Chapter 25: The Mirror of Wishes
When he woke up in the morning, Xia Ren inexplicably began to have a headache again, he opened his eyes and was stunned.
The world in front of me seemed to be clouded, and it was as if I had suddenly arrived in a desolate desert, surrounded by no people, and the sky was shrouded in the afterglow of falling bodies, and I could only passively experience unspeakable fear.
And in the gray sky, a huge humanoid silhouette loomed, floating with the clouds.
He rubbed his eyes, the hallucinations disappeared, and the image in front of him returned to normal, still lying on the bed.
[A huge silhouette projected in the distant sky, its floating posture cannot be peeped at......]
His temples swollen and ached, and a sentence came to his mind.
"What do you mean?"
He sat up, rubbed his head, and repeated it in his mouth from memory.
[Warning, the host has been contaminated, current pollution value is 6/100]
"I TM......"
Just said a word, how could it be inexplicably polluted, and suddenly changed from two to six?
"No, maybe it's not the reason for this sentence, but I see that shadow."
"The floating posture is not to be spied on...... Is it? ”
He didn't ask the system what was going on, and according to the system's principle that the less you know, the longer you can live, he probably won't tell himself.
Moreover, he also had a vague guess about the reason why he could see the hallucination.
"It seems that the aberrations in the brain must be corrected quickly, otherwise from time to time, I will not have enough anti-pollution liquid."
The afternoon he had just come out of the hospital, he had seen similar unspeakable creatures in the city's tall buildings, only this time it was tentacles, this time it was shadows.
And since he was bound by the system, he has rarely had this kind of hallucination, and today is the first time.
It was still dark outside, so he washed up briefly, went outside to find a breakfast shop, sat down and began to eat.
Just after the Chinese Valentine's Day, discarded flowers can be seen everywhere in the garbage cans on the side of the road, and many people have just experienced a fierce physical struggle, and there is an endless stream of people coming out of the hotel, most of whom have to continue to work.
Xia Ren, who was single in the maternal womb, looked at this scene and only had envy.
As his attention drifted a little, he didn't notice that a figure had quietly stood behind him.
"Hey!"
A hand patted him on the shoulder.
Xia Ren bit half a fritter in his mouth and turned his head.
"Sure enough, it's you."
The man said.
Xia Ren was about to run, but she grabbed her arm.
"I'm not Xia Ren, you admit your mistake."
He explained in a panic, but he didn't admit himself.
"I haven't called your name yet, how do you know that the person I'm looking for is called Xia Ren?"
Yu Jingjing's eyes had a complicated expression, "You really didn't die." ”
Countless thoughts popped up in Xia Ren's mind, but he still decided to sit down first, take a step at a time, "How do you know that I'm not dead?" Also, how did you find this place? ”
The reason why he wants to hide himself is that he is afraid of dragging his relatives into danger, but since he is unlucky enough to be bumped into, there is no way to do it.
Yu Jing sat quietly next to him, but he didn't let go of his hand: "I went to eat barbecue with Gao Le last night, Boss Gu said that you also went, I didn't fall asleep after tossing and turning, I was going to go to your house this morning to have a look, and I passed by here and saw it." ”
She bit her lip and said, "Can you explain to me what this is all about?" We watched you cremated, but wasn't that body you? ”
"That's a long story."
The pollution must not be let her know, Xia Ren vaguely passed, and said with a serious face: "You must not tell anyone else about this matter, at least not for the time being, don't ask the specific reason, okay?" ”
"Yes."
Yu Jing stared at his eyes until Xia Ren's heart was pounding before she continued: "It's just that you have to agree to my request." ”
"You say."
Yu Jingjing didn't say it immediately, she picked up the soy milk in front of Xia Ren and drank two sips, and ate the remaining fritter before wiping her hands and saying, "Stay with me for a day at the end." ”
"But ......"
Xia Ren found traces of the infected body last night, and today he originally planned to investigate Yu Jingjing and Gao Le one by one......
Wait, could it be such a coincidence?
His gaze turned to Yu Jingjing's face.
Although she is not good at expressing her feelings, but when she sees her reaction, it is too bland?
Xia Ren couldn't see anything wrong with her appearance, but she felt a strong sense of disobedience.
"Could it be that the infection is on her? But why didn't the system alert me? ”
There are not many people he cares about, Yu Jingjing is one of the very important ones, and he absolutely can't tolerate the other party having an accident under his nose.
Xia Ren decided to take advantage of the situation to observe her first, so he agreed, "Okay." ”
"Anyway, aren't you going to work today?"
He asked.
"I took two days off." Yu Jingjing replied.
Xia Ren was sure that there was something wrong with her.
They are familiar with each other, the work of the mortuary is not as easy as ordinary people think, even the contract of at least one day of vacation per week, in fact, is also very watery, and even often have to be called back to work overtime after work at night, she has changed her career from the forensic profession to do this job for nearly a year, Xia Ren has never seen her ask for leave.
To say that he asked for leave because of the absurd thing that sounded to ordinary people last night, he thought it was unlikely.
