The sky suddenly became gloomy.
There were dark clouds in the distance, like a heavy rain.
The wind rose from the ground and roared past.
The narrow gap whirred.
Cheng Ye stood quietly, then crumpled the paper into a ball and stuffed it back into his pocket.
At this moment, Tang Huan turned around.
There was anxiety on his little face: "Mo Jiang, are we really not going to be discovered?"
Cheng Ye looked at him quietly and said softly: "What are you afraid of, Tang Huan?"
Dark clouds gathered, completely blocking the last bit of light.
The sky was terribly overcast, as if it was evening in an instant.
And this blackness continues.
With a cold aura, it quickly surrounded the two people.
The roaring wind blew from a distance, as if someone was screaming and shouting.
Tang Huan froze there.
Rourou's little face turned a little pale.
He knew exactly what would happen if this game was discovered.
Cheng Ye's back was straight, but his small body carried a powerful pressure. Tang Huan was so nervous that he took a step back.
Cheng Ye smiled: "Don't be nervous."
Tang Huan looked at Cheng Ye complicatedly.
He may be wondering why Cheng Ye is so calm.
"Aren't we good friends? Why don't you tell the truth?"
Cheng Ye has a lot of spare time and is very patient.
Tang Huan, on the other hand, was a little embarrassed.
He was just an eight-year-old child who was about to be abandoned and crawled around on the streets since he was a child, and he developed the ability to observe words and emotions.
But facing Cheng Ye, a pervert who controlled his micro-expressions like a poker, he really couldn't see anything.
"I didn't lie..." Tang Huan said hesitantly.
Cheng Ye nodded: "Concealing it counts."
"Don't you have anything to hide from me?" Tang Huan asked.
"No." Cheng Ye answered neatly.
Tang Huan: "..."
"It's impossible. In these orphanages, everyone has a secret."
Tang Huan lowered his head and said lonely.
Cheng Ye blinked.
It was completely dark, and they seemed to be in another world.
The wind stopped.
All noise stopped.
A weird nursery rhyme came from mid-air and echoed over the orphanage for a long time:
RGB,
Catch the doll.
One, two, three,
Don't move at all.
Run away, run away.
Hurry up and hide,
Find a safe place and try to survive.
Weak little dolls,
Time is running out.
It’s time to count down.
…
...Have you hidden it?
After a brief three-second pause, the nursery rhyme finished its last sentence.
Then it was as if time stood still.
The world is silent.
Suddenly, there was the sound of thin footsteps.
Tang Huan covered his mouth, and then signaled Cheng Ye with his eyes not to speak.
Cheng Ye nodded.
He didn't move.
The nursery rhyme just said:
Don't move at all.
Before the game started, the teacher also said:
Once you have taken shelter, you are not allowed to move.
This should be one of the rules of this game.
Tang Huan was in a panic, and his whole body couldn't stop trembling slightly.
But he didn't lean out again.
Bang bang.
Bang bang.
Someone dragging a pair of heavy shoes seemed to be getting closer and closer.
Shoes made a screeching sound on the playground.
Tang Huan's eyes widened in horror, filled with disbelief.
He looked down at himself and found that some of his clothes were exposed.
He quickly twisted his body and brought the clothes back smoothly.
His feet didn't move.
Cheng Ye raised his eyebrows.
Although he moved his upper body, his lower body seemed to be welded to the ground, motionless.
Therefore, when the game says no movement, it means that the feet and the ground cannot move.
The footsteps are getting closer.
Tang Huan also became more and more panicked.
Cheng Ye was confused and didn't understand what Tang Huan was afraid of.
Unless the price of being caught is death, or something more horrific than death.
Otherwise there is no reason to be so afraid.
Cheng Yexian glanced at the sky outside.
Totally dark.
The game has officially begun.
The footsteps seemed to have turned around, heading towards the teaching building from the direction of the iron railing.
Cheng Ye had many questions to ask Tang Huan, but he didn't ask.
Because the footsteps just now were strange.
The sound is getting smaller and smaller.
Judgment is also distant.
But there is always a feeling that I am just trying to lure them out with a gentle pace.
Cheng Ye glanced at the entrance and exit of this place.
