"What's the matter with you? Is something wrong?" Alex turned his head suddenly, his dark blue eyes fixed on him.
"It's okay." Chi Yan replied hurriedly, without looking carefully at what his neighbor looked like at the time, he raised his hand and ran to the pool to rinse it with cold water, "It's just a cut, just go back and wrap it up."
He turned his head and smiled at Alex, then walked back to his room. He remembered that before he came, his mother put a box of Yunnan Baiyao Band-Aids in the side pocket of his schoolbag.
It's just a small injury, breaking the skin on the surface. After Chi Yan put on the Band-Aid, he continued to go back to the kitchen to cut potatoes and shredded potatoes, but it was just this moment, and Alex and his steak were no longer there.
Is it already finished? Not so soon, more likely to find his friends.
Chi Yan didn't care too much and continued to finish his dinner.
He was lying in bed alone at night and was about to fall asleep when he heard a knock on the door.
Alex's voice came from outside the door: "Jerry, Jerry, are you asleep?"
Jerry is Chi Yan's English name, which was given by his primary school English teacher. At that time, the English teacher just randomly prepared some of the most common English names and randomly assigned them to the whole class. At that time, Chi Yan was always glad that no one in his class wanted to be called Tom. But the name has a certain stickiness, and many of his social accounts are also registered with this name, and it is naturally difficult to change after using it now.
"Well, I'm already asleep, what's the matter?" Chi Yan picked up the phone and checked the time, it was already eleven o'clock, "If you're not in a hurry, can you talk about it tomorrow?" He has already washed and undressed. , it will be troublesome to get up and change clothes again.
"Oh, it's nothing." Alex muttered something outside the door, but Chi Yan didn't hear it clearly and didn't take it to heart.
He had a big class and a discussion class today, and went for a run in the school gym after class. He consumed a lot of energy. He felt sleepy not long after closing his eyes. The sound of opening doors and talking. It's Emily's room. It's so late. Did she just come back, or was she going out
Thinking like this, Chi Yan gradually fell asleep.
The next day was Saturday. Chi Yan had no class, but went to the school library to discuss the topic of the group report assignment with a group of classmates. He happened to see Emily when he was going out. She was holding a trash can in her hand, and she seemed to be going to the kitchen to take out the trash.
Chi Yan casually glanced down and saw that there were large groups of blood-stained tissues above the trash can.
He looked up and saw the scar on Emily's wrist holding the trash can. The dark blood scabs and bruised bruises were particularly conspicuous on the snow-white arm.
"Are you hurt?" he asked.
"It's okay," Emily raised her head and smiled, gently covering her left hand with her right hand, "It's just that it was accidentally scratched, and there was more blood."
"Be careful then, I also cut my hand yesterday. It's really bad luck." Chi Yan also smiled and said goodbye to the other party. She took the elevator downstairs by herself, and gradually felt a little bit of disobedience - the wound didn't look like a scratch at all, it was more like a cut. Yes... bitten by something.
He was a little concerned and remembered the dark shadow he saw in the woods beside the road on the way from the school gym to the dormitory last night. That thing is like a big dog, very tall and strong. Does anyone around here have large dogs? There are even more terrifying conjectures. Jiang Tian said that he had heard wolves howling at night. The ecological environment of this place is very good. Maybe there are wolves? Maybe running down those hills
Chi Yan has also seen articles and reports on the Internet about people and animals in some towns with a good ecological environment, and even with wild animals such as wolves and bears. The carnivorous beasts are still a little frightening.
However, Emily's later action to cover the wound showed that she did not want others to see the injury, and the scratch may just be an excuse, it is better not to ask people's privacy.
Chi Yan and the group members discussed until 5 pm. He thought that it was Saturday and that there was not much to do soon after school started. Those people in the dormitory would definitely have a party on the fifth floor, and then he would be so noisy in the room that he would be unable to do anything, so he simply stayed in the library all the time. , and waited until nine o'clock to pack up the schoolbag and go back.
His dormitory is built outside the school, and the distance between them is not close. There are school buses to pick up and drop off during non-weekends. If you walk, it takes at least 30 minutes.
Summer nights are very cool, the summer heat dissipates, and the air is filled with the fragrance of grass and trees.
"Jerry, Jerry!"
Chi Yan heard the shouts and footsteps, and took a moment to realize that the other party was calling him. He turned around, just in time to see Alex walking towards him.
"Did you just come out of school too? Go back to the dormitory? Let's go back together then."
Chi Yan was a little surprised: "Why didn't you attend today's party?"
In his impression, Alex and his friends are downright "party animals", and it's strange that they're still at school so late today.
"Because I found something more worth looking forward to and unstoppable." Alex replied softly.
"Yes, I agree. Sometimes when you are immersed in learning, you can't stop. That's why there is a saying called 'thirst for knowledge'. The thirst for knowledge and appetite are really two things that can't be curbed or covered up." Chi Yan echoed, "By the way, did you come to see me last night for anything?"
"It's not a big deal. I had a party with my friends last night. I still lack a 'companion'. I want to ask if you would like to come with us."
"That's a pity, I hope I will join your party next time." Chi Yan said, but what he thought was that even if he didn't plan to go to bed, he wouldn't be with Alex and his friends. Go out to party.
The two of them walked towards the dormitory while talking. It was dark all the way. Only the street lamps gave off a dim orange light, which stretched the shadows of the bushes beside the road very long. They took a shortcut and were walking to the middle of the two buildings. The road was not short, but it could only be illuminated by the light coming in from the street lamps on both sides of the road, making it even darker.
"There will definitely be another chance." Alex smiled vaguely, "So it doesn't matter, I happened to meet Emily yesterday and invited her to go with me."
"That's fine. But I saw that Emily was hurt today, do you know that?"
Alex's blue eyes dimmed: "Really? Then she was really careless."
Chi Yan kept walking on the side of the wall, and he found that Alex was getting closer and closer to him. They had just reached the middle of the road now, when Alex suddenly stopped and turned to face him.
"Jerry." He lowered his head with a friendly smile, "Can you do me a favor?"
Chi Yan was not used to being so close to people, so he took a step back: "What's the matter?"
"I seem to be sick and feel a little uncomfortable. I hope you can do me a favor." A strange red halo appeared in his eyes, and he stared intently at Chi Yan's eyes.
"What's wrong? Acute gastroenteritis? I'll take you to the school hospital?" Chi Yan also felt that something was wrong with his neighbor.
Alex seemed stunned for a moment, but the next second he straightened up alertly. Just as the lion about to eat has found other pretenders.
At the end of the road, a black car was parked under the street lights on the side of the street where they came from.
His eyesight is far superior to that of ordinary people, and he can clearly see extremely detailed things. The front window of the car was half open, and inside was a middle-aged man with gray hair. A dark-gold pocket watch was hanging on the man's chest, and some patterns were engraved on the case of the pocket watch.
He narrowed his eyes and looked more closely - the uneven pattern on the pocket watch was countless thorns, and a rose tightly entwined in it.
A rose entwined with thorns, the symbol of Prince Aimer.
Alex's pupils narrowed.
The rear window was tightly closed, and he couldn't see what was inside, only a faint black outline reflected on the window.