Kaleidoscope of Death

It is impossible to sleep on the bed, it is impossible to sleep on the bed in this life, the floor is straight and hard, she likes it very much - Tan Zaozao who is lying on the floor comforts herself so much.

Under Ruan Nanzhu's ruthless refusal, it finally turned into a situation where two big men squeezed into one bed, and Tan Zaozao was weak and helpless to make the floor.Of course, she didn't forget to beep softly in her heart when she was laying the floor, hoping that Lin Qiushi would wake up later and kill Ruan Nanzhu.

After lunch, it started raining outside again.

Thick dark clouds gathered in the sky, and the light rain fell on the ground with a crisp ticking sound. After Lin Qiushi woke up from his nap, he stood by the window for a while.

Through the window, he saw the dense bushes outside the castle.

These bushes should be some Rosaceae flowers, but because it is not in season and the branches have not been pruned, they look very messy.

The rain made the air moist, and the strange smell of water began to permeate the surroundings again, but the smell was not as strong as last night, it was only faintly visible.

"What are they doing outside?" Tan Zaozao also turned his head and saw three people walking outside the door with umbrellas

These guys are all part of the team and look like they're looking for something.

"Look for clues." Lin Qiushi also saw them, "Did you find something?"

Tan Zaozao said: "Shall we follow?"

Lin Qiushi turned his head and glanced at Ruan Nanzhu who was still lazily lying on the bed.

Ruan Nanzhu caught his gaze and lazily said: "No." He looked cold, "I hate rain."

Lin Qiushi said: "Then don't go."

The people outside the house walked into the depths of the bushes and disappeared before Lin Qiushi's eyes.

"It's really uncomfortable to be wet." Ruan Nanzhu put on his coat and started to put on his shoes, "We haven't finished exploring this castle yet, let's go."

The castle is very large, and it is difficult to check it thoroughly in one morning.

Because what happened to a girl group member named Xiao Su in the morning, if the atmosphere in the team was still described as stiff before, it can only be described as lifeless now, most of the people are sitting in the cafeteria, not going anywhere .

In this way, a day passed, and after dinner, the people in the team went back to their rooms to rest.

Ruan Nanzhu asked Lin Qiushi if he was afraid of being alone.

Lin Qiushi: "It's okay, but if something happens, I will come to you."

Ruan Nanzhu nodded and watched Lin Qiushi enter the door before turning around and pushing the door to enter his bedroom.

Because of the rain, it was only around six o'clock, and the sky outside was already dark.Before Lin Qiushi took a shower, he looked at the window for a while. With the faint light in the house, the dense bushes outside the house spread on the wall like hands with claws and claws.

The place where the figure was seen last night was still empty, and nothing strange appeared.

Lin Qiushi looked at it for a while before turning around and taking a shower.

After washing, he brushed his hair and walked to the bed, but his footsteps stopped suddenly... He saw a black figure outside the window.

A black figure with its back turned to him.

The figure was dressed in black and a wide-brimmed hat, standing silently in the rain, with his back to Lin Qiushi.

Lin Qiushi felt a burst of cold air from his back.He licked his parched lips, trying to calm himself down.

Although very vague, this figure should belong to the mistress of the castle.What he saw yesterday was indeed not a hallucination.

It's just so late, what is the mistress of the castle doing in the bushes.

There seems to be no answer to this question.

The figure in the rain turned into an immobile statue, standing there stiffly and motionless.

Lin Qiushi watched for about ten minutes, but the figure didn't move at all. In the end, he felt tired first. After checking the time, he returned to the bed and lay down on the big soft bed.

However, Lin Qiushi, who had just laid down on the bed, noticed a terrible thing. There was an extra picture frame on the wall in front of him where there should be nothing.

In the picture frame is a woman with an expressionless face, wearing black clothes and a black hat, the rain is slowly flowing down the brim of her hat, her eyes seem to be half closed, her face is as pale as a piece of paper—it is That pair, the girl in the rain.

Lin Qiushi froze all over, and he slowly got up from the bed, wanting to leave here.

