Will you be scared...... That's really a problem. The human heart is a very strange thing, and if you don't think about it, everything is fine. But once the sprouts arise in the heart, like weeds, they can't be removed, and the stems and leaves are burned, and the roots are still rooted in them.

"What's there to be afraid of?" But this time, Yechen gave an unexpected answer.

Tang Wu showed a trace of doubt on her face and said, "You're not afraid that she is ......."

"You girl, watch less horror stories in the future." Yechen scolded with a smile, "What a ghost is there in this world!" ”

"What if there really is?" Tang Wu persevered and continued to ask.

"If there is, there will be!"

"You're not afraid?"

"Why be afraid?" Ye Chen smiled faintly and said, "What can a ghost do?" It is nothing more than to scare people, and at most harm people's lives. What ghosts can do, people can do, and it will be even more terrifying, if there are really ghosts in this world, it should also be ghosts afraid of people. ”

This sentence is not only for Tang Wu, but also for himself: ghosts are afraid of people, not people are afraid of ghosts, as long as you firmly believe this, ghosts really have nothing to be afraid of.

Forehead...... Tang Wu didn't know what to say.

Yechen took out his mobile phone and looked at the time, and said, "It's more than ten o'clock?" Do you want to sleep for a while, there is a folding bed in the storage room, you can sleep when you set it up. ”

"No, no, we're on duty!"

is still a dedicated little girl, Yechen said with a smile: "It's okay, I also work a lot of night shifts, and I haven't met a living person to buy anything." As long as one person is awake, we can take turns resting. Rest assured, the store manager is very nice, no matter what. ”

"That's right...... Oh well. After hesitating, Tang Yu agreed. If the night shift had a routine of taking turns on duty, if she didn't rest, how could Yechen rest? I'm a newcomer, so there's no need to break the rules.

Watching Tang Yu walk into the storage room, Yechen leaned back on the chair and frowned slightly: I don't know if Xiaojuan is a ghost, but what is going on with this girl named Tang Wan?

Honest, this is the store manager's evaluation of this girl. However, judging from the chat just now, Tang Wu is not "honest" at all, on the contrary, this is a very clever girl, and she joined the so-called supermarket gossip group in less than half a day.

Is it a mistake in the manager's judgment, or is it Tang Wan...... Already dropped?

Yechen shook his head secretly, what's wrong with herself? "Painted Skin" is just a story, although this story is marked with the sentence "adapted from real cases", but it is just a gimmick, how can it be taken seriously - how can the words in the novel story be true?

Yechen took out a rag from under the counter and planned to clean the supermarket, which is a must do every night shift, do it early and finish it early. At this moment, the wind chimes hanging at the door rang, and a figure rushed in.

"Xiaojuan? How did you get here? Yechen said in surprise.

Xiao Juan was sweating profusely at this time, her face was pale, her lips were purple, she was holding on to the counter and panting violently, her mouth was open, but she couldn't say a word.

"Sit down and rest for a while." Yechen moved a chair over and said, "You came here?" Don't want to die? According to Xiaojuan's current physical fitness, if she does a little heavy work, she will have chest tightness and shortness of breath, not to mention this kind of violent running.

After gasping for half a minute, Xiaojuan finally relieved her breath and said, "Chen...... You run...... Come on! ”

"What's wrong? Why should I run? Yechen said suspiciously.

Xiaojuan's eyes widened, and she said anxiously: "Store manager, she wants to kill me, she wants to kill me!" I ran desperately to escape, so run as fast as you can! ”

Yechen couldn't figure out what was going on at all, and asked, "Why did the store manager kill you?" ”

Xiao Juan kept looking back, as if the murderous demon in her mouth was about to chase after her: "Chen, the store manager, she is a ghost!" She suddenly appeared and chased me, I was so scared that I ran desperately, I lost my phone, and I didn't dare to go home! Chen, run quickly! ”

After saying this, Xiaojuan seemed to be completely crushed by the fear in her heart, and she didn't care if Yechen listened to it or not, and dropped a sentence: "Run!" Then he turned and rushed out.

