piecing together the soul

Chapter 16 Another Jump

I was impatient after waiting at Mr. Xu's house for 10 minutes. He didn't have a TV in his house, and it happened that there was no Internet these days. It was really boring.And I also felt a little hungry, so I went to the dining room and kitchen to find out if there was anything to eat.

I searched and found nothing. When I got to the refrigerator, I saw a note on the refrigerator: "There is no food at home, and there is yogurt in the refrigerator. If you are hungry, order takeaway, or go out to buy."

Shit!Say what you don't eat, so much waste, and it still rhymes!Do you think that just writing a doggerel is considered a five-character quatrain?At first glance, the thin handwriting belonged to Mr. Xu.However, the handwriting on this piece of paper seems to be more scribbled than usual, maybe it's because I left in a hurry?It's not bad to leave such a note.

I tore off the note and was about to throw it away, but after thinking about it, I felt a little strange, so I put it on the table and looked at it again.I have already said that there is nothing to eat at home, why do you say that there is yogurt in the refrigerator?He knows that I can't eat cold food during my menstrual period, and I can never drink iced yogurt.He told me that there was yogurt in the refrigerator, implying that I only had yogurt in it, so there was no need to look for it.This clearly does not want me to open the refrigerator.Could it be that there are other good things hidden in his refrigerator that he doesn't want me to steal?

Thinking of this, I also became playful, turned around and opened the refrigerator door.Whoa!The refrigerator is really clean, not even a little fruit, except for two boxes of yogurt and a bottle of salad dressing.

wait.I shifted my gaze to the refrigerator door, where there are two boxes of medicine.I opened the translucent box on the refrigerator door, took it out and saw that it was sleeping pills!Looking at the sleeping pills in his hand, he remembered that he had slept all afternoon for no reason, and that the two of them had disappeared after waking up.

Ah!Xu Xiaohan!Are you drugging me?
Where is he?I looked around the restaurant kitchen and found the mug.That's right, a cup of brown sugar water!I also said why he is so caring, Ganqing planned to lie to me from the very beginning!

After greeting his uncle and other elders countless times in my heart, I found that there was still no other way.After playing with the phone for a while, I was really hungry, so I washed my face and planned to go for a walk, eat something, and buy some sanitary napkins.

Maybe it was a good rest, or maybe the first day was almost over, and now I feel less uncomfortable.It was less than ten o'clock, and the street market outside was still very lively. There were all kinds of small stalls on both sides of this small street that could be crossed in eight seconds.Let’s just say they will come again after the urban management is gone.I didn't buy those foods. I bought a cup of hot milk tea at the milk tea shop, and then I planned to go to the campus supermarket to buy something.

There are so many people these days, and there is such a long queue at the supermarket checkout.I don’t know if you have this feeling. When there are two lines to line up, the one you wait for is always the slowest, even if the line is relatively short.

Maybe it's Murphy's law at work. It seems that when a thing has the same probability of being good and bad, things will happen in a bad direction.If you worry about something happening, it's more likely to happen.Just like the woman in front of my exit, she was already knotting when I came, but the team on my left has already left four people, and she is still knotting.

The strange thing is that the number of people at the exit on my left has always been the same as on my side.Is it unconsciously maintaining homeostasis, or is it trying to piss me off?Well, maybe menstrual periods really make people more irritable.

Although it seemed that the knot on the left would go faster, I still didn't change it.Because I believe that if I change to wait there now, the next checkout over there will be stuck, and the dawdling woman on my side will finish paying and leave immediately.Every time I face such a situation, I feel very annoying.I don't think I'm the only one who feels this way.

After two more walks on the left, the woman in front finally finished.I was separated from her by a buddy in the middle. After seeing the girl finally finished, he took out his wallet and counted the money while complaining to the cashier: "That classmate was too slow just now, I was so anxious. I, a man, can't tell her yet."

The cashier also complained: "Yeah, I don't know what she is thinking, she can take the wrong things, and the money can't be counted correctly."

After the buddy left, I also complained: "Why are you so absent-minded when shopping? There are many knots on the left side, and we have been waiting for so long."

"I see, she seems to be out of love." The cashier said casually, "or she has been stimulated by some other thing. She is not absent-minded, but simply in a trance."

"Really?" I laughed, "I'm in a trance and still come shopping."

"who knows."

I also paid the bill and went out, went to the bag depository to get my bag, and then put the sanitary pads in the bag, after all, it's not good to just hold this thing in your hand and pass it around the market.When I was taking out the bag, I saw the woman again. She was moving very slowly, and she was also putting the purchased things into the bag.

"Hey, hello! Classmate!" I stopped her because the yogurt box in her hand was broken.

"Student!" She ignored me and called her, "Don't put your yogurt in the bag, the bottom of the box is broken."

She still ignored me, so I hurried over and took the yogurt from her hand, or snatched it.She paused in a daze, then turned her head to look at me, said in a low voice, "Thank you," then turned and left.

But just looking at it made me feel uncomfortable.Her eyes were very empty, as if she had no soul.Sure enough, the cashier was right, she must be in a trance.I was stunned at this moment, the yogurt in my hand was still flowing out, I realized that my hands were getting cold, I quickly ran to the trash can and threw the yogurt away, and then found the nearest faucet to wash my hands.

