However, she still comforted herself: No, it's okay... Anyway, it will be three days before I die, and I will be fine now...
However, her feet still ran involuntarily, and she didn't know how many streets she ran, and suddenly found that there were fewer and fewer passers-by around her for some reason. In the end, she found that she couldn't even see a single person. Although it is not surprising that there are few people on the street at this time, but... why are all the lights in the building dark. The surrounding light is getting less and less, and when you look up, you can only see a piece of blackness, and there is no moonlight at all.
Here... exactly...
The second hand on the watch has completed half a circle, and the time is getting closer and closer to zero.
Before she knew it, she discovered...
I can't see my surroundings at all! There was complete darkness in front of my eyes, and it was no exaggeration to say that I couldn't see my fingers! How is it possible, this is in a modern metropolis! How could it be possible to see nothing at midnight!
At this time, there was a heavy gasp from behind! She was startled, and then, she heard footsteps behind her.
"Who? Who is it?"
She raised her voice as much as she could to embolden her, but the footsteps never stopped. And at this moment, it was past midnight.
"Don't... don't chase me, please don't come!"
She immediately let go of her pace and ran desperately. Although her legs had almost lost all strength, she knew that she would die if she was caught up, so she dared not stop. There was still no light around, and the sound of footsteps behind her turned into the sound of running, every step was like stepping on Ou Xueyan's heart.
Just then, she tripped over something, which seemed to be a solid object. When Xueyan fell, her head hit the ground and her foot was severely sprained, so she had to hold on to that thing and stand up. Then, she seemed to feel that the center of the thing was empty, and just as she was wondering, the surroundings suddenly lit up.
That hard thing naturally revealed the true face of Mount Lu.
Actually... It's that box again! And at the moment it is open!
Before Ou Xueyan had time to escape, both hands stretched out from the box, firmly grabbed Ou Xueyan's arm, and then dragged her into the box.
Then, the box was closed.
"Ou Xueyan may be dead."
Although they haven't given up searching everywhere, both Run An and Ren Jing already feel very sleepy. It was almost noon now, and the two of them hadn't eaten anything until now, and gathered again at the meeting place—the gate of the magazine office.
"I even went to her apartment to look for it at zero o'clock," Ren Jing said pantingly, leaning on the wall, "and then came out to look for it after only four hours of sleep when I got home. The phone is still turned off. She may well be dead by now."
Run An also has panda eyes now, yawning from time to time, the weather has been getting colder recently, looking for Ou Xueyan everywhere at night, so he sneezes a lot.
"In that case, let's go to the magazine first..."
When I came to the office, I asked Ou Xueyan's colleagues, but the result was the same, and her desk was still empty.
"The boss has already lost his temper, and said that if she doesn't show up today, she will be fired immediately." A colleague with whom she seems to have a good relationship said with a bitter face, "What happened to Xueyan? Did you encounter a bad person? If so, call the police as soon as possible." By the way, isn’t her boyfriend a policeman?”
At this moment, the phone on her desk rang suddenly. Ren Jing picked up the phone without thinking, and asked, "Hello? Who are you looking for?"
"Is it Miss Ou Xueyan from Kangyue Magazine?"
Hearing the voice was an older man, Ren Jing nodded and replied, "I'm not, but this is indeed Kangyue Magazine. May I ask who are you?"
"Quickly let Miss Ou answer the phone!"
"I'm sorry, she's not here. I'll help you with something."
"Really... I'm the landlord on the third floor of the Fukang apartment... You know, right? It's the apartment where the murder happened. She came here with a policeman a few days ago and said she wanted to see the room where the dead person died. Because she I came with the police, so I gave them both the keys. But who knew that they left afterwards, and the keys were never returned to me! I went to the police station to find the policeman, but that person disappeared. When I asked about that reporter, they told me Ms. Ou’s name and the phone number of her work unit, and I just called, and you have to return the key to me!”
It turned out to be like this, the two of them had an accident because they went to that room.
Ren Jing was going to transfer the call to Ou Xueyan's colleagues for them to deal with, but at this moment a woman's roar suddenly came from the phone: "Hey, what are you still calling? Why don't you help me! The water pipes are blocked It's like this, I have to call the property company quickly, look, the water in this place! Why is there so much garbage mixed in!"
"What's your name? Seriously, it's been like this since this morning. It's all overflowing when it's drained... Ah, miss, I'm not talking to you. You should tell Miss Ou earlier and return the key quickly." I!"
Then, the phone hung up.
"Who's calling?" Run An asked curiously from the side.
"Nothing, nothing to do with the phone."
Run An felt a little uneasy.
