Kaleidoscope of Death

Afterwards, Lin Qiushi sent a few more text messages to Ruan Nanzhu and asked where Ruan Nanzhu was, but the person on the other end didn't respond to Lin Qiushi again, so Lin Qiushi's worry grew stronger.

As the rain continued to fall, Lin Qiushi sat in a bus stop. The empty road was covered by a curtain of rain, and the street, which was not bright at all, became even darker because of the heavy rain that continued to fall, and the whole world was like a painting that was melting and blurring.

Lin Qiushi felt cold and coughed lowly, he knew he should go again, because at the end of the rain curtain, he saw a black figure slowly approaching. Although he couldn't see the figure's exact appearance clearly, but he thought... it wouldn't be something pleasant.

So Lin Qiushi stood up and continued to walk towards the front. As he walked further and further ahead, there were more black picture frames on both sides of the empty road, these frames were hanging from the tree trunks on both sides of the road, some of the canvases had hideous figures painted on them, some were empty.

The road in Lin Qiushi's eyes seemed to have become a gallery, with the owner's beloved paintings on both sides, only that some of them were still unfilled, and Lin Qiushi was the one who had been targeted.

Lin Qiushi looked at his watch and saw that there were at least two hours before dawn, but as he pondered how to survive until dawn, he heard the sound of footsteps approaching behind him.

Lin Qiushi turned around and saw a skinless person staring at him in the dark street - she was Xu Jin's sister. Her sister was lying on the wet ground, her black hair draped over her shoulders in disarray, and since she had no feet, she could only move with two hands, but her speed didn't slow down in any way as a result, instead she was like a wild animal out of its cage, running towards Lin Qiushi. Rainwater fell on her body, continuously washing down bright red blood, Lin Qiushi also pulled up his feet and ran wildly, but his speed was in no way comparable to that of Sister Xu Jin, and in a blink of an eye, he was caught up behind her.

Feeling a strong wind coming from behind him, Lin Qiushi ducked short to avoid an attack, he dodged towards the grass next to him and watched as the monster pounced on the spot where he had just been.

But this was only the beginning, without Xu Jin to stop her, her sister did not hide her killing intent towards Lin Qiushi, it looked like she simply hated to let Lin Qiushi die in the most miserable manner.

At that time, when Lin Qiushi left that door, she slapped him, resulting in a long stay in the hospital with severe pneumonia, and she naturally wouldn't be merciful if she could kill Lin Qiushi in front of her.

Lin Qiushi rolled around in the mud and was in a mess, he got up from the ground and wanted to leave the place, but the muddy ground made him fall straight down. Xu Jin's sister, however, took advantage of his fall to crawl in front of him.

She was lying above Lin Qiushi's head, supporting her head and looking at Lin Qiushi, the transparent rainwater washed over her muscles and turned into a scarlet liquid with a fishy taste, the liquid fell low on Lin Qiushi's face and body in drops, and with Lin Qiushi's angle, he could even see a scarlet tongue from her grinning teeth....

The monster smiled a fierce smile at Lin Qiushi, and she looked into his eyes as if she was enjoying the dying fear in his eyes.

"Why does she like you so much." The monster lowered its head and leaned in to murmur lowly to Lin Qiushi's ear, its long nails sliced through Lin Qiushi's skin, leaving a broken scratch on his cheek, bright red blood slowly flowed out from the rupture, Lin Qiushi felt the warmth of the blood.

It seemed as if it was a dead end at this point, but Lin Qiushi looked past the monster and saw an empty black picture frame hanging next to it.

He took a deep breath and said, "You killed me, aren't you afraid that your sister will hate you?"

"Hate me? Why should she hate me, she's the one who cheated me out of my skin and legs, she owes me." The monster chuckled, only it was a piercing, hoarse and sharp laugh, like it was cutting through glass with a knife.

But Lin Qiushi smiled, "Really? But that's not what her eyes said."

The monster stared at Lin Qiushi's smile for a moment, then flew back to take a look, and after seeing nothing behind her, her anger at being deceived ignited instantly, and she grabbed Lin Qiushi's shoulder with such force that she ripped a piece of flesh right off. But it was while taking advantage of this gap that Lin Qiushi leapt up from the ground through the severe pain and grabbed the black picture frame hanging beside him.

The monster saw Lin Qiushi's action, but she didn't realize what it meant. It was just a picture frame, and even if it hit her body, it wouldn't cause too much damage, so it was just the dying struggle of the person in front of her... Such thoughts disappeared the moment the picture frame touched her body, and she felt an inexpressible coldness sweep over her whole body.

