Chapter 276: On the Eve of Marriage (8)
The unnatural silence and nervousness made Xu Xiuxin and Yuan Jianhan miss the station to be transferred.
When the two came back to their senses, they found that they were both sticking their heads out of the window.
"Did you see that?" Xu Xiuxin asked anxiously.
"Nope." Yuan Jianhan shook his head.
The two didn't see the taxi, and they couldn't confirm whether Yan Yu had followed.
"Overseated." Yuan Jianhan, who suddenly reacted, shouted.
The two of them hurriedly got up and ran to the car door.
It is impossible for the bus to stop halfway through and let two people get off.
The two of them didn't care, and poked their heads out, trying to see the traffic on the road outside.
There are too many blind spots in the line of sight, and it is impossible for the two of them to see all the vehicles outside in the bus.
After the bus stopped again, the two got off the bus and hurriedly patrolled again.
There was a lot of traffic on the road, there were several taxis, and no vehicles stopped in the vicinity.
Yuan Jianhan and Xu Xiuxin's eyes widened and they were dazzled, but they didn't see Yan Yu's figure.
"Are you mistaken?" Xu Xiuxin turned his head and asked Yuan Jianhan.
Yuan Jianhan couldn't give a positive answer either.
"Really! You're going to scare me to death! I thought the woman was really coming, and the ghost was gone! Xu Xiuxin raised her voice a little.
"Alright, alright. If you don't follow, you don't follow. Let's go back. Yuan Jianhan said impatiently, and the anxiety in his heart did not decrease.
Thinking about it now, when Yan Yu talked to them, his mental state was not normal.
ββ¦β¦ Got into two neuropaths. No wonder the son was discharged from the hospital. Yuan Jianhan used a somewhat Xu Xiuxin tone and complained dissatisfiedly.
"If it's just a neurosis, why don't you tell us about it? And that marriage thing...... That Yi Xin ......" Xu Xiuxin thought of Yi Xin, and felt that his heart was not smooth.
Yuan Jianhan didn't say anything, and he didn't stop Xu Xiu's heart-babbling complaints.
The irritability in his heart has been transferred to his son Yuan Haoze, and he is a little dissatisfied with the trouble caused by Yuan Haoze.
The two husbands and wives kept their mouths on the other, and the other became a gourd with a sawed mouth, and only when they walked to the bus stop and got on the bus again did they quiet down together.
All the way home, neither of them said anything more. The silence was familiar to both of them.
Home, a comfortable place, somewhat dissolves some of the negative emotions in their hearts.
Xu Xiuxin, as usual, asked Yuan Jianhan what he wanted to eat, and began to prepare today's food.
Their lives seem to have returned to peace. All the tension, doubts, and worries vanished.
After all, the two have never actually come into contact with Fan Xiaoshi - or Li Feifei - so there is no way to imagine what the haunting is like. Yuan Haoze had nothing suspicious except for the sudden idea of getting married. Although this strong idea is already a very big doubt, but for this couple, their son lived independently two years earlier, and when he was in college, he was almost an independent life, and he didn't talk to them much in the earlier adolescence and rebellious periods, so thinking about it, Yuan Haoze's sudden decision was not so surprising.
Thinking about the helpless tone of colleagues and friends when they sometimes mention their children, the two feel that their son's behavior is quite normal.
When children are older, there are always things they don't want to tell their parents, and there are always behaviors that parents can't understand.
It is even more impossible to tell your parents everything about love.
Yuan Haoze wants to get married, and they are still happy to see it. It's better than Yuan Haoze being single all the time, so let them rest assured.
It's just that Xu Xiuxin has a lot of dissatisfaction with Yi Xin's daughter-in-law.
Xu Xiuxin forgot about these dissatisfactions for the time being, and today she prepared the dishes that Yuan Haoze liked to eat, and while cooking, she waited for Yuan Haoze to come back from work.
Yuan Jianhan sat in the living room watching the TV news, holding his mobile phone in his hand, looking at various articles and small videos sent by old classmates and colleagues in the WeChat group.
The tranquility of the two is shattered by the noise downstairs.
