When Gu Xizhou saw Si Yu lying in bed, he smiled and said to Si Yu, "Goodnight."
"…" Si Yu saw that Gu Xizhou had already fallen asleep and explained to Fang Zhi, who was still in a daze, "We slept in handcuffs because in the previous world …"
After Si Yu explained briefly, Fang Zhi suddenly realized that Gu Ge was teasing him again!
The night was very peaceful. Gu Xizhou and the other two finally fell asleep. However, Gu Xizhou felt a little hot as he leaned against a large stove next to him.
It wasn't until he heard a knock on the door in the morning that Si Yu woke up from his dream. He opened his eyes and found Gu Xizhou looking down at him. He placed his hand on his forehead and frowned deeply.
Gu Xizhou's mouth opened and closed, but he couldn't hear what Gu Xizhou was saying. His head was in a daze, his body was burning, and his mind was in a mess.
At this moment, Si Yu was like a huge stove. His body temperature was very high.
When Gu Xizhou saw Si Yu's burning face, he motioned for Fang Zhi to help him help Si Yu up.
After sitting by the bed for a while, Si Yu forced himself to wake up and go to the bathroom to wash up.
Fang Zhi went to open the door for the girls. Gu Xizhou leaned against the door and waited for him to wash up.
Si Yu entered the bathroom and said to Gu Xizhou, "You don't have to watch over me. I'm fine."
"I'll be more at ease if I watch over you," Gu Xizhou said lightly. He put his hands in his pockets and looked at Si Yu silently.
"Up to you."
After washing up, they got on the bus together. When they got on, there were no empty seats. Gu Xizhou looked at Si Yu who was on the verge of collapsing. He pulled him to the back of the bus and said, "Lean against me and don't move."
Si Yu didn't refuse. He leaned most of his body weight on Gu Xizhou and closed his eyes.
When they arrived at the school gate, Zhang Miao, who had been smashed to death by the air conditioner, had disappeared. Even the white circle around her had disappeared.
Si Yu's complexion only improved after they had a simple breakfast in the school cafeteria.
"abcd, efg …"
Teacher Zhao clapped her hands and sang the alphabet song. The children below them sang along.
The six people in the back row discussed in whispers.
The girls were still scared. Zhang Miao and Wu Qi's deaths yesterday really made them unable to understand.
"What does this world want us to do? There's no pattern to death in this world! "The short-haired girl sighed.
"That's right. The death conditions are like a game. You'll die if you enter the white circle. You'll also die if you agree to play the ghost. There's no logic at all. It's more like the logic of these kindergarten kids."
"Who knows what other strange ways there are to die!"
Gu Xizhou flipped through the roster in his hand and stared at the children sitting in front of him. He was sure that there were no ghosts among them. After a moment of silence, he said, "It's true that there's no pattern, but I think that everyone in the mission world has a reason. The woman who came to fetch the children definitely wouldn't appear at the school gate for no reason. She must be looking for someone."
"There are no other children in the school. On the first day, Teacher Zhao brought us around the school. I'm sure there are no other children left behind," Fang Zhi said.
The few of them fell silent.
"It's easy to be sure. We'll ask these children later." Gu Xizhou said softly, "Si Yaoxing isn't feeling well. Xiao Fang, take care of him. I'll play with these children later."
Si Yu heard Gu Xizhou's words and said, "Don't get caught."
Gu Xizhou said, "Don't worry."
Si Yu said, "Okay …"
After Teacher Zhao announced that they were free to move around, Gu Xizhou was halfway there when a few children grabbed the pants of the three girls. "Teacher, teacher, play hide and seek with us!"
Gu Xizhou heard the children's voices. He slowly squatted down and patted the children. "The three female teachers aren't feeling well, but if you can answer one of my questions, I can play with you."
The pretty girl who spoke to Si Yu yesterday tilted her head. "What question?"
"Tell me why you only want to play hide and seek?" Gu Xizhou said softly. "I'll play with you."
The pretty girl glanced at him and said without hesitation, "Because we're looking for Hanhan!"
