Chapter 138 Twelve

After a long dark night, Lin Qiushi and Ruan Nanzhu still had no clue of the key.

However, at the same time, they found that the night time was getting shorter, from six hours at the beginning, to five hours, four hours... This change was not obvious at first, but it became more and more noticeable. . Lin Qiushi and Ruan Nanzhu walked around the whole school and even went to some special places, but the clues about the key seemed to be missing, and the two had no clue at all.

And if the previous door is used as an example, then the shortening of the night is the hidden limit of this door. If they can't find the key, will they be trapped in this door? This is what Lin Qiushi is most afraid of - he is afraid that he and Ruan Nanzhu will never see each other again

The same is true for Ruan Nanzhu, but their efforts here seem to be completely meaningless. Except for the ghosts that keep appearing at night, there are no rules at all, and the ghosts almost change dramatically every night. Lin Qiushi and Ruan Nanzhu is getting more and more anxious because of the shortening of the night.

"The ghosts only appeared three times tonight." This day, when it was almost dawn, Ruan Nanzhu held candy in his mouth, and analyzed the situation with Lin Qiushi, "The frequency of appearances has become lower, and the intensity has become lower." A few days ago, the ghosts The number reached a peak. Lin Qiushi and Ruan Nanzhu were both seriously injured that night, and Lin Qiushi almost died. But since that day, the number of ghosts and ghosts has begun to drop rapidly. At first, Lin Qiushi thought it was the pity of the door. Later, under the analysis of Ruan Nanzhu, they found that the ghosts and ghosts in the door had appeared almost, and even a small number of them began to appear. The ghost they encountered as they passed through the eleventh door.

"Is this a good thing?" Lin Qiushi used a question sentence, he looked at Ruan Nanzhu, "Is this a good thing?"

This should be a good thing. There are fewer ghosts, which means that they are less dangerous, but Lin Qiushi couldn't be happy.

"I don't know." Ruan Nanzhu's tone was a little low, "I'm not sure if there is a key to this door." He said, "Or the word "unsolved" in the clues we got, we couldn't the deeper meaning of understanding.”

Only now they have no clue what that means.

Lin Qiushi and Ruan Nanzhu hugged each other, and the morning glow, which clearly represented hope, became a little heavy in their seriousness.

It was daytime again, and Lin Qiushi and Ruan Nanzhu had to separate. Facing the increasingly short night, Lin Qiushi even began to worry that he would not be able to see Ruan Nanzhu the next night.

Ruan Nanzhu was obviously worried, but he didn't say anything, just stretched out his hand and hugged Lin Qiushi tightly, the two snuggled together, and the shadows merged on the ground.

Rays of light shot out from the horizon. Lin Qiushi tried to resist the powerful drowsiness, but in the end he failed. He fell into a deep sleep, and Ruan Nanzhu in his arms also made an even breathing sound.

After the night gradually became calm, the day was tormented instead. Lin Qiushi woke up and sat up from the bed, sat silently by the window for a long time, then sat down at the table and began to carefully record what happened.

There was a sudden knock at the door, Lin Qiushi went to open the door, and saw Wu Qi who was carrying braised vegetables and beer outside the door.

"Qiu Shi, are you alright?" Wu Qi looked at him with worry hidden in his expression, "I haven't seen you for more than a month, and you won't answer the phone."

"It's okay." Lin Qiushi said, "I'm just busy with something."

Wu Qi walked into the room and saw the notebook placed on Lin Qiushi's desk, a little strange: "Write what?"

Lin Qiushi said: "Record something." In fact, he wanted to record what he and Ruan Nanzhu experienced... He was afraid that one day he would forget these things.

Just like Ruan Nanzhu forgot his predecessors.

Lin Qiushi simply put away the table, Wu Qi put the food in his hand on it, he looked at Lin Qiushi worriedly, and said, "You have been staying at home for more than a month, what happened, can't you tell me? I'm so worried about you."

Lin Qiushi replied, "It's nothing."

Although Lin Qiushi's tone was obviously perfunctory, he didn't want to say it, and Wu Qi couldn't force him.

So the friend sighed and said that Lin Qiushi must not be deceived by any MLM organization. The methods of MLM are getting more and more high-end these days. If Lin Qiushi has anything, he must say it...

Lin Qiushi listened to Wu Qi's broken thoughts, but he didn't hate it, but a little nostalgia rose in his heart. In the original world, after Wu Qi left, he hadn't met anyone who cared about him in this way for a long time.

When Wu Qi spoke, Lin Qiushi drank, and the atmosphere between the two was harmonious.