It's very narrow, because it's close to the wall and doesn't fit completely, so it's only suitable for children to hide in.
If that person didn't leave, what was he waiting for?
Why doesn't he come in?
Wasn't the person who arrested the person a student from Class 3?
Cheng Ye suppressed the doubts in his heart and still didn't make any sound.
After a while, footsteps sounded again.
This time, it really went away.
Because I can hear it, the sound not only becomes smaller, but also comes from different angles.
Cheng Ye closed his eyes and judged the direction of the sound.
It wasn't until he couldn't hear anymore that he looked at Tang Huan and said, "How long is the game time?"
As soon as the sound came out.
Tang Huan was about to fall down in panic. He looked around in horror, but there was no sound of footsteps.
He supported the wall with one hand and forced himself to stand firm.
"Two hours."
His feet never left the ground.
It was as if it was welded to the ground with glue.
Cheng Ye felt that some clues were becoming clear.
In the nursery rhyme just now, the rules given should be about hide and seek.
When they started hide-and-seek for the fourth time, the teacher only emphasized the rule of not moving.
Or, this is the whole rule of hide-and-seek.
Either that, the rule of hide and seek is the most important, and many people have been arrested because of this before.
But now Cheng Ye felt that the rules of hide and seek were not taught by the teacher, but understood by himself.
It can be seen from the fact that little boy Tang Huan is so scared.
Cheng Ye lowered his eyes, the color in his eyes was dark and unclear.
Without warning, he suddenly said: "How many people died in the first hide-and-seek game?"
Tang Huan: "Nearly half of them are dead..."
He answered subconsciously, and then realized that Cheng Ye was blowing him up.
Because he told Cheng Ye before that being caught would only make him different, but not death.
But now, he told him clearly.
If caught, it's death.
The two people were speechless and looked at each other.
There was obviously no cold wind, but I felt a little cold inexplicably.
We're just kids, no matter how experienced we are, things will always go wrong.
Cheng Ye's back was straight as he waited quietly.
His eyes were as quiet as ancient wells, unfathomable and hard to see through.
Tang Huan's face turned pale. Finally, he was defeated and said softly: "I didn't mean to lie to you."
"I really consider you a friend."
"I'm just... so scared."
His eyes were filled with fear.
Cheng Ye didn't blame him.
He was only eight years old.
Although an eight-year-old child is already very smart, it is already remarkable that he can find problems and try to solve them without panicking as much as possible.
What's more, he has always been concerned about his condition from just now until now.
The note left by the original owner should say that in such a life-and-death situation, no one can be trusted.
He wrote that note to himself so that he could remember it.
Touch the card every night and tell yourself this over and over again.
Can't trust anyone, don't trust anyone.
That's why it appears in the quilt.
In this game, if you make the slightest mistake, you will die.
When between life and death.
You might be pushed out to block a knife by your best friend.
So, don’t believe anyone.
From this point of view, the original owner is actually more hateful than this little fat guy.
Tang Huan just concealed some information, but the original owner had been wary of him from the beginning.
But why?
What is the drink?
What is hide and seek?
Why did Tang Huan say "Everyone has a secret"?
And him, why did he hide the information that hide and seek will kill people?
Tang Huan looked at Cheng Ye, his face pale and ashamed.
He was very embarrassed.
He stuttered and tried to speak. After saying a few words, he was ashamed of his own petty thoughts.
Cheng Ye noticed his state and his tone became gentle: "What do you want to say?"
"I, I want to tell you, I..." He still couldn't say it.
Cheng Ye smiled softly. He was always patient with children: "It's okay, I forgive you."
As soon as these words came out, Tang Huan became even more ashamed. He blushed: "You told me this morning that you couldn't remember clearly, and then you asked me about the game. I, I wanted to take advantage of it for my own selfish reasons."
After saying this, he quickly raised his head and explained:
"I didn't mean to. If I didn't want you to survive I wouldn't have kept stopping you from drinking."
Cheng Ye nodded, he had already thought about this clearly.
There must be some problem with the hide-and-seek game, so Tang Huan concealed some information.
The missing information would give him more life, so he didn't tell it.
But he is not a bad person in essence, that's why he was so nervous when he told him that he couldn't remember clearly.
