Chapter 46

My name is Guo Shuyi. Guo means city, Shu means stretch, and Yi means grass.

I was kidnapped. I am now in a small sealed room. The door is locked from the outside, the wall is badly peeled, and there is a small window one meter above me, but it has been nailed shut with wooden strips from the outside. I can't

see the situation outside, but I can roughly guess that I am in the south of the city now, because there are very old cardboard boxes in the room I am in, and they are stacked to form my bed. The name of an agricultural and sideline products company is printed on those cardboard boxes. I have seen the same name on the rice bags in my house, and the address below is the south of the city.

Another reason is that I heard the sound of rain on the day I was kidnapped.

I was dazed and was stuffed into a car. I could hear the sound of rain hitting the hood. The sound was very light at first, but in the end, it became louder and louder, even making a crisp collision sound.

Before I was kidnapped, I happened to check the weather forecast for today. There was a hail warning only in the south of the city.

Yes, I was kidnapped. I have to remember this, I was kidnapped. I have been trapped here for three days. I am very hungry and my mind is dizzy. I always feel that I am dreaming, or I want myself to believe that I am dreaming, but this is not okay.

I can't be like before, wandering off when I encounter a little problem. At this time, it is useless to detach myself. I have to find a way to run away.

Yes, yes, yes, I have to escape. This is already the third day. I don't have time.

At this time yesterday, I heard another girl screaming outside. Another one the day before yesterday, and another one the day before that... From where I was, I could hear the sound of them being dragged out the door, and they were getting closer and closer to me.

The room where the girl was yesterday was, if I'm sure, right next to mine.

I've also tried to communicate with people in other rooms, but it's strange, really strange, no matter how hard I tried to make a sound or give a signal, I couldn't get a response. They seemed to have been dead, and only on the day they were dragged out the door did they let out one or two wails. There

's no way. I can only figure it out on my own.

I heard its sound. It's approaching. It started to pull out the bolt on the door. I really hate this sound, it's always so harsh, so noisy - of course, to be honest, I think the world itself is noisy. So much noise, so many people talking, they are always talking nonsense, always arguing about those unimportant little things...

No, no, no, take it back, take it back quickly. Don't withdraw. Don't hide in your own world. Look over there, look at the door.

This is the last chance.

I held my breath, curled up my body as much as possible, and watched the door not far away slowly open.

The guy walked in. He was very tall, and his heavy breathing was like a beast.

I continued to curl up my body, watching him walk towards me.

To be more precise, I watched him walk towards another "me".

On the bed made of cardboard, there lay another "me". An

empty schoolbag, a few books, a treated cardboard box, and my hooded sunscreen jacket. They didn't look exactly the same, but at least they wouldn't be noticeable at first glance.

At least he didn't notice it right away. I clenched my fists tightly, watching him walk over little by little, and I felt my heart was about to jump out.

Finally, he came closer. He walked to the side of the cardboard bed. He

stepped on the old newspapers on the ground without noticing what was on top.

I didn't dare to hesitate, and quickly pulled the thin rope in my hand -

the mineral water bottle on the other side of the newspaper fell to the ground, and the water inside flowed out.

To be honest, I don't know why it was so careless that it let me keep my schoolbag. There were so many things in it that could be used, including my books, my pens, my newly bought beads, and the plastic ropes for making bracelets. Not to mention the things that I happened to steal on the day I was caught -

a small piece of sodium. I took it from my dad's laboratory. I originally wanted to take it to the school bathroom for experiments, and sneak in during holidays when no one would be there.

But I couldn't get there. I was brought here.

The small piece of sodium was also brought here. And the mineral water that I didn't finish drinking was also brought here. The two of them are now mixed together as I moved.

The sound of explosions mixed with smoke, and flames rose from the cardboard box. I took the opportunity to push open the cardboard box covering my body, ran out from behind the door, threw the beads in my hand to the ground, turned around and ran out -

behind me, there was a voice of angry cursing, I couldn't hear what he was cursing, but I didn't dare to care. I rushed out as fast as I could, turned around and pushed the door hard. I wanted to put the bolt back on the door, but that thing was made of metal and was too heavy. I had no choice but to insert the cardboard stick that I had rubbed with my hands and used as a weapon...

Then I ran. I turned around and continued to run. The door of the warehouse was ajar, I pushed it open and got out, it was raining outside, the rain was so heavy that people couldn't see anything. I ran forward desperately and fell down. My chin and body were covered with mud, but I didn't care about that. I didn't know how long I could hold him back. I had to seize the time -

so I kept running and running. I didn't know where I was, but I finally ran out of the abandoned factory. Outside the factory was a cement road. I kept running along the cement road. I didn't know how long I ran, and finally I saw people other than me.

