sunk in yesterday

As Xia Zhuo said, there is more than one tree in this courtyard, and after groping around, a total of five trees were planted.

They are different in height and thickness, and it can be seen at a glance that they are not from the same year.

除了第一棵上刻着的“2004”，其他的年份分别是“2000”、“2010”、“2020”和“2030”。

The tools were not in hand, and the two spent more than half an hour digging a hole, and then drained the others. Less than two-thirds of the three hours between twelve o'clock and three o'clock were left.

The remaining time is only enough for them to try twice. It is impossible to dig under all the trees, which is laborious and time-consuming.

"Of these five years, 04 is the most special year. The others are planted every ten years..." Xia Zhuo shivered.

Guan Yuzhou shoveled the branch to his feet, and rubbed his hands back and forth to keep him warm.

Xia Zhuo glanced at Guan Yuzhou, and the other party still looked calm, as if all his thoughts were on warming his hands at the moment, and he didn't think much at all.

"Teacher Guan, which tree do you think it is?"

Guan Yuzhou breathed a sigh of relief, and asked without answering with a smile, "Didn't you guess it?"

Xia Zhuo pouted, "It's just that I'm not sure, we don't have much time."

"Go to the tree of 2010."

"It's really 2010?"

Guan Yuzhou nodded, "Well, it is written in the diary that the doctor wished her a happy 12th birthday. In 2004, she was about six years old, so 12 years old is 2010."

The confusing information is that according to the news heard by their participants, Xu Mengzhi disappeared in 2030 at the age of 12.

There is simply no way of successfully deriving the correct time without first obtaining those diaries and photographs.

After determining the goal, the two began to act.

Xia Zhuo went down with a shovel, and his nerves began to tense inexplicably ahead of schedule.

He had a gut feeling that what they were looking for was under this 2010 tree.

The wet and soft soil was broken, and the branches were resisted and hit the hard objects buried below.

He paused, "Teacher Guan, I seem to have dug it."

As soon as he finished saying this, Guan Yuzhou pulled a wooden box out of the mud and looked up at him at the same time.

Xia Zhuo was taken aback, since Guan Yuzhou had already dug out the box, what did he dig under the shovel?

He sped up his movements, Xu Mengzhi was buried very shallow, and half of the object was revealed in two or three strokes. It was a box exactly like the one in Guan Yuzhou's hand.

And there is a six-digit lock on it.

Guan Yuzhou was silent for a moment, frowning, suddenly put down the box and bent down again, "Dig again."

Xia Zhuo instantly understood what he meant, pursed her lips and continued digging in another place, her wrists trembling a little.

For four and ten minutes, they dug a full twenty identical boxes.

There are twenty boxes placed side by side, and there is an indescribable penetrating feeling.

From 2010 to 2030, a total of 20 years, Xu Mengzhi thought he was 12 years old every year, and made a total of [-] wishes under the same tree.

"Where's the password... What's the password?" The cold wind blew, Xia Zhuo stroked the goosebumps on his arms, picked up one of them, and fiddled with the combination lock.

Guan Yuzhou said, "Where's the corresponding diary? Take it out and have a look."

Xia Zhuo took out the paper, glanced at it, and the details that were ignored at the beginning became several times more obvious.From top to bottom, Xu Mengzhi used a total of four numbers, namely "1 can of sugar", "2 pills", "2nd day" and "3 o'clock".

1223, the last four digits of the six-digit code.

The missing two digits in front are the number of candles in the cake.

A total of twenty different passwords.

Can only try one by one.

It was only at this moment that Xia Zhuo dared to confirm what happened to Xu Mengzhi.He had guesses before, but those were only guesses.Xu Mengzhi is not 12 years old at all. She was brought back by her old patriarch in 04, and she is now 32 years old.

She didn't disappear at 12, she died of murder at 32.

Candy overdraws her future, suspends her time, shortens her lifespan.

"It's opened." After a clear sound, Guan Yuzhou pushed open the lid of the box.

Inside there was only a pink note with a kitten on it, and Xu Mengzhi's short birthday wish.

[I want to grow up quickly.

——Meng Zhi, stay at the age of 12. 】

Xia Zhuo was lucky this time, tried a few times, and opened one of them.

