studious
"A gentleman does not seek to be full when he eats, nor to be comfortable when he lives; he is quick in action and cautious in speech; he follows the Way and is upright in it; he can be said to be studious."
"I love to learn..."
Chen Can held the book, half-closed his eyes, and yawned every time he read half a sentence.
Sleepy, too sleepy to open my eyes
"Read louder, all listless
What a look! "
It was like a thunderclap exploding beside Chen Can's ears. Even so, Chen Can could only barely open his eyes.
"You, you, stand up and lead the reading!"
The energetic male teacher on patrol came in from the window and patted Chen Can on the shoulder.
After being patted, Chen Can finally sobered up a little. When he looked up, he saw a ferocious face and a shiny bald head flashing with wisdom.
"You go up!" The bald man pointed at the podium and motioned Chen Can to go up.
Chen Can thought for two seconds, hesitating between using the excuse of going to the bathroom and using the excuse of feeling dizzy.
"Classmate, pull him up with you." The bald man suddenly spoke, no longer giving Chen Can a choice.
Ou Ranyu stared at the book, and turned his head to look at Chen Can when he heard this.
Chen Can: “…”
Ou Ranyu stretched out his intact left hand and invited him to come up.
"Let's go."
Chen Can had an expression of "die together" on his face. Under the bald man's stare and everyone's random glances, he and Ou Ranyu walked up to the podium.
Of course, the hands won’t pull.
Chen Can and Ou Ranyu, one on the left and one on the right, were the focus of the whole audience.
Under the bald man's watchful eye, Chen Can managed to read diligently for a few minutes. As soon as the bald man left, his true colors were revealed. He half-leaned on the podium, shielding his face with a book. Even the attention of the entire audience couldn't stop his determination to sleep soundly. He formed a stark contrast with Ou Ranyu, who stood upright on his right, holding the book in one hand and reading attentively.
As soon as the bell rang, Chen Can straightened up, lazily returned to his seat, and fell asleep.
It wasn't until he was patted on the back of the head that Chen Can suddenly looked up and met the reflective lenses of his Chinese teacher.
Fifteen minutes into the first class, Chen Can, under the angry glare of his Chinese teacher, took out his textbook, solemnly opened the book, and began to take notes.
When the teacher returned to the podium, he glanced at the seat next to him and found it was empty.
Ou Ranyu disappeared for three classes.
Chen Can happily received an interview in the office.
"Tell me, did you stay up all night playing games last night? That's five times in total since the start of school."
Cen Man asked Chen Can calmly, his face cold. Chen Can replied calmly, "It's too late to learn."
Cen Man is not blind. She has seen how Chen Can studied hard during the days when Ou Ranyu was away.
Finally, he said earnestly: "It is a good thing to be studious, but you must also rest on time. Don't lose the big picture because of the small things..."
Chen Can felt drowsy after hearing this, thinking that no matter whether he went to bed early or late, the result would be the same. Just like last night, he climbed into bed early, but was still sleepy the next day.
Cen Man was almost falling asleep from talking, and finally slammed the table and said, "Since you love studying so much, why don't you stay for the third period of evening self-study tonight before going home! That way you don't have to stay up late studying when you get home."
No! Absolutely not!
Chen Can was about to speak out, but was immediately beaten to death by Cen Man: "It's decided."
"No... Teacher, I..."
Chen Can hesitated and wanted to save his image as a poor student, but was forced to quit by Cen Man.
Cen Man smiled kindly: "Don't let the teacher down."
Chen Can agreed with a serious face and returned to the classroom in an atmosphere of minus fifty degrees Celsius.
Ou Ranyu asked him what was wrong with a smile.
Chen Can pulled out a chair with a gloomy face.
"I'm staying tonight/You go back first tonight."
The speaking speed was almost synchronized, the tone was exactly the same, and both of them were stunned.
"I'll stay here to study." Chen Can said unhappily.
"I'm going to the South Tower," said Ou Ranyu.
South Building, Chen Can couldn’t remember which building it was.
Who cares.
Chen Can slept through the evening, waking up a few times intermittently, not counting class time. He was half asleep and half awake during the afternoon classes. He was relatively awake during the first two evening self-study periods, but by the time the third self-study period began, Chen Can had fallen completely asleep.
He dreamed of Ou Ranyu.
He ran after Ou Ranyu.
No matter how he called Ou Ranyu, he never looked back at him.
Ou Ranyu jumped to his death.
