Parting, growing up, escape rooms.

A night of chaotic dreams.

Chi Xiaochi woke up at dawn.

He only felt as if his body had been hollowed out, and his head hurt even more as if it had been split by an open axe.

Chi Xiaochi barely straightened up with one hand on his forehead and realized that Yuan Benshan was dozing on his right side.

He looked at Yuan Benshan for a moment, then lay back quietly, pretending he was hallucinating and saw nothing.

The effect of the card is long-lasting. Chi Xiaochi lies flat, hands clasped in front of his chest, with a look of emptiness and lack of desire on his face.

Xi Lou asked him, "How does it feel?"

Chi Xiaochi: "Have you ever heard a song."

Xi Lou: "...... live-!"

Chi Xiaochi sings, "No to pornography, no to gambling, no to pornography."

Xi Lou: "......"

Chi Xiaochi : "Now I feel very strongly about this song, getting high hurts people."

XiLou: well said, and I feel very strongly about wanting to hit you right now.

But beyond Chi Xiaochi's expectation, Xi Lou did not scold him, and his tone was quite helpless: "You don't have a headache anymore? Lie down."

Chi Xiaochi cried with joy, "Ah Tuan how are you Ah Tuan, how are you so good to me."

Xi Lou: "...... Shut up, shut up, hold it in, don't talk."

After last night's events, his opinion of Chi Xiaochi had risen quite a bit.

As long as Chi Xiaochi is quiet and opens his mouth less, they can still try to be friends for a few minutes.

Chi Xiaochi just really stopped talking and closed her eyes.

Xi Lou's heart quieted considerably.

He had thought about whether or not to tell him about the Gan siblings, but in the end he had given up.

Song Chunyang didn't know the Gan siblings well before, and when Xiaochi leaves and Chunyang comes back, the money-based partnership will naturally end, so why bring it out into the open and make it look bad for everyone?

Besides, Gan Yu and Gan Tang's overall strength is absolutely outstanding except for their hands and feet, so it would not be in Song Chunyang's best interest to break up the alliance with them.

Most importantly ......

This brother and sister harmoniously and happily cloud share a person, this matter is no different from metaphysics, he has the ability to say, others are afraid that he does not have the ability to believe.

The door slammed softly.

Gan Tang came in from outside with a dinner plate, the dishes are the simplest clear congee and small dishes, but they are very finely made, and the hot aroma of the rice cream softens the heart.

Gan Tang walked over to the bed and softly whispered to Chi Xiaochi, whose eyes were closed, "Awake?"

Chi Xiaochi laments that girls are just as attentive and obediently opens her eyes.

Gan Tang put down the dinner plate and held his waist through a layer of quilt, telling him to sit up slowly and asking him if there was any pain on his body.

Aside from the fact that his head still hurts like someone shoved a running chainsaw in it, Chi Xiaochi says he's doing well enough to wash his face and run a thousand meters or something.

Yuan Benshan woke up when Gan Tang came in and got up to help him put his contacts back on to cover the color of his pupils. Hearing his little boyfriend talk so much, he didn't say a word, smiled disapprovingly, and took it as childish talk.

Gan Tang smiled and coaxed him: "Okay, one kilometer by one kilometer. Come and eat. ...... Mr. Yuan, you go and have a bite too, get your spirits up, there's still a dozen hours before we can leave."

Yuan Benshan had a higher opinion of Gan Tang than Gan Yu. After confirming that Chi Xiaochi's signs were good, he leaned over and admonished, "Call me if you need anything," and Chi Xiaochi nodded and obediently said, "I know," before he let his heart drop and left. Chi Xiaochi nodded her head and obediently said, "I know," before he let go of his heart and covered the door to leave.

Gan Tang picked up his bowl, "Your boyfriend is good to you."

Chi Xiaochi only smiled without answering and reached for the bowl.

Gan Tang: "No need to feed?"

Chi Xiaochi said, "No need, it's not that delicate."

With that said his hands started shaking and he almost performed a clear porridge wash on the spot.

Gan Tang removed the bowl from his hand in time, but didn't offer to feed him, moving a bed table covered in '90s stickers and placing the food on it, leaving Chi Xiaochi to eat on his own.

At the end of the sip, Chi Xiaochi was visibly stagnant.

He asked, "Who made this meal?"

Gan Tang said warmly, "It's me. What's wrong, isn't it good?"

It was only when Chi Xiaochi lowered his head again that Gan Tang gave him an expectant look, hoping he would ask him more.

Chi Xiaochi just smiled and took another piece of shredded duck into his mouth, "It's delicious."

Gan Tang: "......"

Oh, yeah. All right, as long as it's good.

Chi Xiaochi continued to eat while she was not idle, fetching the small comb and gently brushing his hair.

