For example, in the painting depicting "pasting Spring Festival couplets", the Spring Festival couplets pasted on the door are white paper used for funerals; In an illustration with the theme of "cutting window flowers", a family sits around a table and uses banknotes to cut out "window flowers" in the shape of ghost drawings and pastes them on the foggy windows; In the picture of "making dumplings" during the Chinese New Year, a large pot of pink meat filling is mixed with a few bloodshot eyes; In the picture of "watching the party", the performances on the screen are all red and white paper figures; The "Firecrackers" theme illustration is crossed in red......

"This..."Qi Xiaonian was almost speechless in the face of the weird picture book, "This... Is it a picture book of the underworld? ”

Qi Yan smiled bitterly: "In this strange core copy, what other things in the yang world can appear?" ”

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Qi Ji, who got the system prompt, sighed: "Although this picture book is a little evil, it looks like an interesting setting." ”

After putting away the picture book props, Qi Yan and Qi Xiao began to tidy up the room according to the content of the old yellow calendar.

They put the muppet dolls, which lacked arms and legs, into a cupboard, out of sight, and then used the cover of the piano to cover the vanity mirror facing the bed.

The extra "guest" appeared in the mirror last night, which shows that the mirror is not a safe object.

And even if it wasn't for last night, mirrors are more or less obscure for supernatural-themed copies, especially those facing the bed and door.

After cleaning up the potentially dangerous items in the room, Qi Yan lay on Mrs. Xu's clean-washed bed, there was no TV in the room, and the apartment was quiet, and the two simply lay down to analyze the known plot and clues of the copy.

"Brother, what do you think the 'he' that the paper man who knocked on the door just now will be?" Qi Xiaonian asked.

Qi Jiu: "Perhaps, it is the same person that Mrs. Xu is afraid of. ”

"Huh? But where did the man stay when he got home? ”

"Probably... If I had to guess... It's the most 'unpopular' room, right? ”

"Undesirable room?"

"Well, do you remember when we were pasting Spring Festival couplets, there was a room where there was no red confetti left on the walls on both sides? We deduced that the room was rarely pasted with couplets. ”

"You mean Room 307?"

"Yes, and 307 is next to 306, maybe this plot is also related to Mrs. Xu's sister Ruilan..."

Maybe it was because he was too full, Qi Ji said that he was a little sleepy when he was lying down.

- It's okay to fall asleep, maybe you can see that guy again.

With such expectations, Qi Yan fell into a light sleep.

"Throw the handkerchief, throw the handkerchief, gently put it behind the child, don't tell him, hurry up and catch him, the child who is caught will have a home......"

The moment he entered the dream, the sound of children clapping and singing came from Qi Jiu's ears.

Qi Zhen couldn't open his eyes, because at this moment, a pair of cold hands were covering his eyelids, and the force was very light, and the other party even deliberately rubbed his eyelashes with his palm.

Qi Jiu's ears heard the other party's grinning laughter: "Let's play a game, catch me, and I will have a home." ”

"Let me go home, okay? It's mine... Male sister. ”

Chapter 205: Year (24)

Hearing the words "male sister", Qi Yan's breath was slightly suffocated.

The other party's words were like a quenched spike, piercing the most sensitive scar behind Qi Zhen's ear in silence, his vision and hearing were paralyzed in an instant, but his perception of touch was infinitely amplified, and the nerve endings were beating uneasily.

The other party's fingers were obviously very cold, not the temperature that humans should have, but they covered Qi Yan's eyelids.

"Male sister, will you promise me?" As if sensing the change in Qi Yan's temperature, the other party became more and more proud, and the hand covering his eyes tightened slightly, smiling.

Although Qi Yan had already guessed who the guy who covered his eyelids was, and he knew that the other party did it on purpose, it did not diminish the impact of the word "male sister".

It was originally a very common word, but when it came out of this guy's mouth with a slight mischievousness, it completely changed its taste.

Of course, knowing each other is part of the game.

"Okay, how much time are you going to give me?"

Qi Yan would never refuse the other party's game invitation, just as the other party would never refuse him.

The other party smiled proudly in his ear, like a child who got the favorite toy: "Then please, I'll count to three, you come to me." ”

“1…”

The other party's fingers finally moved away from Qi Yan's eyelids, all the way down, and finally stuffed the handkerchief into Qi Yan's pocket.

Qi Zhen was able to regain his sight, and he found himself on the playground outside the old apartment building, the whole dream seemed to be stacked with a layer of gray filters, the clouds pressed low on the red brick wall, and the lanterns that read "Happy New Year" were mottled and faded, swaying in the wind, and fine snow falling down.

Gray, sticky, fine snow that seemed to burn embers fell on the skin and quickly turned into a puddle of gray muddy water.

The whole dream world fell into a low saturated gray, which appeared desolate and distorted, and it was extremely pathetic.

“2…”

Above the melted muddy water of the playground, sat a circle of child-like paper figures, with no color or facial features, as if they were half-finished products hastily made by paper craftsmen, and finally dyed mottled gray by the melting snow.

The little paper figures obviously have no facial features, but Qi Yan can clearly sense that they are laughing.

The feeling of being stared at is also very strong, densely and silently projected, which is unsettling.

“3——”

Qi Yan immediately turned around, the back of a little boy flashed in the gray snow curtain, he was not in a hurry, as if he had the intention of letting Qi Yan follow, and was running towards the old apartment building behind the playground.

For a moment, Qi Yan was in a trance, because the boy's back was what he looked like when he was a child.

From his vague impressions and photographs of the orphanage, he recognized it as himself.

