Chen Shi is very tall, above 185, not the kind of muscular body with bulging muscles, pecs, abs and biceps, and clothes can be torn at any time. And he wasn’t skinny like a bamboo pole nor too weak to stand up to the wind. One has to touch and pinch it with their hands to know that the body is hard and hides a powerful explosive power.

Huang Dan didn’t feel or pinch, but he knew it based on the weight on it. He turned his head sideways, and the hot and humid breath sprayed on the boy’s temples, “Chen Shi.”

Chen Shi was panting heavily, with difficulty in breathing, the sweat condensed on the tip of his nose dripped on the youngster’s shoulders, he wanted to get away from the side of the road, far away from these cars, so far away that he couldn’t see any of them, and he didn’t want to hear the sound of the car starting, didn’t want to stay for a moment.

Huang Dan put his hand on the boy’s back, the skin was hot and humid, he could feel the other person’s heartbeat through the clothes, it was beating too fast. He was a little worried, if it kept beating like this, heart would not be able to take it anymore.

“I’ll help you to sit by the flower bed for a while.”

There was no blood on Chen Shi’s face, and his voice was weak when he spoke, “No, no need.”

He raised his head slowly, sweat-drenched hair brushed his eyebrows and eyes, and he wanted to say something, but when he heard the screeching horn of the car, his body trembled, and he even instinctively covered his ears with his hands.

Fear, uneasiness, terror and other emotions appeared on the boy’s face, his eyes were red, his pupils were dilated, and his helpless and collapsed appearance made people sad.

Huang Dan’s breath stopped, and there was a throbbing pain in his heart, as if the tip of a knife was being pulled hard, he cried out in pain, and immediately fell to the ground with an unsteady center of gravity, and his buttocks hit a stone.

That pain was so painful, Huang Dan took a breath, and cried even harder. He didn’t let go of his arms, and he didn’t forget to hug Chen Shi, so that he didn’t knock him down.

The people around have been paying attention to the two boys on the side of the road, because the tall boy is very handsome, even if he is mixed in the crowd, he can attract people at a glance. He was fine before, didn’t know what happened just now, and he was about to fall down, but the shorter boy stood in front of him and made him fall on top of him.

They had nothing to do after lunch, so they wanted to find something exciting to watch. They were curious about the relationship between the two boys, whether both were classmates, good friends, relatives, or maybe cousins. Then they saw that the shorter boy suddenly couldn’t stand still, and fell down together with the tall boy.

The passers-by who passed by also cast their eyes over one after another. They saw a boy crying, with tears all over his face, as if he was in severe pain, and the boy who was bending over and leaning on him with his head drooping was breathing abnormally, as if he had sickness.

Kind uncles and aunts asked if they needed help.

Huang Dan cried and shook his head. He didn’t like the way others saw the person on his body, he didn’t like it very much.

“Hey.”

There was a voice next to his ear, Huang Dan wiped his eyes with the back of his hand, his eyes fell on the boy’s face, a little blurred, he heard him asking himself, “Why are you crying again?”

Huang Dan opened his mouth, “It hurts too much.”

Chen Shi frowned, sweat slipped from his forehead, his lips were bloodless, “Where does it hurt?”

Huang Dan didn’t speak, just lowered his eyelids, tears fell drop by drop, his butt only hurt a little, but his heart hurt like hell.

Mr. Lu said that this is the pain engraved in his soul. When he returns to the real world and returns to his own body, his soul will be the same, and the distressed will never get better.

He liked someone and will always like him.

However, there are too many unknowns and variables in the other party. Maybe it’s someone who goes through time and time again inexplicably like myself, maybe it’s just a program, a piece of code, a compiled setting, after all, even the system, the two are not completely impossible.

It is also possible that it is indeed a person, but it does not belong to his world, but in another dimension.

Huang Dan has read some reports that there are countless spaces in this universe, all of which are independent worlds, with advanced or backward civilizations that do not interfere with each other.

Even if Huang Dan has an optimistic attitude and thinks of the best situation, maybe this person is in his world, but how will he know who the other person is? In the vast sea of people, he can’t find it.

Unless the other party comes to find him, the possibility of this is extremely low, same as God’s special care.

