Pushing open the door of the boxing gym, Liu Tie looked around with anxious eyes. Finally, he found no strange traces and he breathed a sigh of relief.
Okay, okay, I really thought too much, nothing happened, right...?
Liu Tie felt guilty.
He actually didn't think that with the eldest lady's character, she would do ridiculous things in junior high school. Most likely, it was just her imagination that was too rich and she misunderstood.
But what happened to what he heard the two girls talking about just now?
It's not easy for him to ask directly or not listen to the eldest lady's instructions, so some things can only be guessed.
Liu Tie walked around the boxing gym twice, and after confirming that there were no valuable clues left, he was ready to leave.
But at this moment, his eyes focused and fell on the target post.
Liu Tie approached the target post and observed it carefully, and found that it only had new "wounds" on the neck, heart, and thighs, which correspond to human vital points.
The difference between these marks and the old marks that were all over the body is very obvious, because the marks left behind are deeper, the gaps are larger, and the locations are concentrated.
Compared with the shallow marks, these wounds seemed to have been carved bit by bit with a knife at close range; but the beautiful and neat cuts that were done in one go were enough to negate this guess.
"Is it...that kid left behind with a throwing knife?"
Liu Tie looked at them in astonishment, and the scene when these wounds appeared on the human body could not help but emerge in his mind——
A slight chill ran down the man's back. He has witnessed people being seriously injured more than once, with three knives and six holes, and blood and flesh flying everywhere, so he understands how terrifying it is for someone to leave such wounds on a wooden stake. This is by no means an amateur's daily training. You can develop your hand strength and eyesight.
“The young people today are really amazing.”
Liu Tie touched a handful of sweat on his forehead and couldn't help but smile bitterly.
"Speaking of which, having a friend with such 'special skills' accompanying the eldest lady in school can make people feel more at ease...but in the final analysis, it still depends on what the boss thinks."
*
After that, Liu Tie drove the young people back home.
Time quickly came to the next day.
There were two previously planned plans, one was to visit Teacher Gao and find a way to awaken Miss Xie's abilities; the other was to hire a detective to find out about the whereabouts of the explorer and the "body".
The latter takes time to select the right candidate, as for the former...
They decided to act immediately. It is always better to deal with things sooner rather than later.
In the evening, the classroom was quite noisy as it was time for school to end after a long day of classes. The students on duty began wiping the blackboard and mopping the floor. Children carrying schoolbags and chatting animatedly passed by in twos and threes in the corridor outside the door. The stairs on both sides were soon filled with middle school students on their way home.
"You said you were going to visit Teacher Gao?"
After Yan Jingxing mentioned this matter to Qiao Peng, the squad leader who was about to go to the office, the other party's eyes widened in surprise.
"I just find it strange that her classes are all taught by substitute teachers these days, and all kinds of random gossip are flying everywhere... Then, Teacher Gao is really sick? Do you want to organize everyone to buy some fruit together these two days? Go visit her?"
Yan Jingxing opened his mouth and wanted to refuse. After all, this was a matter between the three of them.
According to his experience in going to school in the city, if a classmate or teacher is sick, people will often be organized to visit them in turns. This is not a problem, but the problem is——
"By the way, I almost forgot to ask, which hospital is Teacher Gao in?"
"Ankang Hospital Mental Health Center. Do you know the place? It's the one built on the hill that used to be a sanatorium."
"..."
Qiao Peng didn't react for a while. He adjusted his glasses that had slipped from the bridge of his nose and asked in surprise:
"You mean that crazy... mental hospital?"
"right."
Yan Jingxing nodded.
"But... you can't just visit a hospital like that. Do you need to apply in advance?"
"Yes, I have already applied. Do you still want to go?"
Similar trivial matters have always been taken care of by the reliable eldest lady.
"I-I'd better think about it again."
The class monitor shook his head quickly.
"Well, it's okay. I'll leave first then."
Yan Jingxing put on his bag and prepared to leave.
At this time, he heard someone greeting him outside the door. The familiar sweet voice was as beautiful as the flowing of a clear spring, but the words he spoke were...
"——Let's go, Yan Jingxing, why are you still lingering in the classroom? Let's go to the mental hospital quickly!"
"..."
As soon as this statement came out, almost everyone in the classroom focused their attention. Even the students from other classes passing by in the corridor could not help but cast curious glances.
Yan Jingxing lowered his head and walked out of the classroom quickly. In a blink of an eye, he saw Ji Chunzao leaning against the tile wall on the side of the corridor, waving his arms towards him with a bright smile on his face.
He still remembered that this guy almost ran out as soon as the bell rang. Was he expecting too much?
Yan Jing walked to her side and couldn't help complaining:
"Can you please stop shouting so loud next time? People will think I'm going to a mental hospital!"
"What does it matter? What I said is the truth."
"Are you really not understanding or are you just pretending..."
Well, looking at the curve of the girl's mouth, he already knew the answer.
Although Ji Chunzao sometimes thinks erratically, it does not mean that she is not smart. She is clearly playing tricks on people now.
After all, this girl's reputation is well known in the school, but it doesn't matter that she is a broken person.
She put her hands behind her back and circled him with a smile, and found that the boy's hands were empty.
"Didn't you buy anything for the visit? Do you want to go to the canteen now?"
"...You seem very excited?"
"Of course, that's a mental hospital! Aren't you curious? Don't want to see what it's like inside?"
"Not at all."
"There is no spirit of exploration. Curiosity is the source of human progress!"
It’s the things you’re curious about that are so weird!
Yan Jingxing turned around and left angrily.
Since they had agreed to take a car together, they had to go and meet Miss Xie next.
When they arrived in Class 5, before Yan Jingxing could react, Ji Chunzao walked carelessly to the window and shouted into the classroom.