Looking at Xiao Juan, who quickly disappeared into the vast night, Yechen's brows furrowed even deeper.

What's going on?

According to Xiaojuan, the store manager wanted to kill her, she ran desperately, and lost her mobile phone...... Lost your phone? Who was the "Xiaojuan" who called him before? Or what?

Yechen's heart skipped a few beats, and she forcibly suppressed the throbbing in her heart, sat on the chair, and frowned.

If Xiao Juan, it is Xiao Juan who ran over in a hurry just now that what she said is true! The store manager is really a ghost, and he wants to kill her, and he is likely to kill himself, what should he do? No, who knows if that Xiaojuan is real, if she is also a ghost? Escaping from the hands of a ghost is not so easy for a weak girl, right? Or maybe there's no ghost at all, Xiaojuan is just ...... Lose your marbles?

All kinds of possibilities were intertwined, and Yechen's mind was completely messed up.

Suddenly, the fluorescent lights of the supermarket flickered a few times, and Yechen looked up with a look of horror on his face.

It's the store manager! I don't know when, the store manager came, and he stood in front of the counter in a daze, staring at himself with a pair of somewhat cloudy eyes, his eyes full of ...... Viciousness.

I don't know if it was affected by Xiao Juan's words just now, Yechen felt that the store manager's expression at this time was particularly terrifying. Her face was more haggard than this morning, not just the salallow yellow that she usually had not rested well, but a blue-gray, with the gloom of death. The skin is loose and has an eerie sense of horror.

Yechen hurriedly stood up and said, "Store manager, it's so late, why are you here?" ”

"What about the newcomer?" Seeing that Yechen was a little embarrassed, the store manager smiled, but this expression made her look even more hideous, "It's okay, I'm just passing by, come and have a look, and buy something by the way." ”

"Oh, what does the store manager want to buy?" Yechen asked.

"A sharp kitchen knife, the kind that can be skinned and deboned."

Peel? How come I keep hearing this word today! Ye Chen's heart trembled, but he still suppressed the uneasiness in his heart and said, "Is it okay to have a spring water card?" ”

The store manager nodded and said, "Yes, you can bring it to me!" ”

"Hmm." Yechen answered, walked out from behind the counter, and walked towards the kitchenware area. The store manager kept staring at himself with his eyes during the whole process, which made Yechen feel creepy, and he couldn't help but speed up his pace.

The kitchenware area is in the depths of the supermarket, and Yechen is looking for the shelves by the slightly dim light, still silently thinking about a question in his heart: How did the store manager get in?

There are several strings of wind chimes hanging on the door of the supermarket, and no matter who pushes the door in, it will disturb the wind chimes and make a crisp and loud ringtone, which is also a reminder that the supermarket staff has a customer coming. But just now, Yechen could be sure that she didn't hear any bells.

The whole supermarket is just such a door, how did the store manager get in?

The more I thought about it, the more uneasy I became, and Yechen felt that her heart was beating violently, and it was about to burst. She struggled not to look over the counter, her hands rummaging through it. What's going on? Why can't I find it? I don't know if it was because of anxiety or fear, but beads of sweat began to appear on her forehead, and her hands trembled a little.

I don't know how long it took to look for it - Yechen felt like it had been a year, and finally found it. Yechen breathed a sigh of relief, after buying the things he needed, the store manager should be leaving, right? The way she looks now is terrifying.

Yechen took the sharp knife he found, and just turned around, a terrifying grimace came into view. Yechen screamed, and retreated in a panic until he leaned against a shelf—the store manager came over at some point, standing behind him, and standing close to him.

"What's wrong?" The store manager gave a terrible grin.

"I didn't ...... It's nothing ......" Yechen stammered, and couldn't stop shouting in his heart: Ghost! There are really ghosts in this world!!

