This small dark room had no windows. Once the door was closed, it was completely dark. Zhuang Baihua always left the door open when he came to this room, so there was at least some light. This was the first time he was surrounded by complete darkness.
He had two mobile phones on his desk, but he didn't take them out to use. He stood quietly in the room, feeling the darkness at the moment.
There was no light at all, and there was complete silence. The still air and thick darkness were like the sea water in the abyss, slowly rising from the soles of the feet, spreading to the neck, then to the mouth and nose, and finally flowing over the top of the head, enveloping the entire body. No one could break free, could not escape, and there was a feeling of drowning from which there was no return.
Zhuang Baihua remembered that he had done this kind of sensory deprivation experience before. Normally, if a person stayed in a completely dark and quiet environment for forty-eight hours, he would suffer a mental breakdown.
But Chi Yue from the original story stayed here for a week.
Of course, according to the original owner's description, Chi Yue would bring him food and water every day. Apart from that, he would tie him to the bed and torture him with the instruments beside him. The rest of the time, Chi Yue would just stay quietly in the dark.
Zhuang Baihua felt the suffocating darkness and silence and took a few deep breaths.
He began to grope his way forward slowly.
He knew Chi Yue was here, but he couldn't be sure of Chi Yue's location.
In the complete darkness, Zhuang Baihua didn't even know if he was walking in a straight line. He could only raise his hands and grope aimlessly like a blind man, hoping that his fingers could touch the wall.
Before his hand touched the wall, his leg kicked something.
There was a bed in the middle of the small dark room.
Whenever Zhuang Baihua thought of Chi Yue lying helplessly on this bed, his heart started to tighten and he felt a pain.
He hated to see hard-working and kind children suffer, and he hated to see Chi Yue suffer even more.
He didn't know when it started, but Chi Yue's every move affected his heart.
Zhuang Baihua stopped, stood beside the bed and began to speak.
"Come to think of it, I was kidnapped when I was a kid."
Zhuang Baihua recalled and told stories about his childhood. His voice was a little hoarse and rough, but full of warmth.
"To be precise, it wasn't kidnapping, it was trafficking. I don't remember exactly how it happened, I just remember being dragged away by the traffickers."
"The trafficker seemed to have stuffed me into the trunk of a car. When they were moving me later, they found something wrong. We stopped the trafficker and questioned him, but he couldn't explain anything and just kept crying."
Zhuang Baihua said he was a little embarrassed, as his crying childhood was too far away and his memory was already vague, but some details were deeply engraved in his mind.
"The gang surrounded the trafficker and wouldn't let him go. The trafficker got anxious and picked him up and ran away. The gang members nearby chased them, pulled them back, and pushed them into the police station. Only then was he rescued."
Zhuang Baihua recalled the past with a smile on his face, but unfortunately the room was too dark and his smile could not be seen.
"It should have been very dark in the trunk, but I have no recollection of it at all. I only remember the scene of those cute kids chasing after the traffickers."
Zhuang Baihua talked for a while, then paused, and after a while, he slowly said: "I'm not saying this to show off, but to tell you that although there are many bad people in this world, there are also kind people."
"Maybe you are unlucky and won't meet a good person for a while, but if you are more patient, there will always be someone who reaches out to you and pulls you out of the darkness."
Zhuang Baihua raised his hand to touch his nose. In the darkness, his sense of position began to fade. He touched it several times before finding the tip of his nose. He said, "It may be a little awkward, but I hope you can come out of the darkness. I want to see what you look like in the sunlight."
After Zhuang Baihua finished speaking, he stood there in silence.
There was still no movement around. No matter what Zhuang Baihua said just now, it seemed as if he was just talking to himself. There was no response, as if no one was listening to his voice at all.
He stood there for a while, then slowly turned around, trying to touch the wall and walk along the wall in a circle in the room. Just as he took the first step, he heard a noise, and then he was knocked to the ground by a man.
In fact, Zhuang Baihua did not fall to the ground, because there was a bed behind him and he was pressed onto the bed.
The back of Zhuang Baihua's head and back were pressed against the bed. This bed had not been used for a long time. Two men fell on it, stirring up thick dust. The unpleasant smell penetrated his nostrils. He frowned and stretched out his arms to hug the man who pounced on him.
She came around his armpits, clasped his back and waist tightly, supported his body, and hooked her legs around his legs, leaving no gap at all between the two legs.
Zhuang Baihua coughed a few times, and then stroked the back of the young man's head as if he was comforting a kitten, one rubbed and one rubbed.
The young man hugged him tightly, like a vine entwining a tree, breathing rapidly, as if he was afraid that he would run away.
Zhuang Baihua gently stroked his hair and the back of his neck, and he gradually calmed down.
The two of them just lay on the bed hugging each other, no one said a word.
After a long time, the young man's breath became long and delicate, but the strength in his hands did not relax at all. He held Zhuang Baihua tightly, wanting to merge him into his body.
Zhuang Baihua tilted his head slightly, found the position of his ear, and asked him: "What did that person do to you?"
