Strange Story of Strange House

Early the next morning, as usual, Chuning stepped on the bell and stepped into the classroom, but immediately, he realized something was wrong—almost everyone in the class was whispering and whispering.

Some were crying, some were excited, and some were panicking. The buzzing whispers in the classroom seemed to form a strange magnetic field, which made people subconsciously not want to get close.

After hesitating for a moment, Chuning sat next to a classmate who was usually close to the door, and asked in a low voice, "What's going on? What happened?"

"You don't know yet?!" The classmate gave him a surprised look, and then whispered in his ear, "...Zheng Yu is dead."

"What!" Chu Ning suddenly screamed, attracting attention from all around, he quickly waved his hands, lowered his head and said in a low voice, "Don't make such a joke!"

"Who would make fun of such a thing." The classmate gave him a blank look.Chuning made a difficult swallowing movement, but found that his mouth was not dry enough, he asked hoarsely, "When..."

"Yesterday morning, I heard that he was drunk and fell into the bathtub and drowned."

"..." Chu Ning's heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly lost his mind.

"Now the police are next door, and they are questioning Zheng Yu's roommate and former friends. Don't you have a good relationship with him? Maybe they will look for you later."

"..." Chuning was a little dazed and regretful, but it was more of a complex emotion that even he couldn't explain clearly.He was thinking, if he talked to Zheng Yu again yesterday, don't bother with a drunk, and don't hang up Zheng Yu's phone, will this person not die?

The more Chuning thought about it, the more sad she became, until she was called to the next door by the teacher in charge, and she didn't recover from it.

There was a young police officer sitting next door. When he saw Chuning coming in, he got up and said hello: "Hello, are you Chuning? I want to know something about you. Don't be nervous. My name is Xia, you can call me Officer Xia."

"En." Chu Ning nodded, and was greeted to sit down.He was a little restless, his eyes kept looking around.The young police officer saw his nervousness and smiled kindly: "Don't be nervous, please come here, I just want to know something about Zheng Yu's situation with you. According to what we know, Zheng Yu's last phone call was to For you, can I understand the situation at that time?"

"Zheng Yu, is it really an accidental death?"

"This, we can't draw a conclusion until we understand the specific situation, so your cooperation is needed."

Chu Ning hesitated for a moment when he heard the words. He didn't want to expose his relationship, but he was also afraid that because of his concealment, it would be difficult to reveal the truth about Zheng Yu's death.

After a difficult psychological struggle, he slowly opened his mouth: "...At noon yesterday, Zheng Yu and I had an argument. He asked me to break up with my lover, and I naturally disagreed. If the words are not speculative, there will be a little trouble Not pleasant. Later, I got another call from him at about [-]:[-] pm. I thought he was going to apologize to me for what happened at noon, but he was drunk and kept asking me to break up with my lover... I hung up the phone. "

"Did he say why he wants you to break up with his girlfriend?" the young police officer asked.

A trace of panic flashed in Chuning's eyes: "He said, he..."

—He said he killed my lover with his own hands.The words came to his lips and were swallowed again. This kind of words that even Chuning himself didn't believe would only increase his troubles.

"What did he say..." Officer Xia noticed his abnormality and moved closer to him.Knowing that this question might not be fooled, Chuning gritted his teeth: "He said that he likes me and wants to be with me."

"Is this a confession...?"

"Yes, I can't accept him, so we had a dispute." Chu Ning lowered his head, and Officer Xia didn't press the question when he saw this, but changed the subject.

"Where were you last night, are there any witnesses?"

"I've been staying at Zhuang Yao's house all night." Chuning paused, "We watched a horror movie. I was timid and a little scared after watching it, so I stayed at his house."

"Okay, we will check with Zhuang Yao about what you said," policeman Xia closed the notebook, "Thank you for your cooperation, I may trouble you later, I hope you don't mind."

"It's okay, Zheng Yu is my friend."

Until he left the inquiry room, Chuning was still in a daze. The person who was crying and calling him last night disappeared after sleeping?It's unbelievable.

