Chapter 26: Illusions

Li Zhen has been hiding in Shuqing's bedroom since returning from Zhu Hui's funeral, she lies in bed and does not say anything or eat anything. Except for drinking the water that Jinpeng brought to her, she barely ate anything. She kept thinking about Hu Sheng, thinking about Hu Sheng's expression when she looked at her in the afternoon, he seemed to be able to see through her, he seemed to grow in her skin and live in her body. Like that afternoon, when he found her in that wild house.

Eleven years ago, the year she had just lost her daughter Xiaoxi, she took Anna away from the madhouse, she took advantage of Hu Sheng's mother's work, she added a lot of sleeping pills to Anna's food, enough to make her sleep for a day and a night, and then she took Anna away from the asylum. On that moonless night, she carried her on her back and then dragged her. She dragged her all the way to the wild house, where Hu Sheng's mother told her that she and Anna were born. She took Anna there, and she chained her, and there was already an iron chain in that house, which was probably used to tie the dogs. She didn't know. She tied Anna with that chain, and when she tied Anna, Anna suddenly woke up, maybe she was dragged awake, maybe the dose was not enough, anyway, Anna woke up. She saw Li Zhen's gloomy and terrifying face, she was terrified, she shouted Hu Sheng, and at the same time swung her legs wildly, trying to break free from the chain, and crawled towards the door. In the process, Li Zhen wanted to stop her, but she tripped over the chain that was swinging wildly. Then she began to slap her hard, and scolded in her mouth: "You shameless ****, don't want to snatch my husband, Hu Sheng is mine, you ****, slut." Hu Sheng is me, I am Hu Sheng, how could I fall in love with you, a crazy ****, a slut, a dirty person, you who don't have a parent. She kept scolding Anna, scolding her very badly, not only scolding, but also kicking her and slapping her with her hands. Anna tried her best to dodge Li Zhen's fist, but she looked like a puppy who had been cornered, and she flailed at Li Zhen who was approaching her. Soon, their bodies were entangled, scratching at each other, like two crazy, tearing and biting each other. Li Zhen punched Anna in her front teeth, her knuckles hurt her bones, and then she switched hands. Anna grabbed her hand and punched her again, breaking Li Zhen's nose. In a fit of rage, Li Zhen grabbed Anna's hair and slammed it into the wooden cabinet in the room.

Li Zhen locked Anna in that wild house for two whole weeks. When Hu Sheng found Anna, he saw her lying in her own feces, and in front of her was a missing earthen bowl with a small piece of steamed bread in it, full of flies. Half of Anna's cheeks were stained with dried blood, black and stinky, and the chains on her feet had begun to fester. Her hair was unkempt, covered with black and yellow garbage, she looked at Hu Sheng blankly, there was no luster in her eyes, like a dead person, after half a salary, she smacked her lips that had been dry and chapped and gently called "Hu Sheng", and then fainted.

Hu Sheng took Anna away from the wild house and took her to the hospital to heal her body scars, but he could never heal Anna's inner scars, she never spoke again, never smiled again, and even stopped smiling when she saw Chen Xianhui, she always had to smile and nod when she saw Chen Xianhui before. Not only did she not laugh, but she even went crazy, she yelled and screamed in the madhouse, her voice was very high-pitched, she said that there were ghosts who controlled her soul, she said that Hu Sheng took her away from the madhouse, gave her medicine, kept taking medicine. She even started attacking the doctors, and all the people and living creatures she could see, shouting that they were going to hell, and laughing. They had to imprison her in an iron cage. Since then, Hu Sheng rarely talks to Li Zhen, Li Zhen is also very trance-like, she often confuses time and things, remembering what happened many years ago as yesterday, and remembering what happened yesterday that happened a long time ago, her thinking is all confused. She even called herself Anna, she said she could hear Anna, she knew what Anna was thinking, Anna told her that Hu Sheng had kidnapped her, her father Zhou Zhiwen had whipped her, and she wanted to avenge Anna, who was her sister. Hu Sheng was very worried about Li Zhen, and at the risk of being beheaded, he told her mother, Mrs. An, about her situation, and Mrs. An mailed him a lot of medicines, saying that as long as Li Zhen took it on time, he would get better. Li Zhen did get better, and it was good for a long time, until Zhou Zhiwen was killed.

"I know, I know, I have food for her, don't worry, she's fine. Jin Peng's voice came from outside the bedroom, Li Zhen suddenly felt stuffy in her chest, once she thought she was married to the best man in the world, her mother told her that Jin Peng was the best man in the world, "He will cure you, believe Mom." Her mother told her. But she eventually left him anyway, and she forced him to sign a divorce agreement. Oh, her head began to burn with pain, and tens of thousands of sparrows chirped in her ears. She propped her head in one hand, a pained expression on her face, she closed her eyes hoping that the pain would soon disappear, and prayed that the sparrows would fly away, but they still stayed in her head, babbling. She was so uncomfortable that beads of sweat broke out on her forehead, her face flushed, and her chest rose and fell violently, as if she was choking on something and couldn't breathe. Suddenly, she opened her eyes and looked viciously at a corner of the bedroom, her pupils wide open. She shouted at the empty corner, "Get out of here!" Anna, get out of here, I can't save you. ”

Jin Peng had already gone downstairs on the phone, and he glanced at the closed wooden door of the bedroom, as if he didn't hear Li Zhen's shout. Li Zhen looked at the corner, kept shaking her head, she curled up in fear, hugged the quilt tightly, and there were tears in her eyes......

"She controlled me, she controlled everything about me, my thoughts, my actions. Anna said, she looked at Hu Sheng, her eyes like a torch. She doesn't look like a deranged madman by any means, but her words show that she is

"Anna, no one in this world can control another person. Hu Sheng said, looking at Anna worriedly. But Anna looked at him stubbornly, waiting for him to admit her thoughts. "Well, maybe there is a situation where some people can control the behavior of another person through some behavior. Hu Sheng said. He was silent for a moment, then added, "But no one can control another person's mind, except himself." ”

Anna put down the book in her hand, it was a Dickens novel "The Orphan of the Fog", it was brought to her by Hu Sheng, Hu Sheng always brought some books to her, he took care of Anna like a sister, he knew that she liked to read, so he found her a lot of books, history, literature, novels, all the books he saw, he thought could help her, but she especially loved novels. Anna looked at Hu Sheng in surprise. "Don't you notice? don't you think I'm sometimes abnormal?" said Anna, looking very serious.

"Oh, Anna, no, I think you're all right. ”

"You said you were going to marry me when you grew up, and you grew up, but you married someone else. ”

"Anna......" Hu Sheng closed his eyes in some pain, no one would believe what a 10-year-old boy said. He did like Anna very much when he was a child, but his mother said that Anna would live here forever, and her father would not allow anyone to take her away, so when he was 11 years old his mother sent him to a relative's house in Tongnan, and he hardly saw Anna again. It wasn't until he took Li Zhen back to his hometown that he saw her again. But he is already married to Li Zhen, and he loves his wife very much.

"You marry a devil back, she is the devil and will control my mind. She's going to kill people. Anna said, her eyes squinted and her thin face showing a very worried look.

"Anna, I don't want you to say that about her. Hu Sheng said, his lips pursed into a line.

"But she's going to kill, she's going to control me, she's in my body right now, you have to stop her, do you hear? She must be stopped. Anna's voice grew farther and farther away......