The hard wooden teeth of the comb massaged the acupoints of the scalp, greatly relieving the headache, and as her body became more comfortable, Chi Xiaochi's energy was restored and she asked while eating, "How is Dr. Gan doing? Any injuries?"

Gan Tang: "Brother is fine. Don't worry."

Chi Xiaochi hmmmed, "How are the kids doing after the fire last night?"

Gan Tang replied, "The children were terrified, and many of them cried their noses when they saw you in an accident."

Chi Xiaochi asked again, "What about the fire?"

Here, Gan Tang's long eyelashes drooped slightly, "The fire, the children say, burns every so often."

Chi Xiaochi frowned.

Could it be a repeat of the Deadlands?

It is said that ghosts who die by suicide or who have a grudge in their hearts are forced to repeat the scene of their own death over and over again, suffering the pain of the moment before their death for an eternity.

Next, Gan Tang paraphrased the children's words, confirming Chi Xiaochi's suspicions.

The children said that the orphanage would always catch fire one night for an indeterminate period of time. When the fire breaks out, no matter where they hide, they are forcibly dragged back to the dormitory where the fire breaks out; they are too afraid of the fire to escape from it, and they have to suffer the agony of being burned over and over again.

No matter how many times they were burned, their deformed exteriors and burned down buildings would eventually return to normal the next day.

But what they really lost can never be recovered.

Chi Xiaochi asked, "Can't they escape."

Gan Tang said, "There is no escape. When it catches fire, all their abilities are stripped away and they are just the most ordinary little children."

Chi Xiaochi didn't say anything, just lowered his head and sucked on the congee.

"If my brother and you hadn't saved them ...... " Gan Tang said, "I think in their minds, we'd be the same kind of people as the teachers who had abandoned them."

As for the consequences, one can only imagine.

Speaking of this, Gan Tang's tone was full of admiration: "Did you think of this when you had to save people?"

Whoever heard her speculation, Chi Xiaochi froze, rolled her eyes, swirled another chopstick of cucumber, and shrugged easily, "Didn't think about it that much. Just wanted to save it and try it out."

Gan Tang gave a slight start to combing his hair, and then laughed out softly.

...... you ah. Really.

The children also came to visit him after the meal.

This little visiting party was led by the Hairy Boys, with crocheted and Bo Bo heads.

As soon as the brat walked in the door, he carried his hands and pulled a bigger stance than even the dean, "Teacher, I heard from Mr. Tian that you fell down the stairs."

Chi Xiaochi crossed her legs, "Yeah. And nothing at all."

Brat: "Bullshit."

Chi Xiaochi ate his fill and had the strength to go down to the ground twice and demonstrate to the brat.

The hairy boy opened his eyes wide, "Really eh. ...... Teacher, can you jump off the building again, I didn't see it yesterday."

Chi Xiaochi pooh-poohed him: "Get lost, pass a bench and you're in the room."

The hairy man smiled as if he were open for business.

Bo Bo head fell to believe Chi Xiaochi's evil, full of admiration, "Mr. Lou is really great."

Chi Xiaochi brazenly said, "That's for sure."

Bo Bo head humbly asked for advice, "So, Mr. Lou, when can I become as good as you. Is it true that if I jump more and practice more, I can jump down the stairs without getting hurt?"

Chi Xiaochi thought carefully, "That's okay. But it'll have to wait until you grow up."

He casually pointed to Gan Tang beside him : "...... grow up to be as big as this sister."

The three little peasants look up at Gan Tang and exclaim in unison, "...... Wow."

Gan Tang couldn't help but smile and obediently kissed his ass, "Well, Mr. Lou is right about everything."

"Years have passed and I haven't even grown." Bo Bo's head looks down at his short legs regretfully, "Mr. Lou, when will I become an adult."

The brat carried his hands behind his back, his disgust overflowing, "When I was a kid, I also wanted to become an adult, but now that I think about it, it's not good to be an adult at all, and I have to take care of small children."

Croissant corrected him, "You're a kid now."

Chi Xiaochi let out a loud laugh.

The hairy boy was revealed the truth, annoyed and revealed the short of the goat's horns: "You still talk about me, yesterday you all cried and sniffled, I heard it!"

Crocodile's cheeks turned red, "You ...... you obviously cried too."

The brat was quite proud, "I'm not, I'm used to it. You're just a wimp."

The goatee immediately sacrificed a girl-specific weapon, tearfully pulling Chi Xiaochi to complain: "Mr. Lou! Look at him! He bullied me!"

Chi Xiaochi, who had witnessed everything, picked Crocs up off the floor, sat them down on the edge of the bed, and patiently played the role of judge, "Tell your teacher where he bullied you."

"He said I was a wimp." Crocodile whimpered, "But every time the fire burns ...... it hurts, and I'm afraid."