"Xiao Ning, are you alright?" When she was in a trance, she suddenly heard Zhuang Yao's voice. When Chuning raised her head, she saw her lover standing in front of her with a worried face.

"Brother Yao, Zheng Yu is dead." Upon seeing Zhuang Yao, Chu Ning felt mixed feelings and choked up, "If I hadn't hung up the phone in a fit of anger yesterday, wouldn't he have died? Wouldn't it be..."

"this is not your fault."

"I know..." Chu Ning nodded, and buried himself in the tender embrace of his lover, "But I just can't help but think, if I didn't hang up the phone yesterday, would the result be different? Although I gave birth to him I was angry, but I never thought of killing him..."

"Go back... Shall I take you home?"

"……it is good."

In the end, Zheng Yu's death could only be concluded as a drunken accidental death because there was no sign of homicide.

a year ago--

"Xiao Ning, wake up." The nose was pinched affectionately, and Chu Ning, who was out of breath, thumped on the bed a few times, and then opened his eyes.

"Well, Brother Yao." With both arms wrapped around Zhuang Yao's neck naturally, Chu Ning hung on Zhuang Yao's body and was pulled up by him, sending a lingering good morning kiss along the way.

"Stop," Zhuang Yao stopped the kiss, "you don't have to get up if you continue."

Chu Ning chuckled, hugged his lover's neck and refused to get off him, clamoring for another kiss.

Partly helpless and partly pampered, Zhuang Yao planted a soft kiss on Chuning's eyelids, which coaxed him away.

The two have lived together for nearly two years.Two years ago, Zhuang Yao used some method to get Chuning's parents to agree to their relationship, and he and Chuning went to the United States to hold their wedding one year ago.

When Chu Ning went downstairs, Zhuang Yao had already prepared breakfast. Chuning sat at the dining table and ate while admiring Zhuang Yao's pleasing side face.

——How can there be a person who looks so in line with his heart, every frown and smile, every eyebrow and every look, are all the appearances that are most desirable in his heart.It was only later that Chu Ning realized that it wasn't that Zhuang Yao looked what he wanted, but that after falling in love with Zhuang Yao, he took everything about Zhuang Yao as his only criterion for choosing a mate.

"What are you thinking?" Zhuang Yao couldn't stand being stared at, no matter how thick-skinned he was, he looked helplessly at his little lover who was "protecting" food while eating like a little squirrel.

"Well, it's nothing...By the way, Brother Yao, my college classmates contacted me last night, saying that they organized a class reunion and hoped that I would attend." Chuning swallowed the food in his mouth, and talked about the phone call he received yesterday .It's been nearly a year since graduation, and all the college classmates are looking for an opportunity to get together.

"are you going?"

"Well, I haven't seen you for a long time, and I want to get together." When he was in college, Chuning was very popular in the class and had many good friends.Although I haven't lost contact after graduation, the feeling I had in college is gone.He is still looking forward to this meeting.

"Then go!" Zhuang Yao made a decision, "I'll take you there."

"Speaking of gatherings, the time when the students went to a farmhouse in a rural mountain village was the most interesting. It's just a pity that you left too early, brother Yao. I regretted it for a long time. Why don't we go again?" Chuning said with a smile .

"Okay..." The smile on Zhuang Yao's face froze suddenly, but he quickly covered it up.It's a pity that they have lived together for several years, how can he hide this little trick from Chuning.

"Brother Yao, what's wrong with you? You don't look very good." Chu Ning's heart sank. Over the years, every time he casually mentioned that vacation, Zhuang Yao's behavior was a little unnatural. Originally, Chuning thought it was him. I thought about it too much, but judging from the current situation, it seems that this is not the case.

"It's nothing, I'm just a little tired. I've been a little busy with work recently. I'll be fine after I come back at night and take a good rest." Zhuang Yao smiled softly at Chuning.But Chuning was still not at ease: "Why don't you go today? I won't go either. I'll stay at home with you."

"No, I have an important meeting today, so you can rest assured and call me if you need anything."

"……it is good."

Now Zhuang Yao is the actual person in charge of the family business, and he is busy with various business affairs and entertainment every day, but he still sends Chuning to the designated place before rushing to the company.

