My ghost wives all want to kill me?

"That's about it. There's something else I want to know."

After taking his bag, Li Gui seemed to have thought of something. Instead of carrying it on his back, he opened the outermost compartment and took out the wallet Xu Wanru had left behind last time.

"Then...can I go with the senior? I want to help the senior."

"It's better not to, I like someone."

Not considered at all.

Li Gui's words were somewhat ruthless, making Xu Wanru clenched her fingers tightly after taking the wallet.

"But, sisters can be with seniors..."

"Classmate Xu Wanru, in fact, what I said last time was not a whim. Thank you very much for your help, but I only regard you as an ordinary friend and school girl. Please don't misunderstand me. There is nothing else." My thoughts...sometimes pointless persistence will not produce good results, I hope you understand this truth."

Interrupting Xu Wanru's next words, this time probably because he was outside, Li Gui did not make his rejection clear, but the meaning in his words had firmly stated his attitude.

no answer.

Looking at the girl who lowered her head and remained silent in front of him, after a while, he sighed guiltily and added another sentence.

"I will pay you back the money soon. I'm sorry for wasting so much of your time."

"No, it's fine."

There was no silence this time. A few seconds after the words fell, Xu Wanru bit her lip and raised her head with a smile.

Looking at the senior in front of her, she tried her best to maintain a calm tone.

"I know I'm stupid, I don't know anything, and I can't help senior. The only good thing is persistence. If senior doesn't want to be with me for the time being, I can wait...wait a month , there will be no problem for one year or ten years, as long as the senior is willing to look back at me."

Xu Wanru's crescent-shaped eyes shone with thin tears.

But he didn't cry, and tried his best to keep a happy smile in front of Li Gui.

"No need, I told you, I..."

"Okay, senior, I will send it here. You should go quickly. I have to go back and help my mother wash the dishes. See you next time. Next time, senior will have to pay me back. I have to talk to you. Exactly the same as before, hehe...be careful on your way to seniors, bye, see you next time!!"

Directly interrupting Li Gui's words, Xu Wanru backed away, waved and ran back to the apartment before he could finish speaking.

The last moment he left, what was left in his sight was a tearful smile on his face.

"Alas...he is really not a human being."

Not knowing who he was scolding, Li Gui shook his head as he watched the beautiful figure disappear around the corner, turned around again, and picked up his mobile phone.

In reality, he didn't have much time to sort out the turbulent thoughts in his mind. After getting this big knife that had a deterrent effect on ghosts, his original plan was to return to Jiulin City first.

While the moonlight is still out, let's see if we can get Xu Qing's help.

But just now on the way here, after calling him, there was a new place that he needed to visit.

Although this location has no direct connection with the night's journey, it is the key to determining whether he can persuade Xu Qing to help him later.

It was also a place he had to go before going to Anze Elementary School.

"Chuan Mu...Fortunately, it's not far from Jiulin, which is good news."

Li Gui had already called the old principal in advance. After booking the ticket on his mobile phone, Li Gui went to a nearby supermarket to buy some simple gifts. Finally, he took a taxi and rushed to the train station.

......

Afternoon, Sichuanmu County.

The sun was starting to set in the west, but it wasn't quite set yet.

Li Gui, who was carrying a box of milk and some fruits, looked around curiously as soon as he got out of the taxi.

The location where the old principal lives is not completely remote. At least there are roads extending from the city and there are some simple buildings around.

Perhaps for some first- and second-tier cities, it can be considered a very desolate suburb, but in the small county of Chuanmu, such a housing location is quite normal.

"The house in front of the bus stop should be here."

After Li Gui walked forward for a few minutes, he stopped in front of a red brick and cement house.

Looking at the address sent on the phone, he was a little unsure.

The house in front of me is a little too shabby, not like a place where a primary school principal should live.

"But I heard from Captain Lu that this principal has never been married in his life. Anze College is a private school and there will be no retirement salary after retirement. It is normal for a lonely old man to live here without a source of income."

