Kaleidoscope of Death

There were a total of eight boxes in the kitchen, Xiao Ji opened three, Xiao Mae opened three, so there were still two left.

Lin Qiushi went to listen to the two boxes, to make sure that there was movement in one of the boxes, while the other one was empty.

Lin Qiushi reached out and opened the empty box to make sure the tunnel was not inside. He pierced the cork through the top of the box and then used the dining room stool as a hammer to nail the cork in inch by inch.

As the white wooden toon was pierced in, the wooden case let out a mournful howl, a large amount of bright red blood spilling out of the top of the wooden case, soaking the black wooden case.

They have heard this cry many times before, it is exactly the howl belonging to the woman in the box, only this time, her howl is a little more miserable, the crowd standing next to the box, listening to the cry but all seem to be silent and numb.

They had been used to death, and when they faced the woman again, their fears seemed to have been smoothed over. There was too much luck in this game, if they hadn't been able to open the White Wood Toon, or hadn't met Mae who had sacrificed herself, there would have been many more twists and turns, or at least a few more victims.

Compared to when they came in, everyone's faces were a little more tired.

Ruan Nan Candle held Lin Qiushi's hand and stood in front of the wooden box, waiting for the howls from the box to fade.

"Who will open it?" After the crying subsided, Sun Yuanju's partner asked this.

"I'll do it." Sun Yuanzhou said, "Thank you for taking care of me for a while now." He obviously had something to save his life as well, and if it wasn't for the fact that Ruan Nan Candle had consumed the Box Girl's skill card, more people would have died.

He took a step forward, grabbed the wooden box with his hand, and with a slight push, he lifted the lid right up.

After the lid was lifted, everyone held their breath, but it was pretty much as they expected, the Box Girl inside the crate disappeared, leaving only a puddle of bright red blood, and behind the blood was a black hole with a long staircase underneath it, leading to the distance.

The people entered the cave entrance and went down the stairs.

Finally, at the end of the stairs, they saw a black iron door.

Ruan Nam Candle took out the key and went up to open the iron door, after which he picked up the fallen clue.

The tenth door ended like this, and both Ruan Nam Candle and Lin Qiushi left safely from it and took the clue of the tenth door with them.

Before leaving, Sun Yuanzhou tactfully expressed to Ruan Nam Candle his desire to work with them.

Ruan Nan Candle was noncommittal and only asked him to leave a contact information, after which he and Lin Qiushi followed the glowing tunnel and entered the real world.

Reentering reality and breathing the air here again, Lin Qiushi once again felt the beauty of life. He hurried up the stairs and saw Ruan Nam Candle standing at the top of the stairs, also looking like he was ready to come down.

Then they silently reached out and hugged each other, feeling the heat coming from each other's bodies. Only then could they be sure that they had survived the door.

Cheng Qianli happened to pass by and saw the two hugging each other, and could only take a big bite of dog food, muttering that it was broad daylight here, he was a minor, you can pay attention to the influence.

Ruan Nan Candle glared at him, before Cheng Qianli quickly turned around and buggered off.

"Did you get the clue?" Lin Qiushi asked Ruan Nanzhu.

"Got it." Ruan Nam Candle replied.

"What's the difference between it and the clue you got before?" Lin Qiushi asked.

Ruan Nan Candle pondered for a moment and didn't reply, but reached out and pulled out the clue from his trouser pocket and handed it to Lin Qiushi. Lin Qiushi took the clue and saw the words written on it, then he revealed his dismay, seeing that on the small clue note, there were only two words written: no solution.

"How can this be?!" Lin Qiushi asked astonished questions.

From the first door to the tenth door, chances were that each door's clue was something that would give them information, but the eleventh door's clue was actually the word unanswerable, and he raised his eyes to look at Ruan Nan Candle, "You got that before as well?"

"Hmm." Ruan Nan Candle nodded his head.

This was why he had to enter the tenth door again, the clues he had gotten before were useless and didn't help much at all.

The eleventh sector had no clues for them to use, and this time the clues proved that this wasn't an exception.

Lin Qiushi looked at the clues and his heart sank as he thought about it, but he said to Ruan Nan Candle, "It's okay, as long as I'm with you, I'm not that scared anymore."

Ruan Nan Candle lost his smile at the words and dropped a kiss on Lin Qiushi's forehead.

Although the clues of the eleventh door were heavy on the heart, life went on.

That night, Lin Qiushi saw a news item on the television. It said that there was a serious car accident in the city's downtown area, a bus carrying more than a dozen people went straight off a bridge, killing six people and injuring more than two dozen others.

Among the list of deaths, Lin Qiushi saw a young man named Li Bo-Mei, and he thought of something and sighed softly.

At least Xiaomei and her lover had the chance to say their final goodbyes. They could, in reality, embrace each other and die happy. Maybe even give each other a tender kiss and make another promise of the afterlife.

