Find Chen Ming

On the third day, Qi Jing woke up in a daze. For some reason, he just wanted to cry. He had discovered that he wanted to cry easily, and it was not at all like the secretary he remembered.

When he woke up, there was no one in the dormitory, but fortunately the noisy sounds outside made him feel a little calmer.

He sat on his bed in a daze, his feet on the ladder. He stared at the wall opposite him, his eyes somewhat empty. He was thinking about Chen Ming and the two red-eyed rabbits from last night.

I wondered why he didn't know he had a father, why he never had any parents in his memory. He just sat there quietly, as if blocking out the outside world, his eyes fixed on the wall.

This state lasted until Shu Yan and the others came back from outside. When they opened the door and found him sitting there without talking or moving, Zhang Heqian didn't know what to do for a moment. They piled up at the door, blocking it tightly with their broad bodies.

I don’t know if it’s an illusion, but Wang Shitou always feels familiar when looking at Qi Jing like this, but he can’t tell where he is familiar.

Finally, it was Shu Yan who carried the man down. He didn't react at first, but after Shu Yan put socks on him and put his cold little hands on his belly to warm them, Qi Jing slowly came back to his senses.

When she saw that his eyes were clear, Shu Yan began to call his name softly: "Qi Jing." Just like when they were in the basement corridor, she called him softly and gently.

"Qi Jing."

They all gathered around him, and Wang Shitou called him softly. Unlike Shu Yan who called him by his full name, he called him "Xiao Jing."

When he called out the name, he was a little stunned, because he actually wanted to call "Qi Jing", but for some reason what came out of his mouth was "Xiao Jing".

They called him softly, one by one, until he woke up completely.

After his vision cleared up, he blinked and started crying uncontrollably. He hugged Shu Yan and buried his head in his chest. His voice was muffled and full of grievance.

He said, "Ah Yan, Chen Ming came to see me last night. He told me to come to him after noon today. He said he knew everything about this place and told me that my father left some words for me with him."

Qi Jing choked up and looked up at him, her eyes red, as if she had suffered a great injustice: "But, Shu Yan, why do I never have a father in my memory? Why are there only a few of you in my memory? Why can't I remember anything about anyone else besides you?"

He was very sad. He pursed his lips and pulled the corners of his mouth bitterly, looking at the others around him. His eyes slid across each person's face, and he looked carefully again. Finally, he stared into their eyes and asked: "Tell me, am I still myself?"

"Of course!"

Shu Yan wiped the tears from his face, stared into his eyes, and said seriously: "You are you, Qi Jing is you, you are Qi Jing."

Zhang Heqian scratched his head and said in a silly manner, "Yes, you are Qi Jing, and Qi Jing is you."

"No one in this world can replace you, because everyone is unique, whether it's appearance, personality, or life. As the saying goes, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and everyone's taste is different."

Zhang Heqian became more and more excited as he spoke. He stood up and turned Qi Jingban to face him. He patted his shoulder, then pointed at Shi Yuncheng and Shu Yan and said, "For example, Shi Yuncheng likes Wang Shitou, and Shu Yan likes you. This is what they call beauty in the eye of the beholder."

"Everyone has their own preferences and styles, so of course their choices are different. For example, you just mentioned that Chen Ming asked you to go find him. After listening to you, I can be sure that you want to go, but I suggest that you still don't go."

He rambled on and on, and no one knew what he was saying. When Ma Liangchen heard him talk, the words "it's all nonsense" kept circling in his mind. It was not until he finally mentioned that he was going to find Chen Ming that he felt that what he said was not all nonsense.

"Oh, yes!" Ma Liangchen clapped his hands and stood up. He patted Wang Shitou's body beside him, indicating that he should follow him.

"I have to say, Zhang Heqian's last words were right. Everyone's choices are different, so we suggest you choose with us—not to go."

Wang Shitou: "Yes, Xiaojing, we must bravely say no to some things! Right now is the best time, let us say loudly - no!!!"

Shi Yuncheng leaned on Wang Shitou and said, "Now that they've said everything, I fully agree—I won't go!"

Tears dried on his face, making it wrinkled. He turned his head to look at Shu Yan, not knowing why the topic turned to this.

However, Shu Yan, who didn't get the point, pinched his face and said gently, "It's not that I don't believe you, it's just that it's really not suitable to go out now."

Qi Jing: “…”

"Outside? What's going on outside?"

Zhang Heqian looked up at the ceiling and sighed, "The ceiling is so strangely white today!"

Ma Liangchen squatted on the ground and touched the floor: "The floor is surprisingly clean today!"

Wang Shitou: "My hands look really nice today!"

Shi Yuncheng held his hands with him: "Mine too!"

Qi Jing: "What's going on? I must go today, even if I have to go through fire and water. Now only Chen Ming knows all this. If I don't go today, I will never have another chance. I don't want to die as a confused ghost."

