Absurd deduction game

"Oh, today's children can even fall asleep during exams. If it were my time back then, my heart would be so nervous after every exam, how could I dare to sleep?"

A fat middle-aged man wearing glasses stood by the window, looking at the examination room of Class 2 and Class 4 with a complicated expression. There were still ten minutes before the end of the exam. As the dean of students, he was patrolling these floors and had already seen a lot of them. The whole class fell asleep.

This subject is English, and I can hand in my papers half an hour in advance. A group of physical education students from Class 4 have already handed in their papers and went to the playground to play basketball. The rest of the people were probably not in a hurry, so they just lay on their seats, and some of them took a draft. There were drawings on the paper, and some, like Ye Qin, fell asleep.

Standing next to the dean was the head teacher of Class 4. The head teacher who taught English also thought of going to the door to take a look, but he heard the dean expressing his emotion in a low voice.

She followed the dean's eyes and smiled: "Ye Qin, his grades are good. He must have gone to bed after finishing his studies. I heard that he has to make up lessons for his sister when he goes home every day. Maybe You must be too tired."

After saying that, she thought of something again and joked to the dean: "Besides, it was so many years ago when you went to school. Now the teaching resources are so much better than before. Many children... don't feel that going to school is a thing. Things worth being happy about will definitely not be taken as seriously as you did before."

"Well, every era has its own hardships." The dean shook his head. He was known for his good temper, and students were not afraid of him. Every day, he received various greetings from many naughty classmates.

He put his hands behind his back and walked away with slow steps. The head teacher lost interest in staying and walked to the office.

Today is the last day of the monthly exam, and English is also the last subject. After taking this exam, these high school sophomores will be temporarily freed. They will have a day and a half holiday.

The class teacher knew how difficult this exam was. She showed a gloating smile, thinking that when she came back after the holidays, most of the little bastards in the class would face disaster from their scores.

After the two teachers muttering by the window had left, Yu Xing calmly opened his eyes.

He had been awake for several minutes, pretending to still be asleep and hearing the conversation between the two teachers clearly.

It sounds like the classmate Ye Qin he plays is a child who studies very well and has a younger sister at home... The exam questions are all related to his family, so this younger sister may also play an important role.

He slowly raised his upper body and took a look at the classroom and the pile of test papers on the table.

After falling asleep in the dark classroom of Xuechi Middle School, the position when I woke up had obviously changed. The sky was bright but was about to set. It seemed to be approaching dusk, and the classroom was full of people who were restless because of the upcoming holiday. An uneasy atmosphere.

The invigilator on the podium looked at the growing number of students gathering in the corridor outside, and listened to the increasingly noisy sounds. He sighed, and finally asked the idle candidates below: "Have you all finished writing? ?”

"The exam is over." The dozen or so people left in the classroom replied sparsely.

"Then let's collect the papers in advance. I know you are in a hurry to get out of school and are not thinking about the exam."

After getting the unanimous consent of all the candidates, the invigilator asked the students in the last row to stand up and collect the test papers. Yu Xing packed his bag and followed the large group out of the classroom.

"Ye Qin, do you want to have dinner together?" A familiar classmate stopped him. Yu Xing turned around and looked at it. Just when he was about to refuse, another classmate answered for him.

"Forget it? Today is the quiz for the third year of high school. Ye Qin's brother is probably going to pick him up and go back with him soon. His brother is so old-fashioned and a nerd. If he knew that Ye Qin would not go home directly but would go out to eat with us. , I’m afraid I have to talk about him again.”

"Ah, that's it, forget it."

Before Yu Xing said a word, these classmates made arrangements for him clearly, waved goodbye to him with a smile, and left first.

It turns out that Ye Qin has an older brother, hey, he is both an older brother and a younger sister, as well as his parents. There are at least five people in this family.

He looked at the backs of these students and stood there, obediently waiting for his brother to pick them up.

There is no system in this deduction, and naturally there is no character memory infusion or character information. He currently knows nothing about Ye Qin and can only make a few guesses based on the reactions of the people around him.

As he was sorting out the situation in his mind, a shadow came in front of him, blocking part of the sunlight that shone on him.

Yu Xing raised his eyes and saw a very sweet-looking girl with short hair wearing a knee-length school uniform skirt, holding two cans of Coke in her hand. She smiled at him and handed one of the cans to him.

"I've been waiting for you for a long time. Why did you fall asleep today? Is it really because you were too tired?"

The girl's tone was extremely familiar, and Yu Xing guessed that she was an acquaintance of Ye Qin, but not in the same class.