Even Nguyen Nan Candle saw the point, but he picked up the remote and changed the channel.

"The one who is left behind is always more pitiful." Lin Qiushi said, "It would have been much better if the two of them had gone together."

Ruan Nam Candle said, "There's always some reluctance to leave behind." Reluctant to let go of a lover going through death, only wanting him to live well.

Lin Qiushi turned his head to look at him, "Then have you ever thought that if you come out of it, you'll have to face your lover's second departure." And to see him die in front of him. That was a bit too cruel.

"Also right." Ruan Nan Candle's voice was faint, but he agreed with Lin Qiushi's statement.

There was still a long period of time from the tenth to the eleventh door, so they didn't need to rush too much.

But in a few months, Cheng Yicher and Cheng Qianli would be entering the tenth door that belonged to them.

So during this time Lin Qiushi was basically invisible to the pair, it seemed that Cheng Yicher was taking Cheng Qianli and brushing the door like crazy, brushing Cheng Qianli almost collapsed.

"Ooooh so miserable." Cheng Qianli cried and complained to Lin Qiushi, "My brother now has to bring me in every three days, I really can't do it anymore."

Lin Qiushi looked at him with pity and said, "Go in peace, I'll help you raise Toast properly." Saying that he also touched Toast's fat, purring little butt.

Cheng Qianli still wanted to say a few more words, but he was directly grabbed by Cheng Yicher, Lin Qiushi looked at the brothers and really felt funny.

Because of Ruan Nan Candle's existence, obsidian had always been expensive and huge in single quantities. Numerous people wanted to ask Ruan Nan Candle to take orders to bring them through the door.

Gu Longming contacted Lin Qiushi through the website, tactfully revealing that he wanted to join Obsidian Stone.

Lin Qiushi knew what he thought and spoke to Ruan Nan Candle.

"What do you think?" Ruan Nan Candle asked Lin Qiushi.

"I think he's quite promising." Lin Qiushi said his assessment of Gu Longming, "A good seedling."

Ruan Nan Candle thought about it, "When is his sixth door?"

Lin Qiushi said, "It seems to be early next year." He simply calculated, "It should be the time of the New Year."

"Don't give him an answer yet." Ruan Nanzhu said, "I want to meet with him inside the door." It wouldn't be too late to introduce Gu Longming into Obsidian when it was certain that he really had the qualifications, after all, not everyone had the qualifications to enter Obsidian.

During this period of time, the villa was quite busy, everyone was taking jobs and painting doors, only Lin Qiushi had nothing to do. He had wanted to take a few more orders on the website, but he was stopped by Ruan Nan Candle, who said that he would wait until the year was over before taking any more orders, so he would rest and get his spirits up in the meantime.

In December, the weather was getting colder, and there was a heavy snowfall about midway through the month.

The heater was on inside the villa, and Lin Qiushi was curled up on the sofa, drowsy.

Ruan Nanzhu didn't know what to do to go, he was all rather busy lately, as if he had something to do with the white deer.

Zhuang Ruyoung returned to the villa with some snowflakes floating on her head and shoulders, Lin Qiushi heard the sound and looked up to see her covered in snow, saying, "Why don't you have an umbrella."

Zhuang Ruzhao said, "I didn't think it would snow."

At this time, Lin Qiushi could no longer see any shadow of Xia Rupei on Zhuang Ruyoujiao's body, that innocent, cute and timid girl seemed to be just his illusion, only the cold-eyed woman in front of him was real.

"Something happened to Bai Lu." Zhuang Ruyoung wiped her hair with a towel as she did so, "Jin Yu Rui is dead." As if she was saying something insignificant, she proclaimed Jin Yu Rui's death.

Jin Yu Rui was the one who took over as White Deer's leader after Li Dong Yuan's death, and Lin Qiushi and her were but one side of the story, but she was gone not long after.

"Because of the door?" Lin Qiushi asked.

"Mm." Zhuang Ruyue said, "I'm leaving." She picked up the hot tea on the table and took a slow sip, "To go to White Deer to be the chief."

Lin Qiushi said, "Will it work?"

Zhuang Ruzhao laughed, "No or no, you have Ruan Nan Candle to protect me, and the person who is protecting me is missing."

Lin Qiushi was silent.

"I really envy you guys, if I had become like you earlier, he probably wouldn't have died." Zhuang Ruyue was referring to Li Dongyuan, she said, "It's just that the world never sells regrets, thank you for taking care of him during this time."

Although she had lived in Obsidian for some time, she had never integrated into the group and had obviously expected that she would leave one day.

Lin Qiushi said, "All the best."

"Mm." Zhuang Ruyue said, "I'll take your word for it."

