When Gu Xizhou saw Si Yu lying flat on the bed, he rolled his eyes and said to Si Yu, "Good night."
"..." Si Yu saw that Gu Xizhou was already asleep, and explained to Fang Zhi who was still in a dazed state, "Sleeping in handcuffs is because in the previous world..."
Si Yu briefly explained two sentences, and then Fang Zhi suddenly realized - Brother Gu is teasing him again!
The night was very calm, and the three of Gu Xizhou finally fell asleep, but there was a big stove next to Gu Xizhou, and he felt a little hot.
It was not until he heard a knock on the door in the morning that Si Yu woke up from his dream. He opened his eyes and found that Gu Xizhou was looking down at him, his hand was on his forehead, and his brows were twisted into a Sichuan character.
Gu Xizhou's mouth opened and closed, but he couldn't hear what Gu Xizhou was saying.
At this time, Si Yu's whole body was like a huge stove, and the temperature on his body was very hot.
Seeing Si Yu's red face, Gu Xizhou motioned to Fang Zhi next to him to help Si Yu up with him.
Sitting by the bed for a while, Si Yu forcibly cheered up and went to the bathroom to wash.
Fang Zhi went over to open the door for a few girls, while Gu Xizhou leaned against the door and waited for him to wash up.
Si Yu entered the bathroom and said to Gu Xizhou, "You don't have to look at me, I'm fine."
"I look at you and feel relieved." Gu Xizhou said in a low voice, he put his hands in his trouser pockets and looked at Si Yu silently.
"up to you."
After washing up, they got into the car together. After getting in the car, there was no vacancy in the car. Seeing Si Yu's shaky appearance, Gu Xizhou dragged him to the back of the bus and said, "Let me alone and don't move."
Si Yu did not refuse, and leaned most of his body weight on Gu Xizhou, his eyes closed slightly.
Zhang Miao, who was crushed to death by an air conditioner outside the school gate yesterday, has disappeared, along with the white line around her.
It wasn't until he had a simple breakfast in the school cafeteria that Si Yu looked better.
“abcd, efg…”
Teacher Zhao clapped his hands and sang the alphabet song, and the children below sang along.
The six people sitting in the back row discussed in a low voice.
The girls were still afraid. The deaths of Zhang Miao and Wu Qi yesterday really made them unable to understand.
"What does this world want us to do? The rules of death in this world seem to be irregular!" The short-haired girl sighed.
"Yes, the conditions of death are just like playing. If you enter the white circle, you will die. If you promise to pretend to be a ghost, you will die. There is no logic at all. Instead, it is like the logic that these kindergarten children have."
"Who knows what other strange ways to die!"
Gu Xizhou flipped through the roster in his hand and stared at the children sitting in front of him. He was sure that there were no ghosts among these children. After a moment of silence, he said, "It is indeed irregular, but I think everyone who appears in the mission world is a little different. There is a reason, the woman picking up the child at the door will definitely not appear at the gate for no reason, she must be looking for someone."
"There are really no other children in the school. On the first day, Mr. Zhao took us around the campus. I'm sure there are no children left." Fang Zhi said.
Speaking of this, several people fell silent.
"It's easy to be sure, you'll know when you ask these children later." Gu Xizhou said softly, "Si Yaoxing is not feeling well, Xiaofang, you take care of him, and I'll play with these children later."
When Si Yu heard Gu Xizhou's words, he said, "Don't get caught."
Gu Xizhou said, "Don't worry."
Si Yu said: "Well..."
After Teacher Zhao announced the free activity, Gu Xizhou had just walked halfway, and sure enough, several children grabbed the trouser legs of the three girls, "Teacher, teacher, let's play hide and seek with us!"
Gu Xizhou heard the voices of a few children, he slowly crouched down, patted a few children with his hands, and said, "The three female teachers are uncomfortable, but if you answer me a question, I can play with you."
The pretty little girl who was talking to Si Yu yesterday tilted her head, "What's the problem?"
"Tell the teacher why you only play hide-and-seek?" Gu Xizhou said softly, "I'll play with you."
