When Teacher Ling and I came out of the infirmary, it was already 12:25, and I was in a hurry to meet Changqing, so I ran away.

Who knew that Teacher Ling was faster than me, and suddenly stopped in front of me: "You haven't eaten lunch yet?" ”

"Well...... I can't eat it...... I'm not hungry! "I'm telling the truth, even if there are delicacies of the mountains and seas in front of me now, I can't swallow it.

"How can I skip a meal?"

"But, the cafeteria is closed!" I prevaricated.

"Even if the cafeteria is closed, you have to eat! …… Let's go, the teacher still has some almond crisp there, and I ate it to fill my stomach. Teacher Ling's tone was gentle, but her attitude was very resolute, and she didn't allow me to shirk it, so she took me back to her office.

As I passed through the hallway, I glanced around with trepidation, fearing that the strange boy would appear again.

"What are you looking for?" Teacher Ling habitually stroked my hair and asked.

"Nope."

After a moment of silence, I tentatively asked, "...... Teacher Ling, have you ever seen a beautiful boy in blue? ”

The hand touching my hair shook slightly, and Teacher Ling stopped and smiled meaningfully and said, "Pretty boy? …… Is he the one you're looking for? ”

"No, no. …… I'll just talk about it! Teacher Ling, where did you say Zhang Lu and Mo Qianqian went? As if someone had seen through some kind of secret matter, my face turned red and I quickly changed the topic.

Teacher Ling pursed his lips and smiled: "I don't know either." However, I think they might be trying to play a joke on everyone, so they hid and came out on their own during class in the afternoon. Don't kids your age like to play hide-and-seek? ”

"Hide and seek? It's a game that kids love! Teacher Ling, we have grown up, but we don't like to play anymore! I pouted and retorted.

Actually, I wanted to say that it was a boring and childish game, but I found that Teacher Ling's smile became a little stiff and her eyes drifted, as if my words evoked some kind of memory for her, maybe not very pleasant memories, so I immediately swallowed the words back and obediently closed my mouth.

"Oh, is it? …… Nowadays, children don't like to play this game anymore? Times are really ...... It's changed! Teacher Ling muttered to himself, with a hint of desolation.

I was stunned, I didn't quite understand what she meant, but whether I played hide and seek or not, what does it have to do with the times?

Vaguely, I think the tone of this sentence is also very weird, just like the old and young of the former Qing Dynasty who are lamenting the vicissitudes of life, which is not very compatible with Teacher Ling's age!

"Come, let's get something to eat!" Teacher Ling quickly returned to normal, pulled me into the office, took out a few large almond crisps from the desk drawer and handed them to me.

I wanted to politely give in, but looking at the golden and tempting fragrance of the shortbread, the empty stomach screamed angrily, Teacher Ling couldn't help laughing, I had to blush, lower my head and eat the shortbread with two hands.

At first, I was a little twisted, and I barely pretended to be a lady and ate in small bites, the taste of the shortbread was so sweet, and I was really hungry, and then I couldn't care about my demeanor, and I swallowed it in a big gulp, choking and sticking my neck, like a starving ghost reincarnated!

Teacher Ling hurriedly poured me hot tea again and asked me to sit down and eat slowly. Then she sat down beside me, silently watching me destroy the shortbread with a gentle and sincere eye.

The way she looked at me was so touching and so affectionate, it was like a loving mother's eyes looking at her beloved child!

Years later, I still think of that moment from time to time, and I miss the trance-like but real feeling of happiness, even if it is so short-lived!

I finished eating the shortbread, and slowly drank the hot tea under the loving gaze of Teacher Ling, the heat curled up, steaming on my face, wet and warm, I was immersed in this warmth, but I forgot the passage of time.

It wasn't until a crisp bell rang that I suddenly realized that when I looked up, the clock on the office wall was already 13 o'clock in the afternoon!

God, didn't I make an appointment with Chang Qing and them to meet in the corridor behind the teaching building at 12:30 to find Zhang Lu and Mo Qianqian together? Oops! I was half an hour late and didn't show up, and Changqing didn't know how anxious they were.

