Chapter 10 Chapter Eight: The Ghost of the Pen Fairy

Because of Qin Yanping's suicide, panic began to appear in the female dormitory of Nanjiang Medical College. Girls' dormitory 441 was originally regarded as a gloomy and evil dormitory by the girls of the medical school, and several suicide cases that occurred in the medical school were all related to the 441 girls' dormitory.Especially this time Qin Yanping's suicide happened right next to them. No matter who saw the bloody and poignant scene, everyone would shudder. In the beginning, they were only talking in a low voice among familiar friends, whispering like mice, and at the same time observing the surrounding environment with vigilant eyes. If a stranger came over, they would immediately shut up , pretending that nothing happened, once the stranger passed by, they continued to discuss together, with low voices and erratic tones.It is rare to see girls acting alone in the girls' dormitory. Even if they go to the bathroom in their own dormitory, they have to drag other girls to go together. It seems that this can make their sense of panic lessened.

The more mysterious things spread, the faster the panic spread in the female dormitory of Nanjiang Medical College. No matter what the school did, it was useless. More and more girls moved to the rented rooms outside the school. Fang Yuan and the others were temporarily arranged by the school to stay in the guest house of the medical school.Although Qin Yanping's body had been removed, no matter how the janitors cleaned it, the faint bloody smell lingering in the girls' dormitory of 441 was still lingering. They didn't go to school that day.The medical school arranged two double rooms for them, one between Fang Yuan and Su Ya, and one between Xu Zhaodi and Tao Binger.At eight o'clock in the evening, Xu Zhaodi and Tao Binger walked into Fang Yuan and Su Ya's room silently.No one spoke, and the room was dead.Su Ya was lying on her bed, holding a book, but she didn't turn a page for a long time.In fact, she was also thinking about her own thoughts in a daze, and that was just a display for her.

Fang Yuan sat on the bed blankly, as stiff and mechanical as a puppet, completely lifeless.When Xu Zhaodi and Tao Bing'er walked in, she just glanced at them, other than that, she didn't move or speak. Xu Zhaodi and Tao Binger sat gently beside Fang Yuan, with their heads down, silent. Two beds, four people, each maintained a fixed posture, motionless, silent, like a pantomime. At 8:15 in the evening, footsteps sounded outside the room, and stopped when they reached the door of the room. It was Qin Yue and her boyfriend He Jianhui who came.Qin Yue's eye circles were a little red, as if she had just cried.It's no wonder that, as the class teacher, his student committed suicide suddenly, and it would be hard for anyone to put it on.The leader of the medical school had just talked to her and asked Qin Yanping if there was anything unusual about her mental state and mental state. She couldn't answer at all, and the leader of the medical school was very dissatisfied with her work.

"You are all here, are you all right?" Qin Yue patted Fang Yuan's head affectionately, glanced at the four girls, and continued, "Qin Yanping died, I know you are all very sad, and so am I. Now that something has happened, don’t think about it too much, adjust your mood, face it with strength, life will go on, and the sun will rise as usual.” But Tao Binger started crying, "Teacher Qin, I also understand those principles. If someone else's relative or friend died, I would say the same to comfort him. However, it was Qin Yanping who died! With me Qin Yanping who sleeps in the same bed and gets along day and night! I feel really uncomfortable now and want to cry. I don't understand, why did she commit suicide?"

"If even you guys don't understand, it will be even more difficult for me to understand. Why did she commit suicide?" Qin Yue's face darkened, "She has only been in school for a few days, and her life circle is very small. How could she take the dead end of committing suicide? I heard that she is an only child, if the school does not come up with a clear statement, I am afraid that her relatives will not let it go so easily." He Jianhui lit a cigarette and said: "This afternoon, Qin Yanping's relatives have arrived, and they found the leaders of the medical school and made a big fuss. They firmly refused to believe that Qin Yanping committed suicide. They said that they would report this matter on the Internet and in newspapers." , TV and other media to ask for an explanation. In this way, not only the reputation of Nanjiang Medical College will be affected, but the image of Nanjiang City will also plummet. No one can bear this responsibility."

As if to confirm He Jianhui's words, there was a commotion outside the guest house, and some people were shouting and cursing. Not long after, a group of people stormed into Fang Yuan and the others' room angrily. Fang Yuan recognized it. The man walking in front was Qin Yanping's father. In addition, there were several young and strong men following behind. The waiters at the guest house couldn't stop them at all. "Get out of the way! What are you doing? You think it's okay to hide people? You are fair and at ease, and you haven't done anything wrong. Why are you afraid that we will see them?" It was a bearded person who spoke, and he aggressively pushed away the blocking waiter.

Qin Yanping's father also found Fang Yuan and the others, and shouted, "Come on, we're all here." Qin Yanping's relatives rushed in, and the room suddenly seemed overcrowded. "You are..." Qin Yanping's father recognized Qin Yue, "You are Qin Yanping's class teacher, I just happened to be looking for you! Tell me clearly, how did Qin Yanping die?" Qin Yanping's father was really anxious, he stretched out his hand to grab Qin Yue, as if he wanted to drag her in front of him and torture him, completely disregarding that she was a woman.

He Jianhui also reacted quickly, rushing to Qin Yue to block Qin Yanping's father.No wonder he followed Qin Yue every step of the way. It turned out that he was afraid that the emotional Qin Yanping family would hurt her. "If you have something to say, don't get excited. Sit down first." He Jianhui said so, but his hands were not slow, and he pressed Qin Yanping's father's shoulder, preventing him from moving forward. "What's the matter, are you still using your hands?" The bearded man didn't show any weakness, and pushed He Jianhui with his hand.He Jianhui only trembled a few times with his upper body, and he didn't retreat as if the soles of his feet had taken root.

He Jianhui usually likes to go to the gym to exercise, and he has a lot of strength. If he really wants to use his hands, the beard really can't help him.Just when the two were at a stalemate, another person rushed in at the door.The ones who wanted to rush in were the security guards of the medical school. They pushed and shoved with a few young men brought by the beards. They were full of gunpowder, and they might start to do it at any time. At the critical moment, Qin Yanping's father yelled, "Stop!" He stretched out his hand to grab the whiskers, "We are here to find the truth, not to fight, let them get out first."

