Kaleidoscope of Death

Chapter 14: Returning to the Present World

Lin Qiushi kept moving forward, the light getting stronger and stronger, stabbing him a little too hard to open his eyes. The good thing was that the road beneath his feet was flat enough that it wasn't too difficult for him to walk.

Just as Lin Qiushi was pondering how much longer he had to walk, his mind suddenly felt dizzy, and he reflexively closed his eyes and tried to hold onto the wall next to him, but he didn't expect to actually touch a cold wall. This cold stabbed Lin Qiushi opened his eyes and saw the scenery in front of him clearly.

Ordinary corridors, ordinary tenants, pale white light cast from a small lampshade overhead, and everything around him was so familiar - he had actually returned to his own hallway.

He was back? Lin Qiushi was confused for a moment, not knowing what to do next. After thinking for a moment, he pulled out the phone in his pocket.

On Friday, July 17th, at eight o'clock in the evening, he returned to the point where he had left this world.

Lin Qiushi remembered clearly that on the night of the seventeenth, he had a late dinner date with a friend, then was about to go out, but after pushing out the door, he saw an indescribable scene.

The location above the corridor where the ordinary occupants used to be, turned into twelve black iron doors. At that time, Lin Qiushi was so frightened by this scene that he stood in the corridor for a long time and even thought that he was hallucinating. But the cold touch of the iron doors was telling him that this was indeed not an illusion. Lin Qiushi observed his surroundings and found that all the other locations where he could leave the corridor had disappeared, even including his own home.

The black hole corridor had no end in sight, and the silence was like an insect, gnawing at one's soul.

Lin Qiushi began to try to pull the iron door open. However, the iron door in front of him was so stitched together that it couldn't be pulled at all, so Lin Qiushi tried one door after another until he pulled the last one.

The door was actually pulled open with ease.

The moment he pulled the door open, Lin Qiushi felt as if his body was pulled by some force, then his whole body fell into the door, and the next moment, he appeared in that horrible little mountain village.

And now, Lin Qiushi was back, back in the hallway of his house once again. He stood in the same place for a long time, even wondering if he had just had a strange dream. He suddenly remembered something and reached out to touch his earlobe and pocket... a small earring and a white note did appear there.

Lin Qiushi finally realized clearly at this moment that he was indeed not dreaming, but had experienced a story that was even more horrifying than a nightmare.

The phone suddenly rang, and Lin Qiushi picked it up to see that it was a call from a friend.

"Hey, Lin Qiushi, what are you doing?" The friend's name was Kurezaki, a colleague of Lin Qiushi, "Why haven't you come downstairs yet?"

Lin Qiushi was in a trance for a moment before he realized that Wu Qi was waiting for him downstairs so that they could go to dinner together. He looked at their chat logs and noticed that only fifteen minutes had passed - he had only been in that village for a mere fifteen minutes, if you counted it in real time.

"Lin Qiushi?" Kuzaki was a bit strange, "Why don't you say anything?"

"Oh, it's fine." Lin Qiushi said, "There was a bit of a delay just now, I'll be right down."

Wu Zi said goodbye and hung up the phone.

Lin Qiushi hurriedly went downstairs. It was in the middle of summer in July, the temperature was hot, and although it was already eight o'clock, the sun hadn't set yet, and the fiery light dazzled the end of the horizon in a beautiful red. There were pedestrians leisurely walking by the side of the road, shaking their fans, and everything was full of life.

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Lin Qiushi smiled and didn't respond.

The two men walked and talked, targeting a barbecue restaurant near the neighborhood.

Wu Qiqi complained that there were too many mosquitoes in Lin Qiushi's neighborhood, and was bitten horribly after standing for half an hour.

Lin Qiushi had a look: "There are too many hairs to see."

Kurezaki: "Fuck, you still think I'm too hairy, if I didn't have this point of hair holding me up I could wait for you for so long?"

Lin Qiushi: "...hard work okay, I'll treat you tonight."

Wu Ze: "Okay okay."

The barbecue restaurant was doing brisk business, so they ordered skewers and a case of beer, and started eating and chatting.

Wu Ze asked Lin Qiushi, "Are you really planning to quit your job and go back home?"

Lin Qiushi: "Huh?"

Kurezaki wondered, "What the hell is wrong with you tonight, you're not in your element? Isn't that what you called me out here to talk about?"

Lin Qiushi took a sip of cold beer and said vaguely, "Nothing, just had a nightmare this afternoon and didn't slow down." His mind was still thinking about what had happened inside the door, and he had a vague feeling that it wasn't over yet.

"Oh." Kuzaki said, "You've been in really bad shape lately, have you been to the hospital for a checkup?"

Lin Qiushi said, "It was checked, and the report is still pending."

Wu Qi sighed, "In our line of work, it's just easy for things to go wrong, you know that thing a few months ago where the director resigned, right? It seems like it was because of almost sudden death."

Lin Qiushi said, "Well..."

