Those years when I was taken away by the boss

"July and a half, the gate of ghosts opens, revenge for revenge, revenge for hatred..."

At twelve o'clock, the ethereal female voice repeated the same sentence over and over again. At this time, all the electronic clocks were used as microphones to play this weird sound.

As early as two hours ago, Shu Shi had been lying on the bed according to Zhong Ruji's reminder, and fell asleep not long after feeling sleepy.

The teddy bear disappeared, the door slammed open, and the door panel slammed against the wall with a bang.Even so, Shu Shi was not woken up, and still fell asleep without knowing it.

A man in casual clothes appeared at the door, but behind him was not the living room, but a wasteland.The loess there generally protrudes into bumps, and mottled stone tablets are inserted on them.

It is a deserted tomb.

There were many pale-faced people gathered outside the door. Some looked resentful, some looked weak, and some stared at the house, as if they wanted to rush out of this cemetery and return to the world.

The lower body of these people is transparent, they are no longer alive.

The man entered the room, closed the door casually, and locked all the ghosts behind.He walked to the bed, and after condensing into a solid body, there was the sound of footsteps belonging to a living person, which was clear and loud.

He bent down, carefully looked at the facial features of the person on the bed, and smiled after a while: "It's pretty smart, I just hope you don't forget it. It's a pity for such a rare soul to stay here."

When Shu Shi opened his eyes, there was darkness.

He thought it was still dawn, so he had to turn over habitually.

He moved his right hand, but didn't pull it out, as if it was locked.Shu Shi noticed the abnormality, sobered up, tried to move his left hand...and was also locked.

Someone chuckled a few times in his ear, and then, something cold and biting was pressed against his neck.

"Welcome to the fest of madness." An invitation from hell.

Shu Shi tilted his neck back, the sharp thing was always tightly attached to his life vein.

Holding the dagger in his hand, the man leisurely glanced at the other people whose mouths were tied with cloth strips.He looked out of the iron net, showing a playful smile provocatively.

Zhong Ruji, who was blocked in the viewing booth, let out a long sigh of relief, and slowly pressed his fingers on his wrist.

He looked at each other without blinking his eyes for a moment, just staring at him like that.

"Are you ready? The game has already begun. There are only three chances. If you can't guess..." The man's voice sounded again, and at the same time he tightened his dagger threateningly.

The edge of the knife was on the fragile neck, Shu Shi couldn't avoid it, so he had to shrink back as much as possible to stay away from the deadly sharp blade.

He smiled and said, "How should I guess?"

I've thought about various scenarios, but I didn't expect such a simple and rude form.

"Guess my identity, if you guess right, I'll let you go." The other party smiled, and seemed to be easy to discuss, "If you guess wrong, leave your life to me."

This is similar to Shu Shixiang's rules, if he guesses right, he stays, and if he guesses wrong, he is out.

"Oh, that's right." The other party seemed to have thought of something, and added, "In order not to make you too lonely, your friend, I will let him accompany you."

Shu Shi blurted out: "No!"

"You are not qualified to order me." The other party said displeased.

Shu Shi's face was not very good-looking, and he kept silent.He closed his eyes, frantically recalling the scene of the first day.

Zhong Ruji saw that the strange man was getting closer and closer to Shu Shi, and the dagger stuck to Shu Shi's neck, leaving a small bloodstain on it.

He suppressed the violence in his heart, remained sober and calm, and prepared for the unexpected.

"It's over soon, I'm...bye by chance."

The images that flashed through my mind brought sharp pain, but blurred the most important information.

Shu Shi bit his lower lip until it turned white, obsessed with that word.

The pain occupied all his consciousness, and he couldn't spare any more energy to bear the raging nerves.

Shu Shi exhaled lightly, with sweat dripping on his temples, he calmed down and said, "Give me some hints."

The other party was unmoved: "There are enough reminders on the first day."

Shu Shi said, "I can't remember."

"..."

The other party laughed in a low voice, then switched back to the original voice and said, "Then what about this, do you remember?"

Playful, cynical.

The young man's voice only came into my ears, and more familiarity brought out those neglected images.

