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Chapter 8: The Truth: A Man's Duty
In the hall of Liangqing Residence, Bai Haoran brought white sugar and sat opposite Sister Meng.
Sister Meng took a leisurely sip of tea, and then she put down the teacup gracefully and said, "So you two came here to ask for evidence? I seem to have told you that you are solely responsible for handling this list yourself."
Bai Haoran quickly denied it: "Sister Meng, I have no other intentions. I came here to find out some common sense that I don't know, for example, I can see what the black lines on other people's necks are?"
"Oh? Black lines on the neck?" Sister Meng raised her eyebrows slightly, and then she narrowed her eyes and asked, "So... can you see this on others?"
Bai Haoran nodded: "That's right, the day Lu Qing died, I saw that she had a ring around her neck, but it didn't close. There is also the boy who died suddenly this time, but his lines at the time were basically the same. The top is closed in a circle. And every time I see this trace, I see black and white impermanence at the same time, why is this? Does the black trace have any special meaning?" Bai Haoran said more and more anxiously, it was true He was so curious, and he always felt that the black lines had something to do with Lu Qing's death.
Sister Meng picked up the teacup in her hand and said softly, "This kind of trace cannot be seen by ordinary human beings. It is called 'Shoukuwen'. Because when everything has its end, the longevity mark is the sign of the end. It is normal to see Xiao Hei and Xiao Bai at the same time as you see the longevity pattern, because the longevity pattern is the sign of their mission. Once the longevity pattern forms a complete circle, then this life will be completely gone. At the end. Xiao Hei and Xiao Bai have to take their souls away within seven days, otherwise the souls will be scattered. And the longevity pattern is the proof of the disappearance of life. If you can see the longevity pattern, I believe you will soon be able to see it too. Its existence is more terrifying, cold, and cold than Shoukuwen. Its existence is also invisible to the world, but everyone knows him because its name is: death. Shoukuwen and death are one and the same. Species exist, but there are some differences between the two, the longevity pattern is the natural exhaustion of life, but death is not necessarily."
"So, Lu Qing's death was a natural death? Wasn't it a homicide?" Bai Haoran asked with a frown. He didn't believe that Lu Qing died naturally.
Sister Meng raised her mouth slightly: "Don't use my words here, it's useless, I will tell you what I can tell you, and naturally I won't tell you what I can't tell you. You can investigate Lu Qing's affairs yourself. As for Longevity streaks do not necessarily have to be natural death. Poisons and injuries will induce the failure of life force. It is only a sign of life force failure, and it has nothing to do with natural death. Well, do you have any other questions?"
Bai Haoran paused for a while: "Uh...I think the rest of my questions won't be answered even if I ask them...but, I have to ask one more question, that is, am I still a human being?"
Sister Meng smiled sweetly: "The answer to this question lies not with me, but with you. I said you are, don't you think so? And the people living in the human world are not necessarily all human beings, there are other races, but they are all hidden. Get up. Of course, I believe you should have seen it. Although this task is a bit difficult for you, I believe in your strength. I know that being humble is a good thing, but if you endure some things, it will eventually hurt you. You may be able to save her, but you are used to hiding yourself. After all, one thing is overlooked, Lu Qing She's just a normal person."
Hearing what Sister Meng said, Bai Haoran felt uncomfortable for a while. He took a deep breath and said, "So I want to make up for my mistake, so I will find out the truth about this matter."
Sister Meng smiled and said: "I believe you will find out, after all, this is your first task. Of course, since this matter is more difficult for you, I can give it to you. A little reminder, don’t trust your eyes too much, there are many causes and effects behind the so-called truth you see that you haven’t seen. I hope this sentence can help you!”
After leaving Liangqingju, Bai Haoran returned home directly. He sat at the desk in the room and thought hard about what Sister Meng said today. In the evening, Bai Tang sleepily walked into the room and asked, "Brother, what shall we eat at night?"
Bai Haoran glanced at the fat white sugar, feeling much better for some unknown reason. He smiled and said, "Stinky boy, do you know to eat every day?"
Bai Tang pouted in dissatisfaction and said, "I'm still young, I'm at the age of eating, sleeping, sleeping and eating! It's like you adults, who are intrigued all day long."
"Why did I become intriguing?" Bai Haoran asked rhetorically.
