Kaleidoscope of Death

After two attempts, Ruan Nanzhu was certain that the eleventh door's clues would not change.

The tenth door was too difficult, they couldn't do it a third time, and two times was enough, they couldn't risk their lives anymore. If Cheng Yixie hadn't left, they might have been able to get a third clue about the eleventh door, but unfortunately, the sky didn't turn out the way they wanted.

Life is like that, full of unpredictability and uncertainty.

Nguyen Nam Candle says there is also light in the body of the leaf bird, a person who is suitable for the door. He is lively and lively, and the atmosphere in the villa is not too dull.

Two years was a long time, not a short time.

The first time I saw him was when I was a kid, and I thought he was a good boy.

The other person who disappeared with him was Zhuo Feiquan, who had come to visit often before after Cheng Qianli's accident, but he sat down in the living room with a big grin and said, "Where's that idiot Cheng Qianli? Why not?" No one answered his question.

Perhaps it was the ugly expressions of the crowd because of his question, Zhuo Feiquan seemed to have thought of something, he stopped speaking for a moment, but finally turned around and walked away without saying anything. He left and never appeared again, and he disappeared together with Cheng Yicher.

For two years, Lin Qiushi still didn't stop brushing doors.

High-ranked and low-ranked ones all went in, with a frequency of about once every half month. Sometimes Ruan Nanzhu would be with him, sometimes he was alone.

During this period, Lin Qiushi once again saw the Ye Bird's women's clothing... Never mind, forget about it, thinking about it was hot.

Entering the door more and seeing all sorts of people, strong and weak, life in the face of death is always an unpleasant experience.

Ruan Nan Candle, on the other hand, never gave up on contacting Cheng Yicher, but there had been no response until one day in the following year when they knew Cheng Yicher would definitely appear somewhere.

That day was the anniversary of Cheng Qianli's death.

Lin Qiushi and Ruan Nanzhu both went to the cemetery where Cheng Qianli was buried, sought a corner, and after waiting for some time, they saw a figure appear in front of Cheng Qianli's tombstone.

The man was wearing a mask and hat, so he couldn't see his face clearly, but Lin Qiushi only took a glance and was sure that the person who appeared before them was Cheng Yicher.

Lin Qiushi said, "Are we going over there?"

Ruan Nan Candle shook his head, "Let him be alone for a while first."

Lin Qiushi sighs.

Cheng Yicher stood in front of Cheng Qianli's present for a long time, eventually placing the flower in his hand in front of the tombstone. As he was about to leave, Lin Qiushi finally couldn't help but call out his name, "Yixie!"

Cheng Yicher's body paused and turned his head to look at Lin Qiushi.

Lin Qiushi quickly stepped in front of him, he had a lot of things he wanted to say to the kid in front of him, but he was a little unsure of where to start.

"Long time no see." But it was Cheng Yicher who spoke first. His eyes as he looked at Lin Qiushi were icy, compared to the coldness caused by his personality before, his eyes at this time were like an icy lake, deep and dark, chilling to the bone, and could no longer find any temperature.

"Long time no see." Lin Qiushi said.

Ruan Nanzhu also walked in front of Cheng Yixie, he sized Cheng Yixie up with his eyes, but he didn't say anything.

"I have some things to do, so I'll be leaving first." Cheng Yicher lifted his watch and looked at it, his tone was cold.

Lin Qiushi said, "You..." he wanted to ask if Cheng Yicher was doing well, but he felt that it was a bit redundant, because anyone could tell that he was not doing well.

Cheng Yixie was having a bad day. His hair was much whiter, and although it was covered with a hat, it was very noticeable .

"Go ahead." Ruan Nan Candle finally said nothing, he said, "If there's anything, call me, we're all in."

Cheng Yicher nodded, his face still unfazed, and turned to leave.

Lin Qiushi and Ruan Nanzhu looked at his back and were both silent. In fact, they didn't know how to comfort Cheng Yixie, even after a year, the effects of certain things hadn't diminished at all, and might never even diminish.

Lin Qiushi slowly peeled off a candy and put it in his mouth, feeling the sweetness spread on his tongue, he reached out and held Ruan Nanzhu's hand and said, "Let's go."

Only then did the two of them leave the cemetery.

Lin Qiushi's heart dropped a few points when he could see that Cheng Yixie was still alive, he didn't dare to ask for too much. But what he didn't expect was that a few days later they actually received a letter from Cheng Yixie, which briefly stated the clues he had received about the eleventh door.

"What I got is, a special clue." On the letter, Cheng Yicher said as if it was a clue, "The clue is only two words, life and death."

Lin Qiushi saw the contents of the letter and pronounced the two special words, "Life... death?"

In the meantime, Ruan Nanzhu was also in thought.

