After Gu Ming and Zhou Chuan learned the contents of Tang Ning's diary, they listed three directions for exploration.
The first is to investigate why "Tang Ning" was bullied in the past.
The second is to investigate whether Qi Yun has any weaknesses.
The third is to investigate the toilet on the far right of the second floor of Teaching Building A.
This toilet was the location where Tang Ning and Song Linsu first entered the dungeon. On the first day, Song Linsu mentioned in the group report that this toilet was rumored to be haunted.
Speaking of group chats, the card game group is now "dead". Apart from what Gu Ming said in the group this morning about NPCs blocking the door of dormitory 302, who wanted them to be late and violate school rules, there are only two dead people who are still sending messages in the group.
Li Chengan: "The braised pork in the school cafeteria is delicious, fatty but not greasy, and melts in your mouth. You can go and try it today."
Du Fei: "I have finished my math homework. If you have any questions, you can ask me. By the way, do you need me to bring you breakfast tomorrow?"
As for Song Linsu, he still did not appear in the group, as if he had evaporated from the face of the earth.
During the break, the three of them gathered together to assign tasks. Because Tang Ning's character required him to follow Qi Yun after school and had no time to do other things, the task of investigating the toilet was given to Gu Ming.
Zhou Chuan was responsible for following behind Tang Ning and observing Qi Yun.
Originally, Gu Ming should have followed Tang Ning, but now there was no need for Gu Ming's gypsy card to judge. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that Qi Yun hated Gu Ming extremely. If Gu Ming still followed, it would not be courting death, but rather sending himself to death.
The school bell rang.
Tang Ning walked out of the classroom and saw a familiar figure walking out of Class 1. Tang Ning and Qi Yun kept a distance of five meters, and Zhou Chuan kept a distance of five meters from Tang Ning. The three of them walked through the crowd at the same time.
After walking for a while, Tangning received a message from Zhou Chuan: "When will he put away his umbrella?"
Tangning replied, "He will fold his umbrella when he is indoors."
Zhou Chuan: "I can think of two possibilities for why he kept holding the umbrella: one, he was afraid of the light; two, the umbrella was a special prop."
Zhou Chuan: "The most direct way to verify the hypothesis is to let him separate from the umbrella in the sun, but it is very difficult to snatch the umbrella from his hand. Even if you succeed, it will violate the school rules, which do not allow theft and robbery."
Tangning looked at Qi Yun holding an umbrella and felt a sense of uneasiness: "What should I do?"
Zhou Chuan: "When you go back to the dormitory tonight, go and see what's so special about that umbrella. I'll go back and think of a solution."
Qi Yun walked into the cafeteria, and Tang Ning followed him in. Not knowing what had happened, the number of people eating in the cafeteria in the afternoon was more than half less than at noon. Tang Ning saw that all the faces were unfamiliar.
Everyone lowered their heads to eat, and at a glance the back of their heads was pitch black. The entire cafeteria was silent except for the sound of chewing.
Qi Yun sat in the corner with the food in his hand. The food on the plate looked very light. He picked up the food with chopsticks and put it into his mouth, with an expression that didn't tell what he was thinking.
At this moment, Tangning suddenly remembered a passage in her diary describing Qi Yun's meal:
"Qi Yun had plain Chinese cabbage and Chinese sausage for lunch today, and I ordered the same dish as him. Qi Yun is so handsome, his cuffs are always spotless, his back is straight, and his hands holding the chopsticks are evenly proportioned. I really want to turn into a dish and be picked up by him and eaten. I really hope to merge with him so that we can be together forever and never be separated again."
Tang Ning had seen this description before, and his first reaction was that the disease needed treatment.
Now thinking back on it, his thoughts turned out to be—
If I could be held in Qi Yun's mouth
It must be very comfortable.
Tangning shook her head in disbelief, trying to get rid of the strange thought.
Qi Yun took a mouthful of white rice and used the tip of his chopsticks to feed the snow-like rice grains into his half-open mouth. He chewed slowly and ate very little with each bite, so little that one doubted how such a small amount of food could feed such a tall body.
After taking only a few bites, Qi Yun put down his meal, put away the dirty plates, and left the cafeteria.
Tang Ning hurriedly followed him out. Qi Yun was still holding the black umbrella. He walked at a leisurely pace without looking left or right. He seemed to be traveling in a world that belonged only to him. The people around him turned into blurry blocks of color, and only his figure became clearer and clearer.
Tangning looked at Qi Yun's back as he moved through the crowd. For some reason, a passage from her diary popped up in her mind:
"I really want to walk side by side with Qi Yun on campus one day. I really want to share a black umbrella with Qi Yun. But Qi Yun is so good, how can I be worthy of standing beside him? It would be great if I could become a shadow and follow Qi Yun forever. Even if he steps on me, I would be willing to do that."
Tang Ning stopped in his tracks in a daze.
So strange.
Why would he agree with such words
He covered his head in confusion, trying to open it to see what strange things were inside.
—"No matter how special Qi Yun is to you and how much he cares for you, the most likely thing he will do is kill you!"
