Chapter 1

The night sky turned dark, dark clouds covered the moon, an undercurrent surging under his feet, and a bit of weird murderous intent climbed up his back. The scarlet light appeared again, and Gu Xinghe suppressed the fear in his heart and forced himself to lower his head.

eye!

Gu Xinghe opened his eyes and closed them immediately.

In the cramped small attic, the skylight casts a quiet morning light, slightly dazzling. It was too early, and what woke him up was a crisp bang. There is no doubt that the third aunt who played mahjong all night lost money again.

A minute later, Gu Xinghe and Sanshu opened the door almost at the same time.

The living room was messy as always, and the third aunt was sitting on the sofa, her hair scattered and her face gloomy. The mahjong table was overturned angrily by her, and innocent mahjong was scattered all over the floor.

The third uncle mentioned the pajama pants, and leaned in to comfort him: "What's wrong with my wife? How about losing money? Hey, who is right about this kind of luck! Next time I win it back. Wife, are you hungry? I'll go. I will cook you a bowl of noodles..."

"Cook, cook, you know how to cook. I was blind to marry a man like you!" The third aunt felt extremely wronged and wiped out her tears exaggeratedly.

"I'm useless, I'm not good." The third uncle coaxed and hugged again, "My wife, don't be angry. Losing money is a small matter, but being angry is a big deal."

After washing, Gu Xinghe walked through the living room silently, but still failed to escape. The woman pushed the third uncle away and stared at him with her bloodshot eyes wide open: "What are you doing up so early?!"

"Can't sleep."

"Ha." The third aunt stood up fiercely. "If you think I'm noisy, just say it."

"Oh, it's okay to say a few words this early this morning?" The third uncle was most afraid of seeing this scene, and hurriedly winked at Gu Xinghe, "What are you still doing in a daze? Go to school! Ah, right? It's..." The third uncle patted his head, "Is there any activity in your school today? Where are you going?"

"Hengshan." Gu Xinghe's voice was blunt.

"Yes, Hengshan. How much does it cost?" The third uncle took out his crumpled wallet.

"Six hundred yuan."

"Hey." The third aunt placed her hands on her chest and raised Erlang's legs. "Don't you just climb Mount Hengshan? Haven't you been there before. The ticket and the toll will cost you two hundred yuan, right? Six hundred, why don't you grab it? The tuition fee for a while, the school construction fee for a while, and the travel fee for a while, today's schools are really losing money!"

"Well, this school, how can there be no money." The third uncle made a round.

"We didn't have so many tricks when we were in school! The book is not easy to read, so I have to toss about it."

"I can't say it's useless..."

"What's the use?! If it's useful, the grades will get worse?" The third aunt smiled weirdly. "I can put the shame on the front, then stop studying if you don't get into the university. It is impossible to spend money to buy a university. of."

"I'm not going." Gu Xinghe's voice was not loud, but his words were clear.

Third Uncle was stunned: "Don't you want to go? You kid, don't be special. Third Uncle Qian can afford it."

The man took a step forward, and Gu Xinghe immediately took a step back: "I don't want to go."

The third uncle's hand holding the money was hanging in the air. He glanced at Gu Xinghe, then looked back at the indifferent third aunt, without thinking for a while.

"I'm going to school." In the end, Gu Xinghe broke the silence and picked up the garbage bag in the living room and went out.

There was a fog in the Star City in early autumn, the morning light was faint, and the Tianma community was quiet and pleasant. Only the cleaning lady pushed the garbage truck to move slowly, and the car's roller made a dull and monotonous sound when it ran over the ground.

Gu Xinghe hunched slightly and walked forward, leaving the community soon, heading towards Xiangya Hospital.

This trip to Hengshan in the second grade of high school is different from previous years. In order to train the students' hard-working spirit, and to narrow the relationship between parents and children by the way, the school requires all students to bring their parents to hike together. It is impossible for the third uncle to accompany Gu Xinghe to climb the mountain, not to mention that he is busy at work, even if he is at home, he would rather drink a few bottles of beer and watch two football games.

Gu Xinghe didn't plan to find the third uncle, the person he wanted to find was the uncle.

The Xiangya Hospital in the early morning was still busy, and the patients queuing up early for registration filled the hall, all frowning. Gu Xinghe walked through the crowd quickly, sorting out the things he had pondered over and over again in his heart.

The first is time. Uncle is the director of surgery at Xiangya Hospital. He officially ended the one-week night shift this morning. You can rest for two days. Sleep in the morning and leave in the afternoon.

