"I, I do."

Although the voice was small, he should be able to hear it clearly, Chu Nantang laughed happily.

"Madam, it's getting late, go home."

He clasped my hand, held the piano in one hand, and walked to the end of the brightly lit street.

Mr. Shen didn't seem very happy that I wanted to learn guzheng.

"You can learn piano and dance like you do, and it will be useful for you. In modern times, the guzheng is not as extensive as learning the piano or violin. ”

He made a lot of awkward reasons, but my decision didn't waver.

"I'm just learning to pass the time in my spare time."

"Instead of having this mind, you should spend more time on studying. And the guzheng you brought back, I don't like it very much, where did you get it back, and where do you go back! ”

That was the first time I had a disagreement with Shen Qiushui, and I felt that he was sometimes too domineering.

So I didn't talk to Shen Qiushui for more than a month until he compromised. But it was a long process, and he didn't seem to understand why I had to learn Guzheng.

Like I don't understand. Why did he desperately oppose it?

Chu Nantang plucked the strings leisurely and sighed lightly: "If you don't feel happy living here, you can come with me." ”

He mentioned it, but I thought it was just a joke.

"Where can we go?" I pursed my lips and asked him.

"The sky and the earth are big, it's good to go anywhere, what Shen Qiushui can give you, I can give it to you."

I hesitated: "I just think it's a bit ungrateful." Actually, Mr. Shen is very good to me......"

"No more." Chu Nantang smiled casually: "I'll teach you the basic fingering and key points first, come and sit." ”

"Hmm." I sat down next to him, and he was like a very patient teacher, even if the students were stupid, he could keep smiling, emphasizing and explaining over and over again.

I practiced fingering no less than ten times, and I felt a little pain before I stopped.

Neither of us spoke, and time stood still, and I sat beside him, and he plucked the strings for a while, and withdrew his hand with a heavy heart.

"Nantang, are you unhappy?"

"Why do you ask?" I turned my head to look at me.

I shook my head: "I don't know, I just think I upset you and Mr. Shen, but I don't know what's wrong, and I don't know what to do." So...... I felt very uncomfortable. ”

Chu Nantang suddenly took a deep breath: "You're not wrong, Lingsheng." It's me ...... that's wrong."

"What did you do wrong?!" I pulled his sleeve in annoyance, blaming myself very much, a person like Chu Nantang should be free and easy, why should I make him like this?

"I've done many, many things wrong and have been ...... I've always wanted to make up for it, I'm not as calm and free as you think, just like you, I'm a layman, so vulgar that I can't be more vulgar. will also be bound by seven emotions and six desires, and there will be obsessions, and they will not be able to let go. I shouldn't have come to disturb your peaceful life at will, in the first place, it was a mistake. ”

"Do you regret knowing me?" I asked him in a choked voice, tears rolling down my eyes for no reason.

"How so?" Chu Nantang raised his hand to cover my eyes, and tears fell on his palm. He said: "I'm afraid that one day you will regret meeting a ghost named Chu Nantang." ”

He lowered his hand, and by the time I could see it clearly, he was gone.

"Nantang!"

The next morning, when I woke up. I felt empty in my heart, looking at the guzheng resting in front of the windowsill, thinking of those things last night, my eyes were a little sour.

I want to grow up quickly and decide what I want in life, instead of being passive like I am now.

However, many times, the imaginary world is not so beautiful, most people think that they can control their future life at first, but in fact, the trajectory of your life has already been doomed.

Mr. Shen personally made breakfast, which can be regarded as a kind of softness. But I wasn't happy. Actually, he didn't need to do that.

"Mr. Shen......"

"It's been a month, no...... It took a month and three days for me to talk to me. He lowered his eyes and lowered the spoon in his hand.

Gu Xi and I pulled up Chang Zhi, who was drinking soup: "It's time to send you to school." ”

"Why are you pulling me!?" Yan Zhi angrily shook off Gu Xi's hand: "I haven't finished the soup yet, the miso soup cooked by Mr. Shen is really delicious!" ”

Gu Xi's eyes were cold and piercing, and they settled on Yan Zhi's body, Yan Zhi shivered, stood up obediently and walked out with Gu Xi and me, and looked back here frequently.

"Mr. Shen, I also went to school."

He glanced at the platinum watch and said in a deep voice, "When the time comes, I'll send you there." ”

"Oh......"

"If you want to learn Guzheng, then learn it, I'll ask a teacher to teach you well."

"Mr. Shen, I'...... I don't need ...... I don't need you to do this, I'm sorry, I'm sorry Mr. Shen! ”

"Don't need it? So what do you need? I can give it to you! Still is...... You don't need it at all, am I? ”

"I don't know......" I felt like I was pressing a big rock in my heart, and I was almost out of breath.