Moreover, even if they finally find each other, there will be variables, because Huang Dan cannot be sure whether the memory will be cleared or tampered with after the last time travel.

Each of these unknown variables is very terrifying. Once it happens, for Huang Dan, it will be a pain that cannot be relieved in a lifetime.

Huang Dan sympathizes with himself. From his student days to entering the society, and now at the age of thirty, he has rejected the love of many people along the way. He has never opened a love letter, never accepted a gift, and never faced it seriously. A person’s heart, even the confession is not carefully listened to, and finally like a person but don’t know if there will be a future.

This is his retribution.

So every time, he would be rejected by the same person, resented, loathed, disgusted, misunderstood, liked, loved, deeply penetrated, separated, and reunited.

Huang Dan already knows that liking someone is a very simple and beautiful thing. He may not accept those people’s liking, but he should respect those people’s wishes and choices instead of ignoring or even treating them indifferently.

After experiencing inexplicable time travel, Huang Dan understood this truth, and understood it very clearly.

Huang Dan thought, Mr. System is an intern, and has no authority but Mr. Lu who is currently receiving him is a senior worker, why don’t ask? What if he gets an answer?

“Mr. Lu, every time I travel through time, I meet the same person. Do you know his identity? I can give you as many points as you need.”

System said, “Host Huang, so what if you know, so what if you don’t know?”

Huang Dan said, “I just want to have an idea in my heart.”

System, “Unfortunately, Lu can’t answer to you.”

Huang Dan was very disappointed, “Got it.”

System, “The sooner Host Huang completes the task, the sooner he can go.”

Huang Dan asked, “The time I leave is not fixed every time, is there any rule here?”

System, “When it’s time to leave, you will naturally leave.”

Huang Dan，“……”

System, “Does Host Huang have any other questions?”

Huang Dan said, “No more, goodbye Mr. Lu.”

System, “Lu hopes that next time Host Huang communicates, you can submit the answer to this mission.”

Huang Dan felt the pressure from this senior worker.

Chen Shi saw that the youngster did not speak for a long time, and there seemed to be a sluice in each of his eyes, and the water flowed non-stop. He thought that when he fell down, he had hurt the other party, so he forced himself to back away, gasped and said, “Leave first.”

Huang Dan stood up slowly, crying as he walked, attracting passers-by.

Chen Shi’s pockets were empty. He took two pieces of tissue paper from the small restaurant, but had already given them to the youngster at the door. At this moment, except for his hands and shirt, he really has nothing else to wipe the other party’s tears and nose.

The two of them walked into the alley in silence, one in front of the other, distanced themselves from the noise on the side of the road.

Chen Shi was much better, he stroked the wet hair on his forehead, “How are you?”

Huang Dan sniffed, wiped away the tears on his face, and said in a hoarse voice, “It’s okay, it will be fine in a while.”

Chen Shi noticed that the youngster’s shoulder was a little wet, it was the sweat he rubbed against it, and his expression became a little unnatural, “Why did you block me?”

Huang Dan said, “If I didn’t block, you would have fallen to the ground.”

Chen Shi wanted to say that it’s none of your business, but when he met the youngster’s eyes, he swallowed the words that rolled on the tip of his tongue, and squinted his eyes to look at it.

When he saw another party at the station for the first time, he thought that person was a bit cute, and when he went to eat in a restaurant, the feeling was even stronger.

Until that time in the bathroom of the Internet cafe, the youngster’s behavior reminded him of a disgusting thing, and he began to reject contact with the other party. He didn’t want to take a look, and he was too lazy to say a word, and he felt disgust breathing in the same space.

Chen Shi’s brows were tightly furrowed, the person is obviously a cute Xiao Didi, and he is also obedient, so why didn’t he follow the right path, instead of going the wrong way?

It must be some bastard who did it.

Huang Dan saw some wall dust rubbing against his shoulder, and stretched out his hand.

Chen Shi raised his hand reflexively, and swung it away with a snap.

The alley fell into silence, Huang Dan looked at the extra red on the back of his hand, the corners of his mouth were pursed, and the line of his jaw was retracted, looking sad.

