Da-da, da-da.

The sound of panicked running echoed repeatedly in the empty corridors of the hospital, and under the bright lights, the dull footsteps seemed to stir up some kind of suppressed emotion.

Zhuo Xuan's body was stunned, and he took a few steps forward because of inertia. He looked at the closed nurse's door in disbelief, his back sweating profusely, and just as he hesitated to push it away, a large hand suddenly pressed his shoulder.

Turning around, Xu Hao's tired face met his eyes.

"Uncle Hao," Zhuo Xuan's voice was a little bitter. What he didn't expect was that so much could happen on that ordinary night when they had a brief conflict.

Last night, Alice had a fierce duel with Xu Hao and others. Zhuo Xuan arrived at the scene in time to stop the situation from developing further, and learned the news about Fang Ting from Xu Hao's mouth, which shocked him and was difficult to digest. When he returned home, Zhuo Xuan couldn't sleep at night, until he got up in the morning, and he received a call from Xu Hao in a groggy state, and he was surprised to learn of the accident at Chu Yixin's house.

A fire suddenly swept away, turning the two-story mansion where Chu Yixin's family lived into ashes. The raging fire reflected the endless long night, and when the fire department arrived, the unconscious Chu Yixin was carried out, leaving only one breath, and the rest of the people were trapped on the first floor of the villa.

As the fire grew, it was difficult for the fire to enter, and they could only watch the house billowing smoke in the raging flames, and the water cannon shooting roughly. The large column of water is even more insignificant against the backdrop of the fire.

Zhuo Xuan hung up the phone and immediately ran to Binhai City Hospital. He was not Chu Yixin's immediate family, and he couldn't spy on Chu Yixin's situation at this time, so he had to wander outside the intensive care room, and glimpsed the figure lying quietly on the bed through the transparent glass on the door.

"What the hell is going on......"

Zhuo Xuan's clenched fist slammed into the wall, making a muffled thud. His face was gloomy, and his voice was filled with anger that he couldn't vent.

Why is this happening?

Why would it be-

Fire.

Memories that were about to be forgotten came to his mind again, and a face of despair hidden by the billowing smoke.

"Zhuo Xuan!"

Xu Hao's deep voice pulled him out of his memories like a clutch, causing the young man's body to tremble violently, and before he knew it, his back was already sweating profusely.

"Uncle Hao," Zhuo Xuan didn't know what to say, and looked at Xu Hao, who was hesitant, with a lonely face.

"We have to take the initiative," Xu Hao hesitated for a moment, as if he had made up some kind of determination, and then said slowly, "Before you came to the hospital, I had already been to Fang Ting's house. It was empty, and there was not a trace of her at all. ”

"No trace of her found......"

"Yes," Xu Hao continued, "that is, she doesn't exist in the real world at all. Maybe only when she wants to show up...... But if you don't want any more innocent people to be harmed, I have a solution. ”

"What's the solution?"

Zhuo Xuan raised his head suddenly, his gaze met Xu Hao's direct gaze, as if he had merged into the bottomless cold pool.

……

Recalling the many details of his reunion with Fang Ting, Zhuo Xuan only felt that there were more and more doubts.

So far, every chance encounter between him and Fang Ting has been like a well-planned conspiracy.

and these people who died tragically in various "accidents", their social relationships faintly draw an intersecting line, and the midpoint of this intersection line is Zhuo Xuan himself.

It's just that Zhuo Xuan doesn't want to admit the fact that Fang Ting is dead no matter what.

He felt like a prisoner who had managed to escape from his cage, thinking that he had been released from prison, but he had unknowingly slipped into a larger cage.

Never mind.

Zhuo Xuan shook his head vigorously, his hands in his pockets, the backpack on his back bulging, silently wandering on this food street where he had met Fang Ting once.

This is not far from Fang Ting's original home, and it is only a few streets and alleys away from her own home.

Zhuo Xuan did not plan to go home immediately, and he had no plans to go to Fang Ting's house to investigate. He had a hunch in his heart that as long as he wandered around here, Fang Ting would also appear like last time.

Everything is bait.

Xu Hao and others have been hiding around this street in various ways. Once Fang Ting appeared, Zhuo Xuan would open the strange object, and Fang Ting would definitely be restrained by it, and he would be able to lure the beast to appear.

It's not a clever technique.

When Xu Hao said this plan, he slowly took out the cloth net that was like a piece of spider silk, put it in the palm of his hand, and let Zhuo Xuan choose.

On the one hand, Fang Ting, and on the other hand, those friends around him who are about to be hurt.

Making a choice is not difficult for Zhuo Xuan. His face was gloomy, and he reached out and grabbed the strange thing.

"It's a choice you make, don't regret it, and don't live up to everyone's expectations." Xu Hao's voice was still low, like a demon luring Zhuo Xuan into the abyss, looking forward to the fall of a righteous person.

……

"Dingding-ding-"

The piercing mobile phone rang suddenly, and Zhuo Xuan's body trembled.

Bells rang in the empty streets. It was not yet the end of school in the afternoon, and the whole street was sparsely populated, and the afternoon sun was shining brightly.

Zhuo Xuan's heart was pounding, and he looked around a little before answering the phone with a pale face.

"Hey, hey, hey—"

A high-decibel voice burst out of the phone, unconsciously pulling the phone away a little.

"Didn't you go out to buy breakfast! Why haven't I come back yet, I'm dying of hunger! It's all afternoon......"

"Sorry, I'll be back later."

Regardless of whether Alice heard it or not, Zhuo Xuan said this to himself, and quickly hung up the phone.

After learning the bad news that happened at Chu Yixin's house in the morning, he hurried out, and didn't care about the sleepy-eyed Alice and what he told him - nothing more than bringing something to eat back, these things had long been forgotten by Zhuo Xuan.

After hanging up the phone, he suddenly heard a small sound of footsteps, and jerked his head up.

His eyes were met by a familiar and unfamiliar face.

This face often appeared in his dreams in another way, and the memories brought by it were entangled in his body like seaweed, making him miss it and hold a kind of guilt that could not be concealed.

"Fang Ting."

Zhuo Xuan called her name in a daze.

As he had a hunch, Fang Ting really appeared in front of him.

There was a look of confusion on her delicate face. The moment she heard Zhuo Xuan's call, she seemed to wake up from her sleep, her body trembled, the focus in her eyes quickly recovered, and she looked at the young man in front of her with a surprised gaze.