Chapter 11: The Spill of Blood Shows the Bell
On a June day, what should have been a bit stuffy began to cool down.
The old lady looked at the two young people in front of her and reminded in a low voice: "If you don't take it out, she will disperse!" ”
She? Somehow, I subconsciously thought of the "aunt" in my dream.
Tremblingly, I took the bell out of my bag and handed it over. The old lady didn't answer, but her lips moved, making a "buzzing" sound, and the cold air in the room suddenly rose, and a vague figure appeared beside her out of thin air.
"It's her!" As soon as I let go, I instinctively hid behind Xue Chen, but he looked around, as if he didn't see the existence of the woman.
I grabbed the strap tightly and poked half of my head out from behind Xue Chen to see that the woman was talking eagerly to the old lady, and although I could see it, I couldn't hear a single sound. As the woman spoke, she turned to look at me, and I hurriedly grabbed Xue Chen's arm, trembling involuntarily.
"Sensei is afraid, she has no ill intentions. Besides, she's running out of time, and it won't be long before she's gone! The old lady spoke slowly, and I realized that the woman was indeed much weaker than she had seen last time.
She ...... Why is she following me? ”
The woman looked at the old lady as if waiting for her to answer for herself. The old lady sighed slightly, but just asked me, "Child, what is your name?" ”
In this case, I naturally knew everything and immediately replied: "My name is Lin Shan, 23 years old, and I am currently unemployed...... I don't know her! ”
"Poof!" Xue Chen couldn't hold back his laughter, and immediately retracted and looked at the old lady humbly. I didn't dare to make a mistake, so I continued to listen to the old lady's words, and secretly added some strength in my hand.
"She is a wandering soul, but because she can't worry about her wife's obsession, she refuses to leave. It's not her intention to follow you......" The old lady looked at her with a complicated expression, and continued: "She was exposed to the strong light, and she should have dispersed a long time ago, but it was the protection of the bell that barely survived until now!" ”
With a hint of sadness on her face, the woman bowed her head and was silent. Suddenly, the old lady said faintly: "Tian Xiu, it's time to let go, it's time to let go of ......"
As soon as she finished speaking, the woman's face became more and more transparent, and I saw a dark light emanating from her body, and in an instant the whole person was scattered in the air, and completely disappeared!
"Where did she go?"
"The damaged soul is not capable of walking through the Yin and Yang Dao, she is gone!" After the old lady finished speaking, she closed her eyes and said a few words silently.
Gone? The "hallucinations" that frightened my heart are gone?!
My tense body suddenly went limp, and I sat down on the bamboo chair next to me...... "Ding~Ding~Ding~"
The butt I had just sat down on was pricked with a needle, and the whole body immediately bounced.
"What's wrong?" Xue Chen turned his head and looked at me inexplicably.
I pointed to the bell that rolled to the ground, and I couldn't speak for a while, so I could only look at the old lady for help, who knew that the old lady also looked at me and asked, "What's wrong?" ”
I shuddered and stammered, "That'...... That bell ...... Ringtones ......"
"Ringtones?" The old lady's eyes widened and she asked, "Do you hear the bell?" Her eyes were fixed on the bell on the ground, "Is it from it?" ”
I shook my head, unsure.
"Can't you hear me?" My heart that had just been relaxed suddenly hung again, I thought she was a psychic medium, able to communicate with spirits, so this strange bell was naturally not a problem, but...... Is it just my auditory hallucinations?
The old lady was silent for a while, and then ordered, "Chen'er, go to my room and bring a silver hairpin!" ”
Xue Chen bowed, walked into a room inside, and after a while, walked out with a sterling silver hairpin without any color in his hand and handed it over.
The old lady didn't answer, but said, "Let her drop two drops of blood to that bell!" ”
When I heard this, my brain was confused, and I saw Xue Chen coming over, looking at me, looking at me very sincerely. I felt that I had been tricked by him, and my mouth was pursed, and I shook my head in protest.
Xue Chen bent down, raised a friendly smile, and said, "Trust me, I won't harm you!" ”
I swallowed my saliva unconsciously, and looked at the bell on the ground - this look, Xue Chen picked it up for me very consciously, holding the bell in one hand and the hairpin in the other, looking at me, as if there was bewitchment in his eyes.
Get out!
I snatched the hairpin and gritted my teeth, and bright red blood spilled from the tips of my index fingers. I looked at the old lady, and she looked at me too, her face heavy and she looked more nervous than I was.
A drop, gone? With the help of my other hand, I squeezed out another drop, and after a while, the layer of pitch-black stains wrapped around the bell body slowly cracked.
Xue Chen felt a pain in his hand, and he couldn't help but throw it out, and the bell fell to the ground, and an almost golden light burst out from the vertical and horizontal cracks.
The old lady's ruddy face turned pale in an instant, and she stared at the bell with wide eyes, as if she wanted to see through it. A rusty layer fell to the ground, and the dazzling light dissipated, but it only took on the appearance of an ordinary-looking copper bell, similar to the brass bells sold by the vendors.
Xue Chen was the first to react and picked up the bell again. He looked at me first, I waved my hand, and he had no choice but to walk towards the old lady.
The old lady finally stretched out her hand to take it this time, with a hint of fear on her face, and muttered to herself: "Good fellow, I have been a psychic medium all my life, and it is the first time I have met ...... Hey, it's a pity...... It's a blessing or a curse, it's a curse that can't be avoided......"
I listened with my ears pricked up, and my heart was furious: what does it mean to "can't avoid disaster"? I'm messing with someone!
I immediately jumped up from my chair, ran to the old lady, and said with a hint of crying, "You must help me!" ”
"Old lady, since everyone has brought it to you, do you want to think of a way......" Xue Chen said helpfully.
"Thoughts? What do you think? The old lady said in a weird way: "Great-grandson, you are here to talk about ......"
Xue Chen closed his mouth knowingly, I looked at the old and the young, and felt that the atmosphere was more depressed than hell, sat on the ground, sobbed and said, "I didn't want this bell if I knew it!" ”
"Huh...... Hehehe......" The old lady laughed inexplicably and said lightly: "You think this is something you can decide?" …… Maybe it's yours! So saying, the old lady bent down and shoved the bell into my hand.
My brain twitched: this is mine? What do you mean?
I'm beginning to regret coming here, this old lady said something that scared me more than ghosts, at least, at least I couldn't hear them.
"That's it!" The old lady suddenly changed her tone, and with a kind smile on her face, she held out her hand to me, "Get up! The girl's family sitting on the ground is not like talking! ”