"——Xie Yuzhi, are you there? We are going to the mental hospital together!"
As soon as these words came out, the whole place fell silent. The originally bustling classroom was like a scalding hot pot dipped in a basin of ice water. Everyone subconsciously stopped what they were doing and what they were saying, and involuntarily looked in the direction of the person involved. ——
This shows how powerful language is.
Yan Jingxing, who was following her, almost stopped laughing.
Then, I saw the class captain with a small face and a serious expression walking out of the crowd carrying a schoolbag.
"..."
"let's go?"
Ji Chunzao enthusiastically extended an invitation to the eldest lady.
Xie Yuzhi glared at her angrily.
"What are you shouting for?"
Yan Jingxing desperately resisted the urge to laugh out loud.
Now he didn't blame Chun Zao for talking nonsense at all. Seeing Miss Xie's stinky face, he suddenly felt that it was worth it.
"I won't pick you up this time. Jing Xing and I will go by car, and you can figure out a way to get there by yourself."
Xie Yuzhi, who had always been doting on her, was expressionless at this time.
"Hey~ Why are you doing this? Don't do it!"
Ji Chunzao soon began to regret his naughty thoughts.
*
After that, Chun Zao pestered her and begged her for a long time before the eldest lady reluctantly let go.
After all this trouble, by the time the three of them walked out of the school, almost all the people leaving the school had left. A familiar black car was parked at the entrance of the alley not far away.
The boys and girls carrying schoolbags walked briskly in that direction.
"Hey, it's all Chun Zao's fault." When Xie Yuzhi spoke, her cheeks bulged slightly, and she was still dissatisfied with someone's mischief. "We might have an 'Experimental Middle School Psychiatric Trio' next." nickname."
Yan Jingxing suppressed his laughter and replied:
"Think about it carefully. We call ourselves the 'Baiyue Town Alien Search Team', and all of us seriously believe in the existence of aliens. We take it so seriously. If this kind of thing spreads, it may be seen by others. It’s no different than being mentally ill.”
"No, we are obviously the ones who see the truth. It's because they can't see the reality in their eyes that they treat seriousness as a joke..."
Halfway through the words, Xie Yuzhi couldn't help but laugh.
"Yes, you are right. These words are very similar to what a lunatic who is obsessed with absurd stories would say. At least I would have thought so in the past."
"So, you don't have to tell others, and you don't have to get approval from others. If you take it too seriously, you will be the one who gets hurt."
Ji Chunzao looked very experienced.
"It would be nice if only the three of us knew."
Girls' hearts are not that big. For Chun Zao, she is extremely lucky to have one or two close friends who are willing to believe in her, which is enough to free her from the lonely life in the past.
…
The black car exited the alley, its destination being the mental health center in White Moon.
Because the driver was there, they made a tacit agreement not to talk about another planet and superpowers. Even so, after experiencing a big adventure, the three of them are now very close. Because they all study in the same school, they are not afraid of running out of topics to talk about.
Watching the two girls talking and laughing, Yan Jingxing held the fruit basket for visiting on his knees, and suddenly remembered something.
"By the way, is the mental hospital we are going to famous here?"
He brought up the conversation he had with the monitor before leaving the classroom.
"When Qiao Peng, our classmate, heard that he was going to the mental hospital to visit Teacher Gao, his whole face suddenly changed. He gave me the impression that he had known about it for a long time, and was even a little afraid of that place. What's going on? "
"It's very famous..."
"Hey, haven't you heard the stories there when you were a kid?"
The girls answered almost in unison.
They looked at each other, and Xie Yuzhi clapped her hands, showing an astonished expression.
"By the way, I almost forgot that Jing Xing just moved to our town a month ago, so I really haven't heard about the local mental hospital."
"Well……"
Yan Jingxing scratched his hair.
That place is actually really famous?
He suddenly had a subtle feeling.
A mental hospital that is well-known in the local area is not a good thing no matter how you think about it, right?
On the other side, Ji Chunzao had already begun to introduce enthusiastically:
"Any child who grew up in the town must have heard about things there. This mental hospital located on the mountain is super famous. I heard that all the mental patients in the city are sent here for treatment. Yes. There are various rumors, and some adults will use these things to scare children, saying that they will be sent there if they disobey."
No wonder she was so excited the whole way. With Chun Zao's personality and weird hobbies, he probably already regarded that place as a dream destination for adventure.
"What specific rumors are there?"
Yan Jingxing took over her words.
His hobbies are actually the same as Ji Chunzao's, so he can keep up with her topics. Rather, the three junior high school students in the car are all very curious types.
After realizing that behind the seemingly peaceful world there was another new world full of secrets and magic, and experiencing an exciting alien adventure, their mood became even more out of control.
"Let me think about it."
Ji Chunzao tapped his chin with his finger, looked at the roof of the car, and began to remember.
"The most famous thing about that place is the rumor about the fire. The mental hospital was not originally called a 'health center'. It was originally a sanatorium, specially designed to house some patients with mental disorders. Later, in the 1980s and 1990s, There was a fire, and it is said that many patients and medical staff died."
"The current mental health center was built on the site of the sanatorium, so there are many strange stories circulating:"
"For example, in the middle of the night, someone saw a charred black figure walking slowly in the corridor and passing by the window. During the day, when the cleaner was cleaning, he found that there were marks on the ground that looked like they were stained with coke. strange footprints;
"For example, some rooms deep in the corridor are not open to the public, but the doors are sealed tightly, but people passing by can always smell the burnt smell coming out of the cracks in the doors."
"For example, some patients would say they saw ghosts in their rooms, but because they were mentally ill and prone to hallucinations, the doctors didn't take it seriously. But not long after, the patient appeared in his room. He hanged himself in the ward..."