When he walked to the door, his nostrils began to fill with the fishy smell of rainwater again. This strong smell made people feel as if they were breathing in water. Lin Qiushi clearly noticed that the behind the painting On the wall, black stains began to appear.

The stains, like accumulated water stains, showed eerie patterns on the walls, like a face, like a person.

Lin Qiushi twisted the doorknob, knocked on the door of his own room, hurriedly left his room, and knocked on Ruan Nanzhu's door.

After a while, the door opened, and it was Tan Zaozao who opened the door for Lin Qiushi. Seeing Lin Qiushi's expression was wrong, she immediately realized what happened: "What's wrong? Something happened?"

"Well." Lin Qiushi said, "The situation in the room is not right."

"Come in." Tan Zaozao made way for Lin Qiushi.

Lin Qiushi exhaled, and was about to enter the door, but noticed something wrong... The door in front of Tan Zaozao opened to the left.

In the old castle, all the doors open to the right.

Lin Qiushi's expression froze for a moment, he did not move forward, but took a step back slowly.

"What's wrong?" Tan Zaozao asked with a puzzled expression, her expression was normal, as if she was the Tan Zaozao who was with them during the day.

"What's your name?" Lin Qiushi said, "What's your name, I forgot."

"My name is Xu Xiaocheng." Tan Zaozao looked at Lin Qiushi strangely, as if he was looking at some monster, "Are you out of your mind? Did you get scared?"

Lin Qiushi couldn't help laughing. When no one was around, they called Tan Zaozao by his real name.He didn't talk to Tan Zaozao anymore, turned around and ran back to his room.

Tan Zaozao seemed to be taken aback by his actions. She didn't react until Lin Qiushi closed the door. She went to Lin Qiushi's door and knocked several times, saying, "Yu Linlin, are you okay? Yu Linlin? What's wrong with you?" ?”

Lin Qiushi stood by the door without saying a word.

Tan Zaozao's voice continued, she said: "Yu Linlin, come out quickly, don't you say something happened in the house? Yu Linlin—"

Lin Qiushi looked down at the carpet near the door.

The edge of the carpet began to slowly change color - Lin Qiushi was familiar with this change, it was the change after being stained with water.The voice of the person outside the door was familiar, but Lin Qiushi was not sure what it was.He turned his head and looked at the wall next to him, and saw that shallow water droplets also began to float on the photo frame of the girl in the rain, flowing down the frame little by little, like rainwater falling from the brim of a girl's hat.

"Lin Lin, Lin Lin——" Tan Zaozao's voice began to become weird, her voice became more and more high-pitched, and her voice became more and more distorted. She slammed on the door heavily, as if she was about to smash the door in front of her. Rotten, "Lin Lin, come out, come out—"

Lin Qiushi didn't respond, he calmly pulled the stool beside him to the door.

The floor next to the crack of the door became even more wet, as if "Tan Zaozao" standing outside was dripping water all over his body.If possible, Lin Qiushi naturally wanted to see what was going on outside, but he wasn't so bold as to lie on the ground and look through the crack of the door.God knows how terrifying it would be to see a pair of eyes through the crack of a door.

Hearing the knock on the door, Lin Qiushi suddenly regretted not picking up Ruan Nanzhu's cigarette. At this time, he had nothing else to do, it seemed that he could only smoke a cigarette to calm down.

The strong smell of water made people's nasal cavity hurt. Lin Qiushi stood quietly by the door, listening to Tan Zaozao's voice gradually distorted.

In the end, she began to howl. If the night owl cried at midnight, the scalp of those who listened would tingle.

"Come out, come out." Something was wailing outside, and a pair of hands began to grope inside the crack of the door.

Lin Qiushi took a few steps back, looking at a few pale nail tips emerging from the crack in the door.

The window that was originally closed was blown open again by the wind, and the window smashed violently on the window frame, making a harsh sound.The bed curtains blown up by the wind, like two huge hands, stretched out towards Lin Qiushi in the room.Although it was a little far away, Lin Qiushi could still see clearly. Outside the window, the figure standing in the bushes turned around at some point and turned into facing Lin Qiushi. As he guessed, she It really is the mistress of the castle.