The pretty little girl glanced at him and said without thinking, "Because we're looking for Hanhan!"
"Who is Hanhan?" Gu Xizhou looked at the roster just now and determined that there was no child named Hanhan on the roster. He put his hands on the little girl's shoulders, "Why didn't the teacher see his name?"
The little girl thought about it and said, "Hanhan is Hanhan!"
Gu Xizhou: "Is that your classmate?"
She nodded.
"Looking for Hanhan because he disappeared?" Gu Xizhou asked softly, "When did you disappear?"
The little girl pouted, frowning as if recalling.
"I don't know when I disappeared, I just remember that we were playing hide and seek that day. After he hid, we couldn't find him, and we haven't found him yet. The teacher told us that as long as we keep playing hide and seek, we will find Hanhan one day. of!"
After listening to the little girl's words, Gu Xizhou showed a thoughtful look, glanced at the other children, and asked, "So you are playing this hide-and-seek to find Hanhan?"
"Yeah, we want to find Hanhan, so that Hanhan's mother doesn't have to wait for Hanhan at the school gate every day!" The little girl smiled at Yan Yan, shaking her ponytail behind her.
Gu Xizhou looked at her and asked, "Is that the beautiful aunt who comes to the door every day?"
"Yes, that's Hanhan's mother!" the little girl said with a smile, "the pretty auntie is very nice, we see that she comes to pick up Hanhan every day, but she seems very sad that she can't pick up Hanhan, so we have to play Hide and seek to find Hanhan!"
Gu Xizhou figured it out, there was a missing child in the school, and the mission this time should be to find that child!
Several people looked at each other, their eyes couldn't help showing joy.
"Okay, teacher, play a ghost!" the little girl said with a smile.
Gu Xizhou: "..."
"No, the teacher doesn't want to pretend to be a ghost, will you come?" Gu Xizhou stared at the little girl and said softly.
The little girl was very unhappy when she heard Gu Xizhou's words, and puffed her cheeks: "Teacher, you lied, you promised me just now!"
Gu Xizhou put his hands against the little girl who ran towards him, and coaxed and deceived: "Teacher makes you a ghost for your own good."
"Ah?" The little girl tilted her head and looked at Gu Xizhou strangely.
"Didn't you just say that you were looking for Hanhan? You can arrest someone by pretending to be a ghost, so that you can catch a naughty guy like Hanhan and let Hanhan and the pretty aunt go home." Gu Xizhou explained to the little girl with a serious face , "Do you think the teacher is right?"
The little girl was silent for a moment, as if she was persuaded by Gu Xizhou, she nodded: "The teacher seems to be right, then, let me play the ghost!"
The first game of hide-and-seek ended with a little boy being caught. Gu Xizhou quit the game and returned to a few people. Gu Xizhou glanced at the clock upstairs. It was ten o'clock. Walk around to find the missing child.
Leaving behind the sick Si Yu and two of the girls, Gu Xizhou took Fang Zhi and the short-haired girl and planned to rummage through the teaching building. At this time, Si Yu, who had not spoken, said slowly: "It is impossible to be in the teaching building. The child's range of activities was restricted to the playground by the teacher, and the missing child should have disappeared around here."
Gu Xizhou nodded when he heard the words, just like that, Gu Xizhou took the two of them from left to right, from front to back, almost turned over the entire playground, and looked for them all next to each other, until the bell rang after class, reminding them to have lunch. .
Gu Xizhou didn't stop for almost noon, sweating all over his body, they went to the cafeteria to eat together.
"Where is that kid?" the short-haired girl complained, "and I'm not sure I'm really looking for him!"
"Well... Indeed." Gu Xizhou nodded, "I have a way to make sure."
At this moment, Gu Xizhou suddenly got up and walked under the table next to the table in the distance. At this time, his forehead was sweating. Gu Xizhou said to Teacher Zhao, "Mr. Zhao, I want to ask you a question."
Teacher Zhao smiled at him and put down the chopsticks in his hand, "You say."
