Facing her boyfriend, Chen Ruwan still spoke sharply.
"You said it easily, just make it stop laughing. How can it be so easy?"
"The reason why the 'Laughing Man' keeps laughing is because his mother left him the last words before she died: 'Laugh.' Do you think he listens to us or to his mother's words?"
Everyone fell into silence.
Chen Ruwan's tone has always been unpleasant, but there is nothing wrong with her words.
On one side is his beloved mother, and on the other side are a group of strangers. It is self-evident who the "Laughing Man" will listen to.
They knew how to survive, but they had no way to do it.
Like a group of people trapped and dead in the shallows.
But after being silent for a while, Ning Qiushui said:
"It may not listen to what we say, but if someone says... it may listen."
The three of them were stunned for a moment, and then immediately realized who the person Ning Qiushui was talking about was.
"You mean the librarian?"
"Yes, he used to be the class teacher of "Laughing Man". He had it for three years and was very good to it. During this period, he helped it and its mother many times. If the administrator is willing to help us persuade "Laughing Man", maybe The ‘Laughing Man’ will listen.”
Nan Zhi frowned.
"But...the library isn't open today either?"
"Where are we going to find him?"
Ningqiu Waterway:
"We can't leave the school, but he can come, call him and explain the situation. He probably won't refuse."
Because this teacher had taught in the school before, it was not difficult to get his phone number.
It's in the security room.
After talking on the phone, Ning Qiushui explained the situation to him. The middle-aged man was silent for a while and told them to wait for him at school.
About half an hour later, he arrived at the school.
Glancing at the four people in the security room, he frowned and said:
"Come to the library and sit with me."
Everyone followed him to the library. The middle-aged man took out the key and opened the door. He took them to the second floor and made a few cups of hot tea.
"How many people came in at that time?"
the middle-aged man asked.
"11."
"So in just four days...oh no, it should be three nights, seven people died?"
The four of them nodded.
"right."
The middle-aged man's expression changed slightly, he looked at Ning Qiushui again, and waved to him.
"Come here, let me see the blood on the back of your neck."
Ning Qiushui didn't hide anything from the other party. The most important thing for them now was to find a way to make the "Laughing Man" stop laughing as quickly as possible before dark.
The middle-aged man tried to wipe the drop of blood on Ning Qiushui's neck with a wet tissue. To everyone's expectation, the drop of blood that had not been wiped clean was wiped away in the middle-aged man's hand...
Watching the blood on the wet tissue in his hand gradually disappear, the middle-aged man let out a long sigh, his eyes a little blurry.
"I knew he still couldn't let go..."
"After seeing him behind the bookshelf in the library, I never saw Li Zhen again. I originally thought that his wish was over and he had left... But I didn't expect that he was still lingering in the school. .”
"This year, I have been thinking, if I had taken him to my home, all this would not have happened..."
Ning Qiushui also told the truth:
"When we left at noon yesterday, we saw him on the second floor... I just don't know why, but he didn't come to see you."
"If it is true that he is a good boy as you said, then I think he is probably feeling guilty and does not dare to come to see you."
Hearing this, the middle-aged man was stunned, then laughed and said:
"Feeling guilty?"
"What does Li Zhen feel guilty about? It's me who's sorry for him, but he's not sorry for me."
Ning Qiushui shook his head.
"It's just that you think so... Maybe Li Zhen feels that he is sorry for your hard work in cultivating him in the past three years, and sorry for the hard work you have put into him in the past three years..."
"He is filled with resentment and seems to have been coerced into killing people in the school... Maybe this is not his original intention. If you can help him dispel his obsession, it should be a relief for him."
The middle-aged man was thoughtful when he heard this.
Ning Qiushui and others had already told him most of the things.
"I didn't expect that Li Zhen's mother's instructions to him before she died... turned into an obsession that restrained him."
"Okay, tell me, how can I see him..."
Several people looked at each other, and Ning Qiushui said:
"You stay tonight and listen to our arrangements."
"By the way, let me ask you a question...what's your surname?"
The middle-aged man said:
"Minggui, my surname is Yang, from the Yang tree."
…
Finally it was nightfall.
Everyone stayed in the open space outside the abandoned dormitory building until 11:55. Seeing that the time was almost up, they walked into the same dormitory.
Tonight is their last night at this school.
If the cooking is not good, I'm afraid many people will die tonight...
The four of them stayed in the same dormitory, counting the time.
Perhaps because of the life-saving ghost weapon, Ning Qiushui wasn't too nervous.
He looked at Chen Ruwan and her boyfriend, who were doing the same thing.
From the moment they decided to stay away from everyone and sleep on the third floor, Ning Qiushui guessed that they had some kind of life-saving device.
