Chapter 43: Judge Four: Teacher Chu from the School
"Li Tong! Someone's looking for you!"
The school dormitory has three floors, and Li Tong lives upstairs from Xiaohui.
"I'm here!" A boy with a crew cut closed his book and walked over. "What do you want from me?"
Xiaohui looked at his childhood friend in some surprise.
The other person was wearing a brand new school uniform with the zipper neatly pulled up to the collar, which was a stark contrast to his previous crooked and unruly look.
This... is this really Li Tong?
After learning the news of Liu Dong's life or death, Xiaohui could hardly believe it.
As soon as the event was over, he rushed to the dormitory to find Li Tong and told him what he had seen and heard on the street.
Before he could even start talking, Xiaohui felt something was not right when he saw the person.
He hesitated and asked, "What's wrong with you today?"
Li Tong's mother is a big boss, his father is a rich second-generation, and his family is wealthy. He has been a bully in school since he was a child and has never had the time to study.
But just now, he was reading in the dormitory?
Li Tong didn't quite understand the meaning of the other party's words: "What's going on? Didn't you come to see me?"
"Yes, I wanted to talk to you about what happened in the cave last time..." Xiao Hui choked and stared at the other person nervously: "Don't you think that Liu Dongsheng's death is related to the cave?"
Li Tong tilted his head with a puzzled look: "I didn't think so? How could it be related to the cave?"
Xiaohui opened his eyes wide: "But you heard those voices too!"
"You mean the echo?" Li Tong chuckled. "Didn't you review your junior high school knowledge? That's a perfectly normal echo phenomenon."
Xiaohui was speechless for a long time.
Abnormal.
Very abnormal.
"I met a Taoist priest in a long robe on the street," Xiao Hui suddenly forgot the name "Taoist priest." He grabbed Li Tong's arm and said, "Why don't you come with me to see him? I have a feeling something is wrong, and I'm afraid you..."
Li Tong frowned and shook off the other person's hand. "What's wrong with you? You're talking about some immortal? Don't try to scare me. Didn't the teacher say that there are no ghosts in the world? The ghost fire on the grave is a scientific phenomenon."
Xiaohui, the class monitor, was a little confused when he was suddenly scolded by his childhood friend who was a poor student.
"I won't talk to you for now since I haven't finished reading the book yet." Li Tong turned around and returned to his chair.
Something is wrong.
Something is definitely wrong.
Xiaohui swallowed and stood at the dormitory entrance, staring at his childhood friend.
After the other person sat down, he took out a book and started reading. This action looked extremely natural and harmonious.
However, the fact that “reading a book” happened to Li Tong was inherently incongruous! !
Why didn't anyone notice the abnormality in the cave?
Doesn't anyone question the source of those strange noises?
Cold sweat gradually appeared on Xiaohui's back, and his teeth chattered involuntarily.
Just as he was lost in thought, a hand was placed on his shoulder and patted him.
He was startled and looked back. Standing behind him was a middle-aged man with a stern face and wearing a plaid shirt. It was the team leader Chu Youde.
The summer camp was short of staff, so several teachers were seconded from the town’s schools to take turns helping out.
Teacher Chu is rated as excellent every year and has excellent skills. He is responsible for the lesson plans of six classes and also led a school-level competition class. There is no doubt that he was chosen as the leader of the summer camp group.
Chu Youde asked him, "It's so late, why don't you go back to your dormitory?"
Xiao Hui was distracted: "Teacher, Li Tong..."
Chu Youde looked pleased. "You mean Li Tong? He performed very well today and was the first to hand in his diary summary."
Xiaohui stammered, not knowing what to say.
Chu Youde looked down at him and said, "Li Tong has changed so much. As a friend, aren't you happy for him?"
"I don't know either," Xiaohui blurted out without thinking carefully, "I feel like Li Tong is no longer like Li Tong."
"He's recognized his shortcomings and is willing to work hard to change through self-discipline. That's a good thing," Chu Youde praised Li Tong. "You should emulate Li Tong. That's the attitude a good student should have."
Xiaohui nodded with a confused look.
So...is this a good thing?
In the dormitory, Li Tong raised his head, met his eyes, and smiled slightly.
The cover of the book I was reading was clearly upside down.
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Wang Fengxu took a small job in the town, but Wang Tianfu did not follow him. He only contacted Fang Xu to go to the cave to find out what was going on.
Nan Huai finally arrived. Three teenagers of similar age met at the school at the foot of the mountain and walked towards the back mountain together.
Fang Xu asked as he walked, "Are we here too early? It's still afternoon."
"Let's explore the way first," Wang Tianfu said, picking up a bamboo stick and hitting the snake. "If there's a really big one, we'll be killed if we go there at night."
Nan Huai agreed with this and said to him, "You should learn more from his alertness."
I didn't encounter anything wrong along the way, and the Bagua mirror didn't reveal any resentment.
The legendary cave was getting closer. The entrance was only the size of two palms, on a gentle slope. It was pitch black and looked like a staring eye from a distance.
The three half-baked young Taoist priests squatted over there, looking at each other, and suddenly didn't know what to do next.
Wang Tianfu felt that since he was a year older, it was time for him to be a leader.
He stood up and said, "Step back."
He made hand seals, closed his eyes solemnly, and then opened them, with flickering fire between his hand seals.
Nan Huai was a little surprised: "You are quite capable of the Five Elements Technique of Qingcheng Temple."
