Death Spiral [Infinite Flow]

    In the evening, when Lian Qiao returned to the hotel, Lian Qiao was doing laundry.

    The hotels of that era did not provide laundry services, so even Joe had to do it himself. Fortunately, he was originally at home, and he did all the housework by himself, and he was very skilled at doing it at the moment.

    In the backyard of the hotel there is a large water basin, with several pieces of clothing floating in the layers of foam. Lian Qiao took a small bench and sat in front of the water basin, rubbing his clothes happily.

    Honeysuckle approached from behind, her footsteps light, even Qiao didn't notice it.

    until Honeysuckle leans over and hugs him from behind.

    "...?" Lian Qiao was slightly surprised at first, but after feeling the familiar embrace, he turned back with a smile and kissed the corner of his eye, "You're back."

    "Let me wash." Honeysuckle said and rolled up her sleeves.

    Lian Qiao hurriedly stopped him and said, "No. Don't you have the college entrance examination tomorrow? Hurry up and read."

    Honeysuckle smiled: "It's fine. I've got the answer."

    Lian Qiao was taken aback. Honeysuckle has reached into the basin and rubbed the clothes of the two of them.

    The setting sun slanted in from the top of the fence and cast on the ends of Honeysuckle's hair, reflecting his face warm and soft. It was clearly the face of an 18-year-old boy, but his eyes were as calm as water, an expression that was very familiar to Lian Qiao.

    Lian Qiao looked at him quietly, and a thought suddenly appeared in his heart:

    As long as you are with him, where is home.

    Not long after, the monk and Xiao Apple ended their day's work and came back from outside. The four of them sat together for dinner. During the dinner, Little Apple seemed to have something on her mind.

    Honeysuckle could not help but ask: "What are you looking at?"

    Little Apple froze. Lian Qiao hurriedly helped round the field and said, "We... Didn't we stay home last night? Little Apple worried for a whole night. When he saw me coming back today, he scolded me in the face. It's like an old mother..."

    As he spoke, he winked at Little Apple, signaling her not to tell her about her illness.

      What about the monk?"

    The doubts in the eyes of Honeysuckle disappeared, replaced by a slightly flushed shyness. After all, he and Lian Qiao did that thing for the whole night yesterday, and he couldn't explain it to Xiao Apple at this time, so he had to follow Xiao Apple's words and apologize to them both.

    "It doesn't matter." The monk waved his hand very Buddhistly, "It's fine if you're okay. Have you found any clues?"

    Honeysuckle shook her head. The monk sighed, "It's the eighteenth day..."

    Lian Qiao interrupted: "Tomorrow he takes the college entrance examination. After the test, he should be able to change the scene again. Let's take a look at it later."

    That's all. The monk nodded, picked up his rice bowl and started eating.

    After eating, Lian Qiao took the honeysuckle back to the room early on the grounds that he wanted to read. Ren Dong opened a book and spread it on the table, staring at the book, but not thinking about it at all.

    "What did you do during the day?" Honeysuckle asked.

    Lian Qiao is packing. Take it with you when you change scenes tomorrow, so as not to have no clothes to wear again.

    He actually slept all afternoon. After the headache, the whole person has no energy, like a fever. He didn't want Ren Dong to worry, so he made up a reason and lied to him with a smile.

    Honeysuckle didn't doubt, just "oh".

    However, he never bothered to review. After reading the book for a while, he said he was sleepy, and dragged Lian Qiao to lie down on the bed to rest.

    Lian Joe turned off the lights. The two hugged together and chatted in the dark. In the end, the sleepiness came up. Honeysuckle's breathing became more and more stable and even, and the warm breath fell on Lian Qiao's ear, and he fell into a deep sleep.

    Lian Qiao hugged him, staring at the ceiling with bright eyes, not tired. Like a beast that lives in the night and day.

    When Honeysuckle fell asleep, Lian Qiao carefully pulled out his arms from his arms. Honeysuckle's arms were empty, probably feeling cold, so she gently curled up under the covers.

    Lian Qiao looked at him like this, and his heart suddenly filled with infinite pity. Sitting on the edge of the bed and watching him quietly for a while, he finally sighed and got up and got out of bed.

    He crept to the edge of the desk and reached for the school uniform that Honeysuckle was hanging on the back of the chair.