"I played hide-and-seek with the children just now. They told me that they were playing hide-and-seek to find a child named 'Hanhan'. Do you know the situation of this child?" Gu Xizhou asked softly, "Did he transfer schools?"
Teacher Zhao was silent for a moment, then shook his head: "I didn't take this class at that time, but I heard some things.
"The child's name is Ding Han. I heard that he was playing hide-and-seek that afternoon. After the game was over, the child disappeared. At that time, the head teacher of this class took the children to search for a long time, but he couldn't find anyone. After school, the child was gone. Appear.
"The teacher couldn't delay the time of other children, so he gave the other children to the dean to send them out on his behalf, and then continued to look for them in the playground, but he still couldn't find them."
Gu Xizhou thought about it in his heart, he nodded slightly and asked, "What about later?"
"I don't know why Ding Han's mother didn't come that day, and no one answered the phone call to her. She didn't come all day." Teacher Zhao said with a little recollection, "The teacher thought that Ding Han's mother was Ding Han's mother. Picked up the child! I didn't continue to look for it.
"As a result, Ding Han's father came over at night, but he didn't find anyone, so he called the police over, right... I remember Ding Han's father as a policeman, and when he came, the school knew that Ding Han's mother was caught by a car on the way. It was hit, and the person was lying in the hospital."
"The police turned over the entire school that day, but did not find Ding Han. The police called for surveillance outside the school and determined that the child did not leave the school, and no strangers entered the school that day."
Policemen? Gu Xizhou thought of those white lines of death, and there was a reasonable explanation for the reason why those children drew these fixed lines on the scene.
Ding Han's father is a policeman. Even if his father didn't want him to see the photos of the death scene, Ding Han would inevitably see those photos. As a child, Ding Han would naturally bring this knowledge into his own thoughts. People who think they are wireframed are going to die.
Under the influence of Ding Han, these children also have the same understanding. The white circles they draw are the restoration of the death scene. This is the reason why they will die if they stand in the circle.
At this time, Gu Xizhou had roughly determined that the mission world was to find Ding Han, he raised his eyebrows and asked, "So that's it, people are gone?"
Teacher Zhao nodded, "Yes, the school is very puzzled. That teacher resigned because of this. Later, there were some strange rumors that our school was haunted."
While talking to Teacher Zhao, Gu Xizhou looked at his companions sitting at the table over there eating from time to time.
"By the way, why did you think of asking this?" Teacher Zhao asked softly.
Gu Xizhou smiled when he heard the words, "It's nothing, I'm just curious why these children only play hide-and-seek and don't play other games."
Teacher Zhao suddenly realized: "So that's the case. When I first arrived in this class, they called for Hanhan to come back every day, and I lied to them that they could only find the hidden Hanhan when they were playing hide-and-seek. This is why I play hide-and-seek every day, just to find Hanhan."
"Mr. Zhao, do you still remember the beautiful woman at the door?" Gu Xizhou said softly.
Teacher Zhao looked at Gu Xizhou suspiciously.
Gu Xizhou said casually: "She is Hanhan's mother, she is here to pick up the child."
When Teacher Zhao heard this, her face suddenly turned pale, and she said in a trembling voice, "So that's the case. I thought she... has a problem with her brain, alas."
Mr. Zhao felt a little guilty and lowered his head. Gu Xizhou wanted to ask some other questions, but Mr. Zhao refused to answer his question.
The children in the cafeteria are also eating, but they are all well-behaved, obviously well-bred.
After Gu Xizhou went back, he told the others about the news he just asked. Si Yu lay on the table, thought for a moment, and said, "We can be sure that we can leave here as long as we find that child."
The short-haired girl showed a hint of joy. Today is Tuesday, and there are still five days until the deadline. Yesterday, they were still at a loss, but today they have found so many useful clues!
"But we've been searching for so long today, and there's no body," the short-haired girl said to Si Yu, "We've searched all the places you mentioned!"
Just as Si Yu was about to speak, he heard a somewhat uncertain voice: "Actually, there is another place on the playground that I haven't looked for..."