Until about nine o'clock in the evening, when Wu Qi left, Lin Qiushi looked at his back and sighed. In fact, if there was no Ruan Nanzhu, it seemed to be a good thing to stay in this world.

But with Ruan Nanzhu, Lin Qiushi wanted to leave the door wholeheartedly.

At twelve o'clock, Lin Qiushi couldn't wait to meet Ruan Nanzhu.

There were no ghosts in the school they met this time, only an empty campus in darkness. With the noisy insects, it looked like an ordinary school at first glance.

"I met my friend." Ruan Nanzhu, who was walking in the school hand in hand with Lin Qiushi, suddenly said, "A friend who died in the original world."

"You have a good relationship with him?" Lin Qiushi said.

"Well." Ruan Nanzhu said, "We were young, but he had a car accident before entering the door, and he was gone."

Lin Qiushi immediately thought of Wu Qi.

Ruan Nanzhu said: "I didn't expect to see him in this world. He is still alive... living well."

Lin Qiushi was silent for a moment, his voice was a little hoarse, he expressed his deepest fear, he said, "Nan Zhu, will this door have no key at all?"

Ruan Nanzhu took a breath.

"Is there really a twelfth door?" Lin Qiushi said, "Can we really go out?"

Ruan Nanzhu held Lin Qiushi's hand tightly.

"No solution, the clue we got is no solution..." Lin Qiushi said, "What does the word "no solution" mean?" At first he thought it was a trial, but after discovering that there was no clue whatsoever without a key Later, an even more terrifying thought rose up in his mind, and he had no idea... Does it refer to the existence of the key.

It was a door without a key, and they could never leave.

Ruan Nanzhu also thought of what Lin Qiushi was thinking. He looked at his lover beside him, and there was a bit of sadness in his black eyes.

"I will always think of your predecessors." Lin Qiushi should have been lucky in such a calm night, but he couldn't show a smile. Without the pursuit of ghosts, they can spend more time thinking about the future, but the more they think, the more The more I feel that the future is full of despair.

"Everyone forgot about him." Lin Qiushi said slowly, "Will we also forget each other?"

Hearing Lin Qiushi's words, Ruan Nanzhu suddenly got a little angry, and he said angrily: "I won't forget you!" He stood up and turned around like a trapped beast, "The key must be hidden somewhere, we didn't find it, We just have to work a little harder—"

Lin Qiushi reached out and hugged him, he kissed his cheek, and said, "Okay, let's find out."

Grass, trees, all the buildings, even the pond, Lin Qiushi and Ruan Nanzhu searched every corner of the school until the sun rose again.

On this day, the night only lasted for two hours. When the sleepiness hit, Ruan Nanzhu hugged Lin Qiushi and almost collapsed. Their hunch came true. The night time was constantly shortening, and it might even disappear at last. When the night disappeared, they would never see each other again.

"No, I don't want to sleep." Ruan Nanzhu was almost unable to open his eyes, but he refused to give up. He tried to create a wound on his arm to wake him up, but everything was in vain.

Ruan Nanzhu was still asleep.

Lin Qiushi stared at Ruan Nanzhu's sleeping face, hugged him and refused to let go, the terrifying drowsiness gradually invaded his mind, and he was forced to fall asleep.

The next day, the weather was fine.

Lin Qiushi sat up from the bed and walked to the table to continue recording. The notebook in front of him is almost full of writing, and it is about the encounter and acquaintance between him and Ruan Nanzhu. Chestnut meowed from the side, and jumped on tiptoe to Lin Qiushi's knee, passing on its warm body temperature. Lin Qiushi looked at the notebook in front of him, but deep in his heart there was a huge indescribable pain.

He just wanted to die with Ruan Nanzhu, but he didn't expect that the last wish would be so difficult to achieve.

On the notebook are bits and pieces of him and Ruan Nanzhu, but if you really forget, what use are these bits and pieces? Lin Qiushi covered his face.

Another night, this time with only one hour left.

As if it was the final countdown, the door gave them a chance to say goodbye to each other.

"The key must exist!" Ruan Nanzhu grabbed Lin Qiushi's hand, "We can't give up, we must go out - Qiu Shi, don't give up even if there is no night, okay?"

Lin Qiushi said, "Okay."

Ruan Nanzhu was extremely anxious. For the first time, he was so chaotic. He said, "I don't want to be separated from you, I don't want to be separated from you, Lin Qiushi..." Lin Qiushi looked at his face and leaned over to give him a comforting expression. Kiss until Ruan Nanzhu calms down.

Lin Qiushi smiled reluctantly, rubbed Ruan Nanzhu's cheek with his fingers, and said, "No, facing your face, I still feel like a crime."

