On May 20, Jian Jing finished her fitness class, took a shower, opened her locker, and saw several missed calls on her phone, all from Kang Mucheng.

She was surprised and surprised, and quickly called back: "What do you want to talk to me about?"

"Yeah." Kang Mucheng's tone was brisk, and he could feel his joy across the airwaves, "I have a message to tell you, where is it?"

"Gym." She was puzzled, "What message?"

Kang Mucheng asked back: "Today is the 20th, what do you think."

"520?" Jian Jing was even more surprised, "Valentine's Day?"

"..." Kang Mucheng had to reveal the answer himself, "Today is the film festival awards ceremony, Hide and Seek won the award, the jury grand prize."

Jian Jing said "Oh", "That's great."

Kang Mucheng was silent, and then asked: "Don't you know what this award is?"

Jian Jing: "Grand prize."

"This is a very important award. We are very lucky. This year is a minor year. Our most favorable competitor encountered some sensitive problems, and finally fell to Hide and Seek. Tsk, I thought it was impossible. Who would have thought that luck could not be stopped when it came." Kang Mucheng was very excited and talked much more than usual. "Although the movie won the award, it is also good for you."

"...Yeah." Jian Jing was not unhappy, but she was less excited, and more regretful. Regret that the other self had never waited for this day.

But she hid it well: "When will it be released in China?"

"Originally it was May Day, and Director Ding pushed the release date. I wanted to take a gamble, and he was right." Kang Mucheng said, "Don't worry, you will definitely be invited to the premiere."

Jian Jing couldn't help but smile: "I'm already looking forward to it."

"Let's wait for good news together." Kang Mucheng said so.

As he said, by 7 or 8 o'clock in the evening, the Internet was already flooded with news. The main force was naturally the production company, and all major entertainment accounts released relevant news.

Director Ding has his own Weibo account, and he wrote an 800-word essay, describing his mental journey, thanking the producers and friends for their support, praising the actor's acting skills, and being humble. He didn't forget to bring simplicity and tranquility, which can be said to be comprehensive and quite good at dealing with people.

Jinwu naturally would not miss this opportunity, and forwarded the "Hide and Seek Kids" nine-square grid to give away books, and attached purchase links to major book websites.

Jian Jing curiously clicked on the shopping website and witnessed with her own eyes that the monthly sales volume soared from 300 copies to more than 5,000, and it is still growing.

You know, this is an old book from three years ago.

Overnight, everything changed dramatically.

It would be too hypocritical to say that Jian Jing did not get excited about this. The half bottle of red wine she drank is the best proof. However, no matter how successful "Hide and Seek" is, it is also another success of Jian Jing. Even if the two people are different reflections of the same soul in the mirror, there are always subtle differences.

She is happy for "herself", but she does not think this is her success.

This subtle sense of difference made her quickly regain her composure and not be overwhelmed by joy.

In addition, she has something more worth being happy about.

When "Hide and Seek" was on the hot search, the system showed a new prompt.

[System: The host's fame has increased significantly, reaching the standard for opening a limited lottery pool. The new card pool is open]

[System: The limited lottery pool will be opened based on the host's fame. At this stage, it is "slightly famous" and can be drawn once every three months.]

[System: Do you want to draw a limited card?]

Jian Jing didn't expect there would be a new lottery pool, so she was curious: "Draw."

[Limited card drawing]

[Drawing completed]

[Name: Status card·Stability 30%]

[Description: Stability increases by 30%, allowing you to remain calm in the face of various crises]

[Note: Status cards can be opened or canceled at any time]

How magical, there is such an operation?

She immediately used the new card, and then the character panel that she had ignored before had new changes.

Name: Jian Jing

Gender: Female

Age: 20

Reputation: Slightly famous (maybe one or two passers-by know who you are)

Status: Concentration 30%

Constitution: 5 (the result of staying up late all year round)

Strength: 5 (never arm wrestle with others)

Agility: 7 (you are slightly more sensitive than ordinary people)

Burst: 5 (at the critical moment of life and death, you will regret it)

Endurance: 5 (your endurance is obviously not very good)

Talent: Literary Creation (locked)

Knowledge: Trace Detection (elementary), Cryptography (elementary)

Skills: Observation (elementary)

Items: Recovery Candy (2/5), Black Technology Glasses (main component night vision device)

Current points: Courage value 20 points, Special Contribution value 10

points She tried the new state and it worked well. Her still warm brain immediately returned to normal and she began to think about what impact hide-and-seek would have on her.

The answer is that the sales of old books would increase, and the new book might bring a wave of sales, making her status more important.

And then there is nothing else.

The one who will make the most money will be the production company, and the directors and actors will gain fame and fortune. She, the original author, will have nothing to worry about.

So why get excited? Just go to bed.

She was calm and did what she had to do until Kang Mucheng told her that the premiere of "Hide and Seek Kids" would be on June 1 and she needed to attend.

The premiere was at 7 o'clock in the evening. Kang Mucheng called her and said that he had a meeting that afternoon and could not spare the time to pick her up, so he asked the company's driver to do it for her.

Although it was common for company drivers to pick up writers, Jian Jing didn't want to go through the hassle and preferred to drive herself. On the way, she encountered the evening rush hour after work, and the traffic was stuck for a while. When she arrived at the premiere, it was nearly 6:40.

The venue was already 80% full, with some film critics, some media people, and some unfamiliar faces she was not familiar with.

Jian Jing didn't want to greet anyone, she found a seat and sat down, waiting for the opening.

At this moment, a familiar voice came from the front: "Ms. Jian, long time no see." At the same time, a beautiful and calm face appeared. Mrs.

Qin.

