Chapter 195 Genius Kindergarten (VIII)

"Zhang?" Jie Fangcheng repeated the surname.

At that moment, Xie Fangcheng did think of someone.

Reason told him that this was impossible. Zhang Daoan was originally made up of fragments of the evil ghost's soul. After his soul flew away, those fragments that should have dissipated in the air with time were annihilated at once, making it impossible for Jie Fangcheng to put him back together.

But the high school student named "Zhang" in front of me, his eyes, his temperament... I feel a little inexplicably familiar.

This was Xie Fangcheng's first impression of Zhang Daoan. He looked gentle, soft-spoken, and a modest gentleman, but in fact he had so many thoughts in his mind, and every word he said had countless hidden meanings. People with poor brains, like Nie Shuangshuang, didn't even realize he was scolding them when he scolded them.

But Zhang Daoan was indeed dead.

In front of him, the high school student named Zhang looked at him and said nothing. He stood up and greeted the teacher. He naturally took the bag that Jie Fangcheng was carrying with one hand and stretched out the other hand, just like a gentle big brother next door who wanted to hold Jie Fangcheng's hand.

Xie Fangcheng came back to his senses.

The other person came to pick him up and help carry his bag, so Xie Fangcheng would not suddenly attack him.

However, the behavior of "holding an adult's hand" is still a bit ahead of its time for Jie Fangcheng.

He put his hands in his pockets, looking so cool that the teacher NPC frowned again.

"Jie Fangcheng behaved very badly in school today! Look at him now, he doesn't respect his teachers or his parents! Please go back and tell his father to discipline him well at home and make him realize his mistakes! Otherwise, he will never learn his lesson!"

The high school student named Zhang smiled and nodded without saying anything more.

Jie Fangcheng put his hands in his pockets. He didn't react much. He just led the way in front and occasionally looked back to see if Jie Fangcheng behind him was catching up.

The two walked to the school gate in silence, and the high school student pushed a bicycle out of the gate.

"Let me carry you up."

Jie Fangcheng: “…”

Jie Fangcheng pushed himself onto the back seat of the bicycle with his hands and climbed onto it decisively.

His cool performance only made the high school student in front of him smile slightly, and he still said nothing.

The bicycle hit the road and soon arrived at the destination after several turns.

It was an old and dilapidated residential area. Several shabby four-story buildings that looked very old stood on both sides. Clothes drying wires were hung between the buildings, and wet sheets fluttering in the wind blocked most of the sunset light.

The ground was full of potholes. Although it didn't rain, I don't know who had poured water outside, making the ground dirty.

The smell around was not pleasant either. Jie Fangcheng had been a ghost catcher for so long that he had seen such poor living conditions before. He looked calm and followed this enthusiastic high school student neighbor upstairs.

Third floor.

The bloody sunset seeped in through the staircase window that was missing a corner.

The high school student was walking and suddenly stopped.

When Jie Fangcheng was still hesitating about which room was his "home", the high school student who had been behaving very gently seemed to remember something, turned around and squatted down.

"Oh, I forgot to tell you that your father might not be back tonight. He left the key to your house with me."

After saying that, he took out a bunch of keys from his bag and handed them to Jie Fangcheng, with a flawless smile on his face.

"Here, you should still remember which one your home is, right?"

He is testing.

Xie Fangcheng really doesn't like to use his brain, but he figured it out on the way.

Because the kid turned directly south after leaving the school gate, but the residential area was on the east side.

He rode around the city in a roundabout way, and a distance that should have taken five minutes took him seven minutes to travel.

Now he took out such a big bunch of keys, and the two of them stood at the corner of the stairs. How would Jie Fangcheng know where his "home" was?

But it didn’t matter if he didn’t know. Jie Fangcheng simply didn’t respond to his question and was so honest that it was impossible to test him further.

"have no idea."

He didn't even take the key.

After he took such a big bunch of keys, he had to try them one by one, which was obviously very troublesome.

The person who tested him didn't seem to expect Jie Fangcheng to behave like this. The high school student was stunned for a moment, then smiled, as if nothing had happened.

