After Qiu Yanzhi returned to the house, he charged the phone and turned it on.
He opened the missed calls, there were mother, father, housekeeper, Zhang Yuxuan...
But when he looked more closely, he discovered a strange thing.
These calls, all focused on the first and second days of his disappearance.
3 to 15 days after that.
Except for some harassing calls and promotional advertisements, no one called.
Qiu Yanzhi called Zhong Yabai again, but luckily he answered this time.
"Yanyan, is that you Yanyan?"
"mom-"
As soon as Qiu Yanzhi heard Zhong Yabo's voice, he felt grievances and sourness welled up in his nose, almost crying.
"Mom, where are you? I'm back."
Zhong Yabai said, "We are on vacation on Hongming Island, what's the matter, didn't He Zhou tell you?"
Qiu Yanzhi's tears were forcibly held back.
"… Vacation?"
"Yeah, don't you like this island? My father and I came here to negotiate the island purchase contract, and we took a vacation here by the way... How is your thesis? It's finally finished, oh, He Zhou said that you are on this subject. Pay special attention, I and your father dare not disturb you these two days..."
"… paper?"
"Yeah, He Zhou said that you went to the Great Northwest with your classmates and teachers on a field trip for this topic. I heard that the environment there is not good. He Zhou said that your phone was broken and there was no place to buy a new one... Hey, what's wrong with you? I'm always so stubborn, what do I have to do in that place, what should I do if I get hurt, how is it now? Are you back?"
Qiu Yanzhi: ... He Zhou! ! !
Qiu Yanzhi couldn't explain where he had gone for the past 15 days, nor could he directly say that he was angry and left because of He Zhou to worry his mother, so he broke his teeth and swallowed it to help He Zhou tell the lie: "... um , I'm back, everything is fine with me, you don't have to worry about it... But why did the house code change?"
"Oh, my mother watched the news two days ago and felt that the world is too unsafe, and the leakage of private information is too serious, especially if you use your birthday as a password, it will be cracked in minutes, so mother replaced it with your lunar calendar. Birthday… "
After finishing the call with Zhong Yabai, Qiu Yanzhi called Zhang Yuxuan back again.
"Yanyan! You are really not funny. Even if you go to make up your honeymoon with He Zhou, how can you not contact me for so long?"
Qiu Yanzhi: …
Qiu Yanzhi was full of sadness after hanging up the phone.
Others evaporated for 15 days.
No one bothered to find him, waited for him, worried about him.
He Zhou didn't make a phone call, didn't send a message, and didn't care about him at all. He even dared to deceive his parents and friends.
He has quit the game. If he really ran away from home, no one would know if he died outside.
The more Qiu Yanzhi thought about it, the more sad he became, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that He Zhou was not a person.
He curled up on the bed, feeling cold and shivering for a while.
"Ah-chirp!"
Qiu Yanzhi sneezed.
Rhubarb flew out again, spinning in a circle in the sky, his face full of excitement: "Yanyan! Congratulations! You have just been in the rain for more than 20 minutes, and you have achieved an achievement: the first fever! You can feel it. , feel it! Do you feel cold all over?! Our game is very good at this aspect, and there is basically no difference between it and a real fever... It is the technical peak of our game! No other game can do this. Effect!!"
Qiu Yanzhi: "... Get out!"
The cold wet clothes were sticking to the person's body, which was uncomfortably severe. Qiu Yanzhi shuddered, and staggered out of the bed. He dragged his weak body and pushed open the door to the bathroom, ready to take a hot shower. , change into warm clothes.
Qiu Yanzhi came out of the room, and He Zhou, who was sitting on the sofa downstairs, just raised his head.
The eyes of the two collided at this moment.
In an instant.
Qiu Yanzhi almost forgot what he was going to do.
He could only see He Zhou's eyes.
Black eyes, deep pupils, pure without any impurities.
He just looked at Qiu Yanzhi quietly.
He didn't say anything, didn't ask anything.
There was silence all around.
Qiu Yanzhi clenched his left hand holding the pole inch by inch, then turned his head, avoiding the gaze of He Zhou and walking towards the bathroom.
He Zhou's phone screen lit up, and then a phone rang.
"Mr. He, finally there is news from Mr. Qiu! Mr. Qiu's mobile phone was turned on 1 hour and 29 minutes ago, and he paid for a taxi with his mobile phone. But it was turned off again 1 hour and 5 minutes ago. However, we located his location before the shutdown, on Zhongshan Road, Qingyu District, where his parents lived..."
"Thank you for your hard work."
"It's not hard, it's not hard, we should, we'll set off to Qingyu District immediately, and we'll get Mr. Qiu back for you!"
"No need." He Zhou whispered.
The man on the other side of the phone said in a hurried and anxious tone: "...No, no need? But Mr. He, you have been looking for him for so long, and you will find him soon. If he disappears again..."
"He's already back." He Zhou slowly put his fingers on his forehead and let out a slight sigh.
He Zhou hung up the phone, turned his head, and looked at the tablet just placed on the table.
The video on the tablet is still playing in a loop.
