Looking at Lin Banxia's smile, He Tianlei felt a creepy feeling for no reason. He even took a step back, looking at Lin Banxia with fear in his eyes.
Lin Banxia didn't realize it, he said, "Where can I find Xiaohua?"
"How do I know." He Tianlei regretted talking about this with Lin Banxia at this point, he licked his lips nervously, "But if you give me some money, maybe I can help you think about it." He tentatively said , "Don't you remember the past? It's normal, after all, it's been so many years... "
Although he knew that the ultimate reason for He Tianlei and his family to call them back was for money, but seeing him in such a hurry at this time, Lin Banxia still felt amused, and his smile became brighter: "I want money, right? Okay, you help me find Xiaohua, and I'll give you the money, five hundred thousand—a lot of money."
He Tianlei looked at Lin Banxia as if he was looking at a lunatic: "What are you doing to her? Don't you understand? She is not human at all—"
Lin Banxia said, "Do you still want money?"
He Tianlei stammered: "Yes, of course."
Lin Banxia said coldly, "Then go find it."
He Tianlei stared blankly at Lin Banxia, only to feel that he was extremely unfamiliar.
"I'll give you money whenever I find her." Lin Banxia's voice was as cold as ice.
He Tianlei didn't speak, but Lin Banxia no longer needed his answer. He waved to He Tianlei, said goodbye, turned around and went downstairs. Song Qingluo followed behind him and softly called Pinellia.
Lin Banxia hurriedly walked, paused for a moment, turned his head to look at Song Qingluo, most of his eyes were red, and he didn't know whether it was because of anger or sadness, and there was no aggressiveness in his eyes when he faced He Tianlei, only the remaining It was empty and blank, and his voice was a little choked, as if his emotions were about to get out of control: "Song Qingluo, it turns out that I don't have a sister."
Song Qingluo's heart sank slightly and said, "Banxia."
"So I don't have a sister." Lin Banxia squatted down slowly, as if her body couldn't bear some kind of weight, and her whole body curled up.
Song Qingluo walked to Lin Banxia's side, put his arms around his shoulder, and said, "It's alright, I'm here."
Lin Banxia let out a slight whimper. He lowered his head, as if he was crying, but he didn't, like a child who couldn't help crying but was afraid of being hurt by crying. Song Qingluo took him into her arms, stroking Lin Banxia's slightly raised back as if to soothe her: "Cry if you want to."
Lin Banxia didn't say a word, and after a while, she managed to calm down. When I looked up again, my eyes were dry: "Sorry..."
"You don't have to say sorry to me." Song Qingluo said, "It's not your fault."
Lin Banxia struggled to pull out a smile: "You said, my sister can't really be... those things, right?"
Song Qingluo said, "Not necessarily."
"Yes." Lin Banxia murmured absentmindedly, "What if they were deliberately lying to me."
Song Qingluo didn't answer, and lightly stroked his hair.
Lin Banxia reluctantly cheered up, showing the same gentle expression as usual: "Don't talk about this, you run up and down with me, and you haven't eaten for a day, let's go find something to eat first."
Song Qingluo said, "Okay."
The two slowly walked out of the hospital and sat down at a random store in the town. Lin Banxia ordered what she wanted to eat, but she still seemed a little uneasy. Song Qingluo asked him what he was thinking.
Song Qingluo said, "Do you remember clearly?"
"I don't know." Lin Banxia took a bite of the noodles, "It's a little vague, but I vaguely remember some details." He looked at the noodles in the bowl and whispered, "The most impressive thing is going out with Xiaohua. Catching fish to eat, it was night, and it was pitch-dark everywhere. I was walking with her on the ridge next to the paddy field... The ridge was very narrow and covered with all kinds of weeds, some of which could be eaten, others not. …”
Song Qingluo said, "Is there anything else?"
"Yes." Although Lin Banxia felt that his stomach was uncomfortable, he still tried his best to put something in his mouth. He was a starving person, so naturally he would not waste any food. "It's quite a lot, to be precise, just …”
Song Qingluo said, "Just?"
"It's just that I don't know." Lin Banxia said, "It's as if it's blurry, separated by a layer of frosted windows." He had never doubted himself before, but now, after He Tianlei's reminder, he suddenly realized that this way The memory seems to have some problems.
After he said this, he took another big mouthful of his face and smiled: "But think for the better, if what He Tianlei said is true, even if my sister is not human, she has existed..."
Song Qingluo frowned and said, "If you don't want to laugh, stop laughing."
