The night arrived as expected. Lu Qi leaned tiredly against the cold and rough concrete wall of the warehouse, with one hand loosely placed on his eyes. His sea-blue eyes, which seemed particularly calm and deep at night, stared motionlessly at the small skylight above, as if he was grasping at a life-saving straw, stubbornly and fragilely.

But he soon gave up on this futile attempt. The narrow skylight on the roof could not let in any light, not to mention that the night sky was not bright today.

To be more precise, today's sky was the darkest it has ever been. Not to mention the bright moonlight, even the faint starlight had no intention of shining through the narrow skylight. Lu Qi could only see a group of gray-black clouds in that small field of vision.

It was wriggling like some indescribable monster, giving people an unknown feeling.

As a result, the skylight on the ceiling was almost the same as if there was no skylight at all. I don’t know if it was a psychological effect, but Lu Qi felt that the space seemed to be unexpectedly enlarged.

The only thing that hadn't changed was that he was still the only one in the place.

No...can't think about that.

Lu Qi tried hard to divert his attention from this dark and closed environment.

He was now more certain that this was an event directed at him.

Because from the time he was kidnapped until now, the so-called "kidnapper" has never appeared.

Putting aside whether there was a legitimate motive for kidnapping him, the fact that the kidnapper had not been seen for the entire day was a matter of fact. Generally speaking, kidnappings are committed for the purpose of extorting money or revenge.

But no matter what the purpose was, it was impossible for the kidnappers to leave her here for a whole day without caring about her. What's more, as the protagonist, "Kudo Shinichi" had never been kidnapped for revenge in such a long time.

There is no reason why he did this lucky thing.

The most important thing is that no matter how you look at it, he looks a little more immature than the 17-year-old Kudo Shinichi. His temperament and dressing style are also completely different.

There is no possibility of misidentification.

If he was implicated, that would be even more impossible.

No matter how much the kidnappers are involved, there is no way they won't come to see him now, right?

But the real reason why he felt that this was a setup against him was...

So similar.

It's so similar to what happened in my childhood.

At that time, the two kidnappers also left him here for a whole day because they were intercepted by another team of bank robbers and eventually died.

Their accomplices discovered that their two companions were missing a day later. They hurried over to check on him and then started blackmailing him.

Although he did not extort any money in the end and was admitted to a long-term suite with free food and accommodation, Lu Qi actually lived with darkness for three days.

The young man closed his eyes tiredly and stopped thinking about those things. After all, no matter how much he thought about it, it was already in the past.

After he closed his eyes, the whole world seemed to move away from him, and darkness and emptiness enveloped him.

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The moon was moving slowly behind the gray-black clouds in the sky. Lu Qi no longer knew how long he had been curled up in the corner.

He only knew that he was very scared. He was alone here and had no one to rely on.

Even though he was curled up, he seemed to be completely exposed to the outside without any protection, and a terrible feeling of emptiness swept through his mind.