Chapter 7 Chapter 5 The Mystery of Death

Has anyone had an experience with this?You put your quartz watch next to your ear and listen in the silence.The "chacha" sound of the second hand makes you feel the passage of time. However, sometimes you will suddenly lose the "chacha" sound, as if all the surrounding sounds have disappeared.And after a while, I can hear it again, just like a deaf ear regaining hearing. Why?It is said that it is not that the watch has stopped or your hearing has problems, but that when you cannot hear the movement of the second hand, the fourth dimensional space that cannot be seen, heard, heard or touched appears - the time dimension.

From the perspective of spiritual scholars, the so-called time dimension is the spiritual world.As for the so-called spiritual world, non-scientific ones can be called the ghost world. Of course, regarding the phenomenon of phantom limbs, some metaphysical scholars also believe that the extra hand is actually a ghost hand.Or maybe that hand came from my previous life, which is a dislocation between my previous self and my present self. No matter how nonsense he talks about metaphysics or supernaturalism, I was indeed bluffed by Yuan Xiaowen's phantom limb. The doorbell was in a hurry, ringing again and again.Yuan Xiaowen was wearing pajamas, muttering in her mouth that I was not allowed to rummage in her room, and I was not allowed to look at things that were not suitable for viewing. Of course, when necessary, things that should be ignored must be ignored.Then he walked out of his bedroom door slowly and opened the main door in the living room.

The doorbell stopped immediately, and several men's voices sounded outside the door, as if they were asking for something.After Yuan Xiaowen answered one by one, the man's voice whispered something. After that, there was a dead silence. I quietly propped myself up from the bed, straightened my crumpled leisure clothes, and then went out. Yuan Xiaowen froze on the spot, expressionless.As expected, there were several policemen standing opposite her.Although I clearly knew the purpose of those policemen, I still pretended to be ignorant and walked up to her and asked softly, "What's wrong?"

The girl's eyes were dull, and she slowly shifted her gaze from the unfocused front to me. Finally, sadness swept over like a bursting embankment, drowning all her nerves. She threw herself into my arms suddenly, tears fell like a shower, and her whole body couldn't help shaking. "My mother is dead! They say my mother is dead!" Yuan Xiaowen cried in my arms, venting her heartbreaking grief. I hugged her gently, and suddenly felt that I was really cruel.Knowing the news of her mother's death, she not only concealed it, but also approached her with a purpose.Isn't it too inhumane and stupid to do so?

"Calm down, let's figure it out first. How did Auntie die?" I patted her back with my hand, full of guilt, but my thinking was so rational that I was leading myself step by step. Behavior goes to a more goddamn place. "I don't know, I don't know!" Yuan Xiaowen sobbed, "They asked my mother if she had a history of mental illness before, and how her mental condition is recently. How do I know! My mother is my mother, my mother, She is healthier than anyone else, how could she be mentally ill..." The girl was crying bitterly while talking nonsense, and some small things inside the door were thrown by her phantom limbs and fluttered around the room, obviously showing a tendency to lose control.

Dude, how long is her third hand?The sofa cushions that were more than two meters away were thrown out.Fortunately, because the door is very small, the attention of the two policemen in front was completely focused on the two of us, and none of them saw the situation in the house. I smiled apologetically, "I'm sorry, you see the current situation is like this. Excuse me, how did Xiaowen's mother die?" There was a hint of embarrassment on the faces of the two policemen, and it was also true that no matter who encountered that kind of massacre in their own jurisdiction, they would have a headache.At least, in front of the public, explaining or not explaining is very troublesome. I am afraid that we can only keep it secret first, so as not to cause panic among the public.

Sure enough, the police did not explain too much to us, as long as it involved specific things, it was vague.In the end, I spread my hands and asked, "Xiaowen's mental state is very bad now, and I probably can't answer any of your questions. Look, do you want to ask me later and make a record?" After discussing it, the two policemen thought it made sense, so they politely greeted me and left.Probably the aftermath of that incident also needs manpower, and they don't have time to spend here. Yuan Xiaowen kept crying, I breathed a sigh of relief and closed the door forcefully.Then he helped her to sit on the sofa, and pulled the curtains tightly to block the light from the outside world.

Things kept flying around in the room, and everything that could be lifted by hand was thrown to the ground.The floor of the living room was in a mess, as if a typhoon had blown through it. I sat beside her quietly, waiting for her to cry, didn't say anything, just looked at her, and handed her tissues one by one.I don't know whether it was half an hour or an hour, but finally, she calmed down. "Do you want me to accompany you to the police station?" I asked. Yuan Xiaowen shook her head: "From the tone of the police, my mother's death is not innocent!" "Then what do you want?" I asked again.

