Chapter 159: No Return (9)

As the leading Taoist temple in Binhai City, Haiyun Temple is busy with daily affairs. It has numerous cooperation matters with various sects and government departments, and often receives requests for help from all over the place.

Almost every Taoist priest who can work independently after graduation is responsible for corresponding work, and it is common for them not to see each other throughout the year.

Only during major festivals will most Taoist priests return to Haiyun Temple to hold solemn rituals and celebrations.

As for Taoist Priest Ma, he is good at formations, so his daily work is mostly to work with Binhai City officials to build and strengthen Binhai City's barriers to prevent annual typhoons and maritime disasters.

Therefore, after the Taoist couple roughly explained the situation, Taoist Master Ma suddenly remembered.

A few years ago, as soon as the old Taoist priest came out of meditation, his face turned pale and he suddenly spat out a large mouthful of blood, and his life force quickly faded away.

The entire Haiyun Temple was so frightened that it was mobilized. The abbot and the high-ranking Taoist priests expended great efforts to bring the old Taoist priest back from the brink of death.

As the most senior Taoist priest in Haiyun Temple, the old Taoist priest is the pillar of Haiyun Temple. There is no one stronger than him.

The abbot racked his brains but couldn't figure out who could have hurt the old Taoist priest so badly.

The old Taoist priest shook his head and said that it was God's will that could not be predicted.

When he entered into a state of meditation, he sensed the connection with plants and trees and discovered something strange between heaven and earth.

——There is something different in the underworld.

For the human world, life and death have always maintained a balance; the old die and the new is born.

After death, the soul will be drawn to the underworld, where the sins and merits of a lifetime will be judged, and the person will be reincarnated or punished.

But if something goes wrong in the underworld, the souls cannot be reincarnated and the evil spirits cannot be restrained.

The evil ghosts are running rampant in the human world, and the souls are crowded and stranded in the present world. The lives of normal people will inevitably be affected.

The old ones are getting old and sick and dying, the new ones are not being born, the souls are crowded, the evil spirits are rampant...

There is chaos on earth.

If there really comes a time when there are so many ghosts, even if Haiyun Temple is demolished again, I am afraid the entire temple will be destroyed and no one will return.

The old Taoist priest only got a glimpse of the Taoist meaning when he was suppressed by the thunder of heaven and earth.

If he wasn't so strong, he would have died silently in meditation. Or, if he had a higher talent and had seen more, even if he was extremely powerful, he would still be unable to escape the ruthlessness of the Great Dao.

The old Taoist priest also sighed, if it was his talented junior brother, he would definitely know more, such as why the underworld was abnormal and how to solve it. In that case, they would be able to turn the tide before the disaster came.

But in Haiyun Temple, there are only people who sacrifice their lives for their faith, and no one who is afraid of death.

Tao follows the laws of nature, but Tao can also go against the will of heaven and change one's destiny!

From that day on, Haiyun Temple has been paying attention to the affairs of the underworld, and has heard of many experiences similar to the old Taoist priest's from various sects.

The founders of several sects all received similar inspirations almost in the same year.

This made Haiyun Temple even more certain that a great disaster was about to happen.

The team of Taoist priests that Taoist Ma met were the ones who had been responsible for exploring the movements of the underworld.

Last month, they detected unusual movements on a mountain in the suburbs of Binhai City and determined that a new dark road had formed there, and they were afraid that ghosts would pass through.

Therefore, the eight Taoist priests were on high alert and guarded the mountain for a long time.

Just when they were wondering whether there was something wrong with the Qimen divination and the direction was wrong, they finally saw the ghost appear at midnight.

It was a group of evil spirits so long that there was no end in sight.

The ghost messenger follows, the ghost soldiers are stationed, the gongs clear the way, and the soul-calming bells protect the formation.

The eight Taoist priests were shocked, but immediately determined what this was—

The evil spirits imprisoned in the underworld are being escorted.

