Well of Mystery

The night was dark, and it was pouring rain outside the window.The garden and trees outside can only be seen clearly during the flash of lightning.

The study room on the second floor of the mansion is brightly lit. In front of the floor-to-ceiling mirror, Bai Xiuqi is examining her appearance.

A well-fitting dark gray suit with a high French shirt collar and a black bow tie.Meticulous brushing adds a touch of sophistication to the sleek hairstyle at the back of the head.

He stretched out his hand to straighten the handkerchief in his left breast pocket, two gold cuff studs inlaid with carved mother-of-pearl were faintly exposed on the cuff, and the wax-sealed venom was hidden inside.

There is nothing more to prepare.

Bai Xiuqi took a deep breath and looked at the heavy wooden door in front of him.

Passing through the corridor outside this wooden door is the banquet hall covered with brocade carpets.Beneath the chandelier covered with multicolored crystal glass, the upper class are drinking and mingling.

One of them is his target.

In this task, only success is not allowed to fail.

There was another burst of muffled thunder rolling in the low sky, and the clock in the corner chimed the time.

Bai Xiuqi reached out and grabbed the doorknob.At this time, the secret door on the other side of the study was suddenly knocked open.A figure in a Shilin blue robe rushed to him in two or three steps.

It was a tall and handsome man with a gloomy and terrifying expression.

He stared at Bai Xiuqi with angry and anxious eyes, as if he would tear the handsome young man in front of him to pieces at any moment.

Bai Xiuqi was forced by him to take a few steps back and half leaned against the desk.The manuscripts and sketches piled up on the table slid to the ground like an avalanche.

Bai Xiuqi wanted to pick it up subconsciously, but the man pinched his chin and forced him to look at him.

"I know what you are going to do... No! If you hear me, I won't!"

Bai Xiuqi didn't answer, he broke free from the shackles of the man and walked to the other side of the desk.

"why……"

The man is still asking: "You know the consequences of doing this, why do you insist on doing it yourself?

Bai Xiuqi smiled. He grabbed the whiskey glass on the table and swallowed it. Then he walked up to the man in two steps and grabbed his collar.

A kiss without warning, filled the lips with a mellow aroma of wine.The man had no reason to refuse, and immediately reached out to catch the body that was leaning towards him.

The kiss went deep, as they always did.Until the man started to have difficulty breathing, he finally pushed Bai Xiuqi away, holding his throat with one hand.

"Dragon... ashes..."

"Heh." Bai Xiuqi smiled: "I knew you would come back."

In response to his soft laughter, the man's face became paler and paler, and finally he slumped on the floor, but he still murmured repeatedly: "Don't go...don't go to die..."

Bai Xiuqi was still smiling, he dragged the man to the sofa and leaned against him, then leaned over, leaving another light kiss on his lips.

"I have no regrets to meet you again in this life. If there is another life, I will find you instead..."

After saying this, he turned around quickly and pushed open the heavy wooden door of the study in one breath.

There is no corridor outside the door, but a vast expanse of darkness.

Golden-red lava flows between the cracks in the ground, and red clouds roll overhead.The earth is littered with bones, wildfires roam...

It was a vision of hell.

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Bai Xiuqi opened his eyes suddenly, and saw a chandelier covered with colorful crystal glass.

He was lying on the bed, his whole body was wet and sticky, and when he touched it with his hands, he was covered in cold sweat.

It turned out to be a nightmare.

The Republic of China in the dream has already become history.It is an early morning in 2014 AD, and this is a platinum five-star hotel by the river in S City.

And he would not kiss a man as passionately as in his dream, even though the man's face was still in front of his eyes at this moment, lingering.

This is also the first time that Bai Xiuqi saw someone else's face clearly in his dream, and he suddenly felt the need to describe it.

There were sketchbooks and pens in the bag, and he got out of bed to get them.Only then did I realize that the bag had been searched for a long time ago, the money in the wallet disappeared, and the sketchbook also disappeared. Fortunately, the credit card and documents were all kept.

The woman who took the initiative to stick to it last night really still has a problem.