Fang Zhi scratched his head and continued, "Let's go in and find the pool on the playground."
Si Yu nodded, "Yes, we didn't find that pool."
Upon hearing this, the three girls were stunned and hesitated: "That pool is so big, there are fish, weeds, and so many leaves... The child will be there?"
"Because of this, Ding Han is very likely to be inside. Let's try it this afternoon." Gu Xizhou agreed with Si Yu's words and said.
After lunch, Si Yu couldn't keep his eyes open because of his illness. Gu Xizhou glanced at him and said, "Go to sleep for a while, I and they will get the water out of the pool first, and you can rest."
Si Yu waved his hand and said, "No, I'll be waiting for you by the side."
…
A day later—after school in the afternoon, Gu Xizhou looked at the time upstairs in the teaching building and said, "There is still half an hour left for the last bus, and the water has been drained. You can look at the time, whether you can find it or not after 20 minutes, we will Go to the car first."
"Okay!" Fang Zhi immediately took the machete and Gu Xizhou had already entered the pond full of mud and water plants, and cut off the water plants with their roots.
The three girls next to them also jumped down to help cut the grass.
It didn't take long for Gu Xizhou to get rid of the water plants in front of him and saw a small blue-purple face, his lips were white, and there was no trace of blood.
"Uncle, are you here to find me?" The little boy wearing yellow short sleeves and black shorts suddenly opened his eyes and asked Gu Xizhou.
Si Yu stood up and shouted anxiously, "Gu Xizhou, be careful!"
Gu Xizhou looked back at him and waved his hand to signal him not to be nervous.
The other three girls and Fang Zhi were stiff and didn't dare to move.
Gu Xizhou replied to the child: "Little boy, are you Ding Han?"
The little boy nodded: "Yes, uncle knows me?"
"Your mother is waiting for you at the gate of the school. You and your uncle will go to find her, okay?"
"Really?" Ding Han's expression suddenly became more surprised when he spoke, "Is mother here today?"
"Well, here we come."
Gu Xizhou said: "Look, uncle has cut off all the water plants for you. Uncle will carry you up there, okay?"
"Thank you uncle, it's so cold here, I can finally go out!" Ding Han smiled, but with his blue-purple skin, he looked a little scary.
Gu Xizhou was quite sure that Ding Han in front of him was a ghost and had been dead for a long time, because when he picked Ding Han up, his body was as cold as an ice cave.
Taking Ding Han out of the pool, Gu Xizhou kept staring at him to prevent the 'little devil' from hurting people suddenly, but until he walked out of the school, Ding Han did not hurt anyone. As soon as he arrived at the door, he looked at the beautiful woman standing in front of the school gate. .
Ding Han ran over with his feet scattered, grabbed the beautiful woman's hand and shouted coquettishly, "Mom, I finally waited until you came to pick me up!"
The beautiful woman hugged Ding Han, patted Ding Han's butt, and cried, "You child, why did you come out so late! It scared mother to death!"
Ding Han wiped away the tears on the woman's cheeks with his small hands and said, "Mom, you and Dad will give me a younger brother!"
"Didn't you say you wanted a sister before?" the pretty woman asked.
Ding Han waved his hand: "No, no, just my brother! Then he can protect you instead of me!"
Ding Han stroked the tears on the beautiful woman's face, hugged the beautiful woman, and said softly in a crisp childish voice: "Mom, you know, I'm already dead, my death has nothing to do with your being late, it's not surprising You, I accidentally fell into the pond! Go back! Don't come and pick me up every day in the future, because this time I'm really gone!"
Ding Han's body slowly collapsed, and he whispered to the woman, "Mom, I love you."
When the beautiful woman heard Ding Han's words, she burst into tears. She covered her mouth and squatted on the side of the road to cry.
As Dinghan disappeared, a wooden door appeared at the entrance of the campus—
Gu Xizhou glanced at the woman on the side of the road, opened the wooden door gently with his hand, turned around and made a gesture of please to several girls. The three girls stared at the woman who was crying, a little unbearable, but they quickly entered the wooden door. .