Shen Qiushui secretly took a breath and calmed down: "Are you carrying me behind your back and seeing someone you shouldn't see?" ”

"Why would Mr. Shen ask that?"

"Lingsheng, I hope you can confess to me, after all, in this world, I am the one who is really good to you, do you understand?"

Mr. Shen is very strange, as if I have never known him, and the gentleness of the past has turned into a knife piercing the heart.

"When the time comes, I'll take you to school."

"Hmm." I bowed my head and whispered, and followed him out of the villa.

To be honest, I wanted to escape, Shen Qiushui gave me too much pressure, he was kind to me, I was under pressure, he was indifferent to me, and I was also under pressure. It seems like everything is a mistake.

I became less talkative, sometimes I hid myself from being seen, and when I was alone, it was the most relaxing time.

"It's not like you." Chu Nantang didn't know when he appeared beside me: "Hide yourself in the dark, nothing can be solved." ”

I said to myself, "Even if you get out of the darkness, you still can't change anything, you can't solve it." ”

"Lingsheng, I don't want to burden you, you don't have to think about my feelings at all. I'll be there when you need me. Wait until you don't need me. I'll leave. ”

Thinking that he would leave, I suddenly hugged him tightly, and my voice was hoarse: "Don't leave me." ”

"Fool, I won't leave you unless one day you don't need me anymore. Now you don't think about anything, study hard, make more new friends, and have your own circle of life. Even if one day you lose something important, you don't lose your life. ”

I leaned into his arms, biting my lip desperately, choking softly: "I don't want this." I hate being the way I look. ”

"Then cheer up again, what is the pressure Shen Qiushui has put on you? When you really grow up and encounter more difficulties, you will find that the frustrations that you once thought were great are not worth mentioning at all. ”

Later, I realized that what Chu Nantang said was right.

I used to think that it was a great setback, but after experiencing more, it is not worth mentioning at all.

What doesn't belong to you, don't be nostalgic. What is destined to be lost, let go of obsessions.

I've learned to take it lightly. Calmly face everything that happens. But it seems that the more this is the case, the stronger Shen Qiushui's desire to control.

That night, I took the initiative to talk to him in the study, and he was surprised.

"Why haven't you slept yet?"

"Mr. Shen, let's talk."

Shen Qiushui put down the documents in his hand, looked serious, and asked, "What are you talking about?" ”

"I hope you can give me some space."

"You're saying I didn't give you space?"

"But I don't want to be your puppet doll, just treat me like I did to my sister! There was so much love that I couldn't breathe. ”

Shen Qiushui rose to his feet and rushed over to clasp my shoulders, the coldness in his eyes made me tremble.

"You just want to get away from me. Is that right? I've done so much for you, and you don't need to, right? How can I compare with you? She exists only because of you! Otherwise, there is no point in her life! ”

"Mr. Shen, I feel very painful, why are you doing this to me. What exactly am I that make you worthy of this? ”

Shen Qiushui let go of the hands that were clasping my shoulders and sighed lightly: "I just want to make up for you, I don't want to see history repeat itself on us." Trust me, I never wanted to hurt you. ”

"But Mr. Shen, I don't think I'm going to be able to live anymore, you let people observe my every move every day, go home on time, and only do what you agree to, so that I don't feel like myself, like a walking corpse."

He was silent for a long time, and seemed to finally begin to reflect, and only after a while did he say: "I will no longer let people observe your every move in the future, what you want to do, tell me, if it is okay, I will agree." But I have only one request, don't try to run away from me! You can only stay by my side, understand? ”

He made me feel like a madman who had lost his mind.

"Mr. Shen, good night."

I turned and left his study, if I had any guilt and self-blame for him, it was gone.

What is really good for one person to another? At the very least, you have to make that person feel happy, that's really good.

I know that what is imposed on him will be so painful, but he still goes his own way, that is not love, and it is not really good, it is just loving oneself and wanting to be good to oneself.

I took out my books, carefully reviewed my homework, stretched my waist, and stretched my muscles.

"Figured it out?" Chu Nantang suddenly appeared beside me and asked with a smile.

"yes, figured it out." I pursed my lips and smiled: "Nantang, I think you are right, I want to enrich myself, I must have my own life circle, my life should belong to my own, not to anyone." Who I want to like, what I want to do, what decisions I want to make, it's my freedom in life, it's not about anyone else. ”

"I'm afraid that you will be too entangled and will not be able to get out, but I didn't expect you to figure it out so quickly, not bad." Chu Nantang's eyes sank, and he suddenly said, "Shen Qiushui...... It's pathetic. ”

I was stunned and subconsciously asked, "Why do you say that?" ”

Chu Nantang smiled: "Of course he is pitiful, one firmly holds the past." Poor worm who won't let go even if he dies. He thinks he can control everything, but the funny thing is that things are changing in an instant, how can he control it? ”

Chu Nantang's smile didn't seem to be as pure as it used to be, faintly revealing something I couldn't touch.

