Chapter 169 Guardian (Twenty-Seven)
Yang Zhe is dead.
There was a cloudless sky outside the window, and light shone through the window, illuminating the entire room, as if casting a warm halo for everyone, but the people present did not feel the slightest warmth.
The room suddenly became very quiet, and the coolness was like a snake covered with cold scales, attacking them along with the smell of blood that spread to other corners of the ward.
The blood of the headless corpse splattered high, and in addition to the bed sheet where Yang Zhe was sitting, even the wall and ceiling on the side were stained.
It was not until the other party's pupils were covered with a layer of death and his face turned gray that everyone gradually reacted.
Qiao Yuan was the first person to come to her senses. While wiping the blood off her face, she quickly scanned the entire room with her eyes.
Song Yanchi and Sheng Yegui seemed to have reacted as well as she did, and were looking around vigilantly; Tang Huan frowned, staring at Yang Zhe's head on the ground with shock in her eyes, and Zou Lu leaned closely against her, with almost half of her body hidden behind her. Only the small half of her body that was exposed could be seen shaking like a butterfly's wings, as if it was about to fly away in the next second.
After a brief moment of shock, Xu Yunchuan hid behind her. His originally arrogant voice was now trembling: "I... I'm so scared..."
It seemed that the other party had never seen such a bloody scene before.
Su Zeyuan sat on the bed in a daze. The book in his hands was already soaked with blood, and blood fell on his hair and eyelashes. As his eyelashes trembled slightly, the blood made his cheeks look even paler.
Yang Zhe's U-turn just now happened too suddenly, and they were too late to cover each other's eyes. Although Su Zeyuan didn't yell now, his condition was not much better.
Qiao Yuan tried to call his name, but he was slow to respond, even though he usually responded immediately. After a while, he turned his head in the direction of the voice and looked at Qiao Yuan. However, judging from his still dilated pupils, he obviously had not yet come to his senses.
This is also the reason why Qiao Yuan did not want Su Zeyuan to see the bloody scene before. After all, the other party is just an ordinary student, who knows how much he can bear.
As she was thinking, she wanted to go forward to comfort Su Zeyuan, but before she could take a step towards the bed, she felt a corner of her clothes being pulled: "Don't go..."
It turned out that Xu Yunchuan, who was hiding behind her, saw her take a step forward and probably thought she was going to leave, so he nervously stretched out his hand.
The other person's expression was like that of an abandoned dog who was afraid of being thrown away.
"What's going on?" It was Song Yanchi's anxious voice that broke the silence: "Clearly there was nothing just now..."
Qiao Yuan knew that Song Yanchi was right.
After all, Cheng Xiao's death was inexplicable before, and because it was in a dark environment, Qiao Yuan's attention was not on him at the time, so he didn't know what he had been exposed to before his death.
Yang Zhe was speaking at the time, so almost everyone's attention was on him. Therefore, they could clearly see that the other person's head fell down suddenly, and nothing else came close to Yang Zhe.
It is unlikely that Yang Zhe violated the rules. After all, among those present at the time, Yang Zhe did not do anything special.
Not to mention that Yang Zhe had experienced more copies than the previous deceased, so he could be considered more experienced. However, judging from his performance before his death, he probably didn't know what happened until the moment of his death, and that performance obviously could not be faked.
So weird.
"Why is it like this..." Su Zeyuan's voice finally rang out.
Although there was panic in his tone, Qiao Yuan still felt relieved.
Fortunately, it hasn't reached the worst point, such as the other party being scared to the point of insanity.
Because the door of the ward was closed at first, the school doctor outside was unaware of it. But the players knew that this kind of thing could not be concealed, so they decided to take the initiative. Song Yanchi pushed the door open and went out to find the school doctor, hoping that he would call the police first.
Seeing the blood on Song Yanchi's body, the school doctor was obviously very nervous. He had already grabbed the phone in his hand before the other party could speak. Even after calling the police, he kept looking at Song Yanchi vigilantly, obviously thinking that the other party was a dangerous person.
Among those who arrived, Officer Ling was still the leader.
Qiao Yuan and others, along with Su Zeyuan, were transferred to another ward next door, and the ward where they were originally staying had been cordoned off.
