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The morning light shines through the gauze curtains into the bedroom, covering the soft bedding with a layer of warm yellow sunlight.

Shen Anyan rubbed the quilt and sank his head into the pillow. After staying in bed for a long time, he reluctantly got up from the bed, turned off the alarm clock on the bedside and started to wash up.

This is another annoying thing about winter camp. She can no longer sleep until she wakes up naturally every day.

After changing his clothes, Shen Anyan yawned and walked out the door while editing the message "I'm ready, waiting for you in the corridor" to He Qingtian and Gu Cijiang.

After the message was sent, Shen Anyan happened to open the door, and saw the two people she had messaged were waiting at the door. One of them was looking down at his phone, and the other heard the door open and happened to meet her eyes.

Shen Anyan: "Hey? You guys got up so early?"

Gu Cijiang smiled and nodded, saying, "Good morning."

He Qingtian put his phone away, looked at her and smiled, "Who would send me a message so early in the morning?"

Shen Anyan scratched his nose and explained as he walked downstairs with the two of them: "I thought I got up early enough, but I didn't expect you two to get up even earlier than me."

The long table in the restaurant was already set with fresh breakfast, hot seafood porridge, sweet custard buns, and a plate of refreshing side dishes.

When Shen Anyan sat down, he looked around and didn't see the staff member standing in the corner last night. He felt a little strange.

He Qingtian was looking at her phone again. She swiped the screen for a while, frowned slightly, and asked Shen Anyan: "Xiaoyan, did you receive the message from Jiang Xiaosong and the others?"

Chen Anyan said: "Oh, well, yes. Last night they asked me how I was doing at winter camp, and I gave them a brief overview..."

Having said that, she also took out her mobile phone and opened the chat software to check, but she only saw the system prompt "No new messages yet".

She uttered a soft "Huh" and said in surprise, "But I haven't received any replies from them yet. That shouldn't be the case. Chen Shan and Jiang Xiaosong shouldn't go to bed too early, so they should have seen my message last night. Lin Yue also gets up quite early, so even if he didn't see it last night, he should have seen it by now..."

Gu Cijiang was about to drink his porridge, but he stopped what he was doing when he heard the conversation between the two.

"It's the same here. I just arrived here yesterday and sent a message to my family to let them know I'm safe, but I haven't received a reply yet."

The three of them discussed it for a while and felt that this matter was somewhat strange, so when they met the instructor, Shen Anyan raised this question to the other party.

"Is that so?" The instructor's eyes widened in surprise. She thought for a moment, then smiled and said comfortingly, "But don't worry. After breakfast, I'll go find the staff and check the network here."

"Oh, okay..." Shen Anyan nodded halfway, suddenly remembered something, and asked again: "Teacher, where is the staff member who was here yesterday? We didn't seem to see him when we came this morning."

The instructor also looked around and indeed did not see the middle-aged man. She lowered her head and thought for a moment before saying, "Maybe he went to clean the villa?"

Shen Anyan was a little confused: "Uh... cleaning? Isn't he in charge of the kitchen?"

The instructor smiled awkwardly again: "Well... he can do a lot..."

Shen Anyan was speechless: "That's not how you can do more..."

She suddenly realized something. Since they arrived at the villa yesterday, until now, they seemed to have only seen one logistics staff member, the middle-aged man?

Shen Anyan asked in disbelief: "Teacher, is there only one staff member here?"

The instructor's eyes wandered: "Uh... As you know, there is insufficient funding..."

Chen Anyan: ...What kind of makeshift team is this competition group?!

Shen Anyan held his forehead with his hand: "Okay, I think I can understand the lack of signal. Could this also be a problem of insufficient funds?"

The instructor quickly clarified: "That's absolutely not the case. The network cable comes with the villa, not us. It's not that unreliable."

Shen, He, Gu: ...

So you also know that you are unreliable?

After all the contestants arrived, the instructor stood up and counted the number of people, and then her brows slowly frowned.

"There is one person missing... Zhao Xixi, does anyone know why Zhao Xixi didn't come?" asked the instructor.

Zhao Xixi was one of the four boys. Upon hearing this, the earring guy and the others finally stopped their sarcastic looks and mocking of Liang Xiaonuo, who was sitting across from them. One of them stood up and replied, "Teacher, we called him when we came down this morning, but no one in the room answered. We thought he had left early."

The instructor said, "If anyone is close to him, please go up and ask him. We have a training session today. If there are no special circumstances, please try to come."

The boy who stood up to answer was about to leave, but was pulled back by the man with earrings.

The man with earrings glanced at the red-haired man, who immediately understood and said with a smile, "Liang Xiaonuo, go find Zhao Xixi. Isn't he your best friend?"