The monster disappeared in front of Lin Qiushi's eyes and was replaced by a blood-red picture. In the picture, a skinless monster seemed to be struggling to break out of the paper.

Lin Qiushi's hand holding the scroll loosened, the scroll hit the ground and splashed a layer of water, he covered his bleeding wound with his hand and managed to get up from the ground.

The clothes on his body were stained red with blood, but quickly regained their original color due to the rainwater, and the injured area was washed white by the water, Lin Qiushi pulled out a roll of bandages from the backpack behind himself and roughly wrapped the wound.

The backpack was completely soaked with water, but it was a good thing that Lin Qiushi had already put everything into the plastic bag beforehand, so things could still be used.

Lin Qiushi sat on the ground gasping for breath, feeling like a mess, yet the scroll that had fallen to the ground next to him began to make strange noises, like something trapped inside was struggling unwillingly to break through the frame.

Lin Qiushi staggered to his feet, holding onto the wall and continuing to walk forward.

Lin Qiushi hurriedly picked up his phone and saw that Ruan Nanzhu had sent a text message back.

Ruan Nan Candle gave his location, actually a school in the center of the city, but he asked Lin Qiushi not to go over to him for the time being, saying that the situation wasn't too good on his side, and if Lin Qiushi came over, he might encounter more and worse.

Right, after so many years of Ruan Nan Candle passing through the door, he had encountered many more monsters than Lin Qiushi, and now all those ghosts and demons were pouring out, and the Night Journey of a Hundred Ghosts was nothing more than that.

Lin Qiushi held the phone and read the message sent to him by Ruan Nancandle several times word by word, and when he reacted, he found himself back in the middle of the road. The long black figure, once again, appeared behind him, not far from closing in towards Lin Qiushi, and Lin Qiushi couldn't shake her off no matter how fast he sped up.

Because of the injuries he had sustained, Lin Qiushi's footsteps were getting slower and slower, power was continuously draining out of him, and just when he felt like he was about to lose his grip and just fall to the ground, a voice that softly called his name sounded in his ears.

"Lin Qiushi..." it was a girl's call, her voice was as sweet as an oriole, Lin Qiushi at first even thought it was an illusion of his own mortality, yet the call kept ringing out, "Lin Qiushi, Lin Qiushi, Lin Qiushi. ......."

"Who... "Lin Qiushi's keen hearing once again played a crucial role at this point, he avoided the noisy rain and finally found the source of the voice, only the place where it was emitted was somewhat unbelievable- -It was actually on the road in front of Lin Qiushi, but the road was clearly empty and there was nothing on it.

Lin Qiushi said, "Is it you? Dates? Is that you?" He thought the voice was Tan Jujube's, but just couldn't be entirely sure, so he called her name and walked towards the road that made the sound

By the time Lin Qiushi reached the location of the sound, he still didn't see anyone until he heard the call of Tan Zao Zao continuing to be heard on the ground in front of him.

Lin Qiushi looked down in dismay and saw the rainwater that was piling up on the road.

Because the rain was too heavy, it wasn't able to drain off quickly, so a large puddle appeared on the road at this time. The streetlights cast down a shallow light, projecting Lin Qiushi's appearance on top of the puddles, but what was presented in the puddle in front of him was even a woman in a red dress, eagerly waving towards him, "Here, come here."

Lin Qiushi said, "Jujube?"

"Akashi, come down quickly." Tan Zao Zao said, "She's coming!"

Lin Qiushi didn't need to look back to know that it was not far behind him, as he had heard the sound of that foot stepping in the rainwater. He looked at Tan Zao Zao, gritted his teeth, and attempted to step on the puddle in front of him, but he actually stepped on the puddle and fell into the puddle, which was only shallow.

Fortunately, the place where he fell wasn't too deep, and Lin Qiushi took a few breaths before he reacted to the fact that he was in a dilapidated room, and the top of his head wasn't actually the ceiling, but a thin layer of water....

"Long time no see." Tan Zao Zao smiled sweetly, her hair was loose and she was wearing the beautiful long dress that Lin Qiushi had worn when he last saw her, "Qiushi."

"Long time no see." Lin Qiushi replied.

Although Li Dongyuan had been mentally prepared yesterday, when he saw Tan Zao Zao, his heart still rose with inexpressible complicated feelings, he said, "Are you here, okay?"

"It's nice," Tammy said, "At least you can help someone I like." She quirked an eyebrow and smiled happily.

"That's good." Lin Qiushi had a lot of things he wanted to say and was at a loss for words, so they were silent for a moment and Tan Zao Zao spoke softly, "She's coming, so no matter what you see, you shouldn't say anything oh."

