Chapter 38 Thirty-seven, the evidence found

I noticed this because I was looking for the red pen I had used four days ago. "Mr. Daofu, what have you been doing since just now?" Mr. S asked puzzledly in the bottle that was placed on the floor.I kept opening and closing the desk drawers, and without looking back, I just said "nothing." I don't know why, but I always feel that I can't talk to Mr. S freely.Not just Mr. S.When I opened my eyes this morning, I realized that I was sleeping in a different place than usual. From then on, I was silent, and I didn't say anything to Meixiang. "Strange, it should have been placed here."

I deliberately let them both hear me talking to myself, just to make them feel that I am no different from normal. "Last time we wrote all my mother-in-law's instructions on the back of the document—and then threw that paper in the trash—ah. Oh, I see." That day.I probably threw the red pen and the piece of paper with "Daji English" in the trash can. "Yes! That must be the case." I toppled the trash can full of paper towels and wads of waste paper onto the floor.There was a thud in the trash can, as if something hard rolled out.I reached out to feel for it, and it was indeed the red pen.I held the red pen between my fingertips and picked it up from the trash.

"Alas..." The red pen was found, but the rest of the trash rolled on the floor.I just had to sit there and stuff the crap back. But-- At that moment, something appeared in my sight.It's the manuscript paper.It is Mr. S's composition.Because he said he wanted me to throw away the composition, so I threw it into the trash can.I don't know why, but I picked up the composition.With his back to Mr. S, he secretly hid it in his hand. "Evil King".Scribbled, weird stories.On the first page of manuscript paper, a small X-shaped mark can be vaguely seen. "は, ん, boots, い, object, で, ど, せ", there are eight in total.

——I said, is this a code—— I remembered Meixiang's words.I felt the same way at the time.Although I said "how could that be?" and smiled indifferently, I still felt that this might be a secret signal.But it's different now. I have seen. I don't know why, but looking at the X-shaped mark on the manuscript paper, my mind is full of this feeling.The X-shaped marks scattered on the manuscript paper like constellations were not directly written on the paper, but a slight indentation printed.I've definitely seen layout shapes for those ticks.But where did you see it?Where did I see it? "Mr. Daofu, what's the matter with you?" Mr. S called me from behind.That voice didn't seem to be a simple inquiry without any notice, but more like an in-depth inquiry.

"nothing." I shook my head and threw the paper back into the trash can.When I was about to throw the other garbage back, the information paper appeared again in my sight, and the reminder of my mother-in-law was written in red pen on the back.Suddenly, a strange sound flashed in my mind. I reached out and picked up the information paper and flattened it. Could it be that-- I reached into the trash can again, took out the first page of Mr. S's composition that I just threw in, and stared blankly at the piece of paper. really-- "Meixiang, come here." I stood up with the information paper and manuscript paper in my hand.

Just as I was about to leave the room with Meixiang, Mr. S stopped us. "Where are you going, Daofu?" There was a hint of uneasiness hidden in that voice, which I could hear clearly. "We want to check something." Without turning my head, I simply answered.Walk out of the room and down the stairs.Mr. S's rapid speaking sound came from behind. Although I heard it, I didn't stop. "Brother, what are you looking for?" "You just come with me." Mom and Dad have gone to work.I walked across the dining room and into the Japanese room, kicking away the messy trash on the floor.That's where Dad reads or plays games.I stepped on the tatami mats, walked across the room, and opened the closet wardrobe. The lower half of the second floor was filled with many old newspapers in a mess.I sat there, pulling out the newspapers one by one, checking the date. "found it!"

I yelled and stopped. "Weird Animal Carcasses in N-Town" reports the day after the body of the fourth puppy was found.I quickly glanced at the lower right corner of the report. In the rectangular newspaper column was a map of N Town.On the map, the places where the dead bodies of kittens and puppies were found are marked with circular marks.The bodies of four kittens and three puppies had already been found, and with the new discovery, there were eight marks in total. "That's not a code." I took out Mr. S's composition paper and looked at the traces of the eight marks on the paper.The shape of the trace was almost exactly the same as the positions of the scattered circular marks on the map published in the newspaper.then.I also unfolded the information sheet on which my mother-in-law reminded me, and faced myself.It was a map issued by the school on the commemoration of entrance, called "The Neighborhoods We Live in".This is a printed map of the town of N, full of hand-drawn illustrations.I overlapped this piece of paper with the composition paper just now, and then held the two pieces of paper up to the light from the window. "Sure enough."

The position of the X-shaped mark is exactly the same as the position of the circular mark on the map published in the newspaper. "What? What's the same?" Mei Xiang asked.And I just shook my head. "I want to talk to Mr. S alone. Meixiang, you stay here."