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"You... did you see it too?" Under the dim candlelight, Wang Shiwei asked with his pale lips trembling.

Shen Tucheng looked at the other party quietly with a serious expression.After a while, he finally nodded.

"He... Die Xian, grabbed me." Wang Shiwei grabbed Shen Tucheng's sleeve in a panic, his voice already crying, "What should I do? What should I do?! He will kill me!"

Shen Tucheng pursed his lips and looked at Wang Shiwei's bed quietly - just now, he saw Die Xian's hand under this bed.

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The city government of Z started construction of the subway last year, and a section of the route passed the male dormitory of X University. After receiving the notice, the school urgently transferred the boys from the No. [-] and No. [-] dormitory buildings.

The newly moved dormitory is in the northeast of the school. There are three lonely five-story buildings, which are the original staff dormitories.Since the school was remodeled, employees have moved out of here one after another.Because it is far away from the new teaching building, dormitory building, library and cafeteria, and there is a small forest in the middle, few people come here, so it looks extraordinarily quiet.

The boys made a fuss for a while, some went out, some rested, and the whole dormitory building became quiet.Shentucheng didn't have much luggage, but it was troublesome to pack it up - two desktop computers, two laptops, a professional camera and scattered accessories, plus clothes and sundries, when he finally took care of them At that time, he was the only one in the dormitory.

After taking a shower, Shentucheng put on a loose nightgown and walked to the balcony.Among all his luggage, only this nightgown was brought from home. The style is very simple, knee-length, round neck and narrow sleeves, without many patterns, but it still reveals an amazing aura when worn on him.When he showed up in the dormitory wearing this nightgown for the first time, several brothers were shocked, and finally one brother patted his chest and concluded: "Damn, you look like the emperor of Fanbang, scare me to death gone."

Because of this brother's words, Shentucheng ran to the mirror to take a look. At first, there was nothing wrong, but the more he looked at it, the more something was wrong, as if the person in the mirror was not him, but someone who looked exactly like him. like the emperor.After that incident, Shentucheng put away his nightgown.If he hadn't moved in a hurry this time and didn't know where he lost his pajamas, he really wouldn't have remembered that he still had such a nightgown.

Looking out from the balcony of the dormitory, you can just see the Beauty Lake not far away. Standing here, Shen Tucheng actually has a feeling of being king.He smiled and quietly admired the beauty lake in the sunset.

Beauty Lake is actually only the size of a large pond, surrounded by trees, looking down from a high place, it is like a teardrop dripping on the fine flannel, melancholy and charming.

Regarding the Lake of Beauty, there is a saying in Z University—it is said that in a certain era, there was such a king, he was powerful, he was good at fighting beasts, he was faster than a galloping horse, and he was unrivaled in stabbing, riding and shooting.He was cruel, he could be feasting the courtiers one moment, and shoot an arrow through people's necks the next moment.He is like a wild wolf that has been hungry for a long time, fierce, cruel, and moody.No one can guess his thoughts, people are afraid to get close to him, so he becomes more and more lonely, more and more lonely... Until one day, he met a woman.That woman was neither stunningly beautiful nor extremely intelligent, but the king alone was obedient to her.That woman had the most beautiful eyes and the most gentle voice in the world. Because of her company, the wolf-like king gradually softened and became more gentle. Seeing that he was about to become a wise king, the woman passed away suddenly.The grief-stricken king sank his beloved woman at the bottom of the lake, and made an appointment to meet again in a thousand years.

The king did not give the woman a title, and people did not know her name, so they called the place where she rested as the "Women's Lake". Perhaps it was the kindness of the woman that moved God. No matter how the times change, the Lake of Women has never dried up. People in City Z guarded it unconsciously. It was not until the establishment of X University that the principal at the time officially changed the name of "Women's Lake" to "Beauty Lake".

Thinking of this, Shentucheng couldn't help laughing—how can there be so many poignant love stories, most of them are because the school is unwilling to build guardrails, and they are compiled to perfuse students who are full of romantic fantasies.A murderous monarch and a gentle woman?Pfft, even if he is sitting in the world, how can there be a woman who loves a man who holds the power of life and death wholeheartedly?Every night when she sleeps with him embraced, isn't she afraid that he will end her life with a knife?I'm afraid all her feelings are just fear and survival instinct.

The sudden ringtone of the mobile phone interrupted Shentucheng's train of thought. It was a call from a buddy in the dormitory. Shentucheng asked the other party to take a seat for him. After hanging up the phone, he quickly changed his clothes and went to self-study.

It was already [-] o'clock in the evening after the self-study, and the buddies in the same company were going to eat supper. Shentucheng didn't have this habit, so he walked back alone.The weather today is indeed a bit cold for X City in October.Shen Tucheng wrapped his sweater jacket tightly around his body, and quickened his pace.