If these evil spirits escape from the underworld, then the human world...

The Taoist priest shuddered at the mere thought of it.

However, among the evil ghosts, the Taoist priests saw a strange figure.

The ghost looked like a newly deceased ghost, and was confused about the current situation. He was not tied with chains like other evil ghosts, and just walked around in a daze.

The confused soul has forgotten all its memories and only knows the pain and unwillingness of death. Guided by its last obsession in life, it remains in the human world.

Then, something happened that surprised the Taoist priests.

Because the routes of the new zombies and the Yin Road partially overlap, the ghost energy and resentment between them gradually overlapped, and finally merged into one.

The new zombie ghost was firmly grasped by the ghost energy of Yin Lu, and Yin Lu actually began to change in the direction of the new zombie ghost's walking!

The Taoist priest was shocked and wanted to rescue the new ghost from the dark road.

Although to ordinary people, all beings that are formed after death are ghosts, but ghost is actually just a general term. Some souls are only temporarily staying in the human world, and those who have not done anything wrong are destined to be reincarnated!

Instead of wailing in despair day and night in the bottomless hell with these sinful convicts.

But the other Taoist priests quickly stopped that Taoist priest.

The ghost soldiers are passing through, please keep away!

Even they could not escape unscathed from such a huge evil ghost and take away a single soul.

If it was just a single ghost messenger, there might be some hope. But this team obviously had elite ghost soldiers following them.

If they rush forward, they will die.

Moreover, they have a more important task - to find out the movements of the underworld, find out the reasons why there are abnormalities in the underworld, and stop it.

Although the Taoist priest was worried about the new ghost, he also knew what was more important. He could only sigh and prepare to find another opportunity to rescue him.

But I didn't expect that this one would run from the easternmost part of Binhai City to the westernmost part.

The leader of the eight Taoist priests said to Taoist Priest Ma, "I haven't paid attention to it for many days. I didn't expect that Guishan would have changed."

The Taoist priest said, "The Ghost Mountain below the Gui Mountain has always been an unsolved issue in Haiyun Temple. The souls that died there during the chaotic years have gathered a lot of ghost energy, and from the perspective of location, it is also an important place that affects the feng shui of Binhai City."

"We have deduced that the Ghost Mountain will become one of the anchor points of the Yin Road, so that the newly formed Yin Road will not float in the air like rootless duckweed. At the same time, it will also provide ghost energy for the Yin Road and expand it."

The Taoist priest said: "Unexpectedly, the ghost energy of Ghost Mountain disappeared completely! Therefore, Yin Road lost its anchor point and could not get more ghost energy nourishment, so it merged with the new ghost that happened to be present at the time."

The Taoist priest with sheep-beard beside him nodded with satisfaction: "This has prevented the thing we feared the most from happening. The Great Dao is well-intentioned!"

They chased all the way from the east of Binhai City and were always very nervous, fearing that Yinlu would be led into the city.

You should know that Binhai City, as a prosperous metropolis, is known as the city that never sleeps. Even in the middle of the night, there are many citizens outdoors, and many people get off work in the early morning.

At that time, it happened to be the time of the day when the yin energy was the heaviest and the yang energy was the weakest.

This is the time when the dark road that is invisible to others at ordinary times appears.

The evil ghost is unreasonable. Any stranger it sees, or any stranger who sees it, will be remembered and taken revenge on by it.

Even if there are ghosts detaining him, they are also ghosts. How could they care about such trivial matters?

Once someone appears near the Yin Road, he will be affected by the ghost spirit and be bedridden at best, or die on the spot at worst.

When Taoist Master Yangxu Hu was young, he even saw the appearance of the Yin Road more than ten years ago. A farmer was busy with the autumn harvest all night, but happened to run into the moment when the Yin Road appeared. The farmer looked at the evil ghost, and all his yang energy was devoured on the spot, turning into a mummy.

