I collect cultural relics in the human world

Chapter 68 Choice
"No!" Jiang Huai rushed over, but his speed couldn't match Lin Huan's will to die.

Something unexpected happened suddenly. He Si originally thought that the matter had been resolved, but she had no time to take action. Seeing that the wood was about to sink into Lin Huan's chest, she suddenly shouted to the withered hands on the ground: "Grab that piece of wood!"

He Si had no hope and blurted out out of desperation, but she didn't expect to hear a hiss. The withered hands that had been inserted into Chen Xiangyang's skull rose into the air and grabbed the piece of wood that was about to pierce Lin Huan's heart.Lao Chaofeng didn't expect He Si to make this move. The ancient coin was already out of his hands and could not be taken back.The ancient coin was originally struck to save Lin Huan's life. Quickly and accurately, it hit the withered hand holding the murder weapon, knocking it and the sharp weapon crooked.

The withered hand received this blow and was no longer able to support it, so he let go.The wood and ancient coins fell to the ground with a sound, and the withered hand collapsed to the ground, spreading its palms feebly.After slowing down for a while, he twitched twice, which seemed a bit coquettish in He Si's eyes.

"Why, am I not even qualified to die?"

"It was Magu who killed me, not you." He Si took a step forward and grabbed Lin Huan's hand.

"Ha," Lin Huan laughed miserably, "Even if it's as you said, Chen Xiangyang was killed by me myself."

"Even you were killed in a mentally unstable state. You can't count."

"I am very sober," Lin Huan refuted He Si's words, "I have never been so sober. If I had killed him on the first day that happened, and then committed suicide to prove my innocence, there would have been no future. of those worries.”

"There won't be any happiness like later."

Lin Huan was stunned when he heard this and looked at He Si doubtfully: "What do you mean?"

"Despite the pain, I still want to live, probably because of those happy moments. The moments when I watched Jiang Huai discuss the secret of the wedding room's flowers and candles, and the moments when I discussed mathematical puzzles with him, so I was inspired and integrated these puzzles into the secret room. The moment of design…”

"How do you know about those secret room designs?" Lin Huan interrupted He Si.

He Si did not answer directly, but looked into her eyes and asked: "The three questions are your own imagination, right?"

Lin Huan's eyes flickered, and He Si knew that she was right.

When Lao Chaofeng talked about the three-door problem, although Jiang Huai was familiar with it, he didn't have any association with Lin Huan.And when he came out of the secret room and solved those mathematical problems, if he had discussed them with Lin Huan, then he should have doubted Lin Huan at that time, but Jiang Huai did not.

It shows that those questions were really learned, thought and designed by Lin Huan himself, rather than simply heard from Jiang Huai.Lin Huan herself is really a very talented plot designer. If it weren't for these embarrassing things, she would definitely be able to find her own unique path in escape rooms or script killing, but...

"Those levels...were all designed by you?" Jiang Huai also looked surprised.

"I'm sorry that I tarnished your favorite subject."

"No, I think..." Jiang Huai thought about it for a long time before saying, "I think it's very interesting and full of aura, really."

Lin Huan still didn't speak.

"Especially when it comes to preparing three gifts for the bride, the last golden bean really got to me. I almost couldn't get out."

"Really?" After hearing the specific case, Lin Huan finally believed that the person in front of him was not perfunctory. A shy smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, still looking as young and clean as when he first met.

"Actually, it's not just the time you spent with Jiang Huai," He Si added after seeing this, "it's also the time you spent doing your own research, the time you spent with friends and relatives, and even the time you spent chatting with Sun Qianchang. They are all very happy, and it is precisely because of these happiness that I have been able to survive until now."

"Yes." Lin Huan nodded and looked at He Si with a more meaningful look, "Sun Qian is really cute. Sometimes I really envy you guys for being able to live innocently."

"Why don't you understand?"

"You don't have to coax me. Can a person like me still be innocent in the eyes of the world?"

"But why do you want to prove your innocence to the world?" He Si asked.

Because of her mother's identity, He Si has always had a knot in her mind. She has been raised in an unstable loneliness since she was a child, and has been subjected to cold looks and ridicule, but she still holds unrealistic hopes.Now that I asked this question, I didn't know whether I was asking Lin Huan or myself.

Lin Huan was also stunned, then smiled and said: "Why care about other people's eyes, just live your own life. I understand all these principles. In fact, you also know that these principles are all lies. Because I feel uneasy, I repeat these sentences to calm my nerves, but the problem is never that simple."

