Unlimited Cycles of Death: 144. Silent Echo (14)

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This is an anti-theft seal, it will be replaced after one hour.　　 It's cruel to see death and not save it, but Qiu Zijia's behavior is very careless at first glance, and Mu Qin is not such a kind person.

Mu Qin was trained by instructors to be calm and comprehend when he was serving in the army, and to see the situation clearly before acting. Even if the best companion was abused and killed by the enemy in front of his own eyes, he would wait calmly, weigh his own abilities and think about it. Whether you can save people or not, you must not lose your judgment on the situation because of impulse.

This teaching is regarded as truth by Mu Qin, and Mu Qin has been carrying out this truth even after leaving the army.

So after a moment of thinking, Mu Qin said: "The risk of saving Han Li is too great. We don't have weapons, and you don't have any fighting ability except me. And...now it is clear that the killer is Xu Fu. After all, the three of us are here, and we haven’t done anything extra. The last person who didn’t show up is now dead. Han Li has been taken away, so only Xu Fu is left."

Speaking of Mu Qin, he also recalled: "Xu Fu's physique is the best among us. I predict that his height is 1.8/9 meters and his weight is about 85 kilograms. He may hold a handful of length. The short knife, which is about 30 centimeters in length, has excellent response and strength."

"Xu Fu was a murderer before, and he has more experience than us in this game. His psychological quality is definitely not weak, and he will not be easily confused by words or traps. We have no possibility of defeating him, recklessly save People will just take all of us in."

Mu Qin’s analysis put a lot of pressure on Qiu Zijia. Qiu Zijia took a cold breath and said: "I knew it was the murderer, and he looked fierce at first sight!"

Mu Qin didn't speak, he still frowned, always feeling something was wrong.

If the killer is really Xu Fu, why did the other party deliberately separate from them in the first place? Wouldn't it be better to stay with them all the time? Pretend to accompany them to find the key to the orphanage, and then kill them one by one when they are exhausted, and ensure that the key to the exit can be in their hands, so that the probability of all fugitives succeeding in escape will be reduced lowest.

Mu Qin couldn't think of it, so he decided to temporarily abandon these complicated thinking and adopt an adaptable mode of action. He led Qiu Zijia and Cheng Guoxu towards the chapel opposite the apartment building.

Now the rain is getting heavier, and the blood stains left by the deceased in the courtyard were quickly washed away by the rain. This storm came at a bit out of time.

Walking across the courtyard to the steps of the chapel, Mu Qin’s clothes were completely soaked by rain. The temperature in this orphanage was very low. Mu Qin felt that the outdoor temperature was only about ten degrees Celsius. The group only wore thin gray shirts and trousers. Not only could they not keep warm, they also had a lower body temperature because of getting wet.

The cold caused Qiu Zijia and Cheng Guoxu to tremble endlessly. Mu Qin's cold tolerance was good. After all, he had been in the army and during the five years of service, Mu Qin once had the memory of training in thin clothes outside below zero. .

However, after looking at Qiu Zijia and Cheng Guoxu, who were frozen into a sieve, Mu Qin said: "Hurry up and enter the church. You can't get any more rain."

After that, a few people hurriedly pushed open the door of the church...It was the mahogany door carved with snakes and crosses and composed of colorful diamond-shaped glass.

The door is very large and heavy. Mu Qin is glad that it is not locked and can be pushed open slowly by pushing hard, but the worst thing is that the door also made a loud noise during the process of pushing the door. , Although on a rainy night with splashes, no matter what kind of noise can be easily covered by the sound of rain hitting the ground.

Mu Qin just pushed the door open a small gap for one person to pass, and then greeted Qiu Zijia and others to go in one by one.

When they entered this small church in the orphanage, Muqin and others began to look around the inside of the church.

Because it is only a small church, the internal space of the church is relatively small, but it also has a clear western style. There are rows of bench seats for the believers to rest. There is a small stage and a huge wall hanging on the background wall of the stage. The statue of **** on the cross is decorated with stained glass next to it.