Shu Shi was silent for several minutes.Blindfolded and his hearing sharpened, he heard sobbing and shouting, but these sounds were far, far away from him.

He put away all distracting thoughts, and switched the memory tape back to the first sentence when he and the other party met for the first time.

Shu Shi felt a dull pain in his head, and said the forgotten name with some difficulty: "... Qiu Xiao."

Qiu Xiao raised the corners of his lips, and the dagger loosened a bit: "That's right, I remembered."

He wiped the blood off the other party's neck with the belly of his thumb, and said, "I remember the name, so it's not difficult to guess the identity?"

Shu Shi took a deep breath and analyzed all the conversations word by word.

He tried to move his wrist, but the range of motion was very small.What Qiu Xiao used to bind him was iron tools, not ropes, and it was impossible to break free by himself.

Qiu Xiao asked this, so his name was somewhat related to his identity.

Shu Shi recalled his impressions of Qiu Xiao, counting and counting a total of several points: eye-catching red hair, unscrupulous way of speaking, and the sentence "animal acrobatics are still interesting that no one can perform".

Crazy circus, circus, acrobatics, Qiu Xiao...

Shu Shi's mind moved slightly, he read Qiu Xiao's name several times, and soon found the clue hidden in it.

He has three chances to squander, and it doesn't matter if he misses one.Besides this, he couldn't think of a more suitable identity for Qiu Xiao.

The skin could still feel the faint air-conditioning, Shu Shi gave the answer in a low voice: "Joker."

The human performances in the circus are clown acrobatics. Qiu Xiao’s name is read upside down, which is a homonym for “clown”.

Several metal collisions sounded, and Shu Shi twisted his wrist lightly, the feeling of being bound was still there, but he had already gotten rid of the shackles of the iron tools.

"Guess it just once, it's boring...you're lucky, I'm going to find someone else, goodbye." Qiu Xiao's voice changed from near to far, and it still had that casual taste.

Shu Shi breathed a sigh of relief, lowered his head and untied the cloth strip.

Holding the black cloth in the palm of his hand, Shu Shi noticed his location from the corner of his eye.

He stepped on a wooden board that was only big enough for one person to stand on. The ground was high above his feet, and the front end of his canvas shoes was already partly outside the wooden board.

There was a burst of dizziness in front of my eyes, and my legs were almost uncontrollable.

When he fell down, Shu Shi cursed with a pale face, "...fuck."

The weightlessness and fall were only in an instant, Shu Shi tightly closed his eyes, the wind whistled in his ears, and his heart constricted with pain.

Brain is blank.

"Bang!" This was the expected collision.

Shu Shi was so dizzy that he couldn't do anything after the fall, and couldn't even take care of the pain in his body.

The psychological barrier of fear of heights is really fatal at critical moments.

"stand up."

Zhong Ruji's voice seemed to be trying to endure something.

Shu Shi suddenly opened his eyes, and in a daze, he saw Zhong Ruji frowning tightly under him, and he was still pressing on his chest.

When he fell, Zhong Ruji acted as a back for him.

Zhong Ruji was obviously not very comfortable with the shock, but it was much better than Shu Shi's pale face.

"...Sorry, I'm not feeling well right now, I don't have the energy, can you let me hug you for a while?" Shu Shi said softly, he tried to get up, but his hands and legs didn't work at all.

Fear of heights has been a problem since he was a child. He also wanted to overcome it, but it got worse each time.At first it was just a little flustered, but later it was cold hands and feet, and now it is so serious that it is easy to dizziness and nausea.

From the moment he fell down until now, he has been trembling uncontrollably, his heart beating wildly.He couldn't suppress this physiological reaction at all, and couldn't regain his ability to move for a while.

Zhong Ruji didn't answer him.

Shu Shi sighed, put his hands on his sides, and tried to get up by himself again.

However, just as he raised his head, someone pushed him back, and Zhong Ruji said bluntly, "Hug."

Shu Shi buried his head to rest, said a word of thanks in a low voice, and tried to hug Zhong Ruji's waist.

The other party didn't refuse, he was bolder, and wrapped his arms around the thin waist of his men, hugging him more and more at ease.

Zhong Ruji put his hands on his back, gently pressing his protruding spine.

