Bai Ke, you, don't mess around."
Xu Yuanzhou was breathing heavily.
Before he could react, he saw a pair of pale hands raised, and then a thick blanket covered him. In the darkness, Xu Yuanzhou's vision was pitch black.
Only Bai Ke was left.
Xu Yuanzhou's body trembled, and he reached out to push Bai Ke away. But what he felt was a wet hand.
Is Bai Ke...crying?
It was at this moment that Xu Yuanzhou suddenly softened his heart.
Of course, this can also be said to be a form of self-abandonment.
Bai Ke had been chasing him for so long, but he had always been perfunctory towards her. And what about Jiang Chuyan? He had been following Jiang Chuyan like a dog for so long, and when Jiang Chuyan said she didn't want him, she really didn't want him.
In fact, there is no need for him to remain a virgin for someone who has already broken up with him, right?
As this thought flashed through his mind, Xu Yuanzhou's rationality crumbled like butter in an iron pan.
…
By the time he woke up, everything had already happened.
It wasn't until this moment that he realized what had happened.
Xu Yuanzhou knew his former lover too well. With Jiang Chuyan's personality, it was impossible for her to tolerate someone sleeping with someone else while trying to win him over.
"Fuck, damn—"
He uttered a curse, wishing he could go back a few minutes ago and beat up his brain-destroying self.
The bed was a mess, probably because he was in a very bad mood. The fishy smell almost made Xu Yuanzhou vomit.
He hurriedly began to clean up the traces on the bed, but holding the messy and smelly sheets, he didn't know what to do next.
"Bai Ke, what should I do... Shit, what should I do? Chu Yan will definitely not want me. I'm really finished now. There's no chance for us to be together... Shit, how can I possibly break up with him..."
In despair, Xu Yuanzhou couldn't help but start muttering to himself.
However, he only heard a few "crunching" sounds quickly passing behind him.
"Bai Ke?!"
When Xu Yuanzhou turned around, he only saw a half-open door.
His heart tightened instantly. After chasing out, he found that there was no one around. Bai Ke's figure had disappeared long ago.
…
Xu Yuanzhou waited absentmindedly on the first floor for Jiang Chuyan who had returned from Luolong Cave.
But what made him even more nervous than Jiang Chuyan was the dazed shadow following behind Jiang Chuyan.
Damn Bai Ke!
Damn Bai Ke!
Xu Yuanzhou could guess Bai Ke's thoughts. He was just trying to cling to Jiang Chuyan and threaten him with his actions, making it impossible for him to get rid of him...
Xu Yuanzhou felt both regretful and annoyed.
However, he found himself completely helpless.
The only person he likes is Jiang Chuyan. Asking him to give up Jiang Chuyan is like stabbing a knife into his heart.
But, if he wasn't with Bai Ke... once Bai Ke told Chu Yan what happened this afternoon, he would never be able to be with Chu Yan again.
what to do...
What should he do...
*
Xu Yuanzhou didn't know how he managed to spend the rest of the time in such a daze.
During this time, Jiang Chuyan came to ask him if Liu Tianyu had left the room in the middle of the time, but he was confused and didn't know what to answer.
At first glance, Jiang Chuyan's treatment of him seemed no different than before. However, Xu Yuanzhou subsequently sent him countless messages, yet Jiang Chuyan acted as if he hadn't seen them. It seemed as if their relationship was forever frozen at the level of "classmate." Even Liu Tianyu, due to his illness, received more attention from Jiang Chuyan than from Xu Yuanzhou.
As I tossed and turned, the night passed unknowingly.
On the second night in Longzhao, Xu Yuanzhou slept very uneasily.
In his dream, there was always someone laughing in his ear, but the laughter sounded very strange.
The laughter was very vague, hoarse, and had an indescribable viciousness.
Xu Yuanzhou vaguely felt that the voice sounded familiar. He turned over and tried to avoid the low laughter that followed him like a shadow, but no matter how he tried to avoid it, the laughter still lingered around him. His consciousness gradually began to rise, and suddenly, he opened his eyes and woke up.
"whee..."
Then he heard the laughter.
Xu Yuanzhou was completely frozen in bed, with cold air seeping out of every pore.
It was already very late at night, but he was more lucid than ever after being suddenly awakened in the middle of the night. He was very sure that the laughter was definitely not an illusion. Then, he heard a louder noise - the noise came from Bai Ke's room, which was across from him.
After realizing this, Xu Yuanzhou calmed down a little.
"Bai Ke, what are you doing in the middle of the night?"
But Bai Ke did not answer him. On the contrary, the other party even went further and started singing.
Feeling irritated, Xu Yuanzhou simply got out of bed and walked straight to Bai Ke's bed.
"How on earth are you going to—"
Xu Yuanzhou's voice stopped abruptly.
In a dimly lit room, Bai Ke was sitting in front of a pile of junk in the corner with her back to him.
In front of him was a mottled mirror.
A faint light shone from the window, a lamp turned on to repel the water monkeys. And now, that thin red light subtly illuminated Bai Ke's profile.
Also, the figure in the mirror in front of him.
Xu Yuanzhou stood at the door in great surprise, and his eyes happened to meet Bai Ke's eyes in the mirror. Those were a pair of extremely unfamiliar eyes, just as unfamiliar as the face.
Through the reflection in the mirror, he clearly saw that "Bai Ke" grinned and gave him a vicious smile.
He was still wondering what was going on when he heard a faint singing voice.
From Bai Ke's body, a completely unfamiliar, childlike singing voice emanated. Bai Ke herself, like a child of six or seven, was singing and clapping in front of the mirror.
