Chapter 2 Daydream

  The next morning, Su You got on the subway heading to the University Town in the suburbs, still with two black eye circles.

  Last night, he vowed to keep his chastity that he had guarded for twenty-seven years, but the process is better left unmentioned - the ghost probably really wanted to do something with him, but failed under his unwavering will.

  What? How can a normal man bear it when he cannot resist?

  Need I say more, the ghost's body is freezing cold! Not just ordinary cold, but the kind that almost freezes your skin off! Just thinking about it makes me shiver, let alone get excited! Although the skin feels pretty good...

  Wait, I've gone off on a tangent, stop!

  In fact, even Su You had to admit that this ghost's figure was absolutely flawless. Although slender, it was the kind of slimness that came from well-proportioned bones and muscles. The skin was as white as jade, with a subtle sheen to it. And the face...

  Achoo! The most important thing is the face! This ghost is wearing his sworn brother's face, he can't even get up with a ghost! Moreover, he doesn't even consider one person, let alone a ghost ooxx?

  Su Yu only remembered after ranting that the oath he had sworn, "only then will there be ghosts", had actually come true, and couldn't help but feel even more depressed. Hopefully nothing's wrong with Xiao Qi... He could only comfort himself like this.

  Now it's time for us to give a grand introduction to Jiang Siqi.

  This person is undoubtedly male, and his maternal grandmother's family lives opposite Su You's house. During the summer vacation when Su's family had not yet moved out of the countryside, Jiang Siqi, who was only old enough to attend kindergarten, followed behind Su You's butt, fighting for dominance... Cough, it was just kids fooling around.

  Jiang Siqi was small in stature, but he had a sweet mouth and was very clever. He got along extremely well with a group of boys who were at least four years older than him, calling each other brothers. The most typical one was Su You. Jiang Siqi followed him wholeheartedly, calling him "brother" with great enthusiasm, and he also considered himself an elder brother, covering up for Jiang Siqi in everything.

  Time has passed, and the group of naughty kids from back then have long since scattered in all directions, with only one or two still keeping in touch. If it weren't for Su's dad getting a job transfer and moving the whole family to Pingcheng, the two wouldn't have been able to maintain their connection until now.

  Of course, there are no ifs in life. The fact is that Su You entered the city and moved into a new home in the same neighborhood as Jiang's family, which just happened to create an opportunity for them to become sworn brothers - ah, deep brotherly love.

  At that time, Su Younian was in the second year of high school, and Jiang Sizhi was in the sixth grade of primary school. The parents of the two families were close and often visited each other, such as Jiang's mother bringing a fruit basket to Su's family, and Su's mother immediately carrying a box of milk back.

  He had often run errands for them, and in fact, he quite enjoyed going to the Jiang's house. Jiang Siqi was very obedient in front of him, doing whatever he asked, which greatly satisfied his vanity as an older brother. Moreover, Jiang Siqi was very good at reading people's expressions, and he was tall and slender. When the two walked together on the street, others couldn't tell that they were a high school student and an elementary school student, but rather looked like brothers.

  The reason why Jiang Siqi's cleverness is repeatedly emphasized is that in the eyes of his parents, he is not a easy-going person. It's not that Jiang Siqi always causes trouble, but he has a stubborn temper and once he makes up his mind, nothing can change it.

  From this perspective, Su You is probably also one of Jiang Siqi's naughty aspects. Fortunately, although Su You is usually careless and rough, he is still somewhat steady and reliable, and before taking Jiang Siqi out to play, he will at least let Jiang Siqi finish his homework. Jiang Dad and Jiang Mom will turn a blind eye and let the two mix together.

  Ping City is a big city with a high level of education, and the best one is Ping City University. Su You graduated from this school, and now he's going to go there too - Jiang Siqi must be in the same school and major as him, which left Jiang Dad and Jiang Mom speechless.

  Su You knew the version was like this, but in a place he didn't know, Jiang's mother had already been unable to bear it and complained to Su's mother: "At this rate, my little Qi will eventually marry your Yousu!"

  Ignorance is bliss, and today's Su You is also happily ignorant.

  But actually, it's not that happy either. Who let the ghost with the intention of harassing him have a face like Jiang Siqi? If it were someone else, he would ignore them in an instant; but for Jiang Siqi, who treats him as his precious little brother, to make a move on him is simply a nightmare!

  Su Yu was so shocked that he couldn't speak. It's strange, he could guarantee with his character that he had never had such an association before, even if he thought about it day and night, there was no way to explain it! Moreover, wasn't it said that he was invulnerable? This ghost didn't seem to be afraid of him at all! Indeed, the words of the elderly are unreliable!

  With this in mind, Su You arrived at the subway terminal. He had lived here for four years and there were no major changes, so he familiarly touched the college laboratory building. However, it has been many years since his graduation, and his student card has long lost its privileges, so he can only take out his mobile phone to summon Sesame to open the door.

  In less than a minute, Jiang Siqi pushed open the electronically controlled glass door. "Brother, how do you have time to come over today? Isn't it a workday?" His tone was filled with surprise.

