Kaleidoscope of Death

After entering the door twice, Ruan Nanzhu can already confirm that the clue of No.11 door will not produce new changes.

The tenth door is too difficult, they can't brush it for the third time, besides, two times are enough, and they can't take risks with their lives.If Cheng Yixie hadn't left, then they might have obtained the third clue about the No.11 door, but unfortunately, such an accident happened.

Maybe life is like this, full of impermanence and variables.

Ruan Nanzhu said that Ye Niao also has light in her body, and she is a very suitable person for the door.As Ruan Nanzhu expected, Ye Niao quickly integrated into the life in Obsidian. His personality was lively and unrestrained, which kept the atmosphere in the villa from being too dull.

Two years is not long or short.

Since leaving Obsidian, Lin Qiushi has never seen Cheng Yixie again. Cheng Yixie just hid his tracks like this, and disappeared cleanly before everyone's eyes, as if he had never appeared before.

Disappeared with him was Zhuo Feiquan, who used to visit frequently. He came once after Cheng Qianli's accident, but he sat in the living room carelessly and said, "Where is that idiot Cheng Qianli? Why isn't he here?" No one Answer his questions.

Perhaps it was because of the ugly expressions on everyone's faces because of his question, Zhuo Feiquan seemed to have thought of something, he hesitated to speak for a moment, but finally turned around and left without saying anything.After this walk, he never appeared again, and he and Cheng Yixie disappeared from everyone's sight.

For two years, Lin Qiushi still didn't stop brushing the door.

Both high-level and low-level people go in, and the frequency is about once every half a month.Sometimes Ruan Nanzhu would be with him, and sometimes he was alone.

During this period, Lin Qiushi saw Ye Niao's women's clothing again... Forget it, let's not mention it, thinking about it makes my eyes hurt.

I have entered many doors, and I have seen all kinds of people, strong and weak, and life in the face of death always makes people feel emotional.

And Ruan Nanzhu never gave up contacting Cheng Yixie, but there was no response until one day in the second year, they knew that Cheng Yixie would definitely appear somewhere.

That day was Cheng Qianli's death day.

Lin Qiushi and Ruan Nanzhu went to the cemetery where Cheng Qianli was buried and found a corner. After waiting for a while, they saw a figure appearing in front of Cheng Qianli's tombstone.

The man was wearing a mask and hat, so he couldn't see his face clearly, but Lin Qiushi only took one look, and he was sure that the man who appeared in front of them was Cheng Yixie.

Lin Qiushi said: "Are we going there?"

Ruan Nanzhu shook his head, "Let him be alone for a while first."

Lin Qiushi sighed.

Cheng Yixie stood in front of Cheng Qianli for a long time, and finally put the flowers in his hand in front of the tombstone.When he was about to leave, Lin Qiushi finally couldn't help calling out his name: "Yixie!"

Cheng Yixie paused and turned to look at Lin Qiushi.

Lin Qiushi walked up to him quickly. He had a lot to say to the child in front of him, but he didn't know where to start.

"Long time no see." It was Cheng Yixie who spoke first.He looked at Lin Qiushi with cold eyes. Compared with the indifference caused by his previous personality, his eyes at this time were like a cold lake, deep and dark, chilled to the bone, and he could no longer find any warmth.

"Long time no see." Lin Qiushi said.

Ruan Nanzhu also walked in front of Cheng Yixie, he sized Cheng Yixie up with his eyes, but didn't say anything.

"I still have something to do, I have to go first." Cheng Yixie raised his watch and looked at it, his tone was very cold.

Lin Qiushi said: "You..." He wanted to ask Cheng Yixie if he was doing well, but felt that this question was a little redundant, because everyone could see that he was not doing well.

Cheng Yixie is not doing well.His hair is much grayer, although it is covered by a hat, it is still very obvious,

"Go." Ruan Nanzhu didn't say anything in the end, he said, "If you have something to do, call me, we are all here."

Cheng Yixie nodded, his face still unmoved, he turned and left.

Lin Qiushi and Ruan Nanzhu looked at his back, both silent.In fact, they didn't know how to comfort Cheng Yixie. Even after a year passed, the influence of certain things hadn't weakened at all, and it might even never be weakened.

Lin Qiushi slowly peeled off a piece of candy and put it in his mouth. Feeling the sweetness spread on the tip of his tongue, he reached out and held Ruan Nanzhu's hand, and said, "Let's go."

The two left the cemetery.

Seeing that Cheng Yixie was still alive, Lin Qiushi felt relieved, he didn't dare to expect too much.But what he didn't expect was that a few days later, they actually received a letter from Cheng Yixie, which briefly stated the clue of the No.11 door he had obtained.

"What I got was a special clue." In the letter, Cheng Yixie said, "The clue is only two words, life and death."

