novelsmap Chapter 112 Night 2: Christmas Eve?
Chapter 112 Night 2: Christmas Eve?
Bai Jianxiao sat up abruptly, listening to the movement in the next room tensely.He glanced at the clock on the wall, 8:50, not yet curfew.
If he was the only one, or entered the game with Fang Yuan and the others, Bai Jianxiao would definitely open the door to observe the situation immediately.But now, he was more afraid of making Lu Zhiqiong angry than encountering danger, so he tiptoed over to open the bathroom door, and whispered, "Lu Zhiqiong, don't wash—"
Lu Zhiqiong was taking a shower, with a toothbrush in his mouth, spitting bubbles while talking: "Why, do you want to take a shower together?"
"I heard the door closing from the next door just now!" Bai Jianxiao said, "Come and take a look with me."
"There is someone next door..." Lu Zhiqiong lazily wiped the water off his face, seeing Bai Jianxiao frown, he could only say, "Hey, okay, I'll get dressed right away."
"Hurry up!" Bai Jianxiao picked up a large bath towel and wrapped it around his body, and wiped it a few times indiscriminately. Lu Zhiqiong's wet hair was curled up, and there was still toothpaste foam in his mouth, so he was forced to pedal. The slippers were dragged away by Bai Jianxiao, wondering why this honeymoon was different from what I thought...
The two were about to go out when they suddenly heard a brisk knock on the door of their own house. The crisp sound of "dong dong dong" sounded very close, like a life-threatening drumbeat.Bai Jianxiao was so frightened that his hairs stood on end, and his steps froze, but Lu Zhiqiong stretched out his long arms from behind sharply, and opened the door.
It was too late to say anything, Bai Jianxiao could only watch helplessly as the gap in the door widened. A huge monster that filled the entire door frame was standing outside the door, covering all the lights in the corridor...
"Hello!" A young man with a red nose greeted cheerfully, "Hello! I am Xiao Wang, the grocer, and you can also call me the grocer king!"
"Uh..." Bai Jianxiao looked up and down the visitor wordlessly. This guy was wearing a patchwork-like tattered clothes with patches or pockets all over his body. He was carrying a huge canvas bag on his back. There are countless objects such as chainsaws, hammers, umbrellas, crutches, etc. stuffed inside.
"Are you still unable to sleep because of ghosts crying and wolves howling in the middle of the night? Are you still troubled by your partner's snoring? Grocery Xiaowang recommends silent stickers for you. Put two stickers on your ears before going to bed to block all noise!" Grocery Xiaowang Wang held up a stack of gaudy stickers in front of the two of them like a treasure, "Just tell me what you want, as long as it exists in the world, Xiao Wang can get it for you!"
Bai Jianxiao: "..."
Lu Zhiqiong, with his hair wrapped in a bath towel and foam still dripping from the corner of his mouth: "..."
Grocery Xiaowang rolled his eyes, "Sorry, sorry, it seems I interrupted. However, I still have a lot of props for husband and wife here, I promise you..."
"No need, no need." Seeing that Xiao Wang was about to take out something discordant, Bai Jianxiao quickly waved his hand to refuse, "Did you close the door just now?"
"That's right, I forgot to introduce. I live in room 810 tonight, and we will be neighbors in the future. Please take care of me!" Grocery Wang smiled foolishly.
"You don't know that room..." Bai Jianxiao couldn't explain it.
"Has someone died, right? It's okay," the grocery lord didn't care. "People like us who have traveled all over the world, where have we never lived? Whether it's a morgue or a haunted house, we can live there! In fact, those God damn it, it's people who frighten themselves."
"Who told you that you can live in 810?" Lu Zhiqiong asked.
"Just this afternoon, when I went upstairs to sell mute stickers. My dear, each pair of stickers sells for 60 points, and those rich guys just buy a dozen! A beautiful girl who was playing cards there suddenly told me that the 8th floor just died Man, a luxury suite is vacant. As soon as I heard that, I don’t need to squeeze a room downstairs with a few big stinky pigs, and I’ll come up immediately.”
