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"Mr. Qi, are you human?"

Qi Lu sat on the edge of the black coffin, his eyes were silent.It was pouring rain outside the window, and the ground that had been washed by the rain was moist and soft.In the glass, the bright red liquid exudes a sweet and fishy smell.He stared at the swaying liquid in the cup, and thought of Si Yu who was standing outside the window just now, the rain was dripping down the umbrella, his face was a little hazy under the rain curtain, his trousers and shoes were wet, he looked a bit embarrassed .

--I'm not.

Qi Lu thought he should answer truthfully, and Si Yu would find out one day that he had to leave.

Only when Si Yu is gone can this question get back on track and return to the original correct answer.

But maybe it was because of the heavy rain, his sanity was taken away by the rushing water along with the mud.

A chainsaw pulled back and forth in his brain, cutting his nerves in two.He looked at Si Yu's face through the rain and mist, and it looked paler and more transparent in the dark night. The water droplets rolling down from the umbrella were like his tears, hitting the back of his hand and splashing flowers.

Si Yu gave him two flowers, one yellow and one purple, and this is the third one.

"He shouldn't cry," Qi Lu said in his heart, "he should only be happy."

So his spoken answer became "yes".

Si Yu really laughed, he took half a step back, shook the umbrella handle mischievously, and said lightly, "I can't sleep, just kidding, good night, Mr. Qi!"

Will he believe it?Will he believe it?

Why didn't he escape?He must have believed it.

"Why should I lie to him?" Qi Lu thought about this question belatedly.

Because Xiaofu likes him, Lin Mubai likes him, Xiaomao likes him, and every ghost in the village likes him.He made the place smell of fireworks, the white porcelain bowl with the word "Fu" written on it, the steaming noodles with scallion oil, and the matching game with strange sound effects.

He is warm, hot, and real.

Qi Lu reacted slowly, it would be great if this human could stay for a while longer.Or, if only he could stay here forever.

A sense of astringency surged from the base of his tongue, and Qi Lu's five fingers holding the cup slowly tightened little by little, with a "pop".

The glass is broken.

The bright red blood flowed down the palm of his hand, leaving dark marks on the black carpet under his feet.

"Snapped--"

The ceramic water glass fell to the ground, but fortunately it didn't break, only a small dent was made on the mouth of the glass.

Si Yu froze for a moment, knelt down to pick up the cup, touched the wall of the cup with his fingertips and retracted suddenly.

The hot water that had just boiled was still very hot.

He stared at his hot red fingertips for a moment, until the burnt area began to turn white, and he felt a sharp tingling sensation, then he took a breath and put his fingers under cold water to rinse.

The current of water temporarily suppressed the pain, and he took a handful of cold water and splashed it on his face, feeling that he was really absurd.

what is he doingIs he crazy?

When Si Yu returned to the room, the handbook and peach wood sword lay quietly on the table. It looked like a very ordinary book and a toy wooden sword.

He picked up Si Zheng's black and white inch photo, and looked at the person in the photo.The photographer's skills are good, and he took pictures of the fine lines at the corners of Si Zheng's eyes clearly.

"Old man," Si Yu mosuo Si Zheng's face slowly with his thumb, "Are you crazy? Or am I crazy?"

He lay on his back on the bed, as if a movie had been pressed on the replay button in his mind, and he recalled his memory bit by bit.

Lin Shubai needs photosynthesis during the day, soaks his feet every night, and can’t live without sunlight; the little bat, at the beginning, often visited his room, but since he and Xiaofu got acquainted, Xiaofu often came to play in his house, The bat never came again; Li Mao, with dark green pupils, was injured at the same time as the black cat... There were also many other signs that he deliberately ignored, such as seeing the furry hair hanging behind the little rabbit one day. Tail-like things, such as seeing a deer with thick horns on its head one day.

And Qi Lu, what could Qi Lu be?

His doors and windows are always closed, the curtains are always drawn tightly, his skin is so pale that it is almost transparent, his palms have no warmth... What could he be?

In the morning, he clearly saw the deep bloodstains on the back of Qi Lu's hand being scratched by the black cat, but just now when Qi Lu grabbed his wrist, he saw that the back of Qi Lu's hand was intact, without any trace, as if the shocking scars in the morning were only his. hallucinations.