After he finished speaking, the room was completely silent, with only the noise outside the door. Seeing that they were silent, Qi Jing stood up and wanted to go out and ask, but before he could get up, Shu Yan pushed him down.

He sighed, "It's not that I don't want you to go, it's just that the outside world is in chaos now."

"When you were still asleep this morning, we heard a commotion outside and decided to go check it out. But before we could even take two steps, we were blocked at the door by Liu Chao, Gao Tian and five other people who came down."

"They said they got a message this morning from somewhere saying that if they became like those students, they could survive. I don't know who told them, but they said that after seven days, everyone in this building would die, no matter who they were.

And if we want to survive we must become students."

Wang Shitou pinched his pinky finger and lowered his head. "Liu Chao said that those who have been transformed into students will transform back into their own world after this mission is over."

Qi Jing: "He wants us to become students with them, right?"

Wang Shitou: “Yes.”

Qi Jing: "Did he never tell them who told them this information?"

Wang Shitou: “Yes.”

Qi Jing pulled his hands away from Shu Yan's belly, touched his watch and looked at the sky outside the balcony: "It's Liu Qi, he doesn't plan to wait until the seventh day."

Zhang Heqian: "Who is Liu Qi?"

Qi Jing glanced at the time. It was already past noon. He stood up and walked out the door. However, before he had taken a few steps, he was stopped by Zhang Heqian.

Zhang Heqian pressed his body against the door to prevent him from leaving: "What are you doing? Those students who have awakened are standing outside the dormitory building now."

"Also, who is Liu Qi?"

Shu Yan stood behind Qi Jing and held his arm. He frowned and answered Zhang Heqian's question: "It's that student, the one without the upper half of his face."

"Qi Jing, you can't go out now. If you go out now, you will either be seduced and successfully become that group of students, or become meat in their mouths." Shu Yan held him tightly and refused to let go.

Being attacked from both sides, Qi Jing pulled Shu Yan's hand away. He looked at them and said seriously, "I don't want much. I just want to be the same as before. So, I must seize this only opportunity."

"I always thought that everything in my head was real, but until today, I realized that it was fake from the beginning. Even the you I knew in my memory was fake."

"I don't know if you've noticed, but I can't quite remember what happened during the previous missions. I'm also unsure how many missions we've completed. It could be two, or it could be twenty. But no matter how many, the master behind this world has allowed us to remember them."

"To be honest, I can't remember how I met Brother Shitou, nor do I remember what happened at the beginning. I only remember that we have to complete the mission and go home." Qi Jing looked at Wang Shitou and unknowingly began to feel dazed again.

Now he no longer had any recollection of how they first met. He only knew that after each mission was completed and the prizes were drawn, it was as if they had entered a new round of missions.

Unconsciously, they all began to recall, but no matter how hard they tried, they just couldn't remember.

Shu Yan: "I'll go for you."

Qi Jing shook his head. "You're taller than me, with broader shoulders. You don't match Liu Qi's build at all, and it's obvious. Of the six of us, I'm the only one with a similar build to his. I think that's why Chen Ming came to you instead of you."

Zhang Heqian frowned. "Why is there body discrimination here? Can't it be that Liu Qi grew taller and stronger overnight?"

Ma Liangchen looked at him: "What bullshit are you talking about? Why don't you say that you turned into a woman overnight."

Zhang Heqian stared: "This is different!"

Ma Liangchen crossed his arms and said, "How is it different? Are you being sexist?"

Wang Shitou: "Please go to the bathroom and argue."

After being yelled at, the two of them stood quietly on either side of the door and stopped arguing.

Shu Yan: "But..."

Qi Jing didn't want to listen anymore. He just wanted to go to Chen Ming and find out everything. He crossed his arms and faced Shu Yan: "Okay, no need to say anymore. I'll sneak out through the main door later, and when I come back I'll quietly come in from the balcony. I'll send you a message then, and I'll be back soon."

Qi Jing opened the door and turned to look at them: "Don't worry, Chen Ming said that the students are afraid of the red-eyed wolves. If they are discovered, I will summon them."

Qi Jing glanced at his watch. It was already 1:20. "I'll try to be back before 3 o'clock."

Qi Jing was about to turn around and leave when he was suddenly stopped by Shu Yan. "Find him and contact us by voice."

Pulling his hand down again, Qi Jing left without looking back. His voice was soft: "Yeah."

Zhang Heqian followed behind him and sent the person out from the gate. Looking at Qi Jing's clothes and appearance that had changed in an instant, he said in his heart: "Be careful." When people were crowding at the gate trying to get out, he tightly grabbed the arm of the person next to him and couldn't recover for a long time.

He didn't come to his senses until the person whose arm he grabbed kicked him in pain.

"No, you're sick, why are you arresting me? If you have energy but nowhere to use it, go dig the fucking ground!"

"Uh... sorry, I caught the wrong person, hahaha, hahaha." He laughed awkwardly and rubbed his nose, then apologized and stepped back to squeeze out of the crowd.