Then, he burst into tears at Qin Yue and the others, "Mr. Qin, I came to you for no other purpose, just to know how my family Ping Ping died. I can't believe it, she will commit suicide! She only came to school a few days ago God, no matter how hard and tired it is, how could he commit suicide in the past few days? Her grandfather, when he heard the news, fainted, and is now lying in the hospital, and his life and death are still unknown. Her voice was hoarse from crying, and she couldn't even speak. Her mother, who was dizzy and woke up, woke up and dizzy, was crazy all day long, and couldn't accept the reality that screen was dead. As a parent, she didn't raise her children to adulthood. Do you know the pain of a white-haired person sending a black-haired person? If possible, I would rather die than my poor screen. Without her, what is the meaning of my life in this world ? Now, I just want to ask you how she died, just such a small request, I beg you!"

After speaking, Qin Yanping's father's knees softened and he knelt on the ground.All the people present were moved. Fang Yuan felt sour in her heart, and warm liquid overflowed her eyes.She walked to Qin Yue's side and whispered something in a low voice.Qin Yue asked the security guards to retreat, and the bearded man led the other relatives out of the room.He Jianhui wanted to stay in the room, but Qin Yue mercilessly drove him out. Only the girls from 441 girls' dormitory and Qin Yue and Qin Yanping's father were left in the room.Fang Yuan told everyone the secrets that Qin Yanping sleepwalked and almost strangled her and that she accidentally killed her cousin Wanwan when she was a child, and deliberately concealed the part where she went to the library to consult Xiao Jing.She was afraid that something unexpected would happen, and Qin Yanping's family members went to find Xiao Jing to make trouble again. After listening to Fang Yuan's narration, Qin Yanping's father was silent for a while, then sighed quietly, "This silly girl, in fact, we already knew that she was the one who killed Wanwan, why is she so hard to see?" Fang Yuan was stunned. It turned out that Qin Yanping's family had known about this for a long time. "Actually, when Wan Wan died, we suspected that she was lying. How could a four-year-old child fall directly from the room and fall downstairs? And it fell so hard that she completely lost her center of gravity. At that time, Ping Xing was shocked. It was too much, and it was not easy for us to ask. Later, she started to sleepwalk. We found a psychiatrist and told the doctor about her sleepwalking. The phenomenon of sleepwalking due to inner depression. Over the years, we doted on her, cared for her, and did not let her suffer any grievances, because we were afraid that her psychological haze would accumulate in her heart and could not be released. I thought that time would change everything, As the years go by, she will grow up, mature, and become independent, so she will forget about that incident. I didn't expect her to become more and more depressed and go to extremes! All this is my fault! It is my father's fault whether to raise or not. Educating her well is not fulfilling the responsibility of a father!" Speaking of this, Qin Yanping's father couldn't speak any more. The man in his forties started to cry like a child.Mouth opened and closed, tears flowed unstoppably, crying sadly, mournfully, eyes lifeless, cloudy eyeballs filled with heart-wrenching despair. No one dared to disturb him.He wept silently like this for a long time until the whiskers came in. "Brother-in-law..." The bearded man looked menacing towards others, but changed his face towards Qin Yanping's father, very gentle, "Brother-in-law, don't cry, have you asked me clearly?" Qin Yanping's father wiped away tears, turned around tremblingly, "Let's go!" "Let's go? Just go without knowing why?" "Let's go!" "How did Pingping die? I don't know how to explain to my sister!" "Let's go!" "Brother-in-law, have you asked clearly?" "Let's go!" No matter how the bearded man asked, Qin Yanping's father's answer was only two words: let's go! While answering, he shook and left the room.In just a few days, he has aged a lot, his face is full of deep and shallow wrinkles, and he seems to be struggling to walk. The bearded man was worried about his brother-in-law, so he gave Qin Yue a hard look, and hurried to catch up with Qin Yanping's father.Seeing this, the rest of the family members followed the two silently, like a group of ghosts who had lost their souls. The figures of Qin Yanping's family gradually disappeared, He Jianhui sneered at those figures, gently opened the door and walked in. As soon as he came in, he noticed that the atmosphere in the room was dull.At this moment, he didn't want to make jokes, so he could only approach Qin Yue and shake her hand vigorously to express his support. Fang Yuan noticed that Qin Yue raised her head and glanced at He Jianhui, which made He Jianhui startled. Qin Yue's eyes were not sad, grateful, or puzzled, but a look that He Jianhui didn't