13. A note written about K
The handwriting looks familiar.
Everyone has some little habits or quirks when it comes to writing, and Jasmine has it too.
Because when I was a child, I was deliberately caught practicing calligraphy because my handwriting was not good-looking, so Jasmine's writing was square, but it drooped slightly to the right, and this bad habit has not been corrected to this day.
I have corresponded with her for many years, and the most familiar thing is K's handwriting.
Jasmine is never mistaken, this is K's handwriting.
K's handwriting is clearly angled, and when writing small dots or short strokes, she will subconsciously weigh the tip of the pen, Jasmine has always liked K's pen words, and every word can be written impartially and neatly and beautifully, unlike her, if there is no interlacing in a handwriting, it will definitely be more and more oblique.
Curious, she picked up the note, which was a neat little piece of letterhead that had been neatly sandwiched into the 287th page of the math textbook, and Jasmine herself did not remember the existence of such a small note.
Could it be that the letter she received one day was hastily caught in the pages of the book?
[Death of the Raven]?
Jasmine and K often exchange their recent statuses, such as what books and movies they have read, and what snacks they have recently liked.
There was a time when she was crazy about the beef ball skewers at the roadside stalls, and as soon as it was time to get out of school, she would rush to the food stalls in front of the crowd to line up, and every day she would buy one and eat it while walking home.
For this reason, she also recommended it to K, but K said, in fact, he also liked the shop, and the proprietress also said to the curious that the ingredients and beef balls were homemade, and the taste was fresh but not greasy and chewy.
Jasmine was quite surprised at the time, because after becoming a frequent customer, she naturally became familiar with the proprietress and asked about the materials used for beef balls.
K also mysteriously told her that she might be in the queue, but Jasmine didn't notice.
Jasmine's thoughts turned back to the small note in her hand, and she remembered that K said a few days ago that she was watching [The Lost World], could it be that this book of the death of the crow is also a book?
She clipped the note back into her textbook and ran straight to the library as soon as school was over.
Jasmine didn't meet Chen Chen, Chen Chen, who had always appeared at the door of Jasmine's classroom on time after school, suddenly didn't show up today, this gap made her try not to think about that guy.
I don't understand what I'm awkward about, obviously I have a headache to death, and the thought of going home is strongly in my mind, but Jasmine just doesn't want to go back at this time.
In case they ran into him on the road, the two pretended to be strangers and had nothing to say, feeling embarrassed to death.
Well, they've always been in that way before, but since that guy broke down, she's starting to get weirder and weirder.
Few students choose to stay in the library after school, and the large library is well-lit, with the afternoon sun shining through the plane trees and open windows onto the spotless long tables.
Scattered people came in and out, and the librarian loaded the recovered books in a small cart, intently looking for the book markings, and occasionally heard the sound of scattered footsteps.
Jasmine sat in front of an old desktop computer, she opened the book search engine, typed in the words "Death of a Crow", and with a click of the mouse, she found that a search result appeared in the search bar.
[Death of the Raven] No. 8379 Number of Subscribers: 1"
She put away her library card and carried the schoolbag resting on the floor, and the 1-5 columns of the library were books related to subjects, followed by some miscellaneous encyclopedias or novels.
K's recommendations to her are usually novels by authors who have never heard of them, but their style of reading tends to be the same, and the books they recommend are all to Jasmine's appetite.
There were still three or two students wandering around the first few columns of bookshelves, but the more she got to the end, there was no figure at all, and Jasmine turned into the long bookshelf near the end of the corner, the penultimate row, which was slightly gloomy and gray because of the lack of sunlight.
The various books on the shelves were quietly displayed on the shelves in order and number, and Jasmine searched for the book in the sea of books in order.
Drip.
Sensitive ears seem to hear the sound of some liquid dripping on the ground.
Jasmine paused, looked up thoughtfully, and looked around alertly. The narrow aisles of the bookshelves were empty, and not even a hint of wind was felt.
Probably an illusion.
She withdrew her gaze and continued to focus on the search.
Drip.
"I'm so hungry......
A voice that seemed to ring in my ears. !
Jasmine's heart tightened suddenly, and her whole body stiffened, and her eyes widened in disbelief.
The voice......
This voice is the same as the eerie voice from last night...... No, some don't.
But the strange smell lingered, and I seemed to be eager to eat something.
Jasmine looked around creepily and found that there was still no one, but she felt that the voice was very close to her.
The seemingly calm library was filled with an air of trepidation, as if something terrible was hiding in an unseen corner, perhaps it was quietly peeping and waiting for an opportunity.
DiDi ......
Jasmine was starting to feel scared, and she couldn't tell what the strange sound was......
The sound of water dripping on the ground.
Or is it the sound of the wind blowing against something?
She watched her surroundings frequently, and was in a state of alert that was ready to strike.
Out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly swept over the bookshelf behind him, and a white figure flashed through the gap in the bookshelves.
