Chapter 5 4. Dance of Fire of Life

This Saturday is Liu Xiaoxiao's 20th birthday.Although she had greeted her roommates a month ago and was planning to have a grand event, when it really came to her, she was very low-key. Except for a few roommates who love the same sisters, no outsider was notified.Ji Ruxuan and others speculated that this might have something to do with her upcoming speech contest—Liu Xiaoxiao has been preparing for the competition recently, with all her heart devoted to it, which is a rare sight.In Liu Xiaoxiao's own words, she just wanted to play, maybe the day before the competition she suddenly felt bored and gave up.Ji Ruxuan believed what she said, as she knew that most of the "rich second generation" did most of the things out of interest, and once they lost interest, they would give up without hesitation.

They have money, so they are not afraid of losing anything. Another reason why Liu Xiaoxiao was not in the mood to hold a big birthday party, Ji Ruxuan speculated that it might have something to do with the cursed doll, although Liu Xiaoxiao didn't seem to care about it on the surface, but with more than a year of experience in getting along, Ji Ruxuan could feel that she actually I miss this matter very much, whether it is a curse or a prank, it is not a good thing after all.It would be just as depressing for me to be afraid.Exactly, when and by what means that doll got into Liu Xiaoxiao’s handbag, this question is too inexplicable and frightening, besides, no one knows the real purpose of the person who manipulated and cursed the doll behind the scenes .

It happened to Liu Xiaoxiao, it was impossible for her not to think of this relationship. That night, after the lights were turned off, the girls chatted nonsense for a while, and then fell asleep one after another. The dormitory, which had been noisy all day, finally fell into a temporary peace. Ji Ruxuan has the habit of thinking before going to bed, so she is the last one to fall asleep in the dormitory almost every night.This evening was no exception. Ji Ruxuan fell asleep in a daze when the sound of even breathing was heard in the small dormitory, but was soon awakened by an abnormal commotion.Just as she was frowning and carefully recalling whether the commotion just now was a hallucination in a dream or a real experience, Zhang Jiaming's low voice came from the lower berth asking questions. "Liu Xiaoxiao, is that you? What's going on?"

"It's nothing, I had a nightmare." Liu Xiaoxiao's voice sounded exhausted. "Oh, then go to sleep later, so as not to repeat the dream just now, I have been like this several times." Liu Xiaoxiao didn't seem to hear what she said, so she made a "hiss", and said to herself, "I didn't seem to be woken up by fright... It seems that something hit my head..." After a short silence, Zhang Jiaming advised, "Stop thinking about it, just go to sleep quietly." Liu Xiaoxiao said "um", and just as she finished speaking, there was a strange sound of "sobbing and sobbing" from the bathroom. Ji Ruxuan heard it clearly, got up quickly, and turned her head to look at the closed milk-white door in the bathroom. Xiaomen—that "woman" is here again!

"Xuanxuan, are you awake too?" After Liu Xiaoxiao got out of bed, she quickly climbed onto Ji Ruxuan's upper bunk, and unceremoniously got into her warm bed. "I'm scared in the lower bunk alone." Pausing for a while, he lowered his voice and asked tremblingly, "That... what kind of sound is that?" Ji Ruxuan shook her head.Soon Zhang Jiaming also got out of bed, stood in front of the bed, and scanned the faces of the two people on the upper bunk with a decisive and resolute gaze. "It's not the first time," she said, "how about we rush in and see?"

Liu Xiaoxiao suddenly showed fear, and looked at Ji Ruxuan: "I... I'm a little scared." When she said this, the courage that Ji Ruxuan had gathered with great difficulty collapsed in an instant.Indeed, fear is a contagious emotion. "I think it's better to forget it..." After hesitating for a moment, Ji Ruxuan said helplessly. "In case there's something in there... we shouldn't take that risk." Zhang Jiaming sighed. Just then, an unexpected thing happened—— Niu Fang, who had been sleeping like a dead pig, woke up suddenly, pushed away the quilt, didn't even bother to put on her slippers, and ran to the bathroom barefoot, complaining in a low voice: "Grandma, is it Is there a problem with the ice porridge you drank at night?"