Didn't hesitate too much.

After walking forward and putting the box containing the big knife aside, Li Gui reached out and knocked on the old door.

There was no response for the time being, and he did not rush in impolitely.

Instead, he waited patiently for a few seconds before knocking on the door again.

"Who?"

After a while, a gasping old man's voice came from the room.

"It's me, Principal Fan. I contacted you this morning. Do you still remember me?"

The old man's full name is Fan Jiang. He is probably over 64 years old this year. Before becoming the principal of Anze Primary School, he was the principal of another elementary school. However, he was fired for unknown reasons. Anze took over later. Elementary school, and then worked there for more than 20 years until Anze Elementary School closed.

This information was obtained by Li Gui from Lu Li, who stalked Lu Li on his way back. Lu Li couldn't stand his harassing calls, so he had no choice but to send some of them to him.

"Hold on."

The answer came to the ground, and a few minutes later, there was a clear sound of footsteps in the door, and with a creak, the severely faded wooden door was opened.

Under the afternoon sun, an old man with a sallow complexion and gray hair appeared in front of Li Gui.

He is about 1.7 meters tall, dressed neatly, wearing a gray plaid shirt, and his face with glasses looks a bit serious.

Chapter 136 Sun Tianmei

After seeing Li Gui, the old man paused obviously.

"Li Gui?"

His tone was uncertain, his eyes were a little wary, and he instinctively looked around the young man in front of him.

"It's me, Principal Fan. I contacted you this morning. I'm sorry to disturb you."

The old man had no intention of letting him into the house for the time being, so Li Gui could only continue to speak shamelessly.

"I want to investigate some things about Anze Elementary School. I got your contact information from the Army. I wonder if you still remember him?"

"Oh...the school has been abandoned for so long, what is there to investigate?"

"The main reason is that some cases happened later. Since I can only contact you now, I want to ask. Don't worry, I am definitely not a bad person. If you don't believe it, Principal Fan, you can call and ask Captain Lu. He It’s guaranteed.”

"Forget it... no need, sit inside and don't close the door."

He didn't insist on calling the police. After Li Gui's repeated explanations, the old man named Fan Jiang slowly put down his guard and got out of the way for him.

"Ok."

After crossing the threshold, Fan Jiang led Li Gui to the living room of the house.

It is said to be a living room, but it is actually a place of more than 50 square meters.

There were all kinds of sundries piled up around the front, and the innermost one facing the door was a wooden bed. Next to it was a small stove made of bricks, with an iron pot placed on it.

The whole house was dark, and the only window was covered with newspapers.

There was also a lot of dust on the concrete floor. After finding a chair for Li Gui to sit down, Fan Jiang tidied up the clothes on the bed, looking a little embarrassed.

"I didn't expect you to come so quickly and you didn't clean up the house. It's ridiculous."

"It's okay. In fact, I came here this time just to ask you, Principal Fan, if anything strange happened before Anze Elementary School closed down. If you can still remember it, please give me as much information as possible. The more detailed it will be, the better. good."

The desolate situation in the house was more serious than Li Gui imagined, but he didn't care. After taking out his mobile phone, he turned on the recording, ready to record useful things at any time.

"That school has special meaning to me. I won't necessarily forget it after I'm buried in a few years. But there doesn't seem to be anything strange. The students in the school are very obedient and the teachers are quite responsible. But the location of the school is not good. It was not easy to recruit students, and it was a pity that it closed down later.”

The old man sat on the bed next to Li Gui.

After saying this, he seemed to feel that he was a little rude and failed to treat guests well. He stood up again, found a cup, and planned to pour Li Gui a glass of water.

"Before the school closed down, were there no disappearances or school bullying?"

The old man's body is very strong. Although he is a little hunched over, there is no big problem in walking.

After hearing Li Gui's words, he held up the kettle and paused for a moment before continuing to pour the water.