When he sensed that Ou Xueyan would become the fourth victim, he felt a very strong sense of unease. When her image emerged in his mind and gradually took shape, he felt as if something extremely terrifying had been injected into his body. It was obviously just a premonition, but it was as if every hair on his body stood on end...
It's definitely not that simple, Ou Xueyan will not be easily accepted by...
"Let's go eat something first, you're hungry too. There's a good western restaurant nearby, would you like to have lunch together?" After walking out of the magazine office, Run An, feeling hungry, made this suggestion.
Ren Jing also felt weak all over, and it was time to eat something to refresh her spirits, so she nodded.
This western restaurant is very nicely decorated, the tables are all made of wood, there is a pool in the center, the ground is paved with pebbles, and there are many leaves hanging from the ceiling, as soon as you enter the restaurant, you will feel a strong natural atmosphere.
After choosing a place to sit down, Run An picked up the menu on the table, flipped through it and said to Ren Jing: "What do you want to eat? I've arranged for this meal. I just got the royalties for the new book... You said you After reading all my works, you should also read the latest book, right?"
"Just whatever you want. You don't have to, please? As for the new book, of course I've read it. Your imagination is really rich. No wonder even Hong Kong directors come to you to make movies. If you are in China, it probably won't work, because of the movie review. The system is too strict, in fact, your book can be published, it can be said to be a miracle. After all, there are too many strange forces involved in it."
"How about steak or grilled chicken wings? Well, you are right, but writing a book is just to make a living. After all, because I have been moving, I am not in the mood to study hard. My education is only a college degree. It is very difficult to find a job. I had to write some novels on the Internet.”
While waiting for the dishes to be served, the two stared at each other, not knowing what to say for a moment.
"Have you ever thought about... the moment when you die in the future?"
It was Ren Jing who asked the question.
Although it was a very unpleasant question, Run An answered it anyway.
"I thought about it. I thought about it too many times, but I became numb. In the end, I decided not to think about it."
While he was talking, he fiddled with the knife and fork meaninglessly, and knocked on the plate, as if this could slightly alleviate his uneasiness.
"I never thought about it once. Maybe... I trust my father very much." When Ren Jing mentioned her father, her eyes were always full of brilliance.
"Is there anyone else besides us?" Run An asked suddenly.
"What?"
"I think, since your father is all-knowing and omnipotent, did he only have a premonition of our brothers and sisters? Are there no other people with supernatural physiques? Did he mention more people to find in his notes? "
Ren Jing smiled slightly.
"You are really smart."
Indeed.
"He also mentioned that he asked me to find a painter named Ning Luo who could see things that ordinary people can't see and draw them down. But he only gave me this information. There is also a spirit The matchmaker said that this person has a strong spiritual power and can take out the evil spirits lodged in the human body. This is already the maximum limit of supernatural powers that humans can possess."
Hearing this, Run An immediately stood up and said, "Ning Luo? I've seen this person before!"
"What?" Ren Jing also stood up at the same time, and the people next to her thought that these two people had some brain problems.
"When? Where?"
"About a year ago, at that time, the idea was stuck in a bottleneck, and I wanted to find a good place to collect materials, so the editor recommended this person, and then told me his address, saying that I could find him. Because he is a eccentric As a painter, there are very few people who know him in the industry, and he was in contact with him for a while... "
"Then, what happened next?"
"I remember that when I visited him for the first time, his attitude was very strange. After seeing me, he first said that he would drive me away, but then he seemed to feel something, welcomed me into the house, and became very enthusiastic again. Then, He took me to his studio, pointed to his pile of easels, and asked me, did I see a woman? At that time, I felt very strange, there was nothing there... Now that I think about it, he should be Relatively strong spiritual physique?"
"what colour?"
"Um?"
"What color are his eyes?"
"Ah, by the way, his pupils are dark purple..."
That's right! This is the man! Ren Jing was very excited immediately, she didn't expect to find the third person on her father's list so soon.
"Can you take me to him?"
"Well... Of course, I got a lot of inspiration after visiting him that time, so I was very impressed. I still remember the address of his home. But let's solve the immediate problem first."
At this moment, he suddenly realized something, so he asked again: "Wait a minute, why did you ask me the color of his eyes?"
"The color of the pupils is the embodiment of a person with an advanced supernatural physique. If the offspring inherit this constitution, the eyes will definitely appear purple. People with this kind of supernatural physique have unprecedentedly active supernatural abilities, but most people have to pass the day after tomorrow. Only by working hard can you fully awaken. For a person with black-eyed psychic physique like you, if the psychic ability can be improved in the future, the pupils will also change color."
