Ning Hangyi: A game that must be fouled

Chapter 3
1. Discharge
The men in the hospital reception room found it hard to explain why they were so on edge at the moment.

In fact, today is what he and his wife have been looking forward to for a long time.They have imagined and simulated the scene when this moment comes countless times in their minds.Even before heading out, the couple rehearsed against the air for a while, hoping to be flexible about the possibilities that would arise for a while—but even so, when they actually sat in the hospital reception room, waiting for the doctor to bring the man When they came in, the couple were still nervous and unable to rely on themselves.Their hearts were beating wildly, and both of them kept their mouths tightly shut, as if their hearts would pop out of their throats as soon as they opened their mouths.

Calm down, Wang Xingyu said to himself in his heart, otherwise he will lose his composure in a while.He tried to breathe a sigh of relief slowly, turned his head to his wife Dong Lin beside him, trying to persuade her to relax a little bit, but after seeing his wife's face stiffened by tension, he realized that all the persuasion was just for nothing. In vain, he swallowed the words that had come to his lips.

The female doctor sitting across from the middle-aged couple realized that if she didn't say anything, the air in the room would freeze like a stone and fall down.She said in a relaxed and soft tone as much as possible: "Don't be too nervous, since Dr. Nie invited you, he must be sure, so...you don't have to worry too much."

Wang Xingyu nodded at the female doctor, trying to squeeze out a smile.

At this time, the door of the reception room opened.

The couple held their breath at the same time.

Walking in front was a gentle and refined male doctor about 40 years old. He stepped into the door first, then patted the shoulder of the person behind him, and said in an encouraging tone: "Come in, there is nothing to worry about—remember What I just told you."

The man standing at the door hesitated for a few seconds before walking in.

The couple sitting on the bench stood up together. When their eyes met the girl in her 20s, a pair of invisible hands tightly grabbed their internal organs.

It's still the same as before—beautiful, watery, delicately crafted features are cleverly inlaid on this face, and the face without makeup reveals an irresistible natural beauty.The blue and white hospital gown was worn on her body, but it didn't look plain, on the contrary, it had a clear spirit like a lotus flower.She was so natural and generous, but her eyes looked a little melancholy - but all of this was exactly as the couple remembered.Dong Lin's tears fell all at once, and she covered her mouth with trembling hands, trying hard not to let herself cry out.

The male doctor signaled the couple not to get too excited with his eyes, and gestured for them to sit down, and then arranged the girl to sit on a leather chair in front of them.He stood behind the girl himself, put his hands lightly on her shoulders, bent down and asked softly, "Jingwen, do you remember who they are?"

The girl's eyes scanned the two people in front of her, full of confusion, she frowned slightly, and turned her head to look at the doctor in confusion.The male doctor said to her gently: "Don't worry, think about it, do you recognize them?"

Under the doctor's encouraging gaze, the girl turned her head to face the two again.She quietly observed their faces, and saw that their somewhat old faces were filled with various thoughts: sadness, expectation, concern, and worry.When her eyes collided with the anxious eyes of the middle-aged woman, a thread seemed to be pulled in her mind.The anxious look on the woman's face seemed to awaken some memory in her, an expression she had seen many times before.The girl gradually opened her mouth, and the voice rolled in her throat:

"I...remember..."

The couple turned into two plaster statues, staring motionlessly at the girl's mouth, as if waiting for some kind of verdict.Air bypasses their nostrils.The male doctor behind him and the female doctor beside him also stared at the girl closely.

The girl moved her lips half-opened and half-closed, and finally called out to Dong Lin with difficulty: "...Mom."

She turned to Wang Xingyu, and called out again hesitantly: "...Dad."

Wang Xingyu tightly grasped his wife's hand with all his strength.Dong Lin didn't feel any pain at all.Now, apart from excitement and joy, they don't allow any other feelings to interfere.They were so excited that they wanted to say yes, but they were unable to speak. After a long while, Dong Lin stretched out her hand tremblingly to caress that beautiful face, crying uncontrollably: "Jingwen, Jingwen...you are really well...can you remember?" Since my parents are here..."

The two doctors were also happy for them. They looked at each other and smiled.

Wang Xingyu stood up excitedly, took the male doctor's hand, and said gratefully: "Thank you so much, Doctor Nie! It's all thanks to you that Jingwen can recover like this. I really don't know how to thank you That's good!"

"This is what we should do." Doctor Nie said with a smile.

"Then..." Wang Xingyu said anxiously, "According to what you told us before, since Jingwen is completely recovered and has recognized us, can we go through the discharge procedures now and take her back home?" Home?"

Dr. Nie glanced at Wang Jingwen beside him, then turned his gaze back, and stared at Wang Xingyu: "It is reasonable to say that it is possible, but before that—Mr. Wang, let's go out and talk."

After going out, Dr. Nie closed the door, and stood in the corridor with Wang Xingyu, talking: "Mr. Wang, as you saw just now——Wang Jingwen's current condition proves that the series of treatments that our hospital has given her in the past five years are of great value. It was quite successful. After our long-term observation, we found that in the past year, she has indeed returned to a completely normal state. According to the regulations, if the patient has returned to normal, he or she can be taken home by his (her) relatives and live a normal life. Therefore, I called you yesterday and asked you to come over today. And just now, Jingwen I also recognized you very quickly - this is the best situation we had imagined before. As her attending physician, I am sincerely happy for Jingwen and you."

Wang Xingyu blushed, and kept nodding.

Doctor Nie paused for a moment, raised his head, looked straight at Wang Xingyu, and said with a serious expression: "But Mr. Wang, before you take Wang Jingwen home, I want to tell you a few important things. Please be sure to Keep it firmly in mind.”

Wang Xingyu looked at the serious Doctor Nie, and felt the importance of what he said next from his eyes.He nodded seriously. "Okay, doctor."

"First, I can tell that you and your wife are very happy today. Of course, Wang Jingwen is very happy to be able to return to her present state, but—" Dr. Nie hesitated a little, "I I still have to remind you, after all, she is a very special patient... I believe you will never forget the incident five years ago..."

Having said that, Dr. Nie glanced at Wang Xingyu.Sure enough, even though it had been so long, as soon as this incident was mentioned, Wang Xingyu's face immediately turned pale, his eyes showed a look of panic, as if his throat was choked by a pair of big hands of fear.For a moment, Dr. Nie didn't know whether to continue talking.

After a while, Wang Xingyu came out of the memory of fear. He asked cautiously: "But...doctor, didn't you just say that Jingwen has been cured? Isn't she no different from a normal person?"

"Yes, it seems to be the case at present. But you have to understand that even if a person with a history of mental illness is cured successfully, there is still the possibility of relapse—ah, of course..." Dr. Nie saw Wang Xingyu's astonished expression Looking at her expression, she hurriedly comforted her, "As long as she doesn't get any stimulation and keeps taking the medicine, the possibility of relapse is very low, so you don't need to worry too much."

Wang Xingyu nodded slightly, his face softened a little.

"So, this is the first thing I want to tell you. After Wang Jingwen goes home with you, I will continue to prescribe some calming and reassuring medicines for her. I will prescribe it for three months first, and after three months, when you arrive I come here, and I will decide how much to increase or decrease according to her specific situation at that time. Remember, these medicines must be taken every day, and you have to tell her to take medicine before going to bed every night, remember?"

Wang Xingyu nodded quickly, not daring to take it lightly.

"The second thing is also very important." Dr. Nie kept looking into Wang Xingyu's eyes. "As I said just now, Wang Jingwen is a very special patient. The root cause of her illness is the terrible accident that happened five years ago. Therefore, in order to make her completely get rid of the psychological shadow caused by that incident, after discussing with Dr. Qin, I decided to implement "forgetting therapy" on her. We think that maybe only this method can make her completely forget the past period Horror experience, so as to get a 'new life' - it turns out that this kind of treatment we have adopted is quite effective, otherwise, you would not see Wang Jingwen like this today."

"Yes, Dr. Nie, you have mentioned this 'forgetting therapy' to Jingwen before. That's why you asked me and her mother not to visit her in the mental hospital for five years—are you afraid? After seeing us, she remembered...'that incident'..." Wang Xingyu tried his best to control his emotions, but he couldn't help shivering, and his voice trembled, "In this case, the treatment for her unfavorable……"

"That's right, that's it. We used all means, including hypnosis, psychological suggestion, drug control and other methods to achieve a goal - to make her forget the terrible thing five years ago, as well as the people and things related to it — we finally did it, and now she can't remember anything about 'that'."

"Then...why does she still remember us?" Wang Xingyu asked hesitantly.

"She really forgot all of you at one time." Dr. Nie said, "But after all, you are not directly related to 'that incident', and you are her very important relatives, so with our help, She just remembered you again."

Wang Xingyu nodded thoughtfully.

"Mr. Wang." Dr. Nie emphasized his tone, forcing Wang Xingyu to look up at him, "I don't know if you understand the meaning of what I said - the second thing I want to emphasize to you is: The focus of Wang Jingwen's treatment is to 'start over'. Therefore, after you go home, you must do everything possible to avoid reminding her of the past - never talk to her about any topic related to 'that incident', And don't bring up any memories of that in her - you know, if you remind her of 'that', things can get really bad, even..."

"Even what...doctor?" Wang Xingyu asked in fear.

After thinking about it for a while, Dr. Nie said honestly: "I don't dare to infer the specific consequences... I have never encountered this kind of situation before... However, as long as you follow the two points I said, you will be fine. These things don't happen, understand?"

Wang Xingyu nodded again and again: "Actually, we have also considered this issue. So my mother and I bought a new house in the new district, just to let her change to a new living environment and 'start over' everything."

"That would be the best." Dr. Nie nodded slightly, "Lastly, I hope you will keep in touch with me and let me know about Wang Jingwen's recent situation at any time—especially, if she behaves abnormally, you must Tell me immediately, or send her over immediately, remember!"

After saying this, Dr. Nie took out a business card from the pocket of his overalls and handed it to Wang Xingyu: "There is my office phone number and my mobile phone number on it, please keep it."

"Okay." Wang Xingyu took the business card with both hands and glanced at it.It says:

Songshan Psychiatric Hospital, associate professor, Nie Leng.Below are the various contact options.

After Wang Xingyu put away his business card, Dr. Nie seemed to remember something again: "Mr. Wang, you said just now that you were going to bring Wang Jingwen to live in your new home? Is the phone number of your new home the one I called yesterday?"

"Oh, no." Wang Xingyu was startled, and then sighed, "You are really careful, the call you made yesterday was the landline in my old house—we have only lived in our new house since today."

"Then you leave me a landline number of your new home, and a mobile phone number."

"Okay, okay." Wang Xingyu agreed again and again, and took out a small note from his pocket, "I didn't print my business card, just write it on this piece of paper."

Dr. Nie took the paper and put it away carefully.

Next, Wang Xingyu went through the discharge procedures for Wang Jingwen, and half an hour later, everything was in order.Dong Lin walked out holding Wang Jingwen's arm.Wang Jingwen's patient uniform has been replaced with a beautiful green dress, making her look even more youthful and beautiful.The two doctors sent the family to the gate of the hospital, and the couple thanked them again.

When saying goodbye, Wang Jingwen seemed a little reluctant. Standing in front of the two doctors who had been with her for five years, she felt various complicated feelings in her heart.Especially Dr. Nie, Wang Jingwen looked at him for a long time, expressing her gratitude and attachment to him with her eyes.

Seeing that Wang Jingwen was still refusing to leave, Nie Leng stepped forward, touched Wang Jingwen's head lovingly like a brother, and said gently: "Go, Jingwen, the outside world is waiting for you, and there is something for you there." Xintiandi."

Finally, Wang Jingwen forgot to look at Nie Leng, turned around, and got into the back seat of the car where her father had already opened the door.The car slowly left Songshan Psychiatric Hospital.

Nie Leng stared at the figure of the car leaving far away, feeling a lot of emotion in his heart.Doctor Qin lightly touched him with his elbow: "Doctor Nie, what are you still thinking about?"

Nie Leng turned his head to look at his colleague, and sighed worriedly: "I was thinking, is it really the right decision for us to let Wang Jingwen return to her relatives?"

Doctor Qin reminded: "Doctor Nie, we are just a mental hospital, not a prison. After the patient is cured, shouldn't he go back to live an ordinary life?"

Nie Leng said bewilderedly: "The truth is correct, but I... am always a little scared."

"afraid of what?"

"I'm afraid..." Nie Leng looked worried, "The incident five years ago will happen again. Think about it, if Wang Xingyu and his wife can't handle certain things well..."

"Doctor Nie."

The words were interrupted by Doctor Qin, Nie Leng turned to look at her in confusion: "What's wrong?"

"Please...don't bring up that matter again, okay?" Doctor Qin covered his mouth with one hand, as if desperately trying to restrain himself from vomiting, "Just think of it for me."

Nie Leng looked at her suspiciously, not knowing how to understand.

"I'm not married yet, Dr. Nie. I live alone in a single apartment." The young female doctor explained with a horrified expression, "Please don't remind me of such horrible things... I don't want to have nightmares at night."

Nie Leng understood, he didn't speak any more, but just looked forward, feeling a little uneasy in his heart.

2. Weird feeling

Looking out the car window, Wang Jingwen was dazzled by the cityscape after five years.For her, this place has become a strange city.Especially the section of road that Wang Jingwen is driving now, Wang Jingwen really has no impression at all.Intuition told her that her previous home was not in this direction.

Wang Jingwen asked her mother sitting beside her, "Mom, where are we going?"

Dong Lin patted her daughter's hand and said, "Go home, Jingwen, go back to our new home."

"New home?"

"Yes." Dong Lin said with a smile, "In order to welcome you back, your father and I bought a new house in the new district a long time ago. We have furnished it all, and we will live in it only after you are discharged from the hospital."

A warm current flowed through Wang Jingwen's heart, and she said emotionally, "Thank you, Mom and Dad."

"The whole family said no thanks." Wang Xingyu laughed, and drove around an intersection, "We're here, this is our new home."

The car drove into a beautiful new residential area and stopped in front of the nearest building.Dong Lin took her daughter's hand and got out of the car, and Wang Xingyu drove the car to the side and parked it.Wang Jingwen looked around her surroundings.This community is open and stretched, with excellent greening, the overall layout is pleasing to the eye, and the fresh air is refreshing.Wang Jingwen glanced at her mother, thanking her parents for providing her with such a beautiful living environment from the bottom of her heart.

Wang Xingyu parked the car, walked over with the car keys, patted his daughter on the shoulder vigorously and said, "Come on, let's go to the house and have a look. We know you like flowers and plants, so we bought the ground floor, and there is a piece of paper attached to the door." small garden."

After staying for a while in the small garden full of various plants, the couple led their daughter into the house.Wang Jingwen, who entered the house for the first time, carefully experienced the warm atmosphere created by the new home.She could feel the meticulousness and thoughtfulness of her parents in arranging the house—this house is not too big, but it reveals tenderness and warmth everywhere.The furniture is not luxurious, but it is full of life.If you live here, you really can't pick out any uncomfortable places, it's just——

Wang Jingwen's heart trembled slightly - why did she feel a chill in her heart for no reason when she entered the door just now?
Of course, it was only for a moment, and it was gone very quickly.Wang Jingwen didn't show it, and her parents naturally didn't notice it either.That eerie feeling was soon replaced by warm introductions from the parents and the homely decor of the house.

It's just an illusion, don't think about it.Wang Jingwen said to herself.

"Jingwen, come and see your room." Dong Lin took her daughter to a bedroom. "How about it, do you like it?"

Cozy, lovely, and humane room. "Mom, I like it very much." Wang Jingwen stroked the clean and soft big bed and raised her smiling face.

"As long as you like it." Father said kindly, "Look again, if there is anything missing in the room, we will go buy it in a while."

"No need, Dad, it's already very good." Wang Jingwen said contentedly.

Wang Xingyu touched his daughter's head with a smile.

The family walked to the living room, drank tea and chatted.After resting for a while, Wang Xingyu raised his hand to look at his watch, stood up and said, "It's already 06:30, let's go out for dinner."

"Are you going out to eat?" Wang Jingwen looked at her mother.

"Of course, it's such a big happy event for you to be discharged from the hospital today, of course we have to go to the big hotel to celebrate it, let's go." Dong Lin stood up holding her daughter.

In the luxurious and elegant Chinese restaurant, Wang Jingwen faced a table full of delicacies.Her parents kept serving her vegetables and toasting together, which made Wang Jingwen's happiness and emotion reach the climax.She is grateful to God for not abandoning her, and for giving her such a beautiful and happy life after many years.

"Come on, let's have another drink and wish Jingwen happiness and joy!" Wang Xingyu raised his glass with a flushed face. This was the third toast tonight.

Wang Jingwen clinked glasses with her parents with a lot of warmth, and then drank the fruity beer in the glass.Although the alcohol content of this fruit beer is less than 5%, she, who rarely drinks alcohol, still blushes on her face after a few drinks.

After eating a few more mouthfuls of food, Wang Jingwen filled the wine glass and raised her glass: "Dad, Mom, I also wish the two elders a healthy, long and happy life. Let's have another drink."

"Oh, good, good." Wang Xingyu happily picked up the wine glass and said at the same time, "Jing Wen, if your parents have drunk this glass of wine, you should stop drinking it and just take a sip."

"Yes." Dong Lin also said to her daughter, "You seldom drink alcohol, don't get drunk."

"It's okay, Mom, I'm happy today." Wang Jingwen smiled at her mother and drank the wine in the glass.

"Come here, let's eat vegetables." Wang Xingyu picked up a few chopsticks and steamed eel into his daughter's bowl, "This was your favorite food before."

"And this." Dong Lin handed over the peeled prawns, "Haven't you eaten salted prawns for a long time?"

Wang Jingwen looked at her kind parents, for some reason, her nose suddenly became sour, and tears welled up in her eyes. She choked up and said, "Dad, Mom, I..."

