Chapter 4 3. Life-seeking doll

Things have to start with the rain at noon. It was a ferocious rainstorm.Ordinarily, the climate is dry in autumn, and there shouldn't be such a heavy rain, so it is also destined.Of course this is off topic. When the rain started to fall, Ji Ruxuan and her roommates happened to be taking a lunch break in the dormitory and did not go out. By the time of the afternoon class, the rain had stopped outside, so it didn't affect anything because of the rain.But Zhang Jiaming and his boyfriend were not so lucky—according to Zhang Jiaming’s account, she and her boyfriend had just finished lunch near the school at that time, and since they had nothing to do, they went for a walk around the school’s back playground .Since they hadn't seen each other for many days, both of them were in a rather excited mood. At that time, they were busy talking and didn't notice the change of the weather. The result can be imagined.

The rain was not heavy at first, and the two of them didn't expect it to rain heavily. They planned to take a walk in the rain and enjoy this rare romance.However, they soon realized that they had made the wrong idea—the rain was getting heavier and heavier, and the two of them couldn't bear it anymore. When they looked around for a place to hide from the rain, they realized that all buildings were so far away, even if they were far away. The nearest gymnasium was several hundred meters away, and by the time they rushed there, the two of them would be devastated, and there would be no point in hiding from the rain.

Just when the two were in a hurry, Zhang Jiaming's boyfriend suddenly found a small building in the grass not far behind him, so he didn't care about anything, and ran over there with Zhang Jiaming. The rain and fog made his vision blurred, coupled with his impatience, Zhang Jiaming didn't know where his boyfriend was taking him, so he ran after him for a while, when he suddenly looked up and saw the clock tower in front of him, he was stunned on the spot. Of course there is still time to stop now, but the rain is so heavy, where else can we go if we don’t go into the bell tower to hide from the rain?What's more, it was still with her boyfriend, and it was broad daylight. Zhang Jiaming felt that nothing would happen, so she didn't object, and followed her boyfriend to the bottom of the clock tower.

The entrance on the first floor directly opposite was an arched doorway without a door, and the two of them got in without hesitation.Open your eyes and look, in front of you is a room about the size of an ordinary classroom, but it is extremely dilapidated, like a rough room that has not been renovated, and the surrounding walls are dark.Except for a thick layer of dust, there was almost nothing in the room, except for an object that looked like a bedside table in the innermost corner on the left. Because the light was too dark, it was impossible to see what it was for a while. Besides, Zhang Jiaming was originally I was afraid of the bell tower and didn't dare to take a closer look, so I shifted my gaze to the right side of the room, where there was a long and narrow corridor leading to the opposite direction, and the end was pitch black.Zhang Jiaming guessed that the stairs leading to the second floor might be over there.

The two stood in the lobby to hide from the rain. After about twenty minutes, the rain became much lighter. Zhang Jiaming hurriedly dragged her boyfriend and left the clock tower as if fleeing. I thought this was the end of the matter, but unexpectedly, my boyfriend just called and said: The sample of the company's product that he had been carrying with him at noon and was going to show the customer tomorrow was missing.Thinking back carefully, it is likely that it fell on the road or in the bell tower while hiding from the rain at noon.But he is in the urban area now, and he will take the train to other places in three hours. If he rushes to look for him now, he will definitely not have enough time to go back and forth.What's more terrible is that the sample must be handed over to the customer tomorrow, otherwise his business trip will be meaningless. "So, he called and asked me to go and look for it now, and if I found it, I would take a taxi to the city and give it to him. Right now, I have no choice but to do this..."

After Zhang Jiaming finished telling the story, he sighed again and again, and a big pimple was formed in the middle of his eyebrows. "Is that sample important? If you lose it, can you get another copy from the company?" Zhang Jiaming said "Yes", "He asked me to look for it as much as possible. If I can't find it, I have to go back to the company to get another copy. Then the time I made with the client will be changed again." Looking at Ji Ruxuan with a pitiful face, "Xuanxuan, can you... accompany me to the back playground?" Ji Ruxuan grinned, and asked as if comforting herself, "That sample should be more likely to fall on the road, right?"

"Yeah. But I can't guarantee it. What if..." Zhang Jiaming grabbed her arm like a child and shook it lightly, pouting and begging, "If you can't find it outside, you can accompany me into the bell tower to look for it." Okay? I dare not go in even if I am killed alone..." Ji Ruxuan suddenly thought of the "wild-wisps" she saw in the direction of the clock tower last night—Liu Xiaoxiao and the others said it was a will-o'-the-wisp.My heart tightened, wondering: "It's just the two of us, I'm afraid it's..." Just as Zhang Jiaming was about to answer the call, he happened to see three people led by Liu Xiaoxiao enter the room. His eyes lit up, and he ran over to tell them about the matter, and asked them to go to the playground to help find the unlucky sample. "Most importantly, if you can't find that thing outside, can you accompany me into the bell tower to look for it?"