On the ceiling hangs a very huge and luxurious silver chandelier. It is a European-style candle chandelier. There is a sharp inverted triangle-shaped load-bearing structure in the middle. There is a circle of small lampstands like extended branches on the small lampstand. Can put candles. This kind of chandelier has a lifting function, and it is hung with iron chains. The clergy can put down the chandelier, place a pure white candle on the lampstand, and then lift the chandelier up after it is lit.

Before Europe had not invented the electric light, everyone used this kind of candle lamp. A candle was placed on a simple lampstand. In order to prevent the wind from blowing out the flame, occasionally a candle was placed on it. Transparent cover. Most of the time, they don't even need a lampstand, just putting a candle on the table is enough.

Of course, this is just the way of the poor. The extravagant and indulgent European aristocrats like to use sterling silver to create gorgeous and exquisite silver lampstands, and then put candles on them. They made the lighting tools into an ornamental ornate effect, and then they felt that the room would not be bright and luxurious enough if they only put the lamp on the table, so they made the lampstand bigger and hung it on the ceiling with a chain. This is also the origin of the candle chandelier.

The candle chandelier in modern society basically only has the shape of a candle. In fact, the light bulb is made into a flame-like shape and hung at home to make a beautiful picture.

However, Muqin found that the candle chandelier in this small church is very traditional and can only light candles. Although it is indeed exquisite and beautiful, it also adds a lot of inconvenience. Electric lights can be used in the dark. It lights up instantly, but this traditional candle chandelier doesn't work.

Fortunately, there are other lighting lamps in the church, such as wall lamps. The wall lamps are really serious electric lights, but there seems to be a lot of bulbs broken. After Muqin fumbled for the switch, it could only be turned on. Two, the whole chapel is too dim.

"It's too dark." Qiu Zijia wanted to search this small church, but the darkness prevented him from exploring. When he tripped over the raised wooden planks on the ground for the third time, he said to Mu Qin , "Can't we think of a way to get a flashlight first?"

Mu Qin didn’t reply. He walked to the stage of the chapel. There were dark red curtains on both sides of the stage. Behind the curtains were some cabinets for storing tools. These cabinets were basically used to store the Bible, The cross and other props needed for prayer.

After the orphanage was abandoned, the contents of these damaged cabinets were basically emptied. Only in one of the small cabinets, Muqin found a Bible that seemed to be cut off by a sharp weapon, and it was still stained on it. Black stains.

Mu Qin flipped through the half of the Bible with the dim light source. The Bible was still in English. The densely packed letters were arranged in front of Mu Qin. Mu Qin couldn't understand it. After turning two pages, he threw it away. Again.

Then Mu Qin continued to look through the cabinet. In the last cabinet, Mu Qin finally found what he needed, a few yellow candles of different lengths, and a box of used matches, plus two The candlestick is placed in this last cabinet.

"So there will be a light." Muchin took out the candlestick, picked out a good looking candle, and lit it with a match.

Just now, Muqin was thinking when he saw the candle chandelier on the ceiling. Since there are such ancient things in this small church, he will naturally prepare candles, matches, etc. accordingly.

Soon, the small light source of the candle successfully lit up the area around Muchin, and Muchin took it to illuminate part of the dark place in the chapel.

The firelight in Mu Qin's hand attracted Cheng Guoxu and Qiu Zijia. After the two said a few words, they went to the cabinet to find a candle to light it. The three people with the light source began to explore in this small church. Although it is a small church, there are many hidden mysteries. First of all... they noticed that the church has a second floor.

There is a second floor in the church, but the stairs leading to the second floor collapsed. I don't know why. There are only some faults on the stairs, and the collapsed ruins are still piled up in the corner of the stairwell. If he wanted to go to the second floor, Mu Qin had to find chairs and other objects to pile up and climb up, but doing so was too time-consuming. Mu Qin and others gave up this move after thinking about it.

"Come and see! There are a lot of blood here!" Then, Qiu Zijia found a row of badly damaged benches in the church, which seemed to have been violently damaged by someone. The entire bench was torn apart, and wooden boards and nails were scattered. On the ground, Qiu Zijia noticed a lot of blood stains remaining on these wooden boards.

