escape from the world

Since Nie Shi was suspicious in every aspect, Fang Chen didn't dare to sleep.

The two stared blankly, and the barking of cats and dogs gradually died down.Fang Chen leaned on the sofa and lowered his head bit by bit. Just as he was about to fall asleep, the miserable cat meowing started again. This time it was different from before, the cat meowing continued continuously, each sound getting louder.

Fang Chen sensed a trace of despair in that cry, he suddenly fidgeted, his young self and the dying kitten in his hand flashed again in his mind.

"Fang Chen?" Nie Shi tentatively called him.

Fang Chen regained his composure abruptly, tears filled his eyes again, falling down in the blink of an eye.

What did he forget...

Nie Shi had already stretched out his hand in the air but stopped suddenly, dropped his hand and asked, "Are you okay?"

Fang Chen shook his head, leaned heavily on the sofa and closed his eyes.

……

"Fang Chen! You hit another kid again!"

The air was filled with the scent of lilies, a pungent fragrance.

"He did it first." Xiao Fang Shen retorted not to be outdone.

The woman with white hair seemed to have nothing to do with him, so she sighed and said, "Go to the corridor and stand there as punishment."

Someone was watching him from behind.

As soon as the screen changed, snowflakes fell from the sky.

The cold air, the biting wind, and the immature voice of a child.

"No one will want you!" said the voice, "You are not obedient at all, you only fight, no one will want you!"

The voices of children echoed from all around.

Xiao Fangchen stood in the snow, holding the snow ball in his hand tightly, and looked at the boy who took the lead in booing.

The child said again: "You want to hit someone again, I want to tell the principal!"

Fang Chen felt cold, a bone-chilling chill.

Someone behind him held his hand, the temperature was freezing cold, he turned his head but couldn't see that person's face clearly.

"Let's go." It was a very cold voice, and he couldn't draw a trace of warmth from it. He tried to free his hands but was firmly restrained.

……Who are you?

Fang Chen slept on the sofa in the middle of the night. When he woke up, it was already dawn. He smelled fried rice and got up while pressing his sore neck. Nie Shi had already put the rice on the table.

Fang Chen sat down at the dining table in a daze, took a few mouthfuls of fried rice mixed with diced radish and cucumber, he probably hadn't woken up yet, had the illusion of falling, and his heart felt empty.The sudden sense of imbalance made him stop his chopsticks, but fortunately, this feeling dissipated quickly, and he realized that he was sitting firmly on the seat, but the emptiness in his heart could not be filled.

Nie Shi waited silently after eating, he was a little too obedient, Fang Chen felt embarrassed, he asked a lot of questions yesterday, Nie Shi answered them one by one, and got up early to cook again today.Putting the last bite of rice into his mouth, Fang Chen stood up and said, "Let me do the dishes."

Although Nie Shi has many doubts, isn't there enough suspicious things in this neighborhood?Everyone in this building is suspicious, and Nie Shi is probably suspicious of him too.

Nie Shi looked at him for a few seconds, then looked away: "Okay." He turned sideways to watch Fang Chen wash the dishes.

"Do you have any plans?" Fang Chen opened the refrigerator conveniently, took out a bag of yogurt from it, with the milk bag on his mouth, suddenly remembered that this was Nie Shi's house, "Sorry..."

Nie Shi: "It's okay, you can drink."

Fang Chen still felt embarrassed, took the yogurt in his hand and asked again: "Are you planning to move out?"

Nie Shi asked back, "What about you?"

Fang Chen doesn't remember anyone and has nowhere to go.

He hesitated and shook his head.

Nie Shi: "I'm not leaving either."

Fang Chen's face was full of doubts, and he was about to ask why, but he got stuck the moment he saw Nie Shi.

It's not a weird look, Nie Shi looked at him very calmly, as if... always staring at him like this.The atmosphere was extremely tense, Fang Chen changed the topic: "You also like to drink this brand of yogurt? What a coincidence."

Nie Shi swept over the yogurt bag in Fang Chen's hand without making a sound.

more embarrassing.

Fang Chen's forehead was sweating, "I like to drink."

"Ah."

Fang Chen didn't know which question he was answering.

Not long after staying, there was a knock on the door of Nie Shi's house, and there was a pause twice, which was quite regular.

Nie Shi didn't ask who was about to open the door. Fang Chen stopped him, and Nie Shi seemed to know what he was thinking: "They don't appear during the day."

Standing outside the door were Wang Huiwen and Zhang Rui, who were obviously relieved when they saw Fang Chen. The woman turned against the man, and the man turned back. After a few pushbacks, it was Wang Huiwen who spoke first: "Fang Chen, you scared me to death!" , You didn't answer knocking on your door, I thought something was wrong with you...Fortunately, you're all right." She patted her chest, looking terrified.

Zhang Rui hurriedly responded: "It's fine, it's fine. I panicked yesterday and forgot about you two! The door closed and I remembered that you two were still outside, and I didn't dare to open the door again... It's too scary I'm sorry, I'm sorry." When he glanced at Nie, his expression was timid and he insisted on flattery, "Brother, you are so good, you killed that thing last night!"

"...Do you know what that thing was last night?" After apologizing, Wang Huiwen couldn't help getting to the point, her voice was still trembling, obviously she hadn't forgotten the horrible scene last night.They didn't sleep all night, and they didn't dare to come out at dawn. It took a lot of courage to come upstairs and knock on the door.It was really scary that Nie Shi pierced that thing's heart without changing his face yesterday, but even so, he still had to ask what should be asked, so as not to let this heart hang in the air and not fall down.