At this time, the store manager has completely lost the appearance of a living person, and has completely turned into a ghost: the skin on his face is pulling, and the scum will fall off when he touches it, and there are many large and small cracks, through which you can see the blue and purple inside, completely necrotic muscles and white bones.

"What's wrong? Give me the sharp knife, I'm going to use it now. The store manager said viciously, approaching.

Yechen, who was already leaning on the shelves, had no way to retreat, her mind was blank, and only despair remained.

Under extreme fear, Yechen entered a mysterious state, her soul seemed to be stripped from her body, shielding out any feelings, leaving only pure reason.

It sounds very mysterious, but it's actually a kind of self-hypnosis: isn't it just being squeezed into the corner by a classmate and beaten? Isn't it just being bullied by other children in the orphanage? Isn't it just that everywhere you go, you are pointed at, ridiculed and ridiculed? …… As long as you don't take it to heart, these are just passing clouds of smoke and drifting away with the wind.

Now, isn't it just a ghost? It's just a little ugly.

The crazy self-hypnosis allowed Yechen to break free from the entanglement of fear, she manipulated the body as if she was manipulating a game character, stood up straight, and even showed a reluctant smile, and asked, "Store manager, what are you going to do with this sharp knife?" ”

Even if there was only such a broken face left, it could be seen that the store manager was stunned for a moment, and he didn't understand why Yechen suddenly calmed down. But soon, her eyes returned to cruelty and viciousness, and she said, "This sharp knife is used to peel skin and remove bones, what do you say I use it for?" ”

Yechen lowered his head slightly, avoiding looking at this terrifying grimace, and said, "Store manager, I've been learning to cook recently, and I just lack a sharp knife, why don't you give me this knife!" ”

"Why don't you just pick another one? Why do you have to do this? "The manager is still approaching.

"It's really unfortunate that there is only one sharp knife left in our supermarket." Yechen prevaricated the store manager who had turned into a ghost with words, and thought quickly, what should I do now? This powerful ghost can suddenly appear in front of him and follow him silently, obviously with special abilities. In the face of this special ability, how can you run?

Whether you can run away or not, you have to try it anyway! Xiaojuan's body is so weak that she can run away, why can't she?

"I'm in a hurry now, give it to me! Come on! The store manager, who had turned into a ghost, spoke in a very stiff tone at this time, and it seemed that his patience was about to run out.

"But I like this knife very much......" Yechen said as he looked to the side out of the corner of his eye, determining the escape route, "Store manager, you are so good, you should give it to ......"

Halfway through the words, the word "I" had not yet come out, Yechen was simply decisive, turned around and ran. Walk through the shelves and rush to the door of the supermarket.

Yechen didn't know how fast he was, he didn't have so many thoughts in his heart, and his only thought was to run quickly, run desperately! The gate is in front, just run out, and you're safe.

Yes, as long as you run out, you can get rid of that ugly and terrible ghost, this is the belief that Yechen gave himself a tree.

When he ran to the door, Yechen didn't stop to push the door, but blocked his arm in front of him, protected his head, and crashed into it. She didn't use much force, but it still hurt to hit it at such a fast speed, after all, the glass door was hard—no, it didn't seem to be that hard...... It doesn't seem to be glass...... What did you bump into? Yechen looked up, and I don't know when, the store manager appeared at the door, blocking the way, and he had bumped into it just now.

"Give me the knife!" The store manager roared, and the skin on his face began to fall down piece by piece because of his hideous expression, and some of them were still hanging there, hanging with the stickiness of flesh and blood.

"Get out of here!" Yechen kicked it hard.

The kick that tried his best didn't have any effect, but under the reaction force, Yechen staggered back a few steps, and one didn't stand still and fell to the ground.

"Give it to me!" The store manager pounced.

Yechen rolled around on the spot, barely dodging, and finally didn't get pounced. She propped herself up on the ground, stood up, and kept running!