Reminiscing about the past is not an easy task.

Even if some memories are unforgettable, when they are recalled, only fragments of fragments are flashed frequently, and the process cannot be fully described.

What Zhuang Baoli remembers most clearly is the color of the blood and the sentence "robber" in the news report.

But now I recall whether the bloodstains I saw at that time were bright red or dark red; whether the beads of blood that fall on the ground are round or dragged out; Men wear jackets and jeans, but the blood-stained underwear is a shirt, a sweatshirt, a vest, or a sweater...... Zhuang Baoli couldn't remember.

Recall carefully, the news report should not be a "robber", it is certain that "robbery" is mentioned, but what exactly it was said and what the specific words were, Zhuang Baoli couldn't remember.

Niu Haixi asked him the time, and he only remembered that he was still studying at the time, maybe junior high school or high school......

Zhuang Baoli recalled very seriously, and even felt quite brave, but what he could remember was still vague and useless.

Niu Haixi saw his distressed expression and prompted, "You shouldn't have met that robber on the street, right?" ”

Zhuang Baoli nodded.

"What are you going to do when you go to that kind of place where there are no people? Where are you going, and you took a trail halfway? ”

Zhuang Baoli's expression was in a trance.

He has always been obedient and sensible, and he is at school and home every day. He didn't have many friends. When he was studying, he didn't have any extracurricular interest classes or cram schools. On weekends, his parents would take him to visit relatives and friends. He rarely goes out alone.

Why run to that kind of place where there is no one?

The corners of Zhuang Baoli's mouth pulled down, and he felt that something had floated up from the depths of his memory.

He did not answer Niu Haixi's question.

Niu Haixi observed his expression and knew that he remembered something, but he was reluctant to say it. Niu Haixi didn't mind these details either, and continued to follow the rules, "That shouldn't be a regular occurrence, right?" Can you remember the time? ”

Zhuang Baoli replied in a dry voice: "It's when I was in junior high school." When I was in my second year of junior high school. ”

is exactly the same age as Zhuang Xuexia now.

No, he studied a year earlier, and he is one year younger than the current Zhuang Xuexia.

Zhuang Baoli replied: "If you count the time, it was twenty-seven years ago. ”

"You said there was a news report, so check the news you had there twenty-seven years ago......" Niu Haixi did not finish speaking.

Zhuang Baoli interjected: "I'm from out of town. My hometown is not here. ”

Niu Haixi sent him something several times, of course with his address. He guessed that Niu Haixi would mistake himself for a local.

"Where is your hometown?" Niu Haixi was not surprised by this.

It's just a trifle.

Zhuang Baoli hesitated.

If you really say it, that's the confession.

He faltered.

But with Niu Haixi's calm waiting expression, Zhuang Baoli felt that he was thinking too much.

And it's been twenty-seven years......

The man was a robber.

He's kind of self-defense.

Zhuang Baoli said silently in his heart and replied: "Yaocheng." ”

Niu Haixi, who originally had a calm face, did not hold back, and his expression changed for the first time.

Such an obvious difference, Zhuang Baoli saw it in his eyes and was anxious in his heart.

Zhuang Baoli couldn't help but think wildly, and subconsciously asked, "What?" Yaocheng ...... Any questions? ”

Could it be that Niu Haixi is from Yaocheng, and he happens to be the robber......

Niu Haixi immediately adjusted his expression, but he was speechless for a while. His heart was also very messy.

Yaocheng ......

He's in Yaocheng right now.

It's just that he does this business, delivering goods to guests or something, and it is impossible to expose his address. In the past, express delivery did not require real names, and the management was not so strict. He has a good relationship with the courier brother, which is very easy. Now the real name is required, and all kinds of systems are also operated by computers, and it is not easy to change manually, so he found a transit warehouse, although it is a little troublesome, but it can ensure safety. It is the connection between peers, and only those who really know the root cause can save this process.

Zhuang Baoli received several couriers from him, but he didn't realize that he was in Yaocheng, and it was also because of this. Otherwise, when he received the express delivery for the first time and saw the sending address, Zhuang Baoli should have some ideas.

Niu Haixi's reaction was also fast, even if he couldn't achieve the perfect expression management before, but in this moment's effort, he had already thought of a way to make up for it.

"Yaocheng...... The place in Yaocheng is not easy to say...... We have a senior right there. It stands to reason that it is unlikely that there will be any fierce ghosts born there......" Niu Haixi groaned.

