Chapter 01 Return to

City C: During the recent final exam week at Haishan North University, the lights in the library were always on, and snowflakes were falling outside the window.

The environment in the study room on the third floor is very quiet, with only the sound of turning pages and the rustling pen tip rubbing against paper.

A sophomore boy just raised his head, flexed his neck, and closed his copy of "Ma Gui". When he raised his head, he accidentally saw the handsome guy diagonally across from him, who was concentrating on reading.

Just that one glance made his heart flutter.

So handsome!

At first glance, he noticed the young man's overly gentle and delicate eyebrows. Maybe it's because the other person's eyelashes are too long, but even if his face is expressionless and his eyes are lowered, he still has a gentle and caressing feeling.

Taking a closer look at it the second time, the male senior discovered that the handsome guy was wearing a casual black cotton jacket with a slightly floral shirt printed with a blue cat printed on it.

Very unique clothing.

Most people can’t mix and match it to create such a stunning look.

Like some of the most handsome men in anime come into reality, making it impossible to ignore his existence.

The boy stared at the girl unconsciously for a long time, until his arm was touched by a friend, "It's time to go, the library is closing at ten o'clock."

The male student suppressed his desire to see her and swallowed. , he packed his schoolbag absentmindedly, and before leaving, he reluctantly took a photo of the handsome guy opposite who was also packing his textbooks, thinking that he would find out who this was later.

In the large study room, the bright lights were turned off one by one, and everyone was walking out.

Qiu Xingci was also packing his things and preparing to leave. At this moment, he didn't know that he was being secretly photographed.

Following the dense flow of people, Qiu Xingci slowly followed his friend downstairs with his schoolbag on his shoulder.

When they walked out of the library, Qiu Xingci looked up at the foggy night where he couldn't see the way ahead, with a gloomy look on his face.

I can’t tell why I’m unhappy, maybe it’s because I’m a little stressed before the exam, maybe it’s because the weather is a little bit like hell, maybe it’s because I’m hungry.

He had obviously eaten a bowl of Yangchun noodles at five o'clock in the afternoon, but now Qiu Xingci felt hungry again.

This feeling is uncomfortable, my stomach is empty, and my heart is empty.

Qiu Xingci's fair, sweet, and pretty face looked a little world-weary at the moment.

The roommate next to him rubbed his face excitedly against the cold wind and let out a breath of air: "After tomorrow, you can go home for the holiday. It's great. I have already grabbed the ticket."

Wang Zeyu said, looking back The guy behind the suit with a sullen expression said: "Xingci, have you got the ticket?"

The cold wind blowing towards him made the tip of Qiu Xingci's nose turn red.

He retracted his hands into his pockets, raised his slender eyelashes, and said helplessly to his roommate: "Not yet, I plan to go back a few days later."

Wang Zeyu reminded him: "If it's two days later, the school cafeteria will be closed. I have no food to stay in school."

As soon as he finished speaking, Qiu Xingci raised his eyes and smiled, with an indescribable tone of negotiation: "Just in time, I will live outside the school for two days while looking for a house.

" As soon as he finished saying this, Wang Zeyu's expression began to become a little stiff.

Wang Zeyu looked at him carefully: "Renting a house, right? Do you really plan to move out next semester?"

"You said you were going to move out two days ago. I thought you were angry."

It was around twelve o'clock the night before yesterday, because they Someone in the dormitory was talking on the phone too loudly with his girlfriend early in the morning. The whole dormitory was kept awake by the noise, and the roommates stared and rolled their eyes.

Qiu Xingci couldn't stand it and reminded the other person to lower his voice. Unfortunately, the person who was reminded had no consciousness and was still unconvinced to refute.

After this disagreement, the two started to quarrel. If it weren't for the roommates, they might have started fighting on the spot.

The instructor came to mediate once that day, and after a round of criticism, both sides made an eighty-point decision, and the matter was settled.

The most outrageous thing was that the next night, the man's phone call was correct, and he provocatively said to Qiu Xingci: "I just like to call my girlfriend, what do you think? You are a single guy, I can't stand you." Just move out."

Qiu Xingci said with a cold face: "Just move out, I really don't want to be in the same room with an unethical person like you."

Wang Zeyu stood next to Qiu Xingci and scolded the grandson. Once the call was made, the other party was really shameless. He pulled the bed curtain and turned a deaf ear.

