☆、Chapter 14 Back to the world

Lin Qiushi kept moving forward, the light was getting stronger and stronger, and he couldn't keep his eyes open. Fortunately, the road under his feet was flat enough that it would not be too difficult for him to walk.

Just when Lin Qiushi was thinking about how long he had to go, his mind suddenly felt dizzy, he closed his eyes in a conditioned reflex and wanted to support the wall next to him, but he really touched a cold wall. The icy thorn Lin Qiushi opened his eyes and saw the scenery in front of him clearly.

Ordinary corridors, ordinary residents, pale white light projected from the small lampshade above his head, everything around is so familiar - he actually returned to his own corridor.

He is back? Lin Qiushi was at a loss for a while, not knowing what to do next. After thinking for a moment, he took out the phone in his pocket.

On Friday, July 17th, at eight o'clock in the evening, he returned to the node where he left this world.

Lin Qiushi remembered very clearly that on the evening of the 17th, he had an appointment with a friend for a late-night snack, and was about to go out. After pushing the door out, he saw an indescribable scene.

The location of the ordinary residents above the corridor has become twelve black iron doors. At that time, Lin Qiushi was frightened by this scene. He stood in the corridor for a long time, and even thought he had hallucinations. But the cold touch of the iron gate was telling him that this was not an illusion. Lin Qiushi looked around and found that all other places where he could leave the corridor had disappeared, even his own home.

The dark corridor can't see the end at a glance, and the silence is like a bug, eating people's souls.

Lin Qiushi began to try to open the iron door. However, the iron door in front of him was so stitched together that it couldn't be pulled at all. Lin Qiushi tried one by one until he pulled the last door.

The door was pulled open with ease.

At the moment when the door was opened, Lin Qiushi felt that his body was being pulled heavily by some force, and then he fell into the door. The next moment, he appeared in that terrifying little mountain village.

And now, Lin Qiushi is back, back to the corridor of his house again. He stood there for a long time, even wondering if he had just had a strange dream. He suddenly remembered something, reached out and touched his earlobe and pocket... There was indeed a small ear stud and a white note there.

At this moment, Lin Qiushi finally realized clearly that he was indeed not dreaming, but had experienced a story even more terrifying than a nightmare.

The phone rang suddenly, and Lin Qiushi picked it up and saw that it was a call from a friend.

"Hey, Lin Qiushi, what are you doing?" The friend's name is Wu Qi, who is Lin Qiushi's colleague. "Why haven't you come downstairs yet?"

Lin Qiushi was in a trance for a while before he realized that Wu Qi was waiting for him downstairs, so that the two could have dinner together. He looked at the chat records of the two and found that only a quarter of an hour had passed - if calculated in real time, he had only been in that village for fifteen minutes.

"Lin Qiushi?" Wu Qi was a little strange, "Why don't you speak?"

"Oh, it's fine." Lin Qiushi said, "There was a delay just now, I'll come down immediately."

Wu Qi said ok and hung up the phone.

Lin Qiushi hurried downstairs. At this time, it was midsummer in July, and the temperature was hot. Although it was already eight o'clock, the sun had not yet set. The fiery red light dyed the dizziness on the horizon into a beautiful red. On the side of the road, there are pedestrians walking leisurely with fans swinging, and everything is full of vitality.

Lin Qiushi's tense body gradually loosened up. Wu Qi stood at the door of the community. When he saw him coming, he quickly waved to him, saying that today was too slow, and those who didn't know thought you had put on makeup.

Lin Qiushi smiled and didn't answer.

The two walked and talked, targeting a barbecue restaurant near the community.

Wu Qi complained that there were too many mosquitoes in Lin Qiushi's community, and he was bitten after standing for half an hour. He even showed his calf for Lin Qiushi to see.

Lin Qiushi glanced at it: "There's too much hair to see."

Wu Qi: "Damn it, you still think I have too much hair. If it wasn't for this hair, I could wait for you for so long?"

Lin Qiushi: "...Thank you for your hard work. I'll treat you tonight."

Wu Qi: "Okay, okay."

The business of the barbecue restaurant is very hot. The two ordered skewers, ordered a case of beer, and started chatting while eating.

Wu Qi asked Lin Qiushi: "Are you really planning to resign and go back to your hometown?"

Lin Qiushi: "Huh?"

Wu Qi was surprised: "What the hell happened to you tonight, aren't you in good shape? Didn't you call me out to talk about this?"

Lin Qiushi took a sip of cold beer and said vaguely, "It's okay, I just had a nightmare in the afternoon, and I didn't recover." He was still thinking about what happened inside the door, and he had a vague premonition that this matter was not over yet. .

"Oh." Wu Qi said, "You are really in a bad state recently. Have you been to the hospital for a checkup?"