The three of them looked at each other in astonishment, and Lin Ying was the first to express: "I have no problem." "I'm fine, as long as you don't let me in alone." Niu Fang stuck out her tongue mischievously, and turned to look at Liu Xiaoxiao: "What about you, Xiaoxiao, aren't you afraid?" "You dare to go, can I not?" Liu Xiaoxiao gave her a look, and looked around the room. "Isn't Lao Qiu in the dormitory? She is the most courageous, and this kind of thing is suitable for the first shot!" "Old Qiu went to the library to meet handsome guys, and he didn't bring his mobile phone." Ji Ruxuan pointed to the mobile phone Qiu Suling threw on the bed before going out and said, "Time is tight, let's go now, don't wait for her."

"Okay, I'll go to the bathroom first." Lin Ying smiled shyly and walked into the bathroom.After a while, her embarrassing voice came from behind the tightly closed door: "Niu Fang, there is no toilet paper, please send me a roll..." "What do you call me for this kind of thing!" Niu Fang grumbled depressingly. After finding the toilet paper, she walked into the toilet holding her nose. After seven o'clock in the evening, it was already dark. At this time, the sky presents a beautiful dark blue, just like the color of the ocean, and the faint white clouds floating on it, don't they look like the rushing and curly waves?No wonder Huang Xinran's debut novel is called "The Sea Is the Appearance of the Sky Upside Down".

A white moon that is not really round hangs in the sky, face down, overlooking everything on the campus motionless.When she saw a group of five people coming down the stairs from the girls' dormitory in the dark, the corners of her lips curled up dissatisfied. Zhang Jiaming naturally walked in the front, holding a flashlight, and shone among the grass under his feet.The small flashlight didn't emit much light, but it was the only light source within 300 meters around. Therefore, in the grove not far behind them, the ghost who had been lurking for a long time could easily identify them by relying on this light. The figure of Ji Ruxuan, the last person in the line, was always fixed on her eyes, and she saw that she came to the front of the clock tower step by step.

A long sigh resounded in the dark night, and then, a black figure flashed out of the woods quickly, and walked towards the same goal as Ji Ruxuan and others—the clock tower. "Zhang Jiaming, are you sure you took this road at noon?" Ji Ruxuan looked up at the dark clock tower and said nervously. Zhang Jiaming nodded, and while continuing to search the bushes under his feet, he muttered softly: "This is the road that people walk back and forth at noon, it's strange, isn't it left here?" "What should we do now?" Liu Xiaoxiao asked, keeping his voice to a minimum, "Could it be that... you really want to look inside the clock tower?" "Forget it, let's go back." Zhang Jiaming sighed, and was about to turn around and walk back when Lin Ying stopped her, "For such an important thing, let's go inside and look for it." She said empathetically. "Anyway, we have so many people, there is nothing to be afraid of." "Yeah, it's an adventure. Let's run together when we encounter something." Niu Fang also answered.Ji Ruxuan looked at her righteous and awe-inspiring look, and thought, when did this girl become so bold? "Fangfang will talk nonsense, what can I meet!" Liu Xiaoxiao gave Niu Fang a hard look, then looked at Zhang Jiaming, "Then go in quickly, why are you still standing there?" Indeed, as Zhang Jiaming introduced earlier, if you enter through the arched doorway, you will be faced with a huge empty room.Although there was a large window on the wall on the left, the whole room was dark, probably because of the backlight, and there was a musty smell everywhere, which made the nose very uncomfortable.The girls covered their mouths and noses with their hands one after another. Zhang Jiaming, holding a torch in his hand, stood at the front, bowed his waist, and looked around carefully under the light. "How is it? Did you find it?" Liu Xiaoxiao hurriedly asked from the side, her eyes following the light of the flashlight, not daring to look around. Zhang Jiaming didn't say a word, she was actually more nervous than Liu Xiaoxiao, because after all, she was standing in front of everyone, if something suddenly rushed over from the opposite corridor... She trembled slightly, and quickly stopped the terror The fantasy continued to bury his head in the ground looking for that damned sample. There was nothing there, and he took two steps forward, getting closer to the dark and silent corridor. "No, right? Let's... let's go back." It was Liu Xiaoxiao who spoke again, and if it wasn't for the company of her roommates, and Niu Fang holding her hand all the time, sharing part of the fear, she would have