Lin Qiushi nodded.

The footsteps of rainwater stayed above their heads, through the shallow puddles, Lin Qiushi saw the black skirt and pointed brim of the woman's hat, she also discovered Lin Qiushi and Tan Zao Zao's presence, slightly dropping her head, revealing a half-white face.

Underneath, Lin Qiushi and her looked at each other.

The girl grinned and gave a strange smile to Lin Qiushi, then she turned around and actually walked away just like that.

"Gone?" But it seemed as if she was also a bit strange, as she said, "It shouldn't be..."

Before her voice could be heard, the sound of the lady's footsteps came again, and Lin Qiushi was wondering what she had returned to fetch, then he saw her raise her hand and reveal a painting framed by a black frame.

After seeing the face of the person on the scroll, Lin Qiushi's breath almost stopped - it was a handsome looking man with an expression that was frightened to the extreme, making a stretching pose. The man's appearance was that of Ruan Nam Candle when he entered the rainy girl.

Tan Zao Zao also saw the scroll, and after being startled for a moment, she reacted quickly and blocked Lin Qiushi's mouth with her hand, obviously afraid that he would scream.

While Lin Qiushi stared at the scroll, his heart swirling with emotions, the lady grinned as she said, "Don't you like him a lot? Why don't you come and save him?"

Lin Qiushi took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down, he flipped out his phone and sent a message to Ruan Nan Candle again, asking how things were going over there.

The person on the other end didn't give Lin Qiushi a response, and Lin Qiushi stared at the scroll, his eyes literally looking like he was going to stare a hole in it.

The girl laughed out loud at Lin Qiushi's expression, then she took the scroll out of the frame and made as if she was going to tear the scroll up, she said, "If you don't come out, I'll tear up the painting, and then you'll never see him again."

Hearing this, Tan Zao Zao couldn't stop shaking her head at Lin Qiushi, indicating that Lin Qiushi should never make a sound.

Lin Qiushi's death grip on the phone was too strong, and the wounds on his body that were originally whitened by the rain began to bleed again.

When the girl saw that Lin Qiushi remained indifferent, her mouth growled in a low voice, then she tore the scroll in her hand in two and threw it roughly to the ground.

Lin Qiushi looked at her actions and clenched his teeth in death.

Tan Zao Zao looked at Lin Qiushi worriedly until the girl turned around and left, her footsteps getting farther away before she whispered, "That's definitely not Ruan's painting, you have to trust Ruan."

Lin Qiushi looked at his phone and didn't comment on Tan Zao Zao's persuasion.

"Qiushi..." said Tan Zao Zao, "She must have lied to you, that painting might just be a mere painting."

Lin Qiushi was a little tired, he sat on the edge of the bed and leaned against the wall looking at the still raining sky overhead, two words came out of his mouth, "Nothing."

But Lin Qiushi's expression didn't look fine by any means, and Tan Zao Zao sat beside him, trying to find a topic to lighten the atmosphere.

"What kind of state are you in here?" Lin Qiushi asked, "Do you have daylight? Or will you be stuck here all the time?"

"I ah." Tan Zao Zao said, "I'm in a pretty amazing state right now, I have memories of the daytime at night, but I don't remember what happens at night during the day." She said as she observed Lin Qiushi's expression, "Maybe everything that happens at night is just a dream for me during the day."

Lin Qiushi was silent for a moment, "Have you ever seen Qianli?"

"A thousand miles? Why did I meet Chisato?" After saying this, Tan Zao Zao was suddenly shocked at the hidden meaning of Lin Qiushi's words and her eyes rounded up, "Qianli he - no way! How!"

Inside Obsidian, apart from Lin Qiushi and Ruan Nanzhu, the one who had the best relationship with Tan Zaozao was Cheng Qianli, she had never expected that Cheng Qianli would actually....

Lin Qiushi sighed softly, since this was how Zaizao Tan reacted, it meant that she definitely hadn't met Process Qianli.

Lin Qiushi was about to continue speaking when he suddenly felt a dense sleepiness, he could see Tan Zaozao's mouth opening and closing, but he couldn't understand what she was saying.

The irresistible sleepiness made Lin Qiushi close his eyes and he fell into a corner and just slept.

Sometime later, the sound of the alarm clock woke Lin Qiushi up from his sleep, and he opened his eyes to see the warm sunshine outside the window.

Lin Qiushi climbed up from his bed, looked at the time, and hurriedly washed up before heading out to the airport.

