August 12, cloudy.

Qin Manjiang picked up the glasses placed on the bedside table and put them on, turned his head and glanced at the time, half past seven in the morning.

Although the curtains were drawn, no trace of morning light leaked in, and it looked like a cloudy day.

Wake up from bed, turn on the TV, and the morning news is playing.

He picked up his phone and sent a message to the squad leader.

"I don't feel well, so I continue to ask for leave."

Soon, he received a voice from the squad leader, who also got up early:

"Qin Manjiang, if you don't come to this semester, all the courses will be hung up, you still ......"

The voice was very gentle, but Qin Manjiang did not continue to listen.

He didn't like his name very much.

This name was taken by my father, he is not a cultural person, he has never been out of the riverside village in his life, but I heard that when he was born, it happened to be dusk, the old village chief was very happy, looking at the red river and reading "A remnant sun spreads in the water, half a river is sorrowful and half a river is red", so Lao Qin's inspiration came up, and immediately decided that Banjiang is so good-looking, then my son must at least be a whole river.

At the suggestion of the old village chief, the name Qin Quanjiang was replaced by Qin Manjiang.

Qin Manjiang was also very happy, fortunately, Lao Qin didn't have a hot mind to give him a Qin Sese.

However, later Lao Qin drowned in the river he had relied on all his life, and after that, Qin Manjiang didn't like his name very much.

"It's okay, squad leader, please help me ask for leave as usual, I'll figure out how to do it myself."

Qin Manjiang replied.

Then he put down his phone.

As an ordinary riverside peasant child, Qin Manjiang had only two major events in his ordinary life in the previous twenty years:

One is that he was admitted to the university, and it is Fucheng University, which is ranked very well and is not too far from home.

The other is the death of Lao Qin.

Lao Qin is a country man with a big heart, although he lost his wife in his early years, he has always lived happily, he has no heart and lungs, how Qin Manjiang did not believe that he would commit suicide the moment his son was admitted to university.

But Lao Qin's sentence of suicide was said by her sister herself, she watched Lao Qin slowly walk into the river at the same dusk as Qin Manjiang's birthday, the river water submerged his body, and soon the person disappeared, and when he was found downstream, it had become a floating corpse swollen by water blisters, and after identification, the corpse was indeed Lao Qin.

It stands to reason that my sister witnessed the suicide, so there is no need for suspicion and investigation.

But after Lao Qin's suicide, her sister's mental state has always been very strange, she is full of aggression, always looking at everything around her with vicious and fearful eyes.

After examination, the doctors concluded that Qin was suffering from a variety of mental illnesses, the most serious of which was victim paranoia, and that laissez-faire would cause great harm to society.

Qin Manjiang did not follow the doctor's instructions to send her to a psychiatric hospital, but quit the school dormitory and rented a suite in Fucheng to take care of her.

But even so, Qin Xingxing completely lost consciousness a month ago, she was sent to the hospital for rescue, and she has not come to her senses until now.

And this is also the reason why Qin Manjiang is now skipping classes all day long.

He needed money, and although it was almost natural for a student at Fucheng University to find a job with a good salary as long as they graduated normally, he couldn't wait.

The medical equipment that sustains Qin's satisfactory life costs a huge amount of money once it is opened, and he needs a large amount of money.

She couldn't just die.

Whether as a younger sister or as a direct witness to Lao Qin's suicide.

Qin Manjiang picked up the remote control, amplified the sound of the news on the TV a little, and then walked to the bathroom, just squeezed the toothpaste on the toothbrush, and before he could put it in his mouth, the mobile phone rang again.

This time it was not the squad leader, but a phone call, and the squad leader did not have his phone.

Sure enough, after wiping the water on his hands, he picked up his mobile phone in the past, and after glancing at the call information, Qin Manjiang's eyes lit up slightly.

Everyone has friends, and Qin Manjiang also has one, although things gather people in groups, but Qin Manjiang's friend is a real rich second generation.

Qin was satisfied with the initial treatment costs, almost all of which he paid in advance.

