Kaleidoscope of Death

Obsidian, also known as the Tears of Apache, is said to be a black stone turned into tears shed for dead loved ones, and whoever possesses it, is forever happy, no more crying.

It was a long time before Lin Qiu Shi knew the meaning of the name Obsidian and asked Nguyen Nam Chu who named it Obsidian.

Nguyen Nam Chu said, the name was chosen by his predecessor.

At that time, there was still a different group of people staying in the Black Yew Stone, but time has changed, people come and go, only the name remains the same.

After noticing Lin Qiushi's strange behavior, Ruan Nanzhu took a long vacation and brought Lin Qiushi to a tropical island.

The island is warm and humid, the water is a beautiful blue, there are white sandy beaches and tall coconut trees, and occasionally you can see cute hermit crabs scurrying away on the sand. The sand is fine and hot when you step on it barefoot, and the soft sand slides through your toes, causing a little tickling sensation.

Ruan Nancandle was standing in the sea, with his trousers pulled up, touching something with his head down, Lin Qiushi was sitting under a parasol not far away, watching Ruan Nancandle suddenly stop and turn towards him.

This is a small island, few people, extraordinarily quiet, living here for more than a month, Ruan Nam Candle's fair skin was tanned quite a lot, but turned chocolate brown Ruan Nam Candle instead looked more delicious, at this time he smoothly took off the wet T-shirt, revealing beautiful, wheat-colored abs. There were still droplets of water sliding down the skin, down the neck to the chest, and then hidden into a strong, lean waistline.

Ruan Nan Candle walked up to Lin Qiushi and reached out and handed him something, Lin Qiushi took it and saw that it was a beautiful large colored conch, he took it with a smile and said, "Can you blow it?"

"I don't know." Ruan Nan Candle sat down next to Lin Qiushi, crossed his legs and casually picked up a coconut and cracked it open, inserting it into a straw and drinking it slowly.

Lin Qiushi, on the other hand, began to try to blow the conch, but with little experience, he really failed to make a sound, and he tilted his head, showing a slightly annoyed expression.

Ruan Nan Candle saw the situation and took it over in passing, and after studying it for a while, he pointed at the bottom of the conch: "It seems like it's going to be ground off here."

Lin Qiushi: "Then grind it off and try?"

"Going to get the tools later," Ruan Nam Candle said, "What do you want to eat tonight."

Lin Qiushi stretched, "I'll do it, didn't you borrow the grill...don't you eat fish."

Ruan Nan Candle hmmmed and then the two of them lay under the umbrella and dozed off.

Who knew that after a while, the sky was not beautiful, thick dark clouds covered the blue sky and the sea horizon was rippling. Ruan Nan Candle woke up first, he turned around and saw Lin Qiushi lying next to him still asleep, his heart moved, leaned over and kissed his lips, waking him up: "It's going to rain."

Lin Qiushi opened his eyes in confusion and before he could react, he was directly picked up by Ruan Nan Candle and turned around to enter the hut behind him.

Lin Qiushi was placed on the soft bed, there was a pair of slender hands running through his hair, the comfortable feeling made him somewhat confused between dream and reality, he spoke vaguely, "I had a dream."

"What kind of dream?" Ruan Nam Candle asked.

"I dreamt that you died." Lin Qiushi said, "I was scared."

Ruan Nam Candle grabbed Lin Qiushi's hand and kissed his fingers, "Don't be afraid, I'm right here."

"I also dreamed of a thousand miles." Lin Qiushi said, "I dreamt that he was sitting right next to me and asked me if I wanted to watch a movie, but I've seen that movie many times." He opened his eyes, "It's so real..."

Ruan Nanzhu's heart ached slightly when he saw Lin Qiushi's appearance.

Previously, Lin Qiushi's reaction to death was indifferent until Cheng Qianli left, but all his emotions suddenly exploded.

All those emotions that had accumulated in the depths of his soul poured out, overwhelming Lin Qiushi.