"Hey, Niu Fang—" Ji Ruxuan, who was the first to react, yelled, but at this time Niu Fang had already opened the bathroom door, "I want to squat down, let's talk when I come out!" With a "bang", the door was closed again. Ji Ruxuan's heart rose to her throat.At the same time, she felt her hand was firmly held by someone, and she knew it was Liu Xiaoxiao without even thinking about it.She could even feel the other person's body trembling. "Who's in the bathroom? There's something wrong with his brain, and he's still taking a shower at such a late hour!"——Niu Fang's gasping voice sounded from behind the bathroom door.The three of them looked at each other with astonishment on their faces.

In panic, it took Ji Ruxuan a long time to remember that their bathroom was divided into two compartments—the bathroom on the left and the toilet on the right.The toilet is installed at the corner of the washroom, and there is a cement partition on the left, which divides the bathroom into two. Ji Ruxuan suddenly remembered something, hurriedly raised her head, and looked at the beds of Qiu Suling and Lin Ying. Both of them were lying on the bed well, curled up under the quilt, probably dreaming sweet dreams. So, who was taking a bath in it in the middle of the night?Could it be that Niu Fang made a mistake?

Just as Ji Ruxuan was thinking wildly, the door of the bathroom opened again. Niu Fang walked out with her trousers up, muttering, "What kind of bath is it in the middle of the night, it's really crazy..." "Niu Fang!" Liu Xiaoxiao called her first, and asked tremblingly, "You said someone was taking a bath in it? Who is it?" "Xiaoxiao is insane!" Niu Fang blurted out, then turned her head and glanced this way, only to find that Liu Xiaoxiao was staring at her dumbfounded. "Why are you looking at me like that? My face—ah!" Niu Fang yelled, stepped back abruptly, widened her eyes, looked at Liu Xiaoxiao, and turned her head to look at the person who had just been pushed away by her. He was stunned for at least ten seconds, then staggered back again, accidentally knocked over a three-legged iron stool, and made a crisp "bang" sound when he fell to the ground. Lin Ying and Qiu Suling, who were dating and talking, also woke up, and looked up at the bed at the same time.

"Niu Fang, you are crazy!" Qiu Suling cursed loudly. "It's crazy," Ji Ruxuan whispered to herself, "It's just crazy..." Because of the sudden change, several people forgot about the mysterious cry. When Ji Ruxuan remembered it, the cry had disappeared long ago, just like when it first sounded, without anyone noticing. After waking up, Niu Fang intermittently told her bizarre experience after entering the bathroom: At first, she only heard the sound of rushing water from the other side of the partition—that is, the bathroom, as if someone was taking a bath in it.Niu Fang was puzzled, so she stretched out her hand and pushed open the door of the bathroom (the door is not far from the toilet), and saw Liu Xiaoxiao showering inside naked, and then she said those curious words.But Liu Xiaoxiao didn't seem to see her all the time, and whispered to herself while taking a shower: wash clean and go on the road, wash and go on the road...

At that time, Niu Fang was only thinking about "finishing the cake" and going back to sleep, so she didn't think too much, and closed the bathroom door again——Niu Fang didn't have the habit of being watched by others when she went to the toilet, especially squatting. When the tuba.After finishing the work, Niu Fang quickly ran out of the bathroom, intending to go to bed and continue to dream just now, but she never expected to see another Liu Xiaoxiao sitting on Ji Ruxuan's bed, talking to herself... After listening to her story, everyone present felt chills, especially Liu Xiaoxiao, who had goosebumps all over her body. "Didn't you think it was strange to see 'Xiaoxiao' taking a bath in it at that time? In the middle of the night, she fell ill!" Qiu Suling, who had the calmest appearance, asked coldly. "Don't tell me, I was so dizzy that I just wanted to sleep, and besides, I thought Xiaoxiao just came back from going out to the bar-she often did this in the old campus, you all know it. Go back to the dormitory and take a shower. Isn't it normal to sleep?" Speaking of this, Niu Fang looked up at Liu Xiaoxiao who had been sitting on the opposite bed with her head down. "Our dormitory... won't be haunted!" As soon as this remark came out, everyone's hearts skipped a beat. Ji Ruxuan wanted to say a few rebuttals to make the atmosphere less tense, but she opened her mouth, not knowing what to say. Liu Xiaoxiao suddenly grabbed the handbag from the bed, unzipped