Kaleidoscope of Death

However, words of comfort were only a drop in the bucket in the face of reality.

Whether it was the Cheng family twins, or the other people in the villa, all of them were in a low mood because of this entry. As a newcomer to Obsidian, he did not understand the organization very well, but even so, he also felt the heavy atmosphere, he was originally lively, but this time he did not even dare to speak too loudly.

Until a few days later, it was finally time for Gemini to enter.

It was a beautiful morning, Lu Yanxue had made a hearty breakfast, which included Cheng Qianli's favorite Xiao Long Bao, and Cheng Qianli ate it happily, almost one bite at a time, just like a hamster with food.

Lin Qiushi's appetite was quite normal, he felt like a parent waiting to see his child's result in the college entrance exam.

While everyone was eating, Cheng Yicher and Cheng Qianli suddenly stood up and turned around to go to the second floor.

When Lin Qiushi saw their backs, he instantly understood what would happen next, he was inexplicably nervous, and even the chopsticks in his hand were unsteady and fell on the table.

Lu Yanxue was the only girl in Obsidian after Zhuang Rujiao had left, and she managed to smile, "Will they be alright? Nguyen?"

Ruan Nan Candle sat next to Lin Qiushi, his eyes drooping, and he didn't give any answer to Lu Yanxue's question.

The tenth door, even he himself could not promise that he would come out alive.

Usually, a door was only ten minutes in reality.

Lin Qiushi had never felt that ten minutes could be this hard, and he stared at the watch in his hand, watching the second hand move forward a little bit, even holding his breath until he realized he couldn't breathe, before taking a couple of quick breaths.

"I'd like some wine, would you guys like some?" Chen Fei suddenly got up and spoke with some anxiety.

"Mm." Lin Qiushi nodded his head.

Ruan Nan Candle looked at Lin Qiushi and actually didn't advise.

So Chen Fei went to get a bottle of Maotai, and then the group of people started drinking in the morning.

The sunlight cast dappled spots through the windows, but it made people feel warmthless, Lin Qiushi sips the wine in his glass, the whole house was quiet and terrible.

However, the trial they were waiting for was finally upon them.

At 9:18 a.m., a howl came from upstairs.

Like everyone else, Lin Qiushi's face changed dramatically, and they hurried upstairs, seeing the twins who should have been sitting on the bedroom bed.

Only now it was one holding the other, and the one being held couldn't stop spitting out bright red blood from his mouth - Lin Qiushi had never seen so much blood, bite after bite, staining the sheets, the carpet, and everything in front of him.

"No!!! No!!!" Shrieking like a dying grief, the one that was left behind let out a miserable wail, "Don't leave me behind, Chili, Chili-"

Cheng Qianli, who was being held, but didn't seem to have much strength left to say, his eyes were wide open, but his eyes were beginning to look dispassionate, and his fingers slowly traced Cheng Yixie's cheek, barely revealing a smile and calling out to his brother in a low voice.

"Ahhhhh!!!" Cheng Yicher was screaming like a madman, grief-stricken as if he was watching some part of his soul slowly dying.

"120, call 120!!!" Lu Yanxue had burst into tears, she shook her hand and called 120, then jumped in front of Cheng Qianli and held his hand, saying, "Qianli, Qianli, hang on, Qianli-"

Cheng Qianli didn't say anything, the look in his eyes began to fade, his breath grew faint, like a painting that had faded to black and white, icy breath swept over his body, he tried to open his mouth and called out, "Brother", then with all his strength, he squeezed out a few words. "No...sad."

Looking at this scene, Lin Qiushi covered his face as he slowly turned around and leaned against the wall, his entire body shriveled up.

In his ears were the cries of Lu Yanxue and Cheng Yixie, like a piece of mournful music.

What use could an emergency ambulance be, they both knew the price of failure.

Cheng Yixie eventually refused the paramedics, and by the time they arrived, Cheng Qianli's breathing had stopped, and he was unwilling to let his beloved brother, leave his arms for a moment.

Ruan Nan Candle remained silent until he confirmed Cheng Qianli's death, then he turned and went into the bathroom, brought a clean towel over, and half squatted in front of Cheng Yicher, wiping a little bit of the blood stains from Cheng Qianli's face.

Cheng Yicher quietly watched Ruan Nan Candle's actions, all the stars in his eyes fell, leaving only an endless darkness, he finally opened his mouth and said, "Brother Ruan."

Ruan Nan Candle looked up at him.

Cheng Yicher said, "I want to quit Obsidian."

Ruan Nan Candle didn't reply, their eyes met and he read Cheng Yicher's eyes, he said, "I'll give you a vacation."

Cheng Yixie was silent.