Therefore, all the Taoist priests were on high alert and had even prepared for the worst-case scenario, deciding to stand in front of ordinary citizens to prevent the evil spirits from doing evil.

But the strange thing was that the new zombie had been following a car that was so old and should have been scrapped, coming from the ring road, just avoiding the crowded areas in the city.

Although the Taoist priests did not understand why the new zombie followed a car, they believed that it led the Yin Road to a place where few people traveled, thus avoiding casualties.

After listening to what the other Taoists said, Taoist Ma had only one thought in his mind: What a blessing!

Fortunately, there is still hope under this avenue.

If the program crew had not gone to Guishan to film, and had not gone to Guishan by mistake because of the presence of director Zhang Wubing, and Yan Shixun had completely eradicated the resentment of Guishan, I am afraid that Yinlu would have grown to the point where it was difficult to control because of the replenishment of ghost energy.

If that were the case, many citizens living in the outer ring of Binhai City would be seriously harmed.

Seeing that Taoist Master Ma's expression was changing back and forth, Taoist Master Yangxu Hu asked curiously: "Daoyou Ma, is your face cramped?"

"By the way, Brother Ma, shouldn't you be at the Binhai City official? Why are you here?"

Taoist Priest Ma: “…”

A cry of surprise suddenly came from the side, attracting the attention of all the Taoist priests.

"I see! This profile shows the driver's appearance clearly!"

"Take a screenshot and find someone to check the identity of this driver."

It was the official responsible persons who found the driver's face flashing by in the surveillance video of the highway toll station.

At the same time, everyone saw the whole process of the incident from the dashcam provided by the car owner who initially wanted to save people.

The vehicle, which was so old that it could be scrapped, was driving normally on the road, but suddenly, the outline of an arm appeared on the rear window, and the silhouette looked like it was reaching out to the driver in front.

Afterwards, the vehicle began to shake violently and sway from side to side, as if the driver had lost control of the steering wheel.

Under such circumstances, the car rushed straight towards the guardrail, and after a loud "bang!", the car rolled several times and finally stopped on the side of the road.

Immediately, the car owner ran out to help, walked around the car to check and then made a phone call.

But when the car owner turned around, the wrecked vehicle disappeared out of thin air!

Seeing this, the car owner screamed and pointed at the surveillance camera, "Look! I wasn't lying, it really was just a blink of an eye, and both the car and the people disappeared!"

"Shit, what's going on? Is there a ghost?" The car owner's legs trembled and he swallowed hard.

The official person in charge quickly took the car owner aside, gently comforted him, and told him that he could leave.

After seeing the outline of the arm reflected in the rear window, the official in charge had already sensed something was wrong.

But not only that, in the surveillance video, when the vehicle was shaking, the trunk opened a crack, and the official in charge keenly saw a hint of red.

Like... pieces of raw meat.

Due to the sensitivity of the work, the official person in charge had a bad guess in his mind.

——I’m afraid there was another person in the car besides the driver.

But it was not a living person, but... a badly damaged corpse.

At this point, the matter is already under the responsibility of the special department.

The official head immediately called his department subordinates, sent them the address and asked them to come immediately.

Taoist priest with sheep-like beard looked at the scene, pondered for a moment, raised his hand and made divination.

A few minutes later, he was shocked and surprised: "It turned out to be like this, it turned out to be like this!"

Taoist Priest Ma immediately asked, "What did you figure out, fellow Taoist?"

What he lacks is divination!

Isn't this just a coincidence?

At this moment, another convoy came on the highway, with shrill whistles and bright red and blue flashes, making it unmistakable to anyone who knew them.

The official person in charge and the team that arrived earlier all stopped what they were doing and looked at the convoy that had just arrived.

The Taoist priests over there also looked over.

A Taoist priest said with a smile: "May you be blessed with infinite happiness today. It is quite lively today."

The people in the convoy saw the blockade line, as well as the gathered people and vehicles, from afar, and they were a little puzzled as to why there were so many people.

