On the morning of December 12, Shao Zhouyu had a rare rest day. Before dawn, he drove to the Seventh Hospital, picked up Xiao Ruiyang, and sent him to Canglan Private High School.

Xiao Ruiyang was discharged from the hospital today, just in time for the monthly exam.

After Shao Zhouyu arrived at the school, he felt that he would be idle when he went home anyway, so he went to the school auditorium again in a familiar way.

The auditorium is where the murders took place.

Even though he has been there countless times and it seems that there is no need to check, Shao Zhouyu still hopes to find clues that will help solve the case.

Not surprisingly, he returned in vain this time.

Around noon, Shao Zhouyu went to the school infirmary and saw Meng Haiwei there.

Meng Haiwei treated Shao Zhouyu to a simple work meal in the cafeteria as a landlord, and then the two went back to the school infirmary together.

Today is the monthly exam, and there are no students with headaches, so Meng Haiwei is free.

In the afternoon, holding a cup of hot tea, she opened a "Bible" in front of her, and she was reading the "Acts of the Apostles" in the New Testament, occasionally chatting with Shao Zhouyu with a smile.

Shao Zhouyu and Meng Haiwei got acquainted with each other because of a bizarre case, and later because of Xiao Ruiyang, their exchanges became more and more frequent, until now, they have become a pair of good friends.

Time passed unconsciously in the soothing atmosphere.

It was almost two o'clock in the afternoon.

Meng Haiwei got up to pour hot water, but without warning, suddenly at a certain moment, a strong heart palpitation hit her, the pain made her face turn pale, and her breathing stopped suddenly.

Meng Haiwei subconsciously covered her chest with one hand, and at the same time, with a crisp "crack", the porcelain cup in her hand slipped and shattered.

The scalding tea steamed on the floor.

Hearing the unusual movement, Shao Zhouyu hurried over to check, and asked concerned: "Haiwei, what's wrong?"

Palpitations come and go quickly.

Meng Haiwei felt relieved, looked at Shao Zhouyu in embarrassment, and blushed a little: "It's okay, hey, slippery..."

After finishing speaking, Meng Haiwei squatted down, retracted one hand, and picked up the broken porcelain pieces on the ground with the other hand, and threw them into the trash can beside her.

The rising tea steam steamed her eyes.

"You can't do this." Shao Zhouyu also knelt down, blocked Meng Haiwei's hand, and said without rebuttal, "Leave it alone, I'll do it."

It was at this moment that he caught sight of Meng Haiwei's hand.

The back of Meng Haiwei's hand was red, and she knew it had just been burned.

"Your hand..." Shao Zhouyu reminded.

"It's okay." Meng Haiwei lowered her head and smiled, but her voice was a little different from before, as if she was steaming.

Shao Zhouyu noticed it carefully, turned his head to look at Meng Haiwei's face, and asked uncertainly, "You, what... what's wrong?"

Unexpectedly, Meng Haiwei's eyes were full of tears, as if she was suffering.

Shao Zhouyu suddenly became nervous: "Haiwei, are you okay? Are you burning? Does it hurt? Do you want to go to the hospital?"

"...I'm a doctor, okay?" Meng Haiwei muttered, blinking quickly, trying to wipe away tears, but unfortunately it didn't work.

She raised her hand to rub her bangs, propped her forehead, and smiled embarrassedly, but she looked a little confused, and said, "I'm sorry, I don't know what happened, but I suddenly collapsed, so suddenly... She sniffled and waved her hands, "It's all right, I'll take my time, don't worry about me."

Just as Shao Zhouyu was about to say a few more words of concern, at this moment, there was a loud noise from the direction of the teaching building.

Shao Zhouyu looked out the window, frowned, and said strangely: "Aren't you taking the exam? Haven't you finished the exam yet?"

Meng Haiwei wiped her eyes and got up, followed by looking at the teaching building outside, and said, "I don't know, but this group of students are very noisy."

For a while, neither of them took this episode seriously.

Meng Haiwei was looking for burn medicine in front of the cabinet.

