Strange Story of Strange House

Time flies like a white horse, and June flies by.On the first day of July, Lin Chituo's family went back to Yunlou for dinner. Today's dinner was a bit special. Mr. Shen finally got Aunt Yun's approval and entered the door of Yunlou. The whole family sat down neatly. Have a meal together.

During the dinner, Huaiyin noticed that Lin Chi's complexion was not very good: "Xiao Chi, what's wrong with you? Your complexion is a little bad."

As soon as Huaiyin finished speaking, everyone present turned their attention to Lin Chi, who hurriedly waved his hand: "I had a long, long dream last night, I didn't have a good rest, I'll catch up on sleep later It'll be fine."

"What dream?" Yun Jing regained her energy as soon as she heard it, and urged Lin Chi to listen.

Lin Chi tilted his head and thought about it for a while, and organized his words to talk about his dream last night: "I dreamed of a strange building with fourteen floors. The eighth to fourteenth floors are ordinary residential buildings. The first to seventh floors are buried In the ground. I followed a group of friends and walked down from the top floor. At first, everyone talked and laughed together, and I went down to the seventh floor in the blink of an eye. But when I reached the seventh floor, I suddenly found that the boy beside me had disappeared.

"But everyone seems to be unaware of this, and they are still going down happily. On every floor, someone will disappear. I hurriedly told them to stop and stop going downstairs, but no one paid attention to me... At this time I just realized that I thought I was chatting and joking with them, but I thought so.

"In a group of chattering people, I had the illusion that I was being answered by others, but they couldn't see me. I was a little scared, so I turned around and ran upstairs. I didn't know how many floors I climbed, and then rushed out of the corridor. , saw Huaiyin..."

Before Lin Chi finished speaking, he found that Yun Jing and Huai Yin were looking at him in surprise.

"What, what's wrong?"

"Xiao Chi, do you really not know where you dreamed about?" Yun Jing couldn't laugh or cry.

"Where? Have I been there?" Lin Chi blinked, but still couldn't remember.

"Silly boy, what you dreamed about was Yunlou!" Yun Jing couldn't help but tapped his forehead with her finger.

"!!!"

"You've lived here for nearly seven years, and you don't even know there are seven floors downstairs?" Seeing Lin Chi's unbelievable expression, Huaiyin couldn't help but laugh.

"..."

"However, Xiao Chi was young when he first came here, and those bad guys in the showroom always liked to tease him, which made him unable to enter the door afterwards. He didn't know that the showroom had a road leading to the lower seven floors, so it's understandable. Lah." Yun Jing laughed for a while, and explained Lin Chi aloud.

Lin Chi blushed a little after being told, and couldn't help turning his head to look at Lou Qi, the latter showed a comforting smile, with smiles on his brows and eyes like stars and moons, making Lin Chi's face even redder.

"Speaking of which, you are dreaming about the past." Huaiyin suddenly showed nostalgia, "That was when we just moved to Yunlou. Because of the unique environment, Yunlou has become the city of K. The passage connecting the ghosts, also known as the crossing of the underworld, is a place where filth is hidden. Undead and evil spirits, passing through the cloud tower, go up to reincarnation and down to hell. As the king of ghosts, you, Aunt Yun, guide the undead through the lower seven floors. When you were young, there happened to be a group of children going to the Netherworld. You didn’t know what to do, so you walked down together, and the undead were reincarnated on their respective floors, so there were fewer and fewer people..."

"You were taken aback, turned around and ran upstairs, and threw yourself into Huaiyin's arms, crying like a tearful person," Yun Jing interrupted with a smile, revealing Lin Chi's fault, "Finally, you still sent I had a high fever, and I forgot about it when I woke up. We were afraid that you would be afraid, so we didn't mention it to you again."

"Yunlou can allow dead souls to enter reincarnation? But isn't reincarnation trial the responsibility of the underworld?"

"Now that there are so many people, how can we be busy with trials like in ancient times? So now reincarnation returns to the way of heaven and is governed by the destiny. , then give me an extra meal." After Yun Jing finished speaking, her red tongue lightly licked her lower lip, her face full of aftertaste.

