Fei Fan looked at her beautiful face and said: "We've been walking around here for a day, it's inevitable that we'll get tired, and falling asleep is also very normal."

  "I don't know if others have dreamed of anything." Su Jin'er leaned against the tree, saying somewhat tiredly, the tension and horror in her dream still lingering in her mind.

  "Let's just not mention this dream to others, after all it concerns his life."

  "I think so too."

  By the time everyone woke up, the sky was no longer so dark, and the temperature around seemed to have risen a bit.

  After resting, everyone seemed to have lost their spirit, silently packing up their belongings, each with their own thoughts. Even Xu Lingling, who had been in a state of fear, followed closely behind Chu Feifan with a furrowed brow, but no longer clung tightly to his side like she used to.

  Maybe because it was dawn, they quickly found their way back. Along the way, everyone was very quiet, just lowering their heads and following Chu Fei Fan and Zuo Yi. When they arrived at the foot of the mountain, they happened to meet their instructor and teacher who had come to look for them. Although they had complaints in their hearts about why the teacher didn't go looking for them last night but only came now, they just cursed a few sentences in their hearts and followed back to school.

  Also because of their reasons, the school had to stop the idea of going to the mountains for training, which was originally a bit unreasonable. Many students refused to participate, and as a result, no one went.

  Before long, it was November. The trees on campus began to shed their leaves, and the fallen leaves piled up higher and higher on the ground. No matter how hard the school's janitors tried to clean them up, they couldn't finish the job.

  Su Jiner was walking to class with her pathology textbook, the early autumn morning air carrying a thin layer of mist. Lin Yuan, that lazy worm, had asked Su Jiner to save her seat in class so she could sleep for a few more minutes. This kind of thing happened often since they started medical school, and every time Su Jiner would shake her head and sigh, but still save the seat for Lin Yuan. Su Jiner just wanted to study hard and become a great doctor like her parents, not like Lin Yuan who always rushed into class flustered and embarrassed, carrying her breakfast and textbook under everyone's gaze.

  Since military training, they have become friends with Chu Feifan and Zuo Yicheng.

  "Hi, good morning!"

  "Good morning!"

  Su Jiner smiled and greeted them. Chu Feifan and Zuo Yi were good friends who grew up together since childhood, just like Su Jiner and Lin Yuan.

  "Lin Yuan is sleeping again!"

  Zuǒ Yì smiled and asked.

  I originally thought that Zuo Yi and Chu Fei Fan were the same, both being cool and calm boys. However, after a period of interaction, I discovered that he is actually a very lively boy who loves to laugh and gives off a very sunny feeling. The two of them naturally became the white knights in the hearts of schoolgirls, but everyone has already graduated from middle school and won't scream with excitement just because they see a handsome guy anymore.

  "Uh-huh!"

  They sandwiched Su Jin'er in the middle, one on the left and one on the right, which made her feel very uncomfortable. However, she didn't know what to say, so she just walked with her head down. The Left Yi on the left crossed his hands behind his head and whistled while walking.

  "Awesome!"

  A clear and melodious voice sounded from behind, everyone knew who it was without looking.

  "Your pure and innocent little princess is here!"

  Zuo Yi said as usual, apparently he didn't like Xu Lingling very much.

  Chu Fei Fan glanced at Su Jin Er and stared at Zuo Yi saying: "Hey, don't talk nonsense, okay?"

  "Hmm!"

  Zuo Yi continued whistling and walked forward.

  Suddenly, Su Jin'er shuddered and her face turned slightly pale.

  "Jin'er, what's wrong with you? Are you cold?"

  Zuo Yi saw Su Jin'er's abnormality and asked with concern.

  "It's not..." Su Jiner said with difficulty, not because of the cold, but because of fear. The sudden and intense feeling of fear made her tremble so much that she could hardly speak.

  She turned around and saw Xu Lingling rushing over in a fluster, her tightly furrowed eyebrows and face full of fear.

  "Xu Mengguang... is dead."

  After hearing Xu Lingling's words, Su Jiner almost fainted.

  "How did he die?"

  "I don't know, it should be suicide, he died terribly, his two hands tightly grasped his own neck, and after death, it was also very difficult to pull down his hands."

  "Where is it now?"

  "The old experimental building."

  Old Experimental Building?

  How could it be there? Hasn't that place been sealed for a long time? Since coming to the medical school, she had always heard some rumors about the old experimental building, of course, they were all kinds of paranormal events. Su Jin'er didn't believe in the existence of ghosts or spirits, so she had always just treated them as stories to listen to.

  The old experimental building is on the other side of the school, now they use the newly built teaching building, experimental building and dormitory, that is, there is a second campus, while the old experimental building is in the first campus, to go there needs to pass through an iron gate. The old experimental building is now used by graduate students and some teachers, and freshmen are not allowed to enter. I don't know how Xu Mengguang would run there and die there.