In fact, it didn’t hurt very much, so Huang Dan didn’t cry out, but his eyes were red.

Chen Shi watched the youngster’s red nose flap lightly, and was probably about to cry again, “The cow in my family is often disobedient, I don’t know how much more force I exerted on it than this, and it didn’t cry, so why are you crying?”

Huang Dan frowned, “I’m not a cow, I’m a human being.”

Chen Shi pouted, “It’s just a joke, do you have to be so serious?”

Huang Dan asked, “Isn’t it good to be serious?”

Chen Shi choked, it’s not bad to be serious, it’s good to be serious.

If a person can keep the word “seriousness” in his own dictionary, he is already better than others.

Chen Shi can’t do it. He grows up so big, he only becomes serious when he draws with a brush. So far, there hasn’t been anything that he can take seriously like painting.

Huang Dan wiped away his tears, forget it, you don’t know anything, I won’t be angry, as long as you don’t suffer any more, I feel distressed just looking at it.

The atmosphere was weird, and one couldn’t tell why it was.

Chen Shi apologized in this atmosphere, “I just hate other people’s touch.”

Huang Dan, “Oh.”

Chen Shi blurted out, “You can ask Xia Wei if you don’t believe me.”

When he said that name, there was an illusion of a dark wind blowing into the alley, heading straight for here.

Huang Dan looked like a normal person, not afraid, and looked around.

“Lin Mao and Shen Liang have also heard of it.”

Chen Shi’s voice let the illusion of being surrounded by the dark wind disappear, and he said lightly, “I was in the second year of high school, and there was a boy in the third year of high school who wanted to be my friend. I couldn’t help it, and broke a bone. There were many such things.”

Huang Dan said, “Oh.”

Chen Shi stared at him, “You just Oh, forget it, what do you mean by Oh now? You still don’t believe me?”

Huang Dan said, “There is no disbelief, Oh, it means I understand.”

He said calmly, “When you were on the side of the road, you leaned against me and rubbed a lot of sweat into my neck, and the clothes on my shoulders were also wet, and it’s not dry yet.”

Chen Shi’s complexion changed, “That’s a special situation.”

Huang Dan said, “Oh.”

Chen Shi’s face twitched, oh? He only discovered now that this person has the ability to make his intestine hurt from anger.

Huang Dan said, “Under special circumstances, you may let others touch you, and you may touch others.”

Chen Shi laughed, “Dream on, unless I die.”

Huang Dan’s eyes flickered, “What’s going on at the side of the road?”

Chen Shi was taken aback for a moment, all his voice was stuck in his throat, and he couldn’t think of a reason to refute, his face turned red from holding back, and he seemed to be deflated, with a look of embarrassment turning into anger.

Huang Dan’s lips curled up.

A frown capable of catching a fly appeared between Chen Shi’s eyebrows, and the expressions on his face were like paints on a palette, colorful. If he wanted to push people away at that time, he would have the strength to do so, because before when others tried to get close, he would have done something similar, more than once.

But he didn’t do that this time.

Why not?

Chen Shi asked himself in his heart, but couldn’t think of an answer. He attributed this unprecedented behavior to a coincidence.

Not knowing what was going on, Chen Shi popped out a sentence without thinking, “You are still young, if you go astray, you can get out in time.”

When he said that, Chen Shi wanted to smack himself, why bother about this matter? Enough support? It’s possible.

It took Huang Dan a while to understand what the person meant by the wrong way, he couldn’t retreat, there was someone he liked on the wrong way, and he was already on the way.

Chen Shi looked at the youngster, and felt that the other party was obsessed. He was cheated by some bastard, and he didn’t know it. It’s hopeless, and it’s useless even if Da Luo Immortal comes.

A few students passed by together, breaking the delicate atmosphere surrounding the alley.

Chen Shi lowered his head to light his cigarette, and snapped the lid of the lighter, “You said you saw Xia Wei on the road, are you sure?”

Huang Dan shook his head, “I’m not sure.”

Chen Shi took a drag on his cigarette, and his voice sounded particularly hoarse, “Have you heard of an old saying? When you see a dead person appearing in front of you, it means you are dying too.”

Huang Dan, “I’ve never heard of it.”

