Strange Talk Pavilion!

When Su Chen followed the direction instructed to the store, he frowned.

This store is not on the street store, but on the third floor of a four-story street shop. The second floor is an apartment hotel, the fourth floor is a cinema, and the third floor is this Strange Talk Pavilion.

Generally, those on the second and third floors are mostly trained institutions, such as some art classes or dance classes, so Su Chen was a little curious, but this Strange Talk Pavilion obviously does not do these businesses.

"What kind of store is this?"

Zhang Guozheng looked at the mist, because there were several posters similar to horror photos hanging at the door of the shop.

"You'll know when you go in and take a look."

Su Chen stepped into the store first, which was different from the front desk when entering the store. After stepping into it, there was no figure, and only some strange sculptures and ornaments were seen. These sculptures gave people an indescribable depression, and the paintings hanging on the wall were also very strange, one of which was painted with a bright red eye.

"This is not a haunted house, right?"

"Uncle, you still know the haunted house."

Su Chen was a little surprised. His uncle, who was such a scheming teacher, knew that such a novelty as a haunted house was really beyond his expectations.

"Do you think I'm the kind of stubborn person? I have also organized students in my class to go to the haunted house to play."

Zhang Guozheng rolled his nephew and Su Chen smiled angrily, while Wei Jun, who was following behind, couldn't help but say, "Teacher Zhang, will my son be here?"

"I can't guarantee it, but the possibility should be quite high."

Su Chen continued to walk inside, and then there was a corridor. The walls of the corridor were in a dark gray style, and a picture frame was hung every meter on the wall, and the patterns in the frames were also in a dark and depressing style.

Just after Su Chen walked through the corridor, a girl wearing a black robe and a black hat appeared.

"Hello, welcome to the Strange Hall Pavilion. Are you going to join the association?"

The girl is not old, probably in her twenties, with fair skin, but it is just that unhealthy white, just like the pale whiteness of a person who hasn't seen the sun for a long time.

"No, we are here to find someone."

Before Su Chen could answer, Zhang Guozheng answered first. When he heard that he was looking for someone, the smile on the girl's face disappeared and he replied lightly: "Sorry, we are not a member here, so we cannot enter."

"But we are..."

Zhang Guozheng still wanted to say that, but Su Chen interrupted his uncle and asked with a smile: "If I want to join the association, what are the conditions? Should I just pay the money?"

"We don't charge membership fees here. If you want to become a member of us, you must pass our assessment."

The girl shook her head. Her answer made Zhang Guozheng and Wei Jun a little confused. Is there any money to open a store now? How can I continue to open this store? I can’t even pay the rent.

"Okay, I'd like to try it."

Hearing Su Chen's words, the girl said nothing, took Su Chen toward the front, and then turned left into a room similar to a secret room.

There was only a table and a dim light in the secret room. The girl took out a test paper from the drawer and handed it to Su Chen, saying, "There are several questions on it. As long as you get the three questions right, you will pass the first level of assessment."

Su Chen took the test paper and there were five questions on it. When Zhang Guozheng saw the test paper, he immediately said: "I must be good at doing the questions."

The girl looked at Zhang Guozheng taking the test paper over and reading it without stopping it. She seemed to not care who did the question. However, after reading the first question, Zhang Guozheng was stunned and said, "What kind of questions are these?"

The first question is called: Death of Curse.

I have an enemy who is much stronger than me. I want to kill him, but there is no way. Later, I learned through various channels that there is a curse that can kill the curse, and later I found this curse.

The curse is recorded in a book. When you open it, the first sentence at the beginning is: "If you follow the steps recorded in this book, you can successfully curse the object you want, but if there is a little mistake in the steps, then the curse killing order will retaliate on the person who casts the spell!

Even so, do you still want to continue?

nonsense!

It is because I have an enemy who will never forgive me that I went through a lot of hardships to get this curse book. I began and implemented the instructions in the book:

"1, please close your eyes first and concentrate on the face of the object you want to curse."

That guy's face... I can't forget it even if I want to. I immediately recall his facial features. What's next?

"2, please carefully imagine how to curse him."

I immediately recalled all the painful ways to die in my mind, and what about to do?

