Volume 2: Entering the Ghost Feast Verse 57: Depression
"Ahh Yes! Yes! Don't eat me! Don't eat me! ”
A week passed after the ghost feast, Zhang Su woke up from the nightmare in the middle of the night, in the dream, he repeatedly saw the hideous faces of those dead souls and evil ghosts, clearly saw the strange claws, tongues, fangs and terrible faces of the evil ghosts, one by one twisted and terrifying appearance screaming, constantly chasing after him, he could only try his best to escape, and then was caught by this group of seemingly inhuman things, he felt that his soul was torn to pieces, and the spiritual consciousness suffered as if it were torn apart, and there was no way to avoid it.
Zhang Su sat up from the bed suddenly, bowed his head and drooped his hair in a daze under the dim lamp, his dirty and fluffy hair covered his low-hanging eyes, and before he reached the tip of his nose, he was already scorched and forked, and his two eyes were dull looking towards him, he didn't know what he was looking at, but in that place in the dream, there was Lu Sen's soul who fell to the ground, Lu Sen's soul was dragging half of his body to ask him for help, and his face showed an extremely painful and hideous look.
"It's not me! Not me! It's not that I won't save you! I really can't beat them! I'm scared! Zhang Su screamed in pain again, then closed his eyes, held his head in both hands, buried his head deep in the quilt in front of him, and tears slid down his forehead.
Just after Zhang Su's crazy call, the tenant who lived next door to Zhang Su banged on the wall next door to Zhang Su's room, and cursed in his mouth: "What kind of madness are you going on at night, and you can't let people sleep!" ”
Zhang Su ignored it, and just continued to hold the quilt and cry muffledly.
As there was no movement in Zhang Su's house, the next-door neighbor stopped making noise after shouting and scolding a few more words, perhaps thinking that Zhang Su realized his mistake, or maybe he thought that Zhang Su was asleep, so he was embarrassed to continue to make noise.
After a while, Zhang Su regained a little bit of his senses, got up from the bed, put on a thin denim coat, he soaked a cup of instant noodles after not eating for a day, turned on the computer, and casually opened a program to watch it, he wanted to use this way to divert his attention, so that he could forget the terrifying scene that night, but unfortunately it backfired, he opened a parent-child program, and as soon as a six or seven-year-old child appeared in the show, Zhang Su remembered the appearance of a ghost who overturned, Frightened, he quickly unplugged the computer socket and nervously shrank back on the bed again.
Because as soon as he fell asleep, Zhang Su would unconsciously dream of the terrifying scene that he remembered, so he didn't dare to sleep, and he was nervously shrunk in bed all night, he remembered the big white cat called Black Bean in Yan Lao's house, and remembered that the big cat found the parasitic soul element of the dumper from himself, that is to say, the dumper did not intend to let go of himself, it was likely to want to find himself by relying on the parasitic soul element after solving Lu Sen, Zhang Su broke out in a cold sweat when he thought of this possibility, He was afraid that the overturn ghost would suddenly rush into his room and use the long bamboo skewer to skewer himself into a skewer.
Zhang Su survived the night with a high degree of mental tension, and the next day at dawn, Zhang Su slowly fell asleep, under the illumination of the sun, Zhang Su was able to sleep a little more peacefully, I don't know whether it is the psychological effect or the sunshine can really wash people's complicated emotions, Zhang Su slept like this for a morning.
At noon, Hu Xi's phone call woke Zhang Zhen from his sleep, Hu Xi didn't say anything else, just told Zhang Su about Lu Sen's wife Lu Zhen everything is fine, after these days of ideological work, Lu Zhen has been pulled back from the brink of mental breakdown, and there is no longer the idea of seeking death and life, Hu Xi's purpose in saying these words is nothing more than to make Zhang Su feel too much guilt, don't think about it.
Zhang replied listlessly twice, and did not say anything else.
After Hu Xi finished talking about Lu Sen's wife, he wanted to invite Zhang Su to have lunch together, but Zhang Su refused.
Hung up the phone, Zhang Su was still lying on the bed, tossing and turning for a while, and fell asleep again.
The three-month penalty period passed quickly, and Zhang Su hadn't gone out once for three months, and the takeaway boxes were piled up all over the house, and bags of garbage emitted the sour smell of fermentation, which had long since permeated the entire house.
