Dust sleeps in light years

Chapter 1

[one]
Every day, countless people look at me, greet me, and smile at me.

But I know that all the way through, I'm just alone.As soon as he opened his eyes, he split into countless selves.

[two]
October afternoon.

The singing of cicadas is more painful than that in midsummer.

Ginkgo Road extended to the end, turned a corner, and a row of Canadian yangs laughed in the wind of surprise.The leaves are mottled golden, the tone is noble but sad, like a dynasty that is extremely luxurious and is about to die.Qiuhe went from building 30 to building 45.Squatting under the poplar tree opposite the convenience store was a girl in a white dress. Her hair was tied behind her ears and her neck was white and long.She took medical gauze from the white medicine chest and treated the leg wound of the filthy crippled cat.

For the first few seconds, Qiu He felt strange that the medical department was obviously in another campus a few kilometers away.But right away she remembered that there was a love society in school dedicated to helping stray cats all the year round, and a senior she knew used to be the president of the love society.

It's embarrassing.During the long vacation, a girl was murdered and dismembered outside the school.The murderer was her ex-boyfriend, who was caught on the way to dump the body.This murder, which is not bizarre in nature, is currently the subject of heated discussion throughout the school.The school is huge, where extreme good meets extreme evil.Ironically, Qiu He is the beneficiary of this extreme evil.Since I transferred from the Department of Mathematics to the Department of Art in my sophomore year, I wanted to apply to move into the dormitory of the Department of Art, but the number of beds was full, and the application has not been approved.Until the autumn of my junior year, a girl from the art department died unexpectedly.On October 45th, the building manager on the [-]th floor notified her that she could move in.It sounded like he was taking advantage of the deceased, but it was true. Even the building manager looked at her with complicated eyes when he went through the formalities.The deceased's bones were not cold, and he handed in the application form at the slightest bit, which was really cold-blooded and ruthless.

In fact, Qiuhe did not remember that he had submitted the application after learning of the murder case.The last time she applied was a year ago, and even then it was only verbally.She gets along well with her former roommates and doesn't mind continuing to live in the student dormitory of the Department of Mathematics.However, after receiving a call from the building manager and listening to the opening statement of "According to the application you submitted, considering...", Qiu He readily accepted the sudden assignment.

It’s like many people haven’t even spoken to you, but they will define it in the tone of the neighbor’s grandma who watched you grow up and become bad-Qiuhe, she is mean and contrived.You don't know what kind of malice or intimacy is hidden in the script written by others without authorization.

Maybe there is such a good person who secretly likes you, imagines that he can take care of you, and actually does so in a small matter.Maybe it's a villain who snooped into your secret and dug a trap for you, trying to embarrass you.It is impossible to live in a good state of mind if you are constantly tossing between two extremes suspiciously.

Qiuhe's approach is to maintain optimism about something by being vigilant about everything and being wary of anyone.

[three]
Qiuhe is a mystery.

She used to be the most famous host of various cultural activities in the school, but for some unknown reason, she suddenly bid farewell to the stage.

Soon everyone found that her name appeared in the column of the deputy editor of the school newspaper. There were as many students who liked to watch her expose the inside story of how the "non-public bidding" cafeteria made huge profits with a joking pen as students who liked to skip classes. The school newspaper didn't last long.

Then, she turned to the school TV station, and she was even more reckless than the school newspaper. Nothing could stop those report videos that made some people applaud and others gnashed their teeth.

After that she finally disappeared.But the rumors about her on campus continued to spread like uncontrolled cancer cells, and outrageous ones even said that she was addicted to drugs or was terminally ill.

However, these have nothing to do with Guo Shujie, she just listens to other people's ups and downs, neither jealous nor hate.All she cares about is her grade point and ranking. Like 70.00% of the students on this campus, she wears a T-shirt with the abbreviation of the school name printed on it, sneakers less than 10 yuan, carries a backpack, occupies a seat before class, and studies after class. , eat in the cafeteria, take a bath in the bathroom, take four 10-minute and four [-]-minute continuous classes, write endless papers, have two or three good friends who can go to barbecue on weekends, this is her lackluster university Life.Qiuhe didn't look like a student at all to her.The last time I heard about Qiu He was that Xue Tao said last night that she was going to move into her dormitory to fill Zeng Ye's vacant bed.