Xu Xiuxin frowned, stood in the kitchen and shouted to Yuan Jianhan, "What's wrong outside?" Husband and wife fighting? β
Yuan Jianhan raised his head and replied disinterestedly.
Xu Xiuxin came out with the dishes, put down the freshly cooked dishes at the table, and walked straight to the balcony.
The noise rushed in from downstairs. Xu Xiuxin heard the woman's cry. The voice was not hysterical, but rather mournful.
Xu Xiuxin's original mind of seeing the excitement suddenly became uncomfortable. She opened the window, looked out, and froze.
She could see the two figures downstairs.
At this point in time, there are many people coming in and out of the community. Someone looked bustling down and stopped slightly. There aren't many people. And the two people they paid attention to, a man and a woman, Xu Xiuxin recognized them at a glance. The man was his own son. After two more glances, she also recognized that the woman was Yan Yu.
"Old Yuan! Yuan Jianhan! Hurry up! That crazy woman is downstairs! She's holding our son! Xu Xiuxin hurriedly turned his head and shouted, and hurriedly ran to the living room.
Yuan Jianhan raised his head in shock, his fingers touched the volume button on the phone, and the sound of singing and dancing suddenly erupted in the room.
The husband and wife didn't care about this, so they hurriedly ran to the door.
"Do you see clearly? Is it really our son and that woman? Yuan Jianhan changed his shoes, and then remembered to ask more.
"I can still misread our son!" Xu Xiuxin shouted, "I'll just say that her ghost is not gone!" That crazy woman! Her daughter is crazy, and she is also crazy! The brain is broken! β
Xu Xiuxin opened the door and rushed out in one step.
The two of them ran down the stairs quickly, running a little out of breath.
After Xu Xiuxin rushed out of the gate, he pushed Yuan Jianhan to run.
went around to the back of the residential building, and the two saw Yan Yu and Yuan Haoze who were pulling.
Yan Yu's face was full of tears, his expression was sad, his knees were weak, and he knelt directly on the ground.
ββ¦β¦ I beg you! I beg you! Tell me where my daughter is! Tell me where Xiaoshi is! She's a little girl, and she's gone! Tell me where she went! Yan Yu pleaded hoarsely.
The eyes of the people around him looking at Yuan Haoze have become a little different.
Yuan Haoze's face turned pale, and he struggled to break free of Yan Yu's hands. But those hands were like iron pincers, firmly clasped on his arms. His body seemed to have been drained of his strength, and his movements to break free were a little weak.
Yuan Haoze is indeed weak.
His recent worries have shifted to Yi Xin. He doubted Yi Xin's identity and experience.
Fan Xiaoshi's death was forgotten by his subconscious.
He was about to completely forget the corpse and the horrific experience in the hospital, but Yan Yu's appearance was like a slap in the face.
He thought of the ghosts.
Then, he thought of Fan Xiaoshi's corpse.
He remembered that he had killed someone.
Yi Xin can be regarded as helping to destroy the corpse at most, and he is the one who kills the people.
No!
He didn't kill anyone!
It was just an accident!
Yuan Haoze roared wildly in his heart, but he couldn't make any sound in his throat.
The only sanity he had left kept him shut, for fear of blurting out something that would kill him.
"You let go of our family Haoze! You crazy woman! Your daughter is crazy and got lost on her own! What are you looking for our Haoze for?! Xu Xiuxin was like being beaten with chicken blood, and burst out with great strength, grabbing Yan Yu's shoulders and dragging her back half a meter.
Yan Yu's strength is also not small, and he did not let go of Yuan Haoze because of this.
The three of them dragged one by one, and suddenly rolled into a ball on the ground.
Yuan Jianhan's face was pale, and he stepped forward to help Xu Xiuxin pull Yan Yu away.
Yan Yu's cry became sharper and sharper.
The people around couldn't look at it, and stepped forward to pull the frame.
For a moment, the scene became chaotic.
Yuan Haoze was in a daze, his mind full of corpses, ghosts, and the idea that he might go to prison. He heard the siren. This made him suddenly break out in a cold sweat.
