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Chapter 351 Where Did My Teammates' Brains Go?

When Gu Mian and the others arrived at the equipment room door, they heard Guo Jimei's terrified screams coming from inside.

She had been calling for a while; they had just turned into the corridor when their ears were filled with Guo Jimei's cries.

Li Yibai was so frightened that he pulled 007 back a step.

Fortunately, the building was on the other side of the stadium, in a very remote location, and usually not many people were there, so Guo Jimei's shouts were not heard by anyone else.

Following the sound, Gu Mian quickly walked to the last room in the hallway. The door to this room was closed, and a sign that read "Equipment Room" was hanging above the door frame.

The terrified screams had already penetrated the tightly closed door.

Li Yibai's face turned pale: "The people in PE class said that Yuan Qinghua and Guo Jimei came to get the equipment together. Now it seems like there's only one person's voice inside. Could it be... that the other one is dead?"

“Impossible,” Yue Nu said, staring intently at the door without moving. “Isn’t it said that ghosts can’t kill people during the day?”

However, it cannot be ruled out that it might come out to scare people.

As Gu Mian pondered this, she reached for the doorknob under Li Yibai's stunned gaze and then gently pushed it open.

"Squeak"—the door was immediately pushed open a crack.

Gu Mian frowned.

Strangely, this door could be pushed open so easily, so why didn't the person inside, who was so terrified, open the door and run out?

At this moment, screams from inside the room squeezed out from the opened gap, and the sound became clearer.

Gu Mian exerted a little more force, and the door was immediately pushed open halfway.

Meanwhile, those outside could already see what was inside the door.

Guo Jimei was huddled in the corner furthest from the door, staring at them in terror.

Seemingly noticing someone approaching, a flicker of joy crossed her face, only to be quickly replaced by fear.

Look at her expression...

"Is someone behind the door?" Gu Mian asked softly.

He muttered to himself as he pushed the door hard again, the wooden door slamming against the wall with a loud crash.

The sound was very crisp and clear, not like someone had bumped into it.

Just as Gu Mian pushed the door open, Guo Jimei, who had been screaming in the corner, finally stopped screaming. But she didn't come over yet. She slowly bent over, panting heavily, as if she was exhausted, and kept swallowing her saliva. It seemed that the screaming had made her throat hurt.

Is the person behind the door gone now?
Gu Mian walked into the house while thinking about it.

Then look behind the door.

There was nothing there, not even a single insect, let alone anything bloody or terrifying.

It's as if Guo Jimei inside was shouting at a blank wall for a long time.

The others followed closely behind.

Although Li Yibai saw that there was nothing behind the door, he didn't linger in front of it. He quickly ran to Guo Jimei in the corner: "What did you see? Where's the Yuan blue and white porcelain?"

At this moment, Guo Jimei was panting heavily and had no strength to answer him.

In that short time, Gu Mian had already looked all the way behind the door, and there really was nothing there.

At this moment, Yue Nu, who was still standing by the door, suddenly lowered her voice and said, "She must have seen something terrifying to be like this, and now that thing has suddenly disappeared. The six of us were together the whole time and didn't have time to commit the crime. The girl who screamed was Guo Jimei, right? If we exclude Guo Jimei, then one of the other three must be a ghost."

Coco nodded in agreement.

The other three are Zhang Pingfan, who went missing the day before yesterday and whose whereabouts are still unknown.
Pan Yue, who broke down and ran away after voting last night;
Yuan Qinghua, who had gone to the equipment room with Guo Jimei, was nowhere to be found.

Guo Jimei, who was in the corner, was already able to speak with difficulty.

Sure enough. "Just now... just now I saw Yuan Qinghua standing behind the door!"

Gu Mian was drawn to Guo Jimei's voice and turned to look at her.

Li Yibai also turned his head to look behind the door, puzzled: "Where is she now? Why are you so scared?"

"She was covered in blood! She was hiding behind the door... right where you were standing, Gu Mian, her face pale, staring intently at me... She was still glaring at me even after you opened the door! She only disappeared when Gu Mian slammed the door open!"

Upon hearing this, Li Yibai trembled slightly, seemingly terrified.

He sensed something was amiss, so he quickly ran to 007's side and pulled her away from the door.

At this moment, Yue Nu raised her eyebrows. She thought for a moment and then said, "My deduction just now may be wrong... A ghost shouldn't be so stupid as to tell everyone that 'I am a ghost.' I think the ghost must have disguised itself as Yuan Qinghua? So the ghost is between Zhang Pingfan and Pan Yue."

“Speaking of which…” Coco suddenly whispered, “Could it be that the terrifying Li Wentao that Pan Yue and I saw last night was also a ghost in disguise? Did the ghost use this to mislead us into voting for Li Wentao?”

"What?" Yue Nu frowned even more deeply. "Last night, did you all blame Li Wentao because of this?"

She looked a little angry: "Coco is one thing, but don't the rest of you use your brains? Can't you see through such an obvious scam? You've all been through a lot of trials, Gu Mian, Chu Meiren, and 007, you three don't look like idiots at all..."

At this point, Yue Nu's brows suddenly relaxed, and she slowly said, "I say, you all voted for Li Wentao, it's not because... all three of you are ghosts, is it?"

Chu Changge remained silent.

007 had already been pulled to Guo Jimei's side by Li Yibai and did not participate in this conversation.

Gu Mian spoke up, immediately shutting Yue Nu up: "Or do you want us to abandon the suspected Li Wentao at the last minute and randomly choose another person whose background we know nothing about to send to heaven? We can't guarantee that we won't accidentally hurt you."

Yue Nu was taken aback, and after a few seconds of silence, she said, "That's right, it's impossible for no one to be eliminated in the first round of voting."

Compared to those who knew nothing about his background, they could only vote for Li Wentao, who was somewhat suspicious.

At this moment, Coco ran to Guo Jimei's side, seemingly wanting to ask her something.

At this moment, Chu Changge, who had been standing to the side, suddenly spoke up: "Yue Nu."

Upon hearing this, Yue Nu turned to look at him: "What's wrong?"

She always felt that something was off about this bespectacled man, whether it was his game nickname that didn't quite match his appearance or his chilling expression.

Chu Changge then asked, "Who did you vote for last night?"

The Yue woman paused for a moment, then said, "Zhang Pingfan."

She herself voted for Zhang Pingfan during the poll, a completely blind vote without knowing anything about him, even less thoughtless than Gu Mian and the others.

Gu Mian didn't care whether her teammates had brains or not.

Even if you consider this problem, there's no solution.

He remained silent, pondering in his mind that Yue Nu had indeed not voted for Li Wentao.

So who cast Li Wentao's seventh vote?

Just as Gu Mian was pondering, Guo Jimei, who was in the corner, was tightly gripping Coco who had just passed by: "Is the murder game you guys were talking about real? Did Li Wentao and Wang Pang really die last night?"

Coco nodded silently: "It's true."

Guo Jimei's voice suddenly rose: "That murderer must be Yuan Qinghua!"

At this moment, Gu Mian looked at Yue Nu and said, "I think there was something wrong with your idea just now."

Yue Nu asked curiously, "Are you referring to the matter that either Zhang Pingfan or Pan Yue is a ghost?"

Gu Mian nodded slightly and said softly, "There's another possibility..."

"That means Guo Jimei didn't see anything at all."

(End of this chapter)