As much as we long for eternity, we fear the passing away.

- Preamble

What does that feel like......

It was as if he had been thrown into the sky and slammed into the ground. It was reduced to a pool of blood under the impact, and even the bone fragments were absorbed. Even this is not painful or frightening, as if it is an itch that occurs after being anesthetized when a mosquito feeds on its blood.

It was a pitch black nothingness.

There was a low gasp behind him, and Xuan Junyang couldn't help but look back.

Because it was pitch black, because he had turned into crumbs, he didn't know what the hidden place was in the darkness, but there was a pair of wings flapping in the darkness, sometimes showing a trace because of the moment of adaptation of his eyes, and more often he felt the slightest wind blowing on his cheeks.

What is that?

Xuan Junyang frowned, feeling the unknown thing in front of him.

I didn't feel threatened, I just felt that the thing was conveying something to me.

I don't know, I don't understand.

Suddenly, a pair of eyes opened in the darkness. One was as red as the petals of a rose after rain, and the other was as purple as pus from a decaying cyst.

Awakening with those eyes was Xuan Junyang's emotion.

It seemed that many years had passed, but when he was felt and noticed again, it was still vivid as if it had reproduced the situation of yesterday - it was fear, which made Xuan Junyang's heart seem to be tightly held by an invisible claw, and his heart seemed to be violently hit by an invisible copper pillar.

The huge eyes looked at Xuan Junyang like a fly, which made him think of his mother, his younger brother, and his little sister again. Do they also feel this way when they die? In the face of an unknown death, do they also have this feeling of being despised and teased by fate, by illness, by the gods in their hearts?

As if facing a wide sea area covered with clouds, Xuan Junyang, who was standing on the beach, watched as the pair of eyes surged towards him like black waves from the horizon, closer and closer, closer and closer.

"Junyang!"

"Ugh!"

Awakened by the shouts and shaking, Xuan Junyang opened his eyes violently and found Bai Gu squatting beside him.

"Ah......" Turning his head to look around, Xuan Junyang realized that he was falling on the edge of the desk like a drunk. And Bai Gu must have followed the sound because he hit the table.

"Are you okay?" Helping Xuan Junyang up, Bai Gu asked him.

Shaking his head, Xuan Junyang didn't know why he fell to the ground, but he remembered that he was staring at the ugly statue, and when he looked at it, he suddenly felt that something had stabbed him in the head. Immediately he was immersed in the darkness, unaware of the fact that he had passed out at the table.

Sitting back on the sofa, Xuan Junyang smiled awkwardly: "Maybe I haven't recovered from the fatigue of that trip." ”

Bai Gu frowned, it had been three days since Iceland arrived in London, and Xuan Junyang had no reason to be so weak. What's more, he is not such a person who gets tired so easily, if he wants to be weak, Bai Gu should have collapsed on the table. It's just that he is now thinking too much because of Jane Gray's confession, and his brain is in a high degree of lucidity, and there is no chance of drowsiness and dizziness at all.

"It's okay," Bai Gu looked at the sculpture on the desk, "If you hate that thing, put it in my room." ”

Xuan Junyang looked up at Bai Gu, he was surprised why Bai Gu could see his dislike for that sculpture at a glance, maybe it was because he had mentioned it intentionally or unintentionally on the ship back to England, or maybe Bai Gu was able to see people's hearts so simply and clearly.

"It's okay," Xuan Junyang turned his head to look at the sculpture on the table, "I haven't figured out the information about this thing until now, and I really don't want to stop like this." ”

"Besides, it's useless to put this thing in a philosopher's room, right?" Then, Xuan Junyang looked at Bai Gu, "Shouldn't you focus on more tricky things now?"

Hearing Xuan Junyang's words, Bai Gu scratched his hair: "Don't say it, this matter is really tricky." I'll have to go back to the house and think about it. ”

As he spoke, Bai Gu turned around and walked out.

Looking at Bai Gu's back as he turned around, Xuan Junyang suddenly added another sentence.

"If I were you, I wouldn't always be so hesitant. ”

Without looking back, Bai Gu shrugged his shoulders, taking it as a response to Xuan Junyang.

After Bai Gu walked out of the room, Xuan Junyang focused his gaze on the damn statue again. He felt as if something was quietly changing inside him, as if a perennially weak person could sense the arrival of a cold from a sneeze in the morning, but he couldn't say what it was.

"It's annoying. With that, he lifted his chair and sat down in front of the statue, and reached for the thick historical materials on the table.

"What's going on......"

......

What happened to Xuan Junyang?

Bai Gu walked in the corridor leading to his room. This corridor was only a few steps, but it seemed to be stretched out by Bai Gu's thoughts.

The footsteps slowly stopped, and Bai Gu stood in the dark corridor.

In fact, he could also feel that the air around him had changed since he brought the statue with Jane Gray. Not to mention the fact that he was now at home in London, even as early as a few days of rest in the wooden house, on the way back from the sea, he could feel a strange feeling that he had never felt before. If you have to describe it, it is probably that when the big mansion of my hometown is haunted, even if I can't see or touch anything, I can still feel the unsettling spirits of exile flowing in the shadows and under the candles. That's how it feels.