run away long ago. Ji Ruxuan walked at the back, because the only flashlight in the dormitory was in the hands of Zhang Jiaming, and Lin Ying and others were already surrounding her to help find it. "Sudden attack", looking around vigilantly.After looking around the room for a week, he landed on the aisle directly opposite the room. The aisle is cramped and narrow. From where I stand, I can only vaguely see the outline. There are smooth walls on both sides of the aisle. There are no windows, and there are no rooms with side doors on the wall, just like the corridors in the dormitory upstairs. like that. Because of the lack of light source, as far as the eyes can see is only two or three meters away from the aisle, and it is pitch black any further.However, Ji Ruxuan's eyes seemed to pass through the darkness, and she saw the other side of the corridor—a room similar in size to this one, except that the arched door was replaced with an old-fashioned spiral staircase, the steps were made of wood, and the upper It was covered with dust and all kinds of small sundries, and even a few old newspapers that were scorched yellow.At the corner where the stairs lead to the second floor, two people walked one behind the other.Their steps were slow and consistent, and with every step they took, the stairs made strange creaking noises... "Hey, what is this!" Niu Fang's slightly startled voice awakened Ji Ruxuan's "illusion". Turning her face, she saw Niu Fang grabbing a small object from the ground by the light of the flashlight.Except for Zhang Jiaming, several people joined together. Lin Ying took out her mobile phone, turned on the screen, and pointed at the thing to take a photo—it was a humanoid doll the size of half a palm, soft, probably made of cloth, and the eyes and mouth were simply outlined with a red pen on the head. There are only a few strokes, but it seems to have an abstract beauty.The two arms of the puppet are stretched straight out, and the legs are close together, forming a cross shape as a whole, just like the scarecrows commonly seen in the fields. "What a strange doll." Liu Xiaoxiao reached out to touch its small head, and said to Niu Fang, "If you want it, pretend it. It's important to do serious things." Niu Fang nodded, and was about to stuff the doll into her pocket when Lin Ying suddenly grabbed it and threw it down the aisle. "You, what are you doing!" "Let's go back and talk about it!" Lin Ying said in a rare and severe tone. Niu Fang was startled, and was about to speak when Zhang Jiaming straightened up suddenly and sighed: "It seems that there is no one here. Otherwise..." His eyes shifted to the dark corridor opposite, and he said in a low voice, "He went in at noon Let's go and find a place to sit, it won't be there, right?" Of course everyone understood what she meant, and secretly glanced at each other, but they didn't dare to speak. Being able to enter the bell tower is already very reluctant for the few of them, and if they want to go inside again, they really can't help but flinch.But because of face, no one wants to be the first to stand up and raise objections.It would be great if Qiu Suling was here, Ji Ruxuan thought to herself, for that piece of arctic ice, there was nothing she was ashamed to say, but then again, with her character, it was hard to say that she would not take the lead in rushing into the aisle. "Ruxuan, what should we do now?" Zhang Jiaming suddenly stared at her face and asked, there seemed to be another meaning in his eyes.Ji Ruxuan parted her lips, but she didn't know what to say. "Forget it, let's go back." Seeing everyone's embarrassment, Zhang Jiaming finally forced a smile and took the lead to go out. After escaping through the arched door, the few people did not stay for a second, until they returned to the vicinity of the gymnasium and could not see the shadow of the bell tower when they looked back, their respective hearts that had been hanging for a long time were truly let go. Only then slowed down. Zhang Jiaming, who had finished calling her boyfriend, caught up from behind, took Liu Xiaoxiao's and Niu Fang's arms with her left and right hands respectively, and looked at the other two. "Although there is no result, thank you very much, really." "Hehe, it's a trivial matter." Liu Xiaoxiao pursed her lips, "By the way, what did your boyfriend say, do you want to go back to the company to get a new sample?" "It has to be like this." Zhang Jiaming sighed, and then the smile returned to his face, and his eyes turned back and forth on the faces of several people. "I have a request. I don't know if you...will agree to it." The figures of the four people swayed, and Niu Fang asked in a chestnut voice: "Is it going back to the bell tower again?" Zhang Jiaming smiled "chih", "I don't even dare to go if you dare. Don't