On Wednesday, May 20, there are 18 days left before the college entrance examination.

At six o'clock, the alarm clock of the jingling bell woke up the morning on time. Xu Anchuan, who was depressed and went home in the rain in the middle of the night, ended his tired and insomnia tossing and turning, stared at his bloodshot eyes, and quietly looked at the petal patterns on the ceiling.

"Crunch~"

Ms. Xia next door crept up again, she carefully lifted the doorknob, lifted the old wooden door little by little, and then slowly pushed it open. Even so, the old door still made a loud noise.

It's the sound of the faucet, the sound of the kitchen stove spinning and the sound of the spatula turning and touching mixed with the whirring of the gas flame. For more than ten years, Ms. Xia finished washing up and began to prepare Xu Anchuan's daily breakfast.

Familiar and warm voices are in his ears, Xu Anchuan, who was born with super keen hearing that is different from ordinary people, has long been familiar with such a stable life.

It's a pity that the peaceful world has changed.

Xu Anchuan got up after tidying up, made the bed, and walked habitually to the bedroom wardrobe dressing mirror. Looking at the mirror covered by a white cloth, Xu Anchuan had a wry smile on his face.

The red moon, the weirdness in the mirror, those weird experiences seem to come back to mind.

With mixed emotions in his heart, he still uncovered the white cloth. Looking at the strange and familiar self in the mirror, Xu Anchuan just pulled up the corners of his mouth with his hand and tried to rub his red and swollen eyes. With the same smile as ever, he returned to his cheerful boy appearance.

At six o'clock and fifteen, giving Xu Anchuan, who got up early, fifteen minutes to buffer and clean up, Ms. Xia knocked on the bedroom door on time as before.

"Xiaochuan, it's time to wash up and eat."

"Okay, Mom."

In the early morning, sporadic raindrops fell in the gray weather, and the mother and son at the table quietly ate poached eggs with thin noodles in a bowl. At this moment, this familiar home-cooked taste made Xu Anchuan, who was once secretly tired of Ms. Xia's repeated monotonous recipes, want to stop.

After eating in the morning, Ms. Xia seemed to have been hesitating to have something to say, she put away the dishes, and tentatively asked:

"Ogawa, how is your health, are you going to school today?"

"Well, don't worry, Mom, I'm fine, I've slept a lot lately, and I'm in good spirits. I'll call the old class later, the college entrance examination is coming, and I've been lying down for two days, so I can't miss the opportunity to review and consolidate. ”

Touching his head, Xu Anchuan patted his chest with a smirk and made a refreshed posture.

"Actually, we can rest for a few more days. Mom knows that you have been under a lot of pressure in the college entrance examination recently, but we also have to take care of our bodies. You stupid boy was overtired and stressed for a moment that suddenly fell unconscious for several days. ”

Gently tapping Xu Anchuan's head, Ms. Xia said with a frightened face.

"If you and I take a few more days off, your course should be over. In fact, it's okay for us to review at home, and your mother really believes in your independent learning ability. Don't worry, Mom will never bother you. While cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks, Ms. Xia spoke.

"No, Mom, there are eighteen days left in the college entrance examination, and now my classmates have seen one side less, and there are not many days to study with them, and I don't want to leave regrets. Besides, reviewing and consolidating with classmates and teachers can also have more enthusiasm for answering questions. ”

Pouring the cool white on the table into the water cup, Xu Anchuan put away the books on the table and smiled at Ms. Xia with a sunny smile.

"I definitely don't mean to dislike my mother, after all, you also know that my ideal university is near my home. That guy's score is not low, if we don't work hard, it may still be a bit risky to apply for the exam. ”

"Okay Mom, I'll go first. It's almost time to catch this bus. ”

"Goodbye Mom, if I want to eat sweet and sour pork ribs at night, I'm going to trouble my most beautiful Xia Mom to show off my cooking style!"

hurriedly packed his schoolbag and gave Ms. Xia a nondescript funny salute, Xu Anchuan slipped out of the house with a strange smile.

"Sweet and sour pork ribs, hey, the vinegar at home is gone, and I have to stop by to buy a bottle."

"Hey, Ogawa! Pay attention to safety on the road, don't be too anxious, there is still enough time! By the way, eat cafeteria meals honestly at noon, don't secretly save money to eat instant noodles, you can't eat spicy food, be careful of acne in adolescence now, and you won't be able to find a girlfriend in the future! ”

"Okay, okay Mom, I know it's spicy!"

Looking at the child who opened the door and left, Ms. Xia shook her head, and couldn't help but nagging those words of concern that had been repeated thousands of times, with a bright smile on her beautiful face......

At 7:25, the bell rang before class, and Xu Anchuan, who was late on the bus, stepped to school.

Xu Anchuan stood awkwardly at the door of the second class of the third year, knocked lightly, gave the old class who supervised the morning self-study on the podium an embarrassed sunny smile, and hurriedly walked back to his seat in the middle row in his weird and embarrassing casual patting of the book and nodding with a smile.

At the same table, Hao Dage opened his mouth and rubbed his eyes with a hellish look, Xu Anchuan silently sat down in his empty seat.