Lin Qiushi saw the content of the letter and read out two special words: "Life...dead?"

Ruan Nanzhu frowned, also lost in thought.

Their clues are unsolvable, but Cheng Yixie's clues are life and death. This made Lin Qiushi have some strange guesses. He said, "Does everyone have the same No.11 door?"

Ruan Nanzhu rubbed the letter with his fingers, looking at the words life and death on it: "It's possible."

"Did your senior provide any information when he entered the No.11 door?" Lin Qiushi looked at Ruan Nanzhu.

"No, I was still a novice at that time." Ruan Nanzhu replied, "Where did I expect the No.11 door to be so long ago?"

There is no way around them, there is no one around them who has passed the No.11 door.In fact, Ruan Nanzhu and Lin Qiushi were able to pass through the tenth gate safely, which is already the best among them.

Life and death, life and death, what exactly does life and death in the clues refer to?If it is another door, they can calmly think about what happened after entering the door, but this is a difficult door that will kill people if they are not careful. .

Although there is still a year to go, they have already begun to prepare for the entrance.

The two consulted a lot of information, about the association of the two characters of life and death, from Eastern legends to Western myths, from the Temple of Yama to Anubis...

Although I don't know if these things will work, but doing something to see, it's much better than sitting still.

In two years, Yeniao passed his seventh door.Lin Qiushi asked him if he wanted to skip a grade. Ye Niao thought about it, but refused.It means that jumping through the door is of no use, and what should be passed is still passable.

Lin Qiushi admired his prudence and self-control, after all, not everyone can calmly refuse such a temptation.

The exact time of the No.11 door is March 27th, because the level of the number of doors is already very high, so they can now clearly perceive the specific time of entering the door.

Ruan Nanzhu drew a circle on the position of March 26 on the calendar with a serious face, and marked a small heart beside it.

After seeing it, Lin Qiushi said to him, "You marked it wrong, you only entered the door on the 27th."

Ruan Nanzhu said: "It's not wrong."

Lin Qiushi was puzzled.

Ruan Nanzhu said: "26 needs to be done a few more times."

Lin Qiushi: "..." It took him a few seconds to realize that Ruan Nanzhu was telling a dirty joke. Lin Qiushi's temper became more and more obvious, Lin Qiushi thought it was good, the only bad thing was that Ruan Nanzhu often got jealous of himself.

"Do you like Zhu Meng or Ruan Nanzhu?" Ruan Nanzhu asked Lin Qiushi outside the door.

Lin Qiushi can only say that he likes Ruan Nanzhu

Once inside the door, the answer was about to change, and then Zhu Meng's actor went up and said, "But yesterday a man named Ruan Nanzhu contacted me and said you love him."

Lin Qiushi: "...Can't I love both of them?"

Ruan Nanzhu: "Yes, I agree that you love both."

Lin Qiushi: "..." Alas, why do you have so many scripts in your hand.

The time for door No.11 is approaching gradually, and the atmosphere in the crowd begins to be dignified again.

Needless to say, the difficulty of this door will be very high, so Lin Qiushi carefully calculated how to deal with his affairs before going in.But after thinking about it, he found that he seemed to be a person with nothing to worry about. His only friend, Wu Qi, was gone, and he hadn't contacted him for a long time at home. Apart from the group of friends in the villa, there was really no one to say goodbye to. .

But what Lin Qiushi didn't expect was that one month before entering the door, Ruan Nanzhu actually brought himself back to his house.

Lin Qiushi always thought that Ruan Nanzhu's home would have a relatively deserted atmosphere, but he didn't expect that as soon as he arrived at home, a beautiful middle-aged woman appeared, threw herself on Ruan Nanzhu's body and began to cry.

Unmoved, Ruan Nanzhu slowly pushed the woman away and called out, "Mom."

Lin Qiushi stood beside him awkwardly.

Then Lin Qiushi had a general understanding of Ruan Nanzhu's family structure. His family conditions are very good. He has an excellent brother, a strict father, and a delicate mother.Except for the better conditions, everything in this family seems very ordinary, and it is simply out of tune with Ruan Nanzhu.

Ruan Nanzhu introduced Lin Qiushi's identity very frankly, saying that he is his lover.

Lin Qiushi was a little nervous at first, but he saw that they accepted Ruan Nanzhu's statement calmly. Later, Lin Qiushi found out that their family members were similar to Yi Manman's family members, thinking that Ruan Nanzhu had a mental problem ...

"My child is good everywhere, but he is a bit paranoid." Taking advantage of Ruan Nanzhu's time to go to the bathroom, his mother wiped her tears and said to Lin Qiushi, "He has had this disease since he was a child, thank you, it must be you Being by his side made him feel better..."

