23. Phobias and speculation
Two different voices lingered deep in her head, and she felt as if she had been drained of her soul, like a marionette that was dominated by her thoughts.
Go home.
Jasmine has to go home-
As that consciousness grew stronger, the thought of going home firmly suppressed the scales, and became more and more intense, and another voice slowly faded away.
He's talking to you.
Be sure to deny it!
Jasmine shook her head, which was stiffer than stone, with difficulty, and denied it.
"No, I've just been on the playground. ”
The spell fails.
Zhang Xiaofalcon's expression was very subtle, and the moment he stared at the girl in front of him, a trace of surprise crossed the depths of his eyes behind the heavy glasses.
Yes, surprised.
He didn't even have time to hide it, and looked at her with a ghostly gaze, as if he wanted to see a hole in her before he stopped.
Jasmine's heart was almost beating out of her throat.
The undulating breath drove the heartbeat like a drum, deafening and disorganized.
"Jasmine!"
A hurried call came from behind him, breaking through this strange and silent confrontation situation.
Without warning, Chen Chen appeared beside her like a wandering spirit.
He has always hated that he always hugged her, but at this time, when that hand wrapped around her shoulder, the heaviness in the past actually made people feel very relieved.
Jasmine breathed a sigh of relief.
She raised her head and leaned at Chen Chen, but the young man rubbed his hair with his hands, obviously his body temperature was almost cold, and it was clear that his movements were the intimacy that she rejected, but Jasmine felt that his appearance was like the current warm summer breeze.
With bursts of warmth and heat, he drove away a chill and fear for her.
"Let's go. ”
Zhang Xiaofalcon's sense of existence seemed to have fallen to the lowest point again, and the funny thing was that he shifted his gaze from Jasmine to Chen Chen sharply, but the other party regarded him as a touch of air as light as stagnant water.
I didn't subconsciously pay attention to the person in front of me at all.
Zhang Xiaoying's gaze was very treacherous, and he looked at Chen Chen quietly in just a few seconds, but he tilted his head slightly, and his face was full of confusion on his pale face like a dead man.
When he noticed that Jasmine was watching him closely, he rolled his eyes and stared at her. !
Jasmine was so shocked that she almost jumped on her legs.
"Chen Chen, I'm not very comfortable......" She looked away uneasily, and pulled the young man in a panic to leave.
The gaze behind her was like a needle, and it was not until she stood under the scorching sun, her eyes were so stinged that she couldn't open them, and she slowly regained her composure.
Jasmine's love is like a messy hemp rope, the whole mess is tangled into countless dead knots, and the knots are entangled, and they can't be untied.
"Chen Chen, he seems to have noticed me, what should I do? Why don't we go-" As if his mouth was suddenly under a forbidden spell, he couldn't spit out the word "police station".
"Go home, let's go back. She murmured sluggishly, out of her mind.
The boy carried Jasmine's feminine schoolbag on his left shoulder, and his right hand held her hand, and he felt her soft palm covered with sweat.
"What is there to be afraid of, Jasmine has to bravely face the demons of fear, they are not as terrible as imagined. ”
How familiar that sounds.
Jasmine was stunned, raised her head and stared for a long time, but the young man lowered his head and smiled warmly, her eyes flickered, but her hand was held more firmly.
I don't know if Jasmine is too loud and loud, and I always feel like I am possessed by something behind my back all the way back, and that indescribable weirdness is like a shadow, Chen Chen was extremely silent along the way.
On the way home, the trees were shady, the cicadas were chirping, the sun was shining on her through the dappled branches and leaves, and Jasmine looked back frequently and uneasily.
There were few pedestrians at noon, and the scorching sun hung in the sky, and the cicadas chirped higher and higher, undulating with each other.
There was no sign in the empty street.
When she came home sweating profusely, she turned on the air conditioner decadently and took out wet wipes to wipe the sweat off her face, only to find that the teenager turned on the TV and sat on the sofa, intently watching the weather forecast of the local station.
