I don't know how I got into the afternoon class in a daze and then went back to the bachelor apartment like the walking dead.

Twentieth hour after the paranormal event in the video, the night is getting darker, the darkness is precipitating, and looking out the window, it is already full of neon flashes, bright but not messy.

In the silence of the bachelor apartment, only the sound of tapping on the keyboard can be heard, which is becoming more and more monotonous and weak.

At this moment, I suddenly felt a breath and raised my eyes.

The room was pitch black, and I looked around the room to the left and right, but I couldn't find anything out of the ordinary.

――This must be an illusion, and there can be no one.

Just as I put down the big stone in my heart, my phone rang...... The caller is blank.

"Hello?"

The other party was silent for a long time, and then hung up the phone coldly.

- Is it a prank?

I went into the bathroom to take a shower and get dressed. After that, I sat on the bed and stared blankly out of the glass window.

I tried to summarize what happened last night, but I couldn't figure it out.

Which part is reality and which part is hallucination? I can't even judge that.

The curtains fluttered lightly.

- It's strange that I didn't open the window.

I got up and approached the window.

Through the gap in the lace curtains, I saw Mu Tongtong standing on the other side of the window.

“…… Mu Tongtong? ”

I quickly opened the curtains, opened the window, and went to the balcony.

But no matter how much I look for it, I just can't see Mu Tongtong.

Tongtong? - Where did she go?

I tried to lean out from the balcony and look down - but Mu Tongtong couldn't be down there, this was the fourth floor.

It is impossible to stand outside the balcony out of thin air.

――Is it really a hallucination......

I sat at my desk, my fingers mechanically pulling at the long hair hanging down my chest, and the female classmates around me were fiercely discussing the bizarre case of "the inexplicable death of a billionaire, suspected to be due to a century-old curse of the family" that had been spread in the circle of friends, but it did not reach my ears at all, because my thoughts had already floated thousands of miles away.

By the time I visited Shi Lingren's small office here, it was already thirty-six hours after the video paranormal event.

This time, I wasn't wearing a spring dress, but a turtleneck sweater and a denim skirt.

The body is very tired, and the heart is cold.

"Enough, I'm not a detective agency, why did I go one after another......"

This was the first thing the Shiling people said to me when I visited here again.

Shi Ling unceremoniously complained as he boiled water with an alcohol lamp and a beaker.

――It seems that the teaching director also has some problems for Shi Lingren, right?

Thinking about it, a beaker was placed in front of me.

This smell ...... It is instant coffee.

"Huh? This can't be what you just cooked in a beaker, right? ”

"You think I have the money to buy a coffee pot? That's right, it's cooked in a genuine beaker. I came from the lab, and instead of letting them use it for inexplicable chemical experiments, it would be better to use it for me, which would be happier for the beaker. ”

- Wow! Is there something wrong with this person's head?

"I guess that's not the point...... Drinking this stuff will make you have diarrhea. ”

"There are also science graduate students who use separators to make mung bean soup! You stop talking nonsense, drink and see. Now that you've gone and come back, you'll need it next. ”

- The devil wants to drink it! I'm not one of those unsuspecting girls, and I don't want to wake up and find out that I've lost a kidney or something more important.

"By the way, what are you looking for me?" Shi Ling urged me to explain.

Aren't you going to cut your iron mouth, your yin and yang eyes?

Where to start? I couldn't think of an easy-to-understand explanation, so I had to tell Shi Ling people what actually happened from the beginning in order.

"Anyway, she was nowhere to be found, and all means of communication were never available...... I don't know what to do......"

The more he listened, the tighter his eyebrows became, and the hand tapping on the table gradually stopped, until I finished speaking, and he let out a long breath: "It's really weird and a little scary." Could it be just Mu Tongtong's prank? ”

"I thought so, too, but she had no reason unless someone was using her name." …… Is there really no reason?

"If it's a prank, just ignore it!"

I shook my head: "But what about the terrifying QQ video, the disappearing figure?" Also, why did Mu Tongtong drop out of school and move after going to the tube building? And when I said she was going to get married, why did the girl panic and say it couldn't be? ”

"Why do you make me dizzy with so much!" Shi Lingren scratched her short hair in annoyance: "In other words, you think her disappearance is related to the ghost, so you want to entrust me to investigate?" ”

"Yes. I heard that Counselor Shi, you are very good at this...... Excuse me...... Isn't it possible? ”

"Then why don't you ask her ex-boyfriend first?"

"Uh......" I stirred the coffee unnaturally, "I deleted his phone number." Okay, instead of waiting for nothing here, I might as well go and find Mu Tongtong myself! ”

"Hmph, classmate Shen, you are worthy of being a talented writer, you have to get to the bottom of everything, I think it's clear that you are drilling the horns! Alright," Shi Lingren said with his elbows propped up on the table, his hands clasped. "I've put together a few possibilities that can explain the strange things that are happening around you."

