Bai Yiquan's family lives on the seventh floor, and each floor has eighteen steps, with a total of one hundred and twenty-six steps on the seven floors. He had walked the one hundred and twenty-sixth steps for many, many years, and he was so familiar that he could walk smoothly from the first floor to the seventh floor even without relying on his eyes. But today, the steps seemed to be against him, and on several occasions he almost fell, and finally returned home with a roll and a crawl.

It stands to reason that at this point in time, the mother should be at work and cannot be at home. As long as the mother is not at home, it means that everything that happened before is a farce, because the mother will not mess around with them.

He inserted the key into the keyhole.

Come on, what Cinderella, what magic, all the academy will end.

Bai Yiquan twisted the door open.

The house was empty, the breeze lifted the curtains, the sunlight left a soft spot on the wooden floor, and the air was filled with a refreshing smell.

Fortunately, my mother was not there. Bai Yiquan breathed a sigh of relief and leaned against the door, but for some reason, he felt a little lost in his heart.

......

"Thank you for nurturing such outstanding students for us. ”

"Everywhere, Ichizumi-san has always been very good, and we just led him to the right path. ”

"Student Bai Yiquan is a perfect character who is excellent in character and learning, they have high hopes for you, hoping that you can win the top prize in the college entrance examination this time, but we suddenly intervened and intercepted you. ”

......

Be a good student.

Bai Yiquan thought to himself, did he ever dream of becoming the kind of good student who made his parents proud?

He was a little confused.

"A spring?"

A familiar voice pulled Bai Quan back from his contemplation, he raised his head and saw his mother wearing an apron, looking at him with a puzzled expression: "Why don't you say a word when you come back?" I thought there was a thief in the house. ”

"Why are you at home?" Bai Yiquan felt that the whole person was not good, "Why didn't you go to work?"

Mother rolled her eyes: "Today is my rest, have you forgotten?"

Bai Yiquan was stunned, and suddenly remembered that the employees of his mother's company had always been in a state of working for three days and taking two days off. He almost forgot about this stubble, but when he thought of this, he breathed a sigh of relief, and a smile appeared on his face: "I haven't forgotten, how can I forget." ”

"Why don't you forget?" said the mother, undressing her apron, "and besides, isn't it the day to go to school, how can I still go to work?"

Bai Yiquan's smile froze.

"I've heard that it's cold in Canada and it snows all year round, so I'll help you get a few more down jackets. Mother continued, "Also, I just filled a few bottles of chili sauce for you, so you must bring them with you, and dip them in some if you are not used to eating those meals." ”

"No, what the hell are you talking about?" Bai Yiquan was a little broken, "What am I going to do in Canada? There are still two months to take the college entrance examination, what school do you let me go to?"

"What's wrong with you?" the mother wondered, "Why did you say these things all of a sudden, didn't you get the notice from the school a month ago, and you're leaving today?

When, when?

Obviously, a few hours ago, my mother hadn't given herself a good look, because he had overslept again and missed the morning reading. But after a few hours, everything changed? When did he say that he was going to Canada? When was the admission letter issued? And what kind of labor visa, why was he completely unimpressed?

"Ever heard of the legend of Cinderella? Magic only lasts until twelve. ”

He Xinxin's words to him rang in his ears again. He suddenly realized something, and looked up at the clock hanging above his head, which was exactly a quarter past ten, but he guessed that the twelve o'clock that He Xinxin said should be zero o'clock. Since she said so, whether it was a prank or something, it should be back to the way it was tomorrow.

Of course, in his mind, the guess of prank had been ruled out. He knows his mother too well, and his mother will definitely not participate in this kind of prank, let alone at this time, there are still two months before the college entrance examination, and his mother can't wait to pounce on books every moment, and she will never make such jokes with him. So, is it the effect of some drugs? I've heard before that when traffickers abduct and sell children, they only need to pat the child on the head, and the child will obediently go with them.

Bai Yiquan's head was quickly thinking about how to deal with it, but at this moment, his mother suddenly hugged him, and his body froze instantly.

"Izumi has finally grown up, and I'm about to leave home. The mother said softly, "Outside is no better than at home, let alone in other countries, don't quarrel with others, know how to tolerate everything, call your mother when you are homesick, don't worry about the phone bill, tell your mother what you want to eat, and your mother will mail it to you." ”

Bai Yiquan's tense body relaxed little by little.

After a long silence, he replied in a nasal voice, "Hmm." ”

"Alright. Mother patted Bai Yiquan on the back, "Let's check if you have brought all the things with you?" Once you get on the plane, there is no way to recover, I'll cook for you, and today I bought you a lot of your favorite food." ”

Bai Yiquan was pushed back to the room by his mother. There was an open suitcase on his bed, which was stuffed with bulging things, not to mention clothes, pants, shoes and socks, and toiletries, and his mother even put data cables and power banks in it. If it was a prank, it would not be possible to be so perfect, in his mother's heart, Bai Yiquan was really leaving, although he still didn't understand what was going on.