see clearly.It seemed a little confused, a little resentful, weird, which made He Jianhui very uncomfortable. Qin Yue, why would you look at yourself with such eyes? He Jianhui still wanted to take another look, but Qin Yue's eyes had already shifted, and she looked at the four girls tenderly, and said, "Fang Yuan, Su Ya, Tao Binger, Xu Zhaodi, you four should take a good rest, I will tell the hostel No one will disturb you anymore. It’s past nine o’clock now, and I’m about to go back. If there’s nothing else, go to bed early and don’t think so much.” After finishing speaking, Qin Yue was about to leave, but in a blink of an eye, she saw He Jianhui still standing there with a strange expression, as if she was puzzled by something. "Why are you in a daze and don't want to leave?" Qin Yue was annoyed at him, "The people living here are all girls, even if you want to follow me, you have to see the place clearly. Could it be that you have to follow me when I enter the women's restroom?" He Jianhui smiled "hehe", he hadn't figured out what happened to Qin Yue's misty and resentful eyes just now.Did I do something wrong, or I was dazzled, so I had to cover it up with a smile. "Okay, my Miss Qin, I was wrong, I admit my mistake, I apologize, that's all right, whoever will be your punching bag if I don't, this glorious role can only fall on my head." "Stop giving me poverty! I don't even look at the occasion." Qin Yue shook off He Jianhui's hand that wanted to shake her, opened the door and walked out. "Wait a minute, Teacher Qin!" Su Ya, who had been silent all this time, suddenly stopped her, "I have something to ask you." Qin Yue stopped, "What's the matter, tell me." "I want to ask, when can I go back to my dormitory?" Qin Yue was stunned, she didn't expect that Su Ya would want to go back to that evil 441 girls' dormitory, and others would avoid it.For the sake of the four of them, she also planned to negotiate with the logistics office to let the four girls move to other dormitories. Qin Yue asked Su Ya: "Isn't it good here?" Su Ya was expressionless, and said lightly: "There is nothing wrong with it. I am just not used to living here. Anyway, I can't live here all the time. I have to go back to the dormitory. I still have a lot of things in the dormitory." "You go back to the dormitory now, aren't you afraid?" Su Ya lightly said: "Why are you afraid? It's just a dead person, what's there to be afraid of? Besides, I have no grudges with her, even if she turns into a ghost, she won't come to me." Qin Yue had no choice but to ask the other girls: "What about you? Don't you want to go back to live like her?" The three of them were silent, you looked at me, I looked at you, unable to make up my mind. After a while, Fang Yuan made up her mind and said slowly, "Mr. Qin, I also want to go back to live. After all, this is just a guest house. It doesn't matter if you stay for a few days now and then. It's inconvenient to stay all the time. Besides, I'm neither a guest nor a hostel." It’s not a patient, but a student at Nanjiang Medical College, and it’s not going to end in ten days and a half months, but a full five years, living here is not a long-term solution.” Fang Yuan spoke very slowly, apparently after careful consideration. Xu Zhaodi also expressed her attitude, "Since Fang Yuan and Su Ya are going back to live, I have no choice but to accompany them back to live. The old houses in our country have been used for decades, and people have basically died. It's nothing to be afraid of, isn't it the same as living?" Tao Binger put it more directly: "You all go back, and I will go back. Even if we die, we will die together." Hearing the word "death", Qin Yue frowned, feeling more and more uneasy. "How about this, you are temporarily staying here for a few days, I will discuss with the logistics department and change a dormitory for you." Unexpectedly, Su Ya objected to such an arrangement, "I don't think it's necessary to change it, it's unnecessary, besides, I'm not used to moving around." Fang Yuan didn't want to change either, "Mr. Qin, don't worry about it. It's the same no matter where you change it. It's more ostentatious if you do that. Don't worry, we'll be fine." In fact, Fang Yuan didn't say a word. If there is a mysterious force controlling people's life, even if she is changed to another dormitory, her fate will still not change.As Wan Hai said, there is no way to escape fate.If not, why should she care? "What about the two of you? Don't want to change?" "Forget it, it's troublesome to change, we don't want to separate, are you right, Tao Binger?" Xu Zhaodi turned to ask Tao Binger. Tao Binger nodded. Since the four of them have the same opinion, Qin Yue can't say anything more: "Then how about this, you stay here for two days first, and then move back." Two days later, the four girls returned to the girls' dormitory in 441, and went to class, ate, slept as usual, and walked together as usual, except that Qin Yanping was replaced by Su Ya. After Qin Yanping's death, Su Ya's temperament seemed to be a