Facing the door, Bo Ye's expression became blank for a moment, and he tilted his head slightly, as if he was lost in thought.
The rain outside continued to fall, and the formed rain curtain obscured the face of the man in the car. The man slapped the horn anxiously, and shouted: "Bo Rihua, why are you in a daze! Your brain is soaked by the rain, right? More than ten thousand people are waiting for you!"
His thoughts became clear in an instant, and Bo Ye remembered that today was his last game, and he announced his retirement after the game. These things were planned a month ago.
I breathed a sigh of relief, my mind went blank just now, I thought I lost my memory.
He zipped up his jacket and walked out of the e-sports training base. The team manager stretched out a black umbrella from the car. He thought it was troublesome, so he lowered his head into the rain curtain, went around the car and opened the door of the passenger seat.
"You'll die if you hold the umbrella!" Shen Qiu took out a clean towel from the backseat pocket and threw it to him angrily, saying, "If the fans see you like this, they will think that the club is picking you up so hard. Umbrellas are not provided."
Bo Ye lazily leaned on the seat, casually wiped his hair with a towel, and said perfunctorily, "Okay, okay, let's go."
The car quickly drove up the elevated road.
The rain was really heavy, and the visibility on the road was very low. The cars and signs in front were all soaked in the rain curtain.
Shen Qiuqiu is a road rage man, his temper soars in bad weather, he swears all the way while driving, swears at overtaking vehicles on the left and right, swears at the battery car running the yellow light, and swears at this terrible weather.
Bo Ye picked out his ears, got used to it, adjusted a comfortable sitting position, and said, "Sleep for a while, call me somewhere."
"Hey, wait." Shen Qiu glanced at his left hand and asked, "What's the matter with the ring on your hand?"
Bo Ye frowned, not understanding what he was talking about, looking at his left hand, there was indeed a platinum ring on his ring finger, it was quite heavy, and he felt puzzled: "This... when did you wear it?"
Shen Qiu glanced at him strangely, and questioned in his tone: "Who sent it?"
Bo Ye raised his left hand and looked it in front of his eyes, his eyes revealed a trace of confusion, and his voice was in a trance: "I forgot, it's probably a fan."
"Pick it up! You dare to put it on your hands!" Shen Qiu was impatient, "If you are caught by the camera during the competition, your wife fans will be blown away, thinking you are going to get married."
Bo Ye also felt that it was inappropriate to wear the ring, so he pinched the ring to take it off, but the ring could not be pulled off.
It seems to be stuck after wearing it for a long time.
My heart is strange, why would I wear a ring given by a fan? Looks like it hasn't been worn for a short time.
His ring finger was scratched and hurt a bit. He looked at the ring, thought for a while, and put down his hand: "Forget it, I'm going to retire anyway, and it doesn't matter if the fans see it."
Shen Qiu suddenly asked: "Why did you decide to retire early?"
Bo Ye looked out of the car window and smiled lightly: "Didn't it be agreed earlier? Because..."
The voice stopped suddenly, and Bo Ye's expression was blank for three seconds. He couldn't say the reason for the delay, but a trace of fear suddenly appeared in his heart.
Shen Qiu called him: "Bo Ye?"
Bo Ye felt a little headache. He lowered his head and rubbed the center of his brows. He straightened out his thoughts and said in a low voice, "Why retire early... It was discussed a month ago. What did I say? I said I didn't want to be exposed to everyone again."
"Why don't you expose it?" Shen Qiu was stunned, turned down the wiper, and said, "How can an e-sports player not be exposed? Haven't you been fine for the past eight years? Why don't you think about it all of a sudden?"
Bo Ye bowed slightly, his face turned pale, he tried to search for the answer in his memory, and said intuitively: "Everything is watched and discussed, and there is no way to create a stable environment for lovers... Besides, you know, I am gay, The criticisms I have received have always been big, even if I can expose it, the lover may not be able to, and the families of both parties... "
Shen Qiu laughed loudly, and exclaimed: "My God! Bo Ye! Are you hallucinating after being single for a long time? You don't even have a boyfriend and you think about these things. I really want to be laughed to death by you Already!"
Bo Ye blinked, stunned, as if he was surprised even by himself.
Yeah, he doesn't have a boyfriend, why should he think about these issues ahead of time.