Then there is the reason. Uncle believes in Buddhism and goes to Hengshan Nanyue Temple to burn incense twice a year, once to make a wish, and once to return a wish. He went once in the beginning of the spring this year, and it is now autumn, and it is almost time to fulfil his wish. This time, he was able to accompany Gu Xinghe to participate in mountaineering activities, but also to fulfil his wishes, killing two birds with one stone, and he had no reason to refuse.

The last is money, which is not even a problem. Every time the uncle goes to Nanyue Temple, he donates 2,000 yuan, and 600 yuan is not worth mentioning to him.

Things were already settled, but Gu Xinghe's heart was still beating, and the palms of the shoulders of his schoolbag were sweating frequently.

When he opened the door of his uncle's office, the uncle had just had time to take off his white lab coat. He looked back and looked surprised: "Gu Xinghe? Why are you here?"

Uncle has always been polite to people. Gu Xinghe didn't expect him to have such a big reaction. He couldn't say a word when his stomach was full, and he stood stupidly at the door for a while.

"Don't you want to go to school? What are you doing here?"

"School today..."

The landline on the desk rang, and the uncle turned around to pick it up. After hearing a few words, his temper came up: "How does this man, Xiao Feng do things? Too muddled! I explained clearly before... Forget it. Now that these are still useful! You immediately book me a plane ticket and I will go to Shanghai immediately...Next time there is such a thing, don't bother me, let Tan wipe his ***!"

The uncle hung up the phone with a gloomy face, and the last patience disappeared: "Xinghe, tell me the truth, did your second uncle let you come?"

"Second Uncle?" Gu Xinghe was at a loss.

"Next month, you have to live in his house, right?"

Gu Xinghe nodded, he remembered the handover day more clearly than anyone else.

"Yesterday he called me and said that his son was under pressure in his senior year of high school and didn't want to squeeze a room with others. I hope I can pick you up and live for a year. Didn't he tell you about this?"

Gu Xinghe shook his head, he really didn't know.

"Huh, I don't know his wishful thinking! You will go to college next year. You don't need to live at home. He saves everything. Xinghe, it's not an uncle that I am unreasonable, but I just can't get used to the second child. Behavior! At the beginning, he said it was good to take turns, what bad rules did he make?"

Gu Xinghe nodded vigorously.

The uncle was still puzzled: "Besides, what's the matter with him! Here, your aunt was diagnosed with a uterine tumor and was going to be operated on. She has been hospitalized for several days, and I haven't even visited her once. Just after that phone call You heard it too, and you got another job right away. It's really a matter of catching up with everything..."

"It's okay, I can go find uncle first."

"Yes, I'm looking for your uncle. His house is big, and he hired a nanny. It's no problem for you to live in." The uncle stretched his brows, and then he remembered something, "What else do you want me to do?"

"It's okay, come and have a look."

"Okay, go to school as soon as there is nothing wrong, don't be late."

"Goodbye, uncle."

Gu Xinghe tried to squeeze a smile, but failed. He only felt his chest tightness, not frustration, embarrassment or shame. He rushed to the elevator entrance in one breath, and when he was about to plunge his head in, he was hit on his shoulder.

Long black hair was brushed from the tip of his nose, and under the hair was a white girl's face. The first thing Gu Xinghe noticed was the girl’s bizarre pupil color—the dark eyes were filled with sporadic lavender, and then her mouth. Under the frosty look, the bright red lips resembled a breathtaking stream of firework, reflected in it. The bottom of his eyes.

After Gu Xinghe was in a daze, the girl walked away, leaving only a slender back. A cool breeze blew from behind, and the dull noise exploded on the soles of the feet, and the whole building trembles slightly.

He looked back, and the elevator was gone!

Gu Xinghe carefully glanced down with his probe, and there was only a dark deep well under his feet, and the elevator car actually fell from the tenth floor! If it wasn't for being hit by someone just now, he might be... already dead, right? !

Gu Xinghe hurriedly backed away, his heart beating wildly, almost breaking through his chest.

He stared blankly at the long corridor, the girl had disappeared.

A few minutes later, Gu Xinghe walked out of the fire stairwell with lingering fear. The elevator door in the lobby on the first floor had long been surrounded by water. Two young and strong men were trying to pry open the closed safety door, and people were talking a lot.

"I must have fallen down a ladder. I don't know what happened to the people inside."

"What else? Falling down from such a high place makes me immortal and disabled."

"Then hit 120!"

"This is the hospital. Why should I call 120? First call 119..."

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