But he did not associate this with the case he was in charge of. He just thought that something went wrong in a sister unit. After all, it looked like a car accident had just happened.

So, after asking for instructions, the team pulled over and rolled down the window: "Hello, do you need a hand?"

He glanced at the forensic doctor carrying a toolbox not far away, and suddenly realized: It seemed that the car accident was not caused by the brother unit, but they were handling the car accident?

But...where's the car?

After all, the protagonist of a car accident must have a car, right? The forensic doctor is here, so he must have an object to examine, right? Why is there no one?

His professional sensitivity made him feel a little strange, but when his eyes swept across the computer in front of the official person in charge, he was suddenly stunned.

The screenshot on the computer showed the suspect in the case he was in charge of!

He has been talking about this face all day long, he would recognize it even if it turned into ashes!

The uniformed personnel immediately turned around and explained the situation to the captain, then opened the door and got out of the car, saluted the official person in charge, and then asked about the person in the screenshot.

The official in charge was surprised: "You mean, this is the suspect in the missing case you are investigating?"

The uniformed personnel nodded.

A few days ago, a couple reported to the police that their son had been missing for a whole day.

As graduation was approaching, their son, who was studying at Binhai University, was feeling a little depressed because of the issue of guaranteed admission to graduate school and public opinion within the school, so the couple advised their son to go out and relax.

However, I didn’t expect that after he went out, I lost contact with my son.

The couple said that at first they could contact their son when he left Binhai City, but after he went to the suburbs, he stopped answering the phone, and when they called again, his phone was turned off.

The couple was extremely anxious, so they immediately reported the case to the police.

The local jurisdiction took immediate action to locate the last place the son’s phone was seen, and discovered that it was in the suburbs west of Binhai City.

They rushed there and after asking villagers along the way, someone told them that they saw their son going up the mountain.

My son also asked the villagers about the temperature difference between day and night in the mountains and brought thick clothes. It seemed that he was going to the mountains to watch the sunrise.

After searching the mountain, they found no trace of their son.

But the rescue dog kept barking at the bushes.

After pushing aside the dead branches, there was a severed finger with a ring on it.

From the style of the ring, the couple recognized that it was their son's jewelry. It was said that it was given by their son's good friend. Their son liked it very much and always wore it on his hand. He would always smile when he saw the ring.

The couple almost fainted.

The hearts of the search and rescue team also sank.

In the autumn and winter, wild animals do occasionally appear on this mountain in search of food.

But they soon discovered that their son did not die from a wild beast, but from human hands!

The cross section of the finger was too clean, not the irregular jagged marks left by a beast's bite, but the marks left by a knife cut.

And, there was a slight hint of lamb on it.

These all became clues pointing to the whereabouts of his son.

The search and rescue dog tracked the trail all the way to the road at the foot of the mountain, where the search and rescue team found a pool of dried blood on the side of the road and traces of tire tracks on the blood.

And the smell stopped here.

They concluded that someone had hurt their son and then taken him away in a car.

After comparing the vehicle signal with the wheel tracks, the search and rescue team relied on the sparsely populated surveillance in the suburbs to track down the vehicle to the edge of the village in another direction.

The rescue dogs found an abandoned hut.

After pushing open the door, the scene made everyone silent.

It was a scene from hell.

Blood was splattered everywhere, and pieces of flesh and white bone fragments fell to the ground.

Some of the blood has dried up and oxidized, while some is still fresh. It seems that the owners of this blood have been injured for more than a day.

They knew that their missing son was in grave danger.

But holding on to a glimmer of hope, they still tracked down the road.

Then I met the official person in charge on the road.

When the team that arrived first heard this, anger was written all over their faces.

"Is this still a human being?" The captain was shaking with anger.

The forensic doctor clenched his fists so tightly that his nails pierced his palms.

The official person in charge connected all the clues and finally found out the facts.

