sunk in yesterday

The three stood in the porch without moving, just looking at the ball under the stairs and thinking about each other.

Xia Zhuo felt that tonight would definitely be a sleepless night, and there were many strange things waiting for them to trigger in this room, so he followed the principle of eating popcorn when watching a movie, and reached out his hand to touch a piece of it from his pocket. Tang stuffed it into his mouth in front of the scattered blood, and smacked his lips happily when he was done.

"The ball is here, so the little boy we followed is probably cold." He sighed, "It's a pity, tomorrow the participants will probably be marked down by the aborigines in the town, telling us to go Knocked on the door of his house, but his son was lost in the night just like Lao Yu's daughter."

Tan Nian looked at the stairs on the second floor where the flashlight couldn't see, and swallowed silently, "Are we going upstairs... Uh, it... this ball came down from the upstairs, then, there must be something on the upstairs. Something else is there..."

"Turn around downstairs first, and go upstairs as well." Guan Yuzhou went to the ball and squatted down, checked and said, "If conditions permit, I will rest here tonight."

Xia Zhuo felt a little surprised when he heard his words, "Are you resting here?"

"Well, many events are triggered over time, so we stay here until dawn, and after we've checked everything up and down, find a relatively safe place to rest. And it's better to stay in the house than in the wild, Aren't you tired too?"

"I'm fine. If you kiss me, I won't be tired anymore, and I will definitely be full of energy in an instant~"

"...don't make trouble."

"Hee hee, I didn't make a fuss. By the way, is there something wrong with this ball? You've been staring at it for so long."

Guan Yuzhou: "Aside from blood, stomach acid is stuck on it."

Xia Zhuo sniffed, and sure enough there was an unpleasant smell in the air, "How can such a big ball be stuffed in the stomach, it must be bursting, that child is so small, a ball is bigger than him The whole belly is big."

He recalled the appearance of the other party when he fell from the second floor, and felt that the boy might have been dead at that time. Fortunately, he only let them watch the game now and did not throw the body down, otherwise they would definitely see the disembowelment The scene where the belly organs are squeezed into a blur.

"Left first or right first?"

The living room is on the left, and the kitchen is on the right. The order of selection doesn't really mean much, so he just asked casually.

Guan Yuzhou looked away from the floor, "It's okay."

Xia Zhuo then raised his leg and went to the right, "I just smelled a paste smell when I came in, did it come from the kitchen?"

"No."

"You smell it too?"

"It's outside the door, but the smell should be diluted by the air. But the windows in the house are not open, and the smell is still quite strong here."

"There are inside and outside the house? Why is that..." Xia Zhuo had an idea, "It can't be a fire."

Guan Yuzhou hummed, "This is a good explanation why the townspeople built walls around the house. It was burned by someone before, but the house was still unscathed, because it was too dark, so the townspeople Just take a step back and seal it up."

"Well, that's it."

"According to what Jiang Yajie said just now, what the people in the town did to her and her husband may be directly related to their deaths."

"I can think of that." Xia Zhuo leaned against the table and rubbed his temples.So far, a lot of clues have actually been given, but they are so trivial that there are many confusing doubts in it that he can't quite figure out.After he looked up at Guan Yuzhou, he suddenly said, "Are you coming to battle?"

Guan Yuzhou froze for a moment, and quickly realized what he meant, "Do you still know battle?"

Xia Zhuo snuggled up to him with a smile, leaning on him instead of the table, "Come on, come on, just play for a while! Otherwise, I'll get sleepy very easily."

"Okay, are there any rules?"

Xia Zhuo thought for a while, "The interval between one person and one sentence should not exceed ten seconds. If you repeat it, you will lose. If you have nothing to say first, you will lose."

"it is good."

Seeing that he agreed, Xia Zhuo turned to look at Tan Nian again, "Tan Nian, are you together?"

Tan Nian looked at Xia Zhuo and Guan Yuzhou unresponsively, not quite understanding what they meant by "battle", after thinking about it, he carefully shook his head, "Then I, I'll keep watch for you...you come. "

"Okay." Xia Zhuo was already eager to try, and the crooked brains in his head came in handy at this moment, "Then let's play, how do you win or lose? It's the first time, it must be something exciting."

Guan Yuzhou tasted his words, and said with a smile: "How do you want to stimulate?"

Xia Zhuo stuck to his ear and blew, "For example, don't wear clothes when you sleep next time, whoever loses will take off."

Guan Yuzhou: "..."

He looked at Xia Zhuo speechlessly, his face full of indescribable words, as if he wanted to see through his eyes whether this guy was teasing him or serious.

Xia Zhuo ignored his gaze, and giggled as if he found something more interesting, "Why are your ears red! It's just sleeping naked, what a normal thing, what are you thinking now, Mr. Guan, shame~ shame. "

Guan Yuzhou: "..."

"Will it work?"

"...Okay." Guan Yuzhou pursed his lips, paused for a few seconds and then opened his mouth again: "With others around, no."

Xia Zhuo nodded solemnly, "Of course, how can you let others see you, only let me see."

He flirted solemnly, Guan Yuzhou hesitated to speak several times, and the expression on his face became more complicated.

On the contrary, Xia Zhuo saw that he was so happy, and within two seconds, he bent his eyes shamelessly, "You start first, let's talk while walking around."

