The first question hits the nail on the head, and the one who asked this question was Su Zimo, who had nothing to do with the whole thing.
Hua Xiaowan couldn't even figure out why this handsome young man who was classmate Qi Yang was involved in this incident, because he really had nothing to do with them... and Zhang Xiaoqing!
But it was such a person who foolishly didn't see her hint, didn't choose the simplest perfunctory method, and suddenly asked a question that was considered taboo in traditional pen fairy games - the cause of death of ghosts.
Is this guy the rescue soldier invited by the monkey
All her thoughts almost exploded in Hua Xiaowan's mind. In such an environment where she could fall into an abyss at any time, any optimistic thoughts in her mind have been annihilated and perished, and she only hoped that Zhang Xiaoqing could keep her alive.
Hua Xiaowan even glanced at Qi Yang who was trembling beside her with some disgust, and felt that this guy was no better than Lin Zhe except for having a few broken money at home.
But now...
Hua Xiaowan, who had regained her senses, began to stare at Lin Zhe, who was being questioned by Su Zimo. She felt that the boy who had been devastated to the point of mental weakness in the past four years would probably keep silent and procrastinate.
But what Hua Xiaowan didn't expect was that Lin Zhe took a few deep breaths not long after hearing the question, and then said—
"It's all our fault."
"Four years ago, when we were still in high school, because everyone around us was urging the college entrance examination, the three of us came up with a bad idea, wanting to fake a supernatural event, and then disappear from people for a while." Zhe lowered his head and said in a light but clear voice, "According to the script, we will be cursed by the pen fairy because of a mistake in playing the pen fairy, and then disappear one by one."
"While this matter is kept secret, we need an insider who can prove it to us, so we chose Zhang Xiaoqing." Lin Zhe still lowered his head and didn't look at anyone, "We arranged the order of the pen fairy's curse, and specially put Zhang Xiaoqing It was arranged in the last one, and I wanted to wait until the three of us disappeared, and when Zhang Xiaoqing was so frightened that she found out that she was not dead, she would suddenly appear in front of everyone and startle them."
"But then... Zhang Xiaoqing and her..." Lin Zhe looked up at Hua Xiaowan, then lowered his head again, "She heard a rumor from somewhere, saying that as long as the order of the curse of the pen fairy is broken, it can be saved. The rest. After listening to the rumor, she jumped off the rooftop, who was originally in fourth, and 'saved' me, who was in third."
After speaking, Lin Zhe was silent for a long time.
"Just for a rumor?" Qi Yang muttered to himself, as if he didn't believe it.
"There are always... there are always impulsive people." Hua Xiaowan just stared at the middle of the desk, not daring to look anywhere else.
[Pixian, Pixian, tell me who do you want to choose? ]
Zhang Xiaoqing's voice sounded again, and the hands they held together began to move on the desk again, making a harsh sound of rubbing across the wood, which seemed to confirm that what Lin Zhe said before was true.
[now you. ]
Finally, the pen stopped in front of Wen Xiaoyu.
The moment Su Zimo noticed that the pen stopped, Hua Xiaowan, who was sitting opposite, breathed a sigh of relief, as if she felt that Wen Xiaoyu would not ask any exaggerated questions.
However, Su Zimo saw Wen Xiaoyu look at Hua Xiaowan with a very complicated expression, and then asked directly, "I want to ask Hua Xiaowan why she told Zhang Xiaoqing that false rumor!"
"… "
The atmosphere in the room instantly froze. Wen Xiaoyu not only asked a question, but also indirectly pointed out that the rumor that Zhang Xiaoqing heard was from Hua Xiaowan, which saved Zhang Xiaoqing and Su Zimo a question.
But before that, Su Zimo really didn't see that Wen Xiaoyu would target a former friend like that.
"Wen Xiaoyu, why..." Before answering, Hua Xiaowan also looked at the friend who used to always be behind her in disbelief, and said with a bit of gritted teeth.
"If it wasn't for you, would Lin Zhe become what he is now?" Wen Xiaoyu sneered unabashedly.
From the very beginning when Wen Xiaoyu appeared in the restaurant, Su Zimo could feel that her attitude towards Hua Xiaowan was completely different from that in Zhang Xiaoqing's story. After Wen Xiaoyu spoke, Su Zimo finally knew that her attitude change was because of Lin Zhe.