Mu Qin walked over and glanced at it. The blood stains were still fresh, but they had slowly begun to solidify. Immediately after Mu Qin found that these blood stains extended all the way to the door of the church, he realized something, Mu Qin said in a tone of anxiety, "It seems that this is the first scene."

Qiu Zijia immediately understood and said in horror: "You mean, the dead man we saw just now was attacked here?"

"It should be the case. He was attacked here, and then ran away." Muqin said, raising the candlestick in his hand and walking to the door of the chapel. When they just came in, the surrounding was too dark. Nothing was found, the door was also stained with blood.

"I have a bad premonition, I think we should leave here as soon as possible?" Qiu Zijia saw so much blood on the ground and on the door, she couldn't help but began to tremble.

Mu Qin said: "Don't worry, this is a good opportunity, we should take advantage of the killer not coming for a while, and search here as soon as possible."

Qiu Zijia said: "But the killer cooking female teacher shouldn't take long, what if you come back later?"

"He doesn't necessarily know that we are here." Muqin glanced out through the glass window next to him and judged, "There is still heavy rain outside. The sound of rain and the rain will remove our traces. This will It makes the killer lose his judgment and gives us more time to explore."

He had already seen how huge the gap between himself and Zhou Yue was.

Zhou Yue’s Zhou family is the most famous family in that province and city. It is said that the family history can be traced back to the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. His ancestors were in jade business before, and their wealth is rich and can be regarded as a wealthy country.

Since the Qing Dynasty did not fall behind, the Zhou family declined for a period of time due to the turmoil of the war at that time, but then the Zhou family started from scratch, trading stocks and real estate, and founded a first-class enterprise, which is well-known in China and the world.

As the only child of the Zhou family’s parents, the Zhou family has placed heavy expectations on Zhou Yue. From childhood to adulthood, he has to undergo strict elite education, and he needs to learn a lot of things related to business, finance, corporate management, etc., because Sooner or later, he will take over the enterprise of his father's generation. His life has been arranged from the moment he was born, and the road has been paved, and he only needs to move forward impartially on this road and keep moving forward.

Piano is only Zhou Yue’s hobby that his fairly enlightened parents allow him to learn. Even if Zhou Yue’s talent in music is high, even if this is Zhou Yue’s own dream, in the end, he still can’t pursue what he loves. His music cannot be a musician on his stage.

Mu Qin asked Zhou Yue about his future plans. He thought that Zhou Yue would resist the life arranged at home, but Zhou Yue shook his head and said, "That's it."

"Don't you feel a pity?" Muqin looked at his beautiful hands disappointedly. "You should stand on the stage, sit by the piano, be illuminated by the spotlight, and win everyone's applause. This is not you. Your dream?"

Zhou Yue said: "If it is so easy to achieve, it is not a dream. It is also very good for me to take over the enterprise of my father's generation, and I can make a lot of money. I can also take you around the world!"

Zhou Yue said that he was very happy, but Mu Qin vaguely saw the gloomy future between himself and Zhou Yue.

He and Zhou Yue secretly dated for three years, and he had a detailed understanding of Zhou Yue’s family background. Zhou Yue’s parents were the kind of sleek, but in fact, very old-fashioned people. This can be seen from the fact that everything was arranged for him at birth.

There are some strange rules in their family. They do not allow Zhou Yue to communicate with ordinary classmates in the school, saying that Zhou Yue's friends must be heirs of a large family with status and status.

They don't allow Zhou Yue's grades to be lower than the top ten in the world, otherwise they will put pressure on him and find various tutoring classes until his grades improve.

They didn't allow Zhou Yue to fall in love yet, but they allowed him to have more contact with some socialites.

Mu Qin can fully see that Zhou’s parents are actually laying the foundation stone for Zhou Yue’s future, allowing him to get in touch with some people and things in the society since high school, forming a wide circle of interpersonal relationships, and waiting. In college, Zhou Yue can work in his own company for an internship. The grades and extensive contacts he established in high school will enable him to quickly gain a foothold in the company. As soon as he graduates, he can officially take over the company.

