Chapter 45 Daily Life (VI)
That night, it was already half past nine when they returned to their dormitories.
In the dormitory, the eldest was watching a horror movie again, the second and third were playing games, and the whole dormitory was noisy, filled with a sense of daily relaxation and leisure.
Mu Yu was about to take a shower and change his clothes when a piece of paper suddenly fell out of his clothes and floated to the ground.
He looked down, stunned, then suddenly held his breath, bent down, picked up the note from the ground, and turned it over.
Lu Chongnian's familiar lines of elegant and graceful handwriting appeared on the paper.
[A few days ago, I also tried to recall what happened that morning...
…
...Are you still angry? 】
——This turned out to be the note that Lu Chongnian wrote to him in the copy!
Mu Yu was a little surprised.
This note was actually taken out of the copy?
Is it a bug? Or... apart from the scars on the players, "paper" is also not affected by the time rewind after the dungeon ends?
Mu Yu suddenly fell into deep thought.
It was always difficult for him and Lu Chongnian to communicate in the dungeon. It was only during this three-hour dungeon that they were able to chat for a few minutes.
But what about next time? Who knows, will the time be even tighter next time?
But if paper could be free from the effects of copies…
——Then perhaps he and Lu Chongnian could find a way to communicate across the two worlds without rushing or being hurried.
*
A peaceful night passed, and when the morning light came, the reflection of another city disappeared on the earth.
Early in the morning, there were more than 99 messages in the group "Win 100 million tomorrow".
Jiang Shuyue sent a message at 5:05.
"The city reflection just disappeared at 5 o'clock."
Jing Qiao replied to him at 6:30: "...You didn't stay up all night, did you??"
Jiang Shuyue replied immediately: "How is that possible? I set the alarm for 4:30."
Fu Xiaoju popped up at 7:30: "Is it light at 5 o'clock in the morning?"
Ye Sui: "It's a little bright already, but if the weather gets colder, it might be 6 o'clock before dawn. We can then see if the time for the reflection to disappear has been delayed."
Jiang Shuyue: "I will set the alarm every day to get up and read it, and make a record [clenched fist]"
Su Mingyun: "As expected of a top student [thumbs-up]"
Yu Hui: "As expected of a top student [thumbs-up]"
Mu Yu: "As expected of a top student [thumbs-up]"
Jiang Shuyue: "@Muyu you must have gotten up early too, what time did you get up?"
Mu Yu: "4:55."
Jiang Shuyue: “…………”
Su Mingyun: "@Muyu how can you predict so accurately??"
Mu Yu: "Yesterday's reflection didn't disappear for three or four hours. If it's going to disappear again, it must be after dawn. 4:55 is about the same. Sleep time is also precious."
Jiang Shuyue: “………………”
Fu Xiaoju: "@Jiang Shuyue brother, I understand how you feel right now [pat on the shoulder]"
Today is Saturday, and the entire university town is waking up particularly slowly.
At exactly nine o'clock in the morning, in "Qiyu", the largest cafe in the center of the university town.
Yan Shaowen sat down on the sofa.
He was still wearing a white shirt, and his dress was so elegant that he didn't look like a plain college student, but more like an office worker, attracting the attention of many mature men and women passing by.
He crossed his legs and looked at the four people surrounding him curiously, and asked with interest: "How did you get together?"
First, it was Fu Xiaoju who ran into their Lian University dormitory early in the morning and woke him up.
——This guy got along well with them for a while, but then in his second year of high school he suddenly became distant because of something.
Yan Shaowen can no longer remember clearly what that “one thing” was.
He has never cared about such things. It's up to him to let anyone come or go. They are not very important people, so there is no need to pay attention to them one by one.
And it was Fu Xiaoju, who had not been in contact with them for more than a year, who suddenly seemed to have returned to the first year of high school today. He came to him rudely and gave him a blasting wake-up call. Yan Shaowen even suspected that he was still sleepwalking.
Then there are Mu Yu and Ye Sui. These two had little interaction with him during their three years of high school - this has been mentioned long before - and most importantly, everyone in their high school class knew that Fu Xiaoju disliked Mu Yu.
But the three of them actually sat together today.
And then there is——
Yan Shaowen looked at Jiang Shuyue, who had a pair of dark circles under his eyes. This was the person who surprised him the most.
He raised his eyebrows: "Isn't this the new school hunk from our Lian University? Why are you here too? How do you know Mu Yu and the others?"
Jiang Shuyue froze, and said angrily, "I'm not the school hunk, don't call me that!"