There is someone behind the last shelf!
Jasmine didn't know if the voice was coming from the person behind the bookshelf, she just found the book she wanted in a pile of titles, and in a panic pulled out the book and hugged it around her chest, tilting her head and staring at the last shelf, walking faster and faster.
There was no one, and I didn't see anyone through the cracks in the shelves.
Jasmine forcibly suppressed the fear deep in her heart, and the aisle got closer and closer to the intersection......
As soon as she turned her head to look ahead, a white wall of flesh suddenly appeared in front of her.
"Ahh
"Oh, Jasmine, why are you scared like this?" a figure covered her, and the boy's hand reached out to her, bending down slightly.
When she saw the person clearly, Jasmine couldn't help but close her eyes and breathe a sigh of relief.
"What, it's you. "It's her front table, the binary freckles dead house.
"I saw you just now, I didn't expect that a hello would scare you into this look hahahaha. ”
The book that fell to the side was picked up by the freckled boy with messy hair, and by the way, he pulled her up, and the two of them looked at each other for a long time, and couldn't help but laugh.
"I said you're cowardly. ”
"Why! Obviously, you came out too fast, I can't react. ”
The boy rubbed his head stupidly and laughed embarrassedly. "Hehe, sorry, scared you. He walked over to Jasmine, half-crouched, and tilted his head to pick up an inconspicuous old novel from the lowest shelf.
She saw with sharp eyes that it read "Legend of Monsters in the World"
"So you like to read books like this. Jasmine let out a long sigh of obsessiveness, but the front table looked up solemnly and pushed the rimless glasses on the bridge of her nose.
"I look at it with a research attitude, and I don't like it or not. ”
"How?"
The front table approached slightly, the single eyelid eyes under the glasses narrowed slightly, and he lowered his voice and said mysteriously: "Do you believe that there are man-eating monsters in this world?"
"How?"
Jasmine turned her head sideways to glance at him unexpectedly, but the front table pulled her to crouch down against the bookshelf.
"Actually, when the junior found the body that day, I happened to pass by the toilet because the head teacher told me to take the political test paper down. ”
Jasmine pointed at him in surprise, "You-"
"The junior ran out of the toilet with a crawl, I went in to take a look out of curiosity, and the result was ......" The front table shook his head and pouted miserably, "That corpse is definitely not the case of shredding the corpse as the police said, and the meat and internal organs were eaten to a pulp. ”
"So you think there's a monster in existence?"
The front table nodded sneakily, "That's what I saw with my own eyes, and, don't you think it's strange? If it was a normal beast attack, there would have been a lot of movement, but that day there was no movement at all. The murderer involved in the seven murders of the River Summer Festival did not include our school, and I always felt that these cases were inexplicably related...... In fact, I don't think ordinary people can do this kind of thing, so I came to find some information to see if there were any clues. ”
"Uh, you're really...... I have the energy. ”
Jasmine more or less knew that her wish since childhood was to be admitted to the University of Justice and become a police officer, but his fanatical appearance still scared her a little.
Well, this guy's interests are still very extensive, and he originally thought that the two-dimensional case-solving comics were true love, but he didn't expect that he was also very keen on being a detective in the three-dimensional time.
"Those guys don't believe me! I'm going to have to find evidence to show them. The front table tilted its head in some anger.
"By the way, there was a particularly strange thing that day, I heard ......"
Knock knock.
A series of hurried footsteps suddenly sounded, and halfway through their words, they raised their heads one after another, only to find that it was Chen Chen.
He seemed to be extremely agitated, and after finding Jasmine, he didn't say much, just walked over and grabbed her hand, and without saying a word, pulled her up from the ground.
"Chen Chen!"
Jasmine didn't dare to scream too loudly, and blushed to get rid of it. Oh my God, what the hell is going on with him, don't you see that there is still anyone around!
She was dragged all the way by Chen Chen, and shook his big cold and sturdy hand like a lock in annoyance, "What's wrong with you?!
Chen Chen stopped slightly, his expression was so strict that he couldn't get used to it, he patted Jasmine's hand, and his tone was much softer, but he didn't say anything, just wrote lightly: "Let's get out of here quickly......"
"Hey, wait! I'm going to borrow a book, bastard!"
Eventually, Jasmine borrowed the book, but as soon as she walked out of the library, she felt the awkward atmosphere repeated.
As soon as the goods came out, she let go of her hand, and it felt as if Jasmine had some bacteria or viruses on her hands.
Jasmine was a little aggrieved.
Well, it's not just grievances, it seems to be a little sad, well, and sad and angry and want to hit people or something.
I used to desperately want to get close to her, but now it's like this, it's really annoying, it's infuriating, okay!
Jasmine stared at him behind Chen Chen and stomped his feet hard, his head was about to explode, and he had to guess that this guy was even more difficult than a woman.