Chapter 010 A Secluded Side Story - Half-Awake (Part 5)
Yu Qingzhou took a deep breath and felt a warm sensation in her nasal cavity.
A mist gradually filled the air before my eyes...
He remembered what his mother had said before she left, and that the other person had said they would come to pick him up once everything was over.
He also remembered his mother gently kissing his forehead with her dry lips, her expression looking very sad—at that time, Yu Qingzhou stared into those eyes, a strange and ominous premonition rising in his heart, but now everything made sense.
Yu Qingzhou silently put the necklace into her pocket, then reached for the pistol on the bedside table.
The gun was heavy, seemingly imbued with a chilling, murderous aura, yet it couldn't compare to the icy coldness in the child's heart at that moment.
In the past, when the man was in a good mood, he would occasionally show off his marksmanship to him, with a certain boastful pride.
Learn from this brat, lest you end up like your deadbeat father, utterly useless!
How did I behave back then?
I can't remember exactly, but I was probably scolded severely. However, I am grateful for the other party's earnest advice. Even after so long, my muscles still retain the corresponding impression.
Release the safety, load the gun, aim, and pull the trigger—
With a deafening, brain-piercing explosion, he slowly opened his eyes, his nostrils filled with a smell similar to sulfur, and perhaps also the stench of blood.
What came into view next was the horrific sight of the man staring wide-eyed, dead, with blood gushing from the small hole in his chest, spreading out in a large, glaring red in an instant.
At this moment, Yu Qingzhou belatedly felt his body begin to tremble, and a strange feeling welled up in his heart that he couldn't quite describe as either fear or excitement. He felt as if the hand holding the gun was dislocated, hanging heavily at his side, unable to move.
But none of that matters anymore.
The important thing is that the guy finally died.
Those ugly eyes, bulging out like those of a dead fish, stared at a point in the void, forever frozen in place.
Just then, the doorbell rang abruptly behind him. Opening the door, Yu Qingzhou saw the younger version of Shen Yun. The latter stood quietly in the doorway, the novel he had promised to lend him not long ago tucked under his arm.
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"Why?" Yu Qingzhou stared blankly at Shen Yun.
"Your biological father passed away a long time ago. After that, your mother married your stepfather while pregnant. She originally wanted to find a home for herself, but unfortunately, she made a mistake in choosing him."
Shen Yun sighed softly: "Your mother went missing two days before the incident, and a river cleaner found her body."
"He killed him. It was him."
Yu Qingzhou murmured, tears streaming down his cheeks and across the corners of his upturned lips. Finally, Yu Qingzhou looked at Shen Yun and gave a teary-eyed smile: "Then, I killed him."
The moment the gunshot rang out, he remembered that the eye hidden in the closet was himself.
"That's why he's been clinging to me. He's been clinging to me because I'm the murderer."
(Organized from messy notes on a draft paper)
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When Shen Yun found Yu Qingzhou, the latter was already curled up asleep in the wardrobe of the old house.
The young man's head was tilted to the side, his brows slightly furrowed, and he was holding a crumpled piece of paper that had been torn from somewhere, in which he had written down the ending of the story in scribbled handwriting.
Shen Yun gently covered the young man with a blanket and quietly sat down beside him.
When Yu Qingzhou woke up, she saw Shen Yun sitting quietly on the edge of the opposite bed, watching her.
With a throbbing headache, Yu Qingzhou let out a muffled sob, sat for a while rubbing her forehead, and then took the hot water that Shen Yun handed her to moisten her throat.
"woke up?"
"I remember now."
Yu Qingzhou gave a wry smile: "What's the deal with that printed copy?"
"Your mind was in a state of confusion after you woke up, and that's when I discovered the stories on your computer."
"You changed the character's name and placed it where I can access it."
"I hope this will help."
"Okay, you win."
Yu Qingzhou sighed, stood up, paced around in place, and then looked at a spot at her feet.
"This is where he fell back then. I stood there like a statue, holding a gun, with a dead body lying in front of me, my mind completely blank. Then you came, helped me dispose of the gun, and created an alibi for me. You were so calm, unlike a middle school student who spends all his time studying."
Upon hearing this, Shen Yun simply nodded and smiled.
“I stayed in a foster family until I was 18, and after graduation I went to work for a magazine. I never expected to see you while auditing a class, Professor Shen.”
It's strange, even though so many years have passed, he recognized Shen Yun at a glance...
"To be honest, I still prefer when you call me 'godfather'."
Shen Yun spoke in a very serious tone.
Yu Qingzhou rolled her eyes slightly: "Shameless."
The phone rang cheerfully, and as soon as Yu Qingzhou answered, Xun Xun gave him a thorough dressing-down. The other party warned that if he dared to hang up again, he'd be in deep trouble, and then urged him to get back to work as soon as possible.
Yu Qingzhou nodded repeatedly in agreement. Just as she was about to ask Xun Xun when he had made the call, the other end of the call had already ended.
Yu Qingzhou covered her injured ear and put down her phone, only to find Shen Yun smiling at her.
—Wait, could it be this guy?
You don't look too good.
Shen Yun commented, casually taking the phone and then grasping the young man's other hand: "Let's go."
He said.
Yu Qingzhou nodded subconsciously, her gaze lingering on the open wardrobe for a moment before she gently pushed the door shut.
There seems to be something else...
As Yu Qingzhou followed Shen Yun toward the door, just as he was about to step out of that place filled with ominous memories, the young man inexplicably turned back—
Behind him, the cabinet door that should have been closed had somehow cracked open again, and a pair of eyes seemed to flash by quickly through the narrow black crack.
Yu Qingzhou couldn't help but shiver.
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