"I don't know." She seemed about to cry again. "Stop it, stop it quickly." I immediately patted her on the back with my hand, "It's not an option to cry like this. Even if it's a waste of time, find something meaningful to waste it." Yuan Xiaowen bit her lip, obediently did not cry anymore.It's just that his face became paler and paler, obviously because of the severe pain. "Speaking of which, what exactly do you want to tell me before the police come?" I asked calmly. She didn't answer, but stood up suddenly, sniffled, took my hand and walked towards the gate, "accompany me to a place."

"Where are you going?" I asked hastily. "A place where time and pain can be effectively wasted." After she finished speaking, she dragged me out of the community like a headless chicken.
At the same time, in Yushi Township Middle School, just like thousands of Sundays in the past, the fresh graduates did not rest, and they were busy making up their lessons.Everything is like a normal day, but there is a surging undercurrent underneath. Perhaps the development of things is like this. When an inflection point appears, it does not advance at a constant speed, but changes rapidly at a certain acceleration.By the time people wake up, they have changed beyond recognition and can never go back.

Yesterday, she didn't sleep well, so Yiwei, who was still dizzy, walked into the classroom. "Hey, Yiwei!" Just as she was about to sit down, a girl hurried over and moved to Yiwei's side mysteriously. Yiwei was taken aback and said angrily, "Beibei, you want to scare me to death!" This is Beibei, one of her two bad friends. She comes from a very good family background and is a rich and extravagant girl, but her grades are worse than her half-baked one, and she is extremely nerveless. "Yiwei, Yiwei." Beibei was a little excited today, her whole body smelled of gossip, "Did you get Zhihong's button?" "Buttons? Why should I take Zhihong's buttons?" Yiwei didn't understand what her bad friends were talking about. "Of course it's the second button on Zhihong's school uniform!" Beibei raised her head, "I said you, you have been secretly in love with him for so many years, why don't you show any real performance." "me……" Yiwei was stunned by this sentence and couldn't make a sound.Although she really has a crush on Zhihong, but if she really takes action, a certain string deep in her heart will be plucked.Perhaps, she is still afraid of being rejected. "You, it's really useless, or I'll help you snatch Zhihong's button. Huh, my family and his family are aristocratic families, so I can still get this little thing." Passionate, with an evil look of going through fire and water for his sisters, the gossip aura on his body is stronger, he is really a person who fears the world will not be chaotic. "No! No need!" Yi Wei hurriedly waved her hand, this unrequited love got involved with Bei Bei, even if there was hope, it would end without a cause. Beibei's family monopolizes the home appliance store in this city, and Zhihong's family manufactures home appliances. It is said that the two have cooperated for decades.It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a family.It is said that the two families originally intended to marry Beibei and Zhihong, but unfortunately the two people really didn't feel for each other, so they had to let it go. "Then how do you want me to help you?" Beibei asked. "No, miss, as long as you don't ask anything, it will be the greatest help." Yiwei is one head and two older, and she is not an ordinary bad friend. She has a legendary talent that can turn good things into bad things, and happy things into sad things. Beibei was a little sad, "How can this be, we are friends!" "Yes, but I can't always ask Beibei to help me. I still have to fight for the emotional matters." Yiwei made an unfathomable expression and looked out the window. Zhihong walked slowly from the school gate with his schoolbag in his hand. Walk towards the teaching building. Even his walking posture is so perfect, he really deserves to be the prince charming in the hearts of all girls.It's so handsome! After thinking about it, I couldn't help but froze. Beibei shook her hands in front of her eyes and shouted loudly: "Yiwei!" Yiwei woke up immediately and rubbed her ears with her hands, "It hurts so much, you want to scare me to death!" Her cute appearance made Beibei's eyes shine, and she rubbed her face hard against Yiwei's face, "Wow, so cute. My Yiwei is so cute!" Depressed, infatuated again, and I am not a pet. Yiwei hurriedly dodged, "Beibei, did you come to find me so early just to ask about Zhihong and I's development? Nothing else?" By the way, Miss Beibei is not in the same class as Yiwei. The two were classmates when they were in junior high school, and they have always been very close.Her own classroom is in Class Three next to Yiwei's. Only then