Lin Banxia's smile faded. He looked down at the noodles in the bowl and said, "I want to go to the place where I lived before."
"Okay." Song Qingluo said, "I'll accompany you."
Although the appearance of the town has changed greatly, the locations of several roads have not changed much. In the past, my aunt and uncle's house was not in the town, but in a nearby village. The village was very close to the town, and it took more than half an hour to walk on the foot of a child. It's just a pity that the surroundings have changed a lot at this moment, and Lin Banxia is not very familiar with it. While asking for directions, he moved forward. It was almost when the sunset went down that he found his previous residence. Fortunately, although the house has changed a lot, the paddy fields are still there, and Lin Banxia even saw the fish pond where she used to fish.
The fish pond is not big, surrounded by a fence, next to the fence is a dense bamboo forest, it is very cool to walk in it.
Lin Banxia bypassed the fish pond and walked to the ridge next to it. He walked further along the ridge, and finally saw the low-rise house where he once lived with his aunt in his memory. The house hadn't been lived in for a long time, and it looked dilapidated on the outside. Lin Banxia could barely see the picture inside through the dirty glass. The old furniture was still there, and he saw the table, chairs, and a huge cabinet in the corner of the living room.
In the past, that cabinet was supposed to be the children's favorite furniture in the family - because there were usually many delicious snacks in it, but this was not the case for Lin Banxia.
It was his nightmare, as long as he upset his aunt, he would be locked inside.
At this time, Lin Banxia thought that he would be emotional, but he didn't. He looked at the cabinet through the glass, as if he was looking at the memories of others. Those things that should have caused him pain were actually nothing. Untouched, the inner peace is like a deep lake.
"They have all moved out." Lin Banxia looked around, "The land is not planted." He pointed to the distant mountain, "I used to go to that mountain a lot, especially in summer. The bushes will grow a lot of sweet and sour fruits..." He said, and then smiled, with a nostalgic look on his face, "It's just that there are a lot of thorns, and I often get stabbed in the hand."
Song Qingluo asked, "Are you going there for a walk?"
Lin Banxia nodded.
The two went for a walk around the hillside. After the sun completely set, Lin Banxia reluctantly returned to the house. On the way back, he passed by the place where his aunt lived again, and was walking forward with his head down, when he heard a childish voice belonging to a little girl in a trance - "Brother!"
Lin Banxia was suddenly stunned and turned to look behind him, but there was nothing behind him.
Seeing that his expression was not right, Song Qingluo asked what was wrong.
"Did you hear someone calling me?" Lin Banxia was a little dazed.
Song Qingluo shook her head, indicating that she didn't hear anything.
"I must have heard it wrong." Lin Banxia said, "I heard... Xiaohua's voice."
Song Qingluo's expression was slightly condensed, and she said, "Go back to the hotel first."
Lin Banxia nodded.
After a day of running outside, Lin Banxia was also a little tired, so she simply took a shower and lay down on the bed. Song Qingluo went out and came back with a bottle of Coke and a few packets of steaming barbecue. He handed it to Lin Banxia and said, "I haven't eaten at night, so I'm still pampering my stomach."
Lin Banxia was actually not too hungry, but she couldn't refuse Song Qingluo's kindness, so she drank a few sips of Coke and ate something.
As night fell, Lin Banxia lay in bed with some insomnia. Song Qingluo beside him seemed to have fallen asleep, breathing evenly. But he couldn't fall asleep. When he closed his eyes, some messy thoughts would pop up in his mind. During the day, although he threw harsh words at He Tianlei, he actually didn't expect He Tianlei to really get Xiaohua back, it was more like a vent.
Lin Banxia turned over and faced the window. Through the glass, he saw the shadowy shadows of the trees outside under the moonlight. With the breeze, the shadows swayed. At first glance, it seemed that he had come to life. Lin Banxia didn't feel terrible, he just remembered some memories that he had forgotten. But these memories are not coherent, they are more like fragments, sometimes they are lush mountains and forests, sometimes they are golden paddy fields illuminated by the sun, sometimes they are terrifying insults, sometimes they are crisp laughter.
Lin Banxia's consciousness gradually blurred, he closed his eyes, and seemed to fall into a deep sleep.
Song Qingluo didn't fall asleep, he kept worrying about Lin Banxia, so he kept his eyes closed and fell asleep. Lin Banxia, who was beside him, turned over again, and it seemed that he still hadn't fallen asleep. Fortunately, after a while, his breath gradually became lighter, and it seemed that he had finally fallen asleep.
