Free Web NovelMr. Ji Xianlin, a master of Chinese studies, once said, "I have no other hope in this life. I only hope to ______ more and interact with women from various places."
And what Mr. Ji Xianlin once hoped for was precisely what He Ruo practiced during his lifetime.
He Ruo's great name, even for someone like Lu Yibei, who had just enrolled and had little contact with classmates, was rumored about during class breaks.
It was said that nine out of ten girls targeted by He Ruo could hardly escape.
Lu Yibei felt that He Ruo was simply a campus youth version of Shui Ge.
Of course, Shui Ge and He Ruo were slightly different. According to Shui Ge himself, he treated every woman with true love.
Lu Yibei scoffed at such scumbag remarks.
But such a godlike person died, although there was a saying, "You laugh at Brother Ruo for dying early, Brother Ruo laughs at you for not getting enough."
But he was indeed dead. A person's death is like a lamp going out, and his story would soon be submerged under the vast sea of gossip in the campus.
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Finally, when class was over, as soon as the bell rang, Professor Ma stood up from the chair at the podium and walked out of the classroom, as if he was more eager to leave the classroom than the eager students.
Seeing Professor Ma's action, Lu Yibei followed him with understanding.
On the way from the classroom to the experimental building, Lu Yibei briefly asked Professor Ma about He Ruo's information but found that Professor Ma knew very little, so he remained silent all the way.
Lu Yibei originally wanted to subtly reveal some of the contents of the bamboo slips to Professor Ma, but on second thought, considering Professor Ma's state of mind, he decided it was better not to tell Professor Ma about the diary filled with curses for the time being.
When Lu Yibei and Professor Ma walked into the School of Literature experimental building, they saw from a distance that a police tape had been put up in a slightly remote corner of the corridor, in front of the small door leading to the -0.5 floor storage room. Several police officers were standing by the police tape, and some bold students and teachers were watching the excitement a few meters away.
Professor Ma and Lu Yibei withdrew their gaze from the scene of He Ruo's death, exchanged glances, and shook their heads helplessly together.
The two originally didn't want to pay too much attention to the location where He Ruo was killed, but rather go to the Special Text Content Research Office as soon as possible to deal with the bamboo slips.
However, just as the two were about to go upstairs, a tall girl ran in hurriedly from outside the experimental building, her eyes red as if she had been crying, and there were still several tear streaks on her fair cheeks.
As soon as she entered the experimental building, she went straight to the scene of He Ruo's death, and soon her heartbreaking cries echoed in the corridor.
"Wuwuwu! Wh-why is this happening?! I just played a joke on him, wanting him to stop bothering me! I, I didn't mean to kill him, I... wuwuwu—!"
The sudden appearance of the girl and her strange behavior even stunned the police officers by the police tape for a while.
He Ruo's death was already bizarre, almost certainly a urban legend attack, and the conclusion could be drawn as soon as the forensic examination results came out.
Now a girl appeared, claiming that she was the ✧ NоvеIight ✧ (Original source) one who killed He Ruo. Could she be a urban legend?
Seeing the girl collapse on the ground and cry out, Professor Ma was stunned for a moment, frowned, and walked towards the storage room where He Ruo was killed.
Lu Yibei didn't like watching the excitement, but...
Just as he was about to slip away, he heard Professor Ma say, "Let's go take a look." As he spoke, he put a hand on his shoulder and forcibly pulled him over.
Looking at the slightly forceful large hand on his shoulder, Lu Yibei was speechless for a moment, "..."
What should he do? Should he push Professor Ma away and slip away himself?
Forget it, just stay as far away as possible, stand on the outermost edge, and don't get into trouble. Lu Yibei thought.
Like many onlookers, the two stopped a few meters away from the police tape, watching from a distance. It was at this time that they roughly learned about the scene when He Ruo was discovered in the morning from the idle chatter of the people around them.
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He Ruo's body was discovered around seven o'clock in the morning, close to eight o'clock. The person who discovered it was a school worker who came to get tools to clean up in the morning.
At that time, it was just getting light, the quiet corridor was dimly lit, and the school worker walked through half the corridor, smelling a faint stench from a distance.
Because a certain Professor suspected that the experimental building had rats a few days ago, he had placed rat poison before, so he initially thought that there were dead rats or something hidden in an unseen corner and didn't pay attention.
However, when he took out the key, opened the storage room door, and saw the horrific scene inside, he almost fainted on the spot.
The police arrived quickly, surveyed the scene, and after putting up the police tape, the body was transported away. It is said that they didn't use a common body bag to transport the body, but two buckets.
The scene was very horrifying. He Ruo's body had almost rotted into a pool of black viscous liquid. According to common sense, it would take at least several weeks or even months to rot to that extent.