Ruan Nan Candle reached out and pressed his shoulder, words were so weak at this point, he reached out his fingers and gently touched Cheng Qianli's cheek, which was already cold and no longer had the warmth from before.

"I was wrong." Cheng Yicher said, "You're right."

Ruan Nanzhu didn't know what to say, but just coughed lowly, as if to suppress some emotion that was bubbling up in her throat.

"This door is too hard, and we're the last two left." Cheng Yixie looked down at his brother's cheeks and said calmly, "He's been stupid all his life, he's only been smart for once." There was no pain above his face, but tears kept pouring out of his eyes, as if he was out of control.

"Just clever for once." Cheng Yixie put his forehead against Cheng Qianli's forehead and he said, "It's all my fault."

Cheng Qianli was a little kid who couldn't grow up in his eyes, and now he finally didn't have to grow up anymore.

Cheng Qianli, who would never make it past his eighteenth birthday, was stuck in this moment in time, unable to advance a single second forward.

No one uttered a word of comfort, no one told Cheng Yixie to hold on, to be patient, everything would pass. They all knew in their hearts that this matter would never pass. All the words were perfunctory and deceitful, and they completely lost the child who was laughing like a fool.

Lu Yanxue howled and cried, accompanied by Yi Manman's sobs.

Ruan Nan Candle turned away from the house and went downstairs, where Lin Qiushi shrank in the corner like a solidified stone statue.

Having seen too many goodbyes but still unable to get used to them, the little corgi toast that was sleeping downstairs also seemed to sense something and ran up the stairs in a panic, but when it realized that its master would never move again, it let out a quick roar, trying to wake Cheng Qianli, who seemed to have woken up from his dream.

But this wasn't a dream, or if it was, it was a nightmare that couldn't be woken up.

Lin Qiushi couldn't breathe, he was in such pain, let alone Cheng Qianli who was in the same twin birth as Cheng Yixie. That was a feeling Lin Qiushi didn't dare to imagine.

How the day ended up being spent, Lin Qiushi didn't have much of an impression anymore.

It was like the human body's self-defense mechanism, facing certain memories and reflexively fading away. But Cheng Qianli's pale white face was deeply imprinted in Lin Qiushi's mind, and he remembered it too clearly, so clearly that he couldn't even sleep for a long time.

After that was the funeral.

Twin's parents hurried over. They had wanted to take Cheng Qianli back to their hometown, but were refused by Cheng Yixie.

Cheng Yicher said he wanted Cheng Qianli to stay with him, but when his parents couldn't persuade him, they let him.

In just a few days, Cheng Yicher had lost weight and even had white hair on his temples.

He was no more than seventeen years old at the time, and should have been a flowery age.

Cheng Yixie held Cheng Qianli's urn and put it in the tiny tomb.

The tomb was divided into two parts, with Cheng Yixie written on one side and Cheng Qianli on the other. Cheng Yicher about thought he would go first and had even gilded his name, only the reality, however, was completely different from what he had expected.

"I'm the most selfish one." At the funeral, Cheng Yicher said to the tombstone, "I wanted to go by myself and leave him behind."

The one who was left behind, however, was the most miserable, and he suddenly smiled and said, "At least he didn't have to go through all this."

Lin Qiushi looked at his smile and wanted to tell him to stop laughing, but he couldn't, in fact he could count on one hand the words he had said over the past few days.

After the funeral, Cheng Yixie disappeared.

His room was still the same as it was, only a few clothes and a suitcase were missing.

Lin Qiushi was the first to find out about this, and he asked Ruan Nanzhu where Cheng Yixie had gone, to which Ruan Nanzhu replied, "I don't know."

Lin Qiushi was silent.

"I don't know where he went, and I don't know where he could have gone." Ruan Nam Candle said in a calm tone, "He's been in Obsidian since he walked in the door, and Obsidian is where he belongs."

Lin Qiushi looked at Ruan Nan Candle, his eyes showing some blankness.

Sighing softly, Ruan Nan Candle took Lin Qiushi into his arms and gave him a reassuring kiss as he said, "Some things are already expected."

"Including death?" Lin Qiushi asked.

"Naturally, that includes." Ruan Nan Candle said, "Everyone has to experience death, sooner or later."

Lin Qiushi said, "But their death came too early." They were still so young, they hadn't experienced anything, they should have had more time, they....

Ruan Nan Candle said, "Heaven is not fair."

Cheng Yicher and Cheng Qianli wouldn't have entered the gate if they were born healthy, the gate is torment, but it gives them more time so they can take a good look at the world. It was just that there was an end to the gift of grace, and falling from heaven to hell was the most painful thing of all.

That night, Ruan Nan Candle and Lin Qiushi slept together, and Lin Qiushi said, "Is that the kind of clue Cheng Yixie took?"

