That year, Dmitry was fourteen years old, and so was Yuan Bin. And, of course, Li Yuan and Sunset.

At that time, they were all first-year students at Nanxiang Junior High School, which is now a new district that will soon be developed. But at that time, it was just an ordinary township close to the countryside.

It would have been a carefree summer vacation – if that hadn't happened.

On the afternoon of the second day of summer vacation, a few boys played a game of "earth fight" on a hill near the school, where they "went to war" with each other in small balls of dirt.

After more than half an hour, the four boys, all tired and out of breath, sat down together on a big rock to rest. Seeing that each other was all gray-faced, they laughed happily.

After a few minutes of rest, Li Yuan said, "Come, let's continue playing!" ”

Dmitry shook his head: "It's not fun to play a game all the time. ”

"So what are we going to do? You say how to play! Li Yuan said.

Dmitry thought for a moment with his head on his hand, but he didn't think of anything good to propose.

At this time, Yuan Bin suddenly straightened up, his eyes lit up: "I thought of a fun idea." ”

"What?" The other three asked together.

"Do you remember the idiom that Teacher Shan taught us in Chinese class last week?" Yuan Bin said.

"Which idiom?" Dmitry asked.

"'Three people become tigers'! It's a man who tells you that there's a tiger on the street, and you don't believe it; And the second man said, Thou wilt not believe ......."

"When the third person told me there were tigers on the street, I believed it." Dmitry continued, "The idiom is a metaphor for a lie that if it appears to a person repeatedly, then he may take it as true — but what happens to the idiom? ”

"Don't you want to try? If a lie is really spread by more than three people, is it really going to be believed? ”

Dmitry understood, and he sat up straight. "Sounds interesting, so how do we try—what do you think?"

Yuan Bin thought for a while and said, "This idiom was spoken by Teacher Shan...... Then let's try it from him! ”

"How do you try?" Li Yuan and Sunset are also interested.

Yuan Bin looked around and saw the waterhole below the small hillside. He slapped his leg: "I have an idea!" We went to talk to the teacher and said: There is a boy in our class who went to swim in the waterhole and drowned. See if he will believe it! ”

"Ahh Making such a big joke with a teacher? A little later, right? Sunset is worried.

"But we're testing whether the idioms he taught us are really correct!" Yuan Bin said, "Besides, Teacher Shan is usually very good to us, and he won't blame us." Just explain it to him afterwards. ”

"Good! That's it! Dmitry jumped to his feet excitedly, "It's so much fun!" ”

"Then let's discuss it first......" Yuan Bin took the shoulders of the other three people and began to plan.

Mr. Shan Wenjun is a Chinese teacher in Meide's class, a young man who has just graduated from university, handsome, humorous and talkative. He and the students are like friends, often playing and chatting with everyone, and he is deeply loved by the students.

After the summer vacation, Mr. Shan did not go home immediately, and still lived in the single dormitory assigned to him by the school for the past few days.

"Teacher Shan...... Teacher Shan! Oh no! Li Yuan and Sunset ran to the door of Teacher Shan's dormitory and slammed the door violently.

Ten seconds later, Teacher Shan opened the door. Because of the heat, he was barefoot, and when he saw the two people with frightened faces, he hurriedly asked, "What's wrong, what's wrong?" ”

"Single ...... Teacher Shan, Zhong Lin...... Fell into a pool! Li Yuan rushed into the house and shouted loudly.

"What!" Teacher Shan was shocked.

At this time, Yuan Bin and Mei De also ran into the house out of breath and shouted, "Something happened!" Zhong Lin fell into the pool! ”

Teacher Shan glanced at the four of them, threw the pen in his hand on the table, and looked for his sandals on the ground, but only found one, and the other was missing.

"Quick! Take me there! Teacher Shan didn't bother to look for shoes, and rushed out of the house with only one shoe, anxiously urging the four of them.

"It's in that waterhole down the hillside!" Yuan Bin shouted.

Teacher Shan didn't have time to wait for them, so he quickly ran out of the school gate and ran towards the small hill. Yuan Bin smirked at the other three people, they knew that the plan had succeeded.