it, and took out the phone. "Hi, is that Uncle Zhang? Use the fastest time to help me find a house near South University of Technology, enough for six people... Yes, the sooner the better...Okay, I will contact you then, goodbye." Putting down the phone, Liu Xiaoxiao raised her head and smiled wryly at the sisters. "There is no way to live in this dormitory, let's change places." No one objected. Ji Ruxuan originally wanted to tell her that the problem might not be in the dormitory, but after thinking about it, saying this would only add fuel to the flames, so the words came to her lips: "No matter what Fangfang sees is a hallucination or something, I hope everyone Forget about it as soon as possible, and never mention it again." The day after the incident was Saturday, Liu Xiaoxiao's birthday in the lunar calendar.However, because of what happened last night, Liu Xiaoxiao was in a very low mood, and she didn't plan to celebrate, but the sisters refused, saying that it was just a chance to get rid of bad luck. After the birthday, all the unpleasant things before will be gone In the past, tomorrow is a brand new beginning. This is indeed a beautiful wish. Although it failed to come true in the end, at least this birthday will give Liu Xiaoxiao a good memory—if she can still remember it. Today is Liu Xiaoxiao's twentieth birthday, and it is also her last birthday. After the tragedy, every time Ji Ruxuan and others recalled what happened on the last day of Liu Xiaoxiao’s life, they felt unbelievable—the omen of death had appeared since that morning, but no one paid attention to it at that time. They called my father in person, and after some gossip, he suddenly said: "Father and mother, you should pay more attention to your health in the future. I used to be too self-willed and always made you angry. I will never do it again..." When shopping in the center of Xuyou City in the morning, Liu Xiaoxiao gave each of them a "LV" satchel, which added up to a total price of no less than 20,000 yuan.Several people insisted on not wanting it, so Liu Xiaoxiao said with a smile: "You guys accept it, this is the last time I will give you a gift, and I will never give it again in the future, is this okay?" A few people thought that Liu Xiaoxiao was afraid that they would not accept it, so they purposely made excuses. Later, they found out that Liu Xiaoxiao would not give them any more gifts in the future, and there was no chance to give them any more... After playing around in the city center for a day, the group returned to South University of Technology in the evening, but instead of going back to school immediately, they went to a relatively decent restaurant near the school.Just after sitting down and ordering food, Zhang Jiaming's cell phone rang. After going out to answer the phone, he went back to the private room and said that his boyfriend was in a hurry to find him, and he had to go to the city immediately, and he might not go back to the dormitory tonight. "Then be careful on the road." Liu Xiaoxiao said with a smile, paused and added, "Although we have known each other for less than a month, I will definitely miss you too." Ji Ruxuan heard something was wrong from her words, and as soon as Zhang Jiaming left, she asked her what she meant by that sentence just now. "It's nothing interesting." Liu Xiaoxiao blinked mischievously.Suddenly the door of the private room was pushed open, and the waitress who had just left with the menu came in again.It was a little girl of ten, seven or eight years old, who spoke in a soft and slow voice, with a shyness that only girls can have in her tone. "Sorry, we don't have 'Yipin Huangshan' beer in our store. Can I replace it with 'Tsingtao Beer'?" "Why didn't you say it just now?" Qiu Suling said coldly. The girl lowered her head: "I just found out, I'm sorry..." "We haven't drank white wine together yet? Do you want to try?" Liu Xiaoxiao suggested. "Don't drink, don't drink!" The girls all waved their hands. "It's my birthday today, so just drink to me once, and don't drink too much." After finishing speaking, no longer giving the people any chance to object, he raised his head and said to the girl, "Let's get a half-jin bottle of 'Wuliangye'. It is said that the wine The degree is not high, and the drink is not intoxicating." The girl nodded, turned and left. "This restaurant is not small. I didn't expect to hire such a little girl who can't even speak as a waiter. I really can't figure it out." Qiu Suling said with her lips curled up. "You can't say that," Niu Fang gave her a dissatisfied look, "The last time I came here for dinner with the devils, I heard from the boss here that this girl just