sunk in yesterday

A look of surprise flashed across Uncle Yang's face when he saw the door was suddenly opened.

He was holding a bottle of mineral water that he didn't know where to find, his eyes danced and he looked at Xia Zhuo who was following behind Guan Yuzhou, and said with a sigh of relief: "I just wanted to ask if this young man is better. I'm also responsible for that look."

Guan Yuzhou nodded, "He's healed now."

"Okay, as long as there is nothing to do." Uncle Yang knew how to measure and didn't get to the bottom of it. He handed over the water and wiped the seam of his trousers embarrassingly.The temperature in the dormitory building was clearly lower than outside, but he was sweating a little on his forehead, and stood there for about ten seconds. Seeing that the two didn't intend to invite him into the room, he naturally took half a step back, "Then I Go back to my room, I live in 204, if you need anything, you can come to me anytime."

His gaze was always on Xia Zhuo, and only when Guan Yuzhou spoke would he move a little away in a hurry, with some incomprehensible emotions in it.

Xia Zhuo was a little puzzled, but said nothing. Hearing this, he put on a big smile, "Thank you uncle."

Guan Yuzhou touched the back of his neck and pinched it lightly, as if warning a cat that smelled food and moved towards others.When Xia Zhuo shrank his neck and looked back eagerly, he slowed down and asked, "This is why you came here?"

Uncle Yang was stunned for a moment, "Yes, that's it." He turned to leave, stopped in two steps, thought about it, and returned to the door again, hesitantly lowered his voice: "Actually, it's not only this One thing, I still want to ask if you have any intention of going out tonight."

Guan Yuzhou did not answer directly, but said: "If you are in the same room with others, it is better for the two of you to act together."

After all, to stay together during the most difficult time at night, many people would choose to go in and out with their bedmates to get to know each other or get to know each other. I wonder what Uncle Yang's plan is when he comes to ask to act together.

Uncle Yang was not surprised by his words, as if he knew that he would be suspected, his voice softened again, "I understand the truth, but the young man who lives with me doesn't plan to go out at night, so I I will think of coming to contact you... Regardless of my age, I can also be useful in some aspects-I have won the championship in climbing competitions, and I can use houses or trees."

Guan Yuzhou thought for a while, "Then I'll see you downstairs when it's completely dark."

"Ah, okay, see you then."

Uncle Yang thought that this young man was not very easy to get along with, perhaps because he was overly protective of the other person, and the hostility in his eyes had not completely subsided, so he couldn't react to being so readily agreed.

"One last question I want to ask."

"what is the problem?"

"You didn't knock on the door just now, did you?"

"No." Uncle Yang shook his head resolutely, and he said firmly: "I just arrived here, so I was surprised to see the door open suddenly, thinking that you heard my footsteps."

"Thank you, I see." Guan Yuzhou nodded and closed the door again.

There was a moment of silence outside the door, and the footsteps gradually faded away. Uncle Yang must have left.Xia Zhuo followed Guan Yuzhou back to the bed, scratching the ashes on the ground with his toes, "So it wasn't him who knocked on the door just now?"

"Well, there is someone else." Guan Yuzhou didn't intend to stay on this topic for too long. He pinched the bridge of his nose and pushed Yu Se away a little bit. He just couldn't see Xia Zhuo smiling too sincerely to others .

Xia Zhuo sat down next to him, with his shoulders lightly pressed against his shoulders, the body temperature could not be covered by a thin layer of cloth, and slowly penetrated into each other's skin.He enjoyed this kind of intimate and non-discreet touch, and shook his legs in a good mood, "Just let him come to our room and wait. We can go out together when it's time, so that he won't have to walk around." Get someone's attention or something unexpected."

"Why?" On the other hand, Guan Yuzhou's voice didn't sound so pleasant.

Xia Zhuo smiled, and he stretched out his hand to smooth the other's frowning eyebrows, "You won't be really jealous, will you?"

Guan Yuzhou remained silent.

Xia Zhuo slowed down his speech: "I was just thinking, chatting with him before directly restored my memory a little bit, then maybe I can remember more things by talking more, especially those related to you."

When he first woke up, the world he touched was black and white, and everything was an untouchable existence for him, as if only he was false and could not be integrated into it at all.

