Death Spiral [Infinite Flow]

In the evening, when Liandong returned to the hotel, Lian Qiao was washing clothes.

Naturally, hotels in those days did not provide laundry services, so Lian Qiao had to do it himself.Fortunately, at home, he did all these housework by himself, and now he is very skillful in doing it.

There is a large water basin in the backyard of the hotel, and several pieces of clothing are floating in layers of foam.Lian Qiao took a small bench and sat in front of the sink, rubbing his clothes with great enjoyment.

Liandong approached from behind, with light steps, Lian Qiao didn't notice it.

Until Lonicera leaned over and hugged him from behind.

"...?" Lian Qiao was a little surprised at first, but after feeling the familiar embrace, he turned around with a smile and kissed the corner of his eyes, "You're back."

"Leave me to wash." Liandong said and rolled up her sleeves.

Lian Qiao quickly stopped him and said, "No need. Aren't you going to take the college entrance examination tomorrow? Hurry up and read."

Liandong smiled: "It's okay. I already got the answer."

Lian Qiao was taken aback.Lian Dong had reached into the water basin and rubbed the clothes of the two of them.

The setting sun slanted in from the top of the wall, cast on the brows of Honeysuckle's hair, and reflected his face warmly and softly.It was clearly a young man's face, but his eyes were as calm as water, an expression Lian Qiao was extremely familiar with.

Lian Qiao looked at him quietly, and suddenly a thought came to his mind:

As long as you are with him, anywhere is home.

Not long after, the monk and Little Apple came back from outside after finishing their day's work.The four of them sat together for dinner, and during the dinner, Little Apple seemed to have something on his mind, sneaking glances at Lonicera and Lian Qiao from time to time.

Liandong couldn't help asking: "What are you looking at?"

Little Apple froze.Lian Qiao quickly helped to smooth things over and said, "We... We didn't come home last night, Little Apple was worried all night, and when he saw me coming back today, he scolded me all over the face. Like an old mother..."

As he spoke, he secretly winked at Little Apple, signaling her not to tell about his illness.

Little Apple's eyes darkened, but he quickly continued: "Old lady, you are so tall! Are you still embarrassed to say it? It's fine if you lose it. You ran away with the key players. What should I do with the monk?"

The doubt in Liandong's eyes disappeared, replaced by a slightly flushed blushing shyness.After all, he and Lian Qiao did that all night yesterday, so he couldn't explain it to Little Apple at this time, so he had to follow what Little Apple said and apologize to them.

"It's okay." The monk waved his hand very Buddhistly, "It's good that people are fine. Did you find any clues?"

Lonicera shook her head.The monk sighed: "It's been No. 18 days..."

Lian Qiao interrupted: "Tomorrow he will take the college entrance examination. After the exam, he should be able to change the scene again. Let's see it then."

It had to be like this.The monk nodded, picked up his rice bowl and started eating sullenly.

After eating, Lian Qiao returned to the room early with Lonicera on the grounds that "he wants to read a book".Liandong opened a book and spread it on the table, her eyes were fixed on the book, but her mind was not on it at all.

"What did you do during the day?" Lonicera asked.

Lian Qiao is packing up his things.It is best to take it with you when changing scenes tomorrow, so as not to have no clothes to wear.

In fact, he has been sleeping all afternoon.After the headache, I felt powerless, as if I had a fever.He didn't want Liandong to worry, so he made up a reason and lied to him with a smile.

Liandong didn't doubt it, but just let out an "oh".

However, he was never in the mood to review.After reading for a while, he said he was sleepy, so he dragged Lian Qiao to lie on the bed to rest.

Joe Lian turned off the lights.The two hugged each other and chatted about something in the dark.Finally, the drowsiness came, and Lian Dong's breathing became more and more stable, and the warm breath fell on Lian Qiao's ear, and fell into a deep sleep.

Lian Qiao put his arms around him, staring at the ceiling with bright eyes, never tired.Like a nocturnal beast.

When Lian Dong fell asleep soundly, Lian Qiao carefully pulled his arm out of his embrace.Liandong's arms were empty, probably because she felt cold, she curled up gently under the quilt.

Seeing him like this, Lian Qiao felt infinite pity in his heart.Sitting on the edge of the bed and watching him quietly for a while, he finally sighed and got up and got out of bed.

He tiptoed to the edge of the desk and reached for Honeysuckle's school uniform hanging on the back of the chair.