So Mu Qin can guess that the shrewd Zhou family’s parents would never allow Zhou Yue to go into inexplicable evil ways. Being with the same **** is even more laughable and generous. It will only destroy Zhou Yue’s reputation and make others. Prejudice against him has become a stain on his life path.

Zhou Yue’s future must be bright. He will sit on a world-famous large company and earn money that Mu Qin can’t make in this lifetime. He will enter the marriage palace with a noble and beautiful wealthy daughter. One or two children.

This is pretty good, it's the life that many people dream of but can't ask for.

It's just that Mu Qin, who was young and sensitive at the time, would feel unwilling to feel sad whenever he anticipated that Zhou Yue would not have his own existence in his beautiful life in the future.

He thought about fighting for it. Even if the status of the two is huge and the difference is huge, Mu Qin feels that his ability is not bad. No matter what the future, as long as Mu Qin is willing to work hard, he may be able to go to the same level as Zhou Yue. Position, standing at the same height, he will always get everything he wants.

But Muchin was scared.

He was poor and white at the time. The old uncle squandered all the money in the family. Even the house was secretly resold behind Muqin's back. Muqin had nothing, but he was still facing the high tuition fees of the university and couldn't pay him. You can't go to the same university as Zhou Yue, but if Zhou Yue is asked to help, Mu Qin is very worried that if Zhou Yue pays double the tuition, his family's life will be suspicious.

So at that stage, Muqin was always scared, and fragile, he couldn't help thinking...what if I fail in the end?

If he could not be with Zhou Yue, if they were separated, if all his efforts were lost in the end, would he have to watch Zhou Yue and himself drift away and forget about each other?

Mu Qin has always been alone, with no father or mother, no one to take care of, no relatives or friends. The young and immature Mu Qin puts all his feelings on Zhou Yue. Zhou Yue’s existence is Mu Chin's motivation to work hard to live.

If you can't get it, it's better not to have it in the first place.

So Muchin left.

Despite such a decision, now thinking about it, Muqin feels that the original decision was both sloppy and erroneous and quite timid. It was a stupid decision. Mu Qin also regretted this for many years. He shouldn't leave without saying goodbye, at least he should say to Zhou Yue.

But he just left the world where Zhou Yue existed.

Mu Qin can almost imagine how sad Zhou Yue should be. Quite different from the perfect maturity disguised on the surface, Zhou Yue is actually as fragile as Mu Qin. During the time he was with Mu Qin, Zhou Yue liked to act like a baby to Mu Qin the most.

From childhood to age, Zhou Yue basically had no room for acting like a baby. The strict tutoring and arduous schoolwork of his parents forced Zhou Yue to mature prematurely. He once told Mu Qin himself that he had seen other people’s children and their parents when he was young. Rolling coquettishly, sticky together, I am very envious. However, whenever he wanted to behave like a baby or be close to his parents, his parents' indifferent and tough attitude always made him unable to help crying secretly in his room.

So after having Mu Qin, Zhou Yue was very clingy. As long as he had the opportunity, Zhou Yue would rush over to hug Mu Qin and bury his face in Mu Qin's neck. He will find every opportunity to get close to Mu Qin, hold Mu Qin's waist, kiss Mu Qin's cheeks, lips and eyes. Once Mu Qin is bothered by him and waved him away, Zhou Yue will swing An aggrieved expression stared at Mu Qin, until Mu Qin felt soft and beckoned him to come back.

Zhou Yue’s sticky attitude was somewhat restrained at the beginning, but it became more and more intense as time passed. By the last year of high school, as long as he didn’t see Mu Qin for a moment, Zhou Yue would be very responsive to Mu Qin. Qin’s cell phone was bombarded indiscriminately, filling Mu Qin’s cell phone memory with various calls and messages.

Mu Qin is a little bit reluctant to delete every text message sent by Zhou Yue.

The infinitely gentle and beautiful Zhou Yue in his memory, the Zhou Yue who kept Mu Qin from forgetting but still dare not look for him.