In the car he checked his phone messages and didn't see any messages from Ruan Nam Candle back to him, everything that happened last night seemed to be just a freak dream. Only the aching shoulder was reminding Lin Qiushi that this was something that had really happened.

A bruise appeared on the shoulder that was injured by the monster, and although it looked quite scary, it wasn't very painful, so Lin Qiushi didn't bother with it.

At ten o'clock in the morning, Lin Qiushi got on a plane, and it was still more than two hours before he reached his destination. He was very sleepy, but he couldn't sleep, his mind kept repeating the images he saw last night, he didn't know if the torn portrait was Ruan Nanzhu or not, this matter was like a big stone hanging over his heart.

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Caring is confusing, Lin Qiushi understood this, but when it really came to himself, he couldn't do nothing about it.

He barely managed to take a nap on the plane, and when it reached its destination, he rushed out of the airport and took a taxi straight to a certain location.

In the taxi, the driver thought that Lin Qiushi was a tourist and was still enthusiastically introducing the city's scenery. Lin Qiushi responded to the taxi, lifting his wrist from time to time to look at the time.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, Lin Qiushi arrived at an ordinary neighborhood, and with his memory, he went straight to a certain door number of a certain building.

Ding dong ding dong, after two rings of the doorbell, a young boy's voice came from the door, "Who is it."

Lin Qiushi's lips moved, but he couldn't say anything.

A moment later, the door in front of him opened and a boy's face appeared in Lin Qiushi's field of vision, he stared at Lin Qiushi with those beautiful cat eyes and said, "Who are you looking for?"

Lin Qiushi looked at his face and tears just came down, he reached out his hand and held him in a death hug in the child's frightened eyes, finally calling out that name: "Qianli."

Cheng Qianli in the door was frightened silly, he reflexively wanted to struggle, but in the face of the tearful Lin Qiushi, he could only whisper, "Brother, are you mistaken? I don't know you, do I?"

Lin Qiushi let go of him and reached out to wipe a tear from his eye, he said, "Qianli, how have you been?"

Cheng Qianli was frightened, his body quietly shrank inside the door, Lin Qiushi saw through his trick with a glance and directly pressed the door, saying, "Don't be afraid, I'm not a strange person." He said this and laughed bitterly, from the way he spoke and acted, he didn't look like a normal person by any means.

"Oh." Cheng Qianli echoed, "But I... I really don't know you."

"You..." said Lin Qiushi, "Are you an only child?"

Cheng Qianli nodded.

Lin Qiushi let out a breath, he said, "I..." his words reached his mouth, but he swallowed them and said, "Forget it, it's nothing." He turned around and left.

Cheng Qianli's hesitant voice, however, came over, and he said, "That... do you want to come over to my house for some popsicles?"

Lin Qiushi said, "You're not afraid that I'm a bad guy anymore?"

Cheng Qianli: "I'm afraid." He scratched his head, "Don't you steal from my house ah, I'll call the police."

Lin Qiushi looked at him and thought to himself, Cheng Qianli ah Cheng Qianli, even if you live again, you're still just as stupid... Just bring a stranger to your house like that, if people really want to do something, how can a child resist you? He sighed and gave him a serious lecture, "Never bring a stranger into the house again."

Cheng Qianli: "Huh?"

Lin Qiushi said, "Do you hear me, no strangers are to be brought into the house!"

Cheng Qianli looked at him in horror, "But you're a stranger too?"

Lin Qiushi said, "Your name is Cheng Qianli, my name is Lin Qiushi, well, now we know each other, we are no longer strangers."

Cheng Qianli Oh, but he always felt that something didn't seem right, but before he could think about it, Lin Qiushi had already carried his steps into his house.

After entering the house, what caught Lin Qiushi's eyes was the living room of Cheng Qianli's house. The decorations here were the same as he remembered, but one thing was missing - the posthumous photo belonging to Cheng Qianli placed in the center of the living room.

The first time Lin Qiushi came to Cheng Qianli's house was to see Cheng Qianli's parents back, they cleaned the whole house, then carefully placed the black and white photo in the center of the living room, and lit incense and put Cheng Qianli's favorite food underneath. The mother mouthed that her son was so stupid, she didn't know if she could find her way back. The father remained silent, smoking one cigarette after another. The first thing you need to do is to take a look at the photos of your brother in the photo, and you'll see that he is no longer there.

"Together it's all my fault." Cheng Yixie said something that Lin Qiushi had remembered for a long, long time, and he said, "If it weren't for me..."

Lin Qiushi returned from his memories and wiped his face at the scene in front of him, thinking that at least in this world, Cheng Yixie's wish had come true in another way.