The officer was ordered to search the room, while his two colleagues took charge of investigating the matter.
I just asked several people in succession, and the answers I got were all the same: "Officer, his head really fell off suddenly..."
Regarding Yang Zhe's death, the players don't even need to collude in advance, after all, they really know nothing.
But the two policemen obviously didn't think so. Although they didn't find anything suspicious from their expressions and inquiries, they had no intention of letting them leave. They obviously still had doubts about them and suspected what group was committing the crime.
However, Qiao Yuan was not too panicked. She knew that after the police investigated the scene, their suspicion would be cleared as before. After all, just like Dai Lele and Wang Man before, the wound that caused Yang Zhe's head to be separated was too smooth, as if it was cut by a machine. Even the best doctors or skilled butchers could not achieve that level, not to mention that they were just ordinary students.
What concerns her most right now, besides the cause of Yang Zhe's death, is Su Zeyuan's mental state.
Since the ward was changed, the other party has remained silent, and even when the police asked questions, he only gave a brief reply of one or two sentences.
Just as Qiao Yuan thought, not long after, Officer Ling came in with his men. After talking to the other two policemen, he told them that the questioning was over and that they just had to remember to keep it a secret from other students as before and not to cause panic. They also called a professional psychologist to come over and provide psychological counseling for Qiao Yuan and the others.
After all, it was different from before, this time they were facing the corpse directly.
Because they still had to do psychological counseling, the people present didn't have to rush back to class like before, but the expressions on their faces did not seem relaxed.
Before the players could discuss what was going on, several professional psychologists arrived. Except for Su Zeyuan who remained in his current ward due to his leg injury, the others were taken to different rooms for psychological counseling.
Because he was still worried about Su Zeyuan who was alone with his psychologist, Qiao Yuan quickly dismissed his psychologist and went to Su Zeyuan's ward to find him.
When Qiao Yuan went over, he happened to meet Su Zeyuan's psychologist coming out.
I don’t know if it’s because of what happened before that Su Zeyuan’s ability to withstand stress has increased, or if it’s because professional psychologists are really useful. Judging from Su Zeyuan’s condition, although his face is still pale, his overall condition is still good, he just looks more vigilant than before.
When he heard footsteps, he turned his head sharply and looked over. Only after he found out it was Qiao Yuan did his tense heartstrings finally show signs of relaxation. He asked gently, "Are you okay?"
Qiao Yuan: "I'm fine, it's just that the way you looked just now made me a little worried..."
Hearing Qiao Yuan's words, Su Zeyuan lowered his head: "I'm sorry, mainly because I didn't expect Yang Zhe to..."
"He was talking to me just a second ago."
Qiao Yuan looked at Su Zeyuan's expression, thinking about how to comfort him.
There were only Qiao Yuan and Su Zeyuan in the ward at this time. The atmosphere fell into a brief silence, and Su Zeyuan's eyes were always on Qiao Yuan.
Before Qiao Yuan came in, Su Zeyuan was still confused and panicked because of Yang Zhe's sudden death. But when the other party came in, his heart instantly calmed down, but then a greater panic surged into his heart.
After all, unlike before, Yang Zhe died in front of him in such a strange way, which made him realize that anyone could leave like this.
He was afraid that he would die suddenly like Yang Zhe, and he was even more afraid that the same thing would happen to Qiao Yuan.
In fact, when he was receiving counseling from a psychiatrist, he kept thinking about the scene of Yang Zhe's death. He stared at the head, fearing that the other person would turn into the person he was most worried about.
Su Zeyuan suddenly wanted to hug Qiao Yuan and confirm that the other party was still alive by checking his body temperature.
Due to shyness, he was immersed in shock during the few times he and Qiao Yuan held hands, so he did not realize that Qiao Yuan's body temperature was lower than that of normal people. If he really hugged her, it would make him more suspicious of the other person's existence.
Su Zeyuan wanted to ask if it was okay, but he was worried that Qiao Yuan or Sheng Guiye would misunderstand him and affect the relationship between them.
After a fierce ideological struggle, he finally made up his mind and said, "I..."
Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by the sound of the door opening.
A figure rushed in and stood directly next to Qiao Yuan. It was Xu Yunchuan.
