Chapter 196 Learned Loneliness
Chang'an is thousands of miles away.
The old Taoist under the magnolia tree opened his eyes as if sensing something.
He took out something from his arms.
This is a piece of jade, polished round and shiny, with a red rope passed through the hole in the center and braided into a safety buckle.
It is made of fine jade, with a crystal clear body and a beautiful green color floating around.
With just a little comparison, it is not difficult to find that this safety buckle and the one on Lin Chen's body are from the same jade stone.
Shen Banxian placed the jade button flat in his palm and pinched his fingers to try to deduce something.
However, as soon as the middle finger and thumb were twisted together, the good-looking jade suddenly shattered without any external force.
"Crack!"
Spider web-like cracks appeared on the surface of the jade, and then scattered into several fragments from the inside out.
At that moment, the old Taoist couldn't bear it any longer. He arched his back as if his heart had been hit hard, coughed violently, and spat out a mouthful of blood.
The broken jade was stained with blood, and the dots of red looked like red lotuses blooming in hell.
He casually wiped his mouth with his greasy sleeve and sighed.
What is coming is still inevitable.
……
Lin Chen turned on the flashlight on his mobile phone and found the star that fell to the ground.
Fortunately, the material of high borosilicate is relatively hard, and after wiping away some dust on the surface, it is still smooth, bright, and intact.
The rope couldn't be used anymore, so he put the glass into the inner pocket of his coat and kept it close to his chest.
After much deliberation, I decided to call Ke Yue first.
Lin Chen walked while waiting for the call to be connected.
Then, his steps stopped.
After a few seconds of pause, the gentle night wind blew up the corners of his clothes.
Lin Chen almost ran out of the hall.
With shaking hands, he dialed another number.
The call is connected.
"Hello? Senior Ji, I'm Lin Chen. Are you with Ke Yue now?"
"The young master usually lives alone in Qingshui Xuan. Although I am responsible for taking care of her life, I never spend the night there."
Ji Anxu had just been awakened from his sleep by the ringing of the bell, and was still a little confused, "Why are you asking this?"
"Something may have happened to Ke Yue."
Lin Chen tried his best to calm down, "I'm not sure whether my guess is accurate, but just now..."
"Ke Yue's number has become empty."
It is impossible for a person's phone to be shut down for no reason, let alone someone like Ke Yue who needs to be contacted at any time to discuss investment, cooperation and business.
The most likely possibility is that the SIM card was broken.
The SIM card was cut off, either because of kidnapping or...
suicide.
He remembered the dream the boy had said.
Then I think of all the abnormal reactions of young people in recent days.
"Uncle Ji, please go to Qingshuixuan and take a look in person. I'm in the capital now and will arrive later."
After saying this, he hung up the phone and walked to the side of the road without any delay.
But it is already early in the morning, and the airport is remote, so no car is willing to come here.
He thinks he has the person who came up with the concept of shared bikes to thank.
The evening breeze on a spring night is too gentle.
Suitable for walking, jogging, cycling, and love.
Also suitable for depression.
Do you feel that deep sense of powerlessness?
The overwhelming fear and panic flood you like a tide.
You can't tell what's coming next.
The chaotic breathing and heartbeat sound like some kind of prophecy, constantly pulling you into the abyss of despair.
He could only go faster.
The bicycle was pedaled at a speed of 80 miles. By the time we reached Qingshui Xuan, the exposed skin had already been blown raw and painful by the knife-like wind.
Ji An drove around three viaducts with twists and turns when he arrived. By the time he arrived, Lin Chen had already been wandering at the entrance of Qingshuixuan villa area for six or seven minutes.
Seeing Ji An, he rushed forward as if grasping the last straw.
He is not a resident of Qingshui Xuan, his identity information has not been entered into the access control system, and there is no head of household to guide him. He can hardly move here.
"Don't worry, it might just be an accident, don't think too much." Ji An opened the door to the villa while comforting the young man who was on the verge of emotional collapse.
There were several crows squatting on the iron fence of the villa.
The crow was actually not afraid of people. He tilted his head and looked at Lin Chen with his blood-red eyes.
The room was quiet, even though it was night, the blackout curtains on the surrounding floor-to-ceiling windows were still drawn down, covering the villa tightly, like a tomb.
Lin Chen didn't even have time to turn on the light. He found the spiral staircase based on his memory and walked up it. His knees were hurt by the corners of the furniture.
The teenager likes to stay in the glass flower room the most.
His heart was pounding.
What if Ke Yue is not here?
So how should he find it?
Lin Chen also hoped that Ke Yue was really not here. He was looking forward to the next second when Ke Yue would come back from outside with a piece of moonlight and walk up to him.
Then, she looked at him with a smile on her peach blossom eyes, "Don't worry, I just have insomnia. I went for a walk outside."
However, the next second, hope was shattered.
He smelled blood.
The closer you get to the glass greenhouse, the stronger the smell of blood becomes.
His heart sank inch by inch.
The door of the glass flower room was pushed open.
After seeing the scene in the room clearly, Lin Chen's mind went blank in an instant.
The heart almost stopped.
Stars cast a few faint lights from the night sky, and after being refracted several times by the glass, they barely illuminated the entire greenhouse.
The young man wearing a clean white shirt looked like a transparent and fragile glass doll in the sea of flowers, sitting quietly on the swing chair.
The entire greenhouse is like an exquisite music box, and Ke Yue is the elf in the music box.
Unfortunately the elf fell asleep.
If you ignore the blood-stained petals.
"Tick tock..."
The surface of the undried blood on the floor was as smooth as a mirror, clearly reflecting the stars in the sky.
Ke Yue seemed to be lying in the middle of the galaxy, her gray peach blossom eyes were withered, and the mole at the corner of her eye was like a tear that would never fall.
Have you ever witnessed death?
Lin Chen witnessed it.
It turns out that death is beautiful.
At least you have to admit that the young man today is very beautiful.
The kind of beauty that is so decadent to the extreme, dilapidated to the point of being lifeless and only left with despair.
She was lying there, her face peaceful and stained with blood, as if she was asleep.
Breathtakingly beautiful.
If someone could completely reproduce the current scene on canvas, preferably vividly depicting the smile on the young man's face, then this painting would definitely be sold at a sky-high price at auction.
No, maybe the auction house doesn't even want to sell the painting.
Yes, Ke Yue was smiling.
She actually smiled.
The only smile that came from her heart was dedicated to death.
Don't save people who commit suicide with a smile.
It's a pity that Lin Chen is selfish.
He selfishly wanted to destroy this famous painting that would drive all artists crazy.
He didn't want the painting to be finished.
The people who have been taught by the Lin family for hundreds of years are gentle, kind, humble and respectful in their bones.
At this moment, Lin Chen put all the gentleness and humility he had thought about for twenty years behind him.
He actually selfishly wanted to save a person who chose death?
Lin Chen tightly tied the proximal end of Ke Yue's wound with a rope, and tightly covered the deep ravine where the bone could be seen with his hands.
But the blood still poured out uncontrollably and stained his body.
At this moment, Lin Chen cried, like a child who had lost his candy. He cried so helplessly.
...(End of this chapter)