Manual of the Monster in City

64 A Bad Premonition

Her ex-boyfriend Zhou Ming told them that Senior Sister Zhuang Yan fell ill.

    Xiao Shanshan explained to Jia Qingming on the way to the 414 club activity room on the fourth floor.

    According to Zhou Ming, Senior Sister Zhuang Yan fell ill suddenly. There was no special sign before that, or her gaunt appearance in the previous few weeks was the cause of this illness.

    Zhou Ming also learned the news from Zhuang Yan’s mother. Zhuang Yan’s mother always knew about the relationship between the two of them. So she naturally contacted him if something like this happened. Although Zhou Ming had broken up with Zhuang Yan, It seems that this matter is still inextricably linked to him.

    Zhou Ming has always felt very guilty about this incident. He brought up the breakup, and the reason was that it was a little bit bloody, like some third-rate TV series. Because Zhou Ming himself was a sports student and his grades were not very good, he would naturally choose sports-related majors and schools for the college entrance examination, so that his grades would also get bonus points because of sports.

    At the beginning, Zhuang Yan's grades were not so good, she was just a well-known good student and a good girl. As for Zhou Ming, a handsome and sunny sportsman. To outsiders, the two have always been a very good pair. Although there is a big difference in grades, Zhou Ming, who is not good at sitting in the classroom and reading, can still rely on his sweat on the playground to catch up with Zhuang Yan. pace of.

    But after entering the high school stage, Zhuang Yan's grades soared, and soon reached a level that he could not even reach... Shenting County Middle School ranked first.

    According to the practice of the high school of Shenting Middle School, such students are expected to be among the top schools in China every year. And with Zhou Ming's legs, he couldn't have such a beautiful future.

    It is precisely because of this that Zhuang Yan's mother specifically went to him. What she meant was that she hoped that Zhou Ming would no longer "entangle" Zhuang Yan, and the central idea was naturally to think about her future.

    Zhou Ming seems to have long felt that there is such a day, and he himself has heard that there are many middle school couples who later went to different universities and were gradually separated by time and distance. He was always scared in his heart, but in fact, his bonus points couldn’t keep up with her, and he couldn’t move forward with her...

    So, he thought for a while and agreed to what Zhuang Yan's mother said, cruelly broke up with Zhuang Yan.

    There is no such exaggerated choice as "give you millions and let you leave her" in idol dramas, only realistic and heavy...future, future...

    However, no one thought that things would turn out to be like this. In the beginning, Senior Sister Zhuang Yan seemed to be just normal pain and sadness after breaking up, but gradually she lost control.

    "But... why did you come to the Monster Incident Investigation Agency when something like this happened?" Jia Qingming finally couldn't help asking after hearing Xiao Shanshan's explanation.

    After all, in this world, there are still a few people who believe in such strange things.

    "Senior Qingming, you are so stupid." Xiao Shanshan stuck out his tongue and said, "Of course I am here to ask the student president for such a thing, so how can I find a Monster Incident Investigation Agency."

    Okay, this finally makes people feel a little more normal.

    While they were talking, the two had reached the activity room on the fourth floor, but now only Edogawa was in the activity room, and the others were not there.

    "Let’s have a simple meeting. I can’t find Li Guisheng for a while, maybe I’m hiding somewhere... Yuan Xuechang, this class is a physics experiment class. You know, this kind of experiment class is easy and fun. It has nothing to do with taking the test, and I can't bear to delay others. Just the three of us."

    "Okay, did you find anything?"

    "Yesterday..." Edogawa pushed his black-rimmed glasses and said, "Although we could not contact the senior, we continued to track the whereabouts of Senior Sister Zhuang Yan after school. This time we arranged for more staff. After school, Senior Sister Zhuang Yan went in the opposite direction from her home, which is the Shell Road we investigated before. This time, we arranged for the members to squat on Shell Road in advance to prevent reappearance like last time. The situation is lost."

    "I didn't miss it this time." Xiao Shanshan sighed helplessly. Without going on, Jia Qingming also knew the results of the tracking.

    "But I still found nothing. However, it is certain that Zhuang Yan-senpai is indeed looking for something at Shell Road..." Edogawa-san said. "But she didn't find it this time, and went home very lost."

    "And the incident that Senior Sister Zhuang Yan fell ill happened this morning. Mother Zhuang Yan said that she didn't get up in the morning, and her room was locked again. After a lot of troubles, she forcibly opened the door. But she found her lying down. On the bed, her complexion was pale and she had fallen into a coma. Zhuang Yan's mother immediately called an ambulance and sent Senior Sister Zhuang Yan to the hospital, but the doctor said she was just a little tired." Xiao Shanshan continued.

    "Yeah. To sum up, although this matter seems to be a trivial matter, the doctors in the hospital did not pay much attention to it after learning about the situation. It seems that this is a very common thing. After all, Senior Sister Zhuang Yan is Senior high school students are facing tremendous pressure from the college entrance examination. Not long ago, they had lost love and their grades plummeted. Therefore, it is normal for this situation to occur. It's just..."

    "It's just that after this incident, Senior Sister Zhuang Yan's mother felt more and more that the situation was not quite right, but now no one believes her and thinks it is just an ordinary senior high school syndrome. Both students and parents have the same mentality. Because of this pressure, it fluctuates too much. Therefore, they are mainly focused on diversion and persuasion. After all, no disease has been found in medicine, and no one can judge anything without basis." Xiao Shanshan said.