graduated from high school this year and came out to work to see a doctor for her mother. , did not take the college entrance examination. Her mother has liver cancer." "So it's like this..." Liu Xiaoxiao nodded thoughtfully. The birthday party lasted until ninety o'clock, and everyone left the restaurant in a low mood and returned to the dormitory. After a short rest, the sisters surrounded Liu Xiaoxiao and sat in front of the desk. There was a box of birthday cakes on the table, which was bought with everyone's pool of money. Money is a trivial matter, for a meaning. "Come on, let's make a wish." After all the candles were lit, Niu Fang stood up and turned off the light.Several people sat around Liu Xiaoxiao, waiting for the 20-year-old Liu Xiaoxiao to start the most important birthday ceremony: making a wish and blowing out the candles. "My wish is..." Liu Xiaoxiao glanced at the sisters left and right, and said slowly, "I hope that all the people I love and those who love me can live happily ever after..." Niu Fang quickly poked her with her arm: "You can't say your birthday wish, otherwise it won't work." Liu Xiaoxiao just smiled and blew out all the candles in one go. Next is to share the cake.Like all troublesome young people, cakes are eaten less and used to smash people, but fortunately the location is in the dormitory instead of a hotel room, everyone is still a little bit concerned, afraid that if they really make cakes everywhere It was really troublesome to clean up, but even so, by the end of the game, the ground was already dirty and messy, and the faces and bodies of several people were even more horrible. However, the most important thing is that everyone is having fun. After eating and playing, Lin Ying, who has always loved hard work, took the lead in cleaning the dormitory. The rest took turns to take a bath, and the rest helped Lin Ying. In this way, the house was finally cleaned up before the lights were turned off at half past ten. They also washed clean, and lay on their respective beds, chatting casually. What is worth mentioning during this period is that when it was Liu Xiaoxiao's turn to go in to take a bath, she hesitated to go in. Needless to say the reason, it was Niu Fang who offered to take a bath with her in the end (Niu Fang might be more afraid of going in than Liu Xiaoxiao. toilet), the matter is considered resolved. What was different from usual was that Liu Xiaoxiao became the center of the conversation that night, and others—including a thousand-year-old chatterbox like Niu Fang—also became one of the audience.Liu Xiaoxiao talked so much, from primary school to university, first love, the first kiss and the feelings of that and that, and how she regretted those one-night stands in high school... She just kept going Speak without caring whether the people around you are listening.In fact, that night, everyone did fall asleep amidst her endless talking, until Liu Xiaoxiao herself fell asleep, still babbling—talking in sleep. At this time, Ji Ruxuan was also dreaming. She dreamed of that mysterious man again—the man who took her into the real teaching building in the dream last time, this time, actually led her to the death clock tower. The man walked in front, keeping a body distance from her at all times.He walked very slowly, but for some reason, Ji Ruxuan couldn't get ahead of him, even though she wanted to see his face clearly, or who he really was. Everything was the same as Ji Ruxuan's previous "fantasy" - after the long corridor, there was a room of the same size as the entrance, without any furnishings, and black garbage and old newspapers were piled everywhere on the floor.On the opposite side of the corridor, on the other side of the room, there is a wooden spiral staircase leading to the second floor.The man stepped up without hesitation, and there was a "creaking" sound under his feet, which was the shaking of the stairs.Probably reminded by this voice, Ji Ruxuan suddenly came to her senses, rushed forward, and finally stood side by side with the man for the first time, turned her head quickly, and saw a blurred profile... It was just this one-sided relationship, just when Ji Ruxuan wanted to take a closer look at this face, a heart-piercing scream sounded in her ear.Ji Ruxuan woke up trembling, and before she regained consciousness, she smelled a pungent burnt smell, as if something had been burned. Ji Ruxuan sat up abruptly, stretched her head to look down the bunk—— The blazing fire illuminated the entire dormitory, but due to the obstruction of the thick smoke, Ji Ruxuan couldn't see who the figure dancing wildly in the fire was. She even thought that the scene in front of