"Lele...... Lele, are you asleep?"

"Lele...... Lele ......"

In the darkness, ethereal sounds seemed to come from deep caverns.

"Lele, I'm hungry, give me something to eat, I'm going to disappear. ”

As distant voices became clearer, the figure of a teenager slowly appeared at the end of the darkness.

The boy was about twelve or thirteen years old, thin and pale-skinned, dressed in a baggy blue striped hospital gown and holding a disconnected respirator in his hand.

His brows were furrowed, the expression on his face was pained, and the vague figure disappeared for a while, and then appeared dimly.

Hao Yile woke up suddenly, took out a needle from under the pillow and pricked her fingers, ten fingers connected to her heart, she couldn't help but "hiss" softly, and instantly sobered up a lot.

Seeing a bead of blood the size of a bean rolling out of her fingertips, she breathed a sigh of relief and lay back on the pillow.

A heavy feeling pressed her and closed her eyes again, and the voice appeared again, "Lele, I feel better." Why don't you miss me lately? Is it because I've been dead for so long, you're going to forget about me? ”

The young man's expression was a little disgusted, but his complexion was much better than just now.

Recently, she often thinks about the time she used to be with Xia Yitong, and she feels very happy, but she can't think of her brother much.

Hao Yile smiled a little guilty and said, "No, I will never forget my brother, and I hope that brother, you will never leave, just accompany me like this." ”

"Really?" a bright smile broke out on the young man's bloodless face, feeling as beautiful and fragile as a blooming paper flower.

He smiled and hung his head, "But I have to suck your blood every time I appear, it's not good for you." ”

"Brother, don't worry, I'm strong, it's okay. Hao Yile comforted him.

"If only I could stay with you......" his voice grew lower.

Hao Yile also felt endless sadness with his voice, of course she wanted him to be with her all the time, but she didn't have a way to bring her brother back to life.

A year ago, when she was sorting through her brother's belongings, she saw a walnut with a grimace carved on it, and she knew that her brother liked to collect these strange things when he was alive, but because his parents were very strict with them, he usually hid them.

So she secretly brought the walnuts to A University, and it didn't take long for her to dream of her brother, who was exactly what the oxygen mask looked like before he died.

At first, she thought that she was overthinking, but then he often communicated with her in his dreams, and asked her for blood to drink, Hao Yile tried to prick his fingers, and his brother's spirit in the dream was much better.

He told her that his soul was hidden in the grimace walnut, and that he didn't leave because he couldn't bear her. But if you want him to stay with her all the time, he has to absorb popularity in order to keep his soul alive.

He asked her to tattoo the pattern on the walnut on herself, saying that in this way there would be a bond between them, and he would naturally become popular.

But he is no longer a human after all, and even if he has popularity, he will not grow up.

Hao Yile remembered the past and sighed softly.

The boy keenly caught the change in her mood and asked, "Are you uncomfortable?"

She shook her head, "No, I'm wondering if there is really no way to make my brother a human again in this world?"

After the boy was silent for a moment, he seemed to be very embarrassed and said, "It's not nothing, it's just that I'm afraid that I will hurt my sister's friend, so I didn't tell you." ”

"What method?" Hao Yile asked excitedly, "What do you mean by hurting my friend?"

"It's that friend of yours, I saw her very powerful yesterday, it should be a demon catcher, and the demon catcher is a monster transformed from a half-demon, so the regeneration ability is very strong, as long as I drink the blood of the demon catcher, I can have a body. As he spoke, he peeked at Hao Yile from time to time, observing the changes in her expression.

Hao Yile showed a puzzled expression, she didn't know who he was talking about, she had few friends, Xia Yitong was the one who knew her best, and even revealed her brother's affairs to her, but she didn't look like a monster friend.

"She modified your memory, of course you don't remember, it's the girl named Xia Yitong" The young man directly solved her doubts.

"Xia Yitong, you say she's a monster, and you changed my memory?"

