Admission
Ji Yunding, female, 19 years old, was standing alone at the school gate, holding the newly distributed student handbook in one hand and two bulging suitcases at her feet.
The security guard in front of him probably hadn't met a young person willing to chat with him for a long time, so he kept talking to Ji Yunding who was asking for directions. Turning left at the third intersection ahead is the No. 11 dormitory building, and kept talking about which dish in the cafeteria is delicious, and in between, there were countless school gossips.
It had been a long time since Ji Yunding had met an elder who was willing to talk to her so kindly. It was okay at school, as she had familiar friends, but at home, she was like a transparent person.
It was still early before the reporting time, so Ji Yunding started chatting with the security guard. They talked about everything from the old man's generation who worked hard in the fields to the time when Ji Yunding was so sleepy during morning self-study in high school that he accidentally fell headfirst onto his desk.
When talking about school at the dinner table, Ji Yunding's voice would always be interrupted by the laughter of her parents and brother. But unlike Ji Yunding's usual treatment, even when she was talking about her own things, the security guard listened with a smile, occasionally agreeing with her, and his face was wrinkled with laughter.
"By the way, girl, where are your parents? Why don't they come and see you off?"
Hearing this, Ji Yunding's expression froze, and then he continued vaguely: "They... are quite busy."
In any case, it is not appropriate to tell outsiders too much about the family situation. But before Ji Yunding said anything, the old man was already a little indignant. He frowned and said with a dissatisfied tone: "No matter what, you don't even send your daughter to college? Not to mention that this is..."
Halfway through their conversation, the ringing of the campus radio suddenly interrupted their conversation. The old man patted his thigh and smacked his lips reluctantly: "Oh, it's time. You should go and report. Remember, go to the bottom of the dormitory building to register first, and then go to the counselor to get your student ID card. Don't get it wrong. Also, make sure you hold on to the booklet in your hand."
Ji Yunding nodded and agreed seriously.
The security guard watched Ji Yunding walk towards Dormitory Building No. 11, shook his head, turned around and walked back to the security booth at the school gate, waiting for the next new student to register. The warm expression on his face just now was completely gone, replaced by an indescribable weirdness and coldness.
With his skinny hands that looked like they would break at any moment, he held a pen and wrote the time on the registration form. Most of the names on the form were blank, with a few occasionally having heavy black crosses behind them.
"Hey!" Another red-haired freshman knocked on the window and shouted impatiently, "I want to register to enter the school!"
The old man's neck moved and made a "click" sound as if it was broken. Then he raised his head unnaturally and looked straight at the freshman in front of him.
Red Hair felt uncomfortable being stared at, so he glared at the skinny old man in front of him. Fortunately, the old man just handed over the registration form, and after Red Hair filled it out, he took it back, waved his hand, and said nothing.
The human figure stretched out strangely in the cold sunlight, twisting and coordinating the actions of its master with inharmonious movements.
When she first entered the campus, Ji Yunding was not familiar with the roads. She counted the intersections and walked forward. After turning left, she saw the dormitory building marked with "Building 11" painted in white, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
This is not an ordinary school. Who knows what strange things might happen.
In recent years, strange events have occurred frequently, and the scope and extent of their impact have continued to expand. After much consideration, the concept of "strange talk" has finally become familiar to society.
Since then, a series of measures and regulations have been gradually improved, including the requirement to indicate the authenticity of fabricated weird stories at the beginning of literary creation, criminalization of fabricated weird stories, and trial methods for weird story murders. The situation has finally been brought under control, but for people, this new type of "natural disaster" that cannot be fully explained by science for the time being is still unfamiliar and frightening.
In order to solve the social problems they bring, related professions came into being - rule investigators.
Generally speaking, dealing with ghost stories is divided into three steps: investigation, sorting, and verification. Whether it is object ghost stories, humanoid ghost stories or environmental ghost stories, they all have their cores and rules. Only by sorting out the correct rules can we deal with ghost story disasters most effectively.
Subsequently, due to the shortage of talents, relevant universities were established. At present, due to the particularity of employment direction, there is only one pilot university in China that is dedicated to offering relevant courses. This is the Academy of Mysterious Phenomenon Investigation Science where Ji Yunding is studying.
In society, there is a big gap in the supply of jobs in this field. On the one hand, there are not many people willing to enter the industry, and the attrition rate of practitioners is still high; on the other hand, it is not difficult to understand that people who work in this profession are not very popular among the general public.
But Ji Yunding didn't care about these. Her goal was to become a civil servant, get five insurances, one housing fund, thirteen salaries and up to thirty-five days of paid annual leave. Those who graduate from this school alive can directly work in related units. Therefore, the admission score of this university is actually not low.