mention it, seriously, I want to officially join your dormitory." "What do you mean?" Liu Xiaoxiao asked. "Just hang out with you in the future. I heard from Niu Fang this morning that the five of you are sworn sisters. If you don't mind, count me in as well." Zhang Jiaming blinked mischievously. "Hehe, if we can accompany you in 'Crossing the Bell Tower at Night', we no longer treat you as an outsider." Liu Xiaoxiao sighed after finishing speaking. "It's a pity that I didn't find anything. It's a waste of time." "Isn't that right! I wanted to go inside and have a look, but if you dare not go in, hey, I can't help it." Before Niu Fang could finish her sentence, she had already received no less than four people staring at her. "It's really too much of you to go to such a fun place and not call me. It's a pity." After listening to several people's experience of "running into the bell tower at night", Qiu Suling made sarcastic remarks while smoking a cigarette.The tone was still the usual cold and sarcastic. "If you don't accept it, you can go there by yourself, I'm afraid you don't have the guts." Liu Xiaoxiao retorted. Qiu Suling snorted disdainfully and didn't speak again. At this time, Niu Fang, who had already taken off her clothes and went to bed, suddenly remembered something and cried out quickly. "By the way, Lin Ying, I haven't settled accounts with you yet. In the beginning, it was in the clock tower. Why did you throw away my little doll? I found it with great difficulty!" Lin Ying was smiling because of the bickering between Liu and Qiu before, but after hearing Niu Fang's words, her face immediately sank. "You really don't know what that is?" "Muppet, why don't I know, I bought one when I was in junior high school, and I haven't seen it for sale for a long time. And—" "Stop!" Lin Ying interrupted her impatiently, "Do you know what the puppet is for?" "What are you doing? Decorating! What else can you do?" "I'm too lazy to tell you." Lin Ying rolled her eyes and climbed onto the bed.Before covering her head with the quilt, she said lightly: "The real name of that puppet is the cursed doll." The brows of all the people present tightened. "Curse...what is a doll?" Niu Fang asked, her eyes moved to Liu Xiaoxiao's face on the opposite bed. "I can't tell." Liu Xiaoxiao said while taking off his coat. At this time, Zhang Jiaming, who finished washing before going to bed, came out of the bathroom and returned to her bed. When she looked up, she saw Ji Ruxuan sitting on the bed in a daze with her clothes on. "Oh, sleep now." After saying that, Ji Ruxuan lay down, amidst the noisy debate between Niu Fang and Liu Xiaoxiao about the privacy of a certain entertainment star, she suddenly remembered her thoughts.After a while, because she was not sure whether her previous "fantasy" was true or not, she stuck her head outside the bed, and in a voice that was barely audible to others, she asked Zhang Jiaming who was already on the bed. "Jiaming, have you ever entered the bell tower before?" "Huh?" Zhang Jiaming looked up at her strangely. "I only went in once at noon, what's the matter?" "It's nothing. Have you...have you looked over the aisle? It's the aisle opposite the room after we entered." "Over there, no, I don't have the guts to go there." Ji Ruxuan seemed a little disappointed when she heard this answer, but Zhang Jiaming's subsequent words made her almost fall off the bed: "But my boyfriend went in at noon, and he said that there is a big room like this one. There is an old-fashioned spiral staircase, it is still made of wood, and it is an antique of an unknown age." In this way, what I "fantasized" when I stood in front of the aisle were all real scenes?why?What's more, this isn't the first time something like this has happened recently.Ji Ruxuan closed her eyes uncomfortably, her heart was filled with a sense of grievance that she wanted to cry but had nowhere to vent her emotions.By the way, when I first moved into this dormitory, I heard strange crying sounds for two consecutive nights. What is going on? Ji Ruxuan remembered a book called "The Deep River" that she had read earlier. Isn't she in the depths of such a river now?The sun cannot penetrate the thick water, there is not even a ray of light around, and there is darkness everywhere.And she couldn't come out of the water to enjoy the light, she could only follow the ups and downs of the dark tide, drifting everywhere in the water, feeling the bone-chilling cold of the water flowing over her body all the time. no!I must get out of this predicament!Ji Ruxuan suddenly opened her eyes again, facing the bright light from the incandescent lamp above her head, she thought in her heart that there is always light, it depends on whether she is willing to take the initiative to find it. As soon as this idea came to