The courier company allocated a separate mobile phone to the employee, and there were a lot of calls on it, asking him why he didn't go to work, and there were many text messages from customers, checking the list and asking why he hadn't arrived yet.
Xiang Cheng woke up and touched his phone.
"Don't worry about it, rest first." Chi Xiaoduo said: "You are sick, did you dream again just now?"
"Some things from my childhood." Xiang Cheng replied.
"Don't take it to heart." Chi Xiaoduo thought to himself, Hu Xinyang's direct power has been dispelled by the antidote he prepared for the first time, otherwise Xiang Cheng will always be trapped in a dream.
Xiang Cheng said, "I'll deliver the courier first."
"I'll go." Chi Xiaoduo said.
Chi Xiaoduo packed the things into Xiang Cheng's sack in the living room, dragged them downstairs and stacked them, put on a helmet and scarf, and went to help Xiang Cheng deliver the items left at home.
Fortunately, Double Eleven has already passed, otherwise he would be dead. Chi Xiaoduo ran from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm, and dropped by to help Xiang Cheng deliver the package from the courier outlet. He said hello to the supervisor and said he was sick , unable to deliver.
"Don't use it if you are sick." The supervisor said: "Double Eleven is over, go back and rest, and settle the money for your brother in a few days, and don't use it to go to work after the payment, and wait for the Double Twelve notification."
It would have been pissed off if it was someone else, but Chi Xiaoduo heaved a sigh of relief. He knocked on doors from door to door and delivered the packages. The aunts asked, "Huh? Why are you here today? Where's your brother?"
"I'm sick." Chi Xiaoduo said, "I won't do it next month. He's a temporary worker. He's too tall. Doing physical work can easily cause back strain."
"Hey wait!" The aunt said to Chi Xiaoduo, "Come on, take this."
Chi Xiaoduo took the fruit and eggs from the aunt and said, "Thank you!"
After Chi Xiaoduo sent the documents back, he packed up the things that the aunts in the community gave him, as well as the medicine for relieving muscle fatigue, and some herbs given by the old people in the country, and put them on the table.
Chi Xiaoduo recalled the scene in his dream, and the more he thought about it, the more frightened he became. This was the ability to confuse. But different from ordinary illusions, the fox demon's strength lies in the fact that what it attacks is the weakest part of everyone's heart. Perhaps this is the inner demon, which is what he cares most about.
He had already successfully resisted the coercion of the nine-tailed sky fox with the dragon pupil, but Hu Xinyang's power still blatantly invaded his memory.
In this way, the shock suffered by Xiang Cheng may be more difficult to overcome.
"Get up." Chi Xiaoduo carefully woke Xiang Cheng up.
Xiang Cheng had a low fever, Chi Xiaoduo gave Xiang Cheng medicine.
Xiang Cheng was like a big, frizzy kid, hugging the quilt, taking some antipyretics, and picking up his phone to take a look.
"I resigned for you." Chi Xiaoduo said.
"Yeah." Xiang Cheng replied coldly.
Chi Xiaoduo flipped through the manual, but he was helpless in such a situation, and even the exorcist committee didn't have any information about the Nine-Tailed Sky Fox. There is no way to get rid of this kind of dream-like guidance. Xiang Cheng can only think of many childhood things in his dreams, and these things are real.
"Will you feel uncomfortable?" Chi Xiaoduo said, "You may have fallen into his illusion."
"I haven't." Xiang Cheng said, "Everything in the dream is real."
Chi Xiaoduo said: "This kind of illusion is to keep digging out your past memories..."
"I haven't." Xiang Cheng said.
"Okay." Chi Xiaoduo thought for a while, and said, "No matter what, you should put aside Hu Xinyang's matter for now, don't sleep any more, and don't think about it anymore."
Chi Xiaoduo wondered if Xiang Cheng just had a common fever. Was this disease caused by the nine-tailed celestial fox? He tried Xiang Cheng's forehead. According to his knowledge, the power of the fox demon can only capture people's hearts, not make people sick. Xiang Cheng's mind should have been shaken after being attacked by the fox demon, resulting in a cold.
The power of the fox demon acts on the dream, although Chi Xiaoduo forcibly intercepted the illusion at the first moment, but it still has some influence afterwards. The most important thing now is not to sleep for the time being, let him wake up, and resolve most of the knots in the awake state before he can fall asleep again.
"Drink some refreshing coffee." Chi Xiaoduo made a cup of coffee for Xiang Cheng to drink.