Si Yu is not a fool, he should have discovered that this village is full of strange things.But here is so good, everyone is nice, every tree is nice, the sound of the tractor rumbling in the morning is very good, the photosynthesis of Lin Shubai is very good, the silly look of Xiaomao chasing his tail is very good, and Xiaofu is soft It seems that the voice of calling him brother is very good... and Qi Lu, the way he drinks milk, eats drunk crab, blushes and shy, choked up, and deflated, are all very good.

Because it's so good here, he likes it so much, that's why he becomes confused and confused.

However, one after another, problems that could no longer be ignored suddenly appeared in front of him, and he had to force himself to think.

What are they?What are the "people" here?

Si Yu was at a loss in his mind, he closed his eyes exhaustedly, the pain in his fingers was still very clear, maybe it was a burnt nerve.

He put his father's photo beside his pillow, as if in this way he could gain a fragile sense of security.

——Maybe I was worrying unfoundedly, maybe I misunderstood, I shouldn't have such absurd guesses, I should at least... confirm it myself.

He thought about it in a trance, and gradually fell asleep in exhaustion.

The next day, Xiaofu and Lin Mubai came to the house for lunch, Lin Mubai seemed very disturbed, nagging that he didn't know when the sun would come out.

After eating, Xiaofu sat on the bed with Si Yu's cell phone in his arms and played Match [-].

Normally, Qi Lu would come to pick up Xiaofu around two o'clock in the afternoon.But today, Xiaofu played until the evening, and Qi Lu never showed up.

"Brother! The little frog has eliminated five!" Xiao Fu shouted in the "amazing" game sound effect.

Si Yu was drenched in the rain last night and woke up this morning feeling dizzy, as if he had a cold.He smiled reluctantly at Xiaofu, and said, "Xiaofu is so amazing."

"Is brother sick?" Xiao Fu noticed Si Yu's weakness, crawled to his side with arms and legs together, put his arms around his neck, and asked limply on his shoulder.

"A little bit," Si Yu smiled, "Be careful of contagion."

"Xiaofu is not afraid of infection." Xiaofu wetly kissed Si Yu's forehead, held his face in his small hands, and said seriously, "Just one kiss is enough. Sometimes when Xiaofu has a fever, the master just kisses Siyu." , Xiao Fu is very happy and won’t be sick anymore!”

"Thank you, Xiaofu." Si Yu patted Xiaofu's head.

Seeing that Si Yu's face was still pale, Xiao Fu asked nervously, "Does the master need to kiss his mother to heal his illness?"

Si Yu was stunned, and after a while, he raised his head and smiled at Xiaofu, and said, "My brother is sick, can Xiaofu take him to the master, so that the master can treat his illness."

Xiao Fu nodded vigorously, jumped out of bed and put on his little leather shoes, and held Si Yu's hand again: "Brother and Xiao Fu went to see a doctor."

"So nice."

Si Yu's heart was beating very fast, and the little guy carefully held his fingers, as if he had some serious illness, and led him to walk slowly step by step.

Si Yu looked at the soft brown hair on Xiaofu's head, and when he stepped out of the courtyard, his throat suddenly tightened, and he held Xiaofu.

"Brother?" Xiao Fu raised his face and asked.

Si Yu licked his dry lips with a dazed expression: "Otherwise...or not going..."

"I'm going!" The little guy accompanied his little face seriously, "When my brother is sick, I have to see a doctor!"

As long as Xiaofu hasn't come home, the door of room 43 will never be locked.Si Yu is a man of etiquette, and he will not break into other people's houses without the invitation of the master.This was the first and only time he walked through the yard full of potted plants and stopped outside the door of the house with the shell wind chime.

Xiaofu pushed open the door, poked his head inside, and said, "Huh? Is the master still sleeping in?"

Si Yu became uneasy, he didn't even dare to look into the room.

"Master is a little lazy pig!" Xiao Fu covered his mouth and whispered to Si Yu with a smile.

The little guy pushed open the door, and the wind chime made a tinkling sound. He stepped into the threshold and held Si Yu's hand: "Brother, Xiaofu, go and call the master of the little lazy pig!"

The little guy ran in with a thump, and Si Yu stood by the door, looking around the room.

Black, very black.

If the door was not open, there would be no light in the room, the thick curtains were drawn tightly, and the skylight was pasted with black tape, as if a dark world completely isolated from light.

His palms were sweaty, and Xiao Fu was knocking on Qi Lu's door, yelling "Master, get up quickly", the sound of knocking knocked on his eardrums, causing pain in his forehead.

Si Yu stepped into the threshold with one foot, and through the faint light outside the door, he saw the simple furnishings in the room, a dining table, a desk, a chaise longue, a coffee table, and a huge bookcase, making the room look very empty.