"Okay." Guan Yuzhou lowered his eyes and rang the first bell of this battle full of the atmosphere of the Eighteen Forbidden City, "Jiang Yajie repeated the word 'liar' many times. The death of her and her husband was not an accident, but the death of this town. The people here have planned it for a long time."

Since Xia Zhuo dared to mention the battle, he naturally made preparations in advance with confidence in his heart. Hearing the words, he immediately continued: "Qiu Yinghua owns a lot of toys, and his mother is very particular about her clothes from top to bottom. Now we are in The house is also beautiful in appearance, so their family should be very rich, and I think the possibility of murder is the greatest."

Guan Yuzhou nodded slightly, agreeing with his words, "Judging from all the timelines obtained so far, Jiang Yajie didn't know that the deaths of herself and her husband were arranged by the townspeople, and she had no grievances before that."

The refrigerator was clean, not a single wilted or rotting vegetable leaf was left, but that was much better than unappetizing mold when you opened it.

"Well, that's right, otherwise she wouldn't just watch her son being bullied like this." Xia Zhuo tapped the handle with her fingertips, and then glanced at the wires with cracked skin exposing blue and red fireproof glue, "But Qiu Yinghua's death was a turning point, making her understand that the 'that incident' that happened back then was not an accident, so she came back to avenge the family."

He said he was investigating the environment, but Guan Yuzhou never took his eyes off Xia Zhuo.

From the first dream to now, Xia Zhuo has indeed changed a lot.

Participating in many things has become more active, and my body has begun to improve. In addition to being weak and physically unable to keep up, I don't feel sick to the stomach from time to time to vomit.

Seeing that the other party was seriously looking to see if there was anything hidden under the potted plant, his eyes gradually softened.

As a result, the two looked at each other abruptly, and Xia Zhuo whistled in his direction, as if teasing or provoking, "Aren't you going to die, Mr. Guan, do you have nothing to say now?" ? Or do you want to sleep naked with me on purpose?"

The corners of Guan Yuzhou's lips curled up, and he said unhurriedly: "Jiang Yajie is distressed and blames herself as a mother. She failed to take good care of her child, so there is an extra hidden condition for death - but anyone who looks on her child coldly , will be regarded as a thorn in her side."

Now that the condition of death was mentioned, Xia Zhuo continued to expand on this point: "Those children who used 'friendship' to cheat Qiu Yinghua out of toys are getting revenge one by one, whether it is the ball or the puppet. None of them are cherished, so the second death condition is introduced-the person who destroys the toy will die."

Guan Yuzhou: "The cause of Qiu Yinghua's death is unknown. Three years ago, she was bullied on campus. The townspeople knew about it, but they never stopped it."

"I've thought about the reason why I didn't stop it. I think there are two possibilities. First, they have no quality and don't know how to discipline their children; second..." Xia Zhuo paused for a while, and suddenly let out a short laugh, " This incident itself was instigated by them, and children have no concept, but as long as every parent tells them bad things about Qiu Yinghua, they will easily develop contempt or other more negative emotions, which will eventually lead to Bullying."

Seeing that Guan Yuzhou hadn't opened his mouth yet, he pouted again, "Where did the child get the cigarettes? I'm sure the burns on Qiu Yinghua's hands and arms were all caused by adults. Tsk, I'm really a little angry when I mention this , Walking this way, everyone looked like a dog, but in the end, the living people who received us were less innocent than murderous ghosts."

Tan Nian has been fooled by what they say.

His attention was all on Xia Zhuo's last few sentences, his fingers holding the music box were slightly curled up, and he tugged on the cuff anxiously, letting the fabric cover the exposed wrist.

"Xia Zhuo." Guan Yuzhou asked suddenly: "Have I ever told you that the plot direction of the dream is all determined by the participants?"

"You still called me Xiaoyan before."

"...Little Zhuo."

Hearing that the person changed her name smoothly, Xia Zhuo was satisfied, "No, isn't the plot already fixed?"

Guan Yuzhou shook his head, "The participants didn't just come in one scene, but really participated in the story. Everyone has the pen to rewrite the plot in their hands. But everyone has already invariably looked for the simplest and most The route is carried out in an easy-to-achieve method, and no one cares whether the final outcome of the dream is the best, but only cares about the safety of the points and life."

"What do you mean... Then everything we do now may have an impact on the development of the story?"

"Well. The old lady in the deserted village will live instead of die, Shelley will marry Boyle and stay forever instead of leaving, and the white shadow in the schoolyard legend I told you earlier will also be dispelled instead of being with her." Her teachers are harming the campus together."

Xia Zhuo suddenly realized, "So that's the case."

Then this is much more interesting.

Guan Yuzhou said slowly: "So there are two possible developments for the next plot. The participants will participate as detectives and help the townspeople deport the evil spirits Jiang Yajie and Qiu Yinghua who disturbed their peaceful life in the town and find them back. The children who were abducted at night; assist the evil spirit to settle their grievances, and all those who were not innocent back then will die, and leave after the evil spirit fulfills its wish."

After finishing speaking, he looked straight into Xia Zhuo's eyes, "Which one do you choose?"

"what?"

Guan Yuzhou asked clearly in a low voice: "Protect people or help ghosts, which one do you choose?"