The two of them were chatting, when a loud noise suddenly came from the side, as if there was a car accident. The barbecue restaurant is on the street, outside is the main road, the patrons heard the sound of some people stood up, while others supported their heads towards the outside to watch. Wu Qi's position was against the window, he took a look out the window and said in surprise, "A car accident ah."

Lin Qiushi stood up and followed the crowd to the door to see the source of the loud noise outside.

It was actually a private car that had crashed into a tree, and the private car's speed was unknown, the entire front of the car had crashed to pieces.

It looks like the one in the driver's compartment is afraid of the worst.

Someone next to him helped with the 120, and the police car and ambulance soon came.

Wu Qi this goods is also a big heart, while watching the fun also while eating roasted pork heart, eating with relish said: "This person must be over speeding, the front of the car can hit into this kind of virtue, how speed must have a hundred yards it."

Lin Qiushi didn't quite agree: "This is the downtown area, how to drive a hundred yards." Moreover, it was just the Friday evening rush hour, there were cars everywhere, so it was unlikely that you could drive at this speed.

"I don't know." Wu Ze said, "Don't look, come back, the grilled fish you ordered is here."

Lin Qiushi nodded, and before he turned around, he took another look towards the place where the accident had happened, a look that almost made him think he was mistaken. The man who had been involved in the accident had just been lifted out of the cab by the police, almost a bloody mess, but the matching clothes on his body struck Lin Qiushi as somewhat familiar.

After recalling carefully for a while, he finally remembered where he had seen this outfit before. When they had first entered the mountain village, before everyone had changed into their winter clothes, someone in their team seemed to be wearing this outfit, and Lin Qiushi remembered that person's name... it seemed to be Zhang Zishuang.

Lin Qiushi suddenly felt cold, he didn't dare to look any further, he turned around and went back to the barbecue, but he didn't have the heart to continue eating.

Wu Zi: "What's wrong with you, you've been wandering around all night tonight."

Lin Qiushi shook his head.

Kuzaki: "And when did you get your earrings done?" He reached out to touch it, but Lin Qiushi dodged it reflexively, "Wow, you've changed, you used to let me touch it."

Lin Qiushi: "Fuck, what did I ask you to touch."

Kuzaki: "Have you forgotten that night..."

Lin Qiushi knew that Wu Ze was preparing to talk nonsense again, and quickly interrupted him, stating that the earring was just beaten, and it was a little painful, for fear of inflammation from touching it with dirty hands.

Kurezaki let this go, but was still a bit offended, saying why are you wearing earrings, are you planning to fall in love?

Lin Qiushi: "A room full of grown men who do I look to for a relationship with, you?"

Kuzaki shyly said, "Don't be so direct when you come like this, I'll think about it, okay?"

Lin Qiushi ruthlessly said, "Get out."

The two of them gagged, seeing that the sky was about to get dark. If it was a normal day, Lin Qiushi would have been fine when he saw the darkness, but today, having just returned from that place, he always felt a little panicky when he saw the darkness, and besides, he was still reading the words on the note, so he mentioned that he wasn't feeling well and wanted to go home early.

Kurezaki doesn't stop him and urges Lin Qiushi to rest well, saying that he's really not looking good lately.

They said goodbye to each other at the entrance to the neighborhood, and Lin Qiushi hurried back home.

Pulling out the key and opening the door, Lin Qiushi was relieved when he entered the house, he turned on the light in the living room and saw his cat, Chestnut, sitting nicely in the entranceway, meowing at him.

"Chestnut!!!" Lin Qiushi rushed over to it and tried to hug it, but the chestnut turned around and wiggled its round ass after showing a disgusted expression.

Lin Qiushi: "Chestnut...let daddy hug you."

Chestnut: "Meow~" he moved lightly and jumped on top of the cat climbing frame Lin Qiushi had made for him, looking condescendingly at his master.

Not allowed to hold it again, Lin Qiushi sighed.

Chestnut was a two year old lion cat, although he looked quite formidable on the outside, he had a very good personality, he was usually good and clingy, he was very good at whining and spoiling, he was Lin Qiushi's favorite little baby.

But lately, I don't know what's going on, but Chestnut has started to become disgusted with Lin Qiushi, and not only won't let him hug him anymore, he's started to give him airplane ears and even harsh breath, so if Lin Qiushi attempts to force a hug, it's definitely a handful of injuries.

Lin Qiushi really couldn't figure out exactly why. Today Chestnut's attitude was at least a little better, he didn't reach out his claws at Lin Qiushi, sighing again, Lin Qiushi looked at his own ancestor and decided to take a shower before doing his math.

The author has something to say: others: back in the present world I must enjoy life to the fullest, Lin Qiushi, what is your biggest dream?

Lin Qiushi: Just...jerking the cat again?

Ruan Baijie excitedly pulled down the zipper of her pants: you can't jerk the cat can jerk me!

Lin Qiushi: ????