Today is the last time we come to Jingpo Lake for sketching, tomorrow we will play again, and the day after tomorrow we will return to Harbin.

  Because I lent my limited edition Adidas to that freshman girl Zhang Yaxin, after washing my face, I could only find another cool half-sleeved shirt from my luggage. The logo is a man and a woman sitting back-to-back on a big bird. I like this brand. Wearing this cool shirt, Xiaokai, Wangcheng and I came to the dining hall.

  My hard days are almost over, and from tomorrow on, I can sleep as long as I want. Just thinking about it makes me laugh. People are like that - if their needs are reduced to a certain limit, letting them sleep a little longer is already a blessing.

  Drinking the millet porridge served in the cafeteria this morning, I looked over at the table for upperclassmen and didn't see Zhang Yaxin. She might not be able to handle the burden of being possessed and is still sleeping.

  After dinner, I came to my lucky spot with my painting bag. It's really hot today. I thought to myself that I should draw more symbols today because I plan to finish it tonight. If I don't prepare well, it won't do.

  I was diligently drawing talismans, looking just like a writer who didn't have many drafts left and was rushing to finish writing his book.

  Tomorrow, no matter what, I have to get a good sleep, I thought secretly in my heart. At noon, I wandered back to the hotel for lunch. Today, the hotel seemed to have just purchased some new ingredients, and we had fresh vegetables stewed with fish. In the middle of the table, there was also a big iron pot with a lid on it, which is what they called "one-pot-out". The pot was filled with fish, and along the edge of the pot, many yellow corn pancakes were stuck to it. When the fish was cooked, the pancakes were also done, and at this time, the pancakes had absorbed the flavor of the fish meat, which smelled very good. This made us, who hadn't eaten much coarse grains before, especially happy.

  Buddy, I'm still wolfing down food, ignoring the disdainful glances from those stinky old ladies at the same table. With a big pancake in my left hand and various fish and meat in my right hand, I'm shoveling it all into my mouth non-stop. Can't blame me, I'm really exhausted. Those girls asked me, what's wrong with my face, did someone beat me up?

  My mouth was stuffed with food, and I vaguely replied to them: If you guys keep it up, I'll hug your kids and jump into the well.

  The girls didn't have a good impression of me to begin with, and seeing that my attitude wasn't friendly, they ignored me. I picked up another big pancake, just about to put it in my mouth, when suddenly a very pleasant voice came from behind me, soft and gentle, making my heart feel all ticklish.

  "Chui Ge, I've come to return your clothes."

  I turned around, who else could it be but Zhang Yaxin? There she was standing behind me, her small pale face still looked tired, yet she was smiling shyly. Her hands were holding that limited edition knockoff of mine.

  I hastily swallowed the thing in my mouth, and at this critical moment, I choked myself. After hurriedly drinking several mouthfuls of fish soup from the bowl, I felt very embarrassed. So I squeezed out a very sly smile and said to her: "...... You're up, have you eaten? I'm not in a hurry, if you want, you can take it away and use it for a few more days before returning it to me."

  As soon as I said it, I felt that something was wrong with what I said. Zhang Yaxin's small face suddenly turned red, she lowered her head, handed me the clothes and softly said: "Thank you... no need to... thank you."

  After she finished speaking, she ran back to the table on the other side of the first year. I held the clothes in my hands for a long time without regaining consciousness, and when I turned around, I found that everyone at the table was stunned.

  They didn't seem to believe that a dirty and despicable guy like me could have such an encounter. Those girls started gossiping behind my back, calling me "old wife". Wang Cheng asked me: "Wow, you're really something, tell your brother how you hooked up with her?"

  I hooked up with your sister, I despised him for a moment, then looked at my Adidas jacket, it was trendy and obviously she had washed it today. Subconsciously, I smelled a faint lavender scent.