The boy smiled softly, and his voice was equally gentle and harmless, "Lele, don't blame her for modifying your memory, she also did it because she was afraid that you would remember terrible things." ”

Hao Yile asked hesitantly, "As long as you get her blood, is it okay?"

"Yes. ”

"How much does that brother need?"

"Just a few drops, on the walnuts, it won't hurt her. ”

Hao Yile suddenly felt relieved, she smiled and said, "Brother, don't worry, if it's Xia Yitong, she will definitely give it to me, because we are best friends." ”

The boy wanted to say something, but hesitated and finally said nothing.

He smiled and disappeared into the darkness behind him.

At dinner time, Xia Yitong stood downstairs in Hao Yile's dormitory with a Kumamon lunch box.

Bai Xing said that as long as humans have eaten the food in this lunch box, they will forget the person who delivered the food, and naturally they will lose their memories of her. But this memory may be the only happy memory for Hao Yile after her brother's death.

In the memories that Bai Xing showed her, Hao Yile lived in a strict family since she was a child, living at two o'clock and one line every day, surrounded by various competitions and tutorial classes in her spare time, forbidden to chat with classmates, and had no time to make friends, or even have time to grow long hair. She didn't have a rag doll since she was a child, and only a piano and medical books were in her room. She has an older brother who lives a strict life like her, and he is the only one who understands her and the only one she can talk to. But unfortunately, my brother had an accident and was judged brain dead by doctors. He spent three years on oxygen and medicine, and then Hao Yile's parents decided to unplug his oxygen and donate his body. Because of this incident, Hao Yile has always hated his parents, and often dreamed that his brother was talking to her in his dreams.

implanting her into Hao Yile's memory made Hao Yile a lot happier.

Thinking of this, Xia Yitong hesitated, standing downstairs in the dormitory from 6 to 7 o'clock in the afternoon, and still didn't have the courage to go up.

"Classmate, do you need help?"

A hearty voice came, Xia Yitong came back to her senses, and saw the boy standing in front of her at some point, the boy was wearing a basketball uniform with pure silver edges, his short light brown hair was dripping with water, and his skin was faintly pink under the street lamp, he should have just finished exercising.

His eyes crooked at her smiled, and his low-hanging curly eyelashes were indescribably beautiful. Suddenly a little embarrassed, she took a step back and scratched her bangs.

"I'm waiting for someone. ”

"Wait for whom? ”

She was not good at communicating with people, especially with this kind of boy who made people's hearts beat faster, and now she just wanted to drive him away quickly.

"Hao Yile. She concluded that he certainly didn't know him, and there was nothing more to talk about.

Unexpectedly, the boy took out his mobile phone and dialed the phone, and a few seconds later he put the phone to her ear.

Hao Yile's big grinning voice came from the microphone, "Hitomi, I can't find your phone number, I have something to look for you, I'm at your door." ”

"You...... You, you, you, you, you're at my doorstep, are you in the Jubao community, are you uncomfortable?" She was so nervous that she couldn't speak, after all, there were too many strange things happening in that community, and Hao Yile was not strong in vain.

"Yes, I'm dying of hunger, come back and invite me to dinner. ”

"Good. ”

After hanging up the phone, she returned the phone to the boy, thanked him, and hurriedly walked outside the school.

The boy stood in place, watching her back as she walked farther and farther away, the smile on his face fading away.

Someone came over and patted him on the back and said, "I advise you not to like her, this girl is evil when I hear it." ”

He smiled at the man, his crooked eyes as rippling as peach blossoms after rain.

When he got home, Xia Yitong saw Hao Yile sitting at the top of the stairs talking to himself.

She exaggerated Xia Yitong made a hanging up expression to express that she was really going to starve to death, and then smiled and grabbed her hand and jumped up.

Xia Yitong laughed unconsciously.

"Wow...... You're back with food. ”

She hurriedly hid the lunch box behind her and said, "Empty, I've finished eating, come into the house and make it for you." ”

Hao Yile sat at the dining table and looked around, feeling that this place was both familiar and unfamiliar, she remembered that she had been there for Hitomi's birthday last year, but it didn't seem to be like this.

