This NPC really has a problem

At this time, most of the people in the orphanage were in class, even if the director sent additional people to patrol, under the leadership of Lu Renren, they easily avoided those people.

They went straight to the A2 reading room.

This was proposed by Bai Zhu. Although other reading rooms also contain content about reality, the newspapers and magazines in A2 reading room must describe reality more directly.

Fortunately, Mr. Chen, who often stays in A2, is not here today.

"There seems to be no one in the other reading rooms." Lu Renren whispered in Bai Zhu's ear.

The hot breath was itchy in the ears, Bai Zhu hugged Lu Renren even tighter.The little Lu Ren looked extremely fragile, and he was afraid that he would drop him.

Lu Renren hugged Bai Zhu's arm and cooperated very well.

As soon as Bai Zhu stepped into the reading room, Lu Renren pulled the hair closest to his hand.

Bai Zhu paused and looked over suspiciously.

"Don't make a sound." Lu Renren's voice was so soft that only he and Bai Zhu could hear him, and he stared in one direction vigilantly.

Bai Zhu followed his gaze, and saw that what Lu Renren was staring at was a small door in the corner of the reading room.Bai Zhu also noticed something was wrong with just one glance. The door connecting the reading room and the archive room was not completely closed, and it was half-hidden, leaving a gap.

Not long after Lu Renren said those words, there was a conversation in the file room.

"Mr. Chen, you really didn't find anything wrong with those people?"

The female voice was a little shrill, and it sounded very uncomfortable. Bai Zhu recognized that it was Teacher Liao's voice, and Lu Renren was very familiar with this voice.

The dean rarely appeared in front of people. Teacher Liao was the representative of the dean. Lu Renren would run away quickly when he heard the sound of her high heels on weekdays.Teacher Liao is currently in a strange state between life and death. In the daytime, whether it is ghosts such as Lu Renren, ghosts like Ah Jing, ogres in the kitchen, or the dean will be weakened, only Teacher Liao will be weakened. The effect is minimal.

Except Ah Jing who is not very afraid of Teacher Liao, the other ghosts will try to avoid her as much as possible, for fear of being caught by her.

It was Teacher Chen who guarded the reading room who was talking to Teacher Liao.

Teacher Chen was also very afraid of Teacher Liao when she heard the voice. After Teacher Liao asked her, she said submissively: "They...they just read books and newspapers in a very ordinary way, and they are no different from other people."

Teacher Liao asked again: "What books did they read?"

Teacher Chen said, "I don't know."

Lu Renren heard the sound of something being thrown.

Teacher Liao said coldly: "What's the use of keeping such a waste like you? It's better to die with that dead woman back then!"

Lu Renren frowned.

He said softly to Bai Zhu: "The person she is talking about is the dean's wife."

"Ms. Chen is an old man in the orphanage. She was there before the current dean took over the orphanage." Lu Renren said, "A Jing was not the only one who found out that the dean had problems. Teacher Chen also found out. He wanted to escape, but if he couldn't escape, he turned to the dean to help him do things."

This matter was just remembered by Lu Renren.

"Xu Jin didn't plan to do it so early, but Mr. Chen told Mrs. Xu Jin to investigate him again, so Xu Jin killed him in advance."

It's obviously a very important thing, but it didn't seem to exist in my memory at all before, and it only emerged from my mind when I needed this memory.

Lu Renren felt even more strange.

Bai Zhu had a question in his mind, but it was inconvenient to say it now.After all, he was not Lu Renren. If Lu Renren dared to speak, he must know that he would not be found if he made a sound, but Bai Zhu did not guarantee that Teacher Liao would not notice if he made a sound.

Bai Zhu hugged Lu Renren and hid silently behind a bookshelf.

Although it is a bit risky to do so, it is very likely that Teacher Chen will stay in A2 after leaving the archives room. It will only be more difficult for them to enter the A2 reading room at that time.

Bai Zhu hid in the bookshelf in the corner, which was relatively concealed, because the conversation in the archive room could be heard more clearly because of the closer distance.

Teacher Liao was angry, but Teacher Chen didn't dare to say a word.

After a long time, it was Mr. Liao who spoke first: "Have you ever seen some people who shouldn't exist? For example...that brat."