Lin Qiushi didn't dare to say anything, thinking that he couldn't tell Ruan Nanzhu that his mother also had delusions.But this matter is actually understandable when you think about it carefully. After all, in the eyes of people without doors, the time they enter the door is just a moment of daze.

It's just that the reaction after the daze was a bit intense, some people cried and others laughed, and some even jumped directly from upstairs...

It can be seen that Ruan Nanzhu's family still has some feelings for him, but this feeling has become a burden to some extent. They can't understand what Ruan Nanzhu is doing, and why Ruan Nanzhu wants to escape from normal life trajectory...

There is no such thing as empathy in the world.

After eating, Ruan Nanzhu left with Lin Qiushi. He sat in the car, turned to look at Lin Qiushi, and asked, "Is there anything else you want to say?"

Lin Qiushi said: "What are you talking about...your mother is so young?"

Ruan Nanzhu: "..."

Lin Qiushi laughed, "I have nothing to say." He paused for a moment and said, "They are all very good people." It's just that some things are destined to be difficult to understand.

Ruan Nanzhu said: "I'm actually very lucky. My family always thought I was crazy and wanted to send me abroad for medical treatment, but they didn't force me."

When it comes to mental illness, Lin Qiushi thinks of Yi Manman. Yi Manman is almost a typical example in Obsidian. His family always thinks that he is crazy, a psychopath, and even tries to force him into a mental hospital.Compared with him, the attitude of Ruan Nanzhu's family members is quite stark.

"Yeah, from the outsiders' point of view, we are crazy." Lin Qiushi said helplessly, "We cried and screamed after a while."

Ruan Nanzhu said: "I haven't been home for four or five years."

Lin Qiushi looked at him and knew the meaning hidden in Ruan Nanzhu's words. As expected, Ruan Nanzhu said slowly: "The connection is not so close. When it is really lost, don't be so sad."

Lin Qiushi laughed dumbly: "That's not necessarily true." He thought that when they were about to confirm their relationship, Ruan Nanzhu suddenly took a step back. At this moment, thinking about it, this kind of thinking was probably at work.

It's just that at this time they are both firm enough to become the pillars that the other can rely on.

Half a month before entering the house, there was a carnival in the villa, and a group of people got together to drink every day, making a scene very late.

A certain emotion suppressed under this carnival broke out suddenly one night, everyone in the villa was crying that day, Chen Fei, Yi Manman, Lu Yanxue, and Ye Niao.

Ye Niao said: "Lin Qiushi, you bastard must come out!!"

Chen Fei said, "Brother Ruan, I'll wait for you to come out."

Yi Manman and Lu Yanxue were so out of breath from crying that they could no longer speak.

Lin Qiushi's eye sockets were also a little wet, but Ruan Nanzhu's heart was still as hard as iron, and he said: "Isn't this still dead, why are you crying?"

"Wooooow." But everyone who had drunk too much ignored Ruan Nanzhu's words and continued to vent their uneasy emotions.

Lin Qiushi was lying on the sofa, his mind eroded by alcohol was blank, but even so, he felt an indescribable happiness. Some people cared about his life and death, and some people cared about his survival. This feeling of being cared is It was so touching that I couldn't help but burst into tears.

Everyone was crying and making noise, and the room was in chaos.

Ruan Nanzhu walked to Lin Qiushi's side, sat down, then hugged Lin Qiushi into his arms, pointed at the tips of Lin Qiushi's ears, and said, "Your ears are like elves."

Lin Qiushi looked at Ruan Nanzhu with silly joy.

Ruan Nanzhu, who had drunk some wine, was also very good-looking, his indifferent expression was diluted by his slightly drunken expression, his eyes were shimmering, and his lips were red with some wet water stains, which looked extraordinarily delicious.

Lin Qiushi touched Ruan Nanzhu's thick eyelashes and said with a smile, "It's so long."

Ruan Nanzhu looked down at him.

Lin Qiushi leaned against Ruan Nanzhu's arms, feeling the warmth of the other person's skin, he said: "I used to think this was enough, but now..." There was a little sadness in his brows, "I want to grow old with you, Wouldn't it be too greedy to think so?"

"No." Ruan Nanzhu said, "Everyone thinks this way, it's normal." He leaned close to Lin Qiushi's ear, kissed the tip of Lin Qiushi's ear, his voice was hoarse, "Me too."

Lin Qiushi smiled brightly when he heard the words, and said, "That's really great, are you afraid?"

Ruan Nanzhu said: "I used to be afraid, but now I am not afraid anymore."

They have each other.

Lin Qiushi's heart also calmed down, and he said, "I'm not afraid either."

They stared into each other's eyes, and then smiled tacitly. Ruan Nanzhu picked Lin Qiushi up and went straight to the second floor.