After she said that, she went upstairs to pack her bags, and Lin Qiushi got up and went to the door, looking out of the floor-to-ceiling window, but he saw that Ruan Nanzhuo had also returned, but he didn't enter the door, but leaned against the car in front of the door and stood quietly.

White snowflakes fell on his black as raven feather hair, his black eyes drooped slightly, and his pretty lips pursed in a tight line.

Lin Qiushi called out to him, "Ruan Nan Candle."

When Ruan Nan Candle raised his eyes, he hooked the corner of his mouth at Lin Qiushi, a smile flickering in his eyes, not strong, but enough to warm Lin Qiushi's heart.

Lin Qiushi fetched an umbrella by the door, walked out and propped up beside Ruan Nan Candle, "Why don't you take an umbrella." The snow in the south is different from the north, falling on people's bodies can easily melt, so the hair and shoulders, all with some wet traces.

Ruan Nanzhu Dao: "I forgot."

Lin Qiushi Dao: "Are you going to send her over?"

"Hmm." Ruan Nan Candle nodded.

"How is the situation over there in Bai Lu?" Lin Qiushi felt as if things weren't that easy.

"It's not good." Ruan Nam Candle said, "I'm not sure if she can carry it."

Changing two chiefs in a row was not a good thing for Bai Lu. If it was the previous Zhuang Ruyoung, Ruan Nan Candle would have never agreed to let her carry it, but now, Ruan Nan Candle chose to respect Zhuang Ruyoung's opinion. Although Le Dong Yuan wanted Zhuang Rujiao to live well, did this living well turn into a form of torture at some point.

At least this lesson was taught to Ruan Nan Candle by Lin Qiushi.

Zhuang Ruyoung quickly packed her things and walked out, she had very little luggage and came and went like a passerby.

"Have a safe journey." Lin Qiushi said to her.

"Thank you." Zhuang Ruzhao thanked Lin Qiushi and got into Ruan Nanzhu's car.

Lin Qiushi then held his umbrella and watched as the vehicle drifted away in the snow curtain and eventually disappeared.

This was the last time he and Zhuang Ruyoung had seen each other, after which he learned from Ruan Nan Candle that Zhuang Ruyoung had stabilized the situation in the White Deer, perfectly carrying on Le Dong Yuan's legacy.

"Was she the one who killed Jin Yu Rui?" Lin Qiushi asked Ruan Nam Candle this then.

"I don't know." Ruan Nam Candle said, "You can never say yes to something you can't be sure of, but it's true that Jin Yu Rui failed at crossing the door with Zhuang Ruyoung."

"Oh." Lin Qiushi Dao, "Then how exactly did Le Dong Yuan die?"

Ruan Nan Candle said, "Zhuang Ruyoung said it was related to Jin Yu Rui, but as to whether it is or not, I don't know."

Lin Qiushi gave an oh.

It wasn't long after Zhuang Ruyoung left that it was about to be New Year's Eve, but since Cheng Yicher and Cheng Qianli were about to enter the house after the year, this year wasn't particularly lively for everyone. The twins, who would normally choose to go back to their hometown, didn't leave this time either, but grasped the remaining time to continue painting the door.

The time when Gu Longming went through the sixth door was during the New Year, around the tenth day of the Lunar New Year. When he found out that Lin Qiushi and Ruan Nanzhu would be going through the sixth door with him, he was naturally overjoyed.

However, Ruan Nan Candle still made it clear to him that they couldn't take Gu Longming with them for this sixth door, nor could they make any guarantees about Gu Longming's life. So let Gu Longming prepare himself mentally for an accident, the implication is that Gu Longming should prepare his will and such earlier, so that when he comes out of the door without even arranging the funeral arrangements, it will be cool.

Gu Longming was shocked at the straightforwardness of the girl called Zhu Meng, saying Lin Lin ah, is this your girlfriend?

Lin Qiushi thought about it and said yes.

Gu Longming: "She's going in with us this time?"

Lin Qiushi: "Yes."

Gu Longming: "Is she great then?"

Lin Qiushi: "More powerful than me."

Gu Longming tasted it and felt that it was even more powerful than Lin Qiushi, it must be very powerful, so he was much happier.

As for the clue of the sixth door, it was provided by Ruan Nan Candle's side, and it was still being picked, so Lin Qiushi wasn't too worried.

On those days of the New Year, the villa was particularly lively.

Cheng Qianli was finally given a few days off by Cheng Yicher and shamelessly dragged Lin Qiushi to quietly buy a large pile of fireworks and firecrackers.

Lin Qiushi said, "But aren't fireworks not allowed in this urban area?"

Cheng Qianli said, "We're in the suburbs, the suburbs! No one cares."

Lin Qiushi looked at him suspiciously, "Are you sure?"

"OK." Cheng Qianli made a pitiful face, "That's all I have for a hobby, can't you spoil me a little?"

Lin Qiushi: "Fine, fine, spoil you."

