Passing through the winding alleys, three people not far apart, silently but at a similar frequency, walked forward. The shadows cast on the ground are ambiguously entangled, flickering and separating; One moment is very long, the other is very short, sometimes hidden, bright and uncertain, just like - the situation at this moment! I thought that the cause and effect had been understood, and the trajectory had been clear, but suddenly it was broken, as if dirty water had been splashed on a crumpled piece of paper, and the traces of fragmentation made people no longer find the pattern......

In the darkness for a long time, the candle flame of the little truth I had been searching for became weaker and weaker, more and more ethereal!

The voice of reason in the heart sounded tenaciously and cruelly, the pain of defeat, the confused friendship, the strange murderer, the doomed fate...... All kinds of helplessness turned into thunderbolts, which sounded in my mind, and I stopped.

"What's wrong? You...... Where do you want to go? "I didn't look back, and even if I did, I couldn't see anything clearly, it was very dark, and the street lamps in this alley were as weak as a small broken candle, which could be extinguished at any moment. Although I couldn't see his face, I couldn't mishear this familiar and gentle tone.

A shadow moved in front of me, and he asked with concern and care, "Shall we go home?" ”

I was eerily calm, my expression almost blank, my head shaking, but my gaze was unfocused. A terrible thought arose from my heart, gradually extended and amplified, and took over my entire brain.

Who is she waiting for? …… Aren't we waiting for the same person? …… I shook my head vigorously, trying to arrange the jumbled phrases in my head into neat sentences. But no! Strings of incoherent words flew before my eyes...... White clothes and red scarves...... Beautiful and vicious woman...... Finger...... Soul Pact...... Golden Silkworm Shadow ...... Qi Zhen...... The last wizard of the Gluttonous Clan......

"Cousin, cousin!" Yun Tengjiao's voice lost its usual enthusiasm and exaggeration, and seemed to be a little anxious, "What are you shaking your head about?" Want to break your neck? ”

"Who's your cousin?" Qi Zhen's voice sounded very dissatisfied.

"Who are you? Don't you think it's a bit overstepping? Yun Tengjiao sneered.

"Hmph, it's better than you stubbornly climbing your relatives!" Qi Zhen sneered at each other.

“……”

"Stop arguing!" I spoke suddenly, in a steady tone, and my voice was so calm that it was strange to me.

The two of them were suddenly silent, and they all turned to look at me together, their eyes involuntarily showing a little panic.

"I suddenly remembered something, go back and ask." I said it lightly, not looking at their reaction, turned around, and walked on the way I had come.

"What's the matter? Do you still want to listen to her nonsense? Qi Zhen grabbed me.

The hands are still warm, the face is still soft, and the eyes are even more caring, which can almost be described as affectionate! Just almost! Because, he also has a secret that he refuses to tell me. Whatever the reason for that, "honesty" is something that those of us don't have right now.

"I want to know the truth." I smiled slightly, no pain, no desolation, no bitterness. My only merit is objectivity, which is very contradictory to my impatience and zealousness, but once I am put to death, this merit of mine will immediately jump out of my mind and direct my body to act. Perhaps, there are many people in this world, like me, who always hesitate and wander about people and things on weekdays, and look weak with sentimentality, but when they encounter the relationship between life and death, they immediately become resolute and decisive. Probably, this is the so-called "people are affectionate and thin, and amorous seems to be ruthless"!

"She didn't want to say it just now, how can she be now?" Qi Zhen also seemed to be agitated.

"It's okay, the thing I'm asking is very simple, she just needs to nod or shake her head, she won't refuse." I was calm, as if the truth was exactly what I said, just nod my head, or shake my head.

"That's weird! Cousin, how come you suddenly seem to know everything? Yun Tengjiao's tone was so soft that it seemed to be dripping, and his tone was very much like that of a big brother who doted on his little sister.

"Nope. I don't know anything. I replied casually and seemingly without thinking.

"What do you want to ask her?" Qi Zhen asked.

“…… Oh, let's talk about it when we see her! I walked back on, breaking free of his hand without a trace.

"Don't go...... Won't you be able to ask again tomorrow when you go to school? "Qi Zhen stopped me.

I looked at him quietly, and one sentence almost blurted out, why are you the one who is afraid of the truth?

"No need to go! She's gone! In the darkness, another calm voice sounded at the right time.

It's evergreen!

She ...... Let's go? Where did it go? Got home? My eyelids jumped a few times for no apparent reason.

"It's not! She's gone to find the truth! Evergreen was calm, as if she was saying something as trivial as "she's gone to dinner."

"What truth? How to find it? Where to find it? "My breath is short.

"Don't worry! She'll definitely find it. Chang Qing said firmly, "Anyway, she said she had a way." ”

However, the people she was waiting for ...... She couldn't find it! I sighed secretly.

