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The school was located in the suburbs, and it took half an hour for the police to arrive on campus. The forensic expert came from the city bureau, and due to rush hour traffic, they only arrived at Room 407 of Boys' Dormitory Three an hour later.
The forensic examination revealed that Lin Yun had died between one to one and a half hours prior. In the bathroom, the sink was inexplicably filled with detergent. After questioning Lin Yun's classmates, it was discovered that the call made to Xu Bei came from Lin Yun's mobile phone number. The phone submerged in the sink also belonged to Lin Yun. Coming from a poor family, he used an outdated second-hand flip phone.
This indicated that Lin Yun was still alive when he made the call, and his precise time of death should be around one hour ago.
Su Yu provided crucial information, prompting the police to summon Shen Jia, the owner of a tailor shop.
Upon seeing the piece of Flower Cloth presented by the police, Shen Jia was taken aback. She told the investigators, "This Flower Cloth is not some enchanted object! It has no curse associated with it; I just used it to scare those students. The Flower Cloth is a rag I cut from a large piece of patterned velvet fabric; it works well for cleaning."
She explained that she had just opened her shop today and had lost a piece of velvet, forcing her to cut another piece of Flower Cloth from the remaining fabric. However, it soon went missing again.
To prevent further loss of Flower Cloth, Shen Jia concocted a frightening story that anyone who stole it would be cursed by the Stone Monkey. As for the Stone Monkey, it wasn't a deity meant to bless her business; rather, she believed that since she was born in the Year of the Monkey, the Stone Monkey would bring her good luck, which is why she kept it on her altar.
After looking at Lin Yun's photo and recalling for a moment, she said, "As for this student, I'm not sure if he has been to my tailor shop. This afternoon, there was indeed a long-haired student who brought in a pair of pants for me to alter. But he kept his head down while speaking, so I couldn't be certain if it was him." The long-haired student visited the tailor shop shortly after Su Yu and Wang Xiaofeng left, which was about an hour before Lin Yun's body was discovered.
Shen Jia found the pair of pants that needed alteration, and after confirmation from Lin Yun's dormitory roommates, it was indeed his.
It seemed clear that Lin Yun had visited Shen Jia's tailor shop and had taken a piece of Flower Cloth draped over the Stone Monkey. But if the Flower Cloth truly had no curse associated with it, why would he choose to take his own life? A young police officer speculated that perhaps Lin Yun had been subconsciously influenced by psychological suggestion, internalizing the belief that the Flower Cloth would bring misfortune. It was akin to self-hypnosis; he might have convinced himself that he would indeed suffer from the curse of the Stone Monkey. Unable to bear such pressure, he ultimately succumbed to psychological breakdown and chose suicide.
Though this explanation sounded somewhat bizarre, it wasn't entirely implausible.
In psychology, there is a classic case where a psychologist bound a blindfolded death row inmate to a chair and made a small incision on his wrist while telling him that he would slowly bleed out over three hours. In reality, blood flow stopped immediately. The psychologist turned on a faucet nearby to create dripping sounds as a strong psychological suggestion. When three hours passed, the inmate indeed died—not from blood loss but due to intense psychological suggestion.
The young police officer analyzed that university students face immense pressure regarding their studies and employment, which can easily lead to various psychological issues. Although the "Flower Cloth Curse" is merely a fabrication, it can still instill fear in mentally unstable students, potentially driving them to suicide.
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