"Who's Hanhan?" Gu Xizhou looked at the roster and confirmed that there was no child named Hanhan on it. He placed his hands on the girl's shoulders. "Teacher, why don't I see his name?"
The girl thought for a moment and said, "Hanhan is Hanhan!"
Gu Xizhou asked, "Is he your classmate?"
She nodded.
"You're looking for Hanhan because he's missing?" Gu Xizhou asked softly. "When did he disappear?"
The girl pouted and frowned as if she was trying to recall.
"I don't know when he disappeared. I only remember that we were playing hide and seek that day. After he hid, we couldn't find him. We still haven't found him. The teacher told us that as long as we keep playing hide and seek, we'll find Hanhan sooner or later!"
Gu Xizhou listened to the girl's words and looked thoughtful. He glanced at the other children and asked, "So you're playing hide and seek to find Hanhan?"
"Yes, we want to find Hanhan. That way, Hanhan's mother won't have to wait for Hanhan at the school gate every day!" The girl smiled and swung her ponytail.
Gu Xizhou looked at her and asked, "Is she the pretty auntie who comes to the school gate every day?"
"Yes, that's Hanhan's mother!" The girl said with a smile. "The pretty auntie is very nice. We saw her coming to pick Hanhan up every day, but she seemed very sad when she couldn't find Hanhan. So we want to play hide and seek to find Hanhan!"
Gu Xizhou understood that a child was missing from the school. The mission this time was to find that child!
The few of them looked at each other and couldn't help but feel happy.
"Okay, teacher, you can play the ghost!" the girl said with a smile.
Gu Xizhou: "…"
"No, I don't want to play the ghost. Can you do it?" Gu Xizhou stared at the girl and said softly.
When the girl heard Gu Xizhou's words, she was very unhappy. She puffed up her cheeks and said, "Teacher, you're lying. You just promised me!"
Gu Xizhou used his hand to stop the girl who ran towards him and coaxed, "Teacher wants you to be a ghost for your own good."
"Ah?" The girl tilted her head and looked at Gu Xizhou strangely.
"Didn't you just say that you want to find Hanhan? You can only catch people if you play the ghost. This way, you can catch the naughty Hanhan and let Hanhan and the pretty auntie go home, "Gu Xizhou explained to the girl with a serious face." Don't you think Teacher is right? "
The girl was silent for a moment and seemed to be convinced by Gu Xizhou. She nodded and said, "Teacher seems to be right. Then, then I'll play the ghost!"
The first game of hide and seek ended with a little boy being caught. Gu Xizhou exited the game and returned to the few of them. Gu Xizhou glanced at the clock on the teaching building. It was ten o 'clock. He said that they should take advantage of this time to wander around the school to look for the missing child.
Leaving the sick Si Yu and two of the girls, Gu Xizhou took Fang Zhi and the short-haired girl and planned to search the teaching building. At this time, Si Yu, who had been silent all this time, slowly said, "It can't be in the teaching building. The range of these children's activities was limited to the playground by the teacher. The missing child should have gone missing around here."
Gu Xizhou nodded. Just like that, Gu Xizhou led the two of them from left to right, front to back, almost turning the entire playground upside down. They searched everywhere until the bell rang to remind them to have lunch.
Gu Xizhou didn't stop for almost the entire afternoon. His whole body was covered in sweat. They went to the cafeteria to eat together.
"Where is that child?" The short-haired girl complained, "And we can't be sure that we're really looking for him!"
"Well … indeed." Gu Xizhou nodded, "I have a way to confirm it."
At this time, Gu Xizhou suddenly stood up and walked to a table in the distance. His forehead was still sweating. Gu Xizhou said to Teacher Zhao, "Teacher Zhao, I want to ask you a question."
Teacher Zhao smiled at him and put down the chopsticks in his hand, "Go ahead."
"Just now, I was playing hide and seek with the children. They told me that they were playing hide and seek to find a child named 'Hanhan.' Do you know about this child's situation?" Gu Xizhou asked softly, "Did he transfer schools?"