"Where did she go? I'm going to chase her! I asked Evergreen decisively.

"I don't know. She only said to take a month's off work to go to a place far away. Chang Qing replied.

"A month?" I was stunned. What excuse should she use to take a leave of absence for such a long time?

"Ahem, after so long, the school won't agree!" Yun Tengjiao interjected idly.

Chang Qing shrugged her shoulders, saying that she didn't know what reason she used to persuade the school to agree to her leave.

"Far away? Is she going back to her hometown of Guangxi? Qi Zhen looked at me and asked.

"Perhaps...... It's Minnan ......" I looked at the night and muttered to myself, my eyes wandering.

Qi Zhen immediately lowered his head, making it impossible to see his expression clearly.

"What are you muttering?" Chang Qing asked.

"Nothing...... Then we don't have to do anything, we have to wait. I don't know whether the tone of my answer was affirmative or rhetorical.

"You don't have to be upset, she didn't cheat on us anyway." Chang Qing said.

"Why do you say that? Did she say something to you? A few sly smiles flashed in Yun Tengjiao's eyes.

All of Qi Zhen's and I attention was immediately focused on him.

"Hehe, don't stir up trouble again." Chang Qing smiled honestly, but his words were sharp, "You all have your own thoughts and plans, and I am an outsider, so I can see it clearly." ”

"Well, tell me your speculation." Of the three, I was the only one who did not change his face and remained unmoved.

"Little Star, the main reason why you think she lied to us is because you think the murderer is her great-grandmother, right?"

"By her own admission."

"It's not. The murderer was definitely not her great-grandmother! ”

"On the basis?" I asked calmly, "Could it be that we are all dazzled, and it is not the woman who appears in the shadow of the golden silkworm?" ”

"Can you be sure that what you see in the Soul Splitting Bead is the same person who appears in the Golden Silkworm Shadow?"

"Yes." I nodded without hesitation.

"Her great-grandmother was the last wizard of the Gluttonous Clan, wasn't she?"

"Yes."

"She must have made a pact with the Spirit Stone, didn't she?" Chang Qing smiled, "Then she should have died early." In fact, Chen Qiu said that her great-grandmother died sixty years ago! ”

Take a step back and hypothetize, although this assumption cannot be true. She didn't die, sixty years later, won't she get old? She should be on the verge of death! The power of a wizard is very strong, but not so strong that it is immortal, right? Chang Qing talked eloquently, thinking about it for a long time, "So, whether she is dead or not, she can't be the owner of this golden silkworm shadow that appears now!" ”

Hehe! What the hell are we talking about! Yun Tengjiao pretended to be surprised, "The last wizard of the gluttonous clan is dead, who can refine the golden silkworm shadow to kill people?" ”

Qi Zhen and I both had flashing eyes, each thinking about it, but we both chose to remain silent.

Who is it?

It's a nerve-wracking question!

Or, not just nerve-wracking, but courage. It is necessary to dissect everything, to dissect the heart, to face the soul's thoughts.

However, for the situation at the moment, which is full of branches and clouds, it is wise to wait and see.

"Who do you think the owner of the Golden Silkworm Shadow is?" I asked Evergreen with no hope.

"I can't think of it." Chang Qing looked at Qi Zhen and Yun Tengjiao, sighed softly, and then looked directly at me and said, "However, my intuition tells me that this person is the one who has made a contract with the spirit stone!" ”

"Ahem, do you mean her?" Yun Tengjiao pointed at me and said with a smile.

"It's not." Chang Qing shook his head resolutely, "Perhaps, you didn't make that soul contract with the spirit stone. ”

"Really? Do you have something new? I was overjoyed, and I couldn't help but feel a little excited in my voice.

"It's not a new discovery. As I said earlier, you're not a gluttonous wizard, so you shouldn't be able to make a contract. ”

"Didn't you just say that someone else might have made it on my behalf?"

"How is this possible? This contract will do you all kinds of harm and no benefit, not to mention whether you have the power to do it, who of us who can barely be regarded as insiders will do this? What's in it for us? What's more, this contract is only qualified to be concluded by the wizards of the gluttonous clan, you are an outsider at all, how could you let you make a contract with the spirit stone? ”

"But how do you think I've made a contract?"

"Your three souls...... It is true that they are missing, but they have not been transferred to the spirit stone; The remaining seven spirits also showed signs of damage. Chang Qing calmly told the truth, as if he had other intentions.

“…… But I didn't feel anything wrong. Influenced by him, I replied unusually calmly.

"Well, that's something we can't explain."

"Since you can't justify yourself, your statement is only uncertain speculation at best." Yun Tengjiao interjected lightly.

"Yes, that's why we have to be brave enough to find out. I believe that the truth will definitely be revealed, and when the time comes, good and evil will be clear, and friends and foes will be clear, and there will be no need for hypocrisy and wrongdoing! Chang Qing looked at him meaningfully.