Song Qingluo was slightly relieved, but felt the soft bed vibrate suddenly. Lin Banxia, who was sleeping peacefully beside him, suddenly sat up from the bed.
Song Qingluo opened his eyes and looked at Lin Banxia's back. He called softly, "Banxia?"
Lin Banxia didn't answer, and didn't look back. His body stiffened for a moment, then turned around and got out of the bed, and walked straight to the cabinet opposite the bed.
Song Qingluo also sat up from the bed. He saw Lin Banxia's footsteps stop in front of the cabinet, stretched out his hand, and opened the cabinet door.
The hotel cabinet was empty, but Lin Banxia seemed to see something inside, and softly called out the name he had missed for a long time: "Xiaohua."
The next moment, he actually raised his foot and stepped into the cabinet door—
Song Qingluo realized that the situation was wrong, shouted Lin Banxia's name, and swooped towards him, but it was already too late, the moment Lin Banxia stepped into the cabinet door, the cabinet door looked like a Like life, it closed itself with a creak. But after a few breaths, when Song Qingluo rushed to the door of the cabinet and opened it again, Lin Banxia, who was supposed to be inside, had disappeared.
Song Qingluo took a breath, and his expression suddenly changed. He stared at the empty cabinet door for a while, and suddenly sneered: "Just you, are you worthy of robbing me?"
Lin Banxia didn't know what happened. When he regained consciousness again, he found himself not on the soft bed, but in a dark space with walls on all sides. Lin Banxia groped around, and when his fingers touched the hard object he thought was a wall, he suddenly realized where he was - he was locked in a small cabinet.
Because the cabinet was too small, he couldn't even stand up, so he could only try to push the cabinet door in front of him, trying to get out of here.
But just as he was doing this, there was a sudden sound of footsteps outside. The sound seemed to be someone approaching him. Lin Banxia reflexively wanted to call for help, but suddenly there was a sound in his ear. I remembered a familiar voice.
"Don't talk, you will be discovered." The voice was tender and soft, unique to a young girl.
Lin Banxia's eyes widened. He could never forget the owner of this voice. With a trembling in his voice, he called out her name in a low voice: "Xiaohua."
"I'm here, I'm here." Xiaohua's voice was soft, like the sweetest toffee Lin Banxia had ever tasted, she said, "Don't be afraid, I've been with you all the time."
The footsteps were getting closer and closer, and they were about to reach the front of the cabinet.
Although Lin Banxia didn't know what it was, she became nervous for no reason. He wanted to ask about the current situation, but He Xiaohua whispered softly in his ear, signaling him not to make a sound. Lin Banxia knew that she would not harm herself, so she obediently shut up.
The footsteps stopped in front of the cabinet. Lin Banxia vaguely saw the person standing outside through the narrow door of the cabinet. The woman's figure was a little blurry, but a pale face could be vaguely seen. Underneath, an exaggerated mouth was drawn with blood-red lipstick. She had no eyes. She seemed to be looking for something by smell. Her nose kept twitching, looking terrifying and weird. However, the most terrifying thing is that from Lin Banxia's angle, you can see the sharp kitchen knife in her hand. The blade reflects the penetrating white light, and through the narrow gap, it just projects onto Lin Banxia's cheek. He couldn't help holding his breath, trying to hide his existence. However, the woman seemed to smell something. The overly large mouth opened slowly, revealing a dark throat. She said, "I know you are in there."
Lin Banxia held her breath, he watched the woman stretch out her hand, grab the door of the cabinet, and then pull hard—
However, the cabinet door did not open. Lin Banxia took a closer look and found a lock hanging on the cabinet door.
The woman cursed loudly, her voice getting louder and harsher, but it reminded Lin Banxia of someone... his aunt. Aunt is like this, irritable and irritable, as long as she is in a bad mood, she will take Lin Banxia out.
The woman couldn't open the cabinet door, and finally noticed the lock hanging on the cabinet door. She smiled grimly, raised the blade in her hand, and slashed the lock.
Lin Banxia's heart skipped a beat when she saw this scene, but now, the only thing he could do was to curl up in a ball in this cold cupboard.
One click, two clicks, the lock, which was not strong at first, was quickly shaky by the woman. The woman gave a harsh laugh and was about to cut the last blow, but behind her came the sound of the door being opened, accompanied by the child. The sound of crying and running seemed to be a child staggering out from behind her.