Teacher Chen's voice trembled: "...I haven't seen it before."

"I've never seen it before?" Teacher Liao's voice trembled, "It's strange to say, that brat can't take revenge on us, but it's always okay to take revenge on you. It's not that after so many years, he didn't know that he killed him Mom has your share of the credit."

Teacher Chen didn't speak, but Lu Renren, who was far more sensitive than Bai Zhu, heard Teacher Chen's sudden rapid breathing.

Because fear becomes hasty.

Teacher Liao was right, it would not be difficult for him to take revenge on Teacher Chen.

But Lu Renren didn't do anything all the time, and the matter of getting revenge on Mr. Chen felt dull when he thought about it.If he moved his hands, it was hard to say whether it would relieve Teacher Chen. If he didn't do anything, Teacher Chen would be struggling between rejoicing and fear.

I was glad that I was still alive, and after a while, I was afraid of the revenge that seemed to come in the next second.

In order to survive, people can do a lot of things that they can't think of. Only when they really face the threat of death, will they realize that many things that they usually think have broken through their moral bottom line are actually nothing.

Lu Renren could actually understand that Mr. Chen had turned to the dean in order to live, but understanding did not mean forgiveness. No matter how much Mrs. Chen used fear to excuse herself, it was a fact that she killed so many people.

If she hadn't told Xu Jin about the investigation conducted by the dean's wife, maybe the dean's wife could transfer the children from the orphanage in time, and even if there would still be casualties, at least it wouldn't be as tragic as it was 15 years ago.

The dean is the executioner, and she is the executioner's accomplice. After so many years, she is still fearful and tortured by her conscience, while continuing to do things for the executioner.Teacher Chen looks to be 70 years old, but how can anyone who doesn't know her think that she is only 45 this year?

Lu Renren didn't do anything before, and he won't do anything after that.

If he doesn't do anything, it's the best revenge for a person like Mr. Chen.

"...I haven't seen him." Teacher Chen tremblingly, said in a flattering tone, "I'm not as good as you guys, ghosts... I can't see them either."

"The dean really left a waste." Teacher Liao mocked.

Such a person would not be interested in beating or scolding her, and Teacher Liao didn't want to talk to her, leaving a sentence "Look carefully at the reading room, let me know as soon as there is any situation" and pushed the door out.

Bai Zhuzang held his breath behind the bookshelf. Fortunately, Teacher Liao really didn't have the idea of ​​wandering around the reading room. After leaving the archives room, he went directly out the door of the reading room.

"Actually, she has seen me." Lu Renren said suddenly.

Bai Zhu asked a little question.

"Teacher Chen has seen me." Lu Renren said, "She is indeed an ordinary person who cannot see ghosts, but I can let her see me."

Not all the staff in the orphanage knew of Lu Renren's existence, but all the staff had been notified, and they had to report any strange children in time.

Ordinary people are also sensitive to ghosts and occasionally see them. Teacher Liao really caught ghosts wandering in the orphanage because of this regulation in the orphanage.It is also because ghosts are caught, and ghosts who are weak during the day basically hide and do not appear in front of people.

To make Teacher Chen fear his revenge, Lu Renren must first let Teacher Chen see him and know of his existence.

However, Mr. Chen had seen him several times, and his face was obviously frightened, but he never notified Mr. Liao.

Sometimes it's kind of funny to think about it.

Even if Mr. Chen notified Mr. Liao, he might not be able to catch him, but Mr. Chen could deceive himself that he was atoning for his sins if he didn't notify him, so as to make his little conscience feel better.

Lu Renren jumped down from Bai Zhu's arms and walked silently to the file room.After the door was pushed open by Teacher Liao, it slowly closed back. Although it was not completely closed, there was still a crack in the door that could reveal half of Lu Renren.

When Mr. Liao got angry before, he dropped a few file bags, and the documents inside fell out and scattered all over the floor.

He is clearly only 45 years old, but Mr. Chen has a hunched figure at this time, and it seems that he is struggling to pick up documents while squatting on the ground.

After picking it up for a while, she rubbed her eyes.

Teacher Chen happened to raise his head and saw Lu Renren standing at the door. He was so frightened that he couldn't even squat down, and sat down on the cold ground.