...I couldn't see clearly through the heavy rain. It was a bus. It was stopping at the station. People on it were getting off one after another, and their opened umbrellas were like blooming flowers.

I quickly screamed and continued to run over there while screaming. Someone turned around to look at me, and when he saw me, his eyes widened, as if he was looking at a monster.

But I just wanted to laugh. My steps were already very heavy, but my soul seemed to fly up all of a sudden.

I was finally saved.

"...Ah."

Looking at the figure that quickly passed by him in astonishment, Xu Ming looked down at the soda on his body, his expression a little dazed for a moment.

Just two seconds ago, she had just got off the bus. Next to her was Lu Yueling floating around, and behind her were passengers who also got off at the same stop. Coincidentally, the young man opened a can of coffee and was about to drink it, and coincidentally, at this moment, a girl suddenly stumbled towards them.

Xu Ming was startled and subconsciously took a step to the side. His elbow hit the young man's wrist holding the coffee, causing half of the can to fall on him.

...But he couldn't say anything. Who made him bump into him?

Looking at the figure who could be regarded as the culprit, he had already run far away and only his back could be seen. He

was wearing a short-sleeved school uniform, like a middle school student.

"..." Retracting his gaze helplessly, Xu Ming turned around, thanked the boy next to him while taking the tissue handed over, and glanced at Lu Yueling who was trying hard not to laugh, and couldn't help but start to reflect.

Maybe he shouldn't go out today.

"Okay, stop laughing. I'm leaving." She adjusted the headphones she was wearing, and walked out while talking. The tissue was pressed on the stained clothes and soon became wrinkled.

"You can't do this, you have to wipe it with water. Otherwise, it will become very difficult to wash later." Lu Yueling floated over to take a look and reminded casually. Xu Ming nodded resignedly, and just in time, he saw a public toilet not far ahead, so he walked straight over.

Lu Yueling followed her, wandering back and forth, still recalling the article she had just read. The report was written in a solid style, and quoted a lot of records left by Guo Shuyi before her death, which brought a strong sense of immersion.

It was a pity that Xu Ming got off the car too early, and she didn't have time to finish reading it... Lu Yueling thought silently, and couldn't help but move forward: "Hey, what about Guo Shuyi, did she escape later?"

"..." In response to her, Xu Ming's eyes were hesitant to speak. Lu Yueling was stunned for a moment, and then she remembered that Xu Ming had told her the ending of this story at the beginning.

Guo Shuyi did not escape. It was not until two years after her death that the murderer was finally brought to justice.

Lu Yueling: "..."

"That's really a pity." She twitched her lips slightly, lowered her eyelids, and unconsciously swung her overly long skirt. "From the records she left behind, she was clearly prepared."

"Who said it wasn't." Xu Ming also sighed.

Guo Shuyi mentioned in the letter that she happened to have a piece of sodium that she had stolen in her bag, as well as materials for making bracelets. For this reason, she specially prepared an escape plan, but that plan could only be implemented when the door was opened, that is, when the murderer came to "pick up the goods."

Unfortunately, she did not succeed.

The first sentence in her next record was, "I failed."

This is the only contradiction in the letter left by Guo Shuyi. According to the previous record, the day the door was opened was the day the girls were killed. However, Guo Shuyi returned to the cell after her failed escape that day, and continued to live, leaving more records. The update time of the letter finally stopped two days after her failed escape.

"So some people have always speculated that these letters are actually forged." Xu Ming said as he walked forward, "But some people think that is not right. Because if they are forged, more attention should be paid to details and authenticity. In addition, some people have put forward other ideas..."

She paused and turned to look at Lu Yueling behind her; "For example, Guo Shuyi actually never escaped."

"...Didn't escape?" Lu Yueling was stunned and leaned forward instinctively, "What do you mean?"

"To put it simply, they think that the records left by Guo Shuyi are not completely true." Xu Ming tapped his temple, "Part of it is her fantasy, and she wrote down those fantasies."

These speculations are based on facts. After the murderer was caught, Guo Shuyi's teachers and parents wrote articles to commemorate her. In their articles, they all mentioned a detail -

although Guo Shuyi is smart, she has some obstacles in social interaction. At the same time, she has a habit of "hiding" in her own world more easily when she encounters difficulties.

"Is it just...imagination? Daydreaming?" Lu Yueling tried to understand Xu Ming's words, "Now that you put it this way, I understand a little bit..."

After all, she also had a period of middle school when her parents scolded her and she desperately imagined that she was actually the wrong child, and her biological parents would drive a luxury car to pick her up the next second.