The onlookers called the police, and the police and the community security arrived together.
Yuan Haoze was like seeing a ghost, and when he saw the police for the first time, he showed a frightened look. He hurriedly tilted his head, not daring to look directly at the policemen.
Xu Xiuxin's loud roar couldn't enter Yuan Haoze's ears. All he could hear was the sound of his own strong heartbeat.
The terrifying appearance of Fan Xiaoshi's corpse was magnified countless times in Yuan Haoze's mind.
Yuan Haoze heard Yi Xin's voice in his violent heartbeat.
"You're going to be fine. We're going to get married. β
Those were the words that Yi Xin had promised him that day.
Like the naΓ―ve thoughts of a woman in love.
It's just that at this moment, that sentence became Yuan Haoze's small hope.
The body had already been taken away by Yi Xin......
It was Yi Xin who took away the corpse and destroyed the corpse.
No one saw how the hell the woman died......
No one saw ......
Only Yi Xin knows......
Yuan Haoze had such an idea in his mind.
This idea didn't come out of nowhere, or even now.
Yuan Haoze also gained some strength from this idea this time and became calmer.
His body was still trembling slightly, and his heart was beating violently from nervousness and restlessness.
But he finally dared to glance at the police who rushed over.
It's okay......
He's going to be fine......
And Yi Xin, and Yi Xin......
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"It's him. That man was him. On the day Xiaoshi ran out, he was discharged from the hospital directly. His parents said that he was suddenly discharged from the hospital, no more surgery, and suddenly got married. He's unusual. He didn't explain to his parents why. When he saw me, it was like seeing a ghost...... He may have seen a ghost...... He also saw Xiaoshi! He must have seen Xiaoshi! He must know where Xiaoshi went! β
Yan Yu held the paper cup, so excited that he pinched and deformed the paper cup.
Her eyes widened, staring intently at the policeman in front of her.
Her tone went from calm to excited, but it took only two or three sentences.
If it was normal, it became a little nervous in an instant.
The police truthfully recorded what Yan Yu said, but couldn't help twitching the corners of his mouth.
Yan Yu's suspicions, they also suspected.
Yuan Haoze's performance is indeed suspicious. He looked at them like criminals with weak hearts.
"My colleague is asking him, don't worry, if he really knows something, he can ask." The police reassured.
The police did not doubt this.
Yuan Haoze looks like a very honest person. To be precise, a person who has never been a traitor. When facing the police, there is also a natural sense of fear. Although he didn't know if this fear was something he had before, or if he had only developed it after what he had done, but with this emotion, it was not difficult for them to interrogate something.
Even if they can't ask anything and confirm Yuan Haoze's identity, they can find out his recent actions and find clues from them.
After making a record for Yan Yu, the policeman left the room first.
He saw his colleagues in the office.
"What did his parents say?" The officer asked.
"What else can I say? They had no idea what their son was doing out there. It could be a ...... a man and a woman."
The man who is in a hurry to get married, and a missing female college student, who was also admitted to the hospital because of mental problems...... It sounds like a very common emotional dispute.
The policeman let out an "oh", and as soon as his voice fell, he saw two of his other colleagues walk in.
"That kid has watched too many TV series and is still silent. I'm going to call his girlfriend to come over. The policeman who came in laughed angrily.
"Then call his girlfriend for a trip. It's not good to say that this thing has something to do with his girlfriend. β
"If you can ask, it would be best to find that little girl." Someone interjected.
The office was silent for two seconds, and a sigh rang out.
Everyone thought of a possibility.
"I can find it. The man didn't look like he would have the guts to do that kind of thing. The policeman who spoke was not firm.
"There's a girlfriend too."
"Shhhh
"It's just that after a quarrel, run away from home. It doesn't have to be ......."
After a few more discussions in the office, everyone went about their work and got busy again.
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Li Yun was watching TV in the living room while cleaning the inner liner of the newly purchased vacuum cleaner.
He is single-minded and does not concentrate.
Hearing the sound of the door opening, he turned his head to look, and saw Uncle Li coming out of the bedroom.