Nguyen Nam Candle: "Yes."

Lin Qiushi was silent.

"Some things have to be paid for sooner or later," Ruan Nan Candle said, "And the price is much more painful than you can imagine."

Lin Qiushi was about to say something, but he felt Ruan Nan Candle put a candy in his mouth, he took the candy and said vaguely, "Did you succeed in quitting smoking?"

"It worked." Ruan Nan Candle replied.

Lin Qiushi didn't know what he should say again. This time his silence was becoming more and more frequent and longer.

Ruan Nan Candle, however, as if sensing his overwhelm, reached out and hugged him, saying softly, "Sleep."

Lin Qiushi closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep.

Cheng Qianli's death was like breaking the illusion of tranquility inside the villa, and a certain heavy atmosphere began to spread in the villa.

Lu Yanxue often started to wipe her tears as she cooked and cooked, not knowing if it was because she saw a certain ingredient and thought of someone who liked to eat it.

Toast was also depressed for a long time after discovering that his master had disappeared, and then only managed to slow down after being comforted by Chestnut.

Lin Qiushi had always had an unrealistic feeling about the twin's departure, as if the next moment he would return to the living room and see Cheng Qianli sitting on the couch watching TV silly. This illusion was not broken until one night.

That day, he came down from upstairs and saw the TV in the living room playing a horror movie, and the person watching the horror movie on the sofa wrapped his body in a futon, looking very scared. Watching this scene, Lin Qiushi blurted out, "Qianli?!"

However, the bedding revealed the face of the leaf bird, and he looked at Lin Qiushi and whispered, "Qiushi?"

The moment he saw the leaf bird's face, Lin Qiushi finally realized that he would never see Cheng Qianli again, and it was a feeling that could not be described with words, as if the dream he had barely fooled himself into had suddenly been pierced, and he could only face the cruel and bloody truth.

"Nothing." Lin Qiushi turned around.

Ye Bird called out to Qiushi again, but he saw Lin Qiushi turn straight to go upstairs, some worry appearing between his looks as he clearly saw that after seeing his face, Lin Qiushi's cheeks were filled with tears. Lin Qiushi seemed to have mistaken himself for Cheng Qianli... For some reason, some regret arose in Ye Bird's heart, it would have been nice if he could have joined Obsidian earlier, to experience sorrows and joys with them and not be isolated outside of his environment.

Lin Qiushi returned to his room only to find that he was crying, he hadn't even shed a tear when Cheng Qianli left, but he didn't expect to be somewhat unable to control himself at this point.

He sat on the edge of the bed and suddenly understood why Cheng Yixie had left. It was because this villa was filled with traces of Cheng Qianli's life, and these traces were like a blunt knife that was cutting human flesh with one slice, but no blood could be seen.

Lin Qiushi lay on his bed and let out a long breath, he emptied himself and fell asleep in a daze.

Ruan Nan Candle returned in the middle of the night and saw Lin Qiushi curled up on the bed, he didn't wake him up but gently put a thin blanket on Lin Qiushi's body.

"Mmm." But Lin Qiushi woke up with a start and called out vaguely, "Nan Candle."

"Mm." Ruan Nan Candle sat down next to Lin Qiushi, "I'm here."

"I miss Qianli." Lin Qiushi said.

Ruan Nan Candle said, "I miss him too." He actually admitted this matter quite openly, "Every time I see Toast, I think of Chisato."

Thinking of Chisato holding Toast, thinking of that child's bright smiling face.

"What to do at a time like this?" Lin Qiushi said, "I also remembered Wu Qi, Tan Zao Zao..." they were all passers-by in his life, coming and going.

"I can only endure." Ruan Nam Candle said, "It's good to endure the past."

Hearing Ruan Nan Candle's calm tone, Lin Qiushi was suddenly heartbroken. After Cheng Qianli left, almost everyone was in a state of collapse, only Ruan Nan Candle calmly dealt with the aftermath, he notified the parents of the twins, contacted the funeral home, and chose the time for the burial.

Lin Qiushi didn't know how much Ruan Nam Candle had gone through to become so calm.

Ruan Nan Candle, however, understood Lin Qiushi's eyes, he sighed slightly, but laughed and said, "Don't feel so bad for me, I'm really not as miserable as you think."

Some things had to be gotten used to.

Three months after Cheng Yicher left Obsidian, he sent a letter without an address to Obsidian, in which he stated that he was fine now, so they didn't have to worry.

Lu Yanxue was the first to receive the letter, looking at the familiar fonts on the letter on the spot and almost fainted from crying, holding the envelope and sobbing hard, she said, "This bad boy, why is he only sending the letter back now, this bad boy-"

"Can you find out where he is?" Chen Fei was beside him and asked Ruan Nan Candle.