little gentler, and now she also goes out with other girls, but she still doesn't like to talk. No matter when, as long as the four of them appear, they will attract all kinds of discussions and looks.They can say anything, some say they are bold, some say they don't know what to do, and some say they are a group of monsters.But anyway, when the four of them came back, they gave the panicked girls' dormitory a shot of tranquilizers. At least, the four of them still live in the female dormitory of 441, and they don't look abnormal.Even if some horrible incident were to happen in the future, it should be their turn. With this ugly mentality, the girls of the medical school naturally kept a certain distance from the girls in the 441 girls' dormitory. Even if they met occasionally, they would stay away in a hurry. After they returned to the girls' dormitory in 441, on the surface, there was no difference from before, except that Qin Yanping was missing. In fact, everyone's state of mind has changed a lot, and they have become much older and more desolate. This is especially evident in Tao Binger. Although she always teased Qin Yanping, her relationship with Qin Yanping was the best, not only because they lived in bunk beds, but also because they had similar temperaments and hobbies. Qin Yanping likes to listen to music, eat snacks, and watch romantic dramas, and so does she. From another point of view, the psychological age of the two is very close, which is the reason why they can quickly adapt to each other in a short period of time. Fang Yuan was too quiet, Xu Zhaodi was too straightforward, and Su Ya was too indifferent. Only Tao Binger and Qin Yanping were lively, mischievous, petite and cute. The biggest difference between the two was that one was bolder and more outgoing, and the other was more timid and introverted. After Tao Binger returned to the girls' dormitory in 441, she always felt a sense of loss.Qin Yanping was gone, and there seemed to be an indelible barrier between her and the other three girls, and she couldn't find the unscrupulous feeling of being with Qin Yanping.The ancients had a good saying, "Things of a feather flock together, and people are divided into groups." Sometimes, the fate of people still depends on the temperament of both parties. So, in a sense, Tao Binger suffered the most from Qin Yanping's death.She misses Qin Yanping and those days of brilliant friendship, which is why she insists on going back to the 441 girls' dormitory. However, time passed, things changed, and the 441 girls' dormitory was no longer the warm little nest in the past. In their eyes, the 441 girls' dormitory now became much colder, and they could feel the chill even in broad daylight.This feeling is very strange, they can feel it, but they can't express it. Even if you measure it with a thermometer, you can't detect the chill, but they can really feel it. No one can explain why there is such a weird feeling. Perhaps, it was because the four of them were isolated by other girls in the girls' dormitory. They are like four lonely deer. Even if they are hidden in the herd, they are so out of the way and conspicuous, and they may become the target of hunters at any time.No one knows what fate awaits them. At noon on the second day after moving back to the girls' dormitory in 441, Tao Binger returned to the dormitory after eating as usual, walked to her bed, lifted the quilt to lie down and rest, and suddenly saw half a bag of Wangzai under the quilt small bun. Tao Binger was stunned. At this time, she was alone in the dormitory, Fang Yuan and the others were still eating in the cafeteria, and she came back early because she was in a bad mood and couldn't eat.In fact, even if she was in a good mood, she couldn't eat much. Like Qin Yanping, she was a bit picky eater. She was not used to the food in the canteen of the medical school. She would often grab a few bites and then run back to the dormitory to lie on the bed and listen to music for snacks. Tao Binger remembered very clearly that Qin Yanping's favorite snack was this kind of Wangzai steamed buns. She could finish a big bag at a time, and she often ate them while lying on Tao Binger's bed.The main ingredient of this kind of steamed bun is flour, nothing more than adding some seasonings. It tastes better and suits the taste of children, so it sells very well and is very expensive. Seven or eight yuan. In the girls' dormitory of 441, only Qin Yanping likes to eat this kind of snack.Tao Binger has never eaten much, not because it is not good, but because she is afraid that eating too much will make her fat.Qin Yanping is the kind of person who can eat no matter what and not gain weight, so there is no taboo in eating snacks.She couldn't, and a little relaxation would put on weight. How come there is a half pack of Wangzai steamed buns on my bed? Tao Binger took out a piece from the inside and put it in her mouth, chewing carefully, the small steamed bun was still crisp and soft, it seems that it has not been opened for a long time. But Qin Yanping...Qin Yanping