“I’ve only heard that there are grievances and debts, and ghosts are like people, there are reasons for everything they do.”

Chen Shi laughed out loud as if he had heard a big joke, he coughed while laughing, “Who said that ghosts are all resentful and debtors? They also said that ghosts are like people, what a joke, can they be the same? How is it the same way? Ghosts float around, but can people float too? Let me see if you float around.”

Huang Dan，“……”

Chen Shi was tired, he leaned against the wall to smoke, and flicked a pinch of ash into the stinky ditch beside the wall, “People are people, ghosts are ghosts, the same thinking cannot be applied to both, however, what people have, ghosts have, and what ghosts have, people don’t necessarily have them.”

Huang Dan asked, “Then you mean that ghosts are selfish, greedy, lustful, fearful, and kill innocent people indiscriminately?”

Chen Shi shrugged with a cigarette in his mouth, “I didn’t say that.”

Huang Dan looked up, “You said it.”

Chen Shi was almost choked by the smell of smoke in his mouth. He exhaled the smell of smoke on the boy’s face angrily, and the corners of his lips curled into a half-smile, “Okay, I said that, what’s the matter.”

Huang Dan said it didn’t make much sense, “Why do you know this?”

Chen Shi still had that lazy look, and didn’t show any other emotions, “It’s written that way in the book.”

Huang Dan stopped asking.

This little episode brought about some slight changes in the relationship between the two of them, allowing them to communicate normally.

Huang Dan went to the small shop to buy water, and handed a bottle to the person in front of him.

Chen Shi thanked him, took the mineral water in his hand, and when he unscrewed the lid, he said, “Lin Mao and the others told you.”

Huang Dan nodded, “Yes, said so.”

Chen Shi leaned back and drank a few sips of water, “That’s it, I’m afraid of cars, it’s natural.”

Huang Dan said, “Have you seen a doctor?”

Chen Shi’s Adam’s apple rolled, “Do you know what is innate? It started from the moment I came into this world, opened my eyes, and took my first breath of air. No, it should be counted from when I was still in my mother’s belly.”

Huang Dan said, “Maybe in your previous life, you witnessed a serious car accident, which left you with a deep psychological trauma, so this life will be affected.”

Chen Shi shook his shoulders and laughed, “Say it as it really is, your storytelling skills are amazing.”

Huang Dan wants to say, this is true, because you had me in your previous life, and the root cause of your fear of cars is me.

But he just moved his lips without making a sound.

If it is said, it will be the same as telling a joke, it is still a bad joke, no one will laugh, it will only feel vulgar and bad, it is a plot that will no longer be used in TV dramas now.

Huang Dan’s eyes stopped at one place, there was a girl talking and joking with a boy over there, with her arms hanging around the boy’s neck, she tiptoed to kiss his cheek, the two of them were sweet, they were a couple in love.

The back of the girl is very similar to Xia Wei, the skirt on her body is exactly the same as the one Xia Wei wore when she died, and she also has long straight hair. Looking from the back, Huang Dan has the feeling that it is Xia Wei herself. But it was not the same face when he saw it from the front. He couldn’t help but wonder if the figure he saw on the road before was just a mistake.

If someone runs a red light and runs across the road, it is not impossible.

After all, this kind of thing happens every day, otherwise there wouldn’t be a lot of unfortunate news because of this kind of thing.

Huang Dan hesitated for a moment, but still walked towards the couple.

As soon as Chen Shi turned his head, the youngster disappeared. When he found the target, he frowned and walked closer. He heard him asking the girl if she ran a red light and crossed the road half an hour ago.

This question is so confusing.

Both the girl and her boyfriend have the same expression.

Huang Dan thought he had made a mistake, then he heard the girl say in a bad tone, “Yes, I ran a red light. Why? Can’t? The police uncle doesn’t care about me, you still want to meddle in my business?”

He frowned, it turned out that it was really not Xia Wei.

The girl frowned when she saw the strange boy, didn’t speak, just stared at her, like an old professor, probably still has a lot of truths to push, so she grabbed her boyfriend’s hand and left.

Before the boy left, he gave Huang Dan a warning look, but Huang Dan didn’t care at all.

