When Ye Qi woke up, he found his surroundings strangely familiar. He was sleeping in his university dormitory bed, the wall next to him covered with a poster of his favorite singer, the guy in the opposite bed playing computer games, the chubby guy in the next bed listening to music and nodding his head, and only one person was studying diligently, with the teacher's review materials open on his computer. Ye Qi sprang up in bed, staring wide-eyed at his roommates, as if afraid they were all Hunter and would surround him in the next moment.
However, several minutes passed, and nothing happened.
Ye Qi's roommates continued to do as they pleased, unaware of her unusual behavior.
After some time, the chubby boy who had been listening to music got up to go to the bathroom. He was startled when he met Ye Qi's gaze and said, " Ye Qi, why are you staring at me? You slept for a really long time. It's already noon, do you want to come downstairs for lunch?"
Ye Qi snapped out of his daze and asked, "Xiao Pan, what's the date today?"
Roommate Pan Yun said, "December 24th, are you still half asleep and don't even remember what day it is?" As he spoke, he reached out to touch Ye Qi's forehead, seemingly wondering if Ye Qi had a fever.
Ye Qi's expression changed, and he quickly dodged his hand, hurriedly dressed, got out of bed, grabbed his phone from the table, and rushed out of the dormitory like a gust of wind, leaving his three roommates looking at each other in bewilderment.
It was midday, the sun was shining brightly, and many students were walking towards the cafeteria. The campus was bustling with people, and many couples were holding hands and cuddling intimately. Familiar faces were all around, which made Ye Qi feel a little dazed for a moment.
Two girls saw Ye Qi and walked towards him. The class monitor, with her ponytail, said, " Ye Qi, I heard you're going to participate in a singing competition." The curly-haired girl next to her smiled sweetly and said to Ye Qi, "We'll be there to cheer you on! Good luck!"
Ye Qi had mixed feelings. He clearly remembered that on December 24th at noon, when he went downstairs to eat, he did encounter these two girls. These two were his best friends in college, and at that time, they said exactly these two sentences.
This scene feels like a replay of the past.
Ye Qi took a deep breath to calm himself down and said as calmly as possible, "Thank you. I'm going to the cafeteria for lunch. Would you two like to come along?"
The girl said, "Okay, we're going to the cafeteria anyway."
Ye Qi followed them warily all the way to the cafeteria.
The university cafeteria was packed with people, with long queues forming during peak hours. The aroma of the food from her memory, and the familiar faces at the food windows, all made Ye Qi feel like she had returned to her real-world school.
He reached into his pocket and found that the card holder wasn't on him.
Although Ye Qi was nervous inside, he smiled and lined up with his two classmates to get food.
After getting his food, he didn't rush to eat. After all, food poisoning at Spade Secret Room wasn't a one-off incident. Ye Qi pretended to have little appetite, fiddling with the food on his plate while checking some things with the two of them: "By the way, what's the date of Professor Zhou's exam?"
The class monitor said, "January 15th, there are still two weeks to review. " Ye Qi said, "That's alright. His class is in the first period this afternoon, right? Class monitor, could you help me ask for a leave of absence?"
The class monitor looked up at him, puzzled. "Are you sure you didn't get it wrong? There are no classes this afternoon."
Ye Qi pretended to have a headache and rubbed his temples. "I just woke up and my brain is still foggy. My stomach is a little upset. I'll go to the restroom first. You two can eat slowly."
He quickly got up and left. He thought the two would chase after him and attack him, but strangely, they didn't move. Instead, they smiled at him understandingly and continued eating, whispering about some gossip about school.
Ye Qi went downstairs with a puzzled look on his face.
Are none of these people Hunters? What exactly is the mission in this locked room?
With none of his teammates around, Ye Qi thought it over and decided to contact Shao Qingge first. The code that CEO Shao told his teammates was a string of numbers, which was probably his private mobile phone number. Not many people knew it, so it was difficult to impersonate him.
Ye Qi dialed the number from memory. After a few rings, Shao Qingge's lazy voice came through the phone: "Hello, who is this?"
Ye Qi excitedly said, " CEO Shao, it's me!"
Shao Qingge asked with a hint of doubt, "Who are you?"
Ye Qi thought he hadn't recognized his voice, so he quickly said, "I'm Xiao Ye."
Shao Qingge said lazily, "Little Ye, oh, is that the young master Old Chen forced on me at the nightclub yesterday? I didn't touch you. What, you called my private number, do you want money?"
Ye Qi ""
Ye Qi stood there, stunned, unsure how to respond. After a moment, he asked疑惑地问道, "What? Young Master, you went to a nightclub last night? Is your private life so indecent?"
Shao Qingge raised an eyebrow. "Aren't you being a bit too nosy?"
Ye Qi grew increasingly agitated. He took a deep breath and said seriously, " CEO Shao, this is not the time for jokes. Where are you? I'll come find you. We need to rejoin everyone as soon as possible. This world is too strange."
Shao Qingge chuckled softly, "What are you talking about, what are you talking about, what are you talking about?"
After the two talked at cross purposes for a while, Ye Qi suddenly realized something was wrong.