Lin Qiushi droned on, talking about those light and bizarre dreams of his, he also dreamed that Ruan Nan Candle had participated in Zao Zao Tan's movie and had become a big star, Zao Zao Tan hadn't died, she had gotten married and had a lovely girl....

As he spoke, Lin Qiushi's voice lowered, and he seemed to realize that what he was recounting was an impossible dream.

Ruan Nan Candle called his name and kissed him, drawing him out of this imaginary state as he said, "Qiushi, I'm here."

Lin Qiushi looked dazed, he stared at him and said, "Nan Candle."

Ruan Nan Candle said, "I won't leave you behind." Seeing Cheng Yixie's face, certain thoughts in his mind became even stronger and he said, "If something happens to me, I won't force you to make sure you survive."

Lin Qiushi stared blankly at Ruan Nan Candle, seemingly not expecting him to say such words.

"This is actually a good thing." Ruan Nan Candle said, "If there was no door, I might have died and wouldn't have joined Obsidian Stone or met you guys, this is stolen time, you can't be too greedy..." he said and gave Lin Qiushi a reassuring kiss.

Lin Qiushi's emotions gradually calmed down. It was raining heavily outside, and even the sea breeze was whistling, blowing the curtains rattling.

He yawned and sat up from the bed, his eyes clearing, "When will the rain stop."

"It's estimated to be an hour or so," Ruan Nan Candle said, "There's no rush, it's still early anyway."

So they lay down on the edge of the bed and watched it rain outside, a pure waste of time that was so blissful, they didn't have to think about the door, they didn't have to worry about the consequences of failure, they just kept each other company and just looked at each other.

It had been raining for over an hour and finally stopped, Ruan Nam Candle went out first, found the hotel's restaurant to borrow supplies for the barbecue, and then started dealing with the ingredients again.

He wasn't very good at cooking and with his head down was studying how to cut the beef.

Lin Qiushi looked at him and felt a bit funny, so he walked over and said, "You build a fire, I'll fix the food."

"Good." Ruan Nan Candle nodded his head.

Actually, if it was too much trouble, one could just go to the hotel's chef and ask him to help with it, but Lin Qiushi and Ruan Nan Candle both chose to do it themselves.

After experiencing certain things, everything in reality seemed to be better, and even the troublesome and trivial things weren't boring.

Lin Qiushi cut up the beef that Ruan Nam Candle had brought and prepared some vegetables, so they stood on the beach to grill food.

The beef used for grilling is top quality, a little salt marinade to grill it out is very delicious, Lin Qiushi grilled a piece of beef and then put a piece into Ruan Nanzhu's mouth, with Ruan Nanzhu's dark complexion, he somehow felt like feeding the bear in the zoo cage, so feeding, involuntarily laughed out.

Ruan Nam Candle naturally noticed that he was being laughed at by Lin Qiushi, he swallowed the beef in his mouth and said, "What are you laughing at?"

Lin Qiushi said, "Do you feel like I'm feeding a bear?"

Ruan Nan Candle raised his eyebrows.

"Hahaha, just the kind from the zoo..." he was in the middle of his sentence when the unhappy chocolate bear took a bite on his neck.

The chocolate bear grinned, showing a neat row of white teeth, and said, "Laugh again bear will eat you."

Lin Qiushi was barely able to rest his voice, but his shoulders were still shaking, apparently unable to suppress the surging laughter.

Ruan Nan Candle reached out and picked him up, Lin Qiushi, such a grown man, was like a toy in his hands, seemingly no weight at all, Lin Qiushi was carried directly onto his shoulders, his mouth screaming: "Don't... don't... fire, The fire is still burning!"

Ruan Nan Candle said, "It's fine." He carried Lin Qiushi on his shoulders and entered the house.

What happened after that, naturally, could not be described.

After the warmth, Lin Qiushi felt a bit hungry, he hadn't eaten anything at night, so he supported his toes and nudged Ruan Nan Candle's back, saying, "I'm hungry."

Ruan Nan Candle stood up, reached out and wiped his sweaty hair behind his head, got up and went out to look at the barbecue stand they both left behind, and said helplessly, "It's all burnt."

