She was on the phone with her mom, talking about Zhou Yunyun’s situation, saying that the police ca today, and expressing her current anxiety and fear.
Her mom comforted her on the other end of the line.
After finishing the call, Tong Yan Yan returned to the dormitory with her belongings.
The other four girls had also left the dormitory building separately that night, as they all needed to go out to the cafeteria for dinner.
When each girl ca out, a small pink human-shaped paper slip floated down in front of them.
Zhang Xin glanced at the slip and continued to walk forward.
Zhou Shengnan grabbed the floating slip and then threw it into the trash can ahead.
Wang Lunan and Zhao ngyao were startled at the sight of the slip and ran off quickly.
Besides Tong Yan Yan, Wang Lunan and Zhang Xin also went to the shop to make phone calls.
Wang Lunan called her father, first recounting the day’s events, then seeking comfort while sobbing.
She really rambled on, even telling her dad about the note-writing incident in the dormitory after Tong Yan Yan left.
Zhang Xin called her uncle, who was either a leader on campus or had so connections within the school. Zhang Xin asked him to help her arrange a dormitory transfer, saying she didn’t want to stay in this dormitory anymore.
Her uncle asked her the reason, and she recounted the dormitory incidents from today, criticizing all the other girls except for Zhou Yunyun.
Zhou Shengnan and Zhao ngyao didn’t make any phone calls, which was understandable since phones were not yet universally available at that ti, especially for rural students; being able to chat with parents over the phone anyti was considered a luxury.
The family conditions of Tong Yan Yan, Wang Lunan, and Zhang Xin were presumably quite good.
The first two called their hos directly, while Zhang Xin used the call to pull strings for a dormitory change.
Actually, there was a public phone at the bottom of each dormitory building, right outside the dorm supervisor’s office.
The reason why the three of them left the dormitory building to make calls at the shop was because Li Zhiyuan had Lin Shuyou cut the dormitory’s phone lines.
To get connected again, they had to wait for the maintenance staff to check and fix it the next day.
As for the paper figures that floated down when each person exited, it was also Lin Shuyou, hidden in the trees, who dropped them.
The night grew late, though it was not yet ti for the dormitory lights to go out and the power to cut, it wasn’t far off. Outside, only a few couples were still whispering their last private words, and the shop was preparing to close.
Li Zhiyuan sat on a bench, and Lin Shuyou ran over.
"Brother Xiao Yuan, any discoveries?"
"Three people made phone calls, found nothing unusual."
Lin Shuyou scratched his head, "Ah, it’s a pity, no worries, Brother Xiao Yuan, you think of other thods, we will surely..."
"A pity what?"
"Didn’t you say, the three who made calls had no unusual findings?"
"No abnormalities ans they were normal, eliminating three options."
"Uh... right!"
*When you pin the murderer as a ’fool,’ the world becos simple, designing complex and sophisticated traps and tests would only insult oneself.*
*Fools won’t think they’re being closely watched, at this ti they wouldn’t purposely run out to call ’family’ and pretend to chat casually for the observer to see.*
*If they had that kind of brain, they wouldn’t do sothing like resealing a new bar of laundry soap and throwing it back.*
*To contact family, one should tell them that soone seed to have discovered their secret, first confessing to the family, then seeking their help.*
Li Zhiyuan asked, "What about the slips?"
"Brother Xiao Yuan, I observed, Wang Lunan, Zhao ngyao got startled seeing the slips, Tong Yan Yan stepped over it directly, Zhang Xin glanced at it and left, Zhou Shengnan directly threw the slip into the trash can.
So according to your previous elimination and their reactions, Zhou Shengnan is the one doing the cursing?"
Li Zhiyuan pulled the pink human-shaped paper slip from Lin Shuyou’s pocket and lightly waved it in front of him, asking, "Why?"
"Because she wasn’t scared! Brother Xiao Yuan, you cut the paper person to the exact size for cursing a villain, even slightly knowledgeable about Magic arts, would recognize it.
But there’s no words written, no threads tied, no seal stamped, it’s like a Daoist talisman paper without any runes, just a standard yellow paper, absolutely nothing to fear.
Thus, after applying the elimination thod twice, there’s only one truth, the person doing the cursing is..."
"Ah You."
"Uh, Brother Xiao Yuan?"
Li Zhiyuan flicked the slip in front of him, asking, "Do you think this slip is scary?"
"I..."
"I painted it pink on purpose, not using white or black, hoping it wouldn’t seem scary at all. Such slips are quite normal to be stuck on walls in cultural events, what’s there to fear?
Don’t overthink things, everything can be simpler.
So, those scared by it, are either naturally timid, crying in face of things, or... genuinely problematic."
"So, the person doing the cursing is..."
"Zhao ngyao."
...
"Who are you looking for?"
Tong Yan Yan opened the dormitory door and asked in a rather awkward tone.
After she bought things from the shop and returned to the dormitory, everyone in the dormitory looked at her with noticeable vigilance, even hostility, which made her quite uncomfortable, so even in front of a stranger, she was in no mood to be polite.
"Zhao ngyao is in your dormitory, right?"
"Yes."
"A guy asked to deliver a love letter to her, here it is."
A heart-decorated envelope was handed over, and Tong Yan Yan caught hold of it.
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