Bai Jianxiao understood everything, and couldn't help sighing, "Really, what do you want me to say..."
"What's the matter?" Grocery Xiao Wang rubbed his red nose, "Am I dressed too poorly? In fact, I also have beautiful clothes, but I haven't had time to change them yet."
Bai Jianxiao shook her head: "I advise you to leave this room immediately, you are right, ghosts are not scary, people are much scarier than ghosts."
Grocery Xiaowang was still full of question marks, Bai Jianxiao took him to room 810 next door, and Lu Zhiqiong searched around, and found a faintly burning white candle under the bed, outside the window and behind the air conditioner .
The candle was obviously just lit, and only a few drops of wax oil dripped down like tears. Grocery Wang looked at the candle in puzzlement, "What is this?"
"Props for disaster relief," Bai Jianxiao sneered, "Do you think that group of people were so kind to invite you to live in a luxurious suite? They were afraid that disaster would happen to them, so they hid white candles in the room before you checked in, trying to put Doom and misfortune are transferred to you."
Lu Zhiqiong interjected coolly: "By the way, the last person who made such a plan was already dead, the kind whose body was broken into pieces."
Grocery Wang turned pale with fright, "I, I've heard of such dirty things... Damn it!"
If it wasn't for the kind neighbor's reminder, he would lie on a comfortable bed unconsciously and be killed as a scapegoat. The group of people looked beautiful and neat, and they were all fucking beasts in clothes!
"Fuck! I'm so mad, I have to kill them!" Grocery Xiao Wang's face turned from white to red, and there was more quackery all over his body, "Especially the candle seller, as a businessman, he didn't Bottom line, I never sell such dirty things!"
"It was sold by a woman named Yiyu," Bai Jianxiao said, "If you see her, you must remember to tell me. Now is not the time to talk too much, it's almost ten o'clock, you should go back to your room early."
Grocery Xiao Wang was still blushing and couldn't stop muttering, but when he thought of the group of people with power and power, all of them were stronger than himself, he was still a little apprehensive, thanked Bai Jianxiao and the two, and shook his big canvas bag Stumbling downstairs.
"What about these candles?" Lu Zhiqiong asked.
"Just stay in this room and see what happens." Bai Jianxiao hid the eye monitor that the investigator asked for in the champagne bucket, and fixed three white candles on a table not far away, before meeting with her. Lu Zhiqiong left Room 810.
Although the night was frightening, it passed peacefully, without screaming or knocking on the door, and Bai Jianxiao even had a good dream in the second half of the night.
When I woke up early in the morning, the first thing I did was to check the situation in Room 810. Half of the candle had been burned, and the eye monitor showed that there was no accident.
The people I met in the corridor on the 8th floor also welcomed a beautiful morning with relieved and happy expressions.
Bai Jianxiao and Lu Zhiqiong had a sumptuous breakfast in the cafe. Bai Jianxiao lay comfortably on the backrest, touched his stomach, and found a piece of soft meat. He said in surprise, "I've gained weight!"
Today he was wearing a short sweater, and when he raised his arms a little, a section of his waist would be exposed, Lu Zhiqiong bit his straw and glanced: "Is this also called fat?"
"Of course, you don't know that I have been on a diet since I was a child, and I ate broccoli, carrots, spinach, and chicken breast every day." Recalling those tastes, Bai Jianxiao couldn't help showing a disgusted expression, "I was surprised when I grew up Only when I found out that other children can be picky eaters did I know that other people’s parents would cook their favorite dishes.”
Although I can freely choose food to a certain extent when I grow up, those deprived of freedom and family love can never make up for it.
"It's okay, I'm here now," Lu Zhiqiong said with a smile, "I'll cook you the dishes you like, and you can also throw me the dishes you don't like."
When Bai Jianxiao heard this, his eyes sparkled, he picked up a piece of star-shaped carrot, brought it to Lu Zhiqiong's mouth, "Come on."
Lu Zhiqiong hid away, but he didn't expect him to come, "Hey, I don't like carrots either... how about—let's destroy it."
