Chapter Twenty-Eight: Concern is Chaos
"I'm sorry..."
Qiao Ming's eyes were teary and she gasped in pain, her face had just been frostbitten, which was good. When Wen Xin ran over to look, half of Qiao Ming's face was already red.
"What's wrong with you?"
"I'm going to be disfigured, wow..."
"Yes, yes, it is this kind of sadness, compassion, heartbreak, grief and despair. Wang Yu said excitedly.
Gou Rixin squatted on the branch, raised his head slightly, held back the tears in his eyes, looked at the gray sky with empty eyes, but kept an eye on Qiao Ming's movements in his ears.
"It really hurts me, who did you learn to lick people, and you're not a dog. Qiao Ming covered his face with a scarf and grinned in pain.
"That... Maybe I'm too excited. Wen Xin comforted with a weak heart.
"You can put some medicine on me first, and don't get any more chilblains, in my bag. โ
"Okay, okay. Wen Xin hurriedly responded.
After Wang Yu finished taking the photo, he rubbed his hands, "The finished film must be very exciting, let's go back." โ
At lunchtime, Gou Rixin naturally jumped into his seat, Qiao Ming watched it for a while, and joked, "Gou Rixin is doing well in your house." โ
"That's not it, our family is going to be in the magazine. Wen Xin smiled and touched Gou Rixin's head, "Isn't it?"
"Meow~"
"This cat is really smart. Wang Yu praised.
"No matter how smart you are, it's a cat," Qi Lanxi took over, "It's hard work this morning, eat more." โ
"Thank you, editor-in-chief. โ
"My Wen Xin didn't trouble you, did he?"
"You're laughing, and you're helping a lot. Wang Yu said busily.
"That's good, it's easier for you young people to communicate. Do you want to drink, have a drink with Lao Wen?" Qi Lanxi smiled.
"No, no, I still have to work in the afternoon. Wang Yu hurriedly refused.
"Okay, let's have a drink, and Xiao Ming together. Wen Qiyun, who had just come out of the kitchen, turned back and came out with a bucket of drinks.
Five people and one cat happened to gather around a table, and everyone tacitly started eating.
"I heard that you participated in the International Photography Awards last time?" Qi Lanxi began.
"Well, but I only won a second place, and I didn't go to the award ceremony. Wang Yu said modestly.
"Oh yes, that's already amazing, I heard that the award was presented in Berlin?"
"Yes. โ
"By the way, you said you were going to buy a house last time, did you buy it?" Qi Lanxi asked again.
"I bought it, borrowed my parents' money for a down payment, and I repaid the loan myself. โ
"You see, today's young people are just amazing. Qi Lan praised happily.
"Yes, yes, the back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves. Wen Qiyun hurriedly agreed.
Wen Xin and Qiao Ming, who were sitting on the side, glanced at each other and smiled quietly. Gou Rixin was slightly stunned when he saw the small movements of the two, he looked at Qiao Ming, and then at Wang Yu, his face stretched longer.
When the afternoon started, Wang Yu wanted to take a set of warmer photos, but Gou Rixin kept a gloomy face, but Wen Douer wagged her tail and stole a lot of shots.
Wen Xin was so anxious that he pulled down Qiao Ming, who was making up for sleep on the second floor, as a rescuer.
"What's wrong?" Qiao Ming asked in a low voice.
"I don't know, I don't know if I'm angry, or if I'm immersed in the morning and haven't recovered. โ
"Are you not full?"
"Feed him dried fish and don't eat it, you go and help me coax it, I'm still waiting to make a lot of money." โ
"How can you coax you?" Qiao Ming scratched his head and said hello to Wang Yu next to him, "He's not happy?"
"It looks like just try to relax him, and if he can be lively, it would be even better. โ
Qiao Ming touched his chin and lowered his head to think for a while, then lifted Gou Rixin on the sofa with one hand and walked up the stairs.
"You are... What are you doing?" Wang Yu looked at Qiao Ming suspiciously, as well as the black cat like a rag in her hand.
