Chu Chenan was unable to break free. He felt himself bound by an invisible heat and felt very heavy.
He squinted his eyes hazily, and in the dim and mysterious light and shadow, he seemed to see a dark shadow pressing down on him, making it hard for him to breathe.
He wanted to see clearly, but his sight was always unable to catch it. He closed his eyes weakly again, trapped in the blurry chaos.
…
Chu Chenan suddenly opened his eyes. He was still in shock, his forehead was covered with sweat, and his breathing was rapid and irregular.
What caught my eye was the white ceiling. The curtains by the window were blown up by the wind, and it was dark outside the window.
It's late at night now.
He tilted his head and was surprised to find Pei Yan sitting silently beside his bed, and he was actually holding Pei Yan's hand tightly.
"What's wrong?" Pei Yan's eyes were calm, and his fingertips caressed the white back of Chu Chenan's hand inadvertently, "You seem to have a nightmare, and you keep holding my hand."
Chu Chenan was so scared that he quickly retracted his hand, avoiding Pei Yan's gaze with his peach blossom eyes, "Sorry."
...
...
The moment Chu Chenan withdrew his hand, Pei Yan's eyes darkened. He rubbed his fingertips carefully, with a gloomy face, and no one knew what he was thinking.
Pei Yan approached Chu Chenan, his eyes swept across Chu Chenan's tender and handsome face.
His eyes were fixed on the swollen red lips, and he spoke softly and in a low voice, "What did you dream about? You were so scared."
As he spoke, he placed his palm on Chu Chenan's forehead.
Chu Chenan raised his eyes, feeling the touch on his forehead. He couldn't help but flutter his eyelashes, timid and nervous, "Nothing..."
Pei Yan still had a gloomy face.
The atmosphere gradually deteriorated, and Chu Chenan could feel that he was in a bad mood at the moment.
"Are you afraid of me?" Pei Yan asked softly, his hand still covering Chu Chenan's forehead.
"No." Chu Chenan replied with a trembling voice.
Pei Yan withdrew his hand. He glanced at Chu Chenan's messy collar and the red marks on his neck. "No fever."
Chu Chenan nodded, and he turned sideways to look at the clock on the bedside table.
The time shown in the table is: 11:00.
Chu Chenan was stunned for a moment. He drooped his eyelids and stared at the watch blankly. For a moment, he couldn't remember whether it was night or day.
He glanced at the dark sky outside the window, then he realized that it was already eleven o'clock in the evening!
He actually slept for so long.
He sat up hurriedly, put on his shoes in a panic, and smoothed the wrinkles of the patient's quilt with his hands. "I should go back, doctor."
The control panel shows that Task 1 is not completed.
As he bent his body, he was completely unaware that there were ambiguous red marks under his collar.
"It's so late, you can stay in the ward and sleep." Pei Yan stared at him.
Chu Chenan shook his head, stood up and whispered, "No, I'll go back to the dormitory to sleep. Thank you, doctor, I should go now."
Pei Yan clasped his fingers together and said nothing more.
The moment Chu Chenan stepped out of the door, Pei Yan suddenly called him again, "Chenan."
Chu Chenan's heart skipped a beat. This was the first time Pei Yan called his name. He turned around slowly, "...Huh?"
He was extremely nervous and felt that something was wrong with Pei Yan today.
"You've been in school for a few days." Pei Yan's voice was cold, his eyes fixed on him, "Do you miss home?"
Chu Chenan suddenly clenched his palms, and felt a noticeable stinging pain in them.
It was as if something in his heart had broken through the barriers, magnifying the suffering he had endured in the past few days and making him dazed. He didn't feel wronged at first, but when Pei Yan mentioned this, he couldn't help but feel a little bitter and aggrieved.
If he were at home, Pei Yan would definitely protect him well, not let him get hurt, endure any pain, and take care of him meticulously.
He had seldom felt such pain.
Chu Chenan's eyes were stunned for two seconds, and some tears appeared in his eye circles.
He said stubbornly, "It's okay, I don't miss it that much."
After saying that, he walked away quickly.
Pei Yan looked at his leaving back, his eyes became gloomy, and he clenched his fists.
Whispering softly, "Baby is afraid of me."
"How can you be afraid of me?"
When Chu Chenan walked downstairs to the dormitory, Sang Jun was blocking the door.
Sang Jun frowned and ran towards him with an angry look on his face.