Their clues were unanswered, but Cheng Yixie's clues were life and death, which caused Lin Qiushi to have some sort of strange suspicion, saying, "Is everyone's eleventh door the same?"

Ruan Nan Candle's fingers fondled the letter, looking at the words life and death on it: "It's possible."

"Did your predecessor provide any information when he entered the eleventh door?" Lin Qiushi looked at Ruan Nanzhu.

"No, I was still a novice at that time." Ruan Nan Candle replied, "Where was the thought of the eleventh door being so long ago."

It couldn't be helped, there wasn't a single person around them who had passed the eleventh door. In fact Ruan Nan Candle and Lin Qiushi were already among the warriors who could safely pass through the tenth door.

Life and death, life and death, what exactly did the life and death in the clue refer to? If it was any other door, they could honestly think about entering the door and then analyze it in relation to what happened, but this was a difficult door that could kill someone if they weren't careful, and even Ruan Nan Candle wouldn't dare to prop it up.

There was still a year to go, though, and they had already begun to prepare for the entrance.

The two of them had consulted a lot of information about the association of the words life and death, from Eastern legends to Western mythology, from Hades to Anubis....

I don't know if any of this is working or not, but doing something to see it is much better than sitting around and waiting.

In two years, Ye Bird passed through his seventh door. Lin Qiushi asked him at the time if he wanted to jump, but Ye Bird thought about it, but refused. He said there was no point in jumping through the door, and that he still had to pass.

Lin Qiushi did admire his caution and self-control, after all, when faced with such a temptation, not everyone would be able to reject it with ease.

The exact time of the eleventh door was the twenty-seventh of March, and since the level of the number of doors was already very high, they could now clearly perceive the exact time of entry.

With a serious face, Ruan Nan Candle drew a circle on the twenty-sixth of March on the calendar, and also marked a small heart next to it.

After Lin Qiushi saw it and said to him, "You marked it wrong, it was the twenty-seventh before you entered."

Ruan Nan Candle said, "I didn't mark it wrong."

Lin Qiushi was baffled.

Ruan Nan Candle said, "Twenty-six has to be done more often."

Lin Qiushi: "......." he reacted for a few seconds before he realized that Ruan Nan Candle this product was telling a yellow joke, and for a while he was a bit speechless, since he and Ruan Nan Candle had established a relationship, the kind of jumpy nature inside Ruan Nan Candle's door showed more and more clearly, Lin Qiushi felt that this was quite good, the only bad thing was that Ruan Nan Candle often ate his own jealousy.

"Do you like Zhu Meng or Ruan Nan Candle?" Ruan Nan Candle asked Lin Qiushi this when he was outside the door.

Lin Qiushi can only say that he likes Ruan Nam Candle.

When you get to the inside of the door, the answer is about to change, and then Zhu Meng drama queen gets on and says, "But yesterday a man named Ruan Nan Candle contacted me and said you love him."

Lin Qiushi: "...Can't I love both?"

Ruan Nan Candle: "Yes, I approve of you loving both."

Lin Qiushi: "...Ugh, why do you have so many scripts in your hands.

The time for the eleventh door was approaching, and the atmosphere among the crowd was starting to get heavy again.

Needless to think, this door would be very difficult, so Lin Qiushi carefully calculated how he was going to handle things behind him before going in. But after thinking about it, he found that he seemed to be a person with no attachments, his only friend Wu Qi had disappeared, his family had almost no contact for a long time, and apart from the group of friends in the villa, he really didn't have anyone to say goodbye to.

But what Lin Qiushi didn't expect was that Ruan Nancandle actually brought himself back to his home a month before he entered the house.

Lin Qiushi had always thought that Ruan Nan Candle's home would have a rather chilly atmosphere, but he never expected that upon arrival, a beautiful middle-aged woman would appear, jump on Ruan Nan Candle and start crying.

Unfazed, Ruan Nan Candle slowly pushed the woman away and called out, "Mom."

Lin Qiushi stood awkwardly beside her.

Then Lin Qiushi got a general idea of Ruan Nam Candle's family composition, his family was well off, he had an excellent brother, a strict father, and a delicate mother. Everything in this family seemed ordinary except for the better conditions, and Ruan Nan Candle was simply out of place.

Ruan Nan Candle, on the other hand, introduced Lin Qiushi's identity very frankly, saying that he was his lover.

Lin Qiushi was a bit nervous, but instead, he saw that they actually accepted Ruan Nan Candle's statement very calmly, and then Lin Qiushi realized that their family was actually similar to Yi Man Man's family, thinking that Ruan Nan Candle was mentally ill....

"My child is fine everywhere, but he's a bit of a hypochondriac." While Ruan Nam Candle went to the toilet, his mother wiped her tears and said so to Lin Qiushi, "He's had this disease since he was a child, thank you, it must be because you were with him that he got better..."