When the woman heard this voice, she stopped the movement in her hand immediately, turned around and chased after him, temporarily leaving Lin Banxia behind.
Seeing that she was walking away, Lin Banxia stretched out her hand and hurriedly wanted to push the cabinet door in front of her, but as soon as he stretched out his hand, he felt something was wrong, and when he looked down, he found that his arm was as thin as a matchstick. , is clearly the child's hand.
how come? ! Lin Banxia was startled, and there was a strong premonition in her heart. But he didn't dare to waste too much time here, so he slammed into the cabinet door with his body. After hitting it several times, the lock finally fell off, and the cabinet door opened with a click. Lin Banxia staggered and fell out of the cabinet. He hurriedly stood up, looked around, and finally found out what the problem was—he actually became smaller, and the whole world was magnified in his eyes. lock up.
He was still on the hotel bed just now, why did he come here now? Lin Banxia couldn't understand for a while.
At this moment, the sound of footsteps came from outside the door again, and with the woman's sharp cursing, Lin Banxia immediately realized that it was the terrifying woman who had just returned. He took a deep breath, turned and ran outside the house, without daring to look back, leaving the house as quickly as possible. At the moment of rushing out of the house, Lin Banxia glanced behind him, and he saw the neat furnishings in the house - exactly the same as the old house he once lived in.
Although he found something strange, Lin Banxia didn't dare to stop. He almost rolled and climbed, rushed out of the yard, and threw himself into the weeds by the roadside.
As soon as he left, the woman came back. Lin Banxia couldn't see what she was holding in her hand, but from a distance, it looked like a child. The woman carried the child into the house. Lin Banxia stood up in shock, trying to get closer to see the child's appearance, but her eyes were suddenly covered by a pair of cold hands.
"Don't go back, don't go back..." The owner of the little hand made a childish voice, it was He Xiaohua that Lin Banxia was thinking about, she said, "Run, Xia Xia, run."
Lin Banxia gently pushed the little girl's hand away, he turned his head, and finally saw the familiar face, he couldn't help his eyes warm, reached out and hugged her heavily: "Xiaohua-Xiaohua-I'm good Miss you."
"Why are you back?" He Xiaohua said, "Didn't you promise me not to come back?"
Lin Banxia was at a loss: "What did you say?"
He Xiaohua looked at Lin Banxia with a hint of sadness in her eyes. She reached out her hand and gently wiped Lin Banxia's tears: "You shouldn't have come back."
Lin Banxia said, "Why?"
He Xiaohua didn't answer, made a shush gesture carefully, and pointed into the distance.
Lin Banxia looked up and saw countless black shadows appearing on the dark mountain road. These shadows looked like people and other things. As they approached, Lin Banxia realized that she couldn't see clearly at all. their faces.
"I'll lead them away, remember to run in the direction of home." He Xiaohua said, "Be careful, don't fall into the river..."
Lin Banxia still has a lot of questions to ask him, but now is obviously not the right time.
He Xiaohua stood up and ran towards the distance. The sound of her running seemed to attract those strange shadows, who immediately followed in her direction. Lin Banxia gritted her teeth and decided to follow He Xiaohua's words and ran in the direction of her home, but as soon as he ran out two steps, he suddenly realized that he didn't know where his home was.
Aunt's home is not his home. As a child, he has no such thing as a home at all.
But even so, Lin Banxia didn't want to sit still, he glanced at the direction where Xiaohua disappeared, and decided to run in the opposite direction to avoid those shadows. Thinking like this, Lin Banxia did so. He ran up the thin field ridge. The field ridge was full of muddy silt. There was no moon or stars in the sky. The whole world seemed to be covered by a curtain.
Lin Banxia strutted on two thin legs and ran aimlessly. He couldn't see anything, and he couldn't hear any sound. The surroundings vaguely resembled the ghostly reflection of a monster, and it seemed that the whole world was distorted. He didn't know why he was here, nor why he became a child, but those memories that had been forgotten when he was a child began to revive as he ran.
It seemed that on a cold night, he was in the same place, dodging the terrifying pursuers behind him.
What is chasing him? Lin Banxia suddenly felt something, stopped abruptly and turned back. In the darkness, he saw a few icy lights. The lights were mixed with human voices. There were men and women in the voices, and their faces were hidden under the lights. Now, every face is hideous like a ghost.
Lin Banxia's whole body suddenly began to tremble, and his heart also jumped wildly. Those fears that he couldn't feel before, now wrapped his whole body like a tide. He didn't know why he was so afraid, but his body was full of fear. One step faster than the conscious response.
