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However before Lian Qiao’s salty pig hands could touch the tender earlobe, Xu RenDong suddenly lowered his head and pulled out the crowbar from his bag.
Lian Qiao was taken aback by him. He folded his hands and immediately confessed: “I’m sorry, I’m sorry! I won’t dare anymore!”
Xu RenDong was confused: “What don’t you dare? Didn’t you want to seduce him? It’s getting late. If  you want to do it, let’s do it quickly!”
Lian Qiao was taken aback and realized that Xu RenDong hadn’t noticed his actions before. So he hurried to bend down and took the crowbar in a sense of righteousness, and said in a spirited manner: “Okay, I’m going!”
Xu RenDong: “Be careful.”
Lian Qiao ran behind Brother Sledgehammer and shouted at him: “Hey!” At the same time, he bent down and held up a pile of white snow.
Brother Sledgehammer turned around and was smashed by a snowball. He instantly became furious.
Lian Qiao ran away after hitting him, shouting as he ran, “Come on, come after me! If you can catch me, I’ll let you…Ah!” He caught himself before he finished. His brain supplied disgusting images and he changed his words with a look of disgust. “Even if you catch me, I won’t let you do anything! I reject your ugliness!”
Xu RenDong hiding behind the tree: “…”  You’re still in the mood to play around? If you don’t joke, will you die?
It was unknown if Brother Sledgehammer understood his words. He snarled and chased Lian Qiao. His large and cumbersome body made “don don don don” sound as it ran and even the earth shook slightly.
Xu RenDong made a decisive decision and quickly rushed to the side of the stone monument, placing the doll in a prominent position. He had to say Lian Qiao had sufficiently thought things through. This doll was small and extremely strong. They had tried other methods before coming here. No matter whether they used the back of a knife or a stone, they couldn’t break this doll. Probably only Brother Sledgehammer’s sledgehammer could break it. This stele is placed here, just like a cutting board. Otherwise, if the doll is placed on the ground and the ground is covered with soft snow, even the sledgehammer will not be able to smash it.
After Xu RenDong placed the doll, he shouted: “Lian Qiao!”
Lian Qiao’s response came from a distance. Xu RenDong knew that he was okay and felt relieved. He quickly hid back in his hiding place.
He saw Lian Qiao running again toward the stele and Brother Sledgehammer was not far behind him. Lian Qiao ran extremely fast, Brother Sledgehammer naturally couldn’t catch up with him but whenever the distance between the two of them was pulled apart, Lian Qiao would slow down appropriately so that Brother Sledgehammer thought he had a chance and moved towards him while swinging a heavy hammer. However, Lian Qiao reacted very quickly and was always able to dodge cleverly before the sledgehammer hit him. Brother Sledgehammer attacked several times but was not even able to touch a hair on his head so his anger grew greater and greater and the swing of his giant hammer became more and more violent.
Xu RenDong was frightened as he watched from the sidelines. He knew that Lian Qiao was deliberately stimulating Brother Sledgehammer so that he would lose his mind and wouldn’t figure out his true intentions. But this also put Lian Qiao himself in greater danger. Although in terms of physical strength, Lian Qiao was still quite energetic, but there is no doubt that he is terribly scared. The sound of the sledgehammer brushed his ears time and time again and although he was able to avoid it every time, his face became paler.
Xu RenDong even saw him shiver clearly. But now Xu RenDong can’t do anything so he can only clench his fists and wait for an opportunity.
Finally, Lian Qiao ran to the side of the stele. He deliberately slowed down so that Brother Sledgehammer could catch up. Lian Qiao’s body happened to be blocking the stone tablet. Brother Sledgehammer was so excited that he was exhausted.
This time, Lian Qiao didn’t dodge immediately but waited until the moment the sledgehammer almost hit him before suddenly turning his head. At the same time, both of his hands were supported on the stone tablet and then he propelled himself away with as much force as possible and fell heavily into the snow.
There is only one chance! Lian Qiao was sacrificing his chance of escape to ensure that the sledgehammer would hit the doll!
Xu RenDong stared at Brother Sledgehammer, seeing him hit the stone tablet with his hammer but because the stone tablet was blocked by the body of the sledgehammer, the result was not visible.
Did it hit the matryoshka? He clenched his fists nervously, his nails sinking into his flesh. But then he saw Lian Qiao who fell into the snow make a happy face and shout, “Brother RenDong!”
Xu RenDong knew that he had succeeded and ran out immediately, holding a big rock in his hand and threw it towards Brother Sledgehammer.
At the same time, he ordered Lian Qiao: “Run!”
The location where Lian Qiao fell was too close to Brother Sledgehammer. Xu RenDong wanted to attract Brother Sledgehammer’s attention to give Lian Qiao time to escape. The stone was thrown out and hit Brother Sledgehammer’s back. Unexpectedly, Brother Sledgehammer had thick muscles so even when such a heavy stone hit him, it was as though it hit a wall and his huge body didn’t move at all. Brother Sledgehammer didn’t even look back at him but immediately raised the sledgehammer again and turned his head to hit Lian Qiao who was on the ground.