Looking at the decadent Lin Zhe, Su Zimo thought it was unexpected, but he felt it was reasonable. After all, Lin Zhe was a boy who made Zhang Xiaoqing's heart move, so it's not surprising that Wen Xiaoyu would look at him differently. .
[now you. ] Zhang Xiaoqing spoke again.
"Squeak." Hua Xiaowan even heard her chair slide back.
"I said!" Hua Xiaowan glanced at the chair subconsciously, and then broke out in a cold sweat from "the cliff of ten thousand feet", and immediately said, "I would do this, just because Lin Zhe was already dating me at the time, but because he didn't She will refuse others but always accept Zhang Xiaoqing's kindness, and she is always afraid of accusations from her family and is unwilling to confess her relationship with me. I want to use this rumor to make Zhang Xiaoqing retreat and let her understand that she doesn't love Lin Zhe that much at all. !"
"Yes, I made up a lot of lies to make Zhang Xiaoqing soft-hearted, make her really believe that something happened to me and Wen Xiaoyu because of the curse, and make her really believe that she and Lin Zhe will also have an accident! I lied to her that we are the best Friends, but sent her unfounded rumors with text messages!" Hua Xiaowan suddenly explained everything, and no longer cared about her image in Qi Yang's eyes.
In other words, at this moment, she has no image at all.
"But I really didn't think she would commit suicide!" Although Hua Xiaowan said everything, she still didn't dare to look directly at Zhang Xiaoqing in front of her, "And then we also went back to school early, we wanted to explain, but One step too late!"
Qi Yang stared at Hua Xiaowan dumbfounded, never thinking that having a beautiful girlfriend would cause so much trouble.
"I thought it was you who did not confess." Lin Zhe scratched the back of his neck with both hands, and said with a little breakdown, "If you tell me, I will definitely refuse, just like I promised you to do that at the beginning. It's like a stupid thing! Why didn't you tell me! If you told me none of these things would have happened!"
[Pixian, Pixian, tell me who do you want to choose? ]
The pencil on the table that drew the ravines began to move without emotion again, but the speed of the movement became a little slower because of the horizontal grooves.
"We've already said all we can, please let us go!"
"I'm sorry! I'm really sorry!"
"We were wrong!"
"Forgive us!"
"If there is anything we can do for you, we are all willing to do it, we can help you burn paper, we can help you burn anything, anything, please!"
Su Zimo calmly watched the farce in front of him.
He could feel that this should be the limit of Hua Xiaowan and the others.
They confessed everything and said "I'm sorry". Although the latter may be very incapable, but in this environment of being persecuted by ghosts, ordinary humans can only do this at most.
Because they are so frightened that they can't stay sane to think and analyze other things.
Zhang Xiaoqing seemed to know this too, but she didn't just let the pranksters leave, and she didn't designate the next person to answer. Instead, she controlled the pencil to draw circles on the desk, as if she was always Like it won't stop.
Su Zimo turned to look at Zhang Xiaoqing, but found that Zhang Xiaoqing closed her eyes again at some point.
Every time she closed her eyes, she seemed to be using the ability of "Ghost Talk", so only when she tied the white cloth strip of "Blind's Heart and Eyes" would no one discover this pattern.
Of course, Hua Xiaowan and the others didn't have time to take care of this at the moment.
At the same time, all four people's cell phones rang, and various ringtones appeared in the fantasy, so that they did not notice that Su Zimo's cell phone was completely silent.
Of course, no matter how loud the phone rings, the four of them are still sitting there motionless, not daring to answer the phone at all.
[Your phone is ringing, take a look. ]
Zhang Xiaoqing's voice sounded in the ears of the four of them, and then the pencil as a pen fairy stopped in the center of the desk in an instant.
No one dared to let go of each other's hands, so they could only fumble for a while with the other free hand, and finally put all four mobile phones on the table.
At a glance, everyone's mobile phone notification bar is full of communication messages and missed calls.
The weirdest thing is... Now everyone is still getting calls on their mobile phones, but when everyone is afraid to answer the phone, it seems like an invisible hand is controlling their phone, as long as the call comes , it will be cut off instantly.