However, there was no trace of rot on his head.
Even when the police arrived, his skin still had a certain elasticity, his eyes were wide open, his pupils were constricted to a point, his mouth was wide open, his cheekbones were dislocated, and his entire face was very distorted.
Some people said that he looked like he had seen something extremely terrifying and was scared to death.
When his roommate was questioned, he also said that he had seen him yesterday afternoon and had attended class together the day before yesterday.
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"Professor, I also remember He Ruo attending your class a few days ago." Lu Yibei glanced at Professor Ma next to him and said expressionlessly, "He brought a very beautiful girl to class that day, not the one who is crying now. Many people were secretly watching."
"You might not have noticed that day because you were worried about Lu Xu."
Hearing this, Professor Ma was slightly startled, and then said repeatedly, "Don't say it, don't say it, it's creepy."
Regarding the state of He Ruo's death, the opinions of the onlookers were roughly the same, but there were different opinions on when he actually died because the police had not yet reached a conclusion.
Some people said that it happened last night.
Some people said that he encountered some urban legend event and had already died, becoming a living dead person, and it wasn't until yesterday, when his body could no longer maintain the shape of a human body, that he found a place and turned into a pool of pus.
The sand sculpture crowd's imagination was still very big, so big that Professor Ma was a little scared.
When he thought of a student who might have been dead for several weeks sitting in his classroom, he felt a chill down his spine.
As for Lu Yibei, he wasn't too concerned about when He Ruo was killed. Just knowing that someone had died tragically in front of him made him feel uncomfortable all over, and he didn't want to stay for a moment longer.
"Professor, why don't we leave first? Aren't you still worried about the bamboo slips?"
Even from several meters away, his eyes had already started to sting slightly. He suspected that if he got a little closer, to the door of that storage room, he would see illusions, illusions of He Ruo being attacked by urban legend.
But Lu Yibei didn't want to see it!
According to Professor Ma, He Ruo's death was likely related to the bamboo slips, so why not just go look at the bamboo slips?
Why should I endure another scare?
It's not that I'm cowardly, it's just that I can see it, but there's no need. Lu Yibei thought.
"Yes, yes, let's go, let's go!" Professor Ma said twice in a row and was about to turn around and leave. He also didn't want to stay in this ghostly place for long.
However, just as the two were about to leave, the crying girl seemed to have calmed down a bit and blurted out important information, causing an uproar among the onlookers.
"Police comrade, actually last night, I, I was the one who asked him to come here and then locked him inside." freёweɓnovel.com
The police officer closest to the girl was stunned for a moment and asked, "What? What do you mean?" As he spoke, his expression also became serious and tense.
The girl's words immediately raised her suspicion to a very high level.
"I, I..." A trace of panic flashed in the girl's eyes, and she stammered for a long time before explaining, "It's just because he kept bothering me, but I really didn't like him at all, so I thought of tricking him here and locking him in a small dark room to teach him a lesson and make him give up."
"But, but I really didn't mean to kill him, I didn't know this would happen, really, I really didn't think... wuwu!"
The police officer watched the girl with a serious expression for a few seconds, then turned his head, exchanged glances with his colleague, nodded slightly, took off his handcuffs, and walked towards the girl.
Although the girl's words implied that He Ruo's death was not directly related to her, since she was involved, it was very necessary to take her back for questioning and observation.
However, just as the police were preparing to handcuff the girl, another change occurred.
Several tall men came from the other side of the corridor and squeezed into the crowd.
"Excuse me, please make way."
Seeing the group of tall men approaching the storage room, Lu Yibei frowned slightly. He recognized the gentle-looking man leading them as Li Xuan, who had knocked on his door in the middle of the night two days ago.
Li Xuan stopped in front of the police officer holding the handcuffs, took out his identification from the inner pocket of his jacket and showed it to him, and an expression of surprise immediately appeared on the police officer's face.
"You are..."
Before the police officer could finish speaking, he saw Li Xuan smile gently at him, make a shushing gesture, and then turned to look at the girl who was slumped on the ground, looking dazed, and said, "Will you hand her over to us? We will take over this case now."
"Uh..." The police officer was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then chuckled, "Of course, it might be better to hand this case over to you."
Li Xuan nodded at him, then turned around and gave a look to the accompanying tall men. They stepped forward, some replacing the police and cordoning off the scene, while others took the girl away from the scene.
At this moment, Li Xuan's peripheral vision swept over Lu Yibei in the crowd, and the corner of his mouth curved slightly. He walked over.
"Didn't expect you to be here too?" Li Xuan said, looking into Lu Yibei's eyes, a meaningful smile appearing on his face.
