After making the wish, He Kaiyan looked at the palm of his hand and saw that the small gem was rapidly dissolving and finally turned into a few grains of dust.

Did he... succeed?

He Kaiyan was breathing heavily, and he realized that he was sweating profusely due to nervousness, even his clothes were soaked.

He thought that he would have some special feelings, such as suddenly feeling at ease, or excited.

But he didn't show any emotion at all, as if nothing had happened.

"It may take some time, and I may not be able to fulfill my wish immediately." He Kaiyan thought, "Forget it for now, I don't have any other solution."

He put the bank card and cash left by He's father into his schoolbag, booked a train ticket, and sent a message to his teacher asking for leave.

Although their middle school has strict school rules and parents are required to call in person to ask for leave, He Kaiyan is unable to ask parents to call the teacher at this time.

After doing all this, he left the He family and took a taxi to the train station.

Regardless of whether the gem can help him find his missing mother, he has to make multiple preparations so as not to be forced into a corner.

While waiting for the train to arrive, He Kaiyan was not idle, and kept searching for Jiayun's information on his mobile phone.

Jiayun is located in the south and is hotter than here. In summer, the temperature is often over 40 degrees.

However, the current climate is still comfortable, with the temperature around 28 degrees. Although it is south of the Qinling Mountains, it rarely rains.

But accommodation became a problem. He Kaiyan was a minor and could not rent a house or open a hotel.

He just checked and found that there were almost no 24-hour convenience stores or fast food restaurants in Jiayun, so it seemed that he would only have to stay at the train station for one night.

He frowned and racked his brains to think if there was any other place to live.

Suddenly, He Kaiyan had an idea. He opened the local forum, quickly edited a post and posted it.

"Hello everyone, I want to open a college entrance examination study room in Jiayun. There is no age limit and the fee is charged on a monthly or annual basis. Would high school students be interested?"

In less than ten minutes, the number of replies skyrocketed.

"The college entrance examination study room? What is that? A place for college entrance examination candidates to study?"

"Jiayun High School doesn't have evening self-study classes, and my son doesn't do his homework well when he gets home. It would be much more convenient to have a study room."

"I support this. Jiayun only has one study room in the old district, which is too inconvenient."

"How much is the fee? Is it expensive?"

"Jiayun's library closes at five o'clock, and I'm worried about having no place to study."

“Reply to the above: You can go to the library of Jiayun University. It’s not closed. Remember to go through the back door. There’s no need to check your student ID card!”

He Kaiyan thought that there were only two places where he could spend the night in Jiayun. The first was the study room in the old district, and the other was Jiayun University.

He searched the distance between the train station and these two places. Jiayun University was closer and could be reached directly by bus.

If nothing unexpected happens, he should spend tomorrow at Jiayun University. He will go to find the study room during the day.

He is not sure yet how long he will stay in Jiayun, maybe three to five days, or a few months, or maybe just one night.

The train pulled into the station and its roar echoed throughout the station. For some reason, He Kaiyan had a bad feeling.

It was as if, once he boarded this train, he would never be able to go back to his original life.

He Kaiyan bought his ticket at the last minute and was lucky enough to get a hard seat ticket.

Most of the people on the train were migrant workers, but there were also some families who looked like they were traveling. Several family members squeezed into the berths, chatting and laughing.

It’s almost nine o’clock and the lights on the train will be turned off.

He Kaiyan sat in his seat and lowered the brightness of his mobile phone.

He still couldn't sleep, so he opened the class group and found that everyone was discussing the suspension.

There is no teacher in this group. Students speak without restraint. The message in the group is very lively, with several messages appearing in a short while.

"Does anyone know why he was suspended?"

"Didn't they say that a teacher scolded Xiao Mo, causing Xiao Mo's heart disease to relapse and he went home?"

"I don't believe it. Can our entire school have a holiday just because of one person?"

"Will there be any exam?"

"But the school didn't ask us to set up the exam room. Besides, there's nothing wrong with the exam."

We discussed it for a long time but there was no result.

