Chapter 65
"rush!"
The four of them looked at each other and said firmly.
Who cares? This opportunity to go crazy in the rain won't come once in eight hundred years. The impulse of the young man originates from a little madness in his heart. As long as the belief is there, nothing is to be feared.
"At worst, I can take the bus to Luo Dong's house."
Chu Zhongyuan shouted.
Four people wrapped their schoolbags in black plastic bags, slipped out of the messy back door of the classroom, and lined up in the noisy crowd of parents and people to the entrance of the teaching building.
A large group of students were standing at the door looking at the rain outside. A student with an umbrella had just taken two steps when the umbrella was blown over by the strong wind outside.
In such heavy rain, umbrellas seem to be of no use at all and can only serve as a crude psychological comfort.
Any gust of wind could blow the umbrella and its owner into a drowned rat. The slanting wind and heavy rain came in from the side, soaking the student who had just stabilized the umbrella.
"oh--"
The high school students watching sighed helplessly.
"How can I get home now? It's raining so hard..."
"You guys are fine, my home is far away..."
"Why haven't my parents arrived yet? Didn't they agree to wait for me at the door?"
"Students, please disperse and leave a passage open for parents to enter—"
Tension, fear, uneasiness, and a hint of excitement that was suppressed deep in their hearts and could not be revealed filled the hearts of the high school students. At this moment, Zhang Yiwei's voice, which usually made people extremely frightened, became a warm light in the rainy night, ringing in the loudspeaker, as if it could give people strength.
“BOOM!!!”
Violent thunder came from not far away, accompanied by lightning that almost split the sky.
"Oh my god! Those guys are awesome!"
"I did what I always wanted to do!"
"A role model for our generation!"
The scattered exclamations of the high school students were left behind.
Gu Qingming and the other three sneaked out of the teaching building one after another under the dark sky and ran in the rain.
The wetness and freshness of the rain enveloped the high school students like mist, but it made them feel so relaxed and happy.
They ran in the rain, their vision blurred by the rain, wiped the raindrops dripping from their hair, and had unbridled expressions.
The absurdity of several people being together, the moon calls it romance.
"Hahahahaha this is so cool. I haven't felt this good in a long time! Wuhu!"
Chu Zhongyuan ran in the front and laughed the happiest.
“It’s so cool, so happy!”
Zheng Qiuji simply took off her colored contact lenses early. Although she could hardly open her eyes due to the rain, the feeling of being cleansed made her almost forget the series of troubles that would follow.
Gu Qingming had never been so bold to do whatever he wanted, as if there was nothing in the world that could stop them. Everything depended on your own preferences and choices.
At this moment, he felt like a flying wind. There was no place in the world that they could not go and nothing that they could not do.
Luo Dong started to step on the water like a child. The heavy rain like waves had already accumulated a lot of water in Lantai City, and a burst of water appeared as a field of blooming water lilies.
"I make the biggest splash!"
"It's obviously mine!"
"My highest!"
Chu Zhongyuan and Zheng Qiuji soon joined the group treading water. Gu Qingming looked at his companions who were arguing childishly like children, smiled and shook his head.
They rushed into the wind and rain, like heroes who did not know the end, cutting through thorns and brambles, and despising the storms.
The boys' laughter was gentle in the sound of wind and rain, going towards the endless distance.
The last few wet rats really chose to take the bus to Luo Dong’s lake view room by Qianlong Lake.
The starting point of bus No. 17 is Lantai Square not far from the school, and the end point is Qianlong Lake Scenic Area. The accumulated water is not yet to the point where the bus cannot move. The bus driver smiled and switched the mode, using his racing skills to drift in the thin water.
Gu Qingming looked at the water outside the bus window that was almost splashing onto the window due to the turning wheels, and inexplicably felt that something was wrong.
It’s rare to see such heavy rain in Lantai City. Such heavy rain...is it really normal?
Qianlong Lake is located in the suburbs of Lantai City. It is a large natural lake surrounded by vast wetlands, numerous water birds, and beautiful and unique scenery. It is one of the few famous scenic spots in Lantai City.
Luo Dong's father is the president of a company and lives in the company all year round. His eldest brother is the successor chosen by his father and is also a workaholic. His mother is a famous painter and goes out to look for inspiration.
Luo Dong's house was often empty, which made it convenient for the four members of the Supernatural Society to embarrass themselves.
The foursome almost rolled into Luo Dong's house, and then crawled out of the bathroom one by one.
The black and white school uniforms were hung out to dry on the balcony, looking like four standing mannequins.
After changing their clothes and drying their hair, the four high school students collapsed on the clean and beautiful lazy sofa in Luo Dong's house, making unknown noises.
"Cool!"
Chu Zhongyuan sighed.
"It feels like taking a big gulp of iced Coke during the hottest time of summer."
“Chu Zhongyuan, do you want your bag to sit here?”
Zheng Qiuji held a glass of water and walked to the chair occupied by Chu Zhongyuan's schoolbag with a gloomy expression.
"Sorry~"
Chu Zhongyuan used a disgusting tune to cause tons of damage to the opponent, while taking his bag away with swift movements.
"Chinese test paper... English newspaper, math test paper..."
Gu Qingming ignored the quarrel and squatted on the sofa alone to check the homework in his schoolbag. He breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that they were all still alive.
He looked up and saw a photo that was turned over on a cabinet in the corner of the living room near him, and was a little stunned.
