Chapter 885: The Funeral

"The software is so laggy... and the phone is laggy too..."

Jiang Ran pulled out his phone.

For some reason, no matter how expensive the phone was, after a little while of use, it would always get laggy and sluggish.

Jiang Ran had never used a Fruit Phone, so he wasn't sure whether Fruit Phones were the same as Android phones.

He opened his phone, then opened WeChat.

He noticed that five minutes ago, someone had sent him a message.

It was... from Wang Qingzhao.

He opened it.

It was Wang Qingzhao inviting him to attend a funeral.

Jiang Ran was dumbfounded, so he immediately typed back asking whose funeral it was.

Could it be that they had a mutual friend? Or maybe another former classmate had died?

Jiang Ran was scared.

Truly scared.

He thought back to that time when he went hiking with his college classmates.

That was also the time Wang Qingzhao was there.

And in the end, not many of them survived that hike.

After that, he went to a high school reunion.

He went to Gu Bei's Castle for some treasure hunt activity.

And as it turned out, during the treasure hunt at the castle, another high school classmate died in that historically ancient castle.

Although, to be fair, those two incidents couldn't really be blamed on him.

But he had been present for both, and people had died both times.

He wasn't Conan, but he at least had a bit of Conan's death-bringing attribute.

In less than three minutes, Wang Qingzhao replied to his message.

She was going to attend her cousin's funeral.

Jiang Ran was speechless. It wasn't like she was his wife or girlfriend.

Why would he go to her cousin's funeral?

Was she planning to pass him off as her boyfriend?

So he asked.

She replied.

But she hadn't finished.

It wasn't her cousin's funeral she was attending, but rather her cousin's girlfriend's funeral.

Then Jiang Ran was even more confused about what he was supposed to do there.

Then Wang Qingzhao said she needed someone to help carry things.

As for what to carry, she didn't say.

In any case, she just needed him to come help.

Given his relationship with Wang Qingzhao, especially since she had helped him buy medicine, even if he was just going to be a background prop, he had to go.

The funeral was tomorrow, so today Jiang Ran was still free.

He lay there by the riverbank with his eyes closed for another ten-plus minutes.

Then he returned to where he had parked his electric bike, got on it, and rode back to Alice Apartment.

Alice Apartment, Round 33.

Current remaining lab rats: Jiang Ran, Huang Kaiyu, Yang Qi, Jin Hai, Zheng Zihan.

Building No. 2, Room 503.

At Zheng Zihan's place, a difference of opinion had erupted.

Zheng Zihan's group of 14, current remaining count:

Zheng Zihan, Lin Yu.

The comatose girl whose boyfriend died in the bathroom.

Silver-Haired Guy, Pink Long-Haired Girl.

Green-haired Guy.

Six people.

To be more precise.

It was five people.

The girl who had been having sex with her boyfriend in the bathroom.

In the end, her boyfriend was killed by the middle-aged man, and she herself was raped by the middle-aged man.

Finally, the middle-aged man was killed by Deep Blue Suit Jason.

This comatose girl.

After the police arrived last night, she was taken to the nearest hospital.

After being sent to the hospital, she woke up within a few hours.

After all, she hadn't sustained any life-threatening injuries, or even any serious injuries for that matter.

It was only due to extreme shock and terror that she had remained unconscious for so long.

After waking up.

She told Lin Yu, Zheng Zihan, and the others everything that had happened to her, and of course she also told the fake cops.

But for whatever reason.

This girl had omitted the fact that she had been raped by the middle-aged man.

She only said that she and her boyfriend were using the bathroom when the middle-aged man suddenly burst in.

Her boyfriend tried to protect her and was killed by the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man was about to rape her when suddenly Deep Blue Suit Jason burst in and killed him.

But for some unknown reason, he didn't do anything to her.

And then she fainted from fright.

The comatose girl hiding the fact that she was raped by the middle-aged man.

Was actually very normal.

Because, not to mention other countries, just looking at Hua Country alone.

After a woman is raped, 80 to 90 percent of women will not call the police.

Only 10 to 20 percent will call the police.

This number is absolutely staggering.

To give an example, that is, out of 100 such incidents, only 10 get reported.

Of course, other countries aren't much better.

In the UK and Kangaroo Country, the reporting rates are similar to Hua Country's.

A San Country is even more terrifying, with only 1.5 to 7 percent of victims reporting.

There are many reasons for this.

For example, fear of being judged and gossiped about by others, and the immense pressure.

Or because the perpetrator is someone known to the victim.

Difficulty in collecting evidence, difficulty in filing a case, and so on.

In short, the comatose girl chose to hide this matter.

She was currently staying in the hospital.

She would probably be discharged around evening.

After all, staying in the hospital cost money.

After the comatose girl woke up, because of the hospital fees, she had even messaged her parents asking for hospitalization money.

She didn't have any hope of getting it.

And the result was just as she had expected.

Not only did her parents refuse to give her money, they instead verbally abused her, asking if she had gotten pregnant by some random man and didn't have money for an abortion? Was she asking for abortion money now?

They also cursed at her, telling her to die out there.

Saying they didn't have a daughter like her.

When the comatose girl saw these messages, even though she had seen similar ones from her parents before.

This time, it hurt especially deeply, and she silently shed tears.

The comatose girl came from a family that favored sons over daughters. If life at home hadn't been so unbearable and miserable, she wouldn't have left that home and been drifting around outside all this time.

Let's turn back to Building No. 2, Room 503.

Lin Yu and the others, because of last night's events, were discussing whether they should continue living here.

The only one who agreed to keep living here was Zheng Zihan.

Although Lin Yu also agreed with his girlfriend's suggestion, deep down he really didn't want to stay here.

Those against: Silver-Haired Guy, Pink Long-Haired Girl.

Neutral party: Green-haired Guy.

So the two sides were deadlocked at 2 to 2.

Neither side could convince the other.

Everyone was insisting they were right.

Finally, Pink Long-Haired Girl said, "How about this, let's just split up! Whoever wants to live here can stay here! Whoever doesn't want to live here can go find a crappy apartment outside!"

"This place is a den of murderous psychopaths!"

"How many people did we lose yesterday? How many murderous psychopaths did we run into?"

"Just yesterday, our group alone encountered at least 4!!"

"And that's not even counting the ones those who died encountered!!!"

"Why are we still living here?!"

"Waiting for tonight, for yesterday's script to play out all over again?!"

Pink Long-Haired Girl was very agitated.

Both out of worry for herself and grief for her dead boyfriend.

Lin Yu told Pink Long-Haired Girl to calm down.

Then, he also carefully tried to persuade his girlfriend: "Zihan, actually... I don't really want to stay here either. Living here really is a bit dangerous..."

"Besides, so many of us have died, and not many of the murderous psychopaths have been caught... sigh..."

"Who knows, maybe those escaped murderous psychopaths are still hiding somewhere in this Alice Apartment!"