Chapter 17

Ten... Nine... Eight... Seven... Six... Five... Four... Three... Two... One

The sound of ticking machinery, Xiao An's impersonal countdown, and the annoying cry for help over there, the three voices mixed in Tang Ning's head, making Tang Ning feel like his head was about to explode.

"Ahh

Downing said that he had done a great job of dodging buildings and finding his way around them, and that he had a talent for being a police officer.

"Game over/Congratulations to the host for completing the mission. With the countdown of the last second, Xiao An's cold voice sounded in Tang Ning's head again, and before Tang Ning could react in the wild running, he cut off his game screen by himself, pushed him out of the virtual world, and returned to the real world, and the inexplicable pain in his heart finally disappeared.

Downing said that a few more events like this will make him die.

It was like waking up from a dream, one second ago he was still running desperately in the game, and the next second Downing found himself sitting on a chair, he opened his eyes suddenly, but in front of him was still the original Ansel Reess auditorium, so his body involuntarily reacted to the consciousness of the previous second, because of inertia, Downing almost fell off the chair, but fortunately, at this time, there was a pair of hands supporting him.

"Won't you take good care of your body after completing the mission? Tang Ning felt that the hands were very powerful, and he easily set himself up, and the owner of the hand also had a good voice, that is... Why does it sound so familiar, "Why, look at me stupidly." Sure enough, it was this dead child again, and in an instant, Tang Ning's memory returned, and new hatreds and old hatreds all poured into Tang Ning's heart.

At this moment, Tang Ning looked at Ye Liuhua's indifferent face but was extremely kind, he could see acquaintances when he came back from the ghost gate, although he was a little ghost who was not beaten, but he was still very happy, "What task... Eh, I've completed the task?" Tang Ning, who was still moved by confusion, still had a confused expression on his face.

Ye Liuhua saw that he was so stupid, and let go of his hand in disgust, "Get up by yourself, bring your own equipment, and go back to the bedroom first." At this time, the remaining students around had already gotten up from their seats one after another, took off their helmets, or left the place with a smile or silence, and for a while the crowd was noisy, but no one paid attention.

"Have I completed the task?" Tang Ning felt like he was dreaming, he felt that he had completed the task inexplicably without doing anything, and he couldn't wait to ask Ye Liuhua, "Why? How do you know?"

Ye Liuhua raised his chin slightly, looking like he was underwhelmed, "Because the people who can't complete the task are all teleported away directly from here, then of course the rest are all completed by completing the task." I don't know why he suddenly had the patience to explain to Tang Ning what he didn't have, "But it really surprised me, I thought that like you... I can't get through it. "It's really a bad child, he doesn't hide the disdain in his tone at all, it seems that if he wants to give it as a gift as a new roommate next time, he must give this child a hardcover version of "If You Have a Good Relationship with the People Around You", although Night Liuhua may feel that he doesn't need these at all.

"Don't be in a daze, keep up. Ye Liuhua really didn't understand Tang Ning's brain circuit, and felt that he couldn't communicate with him, so he reluctantly pulled Tang Ning's sleeve with his hand, "I'm hungry." "This is the real purpose, the concern just now is actually an illusion!

Tang Ning has a feeling that he has raised an ancestor, he really can't afford to provoke and fight, he has to accompany him to eat and chat, and he has to be disliked by all kinds of people, for this reason, Tang Ning had to hypnotize himself This is a symbol of friendship, at least until he figures out the situation, he always has to be low-key and low-key, and then low-key. After giving himself such a hint of work in his mind, Tang Ning reluctantly followed Ye Liuhua's footsteps.

By the way, I'm still a guy who likes to be vexatious... Ancestors!

Finding that Tang Ning was following him, Ye Liuhua stopped and continued to move forward, turned around and asked, "Why are you following me, you don't know the way back?"

Although I don't know what's going on, I always feel powerless to complain, "Aren't you going back to cooking?"

"I have other things to do, you don't have to follow me. After finally realizing that something was wrong, Ye Liuhua felt that he still had to think about his dinner, "It's getting dark, go home and cook." "Pretty much of it.

So it's getting dark, but we can't go home for dinner together, what does it matter, what are you going to do with an underage child like you? Why do you force him to go home and cook with the eyes of an adult looking at a child? I always feel like I've become a servant in their house, which I can't say, but I always feel weird.

