Chapter 138: The Pious Buddha Statue

The office was surprisingly quiet, the man said this, it seemed that he was recalling in detail, he didn't know how to continue, those things were not actually much bloody and terrifying, but they were so weird that people's hearts were trembling.

Zou Xia crossed Erlang's legs and waited quietly for him to finish the cigarette in his hand.

Then he asked: "What's weirder, what do you mean?" ”

The man licked his dry lips, uneasy about to shed a piece of dead skin on his upper lip, and took several deep breaths before continuing to speak slowly in a trembling voice.

"That day, around 6 p.m. that night, I came home from work as usual...... She was clubbed in the doorway like a statue, and I shouted for a while before I came into the house...... You know, I asked my neighbor about it, and they said that she was already standing there not long after I left for work in the morning, and she stood there for a whole day, ignoring anyone's shouting, her hair was scattered, and she was like a madman...... She has always eaten a small amount of food, but that night she ate at least 4~5 times the usual amount of food......"

"At midnight, I can't remember the time, it could be 1 o'clock in the morning, it could be 3 o'clock in the morning, anyway, it was not dawn outside. I got up to go to the bathroom. When I first got up, I was in a trance, and I felt a little half-asleep, very confused, so I didn't pay attention to the situation in the bedroom, but ...... After I came out of the bathroom, I found that the bedroom was empty, and she didn't sleep in bed in the middle of the night...... Until I turned on all the lights in the room and came out of the room to see him kneeling in the living room, facing the TV wall......"

"We are not religious, and we usually have no statues of gods in our house, but she is kneeling there, obviously with obvious dark circles around her eyes, but with an inexplicable expression of satisfaction and piety on her face, and there are words in her mouth, as if she is praying for someone's protection...... At first, I thought maybe there was something dirty on XZ's trip that scared her, so I went to the temple and bought a Buddha statue for a lot of money. ”

"Sorry, I want to smoke again......"

"It's okay, I usually smoke too, take it easy, keep talking!"

"Shhhh......h Okay, you would never have imagined what would happen the next day when I bought the Buddha statue home...... When I got home, it was almost dark, so I put the Buddha statue in her place to bow down at night, and then I hurriedly cooked the meal that day and went to bed...... I thought it would ease somewhat, so I slept heavily that night. ”

"Until the next morning, when I woke up,...... Whew, hiss, whew...... You would never have imagined what I saw, I saw her standing at the head of the bed with bloodshot eyes and a cloak in her head, holding a kitchen knife with a missing opening, glaring at me like an enemy...... You don't know, that look on her face scared me, I ...... I even suspect that if she hadn't had a shred of her senses and remembered the love between us, I might have died in bed that night and never woke up again! Whew......"

“...... Hey, I persuaded her for a while before she put down the kitchen knife and honestly went out to wash up and prepare for breakfast. But when I came to the kitchen,...... On the kitchen board is the Jade Buddha I bought yesterday, but the Jade Buddha's head is missing! I didn't dare to say anything, and I searched in the kitchen for a while, and only then did I find the jade Buddha's head that had been chopped by a kitchen knife from a pot that had not been used for a long time......"

"When I had breakfast, everything was fine until I was ready to go to work, she ...... She suddenly came to the door and blocked my way, and said to me in a very frightened tone, 'Husband, I had a nightmare last night, you brought a big-shouldered and round-waisted guest to your house, saying that he was your friend, but he was going to bully me while you were away, and I accidentally killed him, and his head was chopped off, and the details are realistic...... Husband, if someone bullies me, you will definitely protect me, right? ’”

"I was in a hurry to go out, so I coping with two sentences, but it wasn't until I got out of the house that I realized ...... Isn't that the Jade Buddha she talking about? The shoulders are big and the waist is round, and the head is chopped...... The features are perfectly matched, and more importantly, she hasn't slept for several nights in a row...... How is it possible to dream? ...... Call...... When I thought of all her strange actions at night, which were all conscious, I was so frightened that I always had the illusion that she would cut me down one night...... After all, that morning, she was standing at the head of my bed with a kitchen knife. ”

“...... I don't even know how long she stood there, and I can't imagine if she really had a moment during that time, yes...... ...... was going to hack me to death in bed."

"Have you taken her to the hospital for a check-up? Could this be some kind of ...... I don't mean anything else, but it's just that this kind of behavior really doesn't look like a normal person......"

"It's okay, in fact I didn't dare to go home that night,...... Under the pretext of a business trip, I stayed in a hotel outside for two days and then ...... I finally made up my mind to take her to the hospital for a check-up. She, like other mentally ill people, was very resistant to hospitals and examinations, and it took me a lot of effort to convince her that the doctor said that she did have some kind of hysteria...... Given the severity of the situation, hospitalization was proposed. ”

"So you put her in a mental hospital?"

"I have no other way, I love her very much, but she is crazy, I haven't lived a normal life for a long time, I need to live like other normal people, instead of worrying every day that she will hack me to death on impulse!"

“...... I thought it was going to end like this."

"But it's not, is it?"

“...... If it were that simple, I wouldn't be here right now! ”

"After she got into the hospital, I did have a few comfortable days, but ...... Can you understand the feeling, she's not with me, but she's never gone...... As long as I can't pay attention, I can see her everywhere in the house, in the mirror, in front of the kitchen, in front of the bed, at the door of the house, and even in the reflection of the washing water, she is all hideous, chopping something with a kitchen knife......"

"She's like a ghost...... Everywhere! ”

"Until recently, I suddenly noticed that it was not only at home, but also on the street, at work, in hotels where she had never been...... Can you imagine, the company sent me on a business trip, I have fled to another city, at midnight, the urgent doorbell woke me up, and when I opened the door, I could see her standing at the door, staring at me with a gloomy face...... Ignore it, and then the phone rings, and then the sound of her low and weird smile and chopping the jade Buddha statue with a kitchen knife can be heard from inside......"

"This phenomenon lasted for a while, and I thought I was infected by her, but I was still sensible, so I went to the hospital to check it myself."

But the doctor said that the test results were good, only a slight depression and insomnia, and if necessary, he could prescribe medication to treat the related symptoms in the hospital...... I changed a few hospitals, and the results were almost the same, but I knew for myself that it wasn't like that, it wasn't like that...... But if the problem isn't me, then where? I struggled for a few days and went back to the hospital where she was hospitalized......"

"That was the first time I went to see her after she was hospitalized, and she saw me, her face full of obsession, and she hadn't dressed up for a long time, which made her look very haggard, like a madman, and it was distressing to look at...... As I approached, I heard her ask me, 'Husband, why don't you open the door for me at night?' My hands hurt when I knocked on the door...... 'I didn't actually realize what she said, I just felt like my whole body was falling into an ice cellar, and the thick chill that couldn't be dissipated in the hot summer instantly made my bag impenetrable......

"I don't even know how I got out of there, but you know what, when I came out, I didn't come out by myself, I helped her go through the discharge procedures, but about the process...... I didn't remember it at all, but at that time, I had already expected one thing, that is-

"-The hospital can't keep her in place anymore, and when she comes out, it will definitely plunge the rest of my life into unprecedented madness and danger!"

"And what happened next really made me test this almost intuitive idea that you don't think about what happened later......"