Later, when he came into contact with Guan Yuzhou, the light gathered here. Everything that this man guided him was the only reality for him.

But the more you try to grasp this kind of reality, the easier it is to fall into self-doubt.Dazed, like a snowball, rolled bigger and bigger with the passing of time, so heavy that he couldn't breathe, and he stopped and dared not move forward.

But now it's different, he knows who he is.

Xia Zhuo grinned, and half nestled into Guan Yuzhou's arms full of joy, "Thanks to Teacher Guan, I am now me."

The beam of light surrounding Guan Yuzhou spread out in all directions, bursting out colorful stars.Originally, this light was too strong, so strong that it was dazzling, illusory, wrapped in a thick layer of haze, and it was impossible to grasp it.Now that it has faded just right, so that the fuzzy border disappears, he can clearly see the man's face and feel the temperature on the other person's body similar to his own.

"I used to think that everything has nothing to do with me, except you. Now I feel that I am also one of them. No matter what happened before, at least I exist in this world like you. How should I put it... this recognition Knowing let me breathe a sigh of relief, a big breath, now I have the comfort of being able to eat three bowls of rice in a row."

"You are hungry?"

"..." Xia Zhuo stalked, waving his arms as if to scratch him: "I'm making an analogy, what are you focusing on? I don't care about the love words I have worked so hard to tell you!"

Guan Yuzhou grabbed his wrist and let out a long sigh.

He faced Xia Zhuo for a long time, and when Xia Zhuo got tired of sitting and moved his figure, he took him into his arms YUX-|I in a panic, and then he said with a hoarse voice: "Don't run, I am the same. "

"I didn't run away...what's the same?"

"After you were no longer by my side, I questioned the world." The strength in his hand increased involuntarily, and he pressed tightly on Xia Zhuo's back. I couldn’t find the meaning of life for a long time, until the moment the ring disappeared, my heartbeat was the fastest in my life. I can’t lose you again, sometimes you may think that I have a bad temper, I will change, Give me a moment, I really can't go through this again, and when we get out of here, I'll-"

Xia Zhuo bent his eyes, put his index finger on his lips, and sealed his unfinished words, "Okay, I know it all, there is no need to repeat it several times for things that will definitely come true in the future."

Guan Yuzhou's chest rose and fell several times, and he closed his eyes to adjust his state.

This time Xia Zhuo clearly saw the dark red in his eyes when he was excited, and the reflective color, which he regarded as an illusion, was clearly captured by his vision.

When he opened his eyes again, those eyes returned to the silence of the past, as if a deep pool had fallen inside, hiding all the things that shouldn't be there.

Xia Zhuo's heart tightened suddenly, and his head became dizzy again. He always felt that the red was very familiar, and he couldn't capture it from his memory at once.

is blood?Is it paint?or something else?

"Are you fully recovered now?" Guan Yuzhou kissed his cool fingertips.

"Almost." Xia Zhuo shook off the weirdness in his heart, and observed that the person opposite was not unusual, so he could only relax for the time being.He stood up and turned around in a circle, "I am not tired from walking now, and my cough has stopped, so you don't have to worry."

Guan Yuzhou nodded, thinking that Xia Zhuo's physical state in the dream might have something to do with the ashes that disappeared in reality.

But the problem appeared again. The physical fitness of the participants in the dream was based on reality. Xia Zhuo also appeared weak to the point of being fragile when pushed because of death.But now his face is rosy and fresh, his breathing and heartbeat have returned to normal, and he really looks like a normal person. On the other hand, there is a guess in his heart—maybe the ashes have not disappeared, but have died in another way. This approach has emerged elsewhere.

He couldn't think about this guess because it was too unrealistic.Guan Yuzhou raised his eyes to look at him, and met those bright and focused eyes, his impetuous mood gradually sank, and he couldn't help showing a gentle smile, "Where are the points? How many?"

"Let me see Ang." Xia Zhuo called out his light watch, and quickly raised one eyebrow proudly: "I will be eighty soon, thank you brother for supporting me!"

Guan Yuzhou smiled lowly: "Do you want to call me teacher or brother?"

"Of course they do."

"Okay, as you please." Guan Yuzhou stretched out his hand towards him, "What else did the driver who took you up the mountain say? Tell me about it."

