Six sentences, and when the first letters are connected, they spell out “Hoopoe dies, swallow comes in spring.” Broadly speaking, the ballad means that the murdered female ghost has regained her freedom and is coming back for revenge!
Luo Yingbai was almost 80% certain that the scoundrel coded as “hoopoe” was Yin Ming, based on his various reactions. He had previously checked Yin Ming’s teacher records in the archives, knowing he had divorced years ago without children. However, the details of why Yin Ming left the school were obscure.
So Luo Yingbai wanted to try finding information about staff family members on other registration cards, possibly finding a breakthrough through Yin Ming’s wife. He left when it was already dark, hurrying to the archives before they closed. Halfway there, someone stopped him.
Turning back, he saw his neighbor from the adjacent dormitory. He quickly greeted, “Hey, Wang Ge, I have something urgent to do.”
Wang Ge grabbed Luo Yingbai, looking surprised: “Yingbai, what’s going on with your dormitory? Why are you rushing there so late?”
Luo Yingbai, about to rush out, paused: “Oh? Who else besides me?”
Wang Ge said: “That effeminate, weepy guy, what’s his name? Luo something? I saw him carrying a bag towards the humanities building over an hour ago. Isn’t he from the Arts Academy? I found it strange and asked him, but he ignored me… Now you’re rushing too. What’s happening?”
Luo Yingbai sighed, trying to sound calm: “Nothing, just exercising. That area isn’t safe. I’ll call Luo Yuanfan later and tell him to come back.”
Meanwhile, on Xia Jianning’s side, another discovery was made.
“I basically know the name of the spirit haunting the teaching building,” he said directly when he called Luo Yingbai.
Due to unexpected events, Luo Yingbai hadn’t gone to the archives and was about to check on Luo Yuanfan at the teaching building. Hearing Xia Jianning’s statement, he was stunned and said, “Tell me.”
Xia Jianning, still unaware of the ballad’s secret, was thinking along the same lines as Luo Yingbai.
He walked out the door, and Gou Songze was just rushing towards him. Seeing that his boss was about to run away, he quickly blocked him and reported: “Director Xia, there’s news from the hospital – Yin Ming has escaped!”
Xia Jianning was stunned: “When?”
