【01】

2043 years.

In a cafe near the old campus of the university in S City, Jiang Shuo and Qin Yiheng were sitting in a booth by the window on the second floor.

"Mr. Qin, thank you so much this time!" Jiang Shuo was wearing casual clothes, and looked no different from the students in the school.

"Mr. Jiang, you don't have to be so polite." Qin Yiheng dressed more formally than him. He had four full classes this morning, and came directly to the cafe after class.

These two people were talking about the last time they were trapped in the virtual game due to a bug in K company's virtual game. The next day, Qin Yiheng contacted the lawyer and sued K company.This matter has also caused a lot of controversy, and once again pushed the safety of virtual games to the forefront.Under such circumstances, Qin Yiheng's lawyer successfully helped him obtain a large amount of compensation from K Company—of course, Jiang Shuo was also included.

Jiang Shuo came here this time to thank Qin Yiheng.

"Mr. Qin, I don't know how else to thank you. You won't accept money if you give it to you; you won't accept gifts if you give it... Invite you to dinner, and you don't want to eat expensive ones, so I finally agreed to have a drink together Coffee, and I chose this one..." Jiang Shuo seemed to be in a good mood, after all, he actually had a lot of money in his account.

"This cafe has been open for many years. When I was an undergraduate student at S University, I often came to their house. The boss is nice." Qin Yiheng unfolded the three-dimensional electronic menu in front of him, "The coffee tastes very good, you You can try it."

Jiang Shuo knew that he had just said the wrong thing, so he laughed a little embarrassedly, looked at the three-dimensional image floating on the table, and said, "Then which one does Teacher Qin recommend?"

Qin Yiheng looked at the professional smirk on Jiang Shuo's face, and said, "I usually like to add more milk to black coffee without sugar, you... can you accept it?"

"Of course I'm fine! Just be the same as you!" Jiang Shuo straightened his back.

【02】

When Qin Yiheng picked up the coffee cup and raised his neck slightly, he stole a look at Jiang Shuo.

After Jiang Shuo took a sip, he turned his head and secretly stuck out his tongue.When Qin Yiheng put down his cup, he immediately made his professional smirk.

Qin Yiheng frowned slightly, thinking: Sure enough, he is still Jiang Shuo, afraid of suffering.

"Mr. Qin, I'm moving in a few days. If you don't mind, let's have a meal together!" Jiang Shuo put down the coffee cup and subconsciously pushed the cup away from himself.

"You don't live in the faculty dormitory here anymore?" Qin Yiheng pushed his glasses.

"I didn't have money to buy a house before, so I rented here temporarily. Now that I have money, I want to have my own house, so I spent money to buy a second-hand old house. It is also in the old city, not too far away from here. "Jiang Shuo said, "And I also want to take advantage of the opportunity of moving to start working alone."

"Do it alone?" Qin Yiheng immediately understood, and said, "It's not appropriate for your company to do this."

Jiang Shuo squeezed out a smile: "It's none of the company's business. I concealed my medical history and entered the job first. It really violated the company's requirements. It's dishonest..."

Qin Yiheng sighed. He also thought about the possibility of this kind of result before, but he didn't expect Jiang Shuo's company to move so fast.It's just that things have come to this point, and there is nothing to say.Qin Yihengheng was concerned about the future, he asked: "Then are you going to continue working as a housing agency?"

Jiang Shuo nodded and said, "Yes."

Qin Yiheng nodded, and asked again: "Is your new house finished?"

"No, no renovations. It's an old house anyway, and the basic decoration is enough. I'll check it out later, and sign the contract if there's no problem."

"You haven't signed the contract yet?" Qin Yiheng felt a little strange, "Then you are in such a hurry to move?"

"To be honest, my rent is due, and I don't want to spend money to renew the rent. So I want to move there directly, and save some money." Jiang Shuo showed a poor smile.

Qin Yiheng endured it, and finally said: "You don't need to move in such a hurry. If your rent is due, you can live with me for a while."

Jiang Shuo looked at Qin Yiheng, feeling a little fluctuated, and said, "Mr. Qin, you are so kind to me, I really don't know how to thank you..."

Qin Yiheng smiled and said: "You don't have to thank me, after all, we are destined to meet each other."

Jiang Shuo felt a little depressed when he heard this, and said, "Mr. Qin, I really can't remember anything in the game. I always feel very sorry for you... I am sorry for the dangerous things in the game you mentioned in court. I don't even remember..."

"It doesn't matter," Qin Yiheng smiled and lowered his eyes, stirring the coffee in his cup, "After all, those are all games, it doesn't matter whether you remember or not, we are people living in 2043 after all, and the Republic of China world in the game is just a game after all. "

There was no emotion in Qin Yiheng's tone, and Jiang Shuo didn't see any regret in his downcast eyes.It seems that Teacher Qin is a very rational person.

"Mr. Qin, I appreciate your kindness. It's just that I really can't owe you any more. I'm afraid I owe too much and I won't be able to pay it back." Jiang Shuo rejected Qin Yiheng's kindness.

Qin Yiheng put down the mixing spoon in his hand, still smiled and said to Jiang Shuo: "Mr. Jiang, I am not your client, you don't need to call me 'you'. Besides, I hope you can remember that you don't owe me anything." Yes, you get what you deserve. So don’t feel burdened.”

"Okay, okay!" Jiang Shuo felt that Qin Yiheng's tone was unquestionable, and he could not refute it.

【03】

after one day.

Qin Yiheng received a message from Jiang Shuo: "Mr. Qin, can I stay at your place for two days?"