"Quick, keep up. Tell the teacher that we're just joking. Sunset said.

But at this time, Teacher Shan had already run away without a shadow, and the four of them hurriedly caught up.

By the time the four of them came to the small hill, Teacher Shan had already run towards the waterhole at the bottom of the mountain. He was convinced that Zhong Lin had fallen into the water. In order to save people, he took off his short sleeves, shirt and sandals while running, and wore only a pair of shorts, and he was about to approach the waterhole.

Just when Yuan Bin was about to tell Teacher Shan to stop and tell him the truth, something happened that they didn't expect.

When he was still a few meters away from the waterhole, Mr. Shan accidentally tripped over a stone and rolled into the waterhole because he was running too fast! He threw himself up and down in the water, and in a moment he sank, leaving only a series of blisters on the surface.

It happened so suddenly that the four of Medde barely reacted, and they were stunned by what they saw.

After about five minutes, there were no more bubbles on the surface of the water, and the previous calm was restored, and Mr. Shan did not float.

Yuan Bin was the first to react, his face was like earth, he sat on the ground, trembling all over: "Oh my God! We're in trouble! Teacher Shan...... He, he drowned! ”

Li Yuan and Sunset were completely stunned. Dmide's eyes were fixed on the water.

After about another three or four minutes, Dmitry said in horror, "Teacher Shan is really drowning!" It is impossible for the average person to stay in the water for so long and still be alive! ”

Li Yuan, who was the least courageous, cried "wow".

"Shut up!" Medder let out a loud shout, then turned his head and looked at Yuan Bin sweating profusely, "Strange, why didn't Teacher Shan's body float up?" ”

"There are aquatic plants in this pool, have you forgotten? My dad told me when I was a kid that I should never swim in this pool. Teacher Shan must have been entangled in aquatic plants! ”

"Oh my God! What do we do now? Sunset panicked.

Med gasped and looked around, then quickly picked up the clothes and sandals that Teacher Shan had just taken off, and said in a suppressed voice, "Let's get out of here quickly!" ”

The four of them ran up the hill and then into the woods on the other side of the mountain. Very few people come here.

Dmitry carefully observed the surroundings, and after making sure that there was no one, he put down Teacher Shan's clothes and sandals, hugged a handful of dead leaves and covered them, and whispered, "Which of you has matches on you?" ”

"What do you want to do?" Yuan Bin asked.

"Burn these things, of course! Be quick! I'm not sure if anyone will come to this place for a while. ”

"You...... Do you want to hide it? Yuan Bin took a few steps back.

Dmitry took a step forward, and he stared at Yuan Bin's eyes tightly: "Do you think we have any other options?" ”

"I ...... I do not know. Yuan Bin shook his head vigorously, his eyes full of panic.

"Listen," Med said, turning to Li Yuan and Sunset, "we have to calm down now, things have happened and can't be changed." ”

Li Yuan and Sunset didn't dare to speak, gasping desperately.

"There is no doubt that Teacher Shan is dead, although it was an accident, but the cause was because of our stupid idea! Have you ever thought that if this matter is known to others, we will not only be expelled from school, but also held criminally responsible - our lives will be over! Dmitry said with his head down.

Yuan Bin's face was pale, and beads of sweat dripping down his forehead: "However, a big living person just disappeared like this, wouldn't anyone know?" ”

Dmitry made a gesture with his hand, motioning for him to stop.

"We think back from the beginning, when the four of us rushed to Teacher Shan's dormitory, which was a small house of less than ten square meters, we all saw that Teacher Shan was only one person at home."

Then, we told him the lie that Zhong Lin had fallen into the water, and Mr. Shan immediately rushed to the small hillside. We followed, did you notice that when this process took place, did anyone see it? ”

Sunset thought for a moment, then affirmed, "No one should have seen it, I was looking around on purpose." It's the hottest time, and most people are staying at home. ”

"Okay, then, Teacher Shan accidentally fell into the water - until we left the pool. I also deliberately observed, but still no one saw it. ”

Dmitry stopped, and the other three looked at him.