——The student who went missing from Binhai University a few days ago was killed by the driver, who then put the body in the trunk and prepared to dump it across regions.

Unexpectedly, the deceased resurrected and caused the driver to have a car accident, thus avenging himself.

The official in charge sighed and said, "The suspect you are looking for has been in a car accident and his life or death is unknown."

The uniformed officer was puzzled: "Car accident? Where's the car?"

Good question, he wanted to know too.

The official in charge said calmly: "He has lost his whereabouts temporarily and is being searched for."

"Please rest assured." The official said solemnly: "Whether he is alive or dead, if he really killed someone, he will not be able to escape punishment."

The official person in charge finally figured out why the people from the program crew could not be contacted.

Judging from Director Zhang Wubing's physical condition and the situation sent by Mr. Yan, the middle-aged man who stopped the car for help was the suspected driver, and judging from the accident scene and the revenge of the wronged soul, the driver was probably dead.

Since Mr. Yan was there, the official person in charge was sure that the suspect could not escape.

He trusted Yan Shixun.

"Excuse me, but I have to interrupt." Taoist priest with sheep-bearded beard came over and said, "The deceased you are talking about...what does he look like? Do you have a photo or birth date?"

Taoist Master Ma, who witnessed the whole process, suddenly had an epiphany and figured out everything.

…

When Yan Shixun opened his eyes, he had not yet fully recovered from his dizziness, but he immediately turned over and sat up. His brain was still executing the instructions before he fell into a coma, and he subconsciously reached forward, trying to grab the young man who was falling from the pool of blood.

However, Yan Shixun's palm hit the wall.

The slight pain helped him regain consciousness. The difference between there being no wall on the road and there being a wall beside him also made Yan Shixun regain his consciousness quickly and look around vigilantly.

Then he was faced with a white wall.

Yan Shixun: “?”

He looked around in confusion, only to find that he was no longer on the road.

But in a dormitory.

He had just woken up in his bed in the dormitory, and was now sitting on the narrow bed, overlooking the small space.

Memories that I haven't thought about for a long time surfaced.

Yan Shixun recognized where this was.

——He lived in the dormitory for four years when he was studying at Binhai University.

But why is he here? Shouldn't it be a highway?

And after so many years, why do all the items in the dormitory still look the same as they did back then?

Yan Shixun frowned, feeling confused.

The four-person dormitory was dark and without any lights on, so one could only barely make out the outlines of the furniture.

But Yan Shixun still relied on the structure in his memory to quickly reconstruct the situation of the dormitory in his mind.

There was just a mosquito net hanging on the bed opposite, and a human figure was shaped like a human figure on the unfolded quilt, but in the dim light, it was impossible to see clearly whether there was anyone there or not.

Yan Shixun narrowed his eyes and was cautiously jumping down by holding onto the fence of the dormitory bed. When he checked on the other side, he saw that the bed opposite moved.

A tall figure slowly sat up.

"Shi Xun?" the person on the other side asked in a hoarse voice.

The voice of Yeli.

Yan Shixun felt a little relieved.

Then, he turned serious and asked Ye Li, "What happened after I fell unconscious? Why are we here?"

Although he asked, Yan Shixun already had a guess in his mind.

When he was in the abyss, he saw a pool of blood and a young man on the ground, and the same scene appeared on the road.

At that time, he judged that the entire space should have stopped at a certain moment, but because of the existence of ghost energy, the road extended infinitely.

The reason why he suddenly changed the scene and found himself in the university dormitory back then was probably because of this reason.

——It’s a ghost.

The only difference is that the still road scene was replaced by the student apartments of Binhai University.

Yan Shixun didn't believe that the dormitory from that time would be preserved as it was, so it could only be caused by ghosts.

Ye Li whispered, "You were dragged into the blood pool by the ghosts, and I followed you."

Yan Shixun blinked his eyes and said, "Since you saw that there were ghosts under the blood pool, why did you jump down?"

