Absurd deduction game

The rain was pouring down, the wind chime at the door of the bookstore rang, and a girl in her early twenties hurriedly opened the door and walked in with a hint of embarrassment.

The clerk in the bookstore looked up at her and found that the girl's bangs were all wet and stuck to her forehead. He asked sympathetically: Would you like to come in to take shelter from the rain?

Yeah, it's raining too much. Facing the kind-hearted clerk, the girl smiled. She looked very sweet, and her two cute dimples made people love her even more when she smiled.

The clerk said nothing and watched the girl put away the black folding umbrella and put it beside the door of the bookstore together with the umbrellas of other customers, and then straightened the wet sweater.

Today is November 3rd, the autumn mood is getting thicker, the air is damp and cold, the girl is already wearing a little thin clothes, and she is shivering from the cold.

Fortunately, the heater was turned on in the bookstore, otherwise I would have caught a cold.

Seeing that the rainstorm would not stop for a while, the girl sighed softly, found a seat, ordered a cup of milk tea, picked up a detective novel and started reading.

The black hair that fell down her shoulders was smooth and docile, making her look very well-behaved and eye-catching.

In the corner, a man wearing a thick jacket, a black mask and a peaked cap of the same color raised his eyes and stared at her, his eyes cold and excited.

The girl's cell phone on the table vibrated.

She glanced at the caller ID and opened the lock screen to answer it.

What's wrong Jiang Pan?

On the other side of the phone, a man's voice was a little helpless, and it reached her ears smoothly.

Xinyi, is it raining heavily over there? My plane has been delayed. They say the flight to Fuhua City can't take off due to heavy rain.

Han Xinyi touched her wet clothes, laughed, and whispered: The rain was heavy and the wind was strong. I originally wanted to go to the shopping mall near my home to buy something, but halfway through, my clothes were all wet and I couldn't hold up an umbrella. Can't save me.

So, what about you now? Jiang Pan looked a little concerned.

Han Xinyi's eyes fell on the book in front of her. On the opened page of this detective novel, it read:

The girl hid under the bed in horror. The bedroom door was pushed open and a pair of cheap rain boots stepped in. From her perspective, she could only see the intruder's knees and a small tip of a rusty knife.

She suppressed the inexplicable chill on her back and took a sip of sweet milk tea: Now... I found a bookstore on the road to take shelter from the rain. I will leave when the rain subsides. When can your plane take off?

Oh, don't worry, I won't miss the old classmates' reunion tomorrow. It's just that my plan to have fun in Fuhua City for two days has been ruined. Jiang Pan has a good personality, and he said it with a smile in his voice, which made him laugh. People feel relaxed.

The two chatted for a while. Han Xinyi restrained her voice and tried not to disturb other people's reading. As they just chatted, she always felt like someone was looking at her.

With a trace of suspicion, she looked around and saw everyone looking down at books, and a few children who looked like junior high school students were gathering together to do homework.

Everything is normal.

She frowned, secretly thinking that she might have had the illusion because she was reading a detective novel with some horror overtones.

She pursed her lips, and her brief silence was noticed by Jiang Pan on the other end of the phone. Jiang Pan asked, What's wrong? Xinyi, am I wrong?... Do you like sweet things like tofu?

No, I can accept both sweet and salty. Han Xinyi couldn't laugh or cry. She didn't want to get involved in the sweet-salty-salty dispute. She was just about to continue chatting when Jiang Pan suddenly remembered something.

Xinyi, I heard that a murderer appeared in Fuhua City recently?

Han Xinyi was stunned by the sudden change of topic: Ah... yes.

I heard that the perverted killer likes to commit crimes on rainy days. You have to be careful and never go to a place with few people.

Hearing Jiang Pan's concern, Han Xinyi smiled sweetly, even though the person on the other end of the phone couldn't see it: Actually... that person killed young men. Maybe he hated men with certain characteristics. I should support him. It’s safe. Thank you for your concern.”

After chatting for a few more words, the call was hung up.

Han Xinyi continued to read with her head down, and turned to the next page. The book said——

The intruder seemed to know that she was here, but like a cat playing with a mouse, he wandered around the bedroom leisurely, as if he knew that she did not dare to come out from under the bed. The soles of his shoes collided with the floor, making a dull sound. He was waiting for her to gradually collapse. He wanted to appreciate her most frightened expression, a realization that made the girl cover her mouth and tears well up in her eyes.

He finally finished inspecting the territory like an inspector. His rain boots stopped beside the bed. Now, the girl could only see the toe of the shoe. Suddenly, the intruder squatted down and entered with his gloved hands. The girl looked at the intruder holding the sharp knife tightly and slashing it on the floor as if torturing, making a harsh sound.

Her nose was enlarged, and her whole body was as stiff as a corpse. Different from the corpse, there was only the sound of increasingly rapid breathing. I am going to die, right? That knife will cut my skin like the floor. It must be very painful. It hurts... The girl closed her eyes in despair. Look, Dad, what you said before you died is absolutely correct. Some people are as humble as rats in the sewer in order to survive, while some people only need to step on a well-known road. If you stick to the line of humanity, you can start to decide whether others will live or die.

