sunk in yesterday

"lady……"

Madam Bai was sitting in front of the window, staring at the vast white mist in the distance.After hearing the soft call, she turned her head slightly, and met Xiaoqi's hesitant face with a smile.

"what happened?"

"I..." Xiao Qi bit her lower lip, and pressed a white mark that was not too deep and not too shallow, "I want to go out for a walk."

"why?"

Madam Bai stood up from the chair, her tall figure forced the petite female student in front of her to look up, and the timidity in her eyes increased a lot.

Seeing her appearance, Mrs. Bai sighed slightly, "Xiao Qi, is there anything you can't tell me? Since you call me sister, I won't bear your name."

"Ma'am..." Xiao Qi choked up, "I, I accidentally lost something..."

When Mrs. Bai heard this, her face became serious.She quickly walked to the door, checked the lock, and turned her head to tell her, "The walls have ears, please speak softly."

When Xiao Qi heard this, she immediately stopped talking, her eyes turned red.

"Okay, good boy." Madam Bai saw that her heart softened again, she couldn't help opening her arms, and pulled him into her arms, "It's not safe outside, tell me where you want to find it, and I'll go for you. "

The gentle body of a mature woman brings endless comfort to people, and the faint fragrance of her body cannot be erased by dreams, as if she has become one with this person.

"Ma'am?" Xiao Qi was stunned, as if she didn't expect the woman in front of her to say such a thing, and asked hesitantly, "You...don't you ask me what I lost?"

"If you don't want to tell me, then I won't ask any more." Madam Bai raised her red lips, her dignity and kindness were indispensable.She stroked the girl's hair, "The room is the safest place during the day, you stay and wait, I will find it for you, okay?"

Xiao Qi grabbed the silk cloth around her waist, seeming to be a little greedy for the warmth of the other party under the thin cloth, and leaned up without bones, "But... if you don't ask me what I lost, how can you find it for me?" ah?"

Mrs. Bai wrapped her arms around her waist, and said intimately: "This is the third day you have been absent-minded. You can't eat at the table. It was the same yesterday and the day before yesterday. But every time I ask you, you deny it... …I understand, so if you don’t want to talk, I won’t ask, but I’ve had so many dreams, and I’m no longer a newcomer who is prone to accidents, so I will naturally help you.”

Although her voice was soft, her words were firm and confident.This kind of vigor made Xiao Qi's fingers tremble imperceptibly, and then quickly tightened them.

"I... it's not that I don't believe you..." Xiaoqi raised her eyes to the wall not far away, her eyes were erratic, "Why don't you forget it..."

That direction was the two people who were traveling with Mrs. Bai.Although the development is different from what she expected, but the goal is achieved.

Breaking up the team and taking advantage of the loners—this is a very idiomatic method.

Xiao Qi showed a sad expression, "Ma'am, don't go out, let others push the plot, we just sit here and wait... Besides, there are people outside that you don't want to see, right?"

"They are them, you are you." Madam Bai let go of her, took a few steps towards the door, turned her gaze to look at the girl who had not withdrawn her clinging attitude, and said with a slight smile on her lips: "We are friends, are you?" Teammates. You are different from them, so I naturally have to consider for you. Well, I’ll come back as soon as I go, you wait for me here, don’t run around anywhere, you understand?”

Xiao Qi was speechless for a while, watching Mrs. Bai's skirt fluttering, she pushed open the door of the room with her slender and bony hand, and disappeared half of her body in the blink of an eye.

The jumping red was like a flame suddenly ignited, which made her eyelids twitch, and her guilty conscience almost turned into reality. She trembled and said hurriedly for some reason, "I lost the key... I, I lost my The key to the room..."

Madam Bai stopped by the door, disbelief flashing across her eyes.She frowned disapprovingly, and her tone was serious: "Xiao Qi, you should have told me about this earlier, you know the importance of the vase, if it is picked up by a participant who has other ideas, I'm afraid the result will not be you and me want."

The key is really lost, and there are worries.Xiaoqi pinned her clenched hands behind her back, not knowing who she was comforting, "I checked before going to bed the night before and it disappeared. I also looked for it on the road I usually take, but, but found nothing... But, If it was picked up by someone, nothing has happened to it for so long, I think, maybe... it was recovered after being refreshed by the dream?"