"That's right. You are very young, so it's normal that you don't remember your own home."

After saying that, he put away the keys in his hand and walked ahead.

Fourth floor.

The two finally stopped in front of the door, and the high school student named Zhang quickly found the correct key in the key chain.

"Click", the door opened.

A cold air surged out from the door, and Jie Fangcheng couldn't help but frown.

Such a heavy yin energy.

This place is obviously not a place suitable for living people. The yin energy is too strong and ordinary people will get sick if they live here for two days.

The light from the setting sun outside seemed to be unable to shine into the room at all. Looking inside from the door, it was pitch black.

Jie Fangcheng didn't think anything of it. He raised his leg and tried to walk toward the door, but his wrist was grabbed.

Jie Fangcheng turned his head with some confusion.

Next to him, the high school student who had been testing him looked at him and said meaningfully, "Your father is busy at work and may not come back at night. You are young, why don't you stay with other relatives for a while?"

Jie Fangcheng was stunned for a moment.

This person has been testing him since he showed up, and Jie Fangcheng didn't hide anything, so he should have known that there were many strange things about him.

Now this "family" is obviously not right. Although I don't know how the other party saw it, but knowing that something is wrong with him, he still took into account that he is a child now, so he stopped it for a while...

Jie Fangcheng felt an inexplicable sense of déjà vu again.

This method seems a bit sinister, but the person who actually has good intentions looks very familiar.

Xie Fangcheng thought so in his heart, but shook his head, and said honestly enough to make a smart person vomit blood: "I don't know his relatives."

“…”

Finally, the hand holding his wrist loosened.

If we ask further, the window paper that is now almost transparent will be punctured.

The other party stopped trying to dissuade him, just nodded slightly, then turned and left.

Xie Fangcheng entered this "home" very straightforwardly.

Half a minute later, he opened the door with a dark face.

It doesn’t matter if there is yin energy in the house, and it doesn’t matter if the place you live in is so simple, because Jie Fangcheng has lived in all kinds of places - but it can’t be so smelly! !

There was a smell of alcohol mixed with the unpleasant smell of vomit, and even a hint of an indescribable corpse stench.

Jie Fangcheng would rather sleep on the street.

After he walked out of the house and stood at the door thinking for a moment, he quickly thought of a new place to go.

Just because this "home" cannot be lived in doesn't mean that someone else's home cannot be lived in.

Before school was over, he still had some ghost power on Zhan Xiaoming's shoulder.

At this time, Jie Fangcheng felt that the ghost energy was not too far away, so he simply went downstairs and headed towards Zhan Xiaoming.

Shortly after he left, the residents on the third floor opened the door. The high school student named Zhang walked in front, talking to the people behind him with a smile.

A couple walked him out, thanking them repeatedly.

"Oh, thank you so much for troubling you. Ever since you came to my house as a tutor, my child's grades have skyrocketed! Look at you, you are so busy at school, but you still come to check his homework after class. Qiqi, come and say goodbye to your brother Zhang."

The couple seemed to be talking about an ignorant child, but the door flashed and a "child" named Qiqi walked out. He was about 1.8 meters tall, tall and strong, with greasy hair sticking to his scalp, and wearing the same high school uniform.

"Thank you, Brother Zhang."

Qiqi said this and winked at him at an angle where his parents couldn't see.

"Zhang Siquan" also smiled. He looked so gentle and elegant that even the most difficult couple praised him highly. Their devilish son, who used to be so resistant to hiring a tutor, now looked forward to the tutor coming to their house every day to "tutor him with his homework."

In Guan Qi's eyes, this "brother" who is one year older than him really understands him well!

With his help, I followed his instructions and was gradually winning the heart of that little girl.

Soon! Her birthday is in two days, and I have already received an invitation!

That day was when he succeeded!

When Guan Qi thought of his goal, a strange excitement appeared on his face.

Soon, "Zhang Siquan" said goodbye to the family of three and quickly disappeared in front of them.

After Zhang Siquan left, Guan Qi heard his parents discussing something.

