Hidden Corners

this pattern.

what exactly is it?

Bang 嘡.

Suddenly a muffled sound came from behind.

It seemed that someone kicked some kind of metal can and made a loud noise.

Li Chengyi trembled all over, and quickly moved his hand away from the angle that the mirror could illuminate.

Instinctively, he didn't want anyone to discover the patterns on his hands.

Being different might bring opportunities, but he worries more about the dangers. On the premise of ensuring his own safety, striving for interests is his consistent style.

Clearing his throat, he pretended to be okay, raised his foot, stepped forward, and passed between the two cars.

The left side of the car is black and the right side is white. They are all off-road vehicles. The logos are Z-shaped and cross-shaped.

There is also a large tire hanging on the trunk of the white car, and a line of circular writing is printed on the tire: Yuncheng Automobile.

After a pause, Li Chengyi walked through the vehicle, glanced at the back of his hand again, and made sure that it was clean without any patterns, so he breathed a sigh of relief, and continued to walk towards the school gate.

Slap.

Slap.

Slap.

Footsteps stepped on the ground, making a clear knocking sound.

That was the sound of the heels of the hard leather shoes he was wearing colliding with the stone bricks on the ground.

only

‘Is this sound a little too loud? '

Li Chengyi frowned slightly, suddenly feeling something was wrong.

It was broad daylight. There were already many people in the school, and students were coming and going. How could it be so quiet? Even the sound of his leather shoes stepping on the ground can be clearly echoed.

He looked up and looked around.

The surroundings are empty, on the gray ground, not far away is a dry fountain pool.

Across the pool, several old ten-story teaching buildings stood safely in the mist.

'fog? When does it get foggy? ? ’ Li Chengyi felt something was wrong in his heart.

He clearly remembered that when he came in just now, there were still many students coming and going, why now? ?

Standing in place, he scanned a large circle from right to left.

But what made him feel even more horrified was that the university campus, which was bustling just now, was actually empty at this moment.

He quickly turned his head and looked at the office building where his mentor had just left.

Several rooms in the building were lit, and the bright yellow halo was quiet and mysterious in the mist.

No voice, no footsteps.

grunt.

Li Chengyi's throat became dry unconsciously, and he swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

'What about people! ? ’ He was getting nervous.

Pat, clack.

He lifted his foot and hung in the air.

Then he turned around abruptly, the leather shoes rubbing against the ground made a sharp sound, and he walked forward step by step towards the office building he had just walked out of.

Entering the gap between the two cars again, his surrounding vision was completely blocked.

The off-road vehicle was so high that it could completely block his view of the surroundings, leaving only a band-shaped gap directly in front of him and above his head.

Swish!

Li Chengyi walked out from the sewing room at once.

Snapped.

Suddenly a big hand grabbed his shoulder.

Li Chengyi trembled all over, and his black and brown pupils quickly tightened from the slack, and condensed into needlepoints.

"Xiaoyi? Why are you still here?"

The voice of the mentor Chen Shan seemed to come from afar, sometimes blurred and sometimes clear.

"I" Li Chengyi felt as if he broke through the water from underwater, and his hearing became clear all at once.

He looked carefully.

The instructor, Chen Shan, was standing in front of him, looking at him worriedly.

The dark red tie around his collar seemed to be really bloodstained, clear and dazzling.

At this time, the rest of the surrounding voices also quickly poured into Li Chengyi's ears.

The sound of cars, students' voices, footsteps, the sound of starting guns in the distant sports field, heavy sounds like floods, scrambling to squeeze into his ear holes, making the eardrums even a little painful.

"I was a little distracted. I'm sorry, Master Chen." Li Chengyi finally came back to his senses, and seriously bowed his head to answer.

He didn't know what happened just now, and even wondered if he had a hallucination hysteria, but in any case, it's better not to tell it before thinking about it and investigating it clearly.

Taking advantage of the moment he bowed his head, he looked at the back of his hand again.

There is no black pattern.

"That's good. Judging by your mental state, it doesn't seem to be very good. It's best to go back and have a good rest." Chen Shan frowned.

"Well, I see, I'll go back now." Li Chengyi nodded seriously.

At that moment, he himself was frightened.

Could it be that there is something wrong with his mental state? ?

What happened last night, coupled with the situation just now, made him feel worried at this moment.

After bidding farewell to Chen Shan, he quickened his pace and walked through the gap between the cars again.

This time, the weird situation just now did not reappear.

Looking up, there is nothing abnormal in the school. The sunlight shoots out from the clouds and falls to the ground, forming a scattered beam of light. The beauty of the Tyndall effect is extremely clear and real.

‘Just now, wasn’t there no fog? ’ Suddenly, an inexplicable doubt came to Li Chengyi’s mind.

Fog can form such a beautiful light beam, but when he entered the university before, he didn't see any fog at all.

With this doubt, Li Chengyi suddenly had a thought that he didn't want to stay here anymore.