The woman's pale face was covered with rain, and her dark eyes were silently staring at the location of the room.

Lin Qiushi didn't dare to look too much, he looked away and prayed in his heart that the morning light would come soon.

I don't know how long it took, but the dazed Lin Qiushi heard a loud knock on the door.

After rubbing his eyes, he realized that he was sitting by the door and fell asleep against the wall. He got up from the ground, but a familiar voice came from outside the door. Tan Zaozao called him: "Lin Lin, you Are you okay? Open the door—if you don’t open it, I’ll break in!!”

When Lin Qiushi heard this, he looked out of the window reflexively, only to see that the rain outside had stopped, and at this time the clouds in the sky showed a little sunlight, although it was faint, it was enough to make people feel at ease.

Lin Qiushi said, "What's your name?"

"What's the matter with you? You've lost your mind after sleeping?" Tan Zaozao was puzzled.

Lin Qiushi was silent for a moment, and twisted the doorknob in front of him.

The door opened, and Tan Zaozao really stood outside, she scratched her head: "You look so pale, what happened last night?"

Lin Qiushi didn't answer, but asked instead: "What about him?"

Tan Zaozao knew that Lin Qiushi was asking Ruan Nanzhu, so she said, "I'm still washing up."

Lin Qiushi: "Well..."

Tan Zaozao: "What's wrong?"

Lin Qiushi said: "I almost felt cold last night."

Tan Zaozao: "..." Why can you say such a horrible thing so calmly.

A few minutes later, Lin Qiushi told Tan Zaozao and Ruan Nanzhu what he had experienced last night.Although what he said was very simple and his tone was calm, Tan Zaozao felt goose bumps on her back when she heard it. She swallowed her saliva and whispered: "Then you haven't slept all night?"

"No." Lin Qiushi said, "I took a nap when it was almost dawn."

Ruan Nanzhu remained silent after listening, as if he was thinking about something.

Lin Qiushi felt at ease when he saw Ruan Nanzhu, and he didn't urge him, leaving Ruan Nanzhu room to think.

Who knew that Ruan Nanzhu waved his hand and said, "Go eat breakfast first, the blood supply to the brain is insufficient, and I can't think of anything."

Lin Qiushi: "..." Yes.

The three went to the restaurant on the second floor, and saw that other members of the team had also come, and counted the number of people. It seemed that no one else was killed last night.

The hostess still sat in the innermost position, but her mood seemed not as good as yesterday, her face was pale and gloomy, which made people even more reluctant to approach.

After what happened last night, Lin Qiushi always felt that the woman glared at him when he entered the restaurant.

The breakfast tasted really good, especially the freshly baked bread, which was fragrant and soft. Lin Qiushi ate several of them dipped in jam.

Seeing that he has such a good appetite, Tan Zaozao tactfully expressed his admiration, saying that if he encountered what happened yesterday, he probably wouldn't be able to eat anything for a day.

"What if it's the last meal." Lin Qiushi said what Ruan Nanzhu said yesterday, and he said, "You must let yourself leave this world full."

Tan Zaozao: "..." You started anyway.

Ruan Nanzhu was thinking about something while eating, and he didn't say much the whole time. He didn't find a place until he finished eating, and said what he thought about.

"Yesterday she wanted to kill you." Ruan Nanzhu said, "But you didn't trigger the death condition, so she didn't succeed."

Lin Qiushi said: "She wants to trick me into the house, and I will definitely die if I go in, it's okay..."

Ruan Nanzhu: "That should be the world of paintings. Only in this way can we explain why the door is reversed." He glanced at the painting hanging beside him, "Did you move the painting on the wall?"

"Well." Lin Qiushi said, "When I first came here, I thought the paintings on the walls were uncomfortable, so I took them down and put them in a drawer."

