As I said this, I suddenly remembered the scene of Pang Dun drooling all over me last night and felt disgusted. I hadn't paid much attention at the time, but now thinking back, damn, wasn't that drooling all over the same as the madman from the Chen family?
Thinking carefully again, damn, besides drooling and sniffling all over me last night, didn't Pang Dun seem to be constantly touching my chest when he was lying on top of me?
Thinking of this, I was a bit afraid to continue thinking further, and couldn't help but shudder.
After hearing my words, everyone finally stopped asking further questions. Seeing that everything was fine, the people in the small town greeted each other and left the house. Before leaving, each one looked at me seriously, secretly giving a thumbs up.
Pang Dun's parents scolded and started to busy themselves. It was then that I turned my attention to Wang Qian and the others, who were still standing behind me, looking at me dumbfounded, as if they didn't know me, staring at me in surprise.
I couldn't help but furrow my brow, "What are you looking at? Do I have flowers on my face?"
The few of them suddenly came to their senses and quickly shifted their gaze, feeling embarrassed. At this moment, Wang Qian, feeling both embarrassed and grateful, walked up to me and said, "Duanmu, thank you so much today; if it weren't for you, I wouldn't have known what to do."
"Oh," I said, "You don't need to thank me; just don't ask me to clean the house all the time."
"Sorry, Duanmu, it's all my fault. I won't do it next time. Please forgive me, okay?"
"Hmm," I stared at Wang Qian, and suddenly had a flash of inspiration, "By the way, I have something I want to ask you for help with. You want to thank me, right? Can you help with this favor?"
"Help?" Wang Qian hesitated and asked, "You tell me what it is first."
"It's nothing, just asking you to help me find some information, the information from the middle school in Lao Wa Town. Captain Wang, I know you're capable, so I need your help with this."
Wang Qian asked again what information it was. I said, "It's just one person's information."
"Name," Wang Qian gradually resumed her cold and decisive demeanor and spoke with a firm tone.
"Long Lanxiang," I said directly.
"Okay, wait for my message," Wang Qian said as she turned and led a few other classmates from our class away.
In the blink of an eye, there were only me and Pang Dun's family left in the room. Feeling bored, I reluctantly sat down at Pang Dun's bedside. At that moment, something extremely eerie appeared on Pang Dun's body through the mirror at the head of his bed.
Inside the mirror and outside the mirror, Pang Dun looked completely different. In the mirror, his face was pale as a sheet, hardly resembling a living person. Strangely, his body was emitting a very thick black aura, which appeared to be writhing like countless long worms, at times even burrowing into Pang Dun's body.
This black aura was the corpse energy Pang Dun absorbed yesterday. Last night I was also careless; seeing Pang Dun crying as if he were on his deathbed, I thought he was fine, but who would've known that he had already been possessed last night.
Seeing Pang Dun's appearance in the mirror, Pang Dun's father's face turned pale with fright. But without hesitation, he grabbed a willow branch and began striking at Pang Dun. With a crack, the black aura on Pang Dun's body dissipated.
As dusk approached, Pang Dun's mother finally went out with a chicken. It was at this time that I received a phone call from Wang Qian: "Duan Mu, come to the school, I've found the information you were looking for."
"What, so fast?" I couldn't help but exclaim, "Squad leader Wang is really efficient when she takes action."
Saying that, I left Pang Dun's house. When I arrived at the school, I indeed saw Wang Qian waiting at the school's football field, holding a stack of documents in her hand.
Although it was a Saturday, the school was still quite crowded, as the third-year students had to prepare for the college entrance examination and had evening self-study tonight.
As people passed by me and Wang Qian on the football field, many of them couldn't help but stop and sneak a glance. There was a slightly surprised look in their eyes, "Wang Qian is usually so aloof and arrogant, she ignores all the men, who is this guy sitting with her."
In the school, Wang Qian was quite well-known, after all, her appearance spoke for itself. Moreover, Wang Qian's aloofness was famous in the school. Many rich and handsome boys from the school had pursued Wang Qian, but all they got was a cold shoulder.
The school was full of people, and as soon as I sat down, there were people murmuring around me, making me feel helpless. But I didn't bother to care and just picked up the document Wang Qian handed me and started reading.
At this time, Wang Qian said, "Long Lanxiang, from Sichuan, she has been teaching at our school for two years. For some unknown reason, she suddenly died by the small river in town nine years ago."
"How did she die?" I asked eagerly.
"I don't know, it's not recorded in the information," Wang Qian said disappointedly.
As she spoke, I glanced through the information and eventually handed it back to Wang Qian in disappointment. The information only detailed Long Lanxiang's teaching materials and did not document how she died.
At this moment, Wang Qian suddenly asked, "Duan Mu, how do you know Long Lanxiang? Why do you need her information?"
Shaking my head, I replied, "It's nothing really, just curious. If we can't find it, forget about it."
I furrowed my brow inwardly; although a teacher's death was not honorable, it would not be omitted so carelessly. Some schools even use a teacher's death as a kind of propaganda to show dedication and responsibility.
Yet Long Lanxiang's information only briefly mentioned her death, which could only mean that someone deliberately concealed the circumstances of her death.
"Wang Squad Leader, thank you for today. It's okay if we can't find it, you can take the documents back," I said.
"Hmm," Wang Qian looked a bit disappointed as she picked up the documents to leave. Suddenly, she turned back and said, "Duan Mu, how about I treat you to a meal?"
"Huh?" I looked at Wang Qian in surprise, "Squad Leader Wang is actually offering to treat me to a meal? Am I seeing things?"
"Are you coming or not? You're dragging your feet over a simple meal. Do you think I want to treat you?" Wang Qian suddenly turned stern, her expression changing.
Slightly taken aback, I hurriedly replied, "Okay, okay, I'll come."
While talking, I had already walked to the side of Wang Qian, just about to leave, when a voice came from behind: "Wait a moment, you guys."
Hearing the voice, both I and Wang Qian were puzzled and quickly turned back to see, only to find it was the old security guard, Mr. Li, from the school. It is said that this old man had been a security guard at the school for a decade or two. His time at the school was several years older than the students' age.
When he called me, I hesitated for a moment and pointed to myself, saying, "Mr. Li, did you call us?"
Mr. Li suddenly approached and said, "Just now, were you asking about Long Lanxiang?"
"Yes," I nodded, "that was us."
Mr. Li looked around suddenly and asked, "What were you asking about her for?"
"Hmm?" I sensed that Mr. Li was acting strange and asked, "Mr. Li, do you know something? Can you tell us?"
"No, no, no, I don't know," Mr. Li said, then looked around again and suddenly ran away.
Seeing this situation, both Wang Qian and I stood still for a moment before chasing after him, "Mr. Li."
However, the old man was running like a rabbit and had already disappeared.