Chapter 6: Guide 06

11TH SEP 2022~SV

Sorry, it was on purpose

Yu Xing sat sideways on the edge of the bed, one hand hooking the underwear.

The back of his hand rubbed against his hip bone. It was cool, and a little itchy. Wen Qing trembled. His face, which had been red from crying, seemed to get redder. His whole body heated up, and the top of his head seemed to be steaming.

He tugged his underwear, in fear that Yu Xing would hold onto it. “I… I didn’t steal it!”

Yu Xing softly snorted. He bent his fingertips and rolled around the white edge. Only then did the fabric fit the skin.

“Tsk, it’s two sizes bigger.”

“If you didn’t steal it……”

He paused, raised the corners of his mouth, and mischievously asked,“Then you were trying to seduce me?”

Wen Qing’s ears were red enough to drip blood. “I didn’t!”

“I… I seduce your sister!”

He was embarrassed and angry, and couldn’t help but curse out a sentence.

Because he had cried for a long time just now, Wen Qing’s clear voice had a delicate hoarseness to it. The last syllable of his curse rose, which made listeners’ hearts ripple.

Yu Xing’s smile grew deeper. The tip of his tongue pressed against his cheek. He said to Wen Qing. “That’s also fine, I don’t mind.”

“We brother and sister will satisfy and feed you together.”

Wen Qing’s eyes widened in disbelief.

This… what sort of person is this!

“I’m… I’m scolding you!”

“Really?” Yu Xing raised his eyebrows, dragging out the end of his words. “Then why do I feel like you’re inviting me?”

Invite your sister!

Wen Qing flushed. He knew that Yu Xing would say more nonsense if he scolded him, so he could only swallow his words back into him stomach.

He tried to push Yu Xing’s hand away, but in time, when he used his full power and both of his hands to push, Yu Xing’s hand didn’t budge one inch. His index finger was still bent, still hooking the edge of the underwear.

It wasn’t difficult to think that if Yu Xing wanted it, the pure cotton cloth could easily be torn.

Wen Qing almost cried. “Let go.”

Yu Xing frowned. He was about to speak, but the first word hadn’t been said before they heard Si Kong’s cold voice spit out two words: “That’s enough.”

This was the second time.

Yu Xing narrowed his eyes. He glanced at Si Kong, who had a cold expression, then glanced at the tearful and pitiful Wen Qing.

He bent over and leaned in front of Wen Qing, almost touching the tip of his nose, and slowly said. “I said……”

“Did you exchange your body to let that bastard protect you?”

Wen Qing pursed his lips. “I didn’t.”

Yu Xing licked his lips. His eyes were full of interest, but it was different than before. Wen Qing felt that Yu Xing was now a little terrifying, as if he was planning how to eat him into his stomach, literally.

“Didn’t what? Didn’t initiate it?” Yu Xing asked.

The corners of Wen Qing’s eyes flushed with anger, and he squeezed out a sentence. “I never did what you’re saying!”

Si Kong frowned, and coldly called Yu Xing’s name.

“Yu Xing.”

Yu Xing turned a deaf ear. His eyes stared fixedly at Wen Qing.

He tilted his head and the corners of his mouth lifted. “Then do you want to try it out?”

“With me.”

“Get out.” Si Kong’s voice was angry.

Wen Qing was scared for a moment. He hadn’t reacted when a dark shadow flashed before his eyes, and Yu Xing was kicked to the ground by Si Kong.

In the next second, Wen Qing’s body was once again in the air, and he was left outside the door.

With a bang, the door closed.

Wen Qing stood outside the door in a daze. The door that had been ripped apart was now intact and restored to its original state, as if a three-headed had never appeared at all.

He wrapped his bathrobe around himself tightly and didn’t leave, instead listening to the movement inside.

It was very quiet. There was no sound.

Wen Qing thought, shouldn’t they be arguing or fighting?

Were they sleeping together?

They seemed to know each other……

The other side of the door

Yu Xing and Si Kong stood in the room diagonally looking at each other expressionlessly.

Yu Xing glanced out the window and sneered. “It’s rare to see you so angry.”

“Isn’t that poor little one pretty likeable?”

Si Kong’s face was cold, and he didn’t say anything.

After a while, a soft voice sounded outside the door.

“Then I… I’ll go back to my room first.”

“Goodnight.”

Yu Xing tsked. “So cute.”

“Want me to help you?”

“Roll.”

****

Wen Qing walked to the head of the stairs. When he lowered his head, he saw large bloodstains and chunks of meat scattered on every part of the living room.

He immediately averted his gaze, and ran back to the second floor, discomfited.