Hua Xiaowan watched unknown messages and call records beating, and then found that her mobile phone was automatically switched to the communication software, and messages with exclamation marks and question marks appeared in front of Hua Xiaowan.
[Xiao Wan, what happened to the audio file you sent? What happened to Zhang Xiaoqing and jumping off the building? what are you guys saying? ] Among the people who sent the message were friends that Hua Xiaowan met in college.
[Hua Xiaowan, is the recording file you sent real? ! Didn't you say that you have nothing to do with Zhang Xiaoqing? ] There is a message from the high school head teacher.
[God, are you crazy? Actually posted that recording in the class group and alumni group? Was it kidnapped? Is what you say true? Someone has already posted it on social platforms! ] and messages from the chat group of high school classmates.
[Hua Xiaowan, are you crazy? If you're crazy, don't send that kind of mess to the circle of friends. Did you even send a copy to your relatives? Even your second uncle came to ask me if it was true. Is there a classmate messing with your phone? Or are you crazy? I see you are really crazy! Give me an overnight ride home today, and come back and explain the matter to everyone! ]
Even Hua Xiaowan's mother sent a roaring voice message, so loud that everyone present could hear it.
[What you said is true? ] On top of the many pieces of information, there is a piece of news from Zhang Xiaoqing's parents.
Back then, Hua Xiaowan and the others left their contact information in order to show their concern for Zhang Xiaoqing's parents, but now the short words sent by the other party made Hua Xiaowan feel chills behind her back.
"The news I received here is similar." Wen Xiaoyu laughed angrily, "Hahahahaha, Zhang Xiaoqing, you bastard, this trick is so cruel! I really admire you!"
Because everyone could hear the roar of Hua Xiaowan's mother before, they could all guess what the information they received was like.
"I didn't send a message on my phone, but I sent the recording to social software, and @ all my friends and many official accounts." After Qi Yang glanced at his phone, he didn't have time to think about what happened to his phone. He breathed a sigh of relief, thankful that his treatment was not the same as the other three after all.
The three of Hua Xiaowan and the others were ashes as they looked at the various transfers and reposts on social software, and the questions that came to them from all over the world. They knew that there was no room for turning back. .
[I'm so sorry. ] Zhang Xiaoqing, who was sitting there quietly, didn't know when she let go of her hand, the coins that had been standing upright on the table disappeared, and everyone's hands were instantly released.
The "abyss" beneath his feet disappeared, and the surroundings became the bright classroom with clean windows at the beginning.
Only Zhang Xiaoqing's eyes kept shedding blood and tears.
[I actually believed what you said, I really thought I was going to die, so I thought that instead of two people being cursed to death because of the pen fairy, it is better to save the next person at the end, which is one of the things I have done in my mediocre life. A memorable event. ] Zhang Xiaoqing sat there and whispered softly.
[But I didn't think about it, I just hurt my family so that they can't forget this in their lives. And the people I wanted to save in the first place, I wish I could forget about it forever. ] Zhang Xiaoqing shook her head helplessly, [I'm really stupid. ]
[The thing I regret the most before and after my death was jumping off the rooftop. ] Zhang Xiaoqing slowly closed her eyes, [I will take this pain and regret for my stupidity, and continue to stay here to atone for my sins before leaving this world forever. ]
Although Zhang Xiaoqing closed her eyes, Su Zimo knew what she said at the end, some were for herself, and some were for Su Zimo.
The ghosts trapped in the nightmare world have been difficult to disappear, so in the last time, "Ghost Talk" will stay "in a corner".
[Face what you have done, after all, I never left. ] Zhang Xiaoqing's last words are given to the pranksters who have been escaping reality for more than three years.
The window of the fantasy classroom was originally full of white fog, but after Zhang Xiaoqing finished speaking, a dazzling white light suddenly lit up outside the window, making everyone present couldn't help but close their eyes.
When Su Zimo and the others opened their eyes again, they found that they had actually returned to the booth of the restaurant.
It's just that the booth that could only accommodate four people was actually crowded with six people, and even Lin Zhe, who was Wen Xiaoyu, was crowded on both sides of the booth.