In reality, the orphanage is in the north, and there is always snow in winter, perhaps because the huge buildings and surrounding walls of the orphanage are rough cement color, in Qi Zhen's childhood memory, the snow is also such a damp gray, sticky and dirty, accumulated on the road, roof, and dead branches, and the world is so dark that it seems that it can never be wiped clean.

For a while, he couldn't tell the difference between memory and the present, between the real world and the rules after death, and he couldn't distinguish between himself and the other party.

But perhaps... The present can also be memory, and the rule book can also be the real world, and the boundaries of time and space will not be so clear.

Such a thought flashed, and Qi Yan immediately followed the pace of the other party and ran towards the entrance of the old apartment building.

- Not only his own existence itself, but even the real world in which he lives and his life in the past eighteen years seem to be inseparable from this guy.

But what does it matter? Existence itself is meaning.

The other party seems to deliberately keep a certain distance from Qi Jiu, he is fast and the other party is fast, and if he is slow, the other party will slow down, waiting for him to keep up again.

In the end, he followed the other party's steps to the fifth floor of the apartment, a floor that Mrs. Xu had forbidden many joys and pleasures to step into.

The ash of snow grew bigger and bigger, like a gray waterfall, completely cutting off the old apartment from the outside world.

The little boy who was playing the handkerchief game with Qi Yan was gone, and the corridor was empty, except for a powder-blue stroller parked outside Gate 501, the curtain of the stroller was torn, and there seemed to be no baby in the car.

Qi Jiu, who was standing at the entrance of the building, paused slightly, and he remembered that there were two words written after the score of "Non-existent Friends": "501" and "forbidden".

What does the guy imply when he lures himself here, and the sudden appearance of a stroller that is out of place with the gray and cold tones around him?

The disappearance of He Xiang, who was only two months old on the missing person notice, has anything to do with the fifth floor of the apartment?

At the moment when Qi Yan tried to approach the blue stroller, the corridor under his feet shook, and the entire building shook violently.

The dream was crumbling, and in a strong sense of falling, Qi Yan quickly woke up from the dream.

"Duoxiduole, the meal will start in half an hour, remember to come to the fourth floor on time to eat, I wrapped your favorite shepherd's cabbage dumplings." Through the door, Mrs. Xu's voice woke Qi Jiu from his dream.

"We got it, thank you grandma." Qi Xiaonian seemed to have woken up a long time ago, and responded to Mrs. Xu outside the door.

Qi Ji opened his eyes in a trance on the bed of Duoxi, his breathing had not yet calmed down, the first thing he did when he woke up was to touch his pocket, to his disappointment, the pocket was empty, and the handkerchief that the guy had stuffed in the dream was gone.

"Brother, you're awake." Qi Xiaonian noticed Qi Yan sit up from the bed.

Qi Yan rubbed his eyes: "Well, I heard Mrs. Xu's orders." ”

Qi Xiaonian: "Actually, Mrs. Xu also came at noon, and I said that you were resting, and she said that if you didn't wake up and weren't hungry, you could skip lunch." ”

Only then did Qi Yan notice that the sky outside the window had completely darkened, and the dream was very short, but he had slept for a long time, and it was already five o'clock in the afternoon.

Qi Yan leaned his head against the wall behind the bed in a bit of a trance: "I'm asleep for a while, has anything happened?" Have any players ever encountered an accident? ”

Qi Xiaonian shook his head: "As far as I know, no, but I'm not very sure, it was very quiet all afternoon, as if all the sounds had evaporated." ”

Qi Yan nodded: "I know, I'll be clear about the situation when I have dinner." ”

Although napping and chaotic dreams made his head dizzy, Qi Yan quickly regained his consciousness and sorted out the metaphors and known clues in the dream-

He Xiang in the missing person notice is a baby girl, but it is clear that the character played by 079 in the dream is a little boy, and He Xiang is not an abandoned plot character, and multiple clues can show that this character called him "male sister" is not what he wants.

After all, the character of 079 in every dungeon will not be so simple.

So what kind of plot line will be involved if you follow the clue of what to think?

Qi Zhen reviewed the newly obtained clues: Xu Zhiwen personally painted and gave the picture book "Nian" to Duoxi Duole, what did he think about the missing person in the missing person notice, and Sisi who came to ask for help in a panic...

Of course, there is also the character of 079 who took him to the fifth floor in his dream, the little boy who called him "male sister".

"Male Sister" ......

Since that guy calls himself that, it can be said that the guy's character is the same generation as Doxitoro, and he is younger than them.

He thinks that since she is Qin Ruilan's granddaughter, she is also the same generation as Duoxi Duole.

It's a pity that Mrs. Xu avoided talking about what she wanted, and couldn't pry her mouth at all......

However, there is nothing that can be asked from Mrs. Xu, so maybe a different object will work?

Thinking like this, Qi Yan shifted his gaze to the missing person notice he put on the bedside table-

"Contact: Tel: 0079-1984-1231, Qin Ruilan (grandmother)/Qin Mo (mother)

We will reward those who provide valid leads."

Qi Yan immediately took out his mobile phone and dialed the contact number published on the missing person notice.

"Toot-toot-"

I only dialed once, and the call was connected, but no one answered after more than ten rings, and finally hung up automatically because no one answered for too long.

Qi Yan patiently tried again, and this time, after "beeping" five or six times, the phone was finally picked up-

"Hello? Who are you looking for? "There was a very old voice on the other end of the phone, I don't know if it was because the sound quality of the old-fashioned landline was not good, the other party's voice sounded very distant, and even a little distorted.

Qi Jiu: "Hello, may I ask what kind of parent do you think?" ”

There was silence on the other end of the phone for five seconds before he asked, "Who are you?" ”