There are so many reasons to change a person.
An accident, a conversation, a book or even a smile may deviate from the established trajectory of life, but this does not mean that these subtle events are enough to completely change a person.
Humans are inherently stubborn creatures, not only that, but they are also stubborn creatures that live in groups and are particularly easily excited.
Lin Chen sat at the end of the lecture hall, and Professor Fu was teaching in front of the podium.
There was a high-pitched horn sound from outside the window. The floor of the School of Psychology was very high. When the sound reached the upper floor, it was not very clear.
Lin Chen watched the younger brother chatting with the students, and listened to the voices floating outside the window at will.
"I hope everyone can provide more information to the police and help us find the missing Jiang Liu classmate as soon as possible..."
The male voice wearing a loudspeaker is impassioned, and is constantly attracting teachers and students from the past.
Lin Chen generally understood that this seemed to be a search activity organized by the Yongchuan University Student Union after learning that Jiang Liu was missing.
He couldn't help but looked out the window.
Coinciding with the gap between the two main classes, many students have just finished class, and several people who look like student officials are distributing flyers. The more and more students gather in the square, the officials seem to be coming to the spirit, and their voices are getting louder.
Lin Chen frowned, mobilizing teachers and students to find Jiang Liu, of course, is a quick and effective means, but now Yongchuan University is in a panic, and the missing girl is afraid that it will cause even more waves. Sent a message.
—You contacted the student union and asked for help in finding Jiang Liu
- No, what's the matter
—In Wenxing Square, a student union officer is handing out flyers.
Outside the school gate, Xing Conglian took back his mobile phone and looked at the telephone pole in front of him.
I don't know when, around Yongchuan University, many of the same "seeking notices" were posted.
There is a photo of Jiang Liu on the notice, and below it is a sincere call, which probably means that the whole school is looking forward to the safe return of Jiang Liu. If Jiang Liu sees this notice, please return to campus as soon as possible.
Just as Xing Conglian frowned and read the notice word by word, a girl in a light purple dress was also standing in front of the school's publicity column, smiling and reading the same missing person notice.
The girl was dressed very beautifully, with light purple eyeshadow and dark red lipstick, which was bright and moving, as if shining.
A group of boys holding textbooks passed behind her. One of the boys couldn't help but glance at the girl, and then the boy's footsteps stopped.
If he read it right, it seems to be the same person inside and outside the notice.
In the classroom of the School of Psychology, Lin Chen was leaning against the window, casually looking down at what was happening in the square.
Just then, his phone suddenly vibrated.
Lin Chen glanced at the screen, the caller was Xing Conglian. He walked out of the classroom, answered the phone, and Xing Conglian's anxious voice came from the other end.
"Jiang Liu appeared." Xing Conglian gasped and seemed to be running.
"Where?"
"A student said just now that they saw her at the entrance of the cafeteria No. 3."
"The other party said, which direction did she go?"
"It was said to have just entered the No. 3 teaching building."
Hearing this, Lin Chen was stunned for a moment. He looked up at the classroom number, 3609. If he has no problem with memory, the teaching building he is currently in is No. 3.
"What's the matter, what happened?"
On the other end of the phone, Xing Conglian seemed to notice his brief pause and asked with concern.
"If I'm not wrong, I'm afraid Jiang Liu should be on the roof right now..."
jingle bells…
The bell for class rang very unexpectedly.
Lin Chen couldn't help but looked up at the ceiling.
Suddenly, there was a muffled sound from outside the building, as if a heavy object fell to the ground. Lin Chen only felt that his scalp was numb, he rushed into the classroom quickly, and the students who had already had good things ran to the window, leaning out and looking out.
Lin Chen blindfolded the student and dragged him back to his seat: "Don't be too curious."
He whispered in the boy's ear.
Fu Hao moved quickly, and had already taken his eyes away from the downstairs. He quickly closed the curtains and said to the students, "Close the curtains, classmates by the window!"
"Brother Fu, don't you want to leave us with a psychological shadow? Did someone commit suicide outside?" Taking advantage of this moment, a naughty boy tried to secretly open the curtain and look out.
"Why so much nonsense, if you ask again, you will be suspended, and you will not be allowed to rebuild!" Fu Hao's attitude was very tough.
Seeing the younger brother control the scene, Lin Chen nodded at him, grabbed the phone, and rushed out of the classroom.
However, before he walked out the door, there was another muffled noise from outside the building, and the students' exclamations and screams rose like a tidal wave downstairs.
Lin Chen dialed Xing Conglian's phone, but there was a rapid blind tone on the other end. Lin Chen clenched his phone tightly, took three steps and two steps, and ran up to the top floor.
The iron door on the rooftop was half-open, and the original iron chain was hanging loosely on the door. Lin Chen pushed open the iron door abruptly. As far as he could see, there was a dazzlingly blue sky. There was not a single cloud in the sky. Pain.
At the very edge of the rooftop, sat a long-haired beauty.
White shirt, black skirt, long hair buttoned behind one ear.