Lin Qiushi said, "I checked, and the report hasn't come out yet."

Wu Qi sighed: "We are in this business, and it is easy to get into trouble. You know the resignation of the director a few months ago? It seems that it was because he almost died suddenly."

Lin Qiushi said: "Well..."

The two were chatting when a loud noise suddenly came from the side, as if a car accident had occurred. This barbecue restaurant is open on the street, and there is a main road outside. When the diners heard the sound, some stood up, and some stood their heads and looked outside. Wu Qi was by the window. He glanced out the window and said in surprise, "There was a car accident."

Lin Qiushi stood up, followed everyone to the door, and saw the source of the loud noise outside the door.

It was actually a private car that hit a tree, and the speed of the private car was unknown, and the entire front of the car was smashed into pieces.

It seems that the people in the driver's cab are more fortunate than others.

Someone next to me called 120, and the police car and ambulance came soon.

Wu Qi is also a big-hearted guy. He ate roasted pig hearts while watching the excitement. He said with relish, "This guy must be speeding. If the front of the car can hit this kind of virtue, the speed has to be a hundred yards. Bar."

Lin Qiushi disagreed: "This is a downtown area, how can you drive 100 yards." Besides, it happened to be the Friday evening rush hour, and there were cars everywhere, so it was unlikely to drive at this speed.

"I don't know." Wu Qi said, "Don't look, come back, the grilled fish you ordered is here."

Lin Qiushi nodded. Before turning around, he glanced at the place where the car accident happened. This glance almost made him think he was wrong. The person who was in the car accident happened to be carried out of the cab by the police, almost bloody, but the clothes on his body made Lin Qiushi feel a little familiar.

He recalled carefully for a while, and finally remembered where he had seen this dress. When they first entered the mountain village, before everyone put on their winter clothes, someone in their team seemed to be wearing this outfit. Lin Qiushi remembered that person's name... It seemed that it was Zhang Zishuang.

Lin Qiushi suddenly felt cold all over, he didn't dare to look any further, turned around and went back to the barbecue restaurant, but he didn't want to continue eating.

Wu Qi: "What's wrong with you? You've been wandering around all night tonight."

Lin Qiushi shook his head.

Wu Qi: "And when did you get the ear studs?" He reached out to touch it, but was avoided by Lin Qiushi's conditioned reflex, "Wow, you've changed, you used to let me touch it."

Lin Qiushi: "Fuck, what did I ask you to touch?"

Wu Qi: "You forgot that night..."

Lin Qiushi knew that Wu Qi was starting to talk nonsense again, and quickly interrupted him, saying that the earrings had just been punched, and it was a little painful, for fear that it would become inflamed when touched by a dirty hand.

Wu Qi just gave up, but he was still a little concerned, and said why you want to have ear studs, are you planning to fall in love?

Lin Qiushi: "Who am I looking for in a room full of big men? I'm looking for you?"

Wu Qi said shyly: "Don't be so direct like this, let me think about it, okay?"

Lin Qiushi said ruthlessly, "Go away."

The two were joking, and it was about to get dark when they saw the sky. If it were on a weekday, Lin Qiushi would probably not care when he saw it was dark, but he just came back from that place today, and he always felt a little panic when he saw it was dark. Besides, while reading the words on the note, he said that he was not feeling well and wanted to go back early.

Wu Qi didn't stop him, and told Lin Qiushi to take a good rest, saying that his face was really bad recently.

The two went to the gate of the community to say goodbye to each other, and Lin Qiushi hurried back home.

He took out the key and opened the door. Lin Qiushi breathed a sigh of relief after entering the house. He turned on the lights in the living room and saw his cat sitting in the porch with Chestnut obediently, meowing at him.

"Chestnut!!" Lin Qiushi rushed over and wanted to hug it, but Chestnut turned around, showing a disgusting expression, then twisted his round buttocks and left.

Lin Qiushi: "Chestnut...let my dad hug me."

Chestnut: "Meow~" It jumped lightly on the cat climbing frame that Lin Qiushi made for him, and looked down at its owner.

Not letting him hug, Lin Qiushi sighed.

Chestnut is a two-year-old lion cat. Although he looks quite mighty in appearance, he has a very good personality. He is well-behaved and clingy on weekdays.

But don't know what happened recently, Lizi began to dislike Lin Qiushi, not only did he stop hugging, but he also started to cock his ears and even breathed at him. If Lin Qiushi tried to hug him, it would definitely be a hand injury.

Lin Qiushi really couldn't figure out why. Today Chestnut's attitude is better anyway. He stopped stretching his claws at Lin Qiushi, and sighed again. Lin Qiushi looked at his ancestors and decided to take a bath first before doing the math.