Chapter 84: The Library
The sky was getting darker, and the street lights on both sides of the school road were lit up at this time.
Jiang Liu stood in front of the library, looking at the open door. A strange feeling welled up in my mind. He didn't know why he felt this way, but when he saw this library, he had a hunch in his heart that Xu Ya was likely to disappear here.
The feeling came inexplicably, but it was so clear.
A strong feeling of discomfort emanated from inside the library door and enveloped him, and deep in his brain gave him a serious warning, urging him to get out of here quickly.
He stood in front of the library and hesitated whether he wanted to go in or not, but immediately the cowardice in his heart was defeated by curiosity, he wanted to find out what was going on, Xu Ya's disappearance during the day was like a warning, warning him that all these things were strange.
The more he thought about it, the more frightened he felt, so he simply stopped thinking about it and took a deep breath and walked towards the library.
As soon as he walked into the library, he saw an old man sitting alone behind the counter, the old man with a pair of reading glasses, squinting at the book in his hand by the light on the ceiling, the title of the book was not clear, but it was guessed that it was some biography or something.
Seeing someone in the library, Jiang Liu's heart felt a little safe, and he stepped forward and asked, "Grandpa, excuse me." ”
The old man who heard the sound of the river raised his head, looked at the river with his cloudy eyes, and looked at it for a few seconds before making a sound, the old man's voice was full of a sense of vicissitudes of life, and it seemed to carry a sigh. Jiang Liu wondered why he could hear so much emotion from the old man's tone.
"What's the matter?"
"That's right, old man, let me ask, did you ever see a girl about my age come here at this time yesterday?"
"Yesterday?"
"Yes!" Jiang Liu nodded.
“... Think about it. The old man pondered for a while before he said, "Not impressed." ”
"Grandpa, think about it again, don't you really see a girl coming here?" Jiang Liu asked unrelentingly.
"Classmate, there are many girls who are about the same age as you, how do I know which one you want me to think?"
The old man moved his gaze from Jiang Liu's body to the book in his hand again, carefully experiencing the language and culture in the book.
Hearing the old man's words, Jiang Liu was stunned and thought: Yes! This is the school, and there are so many people who come to the library every day, how can the old man know which one I am talking about.
Thinking of this, Jiang Liu recalled Xu Yachuan's clothes yesterday, and said: "Grandpa, the girl I'm looking for came here at about this point yesterday, wearing a white shirt and blue jeans.... By the way, the hairstyle is a ponytail, do you have any impressions, old man? ”
"This time yesterday!"
"Yes, white shirt, blue jeans, ponytail, do you remember?"
"I seem to remember when you say that."
The old man took off his reading glasses, slowly closed the book and put it on the counter, looked at Jiang Liu and asked, "Yesterday, there was such a classmate who came to the library, because it was a new face, so I was more impressed." ”
Jiang Liu was overjoyed, he really found the right place! Hurriedly continued to ask, "Then when did you leave when you saw her yesterday?" ”
"I didn't see it," the old man shook his head and continued, "I took a nap yesterday, and I didn't see when the little girl you said left. But every night before nine o'clock I would make my rounds around the library and then close the door, and I didn't see the girl when I was on the round, so she might have left when I was napping. ”
"So do you know where she read the book before?" Jiang Liu asked unwillingly.
"Hmm, I want to think about it... I think it was there. The old man stretched out his hand and pointed in the direction.
Jiang Liu followed the old man's finger and found that the direction the old man was pointing in the corner of the library, and where to read the book was basically impossible to find.
"After looking at it for a while, it seems like going upstairs again." As he spoke, the old man pointed to the staircase that led to the second floor.
Jiang Liu looked at the staircase that led to the second floor, which was illuminated by the light and was exceptionally bright. Although this is the case, I don't know if it was the experience in the ghost building last time that made Jiang Liu have a strange feeling about the stairs, which cannot be said to be afraid, but as long as it is dark, or when it is extremely quiet, he will feel uncomfortable in his heart.
After looking at it for a while, Jiang turned his head and said to the old man, "Grandpa, can I go upstairs to have a look?" ”
"Well, but I'm going to close soon, you pay attention to the time."
After saying that, the old man stopped paying attention to Jiang Liu, put on his reading glasses again, opened the book, and continued to read the book under the light.
Jiang Liu also stopped talking, and after thanking the old man, he walked to the second floor. Probably due to the quietness, when Jiang Liu was walking the stairs, his footsteps were very loud, which made Jiang Liu frightened and mentally concentrated.
Nothing happened until he came to the second floor, Jiang Liu breathed a sigh of relief and began to turn his attention to the library on the second floor.
The second floor is more atmospheric than the first floor, each bookshelf is placed very regularly, there is a distance of about two meters between the bookshelf and the bookcase, and the size is no different from the downstairs. Because the bookshelves blocked the view of the river, he couldn't finish the layout of the second floor, so he had to continue walking inside.
After walking through a few bookshelves, Jiang Liu felt that something was wrong, looked around, and didn't find any weird scenes, he felt a little puzzled, and couldn't think of what was weird.
"Click, click......"
The sound of footsteps echoed in the library on the second floor, and every step seemed to be beating a drum, which shook his heart extremely uncomfortable.
Just as he walked to a bookshelf on the second floor, he saw something on the ground in the corner of his eye, and this discovery made him stop. He walked slowly towards the bookshelf, took a few steps, and by the light above his head, he could see what the thing was on the ground.
It turned out to be a book!
Jiang Liu squatted down and picked up the book, and found that it was a history book, and he didn't find anything after opening it for a few nights. I thought to myself, I guess which student accidentally dropped it during the day.
Thinking like this, he was about to put the book back on the shelf, but this time, he found something!
The type displayed on the bookshelf was horror novels, and he looked down at the history book in his hand again, and had a trace of doubt in his heart, but after thinking about it for a long time, he couldn't think of it, so he had to find the bookshelf where the history books were put and put the history books in his hand back.
He went through the library on the second floor again, but when he couldn't find any clues, he turned and went down the stairs.
When he went downstairs, he saw that there was no one on the counter, and he was startled, and just as he was about to make a sound, the old man's voice came from the corner of the library.
"Classmate, are you leaving?"
It turned out that I went on patrol. Jiang Liu breathed a sigh of relief: "Yes, grandpa, I'll go first." ”
"Well, I'm closing the door soon."
"Goodbye, old man!"
When Jiang Liu walked out of the library, the uncomfortable feeling that had been suppressed in his heart finally disappeared, and after looking back at the library, Jiang Liu walked towards the dormitory building.