[Chapter 26, Bloody Maple Leaf 7-The Mystery of the Curse]

The scene where Ying Xiaoya fell was quickly cleared, and other classes ended normally. The hungry students filed out of the teaching building, each with doubts on their faces, and gathered together in twos and threes to discuss——

"What happened?"

"The car that just drove out of the school seemed to be a police car? Could it be that the police came to the door?"

"Is it a problem with Class 3? I saw them playing on the basketball court during this period, and Yu Hui and Xie Xinghe seemed to be fighting."

"Yu Hui and Xie Xinghe have always been at odds, right? I heard from Class 3 that they often quarrel."

"Xie Xinghe came first in the grade again in this monthly exam. I really don't know what his brain is made of."

"Mathematics is so difficult, but he actually got perfect marks on the exam, and scored 295 on the science comprehensive exam. He's a monster!"

Maplewood High School is a day school and there is no dining hall for students on campus.

School ends at 12:00 in the morning and starts at 14:30 in the afternoon. There is a two-and-a-half-hour break at noon. Most students walk home to eat, and some who are farther away ride bicycles and rush out of the school gate quickly - today I was inexplicably arrested.

The head teacher stayed in the classroom for nearly an hour, and lunch time was very tight.

In a blink of an eye, the students left the school and the campus became quiet.

Yu Hanjiang and Xiao Lou were hiding near the school gate, listening to the discussions of the students coming and going. Yu Hui and Xie Xinghe were obviously prominent figures in the school, and their relationship was not good, which was also known to their classmates.

13:30.

Yu Hui, Xie Xinghe and Yi Ru walked to the school gate one after another.

Xie Xinghe quickly caught up with Yu Hui and said, "Don't be too sad about Xiaoya..."

Yu Hui turned back and glared at him, his eyes bloodshot: "Stop crying like a cat and pretending to be compassionate! If you hadn't bumped into me on purpose when you were playing ball, Xiaoya wouldn't have disappeared under my nose!"

Xie Xinghe frowned and clenched his hands into fists at his sides: "Sorry, I didn't expect this to happen."

Yi Ru passed by the two of them and turned a blind eye to their quarrel.

The girl seemed to be out of body, with a dull expression on her face, and her walking posture was like a robot that had lost the ability to think. Yu Hui grabbed her and said: "Xiaoya left with you, you and her

What did you say?"

He is now like a mad dog, biting everyone he sees. Yi Ru was frightened, and said with a pale face: "She asked me to buy food, and didn't say anything else... I don't know why she committed suicide by jumping off the building. At that time, she

His expression is normal..."

Yu Hui yelled: "Shut up! She won't commit suicide. There must be a reason. Did you push her downstairs?!"

Yi Ru took a step back in horror: "Yu Hui, what are you talking about..."

Yu Hui said: "You have a crush on Xie Xinghe, but Xie Xinghe likes Xiaoya more. Are you jealous of her?!"

Xie Xinghe stopped Yu Hui with a sullen face: "That's enough, can you please stop talking nonsense? Yi Ru and Xiaoya have such a good relationship, how could they do such a thing?! Please take leave this afternoon and go home to calm down and wait for adjustments.

Okay, come back to class."

Yu Hui glared at him hard, turned around and walked away with red eyes.

Xie Xinghe glanced at Yi Ru's ugly face and said, "You should also ask for leave and have a good rest. I'll talk to the head teacher."

Yi Ru nodded: "Thank you, monitor..."

The three of them walked out of the school one after another. Since the challenger's activity area was limited to Maplewood High School after the secret room plot began, they could not chase them out of the school, so Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang could only turn around and leave.

During lunch break, the campus was surprisingly quiet.

There was still an hour before the afternoon class, and Xiao Lou's stomach growled - he suddenly remembered that he hadn't eaten anything since he came to the card world, and he slept at the top of the stairs last night, and now

I'm really tired and hungry.

Seeing that Yu Hanjiang frowned and seemed to be deep in thought, Xiao Lou couldn't help but remind him: "Captain Yu, why don't we eat something first? This case won't end today. If we don't eat, we won't have the energy to continue collecting evidence at night."

Yu Hanjiang nodded and walked into the canteen with Xiao Lou.

They cannot leave the school gate, and the gold coins earned in the Plum Blossom Secret Room can only be spent at the canteen.

The owner of the canteen was a middle-aged woman. She was a little curious when she saw two unfamiliar faces. Xiao Lou calmly smiled at Yu Hanjiang and said, "Teacher Yu, what do you want to eat?"

Yu Hanjiang reached out and took out a package of barreled instant noodles, two ham sausages, and two braised eggs from the shelf. He put them on the table and said, "These are enough for me."

Xiao Lou, who only took a pack of instant noodles: "..."