Ruan Nanzhu couldn't smile, his eyes seemed to be shining with water, but when he took a closer look, he found that it was not water, but more like frozen ice.

"I will not give up, I will continue to look for the key." Lin Qiushi said, "I will still look for you... I will not give up..."

Ruan Nanzhu hugged Lin Qiushi with his backhand.

"Do you like the daytime?" Lin Qiushi asked him.

"I don't like it." Ruan Nanzhu said, "there are a lot of good things in the daytime...but...there is no you there."

Lin Qiushi stroked Ruan Nanzhu's hair little by little, his fingers passed through his hair, and looked at Ruan Nanzhu lovingly as if he was looking at his own child: "You would have had a better life." Ruan Nan Zhu is different from him. He has parents and brothers. If he doesn't have a door, he will obviously live a happier life without the threat of death and the loss of so many beloved friends.

"But there is no you there." Ruan Nanzhu said desperately, "Lin Qiushi, do you understand, the world without you is all fake!"

Lin Qiushi looked at Ruan Nanzhu, he wanted to control his emotions and continue to appease him, but found that he couldn't. It's been an hour and they're not even sure if they'll see each other tomorrow.

"I..." Lin Qiushi wanted to say something, but only said a word, and tears fell. He reached out and wiped his face rudely, saying, "I... don't want to say goodbye to you."

Ruan Nanzhu kissed Lin Qiushi's eyes and sucked away his tears. He said, "Then we won't say goodbye."

"It's good to meet you." Lin Qiushi said, "I'm not afraid of those things at all, I'm not afraid at all." They sat under the night sky, looking up at the stars, the cool wind blowing on their cheeks, All that was left was the quiet chirping of insects.

As if it was just a quiet night, they were just meeting here and telling each other their heartfelt lovers.

Ruan Nanzhu said: "I won't give up, we must go out..." He was probably sleepy, and his tone gradually became lower, "Lin Qiushi, you have to go out..."

"Okay." Lin Qiushi said, "I will go out." After he said this, he closed his eyes with Ruan Nanzhu uncontrollably.

The two fell into a deep sleep.

This was the last time Lin Qiushi saw Ruan Nanzhu at night.

When he hid in the school the next day and waited for his watch to point to twelve o'clock, he didn't see Ruan Nanzhu's figure.

His lover disappeared, in the silent night, in a different time and space.

Although he had already guessed everything in front of him from the shortening night time, Lin Qiushi still collapsed. He ran all over the school and kept shouting Ruan Nanzhu's name until he was kicked out by the school's security guards.

Standing outside the school, he called Ruan Nanzhu's number and found that it was an empty number - Ruan Nanzhu was gone.

Lin Qiushi squatted on the side of the road, covering his face to cover his tearful face.

He couldn't tell how Lin Qiushi spent this night. In short, when he was conscious, he had already appeared on the hospital bed, and his whole body was in severe pain. Wu Qi sat next to him, Looking at him worriedly.

"Qiu Shi, are you okay?" Wu Qi's tone was cautious, as if he was afraid to stimulate Lin Qiushi's already sensitive nerves.

"Very good." Lin Qiushi looked at the snow-white ceiling above his head, "I'm fine."

Wu Qi hesitated, apparently Lin Qiushi was not in a good state. Before being taken to the hospital, he tried to rush into a school, had a conflict with the security guard, and was finally taken to the hospital by the police...

Lin Qiushi tilted his head to look at Wu Qi. His eyes were very strange, as if he was looking at some monster. Wu Qi was horrified by him, and whispered his name: "Qiu Shi?"

"Are you real?" Lin Qiushi said, "or is it just an illusion used to comfort people?"

Wu Qi was inexplicable, he was a little restless, and said, "Qiu Shi, are you under too much pressure?"

Is it too much pressure? Lin Qiushi thought, is he crazy? No, he's not crazy, it's the world that's crazy.

After more than a week in the hospital, Lin Qiushi ran out of the hospital with Wu Qi on his back and returned home.

The first thing he did when he got home was to pull out the notebook he used to record, and carefully read all the things recorded on it.

He wants to remember, he has to remember.

The predecessors of Ruan Nanzhu may not have passed the eleventh door at all, so naturally they don't know the information of the twelfth door. He was locked in this door forever, and people outside the door began to forget him, and even his face and name gradually faded away. Only those closest to him still barely remembered the title of senior.

But after a while, maybe no one even remembers the title of senior, Lin Qiushi thought while holding his notebook.

Since that night, Lin Qiushi has never entered the dark night again.

His night became quiet and peaceful, with nothing but the chirping of insects. The ghost disappeared, along with the ghost, and his lover Ruan Nanzhu.

