AD 2005, April 20th.
University dormitory of King Mile College, room 506.
Chu Mitian got up early, sat up from the bed, dressed neatly, then straightened his clothes in front of the mirror, and took a toothbrush and a water cup to wash up.
At this time, the other three people in the dormitory were still asleep.
As soon as he walked out the door, when he was walking towards the bathroom, he suddenly turned around and stabbed back like a sword with a sharp gaze!
"Ah, Mi Tian!" The monitor who appeared behind was Han Zhen, who was holding a hot water bottle, smiled awkwardly, and said, "Hi, you got up very early."
Seeing that it was him, Mi Tian breathed a sigh of relief. Living in the apartment for too long has caused him to be sensitive all the time.
"Yeah." He turned his head and continued to walk towards the bathroom very coldly.
Han Zhen frowned and thought to himself: Why, I didn't see him talking to anyone for more than ten sentences except for Mi Zhen and Li Yin with that look in his eyes that seemed to kill someone just now! It's no wonder he's so unpopular when he's either sitting in the library or staring at his laptop all day. His personality is quite different from Yazhen's, isn't it
Chu Mitian's gloomy personality is recognized by everyone, he can only talk freely in front of his sister Mizhen, or his best friend, Li Yin. It's hard not to be impressed by this pair of twins with completely opposite personalities. Also because Mizhen's popularity in the class is so good, so no matter how indifferent Mitian is, they are too embarrassed to dislike him too obviously.
This morning, there is no class, and Mi Tian, still the same, went to the library. And Mizhen was not with him, but went shopping nearby with her friend Lin Xinhu.
Mi Tian had to go to the library alone.
So far, except for Li Yin, he still can't open his heart to anyone. Of course... except for that touch of red, that woman who captured his heart.
Suddenly, he felt that he didn't want to go to the library much today. If Mima wasn't here, he didn't want to go either.
He was walking aimlessly in Golden Mile Academy, at this moment, he saw Mizhen sitting on a long stone bench in front of him.
At this time, a large flock of birds gathered in front of the bench where Mizhen was sitting, and Mizhen tore open the bread in his hand, threw it on the ground, and fed the birds. These birds seemed not to be afraid of her, and some even flew to her Come by her side.
Mi Tian, walked over.
"Sister..." When he walked in front of Mizhen, he suddenly asked, "Didn't you go out with Lin Xinhu?"
Mi Zhen looked up and saw Mi Tian. She was taken aback for a moment, and said, "Shh... be gentle, don't disturb these birds. They seem to have nested nearby, so there are a lot of birds here."
"Yeah." Mi Tian gently sat beside Mi Zhen, making sure not to frighten the bird.
"Xinhu suddenly said that he didn't want to go. I happened to see some birds here, so I sat down and fed them something."
"Sister, you are very observant." Mi Tian asked softly, "You even noticed the thing about birds building their nests."
Mizhen tore another small piece of bread, stretched it aside, let the bird peck the bread crumbs in her palm, and then said: "It goes without saying, without this kind of observation, how could I survive in the blood. Come back, the environment of Golden Mile University is really good, with a lot of greenery, and it is in the city center, and the transportation is very convenient.”
Mi Tian suddenly noticed that Na Mizhen was holding a book in his hand, which turned out to be the comic book of "Death Note"!
In 2005, "Death Note" was not finished. Mi Tian also followed this extremely famous cartoon at the time. Because it is still being serialized, he usually reads it online.
""Death Note"? A new booklet? You still went to buy a book?" Mi Tian was slightly stunned and asked.
"Oh," she looked at "Death Note" in her hand, and said, "Yes, I will lend it to you after I finish reading it. It's really exciting. Have you read it?"
When this manga started to be serialized in 2003, Mizhen first started to read it, and later recommended it to Mitian, saying that this manga is suitable for cultivating their logical thinking ability. After all, logical thinking is the most important thing in executing blood characters. The extremely meticulous and rigorous plot of the manga also opened Mi Tian's eyes.
After Mizhen fed all the bread, he held the manga and said: "There are many people around me who like this manga, although there is no animation version yet. I thought that people who can be admitted to this prestigious university , I don’t usually like reading comics very much.”
"Actually, I didn't plan to go to university." Mi Tian looked at the birds on the ground and said, "Because at that time the direct promotion notice was issued, and with your persuasion, I only went to university. But in the final analysis, It doesn't actually make sense."
"Going to college is also a kind of life." Mizhen said to him: "Well, yes, I want to ask you a question."
Mizhen looked up at the sky, blinked her eyes, parted her cherry lips, and said, "What do you want to do in the future?"
"Do...do what?"
"That is to say, what do you want to do after graduating from college? Most college students will think about these issues, right? How to get a job, what kind of benefits, what kind of company, and whether it matches your major. However, I always feel that you will do something different things. What do you want to do?"