Xia Zhuo thought for a while: "The dead student's surname was Hu, she was a girl. It is said that the parents committed suicide because of the great pressure of study. After her accident, the students stopped coming to school one after another. After a winter vacation, it became the present situation. The teacher resigned because of it. The driver said that the sixth class she was in was the worst class, and the students were not focused on studying. Now I don’t know the school’s classification system. I guess it may be from 1 to 6 Ranked according to grades."

Guan Yuzhou repeated, "Girl?"

"What's wrong?"

"It's nothing." Guan Yuzhou said, "The shadow behind the window just now doesn't look like a girl."

"Can this be seen?"

"Well, there are already quite a few physical differences between men and women who are in puberty in high school."

"That's weird." Xia Zhuo said: "I'm sure I remember correctly, because I guessed it was a boy at first, and he said I guessed wrong."

"Perhaps the news he heard is half true and half false."

"I don't think it's very reliable... Also, Christmas Eve is a visiting day, and the student's parents were not present that day."

"Visiting day..." Guan Yuzhou narrowed his eyes half-closed, "This day should be a critical date, and we have to find a way to know if anything special happened that day."

"How do you know?"

Guan Yuzhou asked him back, "What do you think?"

Xia Zhuofu was heartbroken: "Classroom! The students in Class [-] will definitely know the clues!"

"Clean up and let's go downstairs. We will go to the garden first today, and then to the classroom tomorrow." Guan Yuzhou took off his jacket and put it on his shoulders. "There is one more place I want to go as soon as possible."

"where?"

"The town at the foot of the mountain. The aborigines mentioned his parents. I think it is necessary to visit his family. But..." Guan Yuzhou changed the subject, "I will go to the town tomorrow afternoon and I will not be able to come back before dark. We are not sure about the road conditions. I am familiar with it, and I will find a place to spend the night in the town."

Xia Zhuo said briskly: "Yes, we have slept in the wild, so it's not a big problem."

Guan Yuzhou smiled, and stuffed a few candies as compensation, "Go and wash your face, let's go out."

It was completely dark, only the teaching building was still lit.

The two locked the door and went downstairs quietly.

There was no one in the duty room, so Bing Yan didn't know what to do.The glass of water on the table was completely cold, and there was a slogan of eight honors and eight shame on the wall beside it. There was also a striking access control time in black and white. The dormitory building will be locked from 05:30 p.m. to [-]:[-] a.m. during the period No one is allowed to enter or exit.

"It's [-]:[-]." Guan Yuzhou glanced at the clock, "Come back in three hours."

Uncle Yang had been squatting behind the bushes at the door and waiting for a while, holding a wooden stick in one hand and gesticulating on the ground.

Xia Zhuo couldn't see clearly, so she walked over and asked casually, "Uncle, what are you writing?"

Uncle Yang's wrist snapped suddenly, like a sleepwalker who was suddenly pushed awake, and with a force in his hand, he directly inserted the wooden stick into the mud.

He hurriedly wiped away the traces with the sole of his shoes, stood up and said with a dry smile: "You guys are here, I drew some small things while waiting for you, if they are too ugly, I won't show them to shame. My son always says that I The paintings I draw are not as good as those of kindergarten children, haha."

"Hey, yeah." Xia Zhuo smiled, "Then let's go? If you come back early, you can sleep a little longer."

Uncle Yang quickly agreed, he dropped the branch and followed, and the three leaned against the wall towards the garden.

I don't know if it's because of the dampness of the land, but after stepping out of the area where the apartment building belongs, the temperature has obviously dropped.Xia Zhuo put his palms together in front of the flashlight, so that the light would not be too conspicuous at night, and while he had nothing to do, he paid attention to the surrounding situation and played with his breath.

"It looks like it's going to be foggy, follow me and don't walk around." Guan Yuzhou stretched out an arm, indicating that he could grab his sleeve.

As soon as the words were finished, the sound of messy footsteps came from the front, and the person who came hurriedly looked familiar. It was the girl in the floral skirt who talked to Bing Yan in the afternoon.

Her hair was tied into a ponytail, with a lot of fear on her face, and the sides of her shoes were covered with mud and dead leaves. When she saw them, she seemed to have found an outlet, and her eyes turned red, "You guys , Have you seen my friend?"