Bai Tang murmured with a small mouth and said, "Ms. Meng's message is that only you can handle this matter, but it's really uncomfortable to listen to."
"Hehe? Can you still understand what she means? Come, tell me, if it's good, I'll make you braised pork at night." Bai Haoran smiled with the heart of coaxing the child.
As a result, when Xiaobaitang heard the braised pork, his eyes immediately turned digital. He nodded vigorously and kept pouting: "You have to say what you say! Hey, how simple is what Sister Meng said today, don't you understand? Isn't she just implying you that you are from the school? Students, it is easiest for you to investigate this matter, because you and those who died are classmates. If you ask your classmates, don’t you have clues, even if it is a rumor. It's fake, but there are things to do, not sighs. We dragons are a race that does things when they have things, and we don't cry every day."
When Xiao Baitang said this, Bai Haoran was also stunned. He struggled all afternoon, and he still hadn't seen a baby who had just been weaned? ! To be honest, he had some doubts about life. But in the mood of pretending to be forced, Bai Haoran still touched Bai Tang's head and said hypocritically, "The world of adults is very complicated, you don't understand."
Bai Tang looked at Bai Haoran blankly and asked, "Brother, am I right?"
"No, some of what you said is right. Well, it's getting late, let's cook. After we're full, I have to go out tonight. You're honestly staying at home, do you hear me?" Haoran pinched Bai Tang's little nose.
Bai Tang asked disapprovingly: "Brother, are you planning to see who the undead in the school library is by yourself?"
"The undead in the library?" Bai Haoran looked at Bai Tang in surprise.
Xiaobaitang wrinkled her little nose, endured the feeling that her nose was sour and wanted to cry: "Well, when my brother was taken away by the police sister that day, Xiaohei saw that there was still a undead at the time. That undead he stood there. The police elder sister and you have been watching you all the time. Xiao Hei said he was not a bad person, so he didn't go to him." Of course, what Bai Tang said about Xiao Hei was black impermanence.
Bai Haoran quickly asked, "Is that undead male or female?"
"Man, it is said that he looks very kind." Bai Tang replied obediently.
When Bai Tang said this, Bai Haoran was stupid. He remembered that he only saw Lu Qing at the time, why did Hei Wuchang see another one? It seems that there is more than one undead at the scene, but he only pays attention to Lu Qing and ignores the others...
Filled with suspicion, Bai Haoran packed up after making dinner and went to school. Xiao Baitang had to follow him after eating, and Bai Haoran couldn't beat him, so he could only take him to school.
At night, there was absolutely no one around the school library, because a person died during the day, and everyone was hiding here. Rumors of dead books spread even more seriously in the school, and now the library doesn't even have teachers. Of course, this also gave Bai Haoran an opportunity. Bai Haoran handed in the little white sugar through the opening of the transom, and then let the white sugar open the window from the inside. He also turned the window and entered...
The library was dark and gloomy. Bai Haoran felt a chill after walking a few steps. Xiaobaitang pointed to the corner and said, "Brother, look it's a goblin!"
Bai Haoran looked in the direction of Sugar Finger and saw something flickering in the corner of the library. After taking a few steps closer, found that there were many small ball-like glowing spheres over there. These things are called goblins, they are the essence of all things in the world, and they are the aggregates of the essence of life. Although goblins are fairies, they are harmless to any living being. On the contrary, goblins have always been the protectors of nature. They silently maintain the operation of nature, and they are also the communicators of vitality. If they are not there, nearby creatures will also lose life rapidly.
After Bai Haoran approached, the elves came together one by one. Xiaobaitang squatted down and poked the meat dumpling goblin on the ground with her small hand. The goblin made a sound of "hu Mi Hu Mi", and her body sometimes glowed yellow, and sometimes turned green. Anyway, the colors are constantly changing.
The little goblin looked at the white sugar, and the white sugar asked, "little goblin, do you know where the undead here is?"
"Hummy, humming, humming, humming!" The little goblin kept nodding, and kept saying "shumi" as if to say something.
The most terrible thing is that Xiaobaitang actually understood, and he kept nodding. After talking enough, Xiaobaitang turned around and said, "Brother, the little goblin said that there is indeed an undead here, but he is a good person and has never harmed anyone. He seems to be just waiting for someone here."
Bai Haoran asked, "Then can we meet that undead?"