"Is there really nothing wrong with Zhang Siquan? I always thought he was a little weird. He's so smart and does so well in school, how could he have failed a grade and still not been admitted to university?"

"Didn't people say that? He was nervous during the college entrance exam. Besides, you've asked someone and it turns out that he did go to high school in another province last year, and his identity is not fake. If you're worried, Qiqi's grades are so good now, it doesn't matter whether he comes or not..."

"No!" Guan Qi said hurriedly, "I'm just starting to like studying and I really need him! If you don't let him come, I won't study!"

When he said this, the couple immediately coaxed him: "Okay, okay, as long as you are willing to learn, anything is fine!"

Guan Qi was satisfied and turned back to his bedroom to continue his "study" seriously.

As soon as he left, the couple continued their conversation in low voices.

"But Zhang Siquan is quite capable. Sometimes I feel uneasy when I look at him. I always feel like he can see through us all. Do you think he came here for that matter?"

Hearing his wife say this, the husband waved his hands: "Why? What's the problem with our son? So many people investigated it, but there was no evidence at all. There was only a dead body. Even if he came for this matter, what does it have to do with our son? You are just thinking too much. Even if he really came to investigate this matter, he would find nothing! Our son's grades have improved for real, why bother with him so much."

"Too."

The couple finally relaxed and chatted for a while before talking about something else.

"Oh, by the way, the family upstairs didn't beat their children today?"

"I don't know." The husband said, feeling that something was wrong. The thought that flashed through his mind was "Hasn't the upstairs been empty for a long time?" But when he thought about it carefully, he quickly felt that this idea was even more wrong.

There has clearly been a family living upstairs. The male owner's surname is Jie. The female owner has never been seen and is said to be divorced.

The male owner, whose surname was Jie, liked to drink and beat children. When the children came home from school in the evening, if they did not behave well in school, they would be beaten black and blue.

Their children are in the nearby Spring Kindergarten... no no no, in the gifted kindergarten.

The husband shook his head, feeling as if there was something wrong with his memory.

But he didn't think deeply about it.

After all, other people's family affairs have nothing to do with him. He just needs to continue to hope that the situation at home will get better.

From the looks of it, things have been getting better and better since we hired "Zhang Siquan" as our tutor. The child loves studying and is no longer making trouble.

If Qiqi can really get into university and become a successful college student, it is not impossible to give Zhang Siquan a little more money.

After all, it’s great value for money!

At this time, "Zhang Siquan", who was missed by the Guan couple, came down from the building and rode his bicycle.

He rode his bike through the streets and alleys like an ordinary energetic high school student and came to the vegetable market.

Soon, he put some vegetables and fruits in his cart basket, and when he passed by a meat stall, he stopped to cut some meat.

After riding the bicycle for about ten minutes, we arrived at the community near the Genius Kindergarten.

This community has been built for a long time and is very popular because of its convenient transportation and other reasons.

The security guard at the door is also very responsible. Anyone without an access card will be stopped at the door and not allowed to enter.

"Zhang Siquan" swiped the access card and successfully entered the community. Many people greeted him along the way.

"Xiao Zhang, are you back from school?"

"Xiao Zhang, would you like to come to my house for dinner tonight? I have something I want to ask you."

"Brother Quan, are you going to play basketball tomorrow?"

"Zhang Siquan" smiled and shook his head: "I have class tomorrow."

"Oh, let's meet again when I come back!"

He greeted everyone along the way and rode back "home".

After locking the bicycle downstairs, "Zhang Siquan" carried the vegetables and meat upstairs.

The elevator stopped at the 11th floor and he opened the door.

The "home" of this seemingly ordinary high school student is a bit strange. It is a house with three bedrooms and a living room, but he has too few things. The whole room is empty with only a bed and a table with a computer on it.

The kitchen supplies are quite complete.

"Zhang Siquan" carried the vegetables and meat to the kitchen, and soon the aroma of food wafted.

After preparing four dishes and a soup, he ate the meal alone and then turned on his computer.

There was a folder labeled in German on his computer desktop, which literally means "corpse sunk in Donghe River" in Chinese. When he opened it, there were documents inside.