"If this is the case, we can only wait for dinner to ask the deacon in charge. After all, he brought the key back then, and it should be returned to him after refreshing." Madam Bai smiled reassuringly: "Okay, Xiaoqi is so good, nothing will happen. I'll go out and look around again, and then come back and go downstairs to have dinner together, and find out what other people say, okay?"

"The two people next door..."

Mrs. Bai sighed softly: "Man is doing it, the sky is watching, and the wicked will have their own rewards. No matter who is arrogant or bullying others, they will never end well."

There was no point in these words, Xiao Qi suddenly felt his back go numb.She fixedly looked into Mrs. Bai's eyes, repeatedly confirmed that there was no emotion other than comfort, and then nodded cautiously: "Then... I will wait for you."

"Okay." Madam Bai raised her hand to touch her head, her fingertips brushed across her cheek.Then she bent the corners of her eyes and closed the door of Room 305 in front of Xiao Qi, her pointed heels making dull, thumping sounds on the carpet.She held her head high like a young noble lady, walking along the corridor towards the stairs with a pleasant smile.

When passing by the door of 303, the frequency of the continuous footsteps slowed down slightly, and the pause was so short that it was undetectable.No one could notice in the empty corridor, the man's chin slightly lifted, and his eyes looked exactly at 303's cat's eyes.

"People are doing it, the sky is watching, and the wicked will have their own harvest..." She pulled up the corners of her mouth and smiled contemptuously.

"That's the biggest lie."

……

"So, you and Mrs. Bai have known each other for almost two years?"

Across the door, in room 303, Xia Zhuo was lying on the bed, eating biscuits while looking backward at the person standing against the wall.

"Well, almost." Guan Yuzhou looked away from the door, "She was born in country Z, but grew up in a foreign country. She only returned to her hometown once as an adult, and has settled in country M since then, and has never been back. .”

"Country M?" Xia Zhuo twirled the biscuit crumbs on his fingertips and got up again, "Didn't you say that you two know each other in reality? Then did you meet in country Z or country M?"

Xia Zhuo seems to have been making clichés all afternoon, intentionally or unintentionally, all of which are more or less related to Mrs. Bai.

It's not that Guan Yuzhou can't hear it, Xia Zhuo wants to dig out the real relationship between Mrs. Bai and herself from him.

"In country M." Guan Yuzhou said: "I went there three years ago, and then met her in a dream by chance, and formed an alliance because of common interests, until now. If I didn't want to dream, I wouldn't contact her at ordinary times."

"Oh."

"Do you know the double jeopardy of dreamers?"

"What double jeopardy?"

"Dreams and dreams, virtual and reality are all dangerous." Guan Yuzhou sat down beside him and said, "Do you remember the female star named Dai Shu that I met last time? Her news has become a sensation now gone."

Xia Zhuo propped up his arms, not paying much attention, "What news."

"It was reported that she died suddenly in the dressing room a week ago, of cardiac arrest, and had been dead for two hours when she was found. Her assistant said that she was victimized by public opinion, and suffered from neurasthenia and lack of sleep for nearly a month, but she still wanted to support her trust Her fans struggled at the filming scene, and she ended up exhausted, and ended up like this.” Guan Yuzhou paused, “This kind of news has happened a few times, whether it’s an artist or a politician, after dying in a dream, the reality Sudden death, on the spot, there is not a single case that can be rescued.”

"Then what exactly does this double mean?"

"When dreaming, the human body is in a state of lethargy in reality. In this state, it is difficult for the dreamer to be awakened by the sound, but there is one exception - the touch of the body."

"Physical touch... means you can't be touched while you're asleep?"

"Well." Guan Yuzhou nodded, "It's like if I touch you now, you will be stressed. All the participants you see here are lying in different places and falling asleep in reality, but once someone shakes them and tries to Tell them to get up...then they will be forcibly brought back to reality and killed."

Xia Zhuo was quiet for a while, then suddenly said: "I understand, so the participants will not tell others any information about themselves in reality."