Chi Xiaoduo observed him for a while, but couldn't confirm whether he had a dream. It would be troublesome if he dreamed as soon as he fell asleep. Hu Xinyang's phantom power had surpassed the power of all the monsters he knew, which made him feel a little helpless.
To isolate this phantom power, there are only two ways to go. One: to kill the Nine-Tailed Sky Fox, you have to find an organization to find a way. Two: Maybe the Xinxin Lamp can dispel this power.
"I think." Chi Xiaoduo tentatively asked Xiang Cheng, "Xiang Cheng?"
"What?" Xiang Cheng was distracted and looked up at Chi Xiaoduo.
Chi Xiaoduo said, "Are you going to drive the committee? I think they need to be notified about the Nine-Tailed Sky Fox, otherwise it will be very troublesome if they are attacked by surprise."
"You go." Xiang Cheng replied: "I still have something to do, I have to go out."
"Where are you going?" Chi Xiaoduo glanced at the clock on the wall, it was three thirty in the afternoon.
Xiang Cheng was still thinking about something, and said casually: "You don't care."
Chi Xiaoduo had no choice but to sit down again.
"I think we need to talk." Chi Xiaoduo was a little depressed and irritable, and said, "Xiang Cheng, can you talk about your past?"
Xiang Cheng smoked a cigarette and didn't speak, Chi Xiaoduo said: "From the first day we were together, I didn't know you at all. You never mentioned the past to me... very rarely. You only said it once , that time when we were on the train, going to Beijing."
Xiang Cheng said calmly: "I love you, and you love me too, what else is important?"
Chi Xiaoduo looked at Xiang Cheng and felt that he seemed different from before. The handsome Xiang Cheng in the clubhouse, the handsome and fashionable Xiang Cheng in a high-end suit, and the worn-out migrant worker camouflage uniform with a woven bag on his back. Xiang Cheng, who was watching a movie with him in Beijing...
He has never encountered such a love, and he has never thought about what they need to be after being together.
But no matter what, he knew that it might be one of the biggest difficulties they faced together now, just like the countless short stories he had read in books before, people love each other and need to overcome all difficulties together , to go forever.
"I...before, I thought so." Chi Xiaoduo struggled to choose words, and said, "I don't like people to question my past, after all, my parents... well, you also know what my family is like , so I never ask about my friends' past. If you want to tell me, you will naturally mention it."
"But I love you, I think you have encountered difficulties, so I want to know what you think in your heart." Chi Xiaoduo said: "Say it, we will bear it together."
"You don't understand." Xiang Cheng said: "You don't know, if you knew what kind of person I am from the beginning, you would never be with me."
"You have always wanted to avenge your mother, is that so?" Chi Xiaoduo said suddenly.
Xiang Cheng took a look at Chi Xiaoduo and extinguished the cigarette butt.
For almost a moment, Chi Xiaoduo felt that he had finally seen the real Xiang Cheng.
"Yes." Xiang Cheng said.
"Thank you for telling me this." Chi Xiaoduo said, "I believe in you, but..."
"What did Chen Lang tell you?" Xiang Cheng said suddenly.
Chi Xiaoduo: "..."
More than a month ago, Xiang Cheng stood at the security checkpoint and looked back.
Chen Lang held Chi Xiaoduo in his arms, and looked at him from a distance with Chen Zhen. Chen Lang immediately looked away, and then said something to Chi Xiaoduo with his fingers.
Xiang Cheng said again: "Everyone told you to be wary of me, right? Chen Zhen even questioned you repeatedly, wanting to know how I usually behave, otherwise why would he let you live in his house?"
Chi Xiaoduo suddenly became angry, but then he realized that what Xiang Cheng said might just be influenced by the fox demon, not his original intention.
"How is it possible?" Chi Xiaoduo said seriously: "Before I met you, I didn't even know who Chen Zhen was. We never discussed you, and neither did Xiao Lang. He just asked me to pay attention to your demons. Let me accompany you, let us live a good life, I know you want revenge, don't be influenced by the power of the nine-tailed sky fox, Xiang Cheng."
"I didn't!" Xiang Cheng frowned deeply, and said, "They killed my mother, didn't you see my dream?! You entered my dream. You held a lamp and stood in the middle of the river. You saw it all on the raft!"
Xiang Cheng was obviously very angry, breathless, and said: "My father used me as a bait to ask my mother to come back. Zhou Maoguo led the team, and the entire expulsion committee came. They killed her, and I killed her... "
"Why?" Chi Xiaoduo said: "Is that also your dream? But I only saw a little bit, only a little bit, I don't know the cause and effect. But I believe it must not be what you think, because Hu Xinyang also tried to influence me , he is lying!"