Gu Xizhou and the other three also entered the wooden door one after another. Before entering the door, Gu Xizhou looked back at Si Yu who was walking behind him, and after a while of dizziness—
"Hanhan! Hanhan, you're naughty again, don't pull my hair, okay!" The pretty little girl puffed out her cheeks and hit Ding Han, who reached out to pull her little hand.
Ding Han made a face: "Okay."
There was an unfamiliar teacher on the podium. As they were talking, Gu Xizhou felt that the scene in front of him quickly skipped, and Gu Xizhou heard the sound of water.
Then Gu Xizhou felt that the water was submerging him, the water grass brushed over his body, and his consciousness gradually became blurred.
Ding Han wanted to get rid of the water plants around his body under his feet, but the more he moved, the more water plants wrapped around him. Because of drowning and struggling desperately, Ding Han gradually lost his strength and could no longer make splashes.
Gu Xizhou noticed that Ding Han was slowly falling to the bottom of the water, and the surrounding aquatic plants covered his entire body under the water.
Soon, Ding Han stopped struggling and completely lost his vitality.
After an unknown time, he heard a voice.
"John! Where are you, John!"
"Ding Han, Ding Han, don't hide, come out! The teacher is going to be angry!"
Just like what Teacher Zhao said, many people came to look for him, but they couldn't find Ding Han. Some people jumped into the pool to look for Ding Han, but Ding Han's body sank at the bottom, and he was covered with water plants. less people.
"Hanhan, Hanhan, come out soon, mom is here to pick you up!"
Gu Xizhou noticed that it was that beautiful woman, Ding Han's mother.
For the next week, Gu Xizhou could see Ding Han's mother every day, looking for her child like crazy, and she came every day.
Ding Han, who was already dead, suddenly opened his eyes after hearing the woman's voice. He wanted to go out and told his mother that he was here, but the water plants were wrapped around him and his body could not move.
"Mom, Mom, I'm here!"
After a long time, Ding Han, who had been in the water for a long time, saw the face of a familiar child.
The pretty little girl pretended to be a ghost, and she said to the water, "Hanhan, are you in there?"
"Han Han, can you answer me?!"
"It looks like you're not here, then I'm leaving!" The little girl left the edge of the pool in dismay.
Ding Han seemed to be crying when he saw his tablemate. Gu Xizhou didn't know if the ghost had tears, but he could feel Ding Han's sadness.
The sunlight outside was dazzling, but Ding Han only felt very cold in the water.
Strange, he knew he was dead, he wanted to leave, but then he remembered that he told his mother that he would be home today.
Soon Ding Han seemed to have become a kind of spirit body. His spirit body could leave the water, but no one could see him. He would take the bus to school with his mother every day to pick him up, but he didn't pick up Ding Han's woman. His eyes became more and more dull, and he often cried secretly.
The mother is very sad, the previous mother was not like this!
Is it because he is naughty and doesn't listen to his mother
Dinghan thought.
He seemed to have become the spirit behind him, always following the woman's side, and he could see his mother crying every day while holding the photo.
"It's all my mother's fault. My mother was late, so this happened. It's my mother's fault..."
Little Dinghan looked at his mother in a panic, and shouted, "Mom got out of the car and was hit by a car because she was sexually harassed by a pervert! Mom, you are not late! It's not my mother's fault, I fell into the water myself! "
The ghost tried to wipe away the tears on the woman's face, but his hand went through when he touched the woman's cheek.
"Mom! Mom! Why can't you see me!" Ding Han cried anxiously.
After that, the woman went to school every day to pick Dinghan home, while Dinghan followed the woman all day, hoping that her mother could see him.
A woman never knows that her child is always by her side.
After a long time, Ding Han did not want to continue to watch his mother blame himself. His spirit body returned to the pool, watching the sunrise and sunset every day, hoping that one day someone would find his body.
…
Then Gu Xizhou returned to the brightly lit luxury villa. Before he could regain his senses, he suddenly heard a loud bang from outside the villa!