Ruan Nanzhu said: "This may be a condition." He said, "But it is definitely not a death condition." The ghosts in the door will not soften their hearts, as long as the condition is triggered, they will definitely not survive the night.If Lin Qiushi hadn't recognized the fake Xu Xiaocheng last night, they probably wouldn't have seen him today.

Ruan Nanzhu said: "I want to go and see the painting yesterday again." He was talking about the girl Xiao Su who was inlaid into the frame, and this is the only clue at present.

So they went upstairs again and took a closer look at the picture frame, but they still couldn't find anything special in common.

"Wait and see." Ruan Nanzhu said, "There must be other clues."

The actions of the ghosts will not stop, and more clues will be provided for them.

Then they went to the group who had drilled through the bushes yesterday and asked if they had found anything special.

"I found it, but why did I tell you?" The leader of the group was a 30-year-old man named Zhang Tao. He brought the newcomer girl and another young man to face Ruan Nanzhu's inquiry. serious resistance.

"We can exchange clues." Ruan Nanzhu said, "We know a condition that triggers death."

Zhang Tao asked suspiciously, "Really?"

"Of course it is true." Ruan Nanzhu said, "Our team members almost died."

Zhang Tao said: "Talk about it first."

Ruan Nanzhu raised his eyebrows: "You haven't said what clues you found in the bushes, so let's talk about it first? Who knows what your clues are useful for."

Zhang Tao said: "Then what should we do?"

Ruan Nanzhu said: "How about this, we all write on the note, and then exchange."

Zhang Tao hesitated for a while and nodded.

The group of people who entered the door should all belong to a team, but because of the existence of the note, everyone had reservations.Who wouldn't want to be the first to get out of here and get the clue to the next door.Besides, some of these people are not organized, and they don't even understand the rules of the sect.Sharing with such a novice, the veteran will hesitate.

After Ruan Nanzhu and Zhang Tao shared the note, they left with Lin Qiushi and Tan Zaozao.

Tan Zaozao asked in a low voice what Ruan Nanzhu gave Zhang Tao - the content must be false, after all, they themselves don't know the conditions to trigger death.

"Wrote something casually." Ruan Nanzhu said, "It's just my guess, just let them try it."

Tan Zaozao: "How to try?"

Ruan Nanzhu: "If one of them dies, it means that the conditions are wrong."

Tan Zaozao: "..." Take it.

However, it was not to blame that Ruan Nanzhu was insincere. The note Zhang Tao gave them was also quite perfunctory. It just said that there was a black picture frame in the bushes.

"The black picture frame..." Lin Qiushi remembered the person he saw outside the window yesterday, "Could the figure I saw yesterday have something to do with this?"

Ruan Nanzhu said: "Go and see."

Before it rained, they hurried to the bush where Zhang Tao and the others went yesterday, and they found a black picture frame in a corner near the edge.The picture frame was inserted obliquely into the ground, and the surface was still stained with water droplets.

After Ruan Nanzhu saw the picture frame, he squatted down and seemed to be looking for something. After a while, he clicked heavily and waved to Lin Qiushi: "Come and see."

"Huh?" Lin Qiushi walked to where Ruan Nanzhu was and squatted down.

"Did you see it?" Ruan Nanzhu pointed to the frame and said.

Lin Qiushi looked at it for a while before realizing what Ruan Nanzhu was talking about. It turned out that from this angle, his room was just surrounded by a picture frame. The angle of the picture frame was very tricky. He could only see the dense bushes, and only his window was exposed in the black picture frame.

"This should be the reason." Ruan Nanzhu said, "This picture frame must have been moved."

Lin Qiushi said: "Because there is also dirt on it?"

"Yes." Ruan Nanzhu said, "I was turned around... No, maybe it wasn't a person."

Lin Qiushi said: "Then take this thing down first." Thinking about it carefully, the figure standing outside the room last night seemed to be in the same position as the picture frame.Could it be that the owner of the picture frame regarded him as a part of the painting... those things happened to him?

Ruan Nanzhu nodded.

Because he didn't know if the frame had other functions, Lin Qiushi didn't dare to take it back. Instead, he found an easily recognizable place, dug a hole and buried the frame.