Lin Qiushi said angrily, "Can it not be burnt? It's been so long..."

Ruan Nan Candle said, "Wait a minute, I'll get you something to eat." He went back to the house to find a jacket, put it on his body and went out.

Lin Qiushi watched his back and lay down on the bed and started to stare, he picked up his phone from the side,, and saw that there were several unread text messages in it. These text messages had been sent half a month ago, but he hadn't read them, in fact he hadn't used his phone much since arriving here.

After thinking about it, Lin Qiushi clicked on it and found that many people had sent him messages, some were worried about their situation, while others were asking about their current situation.

After a rough reply, Lin Qiushi heard footsteps coming from the door.

He looked up and saw Ruan Nanzhu holding a very large tray of food, struggling to open the door with his feet, and squeezed in through the doorway.

"Why did you take so much?" Lin Qiushi put down his phone and went over to help Ruan Nan Candle pick up his things.

Ruan Nan Candle raised her eyebrows: "It's still early, isn't it, in case you're hungry at night too."

Lin Qiushi: "....... "Where would he not understand Ruan Nan Candle's meaning, his ears were inexplicably red and he said, "That's about right."

All are adults, on this island duo world, so almost a hundred taboos, can do everything.

Ruan Nan Candle very shamelessly came, "What if you don't eat enough."

Lin Qiushi: "......." how come he hadn't noticed Ruan Nan Candle's cheekiness before.

But he was really hungry, so he reached out and picked up the food from the plate and started to eat slowly.

Ruan Nan Candle saw the cell phone that was placed on the side and said, "What, someone called you?" Lin Qiushi had barely touched his phone during this month, and Ruan Nan Candle didn't ask, but these people would contact him anyway if there was any real emergency.

"No." Lin Qiushi said, "I was just looking at the previous news..." he paused for a moment and whispered, "Is there any news from Yi Hsieh?"

Ruan Nan Candle shook his head.

The expected answer, but somehow disappointing, Lin Qiushi restrained his eyes and continued eating.

"But I guessed a little about where he would go." Ruan Nan Candle said, "Do you remember Zhuo Feiquan?"

Lin Qiushi fiercely remembered something as he stared at Ruan Nancandle, "You mean Zhuo Feiquan's sister - Zhuo Mingyu?"

"Right." Ruan Nan Candle said, "Cheng Yixie might have expected such a day." He expected the death of one of the two men, but he didn't expect that the one who died would be his brother.

"Then he..." there was something Lin Qiushi wanted to say in his heart.

But Ruan Nan Candle shook his head and said, "Everything is just speculation."

Lin Qiushi sighed slightly in his heart and didn't ask any further questions.

The time in the world of two was always beautiful, no need to think too much about the mess, just enjoying life was enough.

Sleeping until waking up naturally every day, eating delicious food, seeing beautiful scenery, and being in the company of his lover, this kind of life gradually cured Lin Qiushi, and his mental state began to recover, although the recovery was slow, the daze was indeed much better.

Seeing such a Lin Qiushi, Ruan Nan Candle was secretly relieved in his heart.

The two of them rested outside for a full two months before returning to Obsidian Stone.

This time it was Chen Fei who was taking Gu Longming through the doors, although Chen Fei wasn't as powerful as Ruan Nan Candle, he was still considered an expert, taking Gu Longming with the clues and brushing the low level doors several times, basically making Gu Longming gradually get used to life in the Obsidian Stone.

Seeing Lin Qiushi and Ruan Nan Candle returning from their leave, Gu Longming was very excited and said, "Brother Lin, you're finally back!"

Lin Qiushi said, "Well, how does it feel?"

Gu Longming said, "It feels good." As he spoke, Chestnut shrank in his arms, and judging by the way Gu Longming jerked his cat, he should have been a hidden cat slave as well, "How did you hack so much?"

Both Lin Qiushi and Ruan Nanzhu had darkened quite a bit, their skin tones leaning towards chocolate, but it didn't matter if the boys were darker, they looked healthier instead.

Lin Qiushi looked at his tanned arms and smiled, "Tanned."