“Lian Qiao!” Xu RenDong screamed, his heart jumping into his throat.
Lian Qiao watched the sledgehammer hit towards him with a pale face. He had no time to get up so he had to roll over on the spot and barely escaped the catastrophe. He obviously couldn’t take care of himself but he desperately shouted at Xu RenDong: “Leave me! Get the button!”
Xu RenDong turned his head and looked at the stone tablet, only to realize that the doll had been broken. Among the wood fragments, a silver-gray object was coldly reflecting metallic light. At this time, Lian Qiao used his hands and feet to get up from the ground and ran wildly. When he was embarrassed, he actually turned around and threw a snowball at Brother Sledgehammer, and cried out, “Come on! Chase me! Hic!”
Brother Sledgehammer was furious, raised the giant hammer and started chasing him again.
Xu RenDong’s heart shuddered, knowing that Lian Qiao was creating an opportunity for him. He no longer hesitated and just grabbed the button, turned and ran towards the hunter’s cabin.
The direction of Lian Qiao’s escape was completely opposite to that of the cabin. At this time, the night was getting late and there was heavy snow in the sky. Xu RenDong became more and more disturbed as he ran. He couldn’t calm down his frantic heartbeat until he got back to the hunter’s cabin.
Would Lian Qiao come back safely? After a while, Brother Sledgehammer should stop chasing just like before right? But Lian Qiao was already terrified. He was hiccuping while running, would that affect his performance and let Brother Sledgehammer catch up to him? If that happens..
Xu RenDong forced himself to calm down and walked to the table. He pulled a chair to sit down but he was shaking all over, unable to control himself.
Xu RenDong sat alone in the dark. He didn’t light the fireplace and he didn’t close the door. The cold wind swept across the hall wrapped in snowflakes, easily taking away the only remaining temperature on his body. The longer he waited, the colder his heart became. Just when he couldn’t wait any longer and wanted to go back to find Lian Qiao, there was a rush of footsteps outside the house.
Xu RenDong almost jumped up. As soon as he turned around, he felt a large object barrel into his arms, it was hot and sweaty like a frightened little animal.
It’s just that this little animal is a bit big and aggressive and knocked him to the ground with a bang.
A familiar and warm feeling suddenly surged in his heart. Despite being dizzy, Xu RenDong couldn’t help but raise the corners of his mouth. He patted Lian Qiao’s back lightly and calmly said: “It’s okay, it’s okay, you’re back.” As soon as he spoke, he realized that his voice was trembling and he couldn’t help feeling funny.
Lian Qiao was crying, sobbing with hiccups. “Wuwuwuwu…” he cried: “Brother RenDong …… wuwuwu… I lost the crowbar….”
Xu RenDong was shocked for a moment then laughed. “What do you need the crowbar for?”
Lian Qiao: “I’m afraid without the crowbar!”
“Don’t be afraid, I’m here.” Xu RenDong raised his hand and wiped his tears, feeling underneath his fingertips flesh that was soft and warm, full of fresh vitality. Xu RenDong has never had such close contact with anyone before and this feeling made his heart throb so much that he felt out of breath.
It’s a bit uncomfortable, but he didn’t reject this feeling.
“It’s all over,” he realized that his tone had become gentle, “We can leave here.”
“Yes…” Lian Qiao smiled and his brows curled but more tears fell out of his eyes.
The tear happened to fall on Xu RenDong’s face and both of them were taken aback. Lian Qiao reacted first, wiping him hurriedly.
Xu RenDong coughed in embarrassment: “It’s okay, don’t wipe it. You…get off me first.”
Lian Qiao noticed that he was riding on Xu RenDong’s waist in a very ambiguous posture. His brain immediately supplied a 100,000 word scene that couldn’t be spoken out loud and he was so scared that he quickly got up from Xu RenDong. He was scared his lower organ would expose his dirty mind theatre.
Xu RenDong didn’t think much, he turned his head and went upstairs. He said, “I’m going to inform everyone.”
Lian Qiao was taken aback and caught up with him: “Would you like to leave now?”
Xu RenDong: “Yes.”
Lian Qiao still wanted to speak but Xu RenDong had already hurried upstairs. After all, the night was the time for the rabbit to kill. He was afraid that he would be one step too late and there would be two more victims in the team.
Lian Qiao watched his back disappear on the second floor, feeling a little disappointed. He pressed his lips together unwillingly. He rubbed his eyes and recalled the scene where Xu RenDong wiped his tears just now. He couldn’t help but feel sweet in his heart and smiled crookedly.
When everyone heard that they had found the button, they were all ecstatic. Without further ado, everyone immediately lit a torch and rushed to the church overnight.