"Huh?" Qiao Ming looked at Wang Yu and then at Gou Rixin, and then said embarrassedly, "That cat of mine is a little troublesome, wait for me to send him down to you later." With that, Deng Deng ascended to the second floor.
"Say, what's going on?" Qiao Ming threw the cat on the bed and looked at Gou Rixin with his arms crossed.
"Are you alright?" Gou Rixin frowned and looked at half of Qiao Ming's face.
"It's okay, I can still see people. โ
"I didn't mean to. โ
"I didn't say you did it on purpose, it doesn't hurt anymore after rubbing the medicine. โ
"Then you're here to pick me up?" asked Gou Rixin cautiously.
"Otherwise, what's the matter, are you used to living in Wen Xin's house?"
"Of course not!" Gou Rixin hurriedly meowed.
"Gou Rixin, I have a heart and lungs for you. Wen Xin suddenly became angry when he saw this.
"Don't make a mess, he said it's good to live in your house, and he doesn't want to go back," Qiao Ming explained with a headache, "Okay, why are you crying for the New Year, I didn't cry for anything." Can you take pictures?"
"Oh. Gou Rixin's heart was finally happy, and a hand suddenly pinched around his neck, he screamed, and hurriedly shouted, "You are not allowed to carry me again!"
"Then you can go by yourself. Qiao Ming was about to let go, Gou Rixin crawled into Qiao Ming's arms with all fours, put his head on Qiao Ming's neck, and smiled.
"Lao Tzu is a person who wants to be in a magazine, and he must have a car. โ
Qiao Ming's hand shook, and he almost couldn't help but throw Gou Rixin out!
"It's so cute, yes, yes, that's it. Wang Yu held the camera and kept pressing the shutter.
"Why do I think Gou Rixin is smiling a little bit?" Wen Xin muttered as he leaned on the railing of the stairs and looked over.
"It's stupid, right?" Qiao Ming, who was sitting next to him, complained casually.
Gou Rixin, who was taking pictures, was stunned, and the corners of his upturned mouth tried to drop two degrees.
When Wang Yu finished work, Qi Lanxi and Wen Qiyun also packed up their things and looked like they were going to come out.
"Mom and Dad, what are you going to do?" Wen Xin asked.
"Send Wang Yu and go for a prenatal checkup by the way. Qi Lanxi replied.
Wen Xin and Qiao Ming glanced at each other, and Qiao Ming hurriedly made a look.
"I'll go with you, wait for me!" Wen Xin Dengden ran downstairs to change clothes.
"Just have your dad with me, you kid, reckless all day long, what do you look like when you leave Qiao Ming at home alone. Qi Lanxi scolded with a smile.
"It's okay, I'll just help take care of the house, that... Wen Xin's visit is also an opportunity to learn. Qiao Ming hurriedly explained.
"Yes, yes," Wen Xin put on a down jacket and held Qi Lanxi's arm, for fear of being left behind.
"It's snowing, and the road is slippery, so don't join in the fun. โ
"It's okay, that... It just so happened that I still had questions to ask Wang Yu, and I said as I walked on the road. After speaking, Wen Xin snatched Wang Yu's tripod, "I'll help you take it, go." โ
In the huge two-story building, there are only a cat, a dog and Qiao Ming left. Halfway through his sleep just now, Qiao Ming yawned and prepared to go up to the second floor to continue to make up for sleep, but when Gou Rixin saw this, he ran over and followed.
"What are you doing?" Qiao Ming turned his head and looked at the meow under his feet suspiciously.
"Where are you going?" asked Gou Rixin.
"Sleep. โ
"I'm going to squint for a while, too. โ
"Isn't your nest downstairs?"
"I like to sleep in the bedroom, hehehe. Gou Rixin said with a smile.
"No, Aunt Qi said that you have serious hair loss, and the second floor is your forbidden place. Qiao Ming squatted down and poked the cat's head.
"Meow~" Gou Rixin stared at Qiao Ming with huge amber eyes, his eyes wet and looked at Qiao Ming, "If you don't say it, how does she know?"
