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Looking at his indifferent expression, I truly did not know how to approach him, but at that time, my only good friend was Shitou.

N years ago

Some unknown fragments keep flashing in my mind, that man was strangled to death from behind by a man of medium build, his eyes wide open in death, filled with resentment

The next day, the result was just as he had anticipated; the bluestone was firmly positioned atop Wang Dahai's corpse. If I hadn't caused such a commotion, the park would likely remain intact, and the body would have been difficult to discover.

That was the first time I witnessed one person being killed by another. It turns out that murder is also a physically demanding task, not as simple as portrayed on television. I do not know if it was due to fear in my heart or discomfort in my stomach, but as soon as I opened my mouth, I vomited the noodles I had for lunch.

It was only later that she overheard her parents talking and learned that I had said some very frightening nonsense at the time. It was precisely because of this nonsense that the police unearthed a corpse under the bluestone in North Park, which turned out to be that of Wang Dahai, the director of the park management office who had been missing for over a month

Later, there was an occasion when I went to my grandmother's house to play. Suddenly, I heard someone knocking on the door at Grandma Wang's house next door. I went out to take a look and found that it was Grandma Wang's son who had come home with his wife and children to visit his mother. Usually, when Grandma Wang's son comes back, he opens the door with his own key, but today he found that the door was locked from the inside. No matter how much they knocked, no one inside responded.

Seeing his incredulous expression, I was momentarily at a loss for words. If he had suddenly said something like this to me, I certainly would not have believed it either. Never mind, since he does not believe me, it would be pointless for me to say anything.

As for my attitude towards this school event, I approached it with a mindset of having fun, so my best friend, Zhao Shitou (whose full name is Zhao Lei), and I only participated for a short while before we ran behind the rockery to play around.

However, this Wang Dahai is not easily swayed by such tactics. He stated that if payment is not made, he would take this IOU to court and that would be the end of the matter.

He glanced at the large green stone I mentioned and said, "I see it, what's the matter? Is there a treasure inside this large green stone?"

I leaned against him and vented my frustrations for a long time, yet the strange feeling in my heart remained persistent, and my head was buzzing, causing me extreme discomfort. I couldn't understand why, but I could distinctly sense that a dead person was lying beneath the large bluestone where we had just been playing.

However, Teacher Qu still felt a bit uneasy, so she had Shitou stay with me and instructed him: If Jinbao still feels unwell, you should take him home.

Since then, my classmates began to intentionally or unintentionally avoid me, even my closest friend, Shitou, hardly played with me anymore. At that time, I did not know the reason for this.

The police found a promissory note on the body of Wang Dahai, indicating that a contractor named Sun Zichu had borrowed 10,000 yuan from him. Further investigation revealed that Sun Zichu had recruited Wang Dahai to undertake the renovation project of Beigong Park, promising him a reward of 10,000 yuan upon successful completion, and had written him a promissory note for the same amount.

When they returned and saw that my burns were indeed quite serious, they hurriedly took me to the emergency room of the county hospital. Once at the hospital, I began to speak incoherently. According to what my sister Zhao Cai later told me, the things I said frightened the doctors, nurses, and even my father and mother quite a bit! However, she did not know exactly what I said, as she had stayed at home to look after the house.

However, I did not expect that after returning home in the evening, I developed a fever due to the shock. When my sister saw that my temperature had reached 42 degrees, she was so frightened that she hurried out to find my father, who was currently playing mahjong at a neighbor's house.

Upon seeing my condition, Shitou was frightened and quickly called for the teacher. The teacher in charge that day was Ms. Qu, the homeroom teacher, a woman in her fifties. She was also taken aback by my appearance and immediately came over and pressed down on my philtrum without saying a word.

Just when the two of us were in the heat of our argument, suddenly a feeling I had never experienced before enveloped my heart, leaving me momentarily breathless and feeling quite uncomfortable inside

Upon seeing me, Shitou immediately rolled his eyes in disbelief, and in a panic, rushed over to support me, saying: "Jinbao? Jinbao, what has happened to you? Please don't scare me!"

I shook my head and said, "It's nothing, I might have exerted myself a bit too much earlier; sitting for a while will be fine."

I stared at him for a while, then slowly shook my head and said: "No... there is a dead person in there."

In the first half of this year, the government funded a series of renovations and refurbishments for North Park. Perhaps a certain leader felt that the expenses were somewhat extravagant, so the subsequent finishing touches and cleanup work were primarily carried out by free laborers like us who do not charge any fees

Teacher Qu looked at me with concern and said: "Jinbao, how are you feeling? Do you still feel like vomiting? Was there something wrong with what you ate at noon?"

Driven to desperation, Sun Zichu took advantage of a night when there was no one in Beigong Park to kill Wang Dahai. He knew that a large piece of bluestone would be delivered the next day, intended to be placed behind the artificial rockery. Therefore, he buried Wang Dahai's body overnight beneath the spot where the bluestone would be placed the following day

Beijing Park is located in the bustling city center. Since I can remember, it has already been established. Since childhood, I have enjoyed having my parents take my sister and me here to play on weekends. Although it has become somewhat dilapidated over the years, it remains the preferred place for us children to come out and have fun.

I watched Teacher Qu busy organizing the students for their labor activities, and I quietly said to Shitou: "Shitou, I have something to tell you, but you mustn't be afraid."

Although the project was eventually taken over, there were two accidents in between, which meant that Sun Zichu did not earn much money. If he were to give 10,000 yuan to Wang Dahai, he would not only end up with nothing from this venture but would also incur losses. Therefore, Sun Zichu contemplated defaulting on the payment

The stone looked at me strangely and said: "Go ahead, if you are not afraid, how could I be afraid?"

Our school has a tradition of organizing students to go to Beigong Park in the city every year to "learn from Lei Feng and do good deeds," which involves voluntary cleaning. This year, the task has been assigned to our sophomore grade group.

I remember that all stories began on that spring afternoon, when the sunlight was a bit more dazzling than usual

After much hesitation, I slowly said to him: "Shitou, did you see that large blue stone behind the rockery?"

"Don't talk nonsense, do you think that's the Monkey King? Still stuck in the stone!" said the stone

I do not know whether it was her pressing on my philtrum that had an effect, or if I had begun to adapt to that feeling; in any case, I no longer felt the urge to vomit. Seeing that I had recovered a bit, Shitou helped me sit slowly on a bench in the park.

This large bluestone is located behind the rockery filled with strange stones, and it was only moved here during the recent park renovation, said to have the ability to ward off evil. However, it is now clearly resting upon the body of a dead man! I can distinctly see that he is a man, dressed in a gray-blue work uniform, with his hands and feet bound by ropes. The face of the corpse shows some cyanosis, indicating that he must have endured considerable suffering before death