Volume 1 Chapter 12, The Pen Immortal (9)
I hope you don't draw circles, you don't draw circles, I prayed. Suddenly, another cold wind blew in, and my back was chilling.
The pen suddenly stopped and began to move in my direction, in an arc.
My heart sank.
That's when my nose suddenly itched, very itchy. Fault again! I tried my best to hold back.
"Ahh With a shake of his hand, he let go of the pen.
Lei immediately grabbed my hand and pressed it on the pen. I quickly came to my senses and put myself back in my pose.
But the huge power just now is gone, just like before the arrival of the pen fairy, only the power of my hand and Lei's hand. The pen scribbled on the paper, as if I couldn't find the feeling. Lei was not reconciled, and repeated the question just now, without any response. Then he asked a few other questions, "Can we not die?" "Is it to meet your conditions?" I asked a few questions like "Will I reconcile with Leigh", but there was no response.
The pen fairy is gone like this, and the second summoning of the spirit is hastily ended, leaving only an unclear answer to the question of our life and death.
"Do you want us to die?"
An arc, a quarter of a circle, is the final answer.
Lei turned on the light and stared back at me, which made my heart furious. Suddenly, he laughed out loud.
"Hey, hey, hey......" he laughed and couldn't stop. While laughing, he also slammed the table, and finally simply squatted down and covered his stomach and laughed. Infected by him, I also laughed: "Hahahaha......"
"Hahahaha......" "Hey, hey, hey, hey......"
The laughter of the two was intertwined and overlapped, as if they had encountered something very interesting, and they looked quite interested.
"Hey, hey, hey......" "Hahahaha......" We lay on the ground, laughing insolently at the ceiling. While laughing, he rolled around tiredly, like two madmen. Of course, I know we're not crazy. I also know why we laugh, but it has nothing to do with being happy.
It was the first time in my life that I learned that sadness and despair can also be expressed in laughter.
It wasn't until they were both out of breath that the laughter stopped. Lei wiped the tears from his laughter and said, "Fuck...... Hey, hey, hey...... After being busy for most of the day, I got a sneeze......"
“…… Hahahaha...... I, I'm fucking damn able to sneeze at this time...... Hahahaha......"
"No, hey, hey, hey, no matter what you do, I just want to, hey, look, the expressions of those two ghosts...... You saw them too, hehehehehe......"
"Not bad...... Hahahaha, you can be scared away by a sneeze...... Hahahaha...... , so what are we afraid of...... Haha......"
"Yes, yes, I'm afraid of a ball! Hahahaha...... Lao Tzu also went to hit the wall...... Good, good, also contracted to sneeze, hehehehehe......"
In the midst of helpless laughter and fear of reaching the limit, we are relatively drunk.
In the dimness, it seemed that Lei was shaking me, and he seemed to be saying something: "I have something important to discuss with you......" But I was very sleepy, ignored him, turned over and fell asleep again.
When I woke up, it was almost dusk. I looked around with my drowsy head up, and found that Lei was missing. I was nervous, thinking that something terrible was happening, but fortunately I found a piece of paper in my hand in time:
"I had to go out and I wanted to call you, but you fell asleep. I found several very important clues that I can't wait any longer. The first is the wind chime. Remember that phrase? 'Easy to place in the south'! This means that black cats should be kept at the door of the house. And our gate is exactly where this wind chime with a cat-shaped pendant hangs! Obviously, this wind chime is useless, and I just threw it in the trash can downstairs. But the question is, how did this wind chime get hung up in the first place? Who hung it up? This person who hangs wind chimes, I guess he must also be a person who understands feng shui. He must have noticed something strange about this place, so he hung this cat-shaped wind chime to ward off evil spirits. Maybe if you find him, you can find a solution to the problem. I just made a few phone calls to the real estate agent to check the contact information of the owner, and now I will go to the landlord, maybe it is the wind chime man he hanged, or it is the former tenant.
The second clue is a hint given by a netizen on the Internet just now. He asked me, did we send the pen fairy away after we invited the pen fairy that day? In an instant, I reacted like an initiation. Yes, we didn't ask the pen fairy to leave. Remember what Yuan said? "When it's over, remember to invite the pen fairy away," we only invited and didn't invite away twice in a row. So I guess we'll have to ask for one more time and take the two pen fairies away.
I haven't figured out the third clue yet, it's a very strange thing. Do you remember who first proposed the first time you invited the pen fairy? I can't remember, it's weird. But it's definitely not me, it's not you, but it seems to be a man's voice, what do you think?
I'm going to follow these three clues one by one and ask the landlord first. I think I'll be back soon, and I'll call you on the way too. If I don't come back or call you within 10 hours, something must have happened to me. This will do you a good thing, that the demons will no longer be able to use their swords against you. If you are alone at home, you can stay in a hotel. But I suggest that you don't go to your friends and spend the night at their friends' houses, because that will hurt them. Liheyuan is a precedent.
If something happens to me, it's not safe to go anywhere. So I still recommend that you stay home for the rest of the week. Anyway, there are enough instant noodles and beer at home. If there is any new information or clue, don't be afraid. If I'm gone, you can't give up on yourself like you used to, you have to cheer up! You are no better than me, as long as you try to stay calm and face it bravely, you will definitely be able to find a solution to the problem. After all, there is still a full week left before my prediction of 7749 days. Don't give up!