This is not the first time that Bai Xiuqi has lost property after 419, nor is it the most serious one.Anyway, he never carried a lot of cash when he went out at night, and the reason why those women came to him was not only for money.

He was reflected in the mirror on the wall.

There is no longer the sharp suit and rigorous hairstyle in the dream, and he only wears a pair of black boxer briefs, exposing his muscular chest and lower abdomen, as well as the colorful lines extending from his back to his shoulders.

It was a tattoo tattooed on Bai Xiuqi's back. The bird with a human head and a phoenix body spread its wings, hovering and singing.Some of the long tail feathers were wrapped around his waist, while others slid along the external oblique muscles to more hidden places.

It's hard to describe the expressions of those women when they saw this tattoo.

Bai Xiuqi smiled, picked up the scattered clothes all the way, put them on slowly, and then went to the balcony to smoke a cigarette.

The dark green curtains were pulled open, and he suddenly found a large bouquet of bright flowers standing on the wrought iron coffee table on the balcony.

It was a bouquet of daffodils.

Narcissus, the name of a beautiful boy who died of narcissism in ancient Greek mythology.After he drowned, he turned into a clump of daffodils. Since then, the daffodils have a flower language of aloofness and narcissism.

And Narcissus was also Bai Xiuqi's nickname in college.

Amazing beauty and talent, attitude of doing one's own thing, loyalty to desire... like a wild narcissus in full bloom, with only eyes on the things you love, ignoring the envious or worshiping eyes around you.

Like it or not, he had received quite a few bouquets.Valentine's Day, birthdays, personal art exhibitions... Most of them are bright roses and fragrant lilies, straightforward and lacking in new ideas.

Because of this, when he received the daffodil bouquet for the first time a month ago, he really had an inexplicable liking for it.

But this goodwill disappeared the moment he opened the message card.

The cards were not handwritten, and the words cut out of newspapers formed two lines of passionate pursuit, weird and mysterious.

Bai Xiuqi stared at the card for a few seconds, then decisively threw it into the trash can together with the bouquet.

Three days later, a second bouquet of daffodils appeared at his door, and the message was even hotter and bolder.

A friend once suggested that he call the police, but Bai Xiuqi shook his head calmly.He said it was impossible for the police to start an investigation based on this evidence, and all he could do was "ignore".

And just under "ignoring", he received fifteen bouquets of yellow daffodils one after another.

To this day, Bai Xiuqi really has no way to continue ignoring it.

There was only one way to the balcony, and that was through the room where he had slept all night.Who, and when, quietly passed by his side, pushed open the sliding glass door, and put that bouquet of daffodils on the coffee table?

And did that person do something to himself?

……

Lenovo made Bai Xiuqi shudder.Fortunately, he just checked his body, the feral woman last night left a lot of hickey marks, but other than that, there were no other weird marks.

...What if the bouquet was placed before check-in?

In this way, it was already late at night when the room was opened, and he never opened the curtains to check the balcony.

But if so, how can "that person" be sure that he will live in this room?

……

Thinking failed to help him clarify his thoughts, Bai Xiuqi stopped guessing a little annoyed.He walked to the coffee table and picked up the bouquet, trying to find the message card from it.

From the appearance, there are still ten daffodils as usual, but the weight of the bouquet has increased a lot.

Perhaps the flower giver filled the wrapper with water to ensure the freshness of the flowers.Thinking of this, Bai Xiuqi subconsciously glanced at the middle of the bouquet.

In the next second, he suddenly threw the entire bouquet out.

The delicate yellow daffodil hit the glass of the sliding door, making a soft sound.

At the same moment, as if crushing a juicy berry, a scarlet, viscous liquid burst from the bouquet.

What was hidden in the bouquet of daffodils was indeed blood, mixed with some fatty tissue and bits of internal organs.As for whether it belongs to a human or an animal, we have to wait for the test results.

The police said that it is still impossible to determine whether the flower sender is psychologically normal. In order to avoid further stimulating the suspect, it is recommended that Bai Xiuqi not have too close contact with men and women during this period.

