[Comprehensive Classics] Detective Mary

Modern au: Strange college roommates.

Hannah thinks her roommate, Mary Bennet, is a strange person.

Of course, Hannah does not mean that she has the same name as Mary Bennet, the famous female detective novelist in history - there are girls named Mary everywhere, and Bennet is not a rare surname, and the same name It's nothing more than a display of Mary's parents' sense of humor, or rather, a fondness for the nineteenth-century novelist.

Hannah and Mary have different majors, and they don't attend classes together on weekdays. They only spend time together after school every day.At the beginning of school, Mary was kind and always had a smile on her face, which somewhat reassured Hannah: she was afraid that her roommate would be mean or weird, while Mary seemed to be an ordinary and hardworking A female college student is no different from her.

But Hannah soon discovers how wrong she was.

Mary is really hardworking. It is said that her grades are at the top of the literature department, especially for the British and French authors of the [-]th century. She can often express some novel and attractive viewpoints, as if she really lived in that era.but ordinary...

The first time Hannah realizes that Mary isn't "normal" is because of a book of autopsy diagrams she's left on the couch.

Originally, this was nothing. Suspenseful criminal investigation novels and movies have become popular from the 21th century to the [-]st century. Wanting to learn about related knowledge is just a matter of interest. Hannah also likes watching crime dramas.Therefore, when she saw Mary's book left on the sofa, she got up and flipped through it casually out of curiosity.

It didn't matter this time, Hannah suddenly felt that she had learned about her roommate's unknown side.

Along with turning the pages of the book, the content that fell into Hannah's eyes, in addition to the disgusting color illustrations and quite scientific explanations, there are also dense notes.The handwriting of the person who wrote down the notes was sharp, flamboyant and clear at the same time, even if he didn't know handwriting, he could probably tell that these words came from a person with a strong personality.

Hannah has seen Mary's handwriting. Mary's handwriting is as small and neat as hers. This is not Mary's book.Not to mention that the contents of the notes are closely related to the illustrated book, and the things that are not in the notes are supplemented in detail, and its rigor can be seen by Hannah, a pure layman—the owner of this book must have quite profound forensic knowledge.

The point is, Mary Bennet, a freshman in the Department of Literature, why did she know forensic medicine?Hannah closed the book in a daze, only then did she notice that the person who took the note was signed on the title page of the book: sh.

Is it her family?Or the senior of some medical student?

Hannah returned the book to Mary in a daze, and it was no surprise that she breathed a sigh of relief and thanked her a lot.It was okay at first, but after that, Hannah noticed that Mary's living habits were really strange.

She didn't participate in any club activities, but she was busy as hell.Hannah often heard her door open at 03:30 in the morning and tiptoe back to her bedroom.At first, Hannah thought that she was keen on social clubbing, and that she liked to hang out in various nightclubs and clubs more than club activities. However, when she offered to invite her to party with other friends several times, Mary tactfully refused.

Either he has no interest in the activities that night, or he has something to do at home.Hannah could hear Mary trying to evade, but she could also tell that her roommate was genuinely uninterested—maybe she was just studying in the library, since Mary's grades were really good after all.

But this guess was also denied by Mary's classmates when Hannah inadvertently mentioned it to other friends in the literature department.

"Mary Bennet is a big name in our department," said Hannah's friend. "She's at the top of the class, but she doesn't seem to like the detective writer with the same name."

"Hey?"

Hannah was very surprised: "Why?"

The friend thought for a while and said, "Because her understanding of Mary Bennet in history is different from others, and she even had a big fight with the teacher because of this, and her essay writing after class was a mess. Apart from hating this writer I can't think of any other reason than that."

Hannah didn't find it strange. She didn't know much about literature, so if she didn't like it, she wouldn't like it.

"That makes her your professional celebrity?" Hannah asked.

"Of course not," my friend shook her head, "The reason why she is famous is that she never socializes and always looks very busy. As soon as class is over and she has no professional issues to communicate with the teacher, she immediately rushes out of the classroom with her books. If you say she studies, she doesn't seem to go to the library very much, and you say she doesn't go to nightclubs, then I really don't know what she is doing."

When my friend said this, Hannah also felt strange—not studying, not socializing, where did she go after class?

It wasn't until one day that Hannah overheard Mary calling that she realized how serious the situation was.

Strictly speaking, it wasn't eavesdropping, because Hannah was sitting on the sofa scrolling Instagram, and Mary's bedroom door was left open.Today it was rare for her to return to the dormitory early after dinner, close the door and start calling.

"No, that's not the case." Mary's voice sounded helpless, "You misunderstood me, sir! The body has been soaked in the river for three full days, and your hypothesis is not valid... Even if you don't believe me, You have to believe in the proficiency of the killer, right?"

Hannah: "..."

What is this!

Hearing such a terrifying conversation, Hannah immediately put down the tablet.

Mary in the bedroom is still on the phone: "No, no sir...forget it."

She seemed to give up on explaining, and sighed helplessly: "I am me, he is him, and I am not Mr. Holmes' mouthpiece. If you have any comments, please speak to him alone. If you have not contacted the killer himself, please don't bother me anymore." I'm done, I still have homework to do."

What are these?

Hannah felt chills running down her spine, so Mary Bennet, who had excellent grades and a smile on her face, looked no different from an ordinary college student, could it be that she was a gangster?Or... Hannah didn't dare to think about it at all!

From that day on, Hannah didn't dare to wonder about Mary's whereabouts anymore. She even consciously or unintentionally avoided this polite and considerate roommate, and tried not to stay in the same room with her at the same time. I was afraid that if I accidentally offended her, I would also become a corpse soaked in the river.