"Why are you crying, Jingwen? You should be happy today." Dong Lin stroked her daughter's head.

After a while, Wang Jingwen said abruptly:
"Dad, Mom, I'm sorry for you."

Hearing these words, Wang Xingyu and Dong Lin's expressions suddenly changed, and they stared at their daughter in amazement.After a long time, Wang Xingyu swallowed, and carefully probed: "Jingwen, why...why do you say that?"

Wang Jingwen lowered her head, tears streaming down her face: "I don't know, but I have this feeling in my heart."

Wang Xingyu's vocal cords trembled a little, and his voice was filled with fear and uneasiness: "Could it be that you... remember something from the past?"

Wang Jingwen shook her head lightly, with tears streaming down her face: "No, I have forgotten everything about the past. But for some reason, after I saw you, I always felt guilty in my heart. I faintly felt that I used to I must have made some big mistakes, and done something to be sorry for the elder..."

"Jingwen." Wang Xingyu stretched out his hand to grab his daughter's hand with a solemn expression. "Listen to Dad, don't think about the past anymore. The past is over, so don't pursue it anymore. It doesn't matter what happened in the past. The important thing is that our family can be together again. Life!"

"Yes, Jingwen, we bought a new house on purpose, just to start everything again. Can you understand the painstaking efforts of parents?" Dong Lin said, stroking her daughter's hair.

Wang Jingwen raised her head and nodded slightly.The mother wiped the tears from her face with a tissue.

"Don't say anything sorry for us in the future, you know?" Father said.

Wang Jingwen nodded again.

"Okay, it's all right. Come on, drink the soup, the soup here is the freshest." Dong Lin hurriedly served a bowl of soup to her daughter, diverting the topic, "This soup is made with chicken and Fish, plus several kinds of ginseng to boil..."

After eating in the restaurant, the family walked home along the Binjiang Road with a wide view.The breeze in summer and autumn blows on Wang Jingwen's face, making her feel very comfortable.At the same time, the slight alcohol lingering in the humid air made her feel lazy and tired.At this moment, according to what her parents said, Wang Jingwen no longer recalls any unpleasant memories.It is enough for her to have today and tomorrow.

Back home, Dong Lin felt her daughter's tiredness, and she took out the newly bought underwear and nightgown from the bedroom: "Jingwen, I'm tired after drinking today, go take a bath and rest early."

Wang Jingwen nodded, took the clothes passed by her mother, and walked into the bathroom.

After taking a comfortable and pleasant hot bath, Wang Jingwen walked into her bedroom wearing a nightgown.The bed is big and soft, very comfortable to lie on.Mother stood at the door of the room and said, "Jingwen, go to sleep, do you want me to turn off the lights for you?"

"Okay, mom, good night."

"Good night." When the mother left, she turned off the light with a snap and closed the door.

Wang Jingwen was indeed sleepy. She followed the darkness and closed her eyes.

3. Scary visions in the room

Originally, Wang Jingwen thought that she could quickly fall asleep as soon as she closed her eyes, but she was wrong.I don't know if it's because she hasn't adapted to the new environment, but she tossed and turned on the bed for a long time, but couldn't fall asleep peacefully.Gradually, she became a little irritable, opened her eyes in the dark, and unconsciously looked at the furniture in the room with only vague outlines left in a daze.

Suddenly, she trembled all over, her body twitched unconsciously, and an inexplicable chill appeared in her heart.

Wang Jingwen's eyes widened in the darkness—this was the second time today, and the feeling was exactly the same both times—suddenly, she felt an inexplicable shock that made her whole body chill.

Wang Jingwen knew that this feeling was very abnormal. She had never felt this way when she was in the nursing home.But she couldn't find any reason or reason, she didn't understand what was wrong with her.

Wang Jingwen thought to herself for a while, and suddenly a thought that horrified even herself popped up in her mind.

She felt that there seemed to be something in this house that frightened her very much.

Yes—she thought horrifiedly, thinking she had finally found a word that accurately summed up this strange feeling—"fear."Looking back now, it was indeed the case. From the moment she stepped into this house, there was a shadow of fear in her heart.It's just that my parents were talking to me affectionately at the time, so this feeling was quickly diluted.But now, in the stillness of the night, this terrible shadow of fear came back again, accompanied by a bone-deep chill that lingered on her for a long time and refused to dissipate.

What exactly is going on?What am I afraid of?Wang Jingwen moved her eyes slowly, trying to find the answer from the room.

Wardrobe, dressing table, computer desk... She looked at them all, as if there was nothing wrong...

and many more.

Wang Jingwen's eyes moved back a little, and fixed on a large single sofa facing the door of the room.

This sofa - although in the dark night, only a vague black outline can be seen, but Wang Jingwen was surprised to find that she had a strong sense of familiarity with this sofa.Moreover, she can accurately recall that this is a leather sofa with yellow leather pattern and light green dark flowers, the style is her favorite European style, and the glazed solid wood armrest feels very comfortable...

Thinking of this, Wang Jingwen was even more surprised—although she must have seen this sofa when she visited the room during the day, she obviously didn't observe it so carefully, let alone tried to sit on it.But now, she can clearly remember the appearance of this sofa, and can recall the feeling of sitting on it!
Wang Jingwen sat up from the bed and fumbled to find the light switch above the bedside table. With a "snap", she turned on the bedside lamp, and a beam of dim yellow light shone out.Wang Jingwen squinted her eyes for a while, and after her eyes got used to the bright light, she looked intently again—sure enough, the sofa was exactly as she remembered it.She couldn't hold back anymore, got off the bed, squatted in front of the sofa, carefully observed and stroked it—that's right, the glazed solid wood armrest, the yellow leather pattern with light green dark flowers...it was exactly the same.

At this time, Wang Jingwen understood something in her heart.This sofa must have been used before I was hospitalized, so I have such a deep impression.But at the same time, she also became confused, even if this is the case, it is a very common thing - how can I explain the weird sense of fear in my heart?

Wang Jingwen squatted on the ground in a daze, staring blankly at the wooden floor.Suddenly, her blood froze, her hair stood on end, and her eyes almost popped out of their sockets——

She suddenly saw a large pool of bright red blood flowing from the bottom of the sofa!

Wang Jingwen didn't have time to make any judgments, her body lost her balance due to the great panic, she suddenly fell backwards, and she fell heavily on the ground.At this time, she raised her head, and saw a terrifying scene that made her heart shattered even more.

On that sofa, there was a headless person sitting with blood all over his body, especially the neck, which was still bubbling outwards, and the sofa was dyed blood red—the whole scene was extremely terrifying!
At this moment, Wang Jingwen only felt dizzy and unable to move. The terrified scream was held in her throat for a long time before she finally screamed out.

"what--!"

Ten seconds later, the door was knocked open with a bang, and the parents rushed in inexplicably terrified. Seeing Wang Jingwen sitting on the ground with a pale face and trembling all over, they were shocked and hurried forward to support her.

Dong Lin held her daughter in her arms and asked anxiously, "Jingwen! What's wrong?"

Wang Jingwen laid her face on her mother's chest, trembling violently, pointing one finger at the sofa facing her back: "Blood...there's blood on it, and there's someone there!"

Dong Lin and Wang Xingyu looked at each other with puzzled expressions.Dong Lin gently stroked her daughter's back and said, "Jingwen, what are you talking about? Where is there blood...heren?"

Wang Jingwen swayed and raised her head to look at her mother, then mustered up her courage and turned her head to look at the sofa behind her.

The terrifying scene disappeared, and the sofa was placed there peacefully, without any abnormality.

Wang Jingwen looked back at her parents dully and confused, not knowing what to say.

Dong Lin helped her daughter to sit on the bed, and Wang Xingyu brought a glass of warm water to her daughter from the living room, and watched her drink the whole glass of water.After a moment of silence, Dong Lin asked, "Jingwen, are you having a nightmare?"

Wang Jingwen shook her head and said firmly: "I was not dreaming, I was awake at the time. I turned on the bedside lamp, walked to the sofa, and then saw..."

At this point, she shivered convulsively.

"Then... are you hallucinating?" Mother asked again.

Wang Jingwen lowered her head, noncommittal.

"Oh!" Suddenly, Wang Xingyu patted his head suddenly, as if he suddenly remembered something. "Oops, I forgot such an important thing!"

Both Dong Lin and Wang Jingwen looked up at him.

"Medicine! Dr. Nie repeatedly told me to remind Jingwen to take the medicine every night before going to bed. Look at me, I was happy tonight and drank two more glasses, so I forgot such an important thing !” Wang Xingyu blamed himself all over his face.

"Then why are you still standing here, go and get it!" Dong Lin urged. "Wait, take the glass and pour some water."

Wang Xingyu walked out of the room in three steps at a time. After a while, he came in with a few white and green pills and capsules and a half cup of boiling water.Dong Lin handed the medicine to her daughter: "Jingwen, come, take the medicine."

Wang Jingwen swallowed the medicine and drank water obediently.Afterwards, the parents breathed a sigh of relief.Mother stroked her back and said, "Okay, I'm fine this time. Jingwen, go to sleep."

Wang Jingwen suddenly felt a little wronged, she stared at her parents: "Dad, Mom, I think... my hallucinations have nothing to do with forgetting to take medicine."

My father sat by the bed and said, "Why is it okay? It must be because you didn't take the medicine that these hallucinations appeared."

"Dad." Wang Jingwen said seriously, "Think about it carefully. If I have such severe hallucinations just because I forgot to take the medicine once, do you think the hospital will allow you to take me home?"

The couple looked at each other hesitantly, seeming to think that what the daughter said made sense, and their expressions became confused.

"And I haven't had any hallucinations at all for more than a year." Wang Jingwen added, "Dr. Nie also told me that my illness has been cured and my condition is stable. As for those medicines, Dr. Nie said that they are for strengthening my health. That’s all, that is to say, it’s not necessary at all.”

Wang Xingyu didn't know what to say for a moment. After hesitating for a while, he asked, "Then...why do you still have hallucinations?"

Wang Jingwen was at a loss for words.In fact, she really wanted to express the speculation and uneasiness in her heart, but she really couldn't bear to do so.She knew that if she told her parents that this was caused by the new home they had painstakingly prepared for herself, and even let them know that she had an inexplicable fear of this new house, it would definitely break their hearts and make them feel at a loss.

After pondering for a moment, Wang Jingwen asked, "Dad, where did this sofa in my room... come from?"

"Where did it come from?" Wang Xingyu was puzzled by this question, "Of course I bought it."

"When did you buy it?"

Wang Xingyu thought for a while: "I bought this house not long after it was renovated...about three or four months ago."

"I just bought it three or four months ago?" Wang Jingwen was startled, and then looked at the sofa - indeed, this sofa is brand new no matter how you look at it.

"What's the matter, Jingwen? Why do you ask this?" Mother asked wonderingly.

Wang Jingwen hesitated and said: "I always feel that I really want to see this sofa somewhere... I have a deep impression on it."

"Maybe it's a certain sofa you saw when we went shopping together in the furniture store." Father said. It’s a European-style sofa, so we bought it a few months ago. What, don’t you like it, Jingwen?”

"No, it's not that I don't like it, it's just..." Wang Jingwen didn't know what to say, she couldn't blame her hallucinations on the sofa.

"Okay, Jingwen, don't think about it." The mother said, "Maybe you just changed to a new environment and haven't adapted to it, and you drank a little wine at night, so this state appears. Sleep well Once you sleep, you'll be fine."

Wang Jingwen looked at her mother and reluctantly nodded.She lay down again, and her parents stayed by her bedside for a while, seeing her daughter slowly closing her eyes, they left quietly.

4. Old photo album

Waking up in the morning, Wang Jingwen found that her mother had prepared a delicious breakfast: millet porridge with lean meat and fried poached eggs.She said hello to her parents, sat at the table, and tasted the long-lost mother's handicraft.During the meal, no one mentioned what happened last night.

The mother asked her daughter who was drinking porridge: "How is it, Jingwen, are you used to eating?"

Wang Jingwen nodded and said, "Mom's porridge is really delicious."

"You used to like this millet porridge with lean meat, and you often asked me to make it." Mother smiled, "I'll cook some of your favorite dishes for lunch later."

"Mom, just eat whatever you want, don't take care of me too much."

Wang Xingyu, who was sitting across the dining table drinking porridge, said: "Jingwen, let your mother take care of you. She has been holding back for several years and has no chance. Now it's time to take care of her addiction."

Wang Jingwen pursed her lips and smiled.

After breakfast, Wang Jingwen helped her mother pack the tableware.My mother said to her: "I'll go to the market to buy vegetables, and you can watch TV, surf the Internet, or read books at home. Anyway, you can do whatever you want."

"Mom, let me go shopping with you."

"Another day, today you can accompany your father first." Dong Lin raised her head towards the study.

Wang Jingwen nodded obediently.

After her mother left, Wang Jingwen came to her father's study.Seeing his daughter walking in, Wang Xingyu seemed very happy: "Jingwen, do you want to surf the Internet or play games for a while? Let me teach you how to use the computer at home."

Wang Jingwen still maintained the simple way of life she had in the nursing home. She looked at the big bookcase on the right side of the study and said, "Dad, I want to read for a while—what books do you have here?"

"Books? I have a lot of books here." Wang Xingyu stood up from his chair, walked to the bookcase, and introduced to his daughter who was leaning over: "The first floor contains books on literature, history, and biography; the second floor mainly contains There are some novels, both at home and abroad; the third floor is various magazines, and the fourth floor...hehe, you don’t need to read the books on this floor.”

"Why?" Wang Jingwen asked curiously.

"The fourth floor is basically books on architectural design, which are too professional, and most people won't be interested."

Wang Jingwen froze for a moment, then remembered an important question - she even forgot her parents' occupations.

She guessed, "Dad, are you a... construction engineer?"

Wang Xingyu nodded: "But now that I'm retired, I'm all at home."

Wang Jingwen tried hard to recall her mother's occupation, but she couldn't. She could only ask, "What does mom do?"

"Your mother used to work in an insurance company as a deputy general manager. She is also retired now."

Wang Jingwen nodded dully—it seems that Dr. Nie's "forgetting therapy" was too thorough, and she didn't have the slightest impression of these.

Wang Xingyu wanted to recommend some good books to his daughter, but the phone in the living room rang.He said to his daughter: "Jingwen, read the book yourself, I'll answer the phone." He turned and left the study.

Wang Jingwen browsed the neatly stacked books on the bookshelf, stood on tiptoe, and went to get the architectural books on the fourth floor that her father least recommended.Strange to say, although Wang Jingwen looks soft and quiet, she is a bit boyish in her bones, and she is interested in things that boys should like, such as cars, military affairs, and architecture.My father thought that she would not like to read books on architecture, so he didn't know her well enough.

Wang Jingwen took out a thick "Architectural Detail Yearbook" from the middle of the fourth floor, flipped through a few pages, and felt that it was indeed too theoretical to understand, so she took the "History of European Architecture" next to it. When I got down, I was about to flip through it, but found an old book lying horizontally behind the two books.Compared with other books placed in an orderly and vertical manner, this book posted horizontally on the cabinet wall is obviously too irregular.Wang Jingwen wanted to help her father tidy up, so she took out the book that was lying horizontally inside.

The moment she took it out, Wang Jingwen was stunned.Only then did she realize that this was not a "book" at all, but an old photo album.

Wang Jingwen was stunned for a few seconds, her heart beating faster.She did not forget what Dr. Nie had warned her many times——

"Wang Jingwen, you must remember that if you want to completely get rid of the psychological shadow and come out of the haze of fear, you must bid farewell to the 'past' forever! You must completely forget those things in the past! And, you must control Don’t explore and investigate by yourself, don’t recall and feel like opening old wounds—only in this way can you fully recover!”

Wang Jingwen has heard these words no less than one or two hundred times, and she has indeed done so.Dr. Nie said that it was because of her cooperation and persistence that her condition improved fundamentally, and she was able to return to her relatives to live a normal life—but, Wang Jingwen’s hand holding the photo album was trembling slightly—— She really wanted to see what she looked like in the past, and what her parents looked like before.The photo album in my hand is like Pandora's box, tempting me.She felt like she was possessed and couldn't help herself, she gently opened the cover of the album with her fingers...

Just a glance, I just look at a picture - her heart is pounding.

"Jingwen!"

A loud shout made Wang Jingwen tremble all over, and the unopened photo album in her hand almost fell to the ground.She turned around in astonishment, and saw her father striding over, snatching the photo album from her hand, and asked sharply, "Where did you find this thing?"

Wang Jingwen was completely shocked: "...I found it behind a few books on the fourth floor of the bookcase."

My father glanced at the top of the bookcase, and then at Wang Jingwen, with a look of uneasiness. He swallowed, and asked cautiously, "Have you... opened it?"

Wang Jingwen shook her head lightly.

The father asked again worriedly: "Really didn't watch it?"

Wang Jingwen said, "I was just about to watch when you came in."

Father stared at Wang Jingwen for a long time, and seemed to judge that she was not lying, so he breathed a sigh of relief: "Jingwen, the doctor told you...don't look at things that can bring back memories."

"I know." Wang Jingwen said lightly.

The father and daughter were silent for a while, and Wang Xingyu said, "What book do you want to read? May I recommend some for you?"

"Forget it, Dad. I don't want to read now, I want to go to the small garden at the door." Wang Jingwen said softly, looking a little restless.

"Oh, that's fine, that's fine."

Wang Jingwen turned and left, walked two steps, stopped again, turned her head and asked her father who was holding the photo album tightly: "Dad, is there anything important recorded in this photo album?"

"Ah... what?" Wang Xingyu shook his head uncomfortably, "It's nothing important... just some ordinary life photos."

"Then why are you so afraid of being seen by me? Even just a glance."

"Jingwen, you know, what Dr. Nie said..."