Shao Zhouyu took care of all the broken porcelain pieces, but just as he was about to go out to get a mop, his cell phone rang.

Shao Zhouyu answered, "Hello?"

The person on the phone didn't know what to say, Shao Zhouyu's face froze for a moment, and then turned silent.

After the man finished speaking in a few words, Shao Zhouyu hung up the phone.

Shao Zhouyu glanced at Meng Haiwei's back standing in front of the cabinet, he hesitated to say anything, but in the end he didn't say anything, just said: "I have something to do, I'll go out for a while."

"Oh." Meng Haiwei looked back at Shao Zhouyu and said, "Okay."

After Shao Zhouyu left, Meng Haiwei was always restless and her temples twitched, which was rare.

She didn't know what was going on either.

There was no relief for a long time, Meng Haiwei sighed, and while applying ointment on the back of her hand, she murmured and recited scriptures:

"I see the Lord always before my eyes, at my right hand..."

"...nor let your Holy One see corruption."

"You have shown me the way of life, and I will be filled with joy when I see your face."

"I saw the Lord always before my eyes, He was at my right hand, so that I would not be shaken..."

"You have shown me the way of life..."

"..."

***

Because Christmas and New Year's Day were approaching, and domestic and international air tickets were tight, Xiao Ruiyang's parents couldn't change the ticket, so they couldn't arrive at the scene when the doctor announced Xiao Ruiyang's death.

At 12:22 on the evening of December 22, Xiao Ruiyang was pushed into the morgue.

At 12:23 on the evening of December 19, a couple with a haggard appearance hurried out of the airport and went straight to the hospital.

On December 12th, Cangshi ushered in the first cold wave, and the temperature dropped sharply. Fortunately, the atmosphere on Christmas Eve was very hot, and the brightly lit city did not see the bleakness of winter.

Lu Xi went back to school on Christmas Eve.

Pushing open the door of the dormitory, a gust of cold wind pierced through his body, making him stand at the door for a long time.

After Lu Xi entered the room, he closed the glass door of the balcony, and the wind stopped.

He put the sports bag he had brought back on Xiao Ruiyang's desk, and began to pack Xiao Ruiyang's belongings.

It may be the reason for being a top student, and life is organized. Xiao Ruiyang arranged books and objects in an orderly manner.

Lu Xi didn't need to pick and choose at all.

When packing up, Lu Xi had no expression on his face, he was mechanical, took what he saw, and stuffed it directly into the bag.

After clearing out the things on the desktop, Lu Xi was about to open the drawer when the phone rang.

Lu Xi picked it up and looked at it. When he saw the caller ID, he finally reacted and blinked indifferently.

After connecting, a voice came from there immediately: "Hello? Lu Xi?"

"En." Responding to this, Lu Xi sat on a chair beside her, her face finally warmed up.

"I've heard about Xiao Ruiyang's matter. It's a pity that I can't do anything for him...Are you okay?" The other person said, not as relaxed as before, but now he showed some caution.

Hearing the phrase "Are you okay", Lu Xi suddenly felt a ball of hot air choked in his throat, and his eyes turned red uncontrollably.

Even when she saw the white cloth covering Xiao Ruiyang's face, Lu Xi was indifferent and calm, but not now.

Hearing the voice of Ji Nian, the emotions that had been strong for three days collapsed so easily.

"Hmm..." Lu Xi lowered her eyes and pursed her lips lightly, as if suppressing something.

"Lu Xi?" As if aware of something, Ji Nian's voice became tense all of a sudden, and asked, "What's wrong? Don't cry anymore? Oh my god, baby, please don't do this!"

"I didn't cry." Lu Xi said with a choked voice.

On the phone, Ji Nian sighed, and after a short moment of silence, he said, "Where are you? I'll go find you."

"No need." Lu Xi cleared his throat and said, "Pick up things in the dormitory, it's almost ready, something will happen later."

"Are you sure you don't want me to accompany you?" Ji Nian asked.

"Don't come." Lu Xi was very firm.

"Then don't be sad, okay?" Ji Nian could only compromise, and said in a serious tone, "My boyfriend will be heartbroken."

