The four girls held each other's hands tightly and trembled non-stop, they were very ordinary college students, sometimes silly, sometimes serious, sometimes counting on their fingers when God would give them a boyfriend, usually they would also watch TV series and complain about them, before coming here they just happened to get together to watch a movie about escape from the room, they were nervous and sighed about what would happen if they went in, if they were unlucky they would die at the beginning, if they were lucky they could get through with the big guys.
Halfway through the movie, they entered the mission world and became part of a real-life atypical escape room. Their life trajectories took a dramatic turn, and their goal changed from becoming rich women with young men to staying alive.
At the beginning of the mission, the four girls were very cautious. When introducing themselves, they randomly chose English names and deliberately did not reveal their real names. They were afraid that if the ghosts knew their names and called them, they would subconsciously respond, and then their souls might be taken away.
After all, binding an identity number to enter the mission world is too magical. Those things that were once thought to be superstitions can now be tried to believe, just in case.
They agreed that since they came in together, they should leave together, no matter what.
So when the youngest girl ran downstairs in a frenzy, the other three went downstairs to look for her. They had quickly talked to the youngest girl and were about to go back to the classroom, but who knew that Chang Chao's ghost was squatting downstairs, and they didn't dare to go up at all.
Until the school bell rings.
Death finally stood before them. They all collapsed. They hadn't returned to the classroom yet. It was over. It was all over. But they didn't want to wait for death or commit suicide. They wanted to take a gamble.
The four girls had different opinions, and they made their choice by voting to go back.
There were three girls who voted for "go back". They held on to the last glimmer of hope, thinking that perhaps the teacher and the evil spirit would think that they were still good students and let them go.
They were all students, and they knew that the reasons for being late for afternoon classes were nothing more than stomach upset, a flat tire on the bicycle, something going on at home, etc., but these were not appropriate in the mission world, because they were four people, not just one. What could be the reason for all four of them to be late
Pigtailed Girl blamed herself for getting her roommates into trouble, so she gritted her teeth and broke her knee to pretend to be the reason. If the head teacher asked about it, she could say that others helped her up.
Now I am just waiting for the head teacher to ask.
However, the head teacher did not ask. He just broke off a piece of chalk and threw it on the podium: "Let's go to class first."
The four girls walked into the classroom in a daze and sat down in their respective seats.
The head teacher continued to write on the blackboard with his back turned. He suddenly said earnestly: "Time in high school goes by very quickly. In the blink of an eye, we are already in the third year of high school. We can't afford to waste it."
"When you regret it, it will be over." The chalk made a "hissing" sound on the blackboard, and the head teacher said again.
There was silence below.
Yang Xue looked at Anni, the long-haired girl sitting in front of her. Her shoulders were shaking and she was obviously dying. She couldn't understand what the people in this dormitory were thinking. One of them didn't want to enter the classroom because she was afraid that those students were ghosts, and the other three went out to chase them. As a result, all four of them missed the bell, and came back in the second half of the class.
Why do you want to come back? Who proposed it? Why did the rest of the people agree? This is disturbing the whole class. It's better not to come back.
Yang Xue squeezed the pen in her hand. She couldn't help or save anyone. She could only try to keep herself alive.
The class ended in an atmosphere that was half depressing and half relaxed.
Chen Yang didn't even close his textbook before going to the back to look for the four girls. They were in a state of life countdown and seemed not to be afraid anymore.
There is no difference between ghost classmates and normal people. They will be like this after death. Death is death. Everyone will die. That is the end of life.
The four of them prepared themselves mentally, but they were still shrouded in a gloomy despair and fear.
Chen Yang learned from the ponytail girl that Chang Chao was downstairs, which was why they returned to the classroom so late. He turned around and walked towards the back door. As soon as he walked out of the classroom, a voice rang out from behind, "Mr. Chen!"
Chen Yang turned around and the ponytailed girl who had chased him smiled at him: "Actually my name is not Belle, my name is Li Can, which means brilliant."
"Good luck to you, and good luck on your journey." Li Can whispered, looking up and smiling widely. She had taken a few puffs of her cigarette before, and this man reminded her not to smoke anymore, and asked her to go to the corridor to get rid of the smell. She was grateful, but unfortunately she had no chance to repay him.
Chen Yang watched Li Can return to the classroom. His eyes flashed with images of his teammates who were about the same age as her. Their lives were all very short, and the last stroke was drawn in a hurry, not a sentence.
—The boy became a boy forever.
Chen Yang took a deep breath, then quickly went downstairs and looked around. He didn't see Chang Chao, only a puddle of water.