Although CEO Shao usually likes to tease him, Shao Qingge always knows what's important when it matters. The only possibility that Shao Qingge doesn't even understand "meet up with teammates" is that Shao Qingge isn't joking with him, but rather that the Shao Qingge on the other end of the phone isn't the Shao Qingge he knows.
Realizing this, Ye Qi felt a chill run down his spine and promptly hung up the phone.
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I walked briskly out of the school and headed west along the sidewalk.
The location of the Jiangzhou Music Conservatory is in a university town that the government has built in recent years, and Jiangzhou Medical University happens to be in this area as well. Liu Qiao is a student at the Medical University. Xiao Lou is a student in the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine at Medical University. Professor of Forensic Doctor.
Since Shao Qingge wasn't the real person, Ye Qi decided to try his luck at Medical University first, hoping to find other teammates. The two schools were less than a kilometer apart, and Ye Qi quickly arrived at the gate of Medical University.
As the end of the semester approaches, medical students are all in a hurry, carrying backpacks and riding bicycles, most of them heading towards the teaching buildings and the library.
A handsome young man wearing glasses and a white coat approached, seemingly just coming out of the lab building. He was carrying a cage of mice. Ye Qi politely asked, "Excuse me, could you tell me where the student dormitories for the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine are?"
The handsome guy adjusted his glasses. "Are you looking for the boys' dorm or the girls' dorm?"
Ye Qi coughed lightly. "Girl."
The boy pointed ahead and said, "Turn right at the second intersection, and that's the red building in the dormitory area."
Ye Qi thanked them and walked a short distance before finding the red dormitory building they had mentioned. Just then, two girls came back from the cafeteria and were walking towards the dormitory together. Ye Qi quickly stopped them, smiling, and asked, "Hello, do you know which dormitory Liu Qiao, a freshman in the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, lives in? I need to talk to her."
The two girls looked him up and down with curiosity, which made Ye Qi feel a little uncomfortable. He forced a smile and endured their scrutinizing gazes.
After a moment, the girl smiled and said, "Wait a minute, Liu Qiao is my roommate. I'll go upstairs and call her."
Unexpectedly, I was so lucky to run into Xiao Liu's roommate.
Ye Qi quickly said, "Thank you."
Two girls came upstairs, opened the dormitory door, and said to Liu Qiao, who was engrossed in reading at her desk, " Liu Qiao, there's a handsome guy downstairs looking for you. Tell me honestly, is he your boyfriend?"
Liu Qiao said expressionlessly, "Don't joke around, I don't know any handsome young men."
The girl pulled Liu Qiao to the window and pointed downstairs, saying, "Look, that's the one who specifically asked for Liu Qiao, a freshman in the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Tell me, besides you, is there another Liu Qiao in our Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine?"
Liu Qiao raised an eyebrow, then quickly changed her clothes. "I'll go take a look."
Her roommates chuckled behind her back, whispering amongst themselves. Liu Qiao turned around and gave them a cold look. "Don't overthink it, and don't talk nonsense. I don't know this guy at all."
She turned and left, leaving her roommates looking at each other in bewilderment.
After going downstairs, Liu Qiao glanced at Ye Qi in front of her. As her roommate had said, he was indeed a handsome young man with delicate features, fair skin, and a casual outfit paired with white sneakers. He looked like a vibrant and energetic teenager of seventeen or eighteen.
Liu Qiao walked up to Ye Qi and said calmly, "Classmate, you were looking for me?"
Ye Qi's attempt to utter "Xiao Liu" caught in his throat. He swallowed the name back with difficulty and tentatively asked, " Liu Qiao, don't you recognize me?"
With a blank expression, Liu Qiao said coldly, "Should I know you? I don't remember where we've met before."
Ye Qi ""
Seeing the boy's smile vanish quickly, and his eyes widen in surprise, Liu Qiao raised an eyebrow and said, "Excuse me, are you sure you've got the right person? There's another student in our department named Liu Qing, Qing from'Sunny Day.' Are you looking for her?"
Ye Qi shook his head with a wry smile, "It's nothing, I probably made a mistake."
He turned to leave, a hint of disappointment in his expression. After taking a few steps, he turned back and asked, "Do you know Professor Xiao?"
Liu Qiao asked, "Which Professor Xiao?"
Ye Qi " Professor Xiao Lou of the Forensic Medicine Department ".
Liu Qiao nodded, "I know. Professor Xiao is very popular. Many people are eager to take his elective courses. I've even audited some."
Ye Qi asked, "Do you know when he has classes? I'd like to audit them too."
Liu Qiao looked at him with a puzzled expression. "What's your major?"
Ye Qi casually made up a story, saying, "From the clinical medicine department."
Liu Qiao said, "The first class this afternoon is in the lecture hall. You can go and reserve a seat in advance."
Ye Qi thanked him and turned to leave.
The fact that neither of them remembered him left Ye Qi even more confused. Could it be that his teammates had collectively lost their memories? Surely it couldn't be that ridiculous. Besides, if they really did have collective amnesia, why did he still remember?
Something's wrong with this world. Shao Qingge and Liu Qiao are both acting strangely.