  As she got closer and closer to the experimental building, Su Jin'er suddenly felt a strong palpitation, even stronger than when she was in military training in the mountains. Everything before her eyes turned black, and a suffocating feeling pressed down on her head instantly.

  "Jin'er, what's wrong?"

  Chu Fei Fan anxiously asked.

  Her eyes slowly regained their sight, but that intense palpitation still existed, and she shook her pale face.

  "If you're uncomfortable, don't force it." Chu Fei Fan said somewhat angrily. He didn't like seeing her strong and fearless appearance. Instead, he hoped she could be afraid and hide in his arms.

  "It's really nothing."

  She pushed away his hand on her arm and walked straight towards the lab building.

  Xu Lingling, who had witnessed the whole scene, flashed a hint of resentment in her eyes. She detested the woman in front of her.

  Chu Fei Fan watched her leave with a somewhat lost expression, although he knew this wasn't the time for romance, but he still couldn't resist her temptation, just a faint smile from her was enough to make him happy for several days.

  "Hey, I've already left, what are you still doing here?" Suddenly, Zuo Yi's voice sounded in his ear.

  He glared at him with some anger and walked into the lab building. Zuo Yi shook his head and sighed behind him.

  The experimental building was abnormally dim, with only the open door emitting some bright light, but it only illuminated a small area around the door. The stairs were wooden, and although they didn't have severe rot, walking on them still made creaking sounds. Four people walked carefully on them.

  "How can it be so quiet here? Doesn't a dead person warrant the police coming over?" Chu Feifan frowned and asked Xu Lingling beside him.

  "I was the first one to discover it, and after seeing it, I didn't know what to do? And I didn't dare report it to the police, so I could only think of telling you." Xu Lingling said with a pitiful expression.

  "You're neither a teacher nor a police officer, what's the point of telling you? Besides, if it were true, we should inform the school first, shouldn't we?" Zuo Yi said impatiently, clearly disliking Xu Lingling.

  "I was very scared at that time, so I..."

  "It's not her fault, girls are naturally afraid of these things." Su Jin'er was scared and said hurtful words. "On which floor is his body?"

  Maybe because of Su Jin'er speaking for her, she said very obediently: "Third floor."

  Under the leadership of Xu Lingling, they came to a room on the third floor. The space inside was not very large, and after placing many experimental instruments, there was almost no empty space left. However, they did not see the body of Xu Mengguang mentioned by Xu Lingling.

  "How is that possible? I clearly saw him lying here with his hands clutching his own neck, how could he be gone?" Xu Lingling looked at the empty floor in shock, where there was no sign of a body having lain there before, only a thin layer of dust.

  "Are you kidding us?"

  Zuo Yi said with some annoyance, today's morning class was his favorite, but this woman messed it up and ruined everything. How could he not be angry?

  "No, she didn't deceive us, there really is a problem here."

  Chu Fei Fan pointed to a place where there was a shallow footprint that would be hard to notice if one didn't pay attention.

  "There's a blood stain here, it hasn't dried yet." Su Jiner said, stretching out her white hand to gently touch it, the tip of her finger immediately turned bright red, she put it under her nose and sniffed, saying: "It's not a blood stain, it's tomato sauce."

  She found it somewhat amusing, but she herself was a bit suspicious and uneasy, the feeling of unease in her heart didn't know when it would disappear, but in this lab building, she still had an unsettling feeling, wanting to escape, yet feeling that something was drawing her here.

  "Let's go! The air here is making me feel uncomfortable." The oppressive feeling in the air was making her more and more unbearable.

  Seeing her pale face, Chu Feifan said: "If you're not feeling well, go to the infirmary, don't be stubborn."

  "I'm not showing off, it's just that the air here is very stale and I'm having a bit of trouble breathing."

  "Alright, let's go!"

  Just as they were about to go downstairs, a very light footsteps came from the end of the corridor, but it was obvious that he was walking towards them. Xu Lingling was so scared that she shrank into Chu Feifan's side.

  In this dimly lit laboratory building, the footsteps sounded unusually eerie. They stood stiffly at the staircase entrance, with no one daring to turn their head to see where the footsteps came from, or what kind of thing it was.

  Su Jin'er didn't believe in ghosts and had Chu Fei Fan by her side, but she wasn't a brave person. At this moment, however, she felt an intense urge to turn around and take a look.

  At last, she slowly turned her head, and the footsteps also stopped at the moment she turned her head. Then she saw a familiar figure.

  "It was you! You scared us." Zuo Yi also saw the owner of the footsteps.

  "Uh, I was doing an experiment in that lab, and suddenly heard someone talking, so I thought of coming out to take a look."