When I went to school the next day, Bai Yiqing rushed to the classroom and dragged me away.

"Xiaobai, what are you doing! Little White ......"

He took a few breaths before saying, "Again...... Skinned corpses were shocked again! ”

"Skinned corpses?" I thought for a moment and said, "Not really, right?" Otherwise, why is there no wind at all? ”

"Because it was too weird, the incident was too terrifying, and for fear of causing panic in the society, ZF media concealed it, and once there was a media or online report, it would be blocked at once."

I shuddered: "Sounds scary. ”

"It's not like, it's really scary! The body that was skinned last night ......" Bai Yiqing leaned close to my ear and said, "It's not far from our school." ”

Chu Nantang appeared beside me with his hand: "It's a little interesting, how do you know?" ”

Bai Yiqing rubbed the cold sweat in his palms: "I'm ashamed to say that we have established a supernatural reconnaissance group on the Internet, is Grandpa Grandpa interested in participating?" I'm the deputy head of the group, and if my grandfather wants to join the group, I don't need any membership fees at all......"

"Shut up."

Bai Yiqing quickly pursed her mouth and made a zipper movement.

"Alright. Straight to the point. ”

After being pardoned by Chu Nantang, Bai Yiqing finally returned to normal from the derailed state.

The incident first happened, about four years ago, in a remote town. The skinned was a thirty-year-old woman, whose entire skin had been peeled off intact, without leaving a single knife mark or any external injury.

The police opened a case, but could not find any immediate complaints, so it was closed.

The second case of skinning, which occurred three years ago, appeared in a small provincial town, and the person who was skinned was a high school boy. The situation is the same as before, leaving no trace.

Since then, it has become more frequent, and so far there have been eight cases of skinning, in different locations, and there is no connection between the deceased. They jokingly call it "Ghost Skinning".

Chu Nantang said indifferently: "So now that this 'ghost' has come to our city, he has begun to kill people without control?" ”

"Grandpa, I've posted many, many charms nearby! As soon as that thing appears, I can sense it! ”

"Hehe......" Chu Nantang took out a half-torn talisman and asked, "What are you talking about?" ”

Bai Yiqing was shocked: "Yes! Grandpa, it turns out that you have paid so much attention to me! ”

Chu Nantang looked disgusted, and put the talisman on his forehead: "Don't embarrass those sanitation workers in the future, come over this morning, I see them tearing and scolding at the same time." ”

I couldn't hold back my laughter, Bai Yi cried without tears and took down the charm on his forehead: "I sacrificed my sleep time and stuck it for most of the night." ”

Chu Nantang stroked his forehead: "Use your brain before doing things." ”

"I must use my brain more in the future, Grandpa Zu, you can teach me spells! I'll study hard. Bai Yiqing swore an oath.

"It's almost class, let's go to the classroom first." I looked at the time and gave a reminder.

In the afternoon, the sky suddenly became gloomy, and the classroom was suddenly darkened by a violent storm outside.

The teacher put down the book in his hand and wanted to turn on the fluorescent lamp, but after pressing it several times, the lamp did not respond, and he couldn't help muttering: "Is there a power outage?" ”

Subconsciously looked at the lights of the library in the distance, and the teacher reluctantly put down the book in his hand and said: "Students, take a break, the light is too dim now, I'll find someone to repair the lamp." ”

Suddenly, I smelled a strong smell of rotting blood, forcibly resisted the churning of my stomach, and communicated with Chu Nantang with my consciousness: "Nantang, are you awake?" ”

"Well, I wanted to take a nap, but it doesn't seem like a good time to sleep."

"I smell rotting blood, right here, very close to us."

"This thing hides itself well, wait a little longer......"

As soon as Chu Nantang's voice fell, he saw that the lamp tube that had not been lit flashed, and the sound of the current 'swishing' was not in good contact, and then the lamp flashed very quickly, and with a 'bang', it exploded.

There was a scream in the classroom, dark clouds obscured the daylight, and the classroom was black.

"What's going on? It's scary...... Why hasn't the teacher come back yet? ”

"What does it smell like? It's disgusting! I'm about to throw up! ”

……

As the discussion continued, a bolt of lightning streaked across the sky, illuminating the classroom, and I saw a man hanging from the lamp on the ceiling of the podium......

To be exact, it should be a woman of flesh and blood. She seemed to have no skin, and her festering flesh was exposed to the air.