"Ah!" The three of them shouted a few times in succession, and they were greeted with sideways and scrutiny from all kinds of people in the full restaurant.
After they regained their senses, before they had time to say anything, they picked up their mobile phones for the first time, hoping that what they experienced in the illusion just now was just an illusion.
But after seeing the news of the explosion on the mobile phone, Hua Xiaowan and the others all leaned against the deck feebly. The whole person seemed to have lost their soul and lost all vitality.
Classmates, teachers, friends, and relatives have all received messages from Hua Xiaowan and the others, and even the number of messages forwarded on social software is increasing at an incredible rate.
They can't hide anything.
Even if they still want to struggle, Zhang Xiaoqing's last words have always been in their ears - [face up to what you have done, after all, I have never left. ]
What they have to face is not just the pressure of public opinion, there may even be something more terrifying.
But at this moment, there is no other way but to accept it.
"It seems that the food is served very slowly here." Su Zimo got up from the booth, passed the others and left the booth, turned to say goodbye to the others, "Then I'll take a step first, sorry."
"Wait, I'm leaving too." At this moment, why did Qi Yang want to be with Hua Xiaowan and the others? It could even be said that he couldn't avoid it, so after seeing Su Zimo getting up, he jumped up and down. He jumped out of the booth and followed Su Zimo away.
Halfway through, Qi Yang took a few steps back, put a few hundred-yuan bills on the deck, and walked away again.
"Su Zimo!"
Qi Yang stopped Su Zimo who was about to leave outside the restaurant, stopped in front of him with a very familiar gesture, and said with a complicated expression, "Don't tell anyone about this time."
"It has nothing to do with me." Su Zimo also used familiar movements to prepare to walk away.
"Actually, you're a good guy." Qi Yang didn't stop Su Zimo this time, he just said to his back, "But I still prefer the soft and fragrant one!"
"… "
Because the back door of "being in a corner" will lead to the place where Su Zimo opened the door last time in the real world. So in order to return to the main residence of the Su family in Shoushan as quickly as possible, Su Zimo could only take a taxi back to the storefront on Xincheng Street.
If at this moment in order to be lazy, go directly through the "gate" from the university town to "An Yu Yi corner", then Su Zimo can only fly back to Shoushan Mountain.
After wandering all the way back to the store, Su Zimo stared at the "Ghost Talk" on the counter for a while, and then asked the ghost umbrella in a daze: "If someone suddenly said that I'm not the sweet and soft kind, what is it? mean?"
Su Zimo couldn't figure out what Qi Yang meant.
"boom!"
The glass in Ghost Umbrella's hand suddenly fell to the ground and shattered.
Su Zimo was about to walk over to help clean up, when he suddenly felt something sticking to his neck and sniffed, and when he turned his head, he saw Ghost Umbrella appeared behind him at some point.
"It means that he has misunderstood." The ghost umbrella reached out and put his hand on Su Zimo's shoulder, and Su Zimo avoided it in the next second, "The boss is definitely the kind of sweet and soft."
"… "
As it approached five o'clock, Xincheng Street became busy again. Crowds from get off work and school came and went on the sidewalk in front of "An Yu Yi Corner". The piano in the store played welcoming music. Su Zimo's store But not many guests.
Some were just passing by in a hurry, turned around and left without understanding what the store was selling at a glance.
There are also people who stop in the store because of the charged drinks of Ghost Umbrella, listen to relaxing tunes, and let themselves relax for a while.
Just when Su Zimo was about to close the store and go home, the store door of "Being in a Corner" was pushed open again.
A young lady walked in from outside the door, her long hair was beautifully tied, and she was wearing a rather old-fashioned skirt, but it was improved into a modern style. At first glance, Su Zimo thought that she was a lady with Xiaojiabiyu temperament, and he had seen it before.
Last night, this lady and Qi Yang stood at the door of Qin Yan Pavilion together.
He still remembered that the lady's name was Wan Yu, who was the monitor in his high school days.
"Su Zimo?" Wan Yu was also taken aback when she entered the store and saw Su Zimo, "You also rushed back to Jiangdu from Shoushan overnight? Are you studying in Jiangdu now... or opening a shop?"
"Welcome." Su Zimo pretended not to know, "Do you need any help?"