died a few days ago! Who would be so bored?Put the dead people's favorite snacks on your bed? Fang Yuan?Xu Zhaodi?Suya? Logically, they wouldn't do that.After moving back, the girls were very careful about their words and tried their best to avoid mentioning Qin Yanping. It seemed that she had never existed in this dormitory, so how could they make such a joke? All of a sudden, Tao Binger had a feeling of slipping into space, as if she had fallen into a bottomless abyss. She couldn't help stepping back, feeling a little bitter in her mouth, the taste of the Wangzai steamed bun that she ate just now seemed a bit wrong. At this time, the rest of the girls also returned to the dormitory. Fang Yuan noticed Tao Binger's abnormality, "Tao Binger, why are you so pale, are you uncomfortable?" Tao Binger shook her head, pointed to the half-pack of steamed buns on her bed, and said, "Who put this here?" "It's not me, is it you?" Fang Yuan turned her head and asked Xu Zhaodi and Su Ya, but seeing the weird expressions on their faces, she thought of the reason. Xu Zhaodi said: "You know, I never buy this kind of snacks." Su Ya sneered, her face was frosty, she didn't answer Fang Yuan, and went straight in. It is impossible for Su Ya to buy this kind of thing, let alone put it on Tao Binger's bed after buying it. "It's okay, maybe one of our friends brought it when he came to see us and forgot to take it back." Fang Yuan comforted Tao Bing'er softly. "However, after we moved back to the dormitory, no one else came in except the four of us." What Tao Binger said was also true. Ever since Qin Yanping committed suicide mysteriously, no one came to this dormitory to look for them. "Maybe...maybe..." Fang Yuan said "maybe" for a long time, but couldn't tell why. "Maybe, it's Miss Zhang, the administrator. She also has the key to our dormitory." Xu Zhaodi took over Fang Yuan's words, but even she herself didn't believe what she said. Who is Miss Zhang?How could a withdrawn and indifferent old maid, over forty years old, buy this kind of food?How could they leave this kind of thing in their dormitory? "Forget it, don't think about it, it's just half a bag of steamed buns, what do you want to do so much!" Fang Yuan squeezed Tao Binger's hand, her hand was extremely cold. Tao Binger stared straight at the bag of steamed buns, as if seeing something terrible, standing there like a stone sculpture. A snow-white slender hand stretched out, gently grabbed the half-pack of steamed buns, and threw them out of the window. Small round steamed buns were scattered in mid-air from the torn seal, swirling like hailstones. "It's okay if it's like this, it's really childish!" After throwing away the little steamed bun, Su Ya showed a look of disdain. "You—" Tao Binger just said this word, Fang Yuan pulled her hard and shook her head at her. Tao Binger understood Fang Yuan's meaning, now is an extraordinary period, if there is any conflict in their 441 girls' dormitory, the medical school girls who originally wanted to isolate them will be even more controversial. Tao Bing'er had no choice but to hold back her breath, not to quarrel with Su Ya. But she always took this matter to heart, like a grain of sand in a shoe, it made her feel uncomfortable. She kept thinking about this, who put the half pack of Wangzai steamed buns on her bed? Could it be really Qin Yanping? She has come back? Qin Yanping's voice and smile flashed through her mind from time to time, making her restless. She really missed this friend who had known each other not long ago but knew him very well. Until now, she still refused to believe that she would commit suicide inexplicably! Late at night, she tossed and turned under the blanket, sleeping very badly. It was very late, but she still didn't feel sleepy. The girls in the dormitory were all asleep, and Xu Zhaodi's rhythmic snoring sounded in the room. She listened carefully, but did not hear Fang Yuan and Su Ya's breathing. The two of them, whether they were awake or asleep, breathed so faintly that they could not be heard at all. Suddenly, she heard another voice. the sound of music. Tao Binger is very familiar with the melody - "The Queen of the Next Stop" sung by Twins. This song was Qin Yanping's favorite song, and it was also the song she listened to when she met Tao Binger for the first time. Although the singing was small, it was very clear, she could hear it clearly, it should come from the hall of the dormitory. Tao Bing'er quietly got up with her clothes on, and slowly approached other people's beds. In the dim moonlight, she carefully inspected them one by one.Fang Yuan, Su Ya, and Xu Zhaodi are all there! The girls are all there, who turned on the computer in the lobby to play this song? Tao Binger shivered, the chill in the girl's dormitory of 441 was getting stronger and stronger, she seemed to feel that someone was blowing cold air from the back of her neck, which made her hairs stand on end. Tao Binger shrank her neck and called out almost subconsciously: "Qin Yanping, is that you?" Her cry was so small