The most nervous among the four was Nan Zhi, but she had nothing on her body.
The only ghost weapon was used last night.
If it hadn't been for that special talisman, what everyone would have discovered this morning would not have been two broken corpses, but three.
Since the only ghost weapon has been disabled, if they don't find a way out tonight, then she will definitely be killed by the "Laughing Man"!
Soon, midnight arrives.
Looking at the neat 12 o'clock on the phone, Nan Zhi twisted her fingers until they turned white, and her lips and face were pale.
"Time is up……"
Chen Ruwan's boyfriend took a deep breath and cheered up.
Ning Qiushui took out her mobile phone and edited a text message. There was only one "1" on it.
At the end of the corridor, the scary birthday song soon sounded.
"Happy birthday to you……"
"Wish you……"
Of course the laughter of the "Laughing Man" was also mixed in.
"Hee hee hee……"
These voices soon arrived at the door of Ning Qiushui and the others.
The four people inside immediately felt an inexplicable cold air seeping in from the crack in the door...
They shuddered, and through the glass frame on the door, they saw a rotten pale face suddenly appear outside, staring at them with a pair of malicious eyes, staring at them and laughing.
The smile on his face was still exaggerated, as if he had used up all his strength.
This scene scared Nan Zhi so much that she screamed, retreated hurriedly, and bumped into the table!
If there were not three other people in the room at this moment, she didn't know how she would deal with such a terrible scene alone, and she didn't dare to think about it!
Looking at Li Zhen's hysterical smiling face, Ning Qiushui sent the message in his hand to his class teacher.
Then, he took a step forward and actually opened the door to the dormitory!
This sudden movement not only frightened the people in the room, but even stunned the ghost outside.
"Li Zhen, there is someone who wants to see you tonight."
When his real name was called, the cold aura on Li Zhen's body did not decrease but increased. It smiled strangely, raised the sharp knife high, and was about to stab Ning Qiushui... But at this moment, another warm hand grabbed it It's on your wrist!
Feeling the warmth of that hand, Li Zhen froze.
"Li Zhen... why have you been hiding from the teacher for so long?"
Li Zhen's head slowly turned.
It looked at the middle-aged man behind it for a moment, and then the sharp knife in its hand fell to the ground.
Ding ding——
On the rotten face, the smile he put on with all his strength turned... a little inexplicably bleak.
Li Zhen's originally rotten body returned to normal, but his skin remained pale.
He was wearing a school uniform, smiling silently, and looking at his class teacher silently.
He saw that the man who had taken care of him for three years even though he was not a relative had a lot of gray hair.
"Li Zhen, do you know why I like you so much?"
"Because you really look like my son who died of liver cancer."
The middle-aged man told all this calmly.
"You are equally smart, tough, and have suffered a lot, but you are always full of hope for life..."
"When I was a freshman in high school, I walked into the class for the first time and saw you."
"... I feel guilty for him, and I feel guilty for you. I thought you were a gift from God, but I didn't expect that I didn't keep him back then, and then... I didn't keep you either."
"I didn't even get a chance to say goodbye to you."
As the middle-aged man spoke, a ridiculous bitter smile appeared on his lips.
"... When you said goodbye in the hospital that day, your mother told you to smile... She hoped that you would be able to overcome the hardships without her and continue to face life with a positive and sunny attitude."
"But in this world, how can there be a heart of stone that cannot be defeated by so many hardships..."
"I have also experienced the pain of losing a loved one, and I also know that any suffering in this world is enough to knock someone down. Therefore, I don't blame you for living up to the hard work I have put in to you over the past three years, and I hope you can forgive me... No I can take good care of you.”
After he finished speaking, he hugged the student in school uniform tightly and whispered:
"If you feel tired, stop laughing."
"...Let's take a rest."
"It's been so long, hasn't it?"
The smile on Li Zhen's face actually disappeared little by little as he was being hugged.
Finally, he also hugged the middle-aged man.
"Sorry, teacher."
Li Zhen said hoarsely.
The five bloody red figures beside him gradually faded away...
At this moment, in an inconspicuous old garbage dump in the city, a wrinkled birthday card slowly burned at the same time...
It stayed in a quiet corner, no one saw it, and it didn't bloom any beautiful fireworks. It just burned quietly until it finally turned into a pile of black ashes.
After the burning of birthday cards ended, Li Zhen and his five bloody roommates disappeared in the dark corridor of the abandoned dormitory building of Changchun University.
Here, there are only a middle-aged man who is slumped on the ground and finally reconciled with himself, and four lucky people who survived the disaster...
pS: Today’s third update, this copy ends here.
The next dungeon won't have any heart-warming stories. It will be a bit more scary and more regular.