Suddenly, a new message popped up.

"Hey, did you hear a loud noise during the fourth period today?"

"No, what did you hear?"

He Kaiyan thought about it carefully and realized that the English teacher's office was on the side at the other end of the corridor, and it was indeed a bit far from their class.

Logically speaking, it was impossible for the students in their class to hear the sound of their teacher falling from the building.

"It wasn't me, it was my childhood friend who was in Class 12. He heard a really loud noise, 'boom'!"

"Ah? Could it be that... someone reopened it?"

"But I haven't heard of any class having fewer students."

"He may not be a student, maybe a teacher?"

"Come on, we are the ones who get scolded for doing homework and taking exams every day, why should the teacher be upset?"

"That's right. And if someone dies, there will definitely be police coming to the school. I didn't see any ambulances or police cars."

Although He Kaiyan was an eyewitness to the incident, he was in a daze at the time and his memory became vague.

The only thing he was sure of was that neither the police nor the ambulance came to the school.

This is really unreasonable. Even if the English teacher died on the spot, what happened to her body?

Could it be that the teachers in the school will handle it?

Moreover, the English teacher's office was on the fourth floor, and the possibility of her falling to death directly was very small, unless she unfortunately broke her neck.

The discussion in the group was still going on heatedly, and He Kaiyan forced himself to recall that memory.

From the moment he got the medicine, something seemed wrong.

Xiao Mo was so weak before that he couldn't even get up. How could he have covered his eyes tightly and restrained his body with his arms to prevent him from turning around?

Moreover, the package of medicine was so heavy, but it disappeared before He Kaiyan put on the eye patch.

Is it possible for humans to quickly consume more than ten kilograms of medicine in just a few minutes?

Not to mention medicine, even if it's water, it's impossible to drink that much in one breath.

Before he could come up with a conclusion, a huge force pushed him out and his body hit the table in front of him hard.

"hiss……"

He felt a sharp pain in his jaw and a cold liquid fell down. Without thinking, he knew that his jaw must be broken.

The train braked suddenly, which must have meant a serious accident. However, after waiting for a while, He Kaiyan did not hear any broadcast notification.

The carriage was completely dark. Although it was night, there should have been some moonlight or light from street lamps outside, so it wouldn't be like it was now, where everything seemed to have disappeared.

He Kaiyan didn't know what was going on. The train might start again at any time. He thought it would be better for him not to leave his seat.

But it's too quiet.

Can everyone remain calm when faced with sudden changes?

He Kaiyan just felt an indescribable weirdness. He could neither see nor hear anything.

It was as if everyone in the carriage had disappeared, leaving only him and this empty train.

One minute, two minutes, three minutes...

He Kaiyan really couldn't stand this silence any longer, so he turned on his mobile phone, only to find that the screen was black.

No matter how many times he pressed the power button, the phone seemed broken and couldn't start up.

He left in a hurry and only carried a common school bag, with nothing else that could glow in it.

If I hadn't given the spare phone to the supermarket owner, I would be using that phone now.

But He Kaiyan clearly remembered that he had been charging his phone and the battery level was at least 60 or 70 percent. How could it suddenly shut down?

By the way, his charging cable is still connected to the socket!

He Kaiyan bent down and quickly touched the charging cable. Just as he was about to pick it up, a strong electric current suddenly came from his fingertips!

His mind was blank, and he could only feel the muscles in his left hand contracting violently, with a numb and tingling feeling flowing through his whole body.

"Snapped".

After a slight sound, He Kaiyan's eyes suddenly became bright again.

He turned his head and saw a passenger resting on a bed nearby, preparing to go to sleep. Someone was walking across the corridor with a toothbrush cup. The woman in front of him was peeling an orange and she stuffed two slices into her daughter's mouth.

"This is so weird, am I hallucinating?"

He Kaiyan turned on his phone and found that the battery was still 65 percent.

But the time in the upper left corner became "20:53".

"impossible!"

He Kaiyan stood up suddenly, and the other passengers turned their heads and focused their eyes on him.

