The Haunted

The figure in the back is... His Highness the Prince himself?

Just thinking about that possibility made Alex's heart tremble with fear.

He remembered the rumors that Prince Aimer came to Sophie for vacation, but this news has not been confirmed, and he deliberately told them these "young people" for those old guys because of some rumors. Be honest and scoff.

"Alex, Alex?" Chi Yan called to his neighbor, he could see the black car parked behind him, but with his eyesight, he couldn't see anything more, just faintly Feel a little familiar.But honestly, it's not surprising that there are so many identical cars all over the street.

He could only see Alex standing up straight suddenly, his face also turned extremely pale, staring at the car nervously, and licking his teeth.

"I'm fine, I remembered that I left something at school, you should go back first." Alex looked at Chi Yan with regret in his eyes.

But there will always be opportunities in the future.And eating recklessly in front of His Royal Highness Aimer is not a good choice.

It doesn't seem like a good idea to rashly present this human being to His Royal Highness, who has always been known for his mysterious indifference and uncertainty—although the blood of this human being smells particularly sweet.

"Are you really okay?" Chi Yan reconfirmed.

Alex nodded, eager to send the other party away. He wasn't sure if the car parked here had any special meaning or whether it was related to him. In any case, it's not suitable to entangle with this human right now: "Really Yes, it was probably just acute appendicitis just now, and it has recovered now. There are medicines in the school, and I will go back and get them and eat them. You can go back quickly. Simon is nearby, and he will come to find me."

"Alright then," Chi Yan nodded, "I'll be leaving first."

Alex felt the fresh human breath gradually drifting away from him, and he stood there and waited with his hands down, not daring to move.Fortunately, His Royal Highness seemed to be passing by, and had no intention of answering him. After a while, the black car disappeared.

Alex also leaned against the wall on one side, taking out his mobile phone and sending a message to Simon.He really needs Simon to come to him, he has to tell someone about this miraculous experience, and then spread the news cryptically.

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Chi Yan went back to the dormitory alone, threw his schoolbag on the chair, took out his laptop and tablet from it, charged them up, then casually lay on his back on the bed and started checking his phone.

The party upstairs was as loud as it could be.

There’s a new friend request on Facebook — from “Yingzhi, YE,” whose profile picture is a blue-and-white Exotic.

That pinyin name was a compatriot from China at first glance, so Chi Yan accepted the friend request without hesitation.

He thought for a while, and took the initiative to send a message: "Hello, who are you?"

"My name is Ye Yingzhi, and I work in Europe. I am currently on vacation in Sofis, and I occasionally go to AHU to attend lectures. I am of mixed race and my mother is Chinese, but I grew up in Europe. I study Chinese and English under AHU The mutual aid group found you, and thought you look good when you smile, so I want to ask you to teach me Chinese, can you? [Close eyes]"

In less than five seconds, the other party confessed a lot of his identity and origins in one breath, as if he was being checked. At the end, he also attached a little monkey emoji that comes with the Apple mobile phone and doesn't look at it.

Chi Yan suspected that the other party had already edited this long paragraph, and was waiting to send it to him.He swiped his finger and flipped back to look at Mr. Ye's personal information. The gender column was clearly male, and "Ye Yingzhi" didn't look like a girl's name... A big man who has already worked still likes to pretend to be cute... But this It seems that the other party should be a cheerful and easy-going person, right?

AHU is the abbreviation of "Australian Humanity University", the university where he is currently exchanging. In order to improve his English level, he joined a Chinese-English learning mutual aid group in the group under AHU. Here he can help those who want to learn Chinese. Learn Chinese and at the same time ask the other party to help you improve your English.However, Chi Yan never released any news, and he never expected that someone would take the initiative to find him.

He glanced at his profile picture, it was a picture his father took of him in front of the school auditorium when he entered the freshman year, he was indeed smiling silly... "You look good when you smile" or something, did the other party think he was flirting with little girls? ?Even if you want to flirt with boys, at least you have to be sincere and post a photo of yourself, right?You know how cute you are with short-haired cats, but who knows if you are a human or a ghost.

Chi Yan poked at the stupid face of the cat on the other side's portrait, but his subordinates quickly typed: "Okay, no problem."

As a descendant of China, of course, he should enthusiastically help the mixed-race compatriots who are eager to learn Chinese and even use Chinese names on social accounts, although he thinks that the other party's Chinese is very good, and he doesn't need to give advice.

However, it is only natural that the other party is good at Chinese. After all, this Mr. Ye said that his mother is Chinese.

Ye Yingzhi, who received an affirmative reply, quickly returned him with a blushing and shy expression and a happy expression.

He's really cheerful and mischievous. Although he's already working, he's not much older than himself, right?If I entered school early and did not continue my graduate studies, might I be the same age as myself or even younger than myself?

"Would you mind telling me how old I am this year? About age is fine." If the other party is really about the same age as you, you can also be more casual when talking.

"24." There was a pause of two seconds before replying.