Chen Can woke up with a frown on his face, just as he was finishing his self-study class. He glanced at the seat next to him, only to find a note pressed against the table, the handwriting sharp and powerful.
Go home early and be safe [smile].
Chen Can's brows jumped.
What the hell!?
"Hey, let me ask you something. Do you know where the South Building is?" Chen Can knocked on the chair at the front table and asked.
The boy in front of me has curly hair and small eyes. I look back and see
It was Chen Can. He was so nervous that he couldn't speak clearly. He spoke more and more quietly, lowering his head and not daring to look at him.
"I... don't... know."
The five words were divided into three parts, and Chen Can at least heard them clearly.
Chen Can said: "Oh, that's okay."
Curly's ears turned visibly red and he turned away shyly.
Chen Can: “…”
Chen Can realized that he was holding a piece of paper with eight words clearly written on it. Curly had been looking down and seemed to have seen it...
Chen Can quickly dismissed this speculation. He took out his phone and typed in information as he walked downstairs.
[Your dad and I] @Pig, do you know where the South Tower is?
The reply came quickly.
【biG】Is this building still there in No. 10 Middle School?
【biG】Go and ask.
Chen Can felt an inexplicable sense of unease in his heart.
A few minutes later, there was a reply.
【biG】I asked about it. The South Building is in the old campus. It was called South Building before, but later it was changed to something like Junzi Building.
[biG] Just opposite the accident building...
The few large words floating lightly seemed to press the pause button for Chen Can. After his mind went blank for a few seconds, he ran back in a hurry and even forgot to reply to the message.
And Zhu Baifeng was still roaring in the group.
【biG】：Wait a minute, I see you
【biG】：Why are you running so fast???
[biG]: Still running back
【biG】: No, you are not going to the South Tower!!
【biG】: You are crazy!!! @陈湛@陈湛@陈湛
【biG】：Wait for me! Don’t run around alone @陈湛
Zhu Baifeng was like a worried old mother. She put away her phone and immediately chased after him.
Chen Can rushed all the way to the old campus, having to be wary of patrolling security guards along the way. Ever since the explosion, the old campus had been sealed off, and students were not allowed to approach within fifty meters.
But there were still students who didn't follow the rules, like Chen Can and Ou Ranyu. Another example was a few daring sophomores who had been playing bother. One evening, after returning from the old campus, they claimed to have seen the North Building, half destroyed by the bombing, restored to its original state. The computer lab was full of students, working on their computers. They could even hear the distinct sound of keyboards, resonant in the quiet of midnight.
However, the rumor did not spread far. Within a day, those girls were suspended from school and sent home.
Public opinion stopped here.
As for whether what they said was true, no one privately verified it, and Chen Can only pieced together the information based on fragments of information on the forum.
Ou Ranyu would not barge in here just to verify a few rumors.
The only possibility is that he is sick.
At this point, Chen Can could no longer simply regard Ou Ranyu as a mental patient. He simply couldn't bear to watch Ou Ranyu seek death.
At 11 PM, Chen Can arrived at the base of Junzi Peak. The South Tower, now known as the Junzi Building, stood at the foot of Junzi Peak. Moonlight streamed down, the night shrouded in hazy light. The entire South Tower was submerged in darkness, its intact outline gradually fading, creating a stark contrast to the clearly visible, dilapidated North Tower across the way.
An area where supernatural events often occur.
Chen Can looked up at the black South Building, which had seven floors.
He suddenly hoped that Ou Ranyu had deliberately tricked him into coming, so that he might have a reason to convince himself not to go. But reality told him that the behavior of a mentally ill person would always be irrational in the eyes of normal people. What was the point of saying true or false? There was only reason and indifference.
But even if Ou Ranyu set a trap on purpose, he would take the bait voluntarily.
It was he who chose to believe a mentally ill liar.
If Ou Ranyu really lied to him, he would bite Ou Ranyu to death.
Chen Can gritted his teeth, took out his cell phone, turned on the flashlight, and stepped into the dark corridor.
Chen Can decided to go directly to the seventh floor, but he was not very sure.
Ou Ranyu was on the seventh floor, and he always felt a lingering fear when he thought of the tall building.
Ou Ranyu would jump off the building.
The entrance to the upper floors had a fake lock, clearly showing signs of having been opened. There was also an old, dilapidated elevator next to it, with a yellowed piece of paper with the word "out of order" written on the door.
Chen Can opened the fake lock with ease and went straight to the seventh floor.