her was still happening in a dream, until someone hoarse With a howl: "Help—" Ji Ruxuan finally recovered, her head exploded with a "buzz". The person who "dances" in the fire is Liu Xiaoxiao. At three o'clock in the morning, that is, half an hour after the accident, Liu Xiaoxiao was taken to the hospital by ambulance.Due to the timely rescue, his life was saved, and the injury was not too serious, which is considered a blessing in misfortune. On the morning of the second day after the incident, Ji Ruxuan and others were invited to the police station as witnesses at the scene for routine questioning. "I really don't know anything..." Facing the young criminal policeman's question, Ji Ruxuan spoke truthfully. "When I woke up, the incident had already happened. We were so frightened that we had no choice but to call 120. Then Qiu Suling went to the bathroom to fetch a basin of water and poured it on Xiaoxiao. Luckily, the fire went out..." The young detective nodded and asked, "You said just now that the door of the dormitory is always locked when you are sleeping, are you sure?" "Yes." Ji Ruxuan nodded, "When I was waiting for the ambulance to arrive, I went to open the door to vent the smoke, so remember clearly." "So the door can't be locked from the outside? I mean, is there any way to lock the door if someone goes out from the house?" "Impossible." Ji Ruxuan answered without thinking. "The dormitory door uses an old-fashioned mortise lock, which can only be inserted from the inside. Officer, do you suspect... that the fire was set on fire?" Ji Ruxuan hesitated for a long time, and finally plucked up the courage to ask. "It's not sure yet." The young criminal policeman waved his hands helplessly, "However, there is a possibility." "Then... is there any way to be sure?" "Of course. When the results of the on-site investigation come out, we will basically have a conclusion." At this point, the young criminal policeman paused, and suddenly said in a rapid tone, "The question should not be asked. Assuming it was arson, what do you think? Who is most likely?" Ji Ruxuan immediately widened her eyes. "Just assuming, you can answer boldly, it doesn't matter." Ji Ruxuan timidly asked: "You mean... the people in our dormitory?" "As you said just now, the door is always locked, and your dormitory is on the seventh floor. It's impossible for the perpetrator to climb in through the window to commit the crime, right?" After hearing this, Ji Ruxuan shook her head firmly. "It was definitely not done by the people in our dormitory, I can guarantee it!" The young detective smiled noncommittally. "Then, how did the fire start?" Ji Ruxuan had already started thinking about this question.Ordinarily, if the fire started little by little, Liu Xiaoxiao would definitely wake up from the pain early in the morning, let alone get covered in fire, so Ji Ruxuan guessed that the fire must have started all at once.She just couldn't figure out why this was happening.Fortunately, the young policeman did not hide this issue—"According to the results of the preliminary site inspection, the clothes worn by the victim and the bedding used that night are likely to contain some kind of flammable substance." "Flammable substances?" "Such as gasoline, methane, red phosphorus, and other chemical substances that are ignited in case of fire. The specifics of what they are still have to wait for the test results." I see.Ji Ruxuan nodded as if she had realized something. After being questioned individually, the four of them (Zhang Jiaming hasn't come back since he left last night) took the bus back to school together. Similar questions, everyone’s answers are also similar. They all mentioned the cursed doll that can’t be thrown away, the strange crying sound that often sounds in the dormitory in the middle of the night, Niu Fang’s bizarre experience in the bathroom, etc. A series of abnormal things matter. "I've been thinking about these things secretly for a long time, but I have no clue. Now I want to know whether the cause of Xiaoxiao's accident was an accident or man-made. This is the key to the problem." Speaking of this, Qiu Suling frowned Woke up, lost in thought. "If it was an accident, how did the fire start? Where did the fire come from? So..." Ji Ruxuan didn't continue.It's not that I don't want to, it's that I dare not. Qiu Suling snorted disdainfully, and said in a teasing tone that was completely inconsistent with the serious business: "According to what you said, someone set the fire on purpose? Let me guess, who is this person?" He stopped his chin, looked at Lin Ying's face first, and then turned to Niu Fang. "What are you looking at!" Niu Fang yelled