"Are you feeling unwell?"
"Sort of."
"What is uncomfortable, when did it start, have you seen a doctor?"
Xia Ren asked.
"You ask so many questions, which one do I start with?"
She smiled, and seeing Xia Ren's anxious look, she still explained: "It's just that the sleep is a little not good, I went to see it last night, and the doctor said that it would be fine after resting for a while, and I didn't even prescribe medicine." ”
"You said you didn't sleep well, did you have a nightmare?"
"It's just that I've been under a lot of pressure at work lately, so I often can't sleep at night."
Although Yu Jingjing was happy to see Xia Ren, she always felt that there seemed to be something wrong with the other party today: "Why do you suddenly care so much about me?" Not at all like you used to ......."
The appearance of elm pimples.
She hid the second half of the sentence in her heart and didn't say it.
Xia Ren also asked for leave, Yu Jingjing's family can be called a family of doctors, her parents are engaged in the medical industry, although she herself is a forensic doctor in college, but she can still have a clear understanding of her physical condition, she will not be so willful, simply because of poor sleep to ask for leave.
She must be hiding something.
The two chatted for a while, and the weather gradually became hotter, and Yu Jingjing proposed to go to the mall.
In the car, Xia Ren kept quietly shushing and asking for warmth, asking you how you feel during this time, if there is anything uncomfortable besides sleeping, asking if you have been to any strange places for a while, and feeling that someone is following her when she comes home from work, and also told her to pay more attention to her body, and if there are any problems, you must tell him, and everyone will find a way to solve them together.
Yu Jingjing couldn't cry or laugh, Xia Ren's current appearance, if he didn't know the bottom line, he would really misunderstand whether he wanted to pursue himself.
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but feel a little gloomy in her heart.
The two got out of the car and went to the mall.
Quietly went upstairs, and Xia Ren followed upstairs; Jing Jing bought two cups of milk tea, Xia Ren took one, and then continued to follow him; Quietly went to the women's underwear store, Xia Ren...... Xia Ren paused in his footsteps and followed in; Quietly walked into the toilet, Xia Ren ......
Xia Ren wanted to go in.
But this time, he could only carry the underwear he had just bought and stand guard at the door.
"Do you want anything else to buy?"
Wait until she comes out, Xia Ren asked.
"Not for now."
The two sat on the chair and didn't speak for a long time, Xia Ren didn't feel embarrassed, Yu Jingjing had a relatively quiet personality since she was a child, and among the three, she talked the least.
"Why don't I go buy something to eat, I haven't eaten much in the morning, I'm afraid I'll be hungry again before noon."
Yu Jing nodded, "I'll pay." ”
She knew that Xia Ren's book had been sealed some time ago, so there was no source of income.
"No, I'm not short of money right now."
"Really?" She clearly didn't believe it.
Xia Ren looked around, and said in a slightly self-deprecating tone: "I am now supported by a rich woman, giving money and housing, and my life is very corrupt." ”
It's not all a lie, of course the rich woman is Zhao Mingyue, and the house is the real estate certificate with the names of the two of them.
Hearing him say this, although Yu Jingjing thought he was joking, she didn't insist anymore.
Not far from them, there was a family eating German chicken, there were two or three people in the queue, Xia Ren just stood at the end of the line, there was an old woman of fifty or sixty years old leading a grandson who was only a few years old and went straight to the front of the line.
It was a girl who was cut in line by her, and subconsciously asked: "How did you cut the line?" ”
The old woman didn't reply: "I'm so old, are you embarrassed to let me wait?" Besides, what's wrong with cutting in line, don't you see me with my child? ”
The girl didn't squeak either.
Seeing that everyone acquiesced to this behavior, Xia Ren thought for two seconds, took two steps forward, and squeezed in front of the old woman.
The latter immediately became angry, and asked in a sharp voice: "Why did you cut in line?" ”
Xia Ren turned his head and explained with a serious face:
"Because I don't have the quality."
Old Woman "......"
The crowd "......"
There is no way to refute it.
When Xia Ren returned after buying fried chicken, he found that Yu Jingjing was gone.
He thought that the other party might have done something else temporarily, so he sat in place and waited for her to come back, but half an hour passed, and the fried chicken was cold, but he never waited for the other party.
After hesitating for a moment, he took out his mobile phone and called the other party, prompting him to turn it off.
"Where?"
He looked at the flow of people in the mall and felt that something important was moving away.
……
……
Half an hour ago, in the bathroom.
Yu Jingjing finished washing his hands and was about to leave, but when he saw in the mirror, he was still in the posture of washing his hands, and he did not move.
In the mirror, she slowly raised her head, and her eyes were dark and empty.
"The wish has been granted, and I am going to collect the price."
Yu Jingjing pinched the corner of her clothes, pursed her lips and said, "Give me a little more time, I still have something to say." ”
The person in the mirror didn't answer, just closed his eyes and slowly disappeared.
Yu Jing calmed down for a while, pushed open the door, and heard Xia Ren say:
"Do you want anything else to buy?"