Until someone gasped.
Tan Rui subconsciously turned his head to look, who was it if it wasn't Yan Lan standing by the door? Judging from her expression, she clearly heard what he said before. Yan Lan had tears in her eyes at the moment: "Are you telling the truth? Which one have you lost, and which one is your true love? Is that so?"
"No! I-I—"
"It's my fault, we were wrong from the very beginning." Yan Lan shook her head, crystal clear tears fell down. "I shouldn't have left you because of my family's opposition, and you shouldn't have married Tong Man while still loving me. I shouldn't have regretted it, returning to China to be a third party in your marriage, and Tong Man... Tong Man is the most innocent, her parents sold her secretly for money, the husband she thought cheated her, I appeared in front of her hypocritically, on the surface I was your old friend, but in fact I was with you... even Because of that ridiculous jealousy, I chose to kill myself to get you back."
"How can love be happy if it's not open and aboveboard? You see, now you start to regret it. And I... I wasn't surprised when I heard you say that."
Tong Man looked at the two of them gazing affectionately with no expression, only feeling tired. Tan Rui felt that he was about to lose Yan Lan, and was about to explain, but was suddenly swept aside. Together with Yan Lan, both of them fell heavily to the ground, making way for the door.
A very beautiful girl appeared at the door. She looked at Tong Man, smiled slightly, and said, "I finally found you."
Tong Man looked at her inexplicably: "Who are you...?"
"Hello, my name is Qing Huan." The beautiful girl walked in and said to her, "I didn't wait for you at a specific place, so I came to find you."
"Looking for me?" Tong Man didn't understand. "What do you want me for? We don't know each other."
"We'll get to know each other." Qing Huan tilted her head and smiled at Tong Man. "You really don't remember?"
"Remember what?"
Qing Huan carefully looked at Tong Man's expression before she was sure that she was not lying. "Have you ever looked in a mirror?"
"… What?"
"Mirror." Qing Huan repeated softly. "Look at what you look like now."
Tong Man stood up according to her words, found a small mirror on the wall of the living room, and carefully looked at herself reflected in it. Her eyes are a little dull, she has lived alone for a long time, and she hasn't looked in the mirror for a long time. Every morning I wake up in a daze, I just want to wear more clothes to keep warm, and I don't care whether I look glamorous or dirty.
At this time Tan Rui got up from the ground, he fell harder, Yan Lan was lighter, he got up and went to help Yan Lan up, staring at Qing Huan like a ghost: "Who are you?!"
Qing Huan glanced at him, did not answer, and continued to ask Tong Man softly: "Did you see it? What do you look like in the mirror?"
What is it like? Naturally, she was pale and weak, with a blue complexion, as if she didn't belong to this world anymore. Tong Man was a little distracted, she felt as if she had forgotten something, but... what did she forget? That's all she could think of. "What's wrong with me?"
"It's time." Qing Huan said to her. "You should go with me, otherwise staying will only hurt you."
"Go? Where are you going? Why did she want to go with you?!" Tan Rui was excited when he heard this, and stepped forward to question him. Qing Huan glanced at him impatiently and said, "I didn't talk to you."
In the next second, Tan Rui found that his mouth was open, but he seemed to have lost his voice.
"Let's go?" Tong Man herself didn't know. "Why… "
"Haven't you noticed?" Qing Huan looked at her with pity. "You're already dead."
As soon as this sentence came out, the three people in the living room showed expressions of disbelief, especially Tong Man herself: "I'm dead? How could—"
"You're dead. You've been dead for two years." Qing Huan touched Tong Man's cold cheek with her gentle hand. Tong Man fell in love with that temperature involuntarily, but just being touched, the coldness in her heart gradually dissipated. Qing Huan's voice is compassionate and soft, and her tone is very light, as if she treats Tong Man like a sensitive child, and is so cautious that she is afraid of scaring her. "The reason why you feel cold is because your body is hidden in the freezer. Because of this, no matter how many clothes you wear, no matter how many men you hug, you can't feel warm. You are already dead."
"No—you're mistaken, I'm not dead! I'm still alive! I, how could I die?!" Tong Man couldn't accept it at all. She opened Qing Huan's hand with a snap, and refused Qing Huan's approach.
Qing Huan was not angry, but still looked at her tenderly: "You refuse to accept this fact, but the fact is that you are indeed dead and will never come back to life. That's why you will return to this place, Go to see your parents and ask them to accept and accommodate you." Qing Huan pointed to Tan Rui again. "You loved him when you were alive, and this love made you unable to extricate yourself, so you have to come back after death, and you have to look at him, you can't refuse him, this is not your original intention, it is your consciousness that refused to leave when you were alive. "
Tong Man covered her head and said repeatedly: "Impossible, impossible - you must have made a mistake! I, I am not dead! I am alive!"
