He won't lie to me, right?
I took Liu Qi away, used an invisible cloak on him, and then I went back the same way with his face pressed against my chest, leaving Chen Ming alone.
As I left the library, I noticed a sign at the entrance. It had a rainbow painted on it and was tied with seven colorful silk scarves. Like the ones Chen Ming had carried from number one to number seven, they fluttered in the wind, just as beautiful as the rainbow on the sign and the words written on it—the sky will clear up.
I held tightly onto the invisible Liu Qi beside me. I knew that Chen Ming was gone. He disappeared from this world like the wind, just like Liu Qi's brother Liu An.
Liu Qi, struggling to return, also saw the scarves. He knew that this time, Chen Ming was truly gone, just like his brother. He wanted to cry, but he had no eyes, so no tears could flow. He thought, in fact, death would be good, so he could see his brother and also meet Chen Ming again.
The person I hated for so long still remembered his brother's instructions to take care of himself before he died, and gave himself hope of living.
Thinking of his daily insults to Chen Ming, Liu Qi looked up at the sky, his lips moving but no words coming out. He felt the wind and for a moment he didn't know who was caressing him.
He was so sad, he hated himself so much!
It was he who had harmed his brother, it was he who had harmed Chen Ming. Just as his father had said, he had been destined to die from birth. He was a burden.
Qi Jing held Liu Qi's face and pulled the invisibility cloaked Liu Qi away. The silk scarf behind him fluttered and fluttered until it floated into the air, like a kite with a broken string, drifting to an unknown place.
He quietly touched the balcony, where someone was already waiting. The window was opened, and Qi Jing pushed Liu Qi up immediately. However, Shu Yan, who was standing in the front, did not take it, but stretched out his hand to Qi Jing.
Liu Qi was pulled up by Ma Liangchen. After they came up, Qi Jing returned to his normal appearance, and Liu Qi also took off his invisibility cloak.
Qi Jing didn't need to explain anything, as everyone present who had their watches turned on understood.
Qi Jing held the phone and asked Liu Qi who was standing beside him: "Have you seen my father?"
Liu Qi sat in the chair in a daze: "No."
Qi Jing: "Aren't you with Chen Ming every day? Why has he seen him but not you?"
Liu Qi: "I have my job. I'm selling my life to Qi San, not Chen Ming."
"How did you tell Liu Chao and the others the news?"
Liu Qi looked at Qi Jing and sneered, "Are you stupid? Didn't I say that memories can be tampered with? As the boss of a mission, I do have that authority."
Zhang Heqian was furious when he heard his tone: "Hey, kid, you are in our hands now, speak politely and make yourself clear to me."
Liu Qi: "Then kill me."
Zhang Heqian: “…”
Ma Liangchen tugged at Zhang Heqian's clothes and said, "The news he spread was not wrong. Chen Ming also said that being a student can indeed allow you to survive. Although the prerequisite is that we all die, it is better than dying in their mouths."
Qi Jing sat next to Liu Qi, holding his phone and repeatedly pressing the power button. He lowered his head and said to Liu Qi, "Don't even think about leaving. You have to be worthy of your brother and Chen Ming."
Liu Qi withdrew his gaze from everywhere. He looked at Qi Jing, then at the photo on the phone screen. As if he had thought of something, he said, "Your mother is so beautiful. You take after her. Unlike me, I look more like my damn father."
Hearing what he said, Qi Jing reached out and touched his face, looking at his mother on the screen: "I haven't looked in the mirror for a long time. It's really strange here. It makes me slowly forget myself."
Shuyan put his hand on his shoulder and tapped it with his fingers to comfort him.
They were all silent in the room. At this time, Wang Shitou and Shi Yuncheng pushed the door open and walked in. Seeing Qi Jing, Wang Shitou moved a chair and sat down, ignoring Liu Qi who was standing beside him. He said, "I just went to the seventh floor to look for Liu Chao and the others, but found that no one was in the room. They must have become student NPCs, but they left a letter for you before they left."
"The letter burned after reading, but I remember everything I wrote. Liu Chao said, "Qi Jing, I went looking for you this morning, but unfortunately I didn't see you. I want to say, this world is strange, including us. However, for some reason, I want you to become students with us and take this path that only has a 50% chance of survival. I don't know why these thoughts came to my mind, but I think the students' crazy motive in luring us to death might be that they could survive by killing us, because nothing could be more attractive. Isn't it? I can see that Shu Yan and the others don't agree with my choice, but we have a life-and-death friendship. I still want to persuade you to join us on this path. My intuition tells me that it's an easy one. We've all been through a lot along the way. Meeting is fate. No matter what, I respect your choice. It's a pity that we can't continue this journey with you. By the time you read this letter, the five of us will have already become part of the NPC army outside. If we don't survive, please help us get home after you get out. If we do survive, I hope we can meet again in the future."