Xiao Lou has an open class at 2:30 this afternoon, and it's 1:00 now. Ye Qi took advantage of his lunch break to go to Jiangzhou City. At the Criminal Police Detachment, the officer in charge of receiving him asked what help he needed. Ye Qi directly said, "I have an important lead that I want to contact Captain Yu."
The policewoman dialed the intercom without hesitation, and a moment later, Yu Hanjiang came out of the office.
At that moment, Yu Hanjiang was wearing a police uniform, his expression cold and serious. Meeting the man's sharp eyes, Ye Qi felt a chill run down his spine, but he forced himself to meet Yu Hanjiang's gaze.
Yu Hanjiang sat at his desk and asked, "Hello, what kind of clues do you need?"
This Yu Hanjiang clearly didn't recognize him. Ye Qi, quick-witted, lowered his voice and said, "I've been threatened. Yesterday, a guy named Lu Jiuchuan sent a dead rat to my dorm, saying I stole his girlfriend and he wants to kill me. I've met Lu Jiuchuan before; he works at a bar, his arms are covered in tattoos, and he carries a knife at his waist. He's really scary. Can I apply for police protection? I'm terrified he'll attack me."
Yu Hanjiang frowned and interrupted him, " Lu Jiuchuan "
Ye Qi nodded. "Yes, that person's name is Lu Jiuchuan."
Yu Hanjiang paused for a moment before saying, "Give the relevant evidence to the police, and we will handle it."
Ye Qi hurriedly stood up. "I was too nervous when I left home and didn't have time to bring it. I'll go back and get it right away."
After saying that, he turned and ran away quickly.
After sprinting out of the Police Station, Ye Qi stopped by a tree, leaning against it and panting. His thoughts were somewhat chaotic, but after taking a few deep breaths to calm himself, a hypothesis gradually surfaced in his mind.
Shao Qingge and Liu Qiao did not recognize him, nor did Yu Hanjiang.
It's impossible for all his teammates to have amnesia and he to be the only one with memories; that would be too unfair to the other teammates in this escape room situation. Recalling his roommates' reactions when he woke up in the dorm, and Xiao Pang mentioning that today is December 24th...
This timing is crucial.
His incident occurred in 2p> but it's currently December, meaning he hasn't yet been accidentally pulled into Card World. Therefore, it's normal that Shao Qingge and Liu Qiao in December don't recognize Ye Qi, as is the Criminal Police Officer on December 24th. Yu Hanjiang would be even less likely to know a student like him who has little fame.
Assuming none of these people are Hunter, then it's more likely they've traveled back to the past.
How exactly do you find your future teammates in the past world?
Ye Qi fell into deep thought. He couldn't think of a good solution for the time being, so he could only take a taxi back to Medical University.
Ye Qi arrived at the school at 2:10 PM. He went to the teaching building and found the classroom Liu Qiao had mentioned, reserving a spot in advance. Xiao Lou was giving a public lecture that afternoon, and he wanted to try his luck and see how Xiao Lou would react.
Professor Xiao was indeed very popular; the classroom was already full of people before class even started.
At 2:30, a handsome young man in a clean white shirt walked into the classroom on time. He smiled slightly at the students below the stage, and his elegant and composed demeanor immediately attracted the attention of all the students.
Xiao Lou opened the t-shirt and said, "Hello students, today's open lecture will introduce some basic knowledge about the Forensic Doctor certification."
This lesson focused on the difference between ligature marks and strangulation marks in forensic examination, interspersed with several interesting case studies. Xiao Lou spoke eloquently on the podium, while the students listened with great interest. Ye Qi sat in a corner, trying to minimize his presence, until after class when he followed Xiao Lou to the teachers' lounge.
Ye Qi knocked on the door. " Professor Xiao, I have a question I'd like to ask you. Is this a convenient time?"
A gentle voice came from inside the house, "Please come in."
Ye Qi walked into the room, and Xiao Lou smiled slightly when she saw him. "Xiao Ye, what brings you to school to see me?"
Ye Qi was overjoyed to be looked at like a stranger by his teammates every time, but now, meeting Xiao Lou's gentle gaze, he immediately went over and said, " Professor Xiao, you remember me."
Xiao Lou said, "Of course, why would you ask that? Don't your other teammates remember you?"
Ye Qi chuckled and scratched his head. "Uh, I misspoke in my excitement. I haven't found the other teammates yet. By the way, you mentioned before that if the Twin Kings Secret Room is in the urban world, they should meet at the city's largest fountain. Maybe they're all waiting for someone there. Should we go check it out as soon as possible?"
Xiao Lou nodded, "Okay, let's go in my car. I happen to have a car today."
Upon hearing this answer, Ye Qi outwardly feigned calmness, but his fingers, hidden in his pocket, suddenly clenched tightly.
None of his teammates knew him, but he finally found someone he recognized, and it was Professor Xiao, whom Ye Qi admired the most. The initial excitement and joy were instantly extinguished, as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over his head.
The code Xiao Lou mentioned wasn't a fountain at all, but rather the city's largest restaurant, Western Restaurant.
The Xiao Lou in front of me is definitely Hunter.