Wen Qing’s front foot stepped into the bedroom, and Zhou Zhou’s back foot also came in. He closed the door, and took the initiative to report his progress. “Just now, I went down to the first floor to check it out.

Thinking about the mangled sight on the first floor, Wen Qing whispered: “Your courage is really big.”

Zhou Zhou laughed and explained. “I was just wondering if there were any clues left. I was worried that it would suddenly disappear like the blood before, so I took the time to check it out.”

Wen Qing followed his words and asked, “Then did you find anything?”

Zhou Shou nodded, but shook his head again. “Wang Jing’s body’s remains were everywhere, and there was nothing left. But I did find something I ignored before.”

“That panel.”

Wen Qing blinked.

Zhou Zhou looked at him, his eyes glimmering with excitement as he moved. “Before, because of that boy’s death, we avoided it like a taboo too much. It’s one of the most important clues.”

“Those two panels are different.”

“There are many animals carved on the first panel. After some inspection, I realised that the three-headed dog was also on it. We abstained today, and the three-headed dog appeared. That panel should be the door to hell or the underworld. The other panel had no drawings whatsoever, and it only has an extra door knocker. This panel should be the door that we leave from.”

Wen Qing realised. “So it’s like that.”

Zhou Zhou exhaled. “But the most important thing now is to find the guide. If there is no guide, knowing how to leave the door is still useless.”

“Wen Qing, do you have any suspicions?”

Wen Qing shook his head and truthfully said, “No, I can’t tell.”

He felt that everyone was suspicious, and yet he felt that everyone wasn’t suspicious at all.

“It’s fine, there’s still one day left tomorrow.” Zhou Zhou comforted, and switched to ask. “Right, I remember you were clearly running behind me when we were running upstairs. Why did you suddenly fall behind?”

Wen Qing lowered his head and slowly said, “I was pushed by someone.”

Speaking of that, his shoulder ached a bit.

Zhou Zhou frowned and quickly asked, “Who is it? Did you see them?”

Wen Qing shook his head: “No, I was too panicked then.”

Zhou Zhou was in front of Wen Qing at that time, and couldn’t pay attention to whatever happened behind him. After he pondered for a moment, he asked, “Then do you have any suspects?”

The corridor was very spacious, and there was more than enough space for three to four people to run side by side. Moreover, the people who can run fast would be at the front, and unless the people at the back had no eyes, they couldn’t push the person next to them.

Unless it was on purpose.

Wen Qing opened his mouth. He suspected that it was Gong Yunyun, because Gong Yunyun closed the door.

If it wasn’t Gong Yunyun, if everyone voted wrongly because of his words……

Hesitating for a while, Wen Qing shook his head. “I’m not sure.”

“I’ll talk about it tomorrow.”

He would go find Gong Yunyun tomorrow, and ask her clearly.

Zhou Zhou nodded. “Alright.”

“Get some sleep first.”

“Do you want to sleep on the left or on the right?”

“I want to sleep next to the wall.”

“Alright.”

The bed was very big, it could fit three men. The quilt also had two beds, which was perfect for one person each.

Wen Qing put a pillow at the center of the bed to act as a line three-eighths long. Then, he got into the soft quilt and closed his eyes.

The headlights of the bedroom were closed, and just in case, a small nightlight was kept by the bed.

Zhou Zhou tilted his head, and looked at Wen Qing, who was sleeping next to him.

The dim yellow light shone on his face, and his thin eyelashes casted a faint shadow below his eyes. There was a kind of indescribable obedience.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Zhou asked, “Wen Qing, let’s work together to leave this place.”

Wen Qing almost fell asleep, but he woke back up again when he heard Zhou Zhou’s words.

Work together?

He responded, and dazedly asked, “You… don’t you suspect me of being the guide?”

Zhou Zhou laughed. He thought, if you were the guide, everyone would’ve cleared early on.

“I don’t suspect you. What about you?”

Wen Qing smelled the scent of the quilt, and drowsiness overtook his whole body again. “Me… what about me?”

Zhou Zhou softly asked. “Do you suspect that I’m the guide?”

Wen Qing tilted his head and buried his face into the quilt, “No……”

“Why?”

“You… you’re a good person.”

Hanging onto those words, Wen Qing’s head slanted, and he entered a sweet dream.

****

On the second day, Wen Qing woke up very early. Back at the dorms, he was also the first one to wake, and he would help his dorm mates to bring breakfast.

It was just that he would wake up well-rested before. Now, he woke up exhausted, like he hadn’t rested at all.

Wen Qing blinked. His arms and legs felt as heavy as lead, and his shoulder also hurt.

Seeing that Zhou Zhou was still sleeping, he moved lightly. He slowly sat up and glanced at his shoulder.