"Really? Are you alive?" Qing Huan asked her back. "Then why can't you fall asleep after closing your eyes countless times, why can't you chew the food in your mouth without any taste, why even the sound of heartbeat and breathing are so fake? Have you never doubted these things yourself? You are dead, When a person dies, he is dead, and those who die cannot stay in this world.”
"No!" Tong Man didn't believe it. "That's not the case! You're lying to me! You're lying! I'm not dead, I'm not dead!"
"Do you remember that night?" Qing Huan's voice was as soft as the evening breeze. "In the dark, you who were left on an unknown street, you who lost your direction, you who had no power on your phone, and you who could only walk aimlessly, remember?"
do you remember
This question echoed in Tong Man's mind like a gentle whisper, she had a splitting headache, squatted on the ground and kept beating herself, she kept shouting no, no, no, no, no, she went in the wrong direction, and ran into criminals who were trading, and then , Then she encountered the cruelest thing in the world, her eyes looked at the sky, it was very dark that night, but it was so strange, when she looked at the sky, there was a bright red moon there.
It was her blood that soaked the ground, and coquettish flowers began to bloom on the ground. It was dark, damp, and painful. She lay there, her consciousness separated from her body.
After the ultimate love, there is the ultimate hate.
But Tong Man didn't know who she was hating. When she first came back, she bought a newspaper through the newsstand and scoffed at the news that a drug dealer had been caught in a fancy bar above, but usually she didn't read it at all. Later, she started subscribing to newspapers crazily, only reading the headlines of the social edition, and saw dead people one after another. Before that, she met a man who was dismembered in the park. The look in that man's eyes... what was it like
Looking back now, it is full of fear and disbelief.
why
Perhaps, seeing the resurrection of the dead
Tong Man raised her head and asked Qing Huan: "What did I do wrong?"
Qing Huan said: "You are very good. You have worked hard in life. Even though you were born in a patriarchal family and suffered a lot of injustice, you have always worked hard. You are helpful, sunny and cheerful. You are among the best and you were admitted to a prestigious university. , you're fine, really fine."
"Then why did it end up like this?" If she was really good, why would God punish her? To let her face such a fate
"I can only say that the world is impermanent." Qing Huan spread her hands. It is basically meaningless to ask this question. The law of heaven is the most fair. If you have suffered, there will naturally be countless joys waiting for you. If you do evil for a lifetime, you will naturally be punished. It's just a matter of time.
She stretched out her hand to help Tong Man up, let her sit on the sofa, and then continued to persuade: "When the body dies, the human soul will not die. Do you know why you are getting colder and more painful? Because This world does not allow the existence of soul bodies, so you should go where you should go instead of staying here. Wait for a little longer, and your soul will be consumed and die. If you don't die, you will only become dissatisfied The ghost. So you have to follow me, this is your destination."
"Why... would I stay?"
Tong Man asked stupidly.
"Because your obsession is too deep, you haven't recognized the reality clearly, and you still have delusions after death. Those who don't love you don't love you, and those who don't love you enough don't love you enough. Your parents, your Husband, they are all. There are beautiful and kind parents who are willing to give everything for their children, and there are also parents who cannot love their children. They are selfish and have no reason or reason." Qing Huan patted her head. "But you refused to let go, so it hindered your steps. And your husband, what kind of feeling did you feel when you were driven out of the car by him that night? The deep despair and pain contributed to your death. Can't swallow this grievance. That's why you're here."
Tan Rui seemed to have heard the Arabian Nights: "You, what are you talking about—"
"It was that night two years ago. I think you should remember clearly that Miss Yan Lan next to you committed suicide by cutting her wrist. After you heard the news, you were too impatient to tell Tong Man, so you made up a company There is an urgent reason to put her out of the car and let her take a taxi home." Qing Huan took the initiative to explain to him. "But unfortunately she ran into the drug dealer scene, got caught, and—" She spread her hands. "You should know, late at night, a young and beautiful woman, and a group of criminals without conscience, what will happen to them, you can imagine."
"Tong Man was gang-raped to death, and the body was hidden in the freezer in their warehouse, so she always felt cold, even if the air conditioner was turned on to the highest temperature, it was still cold." Qing Huan's mouth slightly twitched, but there was no smile. "Do you understand what I'm saying?"