Zhang Su is like an unkempt child, with unrepaired long hair, the smell of hair oil on the hair is not much better than the sour smell of garbage, he is wearing old clothes that have not been washed for three months, and the black clothes are all white with sweat stains on his body, and the fishy smell of body fluids is constantly bubbling on it, Zhang Su will hear the scolding of the neighbors around him every time he opens the window for ventilation, and the aunt in the community suspects that the community has been hit by weasels and skunks.
During this period, Hu Xi came to Zhang Su several times, and Zhang Su pretended not to be at home, even if Hu Xi forcibly broke into Zhang Su's house with his soul, Zhang Su also used the stealth ability of the colored scale arm to avoid it, and every time he was able to avoid Hu Xi's detection, Hu Xi returned disappointed.
Pu Zitong also looked for Zhang Su, a few times he took the initiative to find it, and a few times it was Hu Xi's commission, but Zhang Zitong told Pu Zitong every time that he wanted to be quiet alone for a while, Pu Zitong had no choice, as long as the transaction between the two was still there, they were still temporary couples, as for how they lived, Pu Zitong was not good to ask, fortunately, Zhang Su deliberately lost to Gu Yueming during the newcomer war, it is said that since then, Gu Yueming has become the target of many people's challenges, and she and Zhang Su are quite relaxed.
In the middle of the fourth month after the accident, because there was really no place to put his feet at home, Zhang Su finally decided to clean up the garbage in the house, he put a bag of fast food boxes into packaging bags, enough to pack out twenty large bags of garbage, he could pick up five bags of garbage in one hand, and lift ten bags downstairs at a time, so calculated, twenty bags of garbage Zhang Su only needed two trips to move it away, Zhang Su just moved down ten bags at a time, and transported the first ten bags of garbage to the trash can downstairs under the eyes of everyone, I didn't expect it, Zhang Su's ten bags of garbage directly filled the trash cans downstairs, and Zhang Su could only throw the remaining ten bags of garbage into the big garbage bin at the entrance of the community, because there was no food at home, so Zhang Su decided to go to the commissary at the entrance of the community to buy some instant noodles and other food.
Thinking like this, Zhang Su returned to his rental house again, put some money in his pocket, picked up ten bags of garbage again, walked down the stairs towards the entrance of the community, threw ten bags of garbage into the big garbage bin, and walked into the commissary, bought some instant noodles and ham sausages, and after checking out, he picked up two large bags of food, and prepared to return to his rental house again to live a closed and decadent life.
Just when Zhang Su was walking back with a bag, about to cross the street between the entrance of the community and the commissary, he suddenly found a little girl about ten years old, she waved a pair of ponytails, as if she had lost her soul, her eyes were confused and walked slowly towards the middle of the road, when the little girl walked to the middle of the road, she did not stop, but changed direction, and slowly moved forward in the middle of the road against the direction of traffic.
At this moment, a large gravel truck turned sharply from the corner of the front street of the community, and was driving towards the little girl, at the corner, several branches of grass and trees in the wall of the community stretched out, blocking the driver's vision for a moment, and when the driver saw the little girl walking in the middle of the road, he tried his best to step on the brakes, but the inertia caused by the huge weight of the gravel bucket behind the car made the gravel truck not stop immediately, although it reduced some speed but still rushed to the little girl, There is only six or seven meters between the little girl and the gravel truck, even if the little girl wants to escape at this time, she has lost the opportunity, not to mention that the little girl still walks forward as if she has lost her soul, and walks towards the gravel truck that rushes towards her, as if she wants to commit suicide.
There are not many people around, some are just passers-by who are bored walking, no one noticed the tragedy that was about to happen, only Zhang Su, who was standing under the street lamp across the street, witnessed the whole process, he felt that the little girl walking in the middle of the road was a little abnormal, but he couldn't tell what was abnormal, so he opened the yin and yang eyes to investigate, and sure enough, he saw a long-haired ghost attached to the little girl's body, and was using some kind of soul power technique to invade the little girl's normal spiritual sense, manipulating the little girl's body, Let the little girl's body walk uncontrollably towards the gravel truck.
