As I was cleaning up, I became more and more puzzled. How much wind would it take to achieve this level? It's okay to say that if one shelf falls down, the other shelves will be knocked down one after another like dominoes, but your bookshelf is facing the window!
Compared with the front, which has a larger stress-bearing area, the side is only about 50 centimeters wide, and each shelf is packed full of books. The weight is not ordinary.
Besides, with so many bookshelves falling to the ground, how much noise would they make? Xu Lingyu and I were not walking fast along the way. If there was any big noise, how could we not hear it?
I raised my head and glanced at Lao Huang, who was squatting on the ground and slowly picking up books. I always felt that something was wrong with this man today, but I couldn't tell for a while.
After quickly cleaning up the two rows of bookcases and the corresponding books, I was not in a hurry to continue working. Instead, I began to deliberately look at Lao Huang's every move. I always felt that this strange incident had some inexplicable relationship with him.
I saw him silently repeating the procedures of picking up books, organizing books, and stacking books, without noticing the way I was staring at him at this time.
Suddenly, my eyelids twitched, and I finally saw something was wrong!
He is actually taller than me!
Lao Huang, whose real name is Huang Zichang, is a family member of the school staff and a former teacher at the school. After retirement, he approached the principal and found a job as a security guard in the library. In fact, it was work. The school did not assign any heavy tasks to him because of his age. It was just leisure tasks such as inspecting the water, electricity and fire-fighting facilities in the library every day, and registering people coming and going from outside the school.
Once the principal and Lao Huang's son went to the library to see him, and saw him climbing on the herringbone ladder and playing with the window glass. When they got up in fear, they held the ladder and asked him to come down quickly, and then lifted him up. He was taken to the lounge and "reprimanded" hard, and he was sternly told not to do such dangerous things in the future, or else he would no longer be allowed to stay in the library.
Lao Huang also agreed at that time. According to his son's wishes, if he was not allowed to stay in the library, he would have to go home and be "in solitary confinement"! How can that person stay indoors all day without going out for activities?
So, he never did those dangerous things again. Every day after going out, he went straight to the school, walked around the campus first, and then went to the library to make a cup of tea, and then talked to us administrators We talk about big things and small things, and life is a wonderful life.
Of course, we all listened to what Lao Huang told us. We still respect this elder who is kind-hearted but like an old naughty boy. Even though our brothers usually talk about Lao Huang and Lao Huang, we really respect him in our hearts. !
As for my height, looking at the entire engineering department, it is average, but in our circle of friends, it is top-notch, 1.83 meters tall, hehe. Although I don’t have the burly and muscular figure of Tai Qing, fortunately, I also exercise regularly. I look moderately fat and thin, with a slender figure. In Lao Huang’s words, I look like a “sword-swinging scholar.” His style is quite similar to that of his days as an educated youth.
As soon as these words came out of his mouth, I was often compared with him, and Xu Lingyu would always use various rhetorical methods to make me blush with embarrassment. Of course, she may be out of respect for her elders and always belittle her brothers in the worst possible way. Especially when talking about our heights, she always likes to compare me to the tall and powerful hero Ibo Shi, and compares Lao Huang to the number one Song Jiang...
It was because I was so impressed by these things that I discovered the suspicious point when I was observing Lao Huang just now.
Lao Huang's height at this time was actually ridiculously taller than me by about a head!
How did I discover that Lao Huang was very close to the edge of the window sill at this time, and he was flipping through a palm-sized book in a semi-crouching posture. The moment he accidentally straightened up, I was obviously I saw that the top of his head was nearly forty centimeters higher than the window sill. However, using the same posture, my chin only reached the level of the window sill!
There is actually such a big difference in height, nearly 10 centimeters!
And he didn't wear any height-increasing shoes or anything like that. His feet were still those old black cloth shoes with flat soles.
I was suddenly frightened by him, and this old Huang suddenly turned his head to look at me as if he suddenly noticed my eyes! You may say what's all the fuss about, but if it were you at that time, I'm sure it would be no better than me.
Lao Huang turned his head to look at me, but it was not the 90-degree turn that we usually think of, but an extremely weird 180-degree turn! It looks like a robot that can swing and turn at will, with his entire head and face now mounted behind his back!
After seeing my surprised and frightened expression, the corner of his mouth curved into a smile that looked like a mockery and trick had succeeded, and then he slowly turned around, as if he wanted to return to his normal state.
"Hehehe, how about it, young man, my old man's stunt is not bad, isn't it?!"
Listening to his tone that was both showing off and questioning, I swallowed and nodded blankly. Maybe seeing me speechless at this moment has already achieved some of his goals.
Lao Huang stood up slowly under my gaze. Sure enough, he was really taller now, but it just looked out of place with his thin figure and skinny face. It was as if he looked exactly like him. Another person!
Seeing him walking towards me, I suddenly came back to my senses, and then I realized that I had collapsed on the ground at some point, so I struggled to get up. There was only one thought in my mind: escape!
Lao Huang seemed to be amused by my trembling stand up and then turned around to run away. He let out a spooky laugh and followed me slowly, like a hunter playing with his. Like prey!
When I heard his burst of laughter, I felt goosebumps all over my back. I gritted my teeth and walked faster, shouting behind me, "Old Huang! Your grandpa's son is there to scare people!"
Although he knew that the thing holding his skin behind him could not be Lao Huang, he just wanted to give himself courage so that he would not collapse prematurely.
As soon as I said this, I clearly felt that the knee of my left leg was hit by a hard object, and then I couldn't help but kneel to the ground. When I covered my knee to recover, I realized that it was Lao Huang. A big thick dictionary was thrown at me! I feel so angry right now!
Bang!