"He concealed a lot of things, he just showed you the scene that you didn't know, his illusion tricked you. You know why your father and mother..."
"How do I know?" Xiang Cheng asked back: "How do I know?! Because she is a demon! This is her original sin!"
"Calm down, Xiang Cheng." Chi Xiaoduo felt that Xiang Cheng's expression suddenly became a little ferocious, and he couldn't tell whether what Xiang Cheng said was what he really thought, or whether he was controlled by Hu Xinyang. However, he also vaguely suspected that even though he had resisted Hu Xinyang's controlling power, after being infiltrated into the dream by that powerful monster, he was more or less affected.
Otherwise, he wouldn't talk about such issues with Xiang Cheng now. He had unreservedly believed in Xiang Cheng before. Maybe at the very beginning, he opposed the expulsion of the committee, and Chi Xiaoduo would stand by him.
But not now, now Xiang Cheng is only under control, his behavior is abnormal.
"Calm down." Chi Xiaoduo said: "I love you, Xiang Cheng, I love you, and I will never betray you."
Xiang Cheng gradually calmed down and said: "I'm sorry, Xiaoduo, I love you too, I can't control the things I thought about in my dream."
"I know you love me." Chi Xiaoduo moved the chair away, went to sit beside Xiang Cheng, pulled his arm, and let him hug her. The two were silent for a moment, and Xiang Cheng had tears in his eyes.
"What do you want?" Chi Xiaoduo said.
"Take back my things." Xiang Cheng said calmly, "Then take revenge. Whoever participated in Bashan's actions back then will have to pay with their lives."
Chi Xiaoduo's feeling came back again, Xiang Cheng seemed to be brainwashed by the nine-tailed sky fox, and Hu Xinyang's words sounded in his mind again——
— "How about a bet? Bet on whether I can take Ba She away from you. You have dragon pupils, but Ba She doesn't."
Chi Xiaoduo said cautiously: "Xiang Cheng, if I'm just making a hypothesis, in case of the tragedy that year, the expulsion committee is forced to do so?"
Xiang Cheng took a deep breath, trembling all over his body, Chi Xiaoduo immediately said: "Whether it is or not, even if you want to take revenge, we must first find out the truth of the year. It wasn't the nine-tailed sky fox who told you, so we have reservations." The truth, but the truth we have obtained through our own investigation... "
"I knew you were with them!" Xiang Cheng roared angrily.
Chi Xiaoduo immediately stood up, trying to avoid Xiang Cheng, his instinctive reaction told him that Xiang Cheng might sweep things to the ground, or hit him with an ashtray.
But Xiang Cheng didn't, he just looked at Chi Xiaoduo.
"It's the first time you're yelling at me like that." Chi Xiaoduo looked at Xiang Cheng.
Xiang Cheng closed his eyes, let out a long sigh, and rubbed his eyebrows with his thumb and middle finger.
"I will always be with you." Chi Xiaoduo said: "If this matter comes to the end, we must stand on the opposite side of the expulsion committee, and I will not leave you."
Xiang Cheng said: "I and the drive committee are always opposites. I am a demon and you are human. You don't understand. You are in their eyes. No matter how many mistakes you make, you are their own, unless you have to. Everyone will forgive you and tolerate you. Even if I do nothing, standing there, all human beings will suspect me and be wary of me... "
There was a light knocking sound outside the window, Sigui came back, and Chi Xiaoduo hurriedly got up to put it in.
"Have you found it?" Chi Xiaoduo asked.
After Sigui came in, he first flew to the dining table, turned his head to look at Xiang Cheng, Xiang Cheng raised his hand vigilantly to guard against Sigui, Sigui took a few steps back, flew up again, and landed on Chi Xiaoduo's shoulder.
Chi Xiaoduo: "..."
For a moment, the room was extremely silent, except for the breathing of Chi Xiaoduo and Xiang Cheng. At that moment, Chi Xiaoduo clearly felt Sigui's feathers stand on end, as if releasing a murderous aura, ready to attack Xiang Cheng at any time.
How could this be? !
"It's here to spy on me." Xiang Cheng put down his hand and said calmly, "My father stayed behind to kill me at any time."
"No... no way." Chi Xiaoduo looked at Sigui, stretched out his hand, and put it on its body, and Sigui's feathers calmed down.
Xiang Cheng got up, went in and put on his clothes, Chi Xiaoduo asked, "Where are you going?"
