white night syndrome

Chapter 223 191. The rising sorrow (please order the full version)

No one knew what Yuzi's family environment was like, but just by looking at her father's comments about her, they seemed to have some clues.

"Then can we go to Yuzu's room and have a look?"

"That's the room." The man frowned to express his disgust, then pointed in a random direction, then slumped back on the sofa and continued drinking. "If you have any more questions, ask them as soon as possible. Maybe I won't be in the mood to answer them later. It’s over.”

"The questions have been asked for now."

Li Ming nodded slightly, ignored the man's shouting and anger, and walked straight to Yuzi's room.

As soon as he entered, a smell of dust hit his face.

Yuzi's room is not big, but it is warmly decorated. There is a desk and bookshelf on the left side, and a wardrobe and bed on the right side. There is a big bear doll on the bed.

Li Ming walked gently to the desk, where Yuzi's diary and a photo were placed.

A large part of the front of the diary has been torn out, and the entries for the past few days are written in elegant handwriting:

"January [-]rd, golden sun, sunny

Today I came home and my father was drinking again. He has been like this since my mother passed away. The smell of alcohol has never disappeared from him. There is no trace of the gentle man before. Why?Why did my father become a demon?
I have worked very hard to work outside, why can't my father let me go?If only my mother had not passed away, I wouldn't be like this now. "

"January [-]th, Thursday, yin
The drawing of the manga has to be postponed again. Today, the script written by Natsume was thrown away by the group of people again. When they found it again, it was covered with footprints and sewage, and it was impossible to see what was written on it.

Although Natsume has been comforting me, is it too much to waste other people's hard work like this? "

"January 21st, a sunny day, cloudy
That gang came to see me again this morning. Can't they let me go?What is going to happen? !What to do? !How can we escape from here? "

There are water stains on the paper on this page. It seems that water droplets have fallen on the paper, and the handwriting looks particularly dark.

"February [-]th, Sunday, heavy rain

The umbrella I had been using all day today was taken away by that group of people again, so I had to go home in the rain.

Sure enough, when he saw me coming home in the rain, the man started scolding me again, with a bad smell of alcohol on his body. I lay back on the bed and wished I could sleep forever, as long as I didn't wake up. "

"February [-], a sunny day, cloudy

The rooftop of the school is surprisingly cool. "

The photo on the table is the portrait of my mother, which stands out in the dusty room because its surface is very clean and it looks well-preserved.

There was a big bear doll on the bed, and the bed was made very clean.

Li Dang carefully examined the bed with grief. He found an object wrapped in cloth sandwiched between the bed and the wall. After removing the cloth, there was a well-bound picture book inside.

It should be the one mentioned in the diary...

The picture book is bound with ordinary lead drawing paper. It can be seen that it has been well preserved. The picture book tells the story of a very mediocre hero who saves a beauty. Turn to the last page and it says "When will my hero be?" Come to save me?" Such words.

The picture book only has a cover, but no back cover.

At present, all the clues obtained can prove that Yuzi is not happy at school and at home. Under such double torture, she is forced to choose the path of suicide.

But as the circumstances of the case become clearer, the suicide becomes more ambiguous.

"This way..."

Following the sound, Kurosawa was standing near a very well-made stuffed bear doll. She found that the color of the sewing thread on its neck was incompatible with the surroundings. Li Hao curiously pinched the neck of the doll, and he felt something like something inside. There was some paper-like object stuffed inside.

After taking it out, I found that it was a folded piece of paper with the words written in elegant handwriting——

"Don't believe their words, don't believe what you see before your eyes, don't believe this world!"

What does it mean……?
Looking elsewhere, there are rows of comics and drawing books neatly placed on the bookshelves in the room. There are many categories of comics, and they all seem to be hot comics recently, and they are all complete sets. Look It appears to be well preserved.

Li Ming soon discovered that there was a storybook on the bookshelf that seemed out of place with the other comics.

The storybook is an ordinary chicken soup book, the kind where a story tells you a truth. One of the pages is dog-eared. That night is a story like this:
"One day in the 70s, three British scientists, William, Mushint, and Hedy, went from London to Scotland to attend a scientific research conference. Shortly after crossing the British border, they discovered a black goat.

"It's really interesting," said astronomer William. "The goats in Scotland are all black."

"Mr. William, it is unreliable for you to infer something without extensive evidence." Physicist Musint said to William, "As for the issue of black goats in Scotland, we can only draw the following conclusions: In Scotland Some of the goats in this place are black, but not all.”

Logician Hedi immediately continued: "Mr. Mussint, your conclusion is not rigorous. The only conclusion we are really sure of at this time is that in this area of ​​Scotland, there is at least one place where at least one person lives. A black goat."

There is only one sentence at the end of this chicken soup story——

"This story tells us that we cannot be preconceived and look at things one-sidedly."

Li Ming squinted his eyes. He seemed to be caught up in obtaining scattered clues again. Perhaps he had been wandering around in a daydream, which made his spirit a little tense and his state a little mixed, so for a while The child did not react.

At the same time, he saw a black and red strip of cloth in the closet with some words written in gold. After investigation, he found that it was a Taekwondo belt, which had reached the level of a red and black belt, and the next step was a black belt.

Yuzi is actually a red and black belt in Taekwondo...

So why was she bullied?

She obviously had the ability to protect herself, but she still came to an end under these seemingly trivial tortures.

Li Ming thought of a metaphor that was not very appropriate: a thousand-mile embankment collapsed due to ants.

When everything in the room was investigated, everyone heard a whisper. The sound was very subtle, as if it was about to dissipate at any time.

The voice seemed to be a female one, begging and crying.

"Help...please...you..." A sense of sadness arose spontaneously, and everyone realized that they could no longer stay in this room. The longer the time passed, the more intense the sadness in their hearts became.