"Of course." Qin Yiheng didn't ask anything.He knew that Jiang Shuo declined him yesterday, but suddenly changed his mind today, something must have happened.

Qin Yiheng helped Jiang Shuo move his things to his apartment, and found that he didn't have many things, only two suitcases were all he had.

Qin Yiheng's residence is a duplex apartment, not too small in size, and there is also a separate guest room - this is reserved for his parents when they come to visit him occasionally.

"Mr. Qin, you like white so much..." Jiang Shuo looked at Qin Yiheng's room, white furniture, white sofa, white walls, white bedding...

Qin Yiheng just said: "Because white is convenient, once it gets dirty, it will be obvious."

Jiang Shuo suddenly felt regretful. Looking at his two big boxes and himself covered in dust, he felt that he came here to pollute the environment.

"Teacher Qin, if not, I'd better not bother..." Jiang Shuo retreated.

Qin Yiheng saw Jiang Shuo's concerns and said, "Don't worry, most of the things in my house are made of antibacterial and antifouling materials, which are not so easy to get dirty."

Jiang Shuo: "..."

【04】

While packing his luggage, Jiang Shuo told Qin Yiheng why he changed his mind this time.

"I shouldn't have gone last night!" Jiang Shuo complained, "If I didn't go to see the room last night, I wouldn't turn on the light in the room; if I didn't turn on the light in the room, I wouldn't notice that the light was broken; I didn't notice If the lamp is broken, you will not use your mobile phone to light up the broken old-fashioned ceiling lamp; if you don’t light it up, you will not notice that there is something in the lampshade of the ceiling lamp, and the landlord will not remove the lampshade; If you don’t take down the lampshade, you won’t find a small string of copper coins inside… The landlord won’t suddenly go back on his word and refuse to sell the house… So, I shouldn’t have gone to see the house last night!”

"Copper coins?" Qin Yiheng was more concerned about this.

"Yes, a string of copper coins wrapped with red wire. The landlord took it away and took it for appraisal. It seems to be genuine and quite valuable." Jiang Shuo looked unhappy, "So he felt that there must be treasures in this house , so I refuse to sell it.”

Qin Yiheng drew a picture with his mobile phone and asked Jiang Shuo, "Is this a string of copper coins like this?"

Jiang Shuo took a look, nodded, and asked Qin Yiheng: "Have you seen the news too?"

Qin Yiheng immediately understood that the landlord's acquisition of copper coins must have been on the news. He immediately opened the news interface and saw several related local news:

"Haunted houses have been difficult to sell for many years, and once Depot came"

"An accident happened again at the haunted house in S city!"

"The Secret Treasure in the Haunted House——A Review of the History of the Haunted House Market in S City"

"This thing actually appeared in the haunted house in the past! Experts saw it and shouted that it's rare to see it!"

Qin Yiheng: "..."

【05】

Qin Yiheng found a relatively authoritative local news media, and after looking at it, it was indeed the string of copper coins that Jiang Shuo had in the game.

only……

haunted house

Why did Jiang Shuo buy that haunted house?And that haunted house happened to have the string of copper coins that he had seen in the game.

Qin Yiheng took a brief look at the situation in this haunted house.

Eighteen years ago, three tenants died here.

A husband brutally killed his wife and father-in-law with a kitchen knife in this house, and was shot dead by the police on the spot when he was about to kill his own three-year-old son.Afterwards, the police found that the man had a history of schizophrenia. Before the incident, a neighbor heard him and his wife quarreling. It was inferred that the crime was caused by the acute onset of schizophrenia symptoms after being stimulated.

Qin Yiheng glanced at Jiang Shuo.

Jiang Shuo was still taking out his toiletries from the suitcase.

Qin Yiheng didn't know whether he should think so, but he had actually made an inference—the boy who survived back then was most likely Jiang Shuo.

If this is the case, why did Jiang Shuo buy that haunted house?

Ordinary people are afraid to avoid it.

But he just took a fancy to the haunted house.

For coins?

No, if it was for strings of copper coins, he wouldn't have found out in front of the landlord.

Then...is there any other reason?

Or...has he forgotten that memory too?

【06】

"Teacher Qin?" Jiang Shuo had almost packed his things, and when he saw Qin Yiheng looking at him, he felt a little embarrassed.

Qin Yiheng immediately came back to his senses, and said with a smile: "It's packed, let's go out and eat something first."

Jiang Shuo looked at Qin Yiheng's spotless kitchen utensils and said, "Mr. Qin, are these actually decorations?"

Qin Yiheng smiled: "I'm too lazy to cook alone."

"Then I'll cook you a meal tonight, thank you Teacher Qin for taking me in." Jiang Shuo rolled up his sleeves and said, "Mr. Qin, what do you like to eat? I'll place an order for food right now."

"Don't call me Teacher Qin, it always reminds me of those students. Just call me by my name." Qin Yiheng leaned against the door and looked at him.

"This...is not appropriate..." Jiang Shuo was a little embarrassed.

"Jiang Shuo," Qin Yiheng laughed, "I'll call you by your name directly in the future, won't it be evened?"

"Qin...Yiheng." Jiang Shuo tried to say, "Your name is still a little tricky."

"You can also call me Qin Er, because I am the second child in the family." Qin Yiheng laughed after finishing speaking, observing Jiang Shuo's expression.

"Although Qin Er speaks fluently...but it's not very pleasant..." Jiang Shuo was a little embarrassed.

"It doesn't matter, except the person who gave me the name put hope and wishes on the name, for others, the name is just a code." Qin Yiheng said, and asked, "Jiang Shuo, is there anything special about your name?" meaning?"

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