【THE HANGED MAN】

When consciousness is restored, the brain seems to be boiling.

I opened the fridge, took out the newly bought milk, washed the glass, and found a new sticky note on the milk carton.

I don't :)

It's my handwriting.

I let out an irritated moan from my throat and tossed the whole carton of milk into the trash.

Liu Yanshi was still lying on the couch looking at me. She wore a loose beige nightdress and made it her home.

"Your cleanliness habit is quite serious, Shi Zuocai. Don't you even want to drink your own saliva? ”

He is him, and I am me. I said in my heart. But there was no reply to her desires. I look at the time, eight forty-two, eighteen minutes to go. I was quite anxious.

Since last week, Yoo has been coming uninvited at 10 a.m. every morning and not leaving until 9 p.m. — until now, I don't know how she became aware of my second personality.

But in any case, there is no reason for me to refuse to learn about Kyogen.

That morning, she revealed my deepest secret in a light sentence. The intense fear even caused me to be forcibly awakened and take back control of my body.

Then she told me that creating a personality is an extremely dangerous thing. Human research on the brain is still in a very shallow field, and all kinds of unpredictable accidents can occur if you are not careful. In history, there are many examples of the sub-personality being anti-object and devouring the host's personality. In addition, it may trigger a series of mental illnesses.

I know she wasn't lying. I've had some problems with my body over the years.

Ever since the advent of my second personality, I have had a nervous breakdown, and I can barely be awakened by the outside world during my sleep.

So when Liu Yanshi asked the locksmith to pry the door, I was completely unconscious.

"Even if you don't want to be a Kyogen Master, you should at least learn about it. With your current condition, you may wake up one day...... It's not yourself anymore. ”

So I had to start getting to know Kyogen.

The so-called Kyogen Master, "mad" means "insanity". In addition, "madness" was also used as "诳" in ancient times, which means lying. This name already contains two of the biggest characteristics of Kyogen:

Maniac with multiple personality disorder.

A well-spoken liar.

After that episode, in order to understand myself, Liu Yanshi asked me to divide the day into two halves, giving the time during the day to the second personality, and the time at night to myself, and she acted as an intermediary to build a bridge of communication for us.

Personally, I think it's redundant – as a creator, I already know him all by heart.

We are like two sides of Tai Chi, and all his personalities are opposed to me: lazy, willful, sociable, troublesome, and undisciplined.

But people are clearly more likely to engage with a clever person than a gloomy Asperger's person.

Over the past few years, he has spontaneously helped me block many troublesome interactions out of interest.

Although we can choose to share memories when exchanging personalities, the initiative is in the person who uses the body. For some reason, the second personality did not give me the memories of the day.

It is not difficult to guess the situation, but I caught a glimpse of many new books stacked on the desk in my living room, "The Art of Deception", "Etiquette", "An Overview of Psychology", "Essentials of Human Social Engineering...... knew that the second personality should have signed some demonic agreement with Liu Yanshi and was in the same stream.

I don't have much thought about it. He's interested in Kyogen, and I could devote most of my life to him. As long as I don't get caught up in trouble, it doesn't matter.

It's 8:52 a.m. Liu Yanshi changed into a set of civilian clothes, yawned out of the bathroom, and leaned lazily on the sofa, leaning back to look at me:

"So that's it for today?"

Her bangs hung upside down, revealing a fair forehead. In the spirit of the principle of silence, I washed the dishes carefully and ignored her.

But Liu Yanshi doesn't eat this set. Picking up the remote control and unconsciously changing the table, the topic of no nutrition continues:

"School starts next week, have you done your summer homework?"

The dishes were washed and I began to wipe down the cutting board.

"Shi Zuocai, you're reading the light of the beginning, right?"

I pulled out a new garbage bag from the locker.

"There's still leftover pizza in the fridge, you want to eat it."

I started to feel anxious: why didn't these two bastards cook their own food? The frozen chicken in the refrigerator has an expiration date that is obviously only until today.

I opened the fridge, tossed the frozen chicken in the garbage bag, and finally uttered the first words of the night:

"It's nine and two now."

Liu Yan let out an "oh", stood up, and walked around with a small bag:

"Then I'll go."

I breathed a sigh of relief when I heard her footsteps walking towards the door. It's as if the world's troubles are speeding away from me.

