Shimmer Forest

The sky is high and the clouds are light, and the white clouds are light and comfortable.The wind is sunny and the sun is clear and bright.The river water ding-dong, insects chirping sweetly.The gentle spring breeze soothed the exhaustion and anxiety in the heart, and calmed the eagerness of the teenagers.

Standing in front of the huge cave, Su Jin and Wu Hao are discussing whether to go on an exciting adventure.

This is the huge cave in the village known as the "Magic Cave", hidden behind dense and tall grass.The cave is like a wound rotting on the rock, dark and bottomless.Although the entrance of the cave is high, the deeper it goes, the narrower it becomes.A cold wind gushes slowly from it, mixed with some strange whispering.

It is said that this is the entrance to the other world, and if you walk in here, you can see the weird, mysterious, dangerous, and real other world.

And every year in the early spring, there will be a terrible demon coming out of this cave, attaching itself to the person it sees at the first sight, sucking away the happiness of that person, and bringing deep pain.

The two were just dissatisfied with each other at first, so they came here to compare their courage.But when they saw the dark and windy cave, they retreated unanimously.

After all, if you don't accept it, it won't be worth it if you really risk your life for this ridiculous bet.

Thinking of this, the two shook hands and made peace, decided not to take it seriously, and prepared to leave affectionately.In the originally silent cave, there was a strange scream suddenly.

Both of them froze at the same time, looking towards the entrance of the cave with horror on their faces.

The cold wind swept through the air, and screams came through the air, each sound clearer than the sound.The sound of raindrop-like footsteps is mixed in, getting more and more anxious and getting closer.

Even the well-informed Su Jin was overwhelmed by such a strong evil spirit.He instinctively blocked Wu Hao behind him, fixed his gaze on the entrance of the cave, and prepared to recite the spell.

The two glowing eyes were erratic in the darkness, and before they had time to be surprised, a human-shaped thing ran out.

The two took a closer look, only to realize that it was really a person.It looked like a teenager about their age, with mushroom hair combed, dirty face, round gold-rimmed glasses hanging slantedly on his face, and his white shirt was tattered, looking extremely embarrassed.

"Yuan, Yuan, Yuan—" The young man pointed at them with a look of shock on his face. He didn't know whether he was too tired or frightened, and he kept panting heavily.

"Yuan?" Su Jin, whose brain was already down, couldn't keep up with the changes in the situation at all, and could only be led away by his intermittent words, repeating with a puzzled face.

The boy took a deep breath, sat down on the ground, pointed at them tremblingly, and shouted with all his strength: "Primitive!"

The heart-piercing shouts still linger over the valley, and they refuse to leave for a long time.The other two were so quick that they kicked him with one kick, knocking him over a somersault.

"It hurts, hurts, hurts..." The boy with shoe prints on his face rolled his head while Wu Hao unceremoniously grabbed his collar, with blue veins on his forehead: "Who are you talking about primitive people?" This soil turtle? Do you look down on country people?"

"Wow, yes, I'm sorry..." The teenager who was still in chaos was startled by Wu Hao's big dark face, and finally regained consciousness a little bit, trembling all over, apologizing timidly, almost crying come out.

No matter how angry he was, seeing him looking like he was about to pee his pants, Wu Hao had no choice but to throw him back to the ground, and asked with contempt: "Why do children in the city run to this place?" Here? What are you doing here?"

"I, I went to explore the cave with my classmates..." The young man ignored the dirt on his body, sat up quickly, and replied tremblingly: "But, but we got separated from them halfway..."

"Exploration?" Su Jin frowned, subconsciously looked at the dark hole, and continued to ask: "How did you find this place?"

"No, I don't know, my classmate said that there is a god of learning in the mountains, and as long as you come to the mountains to worship, you will not fail the exam..." The young man swallowed, and dodged his eyes: "I followed my classmates to the mountains. Seeing this cave pushed me in, saying that the god of learning is here..."

"You—" Su Jin stared at him, with a little sympathy in his eyes, and asked leisurely, "Is it mentally retarded?"

I don't know if it's because of the fear accumulated in my heart, which was completely released when I saw the two, or because I felt sad and uneasy because I was tricked by my friends.The boy burst into tears after being completely despised.

Su Jin blocked his ears expressionlessly, and said impatiently: "People from the outside world are fine, don't run around, it's really troublesome."

Seeing that he didn't intend to shut up at all, Su Jin walked over and grabbed his arm, turned his head and frowned and said to Wu Hao who was watching the fun, "Shall we push him back?"

Wu Hao nodded, and as soon as he stepped up, he saw the young man clinging to Su Jin's thigh and crying: "Help, save me! I will never go back to the cave, and I will never go back to death." !"

"Let me go!" Wu Hao, who was still able to deal with it calmly, finally couldn't hold back the anger in his heart when he saw his actions that seemed to be taking advantage of him. He stepped forward to hug Su Jin and kicked him away forcefully. His face couldn't be darker.

