As soon as Helian Weiwei said this, the expressions of all four of them changed at the same time.
Xiao Jingtian in particular, was a little pale for some reason.
The timid girl and the boy holding the walkie-talkie looked at each other, then quickly looked away.
It was obvious that they were all hiding something.
Helian Weiwei stopped in her footsteps and looked at all of them with her arms crossed. After some time, she said to Xiao Jingtian, "Miss Xiao, since you want to resolve this issue, then you have to tell me everything without hiding any secrets. Otherwise, it's very hard for me to resolve your issue."
"We don't have to talk about that matter, right?" mumbled the timid girl quietly as she looked at the boy with the rugged face.
The boy looked down and said, "It's alright, let's just talk about it. Since it'll be helpful to our situation, we should just say it."
"Alright then." Xiao Jingtian wrung her hands before continuing, "A long time ago, there were actually six of us who hung out together. But for some unknown reason, one fine day, Dong Sichun suddenly jumped off a building an committed suicide, so we were all very depressed for a period of time. Dong Sichun was very pretty and got along with everyone easily. We all liked her very much and all the boys wanted to woo her, but she only liked Feiyang. She would always wait for Feiyang to finish his basketball game, wash Feiyang's clothes, and did many other things just to get close to Feiyang. But before she could get together with him, she..."
Helian Weiwei now knew that this rugged and handsome boy was called Chen Feiyang.
But were things really as simple as the way Xiao Jingtian put it?
Under normal circ.u.mstances, the more beautiful a girl was, the more jealousy she attracted.
How could it be possible for everyone to like her?
Helian Weiwei was almost 100% sure that at least that very timid girl didn't like this girl called Dong Sichun very much.
Because when Xiao Jingtian talked about how Dong Sichun went after Chen Feiyang, the timid girl clearly made a face.
The relationship between these six people seemed ordinary, but in reality, it was very complicated.
Three boys and three girls.
Generally speaking, it was a balanced ratio.
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From what she saw earlier, Helian Weiwei was sure that the timid girl, Xiao Jingtian and even Dong Sichun who committed suicide, all liked this boy called Chen Feiyang.
So what sort of love life did the other two boys have?
Helian Weiwei had no way of knowing.
But her intuition told her that Dong Sichun's suicide a year ago was closely tied to this murder case.
Helian Weiwei glanced at the photo again and connected it to the room's backstory.
Was it a coincidence?
There were also six people, one had died, and there were five of them left.
When these students played in this room the first time, there were five of them too.
All the recordings and furnishings in this room seemed to be emphasizing that these people should not forget the dead person!
If they forgot and didn't repent of their sins, then they had to die.
That's why this murder case occurred!
Without the information from Monkey's investigation, Helian Weiwei would definitely have suspected the shop owner again. For example, she guessed that the shopkeeper might be Dong Sichun's brother or some other relative, but he wasn't.
The shopkeeper was really completely unrelated to these students.
Then who was trying to send this message to them?
Helian Weiwei almost instantly eliminated two people in her heart, and she was left with just two of them.
That was Chen Feiyang and the boy with the walkie-talkie.
It was very simple.
Chapter 1073 - Not a Coincidence
He was taking revenge for Dong Sichun.
He felt that Dong Sichun's suicide had something to do with these people.
After all, just like what the backstory of this room mentioned, the girl whose face in the photo had been scratched off had died because of the other five.
Moreover, once they entered the room, one of the sentences in the recording they heard said, "What sin did you commit in the past? Was it indifference? Selfishness? Or pride?"
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It wasn't a coincidence.
The murderer chose to commit the crime here. It wasn't a coincidence!
"What's wrong?" Xiao Jingtian didn't understand why Helian Weiwei was suddenly so quiet. Her instinct told her that this Taobao shop owner knew something.
Helian Weiwei pretended to just stand up nonchalantly. "If I said that Dong Sichun's ghost has come back to take revenge on you, what would you think?"
"Take revenge on us? Why?" Xiao Jingtian laughed and looked away. Her reaction was a little strange. She seemed afraid and yet...disdainful?
Helian Weiwei looked at her and didn't say anything else.
The rest of the people looked at her too.
Chen Feiyang's eyebrows were even more deeply furrowed. He looked directly at Xiao Jingtian, as if he didn't want her to be so rude to Dong Sichun.
Xiao Jingtian also noticed that everyone was looking at her. She clenched her fists and explained herself, "I just feel that since we all get along so well, why would she take revenge on us? This doesn't make sense at all."
"If it doesn't make sense, why did you react so strongly just now?" Helian Weiwei's tone was very indifferent. "Everything was strange from the moment you guys came looking for me. Somebody died, and nobody can say for sure if ghosts truly exist either, but all of you insisted that it was an evil spirit at work."