my head, the light suddenly went out-it was time to turn off the lights. In the middle of the night, Ji Ruxuan was not awakened by the strange crying again, and she fell asleep until dawn.Looking back, all the roommates were still sound asleep, especially Niu Fang, who was snoring like a man, and the sound was like a bell.Ji Ruxuan wondered why the others could sleep so soundly. Looking out of the window, I happened to see several big birds flying across the sky, leaving behind a clear and crisp singing.It should be a magpie. The most common bird in this season is the magpie, and it is a fat magpie with a long tail.However, it is always good to see magpies early in the morning.Ji Ruxuan took a deep breath of the fresh morning air, secretly wishing herself good luck for the day. (Is it because you have been encountering some bad things recently that you are so deliberately optimistic about blessings?) After getting dressed and getting out of bed, Ji Ruxuan hurried into the bathroom—if she didn't go in, something serious would happen.After a while, when I came out, Niu Fang was just waking up from a big dream. She rubbed her eyes and sat up from the bed. , the Caotang has enough sleep in spring, and the sun is getting late outside the window..." "You're going crazy!" Accompanied by this complaint, Lin Ying, who was sleeping on Niu Fang's upper bunk, turned over and pulled the quilt away from her head. "You get up as soon as you want to get up, and read some poems, so that people will be woken up..." "What kind of poem is this? Why does it sound so familiar to me." ——It was Qiu Suling's voice, without any hint of sleepiness.Ji Ruxuan guessed that she might have woken up a long time ago and just stayed in bed. "The poem that Zhuge Liang reads every day when he wakes up, idiot, haven't you read it?" Niu Fang smiled triumphantly. "So you are very familiar with the Three Kingdoms? Then tell me, what is Ma Chao's name?" "Ma Chao...Meng Qi!" "That's right, where is Lu Bu?" "Lu Fengxian. Haha, Lu Bu is my idol, don't even think about it." "Where's Diaochan?" Niu Fang frowned. "Can't think of it?" Qiu Suling snorted, sat up and began to dress. "What did you say Diaochan?" Niu Fang asked in disbelief. "Pig, where did the ancient women get the characters!" Ji Ruxuan burst out laughing, and turned to look at Qiu Suling. "Old Qiu, I really belong to you!" As soon as she finished speaking, she seemed to see something wrong, and took two steps to Liu Xiaoxiao's bed, which was also Qiu Suling's bed, and grabbed a dark brown pillow from Liu Xiaoxiao's pillow. small objects. ——Because Liu Xiaoxiao's bed sheet is pure white, which contrasts greatly with the color of this little thing, so Ji Ruxuan can see its existence at a glance. "What is this?" Qiu Suling leaned down from the upper bunk curiously. But Ji Ruxuan turned around suddenly, holding the thing in her hand, came to Niu Fang and Lin Ying's bed, and said in a low voice: "Do you think this thing is the same as the one you picked up in the bell tower last night?" "What is it?" Lin Ying raised her misty eyes, stared at that thing for a few seconds, her eyes suddenly widened, then she frowned, and looked up at Ji Ruxuan's eyes. "It seems right, what's going on?" "Didn't Lin Ying throw that away last night?" Niu Fang also recognized it, and cried out in shock. Ji Ruxuan didn't answer, but just looked at the thing in her hand solemnly—it was nothing but the doll that Niu Fang curiously picked up from the ground in the bell tower last night. According to Lin Ying last night, its real name was Call the cursed doll! Ji Ruxuan suddenly felt a little cold. "What are you guys talking about? What are you talking about? Show me what it is!" Maybe it was too close, but Qiu Suling's cry woke up Liu Xiaoxiao who was in the lower berth. Before she opened her eyes, she let out a long yawn . Ji Ruxuan subconsciously stuffed the doll into her pocket, and made a silent gesture to Qiu Suling. "Don't tell her yet!" "Don't tell me what?" Liu Xiaoxiao sat up and looked at Ji Ruxuan who was standing in the aisle with a confused face. "Uh...it's nothing, Niu Fang just said bad things about you!" After finishing speaking, she turned her head and winked at Niu Fang. "Fangfang, you're looking for smoke, why did I mess with you?" "I..." Niu Fang opened her mouth and looked at Ji Ruxuan stupidly. "Xuanxuan, what should I say bad things about her?" Qiu Suling suddenly laughed wildly - only she could laugh.Although the few people who knew the inside story couldn't figure out why the cursed doll suddenly appeared on Liu Xiaoxiao's bed, they all knew that it was not a good thing, so they were in no mood to make fun of it. Liu Xiaoxiao looked at Niu Fang, then stretched out her head to look at Qiu Suling who was on the upper bunk, "What are you doing? But Lao Qiu, it's