Chapter 39: The Last Wish
When the young man appeared, the dim light in the corridor flickered on and off, and the young man's pale face and strange expression made my heart tremble.
Seeing that I was stunned, Li Hai couldn't help but tug on my trouser legs with his hand, and said in a low voice: "Who, is there another paper man?" ”
I came back to my senses and shook my head: "It's the young man you are at the door, it is estimated that he is here to send us clothes, although Qin Wenhua said before that he came to us with a last wish, but we still have to be cautious, we finally escaped death, don't capsize in the gutter!" ”
Li Hai nodded when he heard this, put the lighter in his hand back into the drawer, and then bent down to pick up the fruit knife scattered on the ground, and I slowly opened the door after seeing that he hid the short knife.
The moment the door opened, a cold chill rushed to his face, as if he was shirtless in the ice and snow, accompanied by the foul smell of the shroud and the smell of rotting corpses.
I had the courage to open the door and look at the young man in front of me, who was already beginning to grow large blue-gray corpse spots.
His eyes also became extremely chaotic, like an old man in his old age.
Although I had experienced many strange things before, and had dealt with the old woman who had hanged herself a few times, when I actually saw the young man, I still felt a little terrible, my legs began to tremble unconsciously, and my heart beat more rapidly.
"I'm your neighbor across the door, and I just died."
The young man outside the door had a frosty face, and his voice was even more emotionless, as if a robot was reading a monologue.
Although I was nervous, I still pretended to be calm in the face of the young man, and made a gesture of invitation to the young man with a calm expression, saying, "I know, since I am here, please come into the house." ”
The young man nodded slightly and stepped into the door, Li Hai saw the dead man suddenly appear, and he was so frightened that he immediately curled up to the corner of the sofa and did not dare to move again.
The young man glanced around after entering the living room, and when he saw the glass scattered on the ground and the burnt paper ashes, he said coldly, "Did someone come just now?" ”
"That's right, a paper man wanted our lives, but we burned it with a fire, and now only this little paper ash is left."
When I spoke, I spoke in a tough tone, the purpose of which was to tell the young man that Li Hai and I were not to be messed with, and that if he wanted to do it, he should also weigh his own ability.
"I see, you don't have to be afraid when I come this time, although I have become a ghost, but I won't harm you, but I have a last wish in my heart and can't be reincarnated, so I hope you can help me, as long as you promise, you can put forward conditions at will." The young man looked at me and said coldly.
"Okay, I promise to help you fulfill your last wish, but you have to take off this shroud on your body and return it to me, I tell you the truth, this shroud is mine, it was just mistaken by Li Hai for garbage and thrown out, but I didn't expect it to be picked up by you."
"This shroud is very important to me, not only for my survival, but also for the safety of my friends and family, so my condition is to return the shroud to me." I said in a deep voice.
Hearing this, the young man looked down at the shroud he was wearing, raised his stiff arm to unbutton it, and then took off the shroud and handed it to me.
I was so disgusted with this shroud that I wanted to burn it, but now when it comes back to me, I feel so delighted.
Because this is not just a shroud, but also my lifeline, I can only continue to live by holding the shroud tightly in my hands.
After putting away the shroud, I turned my head to look at the young man in front of me and asked, "Dude, there is something I think is necessary to tell you, I went to your house to find this shroud before, and not only found the organs in the refrigerator but also saw the diary you left, purely unintentionally offensive, I just want to solve the mystery of your death, I hope you can forgive me." ”
"People are dead, what's the use of caring about these now, but why do you still call me buddy when you know about it?"
In an instant, the voice of the young man in front of me suddenly changed, as if a soft woman was standing in front of me and speaking.
Although you can still hear the roughness of a man's voice if you look closely, it is eighty or ninety percent similar to a woman's voice.
No wonder Li Hai would have thought that there was a woman hiding in his house before, and if I had heard this voice without knowing the inside story, I would definitely think it was a woman.
"Sister...... Sisters? Li Hai, who was originally curled up on the sofa and silent, suddenly took the lead in speaking.
The young man nodded slightly, then looked at me and Li Hai and said: "I want to be a woman since I was a child, but I am the only son in the family, and I need to pass on the lineage, so my father has been beating and scolding me since he knew about it, and he once locked me at home with a dog chain and didn't give me food, in order to make me change this idea, until I grew up and left the house, I thought that I would be able to get rid of his shackles, but I didn't expect him to still be ghostly, and I chose the road of suicide in desperation, I know I'm sorry for my dad, I also know that I am sorry for myself, but I really don't have the courage to survive in this society anymore, because they never understand others, only endless ridicule and ridicule. ”
"Then you still have any wishes, you can say it and I will help you solve it." I looked at the young man in front of me and asked.