That was the surveillance video of Qiu Yanzhi entering a park after leaving the company on the day he disappeared.
There is very little surveillance in the park. Hezhou has watched it many times these days, but he has not found any trace of Qiu Yanzhi after entering the park.
Qiu Yanzhi's passport, wallet, and credit cards are all at home.
In the past 15 days, his mobile phone has been turned off and there is no consumption record.
None of his friends, family and classmates have news of him.
But now he opened the door and came back.
Penniless, wearing the clothes of the day he disappeared, and soaked in the rain.
He Zhou lowered his eyelids and turned off the screen.
Qiu Yanzhi took a long hot bath, and then felt that it was not so cold.
Standing up from the bath, Qiu Yanzhi reached for the bathrobe.
… Um
What about Lao Tzu's bathrobe
Qiu Yanzhi panicked a little, came out of the bath with bare feet, tiptoed, and went through the cabinets one by one.
The moment Qiu Yanzhi turned around, he felt that the soles of his feet slipped, bang! Immediately, he fell into the bathtub.
Huge pain struck instantly, and Qiu Yanzhi was in so much pain that tears came out.
If he didn't guess wrong.
Probably twisted to the waist.
It's very serious, and the upper half of the body above the waist is so painful that it is impossible to move.
After half a month of not playing the game, the system even restored the pain value to the default.
The most terrifying thing is.
Since he is taking a shower, the game automatically turns on advanced privacy mode.
The rhubarb disappeared, and the system settings couldn't pop up.
Qiu Yanzhi tried to struggle for a while, but his body slipped down again, and most of his head was submerged in the water.
Qiu Yanzhi stretched his head vigorously, barely able to breathe.
Just as the water fluctuated, water continued to pour into his nostrils.
Qiu Yanzhi flashed a series of numbers in front of his eyes.
That's the number of people who die accidentally from baths around the world every year.
Hezhou save me!
I don't want to die yet.
After playing for so long, Qiu Yanzhi didn't want to get the final result of "you fell and drowned in the bathtub".
The cry for help that was about to burst out of his mouth was suppressed in his mouth.
No, people must live with dignity.
So what if I twisted my waist, with a small injury, I will definitely be able to handle it, and I will definitely be able to get up on my own!
"Knock knock knock." Suddenly there were three knocks on the door.
Qiu Yanzhi's body was tense, but his mouth was also half covered with water, so he couldn't speak, so he could only make a vague hum.
"Bathrobe." He Zhou paused for a moment before continuing: "There is no more inside, I put one at the door, you can come out and get it yourself later."
There was no reply.
"Qiu Yanzhi?"
There was still no reply.
Just as He Zhou was about to leave, Qiu Yan suddenly shouted hysterically from the bathroom: "He Zhou! Gulu... Help me! Gulu Gulu... I'm going to be drowned Gulu Gulu..."
He Zhou's heart tightened, and he held the handle of the house door and pressed it down.
Locked back.
"Qiu Yanzhi?!" He Zhou shouted again in a panic, but there was no answer in the room, only the sound of struggling in the water.
He Zhou was already a little panicked, and before he had time to get any tools, he leaned on his side and slammed into the door with all his might.
The quality of this door lock is quite good, but luckily the bathroom door is made of glass.
With a loud bang, the glass shattered all over the floor.
He Zhou strode in through the door, his steps a little flustered.
When he saw Qiu Yanzhi, whose whole body was soaked in the bathtub, his face was pale, and he was struggling to breathe with his head raised, he felt a thump in his heart, and walked over at a brisk pace, stretched out his hand and pulled Qiu Yanzhi out of the water. held it out.
Qiu Yanzhi burst into tears in pain: "It hurts! Waist..."
Only then did He Zhou realize that Qiu Yanzhi twisted his waist.
He Zhou changed his position to hug him almost at a loss, turned his head and was about to rush outside.
Qiu Yanzhi blushed and called to him: "...I...I haven't dressed yet!"
He Zhou seemed to realize that the man in his arms was naked and his face was a little embarrassed. He turned around again, picked up the bathrobe that had just been placed at the door, and put it on the man in his arms indiscriminately. Holding it in his arms, he couldn't put on the bathrobe.
Qiu Yanzhi was naked and held in his arms, his face was red and blood was dripping: "... I just have a waist flash, not paralyzed, I can stand by myself."
He Zhou froze for a moment, quickly put Qiu Yanzhi on the ground, and put on his bathrobe again without saying a word.
"...Can I go by myself?" He Zhou asked.
If you can walk, you can walk, but the speed is slower. You can only move slowly with your waist. The key is that the stairs are not easy to go down.
He Zhou also seemed to understand, reached out and hugged Qiu Yanzhi again, and said in a low voice, "Stop moving."
Qiu Yanzhi put his hands around Hezhou's neck and stopped moving.
When going down the stairs, Qiu Yanzhi suddenly saw several scratches on He Zhou's neck.
He looked again carefully, and found that there was still a small glass slag in it.
... He Zhou was injured when he hit the door just now.
Qiu Yanzhi pursed his lips, stopped talking, and leaned on He Zhou's shoulder obediently.