Before his parents got into trouble at Luodong's home next to Qianlong Lake, Gu Qingming had been here many times. The furnishings here had basically not changed, except for the photo that had appeared and been taken down again.
"Ah, this...was left by my second brother."
Luo Dong picked up the photo with some nostalgia, but after thinking about it, he still did not pull out the card covering the photo, but put it back with a heavy solemnity.
Luo Dong's second brother Lori is a good-tempered CPA psychic who is always jokingly called "Lolita" by his younger brother. When Luo Dong was a child, he often deliberately called his second brother Lolita, just to see the other's helpless and amusing look.
More than half a year ago, he disappeared inexplicably along with Gu Qingming's parents and Chu Zhongyuan's grandfather. It was said that they disappeared in an explosion in a foreign place. As a member of the Municipal Bureau, Lori was unable to retreat in time to save people and disappeared in the ruins of the broken walls and buildings.
"Feel sorry."
Gu Qingming hesitated for a moment, but finally chose to apologize.
"There's nothing to be sorry about. This is not a taboo. Death is not scary. There's no need to be so cautious about it. This is what he often said. What's more..."
Luo Dong shook his head without showing any sadness.
What's more, Lori, who is a powerful monarch-level psychic in CPA and the Lord of Shadows, may not be really dead.
"They are great and will be back."
Gu Qingming patted Luo Dong on the shoulder. Although they didn't know the detailed facts from Cao Sheng, they knew that their missing relatives were all very powerful psychics in the CPA Association, and the probability of them dying from those "disasters" was very small.
They walked into the mysterious world without hesitation in order to find the traces of their loved ones and the truth behind their departure.
What on earth could have made them so urgent that they had no choice but to disappear from this world in such a crude way?
Gu Qingming couldn't think about it carefully.
"Don't worry, I know."
Luo Dong's beautiful eyes did not remain immersed in sadness for too long. He just looked at the Qianlong Lake that he could see from the balcony, which was blurred in the night, as if he suddenly thought of a good idea.
"Speaking of which... have you ever heard of the story of Qianlong Lake?"
"You mean, the story about bus No. 17?"
Chu Zhongyuan and Zheng Qiuji, who were studying the water dispenser in front of it in the kitchen, poked half of their heads out, eager to try it out.
Like every populous city, Lantai City has many urban legends. One of the more famous ones is the route of bus No. 17.
From the city's bus route map, it can be clearly seen that other bus routes are mostly around the urban area, and only Route 17 is very prominent, stretching to the Qianlong Lake in the distance, like an arm holding up a pearl.
According to legend, the original terminus of bus No. 17 was not Qianlong Lake, but like other buses, it circled the city. However, many years ago, a strange incident happened on the night bus of No. 17: a strange snake-like creature suddenly appeared from the bus, climbed onto the driver's body, and rushed the entire bus into Qianlong Lake, which was far away from the terminal.
Since then, perhaps in order to quell the anger of someone, Lantai City has divided the route and moved the current terminus of Line 17 to the vicinity of Qianlong Lake.
But everyone knows that this is actually just an urban legend full of loopholes, and the details in it cannot stand scrutiny. The reason why Bus No. 17 changed its route is also because of the necessity of the development of Qianlong Lake's tourism industry.
"That story is too untrue. Listen carefully. The story I am going to tell you happened in a villa area around Qianlong Lake—"
When Luo Dong said this, he deliberately lowered his voice to match the effect he wanted to achieve.
“A real case.”
According to legend, Qianlong Lake was named Qianlong Lake because beneath the gray-blue lake water, there lurked an evil dragon that had not yet successfully transformed into a dragon.
However, due to commercialization and tourism development, the legends about the evil dragon have disappeared in the steel and concrete. Only the ancient customs can still be found in the mouths of the local village elders.
There was a rich second-generation young master who was a fan of the supernatural. He had always been extremely curious about the legend of the evil dragon in Qianlong Lake. He collected relevant information from the villages around the lake and rebelliously stated that he would deliberately not abide by the taboos here. The next day, he was found unconscious in his home and almost died.
The neighbor said that he heard a strange sound of running water and smelled a sticky fishy smell at his doorstep.
He kept muttering to himself before being carried away on a stretcher by medical staff.
"When the bell rings three times near midnight, an evil dragon will emerge from the lake, flooding everything, and a natural disaster will surely come."
"I was debugging my drone outside at the time, and I was almost scared to death by the guy's condition."
Luo Dong shook his head. "The old people here said that he was targeted by the soul of an evil dragon. I'm afraid there's no hope for him. He's still in the ICU of the hospital."
"Hmm... I have a question. Why do I feel like your story happened so recently?"
Chu Zhongyuan raised his hand and asked.
"Of course," Luo Dong smiled slyly.
"Because this is what really happened three days ago, and it wasn't long after he was taken away. There was a power outage here at the time. I remember it very clearly."
Luo Dong shrugged.
"But it's probably because he has performed too many messed up supernatural rituals and created hallucinations. An evil dragon that has existed for hundreds of years actually uses a clock. What a cobbled-together worldview."
Gu Qingming nodded in understanding.
The smile was still on his face when there was a loud bang outside the window, and the thunder and rain came back, and darkness instantly enveloped everyone's eyes.
"Really, there's a power outage?"
Zheng Qiuji's trembling voice came from the darkness.
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