The words that Su Zeyuan wanted to say got stuck in his throat for a moment, causing Qiao Yuan, who had just heard him say a word, to not have time to care about Xu Yunchuan who suddenly appeared. Instead, he turned his head and looked at him with a puzzled look: "What's wrong?"
Soon, footsteps were heard again, and Song Yanchi and Sheng Yegui walked in.
Song Yanchi had now come to his senses. When he saw Sheng Yegui walking towards Qiao Yuan one step faster than him, he couldn't help but make a sarcastic remark.
Su Zeyuan: "I...I was thinking about Yang Zhe's matter, maybe it was a ghost."
Qiao Yuan: !!!
After this incident, Su Zeyuan obviously realized that something was wrong.
Su Zeyuan took everyone's silence as shock and quickly explained: "Of course, this is just my guess."
"I think there may be other scientific explanations."
Xu Yunchuan 's voice also rang out: "Yeah, how could it be a ghost? That's too scary."
“We have to trust science.”
"I know the truth, but what you say is just one thing, but why are you so close to my sister?" Song Yanchi's voice rang out. Before, his attention was on the dead Yang Zhe, so he didn't pay much attention to Xu Yunchuan, but now of course he couldn't just turn a blind eye.
Sheng Yegui also realized this, but his approach was more gentle. He asked Xu Yunchuan in a warm voice if he could come to him for help if he needed any.
However, Song Yanchi's sudden shout also made the atmosphere briefly relaxed. The attention of Tang Huan and Zou Lu who came in later was also more or less diverted, and the haze that had accumulated between their brows finally dissipated a little.
Qiao Yuan also went to take a look at the ward where the accident happened. Although the cordon had been removed, the door had been locked.
She guessed that Yang Zhe's body had been taken away, but the blood in the ward had not been cleaned up yet. In order not to scare others, she temporarily closed the door.
According to the school doctor's previous instructions, only two boys were allowed to stay with Su Zeyuan at night.
However, after this happened, Qiao Yuan took the opportunity to say that she was a little weak and wanted to have an IV. Zou Lu and Tang Huan followed suit, although their acting skills were not as good as Qiao Yuan's, they managed to fool the audience.
All three were able to stay.
Although she was arranged in another ward because she was a girl, it was only separated from Su Zeyuan's ward by a wall. Song Yanchi, Xu Yunchuan and Sheng Yegui were naturally all in that ward.
The school doctor who had called the police earlier was quite shocked because he accidentally took a look inside when the police were investigating the scene, so he did not make rounds and chat with them as usual.
There aren't many people in the school hospital on normal days, and most of them leave after getting their medicines. Therefore, the school hospital becomes quite quiet at night.
This kind of environment is actually very suitable for falling asleep, but because of Yang Zhe's matter, Qiao Yuan could feel that not only himself, but also Zou Lu and Tang Huan were all sleepless.
After escaping from the previous noisy environment, fear struck Tang Huan and Zou Lu again, eliminating their sleepiness and making them toss and turn.
In Qiao Yuan's mind, he was still recalling the events before and after Yang Zhe's death.
At this moment, a voice suddenly rang in her ears.
She had long realized how poor the sound insulation was in the school hospital, so she quickly realized that the sound came from just across the wall.
It was Su Zeyuan's voice of thanks.
Judging from the vague voice, it sounded like he was thanking Song Yanchi for handing him something.
Just then, there was a knock on their door.
Qiao Yuan heard Song Yanchi ask who it was, and then a familiar voice rang out at the door: "It's me, Qiao Yuan."
The clear and pleasant voice passed through the thin wall and rang in the ward where she was. Tang Huan and Zou Lu could hear it clearly.
Zou Lu subconsciously wanted to scream, but he covered his mouth as if he had reacted. Although Tang Huan did not make any sound, he quickly looked over with a somewhat vigilant look.
Although Qiao Yuan entered the ward with them, Yang Zhe's death made Tang Huan realize that it was not a problem to just keep staring at him. There was also a possibility that Qiao Yuan in front of him had been replaced.
However, their doubts were soon dispelled because they heard their own voices coming from the door of the next room and realized the problem.
Tang Huan's voice became obviously anxious: "Wait, the one making the same sound as us is..."