Liang Xiaonuo trembled a little, shook his head in fear and said, "I... I'm not..."

The man with earrings narrowed his eyes and smiled: "Go ahead, Xiao Nuo, aren't you two on good terms?"

Liang Xiaonuo's lips trembled for a moment, but he still couldn't say anything. He could only slowly stand up and walk towards the stairs.

He Qingtian couldn't bear to see this and wanted to go over and help. Seeing this, the man with earrings said hurriedly: "Hey, classmate, it's not good for you, a girl, to wake up the boys. What if they are changing clothes... How embarrassing, isn't it?"

He Qingtian frowned. After hearing what the other party said, it was inappropriate for her to insist on going back, so she had to sit back down.

Gu Cijiang sighed, stood up and chased after him.

The man with earrings was startled, but the other party left too quickly and he didn't have time to stop him. He could only snort in disappointment.

Shen Anyan also stood up and said to the instructor, "I'll go over and see if I can help," and then left the restaurant with him.

Now that there were two people accompanying him, Liang Xiaonuo's body finally stopped shaking. He whispered a thank you to the two people who followed him, then walked aside obediently without saying a word.

Gu Cijiang comforted him for a few words, then turned to Shen Anyan and asked, "Why are you here too?"

Shen Anyan blinked: "I want to accompany you."

Gu Cijiang smiled lightly.

The three of them soon arrived at the door of Zhao Xixi's room. Liang Xiaonuo lowered her head and hesitated for a long time before she dared to knock on the door. Gu Cijiang took the initiative to knock on the door, but after a long while, no one answered.

Shen Anyan was tired of standing and was about to stomp his feet, but ended up stepping into water.

She wondered where the water in the corridor came from. When she looked down, she found that the carpet under her feet was suddenly wet for some reason, and the wet area was still expanding.

She warned them: "Look at your feet."

After she reminded them, the other two also noticed the sudden flow of water. Liang Xiaonuo exclaimed, stepped back a few steps, and asked with his neck shrunk: "Where...where does this water come from?"

Gu Cijiang also retreated to a clean place. He searched around and shook his head, saying, "I didn't see any vases or anything fall down..."

The water stain was still expanding. Shen Anyan walked onto the soaked carpet and found that the degree of wetness was different in different places. The closer he walked to the door of Zhao Xixi's room, the more water accumulated on the carpet.

"This water seems to be flowing out of the room..."

As Shen Anyan spoke, she knocked hard on the door. Still no response. Without further hesitation, she turned to the two people behind her and asked, "Do any of you have hairpins...anything with wire or iron on it will do."

Upon hearing this, Liang Xiaonuo quickly took out a slender black hairpin from his pocket and handed it over: "Is this okay?"

Shen Anyan nodded, took it, and inserted the sharp end of the hairpin neatly into the keyhole. Fortunately, the room in the villa was also opened with a key, not a card. She twisted the hairpin in the keyhole a few times, then grabbed the door handle and pulled the door hard outwards.

With a slight "click", the door opened.

Liang Xiaonuo exclaimed: "That's amazing."

Gu Cijiang was also surprised and asked: "You...how come you can do this?"

Shen Anyan made up an excuse: "Life is a burden."

As for how Gu Cijiang understood her life-forced method, Shen Anyan had no control over it.

But now is not the time to dwell on these things, because after the door opened, a strong smell of blood hit me.

The accumulated water in the room became more noticeable, easily visible to the few people present. Even more striking was the presence of a hint of red in the water. The water was flowing from the bathroom, and the closer it got to the bathroom, the more red it became, until it was practically a pool of blood at the bathroom door.

Shen Anyan's face darkened and he quickly walked into the room.

The bathroom door was only a crack open. She opened it and looked inside.

The faucet on the bathtub was dripping continuously, and inside the bathtub, lay a naked young boy with a large hole cut in his neck. His blood mixed with the water in the bathtub and kept overflowing from the bathtub.

This is where the water on the carpet originated.

“Ah ...

A piercing scream sounded behind him.

Shen Anyan turned around and saw Gu Cijiang and Liang Xiaonuo standing behind her. The scene just now also caught their eyes.

The scream came from Liang Xiaonuo. He staggered, but fortunately there was a wall behind him, supporting his stumbling body and preventing him from falling.

Gu Cijiang looked solemn, and after knowing what happened in the bathroom, he didn't look any further.

Shen Anyan quickly turned off the faucet on the bathtub and quickly closed the bathroom door.

After walking out of the bathroom, she noticed that although Gu Cijiang was trying to remain calm, his hands were shaking slightly.

She shook the other person's hand and whispered to him, "Don't be afraid."

Seeing that the other party had calmed down, she let go of her hand and reminded them: "Let's go out first."