"I know, Dr. Nie told me, but what he said was to tell me not to recall the 'events' that happened in the past, and he didn't say that I should not even take a look at my previous appearance. If there are only some If it's me, or you and your mother's ordinary life photos taken in the past, then what does it matter if I take a look?"

Wang Xingyu stared at his daughter dumbfounded, obviously speechless.

Wang Jingwen stared at her father with an embarrassing expression, and couldn't help expressing her doubts directly: "Dad, are you telling me the truth? Are there really just ordinary photos in this album?"

The muscles on Wang Xingyu's face twitched a few times, and he simply turned his back, without any explanation, just said forcefully: "Anyway, you just don't want to read this photo album."

Wang Jingwen stayed for a few seconds, then walked out of the study silently.

In the garden, Wang Jingwen gently fiddled with a peony flower, feeling ups and downs - that little incident just now aroused countless doubts and guesses in her heart.

It was obvious that his father hadn't told him the truth, and the photo album was obviously hidden in such a hidden place on purpose.Wang Jingwen wondered why her father acted in such a panic when he saw that he got the photo album, and it could even be said to be a little frightened, as if seeing those photos would kill people.If it was just some ordinary photos, then the father's reaction was obviously too much.But——Wang Jingwen didn't understand, if it wasn't an ordinary photo, what kind of photo would it be?

Suddenly, a terrible thought sent a chill down Wang Jingwen's spine and shuddered all over her body—could it be that what the photos in this album record is that it took her to be admitted to a mental hospital five years ago and Dr. Nie spent four years The 'that thing' that made her forget and told her never to remember again?
5. The Doctor's Secret

"...Doctor Nie, Doctor Nie!"

"Ah...?" Nie Leng turned around and saw that it was his partner Qin Lan.He casually dragged a newspaper from the desk to cover the brochure he was reading just now. "Xiao Qin, what's the matter?"

Dr. Qin tilted his head and glanced at Nie Leng's messy desk, and smiled: "Why are you so engrossed? You didn't hear me until I called you several times when I came in."

"It's nothing, just look at a patient's medical record." Nie said coldly, concealing his initial unnaturalness. "Xiao Qin, what are you going to tell me?"

"Oh, let me report to you the situation of those patients we are in charge of today." Dr. Qin opened the treatment record book. "Wang Liang in the No.14 ward refused to take medicine again today, and behaved violently. He hit the nurse who gave him the medicine with a water glass. Fortunately, he didn't hit him. Now he has been forcibly injected with a sedative; the condition of No.15 Shen Ying has obviously improved. , now everyone calls me mom; Feng Jun in the No.16 ward has some drug reactions, and his metabolism is not normal, I want to discuss with you, should we reduce the dosage of olanzapine and risperidone?"

"Well, reduce the dosage of these two drugs by 50.00%." ​​Nie Leng said.

Doctor Qin waited for a while, looked at Nie Leng: "It's gone?"

"It's gone." Nie Leng smiled slightly, "What else do you want me to say? You have handled all kinds of situations very well."

Dr. Qin nodded slightly, then tilted his head and said, "Dr. Nie, I found that you have been a little restless these days, and the number of times you went to the ward has also decreased significantly."

"Really..." Nie Leng said in embarrassment, "Maybe I've been a little..."

"Are you still thinking about Wang Jingwen?"

Nie Leng raised his head in surprise: "How do you know?"

"Ever since Wang Jingwen left, you've looked distraught—how could I not see that?"

Nie Leng took a deep breath, exhaled slowly, and said thoughtfully: "Yeah, I don't know how she is doing now. She has been home for several days, why didn't she call us? "

Doctor Qin said with a smile: "Her family didn't call us, doesn't that mean everything is normal?"

"I don't know if they reminded her to take her medicine on time and in the right amount."

"Didn't you specifically emphasize it to her dad? It should be fine." Doctor Qin said, "If you're really worried, just call her home and ask."

Nie Leng shook his head and said, "Forget it, it's probably like what you said, they didn't call us, it means everything is normal."

Doctor Qin pouted: "Then I'm going out, and I'll go to the ward to have a look—don't worry too much."

"Okay - close the door for me, Xiao Qin."

Nie Leng turned to the desk again, and he opened the newspaper, revealing the medical record he was reading at first.On the cover of this booklet, the words "Wang Jingwen" are written in the column of the patient's name.

Nie Leng looked at the two-inch color photo of Wang Jingwen on the medical record, and gently stroked the photo with his fingers, as if stroking that beautiful face.His eyes were gentle and peaceful, full of deep love.He stared at the photo for a long, long time.

Gradually, the expression on his face changed, he slowly raised his head and stared straight ahead with a blank gaze, a gloomy and cold expression appeared on his face.

6. Ghosts in the bathroom

Wang Jingwen knew that she was in a dream at the moment.

This is the experience formed over the years - when Wang Jingwen is sleeping and dreaming, she always knows clearly that she is dreaming at the moment, and she can control whether she wakes up at any time.Especially when she had some absurd dreams, if she felt that the contents of the dreams were not to her liking like those ugly movies, she would try to blink her eyes in her sleep and wake up naturally.Now, she faces this choice.

This is a very absurd but very realistic dream - a black shadow man with no face is entwining and kissing her.The black shadow was pressing on her body, caressing her body with both hands, and moving lips on her cheeks.This sense of reality was so strong that Wang Jingwen felt as if she could feel his heavy breathing and snorting. She was so heavy by this illusory feeling that she could hardly breathe.But it was strange, she didn't want to resist or reject, but instead had a familiar feeling, as if she was fulfilling a natural obligation.

Should I try to keep my eyes open?Wang Jingwen asked herself in confusion.Or continue to enjoy this illusory pleasure?The more contradictory she was, the more she needed to think clearly about this issue by herself-in the end, she naturally woke up from her sleep.

At this moment, she actually felt a deep loneliness.The feelings in the dream are still lingering in her mind, causing her to have some unfinished thoughts.She sighed softly in the dark, and couldn't help thinking, if there was someone who could hug and comfort her in reality at this moment, she might not refuse...

When she was lost in thought, Wang Jingwen, who was lying on her right side, moved her arm back a bit, trying to pull the quilt.Suddenly, her hand touched something, and she clearly felt that it was an arm gently wrapped around her waist from behind.

Wang Jingwen only felt her scalp tighten, and her mind exploded with a "buzz".The trance just now disappeared completely, and she realized soberly—now, she is not in a dream anymore!
Wang Jingwen twitched and felt chills all over her body. She turned her head involuntarily, and was shocked to see a black figure lying behind her!

"Hmm..." Wang Jingwen covered her mouth with both hands, stifling her screams.She stared at the blurry figure with frightened eyes, her mind spinning.After a while, she suddenly remembered something, threw herself to the side of the bed, and turned on the light with a "snap".When I looked back, the bed was empty, and the black figure disappeared just like the hallucination that appeared next to the sofa last time.

Wang Jingwen sat sluggishly on the bed for several minutes, comforting her beating heart, she asked herself fearfully in her heart: What's wrong with me?Hallucinating again?Am I already well?Why do the symptoms of this mental patient still appear?I... what happened to me?
Wang Jingwen tried her best to calm herself down, but she couldn't.There was only one thing she was thankful for, and that was that she didn't scream out just now.Otherwise, when the parents heard the sound and rushed over, what they saw was the status quo of their being insane again.Suddenly, a ball of fire burst into Wang Jingwen's heart - damn it!I am not crazy!I am not the same person who was sent to a mental hospital five years ago!
She roared and roared in her heart, but fragile tears shed from her eyes.After crying for a while, Wang Jingwen got out of bed, planning to go to the bathroom to wash her face, to wake herself up and calm down.

She pushed open the door, walked through the dark living room in the dark, and subconsciously glanced at her parents' room—the door was closed tightly.

Holding clear water in her hands and flushing her face, Wang Jingwen felt much better, and her emotions gradually calmed down.She looked at herself in the big mirror in front of her, and said to herself with the self-suggestion method Dr. Nie taught her: Wang Jingwen, you are a normal person, and you live an ordinary and peaceful life.

That’s right—Wang Jingwen closed her eyes, reminiscing about the life of the past five days since returning home—in any case, being able to eat, chat, and go shopping with her parents every day is what she has been looking forward to and dreaming in the nursing home for a long time of it?I can't allow those inexplicable weird feelings to destroy my peaceful life.

Wang Jingwen opened her eyes, looked at her still wet face in the mirror, and wanted to wipe off the water droplets on her face with her hands, but the corner of her eyes suddenly flickered to an image in the mirror—the edge of the white ceramic bathtub behind her seemed to be There was a black mass of something.It is certain that she did not see this thing when she first stood in front of the mirror.

She stared closely at the black-red mass, and was horrified to find that the mass was slowly rising.Gradually, Wang Jingwen's eyes opened wider and wider, and the hairs all over her body stood on end. She clearly saw that the thing rising up turned out to be a bloody head, and what made her feel even more horrified was that the head was covered with blood. Blood red eyes were looking straight at her.

Wang Jingwen finally couldn't control it anymore. She couldn't accept that two such things happened in one night.She hugged her head in horror and let out a heart-piercing scream: "Ah!"

Wang Xingyu and Dong Lin were sound asleep when they were suddenly awakened by their daughter's shrill screams. They were terrified, got out of bed quickly, and rushed into the bathroom following the direction of the sound.Seeing Wang Jingwen curled up in the corner still screaming loudly, the parents gathered around and hugged their daughter tightly.Dong Lin's voice was even more flustered than her daughter's: "Jingwen! You... What's wrong with you!"

Wang Jingwen was hugged tightly by her parents for a long time before her screams gradually subsided, turning into weak moans and short breaths.Dong Lin said to her husband, "Take Jingwen to the living room!"

Wang Jingwen drank a large glass of warm water poured by her father, but her face was still pale.The mother stroked her chest and back with an anxious expression on her face.However, neither parent asked what happened just now.

After a while, Wang Jingwen looked at her parents in fear, her voice trembling: "Dad, Mom, you believe me... I am not crazy! I was not crazy just now! I really saw..." Speaking of this, The terrifying picture appeared in front of her eyes again, and Wang Jingwen twitched suddenly, unable to speak any more.

"We know, we know! Jingwen, you don't need to explain..."

Wang Jingwen looked at her mother, obviously feeling that she was comforting herself. "No, you don't know." Wang Jingwen shook her head and said, "You don't know what happened to me at all. You think I just have a relapse."

The couple looked at each other worriedly, not knowing what to say.

After a moment of silence, Wang Xingyu asked, "Then what do you think is wrong with you?"

The corner of Wang Jingwen's mouth twitched, she looked at her parents intently, and finally said what she had guessed for a long time: "I think... there is something wrong with this house."

7. Doubt

"House?" Wang Xingyu and Dong Lin were surprised at the same time, "What's wrong with the house?"

Wang Jingwen didn't care too much about this matter. Now that she had said it, she simply expressed all her guesses and feelings in her heart:
"From the moment I stepped into this house, I had an inexplicable sense of fear. I thought it was an illusion, which would be fleeting. However, during the five days since I came back, this feeling has been lingering Beside me, appearing and disappearing, strong and weak at times—I finally understand that this is not an illusion, and there must be some reason for my strange feeling!"

"In fact, the strange things that happened in the past few days just confirmed this point. I saw a terrible hallucination on the first night. At that time, you thought it was caused by forgetting to take medicine. But in the next few days, I took it on time However, two more terrifying hallucinations appeared intensified tonight!" Wang Jingwen shook her head in fear and said, "I can no longer lie to my feelings, I know, all this must be abnormal!"

After listening to Wang Jingwen's speech, Wang Xingyu and Dong Lin were dumbfounded in astonishment.Wang Xingyu asked puzzledly: "Jingwen, you said you felt a weird feeling from the moment you stepped into this house? Then why didn't you tell us?"

"I'm afraid you will be sad—this house is a new house you specially prepared for me..."

"What does that matter? What we care about is your feelings." My father said, "If you are not happy here, what is the point of our careful preparation?"

"I'm not unhappy. Dad, Mom, I'm very happy living with you. It's just..."

"Why do you have to think that hallucinations are about the house?" asked the father.

"I can't think of any other reason." Wang Jingwen said, "In just a few days after I lived here, I experienced all kinds of hallucinations one after another. If it wasn't caused by the environment, I really don't know what else could be the reason——Dad , During the last more than a year of my stay in the nursing home, I never experienced hallucinations once! Otherwise, the doctor would not agree to let me go home to live in!"

"But..." Dong Lin said in embarrassment, "Your father and I didn't think there was anything wrong."

Wang Jingwen opened her mouth, then lowered her head: "You still don't believe what I said, you think I'm sick again, right?"

"Jingwen, we really don't think so, we believe that you are completely cured." Father sat next to Wang Jingwen, holding her shoulder and said, "I thought carefully about what you said just now, and analyzed it. Can you see it like this - the inexplicable sense of fear you felt when you first walked in the door a few days ago is just an illusion caused by your unfamiliarity with the new environment, and this illusion creates a psychological suggestion for you, It makes you feel like there's something in this house that scares you, which is why you have hallucinations from time to time."

Wang Jingwen bit her lower lip, thinking carefully about what her father said.After a while, she raised her head: "But, Dad, there is one thing that I think is just the opposite - when I first entered this house, I didn't feel a sense of strangeness, but a vague feeling that I am familiar with someone in this family. There’s a sense of familiarity to something. Like something I’ve seen somewhere before and just can’t remember.”

"How is that possible?" Mother said, "This house, including every piece of furniture in this home, was newly bought before you moved in. You can also see that every part of this home, whether it is a table , cabinets, beds; or curtains, sheets, kitchen utensils; even small things like brooms and rags are all new—everything from our previous home has not been brought here.”

On this point, my mother was indeed right.In fact, Wang Jingwen has observed carefully for the past five days—everything in this house is brand new, with almost no traces of use—thinking of this, she feels a little speechless.

After being bored for a while, Wang Jingwen said to her parents as if she had made a decision: "Dad, Mom, I want to call Dr. Nie tomorrow."

These words caused both parents to change their faces, and they were stunned, showing a look of embarrassment.

Wang Jingwen asked a little puzzled: "Why, you don't want to?"

The father said slowly: "Jingwen, have you ever thought that after you let Dr. Nie know about this situation, he might let you go back...to there again."

Wang Jingwen was stunned for a moment, but also realized the problem, and became hesitant.

"Jingwen, maybe what your dad said is right. You just came to a new environment, and you're not quite used to it. You'll be fine after a while. Don't think about it, you'll scare yourself. The mother held her daughter's hand tightly, "Jingwen, Mom and Dad don't want to lose you again. You don't want to leave us again, right?"

Wang Jingwen bit her lip tightly and nodded heavily.

8. Strange Old Schoolmates

Early the next morning, after Wang Jingwen finished washing, Wang Xingyu creatively arranged for the whole family to go out for breakfast together, and then went shopping in a newly opened large shopping mall.Wang Jingwen understood that this was because her parents intended to let her go out to relax and relax, so she readily agreed.

The family first went to a tea restaurant to have a Hong Kong-style breakfast, and then walked to Shizhong District to a large shopping center called "Dingwei Mall".Since it is a newly opened shopping mall, there are naturally many promotional activities and exhibition venues here. At the main entrance of the shopping mall, there are still eye-catching tricks such as catwalk shows and lucky draws, which make the place crowded with people, bustling, and very lively.

In this lively and extraordinary atmosphere, I am afraid that anyone will temporarily forget the unhappiness in their hearts, and Wang Jingwen is no exception.She had stayed in the quiet sanatorium for so long, and it had been a long time since she had seen such a scene of people cheering, so she was naturally a little excited and joyful.Wang Xingyu and Dong Lin secretly observed their daughter, and seeing her smile unconsciously, they decided that they had come to the right place.The two took their daughter to the women's clothing department on the second floor of the mall to choose clothes.

"Jingwen, let's see how this dress looks." Dong Lin picked from many brands of clothing and found a beige long knitted cardigan. "You try it on."

Wang Jingwen took off her coat and tried it on with a knitted cardigan.Dong Lin immediately beamed and said, "I knew you would definitely be suitable for this dress. It looks so pretty and shows off your temperament."

The shopping guide lady next to her immediately said without losing the opportunity: "This lady has fair skin and a good figure. Wearing clothes of our brand, she looks like a model. Madam, you have a good eye, so you can choose such a suitable one at once." .”

Dong Lin smiled even more when she heard this, and immediately asked, "How much is this dress?"

"The original price is 1280. Today is our store's opening bonus. All clothes are 8.8% off. The calculation is..." The shopping guide found a calculator and pressed a few times, "1126 yuan."

"Ah..." Wang Jingwen clicked her tongue, "So expensive? Forget it, Mom."

"It doesn't matter, as long as you dress nicely, it's worth it." Dong Lin turned to the shopping guide lady and said, "Please help me open a ticket—where should I pay?"

After the shopping guide opened the ticket, she bowed politely and pointed: "It's at the cash register over there."

"Let me pay." Wang Xingyu took out his wallet and walked towards the cashier.

Wang Xingyu had just walked away for a while, when Dong Lin suddenly remembered something: "Oh, I forgot that I can swipe my card——Jingwen, wait here, I'll go to the cashier and swipe my card to pay."

"Yes." Wang Jingwen nodded to her mother.

The shopping guide lady said to Wang Jingwen: "Miss, would you like to see our other styles?" Wang Jingwen smiled and nodded, "Okay, let me see for myself."

Looking through the beautiful clothes of different styles one by one, Wang Jingwen's heart was full of eager pursuit of beauty, which made her once again secretly lament the beauty of ordinary life.Thinking back to when I was in the nursing home, I wore that blue and white patient uniform all year round, without any personality or aesthetic feeling at all...

While looking at the clothes, Wang Jingwen was in a daze, and she didn't realize that when she was going through the clothes, her hand touched the hand of another girl who was also choosing clothes. "Ah, I'm sorry." She retracted her hand and walked to the side.

