Xiaolan looked around and saw that both sides were completely dark, and she could only make out some vague outlines in the distance.
"Where... are you going to hide?" Xiaolan was very confused, "Is there a place to hide here?"
Xia Hua ran at the front. She did not answer Xiao Lan's question, but made a sharp turn, grabbed something with both hands, and at the same time, turned to them and shouted, "Come quickly!"
Xiao Lan and Yi Yao didn't know what Xia Hua was referring to when they heard the sound of the water behind them suddenly turning. They didn't dare to wait any longer and ran towards Xia Hua without looking back.
Xia Hua waved to them and forcefully opened the thing in front of her. When the two of them ran nearby, they realized that it was also a door.
There was no difference between the world inside and outside the door. They were both pitch black. Xiaolan and Yi Yao looked at the darkness inside the door and hesitated.
"Where is it inside?" Xiaolan started to hesitate, "Is... is it safe?"
"I don't know," Xia Hua hurriedly looked inside the door and then behind the two of them. "If nothing else, there should be a body inside."
"It's a replica of the dean's office," Yi Yao said. "If that's the case, it should be considered safe."
Xiaolan still felt some unspeakable fear, but when she saw Xia Hua and Yi Yao standing at the door anxiously waiting for her, Xiaolan hesitated but followed them silently.
The three of them walked into the darkness, and Xia Hua fumbled and closed the door.
The door isolated the three of them from the sound of water rolling outside. After the sound of water disappeared, the only sounds left in their ears were the sound of footsteps and breathing.
They dare not speak.
There was only the sound of gentle footsteps.
There was also the sound of gentle breathing.
As Xiaolan walked, she discovered something was wrong.
The sound of footsteps and breathing seemed a bit strange.
Xiaolan subconsciously wanted to take out her cell phone, only to realize that it was no longer on her body. She must have dropped her cell phone somewhere she didn't know when she was escaping.
Without light, you can't see anything.
Xiaolan tried to clear her throat.
He heard the footsteps not far away and stopped. After a while, Yi Yao's voice came, "Is it Xiaolan?"
"It's me," Xiaolan said in a breathy voice, "Is it Uncle Yi?"
"Well," Yi Yao followed Xiao Lan's voice and walked over, "Is the Xia Hua family's head with you?"
Xiaolan frowned and then expressed her question.
"Uncle Yi...have you noticed..."
Yi Yao was silent, but Xiaolan seemed to read the meaning of that silence.
"I also discovered..." Yi Yao said in a muffled voice, "After the door was closed, the footsteps of the Xiahua Family Master seemed to disappear."
The two had already walked to each other's side. They were shoulder to shoulder, feeling the darkness surrounding them on all sides.
Just the two of them.
Whether it's footsteps or breathing.
"Uncle Yi," Xiaolan reminded, "does your mobile phone still have power?"
"cell phone?"
"We...we need some light." A cold wind blew from nowhere, making Xiaolan shiver. "I can't see anything."
"The battery should be running out soon, but maybe it's still OK..." Yi Yao rummaged around in his pocket, "Ah, I found it, it's okay."
In the darkness, a flash of light suddenly appeared. Xiaolan squinted her eyes and saw at a glance that Yi Yao's cell phone had only a pitiful 2% battery left.
"Do you want to turn on the flashlight?" Yi Yao asked.
"No, it's better not to," Xiaolan said, "It's better to use it sparingly."
"good."
The two of them saw each other clearly through the faint light, and then looked to their side.
There is no one else.
There are no summer flowers.
"What's going on?" Yi Yao subconsciously looked behind him, "Could it be that the head of the Xiahua family didn't come in and was locked out?"
"But I clearly felt that Sister Xia Hua came in," Xiaolan said with a frown, "after she came in, she disappeared..."
The two of them were silent at the same time.
"Actually..." Yi Yao tilted her head and said softly, "There was indeed something strange about Xia Hua just now."
Xiaolan's ears twitched, "Really?"
"Don't you think so?"
"I don't know Sister Xia Hua very well," Xiaolan said truthfully, "but when it comes to the strange things..."
"She actually said that Lao Qiao was the mastermind behind the scenes," Yi Yao seemed to think this was funny, "How is this possible?"
"She did not speak clearly just now," Xiaolan also started to think about it, "So, Uncle Yi, do you suspect that Sister Xiahua just now... is fake?"
"I'm not sure," Yi Yao crossed her arms and shuddered, "but Xia Hua just now did give me a strange feeling."
Xiaolan looked around uneasily, "Then she lured us here to..."
Behind these unfinished words, there was a long silence and darkness. In this darkness, something seemed to be dormant, waiting for the opportunity for the two of them to react.
Xiaolan and Yi Yao held their breath involuntarily, and they both turned their heads sideways and looked into the darkness.
***
In my sweet sleep, a discordant sound suddenly appeared.
Zhou Ye's eyelids trembled.
Bang!...Bang!...
He frowned, a little irritated, and shook his head left and right as if to drive the voice out of his mind.
"Zhou Ye!..." Among the banging banging sounds, a somewhat familiar female voice came out, "Zhou Ye!... Wake up!..."
Is... who?
The man was calling his name.
The silence in Zhou Ye's heart began to waver, and that familiar voice awakened somewhere in his heart. He wanted to open his eyes and take a look, but he clearly felt that the liquid surrounding him was rejecting his intention to move.
It even started to sting.
"Zhou Ye, are you okay?!..." The voice became clearer and clearer, "Zhou Ye! Zhou Ye!..."
Zhou Ye turned around restlessly.
It’s no longer clear which direction the knocking and calling sounds are coming from. Zhou Ye just feels like he is spinning in the center of the liquid, the speed is getting faster and faster, and his head is getting more and more painful...
Until a deafening explosion sounded.
It rang in my ears.
Zhou Ye woke up suddenly, his eyes widened and he looked at everything in front of him.
Not far away, black and gray smoke rose up. When the layers of smoke dispersed, he saw the person calling him.
It's a summer flower.
Xia Hua wore something that looked like a glove on her right hand. Her left hand was raised in the air, as if she was driving away the dust around her. After a while, Xia Hua finally saw everything in front of her clearly, and she raised her hand excitedly.