that only she could hear it clearly. But she believed that if Qin Yanping was really behind her, she would definitely be able to hear her words. It's nothing if there is nothing, just be afraid, the thing behind is not Qin Yanping. Tao Binger remembered the common scenes in those ghost movies: a hideous ghost head, a pair of sharp and pale canine teeth, long fingertips, blood dripping from the tongue, hiding behind her and salivating. Tao Binger was terrified by her own imagination, not only her neck, but also the whole body was blown by cold air. There seemed to be something pressing heavily on her from behind, slowly seeping into her body.She didn't dare to look back and screamed loudly. The scream broke the silence of the 441 girls' dormitory, Fang Yuan and the others were awakened by Tao Binger's sudden scream. At this time, the fluorescent lamps were turned on, and the light was dazzling, dispelling the thick darkness in the girls' dormitory. It was Xu Zhaodi who was sleeping by the door that pressed the switch. She looked at Tao Binger sleepily and bewilderedly. Only then did Tao Binger dare to look back. There was no one behind him, and nothing. Is it psychological?Have you been scaring yourself?The hanging heart relaxed slightly, and Tao Binger let out a long breath of relief. "It's so boring, why don't you go to bed so late, what are you doing pretending to be a ghost?" Su Ya asked coldly, she seemed to hate others disturbing her sleep. In fact, no one knew whether she was really asleep.According to Fang Yuan's usual observations, Su Ya, like her, often suffers from insomnia, and wakes up when there is any movement around her.The night Qin Yanping woke up from sleepwalking, she and Fang Yuan whispered, but was also interrupted by Su Ya's questioning. Su Ya is indeed a difficult person to get along with. Fang Yuan ignored her, and asked Tao Binger softly, "Tao Binger, did you have a nightmare?" "Can a person crawl out of bed when he has nightmares?" Su Ya sneered, she couldn't see Tao Binger's suspicious appearance. This time, Tao Binger didn't mean to be serious with Su Ya, but put her index finger to her lips in panic, "Shhh!" The girls had never seen Tao Binger so nervous, she stopped talking, and soon, the bedroom became quiet. "Did you hear that?" Tao Binger looked around, her eyes wandering, and she trembled from time to time. On such a cold autumn night, she only wore pajamas, shivering from the cold, but didn't add any more clothes. What's up with her?What made her so nervous that she didn't care about her body? "What did you hear?" Fang Yuan frowned slightly. "Singing, Qin Yanping's favorite song "The Queen of Heaven"." Tao Binger was anxious, "You can't hear it, can you?" Fang Yuan finally understood what she meant, "No, I heard it, but what does it matter? Isn't it just a song? Many people like to listen to this song." Tao Binger really wanted to cry this time, "Didn't you hear it? This song was played in our dormitory!" Fang Yuan's face suddenly turned pale.She finally realized that the song was indeed played by the computer in the dormitory hall. There are two computers in the girl's dormitory of 441, both of which are connected to broadband.One belonged to Cheng Li, a girl who committed suicide by jumping off a building here a year ago, and the other belonged to Qin Yanping, a girl who cut her own pulse and committed suicide here a few days ago.Cheng Li's one was relatively old, and Fang Yuan didn't use it much after she found it.Qin Yanping's one is quite new, and she bought it after she came to the girls' dormitory in 441.After she committed suicide, her family did not bring her back. Qin Yanping should have copied the song "The Queen of Heaven" to her own computer.It's just, so late, who would run to the dormitory hall to turn on that computer and listen to that song? Besides the four girls, who can turn on that computer and play that song? Fang Yuan settled down and said, "Let's go and have a look." This time, even Su Ya didn't object.However, she didn't mean to accompany Fang Yuan to see it, but turned over and continued her dream. "I'll go with you." Xu Zhaodi yawned. The two slowly got dressed and walked out of the bedroom hand in hand. The hall was pitch-black, probably because the windows were all closed, and I couldn't see my fingers. In the darkness, blue fluorescent lights flickered—that was the fluorescent lights of computer switches. Xu Zhaodi groped on the wall for a long time before she found the switch, pressed it hard, the ballast of the fluorescent lamp squeaked a few times, and the light finally turned on. There was no one in the hall.The mainframe of the computer is turned on. The singing is indeed coming from the computer speakers. Fang Yuan walked over, turned on the monitor, and a dark blue interface popped up. There was only one program running in the computer—the music player. There was only one song played - "The Queen of the Next Stop", which was set to be played repeatedly. When was the computer turned on?When did the music start playing?None of the four girls