Chapter 41: Strange Rumors

As soon as he pushed open the door of the gym, Liu Tie looked around with a worried gaze, and finally found no strange traces, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

It's okay, it's okay, it's really because I'm thinking too much, and nothing should have happened, right......?

Liu Tie was a little weak-hearted.

He actually didn't think that the character of the eldest lady would do ridiculous things in junior high school, most likely it was just that his imagination was too rich and misunderstood.

But what was the matter with the two girls he had just heard?

It's not good for him to ask directly, or he doesn't listen to the eldest lady's orders, so some things can only be guessed.

Liu Tie walked around the gym twice, and after making sure that there were no valuable clues left, he was ready to leave.

But at this moment, his eyes froze and fell on the target post.

Liu Tie approached the target pillar to take a closer look, and found that it only added new "wounds" to the neck, heart, and thighs that corresponded to the vital points of human beings.

The difference between these marks and the old marks that had previously spread all over the body is very clear, because the marks left are deeper, the gaps are larger, and the locations are concentrated.

Compared with the shallow marks, these wounds seem to have been carved with a knife in close proximity; But the beautiful, neat, one-time cut is enough to negate this speculation.

"Yes...... That kid left with a throwing knife? ”

Liu Tie looked at them in amazement, and couldn't help but think of the scene when these wounds appeared on the human body-

There was a slight chill on the man's back. He had witnessed more than one time when people were seriously wounded, stabbed and fleshed out, so he knew how terrible it was for someone to leave such a wound on a stake, and this was by no means the strength and eyesight that an amateur could develop by daily training.

"Young people these days are really amazing."

Liu Tie touched a handful of sweat on his head and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"Speaking of which, it is reassuring to have such a friend with 'unique skills' to accompany the eldest lady in school...... But at the end of the day, it depends on what the boss thinks. ”

*

After that, Liu Tie drove the young people home.

The time quickly came to the next day.

The two plans set before, one is to visit Teacher Gao, and at the same time find a way to make Miss Xie awaken her abilities; The other is to hire detectives to find out the whereabouts of the explorer and the "body".

The latter takes time to find the right candidate, while the former ......

They decided to act now. It's always better to get things done sooner rather than later.

In the evening, the classrooms are noisy after a long day of classes. The students on duty began to wipe the blackboard and mop the floor, and the corridor outside the door walked by the children chatting enthusiastically with their school bags, and the stairs on both sides were soon crowded with middle school students on the way home.

"You said you were going to visit Teacher Gao?"

After Yan Jingxing mentioned this matter to Qiao Peng, the squad leader who was about to go to the office, the other party's eyes widened in surprise.

"I think it's strange that her classes are all substitute teachers these days, and all kinds of messy gossip are flying all over the sky...... So, Teacher Gao is really sick? In the past two days, do you want to organize everyone to buy some fruit or something to visit her? ”

Yan Jingxing opened his mouth and wanted to refuse, after all, this was a matter for the three of them.

According to his experience of going to school in the city, when a classmate or teacher is sick, he often organizes people to take turns to visit, which is no problem, but the problem is-

"By the way, I almost forgot to ask, which hospital is Mr. Gao in?"

Ankang Hospital Mental Health Center. Do you know the place? It was built on a hill and used to be a sanatorium. ”

“……”

Qiao Peng didn't react for a while, he helped the glasses that slipped off the bridge of his nose, and asked in surprise:

"You mean that house is crazy...... Psychiatric hospital? ”

"Yes."

Yan Jingxing nodded.

"Yes...... You can't just go in and visit that kind of hospital, do you have to apply in advance? ”

"Yes, I have already applied. Are you still going? ”

Similar trivial matters have always been handled by the reliable eldest lady.

"I—I'd better think again."

The class leader hurriedly shook his head.

"Well, it's fine. Then I'll go first. ”

Yan Jingxing put on his bag and prepared to leave.

At this time, he heard someone outside the door beckoning him, a familiar and pleasant voice, as beautiful as a clear spring, but the words that came out were ......

"-Let's go, Yan Jingxing, what are you still grinding in the classroom? Let's go to a psychiatric hospital! ”

“……”

As soon as these words came out, almost all the eyes of everyone in the classroom were focused, and even the students from other classes who were passing by the corridor at this moment couldn't help but cast their eyes curiously.

Yan Jingxing lowered his head, quickened his pace and walked out of the classroom, and in a blink of an eye, he saw Ji Chunzao leaning against the tile wall on the side of the corridor, waving his arms vigorously at him, and smiling brightly.

He still remembers that this guy ran out almost as soon as the class bell rang, did he expect too much?

Yan Jing walked to her side and couldn't help but complain:

"Next time, don't shout so loudly, people will think I'm going to a mental hospital!"

"What's the matter, I'm telling the truth."

"Do you really not understand or pretend to ......"

Well, looking at the curvature of the corners of this girl's mouth, he already knows the answer.

Although Ji Chunzao sometimes thinks out of tune, it doesn't mean that she is not smart, she is clearly playing tricks on people at this time.

After all, this girl's reputation is well known in the school, and it doesn't matter if she breaks the can herself.

She circled around him with her hands behind her back and smiled, and found the boy empty-handed.

"Didn't you buy anything for the visit? Why don't you go to the kiosk now? ”

“…… You seem excited? ”

"Of course, it's a mental hospital! Aren't you curious? Don't want to see what it's like inside? ”

"Not at all."

"It's too inquisitive, curiosity is the source of human progress!"

It's that you're curious about things that are too weird!

Yan Jingxing turned around and left angrily.

Because they made an appointment to go by car together, the two of them had to go to meet with Miss Xie next.

When he arrived in the fifth class, before Yan Jingxing could react, Ji Chunzao began to walk to the window with a big grin and shouted into the classroom.