Seeing that he couldn't answer, Shen Qiu patted the steering wheel and scolded with a smile: "You're actually planning to retire for some unreasonable things! I'm really convinced, you have developed so fast in recent years, you definitely can't retire now! Stay here, today's retirement ceremony will be cancelled, okay?"
Bo Ye's face became paler, and there seemed to be a force pressing on his chest in the carriage, he couldn't breathe, and he always felt that something was wrong.
He hesitated: "But..."
"Bo Ye." Shen Qiu stopped laughing for a second, put his hands on the steering wheel, turned his head and stared straight into his eyes, that gaze seemed to penetrate his soul, "You can't retire, the club needs you, the fans need you, I need you, you have come to this position, the burden on your shoulders can’t just be dropped, didn’t you say that e-sports is the whole of your life? Are you really going to give up?”
Bo Ye looked at him, his eyes were blank, after a long time, he said dumbly: "No."
Shen Qiu breathed a sigh of relief, looked at the dirty rain on the car window, and discussed with him: "Stay here, okay?"
With some hesitation, Bo Ye nodded.
Shen Qiu smiled: "Good brother."
Strangely, the pressure on his chest suddenly disappeared, and Bo Ye felt unprecedented relief. He leaned back on the back of the chair, put one hand on the window sill, put the back of his hand against his lips, and stared at the front in silence.
"Oh, that's right." Shen Qiu reminded, "Take off the ring."
Bo Ye looked at his left hand and raised his eyebrows: "I almost forgot."
This time I used a little force, and when the ring fell off, a circle of white indentations were exposed. He saw the imprints on the ring finger, which were a few characters that were not very clear——
[Can i].
Bo Ye narrowed his eyes.
Can i
Can...
i...
He stared at it for a long time, but his temples were throbbing wildly, and he had a splitting headache.
Candi.
Suddenly, like a flash of light in the dark night, the fog in front of my eyes instantly dissipated—
In order for Tang Zhi to choose to retire early, Shen Qiu drove him to the scene, saying that life is easy to get together and break up. He played the last game of his career, faded out of people's sight, and stayed with Tang Zhi. Four years have passed.
Once Tang Zhi's name was remembered, all the links went smoothly.
This was the day I retired four years ago.
Bo Ye's eyes became clear and he regained his senses, realizing that what happened right now was not true, his memory had been tampered with, and the illusion used his struggles in choosing love and ideals to try to trap him here forever.
"I have a boyfriend. His name is Tang Zhi. This is my wedding ring. You shouldn't erase these." Holding the ring tightly with one hand, Bo Ye said flatly, "Because once I think about it, I will find a flaw."
In the next second, Bo Ye unlocked the door and kicked the door with a quick kick. A car happened to pass by and knocked the door away instantly, making a loud noise.
The torrential rain poured into the car along with the wind.
Bo Ye's heart was not beating, and he was about to jump off the car when his left wrist suddenly tightened.
Shen Qiu firmly held him with one hand, pulled him towards her, looked in front of her eyes, then at the man, smiled and said softly, "Bo Ye, stay here."
"we need you."
"stay."
Outside the open passenger seat, one car after another roared by, with horns blaring.
Their car was still driving at high speed, Shen Qiu's hands were as strong as iron chains, Bo Ye couldn't break free, his hair and face were soon wet by the rain.
At this time, a low and piercing whistle came from not far away, and the sound continued for a long time. He turned his head to look at the rearview mirror, and saw that a heavy tanker was driving towards them.
"Stay, stay, you actually don't want to leave, we need you..." Shen Qiu clenched his wrist while driving, rambling, "Stay with Bo Ye, you can get everything you want here..."
The whistle of the tanker continued to amplify.
near.
The time has come.
Bo Ye wiped the rain from his face: "Akita is sorry, Candi is waiting for me."
After finishing speaking, he leaned back and leaned out of the car, allowing the tanker with flashing high beams to hit him.
At the door of the waiting room on the second floor, people were sitting or standing, waiting with different thoughts.
Gu Meng looked at the clock on the wall for the sixth time, 10:40.
A quarter of an hour passed, and the door still did not open.
Tang Zhi was leaning against a pillar in the corner, with a tall and slender figure, with his head bowed, his face was abnormally indifferent, he seemed less anxious than Gu Meng.
Gu Meng sighed softly, and sat next to Enjin, only to see that he was holding a blue ballpoint pen in his right hand, drawing something on his left ring finger.
