Hearing the sound of the handle being pressed from outside the door, Cheng Zhichu was extremely nervous, thinking that it might be Zhou Luochen leaving and returning, he wanted to hide in the closet, but after he suddenly relaxed, his hands and feet seemed to have lost strength and kept going weak. , Until the person outside opened the door, he still didn't get into the closet.
"Squeak..."
With the sound of the door being pushed open, the person standing outside revealed his true face. Cheng Zhichu, who was lying on the cabinet door, held his breath at that moment, and his heart hung high, but suddenly he realized that the person was not Zhou Luochen. .
The tall and handsome young man appeared at the door, his eyes wandering around the house, seeing Cheng Zhichu huddled in a ball, trying to hide himself, his pupils shrank slightly, and his legs involuntarily took a small step forward.
This is Bai Yi as a child...
Cheng Zhichu recognized the youth's identity, heaved a sigh of relief, and sat down on the ground directly, covering his chest and gasping for breath, secretly thankful that it wasn't the pervert who came.
Although the game is over, the sense of oppression Zhou Luochen brought to Cheng Zhichu just now has not subsided, and he is very afraid of meeting each other again.
And why hasn't he come out of the painting... Could it be that the ghost wants to go back on his word
Cheng Zhichu's heart was a little uneasy, but after waiting for a while, the new blood did not appear. Instead, the young man walked towards him slowly, squatted down in front of him, his eyes were full of extremely complicated emotions, and he stretched out himself. His hand touched Cheng Zhichu's cheek very lightly.
"… "
Cheng Zhichu shrank back subconsciously, and the boy immediately retracted his hand, daring not to touch Cheng Zhichu again.
His expression was no longer as dark and cold as before. Looking at Cheng Zhichu, his eyes were as soft as water, as if he had seen a distant dream, but it was so easily broken, cautious and gentle, as if he was afraid that Cheng Zhichu would be there in the next moment. disappeared in front of him.
"… Feel sorry."
The boy lowered his eyelashes, his voice was low, with a slight trembling.
"It was my fault."
"I caused you to be brought here."
"I am really sorry."
Cheng Zhichu was stunned for a few seconds, and then he understood what the young man was talking about - it was because the young man drew that portrait, which was seen and collected by Zhou Luochen, which led to him being kidnapped by Zhou Luochen now.
But how can this blame Bai Yi? He didn't know that his painting teacher turned out to be such a beast with a human face and a beast heart, and it seemed that Bai Yi entered here to save him, and he had to take a lot of risks.
Not to mention that Bai Yi outside the dungeon is his friend, even if this is just a strange child, Cheng Zhichu will not blame the other party.
"It's okay, I won't blame you, and I would like to thank you for coming to me."
Seeing the sad look on the young man's beautiful face, Cheng Zhichu's heart softened, and he couldn't help but comfort him, and reached out to touch his hair, finding that it felt good, and couldn't help but touch it a few more times.
Bai Yi was so cute when he was a child, such a well-behaved and beautiful child, who could bear to see him sad...
Feeling that he was touched by Cheng Zhichu, the young man immediately raised his head, his eyes widened slightly, showing a hint of surprise, as if he couldn't believe that not only was he not hated, but he was even comforted.
Cheng Zhichu suddenly felt a little subtly proud. After all, Bai Yi was rubbing his head every time before, how could he give Bai Yi a smooth hair, and it seemed that Bai Yi liked it when he was a child...
He completely forgot that he was a child younger than the young Bai Yi, and showed the look of a kind old father who thought he was a kind old father.
However, in the eyes of the young man, it was the cute boy with wet eyes, the look of panic and panic on his little face still did not fade away, his slender body trembled slightly, and he wanted the young man to hug him aggrievedly.
"… "
Cheng Zhichu was about to hug the young man, but he felt that his eyes were suddenly darkened and shrouded in shadow for a moment, and then he was hugged tightly by the young man, his bodies were close to each other, and the warm body temperature passed through the fabric, and his back Gently patted with a hand.
"Good, don't be afraid, it's alright."
The whole body was embraced by the young man, and was patted on the back, soothing with utmost gentleness, Cheng Zhichu opened his mouth silently, the expression on his face was a little stiff.
No, shouldn't he comfort Bai Yi? Why did it come back in the end...
But the smell on the boy's body was very good, and his embrace was so warm. Being held by him, Cheng Zhichu had to admit that he was indeed comforted, so he could only abandon this old face and lie in the boy's arms honestly.
They hugged for a while, and suddenly there was a strange sound outside. The handsome young man glanced out and didn't seem to care much, but he let go of the boy and said in a very gentle tone.
"Come on, I'll take you out."
Cheng Zhichu didn't know if Zhou Luochen was still outside, he showed a hesitant expression, the young man reassured him when he saw this, and said, "It's okay, he's not here, you can't see him."
After he finished speaking, he paused for a moment, and noticed that the boy had bare feet, there were several bruises on the exposed white skin, and the fingertips were still stained with blood, and his deep pupils suddenly condensed with a layer of ice, Showing a fierce killing intent.