Yan Shaowen: “?”
Mu Yu, Ye Sui and Fu Xiaoju glanced at him.
Jiang Shuyue: "...What are you looking at? Don't look at me!"
Jiang Shuyue is not a fool. When Su Mingyun asked Lu Chongnian in the copy if he was the campus idol of the Law Department of Lian University, Lu Chongnian was silent and replied, "I am from the Department of Mathematics."
Lu Chongnian is not the kind of person who likes to show off, so his reply was already telling them the answer.
——In another world, he is the new campus idol of Lian University voted by everyone!
It’s just that at that time, Lu Chongnian himself didn’t know that he had come to another world where he didn’t exist, which led to such a misunderstanding.
Anyway, ever since he figured this out, Jiang Shuyue would feel uncomfortable whenever he heard someone call him "school hunk"...
...It's just so awkward!
He had a competitive spirit towards Lu Zhongnian, but he also had to admit that in terms of appearance, Lu Zhongnian was better than him... um...
In terms of grades, Lu Zhongnian is also better than him... um...
Jiang Shuyue always wants what he deserves, and what is not his is not his.
...So now he strongly rejects the title of "school idol"!!
Yan Shaowen couldn’t understand these four people, but the same thing applies: it doesn’t matter.
The waiter brought the coffee they ordered, and after the other party left, he asked calmly, "So, why did you call me out? And for that person named 'Lu Chongnian'?"
Fu Xiaoju's eyes widened: "You know that, so why are you so calm?"
Yan Shaowen: "Why should I be so upset?"
Fu Xiaoju: "He is your best friend! You grew up together!"
Yan Shaowen drank coffee: "Mu Yu told me about this last time. Then, is there anything else this time?"
Fu Xiaoju slammed the table and said angrily: "You want something else? This is not enough? Do you really not care?"
Yan Shaowen laughed: "I don't even remember, how can I care? You are asked to care about a person who has no sense of existence in your mind like air, can you care?"
Fu Xiaoju was choked.
Mu Yu looked at him silently for a while, and asked seriously: "The last time we talked, you also confirmed that there were gaps in your memory. Don't you feel uncomfortable?"
In his understanding, although Yan Shaowen is not very interested in anything other than money, that is only limited to "external things".
If there was something that really involved him, he shouldn't be so indifferent.
Yan Shaowen put down his coffee cup and said, "In the beginning, there was indeed a little bit."
A person who seemed very important to him disappeared from this world, and no one remembered her except Mu Yu.
After a little investigation, I found that there were indeed various signs that were strange, and there were indeed some missing memories in my mind.
To be honest, when he realized this, Yan Shaowen was still a little curious.
Everyone is curious, and Yan Shaowen is no exception. He is not an alien or a robot.
But one thing Yan Shaowen understood since he was a child is that most curiosity is worthless.
Some things may seem interesting, but solving the puzzle can only give him a sense of "so that's why" in the moment, but it cannot bring any practical benefits.
Is there a God in this world?
If so, what else can He bring to mankind besides wantonly erasing a human's existence?
Or, if He Himself cannot bring any practical benefits to mankind, can they sell this news?
But Mu Yu couldn't even say "those things" because this action was forbidden by Him.
Is Lu Chongnian important?
Even if it was very important in the past, he is still alive and well without the memory of this man named Lu Chongnian, and is not affected in any way.
So - what difference does it make whether "Lu Chongnian" exists or not, whether he comes back or not?
Thinking of this, this series of weird and supernatural things has completely lost its appeal to Yan Shaowen.
If Mu Yu and the others hadn't found him today, he would have almost forgotten that he had ever participated in such a magical topic.
Mu Yu let out a breath.
Okay, I almost forgot, besides caring about himself the most, Yan Shaowen is also a very realistic person.
This guy is practical in everything, and he cannot attract any attention from vague things.
There was no need to try to awaken his memory of Lu Zhongnian, so Mu Yu got straight to business.
"Did you see the message I sent you yesterday?"
Yan Shaowen then remembered this: "It seems that I received it, but I was too busy at the time and didn't read it carefully."
He picked up his phone and checked Mu Yu's message, and readily agreed to their request to go to Wenshan Club for an on-site investigation.
"Of course, we can. We can show you the surveillance footage, but again, don't hold your hopes too high. The club managers who should have checked have already done so, and they didn't find anything noteworthy."
Mu Yu and the others stood up: "Okay, let's go take a look first."
Yan Shaowen came by car and was just able to take them away.
The luxury car crossed half of the university town and drove all the way to the northeast corner.