After one night, Wang Zeyu lost his temper and put the matter aside. Unexpectedly, Qiu Xingci brought it up again and really planned to move out.

Wang Zeyu was a little surprised: "Brother, you haven't calmed down yet. He is in the wrong for this matter. If you want to move, he will move. Why are you moving?"

Qiu Xingci: "I'm not angry, I have thought it over carefully. "

If a dog bites a person, the person can't bite him back at the risk of getting rabies, right?

Graduation was coming soon anyway, and he would have to move out of the dormitory sooner or later.

Qiu Xingci also weighed the pros and cons.

Next semester is the last semester of senior year. According to the custom, dormitories will not be changed unless the best roommate is willing to move out so that it will not continue to affect him.

But this possibility is very small. In addition, the counselor also has a quarrelsome temperament, and the dormitory manager doesn't care about being so meticulous. You can predict the unpleasantness later.

Qiu Xingci just wanted to have a quiet environment where he could rest, and he didn't want to quarrel or argue with that top guy anymore, so he really thought it would be good to rent a house and live by himself.

Wang Zeyu was really helpless. He felt that his good brother was somewhat conflict-avoidant in character.

Wang Zeyu: "No, I think it's a big loss for you."

Qiu Xingci's voice was cold and indifferent: "This is called stopping the loss in time. I will lose money if I stay with him for one more minute."

He never likes to get entangled with others. Let unnecessary people consume their energy.

Wang Zeyu looked at his expression, sighed, and said no more.

When the exam week was over, Qiu Xingci stayed until the end. He cleaned a little, locked the door, and walked out leisurely with the key.

At this time, the campus was sparsely populated and extremely quiet.

Two streets away from the east gate of the school, there is a very old community to the east. Qiu Xingci saw the rental advertisement posted by the landlord here on the Internet. He felt that the distance was close and the room type was not bad.

After looking at the house, Qiu Xingci felt that it was okay. He always made decisions quickly and immediately signed the contract and paid the first quarter's rent.

That afternoon, Qiu Xingci made three trips alone and finally moved everything in his dormitory to his new residence.

When he locked the dormitory door, Qiu Xingci felt a lot more relaxed.

On the first night after leaving the dormitory, Qiu Xingci had a little insomnia, not because he missed anyone, but because he felt... something

was missing.

He himself couldn't explain this strange feeling.

Missing some celebrations?

I remember someone once said, "I heard that some people move on auspicious days. Those who move door to door have to pay the Five Emperors money, and they have to cook and warm the house with their friends. There are a lot of things to pay attention to."

Qiu Xingci scoffed at the time: "What a mess. Yes, superstition.”

The man smiled good-naturedly: "I think there must be some truth in being so particular. If you move in the future, I will find someone to help you take a look."

Thinking of these fragmented memories, Qiu Xingci scratched his hair irritably.

He whispered angrily: "Feudal superstition."

He couldn't sleep, and it must have nothing to do with it.

Qiu Xingci thought that he was not a particular person, but after tossing and turning and unable to sleep, after a while, he decided to be a little more ritualistic.

He was going to get himself something delicious to celebrate a little and fill his not very hungry stomach.

On the first day I stayed in a rental house, there was a stove here, but Qiu Xingci only bought a kettle, not a pot.

So I can only boil hot water and make some instant noodles.

Fortunately, Qiu Xing was not picky. He felt that he was quite good and capable if he could cook instant noodles by himself in the middle of the night.

While waiting for the water to boil, Qiu Xingci leaned against the window in boredom, scrolling through his phone, occasionally looking up at the night view outside the window.

In winter, the green belts in the community are all bare. Apart from the snow that has not yet melted away from the branches on the roadside, there is almost no other scenery to see.

Qiu Xingci withdrew his gaze, opened his circle of friends, and passed by three people who were purchasing on behalf of others, one who was promoting postgraduate entrance examination institutions, and one who was displaying sneakers. After browsing through them, he found that they were very boring.

After quitting the circle of friends, for several months the group was filled with little red dots indicating a lot of new news.

Qiu Xingci's eyes fell on "Happy Family", he hesitated for a moment, and skipped it.

I opened Douyin and scrolled through many people. I was numb when I heard the popular music.

Qiu Xingci saw the photos sent by several classmates. Some were still on the train after long distances, and some had just arrived home.

Among them, his friend Wang Zeyu also posted on WeChat Moments at around 12 noon. Relatives and friends gathered around a table. Wang Zeyu extended his fingers to the camera and gestured with the text: "I have already eaten the hot pot from my hometown, Bashi De" Very !"