The hairy boy did not forget to pour cold water at this time, "Isn't that just a wimp."

Chi Xiaochi shushed him and softly soothed the golem, "I know, it hurts and it's scary. So think about what would be better to do."

Crocodile thought teary-eyed for a moment and said seriously, "I'll just hold back for a while."

Chi Xiaochi sighed and lifted the covers off the bed, "Come on, Teacher will show you what you should do."

He spent the morning teaching the girls how to use fire extinguishers, while Tian Guangbing taught the boys how to use a screwdriver to dismantle security nets with precision and speed. Many boys were eager to try and dismantle the security nets from the inside out of the building, and tried to follow the example of last night's Tian Guangbing by tying the sheets in knots and climbing down from the third floor, which scared Tian Guangbing and hurriedly confiscated the sheets. Tian Guangbing hastily confiscated the bed sheet and ordered him not to climb the stairs for fun.

The children were all very eager to learn, and even the crochets, who were most afraid of fire, leapt forward.

As she gripped the carrying handle of the foam fire extinguisher and pressed the pressure handle with all her strength, the spray of white foam startled her.

She screamed and dropped the fire extinguisher and sprinted back, throwing her arms around Bo Bo's head.

Bo Bo Head looks quiet, but has a somewhat steadier personality than Crocodile, smoothing Crocodile's pigtails and telling her not to be afraid.

The day was so uncharacteristically calm that it almost faded into oblivion that the time had come for them to say goodbye to the world.

In the afternoon planting class, Gan Yu taught them about different types of seeds and how to collect and plant them from a book, while Chi Xiaochi gave them many different types of seeds from the warehouse and organized them to build grapevines during the activity time.

While the children were busy, he stepped back and took a blank large-print book and a book on plants, and with reference to the large-print book, he drew the shapes of the various types of seeds and explained how they should be planted, using words and diagrams that the children could understand.

He learned to separate mirrors, so his drawing skills are good, and his drawings are actually very exquisite.

Yuan Benshan sat down next to him, "Can they read when you do this."

Chi Xiaochi bowed her head and hooked the line, saying, "They'll learn."

Learning is also a form of hope.

They shouldn't always be worrying about the day and moment when that fire will come unannounced and repeat itself again; they should have some new hope, like learning to break the glass and escape the calamity when the fire breaks out, or looking forward to the springtime when the grass grows and the grapes blossom.

All things should grow, and so should they.

Halfway through building the grapevine, Crocus couldn't resist looking at her cabbages again.

It didn't matter what she saw, her eyes lit up.

A tiny petal of green buds sprouted from the black mud, emerald in color.

Crocheted in surprise, he couldn't help but turn back and run in the direction of the grapevine, shouting, "Teacher, Mr. Lou, you guys come and see--"

She stood still.

Her little friends were still huddled together in a feverish huddle, discussing whether or not to water the grapes with sugar, and whether or not that would make them sweeter.

But Chi Xiaochi they had disappeared, and a large-print book full of 18 pages fell on the grass.

"...... teacher?"

In the villa area, the fog lifted, and when the people came to their senses, the children were no longer around.

Yuan Benshan surprised me by saying, "It's out!"

Chi Xiaochi looked to her hands and said with slight regret, "...... haven't had a chance to say goodbye yet."

Tian Guangbing held Qin Ling up and haphazardly ripped off the bandages on his face, only to see that new flesh and blood were gurgling out of the black hole in his gouged out right eye, and he couldn't help but let out a huge sigh of relief.

As long as they are not fatally traumatized, the system will be able to heal them and restore them to their original state once they are out of the Otherworld.

This is considered a benefit that the Lord God has given to the greatest extent possible.

Ninth mission, full survival.

Until he left the Otherworld, Liu Chengyin was still obsessed with the woman in black.

At first, she thought she had set the fire in the student dormitory, but the children's accounts disproved her speculation.

So what the hell is this woman doing here?

Gan Tang, seeing that she was really distressed, asked, "Did you read it wrong?"

Now, even Liu Chengyin himself doubts his own eyes and memory.

She muttered, "But I did see ......"

Chi Xiaochi shrugged and said in a brisk tone, "Probably one of the passing ghosts."

Regardless, the ninth world has also transitioned peacefully.

But before the crowd could rejoice, Xi Lou's voice suddenly rang in his ears, "Wait. ...... new mission is here."

Chi Xiaochi was stunned.

That fast?

Observing the same strange expression on Yuan Benshan's face, he knew that he had received a hint on his side as well, so he asked Xi Lou, "What is it?"

"The tenth mission: time, September 7, that is, 15 days later; place, Room 1207, Jinhong Mansion, Hongfei Road, this city; mission prompt, within one hour, complete an escape room."