No, maybe it should be corrected to Ms. Liu Baofeng at this time.

"Qin... No, Liu..." Jian Jing was startled and couldn't find the right words for a while.

"It's just a title, Miss Jian, please feel free to call me." Liu Baofeng's attitude was gentle, not like the presumed murderer.

Jian Jing turned on the "concentration" state and calmed down instantly. She chose a meaningful address: "Ms. Liu, I didn't expect to meet you here."

Liu Baofeng smiled and said, "Although I don't know much about movies, the producer is my friend, and it's not difficult to ask for an invitation."

Jian Jing noticed that she said "yes", so she asked, "Are you very interested in this movie?"

"I'm more interested in Miss Jian." Liu Baofeng said softly, "I want to see your story."

Jian Jing sat down and smoothed her skirt: "People who came today are either for the director or the actors. You came all the way for me. I'm really flattered."

Liu Baofeng smiled slightly and didn't answer.

People were sitting around and it was no longer suitable for conversation. The two stopped talking and didn't say anything more.

The movie started.

A gray sky appeared on the huge movie screen. The islands in the distance looked like shadows in the deep sea. A faint mist spread, and the tone was gray and gloomy.

The camera turned, and a drunk man with dishevelled hair and a haggard face appeared in the room.

The man complained that he could not make money, and blamed the woman for being stupid and bringing a burden. The woman was hesitant, and the food on the table was simple and shabby.

Bottles of low-quality wine fell one after another. The man was drunk, and the woman poured the remaining food into a basin, walked through the narrow kitchen, opened the cramped storage room, and handed the food in: "Eat."

A child's hand stretched out from the storage room, skinny.

The woman said nothing and hurried upstairs. In the bedroom upstairs, the baby was crying loudly.

The monologue began: "I was born on a remote island. My biological father died very early, leaving me and my mother. When I was four years old, my mother remarried and married a drunkard. He hated me and wished I would die immediately. He also hated my mother. I don't understand why..."

The scene changed. The baby in the cradle grew up slowly. The relationship between the man and the woman also eased, and occasionally there was a warm moment. Only the child who was monologue was always outside the camera, like an outsider.

"My younger brother has grown up. Mom and I both like him, but I hate him. He is so bad."

The camera captures some of the younger brother's pranks, such as deliberately pooping in his brother's bowl, spitting at him, and lying to adults that his brother bullied him... The little actor is very beautiful and has innocent eyes. He is not a demon, but just thinks it's fun.

The natural evil and ignorant evil are combined with the innocence and cuteness of children, which is very harmonious.

"In 2000, on a foggy day, my parents were out, and my younger brother insisted that I play hide-and-seek with him. I didn't want to, but if I didn't agree, he would complain to my father, so I played this game with him anyway."

"But at that time, I didn't expect that this hide-and-seek would last my whole life."

The narration ended, and the movie got to the point.

And the following development is the plot of "Hide and Seek Kids".

The two brothers played a game of hide-and-seek, the younger brother hid and the older brother looked for him. But after counting to 100, the older brother searched the house and couldn't find his younger brother.

The younger brother was missing.

The older brother, parents, and neighbors searched the entire island, but couldn't find him. The father beat the older brother half to death, and he was lucky to survive thanks to the mother's plea.

He had a high fever and was unconscious. In his daze, someone seemed to say to him, "Don't be afraid, everything will be fine."

The elder brother didn't know who this person was and fell asleep in a daze.

A few days later, the younger brother's body floated on the sea, and was gnawed by fish and was unrecognizable. There was only one police station on the island, no forensic doctor, and the police force at the time was very limited. In the end, the case was closed as an accidental fall into the water.

No one was suspicious, except the elder brother.

Only he knew that his brother was pushed down the stairs by him and died on the spot. He was very scared, so he hid his brother in the warehouse in the basement.

Why did his body appear in the sea?

He spent ten years with such doubts. In 2010, on another foggy day, a classmate disappeared and there was no news.

His last outfit spread through the streets and alleys, awakening his brother's dormant memory.

He had seen this person on the day his brother died. He had seen

a person ten years later.

It turns out that on special foggy days, this island will experience an abnormal phenomenon of time and space interweaving. When the fog dissipates, everything will return to the starting point.

The brother in 2010 traveled back to 2000 to help him destroy the body. The shadow he saw in 2000 was actually himself ten years later.

When the body was thrown away, it was discovered by a classmate who accidentally traveled through time. The brother kept making excuses to cover it up and almost succeeded. Who knew that the classmate actually remembered the missing case ten years ago and realized that he was the murderer.

The elder brother had no choice but to kill his classmate, bury the body behind the grove, and go back to 2010.

The police did not suspect him since he had almost no contact with his classmate. However, a rainstorm exposed the body buried in the woods.

In 2010, it was not difficult to confirm the identity through DNA, and perhaps soon the police would find something unusual. To make matters worse, he lost his student ID in 2000.

If the police found him, they would definitely be suspicious.

He went back to the grove to look for him, but ran into a female classmate who had a crush on him. She chatted with him, but she didn't know that the boy had already planned to kill.

The elder brother asked the girl to go to the beach, took the opportunity to push her into the sea, and forged evidence and testimony to draw the police's attention to her.

However, after he killed the girl, the time-space bug was activated again, and the girl's body disappeared.

In this way, the designed testimony became very strange, which made the police suspicious.

One lie needs countless lies to make up for it, and one mistake takes three lives to make up for it.

However, a mistake is a mistake. The male protagonist traveled through time and space several times to make up for his mistakes, but he would always make another mistake. Many things cannot be changed even if time goes back.

Playing hide-and-seek with himself was a never-ending game.

In the end, he decided to commit suicide to end this long game.