Hmm... Whether it was because of the novel or because Jiang Pan mentioned the serial murderer who had caused panic recently, Han Xinyi felt like she was being watched again.

This time, she noticed a man in the corner wearing a black cap and mask.

The man was looking down at a book, but his stern and almost fully armed appearance aroused Han Xinyi's uneasiness.

What am I thinking about... After staring at the man for a while, Han Xinyi was shocked to realize that she was very rude and used her imagination to make malicious guesses about a stranger.

I'm sorry, I'm sorry. She muttered twice in her heart, and she stopped thinking about it. When the rain subsided a little, she planned to leave.

A quarter of the way through the novel, Han Xinyi thought it was quite interesting, so she glanced at the title and author.

This is a mystery novel called Rot, and the author's pen name is Yuan Xia.

You can finish reading this book next time you come! Han Xinyi packed up her things and walked to the door of the bookstore.

However, in the peripheral vision, something black seemed to move.

She froze and realized that the black peaked cap in the corner that she had noticed before had stood up with her.

The black peaked cap came towards her and seemed to want to leave.

It's a coincidence, she thought, but her heart skipped a beat.

The brim of the other person's hat was pushed down so low that from a normal angle, his face couldn't be seen at all.

She pursed her lips. According to normal circumstances, she had picked up her umbrella and she should definitely leave. After that, this person would follow her out of the bookstore and into the rain with no one outside... No, although it is really very dangerous to maliciously speculate on others. It wasn't polite, but she was really worried.

The location of this bookstore is somewhat remote, and with the heavy rain, you can't see a single pedestrian outside.

But if the other party is really a bad guy, will she be noticed if she stops temporarily? Will it irritate people... Ahhh, it's all because of the recent serial killer who made people in Fuhua City panic!

Perhaps seeing her standing still at the door, the clerk said gently: Did you forget something? Look at where you were sitting just now. Does that ten yuan belong to you?

ten bucks?

Han Xinyi's eyes lit up and she looked at where she was just now and saw a banknote falling under the seat.

Regardless of whether she dropped it or not, she loves the ten dollars now!

Because she could take advantage of the opportunity to go back and get the money and let the black peaked hat go out first!

After that, if you observe the other person walking in that direction, just leave in the opposite direction. Going home or going to the mall is just a detour.

Han Xinyi waited for the black peaked hat to approach, and then said to the clerk: Thank you, it should be mine. I'll go take a look.

Then he passed by the black peaked cap.

Returning to pick up the money, she secretly glanced at it out of the corner of her eye.

The black peaked cap actually stopped.

No, no, I should just scare myself, right? He can't really...

Maybe he was really scaring himself, but for some reason the man in the black peaked cap paused for a while, then pushed the door open and left with an umbrella.

Han Xinyi breathed a sigh of relief.

She came to the counter at the door, watched the man leave to the right, and decided that she would go to the left and go home directly.

Before that...

She smiled at the female clerk who showed kindness to her twice in a row, and said sincerely: Thank you so much!

The female clerk tilted her head, as if to say: It's only ten dollars, how can you thank her so sincerely?

You're welcome.

Han Xinyi chatted and waited for the man in the black peaked hat to go away: It's already six o'clock, it's dinner time, aren't you off work yet?

It's almost time to get off work. When the topic of getting off work was mentioned, the female clerk couldn't help but smile.

Oh...bye, you are so kind. I will come again next time. Han Xinyi smiled sweetly and walked out of the bookstore.

She held up an umbrella in the rain and walked on the sidewalk toward home.

Occasionally, a car would pass by on the road. At this time, a motorcycle, who was rushing for some urgent errand, drove through a pool of water at a very fast speed, splashing heavily onto Han Xinyi.

Alas! Han Xinyi turned around and saw only the back of the motorcycle flying away.

... A bit unlucky.

But I have to take a shower and change clothes anyway when I get home, so just forget it...

Wait, what is that?

She was depressed when she suddenly saw a figure.

The moment she saw this figure, Han Xinyi felt a chill in her heart!

Surprisingly...it was actually the man wearing the black peaked cap.

He returned and followed her!

When... No, why should he follow her? She saw the man walking to the right with her own eyes, so the excuse that he lived in the same direction was not valid.

If it was a coincidence, it wouldn't make someone turn around and follow her, right?

The man in the black peaked cap stopped, obviously seeing that she had discovered him.

The man looked around.

Han Xinyi secretly said something bad, except for the motorcycle that splashed her with water, there was no other person passing by on this road!

She took a deep breath, and just as she was about to turn around and quickly find a place with people, she saw the black peaked cap suddenly approaching her quickly.

After getting closer, the man's right hand hidden in his sleeve was exposed, and a bright fruit knife slid out and was held in the other man's hand!