Chang Chao's body was fished out, and his ghost came out from the bottom of the pond. He squatted downstairs, perhaps wanting to go back to the classroom, but he didn't dare to go back. There was something in the classroom that frightened him.
Chen Yang stood on the steps and looked around, sorting out the connected information in his mind.
At that time, Chang Qing approached the class teacher many times, hoping to have his son moved to the front. After much consideration, the class teacher moved Lin Yang to the back and let Chang Chao and Jiang Wei sit together.
Lin Yang therefore resented Chang Chao who replaced him.
Chang Chao, who was sitting in the front row, was not infected by the study atmosphere of the academic masters. He still could not concentrate on his studies. Jiang Wei was affected by the sound of his eating and asked him to stop eating. When the teacher found out about this, he scolded him on the spot. At that time, the classmates around him probably also showed him unfriendly and rejecting eyes.
Various factors overwhelmed Chang Chao, who left a suicide note and chose the school pond as the location.
Death is very scary. Only when Chang Chaozhen did that did he realize that he could struggle. He was not completely disappointed with the world, so he climbed out of the pond.
Lin Yang accidentally saw Chang Chao attempting suicide. The long-accumulated resentment made him lose his mind, so he hit Chang Chao with a stone. After that, he came to his senses.
The college entrance examination is approaching, and Lin Yang doesn't want to ruin his future, so he ties stones to Chang Chao to make him sink to the bottom.
Chang Qing couldn't find his son who left a suicide note. As the days passed, he lost hope. The pain of losing his son made him twisted and crazy. He poisoned the class and then he got into a car accident. He didn't see his son before he died, and he kept looking for him after he died.
The main characters in this incident, Lin Yang, Chang Chao, Chang Qing and the class teacher are all ghosts, but they are not the ones who committed the murder.
The remaining one, Jiang Wei, is still unclear.
Chen Yang initially thought that Jiang Wei had no motivation, but now he thinks that he does have some motivation, because the task prompt "Don't delay others if you don't learn" is not only from the teacher's perspective, but also suitable for academic masters.
Jiang Wei takes study very seriously and strictly. He doesn't like classmates who don't study well and affect others.
And that hint was what the head teacher said to Chang Chao, and it was for Jiang Wei.
"You" refers to Chang Chao, and "others" refers to Jiang Wei.
Chen Yang pursed his lips and shook his head, but Jiang Wei was always in the class, especially when Wang Yang died outside the classroom, the other party sat next to him the whole time.
This is also the contradiction that has been bothering Chen Yang. If the evil spirit is Jiang Wei, how did he do it
Chen Yang's mind flashed with Jiang Wei's sunny smile at that moment, which was in stark contrast to his usual smile, the calluses on his hands from playing basketball, and his attitude towards people who delayed his studies. These inconsistencies made him guess a possibility, but it was fleeting.
A figure came down from upstairs, walked past Chen Yang and down the stairs. The neat student hair was blown up by the wind, and the black hairpin on the hair was stained with a little snow.
Chen Yang raised her eyebrows. After all, he saved her life, so she should give him some face.
By the time Chen Yang reacted, he had already caught up with the girl.
Xia Le seemed to be thinking about something or someone, with the corners of her mouth slightly raised and a blush on her face. She murmured softly, "It's snowing."
"Yes." Chen Yang said.
Xia Le trembled with fear, his eyes widened: "You..."
"I've been walking beside you for a while, and you didn't even notice me." Chen Yang smiled helplessly, "Did I scare you? You're really timid."
Xia Le walked forward with his head down.
Chen Yang was much taller than Xia Le, and took bigger steps. He passed in front of her and walked backwards: "Where are you going?"
"Go... go to the toilet..." Xia Le said stutteringly.
Chen Yang stopped and looked up. Snowflakes kissed his eyelids. He moved his eyelids: "This is my second winter in high school. This time next year I will be a senior."
Xia Le walked around him and headed towards the toilet.
"Jiang Wei likes you!" Chen Yang shouted at the girl's skinny back.
Xia Le was still walking in the snow. She didn't stop nor did she run away in panic. Her body was steady and her walking rhythm didn't change at all.
Even though Chen Yang had no experience of having a crush on someone, he felt that Xia Le's reaction was wrong. Logically speaking, if one heard from others that the person they had a crush on liked them, they would be extremely excited and would do something awkward.
Chen Yang felt a little dizzy. Could it be that Qian Han had made a mistake? Did Xia Le go to examination room 109 not to see Jiang Wei, but to see another person in the examination room, Lin Yang
This is not right. Qian Han also said that Xia Le always sneaked glances at Jiang Wei during class, which shows that she really has a crush on him.
