"Who are you talking about?" Cen Yu feigned ignorance.
“You know,” He Yongning said. Cen Yu didn’t say the name, and neither did he. The two of them were speaking in cryptic language, facing each other.
Cen Yu didn't care; let them play riddles if they want, since both of them knew who they were talking about anyway. "Why do you think that?"
He looked at He Yongning, wondering if one of the main characters had discovered something... Cen Yu also sensed that Pei Hengyun was acting strangely, but he still had to wait for more clues to verify.
As for He Yongning?
He looked at him suspiciously. "Have you found some clues?"
“There are no leads,” He Yongning said.
This wasn't a lie; it was just that in that instant in the classroom, when he looked at his desk, the person who came to mind... wasn't Pei Hengyun.
Although he still didn't remember what his deskmate looked like, he remembered the other person's somewhat cynical attitude, which inexplicably reminded him of Cen Yu... He Yongning always knew that he was as rigid as a robot, and what he hated most were people who seemed nonchalant and said things as if they were joking with others.
Unfortunately, Cen Yu is too good-looking. Even if he just smiles and says something serious to you, you will have the illusion that he might be joking with you.
He Yongning knew perfectly well that he hated people like this the most, but he couldn't feel any ill will towards Cen Yu. It was as if he knew that Cen Yu was born this way, and that he was meant to be this way.
Even just now, when he looked at the two beauty marks under Cen Yu's eyes, a strange feeling of... almost nostalgia arose in his mind.
The feeling was empty, as if, many years after graduation, memories of high school suddenly flooded your mind one afternoon, and you were transported back to that moment ten years ago, but deep down you knew that time had long since passed.
Now that he had confirmed that the classmate who appeared in his mind was not Pei Hengyun, he had deliberately tested him to see if he would give anything away. However, he did not expect Pei Hengyun to be even more cunning than he thought...
They were willing to injure their feet to thwart their purpose of testing.
The cigarette in He Yongning's hand had burned down to the end. He glanced one last time at the bathroom, the place Cen Yu had said was haunted yesterday afternoon...
“You know that’s not fake,” He Yongning said, looking at the bathroom.
Although the sentence in the conversation seemed a bit abrupt, Cen Yu immediately understood his meaning when she looked in the direction of his gaze.
But how could he possibly admit to it? He pretended to be clueless, saying, "I don't know what you're talking about."
He Yongning didn't quite understand Cen Yu's avoidance attitude. He had watched his live stream, and although the camera was shaky, the thing that appeared next to the mannequin... definitely didn't look like a living person.
He didn't believe Cen Yu couldn't see it, nor did he know if Cen Yu was deliberately avoiding the question or for some other reason.
He Yongning nodded, stopped talking to Cen Yu, and returned to the living room.
"...?" What's wrong? Are you angry?
Cen Yu watched He Yongning's departing figure, assuming that his denial made the other party feel there was no need to continue the conversation... Just as he was about to go to other places, he saw He Yongning come out with an ashtray.
"..." Cen Yu watched with a subtle expression as He Yongning handed him the ashtray.
"Th-thank you?" Cen Yu said uncertainly, then extinguished the cigarette in the ashtray that He Yongning handed him.
He Yongning nodded reservedly, then put the ashtray back in the living room. A moment later, the other person came out again. Just as Cen Yu was wondering what the other person was doing coming in and out, he heard He Yongning ask him—
"Would you like to come to my house?"
He Yongning's home?
Cen Yu was taken aback. He remembered that He Yongning's house had been abandoned because no one had lived there for a long time.
This morning, He Yongning said he would go back to visit when he had time, but I didn't expect him to have made a decision by the afternoon.
Cen Yu carefully examined He Yongning's attire and discovered that he had indeed changed into a new outfit after returning—a new outfit more suitable for sports.
As for what I was wearing, it was beach shorts and sneakers, which are also suitable for sports.
Could it be that after returning to Jiang Tuan's home, He Yongning is planning to go back to the old house to take a look?
Many thoughts raced through Cen Yu's mind, but she immediately nodded, "I'll go with you."
He touched his pockets and found his phone on one side, cigarettes and the change he had left over from buying cigarettes on the other... but he felt like something was missing.
Cen Yu's gaze swept around Jiang Tuan's yard a few times, finally spotting a hammer in a corner. Without hesitation, he walked over, grabbed it, and turned to He Yongning, saying—
"I'm all ready, shall we go?"
He Yongning looked at Cen Yu with a strange expression, as if he had finally realized that this person was not from Earth.
He held back for a long time, suppressing his curiosity and refraining from asking why the other person was bringing a hammer to their old house.
Just as they were about to leave, Cen Yu suddenly seemed to sense something and immediately looked up.
Then he saw Pei Hengyun leaning on the windowsill watching them from the open window on the third floor... He didn't say anything, just quietly watched their movements, as if he wouldn't have made a sound if Cen Yu hadn't looked up at that moment.
Pei Hengyun, now dressed in pajamas, looked even thinner.
He naturally possessed a gentle, artistic temperament, but if someone happened to be in a room on the third floor, they would probably find that Pei Hengyun's fingers had sunk into the wall next to him.
Pei Hengyun watched Cen Yu quietly until the other noticed him, at which point a smile returned to his face.
"Are you going out?" Pei Hengyun's voice wasn't loud, but Cen Yu heard it clearly.
“Let’s go out for a walk.” Cen Yu pointed to himself and He Yongning.
"You should rest at home."
“Okay.” Pei Hengyun said with a smile, but where Cen Yu couldn’t see, his fingers had already dug deep into the wall.
He looked at He Yongning with an almost gloomy expression, but for the time being, he had no solution.
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