"By the way, it will be Xiao Chi's birthday in a while, right?" Shen Jinghan asked suddenly, and Lin Chi nodded: "It will be more than half a month, Dad remember to prepare a gift for me!"

"Okay!" Mr. Shen naturally agreed readily.

At the same time, below the seventh floor of Yunlou, in the huge castle next to Huangquan Road, a girl holding a white cat combed the cat's soft fur with one hand: "This year is Xiaochi's birthday, let's join in the fun... First, you need to prepare a birthday present..."

A few days later, Yunlou ushered in a strange visitor...

It was already late when Lou Qi got the news, Lin Chi was playing with Yun Bao in the bedroom, when he turned around, he saw him standing at the door: "Xiao Chi, we have to go back to Yunlou, the ground lamp is here."

"Why did she come here suddenly??"

"It's not clear yet." Lou Qi helped Lin Chi settle Yun Bao, and the two hurried out.Along the way, Lin Chi was restless, wondering why the great underground god suddenly went to Yunlou.Stepping into the gate of Yunlou, I didn't see the expected girl covered in iron chains. Instead, a bunch of dolls from the showroom were sitting around chattering in the hall until Lin Chi came closer. , only to see the pure white cat in the middle of the doll.

"noob?"

"No, it's me." The white cat looked at Lin Chi and spoke human words.

"floor lamp?"

"That's right." The cat nimbly jumped out of the encirclement of the dolls, "That body was trapped by destiny and couldn't get out, so I had to borrow Xiaobai's body."

"Why did you sneak out again?" Lou Qi slowed Lin Chi by a few steps, but within a few words he walked up to a person and a cat.

"Xiao Chi, isn't it your birthday?" The white cat raised its head, "I'll give you a present."

"Oh?" Lou Qi sized up the white cat in front of him with great interest: "What kind of gift do you give? Sending cat hair from thousands of miles away, the gift is light and the affection is heavy?"

"Meow meow?!" Di Deng lightly jumped onto Lou Qi's shoulder, stretched out his claws and slapped the person's head, Lou Qi quickly grabbed the back of the neck... After a while, Di Deng finally Explained the purpose of coming.

"I'm really here to give you a gift, but I can't give you my gift so easily!" The white cat raised its head, "After discussing with the owner here, I have arranged six puzzles for you on the lower seven floors. Solve one, you can get the key to the next floor, solve all the puzzles, and you can get the gift I put on the first floor."

"...so troublesome!"

"Of course, I supervise everything in this world, and if I give you something easily, it will inevitably change your fortune. I also thought for a long time before I came up with this foolproof method. Although it is a bit troublesome, it is my heart after all. ah!"

"Okay!" The floor lamp has already said this, and Lin Chi will naturally not refuse. Although the final exam is facing in July, the school has arranged two weeks for the students to review independently before the exam. Lin Chi usually He didn't miss much in his homework, and besides, there is Lou Qi, who has a wide range of knowledge and a wide range of books, who can help with tutoring, so these two weeks are equivalent to giving him a short vacation, and he can just use this time to study Check out these puzzles.

Seeing that Lin Chi agreed to come down, Di Deng patted the ground with his paw in satisfaction, and went downstairs wagging his tail.She can use the cat's body freely, and it is not the first time she has borrowed Xiaobai's body.

A few days later, the two-week vacation officially began. Lin Chi pushed open the door of the showroom and started his puzzle-solving journey.

Located in the deepest part of the showroom, where Lin Chi has never set foot, stands a door quietly, simple and mysterious, Lin Chi stands in front of the door, takes a deep breath, and slowly opens the door——

When he opened his eyes again, he had already returned to the room on the seventh floor. Lin Chi sat up from the bed, wondering suddenly, what happened after the door was opened?How could he have no impression at all...

At this moment, Huaiyin suddenly pushed the door open and entered: "Xiao Chi, if you don't get up, you will be late. Aren't you going to school to fill out your application today?"

