Chapter Seventy-Eight: The Telescope (6)

followed He Zhong all the way to the school cafeteria, Luo Chuan and Guan Shan stood outside the window and quietly looked in.

There were several teachers and two dozen children in the cafeteria, and they all sat down in a proper manner, obediently waiting for dinner. Judging from the title of the cafeteria staff, He Zhong is not lying, he is indeed the head of the grade, and it seems that he cares about these children. Even the dishes and chopsticks of each child are intimately prepared and neatly arranged, and he carefully serves soup to the children one by one.

Luo Chuan stood outside the window and shook his head, and whispered: "I have never felt that I am a person who judges people by their appearance, but how can I look at this He Zhong so awkward!" I can't say why, but I hate him when I see him. ”

Guan Shan also lowered his voice on the side and continued: "That may be caused by your years of experience in handling cases." I tell you, although he seems to be very amiable on the surface, in reality these children are very afraid of him. If you look at the way they sit, they say that they are sitting, but in fact, they are nervous. and the boy Yang Tianxin just now, when he saw He Zhong, he retreated step by step, and when he put his hands behind his back, this was a subconscious attitude of avoidance and fear. So I think that the head of this grade should usually be very harsh, and the way to punish the children is enough to make these hairy boys very scared. ”

"Well, I feel that way too. Also, Guan Shan, don't you think the atmosphere of their dinner is very weird now? At least it's very different from what I remember of the school cafeteria. Luo Chuan frowned, desperately trying to find out why he felt weird.

Guan Shan also said: "Maybe it's because the children don't look natural, a little stiff and restrained. Also, because there aren't that many people, they're all kids who go to a cram school after school. ”

Luo Chuan was not very relieved, so he watched the children finish eating, watched the children finish the cram school, and finally waited until they were all picked up by their parents, Luo Chuan and Guan Shan left the school and returned to their cars.

At this time, I glanced at my watch, and it was already eight o'clock in the evening. Luo Chuan felt a little tired, and it was really hard to imagine whether these children could really persevere in the day.

After stretching his waist, Luo Chuan said to Guan Shan: "You go back and rest, I want to stay here for a while." Anyway, I can't sleep when I go back, I want to think about Lin Xiaoting and that painting. ”

"If you don't leave, can I leave you here alone? It's okay, I don't have anything special to do when I go back, so I'll stay here with you for a while. There is a saying in criminal psychology that the closer you are to the victim or murderer, the more you can feel what they are feeling. That's why there are crime scene reconstructions and criminal psychology reconstructions. Guan Shan put the seat back a little bit to make himself as comfortable as possible in the car, because they might be here for a long time.

Luo Chuan leaned sideways on the seat, faced Guan Shan and said, "I may not really have any artistic talent, I don't understand why Lin Xiaoting likes that painting?" I also looked at it a few times, but I didn't find anything like a telescope in the painting, not even a star. Does this have anything to do with the case? ”

Guan Shan came to his senses and said to Luo Chuan: "What I can be sure of you is that that girl's experience is definitely not as simple as her parents said. She said she wanted to be the one in the scream, and you know what that person represents? Represents fear, loneliness, breakdown, despair, and death. If she had often had such thoughts during her lifetime, then her suicidal behavior was completely understandable. It was in extreme psychological pain and torture that Edvard Munch created that cry, and from a psychological point of view, I can fully affirm Lin Xiaoting's psychological state. But what I don't understand is how her parents could be completely unaware. Such a serious psychological change could not have been for no reason, how could they not know what had happened to their daughter at all? ”

Luo Chuan sighed: "Hey, just like you said, if they were willing to listen carefully to Lin Xiaoting's pain in her heart, there would be no follow-up incidents." So what are the clues we know now? A parent who is not very responsible, a teacher who is not very likable, a stern and scary head of grade, and a spooky and scary painting? The patchwork of these things can only prove one thing, that is, this school may be the source of Lin Xiaoting's suicide. But she's gone, so how can we know more? ”

"Although she is gone, the children who resonate with her are still there! I think we can have a good chat with that little boy. Guan Shan put forward his own ideas.

But Luo Chuan said with some hesitation: "Can it be done?" He is just a child, how much can he know about Lin Xiaoting? And it's not appropriate for this kind of thing to go through the parents, can the parents agree to us doing this? ”

"It's better to fight for it than not to have a chance, after all, this child is the only one who is closest to Lin Xiaoting from a psychological distance."

Luo Chuan chatted with Guan Shan about Lin Xiaoting's problem for a while, and then he suddenly looked out the window and said, "We watched the students being picked up by their parents, and we also saw the teachers getting off work one after another, but ...... Why didn't I seem to notice that He Zhong? ”

When Luo Chuan said this, Guan Shan also thought about it and said, "Maybe he left early, right?" Our attention was on the kids, not too much on him. Luo Chuan, what do you mean, do you think he's still in school? You...... Do you think something might happen to him? ”

Luo Chuan's expression became more and more nervous, and he opened the car door and said, "No, I can't tell, I just don't feel good." Let's go in and find out. ”

"This ......" Although Guan Shan hesitated, he still got out of the car and followed Luo Chuan to the gate of the school again. He wasn't sure if it was proper to search the school at night, but Luo Chuan's character had always been to do what he wanted to do, and he couldn't stop him, so he had to go with him.

The janitor on duty at night was an old man in his sixties, and he was already sleepy at eight or nine o'clock. When Luo Chuan knocked on the door of the communication room, the uncle yawned and was ready to rest. Originally, he didn't agree with Luo Chuan and Guan Shan entering the school, but when Luo Chuan revealed his identity, the uncle was very relieved. Not only did he open the door very happily, but he also told Luo Chuan that it was best to walk more, see more, and leave after three o'clock, so he would get up and patrol the night.

