In the past two days, a legend about the library has been widely circulated in schools:
Five years ago, a girl committed suicide in the library because of emotional problems. The time of her death was 4: 30 pm, and the clock in that library often stopped at 4: 29 after the girl died. The students said that it was the last moment, and the girl's soul missed life.
The legendary library is the library that I am responsible for cleaning up. However, I have always scoffed at this superstitious rumor. What's more, in the month I worked in the library, I have never encountered what they call a supernatural phenomenon.
I am more interested in a girl who often comes to the library than a supernatural clock.
Her name is Zhang Xin, not a student in our school. Because there are many books in our school library, people from other schools or the society often come to apply for library cards. She is one of them.
She comes to the library every few days and often sits alone all day with a big notebook. Because there are many documents in this library where I am located, not many people usually come. Usually, this is a huge library, just me and her.
My library has a rule: the overdue newspapers in the periodical room will be sent here, and then the librarian will organize them into books and put them away as books. Judging from the earliest newspaper date, this regulation should have started five years ago. The most important thing for Zhang Xin to come to the library every day is to read those old newspapers. Another thing she does every day is to remember things. She will write down what she sees, hears and even smells, and the details are outrageous. Sometimes I even wonder if she is a goldfish with only seven seconds of memory.
Not long after the calm days, I personally experienced a paranormal with a wrong clock.
It was the first day of the "Eleventh" holiday, and many students went home, which made the already sparsely populated library even more deserted.
After lunch, I went to the library and sat in the last row reading. I glanced at my watch. It's past one o'clock. I got up to return the book. At this time, I looked up at the watch on the wall and found that the time just pointed to 4: 29.
It's four twenty-nine.
I feel cold in my back. How can time be inexplicably three hours faster? At this time, the long two rows of bookshelves are particularly scary. I can't help but imagine a girl in white lying under a bookshelf at the moment, staring at me with red eyes.
Suddenly someone patted me on the back, and I turned around in fear. This is a young man I know. He works in a newspaper and often comes to the library to read books. I remember him because he is a social worker.
He pointed to the clock on the wall and said, "The clock is broken. Should it be demolished ... repaired? "
I nodded and said I would report as soon as possible.
In fact, I have long wanted to change this clock. On this clock, there are no numbers on the round dial, but twelve identical black dots are used instead. For someone who is used to using an electronic watch, it is easy to read the wrong time.
After the young man left, I've been thinking about the clock imbalance ― someone must have secretly adjusted the time. But the problem is, take the clock off the wall, adjust the time and put it back. It is impossible to guarantee that it will not be discovered every time.
I secretly asked some seniors and teachers, and they said that the legend of the clock existed several years ago. As for the girl who committed suicide, it's sheer nonsense. Nothing like this has ever happened.
I am determined to investigate the truth of the incident.
Just when I was confused about the clock disorder, I came across a letter for me.
Two days ago, the library held a whole library activity, and it was necessary to sort out the books in the library and find out what was lost, damaged and not in the computer. The letter was found in a dusty tome, and the envelope read:
Chyi Chin Weidong
I opened the envelope curiously and thought, who put my letter here? If it weren't for the activities of the whole museum, I don't think I would have seen this letter after graduation. The content of the letter is very simple, that is to say, congratulations on my admission to an ideal university. She misses me very much. The signature is light summer, a beautiful name.
Although I just got into college, I really can't think of anyone who would write me such a letter. What surprised me even more was that the postmark on the envelope was actually five years ago. In other words, five years ago, someone knew that I was going to enter this university and wrote me a letter. This puzzled me, so I wrote a reply according to the address on the letter. While waiting for a reply, I found another strange thing.
In the library's borrowing records, there is actually Zhang Xin's name. The borrowing time was actually five years ago.
Once the library teacher asked me to check Zhang Xin's library card. She took out her library card and student card. The information on the student ID card shows that she is a freshman. But judging from the borrowing information and electronic photos, she did borrow books from the library five years ago.
What kind of secrets are hidden in this?
The chaotic clock, the letter from the prophet, the borrowing record five years ago ... The clock ticking on the wall is particularly harsh in the silent library, which makes me upset. So I pulled up a chair and took the clock off the wall. It doesn't matter if it's dismantled. I found an unusual place.
For ordinary clocks, the hanging point is generally at the upper part of the back of the clock. After hanging on the wall, the clock can't turn. But this clock is very strange. The suspension point is in the center of the clock, and it is a square groove. The nail on the wall is wrapped by a wooden wedge with an outer circle and an inner circle, which closely fits the square groove in the center of the clock.
In this way, the clock is hung on the wall through a wooden wedge, and the clock will turn with a little external force. There are no numbers on the clock, only the same black dots. If the time is 1 point 15, turn the clock 45 degrees, and if you don't look carefully, you will read 4 o'clock 15.
In this way, even if you don't take the clock off the wall, you can easily change the time when people are not paying attention.
Who did it? For what?
The Ancient Xuanwumen Spring and Autumn Zhuo Xin Classics of the Fugitive of Postgraduate Entrance Examination