When Wang Luo was a child, there were many strange things, why the village he lived in was called Hexi Village on the east side of the river, why his Wang family was a foreign household moved from the big locust tree in Hongdong County, Shanxi, and why there were so many unknown relatives who came to pay New Year's greetings during the Chinese New Year.

This one is called grandpa, that one is grandma, this is your uncle, and that one is your aunt......... So when Wang Luo was just in the first grade, he vaguely remembered that he had such a cousin.

According to grandpa, Zhang Qian's grandmother is Wang Luo's grandfather's sister, Zhang Qian's grandfather and he are cousins, Zhang Qian's father is his nephew, Zhang Qian should be called uncle and grandfather, and Wang Luo should be called Zhang Qian cousin.

Regarding the big set of relatives and seniors, Xiao Wang Luo didn't remember it at all, but the toffee printed with a rabbit that the beautiful cousin gave him was really sweet, and then, he thought that if this sister came over again next year, he would remember her.

The accident happened very suddenly, what Wang Luo didn't expect was that when he and a beautiful cousin met again, they were already separated by yin and yang, and what made him even more unacceptable was that this distant cousin actually committed suicide by studying too much pressure in the third year of high school.

Zhang Qian's father is a small bag foreman, Zhang Qian's mother is a full-time wife, the family is in good economic conditions, she likes to dance, Wang Luo's uncle spent a lot of money from the third grade of primary school to the county's most professional dance class to study, occasionally during the summer vacation will also go to BJ or SH and other big cities to tutor.

Zhang Qian herself is also very competitive, not only does she learn dance well, but her academic performance does not fall behind, and she usually scores more than 50 points above the first line in the mock exam. When she committed suicide, the art exam had actually passed, the exam results had already come down, the two best dance schools in the country of the Central Nationalities and BJ Dance Academy had passed, and as long as the cultural results were normal, there was no problem at all, and she had no motive to commit suicide here.

Zhang Qian's suicide was strange at about three o'clock in the afternoon of May 6, 2002, which happened to be the end of the first class.

Suicide is a very courageous thing, so many people who want to commit suicide will hesitate to actually carry it out, and it will take a long time. Therefore, many of the people we saw who committed suicide by jumping off the building were onlookers, some really wanted to save people, and some just wanted to see the excitement.

Zhang Qian jumped off the building very decisively, without giving anyone a chance to persuade or rescue, she came down directly from the sixth floor of the dormitory with a large bag of heavy textbooks barefoot.

She died a miserable death, the height of the sixth floor can make people fall to death, but not people fall to death immediately, Zhang Qian struggled for five minutes after falling to the ground before she died completely.

"Because it was the end of class at that time, the place where Zhang Qian's cousin fell to her death happened to be on the road from the classroom to the toilet, so there were many people who witnessed the tragedy. Because this also indirectly led the police to characterize this incident as a suicide. ”

After listening to Wang Luo explain the cause and effect of the matter, Mao Xiaotong showed a distressed expression, because this information was similar to what he knew from Principal Sun's mouth, and even he personally investigated Zhou Lan, the old school doctor who gave Zhang Qian first aid at that time, and Zhang Qian's roommate Xu Qing, but the result was still unsatisfactory.

"What about the reason for the suicide? This is the key, why did the police characterize Zhang Qian's suicide as excessive pressure. Ten years later, she is still crying out for grievances, and she is extremely distrustful of us people, what is going on in the middle? If these questions are clarified, I believe we are not far from the truth. ”

"I know this, I've been thinking about this for nearly ten years, and if I want to say the key points, I've already listed them in my head, but I can't screen them all because of my ability. But in fact, when we figure out the most crucial of these points, everything will be clear. ”

Speaking of this, Wang Luo showed a regretful expression.

"I originally planned it well, but because of Mao Xiaotong, all of them were messed up. ”

Hearing Wang Luo say this, Mao Xiaotong, who was not stupid in the first place, didn't understand what he was referring to, but in that case, could he wait? Let a living person make a dead person feel at peace at the cost of his health and even his life, this deal is not suitable no matter how you look at it.

"Wang Luo, you have to think clearly, for a distant cousin who has only met once, and she doesn't even remember you, is it worth it for you to joke about your life and health?"