angrily, "You doubt me, don't you?" "It's none of my business," Qiu Suling shrugged with a smile, "Xuanxuan said that the fire was set by someone. We were the only ones sleeping in the dormitory that night, and the door was locked all the time. Who else could it be if we didn't do it?" ?” Ji Ruxuan glared at her: "I'm talking about the facts! Don't be so excited, okay?" "Stop arguing," Lin Ying waved her hands in annoyance, "When Xiaoxiao is all right, she will tell the truth herself. It's useless for us to guess now. Besides, we are not policemen." Ji Ruxuan nodded in agreement, and turned her gaze out of the car window. A man walking by the side of the road was also looking at her. The car had already driven a long way, and the man was left behind along with the tall building behind him, and he disappeared in a blink of an eye. The bedding, pillows, mats and other bedding that Liu Xiaoxiao used to use were all taken away by the police. It is said that they were going to be tested, so now there is only one empty bed left on the bed she used to sleep on. There are marks left by the fire that day-the bed board is scorched black, and it is not clear whether it is burned or smoked. Seeing it, Ji Ruxuan and the others couldn't help recalling the scene of the fire that night, and felt flustered, so they found some old newspapers and laid them on top. From a psychological point of view, this was a way of subconsciously escaping from reality. Zhang Jiaming didn't return to school until the afternoon of the second day after the accident, and no one was in the mood to ask where she went.Zhang Jiaming heard about Liu Xiaoxiao just after returning to school, and was asking Ji Ruxuan and others for details, when the dormitory administrator called her away, saying that someone from the criminal police team came to find out about her situation and was waiting in the school leader's office. After Zhang Jiaming left, Niu Fang and Qiu Suling started to pack their things. Today is Saturday. The two families live in Anhui, not too far from Xuyou City. They plan to go home for the weekend as usual, before class on Monday afternoon. return. "I'd better not leave." Qiu Suling stopped what she was doing and looked up at her roommates. "In case Xiaoxiao comes out of the intensive care unit these two days, I'll go over and have a look as soon as possible. Do you think so?" Ji Ruxuan shook her head: "How can it be so fast, you forgot what the doctor said, at least one week of observation before being transferred to the general ward, now anyway, no visits are given, you should go." "That's right." Qiu Suling thought for a while and said.Soon the two finished packing their things, said goodbye to each other and went out. Lin Ying sat on the bed and embroidered cross-stitch, which was her only pastime to pass the boring time.Ji Ruxuan doesn't have a hobby that needs to be supported with a lot of patience, so she finds out the "Sprout" that she borrowed from the library a few days ago, and sits on the bed to read it, so as not to be too idle and easy to think wildly.She didn't want to discuss Xiaoxiao's injury with Lin Ying, it would only make them more worried and confused. Lin Ying probably thought so too, so she was content to embroider her cross-stitch. Time passed, and when Ji Ruxuan saw the first appearance of the noble handsome boy Negrell in the book, the mobile phone that had been kept by her side suddenly rang, and the sound was so loud that Ji Ruxuan was startled (probably It’s because I was too absorbed in reading), I picked it up and saw that it was a strange number that I had never seen before. "Hello, Ji Ruxuan? I'm Yang Chuan." "Uh..." Ji Ruxuan didn't expect it to be him, and didn't know what to say for a moment. "Haven't you eaten yet? I'm just downstairs. Give me a face. I just have something to tell you." "W-what's the matter?" "Come down and talk, hurry up." After finishing speaking, he hung up the phone before she could answer. "It's really domineering..." Ji Ruxuan murmured, stunned for a few seconds, then suddenly looked up at Lin Ying with a smile. "Lin Ying, are you hungry? Let's go, how about going to eat together?" Lin Ying was still busy with the work at hand, without raising her head, she said, "I'm not a light bulb, otherwise people will hate me to death." "Ah! Don't talk nonsense, I hardly know him!" "But they invited you, so it's nothing if I go. Hehe, go quickly, don't make people wait in a hurry." "Get out!" Ji Ruxuan glared at her angrily, put on her shoes and socks, and suddenly remembered something strange before going out, and called Lin Ying back: "By the way, I didn't seem to say anything when I answered the phone Ah, how