In the midst of fear, time can become very slow - especially when there is not much to pass the time of the project, time can be like a snail.

The university dorm room was equipped with a TV series, and Caroline had already switched back and forth dozens of channels, and even then, only half an hour had passed.

Arnold wasn't here, and he said he still needed to go to class, or he might not be able to take enough credits for graduation - Caroline realized that Arnold was studying for three different societies at the same time.

There are some certificates and awards in the dormitory, all of which belong to Arnold - this guy is probably a genius, right?

Although Caroline didn't know what a true genius should look like, there was no doubt that Arnold was already the smartest person Caroline knew...... Well, just in terms of reading.

The campus is quiet and clean. Filled with young faces and energetic young men and women walking along the campus pathway, Caroline leaned against the window, feeling as if she had entered a zoo called "University"—she was looking at a world she had never been exposed to before.

Caroline suddenly remembered Nia, she hadn't heard from her for a few days, and she didn't know if Lawyer Caro had sold Nia's property—maybe it had already been sold, and then let Boss Boston's men split the two million.

She was probably more desperate in bed than ever, for Lawyer Caro was probably gone, for even Caroline herself had disappeared from the end of Nia's life.

Every time she thought of this, Caroline felt very sad and remorseful.

Perhaps, the real bitch should be a little more ruthless...... Caroline thought about it for a long time, and finally found a reason for herself to calm down.

She hid herself from thinking about anything about Nya - and she couldn't protect herself now.

The constant change of TV channels was due to the desire to see if there was any news about the murder in Livia.

However, to Caroline's regret, the various TV stations broadcast either unnutritious programs or all kinds of bizarre news and current affairs.

Caroline suddenly felt a little ridiculous, because she realized that a sex worker like Livia, who was so small and almost humble, didn't really pay much attention to even the corpses on the streets—and the police would even be annoyed because of the added workload and so on.

The death of a life is thus concealed in the ever-changing information society...... Scum, garbage, for a moment, Caroline even subconsciously labeled herself as such.

So, she looked at the men and women on the campus, and suddenly felt that these people had some hateful faces. She knew it was purely a form of anger on her own.

But if you don't get angry...... What can someone like her do?

Someone like me?

Caroline suddenly rushed out of the dormitory in desperation, remembering Arnold's advice not to leave the place casually. But at this point, she just wanted to find a place to breathe — even if it was just a walk downstairs in her dorm.

Of course, some protective measures will still be done.

For example, she put on a dress in a hat and took a pair of glasses from Arnold's desk and put them on—she found that the glasses were originally without lenses, just a pair of glasses frames.

Caroline didn't think much of it, for she felt like she was in a mess right now, unable to sort out some of the things that had come in.

Gradually, she crossed the path of the boys' dormitory and came to the shore of an artificial lake on campus. Caroline threw a few rocks at the lake - she even played a few games of flying stones, but eventually got bored.

When she turned back, she saw an old man sitting alone on a bench not far away.

The old man looked at the artificial lake in a daze, and Caroline felt that the old man was obviously not spending a leisurely afternoon...... He should have something on his mind or something.

Maybe just talk to a random stranger and time will pass faster...... Caroline subconsciously walked towards the old man who was sitting on the bench in a daze.

"Can I sit here?" asked Caroline.

The old man looked up, but did not speak, nor did he continue to pay attention.

Caroline shrugged and sat down on the other side of the bench.

"What is this?" Caroline noticed a black card next to the old man.

The old man didn't return, but quickly slipped the card into his pocket.

Caroline didn't care much.

She suddenly took out a few pieces of chocolate from her pocket, "Eat? I heard that when you're unhappy, you'll be happy to eat something to lick." It seems that the chocolate contains some special ingredient or something. ”

"Arachidonic acid aminoethanol. The old man said indifferently.

Caroline wondered, "What is this?"

The old man glanced at Caroline, frowned, and said, "Arachidonic acid aminoethanol is an endogenous macro/medyneine substance, which can bind to opioid receptors in our brain, and then promote the production of dopamine in the brain, which can occasionally make everyone feel happy and relaxed...... This is the campus of the Department of Bioengineering, and you're a student of the Department of Bioengineering, right? Why don't you know anything so basic?"

