June is our farewell song

Chapter 184 Retracted Reports

Gu Yuan didn't suffer from insomnia that night, on the contrary, he went to bed very early.After accompanying Chi Yu for a run on the playground, he returned to the dormitory, took an early shower, dried his hair, and climbed into bed to sleep.

I woke up suddenly in the middle of the night, and I didn't have a nightmare. I just woke up and felt very uneasy.

A little thirsty, he got up and found that the box of mineral water under the bed was empty. He couldn't help but sighed softly. He looked down at his watch. At 02:30 in the morning, the bright moon hung high on the West Mountain outside the window, shining silvery white light Sneaked in through the crack of the door and projected a path on the floor tiles.

He walked over lightly, opened the door quietly, and came to the corridor.

The dormitory building is facing the back of the mountain. Gu Yuan lay on the wooden railing and looked at the muddy and uneven mountain road outside the high-voltage fence. After the rain, the soil became soft and sticky, clearly rubbing the shepherd and his treasures. Footprints of goats one after another, there is a barren wasteland not far away on the mountainside, a large blank space.

There is a blue tin hut in the blank, and the door is locked with an iron chain as thick as his forearm. The orange street light shines on the red rust on the iron chain, which has a mysterious taste.

Gu Yuan remembered the campus legend that Chen Ying told in the literature club in the afternoon, the shepherd who hanged himself 20 years ago, and the ghost in the West Garden.He turned his head to look at the far corner on the right, where he could vaguely see the iron gate of the West Garden, which was also locked.

He turned his eyes back to look at the barren land where not a single blade of grass grew, the squares and blanks were very eye-catching.

"Legends belong to legends. Naturally, there are absurd parts made up and made up. But, where there is no wind, there is no wave. These campus legends are actually based."

"There is a connection between campus legends and what happened. Although many legends themselves are not credible, they also reflect some kind of historical truth behind them."

The words of Chen Ying and Jiang Lu echoed in his mind.

How much of the legend is true?

He silently looked at the shallow pit full of rainwater on the wasteland under the street lamp.

All of a sudden, I feel very confused.

Knowing too much is not necessarily a good thing. The reason why some things are forgotten is precisely because they leave people with pain and fear. The truth may be cruel or not good. Finding out may be beneficial to everyone. People are not good.

Gu Yuan didn't know how long he stood at the door, until a beam of flashlight shone on his face, he subconsciously covered it with his hand, but heard a slightly surprised familiar voice:

"Gu Yuan? Why aren't you sleeping?"

He looked towards the light, and what caught his eyes was an unexpected face.

Chen Ge.

His heart slowed down for a moment, and then he remembered that there would be a teacher on duty living here every day in the dormitory besides the dormitory supervisor. There was a shift schedule posted in the lobby on the first floor, and he scanned it when he went out yesterday morning. At a glance, it does have Chen Ge's name on it, but I didn't expect such a coincidence that it turned out to be today.

"It's late, go to sleep, there is class tomorrow."

"Aren't you too? The first class tomorrow is Chinese, right?"

"You boy, you are concerned about me."

Under the light, Chen Ge's face looked a little tired.

"Then you should sleep well, don't run around in the corridor, increase my workload."

"Can't sleep."

"how?"

"I'm not sleepy." Gu Yuan said, "Don't worry about me, I'll go back after a while, and it won't be long."

"That can't be done. The school has regulations. If a student has an accident at night, the teacher on duty must take responsibility." Chen Ge turned off the flashlight, walked to Gu Yuan, followed his gaze and looked out. Finally, his eyes fell on the hut locked by rusty iron chains, a look of surprise flashed in his pupils, and he grinned softly:

"You couldn't fall asleep because you were scared by the ghost legend, right?"

"Of course not, only Qingsi is the one who would be frightened by that kind of thing." Gu Yuan denied, "Wait, teacher, you have also heard the campus legend about that ghost."

"Haha, I've heard it before. Someone was spreading it when we first moved here. It's been ten years now. I didn't expect it to still be spreading among you." Chen Ge smiled, "A simple story There is such a strong vitality, I am afraid that the guy who made it up at that time would never have thought of it."