He quickened his pace and strode towards the school gate.

The letter of introduction given by his mentor was still in the inner pocket of his clothes, but at this moment, he had no intention of going to work at all.

In the mirror, the black pattern on the back of his hand has always been stuck in his throat, and it has not dissipated in his heart for a long time.

Something growing on yourself? Or was he hallucinating?

Traveling through, the parking lot that seems to be a dream, and the strange school scene just seen.

All of this seemed to be an omen—maybe he really had hallucinations? ?

Walking out of the university gate in one breath, Li Chengyi looked back at the school.

Many students are dressed formally and are preparing to pull up banners to welcome successful alumni.

Several media vehicles also slowly drove into the school gate, passing by his side, with the white letters of the local news media printed on the vehicle body.

Farther away, the speakers in the main teaching building also began to play melodious atmospheric pure music.

Li Chengyi regained his composure and felt that he was much more normal. He stood still and looked at the media vehicles for a while, and waited until they all slowly drove into the shade of a curve that he could not see, then he turned around and walked towards the return bus. stand.

Rows of gray and black trees without leaves were planted on both sides of the street. The dry branches looked like big hands, grasping towards the sky.

As Li Chengyi walked along the street, he picked up the back of his hand and looked carefully.

The skin on the back of the hand was clean and smooth, without any scars.

He passed two large green trash cans and stopped in front of a sweet shop with amber lights.

Facing the glass window next to the shop door, he turned the back of his hand to the glass and looked carefully again.

black!

Li Chengyi's heart twitched again.

This time he saw very clearly.

On the back of his hand, there was indeed a large black pattern-like mark.

The trace gave him a feeling of familiarity.

Just like, the last black flower he saw before crossing over!

"Do you want to come in and take a look? The maple syrup croissant just out of the oven." The eldest sister in the shop wore a bear apron and went out with a yellow wooden basin. Seeing him standing at the door, she greeted him casually.

"Uh, no need." Li Chengyi quickly put down his hands to prevent being seen.

He followed the chrysanthemum-like gray bricks on the ground, accelerated a few steps, passed the dessert shop, and hurried on with his head bowed.

Passers-by passed by him one by one, but he didn't care at all.

All attention was focused on the pattern on the back of his hand.

‘The pattern, what exactly is it? '

‘The previous ones, were they hallucinations? '

He had a faint feeling in his heart that the black pattern might be the culprit that brought him into this world.

As for what it is, you may have to rely on yourself and discover it slowly.

Keeping his head down, he kept driving, and before he knew it, time passed, and when he came back to his senses, he had already passed the bus stop by a few hundred meters.

Surrounded by an unfamiliar street, the road is full of transport vehicles dragging vegetables and fruits.

Li Chengyi stopped and looked around.

Across the road is a farmers market.

At the entrance of the market, under a leafless tree trunk, many middle-aged people in plain clothes gathered together, as if they were playing chess and cards.

At this time, the light is getting brighter and the temperature is getting hotter.

Li Chengyi withdrew his gaze, instead of looking at the crowded farmers' market, he walked to a coffee shop beside him.

He was a little hungry, and he regretted not buying some maple croissants from the dessert shop just now.

But the coffee shop is not bad either. The one he went to, called Yesili's coffee shop, sells self-service desserts, and the price is not expensive. It can be regarded as one of the most cost-effective places when you are hungry.

Only 30 yuan is needed to fill the belly of a 200-jin big-bellied man.

The door of the coffee shop is white, a round signboard with black characters on a white background, suspended in the air on the right side of the door, and a large silver and black metal cylinder under it.

'The latest magnetic levitation technology. '

A memory of common sense flashed across Li Chengyi's mind.

Except for the signboard, the entire store door is made of transparent glass, and there is a circle of flowers and plants at the foot of the door.

Green leaves, pure white flowers, each one is quite eye-catching.

Li Chengyi waited for a couple inside the door to push the door to come out. He quickly stepped forward, reached out and grabbed the glass door that bounced back automatically, and walked in.

What he didn't notice was that when he passed the white flowers by the door, there was a faint black pattern on the back of his right hand.

"Welcome, please scan the QR code to place an order."

The automatic electronic tone sounded sweetly.

In the cafe, the floor is pure white, the ceiling is black, with patterns like water flow.

There are two floors in total. The entrance of the lobby on the first floor is the counter, and there is a plastic model of a black rabbit as tall as a person beside the counter.

The rabbit's eyes blinked, its big ears folded down, and its hands pointed to a black round yard on its chest.

"Please scan here."

A sweet electronic sound sounded.

Li Chengyi glanced at the clerk behind the counter and ignored him. He took out his mobile phone and scanned the rabbit circle code, then found a seat and sat down.

Some white tables and chairs were scattered in the lobby on the first floor, and around forty or fifty tables, a dozen or so customers were scattered sparsely.

Most of these customers are young people, and they put some cheap desserts in front of them.