"Hehe, what a good one knows good and evil, and friends and foes are clear!" Yun Tengjiao's beautiful eyes were half-open and half-closed, and after glancing at me thoughtfully, a sneering sneer spread out on his delicate thin lips, "In your eyes, there are only good and evil in this world, but you don't know that there are many different shades of gray between black and white. As for friends and foes, it is the fastest-changing relationship in this world, and there is no distinction between good and evil. Those who are not good to themselves, even if they are as kind as a Buddha, they will become fire and water! Everyone in the world knows it, but they don't want to tear off the mask on their faces on weekdays, so they choose to be hypocritical and perfunctory. You're probably the only one, so 'innocent' to discern the world! Hehe, today is my event, I sincerely advise you, sober up! Don't be foolish enough to trust your so-called friends! ”

A cold wind made a slight "whining" sound, blowing past us without hesitation.

The breath exhaled also seems to be branded with many ruthless marks!

Qi Zhen turned his head to look at Leng Yue expressionlessly, as if his thoughts did not belong.

Chang Qing and I looked at each other, and for a while, we didn't even know what to do.

He made such a big call for the first time, and although it was even demeaning, I didn't feel any malice or exaggeration in my ears, on the contrary, I keenly noticed a few subtle hints of concern in his half-drooping eyes.

This concern is as intense as theirs, and even more intense than all the pretentious hypocrisy that preceded it, and brings more complex shocks!

Except, except, the argument in this statement is something I don't want to agree with!

But I was not as anxious to refute as I had been.

Or, I am no longer the person who looks at things in the world as he said "innocently", after seeing so many ups and downs, even if I am not disappointed in human nature, I will not be blindly gullible.

"Thank you for your advice! We've always had different opinions, but as long as you don't want to wield a butcher's knife at me, we'll always be friends, right? I smiled and met his eyes with sincerity and calmness.

He slowly raised his eyes, the mocking expression had not yet faded from his handsome face, the light in his dark eyes was as cold as a deep pool, and the breath of good and evil was rapidly steaming and dense on him, and suddenly awe-inspiring, like a warm spring breeze; In the blink of an eye, it was full of evil charm, like a cold winter. His whole person seemed to be a strange and contradictory combination, half flame, half iceberg, unable to merge, but strangely coexisting.

I sighed again in my heart, very bitter, very bitter, and unspeakable loss. It turns out that even I never knew that subconsciously, I always liked him! People always can't help but chase and like beautiful things, even if the beauty is only an appearance, just a phantom, just a touch of afterglow on the horizon; Even if it is magnificent, it can only be seen from afar, but it is impossible to really have it, even if it is ...... A brief moment!

"Friends! …… In terms of stupidity and stubbornness, you're the best at all! Yun Tengjiao sneered, "I'm unfortunate enough to know a fool like you, it's really bad luck!" However, no matter what, I've said everything I'm going to say anyway, and it's up to you what you want in the future! ”

After he finished speaking, he didn't care about his demeanor or hide it, and went straight away with a snort.

I watched him go away in a daze, and for a moment my heart was numb.

Compared with the past, his exaggerated enthusiasm, unpredictable vision, and sincerity of his efforts, now his anxiety, if not angry, is more real. At least I feel that at this moment he looks like a normal person, a normal sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy!

"Don't be sad, he seems to be ...... No malice! Chang Qing stood beside me and whispered comfort.

"Hmm...... Perhaps, this is the greatest kindness he can express! "My voice is inaudible, my heart is mixed, and there is a little sweetness mixed with sadness and bitterness.

"What are you going to do now?" Qi Zhen, who was also standing beside me at some point, asked.

I didn't look at him, and replied indifferently: "Life and death are fate, I am ready to ...... Wait! ”

"Wait?" Qi Zhen seemed taken aback, "You still believe her?" ”

"Hmm. Wait quietly, I think, it won't be too long, and the truth will come. My tone was calm, "No matter what happens, there will always be an end, and I, or the contract, is the thread of this matter, leading all the people and things involved." I don't have to do anything, I just have to wait patiently with my eyes wide open, and that's it. ”

Chang Qing thought about it seriously: "That's right. It's better to be still than to be still, anyway...... At present, there is no major problem with your body, and you should return to your normal life. ”

Normal? I sighed secretly, if it was normal for my soul to be incomplete and surrounded by demons, I was indeed normal.

"Isn't there anything wrong? Do you think there's nothing wrong with her doing this? Qi Zhen frowned.

"At least...... There will be no danger for the time being. Chang Qing hesitated for a moment and replied ominously.

"Hmph, you were even moved by what he just said? He's definitely a man with intentions! Qi Zhen's tone was cold, "If you want to use his 'Soul Splitting Bead', it will be even more tantamount to 'seeking skin with a tiger'!" ”