Now he appeared in front of Muqin, **** and dilapidated.

He should be a nobleman living a luxurious life, enjoying the process of being surrounded by people. His road is bright and wide, so he should not appear here. This orphanage full of killing and darkness should not be here. This is where Zhou Yue should come.

"Why are you here?" That's why Mu Qin felt completely incomprehensible, "You shouldn't be here."

Zhou Yue, who had been silent for a long time, finally broke the silence. He spoke, his voice was very low and dumb, probably because he was stabbed in the neck, his voice was not very nice, but Mu Qin was still OK He heard a familiar voice... After so long after a long absence, he finally heard Zhou Yue speaking to him again.

Zhou Yue said: "I am dead, so I am here."

"Impossible!" Mu Qin couldn't believe it, he stared at the man in front of him, "Why are you dead? How could you die!"

"Death will come at any time, today, tomorrow, or even now." Zhou Yue said hoarsely, saying that he put the hand on Muqin's belly back, and seemed a little reluctant at the end, so he half kneeled. In front of Muqin, he placed his hand on Muqin's thigh and raised his head to look at Muqin's eyes. He moved like a knight who swore to the princess in front of the temple.

Mu Qin looked at him, and then was stunned. Suddenly there was some unspeakable sadness in his heart. Mu Qin realized that if Zhou Yue really died, then think about it carefully, the goodbye ten years ago... it was actually a goodbye. .

If they don’t meet again in this game.

Mu Qin felt a faint and dull pain in his chest and heart. The pain was subtle and long. The pain made Mu Qin breathless. He couldn't help but asked Zhou Yue: "How did you die?"

Zhou Yue did not answer immediately. Instead, after a long silence, he raised his head and smiled at Mu Qin, but the bandage on his face made his smile not obvious at all. He said to Mu Qin, "Before... When you disappeared, I was very anxious, I looked for you everywhere."

When Mu Qin heard this, he opened his mouth and stopped talking. He wanted to apologize to Zhou Yue. His leaving without saying goodbye back then must have made Zhou Yue very sad.

However, Zhou Yue was as good at grasping Mu Qin's mind as before. Zhou Yue gently shook his head to him: "I know you want to apologize, but you don't need it."

"On the contrary, I should be the one who apologized... In fact, I was very aware of the tremendous pressure you were under. Your family situation is not good, the economy is so urgent, and the gap between you and me makes you feel that you don’t see any hope. , I know you may want to give up, and your departure is also in my expectation."

Zhou Yue continued: "But I was too confident at the time, thinking I could find you back."

"To be honest, I was very happy when I heard that you applied for enlistment to the provincial army, because I always wanted to find a chance to get rid of the control of my parents. Enlisting is an excellent reason. So I also asked my parents I suggested that I wanted to join the army for two years. My parents did not agree at first, but I said that for my future, training in the army would make me stronger. My parents thought it made sense, so they agreed."

Hearing what Zhou Yue said, Mu Qin looked at Zhou Yue with wide eyes in surprise: "But I haven't seen you in the army."

"Of course I haven’t seen it. Originally, I really wanted to join you in the same company. I also asked a higher-level officer to help me bridge the line. But something went wrong in the middle. It seemed that my father was intervening, so I was Sent to a more advanced troop training base."

"I stayed there for two years, you know...in a place like a troop, you would be a member of the country. Unless you retire, don’t want to come out easily. I was trapped there in a hurry, every day. I was eager to find you, but there are many trainings waiting for me every day. At that time, the instructor told me that I can only approve the vacation after completing the training, so I trained very hard..."

"So your hands became like this?" Mu Qin regretted, and looked at Zhou Yue's hands distressedly. They were no longer the hands that could play the piano gracefully in memory.

"It's okay." Zhou Yue saw that Mu Qin was sad for him, and in turn comforted Mu Qin. He couldn't help but reached out and carefully touched Mu Qin's cheek, "My hands are strong. It’s not that I can’t play the piano anymore."

After that, Zhou Yue looked at Mu Qin obsessively with his only right eye, "Mu Qin, you are still as good-looking as you were before."