I can finally enjoy some time alone, and I'm going to take out the trash and take a fifteen-minute shower after she gets downstairs. If I had time, I might be able to finish the rest of yesterday's Mulholland Drive and go to bed at eleven o'clock – everything was moving like a train on the tracks at a constant speed, in an orderly manner, and that put me in a good mood. Even the sound of Liu Yanshi opening the door lock and the door shaft turning sounded like wind chimes from heaven to my ears.

Until the voice of Liu Yanshi came.

"Huh?"

Her voice was a little surprised.

Because there was a girl standing in front of the door.

Neighbor.

Short.

The face is delicate.

Nervous.

"Shi Zuocai," Liu Yanshi turned his head:

"Is anyone looking for you, your friend?"

"Nope."

My voice is as empty as dry ice:

"Probably a madman who lay down on the rails before the train came in."

- In my life, which I have always consciously run like a train, I can only think of such a metaphor to describe such a terrible accident.

Liu Yanshi sat on the single sofa and looked at me, her eyes scrutinizing.

I didn't bother to talk to her, and looked up at the clock, nine past eleven. I started shaking my legs.

Liu Yanshi asked, "Is she your girlfriend?" ”

Anhe City was taken aback. He shook his head very hard. She sat upright, like a schoolboy who had done something wrong.

"I am in the same class as Shi Zuocai...... Although they were neighbors before, they had been attending different schools. ”

After explaining, she glanced at Liu Yanshi again, and turned her head to me uneasily:

"Who is this?"

Liu Yanshi once again showed a smile that made my scalp tingle:

"I'm his girlfriend."

"It's not." My attitude was categorical. Turn your head and ask Anhe City:

"What's the matter with you?"

An Heshi pursed his lips, as if he had made up his mind, and looked up at me.

"Zuo Cai, I came this time because I have something very important to ask you for......"

"Can I say no?"

"No, you can't!" Liu Yanshi threw me with a pillow. "You're going to let the family finish talking!"

I let out an anxious moan from my throat again.

"Say it."

Anhe City was a little hesitant.

“…… Although this time is purely my personal matter, it is really inappropriate to ask outsiders, but I can't think of any other way, and I only thought of asking Zuo Cai when I had no choice but to ask Zuo Cai's classmate......"

Anhe City Says:

"Actually, for the past half a month, I have always felt as if someone is following me......"

Liu Yanshi let out a soft "huh", and I looked up at the clock again, it was nine thirteen.

"Did you call the police?" I asked.

Anhe City shook its head:

"Actually, I've already called the police...... However, the police said that there was no actual basis for this kind of thing, they could not file a case, and it was impossible for them to have extra police force to help me investigate whether I was being followed. ”

"But," she said, clasping her knee, "it can't be delusional...... I'm sure I'm being followed! Every day when I came home from my place where I worked, when I looked back, I could see a person hiding somewhere nearby, hanging far behind me, following me to the corner next to the community...... I'm really scared, and now I have to find a way to go home with the most people every day, but it's not a way to keep going like this...... I don't know what to do......"

I said lightly:

"Wouldn't it be better to discuss it with your family?"

"I've already said it...... However, my dad went on a business trip abroad two months ago and has not returned, and the phone cannot be reached...... My mother and I were the only ones left at home, and my mother couldn't do anything...... Although I also had the idea of not working for a while and staying at home for a while, I ......"

"It's useless to choke on food." Liu Yanshi said. An Heshi nodded and lowered his head again.

Indeed, in the absence of a certain stalker's intentions, the temporary evasion is only a stopgap measure, and it is impossible for Anhe City to remain closed for the rest of its life, and school will start next week.

I asked her:

"What are you doing?"

"Poop...... Convenience stores. ”

"Did anything strange happen before you were followed?"

"Probably not."

"What are the physical characteristics of the person who is following you, gender, male or female, and how old is it?"

"I ...... I do not know. ”

Anhe City became more and more flustered when asked, and he was at a loss. I felt the sticky trouble take over my body, and I felt the urge to jump out of the window to escape it all. I stood up:

"I'm sorry I can't help you."