Seeing that the two were about to leave, Ye Niao shouted: "Let's go now? Are you still happy..." After he finished speaking, Chen Fei patted his head, and Chen Fei said: "Young man, be sober, he is In love."

Ye Niao: "..." This place is really unfriendly to single dogs.

It was more than a dozen days like a doomsday carnival. In the week before the 27th, everyone's emotions gradually calmed down again.

Ruan Nanzhu found Chen Fei and began to explain some things.

Chen Fei resisted a little at first, but Ruan Nanzhu calmed him down with a word. He said: "I can't guarantee that I can come out. If I leave, you have to keep Obsidian alive. They are still there. You want protect them."

Only then did Chen Fei reluctantly agree.

Unlike Ruan Nanzhu, Lin Qiushi had nothing to do, so he went to help Lu Yanxue cook.

Lu Yanxue's expression was always down. She tried to pull herself together, but Lin Qiushi could see that she was barely smiling.

Lin Qiushi also felt distressed seeing her like this, so he said tactfully, don't laugh if you don't want to laugh, he understands her mood at this time.

When Lu Yanxue heard this, she couldn't hold back any longer, she threw herself into Lin Qiushi's arms and began to cry, she said: "I can't think about it, I can't think about it, you and Brother Ruan are gone Look, I don't dare to think about what happened to you..."

Lin Qiushi touched her hair, as if comforting a broken child, he didn't know what to do, he could only say: "It's okay, everything will be fine."

Lu Yanxue cried uncontrollably.

On March 25th, Cheng Yixie came back, and his return made everyone feel at a loss for a while, and there was a lot of worry under the joy.

Cheng Yixie has grown taller and thinner. In two years, he has completely grown into the appearance of a mature man.

He knew when Lin Qiushi and Ruan Nanzhu came in, so he probably worried that this was the last time he came here.

A group of people didn't dare to talk about the past, they just asked Cheng Yixie how he was doing in the past two years.

Cheng Yixie gave a mixed answer, but Lin Qiushi noticed that there was an extra necklace on his neck. Lin Qiushi had seen this necklace on Zhuo Feiquan's neck before...

"Where is Zhuo Feiquan?" Ruan Nanzhu asked the question Lin Qiushi wanted to ask.

"He's dead." Cheng Yixie's tone was very flat, as if death could no longer bring him any stimulation, "I left last year and didn't pass the tenth door."

Ruan Nanzhu stopped talking.

Cheng Yixie sat here for an hour and then got up to leave. Lu Yanxue asked him why he didn't come back, but he smiled and said three words: "I don't deserve it."

Hearing these three words, Lin Qiushi's heart ached as if being pricked by a needle. He looked at Ruan Nanzhu, but saw Ruan Nanzhu's lips pursed into a tight arc, and he didn't say anything to persuade him.

After Cheng Yixie left, Ruan Nanzhu said, "There is always a price to be paid for taking shortcuts."

Lin Qiushi knew what he meant.

Probably Ruan Nanzhu also wanted to say welcome back to Obsidian to Cheng Yixie, but he remained silent after all.Because Cheng Yixie has run counter to his principles, some things are the bottom line, no matter what the reason is, the bottom line cannot be broken.

On the 26th, Lin Qiushi and Ruan Nanzhu lay in bed all day.

They talked about love, looked at each other with affectionate eyes, the two embraced each other and slept, the sun set and rose again, and finally the most important day came.

March 27, the day Lin Qiushi and Ruan Nanzhu entered the door together.

It was a sunny spring day, with a slight breeze and a warm sun.

Lin Qiushi and Ruan Nanzhu had breakfast together, and carried the prepared things on their backs. The two sat by the bed, chatting while eating sweets, until the surrounding atmosphere suddenly changed.

The person who was sitting opposite Lin Qiushi suddenly disappeared. Lin Qiushi knew it was time to come. He stood up with his backpack on his back, opened a door casually, and saw the already familiar corridor.

Above the long corridor, ten doors have been sealed, leaving only two doors standing at the end of the corridor.

Lin Qiushi stepped into it slowly, walked to a door, took a deep breath, grabbed the door handle and slowly pulled it open.

The picture was reversed, and a strong suction brought Lin Qiushi into the door. After he saw the surrounding environment clearly, his breathing stopped.

After going through so many doors and seeing so many bizarre scenes, but none of them were as intrusive as the environment in front of him, Lin Qiushi's back was covered with cold sweat, and countless goosebumps appeared on his arms involuntarily—he appeared In a seemingly ordinary bedroom.Lin Qiushi clearly remembered that it was in this bedroom that he met the real Ruan Nanzhu for the first time.

That's right, Lin Qiushi returned to his former residence, the rental house that he had vacated for a long time.

Lin Qiushi thought with a wry smile, this is simply a nightmare within a nightmare.