In this way, it seems that there is a bit of intersection.Guo Shujie asked concerned: "What kind of person is she?" Xue Tao replied: "A difficult person, you might hate her." The current executive editor of the school newspaper.Guo Shujie has been in the same room with her for two years, and he knows her character of being arrogant and arrogant.Some people say that Qiu He suddenly resigned from the position of deputy editor in order to give Xue Tao the chance to be promoted to executive editor. Of course, this is the nonsense of Qiu He's admirers to beautify Qiu He.In fact, the relationship between the two of them is very close, but whether an enemy is a friend or not is unpredictable.

Based on the above two reasons, Xue Tao's evaluation was expected by Guo Shujie.Guo Shujie was very curious about what kind of atmosphere they would have when they met, and she looked forward to it.On the morning of the [-]th, Qiuhe's two friends had sent her luggage to the new dormitory, but it was a pity that Xue Tao had gone out to work early in the morning.There was no excitement to watch, so she could only bury her head in the book and prepare for the upcoming midterm exam.

At around one o'clock in the afternoon, when someone knocked on the door, Guo Shujie tilted her chair back and opened the door with her hand.

The girl stood in the shadow of the corridor.White vest, carnation-colored wide-leg cropped trousers, a small rattan bag cross-body, and black flat sandals with a white camellia in the middle.The clavicle is thin, the forehead is full, the long chestnut hair in the middle is naturally curled to the waist, the fragrance of lotus leaves is lingering around her body, and her face is flawless and makeup-free.

Guo Shujie was slightly taken aback, ready to accept the visual impact of smoky makeup, she never thought that Qiu He would appear in such a casual image.She also never thought that a girl who is said to be deviant and dissolute would smile so gently—"Hello, Guo Shujie. My name is Qiuhe." Guo Shujie was flattered, and quickly stood up from her chair, greeting her, in a hurry welcome her into the bedroom.

Qiu He's first sentence was extremely weird, so it's no wonder that Guo Shujie couldn't help but become a dog leg.Anyone who heard this would mistakenly think that Qiu He is a freshman who just entered the school, while Guo Shujie is a celebrity in the school that she has admired for a long time.In fact, there are no more than 30 people (including classmates) who know Guo Shujie in the whole school. Qiuhe is not in her class, and most of them know her because of Xue Tao's introduction.Although it was normal to think about it afterwards, Guo Shujie felt an inexplicable sense of excitement when she heard her name being read out of Qiu He's mouth for the first time.

"I heard that I'm going to be roommates with you. I'm very happy. You are a legend." "Huh?" Guo Shujie froze. "Won the first-class scholarship for two consecutive years." Qiu He explained.Guo Shujie smiled shyly, it was the first time she knew that people could be admired even if she studied hard in college.

Qiu He is both smart and dignified, doesn't talk much, and listens with a serious expression, but it doesn't make people feel pressured.While chatting with Guo Shujie, she kept taking out books and objects from the suitcase that arrived first in the morning and placed them on the bookshelf. Finally, she took out a blue envelope tied with a white ribbon: "A gift for you." Shaking his head: "I can't accept it, and I don't have a meeting gift for you either."

"This is not a meeting ceremony, but a thank you ceremony. Last year you took the social psychology general elective course, but you withdrew the class in the second week. Fortunately, I was able to make up that course. I just missed those two credits for the C class. "

In fact, Guo Shujie dropped out of the class because it conflicted with the time of a professional class, but she still accepted Qiu He's gift. Rather than saying "respect is worse than obedience", it is better to say that she was frightened.She never discussed with her classmates the matter of choosing and withdrawing courses. Except for herself, no one should know that she had chosen social psychology.Qiuhe may have good intentions, but it is a bit scary.