Lin Qiushi began to look around for news about Ruan Nanzhu in reality.

After Wu Qi found out what he was doing, he thought that Lin Qiushi had a mental problem at first, but later found that his friend was very calm, and he didn't look like a mental patient at all, so in desperation, he had to write Lin Qiushi. , and even secretly helped Lin Qiushi to find the name Ruan Nanzhu in the public security system, but he did not expect that he actually found some information.

"There is a person named Ruan Nanzhu." Wu Qi brought the news to Lin Qiushi, "It's still from our city, a professor of physics in a university..."

When Lin Qiushi heard Wu Qi's words, he thought it was Wu Qi joking at first, but after confirming that Wu Qi was serious, he didn't know how to react for a while.

So the next day, Lin Qiushi rushed to the school Wu Qi said, trying to find Ruan Nanzhu.

Unexpectedly, Lin Qiushi really saw him.

At that time, when the get out of class was over, Lin Qiushi saw a man with glasses on a trail. The man was tall, wearing a simple shirt and trousers, and just got out of the car. And the man's face is exactly the same as Ruan Nanzhu. It's just that compared to Ruan Nanzhu's indifferent and arrogant temperament, the man looks much gentler and seems to get along better.

The moment Lin Qiushi saw the man, he even held his breath. After hesitating for a moment, he stepped forward and called tentatively, "Ruan Nanzhu?"

The man turned back and looked at Lin Qiushi, his eyes were strange, he hesitated: "Who are you?"

Lin Qiushi said, "Don't you know me?"

The man frowned and shook his head: "Sorry, I don't remember that I saw you."

Lin Qiushi didn't speak, stared into the man's eyes, and finally turned around: "Sorry, I recognized the wrong person."

The man was stunned and wanted to say something, but Lin Qiushi walked in a hurry and did not give the man a chance to speak. How could it be the wrong person? If the wrong person is identified, can they still be called by name?

Lin Qiushi was too lazy to deal with this loophole. He walked to the school gate, lowered his head and started peeling off the candy wrapper. His movements were a little flustered, and he put the sugar into his mouth one by one, trying to find inner peace from the familiar sweet taste.

But it failed in the end. Candy could not appease Lin Qiushi, and his emotions faced another collapse.

Every time he encountered something related to Ruan Nanzhu, it was difficult for Lin Qiushi to think calmly, and this time it was the same.

Why does Ruan Nanzhu suddenly appear in the daytime? what does that mean? Did something happen to him? Lin Qiushi bit the candy in his mouth and turned to look at the school behind him.

This is a well-known university in the country. It is famous for science. To be a professor of physics in such a school at the age of Ruan Nanzhu, it must prove that he has made great achievements in academics.

Lin Qiushi thought, this may be Ruan Nanzhu's life without encountering a door.

He stood up from the ground, probably because of ischemia, his body shook involuntarily, and even nearly fell to the ground. This world is perfect, except for Lin Qiushi himself, it seems that everyone has a happy ending.

Lin Qiushi returned home embarrassed, fell on the bed, chestnut jumped on top of him, meowing and urging Lin Qiushi to add cat food to him.

Lin Qiushi stroked Chestnut's soft hair, looked at its beautiful jewel-like eyes, and fell into a drowsy sleep.

The twelve o'clock bell woke Lin Qiushi from his dream. Lin Qiushi sat up from the bed and stared at the wall clock not far away.

Although he couldn't enter the same time and space as Ruan Nanzhu at night, he would still wake up at twelve o'clock every day and listen to the bells that belonged to the night ringing in his ears.

Did he really leave this door? But didn't Ruan Nanzhu say that the door is not dead? Or that all the rules can't be used by the eleventh door?

With such thoughts in mind, Lin Qiushi called him and Ruan Nanzhu again.

"Sorry, the phone number you dialed is empty, please check it before dialing. Sorry, the phone number you dialed is empty, please check it before dialing..." A cold electronic voice came from the other end of the phone, and Lin Qiushi sat down In his rental house, everything was eerily silent, except for the ticking clock on the wall. He moved his gaze over the clock and saw the pendulum tick from side to side. The hour hand has passed twelve o'clock and is heading towards one o'clock.

Lin Qiushi looked at the clock, but suddenly thought of the corridor he saw when he entered the door. There are twelve iron doors on both sides of the corridor, so why is the number twelve... They seem to have never thought about this issue.

Lin Qiushi moved his gaze to the clock and saw the twelve numbers plated with black paint on the clock surface. A strange idea suddenly popped into his mind.

Lin Qiushi stood up and walked towards the clock.

The author has something to say: Xi Zixu today is so sweet.