Hearing this, everyone knew what they were saying. Uncle Yang said, "We just came here, and we didn't meet anyone along the way. Your friend disappeared?"

"He was with me all the time, and we were still talking all the way, but suddenly... suddenly he disappeared!" The floral skirt kept warming herself with her arms folded, and Xia Zhuo realized that the ends of her hair were wet. How long has it been around here.

"Where did you miss it?"

"The garden behind..." Floral skirt raised her hand, and the beam of the flashlight pointed in one direction, "This is his flashlight. When I turned around, there was only the flashlight on the ground, and his footprints stopped in front of the flashlight... his whole body , The whole person disappeared out of thin air! This is impossible, I obviously turned around the first time, I called his name, thinking he was threatening me, but I waited for a minute and he still didn’t come out, he won’t Seeing that I was so scared and didn't show up, there must be something wrong, please help me find him, I dare not alone... I have walked around, but I always feel that there is something nearby! There seems to be something Somebody touched me, right here—"

She shook her arm, and there was a red mark on it from the palm of her hand, and it was impossible to see what was left.

"Then I ran away, I heard a voice behind me, but I didn't dare to turn around, and then I saw you..." She couldn't help it anymore, and begged while crying: "If you go in, can you Take me with you? Please, I won't make trouble."

Uncle Yang's heart softened, and he looked at Guan Yuzhou, "Why don't we let her join us, it's safe if there are more people."

Guan Yuzhou glanced at her arm more, "Whatever, just follow if you want."

"Thank you, thank you..." The floral skirt wiped her face indiscriminately, and followed Uncle Yang by the hem of the pleated skirt.

Xia Zhuo glanced back, and asked Guan Yuzhou in a low voice, "Didn't she make the mark by herself?"

Guan Yuzhou shook his head slightly, "She shouldn't have lied, she did come in with her friend."

"Be careful, you can't tell what's going on when you disappear suddenly." Xia Zhuo thought for a while, but still chose to grab his wrist, "I'm afraid you might get lost, so I have to watch you."

Guan Yuzhou naturally accepted his rhetoric, and he clasped his five fingers together with Xia Zhuo's, "Then I will trouble Teacher Xia."

Xia Zhuo bared his white teeth: "It should."

The speed of fog is not fast, but it still affects vision.The boundary line was blurred unconsciously, and after reacting, they had already stepped into the garden.

The spray flowers and ribbons used in the celebration were piled up everywhere, and some of them were trampled into the ground by people passing by, leaving only a small piece of faded color outside.The floor lamps have not been replaced for a long time, and the lights turn on and off, flickering on and off in the dimness, making the lawn and tree shadows even more oppressive.Sequins and plastic lanterns are hung on the high and low trees, and some wires have been dragged on the ground, soaked by water long ago.Some long ribbons were tied on the branches of uneven thickness. With the slight breeze, the branches were also rough and rough, reminding him of a little hedgehog that kept arching at night.

Guan Yuzhou watched him stop, "What's wrong?"

"I think there seems to be something on this tree... Mr. Guan, help me put a light up." Xia Zhuo approached, trying to stand on tiptoe to look up.

Guan Yuzhou didn't move yet, but Uncle Yang turned on the flashlight in an instant. He raised his wrist to match Xia Zhuo's angle, with a somewhat earnest attitude.

The ribbon was red, about two fingers wide, Xia Zhuo flipped through it a few times, but there was nothing on it.He retreated to the next best thing, pushed aside layers of blades that blocked his view, and muttered uncertainly: "It's kind of disgusting, this ball of thread looks like hair."

"Don't touch it randomly, maybe there are wires or something on the tree." Uncle Yang warned behind.

Unexpectedly, the floral skirt hugged her head and screamed, "Face! Human face!"

Xia Zhuo stepped back quickly, a distorted human face was covered on the thick tree trunk, the shape of the facial features was still clearly visible, and a pair of protruding eyeballs on the ferocious expression were looking straight ahead.

What he saw just now was not a ball of thread at all.The hair clings to the tree body, and the wicker hangs on the branches, which makes the whole have a fluffy and weird feeling.

And the trees next to each other, one, two, three... all look like this!