"I, I saw her, Nantang!"

"Don't look her in the eye and pretend not to see her. This thing is a little weird......"

"How?"

"I'm unpredictable, I used to be able to accurately determine the location of this thing, but this time it was completely useless. She seemed to appear out of thin air and disappear out of thin air, coming and going very quickly. ”

The classroom suddenly became very quiet and suffocating, and another flash of lightning flashed, and I glanced out of the corner of my eye, and the thing was gone.

"Don't, don't...... Don't kill anymore, don't kill anymore. ”

Suddenly, Sunai's frightened low cry reached my ears, and I turned to look at her, only to see her lying on the desk like an ostrich with its head buried in the sand.

"Sunai? What happened to you? I reached out and tapped her on the shoulder, and suddenly there was a sticky chill on the back of my hand.

I turned my head to look and saw that the thing had come behind me at some point, so close that I could see it clearly.

Because she has no skin, both of her eyes are exposed, her face is blurred, and her hand is resting on the back of mine.

I could only stare at her with wide eyes, my whole body trembling so badly that I forgot to run away.

A low cry came from his head: "Don't look at her eyes!!" ”

I'm like a frog stared at by a snake, where do I dare to move a single bit? She smiled hideously, and then pounced on me, and when Qianjun was firing, a white shadow flashed in front of her, and Chu Nantang's talisman had already flown out.

She screamed miserably and disappeared out of thin air, and even Chu Nantang couldn't find any trace of her.

The dark clouds dispersed, and the vision in the classroom gradually became clearer, and at this time, the teacher also brought the school guard to change the lamp.

I breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Sunai, who had been trembling next to my seat, thought for a moment and comforted: "Sunai, Sunai...... It's okay, don't be afraid. ”

Sunai looked up in panic. Tears in his eyes: "You, are you okay?" ”

"Well, I'm fine."

"Thanks, thank you for being okay."

This sentence sounds a little awkward, but I can deeply feel that Sunai was worried and concerned about me just now.

"Sunai, in fact, you are not really indifferent, you can talk to us more."

A flash of emotion flashed on Sunai's face, his eyes lit up with deep eagerness, and then he buried his face in the book, just like in the past. He stopped talking.

On the way back, Bai Yiqing was with us, and his words were still so much, I didn't tell him what happened in the classroom this afternoon.

After the separation, Chu Nantang said: "That person Sunai, don't get too close. ”

In fact, he didn't say it, and I also guessed some cause and effect: "Was Sunai entangled by that thing?" But why didn't it kill her? ”

"There are many ways for the spirit to exist, and there is one that has its own cultivation and exists alone, such as me. The second type is those who are blinded by resentment, control their minds, and continue to increase their spiritual power by killing. This is the normal state of spiritual existence in the world, and the third type is parasitism. ”

"What is parasitism?"

"Hence the name, it can't survive on its own, it can only survive on something, and when the host dies, it dies. And this kind of parasitic soul is mostly the memory of the living and is too deeply tied with it, and it is endlessly born because of resentment, parasitic in the thoughts and desires of the living. ”

I secretly gasped and understood: "And Sunai, is its host?" ”

"That's right. Parasites can't be killed at all. For the thoughts and memories of the living do not die, unless ...... The host no longer has thoughts and memories of the past. ”

"What is the difference between a man without a mind and a dead man?"

Later, Sunai did not go back to school, and no one knows where she went. The teacher tried to contact Sunai's parents, but the phone was not answered.

Looking at the empty seats, I wondered if she would continue to choose to wander, in order not to involve the people around her, and continue to live in the next place?

"Nantang, is there a way to dissolve this parasite? Even if Sunai leaves, parasites will still harm people. ”

"Maybe there is, the six realms pay attention to the unity of all laws." He appeared in the seat next to him. looked at me helplessly: "Madam, do you want to meddle in your affairs again?" ”

"I'm not trying to be nosy......" I lowered my head in embarrassment and didn't dare to look at Chu Nantang again, every time he was the last troublemaker.

"What do you look at with your head down? Can you see a flower on the ground? He leaned forward and asked with a smile.

My face burned, and I said in frustration: "Nantang, if only I could be as powerful as you." You said you wanted to take me as an apprentice, does it count? ”

"It doesn't count."

My eyebrows were about to be wrinkled together: "Don't you want to take me as an apprentice?" ”

"Are you my wife, or my son?"

It seemed that it was a decision to choose one or the other, and I blushed angrily and said, "Yes, Madam!" ”

Chu Nantang laughed out loud: "Fool! You are my little lady, what can I not teach you? Well? ”

I suddenly looked up at him, my heart full of surprise: "You're teasing me again!" ”