  I'm not being ambiguous, after finishing dinner I put on Adidas and Nike, and wherever I go it smells good. Haha. The mood is extremely refreshing, then ran to the lake to continue drawing symbols. To say that people encounter happy events, how come it's so cool, I don't know, I haven't encountered any happy events, but my mood is inexplicably good, I don't know why.

  As I watched the sun set on the other side of the lake, I thought to myself that tonight was finally here. With the remaining talismans from these two days, plus the ones I drew today, I had a total of fifteen. Ten "Jia Wu Yu Qing Po Sha Talismans", three "Ding Yi Ju Qing Hu Ti Talismans", and two "Jia Zi Wen Qing Huan Shen Talismans" just in case of any unexpected events. With this amount of equipment, it should be enough, right?

  Because I always carry that small mirror with me, it's just a matter of well water, but thinking about it, well water is underground water, and there's such a big lake here, so using lake water should be fine too. Just wait until night falls.

  I spent another half hour and painted a watercolor that was barely passable to deal with Liu Mingming, after all, not painting something barely decent would be inexcusable.

  After dinner, Liu Mingming continued to analyze his works. Today he was very curious and asked me: "What about your Sunrise in the East series?" I smiled and didn't answer him.

  Liu Mingming finished his review, but instead of letting us go like the previous days, he showed a very lewd little face and asked us: "It's really hot today, don't you think?"

  We don't know what he's plotting, so we replied to him: "Yes, it's really hot."

  He smiled and said to us: "How about we play some games tonight that will make people feel cool?"

  Damn it, I really despise you, a perverted teacher. At your age, you still want to play cool games, I shouted loudly: "Teacher Liu, behave yourself!" The boys next to me also started cheering along.

  He scolded me and said: "Get out, I'm talking about a game of courage, how about it?"

  What's the practice of bravery? How does it work? We're baffled.

  Liu Mingming pointed to the unfinished empty building not far from the hotel and said to us: "When I was in college, I often sneaked into the old building with my buddies at night, it was exciting. Now that we have this opportunity, let's form pairs tonight and walk from the first floor to the fifth floor, just right for cooling down on such a hot day, how about it? Dare or not?"

  What he said was quite interesting, the boys on our side have already agreed to play after hearing what he said, but I am very unwilling, because I know that there is still a mysterious monster coming at night. Moreover, this adventurous game is better played less.

  As a man, I would lose face if I were to back down now. I had hoped that the girls would object, but who could have anticipated that these old hags, who are always causing trouble and never accomplishing anything, would all raise their hands in agreement at the mention of such an exciting game, and then sneakily glance over at us men with a hungry gaze.

  At this time, if I don't speak up, it won't be okay. I hurriedly raised my hand and said: "Liu Ge, I object!!"

  Liu Ming suddenly understood my glance and said to me, "The objection is invalid, it's settled then. For a better effect, everyone quickly go back to sleep, we'll get up at midnight and sneak in for some fun. Let's leave a good memory of this outing."

  Damn it, what's going on? Are you kidding me? I have something important to do tonight, and now you've woken everyone up. What are we supposed to do now?

  "I hurriedly said: 'Liu Ge, I really can't get up. Let's just forget about it.'"

  Liu Mingming saw that I repeatedly opposed him, and he didn't mince words. He immediately walked over to me, kicked my butt, and said: "You're a killjoy! If you can't get up, I'll drag you up! Wang Cheng, later on, you kick him awake, did you hear?"

  Wang Cheng nodded with a smile, and everyone dispersed, all excited about the fun things to do tonight. But I was full of worries, what could be done? Tonight, I still have to see Ninth Uncle, and also get rid of that thing.

  Liu Mingming suddenly brought up this matter, what should I do tonight? There are so many participants, if that thing comes, how can I protect them in that empty building?

  I feel like the end of the world is coming, what should I do?

  I sat outside the inn with no clue, gazing at the full moon rising from the edge of the sky. Under the night curtain in the deep mountains, that empty building seemed especially desolate.

  It seems like tonight is going to be another sleepless night.