Teacher Chen put on the glasses with trembling hands.

The door was empty.

Teacher Chen's face showed a blank look, and he sat on the ground at a loss.Her eyes are already very bad, and sometimes she can't tell whether the figure that flashed in front of her is real or her hallucination, just like just now.

Was the child who had died long ago really looking at her, or was she hallucinating because of Teacher Liao's previous words?

Whether it is true or not, Teacher Chen only knows that she will always live in the shadow of those people killed by her, until the butcher knife of judgment falls on her neck.

Sometimes she wished to die, but she didn't dare to die. I don't know how many nights she was awakened by those people who were struggling in the sea of ​​fire in her dreams. She was destined to live in fear day after day.

Teacher Chen hurriedly put the documents into a file bag, regardless of whether the file was placed in the right place, put the file bag on the shelf, and then escaped from the file room as if fleeing for his life, and even escaped from the A2 reading room.

He even forgot to lock the door of the archive room.

Lu Renren watched Teacher Chen's figure disappear from sight, turned around and walked into the file room, and Bai Zhu followed after a while.

Lu Renren was not tall enough, so he could touch only a limited number of portfolios. He randomly pulled out the bottom one, opened it, and poured out the stack of papers inside.I saw that the information on the children in the orphanage was recorded on it. There were twelve children's names and photos on each page, and some photos were marked with red crosses.

"What does the red cross mean?" Bai Zhu asked, although he already had a guess in his mind.

"Dead children will be marked with a red cross." Lu Renren flipped through the files, and most of the hundreds of children's photos in the file were marked with a red cross.

"The magic of rejuvenation can't last long, and the more you use it, the more life it needs." Lu Renren said, "At first, it may only kill one child a month, but gradually the time shortens to half a month, ten days, one child. Week... now, he basically kills every night."

"There are fewer and fewer children in the orphanage. Even if all comers are welcome, the number of admitted children is far less than the number of deaths. Among the abandoned children, there are more girls than boys. Don't look at the people who live on the second floor. In fact, the third floor used to be the dormitory for girls, but it’s completely empty now.” The stack of papers was crumpled by Lu Renren’s grasp unconsciously, “Maybe one day, this orphanage will never be alive again. children."

He turned his head and smiled at Bai Zhu, but the smile was full of helplessness and sadness: "I even thought about closing the orphanage, so that no one from the outside can get in, and the people inside can't even think about getting out, so the dean will be trapped here to death." .”

It's just that he may not be able to succeed, and if he does, no matter whether he succeeds or not, these children in the orphanage will undoubtedly die.

After all, Lu Renren didn't dare to gamble.

Lu Renren put the documents away, put the portfolio back and said to Bai Zhu, "Don't you want to read the newspaper? Let's go."

Before Bai Zhu moved, Lu Renren walked out.

When Bai Zhu left the file room, he looked back.The archives room is not very big, but at a glance, the files piled up in it can be regarded as densely packed.

I don't know how many photos with red crosses in it. How many evil deeds of the dean have been recorded in this archive room, and how many innocent lives have been recorded.

Even knowing that this is a game, thinking about it makes people feel melancholy.

……

"What newspaper do you want to read?" Lu Renren was able to look at the bookshelf on the second floor from bottom to top when he was standing. "A newspaper about the orphanage, or a newspaper about the dean?"

Bai Zhu asked, "Do you know where those newspapers are?"

Lu Renren nodded: "I know."

"I want to read other than these newspapers." Bai Zhu took Lu Renren's little hand, "You read it with me."

Lu Renren tilted his head. Although he didn't know why Bai Zhu made such a request, he obediently led him to find him.

In fact, you don’t need to look for it. There are a lot of newspapers like that in the reading room, and you can just pick one at random.

Lu Renren could sense where the other people in the orphanage were, and after making sure that there was no danger, he read the headline of the news seriously: "Famous singer Bai Luxing cheated on five people at the same time, mistress threatened to commit suicide, the negotiator turned out to be mistress— Who is Bailuxing?"

Bai Zhu took the newspaper away from Lu Renren's hands expressionlessly: "Kids don't read gossip."

At the same time, he beat up his flamboyant cousin countless times in his heart. If he faced Lu Ren who had a memory, he would have to swear to God that although he had such a cousin, he was a decent person.