At this time, the young woman who was touched by Wang Jingwen stared at her with wide eyes, then pointed at her and said, "Are you... Jingwen?"

Wang Jingwen was startled and turned around.She didn't expect this person to know herself. "You are……"

"Why, you can't remember me? I'm Xu Qianyun!"

Wang Jingwen said awkwardly: "I'm sorry, I really... can't remember."

"No way, what memory do you have!" Xu Qianyun said in a bit of surprise, "It's only been so many years, and you've forgotten all about your deskmate in high school?"

Wang Jingwen didn't know what to say, she couldn't tell people that she lost her memory.

"Oh, forget it, I think you are a nobleman and forget things." Xu Qianyun still didn't respond when she saw Wang Jingwen, so she waved her hand and said, "Where do you work?"

"I... didn't go to work."

"Not working? Then you must have married a rich husband?" Xu Qianyun said with a smile.

"No... I... am not married." Wang Jingwen found herself getting more and more embarrassed as she chatted.

Seeing Wang Jingwen's embarrassed look, Xu Qianyun didn't know what to say.After a pause for a few seconds, she asked again, "Where do you live now?"

Wang Jingwen really hoped that a friend could come to visit her, so she said in detail: "I live with my parents in the 'Jingdu Garden' in the new district, Building 102."

After saying this, Wang Jingwen was surprised to find that the expression on Xu Qianyun's face suddenly changed, turning pale.She looked at herself in astonishment, her mouth opened slightly, as if she wanted to say something, but she didn't say it.

Wang Jingwen didn't know why Xu Qianyun had such a reaction, and was about to ask why, when she heard her mother shout behind her: "Okay, Jingwen, let's go."

Wang Jingwen turned around, and both her parents had already walked to her side.At the same time, she noticed that Xu Qianyun had been staring at her parents with strange eyes.

Wang Xingyu found out that his daughter knew the young woman in front of him, and asked, "Jingwen, who is this?"

"Oh... a classmate of mine in high school——Qianyun, these are my parents." After Wang Jingwen finished the introduction, she found that Xu Qianyun did not say hello to her parents as usual, but instead said hello to her parents in an indescribable way. He looked at himself with a strange expression.

Wang Xingyu patted his daughter on the shoulder: "Jingwen, it's time for us to go back, say goodbye to your classmates."

Wang Jingwen and Xu Qianyun looked at each other for a few seconds, feeling an indescribable strange feeling in her heart, but she didn't know how to ask, so she just said dumbly: "Qianyun, I'm going back, goodbye..."

Xu Qianyun stood there blankly. Just as Wang Jingwen was about to turn around and leave, she suddenly took Wang Jingwen's hand, and quickly took out a pen and a shopping receipt from her purse. Write down a string of numbers, hand it to Wang Jingwen, then approach her face, stare at her and say:

"Jingwen, this is my mobile phone number. Remember, call me."

"...Okay." Wang Jingwen looked at Xu Qianyun's eyes that seemed to be talking, and clearly saw that those eyes were conveying some kind of message to her.At this time, her father patted her on the shoulder again. "Let's go, Jingwen."

Wang Jingwen carefully put the small ticket with the phone number in the inner bag of her coat, and then left with her parents.After walking a few steps, she turned her head - Xu Qianyun was still standing there staring at herself.

9. The Secret of the House

After eating at a western restaurant at noon, after returning home, Wang Jingwen half leaned on the sofa in the living room, showing tiredness.The father hung the coat on the rack and said to her, "Jingwen, go to the room and take a nap."

Wang Jingwen nodded and walked into her bedroom.

In fact, Wang Jingwen was really tired after shopping all morning, but she couldn't fall asleep while lying on the bed. She kept thinking about meeting Xu Qianyun in the mall, and her heart was clouded with doubts.She didn't understand why Xu Qianyun suddenly showed that weird expression when talking to herself, and she didn't know if it meant something.And...Xu Qianyun obviously wanted to tell herself something, but she couldn't say it under the circumstances...

What does she want to tell me——Wang Jingwen thought to herself, her brows furrowed.Suddenly, she remembered Xu Qianyun's last words and asked herself to call her.Also, the little piece of paper with the mobile phone number written down.

Wang Jingwen sat up from the bed suddenly - yes, why should I think hard here, didn't Xu Qianyun leave a phone number on purpose, just call her to ask if she is right!
Wang Jingwen remembered that she put the small ticket with the phone number written on it in the inner bag of her coat.She looked left and right to find the coat beside her, and suddenly remembered that the coat was left on the sofa in the living room when she first entered the door.Wang Jingwen quickly jumped out of bed and walked to the living room.

No—Wang Jingwen was stunned—there was no coat on the sofa.Strange, she clearly remembered that it was placed here just now.It was only a few minutes, it is impossible to remember wrongly.

At this time, Wang Jingwen heard the low roar of the washing machine spinning in the bathroom.She hurried over, saw her mother standing by the washing machine, and asked, "Mom, why are you washing clothes at noon?"

Dong Lin said: "Seeing that the sun is shining today, I changed the sheets and quilts and washed them."

"Did you see the coat I wore this morning? Is it in there too?" Wang Jingwen asked anxiously, looking at the rapidly spinning water and clothes in the laundry tub.

"Yeah, your coat has been worn for two days, and it got some oil stains on it at noon today, so I washed it together by the way—what's the matter?"

"Oh! There is the phone number my classmate left for me!" Wang Jingwen stomped her feet and stared at the washing tub. When the rotation stopped, she quickly opened the transparent machine cover, pulled out the wet coat, and then She fumbled around to search for the note in the inner bag, but she rummaged through the inner bag several times, but she couldn't touch the paper.She became even more anxious and asked, "Mom, did you check in my pocket before doing the laundry? Did you find a small ticket with a phone number on it?"

Dong Lin said in a daze: "I took out the pockets on both sides of the clothes, but... I forgot that there are inner bags."

Wang Jingwen tore out the entire inner layer of the inner bag, and finally despaired, and the whole person was discouraged.

Dong Lin looked at the washing tub that was stirring rapidly, and said a little guiltyly: "The note may have been stirred out and washed to pieces...Jingwen, I'm sorry, Mom forgot that you have something in your inner bag."

Wang Jingwen shook her head lightly, threw the clothes into the laundry tub, walked into her room without saying a word, and closed the door.

Her thoughts were spinning rapidly like the clothes being stirred in the vat.

This is absolutely no coincidence or accident.

The reason is too far-fetched-doing laundry at noon because it is sunny today?But these days are sunny days—and even if you want to wash, why can't you wait until you have a nap, and you have to wash it as soon as you get home?
Another point is the most critical - thinking of this, Wang Jingwen's heart trembled - the inner bag has a zipper.She clearly remembered that after putting the note in the bag, she closed the zipper of the inner bag.Therefore, if it is true as my mother said, she forgot to take out the inner bag to check, then after washing, there will be a ball of wet paper in the inner bag instead of being empty.

Wang Jingwen took a deep breath, feeling an invisible sense of oppression around her.All the signs told her that there was only one reason for her mother to do this, and that was to destroy the piece of paper with the phone number in time—to sever her contact with Xu Qianyun.

In other words, when they heard what Xu Qianyun said, they guessed what she was going to say to me.Wang Jingwen frowned tightly - what could it be?What exactly was Xu Qianyun trying to tell me that would elicit such a nervous reaction from my parents that they would immediately find an excuse to destroy that piece of paper?
Thinking of losing the only contact with Xu Qianyun, in this huge city, when she will meet again, or even never meet again, Wang Jingwen feels a burst of fatigue and despair.But after a while, she calmed down, thinking that there might be a breakthrough in this matter, at least, it was an important clue.

She thought of a word.It was after she said this sentence that Xu Qianyun showed that weird expression, that is to say, what she wanted to tell herself must have something to do with this sentence——

I am now living with my parents in the 'Jingdu Garden' in the new district, Building 102.

what--

The place to live, this house!
Wang Jingwen involuntarily covered her mouth, her eyes widened, and a chill came down her back.The horrific hallucinations that had appeared the previous two times appeared before her eyes again at this moment.She realized with horror that there was something really wrong with the house!Maybe Xu Qianyun knew something inside, and what she wanted to tell herself was about this house!
Wang Jingwen's mind was spinning rapidly, and she suddenly thought—could it be that her parents also knew something about this house, but they were just keeping it from her?But why do they do this?
Wang Jingwen fell into deep confusion, and at the same time, for the first time, distrust of her parents arose in her heart.

It seems that if I want to unlock these secrets, I can only rely on myself to investigate secretly.she thought.It's time for me to take some action.

10. Doubtful
Like most of the time, after breakfast, Dong Lin went to the nearby market to buy vegetables by herself.Wang Jingwen saw her father watching one of his favorite programs broadcast on TV intently, and felt that the opportunity had come.She pretended to be casual and said, "Dad, I'll go to the garden by the door to see the flowers for a while."

Wang Xingyu nodded and said, "Well, let's go."

Wang Jingwen walked out and closed the door.She didn't stay in the garden for a moment, but walked quickly towards the gate post of the gate of the community.

"It's really nice here."

The doorman of the community who was sorting out some newly delivered newspapers and magazines raised his head, a little in disbelief that the beautiful young girl standing at the door of the security room was talking to him.He opened his mouth in a daze for a long while, and after confirming that there was no one else around, he said with a flattering smile, "What... are you referring to?"

"This neighborhood." Wang Jingwen looked at the middle-aged security guard who was almost dumbfounded in front of her, her eyelashes forming a beautiful curve. "The environment is elegant, the facilities are complete, and the layout of the floors is well designed. And—there are responsible security guards like you guarding the safety of this place—is this community not to be liked?"

The middle-aged security guard was obviously flattered: "You are really...too much of an award."

"Can I come in and sit for a while?" Wang Jingwen smiled.

"Ah, of course, please..." The middle-aged security guard tidied up his small narrow guard room in a panic, freeing up a chair. "Please sit down."

Wang Jingwen sat gracefully on the rattan chair, her legs crossed naturally. "I live in building No. 102, do you have any impression?"

"Well, yes, yes." The security guard said hastily.

Wang Jingwen smiled shyly. "You see, I didn't want to trouble you at first, but I can't help it. I was entrusted by someone."

"It's okay, tell me, what's the matter?"

"It's like this." Wang Jingwen began to make up a story, "A friend of mine, she came to our house last week to play, she was full of praise for our community, and finally said that she also wanted to buy a house here. So I asked me to help her find out Take a look to see if there are any unsold houses in this community."

"Oh, that's it..." the security guard said with some embarrassment, "I'm afraid it won't work. The houses in this community are very popular, and they were sold out before they were repaired. Let alone now—look, there are Which house is vacant?"

"It's okay, my friend said, second-hand houses are also fine." Wang Jingwen leaned forward a little, "Have you heard that any house in this community wants to sell a house?"

The security guard thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "I haven't heard of anyone wanting to sell the house recently."

Wang Jingwen paused for a moment: "Could it be that all the original residents live in this community? No one has sold houses here before?"

"That's not true. Several houses have been sold before. I guess they specialize in reselling properties, or there are some special reasons—otherwise, who would be willing to sell such a good house."

Finally arrived at the most critical place.Wang Jingwen pretended to be casual and asked: "Then our house hasn't changed hands before, right?"

"Your house—you mean Building No. 102?"

"Yes."

The security guard laughed: "Aren't you clear about this?"

"I really don't know very well." Wang Jingwen said jokingly, "My parents bought the house. I'm afraid they bought a second-hand house, but they told me it was a new house."

"Then you really wronged your parents." The security guard said with a smile, "I saw your parents renovate this house from the clean water room to what it is now. I can assure you, you are 100 % are the original occupants of the house."

"Oh, really..." Wang Jingwen thought for a moment, "By the way, do you have the phone number of the real estate agent who built this community? Since my friend can't buy it here, I can only help her and ask other communities. "

"Yes, yes." The security guard took out a business card from the desk drawer behind him and handed it to Wang Jingwen, "You can call and ask Manager Tang."

Wang Jingwen took the business card and smiled sweetly at the security guard: "Thank you." She stood up from the wicker chair, "Then I won't bother you."

"Hey, it's okay." The security guard said reluctantly, "Come again when you have time."

Wang Jingwen hurried home, planning to stay here for about 10 minutes.Fortunately, the door was still closed. It seemed that my father was still watching TV and didn't notice where she had gone.Wang Jingwen gently plucked a gardenia in the small garden, took it and pushed the door into the house.

Sure enough, my father was still watching TV.Wang Jingwen sat next to her father and put gardenias under his nose: "Dad, the flowers blooming in our yard are really fragrant, smell it."

Father took a deep breath. "Well, it smells so good."

"That's for you." Wang Jingwen said playfully.

Father took the flowers and held them in his hands, smiling, "Thank you."

"I'll read a book in my room." Wang Jingwen stood up from the sofa.Father nodded at her. "Go."

Wang Jingwen walked into her bedroom.Wang Xingyu kept staring at her back from behind with meaningful eyes.

At night, Wang Jingwen lay on her bed, thinking about what happened in the morning.

She believed that her performance was so natural that the security guard would have no idea what she was looking for.In other words, the security guard should not be on guard, so he has no reason to lie to himself.So, he's telling the truth—the house really hasn't been lived in before.This proved that my first guess was wrong.

That being the case, what is the problem?Wang Jingwen frowned tightly. Could it be that her hallucinations really have nothing to do with this house?No, it's not possible.She quickly dismissed the idea—if it weren't for the house, it would have led to a dire conclusion: that she was mentally troubled again.

Thinking of this, Wang Jingwen couldn't help feeling confused.She suddenly discovered that she had nightmares almost every day in the past few days, and they were all cruel and bloody. After a long illness, she knew that this was not a good omen.But she couldn't figure it out, didn't she recover well in the nursing home?Dr. Nie also takes the medicine prescribed by him every day—why does this happen?If it wasn't because of this house, then what caused her to have abnormal symptoms?

Gradually, all kinds of restless imaginations circled and changed in Wang Jingwen's mind, which made her feel headaches.Wang Jingwen rubbed her forehead with her hands, closed her eyes, and tried to take a break.

Come on.

She opened her eyes wide and looked around alertly—who was talking?

Come here quickly.

Another sound.The hairs all over Wang Jingwen's body stood up.This time, she heard the voice coming from below.

Come down below, I'll wait for you here.

Wang Jingwen felt that her body was out of control.As if possessed by a demon, she bent down mechanically, lying on the bed, and slowly poked her head under the bed, she wanted to see what was underneath.

It was pitch black, and her rolling eyes carefully searched under the bed.Suddenly, she saw something, it was a rotten head, but those round eyes were looking at her as if they were alive.For a moment, fear expanded like a poisonous bubble, squeezing her lungs so that she couldn't even cry out.

At this time, something even more terrifying happened.A pair of festering hands suddenly stretched out from the darkness under the bed, grabbed Wang Jingwen's shoulders, and dragged her off the bed.The rotten head was getting closer and closer to her, and the rotten flesh that fell from her face almost fell onto her cheeks.Wang Jingwen wanted to move, but found that she couldn't use any strength.Amidst the great panic, a thought suddenly flashed in her mind.She found that there was only one thing she could do now—blink, blink...

Finally, she woke up panting heavily, her heart was still beating wildly, but she was glad that she could return to reality in time at the most terrifying time.

God, I... what the hell is wrong with me.Wang Jingwen couldn't help but shed tears.It's just that I leaned against the bed and squinted my eyes for a while, but I still have such a terrible nightmare!How should my life go on!
Wang Jingwen sat up from the bed, sobbing softly, feeling sad.An unprecedented sense of loneliness surrounds her, chilling her heart - what to do now?I can no longer complain to my parents, they won't understand and can't help.What's more, there seems to be a slight gap between them and them before, and they seem to have concealed something from each other before, with suspicion.Can anyone else help me?

Wang Jingwen thought of Dr. Nie.However, her newly ignited heart quickly cooled down again.She thought that Dr. Nie hadn't even called to inquire about her current situation in the ten days since she returned home—maybe he thought that the patients who were discharged from the hospital had nothing to do with him. .That being the case, how can we expect to get his help and care?
Wang Jingwen was silent for a long time, feeling that she could only rely on herself now.She fumbled to find the real estate developer's business card in her trouser pocket, stared at it for a long time, thinking about what to do next.

Suddenly, she trembled all over, and suddenly remembered a voice from the nightmare just now——

Come down below, I'll wait for you here.

The sudden thought made her hair stand on end.

Since it's not about the house, could the problem be underground?

11. Shocking information

While eating lunch, Wang Xingyu found that his daughter was always restless.He asked, "Jingwen, what happened to you today?"

Wang Jingwen, who was eating in silence, turned her eyes to her father's face: "Ah...it's nothing."

"I see you've been staring blankly at the bowl of rice without saying a word—is there something on your mind?"

"No." Wang Jingwen shook her head.

"Did you sleep well last night?" Dong Lin asked her daughter.

"Okay."

Seeing his daughter asking and answering each sentence, Wang Xingyu couldn't ask any more questions.He said: "If you have any questions or requests, just tell us, don't be bored."

"Well, I know." Wang Jingwen nodded slightly and continued to eat.

Wang Xingyu and Dong Lin looked at each other and stopped talking.

After lunch, the parents went back to their room to take a nap as usual.Wang Jingwen sat alone in the living room, her eyes fixed on the telephone placed on the glass round stool.

She thought all morning, absolutely not using the landline.

This phone is indeed too close to the parents.No matter how softly she spoke, it would surely wake them up.And what she wants to ask cannot be let them know.

However, there is no mobile phone.How to do it?If you go out for a walk and make a call at a public telephone booth, this action is a bit too big.

Can only find a cell phone.Wang Jingwen quietly walked to the door of her parents' room, and saw that the door was ajar, leaving a small gap. Both parents were probably fast asleep.She slowly opened the door with slight movements.