He was thinking about his conversation with Guan Qi today, tapping on the keyboard, and soon strings of characters were entered into the document.

Just then, the shrill phone ring rang.

Zhang Siquan answered the phone.

"Hello?"

There was silence on the other end for a while, and finally someone spoke up: "How's your investigation going? Is what I said true?"

The voice was very hoarse, as if he had been crying for a long time.

But Zhang Siquan remained unmoved.

"Guan Qi really doesn't have any memory of this."

"He was faking it! He was the one who killed my sister!" The person on the other end of the phone suddenly became excited, "You know her! You know her! She was a very well-behaved and good student! She was so timid, how could she go to Donghe in the middle of the night? Before she died, only Guan Qi called her! Do you believe that my sister's death had nothing to do with him?"

Zhang Siquan's voice was exceptionally calm: "What I need is evidence, not speculation."

The person on the other end of the phone gasped for air, and soon said angrily and sinisterly: "Evidence? Have you found evidence after searching for so long? You are not going to tell me that the person who killed my sister might not be from this world, are you?"

Zhang Siquan didn't say anything.

He continued typing on the keyboard while answering the call, and soon the document was completed.

In the folder, neatly organized documents recorded all the clues he had found.

But all the traces seem to point to the same conclusion: the murderer of the dead girl named Qiao He was not Guan Qi.

But Guan Qi must have played a key role in it. He was not, as he said, just a passerby who happened to make a harassing phone call that day.

This man named Guan Qi was both despicable and bold. On the night that Qiao He died, he suddenly called Qiao He and asked her out for a meeting.

At that time, Guan Qi had just entered the first year of high school, and Qiao He was just an obedient and honest third-year junior high school student. Not only was she under a lot of academic pressure, she was also very timid. But for some reason, she really went out that day, and three hours later, Qiao He's body was found in the lower reaches of the Dong River.

Logically speaking, Guan Qi is the most suspicious, but... his alibi is too solid.

Guan Qi was out of town that day. After sending a message to Qiao He, he and a few of his buddies were taken to the police station for fighting.

How do you explain this?

Guan Qi is not that smart, he can't fool himself.

Zhang Siquan was very sure that in Guan Qi's memory, he really did not do anything as he said, he just made a harassing phone call.

"Anyway, I've invited him to my birthday party in two days." The girl on the other end of the phone sneered, "I'm going to make him pay the price!"

The phone was hung up.

Zhang Siquan didn't say anything else. He put his phone aside and looked at the computer screen quietly for a while.

After closing the folder of "The Corpse Found in Donghe River", he glanced at the other folders.

Zhongxin Hospital fire, 4404 train derailment, Tongxi Supermarket...

Right click the mouse in a blank space to create a new folder.

——“Genius Kindergarten”.

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Foxit Community.

Compared to Jie Fangcheng who was lucky enough to be picked up by his "neighbor brother", Zhan Xiaoming was very unlucky.

The person who came to pick him up was his "parent", a thin-looking man. After hearing the teacher's complaint, the parent's face changed and he grabbed the back of Zhan Xiaoming's collar and dragged him back to the car.

Zhan Xiaoming didn't dare to resist at all. After being dragged back into the car, he shrank into the passenger seat.

"I'm out driving a truck every day to make money, and you don't behave well in school and let the teacher complain to me? Are you looking for death?"

The “parent’s” anger was so obvious that Zhan Xiaoming didn’t dare to say a word.

The car sped all the way, and after returning home, Zhan Xiaoming could tell at a glance that the "parents" in front of him had changed.

The originally thin man seemed to have grown taller. When he stretched out his hand to grab the back of Zhan Xiaoming's collar, his fingers brushed his neck. Zhan Xiaoming trembled violently, and a bone-chilling chill penetrated his neck.

cold!

The nostrils seemed to be filled with the smell of blood.

Their "home" is a shop near the community. Zhan Xiaoming's "home" sells hardware materials. When he got off the car and saw the metal products in the shop, Zhan Xiaoming felt a darkness in front of his eyes.

He was thrown into the store by the angry "parent". People passing by seemed a little curious after seeing this scene, but no one came to stop it.