Hao Dage swallowed a big mouthful of saliva nervously, secretly looked at the old class who was studying the podium, and raised his hand to stand a large book on the desk, blocking the view that might be cast in front of him. He gently pinched the exposed skin of Xu Anchuan's arm, and looked at Xu Anchuan who was inexplicable and confused with a look of disbelief, and he tried to lower his voice and speak.

"Holy! You're not dead?! ”

"Didn't the old class say that you died suddenly of a heart attack, our class also mourned for you for two minutes yesterday. Why are you here today?! ”

“？”

Xu Anchuan looked dazed, and then suddenly reacted to something, it seems that he has been in a coma for the past two days.

"My good big brother! Don't dare to talk nonsense, don't talk about your own brother like this! ”

Xu Anchuan took out the review book from his schoolbag and complained to the nervous Hao Dage with a disgusted face.

"Brother, this is an emergency, do you understand the emergency? Brother has been under too much pressure recently, and his rest is not very good. My mom was on a business trip for a few days, there was no one at home, and she was in a hypoglycemic coma for a while. ”

"It's not a big deal, the old class may be concerned and confused, and I misheard some news. It's normal to understand.,Don't you know the character of the old class?,Didn't he also spread first-hand news in the last sports meeting of our class that the total score of our class sports meeting was the bottom two.,The result came out in the end was a bottom three.。 ”

Xu Anchuan flipped through the review crease marks drawn on the book, found the progress of the last review, and complained casually.

"That's right, the intelligence and reconnaissance ability of the old class is really not good."

Hao Dage held his chin, secretly turned his head sideways and looked at the head teacher who was reading carefully on the podium, and then Xu Anchuan complained about his words. But as if he remembered something, he hid back under the cover of the textbook "fortress" erected in front of the desk, lowered his head and mysteriously pulled Xu Anchuan to speak.

"But, I've heard about it, the police doctor went to your house several times yesterday, and he can confirm that you brought the burp dog."

"Wouldn't these people be as unprofessional as the old class, or did you say that your kid secretly worshipped the master without telling his brother, and practiced the Dafa of Turtle Breath and Fake Death?"

"Lao Xu, you can't forget your good big brother when you are developed! We have been at the same table for three years, and my brother has not copied one less copy of your homework! ”

Looking at the wise appearance of the same table, Xu Anchuan helplessly slapped Hao Dage holding his hand. Xu Anchuan smiled bitterly and sighed, seemingly joking helplessly.

"My good big brother, you are still a master of turtle breath and fake death, we really can't follow your imagination. If I say that I have traveled through another world in the past two days to inherit the big guy's inheritance, do you believe it? ”

"Believe, I believe for sure! We can see from the glance that Lao Xu you are the dragon and phoenix among the people, the hidden dragon is in the abyss, and you have great luck and great fortune, and if you don't sing, you have already made a blockbuster! ”

“gun！ Read less fantasy novels, I'm going to study, and if I don't work hard, I won't be able to get into college. ”

"Don't, Lao Xu, talk to my brother, if you don't look for the second class of the third year in the past two days, you really can't find a confidant like you. Oh, by the way, you kid know, the day you were pronounced suddenly dead by the old class, several girls in the class secretly red-eyed. ”

Hao Dage looked like a gossip, with an enthusiastic gag that he hadn't spoken for ten years, and he didn't seem to notice that his voice was getting louder and louder, and the old class on the podium walked slowly.

"I thought that our brothers were so handsome, and the jade tree was in the wind, and they were suave. It's just that our studies are a little inferior to you, why doesn't anyone in this class like me Hao Dage. Could it be that the old class invited too many parents, or this old guy secretly made it bad, and snuffed out the little flame of love for my fan sisters. ”

As soon as his eyes lit up, Hao Dage's vision suddenly brightened, but the more he talked, the more he didn't care at all. continued to hold his handsome passerby face, squinted his peach blossom eyes that considered himself melancholy and abstinence, and continued to talk helplessly and lonely.

"Definitely! This guy in the old class wears a pair of gold wire glasses every day to pretend to be Sven.,There are many urban novels with this kind of sneaky and bad class teacher.,The first novice boss of the protagonist of Xuebawen is usually screened like this by the old class.,Loss of color! ”

"Ahem! Mr. Hao, what are you talking about, you are so excited and forgetful, you don't know how to pick up the books when they fall to the ground? ”

A serious and rigid voice sounded from beside him, a familiar book fell on Hao Dage's desk, patting the dust on the book, and the old class hand fell on the book, looking at him with a deep smile. The lenses of the gold-wire glasses reflected the warm morning sun, and it fell brightly on Hao Dage's suddenly stiff face.

"It's the old class, why did your old man suddenly come. It's nothing, isn't this about the college entrance examination, don't you encourage your classmates to help each other and improve and consolidate together? Let's not have a problem and don't understand, learn from Xu's classmates to solve it. ”

Haha, Hao Dage looked serious and studious, opened the English book on the table, pointed to a phrase and touched his head and smirked.

"Well, come on! Your kid has the foundation and ability, but he is impatient and playful. Put away those novel games for the time being, grasp the last eighteen days to consolidate and improve, I believe you will make a great difference! ”

"I understand, I understand, thank you, old class!"