In the face of such a "dedicated" doorman uncle, Luo Chuan really didn't want to say more, so he took two flashlights from the uncle's residence and entered the school.

The school building at night always looks a little weird, different from the atmosphere of vitality and vitality during the day, the huge school, countless classrooms, empty. Staying for a long time will inevitably make people feel a little panicked. That's probably why a lot of horrors are set in schools.

The dim flashlight seems to be engulfed in the darkness very quickly, and the difference between having and not is not very big, at most it is better than nothing. And after entering the teaching building, the eerie atmosphere is even more obvious.

Guan Shan walked in front of Luo Chuan and couldn't help but smile softly and said, "I suddenly feel like two college students exploring a haunted house now, which reminds me of my college life." It's windy, it's cold, don't say it's really like that. Luo Chuan, you see that you are like this, while saying that you hate the bald director, you are so concerned about his safety. We have seen it from the outside just now, the lights are off in the entire teaching building, if that He Zhong is really still in the school, then what is he doing in the dark? Crazy, right? ”

"It's impossible for a living person to do this, but a dead person doesn't care if it's dark or not." Luo Chuan's mood was still tense, and he didn't mean to joke at all.

This also made Guan Shan serious, he stopped and asked Luo Chuan: "Do you think He Zhong is dead?" This shouldn't be likely, right? We had only been out of school for less than two hours, and we had been at the school gate for two hours. Luo Chuan, are you ......?"

"I hope I'm thinking too much, I just don't feel good, come and see if it can make me feel at ease. Of course, it's best if there's nothing going on, and it doesn't hurt for us to take a look at this school. Don't you and I both suspect that there is something wrong with the school? Wouldn't it be better if the reason for Lin Xiaoting's suicide could be found here? There are teachers and students here during the day, there are too many people, it is not convenient to check anything, or this is the best time. Luo Chuan said and went upstairs and walked to the fifth-grade teacher's office.

There are a few desks with a large pile of textbooks and a few pots of greenery. There is a large bookshelf on the right-hand side, which also contains a lot of textbooks. There are two kettles on the windowsill, as well as a couple of teacups. Next to the teacup is a small shelf with several cans of tea on the shelf.

Luo Chuan casually picked up the tea caddy placed in the corner, looked at it casually and prepared to put it back. But just as he was about to put it back, because of the change in the posture of his hand, there was a crisp crashing sound from the tea can.

What's in this tea can? The tea leaves are shaking in the jar, but you can't make this sound.

Luo Chuan hurriedly asked Guan Shan to take a flashlight to help light it, and he opened the tea caddy without hesitation. A smell of tea wafted out, and inside was a large pot of tea leaves. Luo Chuan tossed and shook again, and only then did he pour out something from it.

Is that...... An adult\ product/sex/fun\ toy.

Luo Chuan was furious all of a sudden, he looked at the contents of the tea jar and scolded angrily: "Bastard! Who did this! How can such a thing be brought into elementary schools! I can't tell the difference between personal time and working time, how can this kind of person be a teacher! ”

Seeing that Luo Chuan's emotions were getting more and more excited, Guan Shan hurriedly stepped forward and covered his mouth with his hand, reminding: "No matter what you find, you just pack it and take it away, you are shouting so loudly, do we still need to investigate?" I think...... It seems like there's more to it than just us. ”

"W-What do you mean?" Luo Chuan also calmed down and listened carefully to the movement outside. But the whole school building was silent, and there was not the slightest sound.

Luo Chuan asked Guan Shan with his eyes suspiciously, and Guan Shan put his index finger to his lips and said, "Shh, I really heard some sounds just now, but now it's gone." The voice should have come from the music classroom, Luo Chuan, now is not the time to be angry, we may be about to solve the case. You have to be vigilant at this critical time! There may really be more than the two of us in this school building right now. ”

"Could it be that the doorman is coming to us?" Luo Chuan asked.

"No way, you forgot what the old man said? He wants us to go after his night patrol. In that case, it would save him from getting up and patrolling the night. So, it is impossible for him to come to us. Even if it was him, he could shake the flashlight to guide the direction or shout, why be sneaky? Guan Shan put forward a different opinion, so that Luo Chuan was fully vigilant.

Luo Chuan wrapped the tea caddy with a piece of paper, then threw it into the bag and said, "Let's go, let's go out and have a look." It's a person or a ghost. ”

"The sound I just heard wasn't like footsteps, it was more like the tick of some kind of timer, and the sound of something winding up, I can't say it because it's so far away." Guan Shan tried hard to describe the strange sound he heard, although it was not the sound of human footsteps, but no matter what the sound was, it had to be made by people. Therefore, Guan Shan believes that there are not only two people in the teaching building, but also Luo Chuan, there must be a person who makes a loud sound, hiding near the music classroom.

At this moment, the sound of piano music suddenly came from the silent school building!

In the empty corridor at night, the echo was very loud, and even Luo Chuan was startled by the music that suddenly sounded. He stood still and grabbed Guan Shan, reminding, "Be careful, maybe we are in the same building as him now." The light is dim, so be careful around you. You're right, the sound is coming from the music classroom, let's go and have a look. ”

The sound of the moonlight sonata echoed melodiously in the empty and silent corridor, looking extremely eerie. It's just that Luo Chuan's heart has no fear, only nervousness and anxiety. Because he knows best that when the moonlight song sounds, there will be a murder.

The footsteps of Luo Chuan and Guan Shan walked towards the music classroom with the echo of the moonlight song. Who knows what awaits them there, a dead body? Or a third victim with a telescope in his body? Or, is it the Moonlight Killer himself? No matter where he was hiding now, Luo Chuan and the others had to confirm the fact that they were in the same building as the killer before the moonlight song sounded.