Ruan Nan Candle checked the letter paper and then took the envelope from Lu Yanxue and finally shook his head, "There's no clue, he's very careful."

Chen Fei sighed.

"Will he come back?" Yi Man Man actually had an average relationship with Cheng Yicher, but was very close to Cheng Qianli.

"I don't know." Ruan Nanzhu didn't give a definite answer.

"Whether he comes back or not, as long as he's comfortable." Lu Yanxue said this, but she shed tears again, "But how is he going to get through this alone, can he get through it?"

No one knew the answer to that question, but it couldn't be survived. It was time that was traded for Cheng Qianli's life, and Cheng Yixie couldn't possibly give it up.

Lin Qiushi stared at the font on the envelope and didn't speak for a long time.

Until Ruan Nanzhu pulled him back into the room and he said, "Qiushi, your recent state seems off."

Lin Qiushi: "Hm?"

"You've been staring," Ruanan Candle said, "Haven't you noticed?" In the meantime, he looked down on Lin Qiushi's face.

"I'm staring?" Lin Qiushi was baffled, "Is there one?"

Ruan Nan Candle didn't say anything, but his eyes gave Lin Qiushi the answer.

"Oh." Lin Qiushi touched his face and said, "I'm just feeling a little tired."

Ruan Nan Candle said, "Let's go out for a vacation."

"Eh?" Lin Qiushi didn't expect Ruan Nan Candle to suddenly say that, he was stunned for a moment and his thoughts wandered away again until Ruan Nan Candle gently twisted his cheek, "Dazed again?"

Lin Qiushi: "Ahem." Only then did he realize that he had wandered off again, still with Ruan Nanzhu staring at him, so he coughed twice and said awkwardly, "Sorry."

Ruan Nan Candle sighed.

Seeing that Lin Qiushi's state was not right, Ruan Nam Candle quickly began to prepare for the trip.

Spring was supposed to be a season of renewal and happiness, but because of Qianli's departure, this spring they had had a harder time than the winter.

Lin Qiushi couldn't even remember the scene of the trees sprouting new buds, but by the time he reacted, the time was already in the middle of summer.

The streets were lined with thick, tall trees, and these months had literally seemed to have been taken away from their lives by some strange force.

But life was still to go on, except that there was nothing to enter the villa during this time, so life was very quiet for everyone. Ruan Nan Candle also went against his usual state of not coming in the door, preparing to take Lin Qiushi out for a while.

"Where do you want to go?" Ruan Nan Candle took the map and asked Lin Qiushi.

"Anywhere, I haven't left the country yet." Lin Qiushi said, "Have you ever been there?"

"I used to go, but I don't go often anymore," Ruan Nam Candle replied.

Lin Qiushi: "Used to?" He suddenly remembered that he Nguyen Nam Candle rarely mentioned his family background, and he hardly ever heard him mention his family.

"Well." Ruan Nam Candle said, "I have a good family, but they all think I'm crazy." He spoke slowly, as if he was talking about something that had nothing to do with himself, "I haven't contacted them since."

Lin Qiushi said, "Oh." He felt that Ruan Nam Candle seemed to lack interest in talking about this family thing, so he stopped asking questions as well.

"If you want to know, I can take you back there as well," Ruan Nan Candle said.

Lin Qiushi said, "Not really." He smiled, "I just need to get to know you."

Ruan Nan Candle looked at Lin Qiushi, "Really?"

Lin Qiushi spread his hands, "Or else what?"

Finally they settled on an archipelago near the equator and decided to take a vacation there.

When he knew they were going out, Chen Fei was surprised and said Ruan you haven't had a break for a few years, so why do you suddenly want to go out this year.

Ruan Nam Candle said, "Is it strange to go out on vacation when you're tired?"

Chen Fei laughed dryly, "Not strange, not strange, you guys have fun, call back if you have anything."

Ruan Nan Candle hmmm, when she turned her head to look at Lin Qiushi, she found that he was actually sitting on the sofa again and staring, Ruan Nan Candle looked a little helpless, she walked over to Lin Qiushi and lowered her head and took a bite right on his cheek.

"Ah!" After being bitten on the face by Ruan Nan Candle, Lin Qiushi only woke up, covering his face for no apparent reason, "What are you biting me for?"

Ruan Nanzhu: "I'm afraid that if I don't bite you back, your soul will fly away."

Lin Qiushi was helpless: "It's not that serious." Ruan Nan Candle's bite was an actual bite, his face now not only hurt hotly, but he also had a neat tooth mark .

"Don't dawdle if you're afraid of being bitten." Ruan Nam Candle said very seriously.

Lin Qiushi looked embarrassed, he didn't know why he was so fond of being dazed lately... Besides, was it really possible to control something like walking away?