These few words stuck in He Si's heart, and she was speechless.

"I don't know how all this happened, but I think you all know. The happiness of living is a fragmentary coincidence, but the pain is an inevitable shadow, not only the memory of being violated, but also the memory of killing, those who died The lost ghost haunted me day and night. From the moment Huang Haiping died, I couldn't sleep peacefully. I didn't want you to suffer this kind of pain, so I ended the life of that beast myself," Lin Huan said, looking at Jiang Huai with meaning, "You should help me, and dying in this place that is both real and illusory is the best ending for me."

Lin Huan's voice was soft and low, but she finished it in one go without hesitation. It was obvious that she was determined to die. He Si and Jiang Huai could not think of words to retain her.

What she said seemed to be correct.

For a person who is burdened with human life and painful memories, isn't it a kind of torture for her to survive?

"Do you always see the problem so simple?" Lao Chaofeng's deep voice broke the two people's contemplation, cold and emotionless, "Since you don't want Jiang Huai to bear this kind of pain, you don't deserve to die. "

Then he grabbed Jiang Huai and lifted the clothes on his back, revealing several scabbed scars and a wound that spread from his neck to his waist and was still oozing blood.

"what are you doing!"

Jiang Huai lost his temper for the first time. He broke away from Lao Chaofeng's grasp and put his clothes back in place, but Lin Huan had already seen the scars hidden under the clothes.

"When... did this happen?" Lin Huan looked at Jiang Huai uncertainly, "Did I do it?"

"It has nothing to do with you." Jiang Huai immediately retorted.

"Did I do it?" Lin Huan asked Lao Chaofeng again.

"Do you think Magu is the protector among your multiple personalities?" Lao Chaofeng shook his head, "She is the punisher, and Jiang Huai is the protector. It is he who protects your fragility, maintains your inner order, and also Because of this, when you feel uneasy about taking someone else's life, he is also helping you bear the pain."

"it's me……"

"Mr. Qin, please stop talking." Jiang Huai looked solemnly at the always respectful old man, his eyes even a little stern.

"It's easy to die here, but if you die, Jiang Huai won't be able to walk out alive."

"Mr. Qin!"

"Qin Jian!"

The voices of He Si and Jiang Huai sounded at the same time, but what Lao Chaofeng wanted to say had already been finished. He took a step back, folded his hands on his chest, and looked like he had nothing to do with me and that was all he said.Silence swept through the small inner room. Lao Chaofeng's words were like a huge stone, pressing on Lin Huan's heart, which was bent on death, making it impossible for her to make such an action easily.Jiang Huai's chest rose and fell and then gradually subsided, and his originally turbulent heart seemed to be frozen.He Si's heartbeat was accelerating, as if resonating with Lin Huan's confusion and uneasiness.

He Si knew that Qin Jian was right, but she also hated him for being cruel.

As soon as Lin Huan died, all her worries disappeared, but the price was the life of the person she cared about.Life is like duckweed and she cannot control herself. Now, she doesn't even have the freedom to die. How sad this is.

"What will happen to Lin Huan when we get out of here?" After a long while, He Si finally spoke to break the uncomfortable silence.

Lao Chaofeng remained silent.

"Will she be punished?" He Si asked.

"What punishment?" Lao Chaofeng asked in confusion.

"Those lives?" He Si just finished asking, and suddenly understood what Qin Jian meant, "Even if those lives can be covered up, what will happen to today's cruise? Don't forget, more than a few of us saw Lin Huan on the boat."

"Chen Xiangyang was closely related to the deaths of the previous few people. After he was found, he jumped into the sea out of fear of crime. Whether he can be fished out depends on his luck. As for the other people, do you know what they were doing on the boat? Who would listen to what the addict said? Do you believe it? Besides, this is an extremely chaotic event. Do the people participating in the event really know what to say?"

"What do you mean?" Jiang Huai also came back to his senses.

"Before you jumped ship, you seemed to have said to Jiang Huai that it was not worth dying for those people, but it was worth it for him? Death is like this, and life is the same. Living for those people is not worth it, but what about him?"

Lin Huan's lips trembled twice, but no sound came out.

"Death is easy, but living is difficult, but based on my experience for most of my life, the difficult path is often the right path."

The moment Lao Chaofeng finished speaking, Lin Huan finally burst into tears.

