Dust sleeps in light years

Chapter 31

[one]
When we first feel threatened, we all know how to draw in our heavy armor.But the danger never comes, and it is always inevitable to let go of vigilance, open a gap, look out with one eye, limited activities in the area that feels safe, and finally walk comfortably in the warm sunshine again.

Our resistance cannot be protracted while the flukes grow day by day.That's why, at the moment of disaster, everyone says sudden.There are clearly early signs.Obviously those dark forces have been quietly seeping into daily life.The scary thing is not ghosts, but unconsciously, the most familiar, trustworthy and most secure people around you turn into ghosts.

[two]
The serial murder case caused panic in the whole school at the end of the term. Many timid girls left school and went home without even taking the final exam.But by the time the school reopened, the number of students talking about it had decreased significantly.

Umi didn't come to school on the registration day, but based on the information obtained by phone, Qiu He felt that her wish for the long vacation was more than her fear.

On the surface, she and Wu Mi are still best friends who talk about everything, but she has doubts about Wu Mi's words in her heart.

She took out the three anonymous threatening letters and read them again and again.

The first letter clearly stated "I know you have an old love in your heart", "Because I love you so I tolerate your flaws", indeed it seems that a former lover wrote it with resentment, but Qu Yuran?It's outrageous.

First of all, as far as Qiu He knows him, his ability to appreciate literature is extremely low.Except for the majors he had to learn, Qiu He had never seen his books other than the driving license test set during the period of dating him.Regardless of whether he understands the meaning of Baudelaire's poems, Qiu He's first suspicion is that he has never read a collection of poems since he was in college.Also a science student, the playboy Wang Yiming's literature level is better than him.

Secondly, the person who wrote this letter is so thoughtful. The handwriting, paper, alterations, and fingerprints are all playing tricks. How could he make such a big mistake when he attacked Umi? He was still not sure whether she remembered his appearance. She let it go, and since then, Umi has not received any threats.

On the second letter, it said "I understand everything hidden under your perfect mask".If it was Qu Hongran, it would be too unreasonable.His hatred for Qiu He originally stems from being uncontrollable and unpredictable.He never knew anything about Qiu He's life experience, how could he suddenly say "know everything"?Based on his understanding of Qiu He, Ye Xuan is much more suspicious than him.

Furthermore, Qu Hongran is actually a person who lacks self-confidence, and the behavior of sending out the warning letter conceitedly before the murder is really incompatible with his personality.

The biggest loophole in Wu Mi's accusation is that Qiu He broke up with Qu Hongran before becoming friends with her. A few blurry photos of faces taken by mobile phones during the Shangqiu and gossip incidents.

People are at the peak of panic at the moment of being attacked, and they will fight back completely out of instinct, and their cognitive and identification abilities will be greatly reduced accordingly. If the other party is not a very familiar person in life, it is almost impossible to identify the murderer even by looking at the photo.On this point, Qiu He, who has personal experience, is sure of it.

For what purpose did Wu Mi want to frame Qu Hongran for no reason?Is it to cover up the real murderer, or is there some unknown feud with Qu Hongran?

Qiu He felt that in order to solve this series of questions, one must start with the first doubt—what is Wumi's mental illness?

[three]
During class, Professor Lu recognized Qiu He who was sitting in the last row. During class discussions, he always liked to observe the expressions of the students below to judge their emotions.Therefore, no matter which girl is sitting in any corner with no expression and no eye contact with others, she is always very eye-catching.

After class, Qiu He stood up to pack his notebook, and waited at the door for the teacher to accompany her back to the office. "My son asked yesterday when you will help him with his homework again. I told him that you are busy graduating during this time." Professor Lu shook his head with a smile and said, "If you can control him, he will be half-timed during the Chinese New Year. Didn't even read a page."

"I'm quite busy these days, and I can go after my thesis defense." "That's great! By the way, what do you want to come to see me today?" Mi’s girl, she is receiving mental treatment in your institute, do you have any impression?”

Professor Lu frowned when he heard Wu Mi's name, apparently remembering it, but he didn't answer.

Qiu He continued: "I want to find out what kind of mental problem she has." Professor Lu became serious: "Qiu He, let's not say whether this Umi is my patient, even if it is, you should know that I can't disclose it." Patient information." "Ms. Lu, this matter is related to Ouyang Chong's case." "Isn't Ouyang Chong's case very clear? What is it related to Wu Mi's illness?" Actually, it has nothing to do with it. It was just an excuse to convince Professor Lu, after all, he was his favorite student. "The connection is not 100% confirmed until I know the exact illness of Wu Mi. I have always suspected that Ouyang Chong was framed by someone. You may know his character and behavior better than me. It is not right for him to commit such a heinous crime. It is possible. Now that his death sentence has been suspended and his sentence has been commuted to indefinite period, it is still too late to find out the truth and save everything. I think the key point is Umi."

Professor Lu stopped in his tracks and remained silent for a long time.Qiu He waited with bated breath for him to tell the truth.