Immediately snapped his fingers, the carrot turned into carrot ashes, floating in the air, causing Lu Zhiqiong to sneeze.He frowned and complained: "This kind of evil food shouldn't exist in the world."
Bai Jianxiao smiled and bent over, "What about you? Were you picky eaters when you were young?"
"How dare I," Lu Zhiqiong said, "My brother is a fire-breathing dragon. If I don't finish my meal, he can put my head into the soup bowl."
"It must be difficult for your brother to bring you up."
"It was not easy for him. While going to school, he took me to treat illnesses, dealt with relatives, and dealt with the board of directors. When I was young, I always thought that he would be like Superman when he went out. Fire dragon..."
"Take you for treatment?" Bai Jianxiao asked.
"The diagnosis says it's autism, but it's not." Lu Zhiqiong tediously stirred the pasta on the plate, "I experienced a car accident when I was young, and my parents passed away. I didn't suffer any injuries, but I had a severe stress reaction. It is said that I was a very lively and cheerful child before the car accident, and everything changed after that.”
"Fortunately, you're fine." Bai Jianxiao held his hand, "Your parents must be protecting you."
"..." Lu Zhiqiong was silent for a while, his eyes were dim, and he suddenly squeezed his hand, "I haven't told anyone about this, but I want to tell you."
Bai Jianxiao vaguely felt that he was about to say something important, and waited with bated breath.
"Although it's been a long time, I clearly remember the feeling of death in the moment of the car accident." Lu Zhiqiong slowly recalled, "I felt that I was already dead at that time, my whole body was cold and weak, and the pain was not obvious , sinking more and more, and fell into a dark abyss with a vague consciousness, that is, the feeling of death can’t be wrong. Later, I woke up unharmed and saw the photos of the accident scene. A large truck was squeezed into a can, and the news said that it was a miracle to survive a car accident of this magnitude..."
"Could it be an internal injury? Although it can't be seen from the outside, the brain is still damaged, so it feels like death." Bai Jianxiao said.
"Maybe... I will never forget my brother's desperate eyes at that time. He hugged me and said that my parents are gone, and we will be the only ones in the future. He vowed to take good care of me. But I didn't feel anything, no sadness or pain, like a quilt In an invisible hood, I was isolated from the whole world. For a long time, I couldn’t feel emotions, and I lost empathy for human beings. I felt that they were complicated and troublesome, and I preferred to stay with small animals. My brother never gave up on me, he used a strong wrist to try to fix me on the right track, we have never been a loving brother."
Even though he has never met this brother of the Lu family, Bai Jianxiao still can't help feeling admiration for him. Only by experiencing it himself can he know how difficult it is for Lu Zhiqiong to make things happen, "He is a very good man. brother."
"Do you think so too?" Lu Zhiqiong smiled, "But I can feel that instead of strictly disciplining my brother, it's more like monitoring and controlling me as a monster."
Bai Jianxiao didn't know what to say, she was suffocated just thinking about it, how many secret hardships everyone had to bear to stand here with dignity, talking and laughing about the past.
Lu Zhiqiong continued: "It wasn't until later that I split my soul into two, and the part of Amor left the despicable and dark body, and learned to get along with this world by itself, and only after the fusion did I have the present me. Maybe that's the only good part of that stupid thing..."
The two were talking, and suddenly there was a commotion outside the door, and people ran in one direction.
"Have you heard about it? Someone died again last night!"
"He actually died in the library, no wonder he was discovered only now!"
"Go and have a look, I heard it's another headless corpse..."
Feeling uneasy like a heavy hammer hitting the door of his heart, Bai Jianxiao and Lu Zhiqiong followed the crowd to the library at the same time, where the cordon had already been pulled up.
Investigator A01's face was frosty, pacing up and down in place, Bai Jianxiao pushed through the crowd, and finally saw the corpse——
She was hanging on the innermost row of bookshelves, her hands and feet were hanging limply, her dirty dress was stained red with blood, the place where her head should have been was empty, and there was only a cut where the blood hadn't clotted.
The deceased was none other than a silverfish.