Thinking that he had a good understanding of Tang Ning's brain waves, he tilted his head and looked at Tang Ning for a while, and then unbuttoned the button on the side of his collar with an awkward face and handed it to Tang Ning, "Don't be afraid, give you this nobody, if you meet someone on the road who doesn't have long eyes to provoke, show them this." Although Tang Ning didn't know what was going on, Ye Liuhua's expression still didn't change much, but when his tone was unexpected, he softened a lot, "Don't worry... I'll be back soon. "Tangning, this guy is Laike's own.

And then...

Then Tang Ning froze in place with a petrified face, watching Ye Liuhua disappear in front of his eyes, and the button that Ye Liuhua gave him was still lying in his hand... The kid thought he was scared, right? Scared, right... He is a big man, and he will be comforted by a child, not to be afraid...

Thinking about the other party's brain hole is too clear, and Tang Ning really can't understand...

But that dark red button, I don't know what material it's made of, exudes a strange light... It looks very expensive, or help this kid put it away first, after a period of telling the truth, Tang Ning still silently put away the button, and walked out of the school auditorium quickly, well, although he is not familiar with the place, he is definitely not a road idiot, but the road to the station, he still remembers.

Around me, no one still accosted Tang Ning, everyone looked in a hurry, and this was a strange school. However, most of them were picked up, and they were all wearing the uniforms of the school, and they should also be students of this school. Tang Ning felt strange about this, could it be that these people still dragged their families to school? One person went to school, and the whole family went to school? Forget it, Tang Ning still chose to silently follow the flow of people to the station and back to the dormitory.

However, when Downing walked out of the auditorium, it was already close to dusk, and the orange-red sunset followed the light and hit the glaze of the leaves in early autumn, reflecting the colorful light, not at all gloomy and uneasy when he had just entered the school, but seemed incomparably beautiful and peaceful.

When he returned to the dormitory, Tang Ning was in a much better mood.

Sure enough, after leaving the strange child of Night Liuhua, everything became much more normal.

The first day of enrollment was quite pleasant, although he felt that he had spent four days in this cheating school, but there was no surprise at all, it was this school, it seemed that there were a lot of rules, Tang Ning still didn't understand the situation, let him believe that practice makes perfect, and he would be completely clear before long.

With a happy mood, Tang Ning decided to cook dinner first and treat himself in this strange world, but even if he felt that Ye Liuhua was a strange dead child, but after seeing the kitchen full of dishes, Tang Ning realized that he was still eating other people's food, and this child was just a child, so he was his future roommate, so he would make him a meal by the way.

Although he is a big man, because it is a single-parent family, and his father's cooking is very unpalatable, Tang Ning has learned how to take care of housework since he was a child, which of course also includes cooking, and because of the long-term training, although Tang Ning's cooking skills are not as good as the top chefs, his cooking skills are not bad, this is all for the sake of laying a solid foundation for finding a wife in the future, although now they are all contributed to this dead child.

After cooking and tidying up the housework, more than an hour had passed, and it was already completely dark, and Tang Ning thought it would be better to wait. Although I was a little uncertain, the dead child did say that he was hungry before leaving, and he should have come back to eat.

Is there an Internet here, although there is a local area network in the school, but it is not good at all from the outside, mobile phones are basically not usable, although the bracelet can be used, but Tang Ning is not interested in it for the time being, and he is bored to take out the buttons given to him by Night Liuhua and put them on the dining table in circles.

Looking at this button, Tang Ning thought to himself that this button looked precious, not to mention how transparent the material was, just by virtue of the feeling of fog flowing in it, and the unknown pattern tattooed on the surface, forehead... It's expensive to look at.

Thinking about the things he encountered in the game world today, it hurts to think about it, but when he thinks that he may have to face these things all the time in the future, he feels that his head is starting to hurt again, although he has long understood that he may have no way out, but the reality always makes him think, if it is too late to give up now, just like in that dream that day, the person asked him about his desire to live... He doesn't have that kind of thing at all, it's not so much a desire as an instinct, isn't the instinct of a creature to survive and reproduce.

Downing rarely thinks about life like this, but he generally thinks about it for a long time, forgetting time, forgetting years, all the way to... He was hungry. The protest of his stomach interrupted his thinking, and he said that he was now hungry and had to eat. But the kid who said he was hungry before him hasn't returned. Downing thought for a moment and felt... It's not like starvation on the road... It's a joke, of course, but it can't be an accident at his age. Just say that children should not run around.