At this time, most of the students had already arrived, and everyone was very positive about this party.

When several classmates and friends saw Chuning, they called him over one after another. For a while, there were jokes and jokes everywhere, and the atmosphere was very warm.At this moment, Han Yi, the class monitor of Chuning University and the planner of this event, also joined them: "Chuning, here we come~"

"Well, long time no see, monitor."

"Coincidentally, I was talking about you just now. Look, what did I say! The Chinese really can't say it, say Cao Cao Cao Cao is here!" Han Yi smiled and patted Chuning on the shoulder.

"Huh? Why didn't you see Hao and them?" Chu Ning said some polite words to Han Yi, and casually asked about some old friends who were in the student union back then. After being there for a long time, they didn't see any of them.

"Ah? Don't you know?" Han Yi looked at him in surprise and said, "Chen Hao and he died..."

"When did it happen?" Chu Ning was very surprised. Chen Hao was also in the student union with him, and they had a good relationship. After more than a year of no contact, they disappeared? !

"Has he passed away for several months? They disappeared not long after graduation," Han Yi recalled, "Speaking of which, do you still have contact with Senior Zhuang Yao?"

Yes, I have!We get tired of being together every day!Chuning thought to himself, but didn't show it on his face: "Well, why are you talking about him all of a sudden?"

"Haven't you heard? Senior Zhuang's student union this year is secretly called the 'Cursed Student Union'." Han Yi suddenly turned secretive, her voice unique to girls was deliberately lowered, with a strange trill.

"Why do you say that?" Chuning asked curiously.

"Look, Zheng Yu, the head of the Propaganda Department, drowned in the bathtub before we graduated; Chen Haojian, the Finance Minister, also died shortly after graduation; Xiao Yang, the deputy head of the Propaganda Department, went crazy for some reason. I went to see him, and I kept yelling 'I didn't see anything!' He was insane, very scary; and Xu Hengwei from the Ministry of Culture and Entertainment went abroad shortly after Chen Haojian's death, and now there is no news of him."

"How could such a thing happen..." Chu Ning was very surprised. He never expected to hear such news, and Zhuang Yao never told him about these things.

"Who knows, Qiao Jun, the vice president, can't be contacted anymore. When we were gossiping, we said that this group of people seemed to be cursed..." Han Yi said mysteriously.

"..." Zheng Yu, Chen Haojian, Xiao Yang, Xu Hengwei, Qiao Jun, Zhuang Yao... For some reason, Chu Ning suddenly had a flash of unnaturalness on Zhuang Yao's face when he mentioned the farmhouse vacation this morning.After thinking about it carefully, he was suddenly startled—these six people plus himself, weren't they the same people who were assigned to live in the same room during that vacation?

As if being enlightened by someone, Chuning suddenly understood, and figured out the connection between these people. He immediately thought that Zhuang Yao's face would become unnatural every time he mentioned the farmhouse vacation...

And Zheng Yu's abnormal behavior only happened after that vacation!After Zheng Yu's death, those people always looked at Zhuang Yao with disgust and fear... At that time, it's not that he didn't see their weirdness, but he naively thought that they were all jealous of Zhuang Yao.

In fact, he had already seen the abnormality, but he didn't dare to think about it!What happened on that trip that he didn't know about?

Something happened to them all, so the next...will it be Zhuang Yao's turn?

Suddenly, he remembered a detail that he had forgotten!

It was the third day of vacation.In the evening, after dinner with Zhuang Yao, Chu Ning and Zhuang Yao talked and laughed all the way to the room. Unexpectedly, they bumped into Zheng Yu with cold eyes at the corner.

"Zheng Yu?" Chuning looked at Zheng Yu who was completely different from usual, feeling very surprised.Zheng Yu was also very surprised to see him, and immediately adjusted his facial expression, showing the usual simple and honest smile, which instantly disintegrated the cold feeling just now.

"Xiao Ning, have you had dinner yet? I have something to do with the president, so go back to your room first." At that time, Chu Ning was not Zhuang Yao's lover. No reason to stay.