"No, I think I'm safe in the process. Saying that, Wang Luo didn't forget to add, "If it wasn't for your appearance last night, I wouldn't even have a little scrape on my face." ”

Looking at Mao Xiaotong with a look of complete disbelief, Wang Luo continued.

"The legend about my cousin in our school was passed down the year after her death. At the beginning, it was a student named Jiang Haochen, who usually took the middle of the grade exam, but he won the first place in the grade in the last test in May. ”

"I also know this, and then Jiang Haochen publicized the fact that your cousin can bless people with high scores in the exam according to the agreement he made with your cousin, and this is actually a transaction, and the things in the transaction are full of uncertainty, sometimes a coat, sometimes a pencil, sometimes a book. But ......"

"But coats, pencils, books and so on are just disguises, these things represent the establishment of the transaction, and maybe there is also a positioning role. Wang Luo showed an unsurprising expression, "The real price that these people who trade for is their soul energy, and the higher they demand, the more they pay. ”

Seeing an ordinary person talking about this matter arrogantly in front of an expert like herself, Mao Xiaotong felt extremely uncomfortable, but she had to admit that everything the other party said was right.

"The impact of the lack of soul energy on human beings is not achieved overnight, it may take a long time to manifest itself, Jiang Haochen, as the first person to discover your cousin, is also the person who has lost the most soul, he caused sudden cardiac death in the second year of college because of all-night Internet access. The rest of the people were kidney-weak, blind, deaf, crippled, all sorts of things, and now ninety-three people were killed. ”

At this point, Mao Xiaotong couldn't help but be silent for a while: "But even if you know this, the students in your school still haven't stopped chasing your cousin." ”

"Human nature is like this, there is nothing to dwell on. And I don't think what my cousin did was very wrong," Wang Luo said his thoughts after hesitating for a moment, "If you want to take a shortcut, you have to pay the corresponding price." ”

"And one thing you just said wrong, it was more than ninety-three people who were killed, not ninety-three?"

"How do you know for sure that there are more people killed than ninety-three. ”

Hearing Wang Luo's questioning of his data, Mao Xiaotong couldn't help frowning, "These data are the results of my comparison based on the personnel files of students in your school over the years, as well as the results of the college entrance examination, how can it be wrong, you are quite sure that it is more and not less, give me a reason." ”

Hearing this, Wang Luo smiled confidently: "This is a misunderstanding of thinking inertia, who said that my cousin's transaction is just a change in grades, do you remember?

In other words, in addition to the results, we have other points missing, and the next thing we need to do is to find out these missing people, and then find out the patterns. ”

"That's right, last night I also wanted to use this to directly ask my cousin to reveal the whole story to me, and then rely on the evidence in her hand to make her vindicate her grievances, she has no resentment, and I don't have to pay any price for becoming an ordinary ghost. ”

Wang Luo continued after showing a teachable expression to Mao Xiaotong

"To be precise, this point you said is one of the things we need to do next, if we want to find the truth, we have to start from the beginning and investigate the whole incident completely. ”

Seeing that Wang Luo took the initiative away from his hands, although Mao Xiaotong was unwilling, he had to admit that among the two novices, the other party was much clearer than himself in terms of the way of thinking about handling the case.

"Then what are we going to do next, can you be a big man and stop grinding and chirping, and make it clear that you will die at once?"

"We won't die, but it's going to be chaotic, and we still have to take our time if we can't be sure. Let's go to the police station first, the police were involved in this incident back then, and from their first-hand investigation materials, we can find some suspicious points. ”

"Then let's go. ”

Like talking, Mao Xiaotong is also a person who is in a hurry, grabbed a skirt on the hanger and went straight to the toilet to change clothes.

Not to mention how Mao Xiaotong changed his clothes, Wang Luo looked down at his feet, these shoes.

"Mao Xiaotong, how big are your feet, do you have any extra travel shoes?"

"My feet are 36, and I have rich shoes, and there are all in that black box. ”

"Amount ......"

Wang Luo glanced down at his 42-year-old furry feet, and it seemed that the hope of trying to make up for it was gone.

"Mao Xiaotong, let's stop by the shoe store first. ”

"Why? haha...... , I remember, your shoes and socks were given to your cousin yesterday. ”

Saying that, in Wang Luo's stunned expression, our lovely classmate Mao Xiaotong had already come out of the toilet in less than two minutes, and she was still carrying something in her hand.

"Well, time is urgent, you can make do with this first. ”