Then the two of them found an open space and started to set off fireworks, the others in the villa watched from afar, Lin Qiushi said: "You guys also come over to play together ah."

Chen Fei said, "This is children's play, how can we adults have the nerve to participate."

Lin Qiushi: "........"

Even Chen Fei, the expression of Cheng Yixie who was standing next to him was the same, a look like you childish I don't want to talk to you.

Lin Qiushi took a look at Cheng Qianli, who was laughing like a second fool, and didn't even know what to say for a moment.

But the second fool Cheng Qianli apparently didn't know that he was being disliked, and with a silly smile pouted his butt to light fireworks, laughing out loud as he watched them rise from the flat ground and explode in the dark sky.

"Look good." He curled his eyes like a child, and his eyes were dazzled by the brilliant fireworks.

Lin Qiushi looked towards Ruan Nan Candle in the distance, and their gazes met, both seeing laughter in each other's eyes.

But the smile disappeared before it lasted for a few minutes, as the sound of a siren was heard in the distance.

"Fuck, run!!!" Emmanuel bellowed, "You'll be fined if you get caught!"

So the group turned around and ran, Cheng Qianli scampered like a rabbit, and the slowest runner Lu Yanxue stomped her foot, cursing: "If I had known, I wouldn't have worn heels today!"

They slipped fast, at least was not caught, until a party back to the villa all in the living room laugh, Cheng Qianli this goods also aggrieved, said how they came so fast ah, there are so many not put it!

"I've told you not to set off fireworks rushing into the sky yet, but you just won't listen." Chen Fei said, "Look at that, it's done."

Cheng Qianli's dream of setting off fireworks was completely shattered, and everyone put the dumplings they had prepared earlier into the pot, eating and chatting together to spend the New Year's Eve in a lively manner.

After New Year's Eve, Lin Qiushi slipped away to Ruan Nanzhu's room, and the two of them shrunk into a bed and slept for the night.

This was the happiest New Year's Eve Lin Qiushi had ever spent, last year he hadn't been particularly familiar with Obsidian, but this year he had practically made this place his home.

Ruan Nan Candle was on his side, hugging him around the waist, his breath hitting his neck.

Lin Qiushi came to sleep shortly after, and they fell into a deep sleep.

The next morning, there were new guests inside the villa, Lin Qiushi originally thought it was someone from another organization, but when he went downstairs, he found that it was actually Cheng Yicher and Cheng Qianli's parents.

They had brought a big pile of special products and were smiling and distributing them to the people in the villa.

Lin Qiushi had heard from Cheng Qianli's parents before that they didn't really know what their son was doing, and Cheng Yicher lied that they were here to treat genetic diseases, but never told his parents in detail about how exactly.

But for the once desperate family, the method was unimportant, and the parents tacitly agreed to stop asking questions - as long as the child survived, it didn't matter what method was used at all.

Cheng Qianli saw Lin Qiushi standing at the edge of the second floor corridor and waved at him, saying, "Qiushi, come down, my parents have brought you a present!"

Lin Qiushi walked downstairs and greeted Cheng Qianli's parents before Cheng Qianli shoved a large bag of candy into his hand and said, "Don't you like candy? My parents bought it especially for you."

Lin Qiushi sincerely thanked them, but this pair of fathers smiled with gratitude and said that their son was in good hands.

After that, everyone had lunch with them, and Chen Fei originally wanted them to stay here for a few days, but this pair of parents were stubborn and said that they had something to do first.

Cheng Yicher wanted to stop talking, but in the end he didn't try to persuade them any further.

"Do they know?" After they left, Lin Qiushi asked Cheng Yixie.

"I don't know." Cheng Yixie said, "It's like they thought we were doing something bad." He was silent for a moment, "But they didn't persuade me of anything."

For the parents, it was the biggest blessing that their children survived, especially when the family was also home to a pair of twins with a terminal illness. It was hard to imagine the hardship they would have to face when they lost both children at the same time.

"Well." Lin Qiushi said, "It can actually be explained."

Cheng Yicher said, "Explain it, they don't quite believe it." He looked at the villa, "But this time, they should be a little more relieved."

Lin Qiushi, "Do they come here often?"

"Very little." Cheng Yicher said, "This is the second time."

The first time was when Cheng Yicher picked Cheng Qianli up as well, when Cheng Qianli was still a child and called his brother in tears after he was lucky enough to make it through the first door. Cheng Yicher rushed home in the night and picked up his brother as well, when his mother knew what he was going to do, her eyes were full of melancholy, and she didn't stop him, she just asked, "Can Qianli really survive?"

Cheng Yicher's answer was, "As best I can."

After that, she didn't ask again.

So Cheng Qianli, who should have died a few years ago, was still alive and well now, and Cheng Yicher had fulfilled his promise. Letting his silly brother survive his illness and live a healthy life.