Neverland

But to Xu Muzhou's surprise, Toya seemed to disappear out of the castle.

He pulled the wide neckline by himself, and glanced at Yan Cen indiscriminately - if it wasn't for Yan Cen's brows furrowed tightly and the word "uncomfortable" clearly written on his face, Xu Muzhou would think that he did it on purpose.

Ten minutes ago, when he was led off the bed by Yan Cen involuntarily, there was indeed a secret expectation blossoming and bearing fruit in his heart.

——This is the first time that Yan Cen took the initiative to mention something about "himself". If Xu Muzhou said that he didn't expect it, even he himself wouldn't believe it.

The weather outside was good today, and the sunlight came in through the cracks of the windows sealed by wooden boards, which at least made the hall look less dull.

The slender sunlight scattered a dozen spots on the floor, looking like a reversed starry sky.

The hall was empty, and Toya, who was used to staying in the hall, was nowhere to be seen. Xu Muzhou raised his head and glanced at the upper floors, feeling that the whole castle was a little too quiet.

Today I don’t know if it’s because of the good weather or something else, I can’t even hear the sound of the waves outside, only the clock on the door is still working diligently, and the pointer moves forward slowly, like a clock An old tortoise with limited mobility.

Xu Muzhou stood at the door and stared at the clock for a while, then asked casually, "Is this clock going too slowly?"

Yan Cen looked over with his eyes, and after a full minute, he hummed and said, "It's slow, the time here is twice as slow as the normal speed."

"This shitty place." Xu Muzhou sighed: "The flow of time is different from normal time, and I don't know where the extra 24 hours went."

As Xu Muzhou said, he clenched his collar and cuffs that were leaking air, closed the door behind his back, turned left, and headed towards the stairs.

Yan Cen walked half a step behind him, and followed him up the stairs.

Xu Muzhou habitually opened the third door, but only saw a room full of scattered objects.

"Why..." Xu Muzhou stood at the door, frowned slightly, and said to himself uncertainly, "Why did I push this door?"

What didn't match his actions was that Xu Muzhou clearly remembered that Toya's room was at the third door from the bottom, but he didn't know why he subconsciously stopped here.

This cognition made Xu Muzhou feel strange. It is almost impossible for him to "remember the wrong location". Thanks to that unpleasant experience, even in a relaxed daily life, he can Recalling the location of all kinds of trivial objects in just a few seconds, there is no reason to remember errands in the tense task world.

But Xu Muzhou recalled it carefully again, and found nothing wrong. He confirmed that what he remembered was indeed another room, and his memory was clear and clear, without omissions.

——Maybe the fever was too severe yesterday, Xu Muzhou thought, so that his head became dizzy, which is normal.

Yan Cen came up from the stairs and asked, "What?"

Xu Muzhou regained his composure, stretched out his hand to close the door, turned around and smiled at him: "It's okay, I misremembered, it should be the third door from the bottom."

As Xu Muzhou said, he walked a few steps forward, poked his head out and counted from the opposite side of the corridor, and after making sure that he had found the right door this time, he stood still in front of the simple wooden door, and raised his hand to knock.

"Tuoya." Xu Muzhou said, "Are you there?"

There was no sound from inside the house. Xu Muzhou stood at the door and waited patiently for a while, then knocked on the door a second time, but still got no response.

Xu Muzhou looked back at Yan Cen, hesitated for a moment between picking the lock and kicking the door, and felt that neither was good—if Toya just took a nap in the room, then the two old men Suddenly breaking into the door, no matter how you think about this scene, it feels like a Shura field.

In case Toya ran away again, doing something from a metaphysical point of view would not be worth the candle.

Xu Muzhou pushed the door tentatively, but was surprised to find that the door was not locked at all. He only exerted a little force, and the fragile wooden door slid inward as if there was no resistance, making a creaking friction sound.

The bedroom was empty, the bedding on the bed under the window was tidy, and it seemed that no one had slept in it. The wooden table in the room was also clean, the chair was pushed under the table, and a brand new religious book was placed on the corner of the table.

"Not here?" Xu Muzhou was a little surprised.

Yan Cen entered the room from behind him and walked straight towards the bed. He bent down and reached out to touch under the pillow of the bed.

—It’s still warm.

"People didn't go far." Yan Cen said, pulling a hair from between his fingers, it should be left when he just tested the temperature of the bed.

The brown hair was long and thin, softly attached to Yan Cen's little finger, Yan Cen threw it on the ground with some disgust.

"The room temperature here is not high, and the bedding gets cold quickly." Yan Cen said: "It takes about three to two minutes for people to leave."

However, it was the phrase "didn't go far" that made them search for a full three floors without finding anyone.

Xu Muzhou and Yan Cen split up and spent 10 minutes opening all the rooms except the attic. They even checked the lock on the door leading to the basement, but found nothing.

Like a ghost, Toya disappeared in the castle for no reason.

But Xu Muzhou knew that he was just an ordinary person, even if he had the ability to control the "bridge", he was still a mortal person, and it was impossible for him to disappear into the air.