I hurriedly stood up and put the cup down and walked out, saying as I went, "Teacher Ling, I'm leaving!" ”

Teacher Ling caught up and said, "Don't worry! I'll go with you. ”

I remembered Chang Qing's suspicion and hostility towards Teacher Ling, and I wanted to refuse, but I couldn't think of a proper reason for a while, so I had to let her follow, hey, take one step at a time!

When we came to the cement walkway behind the teaching building, the campus was already lively, and from time to time students passed by the aisle.

But they didn't see Chang Qing, Qi Zhen and Ge Hong, couldn't they wait for me, they had already gone to find Zhang Lu and Mo Qianqian first? I walked around the aisle a few times and found nothing. What to do?

I was hesitating, and someone slapped me heavily: "Squad leader, where did you run with Ge Hong at noon?" Did something happen? ”

I was startled, but it was Jane.

"I was at school and didn't go anywhere. If nothing happens, what can happen to the school? I replied absentmindedly.

"Lie to me again! You didn't eat lunch, and ran away like a burning butt; Now you're looking around in a panic, what are you looking for? ”

"I'm looking for ...... Looking for Ge Hong, have you seen her? "This time I was telling the truth, and Jane felt it immediately.

"Ge Hong? I've seen it. About half an hour ago, I came out of the cafeteria after washing my lunch box, and I saw her and five or six people looking around anxiously, as if they were waiting for someone. …… Hey, they're not going to be you, are they? ”

"And what about later? Do you hear what they say? ”

"Say what? Oh, they seemed to disagree and quarreled. ”

"What are they arguing about?"

"I didn't hear clearly."

"And where did they go?"

"And later? I went back to the classroom to rest, how do I know? Jane rolled her eyes at me as a matter of course.

I panicked, and ever since the appearance of the beautiful and strange boy in blue, I had always felt a strong sense of uneasiness in my heart, as if great danger was about to come at any moment, and a lingering smell of blood lingered around me.

"You don't have to worry so much, they can't wait for you, maybe they're back in the classroom." Teacher Ling comforted me.

"Ahem, Teacher Ling said that, there is probably always a reason for her, you better go back to the classroom, don't run around!" After Xiao Zhen finished speaking, she secretly winked at me, glanced at Teacher Ling as if meaningfully, and turned around and left with a smile.

I also turned and walked towards the classroom, confused.

Walking into the classroom, Chang Qing, Qi Zhen and Ge Hong were not there, plus Mo Qianqian and Zhang Lu, the eight seats were empty, and there seemed to be a large number of people missing from the classroom.

The bell rang and I stared at the open front door, hoping they would show up. But until Teacher Ling walked in, he didn't see their shadows. I endured and waited, and time passed bit by bit, and I didn't know what Teacher Ling was talking about at all, just engrossed in catching the sound outside the door, hoping to hear those familiar footsteps. But no! Or not!

Finding that I was completely distracted, Mr. Ling deliberately walked up to me and prepared to remind me.

Suddenly, Teacher Ling's body stiffened, his eyes widened, and he looked out the window in surprise. I quickly turned my head, and there were two girls standing side by side on the edge of the flower bed outside the window, smiling and waving to us through the glass. They looked relaxed, smiled sweetly, and waved their right hands frequently...... Zhang Lu and Mo Qianqian!

Without thinking, I jumped up and rushed out of the classroom, and there was no one at the flowerbed, and I was stunned, but there was a delicate chuckle in my ears. The laughter swirled in my ears as it faded down the hallway, as if calling to me. My thoughts suddenly cleared, and I followed the sound without hesitation, because this laughter was the strange laughter I had heard the day before yesterday afternoon as soon as I entered the old building.

Following the faint laughter, I walked through the school building, turned the cafeteria, headed east, and finally stopped. In front of him is the gray and gloomy old building, I don't know how much resentment and unwillingness have been condensed, and how much truth has been annihilated! The door on the ground floor is open, like a monster's wide open mouth, and the terrifying feeling of being swallowed up as soon as you step into it makes people hesitate.

As soon as we arrived at the old building, the laughter disappeared, and the whole school was quietly teaching in the new school building, which was in the most remote corner of the school, and it was as silent as a tomb. I hesitated, my feet lifted and lowered, I really didn't want to set foot in this building again.