"Today, due to the influence of warm and humid air and moisture in the south, it will turn to a wet and rainy weather, the probability of rainfall in the province has increased, and there will be local heavy rain after the night will last until tomorrow. ”
People's hearts are like this weather, which changes when it is said.
She was thinking, no one in the room was talking, and the sound of advertisements on the TV added a touch of popularity to the dead space.
It wasn't until dinner time that Jasmine didn't see her father and stepmother, and she remembered that her father had mentioned last night that he was going to attend the annual summary meeting at the People's Hall in a neighboring city this week, and that his stepmother, who was a colleague, would also accompany him.
After packing her luggage last night, my father specially told Jasmine again and again when he refilled the dosage, emphasizing that she should remember to eat on time and take the medicine on time.
Jasmine didn't bother to take out the dinner she had prepared from her stepmother when she was leaving, and she lay on the couch with a cushion in her arms, turning her head to the back of the couch.
Outside, the sun was getting darker, the lights were turned on, and the sound of a microwave oven could be heard in the kitchen.
A smell of food fills the air.
"Jasmine, get up and eat. There was a gentle push on the shoulder.
The young man looked helplessly at the girl who was lying on the sofa and did not move, her eyes closed as if she was asleep, and she did not react to any of the outside world.
Chen Chen stood still for three seconds, and suddenly leaned down, his eyes half-closed, looking at the girl intently.
The bangs on the forehead drooped and naughtily scratched the girl's cheek.
Jasmine felt an itch on her face, and reached out to brush off the obstructive object, but she felt as if she had swept something hard, and when she opened her eyelids, she saw a human face suddenly appear in front of her.
"Ahh
The young man knelt on the ground stupidly and hugged her, his eyes and eyebrows were full of smiles, "Jasmine, you were too careless. ”
"You scare me!" she snapped, her hands still on his neck, the tip of her nose filled with the dry softener of his shirt.
The boy rubbed his face against her ears affectionately, snorting contentedly like a big dog.
"Jasmine always wronged me. ”
She crawled out of that embrace, her ears were so red that they were about to steam, this kind of intimate contact was becoming more and more frequent, originally she was unsettled today, and she was disturbed with a pool of spring water, and her mood was very complicated.
"Chen Chen, can you give me a little more serious!" "Is it time to joke now! Something so big happened, what should I do next?!
Thinking about the scene just encountered, the stomach began to spasm, and it was uncomfortable everywhere in the body, and Jasmine lost her temper in annoyance and became restless.
Emotions are on the verge of spiraling out of control.
Why did Zhang Xiaoying do that kind of thing, his kneeling posture on the ground was firmly imprinted in his mind, and the young man was licking his bloodstained and stiffened hands.
There was a look of satisfaction and piety on his face.
Why this reaction?
Jasmine really didn't dare to think about it, but she still remembered what Chen Chen said.
He said that it was not people who killed people, but monsters.
Why do monsters eat people?
"I'm so hungry, I want to eat. 」
She stared distractedly at the woolen blanket that lay on the floor, her hand on the floor moving, her index finger scratching at the skin on her thumb.
Jasmine unconsciously appears in this action every time she is upset.
Her heart was in turmoil, and Zhang Xiaofalcon was like a depth charge, suddenly exploding, stirring up the calm sea water on the surface and suddenly surging an undercurrent.
Zhang Xiaofalcon: He's a monster, yes, he's a monster.
Only monsters go and eat people.
But the watch in the library that day was still very normal, so normal that I couldn't see anything unusual.
He's even been on the lookout for books about monsters, and says he's going to find clues to put the people who make fun of him to shame.
Could it be that day......
"Chen Chen, I did see the hands of dead people. Jasmine sat on the floor dejectedly, I don't know if the boy heard it, but if she ignored it, there would be more victims in the future, not to mention that Zhang Xiaoying had obviously noticed what she might have discovered just now.
Could it be that the next victim will be...... She?
