mesbooks Chapter 101 Movie
Chapter 101 Movie
Song Baiyuan thought to himself, "There aren't many people in the group who are close to you."
"Probably not."
Song Baiyuan said, "If I really poisoned you, wouldn't I become a lawbreaker?"
He assumed Yan Xun was overthinking things, and after saying a few more words, he prepared to leave.
Just like last week, Yan Xun watched Song Baiyuan leave the dormitory, and then Xiao Zheng came back... He didn't want to go back to the dormitory; he always felt that He Jinqiu was the prime suspect.
He Jinqiu was slightly puzzled when she saw Yan Xun sitting in the living room, looking as if he wanted to sleep on the floor there.
Aren't you going to sleep?
"Wait a minute."
Yan Xun said absentmindedly.
To make his movements in the living room appear more natural, he turned on the TV and saw the movie in which Mu Yuanming had a cameo role.
The other party played a minor role in the movie with no more than 10 minutes of screen time, but was the culprit who caused the protagonist's PTSD. He seemed well-mannered and respectful of the elderly and children, but in reality, he was a wicked person. When his motive was finally exposed, he even laughed.
"Isn't it good?" Mu Yuanming on TV smiled.
His hair was disheveled as he stood on the school playground.
"He said he worships me, that I am his god." He looked at the protagonist in the camera with a beaming smile. "Isn't it only right for a god to make him pay offerings, and to make him die?"
His indifference angered the protagonist.
Unexpectedly, Mu Yuanming just laughed and ran to the top of the teaching building.
The protagonist naturally followed, but it was a rainy day. When the protagonist finally arrived at the top of the teaching building, he found Mu Yuanming standing on the edge of the rooftop. Seemingly worried that Mu Yuanming would jump, he reached out to Mu Yuanming to come down.
Mu Yuanming simply plopped down on the edge of the railing, swinging his legs leisurely.
"Come and help me up, and I'll get there."
The protagonist hesitated, but as an adult, he couldn't just watch the young Mu Yuanming die, so he moved closer to the edge of the rooftop.
He had already grabbed Mu Yuanming's hand, but then he realized that Mu Yuanming was trying to push him down.
On a dark, rainy night, the rooftop was already dimly lit. As the two were struggling, Mu Yuanming suddenly smiled and let go. Caught off guard, the protagonist was pushed directly into Mu Yuanming's chest.
Mu Yuanming fell to his death with a smile on his face.
"Murder!"
"You are a murderer too."
He just laughed and then fell from the building.
For many years afterward, the protagonist would unconsciously recall the scene of accidentally pushing Mu Yuanming down the stairs, even though he knew Mu Yuanming did it on purpose.
In the movie, Mu Yuanming is a persistent and haunting character. Whenever the protagonist is solving a case or dealing with other events, Mu Yuanming always appears on rainy days, until finally, the protagonist reconciles with himself.
Although her role is small, it is very important in the film.
Yan Xun watched Mu Yuanming laughing and falling backward in the movie, and then noticed that He Jinqiu was sitting next to him.
He looked at Mu Yuanming on the TV screen, then turned to Yan Xun and asked, "Are you engrossed in watching?"
Yan Xun simply thought the director did a good job; the movie had a tight plot and was quite captivating.
"I still regret it."
"Regret what?" Yan Xun asked.
“I regret that Mu Yuanming snatched this role away.” He Jinqiu looked at Yan Xun, observing his expression. “This role was originally offered to you.”
He casually remarked, "I don't know why, but Mu Yuanming was chosen in the end."
"I remember that around that time, Mu Yuanming and you seemed to have a pretty good relationship?"
Yan Xun could certainly sense the hidden meaning in the other party's words. He Jinqiu meant that the role was originally hers, but Mu Yuanming deliberately befriended her and used some tricks to steal the role.
Yan Xun thought to himself, their pairing was definitely fake.
"That's all in the past." Yan Xun feigned indifference, "There's no point in talking about it anymore."
He Jinqiu just smiled and said, "Then I'll take it as me being nosy."
The living room wasn't very brightly lit. Yan Xun sat on the left side of the sofa, while He Jinqiu sat less than a fist's distance away from him.
The information Yan Xun found on the forum didn't contain much description of He Jinqiu.
The other person seemed very quiet, so although they were roommates, their relationship was always ordinary and bland, and they weren't particularly close.
But once inside the instance, Yan Xun discovered that He Jinqiu and he might actually have a pretty good relationship.
Although he wasn't sure if the other party was trying to sow discord or stand up for someone in distress, the fact that they knew about such things meant that the original owner of the body had probably complained to him to some extent when he lost his role.
He Jinqiu watched for a while, probably finding it uninteresting. He got up from the sofa, took a bottle of water from the refrigerator, and casually unscrewed it before taking a sip.
Yan Xun naturally noticed his movements.
He watched He Jinqiu drink water.
He Jinqiu put down her bottle of mineral water. "Are you thirsty too?"
Yan Xun looked away. "It's alright."
He Jinqiu looked at him, then turned back and took a new bottle from the refrigerator, walking over to Yan Xun's side.
He stood beside Yan Xun, handing her the bottled water he had just taken from the refrigerator.
Yan Xun looked at the bottle hanging on his wrist and at He Jinqiu looking down at him. "Thanks."
He Jinqiu smiled, but perhaps because the lighting wasn't bright enough, and because his bangs were too long on one side, Yan Xun found his smile a little creepy.
So he held the bottle of mineral water in his hand, but didn't drink it.
The movie was still playing when He Jinqiu slowly walked around the sofa and sat down next to Yan Xun.
He was hugging a pillow, looking a little sleepy, and yawned as he sat down.
Yan Xun turned and glanced at him. "If you're sleepy, go to sleep first." He thought for a moment, "I'll go back after I finish watching the movie."
"I'm not that sleepy," He Jinqiu said with a yawn, but her eyes were already half-closed and she was slumped on the sofa.
Yan Xun stopped looking at him; the movie plot continued.
It turns out that several more serial disappearances have occurred in City A. What troubles the protagonist is that these disappearances are all related to the "study group" ten years ago.
As the plot unfolds.
A familiar face also appeared in the movie.
It was Yan Xun himself.
Yan Xun: "...?"
In the movie, Yan Xun plays a tired office worker who usually goes back and forth between two points. If there is anything special about him, it is that he once participated in a study session organized by Mu Yuanming ten years ago.
In the movie, Yan Xun, looking somewhat tired and impatient, says to the protagonist, "I attended a study session ten years ago."