Hearing the sound of collision, Qiu Xiao frowned and looked back, and saw Shu Shi fell on top of that annoying man, who was clearly standing on the board just now... fell?

He watched for a long time, until Shu Shi got up from Zhong Ruji's body.

After resting for a while and recovering some strength, Shu Shi stood up and stretched out his hand to Zhong Ruji who was sitting.

Zhong Ruji glanced at him, didn't take his hand, but bent his legs and hands for support, and stood up by himself.

Shu Shi's face was full of disappointment when he didn't catch anyone.

"I want you to pull it," Zhong Ruji said, "we have to throw it again."

Shu Shi scratched his hair and smiled embarrassedly.

His condition has not been adjusted well, and it is really possible that he will not be able to pull Zhong Ruji. When the two of them fall together, the scene will not be good.

Recalling the high altitude when he opened his eyes, Shu Shi raised his head to look at the short board, and saw a row of tied people when his eyes flickered, and there were many familiar faces among them.

The instigator of all this stood high in the sky, looking down at him.

"The circus is about to start, leave quickly." Qiu Xiao said to Zhong Ruji, the unkindness in his eyes almost turned into substance.

Zhong Ruji didn't like to look up at others, and he didn't bother to respond to Qiu Xiao. He held Shu Shi's wrist and said briefly, "Let's go."

Shu Shi didn't follow him.Zhong Ruji stopped in his footsteps and looked over suspiciously.

Shu Shi frowned slightly, Xiao Xiao quickly said "wait", and then shouted at the ghost in the sky: "Qiu Xiao!"

Qiu Xiao responded with some displeasure: "Why?"

Shu Shi looked at him, and said in a low voice, "Since it's a game, if you set punishments, you should also set rewards, right?"

Qiu Xiao didn't have the so-called self-awareness about this, and took it for granted: "Your life is a reward."

Shu Shi said seriously: "Living is my qualification, it has nothing to do with you."

Qiu Xiao was quiet for two seconds, then smiled: "Why didn't I know you would still bargain?"

This was the first time Shu Shi saw Qiu Xiao's complete appearance clearly.

The dark red hair has the style of an anime character, the complexion is too pale but has a certain attractiveness, and there is a hint of hostility between the brows when speaking.

Shu Shi held his breath and didn't answer his question that was wrong.

After a long stalemate, Qiu Xiao finally said, "What reward do you want?"

Everyone put all their hopes on him and looked at him eagerly.

Under these expectant gazes, Shu Shi said what they most wanted to hear: "Let him go."

Qiu Xiao glanced at his masterpiece lazily, then turned around and smiled at Shu Shi: "Yes, which one do you want?"

Shu Shi frowned quickly, and when he was about to speak, his arm was pulled, Zhong Ruji reminded in a deep voice: "One."

Shu Shi held back all the words stuck in his throat, he pursed his lips unconsciously, and then looked up at Qiu Xiao.

Qiu Xiao never let go of his smile. At this moment, he looked not only sick but also dangerous, and with the dagger on his back - it was hard for Shu Shi to imagine what he would do after he got too far.

However, under such a background, if he chooses one more, everyone he gives up may become Qiu Xiao's funeral objects.

Everyone was excited, and some of them looked at Shu Shi longingly with tears of fear in their eyes.Those who were not deprived of the ability to speak shouted, and the performance stage was extremely noisy at this moment.

Shu Shi lowered his head and said with difficulty: "Xu Zhou, the one next to you."

Qiu Xiao looked over according to his words, and raised his eyebrows in surprise: "Oh? How do you know he's next?"

Xu Zhou was the calmest among this group of people. When Qiu Xiao agreed to give him a place, he was neither excited nor struggling, as if accepting any ending.

And when Shu Shi said his name, there was a wave in his eyes again.

Shu Shi seemed to have been poured by a basin of ice water, and all fighting spirit and courage were extinguished.

He didn't answer Qiu Xiao's nonsensical question, but said, "Let him go."

Qiu Xiao nodded casually, cut off the thick rope connecting Xu Zhou's wrist to the wall, and said impatiently: "Let's go, don't delay my performance."