"Hey, Gou Rixin, are you learning from Wen Xin. Qiao Ming said with a smile.
"Meow~"
"Speak human words!"
"Then you go downstairs, and I'll tell you about the big war with the little devils, and what I saw that day. We have to help Wen Xin solve the hidden dangers at home before leaving. Gou Rixin said solemnly.
Qiao Ming thought for a moment, nodded, and turned around and walked downstairs. Gou Rixin behind him grinned and staggered downstairs.
"The things I saw that day, there were two red eyes, exuding a cold aura, which was more terrifying and suffocating than the black and white impermanence, and it could penetrate through the crack in the door and disappear in an instant. โ
"Then, there was a little ghost, Wen Xin and I guessed, it should be one of the twins conceived by Qi Lanxi's mother, who was unwilling to reincarnate and follow the mother after death, and was driven to the kitchen by us with incense that day, and actually possessed a fish, which seriously injured me, but fortunately, Wen Xin was in a hurry and slapped the fish half to death. โ
Qiao Ming's body shrank when he heard this, he didn't expect Wen Xin to be so powerful, Wen Dou'er in her arms noticed her fear, and licked the back of Qiao Ming's hand comfortingly.
"Don't be so reckless in the future. We have always seen ghosts, and we have never fought ghosts, let alone actively recruited ghosts. What's more, maybe this is a normal phenomenon after the fetus is stopped, and when you see it, it will be a big mess?"
"You mean I'm nosy?" said Gou Rixin angrily.
"No, no, that is, if this little ghost doesn't bring harm to Wen Xin's family, we have no right to care about it, isn't there black and white impermanence?"
"According to you, I'm still nosy. When Gou Rixin heard Qiao Ming say this, his tone was a little stiff, but there was a faint apprehension in his heart. Is he really wrong? Just like Wen Xin has always been worried about, he is afraid that Qi Lanxi will be hurt, and he is afraid that he will be self-defeating?
"Okay, okay, don't think about it, if Qi Lanxi is fine, then isn't everyone happy, right? We also have an extra badge of fighting little ghosts, maybe Lord Yan will be happy, and you will be reincarnated as a human in the next life." Qiao Ming touched the bow on Gou Rixin's tail and comforted him. Seeing Wen Dou'er coming over with a ball in his mouth, he nodded his head with a smile.
"Let's go to the yard for a while. Qiao Ming stood up from the sofa, and suddenly felt that something was wrong, and there seemed to be some movement outside the main entrance of the living room.
Gou Rixin also stood up, staring at the front door and narrowing his eyes.
With Qiao Ming's twenty years of survival experience, he must not scare himself, and when he encounters unusual things, he must have an ordinary mentality. She raised the ball in her hand and threw it at the door. Hearing a bang, Wen Dou'er flew out, picked up the ball and ran back, watching Qiao Ming wagging his tail violently.
And Qiao Ming stood stiffly in the center of the living room, at a loss for a while. There was an "oops" sound outside the door, like an old man's voice, but Wen Douer didn't respond, only she and Gou Rixin listened to it really.
Damn, it's only the third day of the Lunar New Year, is there a holiday for black and white impermanence?
"Let's go. โ
"What?"
"He can't come in, let's go up to the second floor. โ
A man and a cat trembled and raised their feet, and were about to take a step, when suddenly there was a rhythmic knock on the door outside.
"Knock knock knock... Knock Knock ยท Knock knock knock. โ
The feet of one man and one cat were immediately retracted. Look at Wen Dou'er again, still wagging her tail and looking at them expectantly.
"Wang, uncle, play..."
"Shut up!"
The knock on the door stopped abruptly, and a heavy sigh came clearly into his ears, and Qiao Ming's heart was suddenly disturbed by this sigh. That long sigh was full of sadness and despair, like an old man dying of life, regretting the last of his life.
Qiao Ming stood in place, and suddenly tears rained down.
She remembered the reluctance and worry on her face when Qiao Qishan left, the face of her grandparents who was more gloomy than before during the New Year, and the heavy slap that was slapped on her face, which made her brain buzz.