Guo Shujie opened the envelope and found two ballet tickets for the evening show.The Russian Ballet Troupe came to the school to perform the classic play "The Nutcracker", 20% of which are low-priced student tickets that are not sold to the public and can be purchased with a campus card.Many students lined up in front of the ticket window from [-] o'clock in the morning, and it was hard to get a ticket.Of course Guo Shujie wanted to watch it, but she could only look at the long queue and sigh. She couldn't buy student tickets, and she couldn't afford regular-price tickets.

She recognized that Qiu He gave her a student ticket, and guessing that Qiu He should still have some ability to handle affairs within the school, it would not be difficult to get two tickets.This gift was of great significance to Guo Shujie, but she didn't need to worry too much about favors, so she thanked her happily and accepted it.

Qiu He took out his laptop and turned it on, politely asking for advice: "May I play some music? Quietly."

Of course there is no objection.After more than ten minutes, Guo Shujie suddenly thought to herself: Two tickets mean that I know I have a boyfriend?The volume was indeed low, but the orchestral music of "The Woman in White Suite" still disturbed her, and she kept turning her head to look at Qiu He.The girl sat at the desk calmly flipping through a 32-carat thick book.Long curly hair tied into a shaggy ponytail.A gentle expression of indifference to the world, as if deaf to any sound.I feel like I have too much heart.What kind of person is she?It was even more difficult to see clearly after interacting with her, but having such a roommate was much luckier than sharing a dorm with Zeng Ye.

[Four]
When Zeng Ye was alive, Xue Tao didn't like her, just like everyone around her.But Zeng Ye's death made her feel sad.

The indifference of human nature is so terrifying.Compared to being hated to the point of gnashing of teeth, the real tragedy is that no corner of her is left in everyone's memory.

Zeng Ye has mediocre aptitude, but insists on achieving extraordinary things. Her prominent family background barely supports her aura. Instead of cherishing it, she gets carried away and tramples on the self-esteem of others.She is a child who has been pampered and pampered and has not yet grown up, and now she will never grow up.

Xue Tao was alone in the editor-in-chief's office of the school magazine of the Organization Department of the Youth League Committee, using a USB flash drive to copy photos from the encrypted folder of the public computer, and accidentally saw in the folder a stage photo of Zeng Ye and Qiu He plus two male hosts a long time ago.

In the photo, Zeng Ye has protruding cheekbones and sunken cheeks, his cheeks are wider than his neck, he has single eyelids, swollen eyes, and he can't have both a smile and buck teeth.The make-up is also not well done. Although the stage makeup is allowed to be exaggerated, there is no need to add two bright plateau reds on the prominent cheekbones.All in all, the overall effect is that of a joyous mummy.It looks shabby, which makes people feel sympathetic.

It was the freshman art performance, and she made her first appearance on stage.When I first entered the school, as usual, we had to organize a knockout competition to select two men and two women to be the hosts of this year's queen cultural activities.There are dozens of times more showy and versatile girls than boys, so the competition in the girls' field is much fiercer than that in the boys' field.Xue Tao no longer remembered the knockouts who left the field sadly, but only remembered that the last remaining runner-up was Qiu He from the Department of Mathematics, and the champion was Qian Xiaoyi from the Department of Journalism.It stands to reason that Qiu He and Qian Xiaoyi should be hosting the freshman art performance together.But for some reason, there was an unknown Zeng Ye on the stage at the end. Afterwards, I heard that he was an "airborne soldier" hand-picked by a certain school leader.Since then, whenever there are large-scale performances, Qiu He and Qian Xiaoyi always take turns to take the stage, while Zeng Ye has become a fixed "stage pillar".

From the very beginning, Zeng Ye targeted Qiu He for no reason and tried his best to exclude and persecute her.But what confused Xue Tao even more was Qiu He's attitude. Compromise was not at all her style.When she was a freshman, one night after class, Qiu He walked around to the gymnasium located in the scenic area of ​​the school to clock in and count the number of extracurricular activities, when she was suddenly held hostage by a masked man with a knife.She stepped on the 10cm long metal heel into the opponent's foot, turned around and swung the bag containing "Oxford Advanced" between the opponent's legs, ran to the street light when the opponent fell to the ground, took off the other high heel and pointed The other party threatened, "Follow me again to poke you blind", and then ran barefoot to the police station to report the crime.Many people saw the knife wound on Qiuhe's collarbone, but not many people knew about the whole incident.Xue Tao was shocked when he heard about it, not because of campus security but because of Qiu He.

