"Fourth, what is this for?" The boss took the candlestick and wondered.

"I invited the mage to come here today, he has already seen it, you know, this time we are really in trouble." The fourth said solemnly, not like a joke at all.

"The ghost is real, because we killed our classmates, so his resentment gathers on us, and even if we run away, we can't leave."

"No...... No way? The boss kept wiping his sweat and stammered.

"I didn't lie to you, that's what he said." The fourth shook his head, "Anyway, we really played big this time, and we really shouldn't have let our classmates go up that day." We all bowed our heads as he listened.

That's right, after the accident, everyone felt bad, everyone was introspecting, if they hadn't bullied their classmates in the morning and hadn't been a bad student, there would have been no such things at all; But it's useless, it's happened now, and we can only escape like this, and we will be punished for the rest of our lives.

"But you don't have to be too discouraged, the mage said that no matter how fierce this ghost is, it can't haunt us for the rest of our lives." The fourth seemed to see our despair, and reminded him: "It is said that the time it stays in the sun is no more than seven hundred and forty-nine days, in other words, as long as we dodge, everything is over." ”

"But now it's only eleven days later, and it's still ...... With that much time, what should we do? I swallowed.

"So he set up a formation in my house, you must be curious, why I don't turn on the lights, in fact, it's all for the formation."

"Formation?"

"Well, it's a means to prevent the evil spirits from coming in, and if these candles seem to move, they can give us time to prepare." The fourth pointed to the candlestick in our hands and continued.

"You have to take your own candles, the mage has explained, this is the candle flame that represents our life, as long as it is not extinguished, it means that we are still alive."

"I'm sure you know very well that the third child is already dead, in other words, the last time he was with us was the ghost. That's right, he got on the third child and wanted to murder us, but fortunately we didn't open the door at that time...... "Listen, I think of the events of that night, and the low knock on the door is still ringing in my ears, I can't imagine what the consequences will be if I open the door."

"So as long as we're alive, the candle won't go out?" The boss asked suddenly.

"Exactly." The fourth nodded, "This is the best way to prevent the ghost from coming up, and once it comes, we can also know in time." ”

"Boss, second, we really played big this time, although we made so many preparations, but we still died in life, but we can't give up, even if there is a little hope, we have to persevere, do you understand?"

The fourth child stared at us seriously, and I could see in his gaze fear, worry, but more of a desire for survival; That's right, we can't give up like that, if we die, everything is over, and in the end, we are still afraid of death.

Everyone was cautious and placed the candle in front of them, and when the candlelight flickered, I could clearly see that the date of their birth was written on it.

It turned out that the fourth child asked me yesterday for this, and I suddenly realized, but it's okay, so that there shouldn't be the situation of the third child last time; Next, we said without a word, maybe everyone is afraid of being quiet, in fact, it may be better to be noisy, at least it will not be so depressing.

Outside the window, the night wind was strong again, the candlelight was shaking, I don't know if the classmates were coming again, but anyway, I was scared after all, and as time went by, the bell at twelve o'clock had already sounded, and everyone seemed to be tired, and no one spoke anymore.

Gradually, my vision became a little blurry, and after days of sleepiness, I soon fell asleep.

I don't know how long it took for me to feel someone shouting, a pair of big hands slapping my face.

"Er, wake up!"

I opened my eyes, and the fourth child was standing in front of me, calling me anxiously.

"What's wrong?" I rubbed my eyes, and just as I was about to stand up, he made a shushing gesture and motioned for me to be quiet; Following his gestures, I saw that the eldest was also asleep, leaning against the edge of the bed, and snoring regularly from time to time.

"The candles in the room are running out, you can go with me and get some. By the way, be quiet, don't wake up the boss. The fourth child leaned into my ear and said.

"But...... Is it safe to leave him here alone? Looking at the candle in front of him, I worried.

"Don't worry, it should be fine, let's just grab a spare candle and be back soon." At the instigation of the fourth child, I agreed to go out with him; Actually, I know that he is afraid, he is already timid, and if he wants to go out alone, he will definitely be even more timid, so I can't say anything.

I clung to the candlestick in my hand and followed behind the fourth; It was dark in the hallway, the candlelight on the wall flickered occasionally, and it must have been late at night, and there was silence outside.

The fourth child walked all the way to the end, and there was a small passage around the corner, he didn't think much about it, and went straight down. I just found out that there was a passage down here, if I guessed correctly, it should lead to the basement, but soon I felt that something was wrong, didn't the fourth child say to take a candle? How did you end up in the basement?

"Hey, where the hell are we going?" I was a little uneasy, so I patted him on the shoulder.

"The candles in the room are gone, go to the basement to get them. Rest assured, soon. He explained in a low voice, then took out the key and opened the old wooden door; There was a squeak, and a faint musty smell came to my nose. I followed the fourth child into the inside.

Under the light of the candle, you can see the surroundings clearly. It's nothing special, it's just an ordinary utility room, and the fourth child walked into the deepest part and buried his head in searching. I shook my head and lifted my spirits a little; I don't know if his formation worked, or if his classmates gave up, anyway, so far tonight, nothing strange has happened.

I looked at the candle in my hand, and it was still burning well; Thankfully, everything is normal.

"Fourth, isn't it okay yet?" After a while, I saw that he was still looking, so I asked casually, but the fourth child did not respond; I stared over and saw that he was still looking hard, but how could it be a little ...... I shuddered suddenly, and finally remembered that the fourth child's movements were very stiff, and he didn't want ordinary ordinary people at all, and a few days ago, the person outside the door was the same, could it be that the fourth child was ......

My heart was pounding, and I tried my best to suppress the fear in my heart, and asked tentatively: "Fourth, where is the candle of your life?" Still no answer.