Of course, it is not very high. After all, to study at this university, you have to sign a lot of waivers, and someone will call to inform you of the risks. After a few times, I persuaded people who didn't really want to come to the university to give up.
After greeting the dormitory manager, Ji Yunding glanced at the two points of attention written on the small blackboard downstairs of the dormitory building.
——Students must live in campus dormitories. When enrolling, the dormitory manager will register and arrange for them. Beds in the rooms cannot be changed without the permission of the dormitory manager.
——Students living on campus should abide by dormitory management rules and regulations. Keep the dormitory clean, tidy and well ventilated. In particular, it is not allowed to hang clothes at will except in designated drying areas. Violators will be detained for probation.
The punishment of hanging clothes is too severe...
Ji Yunding had just complained secretly when he suddenly realized something was wrong. He quickly pointed at the blackboard and asked the dormitory manager: "Auntie, is this rule because someone might be scared? Or..."
The dormitory aunties here are also careless. Or, in other words, those who are not careless generally would not be willing to work as dormitory aunties in such a school.
"Last time, a student who had just returned from training was frightened by the clothes hung by his roommate in the dormitory at night. Fortunately, only the clothes were torn and the student suffered minor skin injuries." The dormitory manager sighed and then said comfortingly, "It's okay, there is nothing dangerous here. School is a place to cultivate people, not to kill people."
But after completing the registration, when Ji Yunding dragged the two boxes to the sixth floor, he felt that it was actually a bit life-threatening.
She stopped at the stairs on the third floor to take a breath, picked up her phone and sent a message to her high school friend to complain a few words, but she didn't expect to receive a call from the other end.
Ji Yunding stared at the flashing call interface on his phone, clicked on the hands-free function, held the phone a little further away, and answered the call with a fearless attitude. Instantly, the small corner at the staircase was filled with a nearly roaring female voice.
"Ji Yunding, you are courting death! With your score, can't you just apply to an ordinary university? Why do you have to come to this damn place?"
"Ah Qing, calm down..."
"I'm calm? I'm not calm at all! Do you know where all the people who didn't die but didn't graduate from this school are? They go to the mental hospital!"
Ji Yunding heard the voice on the other side take a deep breath, and then continued to curse: "I will kill you when we meet in the holiday. If you can't bear it, just drop out of school. At worst, come and work with me. I think you have gone crazy because of the five social insurances and one housing fund every day."
At this point, Ji Yunding turned off the speakerphone and carefully put the phone to his ear: "It's not worth it, Aqing. You know my family's situation - they hope that I will not live well, but they also hope that I can subsidize them. Civil servants are so good. They can cry poor if they don't have any extra money on their salary accounts, and their income is still high at the end of the year. Besides, after working in this industry, they probably won't dare to bother me."
There is another reason why Ji Yunding chose this school - it has a lot of subsidies and tuition and miscellaneous fees are free. After all, her family had already told Ji Yunding that the university would not give her a penny.
There was silence on the other end for a while, and then a sigh came through the receiver: "Your family is indeed... Never mind, call me if you have anything, I'll answer when I'm in the mood."
"Ah Qing, Tsundere has retired."
"roll!"
After the call was hung up, Ji Yunding smiled and counted the seconds silently.
Three, two, one…
The phone rang again. Ji Yunding picked it up and listened to the other end's reluctant and awkward tone continue: "You go to this school... Your family won't cause you any more trouble, right?"
It was no wonder she was worried. Ji Yunding went to an Internet cafe to fill out his college application after the college entrance exam. He even filled out the mailing address for his admission letter at a friend's house. He kept it a secret from his family until everything was settled, and then he packed up his belongings and ran away.
There is no way. In the eyes of ordinary people, this school is too unlucky. The alienation of family members may be a trouble for others, but for Ji Yunding, it saves her a lot of trouble. It is really perfect.
"Speaking of which, Sister Qing v-ed me 50 to sponsor me a new phone card and listen carefully to my revenge plan."
"Damn it! Wait, did they call to harass you?"
"I blocked them as soon as I got on the train, but I have to change my phone number sooner or later. There are discounts for students who sign up for the school's student package. I'll pay you back when the school's subsidy comes in."
"Do you have money for food?"
"It's okay, the cafeteria here is free."
After chatting for a few more words, Ji Yunding ended the conversation by saying, "Let's chat online later to save on phone bills." Just as he was about to pick up his luggage and continue his difficult ascent up the stairs, he saw a message on his phone flashing about a transfer of 100 yuan.
Ji Yunding stood there and looked at the orange transfer in the chat interface for a long time. Finally, she moved her fingers and replied to the message first.
——Sister Qing! You are my biological sister! One hundred dollars is enough to buy my life!
After replying, Ji Yunding put the phone back into his pocket and continued to move the suitcase with great effort.
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