After the burial, they returned to the castle.

Shortly after returning, it started raining again.Since arriving here, the rain has almost never stopped. It can last seven or eight hours a day. At most, it will be clear in the morning for a while, and then there will be continuous drizzle at noon and night, which makes people feel very uncomfortable.

Lin Qiushi doesn't really like the fishy smell of rainwater now, as long as he smells it, he will think of what happened at night.

Because of this, he ate his lunch a little absent-mindedly, and his attention was almost out of the window.

"What?" Ruan Nanzhu asked him.

"Will you encounter those things tonight?" Lin Qiushi said, "Oh, it's so annoying."

Ruan Nanzhu said calmly, "Come and sleep with me?"

Lin Qiushi: "...I'll think about it."

Ruan Nanzhu: "Think about it." He seemed a little unhappy with Lin Qiushi's hesitation, put down the knife and fork in his hand and stopped eating.

Tan Zaozao was secretly refreshed by the side, thinking that Ruan Nanzhu, you also have today.

Ruan Nanzhu seemed to know what Tan Zaozao was thinking, he glanced at her indifferently, and said coldly: "Do you think you're okay?"

Tan Zaozao: "...No, no, boss, boss, I need you. Lin Lin, why are you hesitating? It's so safe for the three of you to be together. If something happens to you, the boss will help you The thief is at ease!"

Ruan Nanzhu: "Oh."

Tan Zaozao felt sorry for her dog legs.

Lin Qiushi thought for a while, and felt that it made sense, nodded: "Okay, let's go together."

Ruan Nanzhu hummed.

Tan Zaozao sighed long.

Lin Qiushi was baffled, and didn't understand what Tan Zaozao meant by sighing.

During lunch, everyone shared the clues they had found. Of course, most of them had reservations.

Lin Qiushi talked about what happened to him in the house last night. After listening to it, everyone looked terrified and thankful. Some people patted Lin Qiushi on the shoulder and said, brother, you are really lucky.

Lin Qiushi could only smile wryly.

Say he was lucky, but he became the target of attack, say he was unlucky, but if he was unlucky, he would definitely not be sitting here today.

So luck is really hard to say.

Ruan Nanzhu asked if anyone had been to the studio on the roof and the place where the unfinished works were exhibited.

Everyone shook their heads to indicate that they had never been there, and some said, "Didn't the housekeeper say that you can't go to these two places? Why are we going there? Courting death?"

Ruan Nanzhu replied coldly: "If you don't go, you won't die?"

That person: "..."

"Let's go, there are no clues here." Ruan Nanzhu led Lin Qiushi and Tan Zaozao out of the house, and he said, "The quality of the people inside the door this time is very poor, it seems that they cannot be counted on."

"Poor quality? How do you tell?" Tan Zaozao blinked curiously.

Ruan Nanzhu said: "Will you obey the NPC [-]%?"

Tan Zaozao said: "No way."

Ruan Nanzhu pointed behind him: "They will."

Tan Zaozao thought about it, and felt that what Ruan Nanzhu said was quite reasonable. The newcomers this time seemed to be relatively timid. Since the girl named Xiao Su had an accident on the first day, most of them seemed to be terrified There are only two or three people who are still searching, and the others are either hiding in the room or waiting in the restaurant, and they don't know what they are waiting for.

"I'm going to take a look at the studio." Ruan Nanzhu said, "Although it's more dangerous, this place must be visited." He rolled up his cuffs thinly, revealing his graceful wrists, "After all, these NPCs are a Everyone wishes we all died inside the door."

The author has something to say: Ruan Nanzhu: Hug.

Lin Qiushi: Tan Zaozao, your Brother Ruan wants to hug you.

Tan Zaozao:? ? ? ?

Zhu Meng: Hug.

Lin Qiushi blushed: hug hug hug.

Ruan Nanzhu tore off his skirt: Damn Lin Qiushi, I'll fuck you to death!

Hahahaha you actually despise Brother Ruan who wears men's clothing, sexism, report it!