"Possibility?"

"Yes, I have two possibilities in mind. In fact, as long as you listen objectively, you can naturally come to that conclusion, but this time you are too subjective. ”

"Subjective?"

"That's why you have blind spots, unconsciously denying these two obvious possibilities."

"Well......" - I don't understand what he's saying.

"Let's put it to the test. The first possibility is that everything you see is an illusion. ”

"It can't be, because I really saw it with my own eyes." I emphasize.

"See, you've dismissed the first possibility at once."

Yes! - I was shocked.

Shi Ling is right, from the perspective of others, he will indeed think of this first.

I see—I finally understand it now.

"Everything you see is an illusion. Humans are creatures that can easily fall into delusion. After the terrifying experience of three people becoming tigers, they became suspicious and suspicious, suspecting that they were haunted by ghosts, so they would see those vague and unknown things in the dark room as female ghosts, and they would also listen to the subtle sounds that could not be heard clearly to the voices of adults. Or maybe your friend just moved quietly out of some kind of distress, and you just made up the cause and effect......"

"Mu Tongtong will never do this!"

"Don't get excited, you can listen to me." Shi Ling persuaded him.

"But ......"

"That's how you deny other possibilities, and you can't figure it out."

"But ......"

"In fact, it's very likely that she's just in a hurry to move for some reason and plans to contact you once she's settled in. Maybe you'll want to say something after listening to her reasoning, so that's the case! And laugh it off. ”

Hearing him say that, it's really possible. I feel like the weight on my shoulders has become lighter. Although Shi Ling was reluctant in every way, it was indeed right to discuss this issue with him.

"Another possibility?"

Faced with my question, Shi Lingren's face was visibly furrowed.

"If you can, I'd like to wait until things get clearer before I tell you......"

"It's just a possibility, isn't it?"

"That's right, I want you to hear it as a possibility."

I nodded.

Shi Ling scratched his head rustlingly, and then spoke:

"If what you see isn't an illusion......"

- I don't want to hear it.

Someone in my head is talking, and that person could be myself—another self.

However, this sentence could not reach the ears of Shi Lingren. He went on without hesitation:

"Your friend is probably dead. Since she appears to you as a ghost, it means ......"

I felt as if I was falling from a great height.

I don't want to listen to what Shi Ling is going to say next.

- I'm sure I'll be able to see Mu Tongtong, definitely!

I wanted to do something for my friend, but I didn't know what to do in this situation. Thankfully, this man was surprisingly reliable......

Shi Lingren took a deep breath and looked at the ceiling and thought for a long time. I stared expectantly at Shi Ling with a pair of apricot eyes.

"Five thousand yuan is the same price."

"Huh? You're going to collect money from me? ”

"Are you my leader?"

"No, it's not."

"Or are you my girlfriend?"

"Don't laugh."

"Then give the money."

"Why?"

"It's not a girlfriend or a leader, why do you want me to do things for you for free? This is not a placebo like Director Zuo, it is for 'crime scene investigation' or 'mystery case tracking', do you know how many lunch boxes are distributed in an episode of a crime drama! Shi Ling's mouth is foaming, if those girls see this scene, they will definitely feel that their ideals have collapsed, and they don't love it.

Who can't tell the difference between fantasy and reality!

Strictly speaking, Shi Ling is not wrong, but I always find it unacceptable.

However, I can't just leave Mu Tongtong alone.

"I see, I'll pay. However, please allow me to pay later. ”

"Deposit 20%, one thousand. When you're done, you pay the rest. ”

I took a piece of Grandpa Mao out of my wallet and put it on the table.

Shi Ling shook his head. I had no choice but to take out two more Grandpa Mao, but Shi Lingren shook his head again.

"That's a lot of difference."

"Now all I have is this money."

I picked up my empty wallet and shook it in front of Shi Lingren.

"It's the same as rumored......" Shi Lingren yawned and changed the subject, "I know, give me her photo and contact information, and I'll investigate." ”

This guy isn't going to be casually perfunctory, right?

Judging from these two interviews, I can't be sure if Shi Ling will really investigate, when this person opens his eyes and tells nonsense, I don't know if he is joking or serious, I really can't figure out him!

Very sleepy, after all, there was no sleep all night.

I made up my mind, "Let's go together!" How about now? ”

Thirty-nine hours after the paranormal event in the video, Shi Lingren and I stood in front of the apartment where Mu Tongtong used to live. This time, Shi Ling and I visited the first place to be the property company that managed Mu Tongtong's previous residence.

On the way, I bought two cups of coffee, Shi Ling bought a box of fruit, not only beautifully packaged, he also asked the clerk to tie a ribbon on it, of course, I was the one who paid the bill.

Shi Lingren didn't explain what it was used for, and only used the phrase "social engineering that is compulsory for gentlemen".

What the hell is this?

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