Chen Shi took a drag on his cigarette, and said with a teasing smile, “That guy with acne thinks you want to hit on his girlfriend, if you had said a few more words, he would have beat you black and blue.”

Huang Dan said, “He only has one pimple near his nose.”

Chen Shi raised his eyebrows, “One is also acne.”

Huang Dan twitched and didn’t discuss with him what acne is, “You have two.”

Chen Shi was stunned, “Screw you.”

Huang Dan said, “At the back of your neck, one big and one small.”

Chen Shi，“……”

Huang Dan said seriously, “The big one is already ripe, don’t grab it, don’t pick it, it will be ready soon.”

Just as Chen Shi was about to speak, the cell phone in his pocket rang. It was his home landline. He walked to the side to answer the call, stuffing a cigarette to his mouth from time to time.

Huang Dan had nothing to do, just stood there waiting, vaguely hearing about school, leave, exam, he squeezed his fingers, if only that person could stay.

Possible, because he is here.

After several lifetimes, Huang Dan still has this bit of self-confidence.

Chen Shi came over after making a phone call, and the cigarette between his fingers had already burned out more than half, “Aren’t you leaving?”

Huang Dan said, “Let’s go.”

Chen Shi remembered something, and he spoke in a relaxed and casual tone, but the corners of his lips pressed together, “There are many cars on the road, don’t run around if you have nothing to do, let alone run around if you have something to do, lest you end up on road to Yellow River.”

Huang Dan said, “Everyone has their own destiny. Accidents on the road are very sudden and unexpected. Sometimes you dodge the car, and the car insists on hitting you, and you can’t dodge it.”

Chen Shi frowned, for no reason he didn’t like to hear the first few words, “What does it mean that people have their own destiny?”

Huang Dan said, “Everyone has their own natal chart, which was written long ago.”

Chen Shi’s disgust for this explanation was far beyond imagination. He pinched the cigarette in two with force with his fingertips, “I found that sometimes you are looking for a spanking, and I want to spank you.”

Huang Dan raised his eyelids, “You said you wanted to spank me?”

Chen Shi threw the broken cigarette in two on the ground and stepped on it, squinting his eyes and said, “If you say some more nonsense, believe it or not, I can hit you under your nose and drag out two snots?”

Huang Dan asked, “Did I say something?”

“What are you talking about, you don’t know? Fucking people have their own fates! What’s more, the horoscope was written long ago, who wrote it? Heavenly Master ? Don’t read such neurotic things in the future. If you read too much, you will become insane.”

Chen Shi put his hands in his pockets, his face was cold and hard, and his tone was the same, “You made your Gege angry, go back by yourself.”

After speaking, he left without looking back.

Huang Dan looked at the back of the boy leaving, shook his head speechlessly, and walked back to his residence in the opposite direction.

Lin Mao was still asleep, the stove in the room was not turned on, and there was a foul smell in the air. He didn’t know if it was because the clothes were not dried or a sock was stuffed somewhere.

Huang Dan went to shake him awake, “It’s almost two o’clock.”

Lin Mao didn’t get enough sleep, so he lay back on the bed again, and said vaguely, “I won’t go to the studio in the afternoon, you can go with Xiao Wei, Shen Liang and the others.”

After the last sentence, Lin Mao sat up from the bed, his eyes widened, “Xiao Wei is dead.”

Huang Dan, “Yes.”

Lin Mao rubbed his face hard, when it hurt, he stopped, “This is the first time I saw people around me leave, and I couldn’t accept it for a while, do you know that feeling? It’s like dreaming.”

“Understandable.”

Huang Dan also knew that feeling. During the first time travel, after the man died, he would think that the man was still alive. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that the man was by his side.

Lin Mao scratched his hair, “Where is Xiao Wei?”

Huang Dan said, “Still in the morgue, do you want to visit her?”

Lin Mao’s face turned pale, and his voice changed, “Don’t, I have never been afraid of anything since I was a child, except ghosts.”

Huang Dan tidied up the messy quilt, and tugged at the sheets, “Then don’t mention her from now on.”

“You think I want, I think she’s not dead.”

