The day finally dawned.
It said it was "bright", but the sky was still covered with dark clouds.
This village, still shrouded in silence, welcomes a new day.
After Gao Ying and Jiao Chaoming escaped, they returned to the original house. As for the book, he hasn't shown it to Ji Yixuan yet. It's not entirely because of the suspicion of cheating, and it's not impossible for him to wait until the skeleton closes his eyes to show him. However, he didn't want Ji Yixuan to see the pattern... in this book. However, using the time when the skeleton closed his eyes, he told Ji Yixuan the two key answers.
Cheating is definitely a risk, but for Ji Yixuan who has saved Gao Ying consecutively, he is willing to take this risk. Ji Yixuan is worth doing this!
And this is Gao Ying's determination!
Frankly speaking, Ji Yixuan was also very happy to find that Gao Ying came back alive. He thought that Gao Ying must be dead, but he didn't expect that he was still alive! Not only that, but he also brought back answers to new questions! Ji Yixuan trusted Gao Ying very much, so he also filled in the answer Gao Ying said! However, Shen Junhao was also lucky, because he followed him, so he also copied the answer.
It's just... The number of questions made is still too small compared to the total number of questions. There are still quite a few topics left blank. Fortunately, there are still two days left before the topic can be worked out.
Although many things have been experienced on this day, but... the most critical issue, that is, the source of the sound taboo, is still a mystery. If this mystery is not solved, it will always make people feel stuck in their throats. Gao Ying decided to tell Ji Yixuan the hypothesis of the parallel space as quickly as possible when the skeleton closed its eyes next time.
Frankly speaking, this night was very difficult for Ji Yixuan. After all, he thought that Gao Ying was dead before, and even people like Gao Ying would die, so how long can he live? In the long night, thinking of the bleak road ahead, he felt the darkness in front of him. Maybe he will never see his mother again, and it is impossible to see Yixin again. The so-called eternal life is obviously just a castle in the air. It was precisely because of such fear and despair that Ji Yixuan's heart was filled with strong hope when he saw Gao Ying come back alive.
At this time, he couldn't help but think of O. Henry's short story "The Last Leaf". The patient in despair lost his confidence in survival while looking at the withered trees outside the window, but a painter painted the last leaf on the tree. The leaves, let the patient finally glow with life. In fact... Whether the disease can be cured, what does it have to do with the leaves? However, the returning Gao Ying became Ji Yixuan's last leaf. This made him feel a bit of remorse for the despair in his heart. In reality, there are many terminally ill patients who have been sentenced to death by doctors and may survive according to their own will. Once he loses his confidence in survival, it is impossible for him to survive.
"Thank you, Gao Ying, thank you for surviving."
Gao Ying was also very puzzled, why Ji Yixuan was so excited when he came back. If it weren't for that taboo, he might even have burst into tears.
However, he immediately thought of... Ji Yixuan, what was he thinking.
The long night passed like this. Although the sun is shrouded in clouds, but... the sun is still more hopeful than the moonlight. Today is another new day.
Looking at the sunlight outside the window, Gao Ying checked the exam paper in his hand again, and began to think about how to arrange the next day in his mind. He always feels that the current candidates are doing their own thing and are scattered, which is really a bit inefficient. If the surviving candidates can be integrated, perhaps better results can be achieved. But... the current Gao Ying really doesn't have much prestige at all. How can it be so easy to integrate the remaining candidates? To paraphrase Ge You's lines in "A World Without Thieves", people's hearts are broken, and the team is not easy to lead.
And at this moment, Ji Yixuan's words interrupted Gao Ying's thoughts.
"I'm an illegitimate child, Tall Shadow."
Gao Ying was a little overwhelmed by this sudden confession. Because Ji Yixuan's voice was very low, his first reaction was, did he hear it wrong? So I asked again: "What did you just... say?"
"An illegitimate child. To put it simply... I am Xiaosan's child."
Ji Yixuan, for the first time since his birth, took the initiative to tell his deepest secret in front of a person. This life experience has been tormenting him like a curse, reminding him that his own birth was accompanied by the original sin of his parents, which is a product of immorality and immorality. However, in front of Gao Ying, he felt that there was no need to hide anymore. In this world, no one cares about morality and dishonesty, because here, survival comes first.
Gao Ying felt this confession was very abrupt, and it took his brain a few seconds to receive the information. Afterwards, he immediately thought that he must not show any shocked expression at this moment. After all, with Ji Yixuan's background, his heart must be sensitive and fragile, so he couldn't let Ji Yixuan feel that he would discriminate against him.
But... He found that even though he had all kinds of clever tricks, at this moment, he couldn't think of a most suitable opening statement. It seemed embarrassing no matter what.
Ji Yixuan naturally knew what Gao Ying was thinking at this time. He tilted his head and looked at the sunlight gradually falling on the ground outside the window, and continued to whisper softly: "I know what you are thinking in your mind at this moment. My existence , Yes... You can also think of it, I even always felt that my birth was a superfluous, even meaningless thing, but until I met the half-sister with my father, Only then did I feel that my life had dawned. My existence turned out to be meaningful... "
"Yixuan..."
Gao Ying realized one thing at this time, and Ji Yixuan told the most secret thing in his heart, which shows...he really accepted himself as a life and death companion. Therefore, he also had to face Yixuan's attitude seriously.
"There is nothing wrong with you. There is nothing wrong with your existence."
Gao Ying said this sentence with very sincere words, there is no politeness in this sentence, this is his real thought. And his words made Ji Yixuan raise his head.
He was not at fault, and Ji Yixuan himself knew this. However, this is just a general principle, and in the eyes of the world, this is his greatest original sin. So far, apart from his mother, only Yixin has expressed the greatest kindness to him. And now, there is one more person, and that is Gao Ying.
"So, you don't need to be burdened by this kind of thing. You are fully qualified to obtain happiness, and you are also fully qualified to obtain eternal life. To me, you are the benefactor who saved my life, and even more... I will be together from now on side by side companion."
Companions side by side...
Ji Yixuan nodded emphatically, and then, the two reached out their hands almost at the same time, and then, the two hands were tightly held together.
The two of them have become the most steadfast comrades-in-arms who can entrust their lives to each other!
In fact, Gao Ying still felt very good about this feeling. If this road to eternal life is the only way forward, and you don't care about the life and death of other people, then you will become extremely lonely.
"We will all live...and live without end!"
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"You like your sister very much?"
"Yes... When we usually get along, we are no different from ordinary brothers and sisters."
"Come on... go back alive and meet your sister."
At this time, Gao Ying, Ji Yixuan, Shen Junhao, and Jiao Chaoming gathered together. Jiao Chaoming and Gao Ying made an agreement to act together with him.
After Ji Yixuan and Gao Ying finished speaking, they looked at the newly joined Jiao Chaoming, but they were a little puzzled. With Jiao Chaoming's expression, he felt that he looked at everyone with a look of bitterness and hatred.
"Huh?" At this moment, Jiao Chaoming suddenly asked a question in doubt: "Is there another person?"
"There's one more person?" Gao Ying immediately understood, and said, "You mean...Hou Mingbo? He's already, dead. Last night...died."
"Dead?" Jiao Chaoming sighed, "That's a pity."
At this moment, he hadn't realized what a terrifying scene he had seen last night...
(end of this chapter)