Both sides of the path back to the dormitory are full of trees, a large lush area, the groves surround the beauty lake, the breeze passes through the treetops, entraining water vapor, which produces a biting chill.

Under the flickering street lamps, the shadow of Shentu City appeared and disappeared on the ground, like a ghost.Suddenly, with a bang, all the street lights went out, and the surroundings fell into silence.The wind shuttled through the grove, with a "rustling" sound, Shentucheng felt nervous for no reason, and all the muscles in his body tensed up.He stood quietly in the darkness, like a beast ready to go, his sharp eyes swept around.The movement of his neck was very small, and his breathing was quiet and long, without any sound, as if he had merged with the surrounding darkness.

I don't know when it started, but Shentucheng discovered that the darkness always made him feel sensitive and anxious.Vision is affected, but the body immediately enters a state of preparation.He always felt that something would come out from a certain angle, pounce on him, and then bite him.At night, Shentucheng seemed to be another person, different from the gentle and cheerful person during the day, he became sharp and violent, mentally tense, always on guard against unknown dangers.

"Crack", there was the sound of something rubbing against the ground, Shen Tucheng took out his mobile phone at a very fast speed, and immediately took a picture of the source of the sound - it was a girl.With her back facing Shentu City, she squatted on the side of the road not far away.Shen Tucheng breathed a sigh of relief, and slowly approached.

Shentucheng saw the girl's hair almost at first sight, it was black and shiny, long hanging on the ground.

"Student, are you okay?" Shen Tucheng asked as friendly as possible.

The girl didn't seem to hear what he said, and she didn't move.Shen Tucheng suddenly thought of a ghost story that was once popular. Could it be that when this girl turned her head, her face had the same long hair as the back of her head?

"Classmate?" Shen Tucheng tentatively stretched out his hand, wanting to touch her.

As if stimulated by his movements, the girl stood up with a "huh" and rushed forward quickly.

"Hey!" Shen Tucheng chased after him without thinking.

The girl has incomparably beautiful long hair, more beautiful than any woman Shen Tucheng has ever seen.But when she ran, she didn't see the girl's fragility at all—she almost seemed to be floating, and the dense trees didn't affect her at all, and her moving speed was so fast that even Shentu Cheng's sprinting speed like a beast couldn't catch up .

Shentucheng stopped near the beauty lake, it was not an instruction from the brain, but more like an instinct.This instinct told him that if he moved forward, he would encounter danger, so his legs automatically stopped.Shen Tucheng stood there for a while, but did not hear any noise, the girl must have run away.He took a breath, turned and walked back.

When Shentucheng returned to the small road, the street lights had already returned to light.The breeze was blowing, and the coldness just now was gone.Shen Tucheng breathed a sigh of relief, and just as he took a step, there was a hard thing under his feet——jade.

Shen Tucheng bent down and picked up the piece of jade.This is a piece of turquoise jade, the size of a palm, shaped like a wine dish.The dim light shines through the plate, casting dark green spots on Shentucheng's palm.In an instant, a picture flashed into my mind——

The tall man in a Hu suit and a felt hat played with the things in his hands, and raised the corners of his mouth: "Wine saucer?"

"En." The man in white with long hair responded softly, and whispered, "You always drink in big bowls, I'm worried you'll get drunk."

The tall man laughed, hugged the man in white into his arms, and rubbed his chin against the top of his head: "Even if you're drunk, crazy, or dead, I won't let you go."

The man being hugged smiled faintly, his pure white sleeves and long black hair melted together, blurring the whole picture.

"Ah good..." Shen Tucheng unconsciously called out that person's name.When he finally woke up, he froze in place.Ah, is that the name of the man in white?His heart throbbed uncontrollably. The name was like a key that unlocked the deepest lock in his heart. All the sweetness, pain, mania, and sadness came out one by one.As long as it is about that person, he is firmly hidden in the most secret treasure chest-a treasure that no one can touch.

He felt that he had been hiding this treasure box for a long, long time. Shen Tucheng looked at the jade dish in his hand, and there was a tenderness in his eyes that he hadn't noticed.He has been hiding this treasure chest for a long time, like a thousand years.

Ah good...

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"Oh, that's it... Okay, sorry to trouble you, thank you." Liu Xia's voice pulled back Shentucheng's thoughts, he hung up the phone, looked at Shentucheng, "I asked the director of the logistics department, she said that that day All the street lights in Z are normal, and there is no extinguishment."

"Oh, it's just a story." Shentucheng's expression was calm, "It's normal not to believe."

"On the contrary." Liu Xia said, "I believe what you said."

At this time, Lian Qiao also suddenly said: "It is said that ghosts have a special magnetic field. When they appear, the signal of mobile phones and computers will be unstable... Also, the lights will become flickering."

Liu Xia became serious in a rare way: "My judgment is that he has his eyes on you."

"he?"

"He." Liu Xia took a sip of coffee, "The murderer, or... Die Xian."