There is a small bowl on the dining table with a small iron spoon beside it.Si Yu clenched his fists and walked to the table. He saw dense black objects in the bowl, but he couldn't tell what it was. He vomited twice, and physiological tears welled up in his eyes uncontrollably.

That's a bowl of worms!

Si Yu retreated to the recliner, staggered and almost fell, but fortunately his right hand supported the coffee table behind him, and he stabilized his body.

He swallowed hard, comforting himself that maybe Qi Lu's family had some kind of pet, and these bugs were pet food.

There was a cold touch on the outside of his palm, and he turned his head to look, and found that it was Qi Lu's gold-rimmed glasses.

A book was still spread out, apparently the owner was reading on the recliner not long ago; beside the book was a glass with a thin layer of liquid remaining at the bottom of the glass.

Si Yu picked up the cup, only to realize that his hands were shaking.

The layer of liquid at the bottom of the cup was red, and the tip of his nose moved closer to the mouth of the cup, and he took a deep breath, and the pungent rust smell rushed to his face in an instant—it was blood!

Si Yu's mind exploded with a bang, his eyes went black, the glass fell to the ground with a "slap", and the fragments scattered all over the floor.

Qi Lu finally came out of the room. He hadn't slept all night, his eyes were bloodshot.

Si Yu has never seen Qi Lu's expression like this before. Shock, panic and apprehension are intertwined, making his flawless, cold and alienated face more vivid.

"What are you doing...?" Qi Lu opened and closed his bloodless lips, his voice was hoarse as if it had been torn apart.

"Master, brother is sick!" Xiao Fu held Qi Lu's hand and shouted anxiously.

Si Yu heard his heavy breathing, and it was as if a fire had been blocked in his throat, burning him in unbearable pain.

He tried his best to wake himself up, knelt down and said to Xiaofu, "Xiaofu is good, the master treats brother's illness, why don't you go and play with brother Lu Wei?"

"But..." Xiaofu stomped his feet anxiously.

"It's okay." Si Yu clenched his fists tightly, his nails pierced into his palms, the pain made him barely maintain a semblance of reason, "The sun is setting, Xiao Fu don't have to be afraid."

Xiao Fu somehow sensed a trace of uneasiness, he raised his face to look at his master, Qi Lu's bloodshot eyes were firmly locked on Si Yu, and whispered to him: "Go."

"Then..." Xiaofu stomped his feet, "Master must cure brother!"

The moment the little guy ran out of the house, Si Yu was completely overwhelmed by great fear. His world of the past 23 years was completely turned upside down. He even felt that the blood in his whole body was stiff, and his chest became a huge wind. The hole, the heart beating futilely in the hole.

Qi Lu's eyes were heavy and his hands were trembling. He took a step forward, trying to grab Si Yu's hand and tell him not to be afraid, but Si Yu's reaction was strong. He took a step back abruptly and knocked him down. When he got off the coffee table, his cherished ancient book fell to the ground, and the spine of the book fell apart.

Qi Lu froze in place, and there was no light in his dark pupils, as if he had fallen into eternal night.

"Mr. Qi," Si Yu asked tremblingly, "Are you human?"

The air seemed to be stagnant, Qi Lu thought he shouldn't be lucky, maybe Si Yu would stay, he closed his eyes, feeling waves of heat coming from his eye sockets.

"No."

He heard himself talking, his voice hoarse as if mixed with sand and stones.

Si Yu took a few deep breaths, his chest heaved violently, he turned around and stumbled away.

His mind was blank, and his body acted before his brain. He rushed into Room 44, picked up his backpack, and stuffed the mahogany sword and manual into the bag randomly. He didn't even have time to change his shoes, so he stepped on a pair of cotton slippers. just run.

Run, he wants to run quickly!

There is only one thought left in his head, he wants to escape from here quickly, there are no simple villagers here, no cute children, and no Qi Libaba, all of them are fake!

Under the overwhelming sense of fear, Si Yu couldn't think at all. He rushed out of the yard with his satchel on his back, but saw Qi Lu standing outside the iron gate, his eyes were faintly blood-colored.

Si Yu's heart skipped a beat for an instant. He clutched the straps of his backpack tightly and asked pantingly, "What are you? What exactly are you?"

"You," Qi Lu paused, looked at Si Yu's gray lips, suppressed the sourness in his eyes, "Can you, don't leave."