Chen Yang didn't understand, so he went back to the classroom to ask his teammates for help.
Hipster: "A secret crush, I don't know what that is, can you blow bubbles?"
Bai Tang: "I have only had one relationship, Minglian."
"I'm quite experienced in this matter of secret crushes." Yang Xue said, "Mr. Chen, after listening to Xia Le's reaction as you described it, I'm sure there's something wrong here."
Facing everyone's suspicious looks, Yang Xue's oval face was full of bittersweet sadness: "My secret crush is already eight years older."
Having had a crush on someone for eight years, she knew clearly what it was like to have a crush on someone.
"You have good grades and good looks, how could you also have a secret crush?" Qian Han came over, he lay on the table and looked at Yang Xue, disbelief in his eyes.
Yang Xue smiled bitterly: "Yes, no matter how outstanding you are, you will feel inferior and sensitive in front of the person you secretly love."
"Don't bring up the topic of me. I'm not important." Yang Xue said, "Let's get back to the point. Xia Le has a crush on Jiang Wei, but from Mr. Chen's description, I feel like she doesn't like Jiang Wei."
"Come to think of it, during the final exam, Xia Le pretended to be in the wrong exam room and peeked at Jiang Wei. I thought it was a bit strange," Qian Han turned to look at Chen Yang, "Mr. Chen, do you remember that?"
Chen Yang said "hmm". Qian Han did say something was a bit strange, and he asked what was strange about it.
"I didn't answer you at that time, but I was thinking about it in my heart." Qian Han said, "I feel that many of Xia Le's little actions towards Jiang Wei are consistent with the characteristics of a secret crush, but there is a kind of edge that is not completely appropriate. Do you understand what I mean?"
Everyone: “…”
"You," Wen Qing pointed at Yang Xue, "and you." He pointed at Qian Han, "One of you said that there was something wrong with your feelings, and the other said that it felt a bit strange. It's all just feelings. It's the same as not saying anything."
Yang Xue and Qian Han were both very confused, they really didn't understand the reason.
Qian Han fell on his brother, and they both changed into school uniforms and washed off the fishy smell from the pond, becoming clean from head to toe.
"So why..." Chen Yang thought for a while, but he was at a loss. He had to put Xia Le's strange feelings towards Jiang Wei aside for the time being: "Have you searched the desks of those students in the class?"
Everyone present said they had searched everything they could but found no clues.
"Is anyone searching for Xia Le?" Chen Yang's gaze passed over the four girls lying on the table.
"I searched." Yang Xue pouted in frustration, "I found nothing."
"What about Jiang Wei?" Chen Yang asked again.
"I can't search it, Brother Yang. Your deskmate has been sitting there all the time. I have never seen anyone who loves studying more than him." Wen Qing spread his hands. "Look at him, he seems to wish he could grow together with the desk and chair."
Qian Han smacked his lips when he heard this: "People like me with ADHD who can't sit for too long can't understand this."
"So you..." Wen Qing had just said a few words when Qian Han was taken back to his seat by his brother.
Wen Qing stood up and stretched: "Oh, I'm tired. I'll go out for some fresh air." He walked to the front row and took the sleeping Jin Xiaochang to the corridor to watch the snow.
Chen Yang glanced at Bai Tang and Yang Xue who stayed where they were, as well as Zeng Jin and Wu Lingling, two mentally traumatized patients who were only present but their souls were nowhere to be found.
"The mission is almost finished. Xia Le and Jiang Wei are the key targets we need to investigate." Before Chen Yang finished speaking, Wu Lingling let out a cry like a trembling guitar string.
When Chen Yang saw Wu Lingling staring at the back of the classroom, he guessed something and looked over there.
Just as he guessed, a line of words appeared on the blackboard behind him: there are still forty-five days left before the college entrance examination, which is one and a half months.
Chen Yang's temples twitched twice. They jumped directly from the first semester of the second year of high school to the second semester of the third year of high school, and time jumped horizontally.
"Oh wow." Wen Qing ran into the classroom from the corridor, walked to the blackboard excitedly and said, "Here it comes, the slogan I'm most looking forward to has appeared!" He poked the numbers on the blackboard, blew away the chalk dust on his fingertips, panted excitedly and asked, "Do you feel the pressure of preparing for the exam, the confusion of standing at a crossroads, and the anxiety and excitement of looking forward to a new chapter in life from these three numbers?"
