Vine Clavicle

When the green marks on Ah He's collarbone spread simultaneously with the old vines on the window lattice, the white fox in Gu Qinghe's painting was chewing on the bloody lock - with Ah He's missing fingernail embedded in the keyhole. Su Yeling's mint roots were tangled with skull knots, and the former tenant's face floated in the soaked water, muttering "seventh year" repeatedly. The dew that Lu Yufeng brought back from his morning jog condensed into eyeball-shaped ice beads, and his wing membranes glowed with corpse-like blue. He said that the sound of nails scraping against the cement was hidden under the track. The ice crystals on Xu Ion's fingertips turned into blood when they touched the blue marks. In the mirror, Gu Yanqing was using a paintbrush to add vine patterns to Ahe's collarbone, and the paint blurred into countless "7"s. When the old vine strangled the glass and made a creaking sound, Ah He finally saw six faces hidden in the blue marks. Gu Qinghe's painting suddenly oozed blood. The white fox broke free from the frame and took out half a mahogany knife - the name of the first six tenants was engraved on the blade, and the last scratch was waiting for Ah He's blood to fill it.