Sang Jun grabbed Chu Chenan's hand and pulled him into the corridor downstairs of the dormitory. He gritted his teeth and questioned him, "Did you return the book? Didn't that old ghost refuse to accept it?!"
Sang Jun had lost all his rationality and he kept pressing forward.
Chu Chenan: "I don't understand what you are saying, get out of the way."
"Stop pretending! You don't act like this during the day." Sang Jun grabbed Chu Chenan's collar and gritted his teeth, "Go get the book back now, hurry up!"
"No, if you want to borrow it, go and borrow it yourself. I'm going back to the dormitory." Chu Chenan pushed Sang Jun away forcefully.
Chu Chenan could more or less guess that the book full of spells could control ghosts and was not a simple book.
Sang Jun looked depressed, his eyes were bloodshot, "The book can no longer be taken out, and the old ghost is gone!"
He suddenly moved closer to Chu Chenan again, his voice suddenly raised, and he pinched his neck, his face violent, his palms tightened, "It's all because of you! I almost..."
Chu Chenan was strangled to the point of being unable to breathe. Suddenly, he heard a loud "bang".
Sang Jun fell into the garbage area at the entrance of the corridor, and it seemed that he was seriously injured.
Chu Chenan raised his eyes and looked towards the stairs as if he had telepathy.
Sure enough, he saw Pei Yan.
Pei Yan had his back to the dim yellow light, the light and shadow illuminating his perfect facial features, and the dark shadow formed by his tall figure covered him.
Just like the previous two copies, they always appear in time when he is helpless.
Although paranoia is terrible, it gives him an invisible sense of security. The feeling is very unique, like a dependence formed over the years, but also like something else.
Sang Jun frowned in pain. He struggled to stand up and turned to look at the person who kicked him.
Pei Yan glanced at Sang Jun, whose mouth was covered in blood from the fall, his eyes full of disdain and indifference.
Sang Jun bared his teeth, his emotions out of control, he stood up and walked towards Pei Yan, "You fucking ..."
Before he raised his hands, he felt something strangling his neck. He looked down, but there was nothing.
His face turned red, his expression looked very painful, and suddenly he stood still.
The thing around Sang Jun's neck suddenly tightened.
Sang Jun vomited blood and fell down.
Chu Chenan was so scared that he took two steps back and looked at Pei Yan.
Pei Yan looked at Sang Jun as if he were a dead object, then walked towards Chu Chenan and said as if to comfort him, "It's okay, you must have fainted."
Chu Chenan grabbed the hem of his clothes tightly, not daring to move, "Doctor... why are you here?"
His doubts grew.
"I'll stay here tonight too." Pei Yan said.
The school did have dormitories in the school building specifically for medical staff on rounds, but Chu Chenan didn't know where exactly they were.
Chu Chenan looked at him and his shoulders couldn't help shaking, maybe because he was too nervous, or maybe Pei Yan was particularly scary in the dim light and shadow in the corridor.
…
Chu Chenan and Pei Yan got into the elevator together.
Pei Yan pressed the seventh floor first. Chu Chenan quickly left the elevator and looked back at Pei Yan inside.
The elevator door closed.
I don’t know which floor Pei Yan went to.
When he was standing at the door, the door of the dormitory opposite suddenly opened, and Ji Bei was walking out of the room carrying a garbage bag.
"Chen An?" Ji Bei paused and asked him gently, "Did you just come back from the infirmary?"
Chu Chenan nodded and opened the dormitory door.
Ji Bei's words were just the right amount of ambiguity. He said, "I was worried the whole night when I saw you suddenly faint today. I wanted to go see you, but I didn't because of something else. Fortunately, I'm relieved to see that you're okay."
Chu Chenan got goosebumps when he heard this.
"By the way, do you know the doctor in the medical building? He came as soon as you fainted and took you to the medical building." Ji Bei said, "I remember that the medical building is quite far from the teaching building. I didn't expect him to come so quickly."
Chu Chenan shook his head and smiled, "No, not very familiar."
He turned around, unlocked the door and went in.
After hearing Ji Bei's words, Chu Chenan recalled that Pei Yan's visit to the teaching building today was indeed very sudden.
Besides, he obviously just had low blood sugar, so why did he sleep for so long?
And that strange and ambiguous dream...
Ji Bei's words were unintentional, but Chu Chenan became more uneasy as he listened.
Chu Chenan leaned against the door, his heartbeat suddenly accelerating.