Wang Jingwen held her breath—her father's mobile phone was placed on a table not far from the door.

She glanced at her parents on the bed again to make sure they were asleep, then tiptoed to the table, put the phone in her pocket, and left quickly.

Wang Jingwen walked into the bathroom quickly and closed the door.She took out the business card from her pocket and dialed the phone number on it.

"Hi, hello." A steady baritone said.

"Hello, is this Manager Tang of Dongsheng Real Estate?" Wang Jingwen faced the wall of the bathroom and kept her voice as low as possible.

"It's me, what's the matter with you?"

"That's right. I'm an owner of Jingdu Garden in the New District, and I want to ask you some questions."

"please say."

"Can you tell me where this place was before Jingdu Garden was built?"

The other party pondered slightly. "Ma'am, is there any point in this question?"

"Yes, it means a lot to me. Please tell me." Wang Jingwen said eagerly.

"The area around Jingdu Garden is a new development area. Before it was built, it was some mountains and farmers' land. After our company bought the land, we built this residential area on it—madam, do you have any questions? "

Wang Jingwen thought for a moment with her mouth open, and asked, "During the initial stage of the company's construction, that is, when digging mountains and land, did you ever move some...earth graves?"

The other party became sensitive all of a sudden, and said in a stiff tone, "Why are you asking this? I think that the compensation or compensation money that was needed at that time should have already been paid, right?"

"No, Manager Tang, don't misunderstand me." Wang Jingwen quickly explained, "I'm not here to ask for compensation, I just want to ask if some earthen graves were indeed moved during the construction of the new district? I just want to know this That's it, I will never ask you for a penny."

"Sorry, no comment." A cold voice.The phone is disconnected.

Damn it, damn it!Wang Jingwen held the phone tightly, wanting to smash it against the wall.After a while, she let out a deep breath, thinking in her heart—judging from Manager Tang's sensitive attitude and what he said, it was true—but, she got too little information, just Knowing this, what's the use?

Wang Jingwen tried her best to think in the bathroom, but couldn't think of what to do next for a while. At this moment, she remembered that she should immediately put the phone back before her parents woke up.She opened the bathroom door and was about to go out when the mobile phone in her hand vibrated suddenly, which shocked her greatly.She glanced at the screen of her mobile phone, and an unfamiliar number was calling.

Wang Jingwen rubbed her chest and said in her heart—thank God, fortunately, her father set the vibration, otherwise it would be bad if the phone rang.

The phone was still vibrating, and it seemed that the person who called was a little bit reluctant.Wang Jingwen held the phone in a daze, neither daring to answer nor hang up, and could only let it buzz.

After about half a minute, the shaking stopped, as if the man had finally given up.Wang Jingwen breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to walk out of the bathroom when the phone vibrated again.

What the hell, it's the same number!Wang Jingwen stared at the strange number irritably, and suddenly, she froze.

She saw that the last four digits of the phone number were four "6".

Wang Jingwen suddenly remembered that when chatting with Dr. Nie accidentally, he once said that his mobile phone number is easy to remember, and the last four digits are four "6".

Is this from Dr. Nie?Wang Jingwen's heart trembled.Her finger moved involuntarily to the ON button.

"Hello." She whispered into the microphone.

"Wang Xian—you... Jing Wen?" Dr. Nie's familiar voice came from the receiver.

"Yes, Dr. Nie, I'm Wang Jingwen."

"Jingwen, is it really you?" Doctor Nie's tone showed joy, "I didn't expect you to answer the phone!"

"Doctor Nie, are you looking for my father?"

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone, and Dr. Nie's tone became serious: "Jingwen, do you know that since you were discharged from the hospital, I have called your home dozens of times!"

Wang Jingwen took a deep breath: "Dozens of times? Why... I don't know at all?"

"Because I didn't get through dozens of times before. The landline number and mobile phone number your father left me are all wrong. I called many times, but they all said it was an empty number."

Wang Jingwen was stunned: "Then how do you get through now?"

"I entrusted a friend to inquire about your father's previous work unit, and only then did I get the correct mobile phone number. Jingwen, I don't know what your father's intentions are, but I'm sure that your father definitely kept those phone numbers on purpose. Wrong number. Because I compared the correct phone number with the one he left for me, and found that almost even one digit didn’t match. He deliberately didn’t want me to call you.”

Wang Jingwen was completely dumbfounded, her mind was in chaos.

"Jingwen, Jingwen, are you listening?"

Wang Jingwen came back to her senses, "Yes, I'm listening." She paused, "Dr. Nie, did you call this phone today?"

"No, I got through yesterday and talked to your dad for a few minutes. However, he didn't seem to be very willing to talk to me. After a while, he claimed that he had something to do and hung up the phone. I asked him why the phone number he left was wrong. , he looked very embarrassed, and only said that he probably remembered it wrong—but, as I said just now, I doubt it very much."

Wang Jingwen's mind was buzzing just like the vibrating cell phone just now. "Doctor Nie, what else did you talk to my dad about?"

"Jingwen, do you know that when you were discharged from the hospital, I repeatedly told your father to keep in touch with me and tell me about your current situation at any time. But for more than ten days, your father hasn't called me once. And when I asked him yesterday, he said it was because you were fine and there was nothing abnormal, so he didn't contact me."

Wang Jingwen's throat seemed to be blocked by something. "He... told you that everything was fine with me?"

Dr. Nie heard the clue from Wang Jingwen's almost choked tone: "Why, Jingwen, isn't it actually the case?"

Wang Jingwen's stomach tightened tightly, and she didn't know how to answer.

"Jingwen, listen to me." Doctor Nie's tone was very severe. "Now all signs tell me that something is wrong. Especially the hesitating tone and evasive attitude of your father when he answered the phone yesterday. That's why I called again today to confirm. And today happened to be your call , this is what I wish for, you have to tell me all the truth, you can't hide anything, otherwise it will only be bad for you! Do you understand?"

Dr. Nie's tone was not at all room for negotiation.Wang Jingwen hesitated for a while, and decided to tell the doctor everything that happened in the past ten days.She collected her thoughts and lowered her voice: "Doctor Nie, in fact, from the day I came home..."

A big hand stretched out from behind and snatched the mobile phone from Wang Jingwen's hand.Wang Jingwen's body trembled, she turned her head in shock, and saw her father standing behind her, staring at her with a livid face.

Wang Xingyu glanced coldly at the number displayed on the phone screen, hung up the phone silently, and then stared at his daughter: "Jingwen, why did you take my phone without saying hello to me?"

Wang Jingwen's eyes flickered, but she remained silent.

Wang Xingyu's face softened slightly: "I mean, if you want to use my mobile phone, you can tell me directly."

Seeing that his daughter still didn't speak, Wang Xingyu sighed, turned around and wanted to leave the bathroom.

"Dad." Wang Jingwen said suddenly, looking directly at her father. "Why don't you want Dr. Nie to contact us?"

Wang Xingyu turned his body around: "I said it before, if he knows something about you, he will probably send you back there again, and you will be separated from us again."

"But if my condition is really bad, is it the right choice to hide it from the doctor all the time? Dad, aren't you afraid that my condition will get worse and worse as a result?"

Wang Xingyu was stunned for a moment, then said sadly: "Jingwen, we just love you so much...we don't want to lose you again."

Wang Jingwen felt speechless, as if her tongue was stuck to her palate.

Father sighed again and walked out of the bathroom.

After closing the bedroom door, Wang Xingyu sat on the bed and stared at his wife.

"She really took it?" Dong Lin asked.

Wang Xingyu nodded silently, and threw the phone on the bed. "And even called the doctor surnamed Nie."

Dong Lin suddenly became nervous: "Then she has already begun to suspect."

"I think she has already noticed something is wrong." Wang Xingyu stared at his wife, "and she doesn't trust us now. She went out secretly for a while without telling me yesterday morning, probably to inquire about something. Today at noon She quietly took my mobile phone to call the doctor again, and it seems that she has indeed become suspicious. Moreover, she is taking some measures."

"Then what should we do now?" Dong Lin asked in fear.

"Don't panic." Wang Xingyu said calmly, "I think she is just confused now, and doesn't know what's going on. Let's pretend that nothing happened and proceed according to the original plan."

Dong Lin said worriedly: "I'm afraid I won't last long like this."

"It's okay." Wang Xingyu lowered his voice, stared ahead, and said darkly, "In three days, it will be 'that day'."

12. Old things repeat themselves
weekend.

Wang Jingwen sat on the bed blankly, with a bewildered expression and distracted eyes.

She woke up from a nightmare again.

In fact, the nightmares that came as expected every day no longer frightened her.She has actually adapted to this kind of mental torture that is like a daily meal, and has practiced the ability to wake up from the nightmare immediately with just a hard blink of an eye.But just like this, Wang Jingwen felt deeply sad and desolate-how did the long-awaited "normal" life become like this?It's not as good as being in a nursing home.Although the previous life was monotonous, boring, and lacking in freedom, at least my heart was quiet and full of security.

Wang Jingwen looked up and let out a long sigh.She knew that what made her feel more and more uneasy was the increasing sense of contradiction every day.Whenever she doubts or dislikes her current life, her parents' warm smiles and meticulous care make her feel at a loss and grateful.Especially in the past two days, the parents have worked hard to enrich their lives.Mother cooks all kinds of fresh dishes in different ways every meal, and father buys many books he likes to read from the bookstore.All these moved Wang Jingwen, but felt sad for a while.Because it meant she had to continue to suffer from those nightmares and hallucinations.

And in the past few days, something caught Wang Jingwen's attention - she found that every time she had horrible hallucinations and horrible dreams, the same man would appear.The man either had no head, or lacked limbs, or was just a black shadow, unable to distinguish the outline and appearance.But Wang Jingwen's intuition told her that these were all the same person—from the beginning to the end, it was this phantom-like illusory man who was entangled and tormented her.She doesn't know why.All she felt was deep fear and helplessness.

Today's sky has been gloomy, Wang Jingwen looked out the window, the gray sky enveloped everything, making everything look heavy and depressing, just like her mood at the moment.She looked at the wall clock on the wall again, it was already six o'clock in the afternoon - she had stayed in the room for more than five hours, and it was time to go out to get some air.

Wang Jingwen opened the door and stepped out of her room. As soon as she raised her head and looked forward, she was stunned——

Both parents sat neatly on the sofa, staring forward blankly with empty eyes.In the living room, neither the light nor the TV was turned on, and it was dull and breathless.Wang Jingwen didn't know what happened, so she asked blankly, "Dad, Mom, what are you doing?"

My father turned his head mechanically and slowly, and looked at Wang Jingwen gloomyly: "We are celebrating the anniversary."

Wang Jingwen's brain turned numbly: "What do you commemorate? What day is today?"

"Do you know what day it is today?" Mother's tone was stiff.

Wang Jingwen stood blankly, unable to remember for a while.

"Today is September 9th." The father looked at her and paused every word.

"September 9th..." Wang Jingwen muttered slowly, her mind was lost.

The parents turned their heads away and stopped looking at her, as if they didn't want to remind her any further. Their attitude made Wang Jingwen feel that this date represented a day that should not be forgotten.She kept repeating in her mind: September 9th, September 12th... Does this day have any special significance?

Suddenly, a violent feeling of panic came over her and made her tremble.There was also a spasm in her stomach, a feeling of nausea.She covered her mouth and tried her best not to vomit, then opened the door of the house involuntarily and rushed outside.

In the garden at the door, Wang Jingwen took a few deep breaths, trying to calm herself down, but her heart was still beating wildly and uncontrollably.Just a moment ago - when she was silently thinking about September 9th - a memory suddenly flashed in her mind, almost only a few tenths of a second, and she still couldn't figure out what was going on.But it was only a few tenths of a second, which already made her feel terrified and trembling all over.At this moment, what Dr. Nie said to her reappeared in her confused mind again——

"If you want to completely get rid of the psychological shadow, you must say goodbye to the 'past', and you cannot recall or pursue it. You must completely forget what happened in the past."

I do, I swear!But, goodness—

I seem to remember something!
Wang Jingwen panicked and trembled all over.

She turned her head, looked at the closed door, and suddenly felt a surge of anger. She wanted to go back and ask her face to face, what was going on!

Wang Jingwen suddenly pushed the door open.Parents are no longer sitting on the sofa in the living room.The doors of each room are closed, and I don't know which room my parents are in.The whole house was filled with darkness, exuding a chilling atmosphere.

Wang Jingwen stood at the door, looking at the scene in front of her.For a moment, time seemed to stand still, and everything froze.

This scene has happened before.

I entered the door, the house was pitch black, no one was there, and then I went to my room...

Yes, I went to the door of my room, which is what I did.Wang Jingwen's eyes slowly moved over, staring at her room, her legs became uncontrollable, and she slowly walked to the door of the room as if possessed by a demon.

This is an antique-style keyhole door, through which a part of the room can be seen.

At this moment, Wang Jingwen is like a puppet under a spell.Her body could no longer be controlled by her brain, she only knew that she did this at the time—yes, like now, squatting down slowly, with her eyes touching the keyhole.

She looked in.Saw the scene inside.

At this moment, all the blood in Wang Jingwen's body rushed to her forehead.All the original feelings and memories are restored.She held her head and muttered with a pale face: "I remembered, I remembered everything..." As the world was spinning, she collapsed, and suddenly found in horror that the floor and walls were all covered with blood, and the whole room was stained. It was bloody red, and his body and hands were also stained with blood.The last string in Wang Jingwen's mind finally broke. After screaming heart-piercingly a few times, she passed out.

In the haze, she saw her parents standing tall in front of her, looking down at her with indifference...

After an unknown amount of time, Wang Jingwen woke up.She found herself sitting on the sofa in the living room, with her parents sitting opposite her, staring at her coldly.At this moment, Wang Jingwen's memory has fully recovered, and she can't help but curl up in the corner of the sofa, staring at the two people in front of her vigilantly.

Dong Lin sneered: "Why are you so scared? We won't eat you again."

Wang Xingyu said indifferently: "Looking at your appearance, you have really remembered everything—in this case, our goal has been achieved."

Wang Jingwen twitched twice, and suddenly burst into tears: "You...all these years have passed, and you still haven't forgiven me. Moreover, you still refuse to let me go, and you want to take revenge on me in this way..."

"Forgive you?" Dong Lin's sharp voice was like metal scraping across glass. "How dare you ask us to forgive you? What do you think you did before? Break a teacup?"

Wang Jingwen's body was trembling and she didn't dare to face them.

Wang Xingyu took out a photo album from behind and threw it on the tea table in front of Wang Jingwen: "Don't you want to see this photo album? Just look at it."

"No, no..." Wang Jingwen shook her head in fear, shrinking into a ball.

"No! You must watch!" Wang Xingyu roared angrily, "You don't want to forget! I want you to open your eyes and see clearly, to see how much pain and suffering you have brought us!"

Wang Xingyu flipped through the photo album angrily, and held it in front of Wang Jingwen, almost touching her nose.Wang Jingwen couldn't avoid it, and her eyes came into contact with the photos on the album.Five years later, she saw that person again, a severe burning pain churned in her internal organs, and two lines of tears accompanied her thoughts back to several years ago...

13. Eight years ago

Eight years ago, a girl named Guo Jingwen was studying at a South Polytechnic University. At the age of 21, she looks beautiful, generous and charming, like a flower that has just bloomed with crystal dewdrops.It stands to reason that there is no reason for a girl as beautiful as her not to leave a few romantic memories in the university, a holy place for love.But for some reason, she sealed her heart away and turned her back on the many admirers around her.She put those touching love words behind her, and burned the nasty love letters.Like a proud saint, she does not accept the pursuit of any boy.Over time, she got the nickname "Frozen Rose".

When the girlfriends in the dormitory and their boyfriends come and go in pairs on the dance floor, parks, theaters and other places where flowers are blooming before and after the moon, Guo Jingwen always comes to the library alone. don't feel alone.

It was a weekend night, and the dormitory was naturally empty.Guo Jingwen came to the empty library alone again.There are very few people here.According to my roommate, I will go to the library on weekend nights, only those dinosaurs and frogs that no one wants.Of course, Guo Jingwen is an exception.

She sat down at a large empty table and flipped through the latest car magazine.She is different from ordinary girls, she doesn't just like clothes, jewelry and cosmetics.She also likes masculine things like cars and architecture.She flipped through the exquisite albums and admired those new beautiful cars, but she didn't notice that there was a person standing silently behind her for a long time.

The man seemed to be unable to bear it anymore. He sat next to Guo Jingwen and asked a little surprised: "Girls also like to read this kind of book?"

Guo Jingwen looked sideways at him.A handsome, handsome boy with a pleasant voice and a cute and childish face, she couldn't help being a little surprised in her heart - it stands to reason that this type of boy should be holding a girl's waist now, but It's not about holding a few books.Her gaze stayed on the boy's face for a while longer, then she smiled faintly, and her eyes returned to the book.

"You know, I'm also a super car fan." The handsome boy said, "We both have common hobbies, maybe we can chat."

For Guo Jingwen, this kind of strike-up is very common, and she is also used to how to get rid of it. "Sorry, this is a library, I don't think it's suitable for chatting." She refused coldly.

"Well, that's . . . but maybe we can go out and talk?"

"I'm sorry, I still have to read." She didn't raise her head, her tone became more indifferent.

"Alright then." The handsome boy simply shrugged and stood up from the chair.Before leaving, he said generously, "I think it would be a good thing for us to get to know each other. My name is Wang Yang."

After speaking, he politely stared at the girl in front of him.Guo Jingwen couldn't be too rude, so she just said, "My name is Guo Jingwen."

Wang Yang nodded. "I remember." Then he left the library with a few books in his hands.

After Wang Yang left, Guo Jingwen felt a little lost.She has a certain liking for this handsome, polite, and straightforward boy.However, she told herself in her heart that this feeling must disappear as soon as possible.