It may also be a puppy love... He had seen this girl a long time ago. When he was about to collect the test papers, the girl was waiting in the corridor. However, at that time, Yu Xing was not sure who the girl was waiting for, so he didn't pay too much attention. .

He took the Coke. Although it was not an ice Coke, it still cooled down the hot weather.

Yu Xing's tone was calm, and he chose an attitude that could be explained in any way: "Yeah, I'm a little tired these days, but I only went to bed after finishing the exam."

"Well, by the way, you were in a daze just now, were you looking at those people?" The girl pointed to the direction in which the classmates who had just invited Yu Xing to dinner were leaving, "Ignore them, your brother is fine, and they don't I know your family’s situation, so I’m just saying random things, so don’t worry about it.”

Yu Xing's heart moved and he didn't ask anything that could arouse suspicion. Ye Qin's family seemed a bit complicated. He should wait until he got home and then look for clues from home. As a place where he lived every night, there were absolutely no clues at home. More diversity.

Most of the students in the corridor waited for the person they were waiting for and left in twos and threes, and soon there were only a few classmates left who didn't know what they were thinking.

The girl actually had no intention of leaving, so she stayed with Yu Xing and chatted with him. The topic shifted from interesting things at school to the Chinese test paper that was taken two days ago.

"Well, you may not believe it, but I happened to be sitting in the last row. When I was collecting the test papers, I took a look at the essay title written by the person at the front desk. Do you know how outrageous he is?"

The girl remembered something happy and patted the wall next to her regardless of the image. Now Yu Xing was basically sure that this girl was not his puppy love, but someone similar to a best friend. Otherwise, let's not mention being so bold in front of her boyfriend. Isn't it really common? No girlfriend can stand it when her boyfriend only responds with a cold "um, oh" after she says a lot of things.

This reflects that there is no problem with his response. Ye Qin should have been an introverted person with a delicate mind and an active mind, but he doesn't like to talk much.

The girl in front of her was in high spirits and obviously didn't care about Yu Xing's attitude at all: "Aren't we practicing argumentative essays recently? The guy at the front desk wrote an essay. It's nothing, but his title used argumentation very persistently. The way the article is written is called 'On the Feasibility of Teachers Part-time as Gardeners, Lighthouses and Candles', it's so interesting, hahaha..."

"..." Yu Xing thought for a moment, "Looking at you smiling like this, is this... very interesting?"

"Hey, don't you think it's interesting?" The girl's eyes widened slightly, and then she rolled her eyes helplessly, "Maybe, it may not sound very interesting, but when I watched it, I immediately thought of the teacher I thought it was very funny, if you ask me, you are more of a nerd than your brother."

"When can you try to be more cheerful? I am addicted to ghost stories all day long, addicted to watching horror game live broadcasts, and also like to play pen fairy and all kinds of magical things. I am not as gloomy as you." The girl said without hesitation. Pulling Yu Xing's face, "You, it would be nice if you could be more interesting."

"So, you like interesting people?" Yu Xing asked.

After asking, he was slightly stunned, because the words just now were not what he wanted to say, but a certain force in the dark drove him, forcing him to ask this sentence before he could react.

The girl admitted generously: "Who doesn't like interesting people? Hey - your brother is here."

The exams for the third year of high school ended a little later than those for the second year of high school. They chatted in the corridor for a long time before Ye Qin's brother arrived belatedly.

When Yu Xing heard the news, he saw a tall and thin boy walking over from the other end of the corridor, also wearing a school uniform and carrying a schoolbag.

When the boy came over, his friend said goodbye to him: "Ye Ming, I'll leave now. See you tomorrow!"

Ye Ming nodded slightly to his friend, with an indifferent attitude, which was very similar to Ye Qin played by Yu Xing now.

"Let's go home." Ye Ming came to Yu Xing, as if he had just seen the girl, "Yu Wan is here too, do you want to go back together?"

"Okay, I can catch my brother's car, so I'm too lazy to take the bus back." The girl smiled.

Yu Xing smiled.

So that’s it, the girl’s name is Yu Wan, she’s my...neighbor.

I'm afraid they are still the kind of neighbors where childhood sweethearts grew up together.

Because on the roll, Ye Qin’s house has two and a half floors and is old. Generally, this kind of house has existed for a long time. It is located in a remote place and is surrounded by single-family houses of the same type. Buying these The possibility of people moving around the house is very low. It is most likely that they have lived in the same place and faced the same neighbors for decades.

Yu Xing followed them downstairs.

He is still not very used to this body that is so close to an ordinary person. For him, it has been a long time since he felt the pain in his shoulders due to lying down for a long time, and his senses were completely blocked.