With a bang, Zhan Xiaoming fell against the pillar, and looked at the parents at the door with stars in his eyes.

The "parent" stretched out his long arms and pulled over the tall rolling door like the flexible tentacles of an octopus.

The shop door was closed.

Under the pale light, the "parent" turned around.

His originally thin face became tall and sharp under the light. It was obviously no longer a human face. It looked more like a monster from the deep sea, scary and rugged.

"What did you do in school to make the teacher so angry!"

Zhan Xiaoming was trembling all over, but he didn't dare to refuse to answer the NPC's questions.

"I...I was playing hide-and-seek with my classmates during the lunch break...and I lost."

"Hide and seek? You can't even win such a simple game?" The monster parent waved his arms at him and said in a high-pitched voice, "Okay, then I'll give you a chance."

"I'm here to play hide-and-seek with you. If I find you," the monster said with a distorted expression and bloodthirsty excitement on his face, "I will...eat one of your legs today."

"Go, my dear son." He said, and actually turned back and closed his eyes, "Ten, nine..."

Zhan Xiaoming was stunned for a moment. He didn’t expect that he would have to continue playing hide-and-seek after returning to “home”.

But this is obviously the last way to survive!

Zhan Xiaoming quickly got up and looked around.

I only have a few seconds to hide, so I have to find a gap where I can hide...

Zhan Xiaoming thought so, but he had just taken two steps when he suddenly felt a pain in the back of his neck.

A sharp claw grabbed his neck and lifted him up.

Zhan Xiaoming kicked his feet in the air.

The monster parent who closed his eyes and pretended to count stretched out one hand and pinched Zhan Xiaoming's neck, but he was still counting down with his eyes closed, which seemed like a perfect irony.

"Four, three, two, one."

The monster finally opened his eyes.

It rolled its eyes and looked at Zhan Xiaoming who was lifted in the air by it, with a seemingly proud expression.

"You really didn't play hide-and-seek properly! Now I've caught you!"

At this moment, although he was very scared, a feeling of anger surged in Zhan Xiaoming's heart.

He was strangled and couldn't breathe, and he struggled to curse.

"It was clearly a countdown of ten! It was you who suddenly broke the rules of the game... cough cough cough cough."

The monster retracted his hand and lifted Zhan Xiaoming so that he and he faced this side.

Zhan Xiaoming was sure that this was not his illusion.

The monster grew bigger.

The eyeballs on its face were the size of ping-pong balls, and it stared straight at Zhan Xiaoming in its hand.

"Really? But you are a bad boy, and it is every parent's responsibility to punish bad kids. I don't need to follow the rules." After it said that, it opened its huge mouth and bit Zhan Xiaoming's leg with its shark-like teeth.

“Ahhhhhhh——” Zhan Xiaoming screamed. In the monster’s hands, he was like a puppet that could be manipulated at will. No matter how he struggled, he could not escape its bite.

When the monster put him down, Zhan Xiaoming's face turned pale and he tried to cover the wound on his leg with trembling hands.

But strangely, not a drop of blood came out of his wound, and all that could be seen was that his leg looked like it had been cut in half with a saw.

After "punishing" the disobedient bad child, the monster parent seemed to be in a better mood.

"Okay, you are my child. I will give you another chance," said the monster. "This time it's real hide-and-seek. I will count to ten. If you can avoid my search, I will not mind your poor performance in school today."

After saying that, the monster closed his eyes again.

"one two three……"

Zhan Xiaoming struggled to stand up, but since he was missing one leg, such action was a little difficult for him.

Let’s do it!

Thinking of this, Zhan Xiaoming ignored the injury on his leg and directly used the props.

A wisp of smoke appeared beside him. Zhan Xiaoming controlled the smoke, trying to use the power of the smoke to hide among the debris around him.

But the next second, the familiar hand grabbed his neck again.

!!!

The monster parent who only counted to six was grinning.

"Adults always say 'Let's go to the amusement park tomorrow', but they never do." It tilted its head, "So the words of adults are not trustworthy. How come you don't understand such a simple truth?"