Helian Weiwei narrowed her eyes.
She had believed in an old saying since she was young.
If you never did anything wrong, then you wouldn't be afraid of a ghost looking for you in the night.
It was obvious that these people were just imagining things about an evil spirit. What did they do to make themselves so afraid? Did they really think an evil spirit was following them?
"And you think this evil spirit is Dong Sichun?" Helian Weiwei looked at Xiao Jingtian.
She didn't say anything, but glanced at Chen Feiyang.
"Miss Xiao, I'm asking you, have you already decided in your heart that this evil spirit is Dong Sichun?" Helian Weiwei wasn't going to let go of this clue that she had found.
But it was impossible for her to make Xiao Jingtian admit in front of all her good friends that she had thought this way.
"So what if it's her?" The timid graduate female student broke her silence, as if she had been holding these things inside for a long time. "Even if we think she's back, it doesn't mean that it's because we've done anything to let her down. She had reached that point because she had no sense of propriety. She was like that to male classmates and even to the professor. Eventually, some people found out about her dirty deeds, but we didn't agree to keep these things a secret and she went to commit suicide, and this is our fault? But her spirit just refuses to leave us alone!"
Chen Feiyang yanked the girl over. "Who are you saying has no sense of propriety?!"
"Okay, stop arguing." Xiao Jingtian stood in front of them and pulled Chen Feiyang's hand away. She lowered her head and laughed. "Why are all of you so worked up when it comes to her?"
Chen Feiyang turned his head and glanced at Xiao Jingtian, as if he wanted to
explain things, but in the end, he didn't say anything.
Chen Feiyang's attitude had probably hurt that female graduate student, so her eyes were all red.
Xiao Jingtian raised her head and looked at Helian Weiwei. "You're really smart. That's right, the evil spirit I'm thinking of is Dong Sichun. Actually we weren't on good terms very long ago, because I've never seen someone so cheap before. She commands boys around so naturally and went after them so shamelessly, and she's totally lowered the standards that women have."
"So that's why you don't like me either." Helian weiwei laughed lightly, "Because I also order my assistant around."
Xiao Jingtian was stunned for a moment before saying, "That's right."
"Alright, I think I get it now." Helian Weiwei didn't continue to ask, but used her flashlight to illuminate the hidden door on the ceiling. "Is that door to the second last level? The place where student Zhang Heng died?"
She needed more clues. Before finding these clues, she wasn't going to tell these people the results she had already deduced.
It was very clear that the clues were hidden in this room.
"Yes." Xiao Jingtian was stunned by Helian Weiwei's sudden change of topic. "That was where we ran into trouble."
Helian Weiwei raised the key she took out from the second box. "What does this key open? "
Xiao Jingtian paused for a moment, raised her hand and pointed to another room.
Helian Weiwei didn't hesitate and immediately used the key to open the lock.
As soon as she opened the door, a line of eye-catching words were written in red on the wall.
"When a person has nowhere else to go, they would think of committing a crime. But that is not a shameless act, and is just a way of cutting off all of one's escape routes."
In addition to this line of words, there was also an old photo placed in the small room.
It was a photo of the dead girl and the other two girls. In the photo, they were all smiling very happily and there was nothing unusual.
Helian Weiwei looked down as if she was lost in thought and couldn't get an answer. "When you passed this stage back then, who came up with the idea of doing this?"
"It was Feiyang." Xiao Jingtian walked over and said, "At that time, he asked all of us to try standing inside and close the door, and there was some commotion in the previous room. But we still don't understand why he wanted to close the door."
Helian Weiwei shone the torchlight on the wall. "Because of the hint of this sentence. Cutting off all your escape routes probably means it needs someone to close the door. After all, there is only one escape route here."
"You already thought of it just now." Chen Feiyang suddenly spoke up. "So why do you have to ask who came up with the idea?"
Helian Weiwei stretched out her hand and pulled the door open. "I'll reveal the answer at the end. Come in now and close the door first."
Nobody wanted to stay here anymore. Everyone besides the murderer was more than happy to quickly clear the stages and get out.
After Helian Weiwei finished speaking, no one objected.
The wooden door was closed, and locked all of them including Baili Jiajue and Helian Weiwei into a small room.
After less than three seconds, there was a bang, and some movement outside the room.
Helian Weiwei opened the door and used the flashlight to look outside again. An unknown thing had popped out from the ceiling!
Chapter 1074 - Someone Was Hiding a Secret
The recording of the woman's voice started speaking again.
"It seems that until now, you still don't know what crime you have committed. It doesn't matter, I'll give you one last chance. This is the only way out of here. As long as you find the answer, I'll forgive you."
Helian Weiwei carefully listened to the recording.
The word 'forgive' was very crucial.