Lu Renren asked: "What's the side news?"

"It's something that kids can't see."

Lu Renren, who didn't get the answer, puffed up his cheeks and pulled out another newspaper. Unfortunately, it was a medical newspaper. Although Lu Renren knew every word, he couldn't read it together.

Although he couldn't understand it, he still read the title: "Professor Liu Cong talks about new technology of spiritual restoration..."

Before he finished reading, Bai Zhu hurriedly interrupted: "Wait, show me your copy."

Lu Renren handed over the newspaper in a daze, only to see Bai Zhu chewing hard on the paper full of heavenly scriptures.

Lu Renren, who had lost two newspapers in a row, silently pulled out the third newspaper.

"The holographic technology exchange conference was held on the main star of the fourth galaxy, and many experts came to the venue..." Lu Renren fell silent after reading.

He stared blankly at the picture in the lower right corner, which was a photo of the conference site, and there was a face in it that was particularly clear.

Perhaps the photographer has also discovered this special face, even though that face is so ordinary that it can be easily submerged in the crowd, but with the photographer's superb photography skills, the viewer can notice him immediately.

An An would sometimes say, Lu Renren, your face is the face of passers-by that people often say.

Lu Renren is actually very good-looking - for a child, perhaps the word cute is more accurate.The two words good-looking and ordinary are not incompatible. There are such faces in the world. People who see them will say they are good-looking, but it is difficult to leave an impression on people.

Children sometimes imagine what they will look like when they grow up. This is not an easy task. They can only outline a vague face in their minds.But after seeing that photo, the face in Lu Renren's mind suddenly became clear.

If you grow up, you should look like that.

The person in the photo had a smile on his face, and his appearance and temperament were so gentle that he had almost no offensive power.He didn't realize that he had entered the camera at all, and he was talking with his friends around him with a calm expression.

Reports about the conference occupied the entire page, and the square characters were densely packed together. Lu Renren didn't miss a single word. He wanted to find the name of the person in the photo.

Can not find after all.

The report did not mention who the person in the photo was. The newspaper was spread out on Lu Renren's lap, and Lu Renren was in a daze.

He seemed to be a little familiar with the names mentioned above, but after thinking about it carefully, he had no impression at all, but Lu Renren's intuition told him that the people in the photo were not among these names.Maybe that person is not important in this conference-you see, he is sitting in the fifth row, roughly in the middle, and the protagonists of the conference are all sitting in the first row.Perhaps it was only because of that particular face that he was in the papers.

Lu Renren really wanted to know who that person was, and he was depressed when he couldn't get the answer. After a while, he poked Bai Zhu's arm, and pointed out the person in the photo to Bai Zhu: "Do you know who he is? "

Bai Zhu felt dizzy from reading the medical newspapers and periodicals, and several times wished he could tear up the torn papers.The face of your sweetheart suddenly appeared in front of you, as happy as meeting an oasis in the desert.

Lu Renren looked at him expectantly, Bai Zhu was so nervous that he felt he couldn't breathe: "This man...do you have any ideas?"

He simply wanted to say directly, this is yourself.

Lu Renren said, "I think he looks like me."

Can it be different?Isn't your current face based on your real self?Bai Zhu even suspected that Zeng Ge copied Lu Renren's appearance directly from Lu Ren's childhood in order to save trouble.

Bai Yiyi didn't answer for a while, but Lu Renren asked again: "Do you know who he is?"

Bai Zhu said, "His name is Lu Ren."

Lu Renren was really stunned: "...his name is similar to mine."

Bai Zhu felt that there was hope for Lu Ren to recover his memory, and he was about to make persistent efforts to pursue the victory, but unexpectedly, there was a sudden thunder——

The deafening thunder seems to split the world.

Bai Zhu heard screams, which came from the classroom downstairs.His brain was also blank because of the sudden thunder. Although he didn't make a sound, he couldn't think about anything. It took a long time before he even reacted when someone jumped into his arms.

He hurriedly hugged the shivering Lu Renren tightly. Even a child who was not afraid of thunder would inevitably be frightened by such thunder.

Bai Zhu didn't know that Lu Renren, who he had seen before and heard the thunder without any abnormality, was actually afraid of thunder.