After coming out of the supermarket, I arrived at my dormitory not far away.Anyway, Xiao Han and the others won't come back tonight, or I'll go back to the dormitory, at least I can chat with my roommates and surf the Internet.After making up my mind, I went to the dormitory, while sending a text message to Xiaohan's mobile phone: "Don't be nervous if you can't find me, I'm bored by myself, I'm going back to the dormitory."

I was still cursing secretly while sending text messages, these two people actually dared to drug me, it was an agreement last night not to take me.Master Xu also said to help me persuade brother Xiu, who is this helping?It doesn't make sense, they just met yesterday, why did they team up to lie to me?
But if you think about it, it’s not impossible. The friendship between boys and girls is still different. It is said that you can become buddies if you eat together and play ball.Hope they come back safely.

Back in the dormitory, they were very surprised to see me coming back: "Aren't you accompanying your friends? Why are you back?"

"She's not the only friend of mine." I smiled, "She's gone to find other friends today, so she'll come back one day without me."

"Yeah, I can see that you haven't taken anything. This is a temporary stay for one night, right?"

"That's right," I said while putting down my bag, "the internet in the dormitory over there is not good, and it's the first day of my period, so it's better to come back and live here."

"You are such a life-threatening friend." Picked me up with my best sisters, "You never moved on the first day of your period, and you didn't go to have a meal with me, but asked me to give you a meal." Do this and that. Are you still going out to play with others?"

Girls' friendship is like this, it's a bit like falling in love, with jealousy.I hurriedly apologized: "Sorry, sorry! But do you know why? Well, people are always close to people who are closer. This shows that I am closer to you than to her, isn't it?"

"Come on." The friend was slightly disgusted, "Then I would rather not know you well."

Everyone knew it was a joke, so I didn't bother about it any more, and asked, "Lao Wang didn't look for you, did he?"

"No." I was relieved to hear them say that.

There's nothing else going on, we're just chatting.While chatting happily, suddenly there was commotion outside.Our head of the house has always been watching all directions and listening to all directions, so he quickly jumped down from the bed and went out to ask: "What's the matter? What's the matter?"

I also followed out.A friend outside said: "It seems that someone jumped off the building, just jumped, and it is still in the same place."

I was shocked to hear this news.If this was left in the past, I would definitely regret it with my classmates, why some people couldn't think about it, and then started scolding, scolding the person who chose to die for being irresponsible.After all, there are many only children now, if the parents are only one child, and the child is still dead, then the parents will not be able to live?At least because of this I regret my life.

"Do you want to go see it?" I asked.I also know that the students in the dormitory are relatively timid and probably won't accompany me, especially at this time.I looked at my watch, it was already past eleven o'clock, it was indeed a bit late, and the doors of the building were locked.

But I still have to go and have a look. After all, there is something strange about that place. At least I can talk about it in the past, so that other people should not go there, and I can persuade one by one, so as not to cause other troubles.The one who died today must have been killed.Thinking of this, I was shocked again.Three nights ago, I met that wraith, Xuan Yixuan, the one who jumped off the building was me.

"I'm not going." The head of the house quickly replied, "Are you going?" I nodded, maybe it was because I heard last night that ghosts are afraid of human blood, so I was so bold?

I went back to the dormitory to get the card, and then told my roommate: "I didn't take the key, keep the door, it shouldn't be too late."

"Wear more, it's cold outside at night." The head of the house has always been like this, taking care of us like a mother. I heard her say that I changed into a thicker coat and went out.

There were still a lot of people around outside, and when I arrived, there were already people around to deal with it, and the students were being evacuated, so everyone should stop watching and go back to the dormitory to rest earlier.I still squeezed to the front row to watch.It may be that there are not enough people at night, and the security guards can't manage it, so I quietly approached.

The people have been covered, but the bags scattered beside them are not covered.This bag looks familiar.I stared at the bag for about five seconds, yes, this is the one!I took advantage of people's attention and went to lift the part of the face that was covered.It should not be the head on the ground, the face is still intact, only blood is flowing from the mouth.In order not to scare everyone, I will not describe it in detail.

But I guessed right, it was the girl just now.I was watching, but was noticed by the staff. The man quickly pulled me up and covered me with a cloth. Seeing my sluggish look, he thought I was frightened, and said, "Student, classmate? Are you okay? It’s all covered, and you still come to see it? Are you frightened?”

Seeing that I still didn't speak, he said again: "Everyone, go back quickly, go back! Go back and look at something else, don't think about it, and don't tell other students."

I still stood there and didn't speak, but it wasn't because I was scared.I didn't stare blankly, but stared fixedly in front of me.There is a phantom in front of my eyes, which is the appearance of the girl who just fell to death, with a translucent thin layer of clothing, I can't tell what color it is, it seems to be white, but it seems to be a little red.

She seems to be conscious.

I followed the staff's words, walked a little farther, sat on the bench, but still looked at her steadily.After a while, there were fewer people, but I didn't leave.After a while, other staff who handled the corpse also came. After the corpse was transported away, the ground was cleaned.The group was washing and complaining in a dialect I didn't quite understand, but I guess they meant it was bad luck.

She seemed to have never been affected by anything, and she stood there with no expression on her face, but her eyes were much more aura than when she was alive.After the cleaners left, I was the only one left around.I got up and walked towards her, she seemed to have seen me, like a hungry wolf who found food, she immediately rushed towards me!
(End of this chapter)