Teacher Zhao was silent for a moment and shook his head, "I didn't take this class at that time, but I heard some things."
"The child's name is Ding Han. I heard that the child disappeared after playing hide and seek that afternoon. At that time, the class teacher took the children to look for him for a long time, but they couldn't find him. Later, when school was over, the child still didn't appear."
"The teacher didn't want to waste the other children's time, so he asked the director to send the other children out. Then, he continued to look for him in the field, but he still couldn't find him."
Gu Xizhou calculated in his heart. He nodded slightly and asked, "What happened after that?"
"For some reason, Ding Han's mother didn't come that day. No one picked up her phone. She didn't come that day," Teacher Zhao said with some recollection, "The teacher thought that Ding Han's mother had taken the child away! So, he didn't continue to look. "
"In the end, Ding Han's father came that night, but he couldn't find her, so he called the police. Yes … I remember that Ding Han's father was a police officer. When he came, the school found out that Ding Han's mother had been hit by a car on the way here and was lying in the hospital."
"That day, the police searched the entire school, but they couldn't find Ding Han. The police checked the surveillance outside the school and confirmed that the child didn't leave the school. No strangers entered the school that day."
Police? Gu Xizhou thought about the white lines of death and the reason why the children had drawn these fixed lines at the crime scene had a logical explanation.
Ding Han's father was a police officer. Even if his father didn't want him to see the pictures of the crime scene, it was inevitable that Ding Han would see those pictures. As a child, Ding Han naturally brought this knowledge into his mind and believed that people who were framed by lines would die.
These children had the same idea under Ding Han's influence. The white circles that they had drawn were the restoration of the scene of death. That was why standing inside the circles would cause death.
By then, Gu Xizhou had already confirmed that the mission world was to find Ding Han. He raised his eyebrows and asked, "So, that's why the person disappeared?"
Teacher Zhao nodded. "Yes, the whole school was confused. The teacher resigned because of this. Then, for some reason, there were some strange rumors that our school was haunted. "
While Gu Xizhou was talking to Teacher Zhao, he kept looking at his friends who were eating at the table.
"By the way, why are you asking about this?" Teacher Zhao asked softly.
Gu Xizhou smiled. "It's nothing. I'm just curious why these children only play hide-and-seek and don't play other games."
Teacher Zhao suddenly understood. "So that's why. When I first came to this class, they were shouting for Hanhan to come back every day. I lied to them that they could only find the hidden Hanhan when they played hide-and-seek. Because of this, they played hide-and-seek every day to find Hanhan."
"Teacher Zhao, do you still remember the beautiful woman at the door?" Gu Xizhou asked softly.
Teacher Zhao looked at Gu Xizhou in confusion.
Gu Xizhou said casually, "She's Hanhan's mother. She's here to pick up the child."
When Teacher Zhao heard this, his face suddenly turned pale. He said in a trembling voice, "So that's why. I thought … there was something wrong with her brain. Sigh."
Teacher Zhao felt a little guilty and lowered his head. Gu Xizhou wanted to ask more, but Teacher Zhao refused to answer his questions.
The children in the cafeteria were also eating, but they were very well-behaved. It was obvious that they were well-educated.
After Gu Xizhou went back, he told the others what he had just asked. Si Yu leaned on the table and thought carefully for a moment before saying, "We can be sure that we can leave this place as long as we find the child."
The short-haired girl looked delighted. It was Tuesday and there were still five days until the deadline. Yesterday, they were still at a loss, but today, they had found so many useful clues!
"But we searched for so long today, and there was no corpse," the short-haired girl said to Si Yu. "We've searched all the places you mentioned!"
Si Yu was about to speak when she heard an uncertain voice say, "Actually, there's still one place on the field that we haven't searched …"
Fang Zhi scratched his head and said, "We went to the pool on the field to look for it."
Si Yu nodded. "Yes, we didn't look for that pool."
