Chapter 13: Don't Let Him In
When Lu Qiu Wuyan and Fang Linna came back, they had a lot of broken leaves and mud on their bodies, as if they had gone to a fight somewhere. Gu Chong wanted to talk to Lu Qiu about today's discovery, but he never found the right time, so he could only find a way to seize the last bit of time before dark after dinner.
"Oh kid! Be careful! ”
Hearing the voice, Gu Chong raised his head and saw that it was Samuel who came to the kitchen for some reason and knocked over a man's milk bowl.
"Smack!"
Samuel stepped back a little nervously, looking at the man in front of him who was too tall for him. Seeing Samuel's eyes, the man was obviously a little embarrassed, he coughed, and said, "Be careful, children, don't run around the house, if you fall, it's a big deal." With that, he reached out to touch Samuel's head.
Samuel stepped aside, the man's hand pressed to his shoulder, Samuel gave the man a deep look, turned his head and ran away. The man was even more embarrassed, he turned around and scratched his head, but did not speak.
Lu Qiu Wuyan and Fang Linna quickly finished eating and went back to the room, the two of them went upstairs with the front foot, and Li Jiawen and He Ya came back with the back foot. What puzzled Gu Chong was that Li Jiawen and He Ya also looked very embarrassed, and their faces were even more gloomy and scary.
After eating, Gu Chong was about to quietly go to find Lu Qiu Wuyan, but as soon as he opened the door, he saw Lu Qiu Wuyan sitting on his bed, looking through the fairy tale book he found today.
"You're too careless," Hearing Gu Chong come in, Lu Qiu closed the book without a word. "How dare you put such an important prop in your room with peace of mind? Do you think this room is only accessible to you? Gu Chong scratched his head.
After reading the book up and down without a word, Lu Qiu said lightly: "Who of you was the first to encounter this thing today?" ”
"It's me."
Gu Chong spoke.
Lu Qiu nodded wordlessly, "Then you can come and stay with me tonight." After speaking, she looked at Han Han, "I'll trouble you to go to my room to deal with it for one night." Han Han seemed to know what Lu Qiu was going to do without words, he glanced at Gu Chong with envy and hatred, then turned around and went out to close the door.
"Did you touch that little boy?" Lu Qiu asked speechlessly.
Gu Chong nodded, "This book was found by the little boy who told us to find it." ”
"Do you remember the first man to die, Zhou Jin, do you remember what he did before he died?" Listening to Lu Qiu's wordless words, Gu Chong fell into deep thought.
"He doesn't seem to have done anything, hasn't he been with He Ya all the time a few days ago? When those people went out with Li Jiawen, it seemed that Zhou Jin stayed in the house," Gu Chong recalled as he spoke, "That morning, I remember Samuel crashing into him and then ......"
"That's it," Lu Qiu wordlessly interrupted Gu Chong's words.
Hearing Lu Qiu's wordless words, Gu Chong looked at her with some incredulity, "You mean, because Samuel bumped into him, that ghost will find him at night?" ”
Lu Qiu nodded wordlessly, "I thought about it for a day today, and this is indeed the only one that meets the conditions for killing." ”
Gu Chong shuddered, as if this morning, he reached out and patted Samuel on the shoulder......
……
Just after nightfall, Sun Hong sat on his bed, looking at the shadows of the trees outside in a daze. His companion was already asleep, breathing shallowly.
After a long time, Sun Hong sighed.
This is already the third world I have entered, and to be honest, I still haven't adapted so much.
Although the salary of a rural primary school teacher is not very high, and he has to deal with the unreasonable difficulties and incomprehension of various parents in the village, Sun Hong has always liked his work, and he is happy to satisfy the thirst for knowledge of children who are not half a person tall, even if the work is hard and tiring, he can persevere.
Most of my salary is used to subsidize the school, and I don't have enough money, so I'm 30 years old, and I don't have a target or anything. He will always remember that day, the village chief introduced him to the eldest girl of the village blacksmith Li blacksmith's family, but the blacksmith Li couldn't afford to pay the bride price, and this matter still didn't work out.
When I came out of Blacksmith Li's house, I came across the turntable again.
The two worlds escaped with nine deaths, and every time he escaped from the inner world, he had to rest at home for ten days and half a month because he was injured.