"You can understand it this way." Xu Ming withdrew his gaze with some emotion, "I guess it should also be a kind of detachment."

She is actually quite familiar with this way of dealing with things. When she was in middle school, before she acquired the idiotic traits, in order to keep herself calm in various bad situations, she would often "detach" herself - but she usually did not rely on imagination, but on cold jokes.

"In short, because of Guo Shuyi's habit, many people think that the 'escape' she wrote is fake. All the materials and arrangement process were imagined by Guo Shuyi to comfort herself." Seeing that the public toilet was just around the corner, Xu Ming quickened his pace slightly and adjusted his headphones. "Putting himself into the environment at that time, these statements seem to make more sense. After all, no matter how careless the murderer was, he would not leave a bag for her when she was still able to move...?" As

he spoke, Xu Ming had already stepped into the public toilet, and then he seemed to realize something, turned his head suddenly, and looked at Lu Yueling who was standing outside with a puzzled look on his face.

"Why are you standing so far away?" she asked curiously, "Come in quickly, be careful of passers-by."

"..." Lu Yueling frowned, quickly glanced at the inside of the toilet, covered her mouth and took a step back.

"I don't want it." She lifted the hem of her skirt with one hand, not hiding her disgust, "It's all wet in here... and why are the tiles yellow? Is this a toilet from the last century?"

Xu Ming: "..."

"It's wet because it's just been delayed. And this is a city... forget it." She closed her eyes and sighed again, "You wait outside, I'll come out after I finish washing my clothes."

Lu Yueling nodded quickly like a chicken pecking at rice, and looked at Xu Ming, the corner of her mouth twitched again. She turned around and walked into the ladies' toilet.

The design of this public toilet is indeed quite old-fashioned. After entering through the door, there are two partition walls. Going around the partition walls, there are the women's toilet and the men's toilet respectively. The washbasin is also on the inside of the partition wall. Through the mirror of the washbasin, you can see the squat toilet cubicle behind you.

Xu Ming walked quickly to the washbasin, turned on the faucet and began to wipe his clothes. Because it was a bit far away now, and Lu Yueling didn't like to talk loudly, so her ears were rare quiet.

In this quietness, Xu Ming finally wiped off the coffee stains on his body. Just as he was about to collect the waste paper on the basin, another sound suddenly rang in his ears.

- Ding bell.

It was a very faint sound, as if it was there and not there. Xu Ming carefully identified it for a while before finally confirming that the bell that was ringing was the bell she hung on her bag.

This bell was given to her by Lando before she left. Lando said that she had idiotic traits. Now that the whale fat man was not around, if she got into a ghost story and she couldn't see certain things, it might be very difficult to deal with...

and this bell, at least, had a certain warning effect.

... Then the question was, what was the point of this bell ringing now?

Xu Ming frowned unconsciously, quickly glanced around, and stepped aside little by little.

Although she was not sure what was going on, at this moment, the first thing to do was to stay away from the mirror.

Xu Ming thought silently, and backed away until she could no longer see her reflection in the mirror. Because she did not pay attention to the back when she moved, she even accidentally knocked over the mop and bucket in the corner.

And almost at the moment she backed away, the soft ringing sound finally stopped.

Xu Ming breathed a sigh of relief.

At this moment, Lu Yueling's voice came from outside. She seemed to have noticed something, and her voice was a little tense:

"Hey, what's the matter? I just heard a bang... Are you okay?"

She spoke as her voice kept getting closer. It seemed that she had finally overcome her inner resistance and walked in.

"It's fine for now." Xu Ming responded hurriedly, his eyes still scanning the limited space vigilantly, "I feel that this place is strange, let's go out first."

Lu Yueling: "..."

"Why didn't you say so earlier!" She couldn't help but complain, lifting her skirt high, stepping carefully on the wet ground, and looking inside while talking - Xu Ming said this too late, she had already walked to the door.

With a slight glance, she quickly locked onto the only figure among them. The latter was leaning over and picking up the mop that had fallen on the ground. Lu Yueling looked carefully, and then glanced at the bucket that fell on the ground, and suddenly realized: "So this is the sound I just heard."

"Yeah. I saw something dirty just now, and I was scared and bumped into it."

The other party finished mopping, clapped his hands and stood up: "Get out quickly, I don't want to stay here for a second."

Lu Yueling nodded in confusion, stepped aside to let the other party go out first, and took charge of the rear. Just as she was about to step out of the main door of the toilet, she suddenly saw a small box on the wall, and she was startled again.

"Sanitary napkin mutual aid box?" She blinked in surprise. Was there such a thing before?

After thinking carefully, she found that she really couldn't remember it.

