Thirteenth month of death

Chapter 3 Anchor Point

Chapter 3 Anchor Point
"Boss, we found him."

"Do you want to press someone?"

Outside Chen Qingqing's residential complex, a car parked casually on the roadside was filled with law enforcement officers.

Everyone stared at Li Daosheng.

"Don't be impatient yet, just keep watching and see what he's going to do."

Instructions came over the intercom.

"What if he endangers passersby?"

"It's on the roof."

"Oh……"

Let’s talk about Li Daosheng.

His heart was pounding and bloodshot was forming in his eyes.

Chen Qingqing, Zheng Tunan, both dead...

The pain and anxiety in his heart spread wildly, and Li Daosheng began to jog in panic, running towards his own community.

Dad, Mom...

The air in winter is very cold and feels like a knife on your face.

Li Daosheng stumbled back home. His home was on the fifth floor of a residential complex similar to Chen Qingqing's. It wasn't a new house, but an old one without an elevator.

The corridor was quiet and nothing unusual happened.

Li Daosheng felt a little relieved, but his hand holding the key still couldn't stop shaking.

After much difficulty... I finally opened this not-too-heavy door.

A gust of warm air blew towards him, and Li Daosheng smelled the aroma of chicken soup.

He stood at the door in a daze. Through the translucent glass sliding door of the kitchen, he could see a busy figure.

That's mom.

Dad was fiddling with his newly bought fishing rod by the living room window. When he heard the door open, he turned his head and looked:
"I'm home?"

I breathed a sigh of relief.

fine……

The worst didn't happen, luckily...

"You don't have class so early today?"

Dad just glanced at it and continued fiddling with his fishing rod, and asked a question casually.

Li Daosheng suddenly had an extremely strange feeling.

yes……

I'm a freshman, and today is Wednesday. Why haven't I been to school all day?

I should have asked for leave, so what reason should I give to my counselor? Maybe I can find some clues there...

You have to go to school.

The countdown in the field of vision continued, and it seemed that there were less than seven hours left.

Anchor…Who is my anchor?
There were more and more bloodshot eyes, making Li Daosheng look a little hideous.

Although the appearance of the Thirteenth Month and the news of his own death did shock him and made him confused.

But after all that was lost, he was tormented by the fact that his two best friends had died.

He doesn't want to die, he wants more time, he wants to know why?
With this thought in mind, Li Daosheng slowly retreated towards the door. He wanted to continue searching as soon as possible... to find his anchor, the only person who knew that he was dead.

"Stinky boy, are those downstairs your friends?"

Suddenly, my father, who had been fiddling with his fishing rod by the window, spoke again.

downstairs?

Li Daosheng realized something.

He leaned against the wall near the window, looked down, and his pupils suddenly shrank.

Although they were not wearing uniforms, he knew the backgrounds of those people who were chatting in groups of three or four.

I have been targeted.

It's no wonder. Although I have no memory of today, if I really met Chen Qingqing and Zheng Tunan in the morning, it's not surprising that I am regarded as the most suspicious person.

But what everyone didn’t know was that not only Chen Qingqing and Zheng Tunan died today, but Li Daosheng also died.

"Is that so?" Dad suddenly turned around and stared at Li Daosheng and asked.

Li Daosheng didn't say anything.

"Your mother and I have never had high expectations for you. We know what kind of material we are. We can't give birth to a son or daughter. The only thing we want is to be a decent person and not commit crimes."

Dad's voice was trembling.

"Do you still remember what your mother and I said to you?"

Li Daosheng lowered his head and said nothing.

Time passes by little by little.

Mom opened the translucent glass door and came out of the kitchen, as if she just realized that Li Daosheng was back.

"Oh, so early today? Take a break, dinner will be ready soon!"

Hearing his mother's voice, Li Daosheng's heart trembled.

but……

Again.

That weird feeling appeared again.

What's wrong?
When I came to my senses, the food was already on the table, with a big bowl of steaming stewed chicken in the middle.

Both his parents looked at him. His father was angry, but his mother was gentle: "Hurry up and sit down and eat."

"Still eating!" Dad glared at Li Daosheng, "People are coming downstairs to block him!"

"Tell me clearly, what did you do to offend people in society?"

These words made Li Daosheng look up at his father in shock. He didn't know...

My family doesn’t know…

In other words, they were not notified to come back...

The dishes on the table were steaming hot, and the rich aroma of chicken soup kept coming into my nose.

Mom still looked at her tenderly.

Dad still glared.

"Dad...Mom..."

Li Daosheng spoke, his voice a little hoarse.

"Today is Wednesday, and it's past four o'clock...why are you all...at home?"

He looked up suddenly and found the room was empty.

Outside the residential building, the law enforcement officer who was monitoring Li Daosheng noticed something unusual and asked:

"The subject was emotionally unstable and kept talking to himself at the dining table."

"Can you tell what he's saying?"

"Can't see clearly."

"His exact location."

"I went to the bathroom."

"Is anyone assigned to the bathroom's exterior window?"

"No windows, confined space."

There was silence on the intercom for a moment.

"Prepare for arrest."

"Yes!"

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inside the house.

Li Daosheng staggered into the bathroom.

He could already hear the heavy footsteps coming from the corridor.

imagine?

Hallucination?

Headache……

Li Daosheng turned on the faucet and poured the water on his face without waiting for it to warm up.

The freezing cold couldn't make him more awake.

I must be sick...

Li Daosheng slapped his head hard.

He looked at himself in the mirror, his pupils were dilated, his eyes were lifeless, his hair was wet and strands of it stuck to his forehead.

A terrifying guess appeared in his mind.

The footsteps became more frequent.

"Boom!"

It was the sound of the door being broken open.

"Don't move!"

A strong wind suddenly blew outside the building, and dark clouds rolled over the city like waves. Pedestrians on the street covered their faces and ran quickly, and newspaper scraps flew into the sky.

Law enforcement officers filed in, pointing their guns at the tightly closed bathroom door.

The wind was blowing and the clouds were surging outside the building, but the house was quiet and silent.

"despair……"

It was the sound of water droplets breaking.

Li Daosheng looked at himself in the mirror with a horrified expression.

But he was smiling in the mirror.

The countdown continues.

However... there is no need to look for it anymore.

The words [Confirm anchor point] appear quietly.

I'm going crazy... I'm having hysterics.

It was me who killed them...

It's me, kill me.