"I'm sorry that we've taken a bit extreme. An unfamiliar male voice sounded behind Bai Yiquan, "But we really don't have much time left." ”

Bai Yiquan turned his head and saw a somewhat familiar and somewhat unfamiliar young man standing behind him, and recalled it carefully, he remembered the identity of the young man. The third person in the classroom at that time, the one who always stood by the window and didn't speak, that is, he was in the same group as He Xinxin and the old man!

"Let me introduce myself, my surname is Ye, and my name is Ye Zhifan. Ye Zhifan stretched out his hand towards Bai Yiquan.

For some reason, at this moment, an indescribable peace came to his face, directly extinguishing the anger in his heart. He froze for a few seconds, then finally reached out and shook his hand, then he took a deep breath and asked, "Can you tell me what happened?"

"It's hallucinogenic abilities, group illusions. Ye Zhifan said calmly, "He tampered with the memories of all the people who have been in contact with you, in their eyes, you are the current Bai Yiquan, who got the admission notice from our college two months ago, and you can enter the school directly without the college entrance examination results, today is the day you enroll, and we will pick you up to the school." ”

Although he had already prepared in his heart, Bai Yiquan couldn't help but twitch his cheeks at this moment: "Are you joking?"

"I know what you're thinking, it's true that for ordinary people, the power of science is always difficult to accept. But I remember that you are a novelist, you should have a certain psychological tolerance, and you should also be able to accept some new things. ”

Novelist? Obviously just a hard-working writer, Ye Zhifan speaks really well.

Bai Yiquan took another deep breath, but he didn't know what to say.

"You can bury your doubts in your heart, and tonight we will tell you everything. Ye Zhifan said, "You can prepare for the train at half past eleven in the evening." ”

Bai Yiquan stood up abruptly and yelled at Ye Zhifan: "What do you think of me? I don't know anything and I'm going to go with you? Who do you think you are? Dumbledore from Hogwarts or Ange from Kassel House? Please, wake up, whether you're a prank or something, can you stay away from me? I'm not the protagonist of a novel!"

When Bai Yiquan was venting hysterically, Ye Zhifan always remained calm, and his expression did not change at all, until Bai Yiquan finished speaking, he slowly spoke: "Are you afraid of the future?"

Bai Yiquan was stunned.

"I can see that you don't like your current life, like that night when you hid under the covers and secretly read a novel for three hours after being trained by your parents. ”

"Hey, hey, hey, you're peeping at me-"

"Since you don't like your current life, why don't you try to become the protagonist of the novel?" Ye Zhifan stared into Bai Yiquan's eyes, "Every novelist has a sea of stars in his heart, yearning for the world he expects." I don't think you should turn around and walk away when you really have a chance to open that door and get to that world. ”

Bai Yiquan sat on the bed, his whole body was soaked in cold sweat, and his breathing was extremely heavy. He didn't expect that Ye Zhifan's just a few words would set off a huge wave in his heart. But he would not give up resistance because of this, he glared at Ye Zhifan and said, "Don't say what you have and don't, I'm a novelist, but I'm not an idiot." The magic can only last until twelve o'clock, right, and the ticket to leave is half past eleven, which means that you have to take me away today, or everything will be back to the way it was, and you won't have a chance, right? ”

"You're right. Ye Zhifan nodded and admitted very simply, "[Hallucination] is the ability to use across space, and it can't be used a second time in a short period of time, and we have to leave tonight." ”

Although he didn't know what Ye Zhifan was talking about, Bai Yiquan still understood the last sentence.

"So I'm not going to go with you. Bai Yiquan said viciously, "If I don't leave with my heart, my parents won't force me onto the plane." ”

"You're right, but you're getting one thing wrong, and we're not forcing you. ”

Bai Yiquan was stunned.

"The academy never pushes new students who don't want to enroll, we just leave the choice to you. Ye Zhifan said slowly, "After tonight, everything will return to its original state, which is what you call the end time of magic." Tomorrow morning you will be reinstated as a student, no one will remember today's events, and the [THIRD] house will be erased from this world overnight, and we can even erase your memories if you want, so that you never met us. ”

Ye Zhifan's words made Bai Yiquan a little confused, this is really unexpectedly easy to speak. And Ye Zhifan didn't look like he was lying, which made him breathe a sigh of relief.

"But are you really willing? As I said before, this is your only chance to push that door open. ”

"I-"

"You don't have to rush to answer me, you don't have to rush to refuse so quickly, there is still half a day before twelve o'clock, you can think about it. After Ye Zhifan finished speaking, he was ready to leave.

Bai Yiquan subconsciously stopped him.

"What's wrong?"

"I, that. He hesitated, but then asked, "I just want to know, why do you think so highly of me? Even if it's just a prank, you don't need to be so excited, just that car just now, it's expensive to rent for a day." ”

"Do you remember that girl?" Ye Zhifan said, "It's the girl He Xinxin sent you the picture." ”

Bai Yiquan's mind came to mind of the delicate girl with snowflakes in her hair, and nodded a little blankly.

"Simply put, she needs your help. Ye Zhifan said slowly, "If it weren't for you, she might have died." ”