"Broom Star", "Lonely", "Damn It's You", "Give Me Back My Son", countless twisted and screaming faces rushed into her brain, and her head ached for a while. Qiao Ming held his head and began to scream in pain.
"Qiao Ming!Qiao Ming!" Gou Rixin shouted anxiously, what the hell is going on?
Qiao Ming, who was squatting on the ground, covered his ears, but he still couldn't block the sounds that rushed into his head.
"You killed your mother, and you killed your father, you will kill us too, you go, you go!"
"Why didn't you die?"
"Why didn't I die?"
"Qiao Ming!" Gou Rixin shouted, startling Wen Dou'er inexplicably.
But Qiao Ming was still squatting on the side, as if he was in pain, crying with tears streaming down his face. Gou Rixin gritted his teeth, pounced on it, and bit it on Qiao Ming's wrist.
"Ah!" Qiao Ming shook his hand and sat on the ground, looking at Gou Rixin in disbelief.
"Are you alright?" asked Gou Rixin with a worried expression.
Qiao Ming clutched his wrists, and his mind suddenly stopped.
"Knock knock!" suddenly there was a knock outside the door, a person and a cat turned around in shock, Wen Douer rushed to the door, and kept wagging her tail.
"Wen Xin?" Qiao Ming opened the door, but was pulled upstairs by Wen Xin, who had a gloomy face.
"Slow down, what's wrong today?" Qi Lanxi shouted from behind.
"It's okay, you take a break first, I'll go to the car to move things. Wen Qiyun helped Qi Lanxi to sit on the sofa.
"What's wrong?"
The bedroom door slammed shut, Qiao Ming looked at Wen Xin, who was pale, and hurriedly asked, "What's going on?"
"Qiao Ming," Wen Xin looked at Qiao Ming, the tears in her eyes couldn't stop flowing, but she didn't seem to be aware of it, her lips trembled, and her words were stuck in her throat and she couldn't speak, "Today I accompanied my mother to the prenatal checkup, I... Just standing next to it..."
"And then!" Qiao Ming said anxiously.
"The doctor said he heard three fetal heartbeats. โ
"Three fetal heartbeats?" Qiao Ming was stunned and looked at Wen Xin in surprise.
"Yes, how can it be three, my mother is obviously pregnant with twins, and the doctor also thinks that he may have heard it wrong, three fetal hearts, one strong and two weak. I didn't believe it, so I took the instrument and listened to it, Qiao Ming," Speaking of this, Wen Xin covered his face and cried, "I really heard it, three fetal heartbeats, and those two are very weak, very weak..."
"You mean..." Qiao Ming's heart rose to his throat.
"Qiao Ming, you tell me, maybe I heard it wrong, right, how can there be three fetal heartbeats, the last check, one of the twins had signs of fetal arrest, and today I checked again, only one of the fetal heartbeats is normal, this is what everyone can think of, right? There are no three fetal heartbeats. โ
Qiao Ming looked at Wen Xin's blank expression, and suddenly realized what she was going to say.
The soul that Gou Rixin saw was not driven away, but hid in Qi Lanxi's stomach. Everyone thought he was a stillborn of twins, but now it seems that he is not. I don't know where it came from, and now I have occupied the position of the twins, and I want to kill them and live alone.
"Gou Rixin?" Qiao Ming looked stiffly at the black cat in front of him, "You tell me, you really saw it, that unformed baby, right?"
"I..." Gou Rixin listened to Wen Xin's words, his face was unprecedentedly panicked, what did he do, if it wasn't for him, maybe that soul would only stay outside, but now, he became the accomplice of that soul to kill the twins.
Gou Rixin lowered his body, retreated step by step, turned around and ran out of the bedroom, he was shameless to face Qiao Ming and Wen Xin.
Wen Xin sat on the bed, his face buried in his hands and whimpered silently.
Qiao Ming put his arm around her shoulders and frowned, "Don't be afraid, maybe, it's not what we think." โ