"Do you understand? As long as the four of us don't say anything, no one will know that Teacher Shan's death has anything to do with us. ”

"However, as I said just now, it is only a matter of time before Teacher Shan is found missing." Yuan Bin said.

"If you think about it, there is a detail: in order to save people, Mr. Shan took off his clothes before entering the water - in this way, when someone finds out that Mr. Shan has drowned, they may think that he drowned while swimming in the pool, and they will not think that it has anything to do with us." Dmitry said.

"Then why do we have to burn Teacher Shan's clothes? Wouldn't it be nice to put it near the water and let people find out? Sunset whispered.

"Fool! We burned our clothes so that no one would find out that Mr. Shan had drowned in a waterhole in a short time! The later this is discovered, the better it will be for us. Dmitry said.

“…… Teacher Shan used to be so good to us, but now that we have killed him, and we still want to do this, I really think ......" Li Yuan was about to cry again.

Before he could finish speaking, Dmitry grabbed him by the collar and said fiercely, "Then you can tell this matter, and we will go to jail together!" ”

Li Yuan was stupefied, and he kept shaking.

After a few minutes of silence, Yuan Bin said: "Just do as Med said, we will dispose of Teacher Shan's clothes, and then we can't mention this matter to anyone!" ”

The other three looked at each other and nodded.

"Who has matches?" Dmitry asked again.

A few people touched their trousers, but none of them had matches on them.

Med lowered his head and thought for a while, then suddenly raised his head and said, "Li Yuan, what about that magnifying glass fragment you just played?" Give it to me. ”

Li Yuan was stunned for a moment, but immediately understood that now was the time when the sunlight was at its strongest, and he could use a magnifying glass to focus the light and ignite the dead leaves to ignite the fire.

Five minutes later, a flame ignited deep in the grove. In order to prevent the fire from spreading, several people cleaned up the dead leaves around them. In a short time, Teacher Shan's clothes and sandals turned into a cloud of charred ash.

The four men dug a pit and buried the burnt residue in it, and then brought some branches and dead leaves and scattered them on it. With everything laid out, they breathed a sigh of relief.

"Now, remember. We act as if nothing happened. When you get home, do what you need to do and don't show any flaws. Dmitry ordered the other three. Before you know it, he's become the leader of the matter.

Yuan Bin, Sunset, and Li Yuan nodded their heads. After that, they went home separately.

When he got home, Mmet pretended that nothing had happened. But he deliberately glanced at the big clock in the living room—if he was not wrong in his speculation, the time of Mr. Shan's death should have been around 3:20 p.m. on July 13.

At dinner, the parents didn't notice anything unusual about Dmide, and they were still talking and laughing at the dinner table.

After dinner, Dmitry went back to his room early. Lying in bed, he finally began to tremble—what had happened this afternoon was terrible.

It's all to blame Yuan Bin for coming up with that damn "trial game"! Teacher Shan actually lost his life because of such a boring joke, it was really not worth it! However, Med suddenly remembered that he was the first to support Yuan Bin's plan at that time - now, who can blame him?

Thinking of Teacher Shan's usual goodness, Med burst into tears, and he turned around to get the paper towel on the desk.

Suddenly, he noticed a person standing next to the bed at some point. Dmitry looked up and saw that it was Teacher Shan! He's looking at himself with wide eyes!

Dmitry was so frightened that he screamed and almost rolled out of bed. At this time, he opened his eyes and woke up.

It turned out that after entering the room, he lay on the bed and fell asleep unconsciously. Dmitry gasped for air—it was just a nightmare.

However, what happened in the afternoon was completely real. Dread sighed, and he thought how nice it would be if it was all a dream.

He sat on the bed in a daze, and after a few minutes, he felt a little dry and got out of bed to look for slippers. Prepare to pour a glass of water to drink.

Suddenly, Dmide's face suddenly turned pale, his heart jumped wildly, and he thought of something, something that he had completely ignored!