Gu Longming smiled, "That's still a pretty even tan."

Lin Qiushi thought to himself that it wasn't actually very even, with his pants off, that one piece was white... especially Ruan Nan Candle... well... it was pretty sexy....

Of course, he definitely didn't dare to say this out loud, after all, Ruan Nan Candle was still sitting next to him, so he changed the subject and asked some questions about Obsidian's recent situation.

Although the matter of Cheng Qianli's departure had hit them quite hard, everyone was trying to get out of their frustrated state and gradually return to the kind of routine they had been passing through the door.

Before you knew it, half a year had passed, but Lin Qiushi had a feeling as if those things had only happened yesterday.

The day after Ruan Nanzhu returned, Bai Ming came to the door and said that he was looking for Ruan Nanzhu for something.

"How long has it been since you last came to the door?" Bai Ming sat on the living room couch and asked the question to hit the nail on the head.

"Six months." Ruan Nan Candle's answer was quite frank, though.

"Six months?!" Bai Ming was clearly surprised at the answer to this question, he looked Ruan Nan Candle up and down and said, "You're really Ruan Nan Candle, don't tell me it wasn't someone who replaced you, right?"

Ruan Nan Candle had a look at him: "Say what you have to say."

Bai Ming raised his chin and motioned to go to the upstairs study room.

Ruan Nan Candle turned to Lin Qiushi, who was watching TV, "You're coming along too."

Lin Qiushi pointed at himself, "Me?"

"Hmm." After Ruan Nan Candle gave a definite answer, he had turned around and headed upstairs.

Bai Ming was just as surprised as Lin Qiushi, but he quickly accepted the matter and his eyes had a bit more meaning as he smiled, "I really envy you guys."

Lin Qiushi thought to himself what are you envious of us for, there are only a handful of people who can be with their idols.

When the three of them arrived at the study, Bai Ming and Ruan Nan Candle began to talk about things, the first thing Bai Ming said grabbed all of Lin Qiushi's attention, he said, "Brother Ruan, have you really seen the people of the Twelve Gates?"

Ruan Nan Candle replied with two words, "No."

The atmosphere stagnated for a moment, and Bai Ming said, "No?"

"No." Ruan Nan Candle Dao.

Bai Ming Dao: "But how is that possible, according to the rules of the door..."

He was interrupted only halfway through his sentence, and Ruan Nan Candle said, "Without mentioning the rules of the doors, I now suspect that the rules of the eleventh and twelfth doors will be different from the previous ones."

Bai Ming knitted his brows.

Ruan Nan Candle said, "I once talked to someone who had passed the eleventh door."

Bai Ming looked at Ruan Nan Candle.

"He didn't have anything he wanted to say, but he repeatedly reiterated one thing." Ruan Nan Candle said, "Don't harbor ill will towards others."

Bai Ming: "...What do you mean?" He couldn't understand the words from Ruan Nan Candle's mouth for a moment.

Ruan Nan Candle said, "Literally."

"Meaning don't kill?" Bai Ming stood up and paced slowly around the room as he said, "What about the twelfth door? What about the twelfth door?"

"Dead." Ruan Nam Candle. "He didn't make it past."

This answer was expected, but it was somehow disappointing, and Bai Ming sighed, "So until now, we didn't know if the twelfth door would pass? What if this is a scam? There is no newborn at all."

But Ruan Nan Candle didn't say anything, his fingers tracing circles on the black round wooden table, saying, "What are you anxious about?"

Bai Ming, however, was silent.

Ruan Nan Candle observed Bai Ming's expression, but it was as if he could see something in his expression, his eyes seemed to be smiling as he said, "Bai Ming, you're trapped?"

Bai Ming nonchalantly pointed at Lin Qiushi who sat by the side and didn't speak, "Don't you have one?"

"I have." Ruan Nan Candle laughed, a smile that was more than a little mocking and gloating, "But I'm not afraid, he's growing up fast, we can live and die together."

Bai Ming sneered, "You're willing?"