As if he'd encountered a maze, Chen Can found himself unable to reach the second floor no matter how hard he tried. He kept looping back to the same place he'd been. Unconvinced, he glanced at his phone and noticed a string of messages from Zhu Baifeng, all from 20 minutes ago. When he finished composing a message and sent it, the signal was, as expected, blocked. Even more bizarrely, the time displayed on the phone screen stopped at 11:05:37 PM.
Calmly, Chen Can calmly put his phone away and pondered in the darkness for a few seconds. From the moment he stepped in, he had foreseen everything that might happen, but he didn't expect it to actually happen to him...
He originally thought he would go back as soon as he found the person, but now he is really in trouble...
Chen Can silently wiped the sweat from his forehead and turned on the flashlight on his phone. He shone it up the stairs, and luckily, the flashlight still worked.
After a few minutes, Chen Can turned it off again and went downstairs by feeling the handrail. Of course, he couldn't get down to the first floor. He simply sat down and refused to move.
Maybe when the day breaks, you'll find it was just a dream
Perhaps because he had slept too long during the day and was too frightened the previous night, Chen Can had no desire to sleep. He accidentally leaned his head against the cold armrest and became more awake. He didn't move his head away immediately because he heard a subtle sound coming from the hollow armrest.
Chen Can didn't care about the dust on the armrest and put his ear close to it to listen carefully.
It was a very regular sound of keyboard tapping.
"Snap, snap, click, click, snap, snap..."
When Zhai heard it, he thought it came from the armrest.
Chen Can suddenly thought of those rumors.
The knocking sounds are getting closer...
Each sound hammered heavily against Chen Can's ears, like a death knell. He was so confused that he ran upstairs without even thinking, but the sound of the knocks pursued him relentlessly like a curse, approaching step by step, about to strangle him.
Chen Can felt like he had run almost eight hundred miles, but still couldn't reach the end, and the knocking sounds in his ears became clearer and clearer.
I'm about to die.
Every step Chen Can took felt like he was carrying a heavy weight, excruciatingly painful. Taking another step, his foot gave out, and he tripped, hitting his calf hard on the step.
Chen Can knelt down on the spot. Fortunately, he was still conscious and grabbed the railing in time to avoid hitting his face.
It hurts so fucking much.
Chen Can steadied himself and made sure that his leg bones were not broken before he slowly stood up.
Just at the moment I fell, the knocking sound suddenly disappeared.
Could it be that the crisis will be resolved by falling?
After sitting for a while, Chen Can continued to climb up and finally saw the entrance to the floor. He then hurried forward, fearing that the entrance would be closed soon.
Does the disappearance of the knocking sound mean the appearance of the entrance to the floor?
Chen Can successfully entered the building, though he wasn't sure which floor he was on, but it wasn't the second. He entered a random classroom and tried to open the window, only to find it sealed shut, unable to get through. No matter how hard Chen Can pulled, pounded, or pried, nothing moved. He was desperate to make even more noise, to alert anyone outside. Unfortunately, no one else could hear him, no matter how loud the noise.
If he could get out now, it would be better to ask Chen Can to write 50 letters of apology than to stay here.
Why didn’t you call a few more people to stop Ou Ranyu?
Why are you so confident in yourself that you barge in without even knowing if the person is there?
He is as stupid as a pig. He has no ability but tries to act like a big shot. He will suffer the consequences.
Chen Can regretted deeply in the darkness.
Speaking of pigs, it seems that Zhu Baifeng has followed us. If he really comes in, I hope he doesn't get killed.
Chen Can turned on the flashlight, and under the cold white light, the classroom with camera positions arranged in rows was clearly visible.
This seems to be the computer room in the north building, the classroom where someone died.
Chen Can's intuition told him to leave immediately, but the door was locked at some point.
Chen Can kicked the door several times in desperation. Behind him, startup sounds rang out and all the computers turned on. The dim blue and white light illuminated the classroom, and the sound of keyboard tapping could be heard regularly.
Chen Can didn't dare to look back.
In shock, I caught a glimpse of the host computer which was also turned on.
Chen Can immediately walked over and bent down to unplug the power cord of the host computer, but he failed to do so despite great effort.
During the maneuver, a pair of burnt hands suddenly stretched out from the host screen above Chen Can's back, and like a poisonous snake, they wrapped around Chen Can's neck and strangled him quickly.