He was a little surprised: "Don't you know that such a strange blood pool must be dangerous?"

Beneath the blood pool, the danger is unknown.

Why... would anyone be willing to jump down.

Is it just because you are worried about him?

Even someone as insensitive to his own emotions as Yan Shixun sensed something was wrong.

When he was young, he was always called a "liar", "big talker" and "one who watched too many TV dramas" by his peers because he could see things that others could not. So he began to keep silent and watch the noise of his peers with cold eyes.

After being abandoned by his parents, most of the people he came into contact with through Li Chengyun were enlightened people who were cultured and mature in their ways.

As for the others who entrusted Li Chengyun with the task, as well as the various people they met on the journey, they were all temporary passers-by and were not taken seriously by Yan Shixun.

So, strictly speaking, the only person Yan Shixun had been with for a long time, besides Li Chengyun, was Zhang Wubing.

But Yan Shixun was sure that if it was Li Chengyun, he would calmly find a way to save himself outside the blood pool. If it was Zhang Wubing, he would call other masters to save him.

No matter which one, no one would do something as irrational and dangerous as jumping down.

But Yeli did it anyway.

There was no sample for Yan Shixun to study and understand, and no one had ever taught him. This was an emotion he did not understand.

But...it made him somewhat moved at this moment.

Ye Li laughed softly: "Of course I know. But, you are here, you are also in danger."

"So, of course I'm coming."

There was silence in the dormitory for a moment.

Yan Shixun pursed his lips, not knowing how to answer.

It was not until he heard the noise of young boys coming from the corridor outside the door, sounding like they were returning from class, that Yan Shixun came back to his senses.

Yan Shixun looked towards the door with a vigilant expression, his muscles tense.

He originally thought that this place was a static space like the highway, but after listening to the sounds outside...there were more than just them here!

There are probably other ordinary people involved here.

For example, students from Binhai University.

Yan Shixun quickly grabbed the bedside railing and did not use the ladder. Instead, he nimbly flipped sideways and jumped down, standing firmly on the ground.

"Will you open it at night?"

"No, no, I have a test to review for the day after tomorrow, so let's finish it now."

"I don't want to go to class."

"I have few classes during the final semester, so I'm staying in the dorm all the time. It's fine."

…

The people walking by outside were discussing enthusiastically, and the atmosphere was full of youthful energy. The lights in the corridor followed them as they walked, casting shadows in the space under the door.

Just like every ordinary college night, after class, students return to the dormitory chatting and laughing, shaking off the chill outside, feeling peaceful and warm.

But Yan Shixun was standing outside the door, his eyes turning cold rapidly.

No matter what the blood pool was, or what the identity of the young man was, Yan Shixun was now a little angry.

Not only was he in the scene, but there were also other ordinary students.

These are innocent people who shouldn't be here and involved in danger.

Because he didn't understand the current situation, Yan Shixun listened quietly in the dormitory without making a sound or pushing the door to go out.

The presence of ordinary students made him more cautious. If he made a wrong move, what was at stake... was the lives of all innocent people.

Fortunately, there were not many students returning from get out of class, and they soon walked past the dormitory door, and the corridor returned to silence.

Ye Li's tall body landed lightly on the ground. He raised his hand and held Yan Shixun's shoulder, and asked softly, "Shixun?"

Yan Shixun tilted his cheek and responded to Ye Li.

But his eyes did not move.

Judging from the sound of students walking by the door just now, there are at least a hundred people.

Moreover, these people are most likely ordinary people who are not familiar with occult arts and cannot protect themselves from ghosts and monsters.

If it were someone else, they might just turn a blind eye.

But Yan Shixun also carried the lives of these ordinary students on his shoulders.

Even though he had never seen what they looked like and didn't know them, since he was the only capable one among these people, he had to take up the responsibility and protect them.

But the huge number weighed heavily on Yan Shixun's heart.