"If you don't do what I say, it will cost you your life." Would the average person not hesitate for a fraction of a second to refuse to cooperate and fight back when threatened like this?She is not even interested in finding out what the other party's intentions are, no matter if the other party is a murderer or a thief who is anxious because of getting lost, she just wants to kill people indiscriminately-in terms of effect, her heels are no more than a bag. The steel nails and the hammer are poor, and it is a miracle that the poor man survived and escaped immediately.She gained the upper hand, but she didn't linger, and she didn't think that she could win to the end. Instead, she immediately ran to report to the police for help, which was rational.It is unbelievable that a person, without losing his rationality, is more reckless than the desperadoes and decides to die together casually.Normal humans shouldn't be like this.

But it's Qiu He who can't fight back, can't fight back, keeps giving in to Zeng Ye, and finally even quit the stage because of this, which is puzzling.

The victorious Zeng Ye gradually became arrogant and domineering, despised other people's "country land" openly and silently.

After hearing the news of her death, almost no one felt sympathy for the victim. On the contrary, another view prevailed: the murderer was driven to such a corner that he collapsed to the point of murdering and dismembering the corpse.

The murderer was her ex-boyfriend, Ouyang Chong, a second graduate student in our school.Ouyang Chong found another new love, Zeng Ye felt unwilling, and rushed to his house to pester him to get back together, the two had a quarrel, and the boy hit Zeng Ye on the head with a blunt object to death in a rage, and then dismembered his body Throw the body.Purely impulsive killing, everything is not done well enough, I went to the morning market at [-] o'clock in the morning to buy woven bags, empty bags went in and full bags came out, which aroused the suspicion of the community security.After reporting the case, the police analyzed the direction in which he left, and found out the possible place where the body was dumped, and quickly arrested him and brought him to justice.

The case was so simple that it didn't even have a complete sequence of events, yet it was artificially made complicated and confusing.Xue Tao originally wanted to make an educational and alert topic on this, but the instructor said that for the sake of the school's reputation, Ouyang Chong's identity as a student at the school should be concealed when reporting, and only called "social youth".How is that done, and who is it aimed at educating?You can't teach girls that "there is no grass anywhere in the world".Had to give up.The school newspaper did not make a public statement, and rumors spread in different versions.

Although no evidence could be found, Xue Tao had a strong intuition that Zeng Ye's death was related to Qiu He.

Just when she was deep in thought, Qu Yuran entered the office with a main computer box in her arms, and suddenly said loudly behind her: "Xue Tao, have you had lunch yet?"

Xue Tao was taken aback, closed the window, and smiled at him: "No." "I knew it! You workaholic! I have pineapple pancakes here, do you want them?" "Don't you eat them yourself?" "I've already had two. Just take it."

Xue Tao took the pancake, pointed to the main box that the boy was installing and asked, "Is this the one that broke last time?"

"Yes. I moved to the computer city and found someone to fix it. Plug it in and try it." "Thank you. In our department, you are the only boy who can do serious things. The others are either trying their best or being lazy. I don’t even help.” As he was talking, he saw that the computer was fully functioning, “Look at how well this is done! I’ll have to talk to Principal Qi later.” Principal Qi is the vice-principal and also the editor-in-chief of the school newspaper .In fact, Xue Tao rarely sees him two or three times a year. The real instructor of the school newspaper is a middle-aged male teacher surnamed Zhu, but the reason why the school newspaper has a higher status than the same level of the Youth League Committee is not unrelated to the direct supervision of the vice principal.

Qu Hongran was pleased when he got the praise, and said modestly: "Hey, there is no need for such a trivial matter. It should have been done in the first place."

Xue Tao's admiration ended here, and he changed the subject: "Oh, by the way, I want to call everyone for a meeting at nine o'clock tomorrow night, please help me to inform them. The funds for repairing the computer will be paid to you at that time."

(End of this chapter)