Originally, Guo Jingwen thought it was a chance encounter.But she didn't expect that after this time, she would meet Wang Yang often in the huge campus.Every time the two met, Wang Yang would greet her generously and say hello.Over time, they would chat for a while about cars or other topics.Wang Yang is cheerful, lively, and humorous. Every time Guo Jingwen meets him, he is very pleasant.Gradually, Wang Yang's sunny smiling face seemed to slowly melt the snow in the heart of "Frozen Rose".

Every time Guo Jingwen "coincidentally" meets Wang Yang, she always sighs the wonder of fate.She didn't know that from the first time to the present, every "encounter" between them was carefully arranged and planned by Wang Yang.Although Wang Yang and her are not in the same department, he has long admired her for a long time, and he also learned from other people how difficult it is to pursue "Frozen Rose".Therefore, he carefully designed a long and arduous pursuit plan-first pretending to meet her again and again to get acquainted with her; then become good friends with her, and then seek further development.The results proved that Wang Yang's tactics are very effective.After they knew each other for more than three months, Wang Yang finally proposed to date Guo Jingwen alone.Guo Jingwen naturally understood what this meant, but this time, she did not refuse.

For the first date, Wang Yang certainly arranged colorful and meticulous arrangements.Surrounded by a large bouquet of roses, the two enjoyed a romantic candlelight dinner in a high-end western restaurant.Guo Jingwen's lovely lips have been changing richly and colorfully in Wang Yang's carefully prepared anecdotes and jokes.Next, in the shopping mall, regardless of Guo Jingwen's refusal, Wang Yang bought her a lot of thoughtful gifts.At ten o'clock, they returned to the campus and took a walk in the dark playground.An appropriate opportunity, Wang Yang thought the time was right, his lips slowly approached Guo Jingwen's vermilion lips.

"No..." The moment Wang Yang's lips touched Guo Jingwen, she trembled like an electric shock, and then gently pushed Wang Yang away.

Wang Yang ignored Guo Jingwen's refusal, instead he hugged her and pressed his lips tightly against her.After Guo Jingwen was kissed wildly by Wang Yang, she suddenly seemed to realize something. With a sudden force, she pushed Wang Yang away heavily, and then ran away.

Wang Yang didn't understand why Guo Jingwen had such a big reaction, he was a little stunned, and rushed up, holding Guo Jingwen's hand: "Jingwen, what's wrong with you?"

"Let go of me, I'm going back!" Guo Jingwen struggled.

"I'm sorry, Jingwen, I'm sorry! I was too reckless just now. I shouldn't have kissed you forcefully. Don't be angry, okay?"

Guo Jingwen turned her head to one side, not looking at Wang Yang: "Let's never meet again!"

"What?" Wang Yang was like thunder, "Just because of this, you want to break up with me?"

Two lines of tears flowed from Guo Jingwen's eyes.She struggled to shake off Wang Yang's hand, and ran forward again.Wang Yang chased after her again, hugged her tightly, and said loudly: "Jingwen, I love you! I can see that you love me too! Otherwise, you wouldn't come out today. But why are you rejecting me again?" ? Can you tell me why you can't accept me?"

Guo Jingwen still wanted to struggle, but she was held tightly by Wang Yang, unable to exert any strength at all.She could only sob softly in Wang Yang's arms.

Wang Yang felt that there was a reason for the incident, so he asked softly: "Jingwen, do you have any secrets or difficulties, can you tell me?"

After crying in Wang Yang's arms for a while, Guo Jingwen slowly raised her head and said with tears in her eyes, "Yes, I have difficulties that are difficult to express, and for this reason, I do not allow myself to fall in love with anyone!"

"What is it, Jingwen? Tell me, maybe I can help you." Wang Yang said sincerely.

After a long silence, Guo Jingwen said with a sad expression: "You don't know, I'm an orphan."

Wang Yang looked at her in surprise, his eyes full of puzzlement: "What... just because of this? You are an orphan, so you can't fall in love with me?"

"I didn't finish. The important thing is not this..."

"what is that?"

Guo Jingwen showed a painful expression on her face: "I don't want to talk anymore. Wang Yang, you better stop asking. I don't want you to dislike me after you find out!"

"No, Jingwen! I assure you, no matter what you say next, I will never dislike you! I really love you! No matter what unspeakable difficulties or difficulties you have, let us face them together !"

Guo Jingwen seemed to be moved by Wang Yang's sincere words, she hesitated again and again, finally mustered up the courage, and said with difficulty: "I...had a history of mental illness."

Although he was mentally prepared, Wang Yang was still deeply shocked. He couldn't believe that such a beautiful, gentle and quiet girl would have a history of mental illness.He stared blankly at Guo Jingwen with an expression of disbelief on his face.

Guo Jingwen cried and said: "When I was in junior high school, the doctor found that I suffered from intermittent schizophrenia. When I encountered certain stimuli, I might lose control of my behavior... It's just that the situation is not very serious. So After a period of treatment, my condition was basically under control. But the doctor told me that mental illness cannot be completely cured, and if I encounter certain special conditions, it may relapse..."

"So, you closed yourself up and deprived yourself of the right to love?" Wang Yang continued her words, "Are you afraid that if you get sick one day, it will affect others?"

"Isn't it?" Guo Jingwen burst into tears, making people feel pity. "I don't want the person I love to find out one day that my lover has symptoms of mental illness. If this happens, it will be a great harm and blow to him!"

"Stop it, stop it!" Wang Yang held Guo Jingwen tightly in his arms, "You silly girl, you are so kind, you would rather wrong yourself than let others suffer the slightest harm! Now, give me Listen up, I love you! No matter what happens to you before, now or in the future, I will be with you, take care of you, and do my best to protect you from harm! I will not let You're sick again!"

After listening to Wang Yang's affectionate confession, Guo Jingwen was shocked by the sudden sense of happiness and her whole body was numb.She stopped struggling, stretched out her arms, hugged him tightly, her fingers deeply grasped into his back, her lips became soft and submissive...

14. Horror 'That Day'

Guo Jingwen and Wang Yang have been in official contact for half a year.During these six months, Guo Jingwen was surrounded by a sense of happiness and fulfillment every day.For the first time in so many years, she experienced the wonderful taste of love.Like all girls who fall in love for the first time, Guo Jingwen devotes herself wholeheartedly without any reservations.Especially for her as an orphan, Wang Yang has become the whole of her life now, and she loves him so madly that she can't extricate herself.And Wang Yang also fulfilled his original promise, being gentle, considerate and caring to Guo Jingwen.In the eyes of others, the two of them seem to be a happy young couple.

One day after the two entered their senior year, Wang Yang told Guo Jingwen that he wanted to take her to meet his parents this weekend.

"Now? Is it too early? Both of us haven't graduated from college yet." Guo Jingwen said with a blushing face.

"I just want to meet my parents now. I've already made up my mind that we'll get married the day after I graduate from college!" Wang Yang announced excitedly.

"Who said I'm going to marry you." Guo Jingwen scolded, but her heart was sweeter than honey.

"If the school rules didn't allow it, I'd like to marry you right now." Wang Yang gently scratched Guo Jingwen's nose with his fingers. "How is it, so it's settled?"

"Will your parents...will accept me?" Guo Jingwen said worriedly.

"No problem, my parents will praise me for having such a beautiful daughter-in-law when they see you are so beautiful."

Guo Jingwen pursed her lips and smiled, thought for a while, and agreed, "That's fine."

Guo Jingwen spent the next few days in anxiety.When she was sitting in the living room of Wang Yang's house on the weekend, she found that what she was worried about had really happened.For some reason, Wang Yang's parents didn't seem to like her very much, and Guo Jingwen felt that they only talked to her reluctantly because of their son's face.Although Wang Yang tried his best to reconcile the atmosphere in the middle, and he tried his best to behave dignified, decent and well-educated, Wang Yang's parents still kept a straight face and a lukewarm attitude.Guo Jingwen was a little at a loss. After lunch at Wang Yang's house, she couldn't bear the awkward atmosphere, so she asked to leave.

After Wang Yang sent Guo Jingwen back to school, he immediately returned home and asked his parents why they had such an attitude.

The father said: "It is said that the girl's condition is good, but unfortunately she is an orphan, which makes us not very satisfied."

"What's wrong with orphans?" Wang Yang argued vigorously, "Shouldn't orphans get married? Should orphans be discriminated against and treated unfairly?"

"Yang'er, have you ever thought about it. After she married you, we didn't even have any in-laws. Besides, she was alone and had no background. Think about Director Yu's daughter I mentioned to you last time." , that family is..."

"Stop it!" Wang Yang interrupted his mother roughly, and said angrily, "You only care about these things, have you ever thought about my feelings? I don't feel anything about Director Yu's daughter, how do you ask me to marry her? "

"The feeling can be cultivated slowly, as long as you get in touch with her a few times..."

"Dad, Mom. Don't try to persuade me anymore." Wang Yang resolutely said, "I have made up my mind. I only love Guo Jingwen, and I will not accept anyone else. If you really disagree, then after graduation I will Just go to other places to get married and settle down with her, far away from you, so that you can't see it or worry about it."

The parents looked at each other, they both knew their son's temper, and what he said was definitely possible, and this was a situation they didn't want to happen.After much hesitation, my mother said, "Well, since you insist on marrying her, then we won't dissuade you anymore. But, I want her to agree to one condition."

By the artificial lake on campus, Wang Yang and Guo Jingwen were talking under a willow tree.

"What? Your mother wants me to take your surname after marrying into your family? Why is that?" Guo Jingwen asked puzzled.

"I don't know either." Wang Yang said in embarrassment, "My mother said that this is the case in many places abroad, so I want you to do the same."

"But we are not abroad. This is only the case in China in ancient times when men were superior to women." Guo Jingwen stared into Wang Yang's eyes.

"I also think it's completely unnecessary. But my mother said that she only has one request, as long as you agree, they will agree to our marriage."

Guo Jingwen lowered her head and said in a low voice: "Your parents look down on me as an orphan. They clearly want me to retreat in spite of difficulties. And...they want to use this way to imply that if I marry you If you are a family, you must understand such a humble status as yourself."

Hearing Guo Jingwen's analysis, Wang Yang seemed to understand his parents' intentions.He suddenly became angry: "Forget it, don't worry about them! I won't ask for their permission anymore! After graduation, we will go to other places to get married, so as not to be made things difficult by them!"

Guo Jingwen looked at Wang Yang moved, touched his cheek with her hand, and said softly: "No, Wang Yang, I don't want you to fall out with your parents because of me, and I will feel bad too. Go tell you My parents... I just promise."

"But, Jingwen, I've wronged you so much..."

"It doesn't matter, as long as I can be with you, I don't care about anything." Guo Jingwen said affectionately, "Don't tell me to change my surname, even if I lose a hand, a leg, or give you my whole life , I am willing too. As long as you can love me forever."

"Jingwen..." Wang Yang was so moved that he held Guo Jingwen in his arms, "I assure you, I will always love you..."

A year later, Wang Yang and Guo Jingwen graduated from university.Guo Jingwen went to work in a car sales company, while Wang Yang joined another large trading company.Wang Yang fulfilled his promise. Just two months after graduation, they held a small but extraordinarily romantic and warm wedding.At the wedding ceremony, Guo Jingwen sweetly called Wang Xingyu and Dong Lin "Dad, Mom".It was also from that day that her name was changed to Wang Jingwen.

After getting married, Wang Yang and Wang Jingwen lived with their parents.Because Wang Jingwen is hard-working and sensible, with a sweet mouth and always yelling "Dad, Mom", Wang Xingyu and Dong Lin gradually accepted this well-behaved and beautiful daughter-in-law, and their attitude towards her changed greatly.And Wang Yang is even more caring and loving to his new wife.The life of two people is sweeter than honey.Those days were the happiest in Wang Jingwen's life.

Half a year later, Wang Yang was promoted to department manager because of his outstanding performance in the company.The work is getting more and more busy, and the entertainment has also increased a lot.Often stay away from home for dinner or come back late.Wang Jingwen was always restless and restless at times like this, and often made more than ten phone calls a night to urge and remind her, and sometimes even drove a special trip to find Wang Yang.In Wang Jingwen's heart, Wang Yang is everything to her, as long as he is not by her side, the world is meaningless to her.She hopes to stick with Wang Yang every minute.

At first, Wang Yang felt that all his wife's actions were expressions of love, and he enjoyed the deep love that was often missed and asked.But after a long time, he began to feel that some of Wang Jingwen's actions were a bit annoying.For example, she has developed to the point where she calls Wang Yang every 10 minutes when she is outside.If Wang Yang didn't do it, she would be angry and would say that Wang Yang's love for her had diminished.Sometimes Wang Yang is really exhausted, exhausted, and even a little tired of being tormented by her.But he didn't show it, and he still behaved obediently to Wang Jingwen.

Once, Wang Jingwen's company wanted to send her and a few people on a business trip. Although Wang Jingwen was very reluctant, she couldn't refuse.She really didn't want to be separated from Wang Yang for four or five days.Fortunately, Wang Yang coaxed and comforted her for a long time before she agreed resentfully.

When she was in other places, Wang Jingwen had to make phone calls with Wang Yang for more than an hour every night.On the third night, Wang Jingwen said to Wang Yang before the end of the call: "Honey, I won't be back until the day after tomorrow. I can't take it anymore, I miss you so much."

"It's okay, a day or two will pass in the blink of an eye." Wang Yang comforted her magnanimously, "You have to think about it this way—when you come back, we'll be more intimate than newlyweds."

Wang Jingwen blushed and said, "Okay then. You go to bed early too, good night, I love you."

"Good night, I love you too."

After hanging up the phone, Wang Jingwen covered her mouth and smiled secretly.In fact, they have completed their tasks ahead of schedule today when they go on a business trip, and they can go home tomorrow.The reason why she lied to Wang Yang was that she wanted to surprise him by showing up suddenly tomorrow.

That night, Wang Jingwen lay on the bed imagining all kinds of romantic and dramatic scenes that might appear when she reunited with Wang Yang the next day, and she didn't fall asleep most of the night.Although she and Wang Yang have only been separated for three days, she feels that centuries have passed.

At five o'clock on September 9, the plane arrived in the city Wang Jingwen was familiar with.She didn't make any stops, and immediately took a taxi home after leaving the airport.About six o'clock, she came to the door of the house.She knew that her father-in-law and mother-in-law were not at home. Wang Yang said yesterday that they were going to a friend's birthday party.

Wang Jingwen turned the key gently and opened the door.The living room was pitch black, with no lights on.

Wang Yang hasn't come back yet?Wang Jingwen thought to herself.But it was already six o'clock, and he should have left work long ago.Is there another dinner or entertainment today?Just when she was hesitating, she heard a low moan and gasp from the bedroom between herself and Wang Yang, and her nerves tensed up.

She walked slowly towards the bedroom, and the panting sound from inside became more and more clear.She went to the door, which was closed, but it was an antique keyhole door.Wang Jingwen squatted down, put her eyes on the keyhole, and looked inside.Her eyes expanded to the maximum in an instant, almost bursting out of the eye sockets, and the pupils also dilated to the point of no further increase.

On the sofa facing the door, Wang Yang and another woman were entwined naked, they were devoted, crazy, and fearless.I didn't realize that there was already an extra person in the family.

Wang Jingwen only felt that the blood in her whole body rushed to the top of her head, and a red curtain appeared in front of her eyes. The whole world was shaking and spinning in front of her eyes, turned upside down, and then collapsed.She felt as if a mouthful of blood had choked up and stuck in her throat, making her almost suffocate.She slumped on the ground, and after a while, she stood up silently, walked to the kitchen, and pulled out a sharp fruit knife from the knife holder.

With a loud bang, the bedroom door was slammed open.Before Wang Yang and the woman could react, Wang Jingwen had already rushed in front of them with a knife in hand.She stabbed Wang Yang's chest with a knife, and Wang Yang screamed and rolled down from the sofa.The naked woman below was so frightened that she screamed and forgot to run for her life.Wang Jingwen stabbed her neck with a knife, and her screaming stopped immediately, and blood poured out like a spring, dyeing the whole sofa red.Wang Jingwen pulled out the knife and turned to look at Wang Yang who was lying on the ground.

Suddenly, she was relieved and laughed.What she saw lying on the ground was not Wang Yang, but a naked devil covered in bright red. It had a strange shape and an ugly face, and it was stretching out its hand to her, as if begging for her life.Wang Jingwen understood everything - it was the devil who turned into Wang Yang.It was stabbed by itself, revealing the prototype.Wang Jingwen looked up to the sky and smiled—it turned out to be so, I almost thought it was my beloved husband who betrayed me.It's all my fault, Wang Yang, I blamed you wrongly.How can you?You said you would love me forever, and I will love you forever.There was a sweet smile on her face, as if everything had cleared up.At this time, she caught a glimpse of the lingering devil on the ground again, and her expression immediately became ferocious again—this devil is not dead yet, and it still wants to harm Wang Yang and me.No, I can't let it happen.Wang Jingwen yelled and rushed over, stabbing the "devil" dozens of times, until it was motionless and bloody, and she stood up from the ground.

Oops, what to do?She's a little panicked now.There was blood all over the ground, as well as the corpses of monsters.Wang Yang will be frightened when he comes back soon.With trembling hands, Wang Jingwen thought of a way—yes, I'm going to dispose of the devil's corpse, cut it into pieces and throw it away, so that Wang Yang won't be frightened.Quick, I want to be quick.After dealing with these things, you can be together happily with Wang Yang.

She dragged the "devil"'s body to the bathroom with all her strength, and then found a kitchen knife from the kitchen.She cut off the devil's head first, threw it into the bathtub, and then chopped off its hands and feet.As she began to dissect the devil's body, she heard a "snap" behind her.She looked back and saw that a leather bag had fallen to the ground.She looked up again and saw her father-in-law and mother-in-law.They stood at the door of the bathroom, shaking like scarecrows in the wind, followed by a muffled "boom", and the mother-in-law fell to the ground.And the father-in-law knelt down with his hands on his face, screaming in pain, "——Ah!"