"Talked to Auntie? Is the family okay? Li Yun asked with concern.
"The same old way. The little ones don't believe it. Uncle Li smiled.
"Won't you talk to them?" Li Yun asked curiously.
Aunt Li has long accepted Uncle Li's current state, but Uncle Li's children still don't know anything about it. Aunt Li's statement does not make them believe that Uncle Li is still "alive".
Uncle Li hesitated and said, "Tell them about this, and I don't know if it's good or not." I'm eighty years old, and my wife is also a person who has one foot in the coffin, so let's talk. My son and daughter are still early. And grandchildren, they...... You can't all come here to work after you die, right? β
Uncle Li has a lot of ideas in his heart. Ever since he died and saw the impermanence of black and white, these thoughts have become a mess in his mind.
He is staying here now, but because Aunt Li is still alive. If Aunt Li dies, he should take Aunt Li to Xudu, and then he can have a table of mahjong with Jiang Longchang and his wife.
This plan, Uncle Li thought about the most; But after staying in Jinrong Mansion for a long time, he felt that it was not bad to stay in the world, at least his life had not changed much, and he could see his children and grandchildren at any time. Thinking about the poor communication situation in Xudu, he hesitated a little.
In this case, it is not wise to tell his children that there is another world after death and that there are many options.
"If after a person dies, he is not a hundred, and there are so many things that can be done, and there are so many things that can be done...... Uncle Li said with emotion, "then what is the difference between living and dying?" β
Li Yun did not answer.
He detoxified the inner liner of the vacuum cleaner and reinstalled it.
The machine clicked softly.
"However, when people die, not all of them have the same choices as we do." Li Yun reminded.
Uncle Li was stunned and smiled bitterly, "You're right. Both of us died of old age, sickness, and other ......."
The ghosts they saw during this time alone were varied.
Uncle Li was worried about Aunt Li for a while.
"My old lady should be able to choose for herself." Uncle Li said with some uncertainty, and then added, as if encouraging himself, "She had the right idea when she was young, and she has never changed." β
Li Yun hadn't seen Aunt Li yet, so he could only echo Uncle Li's words with some emptiness.
As the two were talking, they heard the door open.
Yi Xin was fully armed from head to toe, dressed up beautifully and walked to the door.
"You're going on a date?" Li Yun asked in surprise and looked at the wall clock on the wall.
Yi Xin often dates, but she and Yuan Haoze are engaged and have met their parents, why do you still date at this embarrassing time?
"No, it's going to the police station to get people." Yi Xin picked out a pair of high boots from the shoe rack, sat down on a chair in the dining room, and patiently put on the boots and zipped them.
Li Yun was dumbfounded, "That Yuan Haoze was arrested?" Is that the ...... Because of that ghost? β
Uncle Li looked at Yi Xin with concern, "It doesn't matter, right?" Can this be explained? β
I guess I can't explain the ghost to the police.
"Not really. It was the body's mother who found him. I've cleaned it up, the police can't find the body, and there won't be any evidence, where is the case? Yi Xin said lightly.
Li Yun and Uncle Li were silent.
If Yi Xin hadn't killed a ghost, but killed someone, the two would never have been so peaceful.
"Alright, don't wait for me to come back. It might be late. Yi Xin waved his hand, stepped on his high heels and went out.
Li Yun and Uncle Li both heard the humming outside the door, as if Yi Xin was going out on a date, just like those dates in the past.
The two looked at each other.
"That young man, I can't look at it." Uncle Li frowned, "That young man may not like Yi Xin at all." Probably liked it before, but after that...... He was afraid of Yi Xin when he looked at it, and he ......"
Uncle Li didn't continue.
He felt that Yuan Haoze was afraid and hated Yi Xin.
This is not surprising.
Yi Xin didn't solve a big problem for him, but pinched his handle. For him, Yi Xin is now his big trouble.
Yuan Haoze's thoughts are clear to Uncle Li.
Yi Xin should be able to see it too.
But she was happy about Yuan Haoze's mood and the current situation that he had to marry her.