Before closing the door, he heard Zhuang Yao's cold voice: "What can you do with me?"

Zhuang Yao's voice was really nice, Chuning thought so, and closed the door.

That day, he waited until late at night, but Zhuang Yao didn't come back.

When it was close to midnight, Zheng Yu came back once, all in a mess, with a lot of mud on the soles of his feet.

"Where did you go?" Chuning asked curiously.

"I'm going up the mountain! I dug a few traps on the mountain with Hao and the others, and I'll go see if there is any harvest now, Xiao Ning, go to bed first." Zheng Yu instructed.

"Can't we go see it tomorrow morning? It's already so late."

"No, it's too late tomorrow morning."

Seeing Zheng Yu's insistence, Chuning didn't ask any more questions.Just when Zheng Yu was about to go out, he suddenly asked: "Where is the president? Going with you too?"

"No, the president has gone home." Zheng Yu paused and said very dissatisfied, "I was in the middle of talking to him, and he answered the phone and left in a hurry."

"Leaving?! There is no car at night! How did the president leave?!" When Chuning heard this, he became anxious.

"What are you in a hurry for? I've been walking for a while, and there's still a car at that time. Besides, I'm such a grown-up man, I can take care of myself. Okay, okay, I'm going up the mountain, so I won't tell you any more. After Zheng Yu finished speaking, he left in a hurry.

Not long after he left, Xiao Yang came back.He didn't seem to be in a good mood, he went straight to bed without saying a word, and he didn't respond to Chuning talking to him, and directly covered the quilt over his head.

Now, Chuning was not interested in talking to him anymore.

Later, Xu Hengwei also came back, with a smile on his face, humming a little tune and walked in the door.Upon receiving Chuning's gaze, he suddenly withdrew his smile, but he couldn't hold back the corners of his mouth.

"Are you still asleep?" Xu Hengwei greeted Chuning politely.

"Well, I'll read for a while."

"Then take a look, I'm going to take a shower~" Xu Hengwei nodded, picked up the change of clothes and went into the bathroom humming a little tune.

Chuning thought to himself, everyone seems to be a little weird tonight.He suppressed the uneasiness in his heart and calculated the time. According to Zheng Yu, Zhuang Yao should be home by now.Chu Ning wanted to call to care, but suddenly there was lightning and thunder outside, a strong wind blew up, and soon there was a heavy rain. The signal in the small mountain village was cut off, and no one could be contacted.

Zheng Yu and the others hadn't come back yet, and Chuning was debating whether to go out and look for it. Just before dawn, a few people came in against the wind and rain, and everyone was drenched like a drowned chicken, all in a mess, but their expressions were different. There is some inexplicable excitement.

******

Chuning wanted to convince himself that all this was just a coincidence, and there was no possibility of any terrifying conspiracy hidden behind that pleasant vacation!He raised his eyes to look at the bustling party scene. His former classmates were talking and laughing, but he seemed to be in an ice cave, feeling bitingly cold.

——No matter how hard he tried to convince himself, he couldn't restrain the trembling of his body.

"At that time I asked myself, is all this really just a coincidence?" Chuning said softly, "If it was just a coincidence, why did their way of getting along become so strange after they came back? Why did Brother Yao The expression on his face will be unnatural? But what happened that day? I really don’t know, and I don’t dare to know. My mind is echoing over and over again what Zheng Yu told me when he was drunk..."

"He said...he killed Zhuang Yao with his own hands." Chu Ning seemed to have exhausted all his strength, and the last two words were barely audible.He stretched out his arms to wrap his arms around himself, Lin Chi immediately stepped forward to support him when he saw this, and found that his whole body was shaking.Chu Ning grabbed Lin Chi's palm with his backhand and held it tightly, as if he could keep something if he held it...

"Could it be that you're thinking too much? The world is full of wonders, maybe it's just a coincidence?" Lin Chi weighed his words carefully, comforting Chuning who was on the verge of collapse.

"No! It's not a coincidence..." Chu Ning looked up at Lin Chi with a sad look, and continued the story——