Xu Zhou twisted his wrists vigorously, the thick rope was freed and fell from a high altitude.

He untied the cloth strips, took a deep look at this strange man, passed him sideways, stepped over the uneven boards and went down the stairs on the left.

After making his choice, Shu Shi didn't look at anyone, followed Zhong Ruji's force to pull him away from the wide open iron gate.

Xu Zhou, who was finally allowed to leave, stepped out of the iron net door, and the door with old paint was ruthlessly closed, and the electronic broadcast was inexplicably excited: "Crazy grand ceremony, all guests are sincerely invited to enjoy, and then we will start today's carnival !"

The broken hair on his forehead cast a small shadow on Qiu Xiao's eyes. After he heard the announcement, his smile widened, like a child seeing a new toy and eager to try it.

After sitting down in the darkness, Shu Shi heard a scream... No, maybe it was a scream.

His face turned pale again, he didn't dare to look at the Yuantai without opening his eyes.

Zhong Ruji changed his sitting position, getting closer to Shu Shi.

He watched the "performance" calmly without shifting his gaze, and said, "If you're not feeling well, just sleep on it."

Shu Shi did not reject Zhong Ruji's disguised comfort, and buried his face deeply on his shoulder.

Not long after, Zhong Ruji felt the place where he was leaning against became warm and humid, he paused, and looked down at Shu Shi who was silent: "Why are you crying?"

Shu Shi didn't raise his head, he spoke with a nasal and crying voice, and said muffledly, "It's uncomfortable."

Zhong Ruji sighed silently, and said, "I saved one of them."

In the missions he has experienced, not to mention saving people, it is difficult for most people to keep themselves, thank God if they don't harm others, it is impossible to rescue strangers and irrelevant people.

Kind people always die the fastest in space.

Shu Shi is different from other blindly kind people. He has a sense of proportion. Between others and himself, he will choose himself first.All kindness is based on the fact that you are safe enough.

But even so, it was hard on him to watch someone die before his eyes and be powerless to do anything about it.

He has not yet accepted the so-called spatial system, like raising Gu, the strong survive; it is also like using living people as toys and sending them into the space for ghosts to play with.

No matter what kind of tendency, it is difficult for him to accept.

The voice next to Shu Shi's ear was not very clear, maybe Qiu Xiao didn't make any big noises.

He rested his forehead on Zhong Ruji's shoulder and did not speak.After a while, he raised his head, and the piece of clothing he was leaning against was a little wet.

Compared with the sudden emotional breakdown just now, Shu Shi, who had cleaned up his bad mind, was much calmer. He rubbed his eyes and asked, "Where's Xu Zhou?"

"Behind." Zhong Ruji glanced at him and said.

After Xu Zhou came out, he came here for Shu Shi, but seeing that he seemed uncomfortable, he didn't bother him, and finally chose to sit a few rows away from them.

Shu Shi looked back, Xu Zhou met his gaze and smiled gratefully.

"There are only three in the viewing booth, us and him." When Zhong Ruji turned to look at Shu, "Do you know what this means?"

Shu Shi thought, he probably knew.

He has only one choice, no matter who he chooses, others will blame him for not choosing himself.

Qiu Xiao seemed to be giving him the right to save people, but in reality he was pushing him into a position of injustice.

Zhong Ruji saw that he understood, and didn't say too much: "Be careful in the next few days."

Shu Shi gave a low "hmm".

The area of ​​the round stage was greatly expanded on the day of the Crazy Ceremony, and many never-before-seen facilities were presented on the stage one by one, and the high-altitude stand was just one of them.

When the announcement stopped, two blindfolded people, a man and a woman, were pushed out from the wall under the standing board, their hands and feet were bound, and they were fixed on the wall with the character "ten".

Qiu Xiao casually walked towards the iron net, stopped a few steps away, turned around and saw that he was ten meters away from the wall.

He blindfolded himself, took out several throwing knives from behind, and smiled recklessly with his lips curved.

The author has something to say:

If you stretch a little when you relax——

Shu Yaya: "Since it's a game, if you set punishments, there must be rewards."

Qiu Xiao: "Your life is a reward."

Shu dragged: "Can't you afford it???"

Qiu Xiao: "..."