Ye Li understood Yan Shixun's thoughts, and he spoke softly, "Don't worry."

"I am here."

After a while, Yan Shixun said "hmm" and came back to his senses and looked at the surrounding environment.

Binhai University, as an old school in Binhai City, is the top institution of higher learning in Binhai City. The legendary diplomat Jing Yin also has the title of Honorary Professor of Binhai University.

Due to donations from famous alumni over the years, the school has ample funds and is generously willing to give back to students, so the four-person dormitories are spacious and the facilities are new and complete.

The Finance Department of Binhai University is well-known, and many students have assets at home, so they go back home to live when they can't get used to living in the dormitory.

Thus, a bed was left vacant in Yan Shixun's dormitory.

He only saw that roommate once on the first day of his freshman year. The next time he saw him was when he opened his eyes in the middle of the night, and saw his roommate's empty and confused soul sitting on top of him.

After the roommate died, his family quickly came to pack up the belongings in the dormitory, and then the bed remained empty as no one was willing to move in.

——At that time, people in the School of Finance were saying that this dormitory was full of freaks and someone had died there, and it was unlucky.

But now, Yan Shixun saw that there were still a lot of dusty personal belongings on the table under the bed.

This made him wonder if there was something wrong with the timing, otherwise how could there still be the roommate's things.

Ye Li looked around the dormitory: "Is this where you lived back then?"

Yan Shixun nodded: "After all, it is a part of college life, collective life."

Ye Li was a little surprised.

He had seen many extremely gifted exorcists and heavenly masters in the world. In previous dynasties, heavenly masters were highly respected by emperors and generals and were highly trusted by emperors. Nowadays, most of the famous masters were also very impressive and had a good income.

Although Ye Li knew that Yan Shixun was not a material person as early as after seeing Yan Shixun's courtyard, and also during this period of time, he learned that Yan Shixun did not care much about many aspects of life, such as food, clothing, housing and transportation.

But Yan Shixun is a ghost exorcist after all, and he deals with ghosts on a daily basis. He thought that Yan Shixun would not live with ordinary people.

Yan Shixun glanced at Ye Li and was used to his reaction: "When Zhang Wubing's father found out that Zhang Wubing and I shared a dormitory, he had the same expression."

Ye Li: "...you and Zhang Wubing."

His tone was quite gnashing: "Live together for four years?"

It would be fine for others, as Ye Li knew Yan Shixun was not someone who would easily give his trust to others. But Zhang Wubing was different, as he had seen with his own eyes how close the relationship between the two was.

This caused ripples in Ye Li's mood, and he suddenly felt a little jealous of Zhang Wubing.

If only he could meet Yan Shixun again sooner...

Yan Shixun pointed to the bed that Ye Li had just jumped onto: "The bed you just lay on was a bed without a disease."

Ye Li: "..."

Why wasn’t he lying on Shi Xun’s bed?

"In fact, the courtyard is not far from Binhai University. I can go to school as a commuter."

Yan Shixun checked the items in the dormitory and said indifferently: "But I have a very good counselor who is serious and responsible. He is afraid that I will go astray, so he asked my master to let me live on campus and experience college life."

"My master thought what she said made sense. He told me that observing the world is also a form of spiritual practice."

Yan Shixun said calmly: "So I stayed."

——Then I just watched that little fool Zhang Wubing, crying and hugging his father for four years.

Ye Li was very interested in Yan Shixun's past. Whenever he was about to stop, Ye Li would bring up a new topic and ask him to continue.

After Yan Shixun had a rough look at the items in the dormitory, Ye Li also listened to Yan Shixun's experience in college.

Ye Li's eyes turned even gloomier as he looked at Zhang Wu's bed.

Tsk.

Zhang Wubing, who was somewhere far away, said: “A-choo!”

He huddled himself into a ball, trembling, in a small closet, wanting to cry but unable to.

Brother Yan, Dad, when will you come to save your cute little Bingbing... Woo.