Watching himself cook a table of dishes and slowly get cold, Tang Ning was a little distressed, but more worried about the dead child outside who still hasn't returned at night. However, he thought about it again, in fact, everyone just met in Pingshui, and happened to be assigned to a dormitory, if they were friends who had been together for more than a day, or maybe they weren't even friends, what reason did they have to take care of other people's affairs, and even those who couldn't manage themselves well.

Thinking about it, I feel that I can't waste the dishes on this table, anyway, if I wait for the estimation that Ye Liuhua won't come back, it's better to solve it yourself, just start eating first, it's a shameful act to waste.

But the time was so coincidental, when Tang Ning had just comforted himself, let go of the guilt in his heart and started eating, the door opened...

Tang Ning stared at the door nervously and motionlessly, and quickly put down the chopsticks in his hand, he didn't know why he was weak.

But the process of opening the door was very slow, and no one was seen coming in, only the subsequent ticking sound, like the sound of water droplets splashing on the ground, in short, the sound was particularly terrible on such a night. But fortunately, Tang Ning is a positive, healthy and patriotic boy who is familiar with the core values of socialism, and he never believes in ghosts and gods... Well, not counting lately ... was slapped in the face. Overall, he was still a little nervous.

After thinking about it for a long time, he remembered what the child's name was, and Tang Ning tentatively spoke, "Night... Night Liuhua?" was originally the result of not holding out any hope, but the other side responded unexpectedly.

"Hmm. The owner of the voice himself did not seem to like to speak, shallow, just a faint nasal.

But it also made Tang Ning feel at ease, it was the voice of a dead child, what are you doing, pretending to be a ghost in the middle of the night.

Realizing that it was the other owner of the house who had returned, Tang Ning was silently relieved, "Didn't you say you were hungry? I have prepared all the food for you, why did you come back so late? Children are often hungry and will not grow tall." ”

Downing's voice was flat, but slightly reproachful, he got up from his chair, bypassed the stool, and decided to step forward to take a look, this two-person apartment is much larger than the average apartment, but in the end it is only a two-person apartment, the kitchen and the hall are shared, so the door is very close to the hall, and as soon as you enter, it is directly the hall.

"Isn't it already there, why are you still at the door, come in!" the child always had all kinds of strange movements, such as not coming in even when he reached the door. There was no way, Tang Ning had to go to the street to help him open the door in one step, he really wanted to eat!

Due to the height of the child, when he stood up, Tang Ning had to lower his head to see him clearly, but fortunately, the other party was very cooperative, at the moment when Tang Ning lowered his head, the other party also raised his head, and the light at the door was turned on by Tang Ning.

"Don't, wait. The child directly rejected Tang Ning's invitation, and stood at the door with no intention of entering.

Although he didn't know what the child was waiting for, Tang Ning felt angry when he saw him like this, and he was not obedient at all. This kind of unbehaving child feels really bad, "No! Come and eat." Although he didn't want to care about this child at first, seeing his eyes that exuded demonism, Tang Ning couldn't help but pull Ye Liuhua into the house and told him to eat well.

It may be the first time that he was held by a stranger, Ye Liuhua was stunned, and he didn't resist, so he was pulled into the house obediently. Listening to Tang Ning pulling him, he was still chirping crookedly complaining about how bad he was, and how worried Tang Ning was, until... Tang Ning felt something, and he rubbed his index finger with his thumb with some confusion, and it was wet... Sticky... This... What is it!

Obviously feeling that there was a layer of unknown liquid on Ye Liuhua's hands, Tang Ning felt a little panicked, no... No... He stiffened his neck, hesitating, not knowing whether to look back.

Ye Liuhua looked at Tang Ning like this, and seemed to be too stupid, and frowned dissatisfied, but finally explained, "I just went out to do something, and it took some time to encounter some miscellaneous things, and it has been solved, um... It's not my blood. "It's coming, it's really coming... He could even tell him that it was human blood, what did he think it was... "Trouble, the floor is dirty, I wanted to wait until the blood was clotted before I came in." In fact, Ye Liuhua still wanted to say that it was because he heard the sound of chopsticks in the room, he thought it was time to eat, so he quietly opened the door, and when he thought about it himself, he felt very shameless, so he didn't say it.

That's right, this has been trickling down his wrist to the floor, Tang Ning feels very tired, this will have to wait until the blood coagulates, the care for this is a child is really superfluous, now it's okay, there's a new task, and it's time to mop the floor.

Although he didn't know what Ye Liuhua's mouth was about 'doing something' and 'miscellaneous', he also knew that the more he knew, the faster he died, so he didn't want to know at all, and decided to be his own little person with peace of mind.