This heart-piercing scream woke Wang Jingwen up. She turned her head to see if there was any devil's corpse on the bloody floor. It was clearly Wang Yang's stump.She looked into the bathtub again, Wang Yang's head was looking up at her.At that moment, Wang Jingwen felt nothing but darkness in front of her eyes.

15. Deranged Revenge

Wang Jingwen tightly closed her eyes, trembling all over.The painful and terrifying memories made her physically and mentally devastated and tormented again.She had already burst into tears and was choking with sobs.

Wang Xingyu held up Wang Yang's photo and said sharply: "Have you remembered? Open your eyes and take a good look at my son. Look at how bright, bright and lively you are cruelly pulling away from us. take away!"

Wang Jingwen held her head in pain: "It's him...he's behind my back and other women..."

"Yes, I'm sorry for my son messing with other women. If you want to scold him, blame him, and punish him, we have nothing to say. But—" Dong Lin became furious for a moment, and screamed, " You lunatic! You killed him! And brutally divided his body!"

"Ah—ah! Don't say it, please, don't say it!" Those horrific and disgusting images reappeared in front of Wang Jingwen, making her heartbroken and horrified.She cried in a begging tone: "Yes, I was crazy at the time. I lost my mind and lost control. I don't even know what I did...I...I didn't really want to kill him ..."

A ball of fire was burning in Dong Lin's bloodshot eyes, and the fire shot directly at Wang Jingwen's body, as if to burn her completely.She nodded her head nervously: "Yes, your rhetoric saved your life. That's what you said at the time."

Wang Jingwen shook her head slightly, not understanding what this sentence meant.

Dong Lin said: "Five years ago today, the police took you into the Public Security Bureau. But you kept claiming that you were insane at the time of the crime. The police called up your information and found that your file really recorded You have a history of mental illness. They sent you to a psychiatric hospital for appraisal. The appraisal results show that you suffered from intermittent psychosis when you committed the crime, your behavior was dominated by pathological thinking, and you lost the ability to recognize and control your behavior during the crime, so you have no criminal responsibility People. So, they acquitted you! Just sent you to a mental hospital for treatment.”

Speaking of this, Dong Lin's originally not very big eyes almost burst open. "Of course this is a great thing for you, it means that you will escape the punishment of the law. But what does it mean for us? It means that we will watch the murderer who killed our son go unpunished, With impunity! Especially when we learned that after a few years in a psychiatric hospital, your condition has improved dramatically. Not only have you completely forgotten what happened in the first place, but you are about to be released from the hospital and lead a normal life. Normal life--"

Her face suddenly became completely crazy and inhuman, and she screamed: "Dream! You will never even think about it! As long as me and the old man are alive, we will not allow you to live a peaceful life! We will use all Everything may bring you back to hell!"

At this moment, Wang Jingwen fully understood, she tremblingly said: "So, you brought me here from the mental hospital, you treat me well on the surface, but in fact, you want to drive me crazy again!"

Dong Lin sneered, stood up from her chair, and looked around: "You know what? The new house we bought is exactly the same as the previous house in terms of size, structure, and layout. As for the furniture, yes, they are all New, but we've got someone to copy the old furniture and put it in exactly the same place - all done so that you don't get suspicious when you first arrive, so that you Slowly falling into the trap of memories—now you understand why you have a feeling of familiarity and fear when you first entered the door, you understand why you often have hallucinations or nightmares again and again!"

She paused, and then said in a sarcastic tone: "Also, do you think that the medicine we feed you every night is really the medicine prescribed by Dr. Nie? We have changed it a long time ago, what you take It's just an ordinary vitamin."

Waves of coolness emanated from the bottom of Wang Jingwen's heart, making her shiver constantly.She really understands everything now.Including when she met Xu Qianyun, her high school classmate, why did she show that shocked expression when she heard that she was living with her parents.Because of course the classmates knew that her parents had died a long time ago, so where did her "parents" come from?It's a pity that I thought in the wrong direction and did those useless investigations... I only realized it now, it was too late.

Wang Jingwen looked at the two people in front of her who didn't know whether to call them relatives or enemies, and asked helplessly, "Then now... what are you going to do to me?"

Wang Xingyu said indifferently: "We have done so many things deliberately to 'help' you recover your memory and make you suffer mental torture. Now that our goal has been achieved, there is no need to stay here anymore. And you, too. It's not worth our while." He stood up and looked at his wife, "Let's go."

"Where are you... going?" Wang Jingwen asked in fear.

"Of course we leave here and go back to our original home." Dong Lin looked at her coldly and said, "Why, do you still want to live with us now?"

"As for this place, it is meaningless to us. You can live here as long as you want." Wang Xingyu said.

"No, no..." Wang Jingwen shook her head in fear, she understood that she could no longer stay in this terrible place, especially alone.But she has nowhere else to go, not even a penny with her.In the extreme panic and despair, she herself didn't understand why she said such a sentence:
"Dad, Mom, please, don't leave me!"

"Shut up!" Dong Lin snapped, "You still have the face to call us 'Dad, Mom'! You still imagine that we will change our minds and stay here with you, don't you?"

"Don't pay attention to her." Wang Xingyu pulled his wife, and the two walked into their room, closing the door with a "bang".

Wang Jingwen curled up on the sofa in the living room alone, trembling.

About half an hour later, Wang Xingyu and Dong Lin packed up their clothes and came out of the room carrying two large suitcases.They glanced at Wang Jingwen indifferently, and Dong Lin said sarcastically, "I hope you enjoy your life here, and by the way—the phone can't be reached."

Wang Jingwen huddled together like a frightened bird, without any response.Not a while after Wang Xingyu and Dong Lin went out, she heard the sound of a car starting, and knew that they drove away mercilessly.

As the car was driving on Binjiang Road, Dong Lin, who was sitting next to Wang Xingyu, frowned and breathed freely, feeling the pleasure of a successful revenge in her heart.She squinted at Wang Xingyu who was driving, and found that her husband's expression was dignified and thoughtful, and he didn't seem to be as brisk as herself. She couldn't help asking: "Old Wang, what are you thinking? Our plan has succeeded, don't you are you happy?"

Wang Xingyu frowned slightly, and sighed softly: "I don't know what's going on. Logically, I should be happy now, but I always feel a little uneasy in my heart."

"what are you worried about?"

Wang Xingyu shook his head lightly, and after pondering for a long time, he said: "I just feel that during the 20 days of living with her, even though I know that all the warmth and care I showed to her were all fake. Sometimes... when she called me 'Dad', I really had such an illusion that our family was really living happily together... Now, although we have successfully revenged on her, I always feel It feels empty, and… there’s a sense of guilt…”

"Stop talking!" Dong Lin turned her face away, her face full of anger, "You feel pity for her now? Have you forgotten how this madman brutally killed our son? You just made her suffer The torture of conscience and spirit creates a sense of guilt, so shouldn't she feel guilty for doing such a heinous thing? What is wrong with us doing this!"

Wang Xingyu stopped talking and drove the car silently.At this time, the mobile phone in his trouser bag vibrated. He held the steering wheel in one hand, took out the mobile phone with the other, glanced at the number on the screen, frowned and cursed: "Damn it, it really lingers!"

Dong Lin moved her face closer: "What's the matter, who hit it?"

"That doctor surnamed Nie! He got my cell phone number from nowhere a few days ago, and then kept calling me. I guess he sensed something was wrong. He might have realized what we were trying to do. The two I didn't answer the phone for days, and he kept calling to harass me!"

Dong Lin said dismissively: "What are you afraid of, take it. Anyway, we have succeeded now, and he can no longer get in the way. Besides, even if he knows our thoughts, so what? Our actions are at best It's immoral, but it didn't violate any laws. Because we didn't cause any direct harm to Wang Jingwen!"

Wang Xingyu felt that his wife's analysis made sense, and he gained some confidence.He pressed the answer button, raised the phone to his ear, and said "Hello" stiffly.

Sure enough, as soon as the phone was connected, Nie Leng said unceremoniously: "Mr. Wang, after verification and analysis of various signs, I think I know your true thoughts well. Now I have every reason to believe that you I took Wang Jingwen away with bad motives. As for the specific purpose, I don’t need to say more, we all know it well. The only thing I regret now is that I believed your nonsense back then. What’she is ours after all Daughter-in-law', 'After so many years, the family must be reunited', 'We have no other children, we will treat her as our own daughter', etc..."

Wang Xingyu was already impatient, and now he didn't need to pretend anymore, he interrupted Nie Leng: "Then what do you want, doctor?"

"I just want to do what I have to do. I'm a doctor and I don't want to see the patient I've treated so carefully for many years ruined by your hands. I plan to send her back to the hospital to continue her treatment."

Wang Xingyu hummed involuntarily: "I think it's too late now."

"You—" Nie Leng on the phone was taken aback, "Could it have reminded her of that?"

Wang Xingyu pretended to be understated and said: "She thought of it herself, we didn't force her to think about it."

Nie Leng took a deep breath: "You have really... Then how is her situation now? I have found your address today, and I will come over right now."

"I don't think that's necessary. Her current situation is not as bad as you think." Wang Xingyu said annoyedly, "Besides, we are not at home now, so you should visit another day."

"What, you are not at home?" Nie Leng was shocked, "You mean, you let Wang Jingwen, who may be ill, stay at home alone?"

"Then what's the matter?" Wang Xingyu became more and more impatient, "She's not a three-year-old, does she have to ask us to be by her side all the time?"

There was no sound from the other end of the phone for several seconds. Just when Wang Xingyu was about to hang up the phone, he heard Nie Leng anxiously ask:
"When you left her, did she say 'Dad, Mom, please don't leave me'?"

Wang Xingyu was startled immediately, he didn't know how Nie Leng could be so predictable, he said in a daze, "How do you know she said that?"

"Did she really say that?" Nie Leng's voice was urgent and nervous, and he shouted, "Oh no, are you driving now? Quickly check if your brakes are working!"

Wang Xingyu couldn't help doing what Nie Leng said.When he stepped on the brake with his right foot, his heart sank—the car didn't slow down at all.And only then did he realize that his car was getting faster and faster unknowingly.

There was a buzz in Wang Xingyu's mind, and he was completely confused.The phone slipped from his hand to his feet.He frantically tried to reduce the gear speed, but found that it didn't work at all.Wang Xingyu yelled in horror: "Oops, the car has been modified, it can't slow down! It can't stop!"

Dong Lin was shocked, and her mind exploded. She also felt that the speed of the car was getting faster and faster.Suddenly, she thought that Wang Jingwen used to be a technician in a car sales company and an expert in cars.She screamed: "It must have been when we were packing things in the room just now, Wang Jingwen quietly went to the door and tampered with the car! Damn it!"

The speed of the car was close to 120 yards. Wang Xingyu had never driven such a fast car before. His heart was beating wildly, and his movements became flustered.Seeing the vehicles and scenery around him passing by like sharp arrows, a shadow of death enveloped him.At this time, a large truck full of goods came head-on.Wang Xingyu yelled, and swung the steering wheel sharply to the left. Due to too much inertia, the car rushed out of the guardrail of Binjiang Road like a wild horse, and shot into the rolling river like a shell, causing huge splashes...

16. The brutal truth

"Hey, hello... hello!" Nie Leng shouted anxiously holding up the receiver of the phone, but there was only a sputtering sound from the other end of the phone, followed by a busy tone.Nie Leng knew that the situation he speculated had really happened, he slammed the table, "Damn it, something happened!"

Doctor Qin, who was by his side, asked urgently: "What happened! Wang Xingyu and his wife really drove Wang Jingwen crazy again?"

Nie Leng nodded hurriedly: "What's worse, Wang Xingyu and his wife may have been killed!"

Doctor Qin covered her mouth in horror and said, "Could it be that Wang Jingwen killed her parents-in-law again like she killed her husband..."

"No!" Nie Leng waved his hands anxiously and said, "After Wang Xingyu and his wife tried their best to remind Wang Jingwen of the past, they drove away and planned to abandon her. But they didn't know that Wang Jingwen had another trick! She was sure While the two of them weren't paying attention, they secretly changed the brakes and accelerator of the car-damn it! It was exactly the same as I guessed, and I knew this would happen again!"

Doctor Qin was more puzzled than he was astonished: "Doctor Nie, how did you guess that Wang Jingwen would do this?"

Nie Leng sighed and said: "Xiao Qin, you have only been in the hospital for a few short years, and you don't know what happened before. More than ten years ago, a girl in the second grade of junior high school was found to be suffering from intermittent mental illness. I came to our hospital for treatment, and her attending physician was me. At that time, the girl’s condition was not very serious, but she was a little confused and had no aggressive behavior. She just repeated one sentence over and over again——'Dad, Mom, Please don't leave me.'"

"In order to find out the root cause of her illness, I checked her life experience and experience. It turned out that the day before she was sent to the mental hospital, her parents both died in a car accident. I felt something was wrong, so I inquired Some people familiar with the matter learned from their mouths that the girl’s parents were very disappointed and disgusted with her daughter after learning that she was suffering from a mental illness, and planned to leave her. On that night, the car they were driving crashed due to excessive speed. Then it collided with another car, and the couple died on the spot——Xiao Qin, you should understand when you hear this!"

"That girl is Wang Jingwen!" Doctor Qin looked shocked, "So, her biological parents were also murdered by her?"

"Unfortunately, all of this was my guess at the time. I have no evidence to prove that Wang Jingwen tampered with her parents' car. In addition, she was in the period of illness at the time. Even if she did it, she would not have done it." She has the ability to be criminally responsible. This matter is over. And Wang Jingwen—oh, she was still called Guo Jingwen at the time. After a few months of treatment in our hospital, she fully recovered. She returned to the hospital like a normal person. In society. Until five years ago, she fell ill again because of that incident and was sent to our hospital again. And I am still her attending physician."

Dr. Qin understood everything: "Wang Jingwen's parents-in-law drove her into a state of confusion and became ill again. So when they abandoned her, Wang Jingwen's thoughts returned to the day when she was abandoned by her parents more than ten years ago, so She repeated her tricks and caused another tragedy!"

Nie Leng stood up from the chair abruptly: "We can't analyze and discuss here any more—Wang Jingwen is still at home alone at the moment, and no one can guarantee what she will do now—I have to get there right now go to her house!"

Nie Leng left the office in a hurry, and drove his own car all the way to Wang Jingwen's house.

The door is locked.Nie Leng pounded on the door for a long time, and shouted again, but there was no response from inside.He was so distraught that he quickly dialed 110.When the police arrived, he explained the situation.The police forcefully opened the door, and Nie Leng was the first to rush in.

His heart tightened all of a sudden, as if tightly grasped by a pair of invisible hands.

In the corner of the sofa in the living room, he saw Wang Jingwen curled up like a kitten.Her hair was disheveled, she kept shaking her head, and her whole body was shaking violently like sifting chaff. She stared at the people who broke into the door with frightened eyes, and murmured deliriously: "Please, don't hurt me... ...don't, don't hurt me..."

A policeman wanted to walk over, but Nie Leng stopped him with gestures.He walked forward slowly, squatted in front of Wang Jingwen, and said softly, "Jingwen, it's me, I'm Doctor Nie."

Wang Jingwen still stared nervously at the man in front of her, with a suspicious expression on her face, as if she had completely forgotten about Nie Leng.

Nie Leng felt sore and desolate in his heart.He suppressed his emotions, and said intently: "Jingwen, I'm Dr. Nie. I know, you recognize me, right? Don't be afraid, I'm here to save you. You are safe now, no one can hurt you..."

After a long time, Wang Jingwen was finally moved. She slowly straightened up, stared at Nie Leng, and suddenly rushed over, crying loudly.

Nie Leng's heart twitched violently.He closed his eyes and said silently in his heart——

Jingwen, you finally came back to me.

His tears flowed down, and he even felt a little remorse, but he didn't dare to speak out, dare not tell anyone.He could only say it over and over again in his heart - Jingwen, don't blame me, don't blame me.I know it's all my fault.When your parents-in-law planned to take you back, I actually already guessed what they wanted to do.But I have no choice but to hand you over to them.Because if you don't get sick, I won't have a chance to see you again.Well now, you are back by my side, at least for a long time, we can be together every day again.

end
Wang Jingwen was wearing a simple and elegant patient uniform, sitting quietly in front of the window.Now, her mind is calm and peaceful, and this place feels safe and familiar to her, and it gives her peace of mind.She doesn't need to worry or be afraid of any threats when she stays here, and she doesn't need to think or doubt anything, she just needs to rest in peace and recuperate.

Dr. Nie walked to Wang Jingwen with some pills and a glass of warm water, and said softly, "Come on, Jingwen, take the medicine."

Wang Jingwen swallowed the medicine obediently.Dr. Nie smiled and said, "Well, you need to actively cooperate with the treatment in this way so that you can recover quickly."

Wang Jingwen smiled lightly.Of course I will actively cooperate, I know what I need.I haven't forgotten what you said to me—the outside world is waiting for me, and there is a new world for me.

(end of second story)
Xu Wen's story is over.The intense and exciting climax and unexpected ending at the end made everyone look at this ugly and timid middle-aged man with admiration.

And there is one thing he did very well-the overall structure and plot setting of this story have nothing in common with Yu Chicheng's story.

Sajia said to Xu Wen in an admiring tone: "I never expected that you, a male writer, could conceive a story that portrays women's psychology so delicately."

Xu Wen nodded and said, "I'm overwhelmed."

"It's really a good story." Xia Houshen said, "Then, let's start scoring."

Beidou was about to get the paper and pen when he suddenly remembered that there was one person who was not here.He pointed to Yu Chicheng's room and asked, "Where is Mr. Yuchi, shall we call him?"

After he said this, everyone seemed to remember it.