    The school uniform top has no pockets, is thin and soft, and cannot hide things.

    Sweatpants are made of cheap synthetic fibers, but they feel oily and slippery. Lian Qiao put his hand into his trouser pocket, and the fabric rustled slightly, making him nervous.

    He glanced back at the bed uneasily. Fortunately, Ren Dong slept soundly, and the sound did not disturb him.

    Lian Qiao touched the bag of Honeysuckle again. There are not many things in the bag, only books and stationery. Lian Qiao carefully touched the books one by one, but there was nothing hidden in them. The stationery box was also empty, with only two pens.

    The brass key is not here.

    Think about it too, if Honeysuckle really stole his key, why would he carry it with him and let him find out.

    He re-zipped the bag little by little, and withdrew his hand, when he heard a creaking sound from the bed behind him.

    Lian Qiao was startled, his back suddenly straightened, like a cat whose tail was stepped on.

    He didn't dare to look back.

    Fortunately, Honeysuckle just turned over and then fell asleep again.

    Lian Qiao stood alone in the dark, suddenly saddened to death.

    When did we become like this? I'm going to dig through his things behind his back?

    The anger in her chest was stagnant, and Lian Qiao was so uncomfortable that she suddenly wanted to smoke a cigarette.

    He didn't know how to smoke originally, but at this time he felt that it would be nice if he had a cigarette.

    He stood silently in the dark for a while, and after all, he didn't go out to look for a cigarette, but crawled back into the bed and took the honeysuckle into his arms again.

    Back to the familiar and warm embrace, Honeysuckle almost instinctively stretched out her arms towards him, wrapping loosely around him.

    Lian Qiao couldn't help kissing his forehead, feeling sad and wanting to cry.

    The next day the honeysuckle college entrance examination. The stakes were so important that the three of them were not in the mood to work, but stood outside the examination room and waited.

    A large group of equally anxious parents gathered outside the examination room. Although they are NPCs, the tension and anxiety on their faces are real. Even the three of Qiao were infected by this atmosphere just standing in the crowd, and couldn't help but become anxious.

    "What school do you think he will be admitted to?" Little Apple flipped through the brochures sent by the cram school, which showed the scores of the college entrance examination over the years.

    Lian Qiao casually said the name of the school, and then added: "It's his alma mater."

    The monk came over curiously: "What?"

    "This school has a super high score!" Little Apple pointed to the brochure, "Can he really pass the test? Wait, how many did he volunteer? What if he fails to pass the test? …”

    "I just filled in one." Lian Qiao smiled, "Don't worry, I can go." He looked around cautiously, lowered his voice and said to the two of them, "He has already got the answer. ."

    The monk was relieved to hear this. Little Apple called out, "Huh?!"

    "Are you serious?! When did you get it?" She looked suspicious.

    Lian Qiao said, "Yesterday."

    "But..." Little Apple frowned, "He was only a sophomore in high school yesterday. Could it be that the college entrance examination papers were released a year earlier?"

    Lian Qiao's heart jumped when she heard this.

    Little Apple is still muttering uneasy: "This answer is fine, don't be a fake..."

    Lian Qiao didn't speak any more, just turned to look at the examination room with a solemn expression.

    In the afternoon, the results came out. Ren Dong was successfully admitted to her alma mater with a score close to the top spot. The monk and Xiao Apple finally breathed a sigh of relief—they already knew that Honeysuckle would encounter an elevator at the age of 28, so as long as he follows the true trajectory of life, there is a high probability that he will be able to find the elevator.

    I don't know where the button is, but I can't rush it now. After all, the scene has not been fully unlocked yet.

    I want to come tomorrow morning when I open my eyes and the scene changes again, the monk and Xiao Apple will start packing early. Lian Qiao was ready yesterday, but at this time, he was free, and took Ren Dong's hand to go for a walk outside.

    This neighborhood is not that big. The two walked along the road from the street to the end of the street, and then from the end of the street to the street. The sky was getting dark, but there were only a few more people on the road. It turned out that the neighbors came out for a walk after dinner.

    For these neighbors, Lian Qiao and the others have lived here for three years. Everyone also knew that Ren Dong was admitted by his alma mater, and they came to congratulate him one after another.

