She didn't understand what brother Xiao Xiao meant.
Meng Jixi reacted quickly.
After all, Master Xiao asked him this question at the beginning.
He was also puzzled by this.
He was even more annoyed that he had never noticed such an obvious abnormality before.
...
"Why did you choose to hang yourself?"
Xiao Xiao explained his problem, "Why not jump off the building or take other more convenient suicide methods?"
"It's not easy to hang yourself, is it?"
"It requires preparation and death is painful."
"Why choose it?"
"Why?"
The girl murmured and repeated it, and for a moment it even felt a bit absurd.
Isn't this...obvious...?
However, just when she was about to open her mouth to answer, she froze.
She thought she knew the answer.
She should know the answer.
However, even though she told herself this in her heart, the fact was that she opened and closed her mouth several times, but finally asked the same question.
"Yes, why?"
Why did she choose to hang herself?
Just imagining the rope tightening her neck gave her an uncomfortable feeling of suffocation.
According to her personality, even if she wanted to commit suicide, she would choose a less painful way to die, such as taking sleeping pills or jumping off a building.
She never thought that she would hang herself.
So, why?
...
Ah, she remembered.
"It's like... someone told me to hang myself."
"Keep telling me that."
"When I was having suicidal thoughts."
"I followed his advice and chose to commit suicide by hanging."
"Maybe it's my own inner thoughts?"
"Am I out of my mind?"
The girl suddenly held her head in fear.
"Just like in the movies, the voices you think you hear are just your imagination."
"But, I don't hear it now."
"Is my condition not serious? Am I already cured?"
The girl spoke incoherently and looked panicked. She looked at Xiao Xiao with hopeful eyes full of fear.
...
"Ye Xiaomeng."
Xiao Xiao reached out and pressed the girl's head slightly hard.
The girl suddenly became quiet.
"You're fine, your spirit is normal."
"Really, really?"
The girl's voice was very soft and trembling.
With careful verification.
"Um."
Xiao Xiao deserves it for granted.
"Yeah?"
A small smile appeared on the girl's downturned face, "That's great."
...
"Ye Xiaomeng."
Xiao Xiao retracted his hand and looked down at the girl, "When did you hear that voice?"
"The sound that makes you hang yourself."
Xiao Xiao paused and said, "Correct the question."
"When do you always hear that voice?"
"You must have heard that sound more than once, right?"
"Um."
The girl nodded, "I heard it many times."
"Sometimes you keep whispering in my ears."
"Very annoying."
"But, when...when?"
The girl's slender eyebrows were tangled together, "I don't know either..."
...
"Does that voice appear every time you have thoughts of suicide? Encourage you to hang yourself?"
"Um?"
Xiao Xiao's words made the girl stunned for a moment, and then she nodded sharply, "That's right."
"That's it!"
"Every time I have an idea that I can't hold on to, a voice comes to my mind."
"Because it's such a coincidence every time, I think it should be my own imagination."
"Although I don't understand why I insist on hanging?"
"It's obviously so painful to hang yourself."
Having said this, the girl looked depressed again.
She couldn't help but wonder, were what brother Xiao Xiao just said just words of comfort?
Is there really something wrong with her mentally?
...
"That's not your imagination."
Xiao Xiao's words were like a sharp sword piercing the fog in front of the girl's eyes. She blinked blankly, "...Huh?"
"Just a person with evil intentions."
Xiao Xiao said lightly, his eyes were cold.
Through the girl's narration, he almost knew who the murderer was behind the scenes.
A guy who likes to encourage people to commit suicide and hides in the dark.
...
"Having... evil intentions?"
The girl became more and more confused, "Is there someone with evil intentions... around me?"
"I do not know how?"
"I am surrounded by classmates and teachers."
...
"It's not them."
Xiao Xiao's words made the girl breathe a sigh of relief.
"Who is that?"
The girl was both curious and frightened, "I have absolutely no idea..."
...
"It's well hidden, so you don't find it."
Xiao Xiao showed a somewhat mysterious smile, "Don't worry."
"From today on, it will never appear next to you again."
"ah?"
The girl found herself like a fool, always confused and doubtful.
...
"Dingling bell~"
The bell rang for the end of get out of class, and the next second, the quiet campus became excited.
There was a faint sound of movement in the corridor.
It's approaching this way.
...
"Okay, Ye Xiaomeng, it's lunch break time."
"Let's go make up for the leave with the teacher first."
"If you want to ask for leave, just say that Mr. Police asked you something."
Xiao Xiao's words made Meng Jixi twitch his eyes.
It was obviously Master Xiao who was asking the questions all along.
"Go ahead."
...
"Brother Xiao Xiao?"
The girl felt that she still had many doubts, but looking at the smiling brother Xiao Xiao, she called out quietly and said goodbye obediently.
"Um."
"Brother Xiao Xiao, goodbye."
"Mr. Police, goodbye."
...
"Ye Xiaomeng."
Looking at the girl who was about to turn around, Xiao Xiao called out to her.
The girl tilted her head, "Huh?"
Then, she heard, "What happened to Han Rui is not your fault."
Tears welled up in her eyes.
She immediately lowered her head and reached out to cover her eyes, her palms burning.
I could vaguely hear the noise in the distance.
The girl's mind went blank.
Ah, why is she crying again?
get out of class is over now.
How to explain being seen by classmates?
But, "Xiao Rui."
A muffled sound came from her mouth.
The guilt has been tormenting her, making her heart heavy.
She did nothing to save her friend who was in despair.
she......
The sudden weight and warmth on her head made her startled.
"Ye Xiaomeng."
"do not think too much about it."
"Your words are not as important as you think."
"Besides, how can a person who is suicidal try to persuade another person who is suicidal?"
"If you can't convince yourself, how can you convince others?"
Xiao Xiao's words were clear and light, not cold, but not soft either.
"The root cause of Han Rui's suicide does not lie with you."
"You should understand that to untie the bell, you must tie the bell."
...
"Ye Xiaomeng."
"Don't let yourself fall into despair easily again."
"otherwise-"
"There are always some young people who like to take advantage of the opportunity."