“……”

The four of them stared at the birdcage necklace lying on the ground, and for a long time, nothing happened.

Reacting, Zhao Ke said viciously: "You dare to trick me?" ”

"I'm not I'm not." Qiu Xuan quickly spoke, "Give me another chance, I will definitely be able to do it." ”

Lu Xingzhou, beside him, let out a sneer that rang out in the sky, and then was glared at by Gu Qingyue.

"I'm going to kill you! I originally wanted you to immerse yourself in a sweet dream and die without pain, but now you don't cherish it! Zhao Ke once again grabbed them with one hand, and Qiu Xuan took advantage of the last opportunity to roll forward and pick up the necklace.

In the next second, an invisible hand in the air grabbed her neck, Qiu Xuan's face was bruised and she struggled to no avail, and her throat let out a painful hissing sound. She finally stretched out her leg weakly and closed her eyes in resignation.

……

"Is Sister Qiu Xuan there, is she awake, is my sister here, is my sister awake, is I here, send a photo to see, are you awake, Sister Qiu Xuan?"

Qiu Xuan fell on the bed and didn't speak, touched her throat, the touch seemed to stay on it, and she didn't want to experience the feeling of being strangled to death a second time.

And, why is a necklace useless? Where did Qin Jiuyuan go again? Qiu Xuan had a headache, and finally simply thought to herself, then she would simply obey the protection mechanism and sleep well, anyway, if something happened outside, time would be reset.

Thinking like this, she pretended not to hear the noisy sound of Lu Xingzhou outside, put the quilt on her face and closed her eyes.

I don't know how long it took, but there was no movement outside the door. They thought they couldn't wake up and left, right? She closed her eyes again, and although she was exhausted both physically and mentally, Qiu Xuan really couldn't sleep, so she opened her eyes.

The man with his head in one hand squinted at her and smiled: "Are you willing to wake up?" Little girl. ”

Qiu Xuan gasped, then looked at the single clothes on Qin Jiuyuan's body and said in disbelief: "You just came up through the window?" ”

"Small." Men spread their hands, it doesn't matter.

Qiu Xuan recalled the experience of almost dying in the snowdrift that night, and couldn't help but sigh at the gap between people.

"Are you leaving?" Qin Jiuyuan asked, "Or take a break?" ”

"Didn't you come to ask me to go out and help? I'm already awake. ”

"I know." The man looked at her, "But you're tired, aren't you?" ”

Qiu Xuan sat on the bed and was stunned for a moment.

Qin Jiuyuan continued: "Hey, little girl. I don't know what's going on, and I don't know what you've been through, but it doesn't seem like I can help, right? ”

He sighed, "I don't want you to work so hard, even for the things you have to do. I can't do it for you, and I can't dissuade you from doing it, but I hope that at the very least, there will be a place for you to unload everything when you're exhausted and want to take a break. ”

“…… That's a nice thing to say, but the truth is that I'm going to be fine tonight with the protection mechanism. ”

Qin Jiuyuan looked at her a little helplessly, "Do you have to do this with me?" ”

"No ......," Qiu Xuan muttered.

"Alright, let's go to sleep." The man reached out and touched her head as he had done before, "I promise you, nothing will happen until you wake up, and here I am." So, little girl, there's nothing to be afraid of. ”

Little girl, there is nothing to be afraid of.

Qiu Xuan lay down and closed her eyes, her nose was sore, and she seemed to be back on the edge of her dream in a trance.

Although that is being said, how could she really be fearless. Whether it was those unexplained monsters and abilities, or the loneliness and panic of being left out of time alone, or the dreams that seemed to never wake up, it was enough to crush her sleepless.

Get some rest, she said to herself, and when I wake up, I'll go out and kill you dogs. Brother Xuan, come on, Brother Xuan is fearless.

Qiu Xuan fell asleep.

"Is Sister Qiu Xuan here......

Hearing the familiar sound of a tattered horn, she neatly rolled over and got out of bed, dressed, and yelled, "I'm ready to go through the window!" In one go.

After being dragged into the hall by Qin Jiuyuan, Qiu Xuan looked at the smiling man seriously and said, "Thank you." ”

Qin Jiuyuan raised his eyebrows, and no longer bothered with Captain Dragonfly's question, and asked, "What is it for this time?" ”

"For everything, for all, what you've done for me."

"Wow, why is it so sad all of a sudden, has something happened?" Then the man wiped his face contrivedly, "The child has grown up and finally realized that I am good." ”

Qiu Xuan didn't hear the latter sentence.

She followed Lu Xingzhou and Gu Qingyue, watching Lu Xingzhou marvel at the fact that she could threaten the dream tapir, and watching Qin Jiuyuan disappear on the stairs on the first floor in a few steps.

She didn't stop Qin Jiuyuan and ask him why he wanted to go to the third floor, she just walked with the remaining two to the place where Zheng Yunyuan fell, and then she knocked on the door of Li Siyao's closed room.