Zhuang Baoli became even more uneasy after hearing this, "Although it is Yaocheng, that thing ...... The location is in a very remote place, it has already reached the suburbs, and it is about to leave Yaocheng. The robbers don't have to be from Yaocheng......"

Niu Haixi glanced at Zhuang Baoli, as if asking him what a junior high school student was doing in that place.

The suspicious eyes seemed to see Zhuang Baoli's concealment.

Zhuang Baoli fidgeted, hesitated, and explained: "I...... At that time, I didn't do well in the exam, and the people in the class ...... My father beat me, and my mother was disappointed...... I just ran out......"

He was obedient since he was a child, and only that time......

He remembered it now.

It is the final exam of the second year of junior high school.

In the second year of junior high school, he changed seats, and he had a good time with his classmates at the same table, as well as the front and back seats, and he had to rush to the playground and play football for a while during the ten minutes between classes. Although he played badly and always ran after the ball and couldn't catch the ball, several classmates were still willing to take him to play with him. He also practiced secretly for this. is also so lax, encountered Waterloo in the final exam, and his grades actually fell to the bottom of the class. However, several people in the front and back seats maintained their original results, and their peers also performed exceptionally, not only taking the first place in the class, but also entering the top 20 of the grade.

During the parent-teacher conference, his father sat with his mother, who was at the same table, listened to the teacher's explanation, and when he came back, he was furious.

Zhuang Baoli only felt aggrieved, as if he had suffered some kind of betrayal, and as if he had suddenly grown up, realizing his natural shortcomings and the gap between him and his peers that was difficult to fill.

He ran away from home.

He walked so far that he could never see anyone else on the road.

Then, he met the man......

"Now that I have the approximate time and place, I can start looking for the news and confirm the identity of the demon." Niu Haixi skipped the topic that embarrassed Zhuang Baoli.

Zhuang Baoli felt that he couldn't raise his head.

For him, this incident is not a "childhood anecdote", it is not something that he felt embarrassed when he was young, and it will become beautiful and warm to recall it twenty or thirty years later.

Zhuang Baoli always felt that Niu Haixi was still looking at him with strange eyes.

In fact, this is also true.

But Niu Haixi didn't discriminate against him because of this kind of thing. Niu Haixi's mind was still coiling on the place name - Yaocheng.

How could it be so coincidental?

This is probably not a coincidence.

Li Yun will be tied up with this Zhuang Baoli, I'm afraid there is something to ......

He should have pulled out early......

No, no, no, at this pass, as soon as he retreats, Zhuang Baoli is determined to find someone else, and he may go to Li Yun again. When the time comes, casually mention him and mention him Niu Haixi......

Niu Haixi found that after going around in a circle, he returned to the original problem.

Sure enough, he still had to act according to his new plan.

It's just that this situation can't allow him to seduce Zhuang Baoli step by step, so he has to speed up.

Niu Haixi thought about it and thought about it.

"But I still have to warn you. You said that the demon who grabbed you by the neck was not the robber you encountered, but someone else. What you see in your nightmare is the robber...... And as you just said, the location is in Yaocheng...... Think about it, do you have any details that you have forgotten? Niu Haixi's tone was aggressive.

Zhuang Baoli felt the change in Niu Haixi's attitude, and hurriedly said, "It's really gone." I've told you all about it! I've even said this kind of thing, what else can't I say? Really said it all! ”

Niu Haixi didn't believe it.

According to Zhuang Baoli, he was the last person the robber saw before he died, and he did not save him when he saw death, so it may cause the robber to hold a grudge. Even so, the most hated thing for the robber should be the one who killed and injured him. The robber turned into a ghost, and the first person to look for it should be the murderer who caused his death, and he should have gone to find the other party twenty-seven years ago. If you continue to find Zhuang Baoli, it will not be possible to wait so long.

Or as he said perfunctorily Zhuang Baoli before, it was the relatives and friends of the robber who died recently and found Zhuang Baoli. However, the relatives and friends were so angry about the death of the robber that they wanted to take revenge after death, how could they find Zhuang Baoli? Zhuang Baoli saw that only he and the robbers knew about the fact that he was not saved.

Although the ghosts are superhuman, can kill people invisibly, and can torture the living to death, they are not omniscient. It's not that after dying and becoming a ghost, the things that you don't understand before you are alive will be known immediately. They may have become ghosts, and they have more of the kind of secret connection that they can't receive when they are human, but that connection itself is a strong connection. It is impossible to trigger such a connection simply by seeing death and not saving.