The school uniform jacket has no pockets, is thin and soft, and cannot hide things.

Sports pants are made of cheap chemical fiber, but they feel oily and slippery.Lian Qiao put his hands into his trouser pockets, and the fabrics rubbed against each other to make a slight rustling sound, which made him a little nervous.

He glanced back at the bed uneasily.Fortunately, Lian Dong was in a deep sleep, and this noise did not disturb him.

Lian Qiao touched Lonicera's schoolbag again.There are not many things in the schoolbag, only books and stationery.Lian Qiao carefully touched the books one by one, and there was nothing hidden in the books.The stationery box is also empty, only two fountain pens.

The brass key is not here.

Think about it too, if Liandong really stole his key, why would he carry it with him and let him find out.

Little by little, he re-zipped the schoolbag, retracted his hand, and suddenly heard a creak from the bed behind him.

Lian Qiao was startled, his back straightened suddenly, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.

He didn't dare to look back.

Fortunately, Lian Dong just turned over and then fell into a deep sleep again.

Lian Qiao stood alone in the darkness, suddenly feeling terribly sad.

When did we become like this?Am I actually going to dig through his things behind his back?

The qi in his chest was stagnant, and Lian Qiao felt extremely uncomfortable, and suddenly wanted to smoke a cigarette.

He didn't know how to smoke originally, but now he felt that it would be nice if he had a cigarette.

He stood silently in the dark for a long while, but in the end he didn't go out to look for cigarettes, but crawled back to the bed and hugged Honeysuckle into his arms again.

Returning to the familiar and warm embrace, Lonicera almost instinctively stretched out her arms towards him, wrapping her arms around him loosely.

Lian Qiao couldn't help kissing his forehead, feeling sore and wanting to cry.

The next day, Lonicera's college entrance examination.The matter was so important that the three of them were not in the mood to work, but stood outside the examination room and waited.

A large group of equally anxious parents gathered outside the examination room.Although they are NPCs, the tension and anxiety on their faces is real.Even the three of Qiao were infected by this atmosphere just standing in the crowd, and couldn't help feeling anxious.

"What school do you think he will be admitted to?" Little Apple flipped through the brochure sent by the cram school organization, which had the scores for the college entrance examination over the years.

Lian Qiao casually mentioned the name of the school, and then added: "It's his alma mater."

"Fuck? He's still a student at a prestigious school?" Little Apple opened her mouth wide in surprise, and quickly turned the brochure to the page of Lonicera's alma mater, her eyes widened even wider, "Sure enough..."

The monk leaned over curiously: "What?"

"The score line of this school is super high!" Little Apple pointed to the brochure, "Can he really pass the exam? Wait, how many volunteers did he fill out? What if he doesn't pass the exam..."

"I just filled out one volunteer." Lian Qiao smiled, "Don't worry, you can get in." He looked around cautiously, and said to the two in a low voice, "He has already got the answer."

The monk heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this.But Little Apple yelled "Huh?!"

"Are you serious?! When did you get it?" She looked suspicious.

Lian Qiao said, "Yesterday."

"But..." Little Apple frowned, "He was only a sophomore in high school yesterday. Could it be that the college entrance examination papers were issued a year in advance?"

Lian Qiao's heart skipped a beat when he heard this.

Little Apple was still muttering uneasily: "This answer is no problem, don't be a fake..."

Lian Qiao didn't speak any more, but turned to look at the examination room with a solemn expression.

In the afternoon, the results came out.Liandong was successfully admitted to his alma mater with a score close to the number one.The monk and Little Apple finally breathed a sigh of relief—they already knew that Lonicera would encounter an elevator at the age of 28, so as long as he followed the real trajectory of his life, there was a high probability that he would find the elevator.

Although I don't know where the button is yet, I can't rush it now.After all, the scene has not been fully unlocked yet.

Thinking that the scene will change when I open my eyes tomorrow morning, the monk and Little Apple will start packing early.Lian Qiao got ready yesterday, and now he is free, holding Lian Dong's hand and going for a walk outside.

The neighborhood isn't that big.The two walked along the road from the street to the end of the street, and then from the end of the street to the street.It was getting dark, but there were only a lot of people on the road.It turned out that the neighbors came out for a stroll after dinner.

For these neighbors, Lian Qiao and the others have lived here for three years.Everyone also knew that Liandong was admitted to his alma mater, and came to congratulate her one after another.