Xiaobaitang turned his head and made some gestures to the little goblin, and then the little goblin spoke again in a "humihumi". After a while, Xiaobaitang said something, and then the little dumpling nodded and walked into the corner.
After a while, the little dumpling jumped out and picked it out from the corner, and then there were many goblins from the bookshelf. These goblins looked at Bai Haoran and Bai Tang. Then it screamed again, and Baitang picked up the little goblin and said to Bai Haoran: "The little goblin said that the undead said we don't have to look for him, and the things we want to check are on the right side of the fourth bookshelf in Sui and Tang Dynasties. a book, it will take us to get it."
Bai Haoran was stunned for a long time before he said, "Oh, thank you."
"Hu Mi Hu Mi!" Of course, you don't need to translate here to know that the little goblin said no thanks.
Bai Tang hugged the goblins, and the goblins on the bookshelf also jumped back and forth or simply followed behind Bai Haoran. The radiance from their bodies showed Bai Haoran a guiding path. Bai Haoran walked to the bookshelf along the route laid out by the goblins. He found that there was a black book in the grid. Bai Haoran stepped forward and took it down. There was a lot of dust on this book, he shook the dust, and saw two big gilded characters on it by the glow of the little goblin: "Sui Shi."
Bai Haoran opened the page and found that this should be the course taught a few days ago, and the history of the Sui and Tang Dynasties is usually taught together. There are many bookmarks on the pages of the book, and these bookmarks were placed by the borrowers. Within these bookmarks, Bai Haoran quickly saw a line of graceful handwriting, and this handwriting Bai Haoran was very familiar with, because it was Lu Sunny wrote.
Bai Haoran took out the bookmark. He found a line of strong writing on the back of the bookmark, which read: "Let's play at the gym tonight! I want to introduce our relationship to them."
Bai Haoran's heart was blocked for a while, a little sour. No matter what, he chased after Lu Qing anyway, although Lu Qing didn't agree, and for the last time he took a good person card that was ridiculed by all the students in the school. That incident was almost a common joke among the students during this period of time, and it was also regarded as a typical example of a toad wanting to eat swan meat. Looking at this bookmark, you don't have to think about it, you can guess that it should be written by a certain boy to Lu Qing. After all, the person you like may not like you, and often choose someone else. But you don't cherish people who have liked you, and you can't look back when you miss them.
Bai Haoran carefully put away the bookmark, then turned and walked towards the window, intending to jump out from the window of the side door, but Bai Tang suddenly grabbed his sleeve and said, "Brother, the little goblin said it's dangerous here, the wall upstairs is dangerous. The skin is aging, and it is under construction now, and something may fall off at any time, and it wants us to go through the main entrance."
"Okay, thank you." Bai Haoran replied in a trance.
And the little goblin nodded and said, "Hu Mi Hu Mi!"
Bai Tang asked cautiously, "Brother, are you feeling uncomfortable?"
Bai Haoran stopped abruptly after hearing this, and Bai Tang looked at him pitifully.
Bai Haoran squatted down and touched Bai Tang's head with a smile: "Hey, little fat man, don't feel this feeling right now, it's really uncomfortable, but as a man, at this time we have to pretend and put our tears away. Stomach runny, swallow this bitterness in your stomach! Can you understand?"
Sugar shook his head slightly.
Bai Haoran smiled and pinched Bai Tang's little face and said, "I hope you don't know it for the rest of your life! Let's go and find your police sister. This clue must be very important, and Lu Qing's death will definitely be revealed. ."
"Brother, does that dead sister don't like you, is it worth it for you to do it for him?" Bai Tang asked inexplicably.
Bai Haoran smiled bitterly, rubbed his nose, and then said in a deep voice, "I liked it, and I pursued it. There is no standard to measure whether it is worth it or not, it is more about the feeling in my heart. It is not necessarily true that you like someone. If we want to be together, as long as we are happy, everything doesn't matter. It's just... I can do a little more, even if I'm a little more nosy... She won't die like this. So...you brother, I have to take responsibility Come on, at least take responsibility for your own feelings, it is a man's duty to be responsible. Understand?"
Xiaobaitang nodded vigorously, then patted Bai Haoran on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, brother, in fact, I think that sister should still like you. This is what a man's intuition told me."
Bai Haoran smiled and patted Bai Tang's little head, and said, "Stinky boy, the hair hasn't grown up yet, and it's still a man!"