As he came out of the school building, Xiao Mo walked under the flagpole by some sort of divine intervention. He didn't know if it was his illusion or subconsciousness playing tricks on him, but he could still smell a strong bloody odor here. He lifted his head and looked up at the blood-stained top, and immediately, the tragic scene of four people hanging from above appeared in his mind.

  Xiao Mo shuddered and subconsciously took two steps back, but his gaze did not move away. Faintly, he felt that this flagpole was somewhat strange, with no iron wires visible on its bare surface. It should be known that a flagpole is used for raising flags, and there should be many iron wires wrapped around it, so that as long as the flag is hung and the wire axis is pulled, the flag can slowly rise into the air.

  But there was nothing on the flagpole, and if it weren't for its position on the square platform, he would have doubted whether it was a flagpole at all. Xiao Mo took two more steps forward and stood on the square platform under the flagpole, carefully examining its base.

  There he saw a bundle of iron wires tangled together, and he tried to pull them out, but found that the wires had already gone deep into the ground. He used all his strength but couldn't pull out even a little bit.

  Xiao Mu couldn't help but feel ridiculous, that he would actually take an interest in a dead object. He shook his head and walked down from the four-sided platform. He had intended to leave quickly, but suddenly heard Huang Liang's shout from behind him:

  "Xiao Muo, wait for me."

  Xiao Mo turned his head and saw Huang Liang running towards him. He had thought that Huang Liang was still in the classroom, so he couldn't help but feel a little surprised when he saw him now.

  "I thought you were staying."

  "I did choose to stay behind, but the class leader said we still need to wait another day and see, and will call those who stayed behind on Sunday to discuss the details of the investigation."

  Xiao Mo sighed, feeling inexplicably disheartened. He had hoped that Huang Liang wouldn't intervene in this matter either. This included the idea of not wanting Huang Liang to take risks, as well as the selfish thought of seeking balance within himself.

  On the way back, Xiao Mo hesitated for a moment before persuading Huang Liang:

  "The police can't even figure out what's going on, what can you few do? Our class is full of eerie vibes all over the place, it's hard to say if we stay any longer..."

  "I know."

  Xiao Mo hadn't finished speaking when Huang Liang interrupted him, and then he heard him say:

  "I may not have known Youshan for a long time, but I still understand that kid somewhat. Although he likes to fool around every day, he is actually very down-to-earth and doesn't have any tricks up his sleeve. In this age, people like Youshan are even rarer than giant pandas!"

  "How could such a good person die in such an unclear and unjust manner? As a friend, how can I just stand by and do nothing?"

  Xiao Mo stood by and listened, speechless. It wasn't that he felt ashamed or embarrassed, but rather that he didn't know what to say.

  Huang Liang finished speaking in a low voice, and was also afraid that Xiao Mo would misunderstand his meaning. At this time, he suddenly heard him say:

  "Let's not talk about this anymore, it's still a while before dark, I'll just go sit at your place for a bit."

  "Good."

  Xiao Xiao actually didn't like bringing people home, so he had never invited Huang Liang and the others before. If it wasn't for Huang Liang mentioning it today, wanting to go to his place would probably have been put off again.

  Huang Liang followed Xiao Mo's twists and turns, and soon there was no one in sight around them. Huang Liang was clearly visiting this area for the first time, so he looked extremely surprised.

  Xiao Mo saw the look of surprise on Huang Liang's face and smiled, saying:

  "When I first moved here, I was also shocked by the environment here. I don't know why there is still such a barren land in this modern city."

  Huang Liang nodded slightly, but didn't say a word.

  The two continued walking, with almost no conversation along the way. Finally, after crossing a muddy dirt road, they saw that extremely old building.

  As they reached the outside of the corridor, Xiao Mo raised his hand and pointed upwards:

  "We're here, let's go up."

  Xiao Mo was just about to go up when he heard Huang Liang say with a difficult expression:

  "That..."

  Xiao Mo thought Huang Liang was worried that this was a dilapidated building and hastily explained:

  "What's wrong? This building is a bit old, but it shouldn't collapse."

  Huang Liang's strange expression didn't change, but he still nodded and followed Xiao Mo up.