Lin Mao smiled wryly. He walked back and forth in the room barefoot, his face full of anxiety, “No, I’d better go and have a look, otherwise I will still think it’s just a dream.”

Ten minutes later, Huang Dan and Lin Mao appeared in the morgue, as well as Shen Liang and Chen Shi who were called by them.

Lin Mao said that many people strength courage.

All four people came, and no one took the initiative to be the first person to swallow crabs, and stepped forward to lift a white cloth to greet it.

Shen Liang said impatiently, “Lin Mao, don’t you want to see her? Go and look.”

Lin Mao was distracted, when he heard the voice suddenly, his body trembled, he turned his head and glared at Shen Liang, “Why are you talking suddenly? Damn, I was almost scared out of my wits by you!”

Shen Liang snorted contemptuously.

Lin Mao lowered his voice and raised his lips provocatively, “What are you snorting for, if you feel bad, go and remove the white cloth.”

This aggressive method is too rubbish, anyone can understand it.

Shen Liang snorted lightly, walked over under Lin Mao’s dumbfounded gaze, and immediately reached out to pull off white cloth.

Xia Wei’s face was exposed to the four people’s vision, and the bloody handprints were still on her face, like a birthmark on her face, so hideous and ugly that it made people’s scalp tingle.

Don’t know whether it was pulled down white cloth, but the position of the block is wrong, and only Xia Wei’s head is exposed, which looks very strange, as if she will open her eyes and speak in the next moment.

Lin Mao asked Shen Liang to pull down the white cloth a little more, and he was cursed by the other party for a long time.

The white cloth was completely torn off.

There was a piece of white in his vision, Huang Dan blinked his eyes, and he looked again, without the cover of the white cloth, he could see Xia Wei’s hands and feet close together, and she was still wearing the blood-stained dress, her face was serene, giving a feeling of falling asleep.

When you see the holes in her neck, that feeling disappears without a trace.

Seeing the corpse of his classmate with his own eyes, Lin Mao was sad, but also heaved a sigh of relief. He murmured, “Xiao Wei is really dead.”

Shen Liang said, “Otherwise? Could it be that she will stand up and give you a hug?”

Lin Mao jumped to Huang Dan’s side, “Shen Liang, you are sick, you dare to say such things in front of Xiao Wei, are you not afraid that she will find you?”

Shen Liang rubbed his fingers, “There’s nothing to be afraid of.”

Lin Mao looked unable to communicate, “I won’t talk nonsense with you, you cover Xiao Wei with the white cloth.”

Shen Liang said at this time, “I’m only responsible for opening it.”

Lin Mao stared at him, then snorted again, “Why? Are you afraid? You don’t have the guts?”

Shen Liang hehe.

Only now did Lin Mao realize that Shen Liang was mocking, and his aggressive method was ineffective. He was like a coward in this place, “Shuran, you go.”

As soon as Huang Dan took a step, he was pulled away by a hand. Chen Shi crossed over him to walk to the bedside, shook the white cloth at the end of the bed, and covered Xia Wei’s corpse. His movements were done in one go, as if he was not facing a corpse, but a plaster dummy.

Lin Mao only stared at the white cloth, for fear that the student inside would come down.

However, Shen Liang’s eyes wandered back and forth from Chen Shi and Huang Dan, revealing an expression of inexplicable meaning, which was fleeting.

The temperature in the morgue was very low, and after a while the exhaled breath was cold, as was the breath inhaled, not only wrapped in the smell of disinfectant, but also the smell of the corpse.

Chen Shi put his hands in his pockets, “Let’s go.”

Huang Dan looked at the white cloth covering the corpse on the bed and subconsciously said, “Goodbye.”

Chen Shi was inexplicably uncomfortable listening, “What goodbye do you say to a dead man? Take that sentence back for me!”

Huang Dan obediently did so, “Restrained it, I didn’t say anything just now.”

Chen Shi raised his eyebrows, thinking that this kid is still very cute, if he hadn’t been tricked into crooked ways, he would be even cuter.

Not far behind, Shen Liang turned his gaze away again.

Lin Mao was lost in his thoughts, and he didn’t care about the three of them at all.

Huang Dan went to the studio at night, Lin Mao would be bored in the room alone, so he went too.

