"There are two pretty scary things downstairs." I reminded.

His face turned a little away and glanced at me obliquely.

After only a moment, he continued to walk towards the attic door, pulled the door open, and saw that I was still standing still, raised his eyebrows, and said, "Not leaving?" ”

"Are you really not scared at all?"

"I'm a Taoist priest." Mr. Zhang leaned against the wall, one hand propped up on the doorknob.

There was joy on my face, and without saying a word, I leaned behind him and smiled flatteringly at him.

Even if you are still suspicious in your heart, but at this time, one more person is safer, and if you encounter something, maybe you can push him out to block?

I never claim to be a kind and good person, on the contrary, I am no different from ordinary people, they are all greedy for life and afraid of death.

I only think about these thoughts in my heart, so naturally I won't be stupid enough to really tell him.

He looked down and swept his gaze over my face, with an undisguised sneer in his eyes, and said, "Don't laugh, it's ugly." ”

I didn't get it.

I've always been confident in my looks, and no one has ever questioned my looks.

Even those in the school who hate me and scold me behind my back will never make a big fuss about my looks.

Glancing at the mirror on the dresser behind me, I realized that my eyes were red, unkempt, and a little haggard, but it didn't affect my face.

I wiped my face with my sleeve, smiled again, and said to Mr. Zhang, "Let's go." ”

He propped his hand on the door, leaned slightly to the side, and motioned for me to pass first.

I was still vigilant, my eyes were looking at the ground, but the corner of my eye was quietly paying attention to the man next to me. I moved to get out of the house.

Suddenly, there was another loud bang in the attic.

I turned around and saw that the attic was full of clutter, and there was nothing out of the ordinary, and if it had changed, I would have thought that something had fallen and would not have paid attention to it.

But this time, I don't know if it's too sensitive, and I always feel that something is wrong.

"Did you hear anything?" I stopped there and asked the man next to me.

"Nope."

"The movement just now was quite big, you really didn't hear it?"

"You heard me wrong."

I glanced at him suspiciously, his expression was faint, and I couldn't see any clues.

I looked deeper into the attic again, and when I saw that there was no movement, I pursed my lips and said, "Maybe I really misheard, let's go." ”

Before the words could be spoken, there was a clear sound in the attic.

It was as if something had been pushed down, not like it was accidental, but like it was deliberately made for me to hear.

This time I went straight to the depths of the attic, and the fluorescent lamp did not shine on this part, so it was a little dim, and it was full of debris, which was very easy to confuse, and I couldn't see anything, so I asked, "Is anyone here?" ”

No one answered.

Mr. Zhang, who was originally standing at the door, walked towards me, and he was not far away, not approaching, nor leaving, and said slowly: "Do you think there will be living people in here?" ”

"I don't know."

"There won't be a third living person in this besides you and me." He seemed careless, but I still heard the certainty in his tone.

I also know that I am overthinking.

But I just felt uneasy in my heart.

He withdrew his gaze from me, and this time he didn't wait for me, and said to me, "Go." I really walked out of the attic, and the footsteps went farther and farther away.

Naturally, I didn't dare to stay here alone for too long, and then I caught up with my hind feet.

Before I left the attic, I felt a huge sense of loss in my heart, and I couldn't even figure out why this was happening.

Just listening to Mr. Zhang's footsteps almost moving away, I only glanced back hurriedly, and the attic was still calm, and the wires of the incandescent lamps hung on the ceiling, crumbling.

Nothing out of the ordinary.

I didn't stay long, closed the attic door, and then walked down the long staircase.

Mr. Zhang stopped at the staircase on the third floor, and I saw him standing around the corner, just extinguishing a cigarette in his hand, which he had only smoked twice.

"Are you waiting for me?"

"What do you think?"

I laughed and thanked me.

He threw the extinguished cigarette butt into the trash, clapped his hands, and said, "It's just that you are a pregnant woman, and morality does not allow me to leave you behind." ”

"You're kind."

"I'm not so kind to everyone."

"What do you mean?"

Mr. Zhang looked at my lower abdomen and said thoughtfully, "I can be kind to the living." But if it's a ghost, I'm not going to show mercy. ”

"There are bad people and good ghosts." I choked for a moment, thinking of Xu Yijin, and couldn't help but say more: "A well-dressed, dignified person who has done all kinds of bad things is far more terrible than a ghost who just looks scary but does nothing." ”

I subconsciously said this for Xu Yijin.

He scoffed, "Maybe you're right." I really don't have time to care about ordinary ghosts, but when something else appears, whether it's good or bad, I have to eradicate it. This is a duty, and it is also to check and balance the two worlds of yin and yang. ”

"What alternative?"

"The existence that even the entire Immortal Mountain is afraid of is different." He glanced faintly at my face and said, "And this other, if there is no dissent, it is a different matter." Once we have a different heart and want to do something to the people in the yang world, we will be caught off guard and unable to stop it. ”

"Just make sure he doesn't have a different heart, isn't it?"

"People change, let alone inhumane and angry ghosts?"

I understood more or less and asked, "Then has this alternative existence appeared?" ”

"There were."

Originally, this was a relatively heavy matter, but perhaps it was because of staying out of the matter, or maybe Mr. Zhang's attitude was categorical, but I was not affected by these words in the slightest.

I suddenly thought of something, and looked up at him in surprise, "You are a Taoist priest from Immortal Mountain?" ”

He nodded nondeniably.

Before I came into contact with these things, I had only heard that there was an Changsheng Mountain in the suburbs not far from our city, and I knew that it was the place where Taoist priests lived, but I had never seen Taoist priests from Changsheng Mountain.

I only heard from the people in the school that it is difficult to invite Taoist priests in Changsheng Mountain, even if they are rich, they may not be able to invite them, most of them pay attention to the right time, place and people, so most people have never seen them.

Despite this, those Taoist priests in Changsheng Mountain are still rumored to be miraculous, just like the stars at night, looking as if they can be taken off by reaching out, but in fact they are too far away from us.

They usually go down the mountain, most of them are dressed like ordinary people, and their behavior is also the appearance of ordinary people, sometimes there is a Taoist priest from Changsheng Mountain who passes by with him, and he will not find out.

But since I encountered ghosts, I have found that the Taoist priests of Changsheng Mountain are not so difficult to see.

At least I've seen no less than ten of them in just a few months.

"How did you meet my father?" I asked him.