  As soon as I went upstairs, I saw my neighbor Wang Dama carrying trash down the stairs. When she saw Xiao Mo, she smiled and asked:

  "Did you bring your friend back today?"

  "Uh, he is my classmate."

  Wang's mother smiled and nodded at Huang Liang's hint, then went downstairs.

  Huang Liang asked Xiao Mo at this time:

  "Who were you just talking to?"

  "Ah, it's Wang Dama who lives next door."

  Afterwards, Xiao Mo didn't see any more familiar faces and led Huang Liang back to his home.

  Huang Liang Bian looked around curiously and asked Xiao Mo:

  "Do you usually live here by yourself? What about your uncle and aunt?"

  "As for myself, I live here but my parents are abroad and rarely return to the country."

  Huang Liang nodded, and then he came to Xiao Mo's bedroom. As soon as he entered, the round mirror opposite him, which was as tall as a person, caught his attention. A mirror of this size is not uncommon, what is uncommon is that the mirror is facing directly at the door.

  "With such a big mirror standing opposite the door, aren't you afraid when getting up at night to go to the toilet?"

  "It's fine, this mirror was already here when I moved in, so I just didn't bother moving it."

  Xiao Mo smiled and walked over, handing the drink to Huang Liang. Huang Liang took the drink and returned to Xiao Mo's desk. Seeing that the desk was piled high with all sorts of horror books, Huang Liang swallowed his saliva and couldn't help but ask:

  "I really can't tell, you're actually interested in this kind of book."

  "I'm just bored and looking around."

  At this time, Xiao Mo also sat down, and Huang Liang suddenly lost his voice, the room was instantly quiet to an extreme.

  Xiao Mo couldn't take the oppression and quickly changed the subject:

  "Do you know what happened when I went to the police station to make a statement that day? I discovered something very strange."

  Huang Liang's hand holding the drink trembled and he hastily asked:

  "What's wrong?"

  "You should know about the trouble I had with Tomoyama those two days, right?"

  "Friend Shanyan told me, he said to me, you said he gave you a harassing phone call in the middle of the night, crying out for help. But he told me that the call wasn't made by him."

  At these words, a hint of self-reproach flashed across Xiao Mo's face, and he nodded slightly.

  "At that time, Tomari didn't lie, he didn't call me for help those two days, but the one who called was him."

  Huang Liang looked at Xiao Mo with a puzzled expression, clearly not understanding the meaning of the sentence. Xiao Mo looked back and explained again in detail:

  "Yoyama also called me on the day he was killed, and the content of the call was no different from the previous two times, all shouting for help. At first, I always thought it was a wolf came story, Yoyama's calls in the past two days were pranks, and the last one was real."

  It wasn't until later at the police station that I realized those three phone calls were all real, because Tomoe had called me a total of three times on the day he was killed!

  But for some reason, I received two calls two days ago! And at that time, Tomoyama had not yet encountered danger!

  Huang Liang felt a chill run down his spine as he listened, and suddenly broke out in goosebumps. This matter was really too strange. But it also further confirmed his speculation, Zhang You-shan's death was absolutely not a simple homicide, but... a vengeful spirit killing!!!

  Huang Liang didn't speak for half a day, and the air in the room was a bit solidified. Just as Xiao Mo was about to find a topic, Huang Liang spoke first:

  "If I'm guessing correctly, Tomoe called you because he thinks you know something or there's a possibility that you can save him."

  This time it was Xiao Mo who looked shocked: "Why would you say that?"

  "You think, two days ago you questioned him about the harassment phone calls, he must have been extremely depressed at that time. Later, for some reason, he came to school in the middle of the night and went through a series of unbelievable things, which in his opinion were not something the police could solve, so he thought of you."

  Because he mentioned to you that he once called you at midnight, shouting for you to go to the school playground to save him. At that time, your words coincidentally resembled his experience at that time, giving him an illusion that you could predict the future, so he chose to call you.

  Huang Liang's words kept echoing in Xiao Mo's mind, the more he thought about it, the more reasonable it seemed, and at this moment, a cold sweat broke out on his body.

  However, Huang Liang's words did not end there, and he continued in a serious tone:

  "Also, there's something else I don't know if you're aware of?"