He pinched out the colored paper with a different pattern in the middle, and compared it with the one in Guan Yuzhou's hand, the content on it was exactly the same.

The punctuation marks haven't changed.

If there is no accident, there is no need to open the remaining boxes, as they all contain the same thing.

Xia Zhuo held the piece of paper, not knowing what it was like in his heart for a moment.

"I can't figure it out." He looked at the immature writing on it and said, "I can understand using her as a model to make money at the beginning, but the Xu family is so rich later, why do they still want to squeeze her? Stop taking her medicine as soon as possible." Treatment will not end up in such a miserable end."

Guan Yuzhou only asked him the simplest question softly: "Then do you know why the eight countries were rich enough a hundred years ago, but they still came to our country to rob them?"

Xia Zhuo understood in an instant.

Human nature is greedy, as long as you have tasted the sweetness, you will not be satisfied, and a flat and full heart will fall into a dark bottomless pit.

Conscience is worn away in this greed.

He squatted on the ground and thought about his life for a while, and when the moisture on his eyelashes condensed into tiny drops, he came back to his senses, raised his hand and hurriedly wiped his face, "Teacher Guan, what time is it? Should we go back?" .”

He had thought that the end of the plot of this dream was to fulfill Xu Mengzhi's wish, but since he passed away, the wish written on paper could no longer be fulfilled.

He waited for a few seconds, but Guan Yuzhou didn't answer. He tilted his head and looked, but only saw an open space.

The boxes all over the floor were still scattered in a mess, the note that was opened disappeared without a trace, and there was not even a footprint left on the ground.

"...Guan Yuzhou?"

There was still no response, and there was no one else around except him.

Guan Yuzhou was wiped away by him along with the water vapor.

Xia Zhuo tightened his grip on the flashlight, and hurriedly stuffed the note into his pocket, only to hear the sound of footsteps behind him.

He had heard Guan Yuzhou's footsteps countless times, and he was familiar enough to be able to distinguish the subtle differences from others.

He quickly made a decision within two seconds, turned around on his heels, and the flashlight hit a mask.

The cotton wick on the candle sizzled in the humid environment, and the flickering light dimmed his eyes hidden under the metal.

Except for a piece of candlestick, he held a blood-stained knife in his left hand behind him, and fresh blood drops fell to the knees and landed silently.

"Why are you here? Can't sleep in the middle of the night, come down to relax?"

The muffled voice was a bit cold, and it happened that a gust of wind blew from behind, blowing a bunch of hair on the back of Xia Zhuo's head straight up, and the small piece of scalp covered by it was suddenly numb from the cold, and the cold air went straight to the body It made him shudder all over.

Xia Zhuo didn't speak, the corners of his mouth were pressed down, and he didn't speak.

His and Guan Yuzhou's plan would not go wrong, and the consultant should not have come to the courtyard at this time.

Unless someone pushed open the door under the chain during this period and turned the pointer back.

But... Why did Guan Yuzhou disappear?

While he was still thinking, the advisor had already taken a step towards him.The knife was originally hidden in the darkness, but when it got closer, it reflected a blue light under the light of the flashlight.

The consultant asked him further with hypocritical friendliness: "It's windy at night, do you need me to take you back to your room?"

Although he didn't know whose blood was on the knife, but if he really gave it to him, he would probably become the second soul to be killed by the knife tonight.

"No need." Xia Zhuo coldly refused, his tone unquestionable.

The advisor didn't nod or shake his head.

He watched Xia Zhuo quietly until the candle flame was extinguished by the water clinging around the wick, and he swung his left hand violently!

With his strength, the blood splashed on Xia Zhuo's face, and a drop of it even entered his eyes, causing a sharp pain.Xia Zhuo resisted the conditioned reflex of closing his eyes, gritted his teeth and slapped him almost at the same time.

Snapped!

The mask was lifted off.

The knife came out of his hand, inserted into the soil and turned into a pool of black water.

The fog dissipated, the consultant disappeared, and the mask took the place of the knife, half of which was embedded in the ground.

Familiar and hurried footsteps sounded, and Xia Zhuo was hugged into his arms forcefully, and then he lost his strength, and his heart beat almost out of his chest.

For a moment, he thought he was really going to die by the knife.

"Where did you go just now!?"

Guan Yuzhou's breath was unsteady, and the strength of grabbing him seemed to crush him, and the moisture on his body hadn't dissipated yet.