"You, don't go anywhere." Xiang Cheng said, "Wait for me at home."
"Wait!" Chi Xiaoduo chased him out, but Xiang Cheng got on the delivery motorcycle, and Chi Xiaoduo shouted, "Xiang Cheng!"
Chi Xiaoduo slipped in the snow and fell into a very embarrassing situation. Sigui flew up, and Chi Xiaoduo shouted again: "Sigui!"
Sigui also flew away.
After half an hour:
Chi Xiaoduo tossed the bag, put it on the back, and broke into the drive committee.
After four o'clock, a lot of people came to the exorcism committee. They were all exorcists who came back from Beijing, and they were checking tasks on the self-service machine.
Chi Xiaoduo ran into the hall and asked the front desk, "Is Director Huang Zheng there?"
"He went to Dengfeng Shaolin Temple on a business trip." A clerk sister said: "What happened? How is your case going? Do you need support?"
In front of the self-service machine in the back, many people looked at Chi Xiaoduo. Chi Xiaoduo looked back and nodded to them as a way of saying hello. Several people knew Chi Xiaoduo, but Chi Xiaoduo couldn't call out their names.
"hello."
"Hello."
"Is there any trouble?"
"Where's your partner?"
"No." Chi Xiaoduo calmed down and replied, "There is something I need to do, please contact Beijing, thank you."
Chi Xiaoduo borrowed a computer, used his name and certificate number to log in to the internal network of the Drive Commission, and typed the information of Nine-Tailed Sky Fox, and left a "dangerous level" content that needs to be investigated further. Considering that Hu Xinyang According to Chi Xiaoduo's own deduction about taking Xiang Cheng away, the nine-tailed celestial fox is likely to be with Jing Hao.
But he didn't analyze the specific reasons, but just marked "personal speculation" and wrote "Xiang Cheng, Chi Xiaoduo" at the signature.
Then he clicked submit, and the clerk brought him a cup of tea and asked, "Where's Xiang Cheng?"
"Analyze the case at home." Chi Xiaoduo said, and while calling Dada, Dada's cell phone was always busy.
"I just got in touch with Director Huang." The girl said, "He told you to wait in the association and come back later to meet you for dinner."
"No, no, no." Chi Xiaoduo hurriedly said, "I have to go home right away. Director Huang, please send someone to investigate Huasi Yayuan as soon as possible. I'm afraid that the monster still has accomplices."
The girl went to answer the phone, and Chi Xiaoduo took a look at it. On the computer, the reply was very fast.
[The project has been transferred from the Field Service Department to the Organization Department.]
[The report has been received from Gegento Ruleda, and the case is now being taken over by the Office of the Organization Department. How's it going? ] Chi Xiaoduo: [Is it Chen Zhen?]
[yes.]
Chi Xiaoduo: [I am in trouble and need help. Neither Xiang Cheng nor I can fight against the Nine-Tailed Sky Fox.][Support personnel will be sent to you as soon as possible, please ask Dada and Zhou Wanyuan for help.]Chen Zhen gave the answer almost without thinking.
Chi Xiaoduo was anxious to see Xiang Cheng, so she replied to Chen Zhen: [I'm leaving.]
"Can you send me a car?" Chi Xiaoduo said.
"Please wait a moment." The girl said, "Let me ask Director Huang for instructions, where are we going?"
"go… "
Chi Xiaoduo stood in the middle of the hall, people came and went, he felt that the ring that Xiang Cheng was keeping with him was getting farther and farther away, heading east.
"East, what's east?" Chi Xiaoduo asked.
"Kaifeng?" the girl said.
At this time, Koda finally called.
"Chen Zhen asked me to come to the driving committee to help you immediately." Koda said, "My friend brought me here and almost gave me a heart attack. Where are you and Xiang Cheng?"
"I'm driving the committee." Chi Xiaoduo said: "Xiang Cheng went chasing monsters by himself, Da Ke, do you have a car?"
"Hello, Duan." Koda said.
The other side responded vaguely, and Chi Xiaoduo said, "Can you take us for a ride? I need to track down another monster."
On the other end of the phone, a man's voice said, "No problem, where are you going?"
Keda said: "Go pick up people first, Xiaoduo, do you want to go home and clean up?"
Chi Xiaoduo said, "No, let's go."
Chi Xiaoduo ran out of the driving committee, and a Lamborghini drove out of the Yellow River. Chi Xiaoduo flipped through the magic weapon in the bag, Zhou Maoguo's hourglass was taken away by Xiang Cheng, and in the distance, the Lamborghini honked the horn, Koda rolled down the passenger window, and shouted at Chi Xiaoduo: "Get in the car!"
