Then Xiao Xiao's gaze returned to Zhao Luzheng, ignoring the furious Taotie as it struggled desperately to escape his finger.
"Why did they all choose hanging?"
"Huh?"
Zhao Luzheng froze.
He thought back to the news reports. "Well... the news didn't say."
Generally, neither the public nor the police focused on how a student had died by suicide.
As for the method...
"Why does there have to be a reason?"
Zhang Bo muttered in confusion. "They just chose to die that way."
"Or maybe the later students were influenced by the first student who died by suicide, so they ended up choosing the same method?"
Zhao Luzheng guessed.
People were inclined to follow the crowd.
It wasn't strange for young middle schoolers to follow a trend like this.
"But hanging isn't easy."
Xiao Xiao lightly tapped the table with the fingertips of his free hand. "They had to prepare a rope and set up the scene."
"Why not choose a more convenient method?"
"Like... jumping from a building."
"That would save them all the trouble."
They could just jump.
"True."
Zhuge Yun lowered the cake he was about to stuff into his mouth. "Most of the student suicide cases before this seemed to involve jumping from a building."
"Hanging... I don't hear about that as often."
The room fell silent for a while.
Zhuge Yun shook his head. "Who knows?"
"Maybe it's like Little Four just said. The first student who died by suicide chose that method, and the ones who came after simply followed suit."
"As for why the first student chose hanging..."
Zhuge Yun finally stuffed the cake he'd been holding into his mouth, chewing as he thought about what to say next.
"Maybe—"
Xiao Xiao picked up where he left off. "She