"Hey, Shi Zuocai!" Liu Yanshi shouted: "You're too ruthless, aren't you?" ”

"It has nothing to do with despair," I calculated, if I only took 7 minutes to shower, I might be able to make up for the lost time: "The objective status quo is like this: there are no clues, no evidence, being followed is just her subjective speculation, and I have no time and obligation to act as a bodyguard." Instead of wasting words and thinking about ways to do this, you might as well call the convenience store where you work to apply for your resignation, and then invite a few familiar classmates to accompany you to and from school when school starts—of course, I hope you didn't add me to the list of 'familiar classmates' I just mentioned. ”

"I see...... "Anhe City suddenly stood up and bowed deeply to me:

"I'm so sorry to bother you so late......"

She ran out the door. "Xiao An!" Liu Yanshi shouted and chased out. She didn't bring a small bag. I would never open the door for her. Now that I've run over the Railman, I still have five minutes to take a shower, and then I can go back to watching Mulholland Drive.

……

……

……

"I urge you to repeat to me in its entirety what happened after nine o'clock." I closed the book, smiled at the witch and said:

"That idiot blocked out the memory of nine to ten o'clock, and I couldn't remember anything. But "Mulholland Drive" is quite good. ”

The woman surnamed Liu rolled over from the couch without any image and stuffed her head into the pillow.

"I don't want to pay attention to you now, none of them are good things."

"Thank you." I stretched, walked over to the couch, moved her legs away, and slumped lazily into the corner. Said:

"I still had a dream last night, though...... His dreams, to be exact. It's kind of interesting. ”

"A classic philosophical question: a train is running on the tracks, and in front of it lies a woman, whom I seem to recognize. On the track at the fork lay three people I didn't know. He stood in front of the lane change lever and watched the woman get run over and over again. ”

The female liar pulled her head out of the pillow and looked at me faintly.

"What about you? What would you do if it were you? ”

I say:

"Of course I'd choose to pull the lever and make the train change lanes and run over the other three people."

"Oh?" Her tone was teasing: "I didn't expect you to be such an emotional character?" ”

"No, it's not." I smiled softly:

"If I pull the rod, more people will die, but if I don't, I will lose the fun of playing the rod. Why not pull? ”

The woman stretched her legs hard and tried to kick me off the couch, but failed. She sighed:

"Yesterday, Anhe City came looking for you."

"Hmm." I smiled and said, "It's the kitten." ”

The man surnamed Liu glared at me, looking very unhappy, but still told me the whole story. I groaned for a moment, finally understanding why he wouldn't let me know about the memory.

"Interesting."

"What's interesting?"

"The matter of Anhe City. If it's not extremely boring, it's extremely interesting. I smiled:

"He is also aware of this, so he will be so firm in refusal."

"Why do you say that?" The surnamed Liu said: "After I ran out with Xiao An yesterday, I also asked a little bit about her details, but I didn't find any clues." ”

"That's because you don't know the kitten. The focus is not necessarily on her, but on her family. ”

"What's wrong with her family?" The female demon sat up and winked at me, her eyes shining.

I point to the ground, meaning this house:

"Cuiyuan, ZF public rental housing. See what I mean? ”

She nodded: "Your adoptive parents have never been very rich. ”

I say:

"But the family in Anhe City is very rich."

Her eyes widened.

And I said:

"And it's not like she was born rich."

I paused:

"Her father's name is An Yiwen, he was a stationery merchant seven or eight years ago, and now he is the CEO of the company."

The clever Miss Liu understood it at one point, pondered cross-legged for a while, and frowned:

"She said yesterday that her dad went on a business trip and didn't come back for two months."

"Yes."

"If the stalker is simply interested in Ann personally, then things will be boring; But if this matter is related to her father, who is on a business trip, the whole incident will be much more complicated. ”

"Yes."

"In that case, why did she work?"

"Heh," I laughed, "that's why I call her 'Kitten'—a well-behaved kitten, even if she is suddenly transferred to a pampered environment, the restraint in her personality will not change." ”

The surnamed Liu pouted and said "Okay".

"So how do you know if the purpose of the stalker is the former or the latter?"

"Of course, there is no way to confirm the usual method." I changed my words:

"But we are Kyogen masters, and Kyogen masters should have the practices of Kyogen masters."

The female demon suddenly sat up, hugged her knees, and looked at me fixedly:

"What do you want to do?"

I smiled and asked her:

"Miss Liu, are you interested in cosplaying with me?"

"What are you going to play?" She asked.

"A psychopathic stalker." I say.