It's like a sword hanging over your head, and it's a constant source of panic, and there's no way to escape.
Sun Hong is not afraid of death, anyway, he is one person to feed the whole family and not hungry, but he is reluctant to those children, reluctant to have a pair of dark little faces, eager eyes for knowledge.
"Knock knock—"
There was a knock at the door. Sun Hong vaguely knew that there were many rules in the inner world at night, so he didn't open the door rashly, but asked in a low voice:
"Who?"
"Uncle, I knocked over your meal this afternoon, and Mom asked me to bring you a new one."
It turned out to be the child, and Sun Hong's unkempt little head came to mind. He has been a teacher for more than ten years, and it can be seen that although this child looks a little naughty, his nature is not bad, and such a child needs the most attention from teachers and parents.
Thinking of this, his voice couldn't help but be soft, "Oh thank you," and with that, he stood up and opened the door to his room.
"Crunch—"
Outside the door, the little boy was still wearing the crumpled navy blue sweater, holding a bowl with milk soaked in cereal.
"Thank you for your hard work," Sun Hong wanted to take it, but saw the little boy step aside with a bleak smile on his face.
"Don't let him in."
"What?" Sun Hong didn't hear what he said clearly, or he didn't understand what he meant.
"Don't let him in."
The little boy repeated, the smile on his face growing wider, but his eyes were full of pain.
"Are you not feeling well, do you want to come in and lie down for a while?" Sun Hong has taken children for so many years, and he also knows some basic medical knowledge.
The little boy listened to Sun Hong's words, and suddenly began to shake his head desperately, but the corners of his mouth were getting wider and wider, and tears kept falling out of his eyes.
He took a step forward and stepped into Sun Hong's door.
“ba——”
“ba——”
“dook——”
“dook——”
“dook——”
Sun Hong's pupils constricted, and he saw a huge black shadow emerge from the back of the little boy, enveloping himself entirely.
Gu Chong and Lu Qiu slept on the same bed without a word, yes, that's right, they slept on the same bed.
If Gu Chong's eyes and mouth were not covered with strips of cloth, some people might still think that this was a fragrant thing.
Lu Qiu said wordlessly that this was for Gu Chong's good, to be honest, if it wasn't for Gu Chong's strong opposition, she even made a long strip of cloth and planned to tie Gu Chong's hands as well.
Perhaps because he was a little tired of struggling and resisting, Gu Chong rarely fell asleep quickly. Only Lu Qiu was left speechless, and he was awake alone.
There was an old tree with all the leaves in the window of Gu Chong's house, and the shadow of the tree reflected by the moonlight was projected on the wall, looking like it was dancing with its teeth and claws.
A breeze blew, the branches of the old tree trembled slightly, and the shadow moved on the wall, I don't know if it was a hallucination or something, it seemed that the shadow of the tree was slowly extending into the house.
Lu Qiu got up from the bed without a word, the branch had already reached into the window, she walked to the window expressionlessly, and smashed the window with a "bang", and the "pop" branch was clamped off and fell at her feet.
Strange to say, the branch fell to the ground as if it were alive, and it writhed gently. Lu Qiu stood silently and thought about it, she turned around and took the strip of cloth that she was originally going to use to bind Gu Chong, wrapped the branches, and clamped them with the fairy tale book.
The branches, which were still a little restless, were caught in the fairy tale book, and became no different from ordinary branches.
Lu Qiu Wuyan glanced out of the window, and in the shadow of the tree, he seemed to be able to see a person wearing a top hat, looking at Lu Qiu Wuyan's side.
"Whoa—"
Lu Qiu wordlessly pulled up the quilt on the bed and covered the window.
……
The next morning, Gu Chong woke up, blindfolded himself and took off the strip of mouth cloth, and at a glance saw Lu Qiu, who was sitting by the window, sleeping against the corner of the wall, speechless.
Hearing Gu Chong, Lu Qiu Wuyan also opened her eyes, she lifted the corner of the quilt, and she could see sunlight shining in through the window. Squinting and tearing the quilt off, the warm sunlight spilled into the room.
Looking at Lu Qiu standing in the sun speechlessly, for some reason, Gu Chong suddenly felt a sense of relief.