Immediately tell yourself: You must not tell anyone about this.
He will always follow him.
Maybe I am worried that something will happen to me.
But when life and death were at stake, he still acted a little selfishly.
Concealed problems with the game.
If the game the teacher was talking about was not hide and seek, he might have told him everything and revealed more information to himself.
But hide-and-seek made him timid.
He thought that if he was caught at a critical moment, he could push himself out to be the scapegoat.
This was also the reason why he followed him even though he clearly didn't want to come to the playground.
Since there were only the two of them here, it was easier for him to operate.
This is why he said that sentence deliberately: If he is caught, just to see what will happen if he is caught.
This is a hint to himself that even if he is caught, he will not die.
You go for me when the time comes.
Maybe a real kid would believe what he said.
But Cheng Ye was different.
He is best at discovering these little details.
This child has been extremely nervous since the beginning of the hide-and-seek game.
He is completely different from when he was on the playground.
Especially when the beautiful teacher said the three words "hide and seek", he obviously paused.
His whole body was tense.
It's so scary, the kind of fear deep in the soul.
After all, he was a child. On the one hand, he wanted to hide it from Cheng Ye, but on the other hand, he couldn't help but express his fear.
So he told his good friends some information while hiding it secretly.
Tangled and uneasy.
Thinking of this, Cheng Ye also felt a little funny.
He patted Tang Huan on the back: "Don't be afraid, we won't be found."
Tang Huan's forehead was covered with dense beads of sweat.
He was scared.
Suddenly, a voice pierced the dark night.
"Congratulations to the third group for catching the first kid, Li Tengteng from the sixth group."
"Please hold your breath and hide carefully to avoid being discovered."
The sudden broadcast made Cheng Ye frown.
It was the ethereal voice of a little girl.
This is not an orphanage. This is the resentment of orphans.
So he thought wrong at first. This was not a realistic copy, but a horror story convention.
Tang Huan looked at Cheng Ye complicatedly, and then said, "The two of us hide together and form a community."
"It's equivalent to us having two lives. If we are caught, we only need to push one person out."
He revealed the most crucial information.
This was the reason why he came to the playground with Cheng Ye and occupied the exit position in the direction of the visitor.
At that time, Cheng Ye was still wondering, since he was so scared, why didn't he stand inside instead of standing outside.
Now I understand, because he wanted to make sure that if he was caught, the first person to speak would be himself.
He could push out Mo Jiang, who was "ignorant, ignorant, and still suffering from amnesia."
yourself, survive.
"Is there anything else I don't know?" Cheng Ye spoke after a moment of silence.
"This game of catching people is not online."
"I said I was scared, and it was true." Tang Huan told Cheng Ye what he had been holding back in his heart: "I think they are all dead objects, like lifeless plastic mannequins in the window..."
"...I seem to be living in death every day."
"You think they have no life." Cheng Ye summarized what Tang Huan wanted to say.
Tang Huan nodded: "Yes. You can't remember clearly. You may have forgotten. In fact, you were the first person to notice something was wrong."
"Rebirth of the Great Era of Fighting Waves"
Cheng Ye raised his eyebrows: "What about drinks?"
Tang Huan: "I was the one who discovered this, because since last week, you have been thinking slowly, acting strangely, and often forgetting things. I started asking you not to drink drinks three days ago, but you didn't listen. You said It tastes so good.”
"But I have been drinking the drink. It obviously tastes like boiled water, but you describe it as particularly delicious, indescribably delicious."
"last night"
Suddenly, the radio sounded again.
It looked particularly scary in this dark environment.
"Congratulations to the third group for catching the second kid, Zhang Zizhuo from the tenth group."
"Congratulations to the third group for catching the third kid, Yue Mingde from the first group."
"Congratulations to the third group for catching the fourth kid, Zhen Haoqiong from the eleventh group."
…
"Congratulations to the third group for catching the twenty-fourth child, Ning Hongfang from the first group."
"Please hold your breath and hide carefully to avoid being discovered."
…
This broadcast is very long.
It didn't stop until 24th place.
Cheng Ye always felt that something was wrong.
He thought for a moment, and his dark eyes reflected Tang Huan's small figure.
"If they die, who will take their place?"