"Whose fault is it? Is it Tong Man's own?" Qing Huan asked.
Both Tan Rui and Yan Lan looked at Tong Man in a daze, but Tong Man didn't notice anything. That night, Yan Lan broke the boat and wanted to threaten Tan Rui by hurting herself to return to her side, but Tan Rui decided to let go of everything and separate from Tong Man to pursue her love again. They were very happy that night, hugging and kissing happily, and made eachother vows .
But on the same night, Tong Man lay on the concrete floor of the warehouse, blood flowed all over the ground, and died with his eyes open.
"Not all mistakes can be forgiven." Qing Huan looked at Tong Man, Tong Man's eyes wandered, as if she was thinking about something. She bent down and asked Tong Man: "So, are you willing to go with me?"
"Where are you going?"
"Go to a better place." Qing Huan said sincerely. "You will have a good life in the next life, and Heaven will compensate you."
Just when Tong Man was thinking about it seriously, Qing Huan was hit hard by the sudden attack and fell to the ground in an instant. She quickly stood up and wiped the corner of her mouth with her index finger, and her fingertips were stained with blood. She found this body from the hospital. The girl had just died. Her soul had already left, but her human body was very fragile.
When she looked up, Tong Man was already hugged by a man in black robe. Qing Huan stepped forward and stretched out her hand: "Give her back to me."
"Give it back to you? What are you? Death?" The man smiled contemptuously. "It's just a soul-stopper. This woman made a deal with me, and I've fulfilled her wish, so she's mine."
Qing Huan looked at Tong Man: "She made a deal with you? What deal?"
"Of course it is..." The man gently sniffed Tong Man's neck, showing a fascinated expression. "The deal of selling the soul, what a sweet soul, what kind of contract do you think humans can sign with the devil? I will fulfill her wish for her, and she will pay her own soul, a fair deal."
Tong Man showed a confused look: "The transaction..."
"Yes, otherwise, who do you think gave your house? Who put the keys and notes in your wallet? Who killed those people for you?" The devil murmured softly, bewitching Tong Man. "Now, you should come with me."
After speaking, he was about to leave, but found that Tong Man's soul was motionless. The devil asked in surprise, "What's going on?"
"Probably because I don't want her to go." Qing Huan raised her eyebrows, "I have long admired your name."
"What are you?" The devil looked at Qing Huan. "Aren't you the god of death?"
Qing Huan pondered and said: "I should be a little bit stronger than the God of Death." As she spoke, she pinched her index finger and thumb, expressing that she was really only "a little bit" stronger.
The devil immediately changed his attitude, he let go of Tong Man, and said to Qing Huan: "That's all right, let her choose and see who she wants to go with." After speaking, he asked softly: "Tong Man , tell the girl opposite you that you must keep your promise, right? You made a deal with me, and you belong to me, so you have to come with me and let her loosen your shackles. "
Tong Man finally remembered that at that time, her consciousness left her body, and when she heard someone talking to her, her heart was occupied by hatred and despair, so she nodded and said yes.
At that time, was she making a deal with the devil? !
At the cost of your own soul? !
Qing Huan said: "Tong Man, you have to think clearly, if you follow him, you will never be human again."
"What's so good about being a human being? Pain, sadness, betrayal, despair, discrimination... are always with you, but it's much better to be a devil." The devil's voice is very nice, and Tong Man's eyes are a bit blurred because of it. "Think about it, you don't have to be bound by anything, you can release the darkness in your heart to your heart's content, and you can kill anyone who hurts you. Is there anything better than this? Don't think that hell is terrible, in fact, hell is It's heaven."
Tong Man seemed to be moved, she asked Qing Huan: "Are you the god of death?"
"If you have to say that, yes." Qing Huan nodded. "As long as there is life, I will not perish. It is indeed one of my jobs to take your soul, but Tong Man, you have the right to choose, you don't have to go with me. But I want to make sure you know that from From ancient times to the present, people who make deals with the devil have never ended well."
"You're dead, so what's the worst?" cried the devil. "Do you think those great men came out of thin air? Without us, who can remember their names!"
Qing Huan continued: "Whether you choose to forget this life and welcome a new beginning, or fall into hell, it's your choice."
Tong Man shook her head: "I don't know..." She looked at Qing Huan and then at the devil, and it was obvious that she was shaken, "I have signed a contract with the devil, I, I..."
"If you choose to go with me, I will resolve the issue of the contract." Qing Huan stepped forward and extended her hand to Tong Man. "It's time to leave this world. No matter how many regrets and obsessions you still have, you should let go."