After the ordered steak and grilled chicken wings were served, Ren Jing wrapped her napkin and carefully sliced the steak with a knife. She seemed to be very skilled in her movements, as if she often ate Western food. Just when she cut a piece and was about to put it in her mouth, the conversation between a man and a woman at the next table caught her attention.
"Oh? Is there such a thing?"
"Look at that lady who is so gentle, she knocked over a plate of spaghetti on the ground in public, and shouted 'there is a ghost', and ran out without paying the bill, the waiter came to stop her and pushed her down, I think 80% of it is something wrong with the brain."
"Really? That's really troublesome."
"Also, when I was eating in that restaurant yesterday, I just sat near that lady, and I heard several waiters around me talking, so I asked one of them, guess what happened? The waiter said that the lady went to the restaurant for dinner at about five o'clock, and she ate half of a plate of pasta, and suddenly sat still, like a fossil, until after eleven o'clock in the evening. Service Sheng went up several times to ask her if she was not feeling well, but she just didn't respond. If she hadn't sniffed to see that she was still alive, everyone would have thought she was dead. Then it was about twelve o'clock before she woke up Yes, she shouted that there is a ghost, and I think she looks like a ghost."
Ren Jing put down the steak, walked to the next table, and asked the man, "Sir, the person you mentioned just now may be a friend of mine. Where did you meet her?"
"Oh... you know her? It's in a 24-hour restaurant on Xiyang Road called 'Lu Yuan'. Oh, miss, I'm not curious, your friend..." He pointed Pointing to his forehead, he asked, "Is there something wrong with this place?"
Ren Jing returned to her seat and said, "Let's go... It's a pity, it's rare to come out to eat Western food..."
Arriving at that restaurant, Ren Jing first found a waiter to inquire about yesterday's details, and then told him Ou Xueyan's appearance, compared the two, and confirmed that it was indeed her. Then he asked: "Since she didn't pay the bill, you naturally chased her out?"
"Yes, but after chasing her out, we didn't see her again. Later we told the lobby manager, and the incident has been reported to the police. Since you know the lady, can you please tell me who she is? "
At that time, it was close to zero... Could it be that she followed Xia Peng's footsteps and was killed at zero o'clock? But this is a bustling commercial area, if she turns into a distorted corpse, there is no reason not to be discovered...
Her body... was twisted into what shape, and where was it hidden
At this moment, she suddenly had a jolt.
Could it be that…
Without even thinking about it, she said to Run An: "Follow me! Ou Xueyan's body is probably there!"
After getting in the car, Run An closed the door and asked, "Where are you going?"
"Go to Beverly Apartment."
When I came to the Fukang apartment, I found that the ground was covered with about 50 centimeters of water, and there was a lot of garbage mixed in the water. The residents gathered together and used dustpans to drain the water into the trash can. Everyone is complaining.
"What are you doing? The water pipes are clogged like this. Why don't the people from the property management company come!"
"There is water all over the floor of my house now! Did you make a mistake! We have hired a plumber, but we haven't cleared the drainpipe until now! How can we sleep tonight like this!"
"Why is the property owner so irresponsible! What's blocking it!"
Ren Jing looked at this scene, and her uneasiness continued to intensify. Could it be...
At this moment, Run An also vaguely understood in his heart. His heart started beating wildly.
Is it really
"Let's go, Run An. I don't want to hear that answer." Ren Jing had already buried her head deeply in her knees.
"Ah, I see..."
Just when Run An was about to start the engine, there was a sudden exclamation from upstairs, and then a person stuck his head out of the window and shouted: "No... it's terrible! Just now the plumber wanted to get the clogged thing out of the drain pipe... You, do you know what is hooked? Feet! It's a human foot!"
Police cars quickly gathered in front of the apartment.
Unlike Xie Xiaohao at that time, too many people knew about it this time.
Ou Xueyan's body, 23 meters long, from head to toe, was stuffed into the sewer pipe of Fukang's apartment. Her body was the same as Xie Xiaohao's and the others, although her body was elongated into a distorted shape, her bones and muscles also elongated accordingly. She was stuck in the cold and dark sewer pipe together with the sewage and garbage for several hours.
What's more, the police were horrified to find that there were scratch marks on the inside of the drainage pipe by her hand, which had been stretched so long.
In other words, her body became like that, staying in the sewer pipe, and she survived for a while? Knowing that one's body has become like this is really a thousand times more terrifying than death.
As for exactly what stuffed her into the sewer pipe and how it got in, there was no way to know. This has become an eternal mystery.
Since then, there have been no twisted corpses. The first terrorist incident that Run An and Ren Jing have faced since they met ended in this way...
(End of the first volume of "Twisted")
Volume 2 Ghost Painting