Teacher Liu was sketching with everyone. The model was a male college student with a beard, disheveled hair, and two dark circles on his face, giving him a decadent air.

Huang Dan, Lin Mao, and Shen Liang all three recognized the person. The college student was the one who lived on the same floor as them and had met them before.

A college student named Qi Fang, a history major, is a freshman this year. He said that he just had his eighteenth birthday last month, and he had a vicissitudes of life. No one believed his words, they only thought he was joking.

Huang Dan quickly sharpened a pencil, sat next to Zhou Jiaojiao and began to draw.

Zhou Jiaojiao gave him a fruit candy, this time it was lychee flavored, “I thought you wouldn’t come tonight.”

As soon as Huang Dan was about to peel it off, Lin Mao took it away, “Oh, there is candy to eat, I didn’t have enough for dinner, I just happened to be hungry.”

Zhou Jiaojiao was upset, “Lin Mao, why are you snatching Shuran’s candy?”

Lin Mao’s small eyes were narrowed into a slit, “What you gave to Shuran is Shuran’s. He didn’t say anything. You have something to say, Shuran?”

Zhou Jiaojiao wrinkled her nose, “You are really shameless.”

She gave another candy to Huang Dan, it was not a lychee, but an apple instead, “Eat it quickly, my dad just bought it for me at night, it’s very sweet.”

Huang Dan peel it and put it in his mouth, it was indeed very sweet, so sweet that he felt like vomiting, “Thank you.”

Zhou Jiaojiao smiled, “You can help me correct the painting later.”

Huang Dan agreed.

Zhou Jiaojiao smiled even more happily. She put the pencil in front of her and measured the three courtyards and five eyes. She drew a few lines on the paper and began to draw the eyes.

This is Zhou Jiaojiao’s habit. Every time she draws a human head, she draws the facial features first, and then spreads the painting up and down after drawing the human face. This is the wrong approach and the teacher explained it, but she can’t change it.

With Huang Dan around, Zhou Jiaojiao would talk to him from time to time and lean her head towards his painting.

“Shuran, the eyebrow shape you drew is better than mine. How did you draw it? I think it looks better than the model’s own.”

“Shuran, lend me your eraser. Tomorrow, I’ll ask my dad to buy an eraser like yours. It’s very clean and easy to use.”

“……”

Lin Mao on the other side had goosebumps, “Shen Liang, Jiaojiao must have taken a fancy to Shuran, right?”

Shen Liang was sketching the outline of the model, corrected it twice, and said irritably, “I’m drawing, don’t talk nonsense to me.”

Lin Mao curled his lips, “You are getting more and more boring.”

Shen Liang’s pen refill broke, he threw away the pencil, changed one and continued to draw.

Lin Mao smacked his lips, turned his head and stopped talking to him.

Qi Fang sat on a chair, he could see everyone’s faces from his angle, his body didn’t move, his mouth kept moving, chatting with a few girls, saying that he knew how to read faces, and so on. A mysterious figure posture to deceive a girl from a good family.

Lin Mao muttered softly, “There is someone who can flirt better than me.”

Huang Dan said, “Maybe he really knows how to read faces.”

Lin Mao didn’t believe it, “Let me tell you, this is a way of picking up girls, and it’s already outdated.”

Huang Dan noticed that Qi Fang was looking over, and he looked straight up.

Qi Fang showed a row of teeth to him, probably due to his dark face and black beard, which made his teeth extremely white, as if they had been painted to dazzle the eye.

Zhou Jiaojiao, “Handsome guy, I’m drawing your mouth, can you put your teeth away? Otherwise, I won’t be able to draw.”

Qi Fang put away his smile and continued to be a model, “Beauty, do you want me to read your face?”

Zhou Jiaojiao said, “No.”

Someone joked, “Jiaojiao’s father is waiting outside, be careful when her father comes in to greet you.”

Qi Fang said seriously, “That’s good, I can read Shushu’s face too, I’m very accurate, much more accurate than those old men in the Town God’s Temple.”

Everyone laughed, but Teacher Liu unexpectedly joined in the fun, “You read for me.”

