Chapter 2203 Love Trapped in the Cycle of Fate 01

Here, everyone carries a different destiny.

We meet again, and are able to stand in the time loop and peek into the truth behind fate.

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The story takes place in a dilapidated apartment building.

Three homicides occurred here in just one week, and the victims were all residents here.

This place is shrouded in heavy rain, forgotten by time, and stagnant.

Do not……

Or maybe, they are the only ones forgotten by time.

The protagonist is Shao Huai, the protagonist is Xu Yi, and the villain is Xie Guan. They witnessed the first murder.

From then on, they were trapped in this week, and every day when they woke up they might randomly enter any day of the week.

After a brief collapse, they had to believe that only by finding the murderer could they escape this cycle.

[You are Shao Huai's high school and college classmate. ]

To be precise, Xie Guan and they were once classmates.

In the first cycle, due to Xie Guan's unintentional reminder, the original Jinchen and Shao Huai believed that the man who ran into the rain was the murderer.

When the original person ran out to chase, he was hit and killed by a speeding truck in the rain and fog.

People who died outside the apartment building could not enter the loop, and every time Shao Huai refreshed to the Wednesday when his brother was hit, he could not change the death no matter what method he used to stop it.

As a result, Xie Guan and Shao Huai were unable to reach a reconciliation and became suspicious of each other.

When the truth was about to come to light, Xie Guan even changed his urgency to find the truth and began to conceal something, even frequently obstructing Shao Huai and Xu Yi's investigations.

But Shao Huai never expected that on the day they finally escaped the cycle, Xie Guan would become the fourth person to die.

[Transmitting the original body's memory...Transmission successful! 】

[Side quest: Find the real culprit of the murder together with the protagonist group, escape the time loop, and let Xie Guan survive. ]

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rainstorm.

The moment Jinchen took over the body, he saw a man wearing a heavy raincoat running into the morning mist and rainstorm.

He stopped in time and didn't chase after him.

This person was not the murderer and never appeared again.

"Tatsuko!"

Shao Huai followed closely behind, looking at the figure that gradually faded away in the rain from afar, "Who is this person? Did you see clearly?"

"No, I ran too fast."

Just as Jinchen finished his words, a truck suddenly came speeding from the foggy street, as if it was going to hit them directly.

"Fuck." Shao Huai hurriedly pulled Jin Chen back half a step, but it was just an optical illusion, and the truck drove into the alley next to the apartment building.

[Huh~ The death crisis is over!] Ling Gungun breathed a sigh of relief.

Jinchen withdrew his gaze and turned sideways to look at the person behind him.

Xie Guan stood under the eaves, about three meters away from them. His thin figure was wrapped in a shirt that had been washed until it was bleached. He looked clean but gloomy, as if he was shrouded in a lingering melancholy.

[Detected the villain in this world's plot, triggering the blackening value, current blackening value: 85! ]

[Main quest: Clear the black value and change the villain's tragic ending. ]

Their eyes met for a moment.

Jinchen smiled first, and his tone was even a little bit cocky.

"I didn't have time to catch up just now. Long time no see, Xie Xiaoguan."

Xie Guan had no idea what he was thinking about, and his eyes twitched. He seriously suspected that Jin Chen had been planning this until now just to say this disgusting thing.

Shao Huai also turned around, looked at his former good friend, then looked at his current good friend, and hissed.

Injustice.

Bad fate.

edge……

When fate comes, you can't stop it.

The "threesome of happy enemies" from their middle school met again two years later in this dilapidated building.

Of course, Shao mainly occupies the third place, and the happy enemies specifically refer to the two who have been taking turns to top the grade list for many years.

"It's true...times have changed." Shao Huai couldn't help but sigh.

Xie Guan had no interest in reminiscing about the past with them, so he turned around and went back to the convenience store to open for business.

Shao Huai had no choice but to look at Jin Chen, "What should we do? Should we wait for the rain to stop or continue to go back?"

It's also quite poetic.

Jinchen tore off a piece of mint candy and stuffed it into his mouth, then walked in without looking back, "I can't leave for a while."

This apartment building is very run-down and there aren't many residents. The convenience store doesn't have much business on normal days, let alone early in the morning.

Jinchen and Shao Huai lifted the yellowed plastic curtain and went in, seeing Xie Guan sitting behind the counter fiddling with his computer and then his cell phone, before finally giving up everything in a somewhat impatient manner.

"No signal, right?" Jinchen tapped the cash register with his fingertips. "Xie Xiaoguan, did you faint last night?"

Xie Guan raised his eyelids, looked at him coldly, and nodded.

Shao Huai stood next to the shelf with a bottle of mineral water in his hand. He seemed to be hesitant to speak when he sat down, trying to analyze the current situation.

But, I don’t know whether I should speak up.

Shao Huai frowned, and the mineral water bottle in his hand creaked.

He glanced at Xie Guan, who was sorting the change on the counter with his head down, and had no interest in their conversation at all.

"Xie Guan, don't go yet." Jinchen suddenly reached out and grabbed Xie Guan's arm. The force was neither light nor heavy, but it was enough to make him stop.

Xie Guan raised his head, frowned slightly, and there was a hint of impatience in his eyes.

"What?" Xie Guan's voice was cold, with obvious irritability.

"Nothing, I just thought you should listen."

Jinchen sat down opposite Shao Huai and let go of Xie Guan before he could make a move.

"You should have seen it last night," Shao Huai asked, "the screams on the sixth floor and the sudden murder."

He and Jinchen went there together, but he seemed to have seen Xie Guan later.

Xie Guan hummed, was silent for a moment, and then asked, "How did you get downstairs later?"

Jinchen closed his eyes peacefully, then opened them again, "I want to know, too."

"This is so weird! Tatsuko and I passed out at some point, and when we opened our eyes at dawn, we found ourselves in bed."

It seems that they have the same experience, thanks for the observation.

After witnessing a murder on the sixth floor, he suddenly fell into a coma. He woke up in his room at dawn and saw a strange man downstairs in the apartment building.

Jinchen picked some fast food and soaked it with hot water provided by the counter. He added: "There is no signal in the apartment building now, so I can't call the police."

When Shao Huai smelled the aroma of instant noodles, he felt so hungry that he stuffed a few mouthfuls into his mouth without waiting for them to boil.

"Tatsuko, should we go back to the crime scene and take a look? We don't know if the student ID of the police academy can replace the police ID."

Shao Huai was still mumbling to himself. Xie Guan stared at him slowly for a few seconds, but still couldn't help but said, "You really have been reckless for decades."

"..."

Shao Huai was so confused by this familiar retort that he put down the instant noodle bucket and said, "…What's wrong with me?"

Jin Chen made a shooting gesture from behind, aiming at Shao Huai, "If the murderer is still in this building, what are you going to do?"

After that, he pointed his slender fingers at Xie Guan again, still maintaining the snapping posture, "Follow me, I won't be reckless."

Xie Guan: “…”

Crouching dragon and phoenix chick.