did Beibei scratch her long black hair, "Yiwei, have you got Zhihong's button yet?" I was so angry, why did I go around and go back to this issue. Under Yiwei's eyes that could kill people, Beibei smiled awkwardly, and the momentum of gossip escalated again.She leaned close to Yiwei's ear, and said mysteriously: "Xiao Wei got the button!" "How is it possible!" Yiwei was stunned as if struck by a million volts of lightning. Xiao Wei is another bad friend of hers, a typical study freak, always occupying the first place in the school with her test scores, she is a god who cannot be surpassed by anyone.Whether it is a teacher or a classmate, there are always only two impressions of her, quiet and excellent. Even Yiwei and Beibei have the same opinion. "I can't tell, Xiaowei unexpectedly!" Yiwei was even more dizzy, "Is it with that Zhou Yang?" "no." "Gao Yun from the basketball team?" "No." "Yang Qiaofeng with the second highest academic performance?" "How is it possible, of course not." Beibei shook her head. "Then I can't guess." Yiwei was defeated.Xiao Wei actually confessed to the person she likes without showing any signs of dew, and also successfully got the button, thinking about it makes her feel a little sour and uncomfortable. "You can't guess it, it's Zhao Yuyin." Beibei looked very proud. Yiwei looked in disbelief, "What, it's Zhao Yuyin, who is less popular than Zhihong, and Xiaowei actually likes him? She never mentioned it to us! Moreover, it is said that Zhao Yuyin's eyes are higher than the top , there is no girl in our school who he can look up to." "Is there anything impossible? Perhaps Xiao Wei's sincerity moved him." Beibei said: "This news is absolutely true, I saw it with my own eyes. This guy Xiaowei is really not good at keeping secrets. I must kill her after school this afternoon." She glanced at Yiwei who had a complicated expression, "How about I help you find out the tone of that bastard Tan Zhihong? As my good sister, it has been several years since I failed to deal with that idiot. It's really embarrassing Miss Ben face. I feel embarrassed." "Zhihong is not an idiot." Yiwei blushed slightly, "Don't worry about it, my eldest lady, I know my own affairs. On the contrary, Xiaowei is really unwilling to give her a good meal. As her My sister, Tao, is so tight-lipped that she ran to confess without revealing anything." "Yes." Beibei quickly agreed. Zhihong walked through the corridor, opened the classroom door and walked in.Yiwei's eyes followed his movements, watching him walk forward step by step, arrived at the seat, and sat down. Beibei sighed, "I'm going back to the classroom, I'll come to see you after school." After saying that, she left, and when she walked past Zhihong, she slapped him hard on the head. Zhihong scratched his head and watched her go out innocently, no matter how much he thought about it, he couldn't figure out how he had offended this evil star again. The class bell rang slowly. Yiwei rested her chin on her hands and looked out the window. The sky is blue, and the blue is beautiful, but the heart cannot be as cheerful and bright as the blue sky. button. Since when did such a legend begin to circulate in this high school? Legend has it that if you get the second button on your loved one's school uniform, the two will be blessed by God and stay together forever. Xiao Wei, a shy girl who only knows how to read, also confessed successfully, and got a button from someone she likes.And her?Is it time to muster up the courage to confess? Regardless of success or failure, perhaps the most important thing is to enjoy the process of loving him as the book says! Yiwei didn't know.No one knows either. Today's Yiwei's inner color is gray. Today's Yiwei feels bitter in her heart.
On the other hand, as soon as Beibei walked out of the classroom, she met the cheerful Xiaowei. "Yo, our love saint has appeared." Beibei greeted with a strange ambiguity. Xiao Wei adjusted her glasses, the smile on her face didn't decrease at all, "You know?" "I know you've successfully confessed your love, and you got the button." Beibei shrugged her eyebrows, "Yiwei was really hit hard by you." "Hehe." Xiao Wei smiled happily. She looked around, and mysteriously leaned into Beibei's ear and said, "It's okay, I know a way to help her. It's tried and tested!" "Really? What is the method? Even I, a super beautiful woman with wisdom who permeates the universe, can't think of any way to untie Yiwei's knot." Beibei suddenly became curious. "I'll tell you after school, that's how I got Yuyin's love." Xiao Wei giggled and walked away bouncing around. Beibei scratched her hair: "It's strange, why I always feel that Xiaowei's smile is a bit weird. Is it my overthinking?" None of these three girls noticed that the danger was slowly approaching them. Button's confession, God's blessing, maybe, there is another story...