Chapter 500: Qiao Mu Private High School

On the way back, Spades was far behind Bai Liu, who was walking fast with his head down, and whenever Spades tried to get close to him, he would say indifferently:

"Leave me alone, don't come over."

So Spades stops at a distance where you can only see Bai Liu's back.

Two people in the hustle and bustle of the crowd, spaced far apart and close together, as if held together by an invisible link, laughing and joking people passed between them.

This distance continued until Bai Liu back to school, he stood under the lights out school building, suddenly stopped in his tracks, his voice smooth: "I have to go to the classroom to get something, you go back to the dormitory first."

Spades was quiet for a long time before he let out a cry, and with his head down he slowly turned around and walked back down the path that he and Bai Liu used to take every night together, three steps at a time, five steps at a time.

From start to finish, Bai Liu never looked back at him.

The lights are out in the school buildings, but not in the classrooms. Because it's vacation time, the Qiao Mu private high school opens the classrooms as study rooms until midnight, so students can study in them all the time.

Bai Liu went up the stairs and he walked alone in the dark corridor towards the classroom at the end.

Entering the classroom, Bai Liu didn't turn on the light, he walked to his seat, sat down slowly with the desktop in front of him, and then didn't move.

On the desktop, only the last big question remains, and on the sketchbook pressed underneath are Bai Liu's handwritten scribbles, above which are Spades and him, Fang Dian and Lu Yizhan filling his drawer box with various notebooks and snacks, and on the bottom right corner of the box you can touch the business card that the man left for him, telling him to go and get help.

His homework, books, pens, and textbooks were kept in a neat and undamaged state from the time he left until he returned, and no one ever dared to come near his seat again so easily.

--This is Bai Liu's best form in eighteen years.

It's as if everyone is trying hard to create a very good atmosphere, wanting Bai Liu to grow up in this very good atmosphere, study, take the high school entrance exams, and meet the future that he wants.

Bai Liu slowly lowered his eyes as he looked at the stray ball of puppy floss on his draft, his hand on the desktop clenching.

Lu Yizhan's notes in the box of his drawer suddenly fell down, and the prayer charm for the top student of the college entrance exam, which was clipped inside, slipped to the ground.

[Bai Liu, Sister Dot and I both want to talk to you about something.]

Lu Yizhan scratched his head apologetically, he looked at Bai Liu expectantly with a kind of hopeful light in his eyes: [Isn't it true that there's nothing much going on lately, and it's time for the college entrance exams? Feeling that everything is going to settle down, so I just want to discuss with you about what to do after the college entrance exams].

[Just no matter how well you did in the exam, no matter if you want to repeat the exam or not, Sister Dot and I will support you, you don't have to think about money, Sister Dot and I were college students at that time, and we have the time and channels, how can we afford you.]

[Just want to ask you, after you graduate and work, would you like to live with me and also a little sister?]

Bai Liu stared at Lu Yizhan with a strange look of what the hell are you talking about again : [Aren't you and Sister Dot getting married? Why do you want to live with me? Aren't you afraid of people gossiping?

Lu Yizhan paused: [Because I don't want you to live out there alone, without something to fall back on].

[Sister Dot and I don't care what other people say, we are seriously considering this matter, Sister Dot and I are going to save up a sum of money to renovate the house after graduation, renovate the house, and then let you come over to live here, I hope you live more comfortable, don't you like horror games? Sister Dot has specially partitioned a room out for you to play games.]

Lu Yizhan smiled gently, [From now on, as soon as you're off work, you can play games with her, and when I'm back in the evening, I'll cook dinner for you guys.]

[What do you think?

[Sister Dot and I will always be with you, playing games, eating, going to the hospital when you're sick, and whenever you need to be taken care of.]

[This way, when senior year is over, you'll never have to be alone again.]