Since it was a ghost haunting, Zhang Su's subconscious soul hunting instinct made him unconsciously make an emergency response, he threw away the plastic bag full of food in his hand, Yuan Tianxuan's body opened, and flew to the middle of the road, after approaching the little girl, he first struck away the long-haired ghast that was controlling the little girl with a palm, and then hugged the little girl tightly in his arms, turned his back to the gravel car with a screaming brake sound, only to hear a "bang", Zhang Su was hit by the front of the gravel car and flew out seven or eight meters, After rolling on the ground a few times and then hitting a telephone pole on the side of the road, he stabilized his body.
The gravel truck slid forward for three or five meters and then stopped in the middle of the road, the driver drove the car to the side of the road near the position where Zhang Su fell to the ground after confirming that there was no traffic on both sides of the road, and stopped again, a figure opened the door of the cab, jumped out of the car, ran to Zhang Su in three steps and two steps, looked at Zhang Su who fell to the ground, and looked at the little daughter who was held in Zhang Su's arms, showing a panicked and frightened look, hesitating and not knowing what to do.
The figure was the driver of the gravel truck, a middle-aged man, thirty or forty years old, not tall, with vicissitudes of life on his face, beating his chest in a hurry, obviously looking helpless.
Zhang Su slowly stood up from the ground, tentatively touched the little girl in his arms, felt that the little girl was still breathing, and knew that the little girl should be fine, he sat up on the spot, sat next to the telephone pole on the side of the road, and gently rubbed his back, because of the opening of the Yuan Tianxuan body, his physical strength was different from ordinary people, the collision of the gravel truck did not cause him much injury, but the position of the back waist suffered a little internal injury, and there was a slight abrasion on the back and shoulder, and the other parts were not serious. It will not affect the normal life activities of his body.
"Well, little brother, are you alright?" Seeing Zhang Su sit up, the gravel truck driver finally breathed a sigh of relief, he thought that he had been hit so badly, and the man in front of him who was desperately trying to save people would be crippled if he didn't die, but what he didn't expect was that the young man in front of him actually sat up by himself as if he was fine, and his wheezing was also very even, it should not be as serious as he imagined, so he asked timidly.
"It's okay, don't drive so fast in the city, don't slow down when turning, you will definitely not have time to brake in case of emergency, and you will have to have an accident after driving like this." Zhang Su reprimanded the driver of the gravel truck who was much older than him, although he knew that the driver could not be blamed for this, after all, the little girl's behavior after being possessed by the ghast was already suicidal, but he was now sore, and he still held back a grievance in his heart, no matter who he sent out, he would be more happy.
"Yes, yes, yes, it's just that little brother you also saw it, the girl in your arms seemed to be looking for death just now, you said that it can't be all thanks to me, right?" The driver saw that Zhang Su's voice was not weak, obviously he was not injured multiple times inside, and his heart was more stable, but then he thought of the medical expenses and examination fees that he might have to pay later, he really began to feel distressed, it is not easy to run a car, and he can't make a few dollars all year round.
"It's good that it's me, it's all over for other people's lives, okay, you go, drive slowly in this kind of small streets and alleys in the future, otherwise there will be an accident." Seeing that the driver was quite honest, wearing a tattered old shirt showing a poor and sour look, obviously his family background was not good, and his own Yuan Tianxuan Body was not a big problem, so he naturally didn't want to do any shady business, and looked at the little girl who was sleeping in his arms unscathed, so he waved his hand at the gravel truck driver and signaled him to leave.
The driver of the gravel truck saw that Zhang Su was no longer pursuing it, and saw the worn clothes on Zhang Su's body and a few faint blood marks under the clothes, but he was a little reluctant in his heart, took out his wallet from his pocket, and scraped together more than 500 yuan, and attached a postcard to the money, walked to Zhang Su's side, handed the money and the postcard to Zhang Su, and said: "I don't know what to say about this, that little girl is a little abnormal, I saw the scene where you saved her, you are not only her great benefactor, you are also my great benefactor, If the little girl is hit by me, she will definitely die, I will definitely not be able to run, and it will definitely not be solved by taking out this money now, little brother, you were hit by me, although it looks okay now, but I don't know if there will be any sequelae in the future, this money is my insignificant mind, and this business card, if there is any problem, you can call me, I can't let the little brother suffer even if I borrow money! ”
Zhang Su glanced at the driver of the gravel truck, and saw that the more he talked, the more excited he became, he smiled and took out the business card that was sandwiched in the money from his hand, pushed the money he handed over and pushed it back, and responded: "You take back the money, I will leave the business card, I will contact you if there is something, if I don't contact you again after three days, it means that I am fine, and you can rest assured, it is not good for you to park the car on the side of the road and occupy the lane now, and it is estimated that someone will come to post the ticket, you better hurry up." ”
When the driver of the gravel truck saw Zhang Su say this, he said "thank you" and returned to the car, started the car, and slowly drove in front of Zhang Su.