Zhang Heqian: "You have a very good memory."
Wang Shitou: "Who do you look down on?"
Time actually passed very quickly. After a while, it was already dark. Everyone in the room was busy with their own things, except Liu Qi who was sitting on the balcony looking at the sky outside.
The few stars in the sky twinkled, and there were footsteps outside and the last sound of people jumping from the roof from time to time.
Qi Jing came over with the instant noodles in his hand and handed them to him. He looked up at the sky and asked, "Are you thinking about your brother?"
Liu Qi took the instant noodles and pinned his hair behind his ears with a small black hairpin. The hot steam from the noodles hit his chin, but he still looked up at the sky.
He said: "No, I just wonder why some people would rather jump off a building than become an NPC."
Qi Jing turned his head to look at him, and he found that Liu Qi's face seemed to show signs of recovery. He saw the tip of his nose protruding a little, and he suddenly reached out and touched it without anyone noticing.
It feels soft, a bit like a small meat bag bitten by a mosquito.
Liu Qi was startled by his touch. His head tilted back, and his face, with only his mouth open, seemed to be filled with shock.
"What are you doing?"
Qi Jing, feeling very confused, wanted to escape awkwardly. He stood up, took the chair that Shu Yan had brought for him and was about to leave: "Sorry, my mind is a little confused."
"And I can't answer your question because I can't speak for others."
He sat next to Liu Qi, looking at the stars in the sky with him, and then they each thought about their own things.
In the end, it was Wang Shitou who helped them both get into bed. Because each room had six beds and there were no extra beds for Liu Qi, Shi Yuncheng volunteered to give up his bed.
It was not because he felt sorry for Liu Qi, but because this way he could sleep in the same bed with Wang Shitou.
Tonight is much quieter than the previous two days, after all, half of the people are dead.
Before going to bed, Qi Jing repeatedly checked his phone. He looked just like his mother, as handsome as her. His father was handsome too, but in his heart, his mother was prettier. Now, with a beating heart, he longed for the seventh day to come. He was eager to unlock his phone and listen to the words his father had left for him.
He also wanted to know what he was like, but before that, he always felt that Shu Yan was hiding something from him. He felt that his relationship with Shu Yan should not be like this, and should be like Wang Shitou and Shi Yuncheng.
He shouldn't be juggling between coldness and tenderness like this. It's not like Shu Yan doesn't care about him, but it's also not like he cares about her that much. Ever since their relationship was exposed, Shu Yan stopped teasing her and rarely spoke. But he was the first to comfort her when she was in deep pain, bringing her back from the pain.
But Qi Jing couldn't understand why he didn't talk to him more, like he did at the beginning. Why did the relationship become more distant after he made it clear? Did he know something? Or did he think I knew something?
As Qi Jing thought about it, he slowly fell asleep. On the other side of the bed, Shu Yan was still awake. He couldn't sleep, but he didn't want to stay awake.
Recently his memory has become more and more confused, and it has gradually begun to be mixed with other memories, which are completely different from what was in his mind before.
At first, he knew something just like Qi Jing thought, but slowly, like Wang Shitou, he began to forget everything until Qi Jing brought Liu Qi back. Slowly, he remembered some things bit by bit, but now his mind was in a mess.
He wanted to tell Qi Jing, but he found it increasingly difficult to open his mouth. It was not because he was being controlled by others, but because his body was unwilling to do so.
He felt something was wrong. He should have loved Qi Jing very much, but why did his body start to not want to talk to Qi Jing? In fact, he should have noticed it from the beginning. Since he made it clear, he rarely spoke to Qi Jing or had much contact with her.
Why is it different from what we agreed? Could it be that person is lying to me?
The room was quiet. As time passed, the memories in Shuyan's mind began to slowly piece together, and then he slowly began to remember everything. Of course, this also caused him to be unable to sleep all night.
He spent the whole night staring at the ceiling with his eyes open. When he got up, he glanced at the people in the dormitory. After his eyes swept over Shi Yuncheng, they fell on Wang Shitou who was beside him.
He remembered that he had contacted him at the beginning, and for some reason, he used it once and never used it again.
He thought, with such an obvious contact, Wang Shitou never discovered anything?
He turned his head away from him and leaned against the bed to peek at Qi Jing.
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