"Ten years ago...Mr. Chen, when the school was relocated ten years ago, did anything happen that left a deep impression on you?"

"Oh? Why do you suddenly care about this? It's been so long, and I can't remember many things." Chen Ge's tone was very calm, as if he was avoiding something, and even had a deliberately calm affectation, "People It's supposed to be in the moment, isn't it?"

A person who can even remember a catchy campus legend said that he couldn't remember such a major event as the school's relocation.He must be lying, but Gu Yuan didn't expose it.

Chen Ge's words made Gu Yuan more convinced that something must have happened ten years ago, and that event lost its record, and there was no evidence of its existence, and even the parties concerned chose to forget it and refused to mention it.

"From the records of the Literature Club, we can see that the Literature Club was closed for two years after the school was relocated ten years ago. Mr. Chen, you were one of the members of the Literature Club at that time. What happened then?"

"You really cared about us at that time." Chen Ge glanced at him, his pupils were full of meaning, "Actually, it's nothing, the Social Federation has regulations, if you can't find new members, if the number of clubs is less than six The qualification to use the activity room will be disqualified, and the literary club has not recruited new students in those two years, so it has been closed."

"that's it?"

"That's it." Chen Ge nodded, then paused, as if speaking to Gu Yuan, but also as if he was talking to himself.

"A lot of things are actually simpler than they look or think, but they just don't have a chance to talk about it."

After speaking, he patted Gu Yuan on the shoulder.

"Okay, this is the end of the late-night heart-to-heart talk, go to sleep."

Gu Yuan stared at him for a few seconds, pursed his lips and nodded.

Chen Ge has been standing in the corridor, watching him enter the door, take off his shoes and lay on the bed, then smiled and turned to leave.

The next morning, I was sitting in a corner of the cafeteria, with the early summer sun behind me. Although the temperature was not high, it was still warm and made my back burn. Those who are waiting for Chi Yu.

Suddenly, I saw a girl walking towards me, wearing a white tracksuit with light pink lace, long hair shawl, beautiful appearance, confident and high-spirited posture, brisk steps, like a ray of light coming in, as if there was no one else around.

This girl with short hair at the ears when she first entered school, is her hair so long now?

Gu Yuan blinked involuntarily.

Liu Qingsi happily ran over, took a book that looked like Burger King's super beef double-layer burger, and slapped it in front of Gu Yuan, sat down opposite him, and said:

"Look, I was busy all night yesterday, and I finally found some clues."

Gu Yuan nodded sleepily:
"what have you found?"

"I read all the local newspapers between 02 and 08, sorted and screened them according to construction, education, economy, business, sports, and criminal, and then further selected articles related to the relocation of Nanhua High School, and finally Found a total of 03 news reports, the earliest one appeared in the spring of 06 on "Linyang Times", reporter Zhang Yun, and the last one appeared in the autumn of [-], also on "Linyang Times", the author, It's also Zhang Yun."

The engine in Gu Yuan's mind was humming, but he still didn't understand the profound meaning:
"so what?"

"So? Of course it's this reporter. About this matter, he wrote a total of four reports, which is the most among all relevant reporters. But it's strange that I only found four reports on the Linyang Times website. Three of the articles and the remaining one were in the morning paper published on [-] June [-], but that paper was later withdrawn. The reason was a 'printing error'."

"Misprinting?" Gu Yuansi thought for a while, leaning against the wall next to him with his neck curled up, "It's really a 'justification'..."

"You also think there is a problem?"

"Hmm...but it still doesn't explain anything." Gu Yuan nodded lightly, "Can you find this reporter?"

"It's hard. He stopped working as a reporter seven years ago, and his blog hasn't been updated for more than two years. No one knows where he is. However, we can try to find the report, although it said that day It was withdrawn, but part of it should have been sold on the morning of publication, and there may be a chance to find it. Hey, are you waiting for Chi Yu?"

"Yes, I'm waiting for her."

"But..." Qing Si frowned and looked at her watch, "It's almost 06:30 now, and I'm going to start my morning reading soon."

(End of this chapter)