Thinking of this, Bai Gu couldn't help but shudder. But then he thought that he and Xuan Junyang had been away from home for more than three years, and even if the ghosts brought from home were probably left by the prayers of the Londoners day and night. If it's a goblin from Britain, there's really nothing scary about it, but it's more soul-stirring than Jack the Ripper.

Thinking like this, Bai Gu smiled and walked into his room.

Suddenly, a white figure suddenly appeared in Bai Gu's eyes, which made his whole body vibrate.

It's the ghost of Britain!

Thinking like this, Bai Gu gasped a few times, but then saw clearly what the white figure was doing through the candlelight over there.

After all, no ghost has the leisure to put his hair in the back of his head, and no ghost stands at a philosopher's desk with great interest and reads his intimidatingly thick books.

"Jane ......"

Sighing, Bai Guchong said to the figure in white pajamas.

Hearing Bai Gu's voice, Jane Grey turned around and smiled mischievously at him.

"Why are you back again?" said that, the relaxed Bai Gu walked over to her, he felt a thin layer of sweat on his body due to the instant fear and heat, "You are like this, it scares my heart." ”

"I was afraid that you would be angry with me, so I came to see you again. "Jian has the key to Bai Gu's house, so he sneaks in, as long as he doesn't squeak on that wooden staircase, Bai Gu and Xuan Junyang will never notice it.

"If you want to say angry, you look more angry," Bai Gu walked up to her and smiled awkwardly, "It seems that no matter which country the girl is, she will not save her hatred until tomorrow." ”

"I'm not here for revenge!" Hearing Bai Gu's words, Jane retorted on tiptoe.

"I know," Bai Gu smiled and motioned for Jane to go and sit on the sofa, "Sit, it's tiring to stand." ”

"What did you just do in Xuan Junyang's room?"

"It's all right, he studied day and night, and he was so sleepy that he fell asleep at the table. ”

"It's not like Xuan Junyang at all," Jane pouted, "he wouldn't want to have dinner just to study a statue." ”

"After all, that's the heirloom of Jane Gray's family, who likes to talk to him the most, and if it can be overturned, it can put you on a good footing. Bai Gu smiled, his smile seemed to be covered with a hint of weakness in the shroud of the dim light.

"Hmph," Jane Grey clasped her shoulders, "I'm going to think he's going to take possession of my statue and interfere with my research!"

"But, Jane," listening to Jane Gray's angry speech, Bai Gu suddenly thought of Xuan Junyang's words, "Why did you say that today?"

Hearing that Bai Gu turned to the topic without foreshadowing, Jane's face flushed slightly.

"The ......"

Lowering her head, Jane looked at the table and snorted.

"If you want to repay my favor because I saved you, forget it," Bai Gu waved his hand, "Even in China, this way is already stupid." ”

"How is it possible," argued Jane Gray, "that I would not repay someone with my body for saving my life, for what difference is that from a prostitute." ”

Looking at Jane Gray's anxious defense, Bai Gu suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. At least he doesn't need to carry too much kindness to save people.

"Then what are you for?" Although he breathed a sigh of relief, this made Bai Gu even more puzzled, "You should obviously find a more idealistic and ambitious British guy." Instead of me, I'm in a foreign land, I don't have much power, I have nothing but a house like this and a job I'm about to get......"

"Isn't that enough?"

Jane interrupted Bai Gu's words: "I just simply like you and want to live with you - there is a place to stay, a simple job, what else?"

Bai Gu looked at Jane.

If so, he naturally has nothing to say. He didn't want to ask Jane Grey what he liked about himself, that was an idiot's question.

"I only knew that you cared about me the moment you saved me," Jane Grey looked at Bai Gu, "You may not know what a dangerous situation it is, but you are still willing to jump into it to save me." This is the basis on which I can be brave enough to show my thoughts to you. ”

"They all say you're gloomy and not likable at all. But I just like the way you look low and focused, which shows that you are thinking rather than simply living. Bai Gu seemed to see a bright point of light in Jane's eyes.

As she spoke, Jane lowered her head: "If it's wrong for you to like this, then I have nothing to say." ”

The complaining as if coquettish made Bai Gu feel a sense of guilt in his heart.

"Do you hate me, Bai Gu?" said Jane, who asked Bai Gu with wide eyes again, she thought that she was not ugly, and she and Bai Gu did not have a common language.

Shaking his head, Bai Gu laughed: "I don't hate you, on the contrary, I like you very much." ”

Suddenly, realizing that he had expressed his emotions so bluntly, Bai Gu shrank sharply again: "Sorry, I'm not good at this...... It doesn't make me feel very comfortable. I'm not good at being outspoken sometimes, so I can only get away with procrastination and rejection. ”

"I know. Jane Gray's voice appeared in Bai Gu's ears.

"That's why you need a woman like me to be with you. ”

As if he had reached the stage where he couldn't watch it anymore, Xuan Junyang quietly retreated and returned to his room with a wicked smile.

Although he didn't agree with Bai Gu's lifestyle and his attitude, he was still sincerely happy for his friend.

Suddenly, he covered his head and let out a low moan.

Although he couldn't see clearly in the dark, he still felt the liquid dripping on the floor.

It's blood.