Chapter 46: 36

  36、

  When Su Shu was going to replace Lin Mei Xuan in the musical "Waiting for Husband", a word flashed through Su Ya's mind, which is "trap".

  Lin Meixuan's death is full of doubts, it's impossible that she committed suicide, clearly she was murdered by someone with ulterior motives. However, no matter how hard she thinks, she can't figure out how the murderer did it. The only clue is that real sword.

  Who replaced the prop sword with a real one that had its edge sharpened?

  At that time, there were only six people on the scene. In addition to Su Ya and Lin Mei-xuan, there were Chen Xin-yan, Fan Si-zhe, Zhou Bao-zi, and Ji Zhen-xuan. Among them, Chen Xin-yan and Fan Si-zhe were the most suspicious. It is said that Zhou Bao-zi also had a crush on Lin Mei-xuan, but was directly sentenced to death by Lin Mei-xuan due to his unattractive appearance. Logically speaking, with Zhou Bao-zi's thick skin, he wouldn't take this to heart. However, human thoughts are the most unpredictable, and it is unknown whether Zhou Bao-zi would seek revenge out of love turned to hate.

  Su Ya remembered very clearly that when Lin Mei Xuan was seriously injured, Chen Xin Yan, Fan Si Zhe and Zhou Bao Zi did not intend to save her. It was only under Ji Zhen Xuan's coercion that he sent Lin Mei Xuan to the hospital.

  Out of the girls' dormitory 441, Su Ya didn't immediately go find her sister, but instead found Zhou Baozi at the student union's activity center.

  "Dead fatty! What are you doing?! You actually let my sister Su Shu participate in the performance of 'Wang Fu'?"

  "What? Su Shu is your own sister?" Zhou Baozi looked extremely surprised, "How come I've never heard of you having a sister? Your student file clearly says you're an only child."

  "Did you sneak a peek at my file?" Su Ya was furious, "You dead fatty, how dare you abuse your power and sneak a look at a student's file! With so many students' files to look at, why did you have to sneak a look at mine? What kind of intentions do you have?"

  Zhou Pangzi was somewhat intimidated by Su Ya, and immediately forced a smile, saying: "Su Ya, classmate, you misunderstood. It's like this, some time ago, the school was counting people with special talents in various areas, so that after graduation, we can recommend them to relevant units. You are one of our school's top students, ranked on the statistical table. At that time, you were not around, and the timing was urgent, there was no way, I had to ask the student affairs department leader for permission to take out your file to fill it in. Look, I'm this kind of person, when I get busy, I forget to tell you..."

  "Alright, let's talk about this later! I'm asking you, can't we replace Su Shu? Have someone else perform instead?"

  Zhou's smiling face immediately turned into a bitter melon face: "Originally, this was just a small matter, it's just... you came too late, the members of the Student Union have already voted. If I force someone to replace her, it will be hard to avoid offending everyone and causing trouble! Besides, your sister Su Shu has great talent in dance, she herself strongly requested it, and is the best candidate for the performance."

  Su Ya's heart sank. She knew that although Zhou Baozi was smiling, he wouldn't easily change his mind once it was made up. It seemed like the only option left was to try and persuade Su Shu instead. No matter what, she didn't want Su Shu to put herself in harm's way.

  Su Ya walked out of the activity center with a gloomy expression, pacing back and forth along the campus path. As she passed by the affiliated hospital, she saw her new roommate Ling Yuyao.

  Ling Yan Yu's emotions looked even worse than hers, her shoulders slightly trembling as if she had just cried.

  Su Ya didn't want to bother with her, but seeing Li Youchen by her side, she still walked over.

  Li Youchen is a neurologist at the affiliated hospital and has treated Su Shu before. He also tells Su Ya that Su Shu's mental illness has familial genetic characteristics, and if Su Ya is too depressed, she may also exhibit some symptoms of mental illness.

  "Hey! Dr. Li!" Su Ya looked at Ling Yuyi, who still had tears on her face, "What's going on with you two? Did you have a fight?"

  Li Youchen's face was taut, giving people a feeling as if the bowstring was fully drawn, tense and strained.

  "We didn't quarrel." Li Youchen was a clever person, and with one look at Su Ya's eyes, he knew she had misunderstood.

  "Come, let me introduce you, this is my cousin, Ling Yan Yu, my aunt's daughter. This is my friend Su Ya."