It's just that his movements were still gentle. Seeing that the boy was not wearing shoes, he stretched out his hand directly through his leg sockets, hugged him horizontally, and walked out of the room with the boy in his arms.
"!"
Cheng Zhichu subconsciously hugged the back of the boy's neck, his face flushed, and he whispered, "No need, I can go on by myself."
It's too shameful to be hugged by Princess Bai Yi! !
"It's okay, it's inconvenient for you to walk, I'll hold you." The boy bowed his head and smiled at him, "You're very light, I can hold you, and I won't let you fall."
But it's not a question of whether it will fall!
Cheng Zhichu wished that he would be thrown out by Bai Yi, so that Bai Yi would not carry him away. But it was a pity that Bai Yi's arms were very strong and held him firmly, so he walked down the stairs with him in his arms.
Bai Xixing was sitting on the sofa on the first floor, when he heard footsteps, he looked up and saw the young man's expression was as gentle as water, and he carefully carried the boy down the stairs.
In his impression, his cousin was always cold and distant. How could he ever show such an appearance? He couldn't help sitting up straight from the sofa, staring at the two of them with wide eyes, showing a ghostly expression. .
Cheng Zhichu thought that Bai Xixing was looking at him incredulously, and was immediately embarrassed.
"Brother, you..."
Bai Xixing's eyes were very complicated. Just as he was about to speak, a strange sound came from upstairs again, as if something fell on the ground, and there was the sound of a chair being dragged on the ground.
"What's wrong?"
Cheng Zhichu was a little uneasy, raised his head and asked Bai Yi quietly, "Is that... the person who kidnapped me?"
He didn't see Zhou Luochen on the first floor just now. Could it be this pervert who made the sound upstairs? Bai Yi, did they tie him up
"do not worry."
The teenager put him on the sofa, smiled softly at him, and glanced at Bai Xixing.
Bai Xixing knew it very well, and immediately said, "It's alright, you don't have to worry about it, I'll go up and have a look." After speaking, he ran up the second floor and entered a certain room, and the strange sound disappeared immediately. .
"We've contacted your family, they should be here soon, and you can wait for them with confidence."
The teenager said with a smile, while touching Cheng Zhichu's hair: "Are you tired? Do you want to sleep for a while?"
Cheng Zhichu shook his head, he didn't know when this game would end, how could he fall asleep at ease.
But the boy's hand seemed to possess magic power, and it didn't take long for him to suddenly feel extremely sleepy. He lay down, rested on the boy's thigh, patted his body lightly, closed his eyes, and fell into a drowsy sleep.
…
When Cheng Zhichu opened his eyes again, he found that he had returned to the original villa. At this time, the sky was completely dark, and he could not see anything in the house, only a strong smell of blood filled the air.
Did the ghost put him back from the painting
Cheng Zhichu was stunned for a few seconds, but he was still trustworthy.
He groped for the wall and turned on the lights in the room, nothing seemed to change, but when he turned to look at the wall, he was surprised to find that the portrait had disappeared, leaving only a wall that was whiter than the rest, representing something Things used to hang here for a long time.
"… "
The ghosts of a few children stuck out their small bodies from behind the bed and looked at him quietly, but when they met his gaze, they immediately shrank back, revealing only a pair of curious eyes.
Thinking of their origins, Cheng Zhichu felt very heartache and sadness, barely showing a smile, waving at them, the little ghosts' eyes lit up, and they poked their heads out again, as if they wanted to get close to him.
"go back."
The bloody words suddenly appeared on the ground, and the little ghosts immediately spread out in all directions after seeing it, passed through the wall, and ran cleanly.
"You won the game."
"As agreed, all of you can leave."
"Are you really going to let us go?"
Cheng Zhichu couldn't believe it when he saw the words in blood. He still remembered the "I love you" that filled the room before, which seemed to be full of crazy and distorted emotions. Tell him he can get out of here now.
Does this ghost have any other conspiracy
Cheng Zhichu was still worried, and waited in place for a while, but the bloody words did not appear again.
The room was silent, only the corpse was still lying on the ground, proving that the ghost's existence was not his hallucination, but it fell into complete silence again, as if it didn't want to communicate with Cheng Zhichu anymore.
No matter what, let Senior Bai and the others leave here first.
Cheng Zhichu remembered that the ghost once said that it placed other people in a certain room. So he searched one by one, and finally found the injured Xiao Liu and two other staff members in the study and told them that they could go out.
The other three experienced these strange things, and they didn't know that there was really a ghost here, but Cheng Zhichu calmly told them that they could go out now. In addition to being shocked, the three of them all believed that he must be a clever man. In addition to the ghosts, he eliminated the ghosts in the villa and rescued all of them.
"Master Cheng, thank you, thank you so much..."
The joy of escaping from death made the three big men choked up, desperately shaking hands with Cheng Zhichu, shouting "Master Cheng" one by one, making Cheng Zhichu a little embarrassed, and immediately explained that he was not a ghost slayer, but the three seemed to be Don't really believe it.
"Let's go, tell Yun Xiao and Senior Bai when you go downstairs, and let them go too."