You said a good thing that day in a semi-coma. Ghosts and gods, don't believe it, don't be disrespectful! Almost every book has this sentence at the beginning. We're so arrogant, we want to have a good time, and we want to scare the girls by the way, hehe. Looking back, I was looking for excitement because of my dull life, and I wanted to play with the pen fairy, what was the result? Exciting enough, right? It's so exciting! Regardless of whether the ghost is real or not, it is always good to have a respect in your heart, and you should never play with teasing in your heart. Forgetting to respect others is not respecting oneself. You and I have come to this point, and all this we have endured is paying the price for our youth and frivolity!
Lei 7:50 a.m."
At 7:50, I looked at the clock, it was 6:25 p.m., and it was already ten hours later! I hurriedly dialed his mobile phone, which was turned off.
Did Lei really have an accident? I didn't dare to think about it anymore, and I didn't have the courage to go out and inquire about his whereabouts when darkness was coming. I read his long message over and over again, and kept reading. Because, I thought, with fear, that maybe it was his last words. I looked carefully at the three clues he left behind, trying to think of every suspicious point.
Who hung that wind chime? Are you a landlord? Or a former tenant? What happens if Lei goes to the landlord? Maybe it's because the house we live in has had an accident? Yes, the house we stayed in used to be a resort! It must be because of something appalling that happened, so the business plummeted, so I had to rent out!
What's going on? Are there two people who died? A man and a woman? I don't dare to think about it anymore.
We did forget to ask the pen fairy to go! Perhaps, this is a fatal mistake. I still remember Yuan's expression when she said, "When it's over, remember to invite the pen fairy away". But the first time, Lei and I were too stunned, because in the face of something that I didn't believe would happen at all, it was impossible for our heads to think so thoroughly, even if it was calm as Lei, let alone me. The second time, we were interrupted by one of my sneezes, and we didn't even have time to finish the question. If Lei can't come back, will I never be able to get out again? Is this mistake irreparable?
Before inviting the pen fairy for the first time that day, who proposed it? "Let's invite the pen fairy!" That's what it says, but who says it? It's definitely not me, and it's not Lei. Because we don't even know how to please, we've just heard about it. That voice doesn't seem to be a girl's voice either? No, it should be said, it's hard to say whether there is a sound or not.
"Let's invite the pen fairy!" The voice was full of temptation.
Perhaps, it is a word in our hearts that does not actually make a sound.
I had the urge to tell Lei everything I thought, and then I suddenly remembered that Lei was no longer there. And, perhaps, forever.
Suddenly, I regretted it, regretted my drunken dreams, and gave up on myself. If we keep working together with Lei and the two, there may not be a way to solve this demon that is entangled around us. Thinking of Lei's calm and confident eyes under bad luck again and again, thinking of his efforts to find ways to find ways week after week, and thinking of his helpless and bitter smile every time he saw me, I suddenly felt a piercing pain. I hate myself so much!
I didn't even feel this way when Leigh left me. Now I realize how important this friend is to me, but alas, it's too late.
Maybe, I really damn it!
Parents. It's the seventh Friday, and it's been seven hundred and forty-nine days since we first invited the pen fairy. If Lei's prediction is not wrong, tonight, everything will have an ending. If there are any unfortunate consequences, then, parents, please forgive me for being a bad son, and you two should cherish it for yourselves.
I didn't go out a single step this week, and I didn't take another sip of wine. I reverently read the piece of paper Lei left for me countless times until now I can memorize it. I also religiously obeyed every word he said and every piece of advice given to me. I have spent six days this week writing this long letter to tell you what has happened to me.
Since the beginning of this week, I have dialed Lei's mobile phone dozens of times a day, and each time it is turned off. But I still don't give up, and I eagerly hope that he will suddenly push the door in, glaring at me with that confident and calm gaze, and making a few jokes. Yes, I've been dreaming of waiting for the moment to come. This feeling is even heavier than my miss Li. This feeling even counteracted the fear in my heart.
Yes, I don't feel fear anymore.
The wind is here again. The blood-smelling wind slowly crept into the room, crowding around me, and I felt my hands as cold as a dead man, as cold as the female ghost I was holding that day.
The smell of death permeated the room, it was the stench of corpses. But now I don't feel like it stinks, because it's a familiar smell to me, a crematorium, and it's exactly the same as the smell on my clothes. No, that's from my clothes. I put my hand in front of my nose and sniffed, oh, it turns out that I have this smell on me now.
Outside the house, a strong wind was blowing, making the trees tremble, and the houses were whining. The wind chimes at the door rang again. Lei once said that he threw the trash can, but one day, it suddenly appeared automatically. The wind chimes are giggling sharply, chirping, listening, and the voice is like this: "Giggle......"
The window opened with a thud, the translucent curtains fluttered wildly with the wind blowing in, and I saw two figures swaying behind the curtains. One is stout, the other is slender, that's a man and a woman. They were slowly walking towards me.
The door creaked open. The wind is stronger. A fishy wind permeated the room.
Lei walked in slowly, and just as I expected, he looked at me and smiled. I laughed too. Because I saw an expression on his face that I hadn't seen in a long time, it was relief, it was relief.
Lei pouted at me Nunu. Oh yes, he's telling me to finish this letter quickly. Yes, it's over, it's over.
So, that's it.
Sincerely
salute
Your sons
1 March 2002