This means that even if the ghost is around him, he may know nothing about it. Even if all the peaceful scenes in front of him are illusions created by the evil ghost, Yu Xing cannot use his mental power to feel it as usual, but can only follow this This illusion continues to move forward until the ghost reveals its clues.

Such as now.

He felt a little strange. There were obviously normal scenes around him. There were scattered students in the corridor, teachers occasionally passing by in a hurry, the excited sounds of some boys playing in the open space downstairs, and the slight friction between the soles of his brother Ye Ming's shoes and the ground. There was a loud noise, and the sound of Yu Wan chirping asking Ye Ming how he did in the exam.

But the further he walked, the more unreal it felt here, as if the white walls and ceramic tiles beside him should be bleeding out.

Every move of the others was so pale, like silhouettes lost in time. Yu Xing now felt as if he was covered in paper. He could vaguely feel that there must be something wrong around him, but he couldn't find it. arrive.

The most direct manifestation was that as he walked, goosebumps appeared on his body and his heart beat uncomfortably.

This feeling did not dissipate until they walked past the school gate and got into a medium-sized white car. Yu Xing sat in the passenger seat, Yu Wan sat in the back seat consciously, and Ye Ming also took out the car keys. Insert into the car's keyhole.

He was in his third year of high school. If he was a month old, he would indeed be old enough to take a driver's license test. Yu Xing couldn't recognize what type of vehicle it was. He could only tell from this that Ye Qin's family background was indeed very good.

He leaned on the leather seat and planned to look at the scenery outside the window to relieve the uncomfortable feeling.

The vehicle started slowly and was speeding on the road outside the school. While observing the architectural style on the side of the road, Yu Xing was distracted and thinking, maybe this is how others feel in the game when they first become gamers. People without special talents People are frightened by ghosts and death threats that may appear at any time; people who have some talents and can slightly sense ghosts will be tortured by the kind of fear that follows them.

He was just experiencing what others had already experienced.

On both sides of the road, as far as the eye can see, the buildings are gray and white. Various shops still use rolling shutter doors. There are everything sold in the shops, which is very messy.

At the entrance of the shop, there are mobile vendors who spread out a piece of cloth and start selling things. These are all gadgets that please the student crowd. Many students in school uniforms gather at the stalls to pick and choose, and some even take their friends to a small noodle shop. Noodle eaters.

Some residential buildings were built further away, with the same color tone, probably a residential area. The buildings are not high, only three or four floors. No matter how you look at it, this scene looks a bit like it was decades ago.

Fortunately, Yu happened to have experienced that era and had a very strong sense of immediacy.

Hmm...is the timeline of the deduction the first few years of the 21st century?

He blinked, but felt that it was not so absolute, because when he was in the classroom, whether it was the chalk drawings about old cartoons on the blackboard at the back, or the indoor loudspeaker that could broadcast to the whole school, or even the two teachers beside his window murmuring. The exclamations expressed at that time obviously could not have existed at the beginning of the century.

——Of course, if the world view is different, then it will be fine, just treat him as lonely.

Yu Xing's fingers tapped on his legs unconsciously. After a while, he suddenly realized that when he was not concentrating, both Ye Ming and Yu Wan were too quiet.

It was as if he was the only one in the entire car.

His eyes slowly focused from their distracted state, and he looked behind him calmly through the transparent glass. From his angle, he could see Ye Ming in the driver's seat, and he could also see Yu Wan with his peripheral vision.

Ever since, he looked at Ye Ming through the car window.

Ye Ming put his hands on the steering wheel, but turned his head to face him, as if he had been looking at the scenery for as long as Ye Ming was looking at him.

Good guy, don’t look at the road and drive dangerously!

Yu Xing subconsciously wanted to turn his head to let Ye Ming watch the road and drive. The next second, he stopped this impulse abruptly.

He is now Ye Qin, not Yu Xing, and he has no capital to make him commit suicide.

Something is indeed wrong with my brother Ye Ming, what about Yu Wan?

Yu Xing didn't know if his gaze would cause his brother to react differently at this time. After all, if his brother turned his head, he could see his expression reflected in the car window.

Suddenly, a hand reached out from his shoulder.

The slender and soft hand hung over his shoulder, and then clapped it suddenly: "Ye Qin, did you bring a napkin? Lend me one."

Yu Xing was hurt by the girl's hand. He turned his head and found that Yu Wan was leaning forward slightly. When he looked over, the expression on his sweet face was slightly unnatural, and he was trying very hard. Winked at him.

"...I have them. How many do you want?" Yu Xing asked.

I don't know if he was observing too carefully, so he was a little sensitive. Yu Wan's eyes seemed to glance at the glass window, and then he replied: "Just one picture will do."