Xia Houshen looked at his watch and said, "It's already 10:30, why has he stayed in the room for so long?"

"Maybe he's already asleep," said White Whale.

"Then shall we call him?" Beidou asked everyone's opinions.

"Let's call him, otherwise, maybe he will feel that we don't respect his opinion at all." Ryoma said.

"Then I'll call him." Beidou stood up from the chair.

Ryoma said: "I'll go with you." Beidou nodded, and the two walked towards the second floor together.

When he came to the door of Yuchicheng's room, Beidou knocked on the door and shouted, "Mr. Yuchi."

no respond.Beidou knocked hard a few more times, but there was still no response.He turned to look at Ryoma next to him.

"I'll try." Ryoma was almost banging on the door, he shouted loudly, "Mr. Yuchi, please open the door!"

After banging on the door for a long time, there was still no sound from inside.Beidou began to feel something was wrong, he said anxiously: "Is something wrong with him?"

At this time, everyone in the hall stood up, and Xia Houshen asked, "What's going on?"

Long Ma said: "We beat the door hard and called him loudly, but there was no response from inside."

Xia Houshen frowned, and said, "I'll come up and have a look."

The others followed Xia Houshen up to the second floor.

Xia Houshen pounded on the door with his big purple fist and roared loudly: "Yu Chicheng! Are you inside? Open the door!"

After going on for a minute or two, Xia Houshen turned his head and looked at the people behind him anxiously: "Maybe something really happened to him!"

Everyone showed panic expressions.Nan Tian noticed that Xu Wen's breathing became short and his body trembled unconsciously.

"What to do, let's hit the door!" Beidou said.

"Okay, let's knock the door open together!" Xia Houshen said to Beidou.

The two men took a few steps back, and Xia Houshen yelled an order: "One, two..." When the count reached "three", he and Beidou slammed into the wooden door with all their strength, "Boom" With a bang, the door burst open.Xia Houshen and Beidou couldn't hold back their momentum, they staggered and rushed forward.Before he could stand still, he heard Qianqiu's heart-piercing screams from behind.They both raised their heads, took a closer look, and gasped in fright.

On the fabric sofa facing the door, Yu Chicheng sat on it, with his head drooping to one side, and a sharp fruit knife stuck in his chest.He was covered in blood, staining the sofa and the floor red.At this moment, the blood had solidified, which proved that he had obviously died for a long time.

Everyone who witnessed this scene was stunned.Sajia screamed and jumped towards Nantian, turning her face away.Nan Tian was also so shocked that his mind went blank.

The calmest among them was Chris. He walked up to Yu Chicheng's corpse, observed it carefully for a while, then pinched the arms and thighs of the corpse, and said, "It seems that he has been dead for at least five or six hours. .”

"How do you know?" Lake asked.

Chris said: "His whole body has been frozen, the plaques have fused into large pieces, and his lips have begun to shrink - all signs indicate that he has been dead for more than six hours."

Ryoma stepped forward to observe for a while, and said: "Chris is right, Yu Chicheng has indeed been dead for several hours."

Qianqiu shuddered, and asked: "You...how do you understand so well?"

"As a writer of reasoning and suspense, it is common sense to infer the time of death." Longma said.

"Wait, you said he had been dead for five or six hours, but...how is this possible?" Sajia covered her mouth in horror.

"What's wrong?" Goth asked beside her.

"I remember... a little after seven o'clock, Beidou went to the door of Mr. Yuchi's room to call him. Didn't he tell Beidou at that time that he was a little unwell and didn't want to come down?"

"That's right!" Xia Houshen said, "It was a few minutes after seven o'clock when the story was told, but now it is ten forty, just over three hours. And at ten past seven o'clock, Yu Chicheng spoke to Beidou, proving that He was still alive - even if he was killed, how could he have been dead for five or six hours?"

Lake looked at Chris and Nan Tian and said, "Could you have made a mistake in your judgment?"

"No, they are not wrong." Araki Zhou stood in front of the corpse at some point, he looked at the corpse and said, "If the death time is only more than three hours, it is impossible to have such a large area of ​​corpse spots."

Xia Houshen looked at Beidou: "Did you hear clearly? Did you really hear what he said to you?"

With sweat on his forehead, Beidou said with a shocked expression: "I did hear that! He seemed to say that he was a little tired or a little uncomfortable, I can't remember...but I'm sure he talked to me!"

The white whale stared at Beidou: "At that time, you were the only one who called him. Whether he had spoken to you or not, only you knew."

As soon as the white whale said this, everyone looked at Beidou with suspicion.

Beidou was completely flustered, and he defended in a panic: "Don't look at me like that, I really heard it... Besides, why am I lying? Isn't this intentional to make you doubt me?"

"Perhaps you underestimated us and thought we couldn't tell when the dead body died?" Darkfire said.

"When I was listening to the story, I was with you all the time, how could I go to the second floor to kill people?"

"Did you kill him in the afternoon?" White Whale approached him and said.

"Could it be that you are the 'sponsor'?" Gott stared at Beidou.

"No, no! I have nothing to do with him, why should I kill him?" Beidou shook his head, and slowly retreated to the wall.

At this time, Ryoma suddenly asked: "Beidou, have you read my book "Escape from Evil Spirit Island"?"

Beidou didn't know why Ryoma would ask such a question at this time, he stayed for a while, and replied: "Yes."

"Then tell me, what kind of story does that book tell? What is the ending of the story? Also, what are the names of the male and female protagonists and the murderer in the book?"

Lake asked Ryoma: "Why are you asking him this?"

Ryoma made a "don't interrupt" gesture, staring into Beidou's eyes: "Can you answer it?"

Beidou collected himself and answered the few questions Ryoma asked smoothly in 5 minutes.

After hearing Beidou's answer, Ryoma exhaled and said, "He cannot be the murderer."

"Why?" Lake and Qianqiu asked together.

Ryoma said: "In my book "Escape from Evil Spirit Island", there is such a plot as to identify the time of death in detail. If Beidou is the 'sponsor', he has read my book, and it is impossible for him to think that I don't even know how to judge the death time of the corpse, that is to say, he wouldn't make such a low-level mistake."

"Yes, yes! Ryoma is right. If I were the one who carefully planned this event, I wouldn't be so stupid and be caught by you so easily!" Beidou quickly agreed.

"However, if you are telling the truth, how do you explain the current situation?" Moby Whale looked at Beidou, "You heard Yu Chicheng talk to you more than three hours ago, and his body shows that he has died. Been dead for five or six hours—is the corpse talking to you?"

As soon as he said these words, the terrifying associations evoked caused several people present to shiver.

"And there is another important question." Nan Tian said, "If Mr. Yuchi was alive more than three hours ago, who killed him? I remember that when Mr. Xu Wen was telling the story, 13 of us Nobody ever left their seats—nobody got a chance to kill."

"Could it be... there is another person hiding in this big house?" Sajia's face was pale.

"If this is the case, then this 'game' is too boring. I think this is not what the sponsor wants." Chris said.

Dark Fire looked at the corpse and said, "By the way, where did the knife that killed Yu Chicheng come from?"

"Obviously hidden in a secret place, this place is only known to the sponsor." Gott said.

Nan Tian was silent for a long time, and said, "I think everyone has overlooked a question - why was Yuchi Cheng killed?"

Everyone looked at him.

Nan Tian said with a serious expression: "According to our previous analysis, if the mysterious organizer wanted to kill us, he would have done it when we were unconscious, and he wouldn't wait until now. But now that Yu Chicheng has been killed, I I think there is always some reason, otherwise, why did that person wait until this time to kill him?"

"Then what do you think the reason is? Why..."

Qianqiu hadn't finished speaking when suddenly there was a shocking sound in the whole house. It was a chilling and terrifying sound coming from the four speakers on the top of the house.

"Guys, I guess you've now found Yu Chicheng's body and wondered, right? You don't understand why he was killed? Then I'll tell you. Of course, I got him out. Why did I To do this, because he violated the rules of the game I set."

Chris opened his mouth slightly and muttered to himself, "I see."

The voice in the speaker continued: "I made the rules very clear from the beginning, I believe you have not forgotten, right? I told you 'the story behind must not have any similarity in concept or similarity in plot with the previous story'; I also tell you that the winner of the final game will write a book of the 14 stories he heard and the event he experienced. That is to say, all your experiences now are actually part of my story content, and the story has already begun to unfold.”

"Yu Chicheng's story is great, even I am impressed by it. But he obviously ignores this problem. He thinks that he is the first story teller, so he can use all the subjects, but forgets that he is me A character in the story. The 'Blizzard Mountain Villa Mode' he used is indeed classic, but he made a fatal mistake - because in my story, you are just in the closed 'Blizzard Mountain Villa Mode'! So, very Unfortunately, in order to warn everyone behind, I can only act according to the rules. I hope you will not make such mistakes again, good night."

The sound disappeared, and the 13 people standing in the corridor and the room froze there, dumbfounded and horrified.

After a while, Xia Houshen let out a heavy breath and sighed: "Damn it, we should have thought of this earlier!"

"It's too late to regret now, especially..." Beluga glanced at the corpse, "For Yu Chicheng."

"Hey, have you noticed a problem?" Lake said in panic, "This guy... I mean, this organizer, he knows our every move, he even heard the story of Yu Chicheng!"

"He was among us, have you forgotten?" Dark Fire reminded.

"However, how did he record it? If it is said that the first time he talked to us was to play the recorded content, how should we explain this time? What he said to us just now can only be said in yesterday's video. It can only be recorded after the story is told!"

"That's right, there is no recording equipment here, where did he record it?" Dark Fire said.

"I think there is really another person in this house." Sajia tightened her body in fear.

"No, since a fruit knife can emerge out of nowhere, it's not difficult to explain the recording equipment." Nan Tian said, "I guess, there must be a dark room in this house."

At this time, Xu Wen who was standing beside Nan Tian suddenly trembled like chaff, and he shouted out of control: "I knew something was going to happen! I had a premonition yesterday! Something will happen!"

He hugged Nan Tian's arms and kept trembling: "I will be the next one, that person will not let me go, I know!"

Nan Tian didn't know why he was so frightened, and comforted him: "Mr. Xu Wen, don't worry too much, the story you told tonight is not similar to the previous one, and the organizer has no reason to kill you. "

"No, no..." Xu Wen shook his head violently, "Look at that corpse..."

Nan Tian was stunned. He and the others looked at Yu Chicheng's body, and then at Xu Wen.

"His death is almost the same as the person in the story I told...!"

This sentence hit Nan Tian like an oncoming truck, and he was stunned for a moment.

By the way, in Xu Wen's story called "Ghost Shadows and Suspicious Clouds" just now, the male protagonist died in this way—sitting on the sofa, with a fruit knife stabbed in his chest!

This time, even the usually calm Araki Zhou opened his mouth wide in shock: "If Yuchi Cheng was killed five or six hours ago, then this 'plot' obviously happened in the story Xu Wen told Before……"

There was no trace of blood on Xu Wen's face, and his voice was filled with endless panic and fear: "Will the 'organizer' think that... this is also a similarity in plot? If he really thinks so If so, then I, then I..."

Araki Zhou suddenly asked sharply: "Why did the plot of the story you told be exactly the same as Yu Chicheng's death!"

"I don't know!" Xu Wen hugged his head in fear, and said sharply, "That's a story I thought up on the spur of the moment today, and no one knows the content of the story except me! I don't know why there is such a coincidence , His death method will be so similar to the plot I set! This is really... so terrible!"

After saying this, he yelled loudly, the nerve that had been tense in his brain was finally broken, and under the pressure of great fear, he passed out and fell towards the wall.

"Mr. Xu Wen!" Nan Tian stepped forward.While supporting Xu Wen, his whole body shuddered, as if the fear had infected him, making him shiver all over.

Xia Houshen came over and put Xu Wen's arm on his shoulder: "Let's help him into the room first!"

Nan Tian nodded, and together with Xia Houshen carried the unconscious Xu Wen towards his room.The rest of the people didn't want to stay in the room with the horrible corpse any longer, and retreated one after another.Longma and Beidou covered Yu Chicheng's body with the quilt on the bed.When leaving, Ryoma locked the door of the room and closed it up.

Xia Houshen and Nan Tian carried Xu Wen to the bed in his own room, and they both exhaled together.Xia Houshen was about to leave, Nan Tian asked: "Is it appropriate for us to let him lie on the bed unconsciously?"

Xia Houshen said: "He was just a little frightened, nothing serious. After lying down for a while, he will wake up."

"I'm not worried that he's unconscious..." Nan Tian said hesitantly, "I'm worried that he's not safe."

"Are you afraid that he will be the next victim?" said the white whale standing at the door.

Nan Tian frowned: "Whether it's a coincidence or something, the story he told is 'similar' to what we encountered—so the possibility of him being killed is quite high."

"Then what should we do? We can't keep guarding him, can we?" Lake said.

Xia Houshen thought about it and said, "It's really dangerous to leave him here alone. Even if he violated the damned 'rules of the game', we can't let the murderer attack him—is this good? Let's take turns guarding him tonight." it's here."

Goth frowned and said, "It's not that I disagree with this proposal, it's just... what if the person guarding here happens to be the murderer?"

"Even so, he (she) didn't dare to do anything, otherwise wouldn't his (her) identity be exposed?" Xia Houshen said.

Just when everyone was hesitating, a cold voice said: "Let me remind you one thing, don't easily position someone as a 'victim', maybe the person who looks the most innocent just happens to be the one who hides the deepest of it."

Everyone turned their heads to look at Araki Zhou who was talking, and Qianqiu asked in surprise: "Do you think...he might be acting? But, if he is the organizer, how could he let the situation develop into a situation that is not good for him? "

"I didn't say he was the organizer, I just reminded you not to make judgments easily based on appearances, so as to relax your vigilance against someone. In this case, it is tantamount to helping the real murderer." Araki Zhou paused, " There are still many doubts about Yu Chicheng's murder, and before we can figure it out, who is the sheep and who is the tiger—they are all uncertain."

When Huang Muzhou said these words, Nan Tian, ​​who was leaning on the head of the bed, inadvertently glanced at Xu Wen who was lying beside him, and found that his eyelids seemed to lift slightly.Nan Tian was taken aback.

Could it be that he has woken up and is pretending to be asleep?Or is this just an unconscious act in a coma?
Nan Tian stared at Xu Wen on the bed in astonishment, but found nothing wrong, and felt difficult to judge for a while.

At this time Qianqiu asked: "Then what should we do?"

"Actually, it's easy." Araki said, "The game still has to continue. Let's go downstairs first, score Xu Wen's story, and then come up to wake him up. After that, we can only remind him to be careful." Be careful and do it yourself.”

Everyone had no objection and did as Araki Zhou said.

Scoring, statistics, calculating the average score.

The story told by Xu Wen finally got 8.7 points.

But when everyone went to his room, woke him up, and told him the result, Xu Wen didn't respond at all.He just curled up on the bed, wrapped his body tightly in the quilt, shivering.Obviously, he worried about his own life far more than he cared about the score.

At 11:30, the people who had tossed all night and experienced the first death felt uneasy, exhausted physically and mentally, and went back to their rooms to rest.

The third day here was relatively the most uneventful day.Perhaps everyone was still shrouded in the shadow of Yu Chicheng's death. The remaining 13 writers hardly talked or communicated throughout the day.Except for going downstairs to get something to eat, everyone stayed in their rooms most of the time.Fortunately, nothing bad happened.Even Xu Wen, who was considered to be the most dangerous person before, was safe and sound.But at dinner, he announced a decision to the crowd.

"It's not that I don't respect the writers behind. It's just that I have enough fear and horror in my heart. It's just that it has kept me awake at night, so I'm really not in the mood to listen to any more horror stories. I'm sorry, I will tell stories at night in the future. I won't take part."

After saying these words, Xu Wen took the food and walked towards his room without waiting for everyone to react.

The 12 people in the hall looked at his back, speechless.After a while, Nan Tian said, "Forget it, let him do it. He really has more fear in his heart than us."

"I think he's completely frightened now." Ryoma sighed, "I went to his room to talk to him in the morning to relieve his psychological pressure. Who knew that he would be frightened when he heard my knock on the door?" He called out. Before I had time to explain why I came, he told me to go quickly, and I had to leave."

"Sooner or later he will scare himself out of illness." Sajia said worriedly.

"Actually, before Yuchicheng died, he showed more panic and anxiety than us. He told me that he had a premonition that something would happen last night, but he didn't expect it to happen." Nan Tian sighed.

"He had a premonition that someone would die a long time ago? Then why didn't he tell us?" Qianqiu looked at Xu Wen's door dissatisfied, "He didn't have a premonition now, so he hid alone?"

"Do people really have the ability to predict danger?" Sajia said with a surprised expression, "I thought this kind of thing would only appear in the novels we created."

Xia Houshen next to Sajia said disapprovingly: "Is this considered a strange thing? Then the story I'm going to tell you in a moment may be even more incredible to you."

Chris said with interest, "Sounds like you're going to tell a true story?"

Xia Houshen nodded and said: "That's true. The story I want to tell is based on the personal experience of a friend of mine. This incident can be said to be the most terrifying and weird thing that happened in real life that I have ever heard. thing."

"Really? Then you can talk about it now." Beidou was aroused.

Xia Houshen looked at his watch: "It's only 6:35, not even 7 o'clock."

"It doesn't matter, it's okay to start a little earlier." Beidou said.

Xia Houshen shook his head and said, "Forget it, I'll strictly follow the game procedure." He turned around, picked up an apple, and took a bite.

Beidou is impatient, but he has no choice but to be anxious.

When it was close to seven o'clock, everyone sat around the circle of leather chairs again, this time there were only 12 people.

Xia Houshen was indeed a calm person. He kept looking at his watch, and when the second hand pointed to exactly seven o'clock, he said:

"I'm starting to tell. The name of the story is 'Riddled Dream'."

(End of this chapter)