At first, her voice was like a child's wail, hurting to the bone. Her shoulders were shaking, messy and fragile, and her white knuckles turned purple due to excessive force. All the grievances and unwillingness were released in this burst of howling.From this moment on, she no longer had to hide it because of fear of gossip, or avoid it because of fear of ghosts in the middle of the night. She looked directly at her bloody wound and vented her last pain to her heart's content.

Then, the crying gradually became wanton and open-minded, without any restraint. All her patience collapsed at this moment, and her tears brought laughter again. It was so real, so pure, and so hearty.

Jiang Huai wanted to lift up the girl's fallen body several times, but he forced himself to endure it - he should not be the reason for anyone to live. Lin Huan should and must find a way to maintain his inner order.

A drop of water fell from the eaves and landed on the already wet bluestone, making a "pop" sound.

He Si looked up at the sky outside the house. Dark clouds were like ink, and the breeze carried a moist smell.

"It is going to rain."

He Si's words seemed to turn on some switch, lightning streaked across the sky, and after the dazzling white light, the dark sky was suddenly lifted, and the overwhelming rain curtain fell.In an instant, the whole world was enveloped in rain, and the dense crackling sounds complemented Lin Huan's hearty cries.

A strong wind blew up, sweeping away the stuffy heat and corruption in the courtyard.The strong wind shuttled through the rain, pulling the raindrops into lines parallel to the sky and the earth. Every corner of the courtyard was washed fresh and bright by the rain, as if it had been splashed with a layer of ink color.

The whole world seemed to have experienced a baptism of life, and so did Lin Huan's heart. Her crying gradually stopped, and at this moment, the rain outside the house had also flooded into the house.

"Can you swim?"

Lao Chaofeng looked at Jiang Huai, who was still stunned. Jiang Huai nodded at a loss.

"The dreamland is about to collapse, take care of Lin Huan."

He Si then remembered that these people should be in the sea at the moment. If the dream was about to collapse, wouldn't they be transported back to the sea?

At this moment, the rain had already covered her sneakers, and the water was growing very fast. In the blink of an eye, it had reached her knees. She felt the real feeling of dampness and coldness, and finally remembered one very important thing: "Oh no, I can not swim!"

A chuckle came from the direction of Qin Jian, and the water flow reached her neck, and she felt like she was being hugged.At the same time, something cold was stuffed into her mouth, and a mint fragrance came, even covering up the unbeatable sandalwood scent of Lao Chaofeng.

"I know, hold your breath and chew your gum."

Wait, little hands, He Si couldn't say this, she just waved her hand in the direction of her memory.

The seawater covered He Si's face. She closed her eyes and gave up her hearing, vision, smell and touch, leaving only a little coolness on the tip of her tongue.She didn’t know which layer of sea she was floating in. The ruins of the sunken ship were buried in the desert. The mermaid bypassed the embracing men and women. The tsunami turned the city into ruins. Between the sweet fragrance of coral and the warm light of pearls, a transparent film enveloped her. she.

This is a hollow under the sea where light cannot penetrate. The air becomes thinner, the silence becomes ancient, and everything becomes blurred and difficult to distinguish.

She just waited quietly, holding her breath, relaxing and going with the flow, until...

"Asi, we're here."

He Si opened her eyes.

They have returned to the cruise ship. The cruise ship has become quiet now. Several staff members of the cultural preservation office are busy silently, leaving only the wreckage on the ground silently conveying the absurdity of the previous scene.

Several people were soaked from head to toe and looked embarrassed, but He Si glanced at Jiang Huai and Lin Huan. Both of them had smiles on their faces. Knowing that the real embarrassing moment was over, they suddenly relaxed.He actually lay on his back on the deck and closed his eyes.

"Wait and sleep again..."

Qin Jian was only halfway through what he said when Lin Zhaohui came over from a short distance away and said with respect: "Teacher Qin, Director Fan arranged for me to come and take care of him."

"Yeah." Lao Chaofeng nodded.

"Then, Brother Jiang and Boss Qin will follow our Xiao Lin. Miss Xiao He and this Miss Xiao Lin will follow me to change clothes." The sound of Liu Rui's high heels came from not far away, "Miss He, don't sleep now. , be careful to catch a cold."

"Oh, I see."

He Si took a long breath and stood up from the deck, even her hair was dripping with water.Lin Huan also stood up unsteadily, coughing hoarsely, as if he had choked on water.

"Oh, why are my beautiful girls so embarrassed?"

Liu Rui said, He Si and Lin Huan looked at me and I looked at you, laughing heartily.

(End of this chapter)