Chapter 965 Two Traces
Xiao Xiao did not respond.

He also raised his head and looked at the branch where Meng Jixi was looking.

Is this the branch?
After thinking for a while, he raised his hand and grabbed a branch just above him, using the force to jump and landed lightly on a branch next to the target branch.

But in the blink of an eye, Master Xiao, who was standing beside him, ran up the tree. Looking at Master Xiao who suddenly entered his field of vision, Meng Jixi said:
"Master Xiao?"

Then he realized what Master Xiao wanted to do and closed his mouth.

Xiao Xiao moved closer to the branch the girl used to hang herself and took a closer look.

The worn bark clearly told Xiao Xiao where the rope was previously wrapped.

He stretched out his hand and rubbed the tangled marks for a few times. After a few breaths, he raised his eyes and looked around.

His brows furrowed slightly.

Just as he was about to jump off the tree, he paused and looked away.

He bent down and looked at the branch he was on.

Right at his feet.

He reached out and touched the familiar mark.

Traces of being entangled by ropes.

Two similar branches, two identical marks.

At one of the traces, he bent down a little more, got closer and smelled it, and a fishy smell spread, faintly discernible.

There is also a hint of evil spirit mixed in it.

"Master Xiao."

Looking at Xiao Xiao who jumped off the tree, Meng Jixi's face showed some tension and questioning, "Did you find anything?"

"Ah."

Xiao Xiao nodded, "It can be considered as some discoveries."

"real?!"

Meng Jixi was surprised and delighted, "As expected of Master Xiao."

Master Xiao was his last attempt.

If Master Xiao said that he had not found anything, then he would have to give up the feeling that something was amiss about these suicide cases.

Fortunately, Master Xiao never let him down.

These incidents. "Master Xiao, are there any problems with these suicides?"

"It's hard to say right now."

Xiao Xiao shook his head. He tilted his head and looked up at the two branches above him. "I wonder if it's a coincidence or intentional?"

"Master Xiao, what did you find?"

Xiao Xiao's words calmed Meng Jixi down a little. He stared at Master Xiao with burning eyes, his face full of earnestness.

"please tell me!"

"That was the branch the girl used to wrap the rope around when she committed suicide, right?"

Xiao Xiao pointed at the branch that Meng Jixi had been staring at.

"Ah."

Meng Jixi looked in the direction of Master Xiao's hand and nodded.

"That branch has signs of wear from being wrapped around a rope."

Xiao Xiao's words made Meng Jixi a little confused.

He nodded, "Yeah."

Isn't this a matter of course?
The entire weight of a girl was borne on the branch through the rope.

Girls are not children, and this tree is not a thousand-year-old tree. The branches are so thick that the weight can be ignored.

It is not surprising that the rope is driven and rubbed against the branches, leaving marks.

"The branch I just stepped on-"

Xiao Xiao moved his hand a little to the left and pointed to another branch. "There is the same mark on this branch."

"Same trace?"

Meng Jixi murmured and repeated it, and then his pupils shrank, "How could it be?"

"There is only one person hanging here."

"Did the girl fail in her first attempt to hang herself? Did she try again with a different branch?"

"No, no, how is that possible?"

"Master Xiao, why are there two marks?"

Meng Jixi couldn't figure it out and asked Xiao Xiao, "What exactly is going on?"

"It's not clear right now."

Xiao Xiao shook his head. The demonic aura on the branch could not indicate anything more than that there was a monster nearby.

It is even unclear whether a monster was involved in the girl's suicide.

Because there is too little information to confirm whether the appearance of the monster is accidental or intentional.

"Are there any students absent from school today?" Xiao Xiao's question made Meng Jixi stunned, "What do you mean?"

"There was another student who committed suicide?"

"There are two traces after all."

Xiao Xiao thought for a moment, "We can't rule out this possibility."

"What about his body?"

Meng Jixi also had such a guess when he first heard Master Xiao say that in addition to the branch where the girl's body was found, there were also traces on another branch.

But he quickly rejected it.

Because something important is missing.

Dead body.

"Only one body was found here."

"If there was another person who hanged himself, where did his body go?"

Eaten by a monster.

An idea flashed through Xiao Xiao's mind in an instant.

But if that was the case, why only one corpse was eaten?
Small appetite?
Picky eater?

Another corpse that was more to his taste?

It's all just speculation.

Xiao Xiao frowned slightly. He had too little information at hand now.

There is no way to draw more accurate conclusions.

"Let me ask."

Meng Jixi took out his phone.

Xiao Xiao walked around the tree and then walked around nearby.

No evil spirit was found.

In other words, only that branch is contaminated with evil spirit, right?
It seems that it is a monster that is good at hiding its breath.

"Thank you."

Meng Jixi hung up the phone. He looked up and said, "Master Xiao."

He walked towards Xiao Xiao's position and said, "I asked."

“There are indeed students who are absent.”

"The police will verify one by one whether they are all at home."

"Call me back later."

"Okay, trouble."

Xiao Xiao looked at Meng Jixi, "Well, let's go to the dormitory of the last student who committed suicide and take a look."

"Previous?"

Meng Jixi was a little dazed.

"Yeah, the previous one."

Xiao Xiao confirmed.

After all, the first two happened quite a while ago, so Xiao Xiao thought that there would be nothing left at the scene.

Although it is very likely that all traces of the previous one have disappeared, after all, a week has passed.

However, there is still a possibility that some information may be left behind.

He wanted to take a look.

"Are you on good terms with the aunt in the boys' dormitory?"

Xiao Xiao suddenly asked with a smile, the previous student who committed suicide was the only boy among the four students who committed suicide so far.

Meng Jixi:
"Probably. It's OK?"

He was a little unsure.

"Because the ex-boyfriend of the girl who committed suicide this time lived in the same dormitory building as the boy who committed suicide last time."

"So, we have met before. Let me give it a try."

He took a deep breath and walked directly to the boys' dormitory.

"Luckily we're not going to the girls' dormitory."

Hearing Meng Jixi's mumbling, Xiao Xiao raised his eyebrows slightly, and slowly followed Meng Jixi into the boys' dormitory building.

"Auntie, hello, do you remember me?"

Meng Jixi walked up to the dormitory manager who was looking at them in confusion because of their arrival.

"you are?"

The dormitory manager stared at Meng Jixi's face and looked at him carefully.

(End of this chapter)