Lian Qiao was too lazy to deal with them, so he dragged Lonicera away.Before they knew it, the two came to the unfinished building on the corner of the street.

When they first came here six days ago, Tanweilou stood upright like a beast with its stomach ripped open.Now that it has been so long, no one cares about the unfinished building, what it was six days ago is still what it is now.

The location here is remote, the light is not good, and there are often people in disorder.Neighbors are full of complaints about this.

Lian Qiao led Lonicera to a street lamp.The street lamp was in disrepair for a long time, and it would dim from time to time.There was a whistling sound from the old lamp tube.

Liandong glanced at the dark unfinished building, frowned slightly, as if remembering something bad.

"What are you doing here?" Liandong's tone was faintly displeased.

Lian Qiao looked around and confirmed that there was no one around, then whispered: "What's the matter with your college entrance examination results?"

"Cheating. Didn't I tell you that I have the answer?"

"Really?"

Liandong showed a helpless expression, and took out a ball of paper from his pocket: "You don't believe me?"

Lian Qiao took the ball of paper, opened it, and found that it was densely covered with small characters.It turned out to be an answer to the college entrance examination.

He froze for a moment, then asked again, "How did you get it?"

Liandong said: "I did a hidden mission in school."

Lian Qiao still wanted to ask what the mission was, but Lian Dong frowned and asked, "Are you doubting me?"

The word "doubt" pierced Lian Qiao's heart like a steel needle.He subconsciously wanted to deny it, and wanted to say forget it and let's go back.But thinking about all the things these days, he finally calmed down, bit his lip, and said, "You've been doing something wrong lately."

Liandong asked: "What's wrong?"

"I don't know, I can't tell..." Lian Qiao felt his heart rolling on the mountain of knives, and there were bloodstains all the way.He stretched out his hand to Liandong uneasily, Liandong immediately understood and reached out to hug him.

Their chests were pressed tightly together.Feeling that familiar heartbeat didn't make Lian Qiao feel much better.

"I'm very worried about you." Lian Qiao buried his head on his neck, like a little animal shivering in the cold rain without its nest, "I don't know what's wrong with you, and I don't know what's wrong with me..."

Liandong caressed his hair, and asked softly: "Then how can you feel at ease?"

Lian Qiao was silent for a moment: "...I hope that no matter what decision you make, you will discuss it with me, and don't bear everything by yourself..."

Before Lian Qiao finished speaking, Liandong suddenly pushed him away.Lian Qiao was taken aback, staring blankly at the instant burst of anger on his face.

"You asked me to discuss everything with you, what about you?!" Lonicera has always been calm and gentle, and has never been so angry.Like a deer driven to the edge of a cliff, he has no way to retreat, but angrily raised his horns and rushed forward, "You knew the use of the key but didn't tell me! If it wasn't for Little Apple who told me, I'm afraid I’m still in the dark! Do you want to hide it from me for the rest of your life! Do you want to use the key secretly by yourself! "

Lian Qiao's heart sank.Little Apple really told him.

Seeing that he was silent, Liandong became even more angry, so she couldn't help but raised her hand and pushed him hard: "Say it! Do you want to die alone behind my back!"

Lian Qiao was caught off guard and staggered by his push.Hearing this, he raised his head suddenly, and hurriedly explained: "No! You may not die! Using the key is just..."

"Just what?" Liandong asked sharply, her scorching eyes forced him to answer, leaving no room for him to think about lies.

Lian Qiao opened his mouth and was speechless for a moment.

"You don't even know what will happen after you use it." Liandong sneered, but there was a deep pain in his eyes, "I really spoil you so much. You think I can help you no matter what happens Clean up the mess? You thought..."

When he said this, he suddenly suffocated for breath, with a painful look on his face, and grabbed his chest.

Lian Qiao was shocked: "Lonicera!" He hurried forward and hugged Lonicera, and reached out to fumble for the medicine bottle in Lonicera's pocket, "Does your heart hurt? Don't get excited! Calm down! It's my fault! Don't be angry!"

Liandong bit her lip, trembling all over, unable to speak.

Lian Qiao managed to reach the medicine bottle, unscrewed the cap in twos and poured it into the palm of his hand, but no pills fell out.

Lian Qiao's throat tightened instantly, and when he looked into the medicine bottle, it was indeed empty.

The medicine is gone.

When did it disappear?