Chen Can was strangled to the point of being unable to breathe. He tried desperately to pull away the burnt hands on his neck. He even tried to pull off the cooked flesh, exposing the white bones, but he still failed.
Chen Can didn't care about the disgust. He put one hand on the leg of the stool, raised it high, and smashed it on the computer.
The scorched hand retracted as if in pain, but Chen Can didn't relax. He immediately moved the stool back until he had smashed the console into pieces. He then let go of the stool and used his free hand to brush off the rotten flesh that had just stuck to his body.
The typing sound stopped at some point, and Chen Can turned around to look at the auxiliary cameras. Every camera position was filled with people, each of them with missing limbs and legs, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and all their eyes were looking at him.
Forgot there was this one.
Chen Can would rather die by hitting his head against a wall than be eaten by the dead.
Come and save him...
Chen Can shrank back into the corner holding the stool. The forty-eight corpses opposite him looked at him unscrupulously, as if they wanted to eat him alive.
The first person to pounce was a short man, who arched his body and stretched out his hand towards Chen Can. With only the upper half of his lip exposed, a turbid and smelly liquid flowed out of his mouth. Even though half of his face was blown off, he couldn't hide his filthiness.
Chen Can grabbed the stool and was about to hit the dwarf, but he didn't expect that the dwarf actually opened his arms and hugged the chair... Chen Can pulled the chair and shook it hard a few times, but the dwarf hugged it tighter and tighter, tilted his head, grinned at Chen Can, and laughed so hard that his eyeballs almost fell out, and his other hand touched Chen Can's face restlessly.
Holy shit, this is perverted! How can I tolerate this?
Chen Can picked a intact area and kicked it, kicking the dwarf five meters away.
The dwarf fell to the ground, twitching all over and then he became motionless.
The corpses swarmed over, and Chen Can used his hands and feet, swung a stool, kicked his feet, created some space, and took the opportunity to jump onto the table next to him.
Before the corpses could react, they all pounced on the locked door. The door could not withstand the pressure and seemed to be loosening.
Then he waited for the corpses to grab Chen Can's ankles, and Chen Can stepped on them one by one.
Try to get closer to the door.
As soon as Chen Can flattened his face, he saw a fire extinguisher in the corner. He took a few steps across and picked up the fire extinguisher.
Wait, how do I use it?
While he was hesitating, several more dead bodies were about to climb onto the table. Chen Can immediately swung the fire extinguisher and thought about how to open it.
Oh, right, the insurance card!
Chen Can sat up while sick and pulled out the insurance card.
Then what?
Seeing that the zombies were about to launch another wave of attacks, Chen Can touched a knob and loosened it with force. About two seconds later, dry powder gushed out towards the zombies.
The air was filled with dry powder, and the corpses frantically grasped at their feet. Chen Can slipped back to the door and smashed the lock with a fire extinguisher. The noise attracted more corpses, but fortunately the door handle was loose. Chen Can squeezed a crack, squeezed out quickly, and closed the door from the outside.
It suddenly became quiet inside the door. After a few minutes, Chen Can confirmed that there was no movement inside the door before he let go of his hand and leaned against the wall.
What is going on?
Chen Can rested for a few minutes, shook off all the hands and teeth hanging on his shoulders and legs, and walked away slowly.
Where is Ou Ranyu?
Did he also enter this strange and changeable space?
Did he do it on purpose?
Chen Can had too many questions in his mind that he had no answers to, so he could only sit on a chair in the corridor and stare at the elevator door.
He no longer dared to enter the classroom casually. He was trapped here and didn't know where to go.
Just leave it to fate?
Chen Can took out his cell phone and played some local music randomly.
Fortunately, the music can still play.
A mournful tune lingered in his ears, echoing in the empty corridor. Chen Can had no intention of listening, thinking that the music didn't distract him.
Closed.
The moment the music stopped abruptly, the elevator door slowly opened with a "ding" sound.
Wasn't the elevator out of order? How could it still be carrying someone? It's not right. Maybe it wasn't a person at all.
Chen Can watched vigilantly, possible outcomes constantly emerging in his mind.
Chen Can took a step out of the dark space, his hand tightened, and he couldn't help but hold the phone and pressed the music pause button.
As the sad and melodious tune came to an end, a tall, well-proportioned person stood in front of the elevator.
The more Chen Can looked, the more familiar he felt. He turned on the flashlight to illuminate the person in front of him. The pale face was illuminated by the cold white light, revealing a sinister smile.
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