As soon as Tong Man's foot moved, the devil caught it in his hand. At this moment, he showed his fierce face: "If you made a deal with me, you can't go back on it!"
Qing Huan stepped forward and held Tong Man's wrist, the cold and sharp pain faded away, and the warmth and softness filled Tong Man's soul. Her pale complexion had changed, and her black face began to become rosy again, as if, as if that was what she looked like before she was alive!
It was only in the blink of an eye that the devil lost the soul he had obtained. He was so angry that he glared at Qing Huan: "You can't take my soul away!"
"Sorry, she is special, so I can't give it to you." Qing Huan said sorry without sincerity. "If I were you, I would choose to leave."
The devil glared at Tong Man angrily: "I have done so much for you! Let those criminals go to jail, and I killed all those who escaped for you! Your brother also got into an unmanageable disaster, I have done everything you want for you! How dare you lie to me!"
"I didn't even know that even a devil would hate betrayal." Qing Huan pretended to be surprised. "Aren't you a rebellious aggregation?" After she finished speaking, she smiled, and Tong Man, who had returned to normal, also smiled slightly. Qing Huan's smile disappeared quickly, and with a wave of her hand, the devil was pulled up from the ground like a carrot, slammed onto the wall and fell down again, his head was bleeding, Qing Huan said: "I forgot to say, I am Very vengeful." She didn't forget the bad luck that she accidentally ate just now.
The devil clenched his fists, but still stood there and did not move.
Seeing that Qing Huan was about to take Tong Man away, Tan Rui couldn't help shouting: "Manman..."
Qing Huan stopped and asked Tong Man: "Do you want to have a few more words with him?"
A few seconds later, Tong Man slowly approached Tan Rui, whispered in his ear, "I kept crying after getting out of the car that night, for a long, long time."
Then tears of blood flowed from the corners of her eyes again: "I shed the last tear for you, and I won't cry anymore."
After speaking, she never appeared in front of him again.
This is his sin, his iniquity, and everything he will never forget.
The devil rolled his eyes, stepped forward and asked, "Tong Man owes my soul, you can repay it for her, are you willing? Otherwise, even if she has another life, I will still find her and take away my soul." return."
Tan Rui nodded.
The devil left satisfied. Although this soul could not be compared with Tong Man's, it was not too much of a loss after all.
He appeared in Tong's house again, and Tong Man's younger brother had been taken away for murder by accident, so it is unlikely that he would figure it out before he was seventy. As for Tong's father and Tong's mother, even if they went bankrupt, they still couldn't afford the astronomical sum. They tried to ask Tan Rui for help, but Tan Rui whose soul was taken away was just a walking dead.
Yan Lan went abroad again, this time she has no plan to come back. Both she and Tan Rui owed debts, they couldn't repay them, they couldn't wash them off, and they couldn't be happy in this life. Every late night in the future, whenever she felt happy, she would think of a woman who died in the dark night.
Starting from the jailed criminals, the police found their secret underground warehouse. In addition to the goods in the freezer, there was also a naked female corpse in a miserable death condition. So based on this, they added another charge of intentional homicide, and the criminals were sentenced to death because of the bad circumstances.
Tong Man walked across the Naihe Bridge and never stopped. After drinking Meng Po soup, she forgot all the memories of her previous life. I don’t remember love, I don’t remember hate, I don’t remember regret and betrayal, I’m clean, like a newborn baby, ready to welcome my next life.
Qing Huan was sitting on the swing at Mengpo Village, the birds were singing and the flowers were fragrant, and the sun was shining brightly, but she was still thinking about the previous world.
The time of Naihe Bridge is different from the world and the conversion of Wangchuan River, and it is not completely fixed, so she came back a little late. As soon as I came back, I heard that the ghost that should have appeared has not appeared for a long time. When Xie Bi'an went to seduce the soul, he couldn't find the soul of the other party. Qing Huan went to look for it by himself, and it was only now that he was relieved.
south frost.
She knew that Nanshuang was not that person. In these worlds, she had never fallen in love with anyone, but she could sense their souls. Qing Huan looked at her left hand. She was supposed to come back soon, but she was forced to agree to accompany Nan Shuang until her death. Before she died, Nanshuang bit her, then dug out her double pupils and placed them in Qinghuan's palm, so that she would never forget him.
Until now, Qing Huan felt that the pair of double pupils were still staring at her.
Of course she didn't fall in love with Nanshuang, she just—
just what
Perhaps, it was feeling the barrenness again.