really rare to see you smiling. The sun came out from the west today?" Qiu Suling quickly stopped laughing, and said in a serious tone, "To be honest, I don't know what they are doing. They are just confused." After a while, while Liu Xiaoxiao was squatting in the bathroom, Lin Ying called Ji Ruxuan to her, and whispered, "Why are you hiding it from her? Maybe Xiaoxiao just bought a doll too?" "Of course it can't be such a coincidence," Ji Ruxuan sighed, "I'll talk about that later... Since you know what it is, you should have heard the legend about the doll looking for its owner, right?" Lin Ying visibly trembled. Of course she had heard the legend Ji Ruxuan said: As the name suggests, the curse doll is a puppet tool used to curse people. It seems to be a kind of black witchcraft in western Hunan at first. Write the birthday and address of the person who wants to curse on the back of the doll with a red pen, and then insert a needle into the doll's body from the top of the head, and bury the doll in the soil at night, and the doll will follow the written on the doll. Address, find that person by yourself, and bring him (her) terrible bad luck... However, in recent years, for some reason, this kind of doll has turned into a favorite trinket for girls, and it is sold in many gift shops. However, it is said that all dolls used as gifts or ornaments do not have eyes drawn, so that even if the doll is cursed, it will not be able to find the place where the cursed person lives because they cannot see the way.However, the doll (probably just one) that several people saw in the clock tower last night was clearly painted with eyes, that is to say, it is a real cursed doll! "But... is there a word on the back of this doll?" Lin Ying asked in a low voice without any confidence. "You can see for yourself." Ji Ruxuan took out the doll from her pocket, turned it over and showed it to Lin Ying. Sure enough, there were two lines of small red characters juxtaposed vertically!The words are very small, printed on the back of the doll like small bloodstains.It was a line of traditional Chinese characters: Liu Xiaoxiao, born at the end of the fifth month of Ding Mao, in Room 714, Building 3, Women's Dormitory, South Campus, University of Science and Technology. "Ah! How could this happen!" Ji Ruxuan lowered her eyelids. "I saw it early in the morning, so... Anyway, Xiaoxiao is going to participate in the inter-provincial college student speech contest recently. This will distract her, so I'd better not let her know for now." "That's right." Niu Fang on the upper bunk finally found a chance to interject, "Xuanxuan is still thoughtful, but don't make such lame excuses, you know I'm stupid, how can I think of bad things in a while, It was almost revealed..." Ji Ruxuan raised her head and glared at her: "When is this, and you are still talking about these useless things." "Then what should we do now?" Lin Ying asked. "Let's... find a way to figure out what's going on first." Ji Ruxuan put the doll into her pocket, and subconsciously squeezed its soft body. Suddenly, she felt that this small body seemed to twist, as if It's like protesting out of fear of pain. After school in the afternoon, Liu Xiaoxiao went on a date with a young boy who had just been caught.The rest of them went shopping in the school's supermarket together, and went back to the dormitory without any interest. After some chatting, the topic inevitably came to the strange incident that happened in the morning. After Zhang Jiaming and Qiu Suling listened to Ji Ruxuan and others' narration about the incident, Liu Fang, Lin Ying and Zhang Jiaming thought it was boring Mischief—Maybe everyone thinks that the legend of cursed dolls is too superstitious and far away from life, so they dare not admit it.Qiu Suling seemed to have an idea, but her indifferent personality prevented her from expressing any opinions, only saying that she felt something was a little strange.Ji Ruxuan thought so too. They chatted for a while, and Ji Ruxuan received a text message from Jiang Xiaolou, asking her to go to the back playground to bask in the sun.So he simply dressed up and went to the appointment. When passing by the gate of the gymnasium, a boy came out by chance. It was Yang Chuan who was known as the most handsome guy in South Polytechnic University and the head of the Nunchaku Club (look at the title) who had only met a few days ago. Seeing him, Ji Ruxuan immediately thought of what happened in the gymnasium that afternoon, and her brows tightened.At this time, Yang Chuan also recognized her, and smiled at her very gracefully: "Xiao Ji, where are you going?" "Oh, I'll go back for a walk." Ji Ruxuan had to stop. "Senior, where are you going?" "Just finished practicing the stick and haven't figured out what to do yet. Are you alone?" "Uh...someone