The young man's experience is indeed moving, and if this society or his father had been more tolerant and understanding, perhaps he would have ended up in this fate.
Now that he's dead, I have to help him fulfill his last wish.
"I hope you can give the diary I wrote to my father, I don't pray that he can forgive me, but at least I hope he can understand me, as long as you can help me do this then I will die without regrets, I didn't have the courage to give this diary to him when I was alive, and now that I am dead, this matter will be entrusted to you."
The young man may have turned into a walking corpse, and although his eyes were red, not a single tear was shed.
"Don't worry, this matter is on us, and we will definitely help you get this done properly, but what are you going to do next, where are you going?" I asked.
"Where are you going back and forth, when my body returns to the police station, I will go to reincarnation, excuse me, this is my father's current address, I hope you can send that diary to him as soon as possible, and it can be regarded as fulfilling my unfulfilled last wish."
After speaking, the young man handed me a note, and then turned and walked in the direction of the door.
After opening the door, he walked straight out of the room, and soon disappeared into the dimly lit hallway.
Looking at the lonely back of the young man, I had mixed feelings in my heart, even if he committed suicide in the end, he did not hate his father, but hoped to be forgiven by his father.
In essence, this young man is a kind person, but it is a pity that he cannot live in this world according to his own wishes, which is really a pity.
"Chen Mo, now that the shroud has arrived, what are you going to do next?" Li Hai asked.
Although the young man has already handed over the shroud to me, I don't know how to borrow the shroud for me again, and I don't know what secrets the shroud is hiding, so I still have to go to Qin Wenhua next.
Even though I still can't tell whether he is a human or a ghost, my intuition tells me that Qin Wenhua is a credible person, and it shouldn't be wrong to look for him.
I folded the shroud neatly and hid it in the closet, turned to look at Li Hai, and said in a deep voice: "Now that my parents have been entangled by that old woman, I must hurry back to my hometown, so let's go to the father of the young man on the other side tomorrow morning, hand over the diary to him, and go to the hat brim alley in the afternoon, no matter what, this time I have to figure out the matter of the shroud, if things go well, I want to go back to my hometown in the evening, and then you don't follow, there is a yellow paper triangle given to me by Qin Wenhua, I think that old woman should not be able to help me." ”
Li Hai glanced at me when he heard this, and said angrily: "You are full of food, and you smashed the bowl and beat the monk after reciting the scriptures!" Anyway, we are also brothers in the same trench, how can I leave it alone if you don't deal with this matter, and we can all survive such an evil thing tonight, not to mention that old woman, I will go back to my hometown with you, and by the way, look at your parents, as your best buddy, how can I not visit your mother when she is sick. ”
Hearing this, I just wanted to open my mouth to persuade, Li Hai directly raised his hand and said: "Okay, don't be polite with me, anyway, our line of work is relatively free, and we don't need to ask anyone for leave, if I really lack money to spend, I will directly open my mobile phone to start a live broadcast, and I won't starve to death anywhere." ”
Seeing that Li Hai had made up his mind, I didn't continue to persuade him, and after cleaning up the messy house, I lay down to rest, and slept until dawn.
The next morning, after breakfast, we went to his father's house according to the address left by the young man.
It was not the middle-aged man who smashed the door that day, but a woman in her twenties, who seemed to be the sister of the young man on the other side, which was also recorded in his diary.
After explaining our intentions, the young lady invited us into the house and then led us to the bedroom.
At this time, the young father, who was originally in good health, had a white head overnight and was lying on the bed coughing incessantly.
Pity the parents of the world, no matter how much he beats and scolds the youth, but he is always his own son, after venting the anger in his heart, he misses his son very much, so he will turn white overnight.
"Uncle, this is the diary left by your son, from when he was a child to the last moment of his life, he hopes you can forgive him, his body is now in the police station, there is time to collect his body, good father and son, don't live up to this fate."
The middle-aged man trembled and took the diary and thanked him, and then Li Hai and I left.
Just as we left the door, there was a heart-wrenching cry in the bedroom, and the cry was heartbreaking, and those who heard it were sad and those who saw it shed tears.
It was not only a father's longing for his son, but also a confession of everything he had done for so many years, but he understood it too late.