But to disappointment, Professor Lu sighed: "It's not that I don't want to help you, or Ouyang Chong. It's really impossible for me to tell you based on your speculation. This has something to do with my professional ethics. Unless the public security department is handling the case The connection between Wu Mi and Ouyang Chong's case was confirmed in the report, and evidence needs to be obtained, otherwise I cannot disclose the patient's privacy to a third party."

It is not surprising that Professor Lu is tight-lipped.Qiu He, who came here by chance, nodded in understanding, didn't bother him much, and left after saying goodbye to him at the fork in front of the office building.

[Four]
On Friday afternoon, the department notified the senior students to hold a meeting in the conference room, and each of them finally checked whether their total credits and credits of various required courses met the degree requirements.It was originally just a routine activity, but by the last semester, anyone who finally wants to get a degree certificate should have completed the full credits.However, at this meeting, the department’s academic administration suddenly announced that the credits obtained by taking courses in the department cannot be included in the credits of literature and art.It caused an uproar among all the students.

"When I entered the school, I only said that the total credits should not be less than 159, and the credits of literature and art should not be less than 6. Now that I am adding additional conditions at this time, it is not a scam." As soon as Xue Tao entered the dormitory, he gave him angrily. kicked Umi's chair.

The legs of the iron stool scraped against the ground, making a noise a hundred times louder than her yelling.Guo Shujie looked back with a worried face and asked: "Xue Tao, how much credit do you have?" "Two credits, one course." High grades, so I chose all the courses taught by my department at the beginning, but I never expected such a day.” Guo Shujie turned her head to the computer screen, and sighed again, “The damn academic affairs are delayed until the last day of the by-election week. The course selection system will be closed at 11 o'clock. The literature and art courses are already popular, and they are already full. I have been swiping the screen since I came back. It has been half an hour, and I haven't even swiped a class. I am getting more and more desperate gone."

"What is the difference between Qiu and you?" "I happened to take courses in literature and art that were taught by other departments, so I was lucky enough to escape." "Why are you always so lucky! What a nuisance! Originally, if you had credits I can still count on you to think of a way to come out without finishing it." Qiu He turned around and looked at her with a smile: "So many people have been recruited, what are you worried about, there will always be a solution in the end." Come on." Xue Tao waved his hand and said.

"I don't want to help her, you know the reason." Qiu He still smiled at Xue Tao, "But I may not be able to help if I want to. You can solve it yourself, so why rely on others."

Xue Tao looked at her a little confused. "You are already an important member of the Youth League Committee, and you will stay in the school for another three years. This matter is very good, it is tailor-made for you. Use your current resources in exchange for your future prestige. It has helped others and If it is beneficial to yourself, why not do it?"

Hearing Qiu He's words, Guo Shujie couldn't help but stop clicking the mouse, and turned to look curiously. "You mean to petition the department leaders on behalf of everyone to revise the credit requirements? Or, to apply to the school to give our department the privilege of taking literature and art courses first?" "You misinterpreted my meaning. There are dozens of literature and art courses in the school. Even if the school's academic affairs office allows them, they have to discuss with the teachers of these dozens of courses and obtain their consent. The feasibility is too low. Another plan is even more unfeasible. It is impossible for a class of students to reach their senior year. Sudden modification of the training plan and reduction of credit requirements, if you do this, will people like me who complete their studies according to the normal requirements have any objections? You act as a representative and propose a plan that is impossible for the department to accept. It doesn't help to solve the problem either. I said you have to make good use of the resources you have. What is your most important resource?" Qiu He stopped looking into Xue Tao's eyes.

Xue Tao couldn't figure it out.In retrospect, ever since I met Qiu He, when encountering difficult decisions, Qiu He always gave advice directly, and Xue Tao just followed suit, and sometimes he didn’t understand Qiu He’s intentions after finishing the work. In the end, it turned out that she always had her own ideas reason.It became a habit over time, and Xue Tao didn't bother to speculate on her anyway if he could achieve his goal.Today's Qiuhe is so abnormal, it is unpredictable.

"The most important resource is your network." Qiu He said flatly, looking down at his watch, "There are still more than four hours before the closing of the course selection system. With your network, you can completely turn things around." Then she turned to Guo Shujie, "Xiao Jie, please go to each dormitory first to count who has poor credits. Tell them clearly that the department doesn't care about this matter. Xue Tao will let friends who have already taken classes in other departments withdraw from the class between 10:30 and [-]:[-] Come, let them guard the election when the time comes."

Guo Shujie closed the computer and stood up: "I'm short of credits too." "Of course I won't underestimate you." With Qiu He's assurance, Guo Shujie immediately went out with a notepad. "Where can I find so many people dropping out?"

"Now all the freshman officers in the Youth League Committee and most of the freshmen in our department have to look at you. The freshmen still have three full years to take literature and art courses, and there is no loss in withdrawing one or two courses."

As soon as Qiu He came up with the solution, Xue Tao's face changed abruptly, and he was not sure: "It's because of my wink, but the freshmen are relatively not that caring, and they don't have any personal relationships, so I'm afraid that they will be withdrawn from class. It's about school."

But after hearing this, Qiu He remained calm and his tone remained unchanged: "Who are the people who have the best personal relationship with you?"