Upon hearing this, the three girls were stunned. They hesitated and said, "That pool is so big. There are fish, aquatic plants, and so many leaves … Could the child be in there?"
"Because of this, it's very likely that Ding Han is in there. Let's try this afternoon." Gu Xizhou agreed with Si Yu's words.
After lunch, Si Yu couldn't open his eyes because he was sick. Gu Xizhou glanced at him and said, "Go and sleep for a while. The others and I will get the water out of the pool. You can rest for a while."
Si Yu waved his hand and said, "It's okay. I'll wait for you at the side."
One day later, after school, Gu Xizhou looked at the time on the school building and said, "There's still half an hour before the last bus arrives. The water has already been drained. Look at the time. Regardless of whether we find the child in 20 minutes, we'll go and take the bus first."
"Okay!" Fang Zhi immediately took a machete and entered the pool with Gu Xizhou, which was full of mud and aquatic plants. They used their hands to cut off the aquatic plants along with their roots.
The three girls beside them also jumped down to help cut the aquatic plants.
Not long after, Gu Xizhou removed the aquatic plants in front of him and saw a little face that was purple in color. His lips were pale and bloodless.
"Uncle, are you here to look for me?" The little boy, who was wearing a yellow short-sleeved shirt and black shorts, suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Gu Xizhou as he asked.
Si Yu stood up and shouted anxiously, "Gu Xizhou, be careful!"
Gu Xizhou looked back and exchanged glances with him. He waved his hand and gestured for him not to be nervous.
The other three girls and Fang Zhi stiffened and didn't dare to move.
Gu Xizhou replied to the little boy, "Little boy, are you Ding Han?"
The little boy nodded. "Yes. Uncle, do you know me?"
"Your mother is waiting for you at the school gate. Why don't you come with me to look for her, okay?"
"Really?" As he spoke, Ding Han's expression suddenly became pleasantly surprised. "Mom is here today too?"
"Yes, she's here."
Gu Xizhou said, "Look, uncle helped you cut the aquatic plants. Uncle will carry you up, okay?"
"Thank you, uncle. It's so cold here. I can finally go out!" Ding Han revealed a smile, but with his purple skin, he looked a little scary.
Gu Xizhou was very sure that the Ding Han in front of him was a ghost and had been dead for a long time. When he carried Ding Han, his body was as cold as an ice cave.
After carrying Ding Han out of the pool, Gu Xizhou kept an eye on him to prevent this' little ghost 'from suddenly hurting people. However, Ding Han didn't hurt anyone until they walked out of the school. When he reached the school gate, he saw a beautiful woman standing in front of the school gate.
Ding Han ran over and grabbed the beautiful woman's hand and shouted coquettishly, "Mom, I've been waiting for you to pick me up!"
The beautiful woman hugged Ding Han and patted his butt. She cried, "Child, why did you come out so late! You scared me to death! "
Ding Han wiped the tears on the woman's cheeks with his small hand and said, "Mom, you and dad can give me a younger brother!"
"Didn't you say you wanted a younger sister before?" the beautiful woman asked.
Ding Han waved his hand. "No, no, I want a younger brother! This way, he can protect you in my place! "
Ding Han stroked the tears on the beautiful woman's face and hugged her. He said softly in a clear child's voice, "Mom, you know that I'm already dead. My death has nothing to do with you being late. It's not your fault. I accidentally fell into the pool! Go back quickly! Don't come to pick me up every day in the future, because this time, I'm really leaving! "
Ding Han's body slowly collapsed. He said softly to the woman, "Mom, I love you."
When the beautiful woman heard Ding Han's words, she cried out loud. She covered her mouth and squatted by the side of the road and cried.
As Ding Han disappeared, a wooden door appeared at the school gate.
Gu Xizhou glanced at the woman by the side of the road and gently opened the wooden door with his hand. He turned around and gestured for the girls to enter. The three girls stared at the crying woman and couldn't bear to see her, but they quickly entered through the wooden door.