did you know someone asked me out? And it's still the kind of..." Lin Ying covered her mouth and snickered. "When you answered the phone, it was all written on your face." "gosh." As soon as he walked to the door, Lin Ying's teasing voice sounded behind him: "Don't go to crowded places, be careful not to be seen by Xiaolou, who can't explain clearly..." "Go to hell!" Ji Ruxuan ran away quickly, without hearing a deep sigh from the dormitory behind her. Lin Ying's words were simply a prophecy—— Ji Ruxuan and Yang Chuan came to the cafeteria together. After finishing the meal, they found a place to sit down and didn't even say a few words. Ji Ruxuan occasionally raised her eyes and saw Jiang Xiaolou walking into the cafeteria with a cigarette in his mouth, acting foolishly. , and walked to the food window. "Hey, Xiaolou!" After hesitating for a moment, Ji Ruxuan decided to greet him.This is a girl's carefulness, and its significance is self-evident. Jiang Xiaolou came over scratching his hair, first glanced at Yang Chuan, and then asked Ji Ruxuan as if nothing happened: "Why did you come to eat so early?" "Well, I'm hungry." Ji Ruxuan replied casually, "What's wrong with your phone, can't you get through?" "No way! When did you call?" "Hmph, I have called at least a dozen times in the past two days, but I can't get through. I thought you were missing!" Ji Ruxuan pursed her lips deliberately. "There is such a thing?" Jiang Xiaolou scratched his head in surprise. "Let me introduce you, this is my boyfriend Jiang Xiaolou, and this is my classmate named Yang Chuan." "Hello." Yang Chuan nodded politely to Jiang Xiaolou, who just grinned, then lowered his head and said to Ji Ruxuan: "I still have something to do, I have to go, you can continue to eat, and go back to the dormitory early after eating. I gone." "Hey, are you leaving now?" Ji Ruxuan sighed meaningfully. Jiang Xiaolou glanced at her, and suddenly slapped his forehead, "Almost forgot, you have to go to the city with me, right now, there is something you must do." "Now?" Ji Ruxuan muttered "reluctantly", then turned her head and smiled apologetically at Yang Chuan, "Sorry, you heard that too..." "It's okay, it's important to be busy." "Well, I'll treat you to dinner another day when I'm free." "OK, bye." After leaving the cafeteria, the two walked hand in hand for a long distance before stopping. Ji Ruxuan looked at her boyfriend's profile with a smirk. "Quickly tell me, what is there for Miss Ben to do in such a hurry?" "Fuck you!" Jiang Xiaolou glared at her. "Are you okay? Then go back to the dormitory. I have to go back and write programs. People are urging me to ask for it." ——In Ji Ruxuan's eyes, Jiang Xiaolou's only specialty is that he can write programs, and he can often earn some extra money. "Okay, then I'll continue to have dinner with that guy, think about it, he's pretty handsome..." Jiang Xiaolou sighed reluctantly: "Let's go." "Where to go?" "Take you to dinner!" "Hehe, okay. Let's go eat 'Huainan Beef Soup'." Watching the figures of the two being gradually swallowed up by the night, Zhang Jiaming, who had been silently watching them from a distance, sighed helplessly, and then quickly followed.At this moment, her attention was focused on Ji Ruxuan and the two in front of her, and she didn't seem to notice that behind her, about twenty meters away, a pair of eyes were always staring at her back. Those eyes were extremely vicious, like As if to pierce her body. The praying mantis catches the cicada, and the oriole follows behind.However, who is the oriole? A sly smile appeared on Zhang Jiaming's lips. During the meal, the two inevitably talked about Liu Xiaoxiao and the bizarre fire.This incident has already caused a lot of trouble in the school. Jiang Xiaolou naturally heard about it, but he didn't know the details, so he asked Ji Ruxuan, "When you woke up, how many people were already awake?" Ji Ruxuan thought for a while and said, "I didn't pay attention to it at the time, it seems like I'm awake." "Then besides you, the other four are all suspects." "Why except me?" "Because I trust you, idiot." Ji Ruxuan grinned silently—this movement was learned from Jiang Xiaolou, and grinning is Jiang Xiaolou's signature movement. "But you are still wrong. Zhang Jiaming didn't sleep in the dormitory that night. She went to the city to find her boyfriend." "What a coincidence?" Jiang Xiaolou frowned, "Last time you said that it was Zhang Jiaming who took you to the bell tower, and then saw the cursed doll, right?" Ji Ruxuan froze for a moment, then nodded. "but--" "When Liu Xiaoxiao saw the doll for the second time, was Zhang Jiaming present?" Jiang Xiaolou interrupted her