"Hitomi, has your home been renovated?"

"I didn't ...... No, I don't. She put down the egg fried rice and replied a little nervously. She guessed that Hao Yile could find her home, it must be the reason why Bai Xing modified her memory, but she didn't know exactly what the modification looked like.

After eating, they sat in the living room watching TV, Xia Yitong peeled an apple and handed it to her, and the small pointed fruit knife was placed next to the plate.

Hao Yile couldn't help but look at the knife, but he didn't know how to open his mouth when the words came to his mouth, and a voice in his head kept urging, "Hurry, hurry......"

She touched the walnuts in her trouser pocket and said to Xia Yitong, "Hitomi, do you remember what I told you about my brother?"

Xia Yitong nodded pretending to know.

"If I said that if you helped me, my brother would be resurrected, would you believe me?"

Xia Yitong looked at her sympathetically, guessing that she had become nervous because she missed her brother too much.

But as a friend, she said, "I believe it." ”

"So ......"

Hao Yile's gaze fell on the fruit knife on the table, and he didn't move away for a long time.

Xia Yitong picked up the plate and handed it to her, "The toothpick is gone, you can just take it with your hands." ”

She took out the grimace walnut from her pocket and showed it to Xia Yitong, and said, "Hitomi, it's actually ......."

Xia Yitong suddenly stood up, clutched his chest and rushed into the bathroom.

She clutched the fluttering pendant and pulled the communicator out of her ear.

"Xia Yitong, now, right away, to Jinmingchi!"

It was the first time she had heard such a nervous voice.

"Is something wrong? Are there any monsters again?"

"Don't ask so much, come on, the pillar at the entrance of the demon world in this area is cracked, and all the demon hunters must help repair it, otherwise something will happen!"

"Okay, I'll be right here. ”

Xia Yitong walked out of the toilet and saw Hao Yile standing at the door waiting for her, she couldn't help but be a little nervous, I don't know if she heard anything.

"I need to get out there. ”

Hao Yile nodded, "Then go early and come back early, I'll wait for you to come back." ”

She walked to the door and stopped, turned back to her and said, "I may have to come back very late today, you will come home early in a while, it is too late and it is not safe." ”

Hao Yile nodded again, watched the door close, and returned to the sofa to eat apples.

Suddenly, her hands trembled uncontrollably, and she trembled to grab the knife on the table, and at the same time, a voice kept echoing in her head: "I can't wait, just today, today I must have her blood, must." ”

"Brother, I'll help you again tomorrow, you're right, I heard it just now, Xia Yitong is really a demon catcher, but she's very busy now. ”

"I want her blood today, go after her, she is ......the only one today" The voice became angry, Hao Yile's hand suddenly lost control, grabbed the knife on the table, and held it tightly in his hand.

Suddenly, a bag bulged out of her back, and the large bag kept surging under her skin like boiling water, as if trying to break free from her body.

"Brother...... I'm so uncomfortable. Hao Yile groaned, her back hurting as if it was about to be torn apart.

Hao Yile has a complex tattoo on his back, and at this time he is wrapping a ball of flesh the size of a human head, which looks like an enlarged version of the grimace walnut that rolls down at his feet.

Suddenly, Hao Yile's clothes cracked with a "zila", and his skin and flesh opened three openings, two of which turned into a pair of blood-red eyes, and one of them spit out a long tongue.

Hao Yile held the fruit knife, his face was pale, and he moved towards the door with difficulty.

The face on the back suddenly showed a painful look, twisted and struggled and shouted, "Get out of here, there is an enchantment here, I ......"

Before it finished speaking, Hao Yile's back was flat again, only the two pairs of eyes and mouth were still listlessly growing on her back.

Hao Yile's eyes were confused, like a zombie who had lost his brain, and slowly chased in the direction where Xia Yitong left.