This further proved that her train of thought was correct.
She strode towards the prop that popped out from the ceiling and stretched her hand out to straighten it.
It was a simple staircase made of springs, but it was sturdy enough. It was obvious that they had to climb up before they could proceed to the next level.
"Let's go up," said Helian Weiwei.
But the timid female graduate student shook her head desperately and said, "I don't want to go any further, it's too scary. You don't understand! The further we go, the scarier it becomes. I really don't want to relive the fear I went through back then again. Can I wait for you guys here?"
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"Notice what?" The female graduate student didn't understand why Helian Weiwei asked her this.
Helian Weiwei used her flashlight to illuminate the door they had entered. "This is the design of the three locks. When this staircase pops out, the door we came through will automatically lock itself. This lock is locked from inside the room. So unless we unlock all the mechanisms, we have no other out. Aren't you afraid to wait here?"
Of course, the female graduate student was afraid. Every step she took now made her feel like something was going to pop out of the room.
And of course, there was the problem with Dong Sichun.
She felt that it was that woman who had returned and wanted to kill all of them!
"Alright, climb up in the order we entered." Helian Weiwei glanced at the female graduate student again. "I will take Zhang Heng's place at the back. Let's go."
No matter how afraid the female graduate student was, she still had to keep moving forward. She couldn't go back the same way they came in, and nobody knew what was in the next room. If she stayed here alone, what would happen? Just thinking about it was scary.
After they went up, there was a dark tunnel. That tunnel was very similar to the scene they saw in the movie Resident Evil.
When danger was coming from behind them...
...those who survived had to escape through the tunnel as soon as possible.
No one knew what they would encounter in the tunnel.
It was said that the unknown was the most terrifying.
However, Baili Jiajue led the way and didn't seem to have this worry at all.
They watched helplessly as Baili Jiajue slid down into the darkness. His back was straight and handsome, while his black gloves didn't even get any of the dust that was on the sides of the tunnel.
The female graduate student turned around and asked Helian Weiwei, "He should be younger than us, right? Isn't he afraid?"
"He's more courageous," Helian Weiwei calmly lied. After all, if she told them the truth about his age, they would be frightened to death.
Helian Weiwei was the last one to go up. Nothing happened along the way.
After sliding down the tunnel, the place brightened up and they came to another room.
This was obviously the roof of a school.
There was no other information revealed.
But why would a room in an old house suddenly become the rooftop of a school?
This made Helian Weiwei very puzzled.
Could it be...
"Did Dong Sichun commit suicide by jumping off your school's rooftop?" Helian Weiwei asked a question.
The other four were somewhat caught off guard and stood there in shock.
The other three had a change in expression only after Chen Feiyang responded with a 'yes' in a deep voice.
Helian Weiwei used her flashlight to illuminate the surrounding scenery. "She jumped off the building at night, right?"
"How do you know?" Even Chen Feiyang's tough face revealed surprise, not to mention the reactions of the others.
Helian Weiwei raised her chin. "There are
stars and moon pasted on the wallpaper, so that indicates the time it happened."
"But what does this have to do with Dong Sichun's death?" The female graduate student was already confused. She didn't understand how Helian Weiwei could deduce that that woman jumped at night from the school rooftop.
Helian Weiwei didn't answer this question.
Xiao Jingtian looked at her. "Have you figured something out?"
"I have figured some things out, but I have to wait until the end to reach a conclusion." Helian Weiwei's finger knocked on the wall. "Come on, let's enter the next stage. There's a lock here, it's a four-digit number. Do you still remember the day Dong Sichun jumped off a building?"
Chen Feiyang said, "April 17th, 2015."
"To be precise, it was the early morning of April 17th, 2015." The boy holding the walkie-talkie pushed up his glasses. "After midnight that night, someone heard the sound of something falling from the roof. Later, the police also called us in for questioning. They said that Sichun died between 1:00 and 1:30 in the morning and asked us if we knew anything."
"That was indeed the case." Chen Feiyang furrowed his thick eyebrows. "At that time, the police asked us a lot of things, including whether we knew if Sichun had suicidal thoughts. At that time, I thought it was very strange for them to ask such questions. Later, it was confirmed that she had committed suicide, but there was no reason for it. The school also covered up this matter for the sake of their reputation, and the case closed very quickly."
Helian Weiwei raised her eyebrows. "So you feel that the school's actions were very inhumane, right?"
"Wasn't it?" Chen Feiyang sneered.
Helian Weiwei curled her thin lips. "it's indeed inhumane. What about the other students? If it's like what the police said, that someone knew in advance that Dong Sichun had suicidal thoughts, but they didn't stop her, then don't you think such people are even more inhumane?"
"She never thought about jumping off a building," Chen Feiyang said these words with absolute certainty.
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