Qiu Xingci looked at the red hot pot in the camera, and looked at the beef and mutton rolls and various vegetables on the side for a while, and muttered: "It looks very spicy."

He can't eat spicy food, but he still envies the lively atmosphere.

The kettle made a "click" sound as it automatically shut off. He stuffed his cell phone into his pocket and turned back to carry the pot of hot water to make noodles.

At half past ten, Qiu Xingci lay back on the bed again after performing sacrifices at the Five Zang Temple. He turned over and felt that he couldn't sleep.

Maybe it's because this bed is larger than a dormitory bed and doesn't fit the width. Turning over again, he thought that maybe the newly bought sheets had been put on before being washed, making it uncomfortable to lie on. He thought that he would have to wash the sheets tomorrow.

At eleven o'clock, Qiu Xingci sat up resignedly and had to admit that he might be a little insomniac.

He kind of wanted to find someone to chat with, but he didn't have the habit of suddenly going crazy and chatting with others in the middle of the night recently, so he didn't know who to talk to for the time being.

Qiu Xingci tentatively sent Wang Zeyu a message: "Are you asleep?"

Wang Zeyu: "Brother, dear brother, I am

playing a game of chicken." "You know I'm a gamer, don't block my view by sending messages now. "

Qiu Xingci: "..."

Half of his sadness was shattered by this idiot.

Qiu Xingci sneered and replied: "Okay, you continue."

Isn't it just playing games? Who doesn't have a game on their phone?

Wang Zeyu immediately broadened Qiu Xingci's thinking. He felt that he could also play games to pass the time.

Thinking of the King Pesticide that he had uninstalled before the exam week, Qiu Xingci felt a little nostalgic.

He opened the mobile phone store, found King Pesticide and prepared to download it.

Five minutes later, Qiu Xingci began to feel a little irritated when he saw the loading interface where the game resource installation package was still being downloaded after the download was completed.

Ten minutes later, Qiu Xingci, who had not officially started playing the game, began to complain about the official and planning of the game: "What's going on with this game? How many resources need to be downloaded? It's so slow."

"This planning doesn't want to reduce the cost of the game. Reduce the load and occupy more and more memory."

Fifteen minutes later, Qiu Xingci finally logged into his account. He vaguely remembered that he had reached the King of Fifteen Stars before uninstalling.

However, as soon as I entered, I discovered that it was already a new season. After the rankings were settled, the King of Fifteen Stars changed to Eternal Diamond 1.

very good.

After working hard for a season, I returned to the time before liberation.

It was late at night, which was supposed to be a good time for a night owl to play games, but there were not many familiar friends in his list.

Qiu Xingci was in the game lobby, staring blankly at the row of gray portraits in the list for several minutes.

It's just that the exam week has passed, and the game interface has become a little unfamiliar again.

Time in the online world seems to be several times faster than in reality. After not seeing each other for just a few days, many former game friends will become strangers.

The top stars on the ranking list had no avatars or names in their game accounts. Qiu Xingci couldn't recognize who those people were, and couldn't remember when they played together.

Maybe they changed their names. Some people's game IDs change often. This is normal, and Qiu Xingci understands it very well.

But as a result, he felt that he was suddenly unfamiliar with these people, and he was too embarrassed to play with them again.

There was a familiar avatar in the game. Qiu Xingci took a look and saw that it had been 24 minutes. He thought he could join and made a reservation. Unexpectedly, he was rejected.

Chu Xiaomu, a gaming friend and college classmate, explained: "Brother Xing, I'm here to take care of my sister."

"Your voice is much better than mine, so we're not suitable together. Let's go some other time."

Qiu Xingci said tentatively: "I can actually do it. Shuangmai."

Chu Xiaomu's Ma Ke and Yaomei replied while hiding their skills: "Brother, Shuangmai can't do it. Really, the two of them are very close."

Qiu Xingci suspected that he was showing affection to him. , I feel like I’ve eaten dog food.

"Enough!"

He typed indifferently: "You can continue the two-person world."

He took a deep breath and felt that solo queue was not impossible. He was very strong anyway.

Set a small, achievable goal first, and win the title in one go, otherwise I’ll be sorry to have to wait so long to download and install the game.

Today, the God of War returns, and he wants to hear the trembling sound of the Canyon of Kings!