"No, there are students who can't afford to go to school and drop out. I've never heard of missing cases."

The information shared by the old man was inconsistent with the results of Li Gui's online investigation. He was not sure whether the former was lying.

If there really was some kind of dirty deal going on at Anze Primary School, then it was impossible for Principal Fan not to know about it.

Either this news is false, or this Principal Fan is hiding something.

"Well, Principal Fan, did the school hold any activities at that time? Some students were asked to make their own dolls and then show them to the senior classmates."

There were some doubts in his heart, but Li Gui remained calm on the surface. Instead, he focused on the information about the doll's long-cherished wish that he had known before, and asked from a different angle.

"Oh, you're talking about the Mental Skills Contest. It did happen, but it was five or six years ago. How did you know about it?"

"I saw a netizen sharing it online... Principal Fan, do you still remember which class hosted it?"

He casually found a reason for himself. After hearing that the old man still remembered this incident, Li Gui sat up and his nerves immediately became tense.

"At that time, this activity was proposed by a serving teacher. The original intention was to promote children's hands-on ability and also to strengthen the interaction between junior and senior students in the school. However, it was only held once because the whole process took too long. No more going on.”

"At that time, it seemed that every class in the third, fourth, and fifth grades were making dolls. However, most of the dolls used for display and gifting were made by fifth-grade students. After all, they were older and more capable."

He handed the disposable water cup to Li Gui. After the latter took it and put it on the ground, Principal Fan sat back on the wooden bed next to him.

"Then, can the principal still remember a gray little girl doll? The eyes are made of black buttons, and the hair seems to be tied up with red cloth strips from a mop. It looks a bit shabby and has seams on the body. A lot of needlework.”

The scope is still too large. Although the probability is a bit small, Li Gui still doesn't give up.

He tried hard to recall the appearance of the doll he saw when he went to Anze High School, and tried to give Fan Jiang as much descriptive information as possible.

"This doll... seems to have been made by a girl named Sun Tianmei in fourth grade, because she did not let the teacher guide her at all when making this doll. She found the materials by herself and then learned from others. After she finished, their teacher asked me to give her an award, so I remember it clearly, but I forgot which class she was in."

However, Li Gui was quite surprised by the result of not asking much at first.

After being stunned for a while, the old man immediately remembered who the original owner of the doll was.

He originally just wanted to know roughly which grade he was in so that he could narrow down the search scope. Unexpectedly, the old man even remembered his name.

"Principal Fan, do you have any impressions of this girl? For example, does she have any hobbies or dreams?"

Finally asking about the key point, Li Gui listened attentively to every description of Fan Jiang.

"Well...even though I don't teach classes, I still have a deep impression of this girl because she liked to take pictures with a simple camera at school, so many teachers remember her and there are some activities in the school. They all ask her to help with publicity, and she can be considered a moderate class leader in their class."

Camera, is Sun Tianmei's long-cherished wish related to her camera?

"Does this Sun Tianmei have other family members?"

After all, too much time had passed and it was almost impossible to find the camera again, so Li Gui wanted to ask if he could start with Sun Tianmei's family.

"I don't know about that. I heard from their teacher that they seem to be orphans. As for whether they have any other brothers or sisters, I don't know."

"Oh, oh, okay, thank you, Principal Fan."

Chapter 137 Return to Anze High School

No more news was found, but Li Gui was not disappointed either.

It was already important to know who the resentful spirit was in the doll this time, not to mention that we also found out that Sun Tianmei had a habit of taking pictures during her lifetime.

Perhaps, this girl's long-cherished wish has something to do with her camera.

But if it is really that camera, it has been so long now, where can I find it?

Because the notebook doesn’t have any hints about the long-cherished wish of the doll itself.

Therefore, Li Gui could only speculate on various possibilities.

Similarly, he didn't completely believe what the old man said, after all, he could tell that the old man was hiding something.