Caroline rolled her eyes, "If you are here, you must be a student?

Of course, the old man couldn't be a student, it was just Caroline's rhetoric.

"You don't know me?" the old man looked at Caroline in surprise.

"You're famous?" asked Carolyn rhetorically.

"Nothing famous. The old man said indifferently at this time: "I'm just a bad old man who had to retire and was sent to this place to retire." ”

"Retirement...... Isn't it good to retire?" Caroline asked curiously, "Isn't it just for retirement?" I think you should be quite rich, and the next time should be to enjoy life, isn't it? Why are you still depressed here?"

The old man said, "My life is long gone. ”

Caroline saw that the old man had no intention of moving the chocolate she had given out, so she took it back and ate it herself, and suddenly said, "Probably, it's better than some people who are desperately waiting for death in their hospital beds, at least you can sit here in a daze." Others, on the other hand, may not be able to see the sun tomorrow. ”

The old man glanced at Caroline in surprise, and his intuition told her that this girl had a sense of vicissitudes that ordinary students did not have.

He subconsciously asked, "Do you also have something on your mind?"

Caroline kicked her legs, seemed to be in a better mood, and said, "Old man, you said 'too' just now, right?

The old man shook his head.

Caroline simply sat up, and then put herself facing the old man's side, "Don't you think it's right? We were all sullen, and we didn't want to know each other, and maybe we wouldn't see each other again. So why don't we talk to each other? I've heard that if we listen to other people's tragic experiences, we will feel happy. ”

"What kind of logic are you?" the old man frowned.

Caroline shrugged and said, "There's no logic, isn't it all like that? But at night, when someone tells you that your neighbor has died in a car accident, you may feel sad, but don't you also feel 'lucky'? ”

"Do you want to build your happiness on someone else?" the old man shook his head, "not interested. ”

Caroline shrugged, "That depends on who you are." Maybe the other person is also building happiness in you...... Anyway, I'll talk about it first, and if we talk about one thing, we can just listen without discussing any of the reasons for it, how about it?"

Seeing that the old man did not respond, Caroline thought for a while, and spoke first: "I am currently being chased and killed by several villains, and now I can't go anywhere, I can only hide." All the money on me was taken away by the bad guys, and now I'm basically in a state of having no next meal. ”

"Then you should go to the police. The old man said indifferently.

Caroline said, "Didn't you say okay, don't talk about the matter itself, just listen? ”

The old man frowned, hesitated for a while, and then said slowly: "I can still work, but there is something wrong with my work." This will affect my son a lot. So he fired me from my job and sent me here. If I don't agree, what awaits me is life in a nursing home. ”

Caroline said: "A friend of mine unfortunately died not long ago, and I was inexplicably present at the scene of the murder, and they all thought I was the murderer. ”

The old man's eyes shrank slightly, and his face sank when he looked at this young girl with a beautiful face.

Caroline was ready to run away, but the old man stared blankly at the lake, "I...... I have killed many people. A long time ago, because of my insistence, I caused an accident at work, and then my colleagues who worked with me all died in the accident. This includes one of my favorite students, who is also my son's wife. ”

"No wonder your son treats you badly......" Caroline said in amazement.

The old man frowned: "Didn't you say you wouldn't talk about it?"

"I'm sorry. Caroline shrugged, then looked up into the distance, "I lied to someone. I don't know if she's good to me or not, but she's willing to give me the last bit of something. But I still lied to her, and I lied to her with others...... deceived her hopes. ”

The old man said: "I am also cheating, deceiving the relatives around me, deceiving my grandson...... I didn't dare to tell him what I really wanted back then, and I worked hard to maintain the family. But we all know that the longer the deception is held, the more intense the pain will brew when we wait for the day when we really think about it. ”

Caroline was silent.

The old man was also silent.