"Tinkle bells, tinkle bells.
Master Long, marry a bride.
The bride cries and gongs and drums sound.
Drink the wine first, then eat the soup.
Come on, come and grab it.
The brain is thick and the intestines are fragrant.
Hanging long neck, swaying under the eaves
The one swaying on tiptoe is the bride."
…
Gradually, Bai Ke's singing became more and more rapid.
And Xu Yuanzhou could see clearly that the shadow in the mirror... did not match Bai Ke's movements in reality.
*
"Bang, bang, bang—"
"Chu Yan...Chu Yan...wake up..."
Jiang Chuyan was awakened by a knock on the door while he was sleeping.
Xu Yuanzhou's call from outside the door was trembling, low and urgent.
Jiang Chuyan whimpered in pain, rubbing his eyes and struggling to get up. Looking out the window at the dark night, he couldn't help but frown.
What is Xu Yuanzhou doing so late at night?
While thinking this, Jiang Chuyan yawned and opened the door a crack in pain.
Xu Yuanzhou was huddled at his door, holding his cell phone in his hand. In the dim light of the phone, his face was as pale as if he had seen a ghost.
"Xu Yuanzhou?"
"Chu, Chuyan," Xu Yuanzhou stared at Jiang Chuyan, his whole body trembling, his words a little incoherent, "I think there seems to be something wrong with Bai Ke——"
"ah?"
…
Jiang Chuyan was dazed as he followed He Yuan, who was also woken up, downstairs to check on Bai Ke, who Xu Yuanzhou said was "abnormal".
But before he even entered the door, he heard Bai Ke's singing.
Jiang Chuyan paused, and his heartbeat quickened instantly.
"Bai Ke——"
He took a deep breath and rushed in.
Bai Ke was still sitting in front of the mirror, but she was no longer playing with herself in the mirror.
He hugged his knees and buried his head in them.
At this moment, he was hunched over and looked like a small ball.
But there was a thin, sharp and completely distorted voice coming from the mirror.
"Master Long, marry a bride, Master Long, marry a bride, Master Long, marry a bride, marry a bride, marry a bride—"
"Bang--"
A crisp sound.
He Yuan grabbed the travel cup next to him and threw it over.
The mirror is broken.
Countless cracks appeared on the originally smooth mirror surface, and Bai Ke, who had been curled up tightly, shook his body and fell straight to one side.
…
Jiang Chuyan could clearly feel the chill permeating his consciousness. He couldn't even move before the mirror shattered. The world became cold, dark, and sticky.
What terrified him was that the feeling seemed so familiar.
"Bai Ke..."
Bai Ke's fall finally dragged Jiang Chuyan's soul back to reality, and he rushed towards Bai Ke. At this time, He Yuan finally turned on the light in the room.
So, when Jiang Chuyan turned Bai Ke over, he was shocked when he looked at him. He had never seen anyone's face turn into this, gray and white, looking just like a corpse, the kind of real corpse, even the cheeks and eye sockets were sunken.
At this time, his eyes rolled back, and there was a little white foam between his lips and teeth. He had completely lost consciousness.
Jiang Chuyan's breathing stopped.
"Quick, quick, someone come and help, carry him to the bed first--"
I don't know why, Bai Ke looked thin and small, but Jiang Chuyan couldn't even hug her.
While speaking, he subconsciously looked at Xu Yuanzhou. After all, Xu Yuanzhou and Bai Ke have always had a good relationship.
However, Xu Yuanzhou was standing at the door at this time, staring at Bai Ke with horror. He looked so frightened that he seemed unable to move.
"Xu——"
"Let me do it."
Before Jiang Chuyan could speak again, He Yuan stretched out his arms, lifted up Bai Ke's body, and carried the unconscious boy to the bed.
Even though Bai Ke was in a coma, his body was still twitching slightly.
Jiang Chuyan frowned and was about to cover Bai Ke with something to keep her warm, but when he raised his eyes, he caught a glimpse of He Yuan's hand.
"He Yuan? What's wrong with you?!"
Jiang Chuyan couldn't help but scream.
"Huh? What... Shit, what is this?"
He Yuan hadn't noticed anything was wrong at first, but when Jiang Chuyan reminded him, he raised his hand and took a look, then exclaimed in surprise.
His hands were actually bright red.
"Wait, Chu Yan, your hand!"
Jiang Chuyan also looked at his palms, and his heartbeat suddenly began to race, because his hands were also wet with blood.
Realizing that something was wrong, Jiang Chuyan suddenly looked at Bai Ke on the bed... He slowly reached to Bai Ke's trouser legs, which were wet and fishy-sweet.
The black pants were already soaked in blood.
Jiang Chuyan's lips trembled slightly, and he pulled up Bai Ke's trouser legs without hesitation. The scene that came into his eyes almost made Jiang Chuyan faint.
Bai Ke's legs had long been a mass of rotten flesh.
Blood blisters of all sizes were squeezed on the skin that had turned purple-red, and then burst due to friction and squeezing. Blood mixed with tissue fluid continued to overflow from the ruptured areas, making Bai Ke almost become a bloody man.
And the most frightening thing is...
There were still many bumps and dents on Bai Ke's body, and even in some places, you could vaguely see white bones, as if someone had torn off his soft flesh bit by bit and devoured it all.
"vomit--"
Xu Yuanzhou just took a look from a distance and then covered his mouth and vomited.
Jiang Chuyan even began to feel dizzy and black in front of his eyes.
Because what lingered in his nose was not only the rusty smell of blood, but also a very faint and almost imperceptible aroma of meat.