Qi Fang pondered and said, “Mr. Liu’s career will have a big impact this year, and the money will be wiped out.”

Teacher Liu asked, “What else?”

Qi Fang said, “It’s a bit far away, that’s all I can see.”

Teacher Liu shook his head with a smile.

Qi Fang glanced around, looking bored and looking for something to pass the time, “Who else wants me to read him?”

Lin Mao pointed to Shen Liang, “Read him.”

Shen Liang’s face sank, “Read the fart!”

His sound was almost like a roar, which destroyed the relaxed atmosphere in the studio.

Teacher Liu smoothed things over.

Some people don’t like this kind of fortune-telling, and their dislike is understandable. Besides, Shen Liang is not the kind of person who is suitable for casual jokes.

Lin Mao’s face turned cold, stood up and changed positions.

Seeing that Qi Fang looked at him again, Huang Dan ignored him.

A private villa in M City is brightly lit.

Wang Qi was warmly received as soon as he entered the door. He looked at the middle-aged man on the chair. He was in his fifties, well-dressed, and he could be called a rich man.

Biao Jiu was very polite, “Officer Wang, dinner is ready, let’s go to the front hall to eat.” (Biao Jiu = Maternal Uncle)

Wang Qi just came to contact the family members of the deceased, and didn’t want to stay longer, but because of looking at the sketches on the third floor, he stayed for a long time unconsciously, and was still here at almost 8:30.

The front hall is spacious and bright, and there are exquisite Western-style dinners on the long table.

Wang Qi was no stranger to it. The deceased was a princess from a rich family in the eyes of her classmates. She lived with such a Biao Jiu, so she would not be bad in terms of materialistic things.

Biao Jiu poured red wine for Wang Qi, “Officer Wang, I’m sorry to trouble you about Xiao Wei this time.”

Wang Qi said that there was nothing to worry about.

Biao Jiu sighed, “Blame me, if only I had given more time to spend with Xiao Wei than work, maybe she wouldn’t have done such a stupid thing.”

Wang Qi said, “Does Xia Wei have any other relatives?”

Biao Jiu said that she has a father, “Xiao Wei’s parents divorced three years ago, and her mother passed away not long after. Her father has a new family and has never visited her.”

Wang Qi couldn’t understand. He had been in contact with divorced families, and both husband and wife would not ignore their children. “Why?”

Biao Jiu hesitated to speak, “Maybe it’s because of his current wife and children.”

Wang Qi didn’t ask any more questions.

Xia Wei killed herself, and the case is closed.

Children at that age will be more sensitive and fragile, and will cause violent mood swings because of a look or a laugh from others, and it is not uncommon for them to act extreme in a single thought.

After a hasty meal, Wang Qi got up to leave.

Xia Wei’s funeral was arranged by her Biao Jiu, who found a good cemetery.

The funeral was scheduled for the 13th. Huang Dan and Lin Mao were very worried the day before, because they found that they did not have black clothes for this occasion.

Lin Mao called Huang Dan up, and the two went to Shen Liang’s house together.

Shen Liang is completely opposite to them, in the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter, he is almost always dressed in black.

Both Huang Dan and Lin Mao have similar figures to him, so clothes can be borrowed to wear.

Shen Liang said disgustedly, “I can lend you some clothes, but you have to wash them before returning to me.”

Lin Mao said, “I know, I know.”

He pulled Huang Dan, and stood in front of the closet to look through it, “Shuran, which one do you want to wear? I think this one is pretty good, what do you think?”

Huang Dan doesn’t care, “It’s fine.”

The three of them met Chen Shi that day and took a taxi to the cemetery together.

As soon as the car started, Chen Shi’s hands in his pockets were clenched into fists, his eyes were closed tightly, his thin lips were tightly pressed together, his face was frighteningly pale, and he was enduring unimaginable pain alone.

Huang Dan couldn’t watch it, and felt distressed when he saw it. He lowered his eyelids, more than Chen Shi, he wished for the car to reach the stop quickly.

The reality was not as expected.

There was a car accident on the way to the cemetery, and the driver had to take a detour. When they arrived at the destination, the funeral was over. They didn’t see Xia Wei’s Biao Jiu, and there was no one in front of the tombstone.