"You're back?" Lin Youxun's clear voice came from the room.
Chu Chenan returned to his desk and sat down, "Yeah."
"I felt that the book was returned," Lin Youxun hesitated and said, "Thank you, Chen An, if possible, I will definitely remember you after I leave, I..."
Chu Chenan interrupted him, "Why did you lie to me?"
Lin Youxun paused, "Wha...what?"
"Why did you lie and say you borrowed it instead of just saying Sang Jun borrowed it?" Chu Chenan asked.
"I'm sorry, Chen An. Sang Jun is too strong. He is a lunatic. I'm afraid that if I tell you, you won't help me. I'm sorry, Chen An..."
Lin Youxun said with regret and guilt, "I was in so much pain, it really was so painful. I just wanted to leave here, but Sang Jun wouldn't let me go. I refused to see him, and he couldn't see me, so he found ways to squeeze all kinds of people in to live here, but those people couldn't see me either. Later, he found it was useless, so he borrowed that book. That book tortured me every night, and those words were like bugs drilling into my body. I'm sorry..."
"What kind of book is that?" Chu Chen asked with a frown. He felt very sympathetic towards Lin Youxun.
Lin Youxun stopped crying, "That book is the Holy Bishop's Bible, it can control ghosts."
Chu Chenan asked: "The book has been returned, can you leave now?"
His focus was entirely on Task One.
"No." Lin Youxun said in a crying voice.
Chu Chenan asked: "Why not? Hasn't it been returned?"
Lin Youxun said, "Sang Jun hid a soul-soothing talisman in the dormitory building, and I can't get out at all..."
"Soul-calming talisman?" Chu Chenan was speechless.
What is the relationship between Sang Jun and Lin Youxun? What happened in the past that made Sang Jun do this?
Chu Chenan glanced at the watch. It was almost twelve o'clock. "Do you know where that thing is?"
Lin Youxun said dejectedly, "I don't know. I didn't dare to leave the dormitory. Chen An, I am very grateful that you can help me return the book. I don't feel so painful now. Thank you so much..."
"I will help you leave here." Chu Chenan comforted him, "Think about it carefully, where might the soul-soothing talisman be?"
"Really? Thank you, Chen An!" Lin Youxun was stunned for a moment, and began to try to sense, "I can feel it, it's nearby, near the corridor, or... downstairs."
"Okay, I'll go look for it."
Chu Chenan rested for two minutes, then he looked at his watch again and decided to hurry up.
He stood up, was careful, put the fruit knife in his pocket and left the dormitory.
There was only one light left on in the dormitory corridor, the light was dim, and the dark surroundings exuded a dangerous atmosphere.
He had just walked to the center of the corridor when he heard a "ding" sound from the system.
[Congratulations on activating the temporary game]
[Game Name: Life and Death Escape]
[Mission: Escape the NPC's attack and survive]
【Task duration: 30 minutes】
[Warm Tips: NPCs are not very smart. The best way to avoid them is to hide well and don't let them find you~]
[You will enter the game in three seconds]
What? ! !
Chu Chenan looked back at the corridor in panic, and saw red lights flashing around him.
【3】
【2】
【1】
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The red light disappeared, and Chu Chenan hurriedly ran to the end of the corridor, looking for a hiding place in panic.
The sharp and sinister laugh of Siha came from behind, which scared him so much that he looked around in even greater panic. Finally, he opened a utility room at the end of the corridor and quickly hid inside.
The sharp, sinister laugh was getting closer and closer, accompanied by the sound of violent smashing.
He hid in the dark locker, trembling with nervousness. He clenched his fingers and had never felt so helpless.
He was afraid that he would be dragged out by those horrible monsters and be gnawed and torn into pieces.
The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became. He began to shiver from the cold and buried his head in his knees.
It's fine.
Just hide and you'll be fine.
He consoled himself, though it was of no use.
He waited in agony for more than ten minutes, his teeth chattering from the cold. Perhaps because he was overly nervous, he was shaking particularly violently.
Suddenly, something knocked on the cabinet.
Chu Chenan looked up in surprise.
The closet was opened and someone covered him with clothes. "Are you playing hide-and-seek here?"
Chu Chenan felt his whole body warm up immediately. His clothes had the familiar scent of Pei Yan, and were very warm.
"That's not bad," Pei Yan squatted down and stared at his red eyes, "I was the first one to find you."
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