and said quickly. "Ah, let me think about it...it seems that I'm not here, I should go to eat." "What about the rest?" "They are all there. I remember clearly that they had just returned from the cafeteria. Then Qiu Suling asked Liu Xiaoxiao to borrow money." Jiang Xiaolou nodded. "Did Liu Xiaoxiao keep her handbag on her body that day, or did she leave it in the dormitory?" "I don't know, she didn't say anything." Ji Ruxuan took a bite of the biscuits and said dissatisfiedly, "I found that you are very similar to the policeman who was in charge of questioning me in the morning, asking all kinds of weird questions." Jiang Xiaolou, as if he didn't hear her words, lay on the table with his chin in his hands, his brain spinning rapidly.After a long time, he finally picked up the chopsticks, finished the remaining beef soup in the bowl in two mouthfuls, and began to talk freely: "If it is really arson, there are two people who are most suspected, and the first one is Zhang Jiaming. At first glance It seems that nothing has anything to do with her, especially when she didn't even return to the dormitory that night. But maybe she is deliberately creating an alibi, you know the alibi?" Ji Ruxuan nodded. "That set in the mystery novel." "In addition, among the few people in your dormitory, she is the only one who is from outside. What does she study?" "It's from the electronics department, it seems to be." "Department of Electronics..." Jiang Xiaolou pondered. "Who is the other person? As you just said, there are two people who are most suspected." Jiang Xiaolou took out his mobile phone and checked the time, "It's eight o'clock, I really have to go back, if it's later, I'm afraid I won't be able to do it tonight, I have to go to the city to look at the house tomorrow, and I will help you analyze these things next time .” "Are you really planning to start a company here?" "If I don't make more money, how will I support you in the future." Jiang Xiaolou smiled and pinched her face. "To be honest, there have been a lot of strange things happening in your dormitory recently, you have to be careful yourself, don't make me worry about you all day long." "I finally waited for your words." After the meal, the two returned to school together. Jiang Xiaolou sent Ji Ruxuan downstairs to the dormitory, watched her walk into the elevator, and then turned and left. In fact, he still cares about me.Ji Ruxuan thought sweetly, when she went up to the seventh floor and just stepped out of the elevator door, her phone rang.Ji Ruxuan stared at the group of unfamiliar numbers for a long time, and suddenly remembered that it was Yang Chuan's mobile phone number, and her heart tightened: He won't invite me to dinner again, will he? After a moment of hesitation, Ji Ruxuan pressed the answer button. "Hey, Ji Ruxuan, have you eaten yet?" "Yes, I have eaten." Ji Ruxuan answered hastily, and there was a chuckle on the other end of the phone. "It's a pity that I can't have dinner with you tonight. But, do you remember what I said earlier, there is something I want to tell you. Since I can't say it in person, I'll say it on the phone." At this point , Yang Chuan coughed lightly, and changed into a more serious tone, "Maybe you don't know? These days... someone has been following you." Ji Ruxuan was stunned for a moment.Why didn't I think of it?In the first few days when I first arrived at this campus, I often felt a feeling of being peeped from behind, especially when I was walking on the road. Because of this, I was laughed at by Qiu Suling as nervous, so I believed it. "When...when did it happen?" Ji Ruxuan asked nervously. "How long have we known each other, just the last few days." "The last few days..." Ji Ruxuan murmured to herself, she hasn't felt like being watched by anyone lately?Could it be that habit has become natural and has become numb? “而且，跟踪你的人还不止一个，说出来你可能会害怕，一共有三个人。” “啊？”纪如萱差点瘫倒在地。 “有一个女的，两个男的，不过，那个男的跟踪的目标好像是那个女的。我越想越觉得这件事不对劲，所以决定还是告诉你。” 纪如萱颤声问道：“那跟踪我的人，你认识吗？” “只认识其中一个，说来奇怪，你知道他是谁吗？”杨川卖起了关子。 "Who?" “你是谁！”声音变小，明显是说话者远离了手机。纪如萱愣了一下才想到，这句话可能不是跟自己说的。 “喂，怎么了？杨川……” “啪”地一下，像是手机被摔在地上，接着就挂断了。 杨川不会是遇到什么危险了吧？ 纪如萱急忙回拨他的电话，通了，但光听见彩铃里范伟一个人在那瞎掰：天是蓝的，海是深的，男人的话没有一句是真的……说完一遍又一遍，但电话一直没有人接。纪如萱只好放下手机，脚不沾地地回到寝室。 张佳茗还是不知去向，寝室里只有林颖一个人，坐在老位置，绣着她好像永远绣不完的十字绣。 “你回来了，约会怎么样？我还在担心你不小心做出什么不可挽回的事情呢。”林颖捂嘴轻笑起来，一抬头，看到纪如萱一副心不在焉的表情，便问：“怎么了？” “没什么。起码没有失身。” “不过是失神。” 纪如萱没空再理她，拿起手机，又给杨川拨了一个电话。结果是同样的无人接听，就在纪如萱准备挂机的时候，电话竟然通了，杨川那带有一种特殊磁性的声音旋即传了过来：“不好意思，刚才有人找我。” "Who is it?" "I do not recognize." 纪如萱顿了一下，问道：“那么，刚才你要告诉我的那个人是谁？” “我不认识。”——还是这句话。 “我是说，你刚才不是说有人跟踪我吗？其中有一个是你认识的，是谁？” “呵呵，我逗你玩的，怎么会有人跟踪你。” "..." “真的，我只是说着玩的，好了，我得睡觉了。改天有空再请你吃饭。” The phone was hung up again. 纪如萱愣愣地举着手机，心情乱成了一锅粥。 到底，发生什么事了？