"Fill in the application?" Lin Chi's heart skipped a beat. What application should you fill in?

"Did you get sleepy?" Huaiyin reached out and touched Lin Chi's forehead, "I'm going to school to fill out my application today. Didn't you discuss with your father which school to fill in for a long time yesterday?"

The cold touch of Huaiyin's palm still remained on his forehead, reminding Lin Chi that this was not a dream.

What exactly is going on?

Shen Jinghan leaned in half of his body: "Son is up, I'll take you to school after breakfast." Lin Chi was urged to get up to wash up, and then the whole family sat together happily for breakfast.

At the dinner table, Lin Chi stared at the time on the phone screen, muttering in his heart. He suddenly returned to the time after the college entrance examination. Thinking of this, he raised his eyes to look at Shen Jinghan opposite. According to the normal time track, Shen Jinghan at this time It shouldn't appear here at all... Could this be the puzzle on the first floor?

He realized that he was in a puzzle, but he was still at a loss as to how to solve it.He looked around, the house was still as he remembered it...

"Xiao Chi, don't look around when eating." Shen Jinghan tapped on the table with his fingers, Lin Chi turned his head quickly, since he had no clue for the time being, he planned to wait and see what happened.

After the meal, Shen Jinghan drove Lin Chi back to the high school where he had been away for a year.

The sun was shining brightly, and the sun was so bright that it burned the eyes.After the baptism of the college entrance examination and the long wait of more than half a month, it finally came to the day of filling out the application form. Lin Chi sat in the classroom bored, pondering over this confusing puzzle in his head.

After a while, monitor Liu Jiajia began to organize staff to clean up the classroom that had been vacant for more than half a month.

"Lin Chi, you are in charge of cleaning the glass. The glass windows in the corridor must be cleaned." Liu Jiajia stuffed the rag and bucket into Lin Chi's hands, then she took a look at Lin Chi, then looked at the height of the window, and turned to say hello The person in the corner said, "Lou Qi, come and help Lin Chi, you come where he can't wipe. It's the last time, be careful."

The petite Lin Chi received a knowing blow from Liu Jiajia.

After Liu Jiajia finished giving instructions, she went to assign work to other people. Lou Qi agreed, closed the phone and walked towards Lin Chi.

Lou Qi? !

——Holy shit, how did Lou Meiren become my high school classmate?

Lin Chi stared at the person walking towards him with wide eyes: "Lou Qi, why are you here?"

"You're asking a strange question. The whole class is here, why am I not here?" Lou Qi glanced at Lin Chi lightly, but there was no tenderness in his eyes that Lin Chi was familiar with.

In this puzzle, although Shen Jinghan appeared earlier, his relationship with Huaiyin remained unchanged.Why did he and Lou Qi become ordinary classmates when it was his turn?

It seemed that Lou Qi, who set up the puzzle, was not familiar with him, and Lin Chi didn't know what to say to him.But it would be a bit embarrassing to be in the same room without talking.Lin Chi decided to find some topics and strike up a conversation with this "unfamiliar classmate".

"Lou Qi, which school are you going to apply for?" Applying for volunteering can be said to be the most suitable topic for both parties.

"...Let's go north." Lou Qi froze for a moment, as if he didn't expect Lin Chi to ask this.

"Huh? I thought you would stay in the south." Lin Chi turned his head to talk to Lou Qi while cleaning the window.

"Why?" Lou Qi asked curiously.

Lin Chi frowned, and thought about the reason seriously: "...I just think that you may be more suitable for the south."

"What about you?" Lou Qi chuckled and asked Lin Chi's plan.

"I... will probably stay in City K. The universities here are good, and I don't want to be so far away from home." This is also Lin Chi's real thought. He doesn't want to be too far away from Huaiyin, so he insists on going to university in City K. Obviously his grades can choose a better school.

"Alright, you will look taller in the south, a good choice." Lou Qi praised.

"That's not the reason!" Lin Chi glared at him, feeling a little emotional, this Lou Qi was nothing like the real one!The one in reality never disliked him for being short.