Things turned around two months after the new students started school.

Hannah successfully made a boyfriend, a sophomore in the same major.When she was chatting with her boyfriend and other friends on the street that day, Hannah looked up and met Mary who was in a hurry.

When she was hesitating to say hello, Mary noticed her first.

The petite girl's eyes lit up: "Hannah!"

Hannah froze, but she had to force a smile along with Mary: "What a coincidence, Mary."

"Hannah, who is this?" Hannah's boyfriend asked curiously.

"This is my roommate, Mary Bennet," Hannah replied.

Today's Mary is wearing a beige striped dress with a white shirt as the base, which just matches her fair and clean face.In all fairness, Mary is not a particularly beautiful girl, but her crisp demeanor and bright eyes become more attractive the more you look at her.Such a young girl whose painting style is completely different from Hannah's friends naturally aroused the ideas of other boys.

"You have such a cute roommate, why don't you invite her out to play with you," the other boys booed, "Mary, we're going to the bar, why don't I buy you a drink?"

"No."

There was still a beaming smile on Mary's face. Just looking at her smiling face, I thought she was happily agreeing to the other party.

"I have a date with my boyfriend today," Mary said, "you must have a good time, and next time you have a chance, you must hang out with Hannah."

"You have a boyfriend?" Hannah said in shock.

"Yes."

"Then ask your boyfriend to go with you." Hannah's boyfriend said.

"He... doesn't like these things very much," Mary still smiled and declined the social invitation, and then she looked back past Hannah: "He's waiting for me there, I'll go Hannah first!"

In full view, Mary said goodbye to Hannah indiscriminately, passed Hannah and her friends, and went straight to the opposite of Mary.

Hannah followed her back and realized that there was a... gentleman standing on the other side of the road.

It's the 21st century. It's not that Hannah is old-fashioned and used to use this kind of vocabulary to describe a strange man, but the man waiting for Mary subconsciously made Hannah think of this word.

He doesn't look too big, but he must have graduated and worked, because students don't wear coats and three-piece suits when the weather is not cold like this gentleman.

The man is thin, with a deep and angular face, and a head of black hair is neatly combed.It can be said that from head to toe, there are different labels from the students, and it looks like the kind of person with a rigorous style and a cold personality.

The indifference in his eyes gradually melted as Mary walked forward.

The man still had no expression on his face, but across the street, Hannah could still see that when Mary stopped in front of him with a smile and raised her head to talk to him, the man's brows and eyes relaxed a little.He turned sideways, like a Victorian gentleman, and let Mary take his arm.

The men are gentle and gentle, while the women are lively and lively. The tacit understanding and affection are vividly displayed through the incomparably compatible aura around them without any words or communication.Before that, Hannah thought that such a matched couple would only appear in literary movies.

Mary did not forget to wave again to Hannah across the street, and then the two left cuddling each other.

Hannah sends a couple out of sight, dumbfounded, and has to come to terms with the fact that it might be gangster Mary Bennet, who has a boyfriend who looks like a perfect match for her.

And... Her boyfriend looks familiar?It's just that Hannah can't remember where she's seen it before.

And after Mary left with her boyfriend, she never returned to the dormitory.

I heard from a friend in the Department of Literature that Mary Bennet was attending class well, but in the middle of the class, a policeman suddenly came and said a few words to the professor, and took her away.

Could it be that he was arrested?

Hannah had been anxious for three whole days, and Mary finally came back.

When she entered, Hannah was surfing the Internet, and accidentally saw a piece of latest news popping up on the bbc news page: "The reincarnation of the great detective Sherlock Holmes in history?"Riverside Murder Again Solved With Consulting Detectives' Help".Before Hannah could turn on the news, Mary walked in directly.

"Case settled," she yelled, without end, "I can finally enjoy college, and it's all because of Riverside Killer that I haven't socialized for two months! Now we can go together, Hannah." It’s okay to go shopping and go to nightclubs, I’ve made an agreement with Sherlock, he is a boyfriend who respects me very much, he won’t mind!”

"what?"

Hannah stood up abruptly.

The case was settled, all because of the Riverside Killer?Hannah stared at Mary for a long time, then looked down at the headline on the bbc news page, and she just said that her boyfriend's name was Sherlock.

All of a sudden, all the clues are connected in series.

Mary Bennet's boyfriend is Sherlock Holmes who is known as "possessed by the ancestors"!

Not only does he have the same skills and wisdom as the great detectives in history, he even has the same name.A year ago, this Mr. Holmes helped the London police solve a major case. After the incident was published on the Internet, it became very popular.Numerous netizens and fans of Mr. Holmes have thoroughly read the resume of this gentleman with the same name and surname - he was a genius since childhood, skipped grades continuously, and studied for two doctorates at a young age.It is no exaggeration to say that Sherlock Holmes in history himself, and more importantly, the first thing he did after graduation was to easily help the London police find clues to a case that was about to become an unsolved case.

Isn't the sh on the autopsy illustrated book the same as Sherlock Holmes?

Hannah was relieved that Mary Bennet had an awesome boyfriend because her brain was too scary. It turned out that Mary was not a gangster or a murderer. The boyfriend solves the case and... wait.

Hannah suddenly realized that the great detective in history, Sherlock Holmes, seemed to be the husband of detective novelist Mary Bennett?

Thinking of the deep affection between Mary and Mr. Holmes that day, Hannah took a deep breath.

Mary looked at Hannah blankly: "What's wrong with you?"

"It's nothing," Hannah said with emotion, "You and your boyfriend are a perfect match."

The author has something to say: Mary: ? ?I don't like my own work? ? ?It turns out that I am such a person in the eyes of my classmates and roommates? ? ?