Lin Banxia started to run again, he didn't dare to look back, he almost used all his strength to run forward.
However, he was only a child at this time. Even if he tried his best, how could he outrun the adults? The evil ghost behind him was getting closer and closer to him. He had no choice but to move forward regardless of his strength. It became less and less, and finally staggered a few steps, stepped on a crooked foot in the dark, suddenly lost his balance, and fell from the field ridge into the adjacent paddy field.
The water in the paddy field was not deep, but Lin Banxia was too short. He choked several sips of water and tried to get up from the field, but the evil spirits had already arrived in front of him.
It was a series of weird and terrifying faces. Everyone looked exactly the same. They leaned over the ridge and stared coldly at the poor child struggling like a worm in the paddy field.
The evil spirits let out a harsh laugh, and they surrounded Lin Banxia, one of them stretched out his hand and grabbed Lin Banxia's slender arm.
Lin Banxia wanted to break free, but the evil spirit's hand seemed to be made of iron.
In this way, Lin Banxia was dragged out of the water abruptly, and he was soaked all over. Those terrifying ghosts dragged him—like litter, in the direction he was coming from.
"Help—" Lin Banxia heard his own cry. It was not his own initiative, but the instinct of the body. He felt his body rubbing against the stone, and deep-buried memories began to emerge. , All of this is so familiar, and the familiarity makes him feel indescribable despair and fear deep in his heart.
"Don't—" The child was very light, and was caught in his hands like a poor kitten. No one could save him. He was beaten and beaten all the way until the terrifying low house appeared in front of him again.
Lin Banxia remembered that one night, when he was young, he was also treated rudely like this. He ran desperately in the wilderness, was rudely caught, cursed, beaten, and then brought home viciously.
No, that place shouldn't be called home.
Lin Banxia thought, that place doesn't deserve to be called home.
This time, it was a little different from what he remembered. At least Lin Banxia didn't cry. Although he was afraid, although he was desperate, and although he had no strength, he still struggled hard. His demon, he believed, someone would come to save him.
After being dragged all the way, a small house appeared in front of Lin Banxia's eyes. The lights were on inside, but it was more terrifying than hell. Lin Banxia shook his body uncontrollably. He wanted to calm down, but he couldn't control his physiological reaction at all, as if these emotions were engraved in his bones.
After being caught and taken back to the low house, Lin Banxia saw the dilapidated cupboard again. The knife edge on the cupboard was still there, but the woman was gone. He was thrown into the cupboard, and then the cupboard was slammed against the door, and a lock was left on the outside.
Lin Banxia failed to escape and was caught again. His body hurts a lot, his skin seems to be covered with dense wounds, and his right hand seems to be dislocated. He sat quietly in the cabinet for a while, took a deep breath, and began to try to push the cabinet door open.
But the lock was firmly hung on it, and with Lin Banxia's current strength, he couldn't do anything at all. Lin Banxia was a little tired. He hugged his legs and coughed in a low voice, trying to eliminate his inner fear and thinking about how to deal with it.
However, before he could figure it out, he heard a loud "bang", and it seemed that someone slapped the cabinet hard.
A pale face appeared outside the cupboard, with gloomy eyes, even if there was only a small gap, it could be seen so clearly, a shrill voice sounded, accompanied by hateful curses, the thin cupboard. Began to be beaten vigorously.
"Lin Banxia—Lin Banxia—" Someone was calling Lin Banxia's name, "Just stay in there forever—" Laughter, crying, cursing, countless voices rang out one after another, and countless ferocious voices rang out. With his face squeezed into the crevice of the cabinet, Lin Banxia wanted to step back, but behind the cold cabinet wall, he finally realized that he had nowhere to escape. When he was young, he could only watch helplessly as he was wrapped in despair.
Pain, panic, despair, countless emotions that did not belong to Lin Banxia poured into his body continuously, and the intense pain hit Lin Banxia's nerves. At the moment when his consciousness was about to leave his body, Lin Banxia felt His hand was carefully wrapped by another pair of small hands.
He turned around blankly and saw a girl who was squatting beside him at some point. The girl said, "Lin Banxia, don't be afraid, I'm here."
She gave him a bright smile.
At that moment, Lin Banxia suddenly felt that something was pulled away from his body, and his soul fell into a tranquility that it had never had before.
There is no doubt that this change has become the best change in his life.
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Song Qingluo: What are you doing in the closet
Lin Banxia: To... come out
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