Lin Chi stopped talking to Lou Qi, and instead wiped the window vigorously. He wiped it, and found a stain on the glass at the end of the corridor, which could not be wiped off no matter what.

Lin Chi squatted down and wiped the stained part vigorously, so hard that he even felt that his whole body was shaking.But he soon realized that the shaking wasn't from him.

"Earthquake!!! Everyone run away!!!"

He heard someone shouting hysterically, and the next second, the mountains shook and the ground shook.He was at the junction of the corridor and the stairs, clutching the rag tightly in his hand, subconsciously rushing downstairs...

After a long, long time, after he has experienced many, many earthquakes like this, what he regrets the most is the behavior he couldn't understand at the beginning...

"Lin Chi! Where are you going?" Lou Qi saw the people around him running downstairs in a blink of an eye. At this time, the shock was already very strong. Before he even had time to think, his body had already rushed out, chasing Lin Chi down. building.

"Lin Chi! Don't run to the stairs! Come back!"

Hearing Lou Qi's voice behind him, Lin Chi turned his head abruptly, and then saw in surprise that Lou Qi's anxious expression suddenly turned terrified. The next second, Lou Qi rushed towards him and was embraced by his warm body At the moment he lived there, he heard the sound of the building collapsing, and a muffled groan close at hand.

"Lou Qi! Lou Qi, are you okay?!"

Lin Chi was held tightly in Lou Qi's arms, his eyes were dark, and Lou Qi's hoarse voice came from above his head: "...Are you not injured?"

Lin Chi felt a stream of warm liquid dripping onto his cheeks, and then flowing over his neck... He touched his face with trembling hands, stained with blood: "Lou Qi, you are bleeding! Are you okay!"

"...I'm fine." After a while, Lou Qi's voice came from above, and together with his warm breath, he sprayed Lin Chi's face, "It seems that a stone hit you just now, how about you, are you injured?" ?”

"I'm fine, I'm not hurt at all..." It's you who has trouble!

"……That's good."

For Lin Chi, this was the darkest day in his life.Time failed to bring hope, and Lin Chi could not wait to come to the rescue...

At first, Lou Qi was able to talk to him intermittently, but as time passed, Lou Qi became weaker and weaker, and his embrace of Lin Chi became colder and stiffer... and Lin Chi could only watch helplessly. Looking at... the person who died holding him was Lou Qi!It wasn't the boy in the class that he didn't know very well, but the lover he loved with all his heart!

But no matter how much he begged and how hysterical he was, Lou Qi never gave him even the slightest response. The omnipotent lover in his heart failed to lead him out of the predicament this time.Lin Chi was overwhelmed by despair, guilt and unwillingness.

It shouldn't be like this!This is obviously a puzzle, isn't it?Why did Lou Qi die for him?How do I get out of this damn puzzle?Does dying here affect Lou Qi?

Thoughts came up in his mind one after another, Lin Chi leaned against Lou Qi's cold embrace, not even knowing when he fell asleep...

Opening his eyes again, Lin Chi was surprised to find that he was standing downstairs in the teaching building, and the sunlight was still so bright that it scorched his eyes.

"Are you hiding here and being lazy?" He was patted on the shoulder suddenly, he turned his head and saw Liu Jiajia standing behind him holding a pile of sanitary ware.

"What is this going to do?" Lin Chi obviously hasn't recovered from the situation just now.

"Big cleaning! Didn't you just say that? The head teacher asked us to clean up the classroom before we volunteer..."

"Wait, apply for a volunteer? You mean to apply for a volunteer today?"

"Nonsense, otherwise why did you come to school? Lin Xiaochi, what's the matter with you, why are you so out of shape!" Liu Jiajia scolded him while walking upstairs with her things in her arms, and Lin Chi subconsciously followed.

When he reached the stairs, Lin Chi suddenly stopped in his tracks. Since he returned to a day ago, will the earthquake that took Lou Qi's life come as expected?What exactly does this so-called puzzle want him to do?