— “Players will leave when their time is up, but dead players won’t!”
The words written by Gu Ming suddenly appeared in his mind, and every word was vivid.
Tang Ning hit his head hard and looked at Qi Yun's back which gradually disappeared from his sight. Tang Ning gritted his teeth and followed him. He quickened his pace to catch up with Qi Yun. Qi Yun walked to the path full of wisteria flowers, and the rain of flowers fell on the umbrella.
"There are always only two of us walking along the wisteria path, he walks in front and I follow behind. I walk along his footsteps and step on his footprints. It seems that there is some secret connection connecting us. I follow behind him like a shadow chasing the light. It's wonderful."
The breeze brought wisteria flowers to Tang Ning's hair. Tang Ning's breathing paused, and he seemed to taste the morbid sweetness.
Qi Yun walked out of the wisteria path and entered the old dormitory building. Tang Ning looked up and saw that the dormitory door was open. It was dark and looked like a huge mouth that seemed like it would swallow people whole in the next second.
But Qi Yun is in this building.
He had to stay with Qi Yun, just like a baby bird needs a nest and a fish needs water. Tang Ning thought, he needed Qi Yun.
He needed to wait for Qi Yun to appear when he was in danger. He needed Qi Yun's touch and his body temperature just as he needed Mo Yunchu.
Is Qi Yun the prince on the card? But if so, what is Gu Ming
Zhou Chuan, who was following Tang Ning, noticed that Tang Ning had not moved for a long time. He walked closer to Tang Ning cautiously, wanting to observe whether there was any strange smile on Tang Ning's face.
Then he saw the person in front of him like a lost lamb, looking at him with eyes that showed he had been wronged but had no one to confide in: "I...something seems to be wrong with me."
Zhou Chuan has always disliked this kind of pretty boy, and he has no good feelings towards those actors in the entertainment industry who star in bad movies. When he saw Gu Ming trying to follow Qi Yun for Tang Ning this afternoon, he thought of finding an opportunity to use the rules to get rid of Gu Ming and take away the "Gypsy Card".
Then at this moment, meeting that fragile gaze, Zhou Chuan couldn't help but curse in his heart -
What level of charm card is this? !
"What's the problem?" Zhou Chuan couldn't help but lower his voice. Realizing the unconscious change in his tone, his brows furrowed even more tightly.
"The original 'Tangning' had a morbid obsession with Qi Yun. I don't know why, but I seem to have been infected with this obsession—" Tangning closed her eyes in pain, "I can't help but be attracted to his body parts. I think his hands are beautiful and I want to be touched by such hands."
It was obviously painful when the medicine was applied, but he hoped that the pain would last a little longer. The pain still lingered on his back. Tang Ning frowned and a slight blush appeared on the tip of his nose.
"I felt his chest was broad and strong, and I wanted to bury myself in his arms. I felt that the way he walked was very handsome. I even, even..." Tang Ning was suddenly speechless, biting her lips in shame.
Zhou Chuan had been listening carefully to Tang Ning's words, but when he saw her expression, he was stunned.
Tang Ning was just a new player who was influenced by the monster. It was not shameful for him to have such twisted thoughts. On the contrary, it was shameful for him, as an old player who should have helped the newcomer, to have such thoughts after listening to the other party's trembling voice.
"You even what?" Zhou Chuan's voice was slightly dry.
Tang Ning's toes curled up and his ears turned a deep red from shame. He even had tears in the corners of his eyes because of what he was going to say next. He whispered something so soft and vague that it was hard to hear clearly.
The hunter card makes Zhou Chuan's five senses far superior to those of ordinary people.
In fact, he heard this sentence clearly.
But he stood in front of Tangning, taking in her expression of shame and fear as she was about to collapse, and asked, "What? Louder."
Tangning covered her face in pain and whispered, "I even want him to trample me."
"It is indeed a serious problem." Zhou Chuan commented, "I guess the later you get, the more deeply you will be affected. In the end, you may lose your self-awareness and become someone who can only rely on Qi Yun."
Even though Tang Ning had anticipated this, he still felt a surge of panic after Zhou Chuan pointed it out so bluntly.
Tangning still remembered that he had no feelings towards the contents of the diary on the first day of the dungeon, but on the second day, he actually began to accept the weird and morbid things for no reason? On the third, fourth and last day, would he still be able to maintain a normal mindset?!
He raised his eyes hastily and looked at Zhou Chuan helplessly, "Is it because I looked into his eyes?"
A confused "hmm" rolled out of Zhou Chuan's throat.
"My instinct tells me that I can't look a monster in the eye," Tangning said in panic, "What should I do? I didn't know Qi Yun was a monster at first. I looked him in the eye many times."
At this moment, a message came from Gu Ming.
Gu Ming: "I found a finger bone in the toilet. Hanging on the bone was a ring that looked like the one on the math teacher's hand."
Gu Ming: “[picturejpg]”
Gu Ming: "I won't mistake this ring. My card also tells me that this is the math teacher's ring."