I almost lost consciousness for a moment, and Lao Huang kicked me hard in the head with his old cloth shoes...
A fishy hot feeling instantly surged out of his nose, and his eyes became even more gray. He could no longer see the things around him clearly. The fear in his heart gradually piled up, as if his whole heart was about to burst.
Just when this feeling of fear was gradually escalating, I felt a tug on my collar, and then bursts of warm breath came from my neck. What a pervert, Lao Huang!
wrong! Is he going to bite me?
This thought flashed through my mind, and I trembled all over, and turned my head to one side desperately. Sure enough, the skin and hair on my neck exploded, and they almost rubbed against Lao Huang's lips and teeth. I even heard him clearly. The sound of the upper and lower jaws clenching. This fucking thing is really going to kill me!
Perhaps he was angered by my actions, or perhaps he finally stopped playing the prey game. This "ghost thing" actually sat on top of me to block my movements. But I saw with my eyes that this thing was no longer Lao Huang’s familiar face. Thick liquid was dripping from his wide open mouth, and some of it fell directly to the corner of my brother’s mouth. I smelled that There was such a foul and unpleasant smell that I almost couldn't help but spit it out... I fought hard and tried to escape from his confinement, but I didn't expect that this thing was so powerful! No matter how much I punched and kicked him, he didn't get off my body. Instead, he slapped me on the head. This time, I was really knocked unconscious.
Before losing consciousness, I vaguely saw him curiously pulling out a red rope around his brother's neck...
I was so confused that I didn't know how long I had passed out. When I opened my eyes, I found that I was already lying on the hospital bed in the school hospital. Although I felt a little strange about the narrow line of sight, I couldn't bear the pain that instantly hit my whole body. He bared his teeth and snarled, but found that the sound was not loud at all, but had a bit of a hoarse feel to it.
I guess I noticed my brother's movements and felt a large number of people quickly gathered around the hospital bed.
"Hey, hey, hey, what are you doing? The patient doesn't know if he is out of danger yet. Are you trying to kill him by crowding in like this?!" Well, I am familiar with this voice. He is the "Sanpao Doctor" from the school hospital. Because he always talks in three sentences, the seniors in the past would jokingly call him "Sanpao Doctor", and he was not annoyed. As a result, this tradition has been carried forward by successive generations of students in the school.
Sure enough, his last two sentences came immediately.
"Get out of the way, are you the doctor or am I the doctor?"
Hearing Mr. Hu and the others' soft whispers, I felt warm in my heart. These guys still have some conscience, and they know...
"Well, okay, okay, I broke a few bones. Let's take a good rest. Don't do any strenuous activities during this period! You guys need to supervise him, you know!"
Doctor Sanpao stopped talking after the three sentences as usual, perhaps organizing the next three sentences.
Mr. Hu and the others lowered their voices and asked me, "Damn it, Lao Zhao, you little kid, can you break your own bones by reading?! Why, you can't be beaten when you tease Xu Lingyu." Is it broken? Hahaha..."
When I heard Luo Sicheng's cynicism, I couldn't express my anger and irritation. I could only breathe out through my nostrils to express my emotions at this time.
He probably saw that I was anxious and was afraid that it would involve my injury, so Hu Shaoqing scolded Lao Luo and then said some words to calm my emotions.
"Old Zhao, don't listen to that guy's nonsense. He is a typical sour grape. Look, among our brothers, you and Xu Lingyu are the closest, let alone him. How about us? It’s not very sour, haha, don’t take it to heart.”
Even Kong Dingzhou, who is usually not very talkative, unexpectedly paid me a few words of concern and asked me to tell you more about anything I had to say. Don't dwell on it all the time. Problems may arise over time... ...
The more I listen, the more something is wrong. What, are you trying to be a psychology teacher to enlighten me?
At this time, Hu Shaoqing spoke again, "Yes, Lao Zhao, we can help you solve any problem together. You really don't need to be so stupid."
I was confused again when I heard this, but I suddenly remembered what happened in the library before, the old Huang who turned into a monster, and even the time I fainted, so they were stunned one by one. I tore off the infusion tube on my arm, turned over, and fell to the ground with a thud. The pain made me howl like a wolf cub.
Only then did I realize that my head was wrapped with gauze. It must have been bandaged very tightly, leaving only two eye slits for me.
Seeing me reaching out to grab the gauze on my head, they panicked and quickly pulled my hands and feet to restrain me on the ground to prevent me from continuing to act like a crazy self-mutilator.
At this point you may want to ask, didn’t Dr. Sanpao say how many bones you had broken? Why are you still so "ferocious"?
The most severe pain I feel now comes from the chest cavity. It seems that the broken bones must be ribs. How could the ribs be broken?
They grabbed my hands and feet and I couldn't move. After struggling hard for a while, I gave up and allowed them to carry me back to the bed like a dead dog. Dr. Sanpao seemed to be standing in the ward, watching silently. my move.
Suddenly he said: "I think you want to know the current situation of that old man Huang?"
I was shaking all over, yes! What I want to know most now is Lao Huang’s situation, and what I want to know even more is whether the monster in the library is Lao Huang!
"When we arrived at the scene, we saw you and that old man lying on the grass outside the library, with blood all over the ground..."
"Based on the broken window glass on the south side of the fifth floor and the situation at the scene, we and the police agreed that you and the old man Huang fell from the building. Because you hit the old man Huang when you landed, you only broke a few ribs and phalanges. , and Old Man Huang..."
I was completely shocked. Falling from the building? And according to what Dr. San Pao said, I escaped death because of Lao Huang, but what about Lao Huang? !
With these great questions, a very bad premonition came to my mind, and then I heard the fourth sentence of Dr. Sanpao for the first time.
"Old man Huang, he is dead."