Lu Xi curled the corner of her mouth lightly, as if she wanted to laugh.

Chronicles are really deceptive.

Lu Xi rubbed his eyes with his sleeve, quickly settled his emotions, and pretended to be innocent: "I'm busy, hang up."

"Okay, I won't bother you for now." Ji Young smiled and said, "If you have anything else to worry about, call me and I'll be on standby 24 hours a day."

Before hanging up the phone, Lu Xi suddenly had a strong urge to express, and couldn't help but stop him: "Ji Nian!"

"Ok?"

Lu Xi's lips moved. On the one hand, it was because of shyness, and on the other hand, it was because she was not used to expressing her feelings. The words seemed to be stuck in her throat, and she couldn't get them out.

In the end, Lu Xi lay down on the table a little discouraged, thought for a while, and said, "Forget it...we'll talk about it when we meet tomorrow."

Ji Nian was silent for a while, and finally said with a smile: "Okay, I will pick you up tomorrow."

After hanging up the phone, Lu Xi sat on the seat for a while, then opened the drawer and continued to pack things.

Just now, Lu Xi just suddenly thought of what Xiao Ruiyang said:

"Brother Nian also has a heart. After a long time, he will be sad, discouraged, and even tired. This is not a kind of harm to him..."

"If you really like him, just tell him frankly, and you will be happy."

Therefore, he couldn't help but want to say something to Ji Nian.

For Lu Xi, Xiao Ruiyang's death was not untouched.

Lu Xi has always been indifferent, he has never had the joy of life, and he has never believed in such illusory things as happiness until Xiao Ruiyang left.

Xiao Ruiyang's position is a bit special, it's not a friend, but Lu Xi can feel Xiao Ruiyang's trust in him.

In addition, after getting along for a long time, seeing Xiao Ruiyang being tortured by heart disease, Lu Xi would inevitably feel sympathy, but Xiao Ruiyang still failed to survive his own test, so Lu Xi also felt sorry for it, and maybe even blamed himself a little.

That night in the hospital, Lu Xi watched the person who was still fine in the morning and smiled and said that he would invite him to dinner being pushed out under a white cloth. A muddled thought, ashamed of everything that life gave him.

It seemed that it was also that night that Lu Xi finally had the real sense of being alive.

With these three days of thinking, Lu Xi also chose to believe Xiao Ruiyang's words - this world should not be viewed as a book, this place is real.

Because of karma, he has no ability to change the fate of others.

But as a living person, he has the ability to pursue happiness.

Just as Xiao Ruiyang blessed him.

Thinking of this, Lu Xi decided to tell Ji Nian clearly tomorrow.

like you.

For a long time.

Maybe from the first meeting, there is a natural attraction.

……

Lu Xi put the last stack of books in the drawer into the sports bag. After gradually clearing up her thoughts, her mood was no longer as heavy as before.

Lu Xi checked the drawer for the last time, and reached out to feel inside, but found a ball of paper in the corner.

He took out the ball of paper, looked at it twice, and thought it might be waste draft paper.

Lu Xi was about to throw it back into the drawer, but paused.

He thought that according to Xiao Ruiyang's methodical nature, he would not crumpled waste paper and randomly threw it in the drawer.

After thinking for a while, Lu Xi unfolded the high-quality paper, and then saw a line of vigorously written characters in the middle——

[I gave you a chance, the bad boy who is always running away]

On the lower right is a Doraemon seal.

Lu Xi looked at the paper with a blank expression and fell into a daze.

After a long time, a mass of information suddenly exploded in his mind.

Lu Xi's indifferent pupils also dilated rapidly.

"I will always watch you, supervise you, and pity you..."

"Remember, bad kids who break the rules will get punished."

"to:x".

"Ever touched my letter?"

"Although the world I see is different from yours, and I have become mentally ill in your eyes, but... I still firmly believe in what I saw at that time..."

"Lin Yuezhi was really killed by a ghost..."

"..."

Lu Xi raised her head and looked at the wall in front of her.

Only then did he know that the invisible person had warned him long ago.

Xiao Ruiyang... died because of him.

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