When Mi Tian heard this sentence, he was unable to answer. It's not that no one has asked him this question, including Li Yin. However, he has always been perfunctory. Because, what can he do? After graduating from university, I am afraid that I may not be able to complete all the scarlet characters. Employment, to Mi Tian, this is an extremely distant word.
"How could we possibly have employment opportunities?"
"Why not? We should be able to graduate from college after completing ten times of scarlet writing. At that time, of course we will have to consider the issue of employment."
"I haven't considered it. If I have to say it, then, I think... I want to be a novelist."
After Mi Tian became an apartment resident, he experienced too much horror and death, which instead gave him a steady stream of inspiration to create horror novels. This, on the contrary, became a kind of spiritual sustenance for him. Because when writing, you never need to worry about whether the ghost will kill him, whether it will trigger a dead end, or how to find a way to live.
Because of this, he turned out to be an extremely talented author of horror novels.
"I want to be... a horror novelist." After Mi Tian finished speaking, he added another round: "Then, I hope that horror things are just words on paper. After people read them, they will be afraid for a while at most, and then they will forget. Something that fell. If there was anything I wanted to do, it would be this.”
After saying these words, Mi Tian suddenly felt his body relax a lot.
"Horror... novelist?" Mizhen was taken aback for a moment, then covered her mouth with a chuckle, and said, "It sounds interesting. So, what horror novels have you read? Stephen King? Suzuki Koji?"
"Hey, can you still laugh?"
"No, it's good that my brother has such an ambition. It proves that you still have the will to live. Isn't it said that a life with dreams is the real life?"
"How can I still watch horror-themed things after entering the apartment." Mi Tian shook his head, "Whether it's horror movies or horror novels, I never read them. I only read horror novels written by myself."
Speaking of this, he suddenly felt a twinge in his heart. Countless painful and terrifying memories emerged in his mind one by one. He grabbed his hair with both hands and stood up abruptly.
"No, no. Novelist? I can't do it. I don't have that day. No, absolutely not."
After Mi Tian finished speaking, he left immediately.
That was the first time he expressed his intention to become a novelist in front of Mizhen.
On the second day, after class, Mi Tian and Mi Zhen came to the library together.
At that time, Mizhen also obviously found that Mitian didn't look right. It seemed more gloomy than usual.
"Mizhen." Mi Tian walked to a bookshelf, stopped suddenly, and said, "You, forget what I said yesterday."
"What did you say?"
"A horror novelist's... that sentence. In the final analysis, this is just a one-sided luxury. You should know that it is impossible. After I finished speaking, I felt my mind was in chaos. I suddenly felt how much I have. It's sad. Even the vision of the future cannot be guaranteed. I hope that supernatural horrors are just words, they are all just fictional things, and this small wish can't be realized. This is just my wishful thinking, that's all."
"Don't say that." Mizhen suddenly pulled out a book from a bookshelf, and that book was a famous foreign horror novel.
"It doesn't matter what you want to be. It doesn't matter if you are a horror novelist, a martial arts novelist, or a science fiction novelist..." Mi Zhen picked up the book and said to Mi Tian: "But the premise is that you must live .As long as you can live, then no matter what you do, I support you."
Mi Tian walked to her side, stopped, and asked suspiciously: "What the hell are you..."
"You said you wanted to write a horror novel, right?" Mizhen spread the book on the table and said, "In that case, let me help you! How about we think of the best horror novel together?"
"Sister, what are you kidding?" Mi Tian looked at Mi Zhen in front of him, staring and asked: "Conceive a horror novel?"
"That's right." Mizhen opened the book and said, "Well, you can refer to the books here first. Of course, originality is the first. No matter what, I will definitely help you realize your wish. Then, After finishing this book, Mi Tian, I want you to swear to me that you must live on until the day when this book can be published. Did you hear that?"
Mi Zhen's voice suddenly became sonorous and powerful.
"Sister..." Mi Tian was stunned for a moment.
"Sit down." Mizhen greeted Mitian, and after letting Mitian sit down, he said, "Well, first of all, what is your understanding of horror novels? No, forget it, I didn't ask this question. Know better what it means to be a horrible person."
"Sister, are you serious?"
"That's right." Mizhen approached Mitian's face and said, "You feel like I'm joking with you?"
"No, no." Mi Tian finally made up his mind and said, "Then... well, let's write a horror novel together! This time, everything is up to us to decide, and it's no longer as desperate and helpless as executing the scarlet letter." , but we decide everything.”
"Well, good! Then, let's discuss the outline first." Mizhen took out a fountain pen, took out another notebook, spread it out, and said, "Mitian, first of all, do you have any ideas for this book?"
"Well, there is. The story can start from... a deserted and remote town. The protagonist... let's make it a divorced woman with a child, a person who moved from the city. Well, that's it, entered the One, a seemingly weird town. The name of this town is... "
"Red Moon Town."