Seeing that the driver of the gravel truck left, Zhang Su pinched the head of the little girl in his arms with his hand, injected a trace of soul power into the little girl's body, and stimulated the little girl's spiritual sense with a slight soul wave, and soon woke the little girl from her slumber.
The little girl woke up, rubbed her eyes, and saw Zhang Su who was holding her, revealing puzzlement and horror, and then seemed to recall something, the horror in her eyes turned into gratitude, and she struggled to get up from Zhang Su, and said to Zhang Su who was sitting on the ground: "Thank you for saving me." ”
"Remembered?" Seeing the little girl standing up, Zhang Wei also got up from the ground, stood on the side of the road and looked at the little girl, and asked.
"Well, after seeing you, big brother, I knew it wasn't a dream, big brother, are you okay?" The little girl nodded in reply, her eyes kept looking around Zhang Su's body, and when he saw the slight scratches on Zhang Su's body, he couldn't help but be concerned.
"Well, it's okay, little meaning, how much do you remember what happened just now?" Zhang Su continued to ask.
"I seem to be dreaming of my mother when I am sleeping, she said she loves me, she wants to take me to the spirit world where she is, I snuggled in her arms and felt her warmth, I also saw a window, in the window I was being carried by my mother to leave the house, and then walked towards the middle of the road, walked to the center of the road, waiting for a car that crashed into me, my mother said that I could live with her after that, I didn't want to, I wanted to struggle out of my mother's arms, I wanted to pull my mother away, But I couldn't control my body, and I watched a gravel truck crash into me, and then I saw my big brother hugging me, and my mother disappeared from my dream, and I fell into a dim sleep again. The little girl whispered her feelings to Zhang Su.
"Where's your mother?" Zhang asked suspiciously.
"My mom was in a car accident three years ago and passed away." The little girl replied.
"No wonder, but how do you think the things in your dreams are real?" Zhang Su asked with a smile.
"I don't know, I didn't believe it at first, when I saw the big brother, the moment I saw you, I understood that the dream just now was true, I was sleeping on the sofa at home, but when I woke up, I was on this big road, maybe I was sleepwalking, maybe it was really my mother who wanted to pick me up." The little girl continued to whisper, with a hint of horror as she spoke.
Zhang Su was trying to comfort the little girl, suddenly, a not very strong soul power with a smell of anger came from the door of the community across the road, Zhang Su looked up and saw that it was the long-haired ghast that had been possessed by the little girl before, obviously Zhang Su's ordinary blow did not cause fatal damage to the long-haired ghast, and the long-haired ghast came back.
"Let go of my daughter! She's mine! The long-haired ghast roared at Zhang Su, because it was a soul sound, only Zhang Su could hear it.
Zhang Su didn't take care of the long-haired ghost, pointed to the things he bought from the supermarket, turned his head to the little girl and said, "Little sister, you see that there are things I bought left behind, can you help me pick them up and carry them to the door of the community?" I'll go over and take care of something first. ”
The little girl didn't know what Zhang Su meant, but guessed that the matter might be related to what happened to her, so she nodded and agreed: "Okay, my name is Qu Zhiru, and the eldest brother can call me Zhiru." ”
"Okay, Zhiru, I'm sorry for you." Zhang Su smiled and touched Qu Zhiru's head and pleaded.
Qu Zhiru stood up and walked towards the two bags full of fast food that Zhang Su had left behind.
Seeing Qu Zhiru leaving, Zhang Su opened the Yuantian Xuan Body again, and teleported to the door of the community across the street with a flash, and said to the long-haired ghast not far away: "It's just a high-level ghast, and he dares to harm people in broad daylight, and he doesn't want to live?" ”