For a moment, his mouth was dry. The train braked after the lights were turned off, which was after nine o'clock.

But how come the time suddenly became 8:53?

Was he too tired and fell asleep without realizing it, having a dream; or was there really something strange about this train?

"Ladies and gentlemen, it's time to turn off the lights on our train. Please return to your beds or seats. We will turn off the lights and draw the curtains later. I wish you a pleasant night..."

Soft music started playing. It was clearly a tune that was meant to help travelers relax, but the more He Kaiyan listened, the weirder it felt.

Just now, it was also this song.

He sat back in his seat without saying a word and turned on his phone. Group messages were still scrolling across the screen.

Everything was exactly the same as my previous experiences, even the messages sent by my classmates were exactly the same.

How could he convince himself that it was fake, a dream?

"That's right. And if someone dies, there will definitely be police coming to the school. I didn't see any ambulances or police cars."

He Kaiyan stared at the message intently. He remembered that this was the last group message he saw.

After that, about seven or eight minutes later, the train had an accident.

He Kaiyan became nervous. If the accident happened again later, would it mean that he was trapped?

Of course, it’s not that he was trapped on the train, but that he was trapped in the time period from 8:53 to a little after 9 o’clock.

He would probably repeat what happened during this time over and over again until he found a way to escape.

He Kaiyan, who has always been smart, couldn't think of a solution at this moment.

After all, what happened just now was beyond his understanding. Although his IQ was higher than that of ordinary children, he knew nothing about metaphysical events.

Unless you can escape from the train, you can avoid the train accident.

However, during this period of time, the train did not stop at any station, the windows were locked, and it was impossible for him to jump out of the window.

Just as he was racking his brains to think, He Kaiyan suddenly realized that the train did not brake again.

He turned on his cell phone, and the time displayed in the upper left corner of the screen was clearly 10 p.m.

Did he escape?

But why was he able to dodge it?

He seemed to do nothing and change nothing.

He Kaiyan gradually began to doubt himself. Was he under too much pressure these days, causing some kind of hallucination?

He couldn't figure it out, and gradually he felt sleepy, so he lay down on the table.

He Kaiyan originally wanted to sleep only two or three hours, and then look for the bus route map of Jiayun City and which large supermarkets were around the train station after getting up.

He still had to buy some supplies and save the cash to prevent it from being stolen or lost.

He has no ability to make money, and relies on these few thousand yuan to live. If his father doesn't contact him, he will go to live with his aunt for a while...

He Kaiyan didn't know when he fell asleep, but when he woke up, it was already daybreak.

He quickly asked the attendant next to him: "Hello, when will Jiayun arrive?"

"Jiayun? Little brother, did you oversleep? Jiayun passed by an hour ago." The flight attendant said in surprise.

Seeing He Kaiyan's helpless expression and the empty seats on both sides, the flight attendant seemed to guess something.

She quickly comforted him, "It's okay, I'll take you to buy a return ticket, it's free. When we get off the station later, I'll ask the staff to accompany you there."

"Okay, thank you." He Kaiyan said politely.

After all this trouble, when he arrived in Jiayun, it was already the next evening and all buses had stopped running.

Although he overslept at the station, fortunately, he didn't lose any of his belongings. After leaving the train station, He Kaiyan took a taxi.

"Where are you going?" The driver just finished asking, and suddenly turned his head to look at him, "Isn't this Xiaoyan? It's so late at night, why don't you go home?"

"You... know me?" He Kaiyan asked tentatively.

Could it be that Dad had acquaintances in Jiayun, so he was asked to come to Jiayun?

But in such a big city, it was such a coincidence that he met someone who knew him as soon as he got out of the train station.

No, he still needs to be cautious.

The driver smiled and said, "Why, you don't recognize your Uncle Qian? It's true, we are exposed to the wind and sun every day, so our skin is a lot thicker. By the way, Xiaoyan, how is your father doing in that factory?"

"Uncle, you've got the wrong person. My father doesn't work in any factory." He Kaiyan replied.


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