Xu RenDong quietly counted the number of people. There were nearly 20 people when they came to this world and nearly half of them had died by this time. But anyway, it’s good to be able to get out alive. After all, these people are just strangers and this experience was a nightmare. They all wanted to return to the real world, forget the nightmare and have a fresh beginning.
Tomorrow everyone will wake up to a beautiful morning without facing terrible ghosts, without worrying about whether they would be the one to die today. They would return to the embrace of the people who are waiting for them back home, eat home-cooked and delicious food, and go to work. They would return to their ordinary and preciously mundane lives.
Xu RenDong put the round button into the groove on the elevator and heard a click. The button fits in perfectly, emitting a faint white light. At the same time, the elevator door opened with a jingle and inside was a dazzling white light. It looked so holy and full of hope.
Everyone was overjoyed and some even cried with joy. Yuan XueMing said: “Okay, it’s over, we can go back together now. It’s fate that we got to know each other this time.”
Everyone nodded when they heard the words and walked into the elevator one by one.
The elevator has a lot of space, enough to accommodate everyone. Xu RenDong watched everyone enter. Among these people, there was no Xu Hong, no Jiang Li or Wang Yuan. Suddenly he felt a complex emotion in his heart which prevented him from lifting his feet and stepping into this elevator that led to hope.
He deeply remembered that Xu Hong did not give up hope until the end and worked hard to determinedly find the last chance. He remembered Jiang Li’s almost crazy paranoia and deep love when she slit his throat. He remembered that Wang Yuan was shredded by the rabbit until not even a single piece of flesh was left but he protected Jiang Li in his arms until he died. He knows that those other people who died, whose names he didn’t know and who didn’t have much sense of existence, also had their own names, their own stories, their own lives, people who loved them and whom they loved in return.
When Xu RenDong watched everyone enter the elevator, a thought suddenly occurred in his heart.
Lian Qiao seemed to sense something and suddenly became uneasy: “Brother RenDong, what’s wrong with you?”
Xu RenDong said, “You go first, I still have something to do.”
Lian Qiao: “I’ll stay with you.”
Xu RenDong: ” No, I have to do it alone.”
Lian Qiao: “But I want to…”
Xu RenDong interrupted him: “Go on, can’t you see everyone is waiting for you?”
Lian Qiao turned around and everyone was standing in the elevator and looking at him blankly.
Yuan XueMing stretched out his hand to block the elevator door and gave Xu RenDong a surprised look: “Are you really going to stay?”
Xu RenDong nodded. Yuan XueMing said: “Then Lian Qiao, let’s go first.”
Lian Qiao shook his head and was about to speak. Xu RenDong gave him a little push, deliberately using a hurtful tone and said impatiently: “Get, don’t get in my way. “
Lian Qiao was taken aback and he felt Xu RenDong’s indifference was in order to build another ice wall between them, abruptly blocking him out.
He didn’t understand why this was happening. He thought Xu RenDong would comfort him softly and tell him not to be afraid, telling him that it was all over. But now it seemed as though he never wanted to see him again, and even turned around and left without looking back.
Xu RenDong seems to have no feelings for him at all.
……Is it because I was too passionate? It turned out that our relationship was far from reaching the level I thought.
Lian Qiao felt his chest was stuffy, sour and uncomfortable. Yuan XueMing was still urging: “Come on. He knows what he’s doing, you don’t have to worry about him.”
Lian Qiao took a deep look at Xu RenDong’s back until Xu RenDong’s figure disappeared behind the wall and could no longer be seen. Lian Qiao then lowered his head and walked into the elevator.
In the corridor separated by a wall, Xu RenDong heard the sound of the elevator doors closing, feeling relieved. He let out a long breath.
When Lian Qiao left just now, he did not show the slightest emotion because he knew that they would meet again soon.
Xu RenDong walked into the chapel, sat down on the bench and looked up for a while at the statue of Jesus with solemn eyes. After a while, he began to take off his clothes. The thick padded jacket, sweater and suit jacket, until only a thin silk shirt was left on his upper body.
Then he took a knife out of his pocket. The tip of the knife touched his heart, and the throbbing beat moved along the blade into the palm of his hand. He clearly felt the beating of his heart, calmly and forcefully. He has never had such a clear and strong cognition: that he is still alive and that his life was so vivid.
What a wonderful experience.
Thinking like this, he used his hand to calmly send the icy blade into his heart.
He thrust it in and then pulled it out.
Blood, fresh and warm, spurted out
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The author has something to say:
The instance hasn’t been cleared yet, it will not be cleared within 20 chapters. In fact the first instance is so difficult. After all, Honeysuckle is not familiar with what’s happening in the beginning~ Don’t worry, he won’t turn into a Virgin Mary! Don’t abandon the story~~
T/N: This is the last reincarnation, hold on (there’s 5 more chapters left in this instance). Next chapter is from LQ’s perspective instead of XRD’s again.