His surname is Li, his name is in the west, and he is in the west, and Li Xi also has a brother named Wang Dongcheng, one of the brothers is surnamed Wang with his father, and the other is surnamed Li with his mother, which is probably the reason why he has been able to mix with Qin Manjiang, a wild child by the river, since he was a child.

The family business and the like are taken care of by the eldest brother who inherited his father's surname, and he is mainly responsible for living and spending money.

Only those who are content deserve to have happiness, and Li Xi is very content.

However, Li Xi has stopped studying.

It's not that he couldn't be admitted to university, he was even admitted to Fucheng University, which is the same as Qin Manjiang.

However, he was expelled from school shortly after entering the school in his freshman year.

The reason is that one night, when he was running in the playground, he saw a group of people fighting outside the base of the wall, and on a whim he climbed the wall and sat on it to eat melons.

I don't know who pushed him with his hand, or if he slipped his buttocks, so he fell off the wall, and just fell between two groups of people, and the two groups of people were pushing and shoving, and when they saw that this person didn't know, they all thought that he was the person called from the other side, so they beat him together.

Where is the rich second generation, who has done everything except learning since childhood, willing to suffer this loss?

He said to fight back and fought back.

In the end, when the police arrived at the first examination, the two groups of people were almost pushing and shoving, and they didn't hurt each other much at all.

On the contrary, Li Xi descended from the sky and greeted them with blue and purple faces.

This matter was later arrested, and Li Xi could have settled with his brother, but he himself was not happy to study, so he simply left Fucheng University.

In short, this kid is tall, handsome and rich, and has almost no shortcomings except that his brain is not very good.

Maybe the brain is not very good, which is an advantage, but it is not necessarily an advantage.

But no matter how much you think about me, isn't it a bit too much to call in the morning?

Qin Manjiang pressed answer:

"How?"

He asked suspiciously, with toothpaste foam in his mouth.

"Brother Qin, I'm watching a movie!"

Li Xi's voice was quite excited.

Qin Manjiang glanced at the time on the TV, watching a movie so early?

"Oh, so what?"

Qin Manjiang brushed his teeth and asked casually.

"This movie is so interesting, everyone is very immersed, the girl next to me is scared and crying, but her face is not taking off her makeup? It's so white. ”

Li Xi muttered.

"The world is so big, and it's normal for some people to be white and reflective."

Qin Manjiang clamped the phone between his right shoulder and side face, and squeezed out the shampoo with difficulty.

Speaking of this, Qin Manjiang was stunned, what movie theater was already open at half past seven in the morning, and judging from Li Xi's sentence "everyone", there were still a lot of audiences.

"That makes sense," Li Xi seemed to be persuaded by Qin Manjiang, but soon exclaimed, "Wow! Brother Qin! There was an old man who was still sitting in the second row just now, and I sat in the row in front of me before I could talk to you, so fast! ”

"The world is so big, it's normal for some people to move fast, and your own movements are not slow."

Qin Manjiang squeezed the shampoo on his head and replied while rubbing it.

"It's also ......" Li Xi's voice seemed to be a little quieter, and after a while, he asked with some doubts: "Brother Qin, the old brother in the front row suddenly turned his head to look at me, did he hear me talking too loudly...... He twisted his head and didn't even move his body, it's amazing......"

"The world is so big, and it's normal to have a few people with strange bones."

Qin Manjiang still didn't take it too seriously.

"You couldn't call me early in the morning just to tell me you were watching a movie, right?"

"Huh?" Li Xi's voice was full of surprise, "What early in the morning?" Isn't it past ten o'clock in the evening? I thought you should get off work for any part-time job, so I'm going to watch a movie and wait for you, and then let's go have some supper. ”

Qin Manjiang's action of washing his hair stopped, and his body stiffened, and at this time, a clear broadcast came out on the TV:

"In the early morning of last night, a fire broke out in a movie theater at No. 36 Tiannan Road, our city, and no survivors have been found, and the specific casualties are still under investigation......"