"Well, my classmates have been under a lot of pressure lately, so don't bother others too much. If you don't understand, you can ask questions to the teachers of various subjects, especially mathematics, I am in the class, you kid don't put your mind on the serious every time, if you give me a failure in the math mock test this time, I will go to your house to give you individual tutoring! ”

Lifting his glasses, the old class, who was a part-time second-class math teacher, put away his kind smile and looked at Hao Dage who was not serious with a serious face.

"Hehe, I know, I know, I promise to complete the instructions of the old class, and I must pass the math this time!"

Rubbing his hands with a smirk, Hao Dage raised his head and raised his hand, and made a non-standard military salute to the old class in a serious manner!

"Well, you kid keep trying. By the way, Yaskawa, I have been reckless in your old class, and it has caused a bad impact on you, I solemnly apologize to you! ”

The old class took off his eyes, and in front of the whole class of the second class of the third year, he secretly looked through the textbook and solemnly wanted to apologize and bow to Xu Anchuan, who was watching the play on the side.

Xu Anchuan stopped the old class's movements, and faced the old class's serious embarrassment with a sunny smile.

"This has nothing to do with the old class, after all, you also care about the old class. I believe that Lao Ban must have been very sad when he knew that I was in a coma and faked my death, Lao Ban, you are my most beloved teacher, and the little orange cat you raised is as emotional as Lao Ban. On the phone in the morning, I heard the excited action of the little orange cat's unexpected surprise. ”

"Although you quickly comforted the kitten's emotions, I still heard the teacher's little orange cat touching her tears."

"Old class, Yaskawa is back! We will definitely live up to the hard work of you and other teachers in the past three years, and we will definitely bring back good news for you! ”

"Classmates and teenagers, come on for the college entrance examination, brothers and sisters of the second class of the third year!"

Xu Anchuan took the slightly trembling hand of the old class and shouted to the classmates in the class who had been classmates for three or two years.

"Come on, the second class of three years, you will win the college entrance examination!"

Glancing at Xu Anchuan, the old class responded with a smile.

"Come on!"

"After 100 days of hard work, I want to go to Yenching University!"

The sun is filled, the breeze is not dry, and the classroom in the early morning is less dull and depressing, and more vibrant and youthful......

The days passed in a hurry, and the tense and dull college entrance examination review life passed little by little.

Friday 22 May, 9pm.

The sun said goodbye to the earth, and the night met unexpectedly.

After enjoying a home-cooked dinner with Ms. Xia, Xu Anchuan excused himself to go out and relax, and went to Hao Dage's house at the same table on the weekend to temporarily stay for two days to exchange and learn from each other. In Ms. Xia's slightly worried nagging, Xu Anchuan repeatedly promised safety first, and finally dispelled a little of his mother's worries and went out successfully.

The moon is sparse, carrying a full schoolbag, holding the old paper subway ticket with a sense of age sent with his grandfather's last letter, Xu Anchuan embarked on an unknown journey.

Qi Tu's words seemed to echo in Xu Anchuan's ears, he said that his grandfather's death was for himself, and he exchanged his life for a chance to make a choice. Xu Anchuan understood that he didn't need to lie to himself, he had nothing worth deceiving. He can walk through the red moon and the present world at will, and he can handle the terrifying and strange existence at will, and has a great relationship with the ancestors of the Xu family, Qi Tu's mysterious power is far beyond Xu Anchuan's imagination.

Xu Anchuan clenched the subway ticket in his hand that he had been looking at for two days, and recalled in his heart his grandfather's letter that suddenly had no handwriting and turned into a blank piece of paper. Confused in my heart, but determined to go to the unknown.

In the world where people come and go, there is light on the road, there are thousands of lights in the tall buildings next to them, some people sleep in beds, some people stand in front of the window, and some people sit on chairs.

The moonlight flashed in the sky, and it was buried by dark clouds. The cold light of the street lamp was washing, and Xu Anchuan was alone. In the streets where there are fewer people, he refrains from hiding in the confusion and loneliness of hiding in lively places, and watches the peace and happiness of hurried pedestrians. There was a wake-up call in his heart, a fatalistic curse, reminding him that he was no longer innocent.

I walked into the subway station and bought a subway ticket at random to enter the station. Xu Anchuan stood quietly on the platform where the train was whistling back and forth, looking at the red numbers lit up by the electronic clock hanging on the platform, waiting for his own train.

At eleven :58, Xu Anchuan took one last look at the ticket in his hand. The strange smell of dark gold ink prints the train frequency, the non-existent subway:

【Xudu Line 10】

It was twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, and according to the instructions on the back of the ticket, Xu Anchuan tore up the ticket.

Split in two subway tickets, whizzing trains.

The dark green vines wrapped around the subway, like a huge green dragon crossing the border, and the non-existent train passed through the falling subway ticket and stopped beside the silent Xu Anchuan.

Vines swept the world like a green tide, and the modern subway platform was transformed into a part of the primeval forest in an instant.

The subway door opened, and Xu Anchuan entered.

[Xudu Line 10] has departed!