"—Xie Yuzhi, are you there? We're going to a psychiatric hospital together! ”

As soon as these words came out, the audience was silent, and the originally crowded classroom was like a hot pot soaked in a basin of ice water, and everyone subconsciously stopped what they were doing and what they were talking about, and involuntarily looked in the direction of the person concerned-

This shows the power of language.

Yan Jingxing, who was following her, almost didn't make a sound.

Then, I saw the captain classmate with a small face and a serious expression, carrying a schoolbag and walking out of the crowd.

“……”

"Shall we go?"

Ji Chunzao enthusiastically extended an invitation to the eldest lady.

Xie Yuzhi glared at her angrily.

"What are you shouting?"

Yan Jingxing desperately resisted the urge to laugh out loud.

Now he doesn't blame Chunzao for always talking nonsense, and when he can see Miss Xie's stinky face, he suddenly feels that it is worth it.

"I won't pick you up this time, I'll take a car with Jing Xing, and you can figure out how to go by yourself."

Xie Yuzhi, who had always been accustomed to her, was expressionless at this time.

"Huh~ Why is this, don't!"

Ji Chunzao soon began to regret his naughty thoughts on a whim.

*

After that, Haruzamo pleaded with her for a while before the eldest lady reluctantly relented.

After this toss, by the time the three of them walked out of the school gate, the people who left the school were basically gone. A familiar black sedan was parked at the mouth of the alley not far away.

The boys and girls with their school bags walked briskly in that direction.

"Hey, it's all the spring algae." When Xie Yuzhi spoke, her cheeks bulged slightly, and she was still dissatisfied with someone's mischievousness, "We may have the nickname of 'Experimental Middle School Psychiatric Trio' next." ”

Yan Jingxing forced a smile and replied:

"If you think about it carefully, we claim to be the 'White Moon Town Alien Search Team', and all of us actually believe in the existence of aliens seriously, and make it so serious, if this kind of thing gets out, it may be no different from a neurotic in the eyes of others."

"No, it's clear that we are the ones who see the truth, and it's because they can't see reality in their eyes that they take seriousness as a joke......"

Halfway through the words, Xie Yuzhi couldn't help but laugh.

"Yes, you're right, these words are very much like the words of a madman who is already obsessed with absurd stories, at least I would have thought that way before."

"So, you don't have to talk to others, and you don't have to be recognized by others, if you take it too seriously, the person who gets hurt is yourself."

Ji Chunzao looked very experienced.

"If only the three of us knew."

The girl's heart is not that big. For Chunzao, it is already a great luck to meet one or two close friends who are willing to believe in her, which is enough for her to break free from the lonely life in the past.

……

The black sedan pulls out of the alley, and its destination is a mental health center in the town of White Moon.

Because of the driver's presence, they tacitly did not talk about another planet and superpowers. Even so, after a big adventure, the relationship between the three is now quite close, because they are all studying in the same school, and they are not afraid of running out of topics to talk about.

Seeing the two girls talking and laughing, Yan Jingxing held the fruit basket for visiting on his knees, and suddenly remembered something.

"By the way, isn't the psychiatric hospital we're going to quite famous here?"

He brought up the conversation he had with the class leader before leaving the classroom.

"Qiao Peng, the one in our class, as soon as he heard that he was going to visit Teacher Gao in a mental hospital, his whole face changed suddenly, he gave me the feeling that he had known it for a long time, and he was even a little afraid of that place, what was going on?"

"It's a very famous ......"

"Hey, didn't you hear the story there when you were a kid?"

The girls replied almost in unison.

They glanced at each other, and Xie Yuzhi clapped her hands, revealing a sudden expression.

"By the way, I almost forgot that Jing Xing just moved to our town a month ago, so I really haven't heard about the local mental hospital."

"Uh......"

Yan Jingxing scratched his hair.

Is that place really famous?

He suddenly had a subtle feeling.

A well-known psychiatric hospital in the local area is not a good thing, right?

On the other hand, Ji Chunzao has begun to introduce with great interest:

"Anyone who grew up in the town has heard of it. This psychiatric hospital located on the hill is super famous, and I heard that the mentally ill in the city are sent here for treatment. There are all kinds of rumors, and some adults will even use these things to scare children, saying that if they don't obey one day, they will be sent there. ”

No wonder she was excited along the way. With the character of Haruzao and his strange hobbies, it is estimated that he has long regarded that place as an adventure place that he yearns for.

"What are the specific rumors?"

Yan Jingxing picked up her words.

His hobbies are actually not much different from Ji Chunzao, so he can keep up with her topic. Rather, the three junior high school students in the car are all curious types.

After realizing that there is another new world full of secrets and wonders hidden behind the seemingly peaceful world, and they have also experienced an exciting alien adventure, they are even more emotional.

"I want to think about it."

Ji Chunzao tapped his chin with his finger, looked at the roof of the car, and began to recall.

"The most famous thing about that place is the rumors about the fire. The psychiatric hospital was not originally called a 'health center', but a sanatorium for mentally abnormal patients. Later, in the eighties and nineties of the last century, there was a fire, and it is said that many patients and medical staff died. ”

"The current mental health center was built on the site of a nursing home, so there are many strange stories."

"For example, in the middle of the night, someone saw a charred black figure walking slowly down the corridor, passing by the window, and when the cleaner cleaned it during the day, he found strange footprints on the ground that looked like charcoal;

"For example, some rooms in the depths of the corridor are not open, but the door is obviously sealed, but passers-by can always smell the burnt smell coming out of the crack in the door;"

"For example, some patients will say that they have seen ghosts in their rooms, but because they are all mentally abnormal and hallucinating patients, the doctors don't take it seriously, but it doesn't take long for the patient to hang himself in his room......"