Qin Manjiang subconsciously held his breath, he knew that Li Xi was not a person who liked to joke.

"Where do you watch the movies?"

"Tiannan Road!"

"What time is it?"

"Huh?" Li Xi's voice was very inexplicable.

"Answer me seriously, what do you think today is!"

Qin Manjiang's attitude made Li Xi stunned, but soon, he still replied honestly: "August 11th, Brother Qin, what's wrong with you?" ”

This sentence seems to have turned on some kind of switch.

At this moment, the whole world seemed to be soaked in water, and everything around it began to writhe strangely, and a sense of suffocation that was not strong, but real, also appeared suddenly.

"Qin ...... Brother Qin, everyone in the movie theater suddenly turned their heads to look at me......"

Li Xi's stammering voice came from the mobile phone, this was the first time Qin Manjiang felt this kind of emotion from that kid's body.

Qin Manjiang took a deep breath, he didn't even notice that the more unspeakable and strange the situation, the faster he calmed down.

"Don't be afraid, they're just strange people, don't act rashly, answer me first, is the movie theater you are in No. 36 Tiannan Road, what time is it now?"

Qin Manjiang's description is like a bunch of crazy words, ordinary people don't believe it at all, but Li Xi believes it.

"Yes...... No. 36 Tiannan Road, Critical Cinema, it's 10:31 p.m. on August 11. ”

"I'm asking you, not a joke, is it?"

"Huh? What a joke, isn't it just ...... today"

“……”

"Keep in touch, I'll figure it out."

"No...... No, brother, I have to hang up, here, I can't stay......"

Before he could finish speaking, the phone hung up.

A blind voice came from the phone, and the morning news about the fire at the Critical Cinema was still being reported.

The fire has been extinguished, and firefighters are working in full force to search for possible survivors.

But judging from the extent of the fire shown in the news footage, the people in the cinema last night should have had an accident, if nothing else.

After drying his hair, Qin Manjiang's hand stretched out to his glasses stopped in mid-air.

Both brain activity and time seem to have stalled for a moment.

That pair of glasses was given by Li Xi before the college entrance examination.

Frankly speaking, he and Li Xi are completely different from each other in terms of family background, personality, hobbies, and behavior.

Li Xi is an extremely blindly optimistic fool, the only time Qin Manjiang was drunk was when Lao Qin died, he was afraid that the drunk Qin Manjiang would catch a cold, so he drunkenly removed the table board and covered Qin Manjiang, and the two of them almost didn't get beaten by the hotel owner.

"The critical cinema was badly burned, and the chances of survival of the trapped people were extremely slim, and we can see that several charred bodies have been transported from the scene......"

Rationally speaking, Li Xi is already dead.

The scene had burned to such an extent that no one would survive, and it was difficult to even extract DNA to identify them.

But...... I got a call from him.

He still lives at half past ten in the evening on August 11th, and can call himself on August 12th!

Qin Manjiang took a deep breath.

At this moment, Li Xi is like Schrödinger's cat, in a superposition of life and death.

This made Qin Manjiang hesitate a little, if one thing is not done, it may have two results, and once it is done, there can only be one final result, and human participation directly intervenes in the result.

Now Li Xi is still alive last night, but once he participates in it, upsets some delicate balance, or discovers him from the dead who are brought out, then all the unknown will collapse into one result—his death.

Qin Manjiang rubbed his already long hair fiercely.

This extraordinary and strange incident could not even be dealt with by the police, he could not explain it.

But is it okay to leave it alone?

At this time, the mobile phone screen suddenly lit up, it was a text message, the sender was Li Xi, there was very little information, but it was very clear, only two words:

"Help me!"

Qin Manjiang let out a sigh of relief, and all entanglements and doubts disappeared, because he clearly saw the other party's request.

After washing his face with cold water, he did not rush out immediately to go to the scene of the fire, but read the relevant reports of the fire, as well as some true or false information on the Internet.

He was silent and sent a message back to Li Xi:

"Hide and live."

"I'll bring you back."