Chapter 14: The First Chain

Zhao Xi's phone slipped out of his wound and fell to the ground through the torrential rain.

The height of the five-story building made the mobile phone fall apart and be completely destroyed.

The fragments of life that Zhao Xi photographed with his mobile phone, the words he said to himself when he was lonely, the life he longed for and envied, and the darkness and cruelty buried in his heart all dissipated together in the heavy rain.

His clothes were already soaked, and Gao Ming only began to climb up after hearing the sound of his phone hitting the ground.

"Hold on! You reckless! How dare you jump! ”

"Be careful! You'll have to go through the fifth-floor window! ”

The investigator and Mr. Yao's upper body was also wet with the rain, and they tried their best to drag Gao Ming up.

Five fingers clenched the rope, Gao Ming had already done everything he could, which should be regarded as Zhao Xi destroying his mobile phone with his own hands.

Coming to the balcony on the fifth floor again, Zhao Xi, who was standing on the fifth floor, stared at Gao Ming with a little blankness, his gaze was slightly different from before, and the cold numbness was replaced by incomprehension and pain.

"Friends", "family", "neighbors" got him into a difficult situation, he couldn't think about it, and ended up stepping on the edge of the building.

No one cares about him, and even after his death, everyone is complaining, why can't he die farther, it's really unlucky, and the housing prices in the community are going to fall again.

In the last stages of his life, he met many people who always inadvertently pushed him closer to the window, only Takamei did not do that.

What is played in the mobile phone video is what Zhao Xi wants to do, and it is the malice hidden by this honest man, but now that malice has been destroyed by him "with his own hands".

A rich black shadow escaped from his body, which seemed to be the connection between the unknown world and Zhao Xi, and it seemed to be some kind of special energy.

The head was raised, and Zhao Xi stood alone in the room. 2507 was his room, and he stood like this for a long time on that rainy night.

Gao Ming's body was dragged by the rope, and he stared at Zhao Xi in the room, and made a decision after a while.

The shoe stepped on the window frame of 2507, and Takami adjusted his body, and he let go of the rope and jumped back into room 2507.

Seeing this scene, Mr. Yao and the investigator were really stupid, and Mr. Yao, who had not spoken swear for more than 30 years, all spoke foully.

"Why is this going back again!!"

"It's the first time I've ever seen someone dare to jump sideways on both sides of the fifth-floor windowsill." The disfigurement investigator is really tired, but he doesn't dare to let go, he is afraid that Gao Ming will jump out again after a while!

Gao Ming also heard the voices of Teacher Yao and the investigator, but he pretended not to hear it and walked towards Zhao Xi step by step.

"You've been putting up with it since you were a child, and you're afraid of causing trouble to your family, so even if life hits you hard after punch, you just pat the ashes and continue to hold on." Gao Ming stopped in front of Zhao Xi: "I will let everyone know everything you have endured, and I will be your real family." ”

didn't shake hands, Gao Ming opened his arms and gently hugged Zhao Xi: "You have worked very hard." ”

When people are most vulnerable, what they need is not comfort, but a hug from their family.

The bones are staggered, and the twisted neck is pulled back, and Zhao Xi seems to be very unaccustomed to this.

As Zhao Xi retreated, the black shadows escaping from his body seemed to have found their target and began to surge towards Gao Ming's body.

They can't get into the body of the high life, and they condense on the surface of the high life's skin, like moving black blood vessels, and like a tiny chain of life.

Gao Ming reached out and touched it, feeling depression, pain, and despair, and those shadows merged with Zhao Xi's memories.

There was a sharp pain in his arm, and breathing became difficult, and Takamei tried to grasp the chain. He had a special premonition in his heart, as if as long as he could grasp the chains, he would be able to have the same abilities as Zhao Xi, but Zhao Xi might disappear.

Zhao Xi silently watched Gao Ming, as those black shadows left, the wounds and eyes on his body gradually returned to normal, but what was a little bad was that his body was also becoming illusory. It seems that after Zhao Xi disappears completely, the black chain on Gao Ming's body will be fully formed.