"Could it be that he left the castle?" Xu Muzhou looked at Yan Cen and asked uncertainly.

"No." Yan Cen walked to the window, knocked on the wooden board that sealed the window with his fingers, and pressed the joint of the wooden board, and after confirming the hardness, he said: "The second floor of the castle is too high, and the terrain outside is uneven. It’s easy to fall and hurt yourself, and you can’t re-enter the door. The windows on the first floor are all boarded up, and he can’t get out by himself.”

As Yan Cen said, he looked up at the last sealed floor on the ceiling.

Xu Muzhou knew what Yan Cen was thinking - he was thinking about the only special "attic" that hadn't been turned over.

"Do you want to go?" Xu Muzhou asked for Yan Cen's opinion.

For some reason, Xu Muzhou didn't have much desire to spy on the locked attic, but he had just offended Yan Cen before, and now he didn't dare to deal with the task progress on his own, so he could only ask his opinion.

Unexpectedly, Yan Cen seemed to be more patient this time, he just looked at the place a few more times, then looked away, and stroked the hydrangea in his hand.

"...No need." Yan Cen said: "Tuoya can't disappear forever, don't be so anxious until you find out the reason for his disappearance."

Xu Muzhou secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

Yan Cen's thoughts coincided with his. Joseph actually mentioned in his diary that Toya would "disappear" for no reason.In the diary, Toya disappeared for two consecutive days before reappearing. This time interval is completely acceptable to Xu Muzhou, and he can wait until he sees it.

"Then wait for two days." Xu Muzhou said.

Yan Cen hummed, put his hands in his pockets, turned his head and walked towards Xu Muzhou.

The hydrangea pendant on his wrist fell from the loose cuff and swayed in mid-air, with the white edge exposed on it.

Xu Muzhou was taken aback.

"Is the mission progressing?" Xu Muzhou asked strangely, "When did it happen?"

Xu Muzhou remembered very clearly that when he came out from Toya's place, the hydrangea in his hand hadn't moved. As a result, he had only slept twice during this period, and somehow he made progress.

"...Brother Yan, what clue did you find when I fell asleep?" Xu Muzhou asked.

Yan Cen also looked down at the hydrangea, and finally there was a faint teasing smile on his face.

"No." Yan Cen said, "It's the progress you made when you were arguing."

Xu Muzhou: "..."

When he didn't ask!

The progress on the hydrangea was very stingy, it didn't seem like it touched some mission point, since Yan Cen didn't want to go into details, Xu Muzhou didn't think it mattered.

Xu Muzhou sighed and said, "I hope he can show up soon."

While talking, Yan Cen had already returned to the door of their room. Hearing this, he looked back at Xu Muzhou and asked, "Are you in a hurry to see him?"

"No." Xu Muzhou said, "It's just—"

——Just thinking about the "future" that Yan Cen said.

Xu Muzhou has seen his own share, but he also wants to see Yan Cen's. If Yan Cen's "future" includes him, it means that the things in the crystal ball are not authentic.Then he can think of a way from the system of Neverland - say a thousand words and ten thousand, as long as he blocks his retreat first, then he doesn't have to worry about being separated in two places.

Yan Cen is such a good person, even if his mind is not clear for a while, it is impossible for him to be out of mind for a lifetime.

And take a ten thousand step back, even if Yan Cen doesn't have him in the future, Xu Muzhou wants to see how he is doing.

It's just that Xu Muzhou didn't dare to say this, he was bluffed by Yan Cen's former dean, and instinctively felt that Yan Cen might not like to hear this topic, so in order to ensure that he would not be scolded, he better not add fuel to the flames.

Xu Muzhou was very patient, and he was fully prepared to wait for two full days, but he didn't expect that Toya was very "understanding" and appeared in front of them the next day.

——and even "appeared" very actively.

Because Xu Muzhou and Yan Cen didn't sleep well the night before, after deciding to stay put, they simply packed up and went to bed early.

It's just that Xu Muzhou slept too much during the day, and he had insomnia for the first time at night, and the bed was too narrow. Xu Muzhou was afraid that he would wake up Yan Cen by tossing and turning, so he could only lie on the bed straight, leaning on the sheep and trying to sleep. put yourself to sleep.

However, Xu Muzhou didn't fall asleep when he counted from one sheep to the whole roasted sheep and the leg of lamb with honey sauce. When he counted the 670th and the second sheep scorpion, the zero o'clock chime outside suddenly sounded, and Xu Muzhou Leng Buding was taken aback by this movement, and before he got up, he heard the sea wind raging outside in the middle of the night, also inexplicably strong, and slammed on the window, blowing half of the glass that was already crumbling to the ground, shattered That's called a crisp.

Subconsciously, Xu Muzhou wanted to turn his head to see if Yan Cen was awakened by the movement, but before he turned over, he felt Yan Cen's hand suddenly stretched out from under the quilt.

Without even opening his eyes, Yan Cen grabbed Xu Muzhou's wrist and pushed him back on the bed.

—— Immediately afterwards, Xu Muzhou heard that their door was gently pushed open.