After leaving the police station, Bai Xiuqi got into the car of his friend Li Kun.They were classmates and roommates during the undergraduate period. After that, Li Kun went to the family business because of his mediocre talent, but his friendship with Bai Xiuqi has remained until now.

And Li Kun was the one who advised him to call the police from the very beginning.

"You should have listened to my advice and called 110, otherwise you wouldn't be in trouble today. I guess you should be on the news recommendation column of social networking sites this afternoon. The title has been thought out for you, so it's called 'Youth Artist Bai Xiuqi was peeped by a moron, and a bloody bouquet was found in the room of the one-night stand'..."

"It's up to them to write." Bai Xiuqi interrupted the old classmate's chatter, rolled down the window and started to smoke: "Go home first, and then drive me to Jiulihuai in the south of the city."

"Dating someone again? Men and women, ugly and beautiful? You don't want to give away beautiful women." Li Kun muttered dissatisfiedly: "What's the matter, can't we stop?"

Bai Xiuqi exhaled a puff of smoke and sneered: "What are you thinking, go and see the house."

He needs a spacious studio, and has already scouted for several places, but most of them are small commodity distribution centers selling groceries or fake goods under the name of art, and he is not satisfied.

In fact, Li Kun also recommended to Bai Xiuqi the real estate under his name, and even offered to waive the rent for a few years, but it was a pity that Bai Xiuqi didn't like any of them, and it was considered a flattery.

So this time when Bai Xiuqi said that he was going to see the house, Li Kun still felt a little sour.

"Where is the treasure land in your eyes?"

"My own." Bai Xiuqi gave an unexpected answer.

Bai Xiuqi's parents disappeared in a traffic accident 20 years ago, and their whereabouts are still unknown.His grandfather was also a famous painter. After his death, he left a large country house and old utensils that filled almost all the rooms.

It is said to be "old utensils" rather than "antiques" because there are many fake antiques imitated during the Republic of China. It is said that they were all bought by Bai Xiuqi's great-grandfather. to the children and grandchildren.

The Bai family has a relative in the grave, and they have been friends for several generations.Since Bai Xiuqi's grandfather passed away, he also helped guard the old house of the Bai family in the countryside.

There was a strong wind a while ago, and the old house suffered some damage. When it was being repaired, someone dug out a local reform certificate from an unknown corner.The grave relatives were also sincere, so they sent this voucher to Bai Xiuqi by express.

I don't know if such an ancient land deed is still useful, so Bai Xiuqi typed the address into the search bar, and it turned out that this land is located in the Jiulihuai area in the south of S City today.

Although the place is a bit remote, if it is really our own, it would be easy to flatten and round it, wouldn't it?With this in mind, Bai Xiuqi decided to go to the field to see what happened.

Li Kun has always been unable to hold back Bai Xiuqi, so he can only obediently send him home, wait for him to take a bath, change clothes and get his certificate, and then drive him to the south.

After 30 minutes, the vehicle got off the city's elevated highway, turned a corner at the high-speed intersection out of the city, and drove onto the bumpy dirt road.

"Did you go wrong?" Bai Xiuqi almost hit the roof of the car with his head, turned his head and bared his teeth.

Li Kun was also angry: "I've never been here, the navigation said yes!"

As I was talking, I saw a big puddle in front of me.The vehicle plopped into the sea like a mud cow, splashing dirty water all over the sky, accompanied by Li Kun's wailing.

"The chassis of my car is already low, this is a disaster!"

Fortunately, such a small amount of water was not enough to cause the vehicle to stall. They drove forward for tens of meters, and finally saw a house in front of them.

It looks like a small market in the suburban fringe, and the chaos is quite interesting.

Bai Xiuqi was observing, when Li Kun suddenly braked and stopped the car on the side of the road.

"I can't drive through."

He pointed to a place about 23 meters ahead. There were two large iron plates standing in the middle of the road, with a few words written in red paint on them——

"Swear to fight to the end with Dingli Real Estate!!!"

"What a coincidence?" Bai Xiuqi was also taken aback: "Isn't Dingli your company?"