    Two of you, you and I will explain clearly to Jia Qingming the information you currently have about this matter.

    "But now... we really don’t have a good way to do it, and the investigation is stopped here. Instead, I arranged for members of the Student Union to investigate the Shell Road. For example, shops on the street, passersby, and the old man walking by the side of the road. Ah, in short, it’s all about Senior Sister Zhuang Yan, but...very little useful information is available. At most, someone saw what she was looking for on this street. It was the same as our previous investigation, but No one knows more information."

    For Jia Qingming, he knew something about the things they hadn't figured out yet...about the shop that has mysterious power hidden in Shenting County, the shop that fulfills the wishes.

    But he didn't know how to explain the existence of that kind of thing to these people, or even if he said that they would probably be some strange legend.

    The crux of the problem now is, what exactly did Senior Sister Zhuang Yan steal from the Heaven Pavilion?

    According to Miss Bai Ling's statement, Zhuang Yan has changed her most wanted... wish?

    "Then... what should we do?" Jia Qingming asked.

    "Looking at it now, the clues have been cut off. Since the tracking method is not working well, we have to ask Senior Sister Zhuang Yan in person." Edogawa said.

    "Ask in person?" Jia Qingming was a little surprised. Most people don't speak bluntly about this kind of thing, right?

    "Yeah. So I have arranged for members of the Student Union to visit Senior Sister Zhuang Yan in the hospital after school. Today is exactly Friday, and tomorrow is a day off, so everyone has time. We plan to visit more people and have a good time. The atmosphere will make her relax. Then, after I dismiss them, I plan to talk to Senior Sister Zhuang Yan in person."

    "That's the only way." Jia Qingming said.

    Such measures can only be said to be better than nothing.

    Of course, Jia Qingming knew that there was another way to track down, which was from Miss Bai Ling. It's okay to pay more, in short, he must know the ins and outs of this matter from Miss Bai Ling...

    He cannot let this matter go on.

    Because he faintly felt that this road seemed to be leading to... a very bad future.

    He didn't know exactly what this premonition was, but the only thing he could know was that such thoughts lingered, surging strongly in his chest. Bai Ling once said that his hunch was very accurate because he was a manager with a heavenly eye, different from ordinary people.

    After school, a dozen people in the student union went to the flower shop to buy flowers together and then bought fruit baskets in a small shop near the hospital.

    Yuan Mu-mutou's arrival caused another sensation among the nurses in Shenting County Central Hospital. It seemed that wherever they went, one could see sneaky nurse trainees in white nurse uniforms, and they were ganging up to peek at this. Cold-faced male god.

    Such an expressionless but unexpectedly popular guy is really annoying... Jia Qingming thought so, tears of jealousy shed in his heart.

    "Thank you." Senior Sister Zhuang Yan said politely, "I'm fine. Really, thank you for your concern."

    Despite what she said, Jia Qingming could still see her very pale face, which contrasted with the all-white layout of the hospital, and this face made her tired dark circles appear deeper, and...

    And the darker air lingering between her brows.

    The members of the student union rushed to comfort her. Senior Sister Zhuang Yan could only try to squeeze a polite smile from the corner of her mouth. She was a very well-tutored girl, no wonder she was so popular in school.

    Only now, when she was in the hospital bed, she looked haggard and had a morbid sense of thinness, weak and windy, like a delicate flower in a greenhouse.

    "Okay, everyone, Senior Sister Zhuang Yan needs a good rest, and rest for a while, everyone should go back first. I have a few words with Senior Sister Zhuang Yan." I feel that the atmosphere has almost become lively, and it turns into a feeling Before being upset, Xiao Shanshan dismissed them in time.

    Jia Qingming glanced at Xiao Shanshan, and she nodded to him, meaning "wrap it on me".

    He turned his gaze to Senior Sister Zhuang Yan and found that she was staring at him at the same time. Did...recognize him? That day when she met in the narrow alley leading to Stealing Heaven Pavilion, although she didn't look at him, she just passed by him without looking back, but the narrow alley was surrounded by dark alleys, saying that she didn't see him at all. Is impossible.

    Now her eyes seemed to have a pleading meaning...

    She doesn't want...don't want him to tell me about the store...

    Jia Qingming seemed to read her heartfelt voice for an instant, the strong heartfelt condensed into a spirit, which was "heard" by his heavenly eyes.

    why? What kind of wish did she... exchange for?

    Jia Qingming walked out of the ward, Yuan Mu-mutou and Edogawa were already waiting in the corridor outside.

    Now there are only two people left in the single ward, she and Sister Zhuang Yan. The quiet after the excitement seems to be able to shorten the distance between people. Jia Qingming can only hope that Xiao Shanshan’s sharp teeth are here. This critical moment worked.

    After a while, Xiao Shanshan came out of the ward, but she still shook her head.

    "Senior Sister Zhuang Yan is very polite to others, but...she refused to say what happened, and just told me that it was okay. Just rest and rest."

    "I hope it's really okay," Yuan Mutou said.

    "Yeah, maybe it really is the third year syndrome," Edogawa said. "Suddenly I am worried about myself in two years."

    "I am also very worried about me next year." Helpless Jia Qingming.

    "No... I think there must be something wrong with it." Xiao Shanshan insisted. "In fact, this morning, Senior Sister Zhuang Yan's boyfriend Zhou Ming told me another thing."