has been waiting for me for a long time." Ji Ruxuan stuck out her tongue embarrassingly. Yang Chuan shrugged his shoulders: "It's a pity, I still want to invite you to dinner, and learn a few practical nunchaku techniques from you by the way, it seems that I have to do it next time, right?" "Well, sorry, goodbye." After speaking, she walked forward without looking back, otherwise she would see Yang Chuan's meaningful eyes watching her from behind, watching her walk across the playground, her figure was completely hidden in the middle of the grove, and she just retracted eyes, muttered in a low voice: "What a strange thing..." Today, Jiang Xiaolou is wearing a dark plaid shirt, jeans with white stripes, and white sneakers. He is sitting on the low grass with one leg curled up, his hands crossed casually and elegantly Hug the knee of the curled leg.When Ji Ruxuan arrived, he was looking up at the sky.The afterglow of the setting sun slanted down from behind him, dyeing half of his body in a beautiful golden yellow. Looking from a distance, the whole person is like a sculpture that does not eat fireworks. Simply handsome!Ji Ruxuan thought intoxicatedly, even the handsome guy Yang Chuan I saw on the road just now might not have the charming temperament of her boyfriend, right?But this idea must not let him know, otherwise it will only make him more complacent and proud - he is already narcissistic enough. So, Ji Ruxuan walked up to her, and deliberately said in a mocking tone: "Why are you acting like a fool, pretending to be a poet?" "Who are you scolding! You are the poet, and you were a poet in your previous life." "Hey, to say you are a poet is to scold you?" "Then I should thank you for not directly calling me a pervert or an angry youth?" Jiang Xiaolou gave her a blank look, pointed at the space beside her and said, "Sit down." Ji Ruxuan snickered and sat down, wrapped her arms around her boyfriend's neck, and put her head on his shoulders. "You haven't called me for two days, why do you suddenly think of me today?" Jiang Xiaolou laughed "hehe" and laughed with her for a while.Ji Ruxuan reached into her pocket to check the time on her phone, but she didn't want to reach into the wrong pocket and find a soft gadget.After turning my mind twice, I realized what it was. Let him give me advice.Thinking about this, Ji Ruxuan took the doll out of her pocket and handed it to Jiang Xiaolou. "What is this? A gift for me?" Jiang Xiaolou took it, looked left and right twice, turned the doll to the back, and saw the two lines of small red characters, so he moved closer to his eyes to identify them carefully.After a while, when he raised his head to look at Ji Ruxuan, his brows were already knit together. "This is... a cursed doll?" Ji Ruxuan nodded, told him the ins and outs of the matter, and finally pointed to a building about 200 meters away from the left front of the two of them and said: "I saw this thing for the first time last night, it was there—in the bell tower in." Jiang Xiaolou turned his head to look at the lonely building. At this moment, the gray-black outer wall of the clock tower is illuminated by the setting sun in a very strange color, as if there is still a light yellow halo outside, which may be related to the degree of reflection of the building material.It's just that behind the only two vertically arranged windows, there is still a thick darkness that cannot be penetrated by light. Jiang Xiaolou's heart trembled for no reason, he lowered his head, thinking about what Ji Ruxuan told her just now. "Are you sure this isn't a silly prank?" After a moment, he raised his head again, staring into his girlfriend's eyes and asked. Ji Ruxuan shook her head, "It shouldn't be such a coincidence, I just threw it away last night, and it appeared on Xiaoxiao's bed this morning. And the two dolls look exactly the same." After speaking, she looked at the doll in her hand, and suddenly felt Feeling uncomfortable, he stuffed the doll back into his pocket. "You don't understand me. I mean, the person who did this prank was among you guys, because I saw that doll last night, and it happened on a whim. Isn't it okay?" Ji Ruxuan's eyes widened in surprise: "But... don't say they won't be so boring, we went back to the dormitory together last night, went to bed together, who has the time to find a doll that is exactly the same as the one seen in the clock tower? ?” "Maybe it's the same doll?" Jiang Xiaolou asked suddenly. Ji Ruxuan was stunned on the spot, thought for a while and said: "This is impossible, that doll was thrown by Lin Ying to the other side of the aisle, and we all saw it. It can't really crawl back like in the legend, right?" "It's a good thing you believe in the legend of fooling children. Let me tell you, there is only one possibility..." Jiang Xiaolou