Back in the living room, the alcoholic father had fallen asleep again and burped from time to time.

Hoshino Kei wanted to go up and beat him up, but was stopped by Li Ming.

"Don't forget the identities we play now. It's no wonder that you, Hoshino, can't be a police officer in your life." Li Ming smiled bitterly, "Although we know the specific situation of Yuzi, we can't interfere with other people's families. "

After leaving Yuzi's house, as soon as they walked out of the door, everyone saw a petite figure walking towards them in the distance.

It was a female high school student wearing glasses, braided and carrying a bag, walking towards Yuzu's house.

"You guys are..."

Seeing the people standing at the door, the girl took the initiative to ask.

"Miss Zecheng invited us here." Li Ming pursed his lips, "We are currently investigating the root cause of the Yuzu incident. Can you answer some questions? Let me introduce myself first. My name is Li Ming, from Ikebukuro. Police station.”

"I'm Natsume Haru, I'm Yuzu's friend. To be honest, I often can't find Yuzu recently. We used to go home together, but now I always go home alone. Ikebukuro is so big, and I don't know where Yuzu goes. Where is it..." As he spoke, Natsume's voice became softer and softer, and his mood seemed very low.

How is this going?

Isn’t everyone aware of the Yuzi falling incident?

Natsume and Yuzu are in the same school, so she should know this. Why does she still look like this...

"Didn't Yuzi fall from the building?" Jiang Wenkan held his hands and asked, "Isn't it normal that she didn't go home with you?"

"Isn't Yuzu alive?" Natsume was very confused by Jiang Wenkan's words. She blinked, "But if you fall..." Natsume didn't continue, "I... I'm here to deliver homework to Yuzi. .”

Natsume answered the question and quickly took out the key, opened the door to Yuzu's house, and walked into the room. Not long after, she walked out with her bag on her back.

Li Ming looked at each other and nodded slightly.

"So Natsume, can you take us to school? We want to know how Yuzu behaves in school. This is what Miss Zecheng entrusted us with."

"Well..." Natsume thought for a moment and nodded, "Then let me do it."

The few of them were silent all the way to Yuzi's high school——

Liye High School.

Under the guidance of Natsume, everyone came to Class A of the second year, which was located on the second floor of the new classroom.

The whole five people acted together and became a sight in the university. Everyone's eyes were focused on them. After seeing their destination, their doubts turned into indifference.

Just like an ordinary class, the classroom is neatly arranged with tables and chairs. Because it is after school time, the students in Class A are playing and playing in the class.

Li Meng immediately noticed that there was a table in the corner, which seemed incompatible with the eager atmosphere in the class. The table was far away from the other seats.

At the same time, he noticed that although the students around him occasionally looked at the five strangers, they quickly averted their eyes, and then whispered to their companions, showing mocking expressions from time to time.

"Um, is he Ibi's friend?"

"I don't know, but if you are friends with Ibi, it's better not to get close. Hehe, there might be trouble."

That sense of sadness emerged more and more...

Li Ming suppressed his anger and turned away, continuing to check the tabletop of the desk, and finally he found a crumpled book inside.

The book is a very ordinary lined book, but it is full of comics. Although the entire comic is very simple, there are only rough storyboards and notes. There is basically no outline in it, and the notes only mention a few words like "Write the outline when the project is done" It’s good to fill it in~~!” and other words.

This is the picture book in the diary.

Next door to the classroom is the art room. On the left side of the art room are the students' lockers. In the right corner are drawing boards and easels, with many stools stacked up.

A few scattered students were practicing sketching in the classroom. Beside the wall in front of them, leaning against a transformation wrapped tightly in cloth.

On the locker, Kurosawa found a black bag. Hanging on the bag was a plastic bear pendant that was exactly the same as Yuzu's doll, with Yuzu's name paper on the side.

Opening the bag, in addition to the utensils that had been opened for a long time, there was also a box of brand new paints. The paint box was tightly wrapped in a transparent plastic film and had not yet been opened.

On the back of the paint box, written in black marker, were the words "Happy birthday! Yuzu~!" The signature behind it was Hayami.

It can be seen that Yuzu still had some pure friendships with Hayami and Natsume in school.

Li Ming quietly walked to the painting and opened the painting wrapped in cloth. The painting was an oil painting with very delicate brushstrokes. The painting showed a knight in armor slashing at a demon with a sword.

The picture frame of the painting is gold, and there is a note on the right side of the picture frame "No. 20 Tateno Middle School Art Competition Gold Award "Baptism of Blood"" signed by Ibi Yuzu.

Li Deng stared at the knight in the painting, and felt inexplicably that his charm was somewhat similar to that of Yuzu, but could that Yuzu really "swing a sword"?

"Um...excuse me, classmates, can you tell me about Yuzi? The incident we are investigating has something to do with her." Jiang Wenkan raised his eyebrows, slammed his hands and made a loud noise, trying to attract the students in the classroom Attention, "Let me introduce myself first. My name is Jiang Wenkan. I am from Ikebukuro Police Station and I am a police officer, so I hope you can tell me everything."

"Really? Are you really a police officer..." The students present put down their pens and started a heated discussion.

"It's true." Jiang Wenkan laughed.

"Yuzi stopped coming to the art room in February or March. Her painting tools were always left in the art room and she didn't come to pick them up..."

"By the way, Yuzi is also the favorite student of the school's art teacher. That painting is also Yuzi's work. He won the gold medal in the school competition before. There is no reason for him not to come to the art room for class."

"You keep asking us, but you can't get any more clues. Why don't you ask Yuzu's homeroom teacher, Mr. Takeuchi, who is on the fourth floor of the new school building." A boy wearing glasses raised his hand and said.

(End of this chapter)