After a long time, Caroline suddenly said, "I have no future." ”

And the old man also said slowly: "My dream is dead." ”

Long.

Caroline sighed and stood up, shook her head, and said, "I wasn't happy at all. ”

The old man also smiled bitterly.

"Gone. Caroline shook her head and patted the old man on the shoulder...... It's a very simple act of comfort.

It's just that the moment the palm of her hand touched the old man's shoulder, Caroline's brain suddenly seemed to explode, and a strange sight flashed in front of her eyes.

The white bed, covered with white sheets, was the appearance of this old man. He seemed to be dead, in the hospital room...... And beside him, there was a middle-aged man with a complicated expression, and a little boy who was crying.

"You...... You're going to die. Caroline muttered to herself.

She suddenly shook her head and came to her senses, only to see the old man look up at her in astonishment, Caroline hurriedly said: "I didn't mean that, I just ...... Just ......"

"Perhaps. The old man shook his head, thoughtful, "Maybe even I died back then......"

"I mean, you're ...... later," Caroline swallowed back.

The old man also stood up, then put on his hat, and turned to leave, and Caroline said to his back, "Do you want to go home more?"

The old man carried Caroline on his back and waved his hand as a farewell.

......

Caroline watched the old man leave completely, and then went back listlessly, perhaps before Arnold returned from class.

She didn't stop along the way, but when she was almost downstairs in the dormitory, she went into the convenience store and bought a bottle of beer—the money was taken from the table in the dormitory, just some loose money, and it was about to buy a bottle of beer.

When Caroline walked out of the convenience store, she saw Arnold walking by with her head down, and Caroline wanted to call him to stop, but saw him quickly go around the back of the convenience store.

Caroline frowned, didn't say anything, but quietly followed.

Arnold stopped in the alley behind the convenience store, and several young men were waiting there early in the morning...... These were supposed to be school students, and Caroline saw that one of them was still carrying a school bag.

Arnold seemed to be very cautious, they were talking about something, and those few guys who looked like students suddenly took out the money and handed it to Arnold.

Arnold clicked on it, then took something out of his body and handed it to the students.

Caroline opened her mouth and quickly turned her back with a little horror in her eyes...... Her face suddenly turned a little pale, and Caroline subconsciously covered her mouth, but her fingers touched the glasses she was wearing on her face.

Caroline jerked the glasses off—there were no lenses.

Arnold is short-sighted, but this glasses are ......

This person...... Not Arnold!

......

......

In the evening, an old man was ushered in on the stairway.

He carried a strange black card in his hand, and his face was confused...... He seemed to be looking for something, his eyes constantly looking around.

The old man looked clean and neat, and his clothes should be of the best brand.

This has attracted some covetous attention in the neighborhood - although there is a rule not to rob the locals, in fact, many times, not many people really care about such rules.

The old man didn't know that behind him, he had quietly followed two people.

His eyes lit up suddenly, and he walked towards a grocery store on the staircase—from the eyes of the two men who wanted to see the robbery, the old man was indeed walking in this direction.

"What about people?"

"Isn't it still there? Why is it suddenly gone?"

"Find ......"

......

Club.

The old man looked up at the door of the old shop, and then reached for the pine door.

The old man was surprised to see such a luxuriously furnished but stylish shop in the slums.

I don't know where the lights are, but the lobby has a bright, warm light, soft and not dazzling.

"How can I help you?"

When the old man heard the voice, he looked over to see a woman dressed in a black and white maid's costume, who was sitting quietly on a chair in a corner.

"I ......" the old man subconsciously raised the black card in his hand: "It seems to be ...... It was the one who brought me here. But I can't remember when this thing appeared in my hands...... We, have we seen it somewhere?"

"Excuse me, is there anything I can do to help you, Dr. Ferranche?" asked the club's maid again.

The voice was not loud, but it clearly reached the old man's ears and entered his heart, as if there was endless magic...... Countless things flashed through the old man's mind.

Old man...... Dr. Ferranch wasn't surprised that his name was called out in an instant, he just had an impulse in his heart.

"I want to ......"