Lin Chen looked at her back and walked slowly towards the edge of the rooftop, but before he could get close, the girl suddenly turned around as if she had eyes on the back of her head.
"Senior brother, really goodbye, you have to cheer up!"
The girl smiled softly and sweetly, and finished the last sentence.
He didn't even get a chance to speak.
In an instant, Lin Chen only felt a tingling in his eardrums, and his heart was extremely cold.
A few steps away from him, a weak and slightly open palm quickly disappeared outside the rooftop!
Heavy objects fall to the ground.
screaming.
With a bang, the iron gate on the rooftop was kicked open again.
Xing Conglian grabbed the door frame and gasped, but on the open roof, only Lin Chen stood alone.
The sky is very blue, the spring breeze is very warm, those subtle winds brushed Lin Chen's black hair and blew up his clothes.
Xing Conglian walked to the edge of the rooftop and stood at the arm of Li Lin Chen.
Lin Chen still stood blankly in the same place, he didn't even take two steps forward, looked downstairs, the three students who had fallen to the ground.
"It's not your fault." Xing Conglian put one hand on Lin Chen's shoulder and said with relief. To his surprise, there was no tremor in his palms, Lin Chen stood very firm, and his voice was still cool.
"You don't have to comfort me." Lin Chen showed a self-deprecating smile, "It's an extremely delicate arrangement. The first and second suicides have distracted my attention. If you rush to the rooftop, you can save her."
Xing Conglian's hand holding the cigarette stopped in mid-air, and he turned to put his hands on Lin Chen's shoulders, breaking the person towards him.
He bowed slightly and put his hands on Lin Chen's shoulders, almost looking into the depths of his soul through Lin Chen's dark eyes.
"Self-blame and grief are not for you. The rest of the police force will be here soon. Let's go downstairs first."
——
The student activity square is not as hidden as a grove. In addition, the previous student union activities attracted a lot of students. For a time, the crime scene was located on the three floors and the outside, and the more people surrounded it, the more people surrounded it.
Many students covered their faces, but through their fingers, they cautiously peeked at the pools of blood and the people lying on the ground.
Lin Chen followed Xing Conglian downstairs, perhaps because he was running fast before, his limbs began to warm up gradually.
Because the police have been searching for Jiang Liu inside and outside the campus, people came quickly, the cordon was quickly pulled up, and Jiang Chao's men began to drive away the onlookers, but no one was there to touch the three motionless students.
Lin Chen stood on the flower stand outside the crowd, staring coldly at the cruel scene like hell in front of him.
Xu Haozhen, Jiang Liu, and an unknown boy were lying in a pool of blood, red, white, black, and purple, all kinds of colors were mixed together, the original screams had gradually weakened into stealing. Whispers, yet whispered, are more piercing than screams.
Jiang Liu fell into a small pool beside the square. The water in the pool is extremely shallow, almost only a thin layer. The bottom of the pool is filled with pebbles of different sizes. There used to be a few aquatic duckweeds floating in the pool. Got messed up.
The blood slowly seeps out.
The ambulance roared, and the doctor ran through the pool, checked the girl's pupils and pulse, and then subconsciously shook her head.
Two nurses put the girl on a stretcher and put her in an ambulance.
Everyone present knew very well that after jumping from such a tall building, the three students had almost no chance of surviving.
So the actions of the doctors and nurses seem to be just to complete the final procedure.
Lin Chen took a deep breath, and the familiar smell of mint tobacco gradually came from the tip of his nose.
He turned around, Xing Conglian did not know when, standing beside him, his hand still naturally placed on his shoulder.
If there is really someone in this world who can collapse in front of Mount Tai without changing his face, then Xing Conglian must be counted as one.
The mixed-race youth held a cigarette, his tone still calm: "There are three people again, what does the three represent, obsessive-compulsive disorder?"
Lin Chen could hardly believe his ears. When most people face a sudden accident, even if they don't panic, there will be a brief blank. But Xing Conglian, he didn't seem to panic from the beginning to the end, Lin Chen suddenly remembered The first sentence he said to himself seemed to be: Is it not your fault
Just how strong nerves do you need to start comforting others in the first place
"No matter what it is related to, this is an important clue." Perhaps the hand on the shoulder was very stable, or perhaps the breath on the tip of the nose was too reassuring, Lin Chen spoke slowly
"What clue?"
"I have no idea."
He answered honestly, the current clues are pitiful, and it is impossible for him to analyze the reason behind it with just one number.
It was three people who committed suicide together. Anyone could think that the number three must have a very important meaning, but he really couldn't say what it represented.
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
The point of view of Xing Conglian is of course a way of thinking. If three people die together, it can represent a kind of compulsive behavior, but if it is analyzed in this way, it will only bring more endless problems.
What causes this compulsive behavior, what does it mean, and what is the story behind it
Why do these children commit suicide, and will there be any more suicides
If the answer is yes, can they stop the tragedy from happening again
Questions came flooding in, and Lin Chen felt a splitting headache again.