  Ling Yan Yu wiped away tears while saying: "Big brother, no need to introduce, I and Su Ya are roommates in the same dormitory."

  "Same dorm room? You're also moving into the girls' dorm 441?" Li Yucen had heard a bit about the girls' dorm 441.

  "Uh-huh."

  "You're really naughty!" Li Youchen shook his head and smiled at Su Ya, "In the future, for Su Shu's sake, please take care of yourself more."

  "Definitely." Su Ya replied seriously, "Ling Yuyan, why were you crying just now? Were you bullied by someone? Tell me, I'll help you get revenge."

  "Suya, I'm fine. Just now, a good friend of mine died and I'm feeling a bit sad."

  "Is your friend dead? Did he die this morning?"

  "Yes." At the mention of Liu Yuqi, Ling Yanyu's heart felt as if it had shattered.

  "How did she die?"

  Ling Yan Yu's face showed a few threads of terror: "She... she is dead cold."

  "Freeze to death?" Su Ya raised her head and looked at the sky, the scorching sun was like a fire, the hot sunlight shone on her skin with a burning sensation.

  "On such a hot day, your friend is actually freezing to death?"

  She pointed at Li Youchen with a resentful tone: "Ask him! My friend was killed by him!"

  Li Youchen shook his head with a self-deprecating smile: "It wasn't me who killed her, I hadn't even treated her yet and she was already dead!"

  "Is she really cold-blooded?"

  "A thousand truths and ten thousand certainties!"

  Looking at Su Ya's suspicious eyes, Li Youchen sighed: "This matter is strange to say the least. In such hot weather, her friend really did die of cold. This kind of thing is hard to explain with Western medicine, but if we use traditional Chinese medicine, it would be due to insufficient qi and blood, internal cold due to yang deficiency, aside from disease and hormonal influences, there are also reasons such as anemia and circulatory disorders, which mostly occur in the cold autumn and winter seasons or in elderly people. The problem is, now is summer, her friend is a young woman, logically speaking it's impossible for her to feel cold, let alone die of it."

  Su Ya believed in Li Youchen's medical skills, and if even he couldn't explain it, then Ling Yuyu's friend's death must have had some unknown circumstances. But now, she didn't have the energy to investigate this.

  "Dr. Li, I recall that you once said if I'm too mentally tense, I might occasionally experience hallucinations, right?"

  Li Youchen smiled: "Su Ya, you don't have to worry. Actually, when people are under mental stress, they may experience hallucinations. I used to think that you were too proud and repressed, and your mind was prone to problems. Since your sister got better, your attitude has improved a lot, so there should be no problem."

  "Hmm. One time, I heard Ding En River's voice coming from my phone, it should be an illusion. But just now in the concert hall, I heard some strange sounds, and even now I'm not sure if it was an auditory hallucination."

  Li Youchen asked Su Ya to describe the scene in detail. After thinking for a long time, he hesitated and said: "Su Ya, since I wasn't at the scene, I can't be completely sure. Auditory hallucinations usually make patients feel strong emotions like fear, love, or hate, but you just felt a bit annoyed, and the voice was completely irregular. Personally, I think it's possible that the voice really existed and wasn't your auditory hallucination."

  "If it really exists, why don't the people around me, in front of me and behind me feel anything?"

  "I don't know about that," Li Youchen speculated, "You've also said it before, the voice is too small, maybe they can't hear it. Or, they heard it, but just didn't react as strongly as you did."

  It can only be explained this way.

  "Ah, thank you, Dr. Li."

  After bidding farewell to Li Youchen and Ling Yuyan, Su Ya arrived at her sister's dormitory. Before entering the dormitory, she heard from afar the familiar piano melody - "Girl's Prayer".

  In the living room of the bedroom, my sister danced with a rhythmic flutter, with a moving lightness. Yes, Su Shu had already fully entered the dance, and people and dance were integrated, all beautiful visions and dreams were perfectly expressed in the beautiful dance posture.

  Su Ya had never seen her sister so devoted and sincere. It seemed that this time, her sister was determined to participate in the musical performance of "Wang Fu", and she couldn't stop her at all.

  She just hopes that her sister's rehearsals and performances will go smoothly and safely.

  But she felt vaguely that the song and dance drama "The Peony Pavilion" hid a faint sword light, and everyone who performed would be trapped in it, with more harm than good.