No one responded. So Qiu Xuan shouted again: "Lu Xingzhou is injured and is about to die!" ”

Lu Xingzhou: "?? Don't curse me! ”

After dozens of seconds, the room was carefully opened, and Qiu Xuan didn't talk much nonsense and squeezed in directly, and dragged Lu Xingzhou and Gu Qingyue in.

"That ......" Li Siyao said timidly, her tone sounding like she was about to cry.

"Don't talk!" Qiu Xuan whispered, putting her ear to the door, and heard the sound of something grazing the edge of the hallway.

After a while, the voice was gone.

"Zhao Ke went to the first floor." She turned to face the group in the room, "I'm going to the third floor now, my advice is that you stay here now, it's safest for now." But I can't stop you from thinking anything. ”

Lu Xingzhou was silent for a while and said, "I'll stay here, I have something to ask Sister Si Yao." ”

Gu Qingyue frowned and wanted to say something in disagreement, but in the end, after seeing the persistence in Qiu Xuan's eyes, he sighed and said, "Okay, it seems that you have made up your mind, then I won't stop you." Stay safe. ”

So Qiu Xuan and them left for the time being and walked towards the third floor alone. On the corner of the third floor, Qiu Xuan found a crowbar. Bending down to hold it in her hand, she felt a little confident in her heart.

She was as careful as she had been last time in the shadow of the large furniture, and she still couldn't fit the strange big wardrobe at the end of her mind.

So she slowly groped her way to the end of the third floor.

However, while passing by a closet, something happened suddenly. A figure in front of the wardrobe suddenly burst out, and in the dim light, Qiu Xuan caught a glimpse of a flickering reflected cold light.

The man had a knife!

Qiu Xuan raised the holy sword in his hand and swung it at the man, who dodged it with agility. She gripped the crowbar, calculating the odds of a beat, when there was another noise behind her.

A tall figure disappeared among the layers of debris. Qiu Xuan took a closer look, and the image on his back was very similar to Qin Jiuyuan.

After thinking about it, she chose the latter among continuing to fight with this person and chasing after Qin Jiuyuan, and after one last glance at the person, Qiu Xuan threw the crowbar at the person to buy herself a little time, and then turned her head and ran in the direction where Qin Jiuyuan disappeared.

She quickly ran down the stairs of the third floor, and Qin Jiuyuan's figure was gone.

Qiu Xuan rummaged through rooms without giving up, and when she opened one of the doors, several dream tapirs roared at her.

Qiu Xuan was forced to retreat step by step, and even heard Zhao Ke's voice rushing to hear the news. She scolded secretly, but she had no choice but to turn around and run towards the third floor, while expecting in her heart that the man with the knife was gone.

I don't know if it's good news or bad news, she didn't see a single person. Several dream tapirs chased after her, and Qiu Xuan used a lot of debris and terrain to move around them, and for a moment she thought she was playing some kind of chase battle.

After shaking the tapir away for some distance, she cautiously made her way to the large closet at the end of the third floor. The huge dust cloth on it was gone, and only a wardrobe stood there.

She gently opened the cabinet door, hid herself in, and breathed softly.

A few seconds later, Qiu Xuan heard the sound of the tapir's feet touching the ground, and the monsters seemed to be whispering in confusion as if they were missing someone. After two turns around the cabinet, they turned back the way they came, chasing the next person.

The cabinet is the emperor, Qiu Xuan teased herself in her heart, fortunately, the dream tapir will not put a clip in front of the cabinet.

She waited a little longer before she came out carefully, and the light came on, dim but better than nothing. By the light she looked into the cupboard, it was still as she had seen it last time, it was empty and nothing, and there was nothing wrong with the portrait reflected in the fitting mirror waiting for her.

The portrait moved with Qiu Xuan's movements, and there was no extra expression on her white face.

Maybe this is an ordinary cabinet, Qiu Xuan is completely dead, and she doesn't bother with anything anymore, so she lifts her feet and walks back.

Suddenly, Zhao Ke's face appeared behind a long table that was slanting.

Qiu Xuan took a breath of cool air, subconsciously took a step back, and in the next second, someone grabbed her hand and pulled her behind a pile of several abandoned tables and chairs.

The man holding her wrist gestured to her not to speak, and she and the man crouched quietly behind the table and chairs like two little mushrooms.

Until Zhao Ke walked away, Qiu Xuan maintained a squatting posture and spoke: "What are you doing here?" ”

"Let's not talk about that," the man raised an eyebrow at her, "You wrapped you so tightly when I pulled you down that I didn't see clearly, so where did the blood on your face come from?" ”

Blood? Where did the blood come from. Qiu Xuan remembered the self she saw in the wardrobe mirror just now, and there was nothing on her face.

Qin Jiuyuan casually took out a lighter in his pocket and faced her with Qi Guang: "Well, you can see for yourself." ”

Even if the reflection was not very clear, Qiu Xuan could still see the tiny blood spots on his face that were stained in the form of splatters.

She remembered very well that from the time cycle after being woken up by Lu Xingzhou for the first time to now, there was no situation that could have caused her to have blood on her face.

Except, what she considered to be a "dream", the time when Zhao Ke was stabbed through the throat by Qin Jiuyuan in front of her.