"Help! Help me! "An abrupt scream sounded from the old building, and it sounded like ...... Ge Hong and Xu Shan made it in the corridor on the fourth floor, and then there was a chaotic sound of footsteps in the corridor on the third floor, and it seemed that several people were running through the corridor, running up the stairs, and running to the fourth floor.

Could it be that Changqing and they were looking for Zhang Lu and Mo Qianqian, and they actually went to the old building? As if to confirm my thoughts, someone in the footsteps shouted, "Be careful, don't go over!" "It's an evergreen anxious voice!

Without further hesitation, I walked briskly through the gate and up the stairs.

I had just jumped up to the second floor in three steps and two steps, and the door behind me slammed shut! I felt a chill in my heart, but I didn't stop, and I didn't even look back, and ran straight up to the third floor.

There was no one on the third floor, and I didn't have time to catch my breath and ran up to the fourth floor again. The hallways on the fourth floor were gray, and the doors to the classrooms and storerooms were open, but the screaming, shouting, and running were gone, replaced by silence, and if it weren't for the dust that had been stirred up in the air, it would have looked like a ruin.

I held my breath and walked closer. Abandoned classrooms are visible at a glance, and there is no sign of human activity. I called out tentatively, "Where are you?" The buzzing echo went on and on, and I knew no one would answer, but there was always luck.

"Come on...... Help me! From the nearby storage room, there was a hoarse cry for help, and it was impossible to tell whose voice it was. I ran a few steps, and there was a boy stuck in the only two windows of the storeroom near the outer wall, most of his body was hanging from the window, only his head and shoulders were still in the window, and his hands were gripping the window frame with difficulty, and he was moving up little by little. His hair was soaked with sweat, and his eyes were full of horror as he tried to lift them, because he had tried too hard, his face was red, the corners of his forehead were bruised, and his whole face was distorted.

I didn't have time to think, I jumped over and grabbed his hand: "Ye Fei, don't relax, I'll help you!" ”

I pressed against the wall, exerting all my strength, grabbed the clothes on his shoulders, and helped him slowly move up and in. My muscles were aching from the tension and exertion, my arm joints made a terrible "gurgling" sound, and my vision became blurry.

Although Ye Fei's figure is not tall, he is a fourteen-and-a-half-year-old after all, which is really heavy for me. As if a century had passed, his body finally turned back into the window, and the window frame that had begun to decay was cut off by him, falling down in large chunks, and the dull sound of "fluttering" sounded particularly astringent.

“…… Shao Qing...... He...... He fell! Ye Fei lay on the ground, pointing out the window with a trembling voice, his voice painful and hoarse.

I was taken aback and instinctively leaned out the window to check. As soon as my head was out of the window, I suddenly felt a sharp pain in my chest as if it was being burned by flames, and the spirit stone that had been quietly hanging by the red thread trembled uneasily, and made a low sound.

Just then, a cold, piercing aura rushed from behind me like lightning, and a large, stiff black shadow slammed into my back. My eyes went dark, and the force of the impact caused me to fly out of the window and fall to the ground. I only had time to glance back, and it was a cold and dark concrete wall, which was like a living thing, "zazaza" and crushed over, with Ye Fei embedded in the middle of the wall.

No, he's not Ye Fei! Because his eyes were shining with a blue-gray light, but his fair and flawless face had an angelic smile, waving his hand as if to say goodbye to me.

I'm fooled! He's that weird boy in blue!

I exclaimed in my heart, but there was nothing I could do, and I watched the blue sky and the gray-black walls alternate before my eyes, followed by a large thick darkness, as if hell had opened its doors to me, and I continued to fall all the way down to the bottom of hell!

A long time passed, and it seemed like it was just a moment, and I stopped falling, and my feet were hard, but I didn't feel the pain of falling to the ground.

Turning his head around, there was a thick darkness around him, and he couldn't see anything. It can't be night, and it can't be the meadow in front of the old building.