Captain Yu is nearly 1.9 meters tall, has a strong build, and has a large appetite, which is normal.

The items in the canteen are ridiculously expensive. The total cost of these foods is 1,400 gold coins.

Xiao Lou felt a little sore, so he took out two gold coins with a face value of 1,000 from his pocket, paid the bill, and asked, "Do you have hot water here? Can you give us a bath?"

The shopkeeper said: "Yes, teachers, please wait a moment."

She brought a hot water bottle for the two of them to soak in, and gave Xiao Lou 600 gold coins in change.

Yu Hanjiang suddenly asked: "Boss, do you have a flashlight?"

Shopkeeper: "Yes, 300 gold coins."

Yu Hanjiang looked at Xiao Lou with questioning eyes: "How about using the change to buy two flashlights?"

Xiao Lou was currently in charge of the accounts. If Yu Hanjiang wanted to spend money, he had to ask Xiao Lou first. Of course, he bought a flashlight to facilitate night movements, so Xiao Lou had no choice but to hand back the 600 gold coins the shopkeeper gave him and said with a smile: "Give it to us.

Two flashlights.”

There are only 17 gold coins in total in my pocket, and I only spent 2 on lunch... How will I spend my days in the future?

After pouring hot water, the two of them took the noodles and sat down next to Fenglin, chatting while eating.

Xiao Lou said with a headache: "The prices in the card world are really high. 2,000 gold coins can only buy this little thing. It feels like 20 yuan in the real world. We only have 15 gold coins left. We need to save more in the future."

flower."

Yu Hanjiang glanced at Xiao Lou who was settling the accounts seriously, and agreed: "Okay, save some money." Then, he looked at the unopened ham sausages and braised eggs in his hand, and took one of the ham sausages and one of the braised eggs.

He opened it and put it into Xiao Lou's bowl: "You should also eat more."

Xiao Lou couldn't laugh or cry.

He can cook, and usually either eats in the school staff canteen or cooks it at home. In the real world, he never eats fried foods like instant noodles. But now, instant noodles are considered a luxury for them.

- I won’t be able to afford a few more meals, which is really miserable.

Xiao Lou was silent for a moment and said with emotion: "Let's make more money in the Plum Blossom Secret Room in the future."

Yu Hanjiang: "...Hmm."

The two poor men looked at each other and silently lowered their heads to eat instant noodles.

**

At 14:00 in the afternoon, the two got up and returned to the teaching building.

Students returned to school one after another, and Maplewood High School also returned to normal order.

As the class bell rang, the teachers came to their respective classes through the sky corridor to teach. Only Class 3 (3) was shrouded in a gloomy atmosphere. The seats of Yu Hui and Yi Ru were empty, and they asked for leave and went home. Monitor Xie

Xinghe is still in the classroom.

The afternoon course schedule was Chinese, Biology, and Mathematics, but the Chinese teacher in charge of the class was obviously not in the mood for class. He stood on the podium, rubbed his temples with a tired look and said, "Study by yourself in this class."

In the audience, the students were still reading quietly at first. Gradually, they found that the class teacher was minding his own business and didn't care about everyone. A few girls sitting in the back row began to pass notes secretly.

They didn't know what they wrote on the note, and they looked frightened. When they threw it forward, they lost their direction and accidentally threw it to the ground, alarming the class teacher on the podium.

The head teacher picked up the note with a frown, took a look at it, and his expression suddenly changed: "Don't believe these nonsense! What kind of innocent souls are asking for their lives, ghosts are floating around, if anyone talks nonsense again, go run ten laps on the playground for me!"

"

Several girls turned pale with fright and immediately lowered their heads to reduce their presence.

The head teacher walked out of the classroom, crumpled the note into a ball, and threw it into the trash can in the corridor.

Yu Hanjiang quickly turned around and picked up the note, walked to the corner, unfolded it and read it with Xiao Lou -

The note was scrawled with a few lines written on it.

"Do you think Ying Xiaoya was cursed when she jumped from the building?"

"It's possible that the location of our school used to be a place where prisoners were shot. Many people died here. It is said that some students heard strange crying sounds when they passed by the school in the middle of the night!"

"After the exam last week, I came home late and saw a ghostly shadow floating over the maple forest. It scared me to death!"

"Could it be that an innocent soul is seeking his life?"

"It is said that those who celebrate their 18th birthday in school will be cursed. In the year when Maplewood High School was first built, wasn't there a girl who left a suicide note and jumped off the building on her 18th birthday? Xiaoya is 18 today. What a coincidence.

Come on..."

"It seems like there were still people missing a few years ago!"

"Is it possible that the ghost who died unjustly is cursing our school?"

Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang looked at each other.

Curse, this keyword finally appeared.

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To be continued...