Lu Yueling couldn't help but frown, and poked it with her hand. She was stunned again when she found that she could touch this thing, and then she seemed to realize something, and her face gradually became ugly.

The urging voice of her companion came from outside the door. Lu Yueling responded hastily, and after a little hesitation, she reached out and opened the sanitary napkin box.

"You, you wait a minute!" She reached her hand in and said quickly, "I just found something, wait for me to see. I suspect we have already...?"

Before she finished speaking, her hand had already turned out a small piece of paper from the box.

On it, there were two lines of scribbled handwriting:

[Don't let them find out, you are not her. ]

[Leave the bathroom as soon as possible, it's very dangerous here. 】

"..."

What does "you are not her" mean?

Lu Yueling was immediately more confused. The last time she saw this sentence was in some bloody substitute article.

But no matter what, she still understood the second sentence. Lu Yueling's heart skipped a beat, and she rushed out with the paper in her hand. The moment she stepped out of the toilet door, her pupils suddenly shrank -

she saw a long corridor outside the door. On both sides of the corridor were large movie posters with big digital numbers.

"Finally out!" When her companions who were waiting outside saw her come out, they breathed a sigh of relief and came over to greet her, "Let's hurry to Hall 4, the movie is about to start. Oh, I never thought that there would be cockroaches in the toilet of this kind of cinema, it's so unlucky..."

As she spoke, she pulled Lu Yueling forward. Lu Yueling followed behind blankly, her eyes still full of shock.

"No, wait, how can it be a cinema? We are not on the street..." After a moment of silence, she finally couldn't help but break away from the other's hand, tightly grasping the lace of her cuffs with one hand, and stepped back involuntarily, "You, you didn't notice something wrong? We just..."

She stopped talking halfway.

The pale yellow light shone on the face of the person opposite. Something hazy seemed to be dissipating in her mind. Until this moment, Lu Yueling finally realized a more important fact. The person

in front of her was not Xu Ming at all.

"Are you okay?" Facing her question, the expression of the girl opposite became more and more strange, "You seem to be a little bit wrong since just now..."

"Are you really okay...Guo Shuyi?"

*

At the same time.

Looking at the strange girl in school uniform who walked in, Xu Ming was silent for a while, and his open mouth finally closed slowly.

...Sure enough.

Holding the bell on the bag inconspicuously, she closed her eyes and sighed in her heart for the nth time.

She knew it - when you notice a strange sign, it means you have already poked the nest.

Having said that, when Xu Ming heard the other party calling her, she couldn't help but be shocked.

"Guo Shuyi? What are you doing in there? What took you so long?" The girl looked at her strangely, "Get out quickly, class is about to start!"

"Um..." Xu Ming responded subconsciously, and her eyes quickly scanned the surroundings, but her feet did not move.

According to her experience, when in an unfamiliar environment, it is better to explore it yourself as much as possible. It is unwise to follow strangers directly, no matter where you are.

At this moment, her eyes swept across a sanitary napkin mutual aid box mounted on the wall. Xu Ming's brain was spinning quickly, and he made up an excuse right away:

"Well, my period has come. Why don't you go out first, I have to go take care of it."

"Ah, at this time?" Maybe it was because of the rule book, the girl opposite didn't seem to have any doubts, and even looked a little concerned, "Then you are okay now, right? Is it starting to hurt? Oh yeah, did you bring a bun? How about I get it for you."

Bun... Xu Ming was silent for a while because of this old word, and soon spoke again: "It's okay, don't worry about me. Anyway, there is a sanitary napkin box here, I can just take it from it."

"......?" Unexpectedly, the girl looked surprised after hearing this. "What sanitary napkin box? Where can we find such high-end things in our school... Wait, I happen to have it with me, I'll get it for you."

After saying that, she turned around and left.

Xu Ming was left alone. He looked at her back, then at the sanitary napkin box, his expression became more subtle.

Could it be... this is something that is only available to outsiders?

Then I have to take a closer look.

Xu Ming thought silently, and soon made the box the primary search target. As soon as he opened it, he found a piece of sticky note inside.

It was a colorful sticky note commonly used by students, with a line of delicate handwriting written on it with a fountain pen, reminding the person to remember to put another one back after taking the sanitary napkin for everyone's convenience. There were also various emoticons and small flowers drawn on the side, which was very cute.

- Lifting the cute paper a little higher, you can see that there are faint handwriting on the back.

Xu Ming's brows moved slightly, and he immediately turned the sticky note over, and sure enough, there were two lines of words on the back.

The two lines were very sloppy, as if they were written in extreme panic -

[No matter how they call you, don't believe it, you are not her! ]

[Also, don't leave the bathroom! 】