"Where are you going?" In the driver's seat, a man turned his head and shook hands with Chi Xiaoduo, and Chi Xiaoduo shook hands with him.
"This is Duan Shixing." Da Ke said.
Duan Shixing nodded.
"Isn't it going to Kaifeng? Damn, I just drove here and I'm going back?" Duan Shixing said, then turned the steering wheel and set off.
As soon as the car drove out of the driving committee, Sigui came down from the zenith, Chi Xiaoduo hurriedly opened the window and put it in the car.
"Have you found anyone?" Chi Xiaoduo asked.
Sigui raised his head, facing east.
Duan Shixing drove onto the viaduct, and there was a long motorcade in front of him.
"Traffic jam." Duan Shixing said, "Take a break."
Chi Xiaoduo: "..."
Reachable: "..."
Today is Friday night, and the road out of the city is blocked. Whether you are a Lamborghini or a Dongfeng Daka, you are not allowed to move.
"I'll make a call." Duan Shixing said, "See if we can send a helicopter over."
"There's no place to park nearby," Koda said.
"Use the steel cable to hoist the car out," Duan Shixing said.
"No, it's too arrogant." Da Ke comforted Chi Xiaoduo, saying, "Xiang Daxian will not be in danger, don't worry."
Duan Shixing looked at Chi Xiaoduo from the rear mirror.
Chi Xiaoduo leaned wearily on the back seat and nodded. Kodak crawled over from the passenger seat, put his arm around his shoulders, and patted him to comfort him.
Chi Xiaoduo didn't dare to tell Kada what happened, recalling the details of his dealings with them in the past, he suddenly found that the words and deeds of Chen Zhen and Zhou Maoguo seemed to have deep meaning.
"Why did Brother Xiang act suddenly without looking for help?" Duan Shixing asked.
"I don't know." Chi Xiaoduo didn't dare to say anything, and replied in his heart: Why did Xiang Cheng act suddenly? It was because he was afraid that if his family's magic weapon was found to be in the hands of the fox demon by the exorcist, the exorcist would send people to encircle and suppress it. After the demon fox, maybe you won't get it in the end.
Koda and Duan Shixing looked at each other, Koda gently shook his finger to signal him not to ask any more questions.
Heavy snow was flying in the sky, and the Central Plains area ushered in the blizzard that had never happened in thirty years. Private cars were all blocked on the expressway, and Xiang Cheng rode a motorcycle, weaving back and forth in the convoy, blowing up heavy snow.
And beside the road, the shadow of a white beast disappeared in an instant.
Outside the gas station, Xiang Cheng bought a bowl of instant noodles and stood on the side of the road in the wind and snow, waiting for the instant noodles to be ready.
The phone kept vibrating, a call came, and several WeChat messages flashed.
The call is from Beijing, and the WeChat message is sent by Chi Xiaoduo.
[Are you cycling? I dare not call you.]
[Come back, don't be impulsive, Xiang Cheng, I believe you can beat yourself.]
After Xiang Cheng finished eating the instant noodles, he glanced at his phone, but he didn't make any more calls. He put his phone on his back and was about to get in the car to leave when the call came again, this time from an unknown number. Xiang Cheng hesitated for a moment, but didn't answer.
who is it
Xiang Cheng frowned deeply, recalling the call, when he was about to answer it, the strange call was cut off again.
Xiang Cheng wants to call back, this time there is a third mobile phone call, this number is different from the first two numbers, it is a Beijing number, this time Xiang Cheng answered without hesitation.
"Xiang Cheng?" Chen Zhen said in his voice.
Xiang Cheng remained silent.
"What's the matter?" Xiang Cheng lit a cigarette and leaned against the back wall of the convenience store.
"Get out of there immediately." Chen Zhen said on the phone: "The nine-tailed sky fox is not something you can deal with. The organization will send someone over to assist you as soon as possible."
"Assist me?" Xiang Cheng said coldly, "You must be watching me."
Hu Xinyang changed into Chen Zhen's face, wearing a bluetooth headset in the warehouse, making Chen Zhen's voice, and the person standing beside him was Wang Lei, who watched Hu Xinyang silently.
"I'm doing it for your own good, Xiang Cheng." Hu Xinyang said in Chen Zhen's voice, "I really want to trouble you, so I won't change my phone number. This number has not been monitored by the organization."
"What do you want to say, just say it." Xiang Cheng casually flicked the cigarette ash.