No one spoke.

Fang Chen didn't mean to blame the couple, but all he knew was told by Nie Shi, and he felt that Nie Shi should tell them.

Nie Shi showed no sign of speaking, but just looked at the couple coldly.

The faces of the two were embarrassed, so Fang Chen had no choice but to smooth things over and told the two of them what Nie Shi said.

After hearing this, the two looked at each other, they had never heard of such a strange thing but had to believe it.

"Then pack up your things and move out now. I'll contact you and we'll be moving out soon." Zhang Rui didn't want to stay in this damn place for a second anyway.

"Wait." Fang Chen said suddenly, "Do you remember the couple on the first floor?"

"Remember, what's the matter?" As they spoke, they had already gone down a few stairs.

"They are dead." Fang Chen said, "I asked many people, but they all said they don't remember them."

Wang Huiwen wanted to say this was a joke but couldn't laugh at all.

Fang Chen said again: "Do we really know each other?" After asking, he tilted his head.

Wang Huiwen felt strange in her heart, and a layer of goosebumps appeared on her arms. Before she could get to the bottom of it, Zhang Rui said: "Little brother, you said it's already this time, so don't be scary, pack up and leave quickly." Bar!"

Fang Chen's eyes flickered, as if he just came back to his senses, his expression was a little at a loss: "...um, good." He lowered his head.

"Fang Chen." Nie Shi called him from behind, Fang Chen turned his head and responded naturally, "I'm fine."

"Does anyone else know about this?" After sorting out his emotions, Fang Chen asked the couple, "Should we tell them?"

"It should be!" Zhang Rui immediately responded positively, but then turned around, "But ordinary people don't believe it?"

"At least say something." Fang Chen stood on the stairs, the couple stood at the bottom of the steps, and he looked down at them.

"Okay then, we'll go after we pack our bags."

Is the luggage important or this matter?

Fang Chen nodded: "Then let's go upstairs, please go downstairs and talk about it later."

Wang Huiwen and Zhang Rui went downstairs and found the door opposite was open. Gao Cheng was standing at the door, clutching a handkerchief in his hand, wiping the sweat from his forehead: "What's going on?"

Fang Chen and Nie Shi went to the fifth floor together, but there was no answer when they knocked on the door, so they might have already gone to work.

"Speaking of which, I only know Xie Ying on the fifth floor. Do you know who is on the other side?"

Nie Shi shook his head.

"Do you still want to go upstairs?" Fang Chen asked, and a voice in his heart told him that it was useless to go there, and there was no one there.

Nie Shi looked at him, meaning to let him decide.

Fang Chen hesitated and went up the stairs.

Sixth floor, seventh floor, eighth floor...

All nobody.

Fang Chen's legs were a little weak, and he looked eagerly at Nie Shi: "Shall we take the elevator down?"

"it is good."

When the two stepped into the elevator, Fang Chen couldn't help asking, "Aren't you afraid?"

Nie Shi shook his head, "Those things can kill."

"But it's weird here." Fang Chen looked at Nie Shi, and you were also very suspicious. He guessed that the couple was also afraid of Nie Shi.

When they returned to the fourth floor, Fang Chen was speechless facing the closed door of his house.

"Do you need to pry it open?" Nie Shi asked.

"You can't close it by prying it open, right? Let's find the lock..." Fang Chen was halfway through speaking, when the elevator door suddenly opened on this floor.

"Fang Chen..." A faint female voice came from inside.

Fang Chen turned her head and Fan Yingying walked out of the elevator.

The girl shed tears when she saw Fang Chen.

Fang Chen froze in place, and subconsciously raised his head to ask Nie Shi for help.

Nie Shi didn't respond at all, and looked back at Fang Chen silently.

The two looked at each other for a long time before Nie Shixiang received the signal for help, turned his head and said in a moderate voice, "Have you cried enough?"

Fan Yingying cried even harder.

Fang Chen: "..."

"Suddenly I couldn't contact my parents, and I didn't answer the calls..." Fan Yingying saw Fang Chenzhen standing there, wiping away a few tears, "I heard crying in the corridor last night. I haven't slept well all night, and I can't get in touch with anyone who calls today!" She raised her head, "Fang Chen, what about you? Can't you get in touch with your family?"

Before Fang Chen could open his mouth, a woman's scream sounded from downstairs.

Fang Chen and Nie Shi looked at each other, and ran downstairs first, while Nie Shi climbed over the railing and jumped to the third floor, skillfully.Fan Yingying panicked seeing them jumping up so fast, and ran down immediately.

Running to the middle of the second floor, Fang Chen suddenly heard the sound of a bell, and a pair of copper-yellow eyes flashed in his mind. His feet softened and he was about to kneel down, but Nie Shi picked him up in time.

"Fang Chen! Are you okay?" Fan Yingying called out behind the two of them.

Fang Chen leaned on the wall with his hands in a trance, Fan Yingying's voice was so shrill that it hurt his head and he slid down the stairs.Fan Yingying caught up with them, Fang Chen saw her swaying skirt, Fan Yingying's words suddenly echoed in his ears, and his brain hurt like it was going to explode.

"Fang Chen, what about you? Can't you contact your family?"

——"No one wants it, no one wants it!"

—— "Fang Chen, you hit other kids again!"

——"You, you can't live up to it. Let me see where you move bricks after graduating from junior high school!"

The originally vague memory became clearer.

He has nowhere to go.

He has no parents.

He grew up in an orphanage.

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