"..." Chen Yang found that there were only thirteen of them in the classroom, and the students were not there. He opened his eyes and said, "Hurry up and find clues!"
There was a sudden noisy rummaging sound in the class.
Li Can sat with her roommates. While others were busy searching for clues and completing tasks, they did not do so because they had other things to do. They were waiting.
It's not about waiting for the dawn, it's about waiting for the darkness above your head to fall.
"Third brother, your hair has grown longer." Li Can said to his roommate with short hair.
"Yours too." The third child said, then looked at the pigtails and said in surprise, "The youngest has pimples on his face."
The girl with the braided hair touched her face absentmindedly and felt a few small raised spots. She pressed them and said, "They are really pimples..."
"I'm in my third year of high school now. I've grown up and opened up." The long-haired roommate, who was also the leader of the dormitory, murmured, "It's just like the real thing."
The four of them stopped talking.
Soon, they left the classroom, left the teaching building, and sat under a tree to watch the sunset.
As the sun sets, the evening glow shines on the classroom full of traces of exam preparation, giving off the majestic aura of soldiers about to go off to battle.
"I... I found it..." Wu Lingling suddenly shouted, "I found it!"
Wu Lingling stood on Xia Le's seat, holding a pink diary and waving it vigorously. The small lock hanging on it shook violently because of her movements.
Yang Xue was surprised and said, "This wasn't there when I searched just now."
Bai Tang was looking through Xu Lulu's desk. He stopped what he was doing and looked at the diary that Wu Lingling had found. His expression was similar to Yang Xue's: "I haven't seen it before either."
Chen Yang was not surprised: "Yang Xue, you searched Xia Le's desk pocket when he was in the second year of high school, and Professor Bai searched it when he was in the first year of high school. You two didn't see the diary, which means Xia Le bought it in the third year of high school." While he was speaking, Wu Lingling had already opened the diary.
"I bought a diary like this when I was in school." Wu Lingling put the utility knife back into Zhong Qi's pencil case. "It's easy to pry open."
"Wow, that's awesome." Wen Qing said this but didn't move. There was no interest in his eyes either. A diary was not something he was happy to touch.
Chen Yang guessed that Wen Qing's sister also liked to write a diary, so he subconsciously refused.
"Ms. Wu, what's in the diary?" Qian Han asked curiously.
"Look for yourself!" Wu Lingling threw the notebook to Qian Han. She was in a very bad mental state. She was easily distracted and could not calm down to read other people's records of life, let alone find valuable information from those concise or fragmented and lengthy texts.
Qian Han opened the diary. The first page showed a tree and a cloud. Below it was written "Senior 3 (1), Xia Le". He flipped through the pages and found that it was full of literature about the pain of youth. Xia Le was introverted, timid and unknown. I didn't expect that she had such a rich and passionate heart."
The diary is not arranged in time and is very fragmented.
The rain was so heavy, the leaves were hurt, I heard them crying
A ladybug flew onto my textbook. It felt dizzy looking at the words on the blackboard and wanted to sleep.
…
I didn't do well in geography.
I didn't do well in the geography exam.
Geography again... So painful, geography and I are not compatible
I don't like geography, I never did, but I became a liberal arts student.
He is in the arts class, so I can only be a arts student.
Seeing this, Qian Han excitedly asked several teammates around him: "This 'he' refers to Jiang Wei, right?"
No one answered, so he quickly read the following content.
His deskmate changed from one poor student to another. When can I become his deskmate
Chang Chao committed suicide
Qian Han flipped through the pages, and found that the back of the paper was completely blank, with no words on it. Just as he was about to flip through the pages again, Chen Yang's voice suddenly rang in his ears: "Someone's coming up!"
Chen Yang looked back at the back door with a serious expression, he was not joking.
Qian Han was at a loss. Qian Qin took the diary he was holding and threw it into Chen Yang's arms.
Chen Yang quickly locked the diary and stuffed it back into Xia Le's desk pocket.
Yang Xue asked puzzledly: "Mr. Chen, why did you put it back?"
"Xia Le will continue to write." Chen Yang said, "When time stops at the next event point, there will be new content in the diary." He reminded Yang Xue who was still in a daze, "Go back and sit down!"
Yang Xue did as she was told immediately.
The person coming up from the corridor was Jiang Wei. He had grown a lot taller, and his ordinary facial features had grown bigger, making him look handsome. He also wore a pair of glasses on his nose, making his whole temperament become gentle and restrained.
After Jiang Wei came the other students. They returned to the classroom one after another, and most of them wore glasses like him.
The college entrance examination is approaching, and the atmosphere in the class is tense and anxious.