    Lian Qiao was too lazy to deal with them, and dragged Honeysuckle away. Unconsciously, the two came to the unfinished building on the corner of the street.

    When they first came here six days ago, the unfinished building stood upright like a disembodied beast. Now that so long has passed, the unfinished building is still unattended, what it was six days ago is still what it is now.

    The location is remote, the lighting is not good, and there are often messy people wandering around. Neighbors are full of complaints about this.

    Lian Qiao led Honeysuckle to a street lamp. The street lamp has been in disrepair for a long time, and it will dim from time to time. There was a zigzagging sound from the old lamp.

    Honeysuckle glanced at the dark unfinished building, frowned slightly, as if remembering something bad.

    "What are you doing here?" Honeysuckle's tone was vaguely displeased.

    "Cheating. Didn't I tell you I had the answer?"

    "Really?"

    Honeysuckle looked helpless, took out a ball of paper from her pocket: "You don't believe me?"

    Lian Qiao took the paper ball, opened it, and found that it was densely written with small characters. It's really a college entrance examination answer.

    He froze for a moment, then asked, "How did you get it?"

     Honeysuckle said: "I did a hidden mission in school."

    Lian Qiao wanted to ask what the mission was, but saw Ren Dong frowning and asked, "Are you doubting me?"

    The word "doubt" pierced Lian Qiao's heart like a steel needle. He subconsciously wanted to deny it, and wanted to say let's go back. But thinking of all the things that have happened these days, he finally got down to his heart, bit his lip, and said, "You've been wrong recently."

    Honeysuckle asked: "What's wrong?"

    "I don't know, I can't tell..." Lian Qiao only felt a heart rolling on the mountain of knives, blood all the way. He stretched out his hand to Ren Dong uneasy, and Ren Dong immediately understood and reached out to hug him.

    The two pressed their chests tightly together. Feeling the familiar heartbeat, it didn't make Lian Qiao any better.

    "I'm very worried about you." Lian Qiao buried his head in his neck, like a little beast that lost its nest and shivered in the cold rain, "I don't know what's wrong with you, and I don't know either. What's wrong with me…"

    Honeysuckle stroked his hair and asked softly, "Then how can you feel at ease?"

    Lian Qiao was silent for a moment: "...I hope you will discuss with me no matter what decision you make, and don't bear everything by yourself..."

     Before even Qiao could finish her words, Ren Dong suddenly pushed him away. Lian Qiao was taken aback and stared blankly at the instant anger that erupted on his face.

    "You asked me to discuss everything with you, what about you?!" Honeysuckle has always been calm and gentle, and has never been so furious. Like a deer being driven to the edge of a cliff, he has no way to retreat, instead he raised his horns angrily and sprinted forward, "You know the purpose of the key, but you didn't tell me! I'm still in the dark! Do you want to hide it from me for the rest of your life! Do you want to secretly use the key alone!"

    Lian Qiao's heart sank. Little Apple really told him.

    Seeing that he was silent, Ren Dong felt even more anger in her heart, so she raised her hand and gave him a shove: "Tell me! Do you want to die alone on my back!"

    Lian Qiao was caught off guard and staggered by him. Hearing this, he suddenly raised his head and explained quickly, "No! It's not necessarily going to die! Using the key is just..."

    "Just what?" Honeysuckle asked sharply, forcing him to answer with a burning gaze, not giving him room to think about lies.

    Lian Qiao opened his mouth and was speechless for a while.

    "You don't even know what will happen after you use it." Ren Dong sneered, but there was a deep pain in his eyes, "I really spoil you too well. Do you think Can I help you clean up the mess no matter what happens? You think..."

    He suddenly suffocated when he said this, a look of pain suddenly appeared on his face, and he grabbed his chest.

    Lian Qiao was shocked: "Honeysuckle!" He hurriedly stepped forward and hugged the honeysuckle, reached out and groped for the medicine bottle in the honeysuckle pocket, "Does your heart hurt? Don't get excited! Calm down! It's me! Wrong! Don't be angry!"

    Honeysuckle bit her lip, trembling and speechless.

    Lian Qiao's throat tightened instantly, and when he looked inside the medicine bottle, it was really empty.

    The medicine is gone.

    When did it disappear?