……

Lu Renren tightly hugged the nearest heat source, and those fears buried deep in his memory burst out all at once at this moment.

Countless fragments flashed through his mind, and Lu Renren was almost panicked. Those fragments were obviously so strange, but why did he feel that this was his memory.

Before thinking about those clips, it was difficult for him to have doubts about everything now, and some doubts would be subconsciously ignored by him, but when those clips appeared, it seemed that the fog covering his whole body dissipated in an instant, and he realized in a daze that he was who.

Everything in front of him was so blurry, it turned out that tears were streaming down his face before he realized it.

Lu Renren was afraid of thunder.

In other words, he was afraid at the beginning, and gradually he overcame his fear of thunder—maybe those fears cannot be truly overcome, but he can hint that he has forgotten them.

When did he start to forget?

Lu Renren searched for the answer in those broken memories. He seemed to see a small window with lightning and thunder outside.

He also heard a faint electrical sound.

The current sound is caused by communication tools, and communication tools with poor quality will make such noise when they are in use.

Lu Renren remembered something extremely miraculous. There was a screen hanging in front of him, and the faces of a couple of men and women appeared on the screen.

He couldn't remember the faces of the man and woman, he only knew that they had gentle smiles on their faces and looked at him with the same gentle eyes.

"Renren, did it thunder over there?" There was a hint of worry in the woman's voice.

The quilt wrapped him into a ball, and he huddled under the quilt and asked in a low voice, "Mom, when will you and Dad come back?"

"The starship arrives in Hong Kong at nine o'clock tomorrow, and we will hurry back as soon as possible." The man smiled, "Renren likes to sleep in so much, maybe Renren hasn't woken up when we come back."

He softly retorted: "I didn't sleep in late, I just... I just need to sleep longer than others!"

It's very unreasonable to say it yourself.

In the end, he was teased by the man again to blow his hair like a cat.

"Okay, okay, don't keep bullying your son," the woman patted the man's arm, and asked in a gentle voice, "Can't Renren fall asleep?"

He nodded: "It's been thundering outside."

In the past, when there was a thunderstorm, he would hide under the bed of his parents and lie between them, so he would not be afraid of anything.

But this time his mother was away, and he could only face the thunder alone.

No, he is not alone.

The woman sang a soft lullaby, the song she would sing every time she lulled him to sleep.

During the singing, he gradually closed his eyes, his consciousness sank, and he fell into a dark and sweet dreamland.

Although they are separated by countless light years, but hearing his mother's singing, it's as if his mother is still by his side.As if being held in his mother's arms, he doesn't need to be afraid of thunder or wind and rain.

His mother is not the dean's wife, she is not as beautiful as the dean's wife, nor is she as elegant as the dean's wife, she doesn't wear white dresses very much, because white dresses are not resistant to dirt, she is actually a very ordinary woman.

But from beginning to end, Lu Renren admired only her and her equally ordinary father. They supported each other and spread their wings to protect their young self.

When I think about it, I realize that it has been so many years.

It turned out that they had been away from me for so many years.

After all, Lu Renren still forgot his fear of thunder.

Because the person who will sing a lullaby for him is gone, the person who will comfort him is gone, and the person who will hug him and fall asleep is gone.

Those have become distant memories, even when recalling, he can no longer remember their faces, and when seeing their photos, he still feels strange.

After being separated for too long, no matter how deep the memories are, they are fading uncontrollably.

Mom and Dad's room was permanently locked, and after it was locked once, it was never opened again.One night when there was thunder, he ran to his parents' room, trying to get into their arms like before, but only after he was wrapped in the cold blanket, he finally realized that he was already alone.

real one.

The distance between life and death is the furthest.

Lu Renren remembered a lot, but he realized that there were more things he hadn't remembered.

Some memories surfaced, but more memories still sank in the depths.

He opened his hazy tearful eyes, and his eyes fell on the picture.The young man in the photo smiled gently. When he smiled, he looked like the man and woman in the light screen. Maybe even though they were separated for many years, the child would grow up to look like his gentle and kind parents.

Who is he?

I can't think of anything anymore, it seems that there is only one sentence left in my mind, but this sentence fell to my lips, and when I was about to say it, I changed another word.

"Who the hell am I...?"