"Why can't you let go?" If this was before, Ruan Nanzhu would have really been caught by Bai Ming, but after all that had happened, he now finally realized that being left behind didn't seem like something to be happy about. Was it happiness to be alive? That wasn't necessarily true.

Bai Ming stared at Ruan Nan Candle, he wanted to see wavering in Ruan Nan Candle's eyes, but in the end, he failed.

Ruan Nan Candle was very determined, so determined that he was jealous, and Lin Qiushi, who was sitting beside him with a gentle expression, seemed to have become his pillar, supporting him as he continued to move forward.

But Bai Ming, who was not so lucky, raised a long sigh and said, "Planted."

Ruan Nanzhu laughed, "Didn't you say you were just playing?"

This good friend of his, don't look like a lively and easy to get along with, but in fact, the sex is thin and cool, around men and women come and go, did not expect to also have a day to plant.

"How am I supposed to know." Bai Ming never disguised in front of Ruan Nan Candle, leaning on the sofa and sighing, "How is he so cute, I just wanted to play at first-"

"Fun, right?" Nguyen Nam Candle.

"It's so damn fun." Bai Ming laughed bitterly.

"By the way, your eleventh door is the year after right." Bai Ming said, "What can you say about the clue?"

"Yes." Ruan Nan Candle was indifferent, "No solution."

Bai Ming: "Huh?" He didn't respond for a moment to what Ruan Nam Candle said, "No solution?"

"Literally." Ruan Nan Candle, "I went in twice, and the clues were unanswered."

Bai Ming: "......." his expression twisted, and finally he ended up swearing, this hard work of going in and coming out, and finally coming to the conclusion that there was no solution, isn't this a trick.

"Don't you ever panic?" Bai Ming said, "You're going in with such a clue with your little cutie?"

Lin Qiushi was there to correct: "I'm not a cutie, he's younger than me."

Ruan Nan Candle came in with, "Although younger than you in age, there's always somewhere bigger than you."

Lin Qiushi: "... "Ruan Nam Candle shameless!

Bai Ming: "Fuck, you guys are still flirting!"

Ruan Nan Candle: "The boat will be straight when it reaches the end of the bridge, there's no use rushing."

Bai Ming had nothing to say and made an admiring gesture to Ruan Nan Candle, praising Ruan Nan Candle's optimism that had never been seen before this.

It was said that a deep love was both armor and weakness, now it seemed that Lin Qiushi had indeed brought a lot to Ruan Nan Candle, at least looking at his best friend in front of him, Bai Ming really couldn't connect him to the once extremely insecure Ruan Nan Candle.

Everyone was growing up, and so was Lin Qiushi, and so was Ruan Nan Candle.

"Alright, I'm leaving first." Bai Ming said, "I even met him for dinner tonight, he's been shooting a new film lately, and it's not easy for him to find the time to see me." He stood up and planned to leave.

"No send." Ruan Nan Candle waved his hand at him.

"Call directly if there's anything you need, I'll definitely help if I can." Bai Ming said, "There are still two years until the eleventh door, so work hard, Ruan Nam Candle."

"Mm, will do." Ruan Nan Candle responded and watched as Bai Ming left the study and went downstairs.

Lin Qiushi originally wanted to leave as well, but he was held back by Ruan Nan Candle, who somehow looked at him, but he saw a little more of a subtle smile on his face, and he said, "Qiushi."

Lin Qiushi said, "Hm?"

Ruan Nan Candle pointed at the desk in front of him: "I want to try it here."

Lin Qiushi was stunned for a moment before realizing what Ruan Nan Candle meant, his ears instantly turned red and he cursed, "Ruan Nan Candle, you're shameless!"

Ruan Nan Candle said frankly, "Yeah, I'm just shameless."

Lin Qiushi: "......." for a moment, he was actually a bit nostalgic for that Gao Ling flower-like Ruan Nan Candle at that time.

The author has something to say: Aha, something came up today, so I updated early, didn't expect it~ I didn't expect it either~...

I don't want to make you sad, but I just want to bring you a more fulfilling world full of sadness and happiness that exists in my fantasy. I'm very happy to have met you all, and I hope you'll be happy too.