living here knew about it. Fang Yuan glanced at Xu Zhaodi, who was also in a daze. At least, before turning off the lights and going to bed, the computer is still off. The door of the dormitory is still tightly locked, and it is locked from the back—even if there is a dormitory key like the administrator, Sister Zhang, it is impossible to get in. Fang Yuan consciously locked the door of the dormitory since she found Wangzai's steamed buns of unknown origin on Tao Binger's bed at noon. "How? I'm not wrong, am I?" Tao Bing'er walked out tremblingly, still only in her pajamas. The three of them stood blankly by the computer for more than ten minutes, but couldn't figure it out. The wind was very cold. Although all the windows were closed, Fang Yuan could still feel the cold air flowing gently in the bedroom. "Forget it, turn off the computer and go back to sleep!" Fang Yuan wanted to turn off the computer, but failed several times. "Hey, something is wrong with this computer..." Fang Yuan muttered. The speaker was unintentional, but the listener was intentional. Tao Binger's face became paler and her body trembled faster. Fang Yuan realized that she had said something wrong, and hurriedly corrected her, "I think this computer is infected with a virus. These days, as long as you surf the Internet, viruses are everywhere!" She directly turned off the power switch of the outlet. "It's okay now, let's go, let's all go back to sleep." Fang Yuan pretended to be calm, but in fact she felt a little weak in her heart. If the computer still works, then hell! The three returned to the bedroom, Su Ya seemed to be sleeping soundly, and ignored them. Each of them undressed and went to bed, and hid in bed, neither of them wanted to talk. Not long after, Xu Zhaodi's snoring sounded again in the bedroom. Tao Binger couldn't sleep. In the thick darkness, she stared blankly at the ceiling. She couldn't see the ceiling clearly, although it was only two meters away from her eyes. In fact, she didn't expect to see anything clearly, she just didn't want to close her eyes. She was afraid that as soon as she closed her eyes, she would see the bloody scene of Qin Yanping committing suicide. But, black—too much black in front of her eyes, she couldn't feel the light.It's about the same effect as if she closed her eyes. So, in the dark, Qin Yanping still appeared. Her wrist was still dripping blood. She was smiling at Tao Binger. Probably because of the blood shed too much, her smile was ugly.The bloodless skin stuck to the skull only twitched, and it was considered a smile. Tao Binger was so frightened that she stopped breathing. She shook her head with all her strength, trying to get rid of the terrifying scene in front of her. As if her face was reflected in the water, it vibrated slightly and then converged, still returning to the familiar Qin Yanping. Tao Bing'er finally understood that she couldn't get rid of her.Qin Yanping came to find her specially. Qin Yanping was so angry that she cried, "Woo...Tao Binger, even you despise me..." Tao Binger's lips trembled, "I didn't mean that... I don't dislike you..." Qin Yanping smiled, her pale face was covered with wrinkles, like an old witch, and said, "I knew you wouldn't despise me, we are buddies!" Tao Binger nodded desperately. Qin Yanping got short and got into her bed. In the past, the two of them often slept together.Both of them are relatively petite in stature, and they can just squeeze into the same bed. Tao Binger's hand touched Qin Yanping's body. Qin Yanping's body was extremely cold. Tao Bing'er seemed to feel the cold coming from her whole body, which made her shiver. "What's the matter, are you cold? It's okay, I'll hold you to sleep, so you won't be cold!" Qin Yanping used to like to sleep with her arms around her. 她甚至还叫陶冰儿为“老公”。 搂住陶冰儿的，似乎不是秦妍屏，而是一条冰冷的大蟒，缠得她透不过气来。 “不……要……”陶冰儿竭力挣扎。 秦妍屏似乎明白了，“哦，原来，你还是嫌弃我！” 这次，陶冰儿连辩白的话都说不出来了。 秦妍屏似乎很伤心。 但她的伤心并没有维持多久，很快，她开心地大笑起来，“是我心急了！反正，用不了多久，你就会来找我了！” 秦妍屏笑得很疯狂，眼睛里射出恶毒的光芒，刺得陶冰儿不敢直视。 秦妍屏的笑容完全不像是一个正常人的笑容，甚至可以说不像是一个“人”的笑容。 陶冰儿从来没有见过这样的笑容，如此疯狂、恶毒、放肆，笑得她毛骨悚然，心里直打鼓。 问题是，秦妍屏说的话比她的笑容更恐怖。用不了多久，我就会去找她？她已经死了！她的意思是，自己也快死了？ ! How is this possible? 一种强烈的压迫感紧紧束缚着陶冰儿，她感到喉咙里进出的空气越来越稀薄，仿佛窒息般无法呼吸，身体的各个部位渐渐变得沉重起来，沉重得她根本挪动不了。 她想伸手，手伸不动。她想蹬腿，腿蹬不了。她想张嘴叫，嘴巴张不开。 她的身体仿佛被石化了，不能动弹，唯有那颗脆弱的心脏还在“怦怦”地自动跳跃着。即使是这跳跃，间隔的时间也越来越长、跳动的幅度也越来越弱。她清醒地意识到，自己在等死。 是的，等死。 就这样默默地等待死神的降临。 她试图反抗，却无处下手，如同植物人般。 她不甘心，集中所有的精神和意志力，竭力大叫了一声。 "what--" 她终于叫出声音了！却没有她想象中那么大的音量，低得只有她自己能听清楚。 在她叫出来的那一刹那，她的身体能动了。 她的手脚接触到一些软绵绵的东西。 是被子。 原来，刚才是在做梦——噩梦。 现在，陶冰儿梦醒了，全身在冒汗——冷汗。额头、手心、脊背、脚掌，全是汗，湿漉漉的。 她睁开眼睛，眼前依然是浓得化不开的黑暗，无穷无尽。 她看不清黑暗中的物体，正如她看不清自己的命运。 然后，她转了个身子，发现自己的被子空出一大块，空出的地方被窝凸了起来，似乎——似乎刚刚有人睡过。 陶冰儿怔住了，仿佛突然被人抽了一鞭子。她记起来了，以前，秦妍屏和她睡在一起的时候，被子的形状就是这样子的——秦妍屏睡觉时喜欢将脚拱起来。 难道，刚才不是做梦？ 不，那的确是个梦！ but…… 但是，怎么会做那种梦？ 不会是秦妍屏的亡灵来托梦吧？ 亡灵托梦的传说，在民间流传甚广，深入人心，要说完全是空穴来风，无稽之谈，怎么也不能让人信服。 据说，亡灵托梦，一向很准。最经典的莫过于中已死的关羽与张飞两人托梦给活着的刘备，告诉他兄弟即将团聚。结果，刘备自知来日不多，托孤于诸葛亮。另外，在一海之隔的日本，战国时代的枭雄丰臣秀吉临死时，梦到他以前侍奉的主人织田信长，拉着他要他过去。 难道，自己真的快要死了？ 一想到这，陶冰儿就浑身发冷，一种看不见摸不着却真实存在的感觉吞噬了她。 是恐惧的感觉，来源于她的内心深处，对死亡本能的恐惧感。 陶冰儿感到自己的身体在一点点地下坠、融化，仿佛坠入十八层地狱中，融化成一摊血水。 她再次尖叫出来。 