Lin Qiushi didn't dare to say anything as he listened, thinking that he couldn't tell Ruan Nanzhu's mother that he also had a hypochondria. The company has a long history of developing its own brand of products and services, and it's also a great place to start.

It's just that the reaction after the daze was a bit intense, some people cried, some people laughed, and some people even jumped right off the building....

I can see that Ruan Nam Candle's family still has some affection for him, but this affection has become a burden in a way, they can't understand what Ruan Nam Candle has done, why Ruan Nam Candle is running away from the normal course of life....

There is no such thing as empathy in the world.

After finishing his meal, Ruan Nan Candle left with Lin Qiushi, who sat in the car, turned his head to look at Lin Qiushi and asked, "Nothing you want to say?"

Lin Qiushi said, "What did you say... your mother is really young?"

Ruan Nan Candle: "......."

Lin Qiushi smiled, "There's nothing I want to say." He paused for a moment and said, "They're all very nice people." It's just that some things are destined to not be understood.

Ruan Nam Candle said, "I'm actually quite lucky, my family always thought I was crazy and wanted to send me abroad for treatment, but they didn't force me."

When it came to mental illness, Lin Qiushi remembered Yi Manman, Yi Manman was almost typical of Obsidian, and his family had always thought he was going crazy and was a psychopath, even attempting to forcefully lock him up in a mental hospital. Compared to him, the attitudes of Nguyen Nam Candle's family were in stark contrast.

"Yeah, to outsiders, aren't we just psychopaths." Lin Qiu Shi helplessly said, "After being dazed for a while, we cry and scream."

Ruan Nam Candle said, "I haven't been home for four or five years."

Lin Qiushi looked at him, knowing the hidden meaning in Ruan Nan Candle's words, and as expected, Ruan Nan Candle said again slowly, "The connection isn't that close, and when you really lose it, you don't have to be so sad."

Lin Qiushi laughed dumbly, "That's not necessarily true." He thought of the time when they were about to confirm their relationship, but Ruan Nan Candle suddenly took a step back, and at this point, it was probably the same thought that was going through his mind.

Just then they were both firm enough that they could be pillars for the other to rely on.

Half a month before the entrance, the villa was all partying, a group of people gathered every day to drink and make a lot of noise late.

The emotions that were suppressed under the revelry suddenly erupted one night, and everyone in the villa was crying that day: Chen Fei, Yi Manman, Lu Yanxue, and Bird.

Ye Bird said, "Lin Qiushi you little bastard calf must come out ah!!!"

Chen Fei said, "I'll wait for you guys to come out, Brother Ruan."

Yi Manman and Lu Yanxue were crying up and down and could no longer speak.

Lin Qiushi's eyes were also made a little moist, only Ruan Nanzhu still had a hard heart and said, "Isn't this not dead yet, why are you crying?"

"Oooooh." But everyone who had drunk too much completely ignored Ruan Nan Candle's words and continued to vent their uneasy emotions.

Lin Qiushi lay on the sofa, his mind blank from the alcohol, but even so, he was feeling an indescribable happiness, someone cared about his life or death, someone cared about his survival, this feeling of being cared for was so touching that it even brought tears to his eyes involuntarily.

Everyone was crying, making a scene, and the house was a mess.

Ruan Nan Candle went to Lin Qiushi's side, sat down, and then took Lin Qiushi into his arms, his fingers tapped the tips of Lin Qiushi's ears, and he said, "Your ears are like an elf."

Lin Qiushi looked at Ruan Nam Candle with silly joy.

Ruan Nan Candle who had drunk some wine was also exceptionally good looking, his cold look was diluted by his tipsy look, his eyes were rippling, his lips were red with some moist water stains, and he looked exceptionally delicious.

Lin Qiushi reached out and touched Ruan Nan Candle's thick eyelashes, smiling, "So long."

Ruan Nan Candle dropped her eyes to look at him.

Lin Qiushi leaned against Ruan Nanzhu's bosom, feeling the warmth of the other's skin as he said, "I used to think that this was enough, but now..." there was some sadness between his eyebrows, "I want to grow old with you," he said. Is it too greedy to think that way?"

"No." Ruan Nan Candle said, "Everyone thinks this way, it's normal." He leaned in and kissed the tips of Lin Qiushi's ears, his voice dark and dumb, "I'm the same."

Lin Qiushi smiled brightly at the words, he said, "That's really great, are you scared?"

Ruan Nam Candle: "I was once afraid, but I'm not anymore."

They owned each other.

Lin Qiushi's heart also calmed down and he said, "I'm not afraid either."

They gazed into each other's eyes, then smiled in tacit understanding, and Ruan Nan Candle picked Lin Qiushi up and went straight up to the second floor.