The Five Elements Technique sounds easy, but it is not something that can be mastered overnight. There are many Taoists in Qingcheng Temple who have never learned the Five Elements Technique until their death.
As the flames approached the cave entrance, a slender cry suddenly came from inside: "Ah!!"
Wang Tianfu was so frightened that his hands shook and the flames went out in an instant.
Several people looked towards the cave entrance vigilantly, only to see something moving inside. After a while, a face appeared!
The three of them felt nervous and took up positions, but when the face looked up, they found it was a girl with a ponytail, about thirteen or fourteen years old, with a pretty face and an intelligent expression.
The girl snorted, "Who are you? Want to set the mountain on fire? I'm going to call the police."
The three of them looked at each other in confusion. "Who are you? Why are you in the cave?"
"There's a tunnel in my backyard, and I wanted to see where it led to," the girl frowned slightly and looked around. "But the exit is so small, I can't even stick my head out."
Fang Xu looked at Nan Huai and whispered, "Is she a human?"
Nan Huai also frowned and turned to look at Wang Tianfu: "Aren't you carrying a Bagua mirror?"
Wang Tianfu hurriedly pulled out a mirror and looked carefully at the scene.
The girl became more and more confused: "Who are you? What are you doing?"
The Bagua mirror was clean and there were no strange reactions.
Wang Tianfu was puzzled: "It really is a human."
He asked, "Have you been to this cave before?"
The girl pouted: "No, if I knew I couldn't get out, I wouldn't come."
She blinked and asked, "What fun things are you playing? Can you take me with you? Dad doesn't usually let me go out to play."
Fang Xu asked: "Why?"
The girl said worriedly, "I'm not feeling well and need to rest at home. Besides, my dad said there are a lot of bad people out there and I'm a girl, so it's not safe."
Wang Tianfu checked the time and asked, "How are you studying? Doesn't your father even let you go to school?"
"Yeah! The bad guys are all in school," the girl giggled. "I heard that my dad's friend's son jumped off the building because he was bullied by his classmates."
Nan Huai disagreed: "That's an exception. You don't look that old, how can you not go to school?"
"I think so too," the girl frowned. "If I don't go to school, I won't even be able to make friends."
Nan Huai: "That's not the point, the point is how you will work and enter society in the future."
The girl thought for a moment and said, "My father said that I am very good the way I am now. I don't have to do anything and he can support me."
She pouted: "You don't look like students either."
Wang Tianfu straightened his back proudly and said, "It's because school is on summer vacation."
Fang Xu muttered, "I want to stay in the temple forever."
Nan Huai coughed and said, "In three years, I will also take the college entrance examination."
Fang Xu was shocked: "So you were secretly learning on your own!"
Nan Huai tutted his words, "I'm learning on my own, honestly. There's no question of stealing or not."
Amidst the clamor, the girl laughed: "Then we are all the same now! My name is Chu Xinyi. Can you come here often to play with me in the future?"
Wang Tianfu was a little embarrassed: "I will be returning to Shu City in two days."
Fang Xu touched the back of his head: "Can't you come out of the house to play?"
Chu Xinyi said dejectedly: "My father doesn't let me go out, but I know he does it for my own good."
She quickly cheered up and actively started talking to her peers. Her eyes fell on Wang Tianfu's collar: "Your beads are really beautiful. Are they a gift from your family?"
Wang Tianfu was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously twisted the red bead strung on the red string: "This one, it's not."
Chu Xinyi seemed very interested in this: "Did you buy that yourself?"
"Not really," Wang Tianfu scratched his head and confessed honestly, "He's my enemy."
The others were stunned.
Chu Xinyi opened her mouth wide and replied apologetically after a while: "I'm sorry, I just think it looks good."
I feel relieved now that I have said it.
Wang Tianfu waved his hand: "Nothing, I just want to remind myself to practice hard and seek revenge on the owner of this bead when I grow up."
Everyone has two or three secrets that are difficult to tell. Fang Xu and Nan Huai looked at each other, patted Wang Tianfu on the shoulders, and did not ask any more questions.
As the sun was setting, Wang Tianfu suddenly remembered his intention and asked about Liu Dongsheng.
Chu Xinyi thought for a while: "The name seems a little familiar, but I don't remember it. Maybe he is my father's student."
Nan Huai raised his eyes: "Is your father a teacher?"
Chu Xinyi looked at him with admiration: "Yes, he is a math teacher at the town school, and he is very good."
Nan Huai muttered, "You're already a teacher, why don't you let your daughter go to school?"
Although it came from the love for his daughter, it was a bit extreme.
Seeing that Chu Xinyi didn't know about Liu Dongsheng's situation, the three of them were afraid that she would be frightened, so they concealed the rumors about the cave and only warned her not to come here at night.
Chu Xinyi nodded: "Dad will come to see me after get off work in the evening, I won't run around."
Seeing the three of them about to leave, she begged reluctantly, "Will you come again tomorrow?"
Wang Tianfu nodded readily: "Come on, come again."
Chu Xinyi finally smiled: "I'll wait for you."
After saying that, she said goodbye to the three people reluctantly, and after a rustling sound, she seemed to go back through the tunnel.
Fang Xu was puzzled: "Are you really coming tomorrow?"
Wang Tianfu chuckled, imitating his uncle's manner: "Of course, but tomorrow morning, I have to go and find out whether the teacher surnamed Chu in the school has a daughter."
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