Once the information is released, it means that one's greatest weakness has been exposed.Enemies, just pick an "auspicious day" to break into the room, and then shake the dreaming participant to complete a perfect crime—after all, no matter how you check, you can only find sudden death, and the police will never conviction.

"Madam Bai and I have this kind of alliance relationship. We will contact each other when necessary, and help to stay outside the room when we are asleep to prevent accidents... But now I have returned to Country Z, and Madam Bai is still staying in Country M."

"Hey?" Xia Zhuo was stunned, "Then Mrs. Bai is gone, who will guard you?"

Seeing his reaction, Guan Yuzhou smiled: "I thought you just wanted to confirm that I am not with her."

"I don't mean anything else, don't make random guesses." Xia Zhuo curled her lips and said angrily: "Quickly say."

"Don't worry about me. Since I dare to come back alone, of course I'm fully prepared." Guan Yuzhou skipped the topic in a few words, "I'll give you an afternoon to study numbers. Have you found anything?"

He was still referring to the impenetrable pink letter paper. After a few days, the color of the handwriting written in blood became a little darker.

Speaking of business, Xia Zhuo inevitably felt a little guilty, and his voice suddenly became softer: "I don't have any ideas about numbers, but I think... Uh, maybe we can start with paper?"

Guan Yuzhou frowned: "Huh?"

"Think about it." Xia Yan crossed his legs, sat on the same level as him, and counted with his fingers, "Now we have seen a lot of paper, and there are some papers held by the deacon on the platform. , the commemorative book brought back from the workshop, the death notice that appeared in Luan Yingxue's vase, the fragmented pages of Yu Ziang's diary, the letters I got...these papers are all pure white, right?"

"You're trying to say that the only piece of paper that needs to be deciphered is light pink, and it's different from the other papers."

"Yes!" Xia Zhuo clasped his hands together, and said with a smile: "It's easy to talk to smart people, do you think that's the reason?"

"Then do you know what the special meaning of this light pink color is?"

"..." Xia Zhuo's smile faded away, and then he muttered dissatisfiedly: "If I knew, I still need to play tricks on you." He glanced at Guan Yuzhou's smiling face, and suddenly his body and mind began to haggard, "Are you talking about me?" Did you think of it before?"

"No."

"Why do I feel that you are deliberately making me happy?"

"I just thought of it." Guan Yuzhou raised his finger and pointed at the top of his head: "The answer is on the fourth floor. I will take you to see it when I find a chance, and you will know it yourself."

"Then when will you go up again? Tonight?"

"Not sure, let's talk about it."

Anyway, either tonight or tomorrow.

"Isn't today already the fifth day? How can you be so indifferent—"

Xia Zhuo's words were interrupted by a sharp voice not far away, and the ending trembled.

They all knew what had happened—a vase had been broken in a room on this floor.

The vase left in 304 has already been moved, and Luan Yingxue on the farthest side cannot be foolish in order to die.After figuring it out, Xia Zhuo quickly jumped off the bed, "It's Mrs. Bai's side!"

He put on his shoes, and when he looked back, Guan Yuzhou was still sitting on the bed without any reaction.The other party's eyes narrowed slightly, and there was even a creepy smile at the corner of his mouth.

Xia Zhuo: "..."

After the two people's eyes met, Guan Yuzhou's smile softened again, and he said don't worry.

Xia Zhuo was speechless: "...I can tell, you are really not in a hurry."

Guan Yuzhou patted the place where there was still some warmth around him, and motioned him to sit back, "Want to know why?"

"of course."

"Deduct a reward."

"...Then I will think for myself."

Guan Yuzhou bent the corner of his eyes: "Okay."

Xia Zhuo's thoughts had already flown out of the door, and now there were footsteps outside the house, obviously Mrs. Bai turned back after hearing the movement, and knocked on the door of room 305 with heavy movements.

He was too lazy to play the guessing game with Guan Yuzhou, so he sat back down again: "...Kuuuuuuu, anyway, I will earn it back."

Guan Yuzhou reached into his pocket, and after a while took out a key with the house number 205 engraved on it.

"The things that Xiao Qi lost are with me." He shook the key, and asked Xia Zhuo with a smile: "So, now, can you guess what I did?"