Gu Meng: "... what are you doing?"
After finishing the last stroke, Enjin raised her left hand and showed it to Gu Meng: "This is my ring."
"..." Gu Meng didn't know how to react, she understood that he saw the couple next door had a ring yesterday, and wanted one too.
He looked at the pristine blue ink circle on his ring finger, and said without hesitation: "It's very beautiful, it suits you very well."
"Then I'll give you one." Enjin talked with a kind of heroism of spending a lot of money, grabbed his left hand and was about to paint it on.
Gu Meng hurriedly dodged and declined, "No, no, it's too expensive, I can't take such an expensive gift."
People around gave them inexplicable glances.
The two were tugging, and the door of the waiting room opened.
Under the tense and expectant gaze of the crowd, Bo Ye came out with a pale complexion, holding a light white envelope in his hand, and slapped the envelope on Enjin when he passed by, and said calmly, "Clue."
Let go, and walked straight to Tang Zhi in the corner.
Bo Ye seemed to be in a slump, Gu Meng was about to get up to take care of the situation, but saw him and Tang Zhi leaving the waiting area one after the other, thought for a while, sat down again, and did not follow.
The envelope was still unopened, thick and smooth, with a gold border on the edge, and it was very well made.
The other players spontaneously gathered around, chattering: "Is this a reward? What's in it?"
"What did that man go through just now? Why did he leave without saying a word?"
"The complexion is particularly bad, the task should be quite difficult."
"Oh my god, if I went in just now, I don't know whether to walk out or be dragged out."
Flipping the envelope between her slender fingers, Enjin didn't find anything special, so she opened it directly.
Inside was a piece of light white cardboard, also inlaid with gold, and when it was pulled out, two lines of characters were printed on it in pear flower script.
[Ah， distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December :-)]
[Oh, I clearly remember that it was a bleak December.]
Everyone looked at the paper jam and didn't speak.
After a long time, a man asked, "What do you mean?"
Another voice replied, "Literally."
The crowd fell into a bewildered silence again.
I can understand every word, but I don't understand what it means.
Enjin put away the cardboard, handed the envelope to a player casually, and explained: "A stanza in "The Raven" is written by Edgar Allan Poe. The poem is used to commemorate the dead, and it is also a reflection of Ellen Poe. A beautiful classic of Poe's poetics."
Everyone admired and applauded to the cultural people.
Gu Meng understood that Enjin could know so much because he read books day and night and frantically supplemented materials during the seven days in Zhiwu. He was slightly unaccustomed to his rapid growth, and felt a little bit lost.
When I first picked him up, he was obviously a fool who couldn't speak very well, and his IQ was as white as a piece of paper.
The yellow-haired man is Chen Jiahao, a nurse. He noticed the name on Enjin's badge and asked him, "Doctor En, what's the use of us getting this clue?"
After pondering for a moment, Enjin said, "I don't know."
Very solid.
Chen Jiahao: "...."
In the waiting room, the visiting young girl came out, humming along the way, looking in a good mood, and disappeared out of thin air again when she reached the end of the corridor on the second floor.
Bo Ye followed Tang Zhi all the way forward, the long corridor was shrouded in a gray shadow, and the walls were stained with blood.
Outside the window, the light is hidden deep in the dark clouds, and the rain is pattering, making people upset.
Tang Zhi's back was slender, his waist was straight, and a section of white shirt collar was exposed from the back collar of his white coat, wrapping the back of his fair neck, elegant and attractive.
Bo Ye really couldn't catch up, so he conceded defeat in this silent contest and said, "Candi, slow down."
Tang Zhi stopped and waited for him to catch up.
Feeling relieved, Bo Ye stepped forward and took his hand from behind: "Why are you angry? Nothing happened."
Unexpectedly, as soon as the words came out of his mouth, Tang Zhi turned around and slapped him, sparing no effort.
Bo Ye turned his face away, his ears were buzzing, the place where he was beaten was rapidly congested with blood, and shadows lurked on the profile of his profile, drawing gloomy lines.
Tang Zhi's eyes were slightly red, mixed with anger and worry, he asked in a hoarse voice: "If something happens to you, what should I do?"
"Who let you in?"
"Is it your turn!"
"Bo Ye, do you always talk to yourself like this!"