Forty minutes later, after a short winding road, the car stopped halfway up the mountain.
Mu Yu and his friends got off the car, and a low-key luxurious building was right in front of them.
Wenshan Club, where everything begins.
*
The air on the mountain is fresh, but the location is a bit too remote for a club to open for business.
However, the positioning of Wenshan Club is "private" and "high-end". They have a membership system, and ordinary college students like Mu Yu are normally not allowed to enter.
The club had not yet opened for business. When Yan Shaowen took them in, only a manager and two waiters came out to greet them.
Jiang Shuyue looked around at the decorations and said in amazement: "Your class reunion is held here? Isn't it too cool?"
His family is well off, but not enough to spend money in places like this.
Fu Xiaoju: "Want to try it? I'll bring you here to have some fun next time."
Yan Shaowen, who was walking in front, was a little speechless: "Can you please stop talking about this place as if it were some shady business place?"
Fu Xiaoju and Jiang Shuyue: "Ahem."
The manager received the message from Yan Shaowen and knew the purpose of their visit today, so he took them directly to the monitoring room.
He didn't ask any further questions and just had someone switch the surveillance footage to the morning of August 21st.
Mu Yu, Ye Sui, Jiang Shuyue and Fu Xiaoju all stepped forward, their eyes all serious and focused.
Yan Shaowen took three steps back, stood next to the manager, and folded his arms.
His eyes rested on the backs of these four people.
A thought that has come to my mind since I met these four people today appeared again at this time.
——The number of people is increasing.
Last time it was only Mu Yu alone, but today it seems that not only Ye Sui was dragged in, but the other two as well.
Yan Shaowen bent his index finger and tapped his arm, as if thinking about something.
I hope the scope won’t expand further, otherwise it will be a bit troublesome.
He didn't want to know what these people were getting themselves into.
…
On the other side, Mu Yu and the others were looking at the surveillance records.
The surveillance recording started at 3 a.m., which was too early because everyone was asleep. The only people in the entire club who occasionally passed by the surveillance screen were the staff.
Mu Yu tried to recall what time he woke up that morning.
At that time, I could already hear the chirping of birds outside the window. The morning light was shining in through the window. It must be five o'clock, right?
He asked the staff: "Can we pull it up to 4:30?"
Jiang Shuyue whispered to the side: "Look, you still need 4:30!"
Mu Yu looked at him with a look that said "Are you an elementary school student?"
The staff pulled the surveillance record to the time point mentioned by Mu Yu, and then followed their instructions and fast-forwarded from time to time.
There were countless surveillance angles, and the four of them worked together to observe.
At 4:30, everything was normal in the club.
4:45, everything is normal.
4:55, still normal.
…
On August 20, the entire club was contracted by their class, so only people from their class stayed there that night.
Everyone drank too much and usually liked to sleep in, so almost no one got up early the next day.
Therefore, from 5 a.m. to 7 a.m., no one appeared in the surveillance during these two hours.
It was not until 7:30 that two girls from their class who had slept on the second floor came out and went downstairs to have breakfast.
Ye Sui lowered his voice and said, "Since Lu Zhongnian's existence has been erased, even if he had appeared in the surveillance footage, that footage must have been tampered with."
Mu Yu bit his thumb knuckle and said, "Well, I just wanted to see when I left. I don't even remember it."
After 8 o'clock, more and more students woke up one after another.
At 8:30, Hong Yang and Ye Sui came out of the room on the second floor, yawning.
According to Ye Sui, the two of them did not leave Wenshan Club until nine o'clock that day, and they spent the half hour eating breakfast.
Mu Yu kept staring at the surveillance camera in the corridor on the third floor.
His heart is beating fast.
At 9:56, he suddenly came forward.
Seeing this, Fu Xiaoju, Jiang Shuyue and Ye Sui all looked over.
Even Yan Shaowen, who was standing not far behind them, couldn't help but look at them.
In the surveillance footage, the third floor.
Room 305 at the end of the corridor was opened at this time.
Mu Yu walked out of the room alone.
In the picture, he was wearing the clothes he wore the night before, carrying a cross-body bag, and his hair was a little messy, and it was obvious that he had slept a little groggily the night before.
He closed the door, turned around, and walked calmly along the corridor towards the end of the surveillance camera.
The gait is steady and the complexion is normal.
In just a moment, he disappeared from the surveillance screen without showing any abnormality throughout the whole process.
Mu Yu stood up.
…I always feel that the me in the surveillance video is so unfamiliar.
Is that really him?
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