What is this place? If only there was something that could be illuminated! As soon as this thought flashed, a white halo appeared on my chest, gradually expanding outward, it was a spirit stone! It no longer sounded, nor trembled, but it emitted an incomparably brilliant white light. This pure light was full of spirituality, as if knowing the uneasiness and fear in my heart at this time, although the light was bright but very soft, my mind gradually settled down, and began to look at the surrounding environment through the light of the spirit stone.

It's dark here, it's the kind of underground cave that doesn't see the light of day, and the wind is gusting, like an underground cave that doesn't see the light of day all year round. The air was humid, but the ground was dry, and I could still feel cold and hard through my shoes. The color of the ground was suspicious, a rusty black and red, as if a lot of dirty black mud had been mixed with bright red paint, and then suddenly frozen into a large piece, which was disgusting to look at.

The surroundings are very empty, there are no trees, flowers, or houses and fields, because there is no reference, so it feels as if there is no boundary, and even time is frozen, a moment is as long as a hundred years!

I walked in a random direction, and there was no sound in my ears except the sound of the wind, and there was no constant darkness and emptiness in front of me, not to mention people, and I couldn't even see things that could move. I don't know how long I've been walking, (I can't feel the change in time anyway!) There was a sound in the distance that was different from the sound of the wind.

I had an idea, and I opened my throat and shouted, "Is there anyone?" Who's over there? ”

As soon as the words fell, a more chaotic noise approached me, and at the same time, several familiar voices sounded: "Miss, is it you?" ”

"Stand there and wait for us!"

"Where did you run to at noon?"

I almost jumped up with joy, listening to the sound of Qi Zhen and Evergreen them! Sure enough, when they entered the white light range of the spirit stone, they suddenly revealed their figures, and there were still many people, in addition to Qi Zhen and Changqing, Ge Hong, Shao Qing and Xu Shan!

"Evergreen, Qi Zhen...... You're all here! That's great! I jumped up and hugged Chang Qing hard.

Chang Qing's face turned red, he hesitated, but still pulled away my hand: "Okay what?" Where the hell did you run at noon? …… Didn't I tell you not to run around? His tone was stern and reproachful.

"I ......" I just wanted to explain, but Ge Hong angrily interrupted: "What are you! If it weren't for you, how would we be trapped in this hellish place? As she spoke, she glared at Chang Qing and Qi Zhen angrily, "It's okay now!" Let's all die here! ”

"Looking for me? I've been in school all the time, and I'm not missing, what are you looking for me? Aren't we looking for Zhang Lu and Mo Qianqian? "I'm a little confused.

"You still say! At noon, we made an appointment to meet at 12:30, but you didn't come after 12:50, where did you go? ”

"I ...... Teacher Ling and I were in her office. "I bowed my head because I felt wrong.

"Why do you have to follow ...... That Teacher Ling is together? Changqing's brows immediately furrowed.

"What? Teacher Ling? …… Hell you've got! We are ...... Followed Teacher Ling to this old building, how could she be with you? Ge Hong's anger turned to surprise in an instant.

"Yes! Also, how did you get here? Did you see Ye Fei? Shao Qing hurriedly interjected and asked.

"Ye Fei? Well, I saw it, but he wasn't really Ye Fei! I am...... He pushed him downstairs to get here! ”

"Not really Ye Fei? How is this possible? ”

"That's right! Ye Fei stayed in the old building just now, and he didn't know what was going on? How could he push you downstairs? Hey, what's on your chest? This white light is so strange! Xu Shan also came over and asked.

I smiled wryly, so many questions I don't know which one to answer first.

"Okay, don't gossip. I'll ask. Evergreen glanced at the white light on my chest out of the corner of her eye, as if unintentionally, and then stared at me deeply, "You tell me more about what happened after we were separated. Don't miss a single detail! ”

I raised my head to meet his gaze, and after a moment's thought, I recounted the noon encounter as it was. I finished the matter succinctly and clearly, and the surroundings suddenly fell silent, everyone looked at each other, and it seemed to be even darker in front of them.

"I'm done. What about you? How did you get here? Qi Zhen, why do you keep looking at me and not talking? "I found that Qi Zhen was unusual, like a gourd with a sawed mouth, looking at me stupidly, with a strange look in his eyes, as if I had seen it somewhere, but now I can't remember it.