Sure enough, he was only three years older than himself.Chi Yan was thinking secretly, and suddenly remembered something: "By the way, what's your English name?"

The other party lives and works abroad all year round, so he should use his English name more often.

"Tom." This time, it took five seconds for the other party to reply.

"What a coincidence," Chi Yan smiled dryly while holding the phone, "My English name is Jerry."

"Tom and Jerry", translated as "Tom and Jerry", is popular all over the world.

This time Tom Ye replied rather quickly: "What a lovely name."

Chi Yan's dry smile froze on his face, should he praise the other party for being a gentleman?

He thought for a while, and then typed a sentence: "Your Chinese name is very nice."

It's not intentional praise, but I really think so.

Ye Yingzhi, Ye Yingzhi... Just chewing on this name makes her heart soften.It's really, really nice.

The two kept chatting, and two hours passed before they knew it, and Chi Yan didn't even realize that there was no sound upstairs, and the party was over.

It wasn't until 11:30 when Ye Yingzhi sent him a message saying, "It's too late, you should rest. Good night." Chi Yan realized that

It's really getting late.

"You too, go to bed early. Good night." He smiled and clicked "Send", not realizing that his mood throughout the day was lightened by this new friend who suddenly appeared and even never met.

Since then, the two have maintained daily text messages.

Chi Yan once asked Ye Yingzhi how he could help him learn Chinese, and Ye Yingzhi replied relaxedly: "I think the most important thing in learning a language is to use it, so just chat with me like this~ I hope you don't mind. You'll find me annoying [naughty]."

As always, I added a cute little emoji to myself at the end of the sentence.

Ye Yingzhi told him about his residence in Europe. He said it was a large manor, and he lived in a thousand-year-old castle. The garden in front of the castle was full of white and red roses.

brag.Chi Yan didn't really believe what the other party said. According to history textbooks, the traditional aristocracy in Europe declined as early as the first industrial revolution, and all those who control money, power and status in modern times are capitalists.But it doesn't seem to be a big problem for an impetuous young man of this age to like bragging. He also has friends who like bragging around him, and his flaws are not hidden.

So Chi Yan just echoed, "That's really good, I'd like to take a look if I have the chance."

"Do you like it?" The other party asked enthusiastically, and sent two more photos after a while, "Look, this is the house where I live most often. Fortunately, the housekeeper has the photos. I just asked him to send them to me. .”

The photo was taken during the day, the sun was shining and the sky was blue.Sure enough, as Ye Yingzhi described, a majestic black castle sits behind layers of swaying white roses, solemn and solemn, and the white flowers add a different kind of softness to it.Chi Yan didn't study the architecture, so he couldn't tell what period and style it belonged to, but he just intuitively felt that it was magnificent and mysterious.

"This is my current residence and the place where I have lived for the longest time. I have several other houses, but unfortunately there are no photos in my phone now. I have to ask the housekeeper for it, or I can show you your favorite house. Where."

"I like this place very much, the flowers are very beautiful." It can be seen that the owner has taken great care of it.

However, Chi Yan still didn't fully believe the other party's words. His roommate is currently exchanging in Europe, and there are a bunch of photos of Neuschwanstein Castle in his phone.I have never been to Europe and I haven't studied European architecture. Even if Ye Yingzhi showed himself a picture of a famous building like Neuschwanstein Castle and said it was his home, he might not be able to distinguish it.

Anyway, it’s not a blind date that depends on how many apartments the other person has in their home and how the condition of each apartment is. Let alone visiting someone’s home as a guest, you and the other person may not actually meet each other, and these things don’t have to be too serious.

In this way, after two weeks of exchanging messages with Ye Yingzhi through the Internet, apart from the fact that the other party likes to say "big words" that do not match real life, Chi Yan has become more and more fond of this friend who only met on the Internet. Zhizhi's words are very speculative and relaxed, and he always has a way to make himself happy.

So when the other party asked him for his mobile phone number, he gave it to him without hesitation-this is exactly the same as the education he had received since elementary school, "Don't trust strangers on the Internet" and "Don't disclose your personal information easily". Run in the opposite direction.

Forget it, it's just his number in Australia anyway, and it will definitely be cut off when he returns home.

20 seconds after Chi Yan sent the phone number, his phone rang.

is an unfamiliar number.

Chi Yan's social circle here in Australia is limited, and he usually communicates with teachers and classmates through emails or instant messages, and almost no one will call him.The moment the phone rang, Chi Yan had vaguely guessed who this number belonged to.

He paused with his fingertips, swipe on the screen to answer, then picked up the phone and put it to his ear.

A low and gentle young male voice came from over there, even more pleasant than he had imagined.His tone is calm and serious, which sounds completely different from that mischievous Tom Yeh who likes to send himself all kinds of cute expressions.

"I think it's time for you to correct my pronunciation." Ye Yingzhi said softly, with a hint of a smile in his voice.

Hearing this voice, Chi Yan felt inexplicably hot on the left side of his face that was close to the phone.

Uncomfortably, he shifted the phone to his right hand—both faces should be treated equally.