He took a few deep breaths back and forth, trying to calm down his emotions, and when he pulled Xia Zhuo's chin and saw the blood on his face, he was stunned and stopped talking.

"I didn't run, I didn't move a step, you really wronged me." Xia Zhuo reached out and patted his arm that was tightly wrapped around his waist and almost squeezed out his overnight meal, but was wet and sticky under the palm of his hand. I was startled by the warm touch again.

Guan Yuzhou's wound that hadn't fully healed opened again, and the blood had been bleeding for an unknown amount of time, and the bandage was red all over his hand.

"Fuck, why did your arm open again!" Xia Zhuo wanted to cry coquettishly at first, but now she didn't have that mood at all, her heart was overloaded again after slowing down for two seconds, and she hurriedly took off her clothes and put it on his arm. Wrap on.

Guan Yuzhou grabbed his wrist, pushed him against the tree, and opened his mouth to bite on it.

"What are you doing...you bleed a lot!"

Xia Zhuo turned his head to prevent him from kissing, Guan Yuzhou pinched his chin forcibly, and opened the gap between his teeth with his tongue, and was bitten hard as soon as he got in.

Xia Zhuo was cruel with this mouthful, he was anxious to shut down Yu Zhou's injury.But the pain made Guan Yuzhou go crazy. Instead of stopping, he clamped his hands even harder and pressed them above his head, as if he was being raped.

Xia Zhuo sighed inwardly, thinking about letting him bite for a while, but when he closed his eyes, he saw a small figure standing a few meters away, staring at this side intently.

"Uh...uh!" Xia Zhuo pushed him hard.

You fucking Guan Yuzhou!Let me go!The ghost is behind you!

The smell of blood spread on the tip of his tongue, which finally made Guan Yuzhou calm down a little.

What Xia Zhuo bit was his own lip, he sucked it up, and the tip of his tongue slowly grinded, rolling all the oozing blood into his mouth.

Xu Mengzhi stepped on the small box dug out, stepped on the note with wishes written on it, and his hair grew at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Guan Yuzhou let go of Xia Zhuo's chin, wiped the blood on his face vigorously, and said "Get lost" without looking back.

There was a little red light in his eyes, and the uncontrollable killing intent rushed out in an instant, and it seemed that even the tree trunk behind him was shaking.

Xia Zhuo watched helplessly as Xu Mengzhi withdrew his wrist, dropped his head, and disappeared on the spot.

In the blink of an eye again, there was only a bottomless blackness in the man's eyes.

Xia Zhuo was surprised, but he didn't delve into it. The hand that was pushed on Guan Yuzhou's chest went around his back, and he patted it twice to comfort him.

Guan Yuzhou paused for two seconds, bowed his head and kissed him again, pecked at his wound carefully, and apologized in a low voice with his lips in his mouth: "I'm sorry, I shouldn't lose my temper with you. It's just that I went around and couldn't find you anywhere. "

Finally, he spoke in a normal tone, and there was even a hint of flattery or grievance in it.Xia Zhuo breathed a sigh of relief, and complained to him: "You searched for me, but I was fine, but you made it so embarrassing."

Guan Yuzhou let go of him and straightened his messy clothes, "Did I hurt you?"

"No." Xia Zhuo moved his wrist twice, his mouth was numb from Guan Yuzhou's sucking, but his palm was hot, which was the aftereffect of the slap on the consultant just now.He watched Guan Yuzhou pick up the mask, and recounted what happened just now, "I thought the blood on his knife belonged to you. If it wasn't you, who could it be?"

Guan Yuzhou rubbed his forehead, "I don't know, besides us, there are also people who left the room tonight."

Xia Zhuo saw that his voice was very low, although his footsteps were steady, but his expression was not very good-looking.Bleeding twice in one day, no matter how strong the body is, it should be affected, Xia Zhuo sighed, it was impossible to climb upstairs along the sheets like this.

He didn't want to make too many accusations, so he carried someone to the gate of the house. The closed door was actually ajar, and a string of small footprints were lined up on the cement platform.

The lights in the living room and corridor were all turned off, and there was still a large puddle of blood on the floor that hadn't been disposed of.Those sporadic blood spots stretched forward, all the way to the direction of the stairs.

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