"Brother Zhao, what I just said is true, I can take you to meet other family members in the future." The pain that cut through his mental will distorted his expression as he desperately pressed his trembling arm.

Zhao Xi in room 2507 was also making the final choice, he stood for a long time, and then slowly twisted his neck. Zhao Xi looked at the isometric mirror in the living room, he looked at the upside-down world in the mirror, and the mirror did not reflect his body.

The hand covered with calluses and wounds waved gently, and there was still no Zhao Xi in the mirror.

The broken corpse seemed to understand something, Zhao Xi turned around in silence, he did not continue to jump off the building with his high life, but walked towards the corridor.

The neighbors in the WeChat group chat on the mobile phone are all fake, and he is the only one in the entire apartment building.

Zhao Xi walked down the steps, the shadow that shrouded the apartment building began to dissipate behind him, and everywhere he walked, the temperature was slowly rising.

"Brother Zhao! I didn't lie to you! ”

Seeing that Zhao Xi was leaving, Gao Ming chased him out directly, and when he heard his voice, the investigator and Teacher Yao also hurriedly ran out.

"Zhao Xi is gone?" Teacher Yao was only slightly surprised, and the disfigurement investigator was full of incredulity.

"How did you do it! Fast! I'm going to record it! Before dawn we solved the anomaly! It's a miracle! The investigator was overly agitated and shook Gao Sheng's hands.

"Adults also need understanding and comfort, I just wanted to be family with him, and he left." Gao Ming saw that the investigator began to record frantically, and quickly stopped the other party: "Don't record blindly!" It was through various analyses and that I had been neighbors with Zhao Xi for many years that I was able to grasp his psychology, and this method cannot be replicated. ”

"That's amazing! The first time I saw you, I felt that you were special! "The investigator just won't let go.

"You didn't pay any attention to me when you first saw me."

"It doesn't matter!" The investigator said very sincerely: "If you are interested, you can join our investigation bureau!" I'm here to be your referrer! ”

"If I can't find a job, maybe I'll consider it." Gao Ming pointed to Zhao Xi's room: "There should be some clues in his room, you can go and find them." ”

After the investigator was discarded, Gao Ming did not stay, and followed Zhao Xi downstairs, and there was a reward after the game was cleared.

Coming to the first floor, Zhao Xi didn't know when he had left, the shadow had receded, and a black and white posthumous photo was placed on the ground at the entrance of the building.

Gao Ming was just about to pick it up, and Teacher Yao next to him suddenly let out an exclamation.

"What's wrong?"

Under Gao Ming's gaze, Teacher Yao raised his hands, and his body was fading along with the shadow: "I...... It seems that I can't leave here. ”

"Teacher Yao!"

The temperature rose, the lights in the corridor flickered, and Mr. Yao's body melted into the shadows.

When the lights were fully on, Mr. Yao was gone, and only a black-and-white photo remained of the place where he stood.

Gao Ming picked up the two posthumous photos, Mr. Yao's black and white photos are very ordinary, the front is his somewhat helpless smile, and the back is the crooked text of the child.

"Family Photos (Dying People): I heard my inner voice, and I wanted to relive what it was like to be alive than to lie in a hospital bed and wait for death, losing my freedom and dignity."

In reality, Mr. Yao is terminally ill and unable to get out of bed, and he seems to have regained his sense of life in the shadowy world.

"Is this really Mr. Yao's own choice?"

Gao Ming took out a second posthumous photo, in which the twisted and terrifying Zhao Xi fell from the balcony, and Gao Ming stood at the window and grabbed him tightly.

In addition to Gao Ming's color in this photo, he grabbed Zhao Xi's arm and wrapped black blood vessels like chains, which tied the arms of one person and one person together.

"Family photos: The bondage between family members is a commitment, a responsibility, but also a right and a manipulation, I am willing to be a part of you, I hope you can let more people know about my pain."