Ye Bird saw that the two were leaving and shouted, "Leaving already? Not yet drunk and happy..." he finished his sentence his head was slapped by Chen Fei, Chen Fei said, "Young man, sober up, people are in love."

Leaf Bird: "....... "This place is really unfriendly to bachelors.

It was like an apocalyptic orgy of ten days, and the week before the 27th, everyone's mood gradually calmed down again.

Ruan Nanzhu found Chen Fei and began to explain some things.

Chen Fei was a little resistant at first, but Ruan Nan Candle calmed him down by saying, "I can't guarantee I'll get out, if I leave, you have to keep Obsidian going, they're still here, you have to protect them."

Only then did Chen Fei reluctantly agree.

Unlike Ruan Nan Candle, Lin Qiushi had nothing to do, so he went to help Lu Yanxue cook.

Lu Yanxue's expression had been very low, she tried to barely lift her spirits, but Lin Qiushi could see that she was barely even smiling.

Lin Qiushi also felt distressed when he saw her like this, so he politely said, if you don't want to smile, don't smile, he understood her feelings at this time.

When Lu Yanxue heard this, but she could no longer tense up and threw herself into Lin Qiushi's arms and wailed, she said, "I can't think, I can't think about the way you and brother Ruan are gone, I don't dare to think that something happened to you..."

Lin Qiushi stroked her hair like he was soothing a broken child, he didn't know what to do, so he could only say, "It's fine, everything will be fine."

Lu Yanxue cried like a baby.

On the 25th of March, Cheng Yixie returned, and his return caused everyone to be a little overwhelmed for a moment, joyful and with a strong sense of worry.

Cheng Yixie is taller and thinner, and has grown into a mature man in the past two years.

He knew when Lin Qiushi and Ruan Nanzhu had entered the house, so he probably came this time because he was worried that this was the last time he would see them.

The group of people didn't dare to talk about old times, but asked Cheng Yixie how she had been in the past two years.

Cheng Yixie answered with a mixed response, but Lin Qiushi noticed that he had an extra necklace on his neck, which Lin Qiushi had seen around Zhuo Feiquan's neck....

"Where's Zhuo Feiquan?" Ruan Nan Candle asked the question that Lin Qiushi wanted to ask.

"He's dead." Cheng Yixie's tone was flat, as if death was no longer able to bring him any excitement, "He left last year and didn't make it past the tenth door."

Ruan Nan Candle then stopped talking.

Cheng Yixie got up to leave after sitting here for an hour, and Lu Yanxue asked him why he didn't come back, but he laughed and spat out three words, "I'm not worthy."

Lin Qiushi's heart ached like being pricked by a needle when he heard those three words, and he looked at Ruan Nanzhu, but he saw that Ruan Nanzhu's lips were pursed in a tight line, and he didn't say any words to save her.

It was only after Cheng Yicher left that Ruan Nan Candle said, "There is always a price to pay for taking shortcuts."

Lin Qiushi knew what he meant.

About Ruan Nan Candle also wanted to say welcome back to Obsidian Stone to Cheng Yi-xie, but in the end he kept silent. Because Cheng Yicher had gone against his principles, some things were bottom lines, and no matter what the reason was, bottom lines could not be broken.

On the twenty-sixth, Lin Qiushi and Ruan Nan Candle spent the day in bed.

They spoke words of love, looked at each other with eyes full of love, they embraced each other and slept, the sun set and rose, and finally the most important day arrived.

March 27, Lin Qiushi and Ruan Nanzhu, the day they entered the house together.

It was a sunny spring day, with a gentle breeze and warm sunshine.

Lin Qiushi and Ruan Nam Candle ate breakfast together, carrying the things they had prepared on their backs, and they sat on the edge of the bed, eating candy and chatting until the sudden change in the atmosphere around them.

The person who was sitting across from Lin Qiushi suddenly disappeared, Lin Qiushi knew that what was due was still coming, he stood up with his backpack on his back and casually pushed open a door, seeing a long corridor that was already very familiar.

Above the corridor, ten doors had been sealed, leaving only two doors standing at the end of the corridor.

Lin Qiushi slowly stepped into them, walked up to one door, and after taking a deep breath, grabbed the door handle and slowly pulled it open.

The image reversed and a powerful suction force brought Lin Qiushi inside the door, but when he saw his surroundings clearly, his breathing stopped.

After going through so many doors and seeing so many light and strange scenes, but none of them were as oozing as the immediate surroundings, Lin Qiushi's back was covered in cold sweat, and goose bumps involuntarily appeared on his arms - he had appeared in a seemingly ordinary bedroom. Lin Qiushi clearly remembered that it was in this bedroom that he and the real-life Ruan Nan Candle, had met for the first time.

That's right, Lin Qiushi had returned to his former residence, the rental house that he had retired from for a long time.

It was a nightmare within a nightmare, Lin Qiushi thought with a bitter smile.