The young man's body immediately tensed up, like a frightened leopard; every muscle was gathering strength, as if he was ready to strike back at any second.
Zhuang Baihua said softly, "Tell me, it's okay."
Chi Yue took a shallow breath, and an ethereal voice came, saying: "To be honest, you must like darkness."
"He sits at the head of the bed at a fixed time every day, while..." Chi Yue stopped talking after just saying one sentence.
Zhuang Baihua patted him on the back gently and said, "I understand."
"While beating the worm, he kept saying that the worm was dirty and was born to stay in the dark."
Zhuang Baihua closed his eyes and clenched his teeth.
Depriving someone of his five senses can destroy his will. After a person stays in darkness for 24 hours, he is at his most vulnerable moment and is most easily controlled. At this time, his mind is like a blank sheet of paper, and he will believe whatever others say next.
This is called brainwashing.
Scientists have done experiments in which they put people in a confined environment and then brainwashed them, and the success rate was shockingly high.
The original owner was controlling Chi Yue. He wanted to completely destroy Chi Yue's spirit and turn Chi Yue into his puppet out and out.
Zhuang Baihua hugged Chi Yue tightly and said softly, "It's all over. It's here."
It was still pitch black in front of my eyes, but because I was hugging another person tightly, the darkness was no longer so scary.
Although the light is far away, it is worth waiting for in the darkness.
Chi Yue said nothing, and the room fell into silence again, with only the sound of her shallow breathing filling their ears.
Just now, both of them ignored the logical problem at the same time.
The time when Zhuang Baihua traveled through should be the beginning of the original story. At that time, the original owner had just met Chi Yue and had no time to take action against Chi Yue.
But when Zhuang Baihua asked Chi Yue what the original owner had done to him, Chi Yue also gave a vague answer.
Zhuang Baihua is not a fool. Chi Yue has shown her ability to predict the future several times, and he has long begun to have doubts in his mind.
It's just that the two of them tacitly didn't continue discussing this issue. Zhuang Baihua didn't plan to ask again. He waited for Chi Yue to tell him herself.
Zhuang Baihua gently stroked Chi Yue's hair, like an elder caring for a younger generation, and said: "It may be very difficult to forget, but you can try to replace the past with new memories, such as being here now, and I am with you. The next time you think of the darkness, maybe you won't be afraid of it anymore."
Zhuang Baihua felt a little embarrassed and whispered, "I'm not saying that I want you to worry about me. I mean that when you're scared, you can think of other things..."
Zhuang Baihua felt that something was not right the more he spoke, as if he was flattering himself. His voice became smaller and smaller until it was almost inaudible, and the hand that was touching Chi Yue's hair also slowed down.
His face started to get hot, what was going on
Zhuang Baihua tried to get Qiyue to stand up, and said, "Let's sit up and talk slowly. No matter what you want to say, I will listen. No matter what you want to do, I will accompany you."
Just as he put his hand on Chi Yue's arm, Chi Yue suddenly straightened up, grabbed his hand and pulled it above his head.
Zhuang Baihua was stunned for a moment, not reacting to what Chi Yue was going to do. Then he found that his hands were handcuffed to the head of the bed with something cold.
Chi Yue knelt on both sides of Zhuang Baihua's body, holding his waist tightly, lowered her head, and touched her forehead with his.
The two men's breaths overlapped, incomparably intimate, Chi Yue whispered: "Can you really do anything?"
Zhuang Baihua didn't understand why his words were twisted like this. He only knew that Chi Yue's mental state was not very stable at the moment.
He looked up, unable to see where Chi Yue was. He only knew that her body was nailed to the bed. He said softly, "What do you want to do? You can take your time."
After hearing this, Chi Yue actually laughed.
The young man's laughter sounded a little strange in the pitch-black room, like the murmur of a nocturnal creature.
"You just said that new memories will replace the past. Come and help me."
Chi Yue left Zhuang Baihua's body briefly, and then the oppressive feeling returned again, stronger than before.
Zhuang Baihua felt something cold against his neck. His skin felt the shape of the thing inch by inch. He immediately recalled how it looked when it was placed on the floor beside the bed.
Zhuang Baihua did not panic. His hands were pulled over his head and handcuffed to the head of the bed. He lay calmly in bed.
"Aren't you afraid?" Chi Yue asked, "I said you belong to the dark, your body is black, and you can do anything."
Zhuang Baihua asked back: "Why would you rather believe him than ?"
Chi Yue stopped moving.
"I said you are kind, so you are kind. I won't make a mistake." Zhuang Baihua's tone was extremely serious. "I bet you can't do anything to save your life—"
Before he could finish his words, Chi Yue accurately covered his mouth to stop him from speaking.
The cold palm covered Zhuang Baihua's lips, and the warm breath warmed the cold hand little by little.
The palm of my hand gradually became damp, and when I pressed gently, I could touch the soft lips.
Chi Yue suddenly spoke up and asked hoarsely, "Who are you?"