"Maybe I'll be the next person to die. Jasmine said softly.
"No, I must go to the police! Yes, go now!"
When Jasmine said the word "call the police", Chen Chen's eyes suddenly flashed.
His girl.
Restless and restless, trembling and fearful.
Treat those incompetent and stupid cops as saviors, and ridiculously want to beg for shelter.
It's a contradiction.
It's really tangled.
The only person she could cling to was him, but she timidly stopped her steps, fearing that she would see him as a source of fear.
That's why I tried to hide it again and again.
Her love fluctuates so much now, she probably can't bear too much of the truth.
The boy deceived himself into thinking that even he had the urge to erase her fearful memory, and that she, who knew nothing about it, might be more accepting of him.
But someone might be angry.
That uncertainty creates a lot of risk.
And she's slowly becoming dependent on him now, maybe she hasn't noticed.
The teenager was very troubled.
The eye-catching guy had wanted to stay for a while until he found out the monster that was hiding the deepest behind the scenes.
But he frightened his girl.
To be erased.
"Jasmine, maybe things aren't as strict as you think. The young man held her hand, and under the light, the handsome face had slowly detached itself from immaturity, like a butterfly wrapped in chrysalis, gradually tearing off the membrane and spreading its colorful wings.
His countenance will be bewildering, full of vivid temptation, and those water-soaked black eyes, deep and dark, as if they can see through the soul.
I don't know why, there was an urge in her heart to get closer, unable to extricate herself, but ashamed.
"Chen Chen, aren't you afraid?" she was gently hugged by the young man, like the most precious thing.
This reaction is not at all what a normal person should have.
Jasmine didn't get an answer, in fact she felt alone, and K used to talk to her about recent strange things, but K slowly stopped talking about such things.
Chen Chen, he never said anything.
Oh no, it shouldn't have been said.
He still has something to say.
He would say, Jasmine don't worry, things will pass.
Jasmine don't be afraid, I will protect you.
Jasmine doesn't walk around casually lately, and don't go to other places alone with others.
Jasmine......
That's enough!
Jasmine returned to her room distraught, the branches of the trees outside the window were scratching the walls with the wind, and it was pitch black outside, except for the faint street lamps on either side of the road.
The pill box on the table was quietly opened, and the boiling water in the cup did not decrease at all.
She even forgot to take her medicine and just lay on the bed with her eyes closed and tried to fall asleep.
I don't know if it's because I didn't take the medicine, my senses became very sensitive, and my fragile nerves seemed to be hit by something, and again.
The wind is howling.
The room was filled with the sizzling sound of the wooden planks popping and popping.
I don't know how long it took, but it was a nightmare, and the nightmares continued.
Zhang Xiaofalcon in the dream smiled fiercely at her, and rushed towards her covered in blood-
No!
Click.
Jasmine opened her eyes suddenly, covered in cold sweat, but wrapped herself tightly in the quilt.
Suddenly, there was a very light noise outside. She closed her eyes uneasily, listening with bated breath.
There is a slight noise.
There seemed to be a muffled conversation, and it seemed like a rat scratching the wall, one after another.
Just as she tossed and turned, tumbling from side to side in a daze, the door opened.
Suddenly, a kiss lightly burned on her forehead, soaked in cold sweat.
"My good girl, when you wake up, you won't feel scared, don't worry, I'll get rid of a bit of fear for you. ”
That's what the owner of the voice said to her.
What do you mean?
What does that mean exactly?
When the door closed, Jasmine suddenly opened her eyes, her heart as if tightly strangled by an invisible thread, pulling mercilessly in both directions.
Until some noise is heard outside the silent room. Some strange intuition welled up in my heart.
Could it be that he-
In the darkness, Jasmine got up from the bed, walked barefoot to the window that was covered by the curtains, quietly opened the corner of the curtains, and looked under the window.
Outside the house, a figure flashed from the courtyard, jumped up the two-meter-high wall with strange agility, flipped over its long body, and instantly flipped outside!