He spoke almost word for word, but Si Yu didn't hear anything, his ears were filled with various noises, and the strong smell of blood in the glass flashed before his eyes.He pushed Qi Lu away and rushed out in a panic.

Qi Lu staggered from being pushed by him, and hit the back of his head against the wall, making a muffled sound.

—he went anyway.

Qi Lu leaned against the wall, stunned for a moment, his throat seemed to be clenched tightly, and it was difficult to even breathe.

He can't keep it, Qi Lu thought, he can't keep this human being with clear eyes when he smiles.

Si Yu ran and coughed all the way, the cold wind whizzed into his collar, cuffs and throat, the land after rain was muddy, his slippers were soaked in muddy water, and half of his trousers were dirty.

Running across the pond full of wild flowers, a scene suddenly popped up in his empty mind: he gave a purple flower to Qi Lu, and Qi Lu wrapped the flower in a black handkerchief, as if it was some great treasure.

He stopped, and the right slipper was caught by a stone. He staggered and fell firmly to the ground.

The knee may be broken, it hurts, and I don't know if it is bleeding.

Si Yu broke away from the tide of fear, feeling weak all over, sweating profusely all over his head.

The backpack was also torn, and the zipper was hanging and couldn't be fastened. He sat on the muddy floor, looking at the silent pond. After the rain, the water level rose, and there were weeds floating on the water surface.

He didn't know how long he had been sitting there, the wind was very strong and it was very cold.

Little by little, reason returned to his mind, and he thought he had a dream, an absurd, unthinkable dream, but pain in his knees and ankles reminded him that it was real.

Gu Tang is real, Qi Lu is real.

Si Yu gradually calmed down. He pressed his left chest with his right hand, feeling that his heart was still firmly in his chest and still beating.

——I am to Qi Lu...is it true?

Si Yu asked himself in his heart, and there was a solid beating under his palm.

He folded his hands around his knees and buried his face completely in his arms.It was a defensive position, and he felt the warmth of his own body.

——Qi Lu is so cold, I'm leaving, what should he do?

Si Yu's shoulders trembled, and his eye sockets felt sore and sore. The moist water flowed down the side of his face and slipped into the soft sleeves of his cotton shirt.

After a long time, he struggled to stand up, picked up his backpack, and limped forward.

Qi Lu has been leaning against the wall outside Room 44. He is very tired and has not slept all night. It seems that a string in his brain has been broken, and all his senses have failed.

——It's getting dark. Has he left?Have you left the village yet?

Thinking of Si Yu, Qi Lu felt a little bit of consciousness. He moved his fingers, obviously not injured, but his whole body was filled with sharp pain.

Qi Lu slowly opened his eyes, and there was a pool of dark water in his eyes, which almost melted into the dark night.

A stumbling figure suddenly appeared on the bridge, Qi Lu's pupils constricted suddenly, his fingers trembled, and he took half a step forward in disbelief.

He almost thought he was hallucinating, and Si Yu was in a very embarrassing situation. He had one bare foot, the hem of his clothes was covered with mud, and his pale face was also covered with mud; The skin was peeled; the ankle was scraped, and gravel stuck to the wound.

Qi Lu was stunned, his first reaction was does he hurt?He is hurt, does he hurt?

Si Yu carried his bag in one hand and walked over step by step until he stood in front of Qi Lu. Qi Lu felt that the disconnected nerves in his brain were connected again, and all his keen senses resumed functioning. He could Smell the sweet smell of blood under Si Yu's skin, and feel the warm breath emanating from his body.

"You..." He opened his mouth, but found that he was too dumb to speak.

Si Yu was very weak. He threw away his backpack and looked into Qi Lu's eyes: "Why did you keep me?"

"I..." Qi Lu was breathing heavily.

"Why don't you want me to go?" Si Yu's face was covered with mud, but his eyes were amazingly bright.

"I..." Qi Lu panted, clenched his fists by his sides, "I don't know..."

Si Yu smiled brightly at him, then grabbed his collar with one hand, exerted force in his hand, and pulled it suddenly in his direction.

The moment his lips met, Qi Lu only felt that he was hit by a powerful bomb, and a dazzling cloud of colorful smoke exploded in his mind, and an uncontrollable tingling sensation appeared all over his body, Si Yu Soft lips pressed against him, and he clearly saw himself in Si Yu's eyes, which was also soft.

Si Yu pressed against his lips, opened and closed his lips slightly, and said softly——

"Qi Lu, you're in love with me."