  Su You took a look. Jiang Siqi was wearing a white coat, clean and tidy, much better than the one stained with engine oil before. Hmm, not bad, the young man looked very spirited, full of energy.

  "What, can't I come over if nothing's wrong?" He raised an eyebrow and asked, while also raising the big bag of things in his hand - the boy had a big appetite, so he had specially bought a lot of Jiang Siqi's favorite fruits.

  "Nothing's wrong!" Jiang Siqi's gaze fell, and he suddenly smiled, taking it from him. "Brother, you really are my own brother!"

  "I love hearing that." Su You felt his vanity was greatly satisfied once again. "Do you still have things to do? Go ahead, I'll take a stroll around the campus and call you when it's time for lunch."

  "I can actually... now" Jiang Siqi attempted to haggle.

  But before he could finish, Su You interrupted him. "Get out, get out, get out! I don't know what kind of kid you are? Hurry up and finish the experiment, or else I'll skin you alive, and Jing Sheng will too!"

  Jing Sheng, male, first identity is the college's lab assistant, responsible for leading undergraduate experiments; second identity is Su You's university roommate and sworn brother.

  "Alright." Recalling the fox-like man with rimless glasses, Jiang Siqi pursed his lips and reluctantly compromised. "Then you'd better wait for me, bro! Don't be like last time, I arrived and you'd already finished eating!"

  "What's the point of bringing out that old almanac from who-knows-when?!" Su You pretended to hit him, "You little rabbit, are you itching for a beating? Three days without a fight and the roof is going to collapse?"

  Jiang Siqi burst out laughing and suddenly jumped into the gate. "I know!" he waved his hand at Su You behind the automatically closing door, "Thanks, bro!" Then he added a sentence: "I'm going to drive Teacher Wang crazy now!" After that, he left Su You with a back view of him swaying a fruit bag.

  Su You chuckled and shook his head. "Jing Sheng is right, you little brat has been spoiled!" He muttered to himself, not reflecting on his own role in the matter at all, and turned around to take a walk.

  Pingcheng University is surrounded by mountains and water, with a nice view. The square in front of the office building surrounds a bay of lake water, which is clear and transparent. Su You has liked to take a walk on the island in the middle of the lake since university, and now he went there directly. Although it seems a bit feminine for a big man to have this hobby, who can stop him from liking it?

  On the island in the middle of the lake, there were several stone chairs. Su You chose a location under a willow tree and sat down, his thoughts turning back again. He had originally been worried that Jiang Siqi would have some kind of accident, but it seemed he was overthinking things today. If Jiang Siqi had seen that ghost, others wouldn't say anything, but he would definitely tell him.

  Su Yu let out a silent sigh of relief. In any case, the ghost rushing towards him was better than rushing towards Jiang Siqi. The only problem was that he didn't know anything, so how could he solve this matter?

  It was a beautiful season with the summer solstice approaching, and there were still several weeks before the exam week. There weren't many people by the lake. Su You had no idea what to do, and his attention couldn't help but wander. He first stared blankly at the few carp swimming in the water, then heard a female voice reciting English from afar. The woman's voice was crisp and pleasant, and he couldn't help but turn his head to take a look, but only saw a long-haired figure with her back to him.

  Things were still normal at this point. But when Su You turned his face back, something strange happened -

  The originally clear lake water suddenly emerged a thread of blood red, and then more and more, until the whole lake water was dyed into crimson! The water level also began to rise, overflowing the lake bank, flooding the lawn, slowly approaching Su Yu's feet.

  It looked just like blood, but strangely there was no smell of blood, only a kind of intoxicating aroma that was hard to describe. The calm surface of the water rippled and shimmered, forming two long, thin characters.

  Su You took a deep breath and couldn't help but glance around, only to find that he seemed to be the only one who had noticed this scene.

  Is he daydreaming?

  The idea had just occurred when a mobile phone rang. Su You was startled and opened her eyes.

  The lake water is still clear and transparent, where did the bloody red come from?

  It must have been last night's fiasco that caused him to have a nightmare! Su Yu cursed as he hastily picked up the phone.

  "I heard you're back, want to grab lunch together at noon?" Jing Sheng asked directly without any politeness.

  The two were familiar enough to share a pair of pants, so Su You naturally had no objections. "Of course it's okay, but don't deliberately tease Xiao Qi and make him angry."

  "Huh, you're so biased! I just said one sentence!" Jing Sheng had a lot of opinions. "Which eye did you see me bullying Xiao Qi? Obviously it was him bullying me!"

  Normally, he would have retorted with some nonsense, but now he didn't have the mood for it. He just vaguely said: "Then let's go to the usual place and call up Xiao Qi together."

  Jing Sheng reluctantly let him off. "Alright, we'll talk about it at dinner time."

  The phone hung up. Su You pressed the screen of his mobile phone, and suddenly noticed that a very fine blood-colored thread emerged from the palm of his left hand. In just two seconds, it spread into the shape of two characters, which looked exactly like the words in his dream.

  Rereading it, Su Yulian vaguely guessed an answer ——

  Red Tomb