Chapter 52 The Haunted House Next Door
Meng Yunqiao stood under a crooked tree, raised his chin slightly, and asked Su Yuan in confusion:
"The two senior sisters outside just now said that room 2 is for us, right? Alas, there are tall and straight trees next to other houses, but why is there a crooked tree next to us? It's unlucky."
Hearing this, Su Yuan glanced at the crooked tree, raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and said lazily:
"This is great. It should be comfortable to lie on."
After that, she sighed and said leisurely:
"But don't focus on this for now. The burden on my shoulders is very heavy. I am a wounded person. Do you still remember?"
Meng Yunqiao's heart skipped a beat after hearing this. He quickly took out his key to open the door, and helped Su Yuan unload the heavy items, apologizing:
"Sister, I'm sorry, you acted so normal that I forgot about this."
"Hurry up and sit down. I'll go get the mop and clean the room. I'll make sure you can recover in a brand new environment in the coming days."
After she finished speaking, she turned to Nan Chu and said:
"Brother-in-law Nan, you make the beds for my sisters and let me, a grown woman, do all the heavy work."
After saying this, Meng Yunqiao quickly ran out of the house to work, leaving Nan Chu and Su Yuan alone in the house.
Nan Chu glanced at Su Yuan, pursed his lips, and said worriedly:
"Wife, are you hurt?"
Su Yuan glanced at Nan Chu, curled his lips slightly, and said lightly:
"It's just a little skin breakage, it's healed now. I was just joking with Meng Yunqiao just now."
After hearing this, Nan Chu pursed his lips, frowned, thought about it, and then felt relieved.
If something happened to his wife, he would have noticed it these days. He was probably just joking with Miss Meng!
He walked to the bag, took out the things inside, wiped the dust off the wooden bed with cotton cloth, and began to make the bed for Su Yuan.
Su Yuan took advantage of the situation, took out alcohol from the space, and started to disinfect and dust the wardrobe, and then put the clothes in place.
An hour later, Su Yuan and Meng Yunqiao cleaned the room and went to the cafeteria for lunch together.
After finishing the detailed work, Nan Chu felt that he was in the way in the room, so he did not stay and went back to Yujing Lane across the street.
In the cafeteria.
Su Yuan and Meng Yunqiao carried a few dishes and two bowls of white rice on plates and found a corner to sit down.
Meng Yunqiao glanced at the food with disdain, poked the rice with his chopsticks, and complained to Su Yuan:
"The things I hate to eat the most are all put together for me. Celery, fungus and cauliflower are all useless to me at home."
"Now they have taken over every dish in Tiande Canteen. How am I going to survive in the future?"
Su Yuan was chewing some black fungus, making a crackling sound.
Hearing what Meng Yunqiao said, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, and he suggested:
"Next time you can bring some pickles. You can have at least two bowls of rice with them."
Meng Yunqiao was speechless and glanced at Su Yuan.
Then, as if she suddenly thought of something, she leaned closer to her friend and said stealthily:
"I just asked the uncle who served the food about the haunted house. Do you want to hear about it?"
Su Yuan glanced at her calmly.
The meaning is obvious, just say what you want to say.
Meng Yunqiao couldn't help it. He didn't care whether she answered or not. He told Su Yuan everything in one go:
"I heard that someone died in the abandoned mansion next door before, but that's not the point. The point is that the person was a student of our academy."
"It is said that after the student disappeared, no one could find her. Finally, her belongings were found in the corner of a dark and damp room in the house next door. As for her body, it was shattered into pieces and no intact piece could be found."
After that, she paused, looked straight at Su Yuan and said:
"At first, everyone thought that he was deliberately killed by his enemies and dumped in the abandoned house to destroy the evidence. Unexpectedly, the government learned from the owner that the house had been rented to someone else and the owner came to clean the house every day."
"But the truth is that the house was dark and damp, with dirt and insects all over the floor. Alas, in the end, the murderer was never found and the case was left unresolved. The students in the academy were all afraid, so no one dared to live in the row of houses in the southwest corner."
After hearing this, Su Yuan raised his eyebrows slightly and said calmly:
"Okay, got it, let's eat."
Meng Yunqiao blinked, looked at his friend in surprise, and asked doubtfully:
"I was almost scared to death after hearing what you said just now. Don't you think it's weird and scary? Sister, I wish I could have your courage one day."
Upon hearing this, Su Yuan glanced at his friend meaningfully and said with a half-smile:
"Come on, you'd better not expect anything."
After saying this, she changed the subject and urged:
"If you can't eat the vegetables, just eat more rice. There are still five days left, and you can't go out, so won't you starve to death?"
Meng Yunqiao curled his lips, frowned, and complained:
"I don't know what these academies are thinking. Why don't they let me go out? Going back to have a meal won't take up much time."
Su Yuan shook his head, put down his chopsticks, and said calmly:
"After four months of study in the academy, the graduating students will have to take the provincial examination to become scholars. If they are all allowed to go out and do whatever they want, they will be free to do whatever they want."
"If someone doesn't come back, how do we contact them? Do we have to search all over the city to find them? If we don't search, we're worried about accidents. Can you imagine how much time we'll waste?"
After listening to this, Meng Yunqiao thought about it and nodded in agreement:
"Sister, you are right. Tongzhou governs sixteen counties. No, including Qinghe Town, which is at the county level, there are seventeen in total, but there are two official schools."
"It's because too many people failed the exam. For example, the two seniors who registered at the door today, judging by their age, have failed the exam for at least six years and are still studying at Tiande! I'll listen to you and bring food over next time."
Su Yuan narrowed his eyes and smiled, without saying anything, leaning back on the stool, waiting for Meng Yunqiao to eat.
A quarter of an hour later.
Meng Yunqiao picked and chose, ate two bowls of rice with the dishes, and then followed Su Yuan back to his residence.
Meng Yunqiao and Su Yuan's beds were separated by an aisle about two meters wide.
At this moment, she was sitting in front of Su Yuan's desk, eating cakes with big mouthfuls, and said as she ate:
"Sister, you brought so many things, especially the food, which can last us for three days. I will buy more next time, but I am afraid it will go bad because it is not easy to store."
Su Yuan was lying on her back on the thick quilt, dozing off. She listened to Meng Yunqiao babble. She pursed her lips and said casually:
"Well, then you should eat more."
Seeing that Su Yuan was about to go to sleep, Meng Yunqiao lowered his voice, drank tea, ate snacks, and occasionally read a storybook.
Night falls and dusk deepens.
Meng Yunqiao saw that the sisters were still sleeping, so he looked out the window and saw that it was pitch black.
She sighed.
It’s getting late, let’s ask the sisters to have dinner.
Otherwise the cafeteria will be closed soon.
“Squeak…”
The wooden door seemed to be blown open by the wind, making a long, harsh, sharp sound, which was particularly clear and strange in the silent night.
Meng Yunqiao was about to pat Su Yuan's hand but stopped instantly.
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