The part that was hit last night had a big palm-sized bruise, half-blue and half-purple, and it looked very terrifying.

Wen Qing pursed his lips, tiptoed out of bed, and went to the bathroom to wash up.

He casually put on a T-shirt, and left the bedroom.

Wen Qing first went to the study. He couldn’t find any medicinal wine, so he went to the head of the staircase. He saw that the living room on the first floor was squeaky clean and empty. He let out a long sigh of relief, and slowly went downstairs.

The living room only had the long table and chairs. There was no other furniture. Wen Qing directly headed to the kitchen. After rummaging through the kitchen, he finally found a medical kit in a corner.

Luckily there was medicinal wine.

Wen Qing grabbed the medicinal wine, but his actions paused.

This was a public area. In case somebody came over while he was rubbing the medicinal wine……

Wen Qing thought for a while, and he walked into the first floor’s bathroom with the medicinal wine.

He stood in front of the mirror, and pulled off his right collar.

Just as he poured the medicinal wine, there was a click, and the bathroom door opened.

Wen Qing’s hand trembled. He almost spilled the medicinal wine.

Did he not lock the door before?

Ji Yu stood at the entrance, astonished, also seeming slightly surprised that there was someone in the bathroom.

Very quickly, his gaze moved towards Wen Qing’s shoulder.

“Did you bump against something?”

Wen Qing nodded, and quietly said, “Yesterday, I accidentally bumped into something. I was just about to apply medicine.”

He thought, Teacher Ji probably wouldn’t disturb him from applying medicine?

Unexpectedly, not only would he not disturb him……

Ji Yu lightly said, “Let me help you rub it in, then.”

Wen Qing was stunned for a while, and quickly said, “You don’t need to bother, I can do it myself.”

However, what Ji Yu said just now wasn’t asking for opinions.

He closed the door and walked towards Wen Qing, and grabbed the medicinal wine from Wen Qing’s hand.

The bathroom wasn’t big. It was perfect for one person, but it was too crowded for two people. Without even mentioning Ji Yu’s stature, two people’s bodies wouldn’t be able to avoid coming into contact.

Wen Qing shied away, his back against the wall. Ji Yu stood on one side, full of oppression.

Wen Qing wasn’t used to being so close with unfamiliar people.

Just as he was about to speak, his chest suddenly felt cold. Ji Yu had pulled his collar down again, exposing a large portion of his chest.

“Your bruise is very wide,” Ji Yu said.

In other words, he pulled the clothes just to rub in medicine.

Wen Qing pursed his lips. If he covered his chest, it would feel very weird……

He could only silently pray that the other would finish applying it quickly.

Ji Yu’s gaze secretly swept across his white and tender chest, then he looked at the blue and purple bruise on his shoulder. The contrast between the two of them was stark.

He retracted his gaze in satisfaction, poured the medicinal wine onto his palm, then placed it gently on the wound, before pressing hard.

Wen Qing was still distracted when there was a sharp pain in his shoulder. His tears came out directly.

It was too painful.

It will hurt to death……

Wen Qing choked and called, “Te, teacher……”

Ji Yu’s eyes went half-lidded. The corners of his lip slightly lifted, and he lightly said, “Be patient.”

“The medicinal wine needs to be rubbed open so it can heal quickly.”

Wen Qing whimpered twice. His lips were trembling in pain, and tears quickly stained his chest. His fair and clear chest glistened with water.

Seeing this, Ji Yu smiled, saying to him, “If you were seen by someone, they’d think I was bullying you.”

Wen Qing sniffed. “I’m sorry.”

Ji Yu laughed again. “So polite.”

Very quickly, the pain in Wen Qing’s shoulder eased by a lot. He was about to ask Ji Yu if he was done or not, when two familiar voices suddenly sounded outside. 

“Mr Yu, wait.” that voice was Zhou Zhou’s.

As for who was Mr Yu, only Yu Xing’s surname was Yu out of all of them.

“Mr Yu, what do you think about what happened last night?”

“What are my thoughts,” Yu Xing dragged out the end of the sentence, and after suspending people’s curiosities, only then did he slowly said, “There’s one.”

Wen Qing perked up his ears, a little curious.

“Wen Qing looks good when he cries.”

Wen Qing was stunned for a moment, and his cheeks flushed in anger.

Yu Xing was saying nonsense again!

The next second, there was another sharp pain in his shoulder, and his tears flowed out uncontrollably again.

With tears in his eyes, Wen Qing tilted his head and looked at Ji Yu.

Ji Yu put his hand away and lightly said. “Sorry.”

It was on purpose.

SV: *shakes WQ like a ragdoll* please just say your thoughts, you’re setting up a death flag for yourself at this rate!! also ZZ best boy can he be the ML instead