Zhuang Baoli must have done something to make himself have a strong correlation with the death of the robber.

Niu Haixi suspected that Zhuang Baoli had made a move.

He has also seen a lot of such guests.

What "I just pushed it", what "I didn't give money, but it's none of my business when he's sick", what "he always follows me and always smiles at me"......

People always beautify what they see, hear, and do.

Niu Haixi saw that Zhuang Baoli was in a hurry, but he didn't care, but just slowed down according to the plan, "I don't doubt you." You may have forgotten something, or you may have forgotten something, something that you didn't know, that you didn't do, but that affected you, that affected the matter. ”

Zhuang Baoli grabbed his hair, a little impatient, "I didn't do it, how do I know?" I don't know at all...... I didn't do anything ......."

"Yes......" Niu Haixi made a hesitant expression.

Zhuang Baoli seemed to grasp the life-saving straw, "Master, what do you have to say?" Is there anything you can do? ”

Niu Haixi groaned, "I remember you said that your family, a family of three, have had nightmares?" ”

Zhuang Baoli nodded in agreement, but gradually came back to his senses.

"You said you were the first to have nightmares at home. The content of your initial nightmare is just that the robber is standing there, and gradually, in the nightmare, the robber is getting closer to you little by little. But, all the while, that robber didn't really attack you. Until that night, the evil ghost who was not a robber appeared......" Niu Haixi's voice was demagogic, "I believe you are not lying. You've been overlooking one thing before, though. This thing...... You relayed the nightmares of your wife and daughter, succinctly. What did they dream about? ”

Zhuang Baoli was at a loss.

"Alas...... I don't want to talk about this kind of topic...... I've met quite a few victims like you. Niu Haixi shook his head, "You also mentioned before that your daughter got something?" ”

Zhuang Baoli opened his mouth, not knowing how to answer. His mind went blank.

"The current child ......," Niu Haixi continued to shake his head, "Mr. Zhuang, I originally suspected a lot of possibilities. But when you talk about Yaocheng...... The place in Yaocheng, you don't know as an ordinary person, but for us, that place is the real retreat of a hundred ghosts, and ten thousand laws will not invade. There is a senior master there, who has been there for many years. ”

He lied and came out of his mouth, and also used a metaphor that Zhuang Baoli could understand, "It's like a place like Shaolin Temple and Wudang Mountain, how can evil ghosts be born in such a place?" When a person dies in that land, he will naturally die in bliss. ”

"But...... But what you just said could be someone from the robber......" Zhuang Baoli struggled to find other answers.

"Hmm. This is also a possibility. Niu Haixi's answer did not reassure Zhuang Baoli, "But if that is the case, such a person becomes an evil ghost, and it is impossible to burn the talisman I gave you, and it is impossible to attract the appearance of the Baojia Immortal to expel it." If he is a robber, he has done all kinds of evil in his life, and he may have killed people and stained blood, but after death, he will turn into a ghost. Ordinary people, that is, people who died tragically, will turn into ghosts to take revenge on those who killed them. Mr. Zhuang, that's not the case for you, right? ”

Zhuang Baoli was speechless.

"I don't want to say that either. But at this point, you've been attacked twice...... Ling Qianjin ...... again, "Niu Haixi swallowed, "When she was on a video call last night, she ......"

Zhuang Baoli thought of Niu Haixi's strange look away during the video call last night.

He was struck by lightning.

"I look at this matter, you guys have a good talk at home, communicate with each other. Figuring out what happened is the first step. Children, at that age, will always be confused and don't know the severity. Of course, I'll also check the news of the year to see if it's the robber's problem. Niu Haixi said sincerely.

Zhuang Baoli numbly agreed, until the call ended, his face was reflected in the black screen of the phone, he was still flustered, and he didn't know what to do next.

Xiaxia......

Speaking of which, the beginning of the nightmare was on the cruise ship, it was Xia Xia who told the ghost story that Xiao Ming told her, and it was after Xia Xia met that Xiao Ming...... The two men ran around the boat all day, no one was seen, and they didn't know what they were doing......

There is also what Xia Xia said about the amulet that she got on the Internet, and she didn't see a shadow in the end.

And Xiaxia yesterday...... Yesterday, it was the incense offered by the glow......

Zhuang Baoli only felt that his body had been drained of all his strength.