"Hiss..." Lin Chi pinched himself hard, it hurt so much!Since it hurts, then it's not a dream, he hasn't figured out the riddle yet, but Lou Qi died in front of him, he must never experience it again!

Thinking of this, Lin Chi stepped in front of Liu Jiajia, blocked her way, and said solemnly: "Squad leader, there may be an earthquake today."

"Even if you say so, the sanitation still needs to be cleaned!" Liu Jiajia smiled, but didn't take it to heart, "Okay, don't make trouble, hurry up and clean up and volunteer."

"It's true! You trust me."

"When will the earthquake be predicted? Why don't I know?" Liu Jiajia made it clear that she didn't believe it, and walked around Lin Chi who was standing in front of her.

"But..." Lin Chi didn't give up, and chased after him anxiously again.

"Okay, okay, since you don't want to go upstairs now, then go to the school gate and help me bring back the decorations I ordered. I will use them for the graduation party later." Looking at the anxious big boy in front of him, Liu Jiajia felt a little helpless, thinking that he didn't want to Cleaning up, so he was assigned other tasks.

Lin Chi didn't know how to persuade Liu Jiajia, but even Liu Jiajia in front of him couldn't convince him, how could he convince other people?What was it all about?a dream?A mirage?Or something that happened in another time and space?

Whether this earthquake will happen or not, Lin Chi doesn't know, but Lou Qi still stays upstairs, he will go up after all.To confirm all this, to stop all this...

Lin Chi pulled himself together and helped Liu Jiajia carry the tools upstairs.

Liu Jiajia saw him swearing that there would be an earthquake one second before, and ran upstairs the next second, and shook his head helplessly: "Aren't you going to the school gate?"

"Don't go, it's too far!"

"Hey, yes, our Lin Chi has short legs!"

"I am taller than you!"

"I'm a girl, okay? You must at least be as tall as Lou Qi!" Lin Chi is about 1.7 meters tall, which is close to 1.8 meters, but he is the only boy in the class who is less than 1.8 meters, so he is always beaten by Liu Jiajia Short Legs.Lin Chi had already taken it for granted, and was too lazy to refute.

After going up the stairs, turning a corner is the back door of the classroom. As soon as Lin Chi looked up, he saw Lou Qi, leaning against the wall, looking at his phone.The moment he saw Lou Qi, Lin Chi finally breathed a sigh of relief. It seems that the death in this space will not bring about real death, but will only reset the events.

After realizing this, Lin Chi felt relieved, so that he could let go of his hands and feet and verify whether there was any difference between this experience and the previous one.However, staying in Lou Qi's arms and watching him slowly stop breathing, Lin Chi never wanted to experience it again, so this time, he wanted to take Lou Qi to escape the death earthquake safely.

"Lin Chi, you are in charge of cleaning the glass. The glass windows in the corridor must be cleaned." Liu Jiajia stopped in front of Lou Qi, took out a rag and a bucket and stuffed them into Lin Chi's hands, then turned her head and told Lou Qi, "Lou Qi Come and help Lin Chi, come where he can't wipe. It's the last time, be careful."

"Okay." Lou Qi put away the phone and took the tool from Lin Chi's hand.

Lin Chi was thinking about the next step in his mind, and his movements were naturally a little slow. When he came back to his senses, Lou Qi had already connected the water and washed the rag, and was about to wipe the glass.Lin Chi hurriedly took over, he was not willing to let Lou Qi do these things, the two stood at the back door, this time the order of cleaning the windows was naturally the opposite of the last time.As soon as Lin Chi raised his hand, he saw the stained piece of glass. The last time, an earthquake happened when he touched this piece of glass. Lin Chi subconsciously looked at Lou Qi, who gave him a puzzled look: "Why? gone?"

"Lou Qi..." Lin Chi threw down the rag in his hand, but he only had time to call out Lou Qi's name when the earthquake happened suddenly.

At that moment, the earth shook and the mountains shook.

The moment the world collapsed, Lin Chi didn't have time to complain that he had messed up another chance, so he had time to rush to Lou Qi, and amidst the screams all around, fell into that warm embrace...