Seeing that they refused to change their words, Cheng Zhichu had no choice but to change the subject and said so.
"Isn't the master going?" the photographer asked in surprise, "Why don't you go with us?"
"I still have something to do when I stay." Cheng Zhichu replied vaguely, "...Well, it's like making a complete transcendence for the dead souls here."
"Rescue the souls of the dead... You are too modest, and you say that you are not a master!"
The tone of the other three people was shocked and revered, and the eyes they looked at Cheng Zhichu were even more awe-inspiring, as if the person who appeared in front of them was a master of Taoism.
"… "
Cheng Zhichu was calm on the surface, but in fact he was very embarrassed inside. He just wanted to find a crack in the ground to get in. He didn't want to escape, he obviously wanted to find the ghost here and kiss the ghost...
But in a way, kissing sounds more powerful than overdoing it...
The three of them went with great gratitude and reassured Cheng Zhichu that they would ask Bai Xixing and others to leave together.
After a while, Cheng Zhichu heard voices coming from downstairs, followed by footsteps and the sound of the door being opened and closed. He stood by the stairs and glanced to confirm that everyone else had indeed left the villa safely.
Now he is the only one left here.
Cheng Zhichu let out a breath. Although he was a little nervous, he was much better than before, because it seemed that even a ghost was not as scary as Zhou Luochen.
Now Cheng Zhichu can basically conclude that this ghost is not Zhou Luochen. Although the little ghosts here are a little afraid of this ghost, they do not have that kind of deep fear and no resentment. This is not the attitude towards the murderer who killed them.
And the ghost said it loved him, but Zhou Luochen was not, he was just a pure lunatic who just wanted to kill him.
But if it wasn't Zhou Luochen, who would the ghost be? Is it the child killed by Zhou Luochen
If it weren't for Bai Yi and Senior Bai still alive, he would have guessed that it was one of them.
Cheng Zhichu thought about it for a moment, he really had no clue about the identity of the ghost, but fortunately this time the main quest did not require him to find out the truth, just let him escape, and kiss the Boss...
Wait, isn't this a copy of reality he came across by chance, but why was he still asked to collect illustrations? Is this not a coincidence at all, but that he is destined to be a reality copy
【I was noticed by you. 】
The system opened his mouth after a long time: [Although the chances of players encountering a reality copy are extremely low, it is almost impossible, but it is inevitable to put it on you. Yes, the illustrated book needs to collect the boss of the reality copy, and there are more than one. . 】
Cheng Zhichu's expression changed: "Why didn't you tell me earlier!?" At least let him be mentally prepared!
[Uh, I didn’t mean to, because I wasn’t sure if it was the boss who really wanted to collect a copy of reality. I just knew that if there was one, there would be multiple, and I didn’t know the exact number. 】
The system chirped and said: [Forget it, you can continue to work hard, anyway, sooner or later, you have to gather all of them, it doesn't matter. 】
It doesn't matter! !
Cheng Zhichu cursed in his heart, thinking that he might not be at peace even if he returned to reality in the future, he felt that the future was extremely gloomy, and he just wanted to dig a hole and bury himself.
But this is just a random thought. After all, he doesn't want to die. The most urgent task now is to complete this dungeon first.
"Why don't you leave?"
When Cheng Zhichu communicated with the system, he didn't need to make a sound, it seemed like he was in a daze. Maybe it was because he had been standing still for too long, and the bloody red words appeared on the wall again, with a bit of gloomy smell.
"I want to see you."
Seeing the bloody words appear, Cheng Zhichu said, "Let me see what you look like."
The bloody words neither changed nor faded, as if the ghost hiding in the darkness was stunned.
"Didn't you say you love me? I haven't been confessed since I was a child. I'm really moved." Cheng Zhichu said nonsense, "So before I leave, I want to see you."
This time the ghost finally reacted.
"I won't see you, get out of here."
"You said you loved me just now, but now you want to drive me away?"
Seeing that the ghost didn't want to see him, Cheng Zhichu was a little anxious, raised his voice slightly, and said without thinking, "If you love me, come and see me, otherwise you don't really love me!"
All of a sudden, the blood on the wall dissipated cleanly.
Cheng Zhichu waited for a long time, but he never saw a ghost.
"… "
Finally he came to a conclusion.
… He seemed to scare the ghost away.
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Bai Yi's Diary Part 43
After Zhichu was taken out of the villa by his parents, because of excessive stimulation, he fell ill with a serious illness. After waking up, he forgot everything he had experienced in City C, and he didn't have the slightest impression of me or that man.
fair enough.
He doesn't remember the best of those things.
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Bai Xixing's Diary · Excerpt
That kid named Cheng Zhichu forgot his experience of being kidnapped by Zhou Luochen, which is a good thing.
Even after my cousin found out that Cheng Zhichu also didn't remember him, he was depressed by himself for a whole month.
I told him that you can go and get to know Cheng Zhichu again, but my cousin has never acted. I analyzed it and felt that he didn't dare.
He even dared to kill Zhou Luochen, but did not dare to meet Cheng Zhichu.
... I don't know how to describe him.