If Yi Xin were an ordinary girl, Uncle Li would definitely think that she was playing with fire and self-immolation, and was joking with the happiness of her life.
But Yixin is a monster who has lived for I don't know how many years, and it is Yuan Haoze who plays with fire and immolates himself.
Despite this, Uncle Li still disapproves of Yi Xin's approach.
Li Yun even disapproved of Yi Xin's approach. He was also worried that Yi Xin would capsize in the gutter, and he was also worried that Yi Xin would be distorted and perverted if he continued this unhealthy relationship and marriage relationship.
She may have been perverted.
Li Yun subconsciously looked in the direction of Yi Xin's room.
"What's wrong?" Uncle Li didn't wait for Li Yun to speak, and looked at Li Yun's line of sight.
Li Yun shook his head, and did not tell Uncle Li about the voices he heard.
Those voices were intermittent, always popping up when Li Yun remembered Yi Xin's matter.
Li Yun can now grasp some of his own situation. Whether he can hear those voices or not depends half on himself, and the other half on those souls.
Obviously, those souls have been tormented by Yi Xin to be numb and crazy, with little self-awareness, and they are not able to express their full thoughts.
Li Yun just followed his feelings, hearing their groans of pain and screams.
"There's no way to stop Yi Xin now...... She herself would definitely not break up. That man wouldn't dare to break up, right? Li Yun said.
"I definitely don't dare." Uncle Li immediately gave an answer, but immediately changed his words, "We may break up in two years." His mother, it doesn't look like it's easy to get along with. β
Time will wear away fear.
Xu Xiuxin, who didn't know it, was still dissatisfied with Yi Xin. Under the influence of hearing and seeing, Yuan Haoze will not continue this forced marriage.
According to his old concept, Uncle Li only felt that Yi Xin had been delayed, and forgot Yi Xin's identity for a while, and also thought of the children that Yi Xin and Yuan Haoze might have. Children who grow up in divorced families are not very good.
When Uncle Li thought like this, Li Yun couldn't help but look in the direction of the bedroom again.
There's not going to be another soul in there, right? Li Yun thought uneasily.
"In that Bai Ying's house, hasn't anyone found it recently?" Uncle Li changed the subject.
Li Yun shook his head, "I don't know." I didn't feel anything. β
The previous experience was like a dream.
"Maybe you scared them last time." Uncle Li said.
He didn't know what Li Yun had done. In his opinion, Li Yun just fell to his knees after suddenly losing his mind. It's a matter of a second or two.
Li Yun also didn't know what he had done.
He, like Uncle Li, saw some clues from Yi Xin and Xue Xiaolian's attitudes.
Li Yun scratched his head, "Maybe." β
The two didn't talk about it again.
The TV continued to play, and after watching it for a while, they started talking about what was on the TV.
When it was time to go to bed, Yi Xin still didn't come back.
Li Yun went back to the room, played with his mobile phone for a while, and then turned off the lights and went to sleep.
After he closed his eyes, he still thought about the food video he had just watched, and he only felt a little hungry.
He rolled over, as if to smell the smell of food.
The scent was quickly masked by the smell of blood.
The faint smell of blood, like a jumping note, is lively and cheerful.
Beyond that, there was another smell.
The smell of fear.
The smell seemed to frame a shivering person.
Li Yun suddenly saw such a man.
At the same time that his eyes saw the figure of the man, a name popped out of his head: Yuan Haoze.
It's Yuan Haoze.
Yi Xin's fiancΓ©.
He saw the haggard Yuan Haoze, as if he had been tortured by some kind of cruelty, his spirit was tense and uneasy. He was covered in a shadow, and every trembling made the shadow tremble together, making an ominous sound.
Li Yun intuitively felt that he was not very good.
Beyond that fear, he sensed something else.
It's not smells, colors, sounds, touches.
It was just an idea, and suddenly it popped out of Li Yun's mind.
He had a gut feeling that something bad was going to happen to Yuan Haoze.
He thought of Yi Xin.
When he wanted to follow the smell of blood to find Yi Xin, Li Yun heard a moan in the next room.
As if they had a premonition like Li Yun, those souls shouted loudly.