"This is not a place for you to stay." Su Jin patted Wu Hao on the shoulder, motioned him to let go, and then looked at the boy with a serious face: "Walk all the way back along this hole and you will be able to return to the city you are in." Alright, let's go now."

"I, I won't go back into that hole again!" The boy suddenly began to tremble violently, his immature face contorted with horror: "It's deep and dark there, and I walked for a long time before getting out of it! I will go back, I won’t even die!”

The whites of his eyes rolled up, the flesh on his face twitched slightly, he didn't know whether his body was shaking or twitching, that crazy look was particularly creepy.

Su Jin frowned, looked thoughtfully at the cave, then at the young man who was close to madness, and said indifferently: "In that case, let's stay here for now."

The boy's convulsions stopped, and his expression gradually returned to normal. Tears were all over his dirty face, and he could no longer see his appearance.He wiped away his tears before confirming with sobs: "Really, really?"

Seeing that Su Jin nodded solemnly, he quickly got up and introduced himself flattered: "Well, that, my name is Liu Xiaozhou, how about you?"

"Su Jin, Wu Hao." Su Jin pointed to himself and Wu Hao, and after giving an extremely concise introduction, he turned around and planned to leave: "Let's go."

Liu Xiaozhou froze for a moment, and quickly followed them who had already walked a certain distance.

Wu Hao, an acquaintance, began to inquire about his details and chatted about some things in life.But Su Jin stopped, looked at the dark hole, and stopped in thought.

"Study?" Hearing the footsteps behind him standing up, Wu Hao turned his head to look at him, saw his frowning in deep thought, and couldn't help calling out.

Su Jin came back to his senses, looked back at his suspicious gaze, and smiled slightly: "It's nothing, let's go."

It was a very unnatural smile, as if a strange mask had been put on that familiar face, which looked stiff and false.

But that smile only appeared for a moment, so fast that Wu Hao had no time to notice the abnormality, and then quickly disappeared without a trace.

Liu Xiaozhou has nowhere to go when he first arrives, and Wu Hao's house has been occupied by Su Jingran all year round, so he can only live in Su Jin's house temporarily.Of course, Wu Hao would not let a stranger who took advantage of Su Jin be alone with his precious bookworm, so he naturally stayed.

Rarely, Su Jin didn't complain too much, and ordered Wu Hao to cook for dinner, and chatted with Liu Xiaozhou.

From the conversation, Su Jin learned that Liu Xiaozhou is from the city, his family is average, and the relationship between his parents is not particularly good.His grades in the class are also in the middle, and he is an ordinary person with no characteristics.But because he is too timid and shy, he doesn't have many friends in class.

Just hearing this, Su Jin already roughly guessed why he came here.

He felt that he had caused a big trouble, but this trouble couldn't be avoided, avoided, or solved, so it became some kind of huge hidden danger.

Now that the matter has come to this point, he can only let nature take its course and take one step at a time.

Sighing, he silently watched Liu Xiaozhou take out his homework from his bag, and started doing his homework in a proper manner.

Wu Hao jingled in the kitchen for a while, finished the meal as quickly as possible, and only noticed something strange when he brought the dishes to the table.

Came to a completely strange place, this person didn't understand anything, just sat there and wrote homework calmly, as if he still had room to hand in homework.

When he was approaching from behind with a plate, Liu Xiaozhou suddenly closed his homework book, turned his head and stared at him fiercely.

It was a completely different expression from the impression I first met. His facial features were all wrinkled together due to extreme anger, vicious like a wild wolf.There seemed to be a vicious light shining in those empty eyes.

No one can connect him with the crying boy.

But when he saw Wu Hao's appearance clearly, that expression quickly disappeared and returned to normal.

Wu Hao looked at Su Jin subconsciously, and Su Jin shook his head as if he had discovered something.

So he didn't ask anything, and put the plate in his hand on the table as if nothing had happened.Liu Xiaozhou subconsciously adjusted the frame of his glasses, and said submissively, "Thank you."

The three of them were eating with their own thoughts. When the atmosphere was awkward, tense and silent, Su Jingran suddenly opened the door and walked in.The four of them were stunned at the same time, but Su Jingran was the first to react. He stared at Liu Xiaozhou and narrowed his eyes threateningly: "Oh...you are..."

Liu Xiaozhou suddenly trembled violently, his eyes wandered around, and he almost lost his grip on the chopsticks, but he still pretended to be shocked, and stuffed the rice mouthfully.Su Jingran was startled, as if he understood something, then turned his eyes to Su Jin, and smiled: "It's fine to pick up cats and dogs, did you actually pick someone up this time?"

"No way, he refuses to go back, and I can't leave him alone." Su Jin replied seemingly relaxedly, but he kept paying attention to his reaction from the corner of the eye.