Tang Zhi's emotions tended to become agitated, and tears fell from his eyes as soon as he blinked, and he was so angry that he slapped him on the face again, but the force was much lighter, and he cried seriously: "I don't want you to always be in front of me, you bastard... "
The sound of the rain outside was light and slow, and a layer of water vapor appeared on the dilapidated wall, and the wet feeling was lingering.
Bo Ye calmed down for a moment, scratched the high bridge of his nose with his fingertips, turned his face back and said calmly: "I've beaten and scolded, are you feeling better?"
Tang Zhi's eyes were red, his face was red, he lowered his head and covered his eyes, his shoulders trembled. During the fifteen minutes the man was in the consulting room, he was terrified, and every minute and every second he was worried that he would not be able to get out.
Hearing Tang Zhi's uncontrollable crying, Bo Ye's heart was astringent and soft, and he tried to hug him: "Come here, let me hug you."
Tang Zhi no longer tried to be brave, moved forward a little bit, buried his face into Bo Ye's shoulders and neck, tightly grasped the sides of his jacket with both hands, sobbing, and said angrily: "If I had known I wouldn't come to you, I would have treated you as dead." !"
Instead of witnessing what happened to him with your own eyes, it is better not to see each other and pretend that everything is fine with the other.
Bo Ye was not annoyed, but just smiled lightly: "Widow Tang." He pinched the back of his neck with one hand, almost wanting to rub him into his arms.
Thinking of that illusion, the man was also afraid for a while.
The scariest thing he has ever experienced is probably that Tang Zhi never appeared in his life.
After coaxing him for a long time, kissing and cuddling, finally stopped crying, but Tang Zhihong had eyes and wanted to make an appointment with him for three chapters.
"One, don't take risks, not even for your lover."
"Second, you can't talk to yourself, everything should be discussed between the two of you."
"three… "
Bo Ye twitched the corner of his mouth, loving his delicate appearance, and asked, "Three what?"
Tang Zhi babbled and babbled, his face turned hot when he saw him, and he said ferociously after a while: "Don't be molested by the female ghost again! Otherwise, I'll bite you to death!"
Bo Ye suppressed her laugh, staring at him with burning eyes.
Tang Zhi glanced at him, feeling uncomfortable: "What are you looking at?"
"If you bite him to death, you will definitely be reluctant." Bo Ye led him forward, in a good mood, and said with a smile: "Bite me, this is more feasible."
Tang Zhi followed him into the elevator, in a daze, and it took him a long time to realize the connotation of his so-called "biting", and his cheeks flushed instantly with embarrassment: "You... you think beautifully!"
In the noisy room, the elevator went straight to the fourth floor. As soon as the door was opened, it bumped into a temporary worker pushing a cleaning cart.
The uncle was wearing a blue uniform with the brim of his hat pressed down very low. When he met the two of them, he lowered his head timidly and moved aside.
Tang Zhi got off the elevator, thanked the old man, and glanced at the layers of coarse sheets piled up on the grocery cart, which looked like he had just cleaned every room.
The temporary worker pushed the cart into the elevator, pressed the floor, and the elevator door slowly closed.
At this time, Bo Ye pulled Tang Zhi's hand and said, "Look at this."
They were passing by the door of Ward 401, Tang Zhi followed his gaze and saw the faint bloodstains on the doorknob.
The blood has not coagulated, it can even be said to be fresh.
Tang Zhi thought of the temporary worker, and said, "If that person had blood on his hands just now, he held the handle and closed the door when he went out..."
Bo Ye and he looked at each other, raised his hand and knocked on the door.
I knocked three times, but there was no sound from inside.
When the two were about to leave, the elevator door on the fourth floor opened, and Gu Meng and En Jin walked down, followed by Cai Xiaoqi who was chattering behind him.
Gu Meng saw the couple next door standing at the door of 401, and asked casually, "Why are you standing here?"
"Just passing by." Bo Ye looked at the little nurse and smiled, "Nurse Cai lives in 401? I suggest you open the door and see if there is anything missing inside." After thinking for a while, he added, "Or something is missing."
Although Cai Xiaoqi was at a loss, she was very obedient, knowing that the man must have noticed something strange when he said this, so she hurriedly stepped forward and opened the door: "Sister Min said that she is not feeling well, and she has already returned to her room. If you think there is a problem, you can actually The knocker... this... what is this!"
As she spoke, her palms felt wet and slippery. After pushing the door open, she let go of the handle and turned her palms, which were stained with wet blood.