But Yan Shixun looked at the textbooks on the table with cold eyes.

He recognized that this was the second semester of his freshman year.

That was... the year he least wanted to recall.

The darkest moment of his life.

When he walked out of the yard and turned around, he saw Li Chengyun waving at him with a smile. She also took off her scarf and put it around his neck with the remaining warmth to block out the cold winter wind.

Li Chengyun said regretfully that it was a pity that school started early and they were unable to eat Yuanxiao together on the Lantern Festival, so it could not be considered a reunion.

Looking at Li Chengyun's face full of regret, Yan Shixun, who was still young at that time, was unable to understand the meaning of Li Chengyun's words.

He just said to his master: "When you come back, we will spend the Lantern Festival together at home next year."

Li Chengyun was surprised for a moment, his eyebrows and eyes were stunned, and then he said in a very light voice with expectation: "Okay."

"If I can see you again, I will learn how to make Yuanxiao, and we can make one together for a reunion."

The young Yan Shixun didn't understand.

He left.

Even after he walked a long way and disappeared around the corner of the alley, Li Chengyun's eyes were still on his back.

It's like... taking a last reluctant look.

When the spring cherry blossoms faded, Yan Shixun was greeted by his counselor, whose face was filled with anxiety and sadness.

There was another letter, news of Li Chengyun’s death.

Even now, many years later, Yan Shixun still doesn't want to recall the memories of that year.

He didn't know how he spent that time in a daze. There was an empty space in his heart and even his soul was confused.

As a teacher, a friend and a father, Li Chengyun took on all the necessary roles in the first half of his life.

After Li Chengyun's death, even the sunlight became dim, the laughter could be heard through frosted glass, and he was imprisoned in a circle.

Then, what happened later...

Yan Shixun's eyes were dazed. He raised his slender fingers and gently pressed them on the scattered textbooks on the table.

Later, a fool sat next to him, crying loudly, helping him cry out all the tears that he couldn't cry out.

Then the little fool looked at him with red eyes and said to him: "Brother Yan, from today on, I am your family. Don't worry, our master is gone, but I am still here. I will take care of you and will never let you feel lonely or wronged."

The little fool was so stupid that Yan Shixun, who was used to getting along with extremely talented people when he was young, couldn't help but wonder how there could be such a stupid person.

But he was still amused by the little fool and kicked him out lightly.

Yan Shixun was still immersed in the memories that were evoked, but suddenly he heard a voice coming from outside the door.

"Brother Yan, can I sleep in the same bed with you tonight?" The voice was pitiful.

Yan Shixun quickly exchanged a glance with Ye Li and saw the surprise in each other's eyes.

Ye Li was injured: ...This voice belongs to Zhang Wubing. Shi Xun, you and Zhang Wubing, aren't you just friends?

Yan Shixun was puzzled: ??? What are you talking about?

Then, the voice came again: "The night before last, it seemed like a ghost was sitting next to my pillow and looking at me. When I opened my eyes, I was right in front of the ghost's face. His face was full of pus. I was scared."

"I couldn't fall asleep yesterday. As soon as I closed my eyes, I saw that face. I almost fell asleep during the foreign language listening test today."

The voice outside cried, "What should I do for tomorrow's exam? If I fall asleep again, the teacher will eat me alive."

Yan Shixun was so familiar with this voice that even if the other party only uttered a single tone, it would be enough for him to hear it.

It was Zhang Wubing.

She is just younger and more innocent. Because of the protection of the Zhang family, she has been living in a pure white ivory tower, young and full of vitality.

Yan Shixun quietly opened the door a crack and looked out.

Just then a cold snort was heard.

"I refuse."

Just a few words made Ye Li and Yan Shixun freeze in place.

——It was Yan Shixun’s voice.

But he was in the dormitory at this time.

Then... who is that outside the door?

Yan Shixun's figure flashed past through the narrow gap in the door.