这次尖叫声的音量远超过刚才的那次，441寝室的所有女生都被她惊醒了。 灯亮后，女生们看到陶冰儿缩在床铺的角落中战栗不已，面色苍白，嘴唇发青，脸上冷汗淋漓，似乎刚从寒冷的水池里捞上来一般。 她怎么冷成这样？ 方媛披衣下床，走到陶冰儿身边，用手摸了摸她的额头，并没有发烧。 “陶冰儿，不要紧吧，是不是做噩梦了？”方媛帮她把被子裹紧。 陶冰儿点了点头，用被角擦拭脸上的冷汗。 “没事，不过是个噩梦，不要怕。” “可是……”陶冰儿的声音有些颤抖，没有说下去。 陶冰儿被噩梦吓到了。 方媛脑筋一转，有了主意，笑着说：“陶冰儿，你也是的，没听说过那句话，梦是反的？” “梦是反的？”陶冰儿似乎也听说过这么一句话。 徐招娣也说：“是啊，在我们那里，都是这样说的，如果你梦到丢钱，反而会得到意外之财。如果你梦到噩运连连，结果肯定是吉星高照顺风顺水呢。” "but……" “没什么但是，都是这样说的，所以，不要担心，也不要去想了。”方媛扶着陶冰儿躺下。 陶冰儿却不想睡了，拉住方媛的手，说：“方媛，你陪陪我好吗？” "it is good." 方媛躺到了陶冰儿身边。 陶冰儿的身体很冷，虽然她在竭力控制，依然不断地打哆嗦。 她搂紧了陶冰儿，用自己的体温来温暖她。 这招果然有效，陶冰儿蜷缩在她怀中，战栗缓缓变弱，最终消失。 陶冰儿的身体不再冰冷，体温恢复到了正常的状态。 方媛知道，陶冰儿之所以这么冷，不仅仅是由于她的身体，更多的是她的内心。她能温暖她的身体，却不能温暖她的内心。 每个人都是一座壁垒森严的城堡，谁也无法真正进入。 除了你自己，别人永远无法真正地了解你。正因为如此，知己才显得可贵，尽管所谓的知己仅仅是在某一方面和你合拍。 方媛也进不了陶冰儿的内心。 她只能凭自己的感觉去感受、劝慰她。她只希望，她的朋友们，能开开心心地度过每一天，此外无他。 陶冰儿沉默了很久后才幽幽地问：“方媛，你信命吗？” "Life?" “是的，命！” "I have no idea." 方媛的确不知道自己究竟是信还是不信。从现代科学的角度来说，一切都是有形的、物质的，但是，现代科学并不能解释一切。比如，如果宇宙的万物都是质量守恒，那些消失的物质到哪去了？天文学家提出“黑洞”说，说“黑洞”吸引掉了那些物质，可这种学说至今都建立在假设的基础上。 “我信！”陶冰儿又加了一句，“所以，我也信笔仙！” “笔仙？” “嗯，笔仙！我以前玩过，很灵的。你玩过没有？” 方媛摇了摇头，笔仙虽然在学生中很流行，她却一直抱着敬而远之的态度。对于自己不清楚的东西，最好的办法是远离它。 陶冰儿咬了咬牙，“我想请笔仙，问它些问题。” “请笔仙，这种时候？”方媛望了望徐招娣与苏雅。 在日光灯的照耀下，441女生寝室如白昼般明亮，女生们根本就睡不着。她有些奇怪，以往这种时候，苏雅肯定会呵斥，可今天她竟然一直没有做声，闭着眼睛在假睡。 “怎么样？你帮帮我！”陶冰儿一脸渴望。 “我帮你？” “当然，请笔仙要两个人的。” “可我不会啊。” “没关系，我教你啊。” 方媛实在不愿意，却不好拒绝陶冰儿。她隐隐听说，请笔仙是一种很邪门的游戏。这些日子，发生在她身上的邪门事情够多了，她不想碰这个。 “那，什么时候？” "Now." "Now?" "Now!" 方媛对着徐招娣使了一个眼色，希望她能劝阻陶冰儿。 徐招娣劝她：“陶冰儿，我看，还是改天吧，现在天气这么冷，你的身体又……” “我的身体没事，如果是朋友的话，就帮我这次！”陶冰儿的态度很坚决。 方媛没办法了，只能依着陶冰儿。 看来，陶冰儿心中也和她一样，有着太多的疑惑。只不过她是把这些疑惑压在心里，慢慢地求解，而陶冰儿却妄图通过笔仙这种虚幻的游戏来寻求答案。 她只希望，这次请笔仙，不要出什么意外，有一个好的结果。 现在是晚上十一点三十分。 这种时候，原本不是请笔仙的最好时间。据说，请笔仙不能超过午夜十二点，因为到了午夜十二点，阴气重，游荡的东西比较多。 但陶冰儿却一意孤行。 她很快就在大厅里摆好桌子、放好白纸、找好钢笔、点好蜡烛。 所有的门窗关闭了，所有的灯关闭了。 陶冰儿坐在桌边，看着犹豫不决的方媛，急不可待。 “快坐下来啊。” 方媛坐下来，说：“陶冰儿，我真不知道怎么玩。” “没事，我教你。你把手伸过来。” 陶冰儿的右手与方媛的左手交错在一起，手指相互交叉，夹着那支钢笔。两人的手臂与白纸保持平行。 “就这样让手臂保持平衡。注意，集中精力，不要用力去推动钢笔，也不要让钢笔掉下来。”陶冰儿想了一会，又加了几句，“我们一起小声念'笔仙笔仙快点来，来了之后画个圈'。来了之后，它会在白纸上画好圆圈。到时，我来问它问题，你只要心无旁骛，诚心诚意就可以了。” “这样就可以了？陶冰儿你再说一遍。”方媛怕自己没有听清。 陶冰儿复述了一遍。 方媛确定自己将要点听清楚了，这才点点头，两人开始请笔仙。 白纸上写了一些字，除了一些朝代的名称与数字，还有“是”与“否”两个醒目大字。 陶冰儿一脸虔诚，垂下眼睑，宛如在对观音朝拜的信徒，嘴唇一张一合，念念有词：“笔仙笔仙快点来，来了之后画个圈……笔仙笔仙快点来，来了之后画个圈……” 方媛将信将疑，做声不得，只好有样学样，和陶冰儿一样低声念。 一开始，她觉得很无聊，两个人的手指夹着笔，不用力，怎么可能请来所谓的笔仙，画出规则的图形。但时间一长，她感到自己的手臂越来越僵硬，渐渐地仿佛脱离了她的身体。 方媛想移动下手臂，被陶冰儿察觉了，狠狠地瞪了她一眼，瞪得方媛一阵灼痛，如火烙一般，心中悚然，不敢乱动，只好由着她了。 就这样，两人僵持在那里，如两座没有生命的雕像般。 也不知过了多久，越来越多的睡意侵袭着方媛，她都要睡着了。 这时，她听到身后传来低低的惊呼声，将方媛的睡意惊散。 陶冰儿再次瞪了一眼，却不是瞪向她，而是瞪向她身后。方媛这才知道，原来徐招娣一直站在她身后观看。 然后，她发现夹在自己与陶冰儿两人手指间的钢笔在动。 先是微微颤动，没有规律，横一下，竖一下，斜一下，东倒西歪，如一个喝醉酒的汉子。 陶冰儿却很兴奋，“笔仙，你来了吗，来了画个圈好吗？” 奇异的事发生了，在陶冰儿的话说完以后，钢笔竟然缓缓地画了一个圈，虽然弧线有些变形，不怎么规范，但好歹也算是一个圆圈了。 在钢笔画圈时，方媛的手指肯定没有用力，仿佛被另一种神秘的力量所操纵。她的大脑根本就没有下达要手指移动的指令。 How is this possible? 那些笔仙的传说竟然是真的！ 与陶冰儿的兴奋相反，方媛这时却感到莫名的寒意。 她有一种很不祥的预感，这次请笔仙，绝对是一个错误。可惜，现在，她不能说话，说了陶冰儿也听不进去。 “笔仙笔仙，你来了，我有事问你，你能告诉我吗？能告诉我的话在'是'那里画圈，不能的话在'否'那里画圈。” 钢笔果然动了，慢慢地移到左侧，在“是”字那里画了一个圈。 陶冰儿的声音有些颤抖：“笔仙，我想问你，我会不会死？” 她全然不顾方媛与徐招娣的惊愕目光，全神贯注地盯着那支钢笔。 钢笔的动作突然变得迅捷起来，比刚开始的动作要快出许多，很快就在“是”字旁边画了第二个圆圈。 441女生寝室的大厅里寂静得可怕，陶冰儿死死地盯着那个圆圈，面色惨白，面部的肌肉微微抽搐着，几缕长发散落下来，遮住她的面目。 烛光中的陶冰儿宛如一具活尸。 “真无聊，谁不会死，竟然会问这种白痴的问题。”一个冷冷的声音传了过来。 是苏雅，她不知什么时候站到了徐招娣的身边。 苏雅的话虽然不无嘲讽的味道，却提醒了陶冰儿。 是人都会死的，不是笔仙的回答可怕，而是自己的问题太简单，怪不得刚才钢笔转得那么快。 “笔仙笔仙，我想问你，我还能活多少年！” 话刚说完，陶冰儿就后悔了。 白纸上原有些数字，从一到六，但这些数字也太少了，自己这么年轻，怎么也不可能只活这几年。 然而这次，笔仙没有画圆圈，而是静止了许久，然后才缓缓地画了一横。 是一年？ 陶冰儿不敢置信，“笔仙笔仙，我是不是只能活一年？” 这次，钢笔的回答很快，马上在“是”字边上画好第三个圆圈。 这个圆圈，比前面两个都要规范许多。 陶冰儿完全被眼前所发生的事情所震慑住了。笔仙的意思，她只能活一年？ How is this possible? 她还这么年轻，她的身体这么健康，怎么可能只活一年？ 冷风乍起，烛光摇曳，摇了几下，终于还是没能支撑住，被风吹灭了。 大厅里一片漆黑。 外面，下起了秋雨，淅淅沥沥，声音虽小，却仿佛滴落在陶冰儿的灵魂上。 这时，突然响起了炸雷，雷声隆隆，陶冰儿与方媛两人同时松手，钢笔掉了。 “笔！”陶冰儿想起了什么，惊叫了一声。 “笔在这。”方媛伸手去桌上摸索，捡起了钢笔。 “不是，我是问你，刚才笔是不是掉了？” “是啊，掉在桌上，你放心，不会摔坏的。” “掉在桌上……呵呵……掉在桌上……”陶冰儿傻笑了几声。 方媛怕她思维错乱，和唐天宇一样突然发疯，连忙安慰她：“陶冰儿，没事的，只是个游戏，你看，我们现在还不是好端端地站在这里？” 有人在黑暗中按了下日光灯的开关，却没有反应——女生宿舍此时竟然停电了。 “谁？”徐招娣在黑暗中尖叫了一声。 “徐招娣，你怎么了？”方媛大着胆子问。 “好像刚才有人碰了我一下。”徐招娣也不敢肯定。 “好像？会不会是苏雅？” 四人当中，就苏雅离徐招娣最近。 “不是我。”苏雅的回答一向简单而直接。听声音，她离徐招娣有些距离，刚才，就是她去按日光灯开关的。 不是苏雅，那又是谁呢？ 这时，方媛似乎听到一声轻笑。 是男人的轻笑！ 寝室里，怎么会有男人？ 441女生寝室里似乎隐藏着一些见不得光的东西，没有形体，在浓浓的黑暗中飘荡着。飘来飘去，飘在各个女生的身旁。 这样下去，也不是办法。方媛记得陶冰儿点燃蜡烛后将打火机随手放入桌子抽屉里。她伸手摸索了许久，终于找到那个打火机，立刻打亮。 在打火机点亮的那一刹那，她似乎看到窗外有个人影一闪。 然而，也仅仅是似乎，她也肯定不了，刚才那个是不是人影。也许，那只是光明与黑暗交错的那一瞬间所产生的幻觉。 蜡烛点着了。 有了光与没有光就是不同，哪怕是再微弱的光，也能让人心生暖意，增加安全感。 “没事了，走吧，我们去睡吧。” 方媛与徐招娣扶起陶冰儿回到了寝室。 这晚，方媛和陶冰儿睡在一起。她不断地没话找话，想安慰劝解陶冰儿。可陶冰儿如同一个木偶般，木讷无语，任方媛说破了口也不说话，只是紧紧搂住她，生怕她离去。 这晚，方媛睡得很不舒服。陶冰儿如鸵鸟般把头埋在她怀中不肯出来，不时地颤抖。这种颤抖如传染病一样，传染到了方媛身上，令她的身体也产生了共振。 方媛能清晰地感受到陶冰儿的恐惧。其实，她自己又何尝不害怕呢？只不过她性格本来就要比陶冰儿沉静些，这些日子发生在她身上的恐怖事件实在太多，她都有些麻木了。 时睡时醒，断断续续，好容易挨到天亮，方媛还在考虑怎么起床而不惊动陶冰儿，陶冰儿自己却一骨碌地从被窝里蹦出来，谁也不理，拉着一张脸，默默地收拾自己的衣物。她的眼睛有些红肿，头发也没有梳好，杂乱不堪，一脸憔悴。 陶冰儿昨天肯定没休息好。她现在的心情也很糟糕，平时，她很在意自己仪表的。 她收拾衣物做什么？是要离开441女生寝室？ 也许，对她来说，离去是一个不错的选择。 方媛虽然舍不得陶冰儿，却也不想阻拦她。女生寝室的气氛有些压抑，谁也没有说话，谁也不愿意说话。此时，无论说什么都显得苍白虚伪。 方媛走过去，想帮陶冰儿收拾衣物。陶冰儿却停手，站在那里，一动不动，冷冷地看着方媛，似乎在看着一个陌生人般。 方媛被那种冷漠的眼神看得心慌意乱，无端地生出许多烦躁来，却没地方发泄。 她怎么这样看自己？ 她拒绝方媛的帮忙。换个角度说，她其实在拒绝方媛的友情。 她的眼神告诉方媛，她已经把方媛当成了素无来往的陌生人。 不仅仅是对方媛，对徐招娣也是一样。 徐招娣原想打破这种压抑的气氛，轻轻地问候她：“陶冰儿，你要去哪里？我送你去好不好？” 陶冰儿根本没回答，而是用看方媛的眼神去看徐招娣。 ——警惕、冷漠、拒绝。 这就是她眼神里流露出来的信息。 方媛与徐招娣两人僵立在她身边，沉默无语，呆呆地等了半晌，最终还是默默地走开了。 等方媛与徐招娣走开后，陶冰儿这才继续收拾自己的衣物，自始至终，她都没有说话。 她头都没回，一个人拎着旅行包走了。 她离开了441女生寝室。 她离开了南江医学院。 方媛站在阳台上，看着陶冰儿在晨曦微风中慢慢地走出校园，走出自己的视线。她走得很慢，动作迟缓，一步三晃，浑然不像是青春少女，更像是一名苍老多病的老妇人。是她的旅行包太重，