Lights flashing next to the freezer, Spades face is a kind of Bai Liu can not read the expression, seem to be steady and smooth a lot, he looked straight at Bai Liu, said:

[Your time alone is coming to an end.]

Lu Yizhan said: [Sister Dot and I will always be with you.]

Spades says, [I'm leaving.]

Lu Yizhan says: [So that when senior year is over, you'll never have to be alone again.]

Spades says, [Before I leave, can you say one word to me about liking me?

Memories converged in Bai Liu's brain in a jumbled way, the different images like that old freezer vending machine that flickered and cooled at the same time.

Bai Liu leaned down and he slumped over his desk, his eyes looking at the empty chair next to him, the chair Spades used to sit on and look at him writing questions on, as if there were all emotions in it, and none at all, a deep sea without waves.

He thought calmly.

Lu Yizhan and Fang Dian, Spades, represent two very different life choices.

If he chose Lu Yizhan and Fang Dian, Spades would disappear because he wouldn't be alone, but at the same time, he'd get a normal, smooth, cozy life, and he had no doubt that Fang Dian and Lu Yizhan would take care of him like this for the rest of his life, and play with him for the rest of his life.

The best things that Fang Dian and Lu Yizhan had ever gotten, they wouldn't eat or use, they would give them to Bai Liu, who confirmed without a doubt that he would indeed get a regular happy life in the universal sense if he lived with them as Lu Yizhan had said he would.

There is someone to take care of the sick, someone to play games with, someone to cook meals for, and someone to understand and empathize with all the joys and unhappiness.

If Spades ...... is selected

If Spades is not selected, it will disappear.

Bai Liu's ever-calm thinking advanced to the point where there was a brief moment of stuckness.

Spades, this monster is like a huge accident in Bai Liu's life that is neither nice nor everyday, it pulls Bai Liu away from the course called [Ordinary People] with its own power, dragging him into an endless, unpredictable future.

--like a misplaced [anchor].

If he chooses Spades, Bai Liu has a vague feeling that he might lead a life completely different from the one he is leading now, filled with terror, instability, and desire.

and [alone].

Spades could only exist if he remained in a state of spiritual isolation, and later, perhaps, Fang Dian and Lu Yizhan could not exist around him.

Bai Liu may need to stay alone until he dies.

This is certainly a very bad deal.

If he were to choose Spades, he would have to sacrifice his first eighteen years of a secure life, built up for him by everyone around him, to touch this monster.

How stupid does one have to be to make that choice.

Bai Liu packed up his things, got up and prepared to go back to the dormitory, when he passed the toilet at the corner of the stairs, he was keenly aware of who was following him, and he looked cold: "Didn't I tell you to stay in the dormitory and not to follow me ......"

A red-eyed Hou Tong slowly stepped out of the shadows, a little confused, "What stay in the dorm?"

Bai Liu stopped just in time as he calmly changed the subject, "What's the matter with you following me?"

Hou Tong bit her lower lip, she took a deep breath and gathered the courage to speak out loud, "I like you Bai Liu!"

"I would pay a million dollars a year to talk to you about an eighty year old relationship! I'd play horror games with you every day, and I'd give you the best stuff so you could live in a big house with me!"

"I'll make sure you never go back to class to get your stuff alone like that again, I'll be there with you, and when you're done with your high school exams, I'll take you to meet my parents, I've told them about you many times, they love you!"

"I want to spend 62 million dollars to be with you until I am 80 years old." Hou Tong looked at Bai Liu with red eyes : "Are you willing?"

Bai Liu was quiet for a long, long time. He looked into Hou Tong's eyes, which were full of expectation and apprehension, and his breathing gradually eased.

Given a choice between 62 million, Lu Yizhan and Fang Dian, and Spades, how stupid does one have to be to choose Spades?

Bai Liu doesn't know.

"Sorry." Bai Liu's tone was calm, "I have someone I want to be with all the time."

--Probably the kind of crazy person who would rather be alone until he dies than let go.