looked into her eyes without blinking, paused, and said slowly, "Last night you After they all went to bed, that person sneaked back to the bell tower, found the doll that Lin Ying had thrown away before, and put it next to Liu Xiaoxiao's pillow after returning to the dormitory..." "No way?" Ji Ruxuan screamed uncontrollably, "Who would have the guts to go to the bell tower alone? If that's the case, then I'm afraid it's not as simple as a prank." "That's right." Jiang Xiaolou shrugged, "Actually, it's easy to think of the answer, because you are the only ones who have been to the bell tower and seen that doll before." Ji Ruxuan opened her mouth wide, but was speechless for a long time.Rationally speaking, she agrees with Jiang Xiaolou's analysis, but she cannot accept it emotionally. After all, they are friends who have been classmates for two years. They go to school and sleep together on weekdays, and their relationship with each other is almost like sisters—sisters ?Ji Ruxuan was startled, and suddenly remembered that Zhang Jiaming had asked to join their circle and become one of the sisters on the way back to the dormitory after coming out of the bell tower last night.Among the four people who went to the clock tower last night, she was the only newcomer.And it was her action. Ji Ruxuan excitedly expressed her doubts to her boyfriend, as well as the reasons to support such doubts.After hearing this, Jiang Xiaolou frowned again.After pondering for a moment, he asked, "Does she have any grudge against Liu Xiaoxiao?" Ji Ruxuan could only shake her head.Only then did I think about it, Zhang Jiaming didn't seem to have any motive for doing this - she and Liu Xiaoxiao didn't know each other before, and it had been less than two weeks since she moved into the dormitory, and the two of them hadn't even had a chance to quarrel.But who else would there be besides her?Niu Fang?林颖？当然更不可能了，根本想都不用想。纪如萱心情烦闷地叹了口气。 “你干嘛呀？为别人的事这么操心干什么！”蒋小楼无奈地摇摇头，“要依我看，你还是把娃娃交给刘晓晓吧，你这属于剥夺人家的知情权你知道吗？” “滚！晓晓最近正在筹备参加演讲比赛，让她知道的话肯定分心。” 蒋小楼“哼”了一声：“就怕有的事情你想瞒都瞒不住。” 晚餐是跟蒋小楼去校外一家小餐馆吃的，席间纪如萱向男友道出昨天下午在体育馆发生的事情，以及在钟楼里产生幻觉一事，蒋小楼却丝毫不以为意，反而笑话她神经过敏。“不过，你说你一拿到双节棍就会耍，我情愿相信是你天赋高，这种例子太多了。而且双节棍那东西又没有什么技术性，是个人都能会玩。” 这一番话使纪如萱想起一本世界名著的书名：，既然如此，跟他再强调什么解释什么也白搭了。纪如萱索性埋头吃起拉面来。好在味道还不错。吃完拉面，两人又去小摊上吃了几串东北烧烤，有一种烤串的名字居然叫“骨肉相连”，听名字可怕的很，实际就是脆骨和肉在一起烤。味道也很一般。 回学校时，起风了。这破地方三天两头刮大风，刚消停了没两天又开始了，吹得漫天灰尘，两人用袖子捂住口鼻，弯着腰一路小跑，在分别通向男、女生寝室的岔路前分手时几乎连再见都没有说。 “纪如萱！”快到楼下时，听见右手边的小花园那里有人叫自己名字，转头一看，居然是杨川。 总有些人是不怕狂风的，就像杨川，满头秀发都被风吹得没有型了，却笑靥依旧地站直在花园中间的走廊上，冲纪如萱温雅地挥着手。 纪如萱只好站住，离老远大声问他：“有事吗？” “没大事，想请你吃饭！” 纪如萱差点晕倒，忙回答道：“不好意思，我已经吃过了。” “那只好算了，不过……”杨川说着迈着优雅的步伐走上前来，黑色风衣的下摆从后面飞起到他头顶的高度，看起来很酷。 “请问，我可以给你发信息吗？” 发信息？纪如萱愣了愣，才想到对方大概是在找自己要手机号。因为想不到拒绝的理由，于是报了出来。哪知杨川却摆了摆手，耐人寻味地笑起来。“我知道你的手机号码，别忘了你在社团登记的联系方式。” “因为不是通过正常途径得到的，所以要征求下你的同意。” 真是无聊鬼！纪如萱在心里骂道，但苦于对方还不算是熟人，总不太好意思朝他开火。何况他又长这么帅呢。咳咳，纪如萱止住乱想的念头，细声说道：“当然没关系了。那个……现在没事了吧？不好意思，我得上楼了。” “嗯，再见了。我待会儿给你发信息。” 杨川举起手机朝她晃了晃，转身不急不慢地离开。 寝室大门紧闭，但里面亮着灯，说明有人在里头。纪如萱敲门后等了大约半分钟，门才被打开，刘晓晓一只手捂着右眼出现在她面前。 纪如萱咽下了质问她为什么这么晚开门的话，换成一句：“你怎么了？” “没什么，右眼跳的厉害，得按住不动才行。”刘晓晓说着闪到一边，等纪如萱进门后，她又跟上一句：“萱萱，右眼是跳灾还是跳财来着？我想不起来了。” “跳灾。”话刚出口，纪如萱就后悔了，觉得这句话很不吉利。 "What about the rest?" “不知道啊，估计吃饭去了吧，我也刚回来。” 纪如萱这才想起刘晓晓下午是去约会去了，于是随口问道：“怎么样了，你跟那个家伙。” 刘晓晓脸上绽开笑意。 “挺好的，下午他骑摩托车带我去了香湖公园，玩的倒是很开心，只是出来的时候发现摩托车不见了。停车地方只剩下一根被剪断的车锁。哈哈，太好笑了，居然被偷跑了。” 亏她还能笑得出来。“然后呢？”纪如萱问。 “然后他脸都绿了，看他可怜巴巴的，我就带他去新买了一辆，雅马哈250，然后他骑车带我兜风了，一直玩到刚才回来，你敲门的时候我进门还没有十分钟。” 纪如萱无语地摇了摇头：“你呀，说你多少回了，刚开始交往，不要送人家太贵重的东西，好人都给你养坏了。” “无所谓，开心嘛。”刘晓晓吐了吐舌头。 很快，邱素灵等一行人回来了，她们果然是去吃饭了。邱素灵一进门就叫起刘晓晓的名字：“可找到你了，你得借给我点钱，我把老张的电脑弄坏了，得快点赔钱给她，省的她老惦记。我身上钱不多了，周日让我爸打钱过来再还你。” “知道了。”刘晓晓从床上拿起手包，“要多少钱？” “三千就行，多了还不起。” “谁打算让你还了，”刘晓晓停下手头动作，笑着瞅了她一眼。“以身相许算了。” 邱素灵苦笑着耸了耸肩：“原来我在你眼中就值三千块钱，总算知道了。” 刘晓晓捂嘴笑起来，拉开手包，从里面掏出张银行卡，递给邱素灵。“密码是我生日。” “这里有多少钱？” “不知道，下午买了辆摩托，还剩两万多吧，反正够你花的。”刘晓晓说着拉开了手包。 纪如萱在一旁叹了口气，心想假如此时有外人在场，一定被吓死了——随便出手就是几万块钱，这还是学生吗？不过话说回来，几万块钱在刘晓晓眼里确实也算不上什么，与她在一起时间久了，纪如萱早已见怪不怪了。 “这什么东西，怎么在我包里！” 听见叫声，纪如萱好奇地侧头望去，“啊”地一声捂住了嘴巴。与此同时，其余几人脸上也露出惊诧非常的表情： 刘晓晓从手包缓缓拎出了一个巴掌大的小物件，又一只诅咒娃娃！ 场面沉滞了大约十秒钟，邱素灵等人不约而同地转头朝纪如萱望去，纪如萱猛然意识到了什么，伸手往外套兜里掏去，居然空空如也！ “不可能啊……” 她喃喃说道，尔后迎着几人询问的目光，解释道：“那东西不见了，我……我不知道怎么回事。” 林颖愣了一下，一把抢过刘晓晓手中的娃娃，翻到背面，牛芳等人马上凑过来看，顿时叫起来，“没错，一模一样！” 娃娃又从纪如萱身上跑回刘晓晓那里了！ 一时间，几乎每个人都意识到事情开始变得严重了。 林颖几步跑到窗户边上，用力将娃娃从打开的窗户扔了出去，这才稍稍松了口气，回过头来，看到刘晓晓正瞪大眼睛傻傻望着自己。“这个东西……不是好东西，扔了或许要好点吧……” “到底怎么回事？”刘晓晓视线在几人脸上转来转去。“你们是不是有什么事情瞒着我啊？” 林颖等人竟然不约而同地转头向纪如萱望去。“纪代表，还是你来说吧。”牛芳朝她眨了眨眼。 没办法，纪如萱只好简要地将早上在她床上发现娃娃的经过告诉了刘晓晓，为了减低她可能产生的担心甚至恐惧，故而隐去了娃娃背后写着她名字这一情况。尽管如此，刘晓晓听完她的话，还是大为震惊。“这么说，那个娃娃是来找我的了？”她沉吟片刻后自语似的说道。 “大概有谁在跟你恶作剧吧。”纪如萱故意轻描淡写地说道。 刘晓晓没吭声，想了会儿道：“我就是搞不明白，那个娃娃昨晚不是被林颖扔了吗？为什么今早上又出现在我床上，还有刚才，它是怎么从你口袋里跑到我手包里的？我怎么一点没察觉到啊！” 这几个问题也是纪如萱最感到迷惑不解的地方，退一步说，即便那娃娃真的具有传说中的力量，能够自己找到被诅咒的人，可是时间上也根本做不到啊——纪如萱清楚记得，自己在回寝室之前，那个娃娃还好端端地揣在自己口袋里，上楼后不久，邱素灵等人就回来了，接着是刘晓晓拉开手包，发现娃娃。难道这个娃娃是在自己回寝室后，兀自从她口袋里跳出来、然后拉开手包钻进去的不成？纪如萱一想到这个可怕的假想场景，心里就一阵哆嗦。 应该让蒋小楼知道这件事。纪如萱暗暗心想，他不是怀疑昨晚有人潜入钟楼偷回娃娃放在刘晓晓枕边吗？这一次看他还有什么好说的。 “该死！”刘晓晓突然骂了一声，用手指按住自己右眼。“我右眼皮又跳了。” 右眼跳灾。