Gu Xizhou and the other two also entered through the wooden door. Before Gu Xizhou entered, he turned around and glanced at Si Yu, who was walking behind him. Then, after a moment of dizziness —
"Hanhan! Hanhan, you're being naughty again. Don't pull my hair, okay! "The beautiful girl puffed up her cheeks and hit Ding Han, who had reached over to pull her small hand.
Ding Han made a face. "Okay."
There was an unfamiliar teacher on the podium. As they were talking, Gu Xizhou felt the scene in front of him quickly jump. Gu Xizhou heard the sound of water.
Then, Gu Xizhou felt the water drowning him. The water plants brushed past his body and his consciousness gradually blurred.
Ding Han wanted to shake off the water plants that had wrapped around his body, but the more he moved, the more water plants wrapped around his body. Because he was drowning and struggling desperately, Ding Han gradually lost his strength and was no longer able to splash the water.
Gu Xizhou noticed that Ding Han slowly sank to the bottom of the water. The surrounding water plants covered his entire body.
Soon, Ding Han stopped struggling and lost all signs of life.
After some time, he heard a voice.
"Hanhan! Hanhan, where are you? "
"Ding Han, Ding Han, don't hide. Come out! The teacher is going to be angry! "
Just as Teacher Zhao said, many people came to look for Ding Han, but they couldn't find him. Some people even jumped into the pool to look for Ding Han, but Ding Han's body was at the bottom and covered in water plants. They couldn't see him at all.
"Hanhan, Hanhan, come out quickly. Mom is here to pick you up!"
Gu Xizhou noticed that it was the beautiful woman, Ding Han's mother.
In the following week, Gu Xizhou saw Ding Han's mother every day. She came every day like a madwoman looking for her child.
Ding Han, who was supposed to be dead, suddenly opened his eyes when he heard the woman's voice. He wanted to go out and tell his mother that he was here, but the water plants wrapped around his body and he couldn't move.
"Mom, Mom, I'm here!"
After a long time, Ding Han, who had been in the water for a long time, saw the familiar face of a child.
The beautiful little girl was pretending to be a ghost. She said to the water, "Hanhan, are you in there?"
"Hanhan, can you answer me?!"
"Looks like you're not here. I'll leave then!" The little girl left the pool dejectedly.
Ding Han saw that his deskmate seemed to be crying. Gu Xizhou didn't know if ghosts had tears, but he could feel Ding Han's sadness.
The sun outside was glaring, but Ding Han only felt cold in the water.
It was strange. He knew that he was dead. He wanted to leave, but he remembered that he told his mother that he would be home today.
Soon, Ding Han seemed to become a spirit. His spirit could leave the water, but no one could see him. Every day, he would take the bus with his mother to school to pick him up. However, when the woman didn't see Ding Han, her eyes became more and more lifeless. She would often cry secretly.
Mom was very sad. Mom wasn't like this in the past!
Was it because he was naughty and didn't listen to his mother?
Ding Han thought.
He seemed to become a spirit behind the woman. He always followed her. Every day, he could see his mother hugging the photo and crying.
"It's all Mom's fault. Mom was late. That's why this happened. It's all Mom's fault …"
The little Ding Han looked at his mother in panic and shouted, "Mom was sexually harassed by a pervert. That's why she was hit by a car! Mom, you weren't late! It's not Mom's fault. I fell into the water myself! "
The ghost tried to wipe away the tears on the woman's face, but when his hand touched the woman's cheek, it went through.
"Mom! Mom! Why can't you see me! "Ding Han was so anxious that he cried.
From then on, the woman went to the school every day to pick Ding Han up. Ding Han followed behind the woman all day, hoping that his mother would see him.
The woman would never know that her child was always by her side.
After a long time, Ding Han didn't want to see his mother blame herself anymore. His spirit returned to the pool. Every day, he watched the sun rise and set, hoping that one day, someone would find his body.
Then, Gu Xizhou returned to the brightly lit luxurious villa. Before he could come back to his senses, he suddenly heard a loud bang coming from outside the villa. Error, please refresh and try again.
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