The little girl's face turned pale, and she hurriedly lifted the hem of her clothes to wipe it off: "This... where did the blood come from?"
Hearing that there were people inside, Tang Zhi had a bad feeling and went in first.
The layout of the room was the same as theirs, with a separate bathroom, and the lavender curtains were not opened, so the whole space looked dark and gloomy on a cloudy day.
Looking around the room, he didn't see anyone, so he pushed open the bathroom door and met Huang Min's wide-eyed eyes unexpectedly.
In room 401, all the lights were turned on, Cai Xiaoqi sat on the edge of the bed sluggishly, and the other four men stood by the bathroom door, looking at the scene inside.
Huang Min was stuck between the pillars of the washstand and the bathtub, with his upper body lying on the edge of the bathtub, with only one frightening eye exposed among the scattered hair, looking straight at the door of the bathroom, his chest was stained with blood, and he held a surgical instrument in his right hand. The knife, the knife edge was dripping with blood.
Above the bathtub filled with water is the window, the lavender curtains are completely drawn, because a small amount of blood has been mixed into the water, and the water in the tub is light pink. What is noticeable is that a broken eyeball drags a long way The tissue band sinks to the bottom of the tank.
Because in Junzi's world, they are used to seeing all kinds of strange broken corpses, the four of them didn't react when they saw this scene. Such death was considered normal in their eyes, at least the corpse was complete, but the whole picture There is an incomprehensible darkness and strangeness.
Enjin squatted halfway at the bathroom door, dragging the hem of her white coat to the floor, tilting her head, watching Huang Min's eyes and the blood flower blooming on her chest from a distance.
Gu Meng stood beside him, supported her knees and bent down, and asked, "Do you think someone stuffed the knife she was holding, or was it in her hand?"
Enjin felt the breath behind her ears, and the tips of her ears moved sensitively.
"The point of the knife is facing inward, and the posture of holding it backwards should be in your hand." Bo Ye leaned against the door frame, his long legs crossed casually, "The problem is, she stabbed herself somewhere with the knife."
Enjin was very sure: "Eyes."
Gu Meng shivered, and turned to look at him: "You mean she used a scalpel to forcefully gouged out her own eyeballs? Then..." Glancing at the pale pink water in the bathtub, she said, "Throw it into the bathtub ?”
"It's not just the eyes." Enjin said, "Her heart was taken away."
The other three were startled at the same time, and said in unison: "How do you know?"
The cloth on the chest was soaked in blood, and they couldn't even see the wound, let alone the missing heart.
Enjin looked back at them, with an innocent expression of "how can I explain such a simple question": "Look with your eyes."
"..."
Although it is known that Huang Min removed her own eyeballs before she died, as to what prompted her to do such a frenzied thing, where her heart went, and the real cause of death, these problems are still unresolved. In the game world, many Everything violates the laws of nature, and we cannot seek knowledge with a scientific attitude, we can only wait for clues to appear little by little.
The four men couldn't see any more problems in room 401. It happened to be noon, so they went downstairs to find several other players and told them about Huang Min's death. After hearing the news, the others looked solemn and immediately went to the fourth floor Check.
There were only Gu Meng and the others in the cafeteria at noon.
It is still a simple meal, two meat and one vegetarian, exactly the same as yesterday.
The aunt behind the window looked lifeless, scooped up a spoonful of smashed potatoes and roast beef, put it on the dinner plate, and handed it to Gu Meng outside.
Gu Meng hesitated to speak, hesitated for a while, and said: "Auntie, when making this dish tomorrow, the beef and potatoes will be fried in oil for two minutes first, and the surface of the potatoes will be almost golden. It will be better if you can thicken it with a little starch."
The aunt looked at him lifelessly, and said to him neatly: "Get lost."
"..." Gu Meng turned around and left with the plate in her hand, threatening in a low voice, "Sooner or later you will lose your job like this."
The author has something to say:
Bo Ye's phantom is like this, the event on the day of retirement actually happened, the game re-simulated this scene based on his memory, but erased Tang Zhi.
Without Tang Zhi, Bo Ye would not have retired early. He really wanted to continue playing e-sports, but it was still love that won, so the game took advantage of his weakness and created an extreme environment for him: If his lover never appeared, he would Choose your ideal, choose "stay", once you agree to "stay", you really can't get out.
I hope dads can read it without the context.