【099】Tracing and Seeking Shadow (Hanmei Town)
Jiang Rong was shocked, and Zhong Kui looked at her with scrutinizing eyes, "Rong Rong, what else are you hiding from us?" Because he held her hand just now, it was only for a split second, and he also felt the summoning power of the dark power in her dream.
What force beckons her, where she has been? These are all things that Zhong Kui is eager to know.
Jiang Rong has always felt guilty and uneasy in her heart. This is also the scene that causes frequent dreams of flames and burning in nightmares, and the person who makes her suffer from nightmares is the ghost who died in the sea of fire and has no bones.
After being plagued by nightmares, she was awake too. The ghost's voice and smile are like Sun Wukong's tight spell, which makes her have a headache and is full of self-blame.
didn't look up, and deeply felt the deep and bottomless eyes from his father, and the sharp light reflected in his eyes. Jiang Rong unconsciously cramped for a while, misunderstanding her father's words. Thinking that he had seen through his thoughts, after a period of self-psychological struggle, he took the initiative to say: "Yes, I have something to hide from you." ”
Zhiqing and Xu Min, who were looking through the 'Mystery of the Ages' on the side, heard it, and like Zhong Kui, their eyes widened in surprise, waiting for her to continue.
"She's a very poor little girl, and she has the power to communicate with the ghosts. I used her power to draw supernatural caricatures that no one had ever seen before. In fact, the comics I drew were the secrets that the little girl learned from the ghost. The little girl didn't know that I was using her, and she kept providing me with comic themes. The genre of comics has the allure of being real and unexplainable, which attracts the attention of readers and publishers alike. I used to be famous for a while with comics, but it was also comics that pushed me into the bottomless abyss......"
Zhong Kui didn't say anything, in Jiang Rong's remorseful and self-blaming narration. His heart was tearing and aching, this little girl was none other than Jiang Rong's biological sister and his second daughter.
Zhiqing and Xu Min put down what they were doing, and they both came over to listen to Jiang Rong's story. The two of them thought they knew the adopted daughter in front of them very well, but they didn't expect her to have such a greedy side.
"During that time, I was nervous. I'm afraid that the secret that the little girl told me will accidentally forget. So she forgot to sleep and eat, rushed to work day and night, and put all the secrets she told into the comics. It was because I was working day and night that I didn't wake up in time that morning. The little girl finally discovered my secret base, the hut where the comic manuscripts were hidden. She was angry, frightened, scared. With the kerosene I bought in town and the candles she picked up at the tomb, I lit all my hard work......"
Xu Min handed Jiang Rong a stack of tissues and asked her to wipe away her tears.
Jiang Rong paused and did not raise her eyes. He hooked his head slightly and continued: "At that time, I was like a madman, crazy and only thinking about grabbing the manuscript, and nothing else mattered. If the little girl doesn't agree and stops me, I'll ...... Woo woo...... "She cried so hard that her shoulder blades twitched, and she couldn't cry.
Zhong Kui on the side sighed heavily and said to himself; If you knew that she was your own sister, maybe you wouldn't be crazy. But on the surface, he pretended to be calm and comforted: "It's okay, don't be nervous, it's all over." It's okay to talk about the fear in your heart. But I wonder, why do you go to that kind of place, what is the name of that place? ”
Jiang Rong raised her teary eyes and sobbed: "That place is called 'Hanmei Town', and I also accidentally heard that the plum blossoms there are famous, so I wanted to go there on a whim to find inspiration." ”
"I want to know, what did you do with that little girl?" Zhiqing said expressionlessly.
Xu Min and Zhong Kui stopped: "Forget it, it's all over, don't mention it......"
"Why can't you mention it. She is an adult and should have a sense of commitment and responsibility. Zhiqing said almost in a roaring tone.
"Alright! You tell Uncle Chen about it. Zhong Kui's thick eyebrows twisted, and he said helplessly.
"Woo...... I...... I pushed her to the ground and went to grab the burning comic manuscript myself...... Afterward...... I don't know. ”
Zhiqing raised his eyebrows and said coldly: "It's really cold-blooded......" In Jiang Rong's memory, his adoptive father had never been so angry as he was now. He has always been kind to her. The first time she felt that she was about to lose this precious love, she suddenly had an inexplicable fear and helplessness, and wanted to grasp this long-lasting love.
"Uncle Chen...... I was wrong, woo...... Can you forgive me? ”
Xu Min didn't dare to speak, nor did he dare to help Jiang Rong. had no choice but to turn his eyes for help to Zhong Kui.
Zhong Kui grabbed a handful of hair in pain, and looked at Jiang Rong with love and hate. looked at Zhiqing again and said, "Brother, the matter is over." Rong Rong is also a ghost, let's give her a chance, it's not the time to blame the fault, we still have to find clues. Seeing that the other party had no objections, he looked at Jiang Rong, who fell into deep self-blame because of guilt, and said, "Actually, I don't want to hear you tell this story, I just want to find out where you have been." Did you receive any kind of hint before you went? ”
Jiang Rong frowned, pondered for a moment, and suddenly raised her head and said, "Going to Menling Village is the place that my mother once told me. But when I grew up, I appeared in dreams inexplicably. After inquiring, I knew that there was indeed a place called Menling Village, so I was curious and wanted to see what this place was like. I invited Han Bin and He Pengfei to go and see it together, and I saw the coffin that night, and there were other ......"
Zhong Kui nodded and said approvingly: "Next, did you have any signs before you went to Hanmei Town?" Asking this is also one of the questions in his heart. If it is fate in the dark, there is nothing, the key is that the evil force deliberately wants to put the little girl to death, so it will lure Jiang Rong to go. Because the little girl has psychic, just like her mother Xu Qian. If nothing happens, she can help Zhong Kui achieve great things.
"I've said it all. Going to Hanmei Town was purely accidental. Jiang Rong seemed to refuse to answer the truth of this matter. She suddenly had a strange feeling, feeling that Zhong Kui, Zhiqing, and Xu Min were judging her as if they were judging a prisoner. This creates a psychology of rejection, rebellion and resistance.
"Rong Rong, Dad, your Uncle Chen, Aunt Xu and your Brother Chen Jun love you very much. We're like a big family, and you're at the heart of us. Think about your friends, where they are now......"
"I ......"
"They are under threat from hellish evil forces, and if we continue to delay time, there is a chance that they will follow the path of Han Bin and Xiao Xi." Zhong Kui had no choice but to take out one last trick to force his eyes.