Yu Xing took out a napkin from his schoolbag and gave it to her. When he looked at the window again, Ye Ming's face had become normal and he was driving attentively.

He then turned his head openly and looked at Ye Ming again.

"What's wrong?" Ye Ming turned his face slightly toward him, but his eyes were still focused on the road. This is the state that should be in place when driving.

"It's okay, I just feel like you've lost weight recently." Yu Xing had nothing to say, because Ye Ming is indeed a very thin type. His wrists when driving are thinner than those of girls, and he probably doesn't have much flesh on his body under his school uniform.

"I'm a senior in high school this year. I'm studying too hard. It's normal to lose weight." Ye Ming said, "If you don't want me to continue to lose weight, then put more meat in your cooking tonight."

"I understand." Yu Xing agreed very calmly, and no one could tell that he only learned that he was the one who cooked the dinner in the last second.

It’s strange that my brother is studying hard in his senior year of high school, and his sister is in her first year of high school, junior high school, or elementary school. But how come the task of cooking dinner falls on Ye Qin, a sophomore in high school, where are his parents?

Regarding the test questions, Yu Xing was very alert. At the beginning of the reading question on the test paper, Ye Qin was walking home from school. After seeing the home, he also thought that his father would not renovate the house, so his father was still living normally in his life at that time. , my brother may not have bought a car yet.

Everything on the test paper is before the timeline he is experiencing now?

That's not right. If, as he had guessed before, this family's living conditions were really good, then even if the brother didn't buy a car, his parents should have bought a car and would have taken the younger Ye Qin to and from school. , if there is no time, there is always a nanny.

This road is quite long, and now there are no students at all. The commercial atmosphere on the roadside is getting weaker and weaker, as if it has entered a more secluded area. After more than ten minutes, Ye Ming slowly stopped the car. .

Yu Xing came to a location that could be considered a suburb of the city. Looking around, all the houses were single-family, far apart from each other, occupying a large area. Their exteriors did not look very beautiful, and the atmosphere was very old. obvious.

Ye Ming stopped the car to let Yu Xing get off the car. Yu Xing's expression changed and he asked, "Would you like to come to my house for dinner tonight?"

Judging from the relationship between Yu Wan and him and Ye Ming's familiarity with Wan, Yu Wan should be someone who often eats at their house. This is the conclusion that Yu Xing came to after observing the details, so this The invitation was not obtrusive.

In the car, he had already determined that something was wrong with Ye Ming. The character of his brother definitely had something to do with ghosts. Maybe Ye Ming was the kind of internal rule forced by some kind of curse. Now he couldn't do anything to him, as long as he accidentally stepped into it. Traps are trigger-type ghosts that immediately reveal their evil side.

If Yu Wan is the same, then he most likely won't refuse the invitation, because gathering together will make it easier for him to find loopholes and take action.

"Um..." Yu Wan hesitated after hearing the words, and then glanced at Ye Ming, "Is it convenient today?"

"It's okay. What's the inconvenience for you to come to my house?" Ye Ming said it didn't matter.

Yu Wan said: "Okay, then I will eat at your house. After eating, you can also ask Ye Qin, the top student in the university, how to write his homework."

She didn't refuse.

Yu Xing looked normal on the surface, but in his heart, Yu Xing's danger level was adjusted to a higher level.

Ye Ming drove again and passed Yu Xi's house. In fact, their house was really close to Yu Xi's house. It was on the same road, with only a dozen meters of flower beds separated in the middle.

Yu Xing observed the "home" that was getting closer and closer. His house was indeed very pale as written on the reading question. Some of the walls had fallen off due to poor care, exposing the red bricks underneath, and sprouts growing in the cracks of the bricks. scattered weeds.

The bottom two floors are quite large. The top half floor seems to be an attic, with only one closed window. The top of the attic is a triangular roof, with bricks and tiles arranged neatly and seemingly with some moss attached.

There is a tall telephone pole standing next to the house, and the cables are hung on the pole and extend to other houses, extending far away.

The hottest hours have passed, the weather has turned cooler, and the chirping of cicadas can be heard in the fields between the house and the house, blocked by overlapping grass and leaves.

After stopping at the door of his house, Ye Ming was about to park the car in the garage, and Yu Xing and Yu Wan got out of the car first.

Just as he was about to take out the key from his schoolbag and open the door, he heard Yu Wen said quietly: "Ye Qin, you have to be more careful lately."

Yu Xing showed a startled expression: "What's wrong?"

Yu Wan lowered his voice, as if he was worried about being heard: "You saw it when we were in the car, right? Your brother..."

"I can see it more clearly. Your brother was clearly driving at that time, but in the reflection, his face was facing you!"