"3, please open your eyes at the end."

Question: Who is dead?

"This is nonsense, how can there be such a curse?" Zhang Guozheng said.

"This is the question, everything is based on the assumptions of the question, and you just need to give an answer." The girl explained.

After reading the topic, Su Chen smiled and replied, "The cursed man is dead, and the cursed man is still alive."

"Why is this the answer?" the girl asked.

"Because the order of the second and third steps of the cursed person is reversed, a person will subconsciously close his eyes when thinking and imagining. According to the records in the Book of Curses, as long as one step is wrong, the cursed person will die."

Su Chen's answer made the girl smile, pointing to the second question and said, "Congratulations on answering the first question correctly. Now you can answer the second question."

The second question: Diary.

In August 1904, I found a suspicious diary at home.

Let me first explain that my family was a house that my wife chose when she got married 6 years ago. However, my wife had already died in a boat crash with her two daughters the previous year. Although the two daughters were washed up to two different coasts two days later, they were still not rescued.

A few days ago, because I wanted to renovate my wife's room, I hired a carpenter. As a result, he handed me a diary that I found on the ceiling of my wife's room. The diary was indeed my wife's handwriting, so I opened it and looked at it:

7 / 15: From today on, I will want you to live with me. (That day was my wife and I’m the wedding anniversary.)

9/21: Despite this, I will not leave you, my husband.

12/9: This is because of you who I am now.

2 / 23: It's almost done!

2/29: Can you understand?

Question: Why did the man flee in panic after reading his wife’s diary?

After reading this question, Su Chen frowned, while Zhang Guozheng, who was beside him, immediately replied: "I know the answer. There is a mistake in time. First of all, the man discovered this diary in 1904, and his wife and daughter died two years ago, in 1902. In addition, the house was purchased and moved in in 1898. From the first information in the diary, it can be inferred that the first diary was written on July 15, 1898."

As a primary school teacher, Zhang Guozheng taught mathematics and Chinese, and he was very sensitive to leap years because this is the content of the primary school textbook. When he saw this question, he immediately thought of the last date of February 29.

Like in general, if the exam is related to a leap year, there will be a February 29th issue, and then the year is inferred through this. This is his professional habit of teaching for many years.

"From 1898 to 1904, there was only one leap year, that is, 1904, and on February 29, there were only leap year. His wife died in 1902. How could she write a diary in 1904? The man probably thought he had encountered a ghost, so he ran away."

Zhang Guozheng felt that his explanation was correct, but the girl just shook her head.

“Is this incorrect?”

Zhang Guozheng was a little puzzled, but Su Chen spoke at this time.

"The man's wife was not dead. From the question, we can see that the man's wife should be very rich because it was acquired by the house chosen by the wife. This sentence is proof."

Su Chen looked at the girl and then continued: "The man's wife and two daughters encountered a boat crash. Two days later, the bodies of the two daughters were washed ashore, but the only one of his wife's bodies was never seen, so it is not certain that his wife is dead."

"This topic can easily make people focus on the date of February 29, but ignore the fourth diary, which says: This is because of you who I am now."

Zhang Guozheng heard his nephew's words and looked carefully, then asked in confusion: "There is no problem with this sentence. This wife is talking about the situation after meeting his husband."

"Uncle, what if I understand it from another perspective, what if this shipwreck was a conspiracy, was this man trying to kill his wife and daughter?"

Su Chen looked at the girl meaningfully, and when Zhang Guozheng heard Su Chen's explanation, he suddenly felt a little chilled and his hair stood up all over his body.

"The woman escaped by chance in the boat crash, but she might have ruined her face. She loved her husband very much. Even so, she was unwilling to leave her husband, but she was unwilling to let her husband see her current appearance, so she hid at home. The fourth diary should be that his wife discovered the truth about the boat crash. It was designed by her husband. She wanted to avenge her husband, so she had the last two diaries."

"The complete explanation of this story should be that the man did not love his wife, but just liked his wife's money, so he designed the boat crash. But his wife was lucky enough to die. After hiding at home and discovering the truth, she wanted to take revenge on the man."
Chapter completed!