"Whether it is the Youth League Committee or the department, they are all juniors. When they entered the school, I picked up the freshmen. When I was promoted to the minister, they were all the backbone. But it is already a junior, and the courses selected must be very necessary. Asking them to withdraw might affect their own credit plan."

"So you have to think long-term and holistically. This junior year will be promoted to senior year next semester. It will be like we did back then. The compulsory courses have almost been completed, and there are very few courses to be taken, but the willingness is very high. There are so many, I don’t know where to use them.”

According to regulations, in the normal course selection week before the by-election week, each student has 99 willingness points, which are allocated to the courses they want to choose. The more willingness points, the greater the chance of being selected.

"But this semester's normal course selection week has passed, even if you have extra willingness points, you can't use them." Xue Tao couldn't comprehend for a while, and repeated Qiu He's words in a murmur, "... long-term? Overall? Next semester, let juniors Each of these people contributed more than 90 willingness points to drop the class, so any popular class can be selected, and if you withdraw at the agreed time, you can give this class to others, to... If you have withdrawn this semester Give it to our first-year freshmen. In this case... it’s a win-win! Even if they don’t have enough personal relationships, they will be happy.”

"So I can't solve this problem. I won't be in this school next semester. Only you, as we all know, have been the sole student cadre of the Youth League Committee for at least three years. You are capable, prestige, well-connected, and worthy of trust."

"This matter is quite troublesome right now. It is necessary to count these people who have dropped out of the course and the popular courses they want to take in the future..."

"It's a lot of work," Qiu He continued, "You don't have to do everything yourself. You need to find the two most powerful assistants in the department to make statistics and coordinate. Don't put anyone at your disposal, even your subordinates. You Trustworthy people, treat them as friends and consider them sincerely. Even if you have already made up your mind, you should discuss with them. One may be more thoughtful, and the other is to show that you respect them. You also know that just using power to suppress people cannot be suppressed, and you can only be reliable if you have a good personal relationship, and a personal relationship must be based on mutual respect."

Xue Tao let out a long breath: "I don't know if I can call you for help off the court in the future."

Qiu He laughed: "Actually, I am not as good as you. You are never soft-hearted and never indecisive."

[Fives]
From 10:30 to [-]:[-] that night, the course selection system really quit the corresponding courses according to the statistics.Seeing that things were done neatly and neatly, Qiu He didn't hear any complaints afterwards, and praised Xue Tao for the two juniors who did the specific work really well.

Xue Tao smiled: "It's quite unexpected, Guo Shujie did nothing wrong."

"She has always been shrewd, but her energy is focused on academics." "She has been unusually listless for the past two days, have you noticed?" Qiu He nodded: "Why don't you find a chance to ask, although she always I don't like interpersonal communication, but when encountering difficulties, being ignored by people around me will turn my anger on everyone. I haven't known her for a long time, and I may not confide in some things when I ask her. But you and her are roommates for four years, Whether you like it or hate it, after a long time, you will get used to it like a family member, and it won't be counterproductive if you ask."

"I always feel that her troubles are not in the same dimension as our troubles... To put it bluntly, she is not in the same dimension as us. I really don't want to care about her "Raise your hand in class today and the speech was not selected by the teacher" I'm so depressed', 'I'm so happy I found some discounted clothes yesterday'...whatever."

Qiu He put her hands in the windbreaker pockets with a calm expression: "But she helped you."

The reason for Guo Shujie's depression this time is really not as trivial as Xue Tao expected.During the winter vacation, Guo Shujie and her boyfriend Zhang Hao talked on the phone. During the chat, they asked if the other party had eaten. Zhang Hao casually replied, "Not yet, and I am preparing to light a fire to cook." This answer surprised Guo Shujie.

Previously, I only knew that Zhang Hao’s family was not well off, his mother passed away early, and his father was a farmer in the suburbs.But Guo Shujie didn't pay much attention to it in the past. Her grandfather was also a farmer in the suburbs. Thinking about it carefully, the grandfather's family used liquefied petroleum gas more than ten years ago, and now they still need to burn firewood for cooking. What a remote countryside it must be!
After the "fire incident", Guo Shujie has been feeling awkward in her heart. She has been in love with him for more than two years, which is completely a high school-style relationship. She has said a lot about each other, but in fact she has never seriously considered the future.Zhang Hao's father knew about this relationship and had no objection, but Guo Shujie's parents never knew about it, let alone meeting them. Guo Shujie didn't even mention to her parents that she had a boyfriend.

Now that he is about to graduate, it is impossible to stay in the ivory tower all day and ignore world affairs. Guo Shujie successfully secured the postgraduate entrance examination, but Zhang Hao learned that he failed the postgraduate entrance examination in the past two days, and the gap between the two further widened.Although Zhang Hao also applied for the civil service examination, his hopes were not completely lost.

But Guo Shujie worriedly knocked on the calculator all day long. She graduated from a prestigious university. Even if Zhang Hao was admitted to the civil service, if there is no support from her family, the two of them will live on their own wages, and they will not be able to afford a two-bedroom apartment by the age of 30. ,homeless.But judging from the current situation, Guo Shujie's parents would never agree to this relationship.

(End of this chapter)