A five-year-old child.
A five-year-old child at the most innocent and innocent age.
But his mother tried to kill him.
— What kind of experience would this be
Soon, the ghost behind door 401 experienced similar despair.
A young man with chestnut hair stood in front of the door. He stared at the door panel, expressionless.
He closed his eyes and opened them again. The originally amber pupils turned blood red in an instant.
Intense and unsettling blood red.
"It's cheap for you." Lin Huai heard Chu Tianshu say calmly, "A one-time skill, I will give it to you as a big reward for the opening today."
As he spoke, he raised his hand, straightened his five fingers, palm down, and slowly retracted his knuckles.
"Squeak—creak—"
For a moment the ground trembled.
— that was the sound of the walls closing in!
The wooden door belonging to 401 is also distorted. It seems that there is some force that makes the walls of the room shrink sharply. Close inwards.
"what-"
The monster in the room let out a scream, and hundreds of different human voices were constantly changing in its throat. They have male voices, they have female voices, they have voices of old people, they have voices of children, and eventually...
It was the sound of flesh and blood being ground.
Chu Tianshu heard the pain disappearing inside, his heart was as hard as a stone, he just rolled his eyelids lightly, and maintained the movement of closing his fingers and bulging veins on the back of his hands.
"Yo," he said, "the bones are quite hard."
His nonchalant demeanor and overly bland words had to make people feel chills in the depths of their bones.
After all the tooth-piercing voices have died away. Chu Tianshu let go of his five fingers.
There was a strange feeling in my leg.
Chu Tianshu lowered his head, and then he saw Lin Huai hugging his calf with two paws, looking at him without blinking.
Chu Tianshu picked him up and laughed for a long time.
"Are you worried that I'm going crazy? It's okay, I'm very calm."
With a relaxed tone, he rubbed his chin on the top of Lin Huai's head, in exchange for the other party's answer: "Can it still open the door?"
"It can't be opened." Chu Tianshu said briskly, "It has become a part of the door now."
Lin Huai: "?"
Chu Tianshu carried him to the elevator: "In other words, it has been smashed against the door by all the walls inside..."
Lin Huai: ...
Seeing his silent expression, Chu Tianshu thought he was bloodied. Unexpectedly, Lin Huai quickly understood, "Like wafer biscuits?"
Chu Tianshu: "No, it's compressed biscuits."
He pressed the "1" sign, and the huskies and dolls that were originally on the corridor disappeared, leaving only the empty corridor.
Presumably this husky had already sneaked away with the rag doll in its mouth when they were cleaning up Spider Woman and Sludge.
The elevator continued to descend, and Lin Huai curled up in his arms, which was rare and well-behaved. When the elevator pointed to "1", he suddenly said: "I want to know just now..."
Chu Tianshu: "I'm autistic."
Lin Huai: "?"
After being carried to the property management room, Lin Huai quickly jumped onto the table and stretched out a paw to signal Chu Tianshu to sit down.
He stared at him with a serious expression: "Come here."
Chu Tianshu: "?"
Lin Huai: "Here come your head."
Chu Tianshu stretched out his head, and Lin Huai patted his head with his paw: "Come on, touch your head."
Chu Tianshu: "... what's wrong?"
Lin Huai: "Hey, in the TV dramas I watched, the protagonists are always comforting people like this."
Chu Tianshu: "Huh?"
Chu Tianshu didn't seem to understand his intentions, Lin Huai felt a little dizzy.
He's really bad at comforting people.
Between "It doesn't matter anyway, you are the one who survived and she is already dead" and "If she turns into a ghost and wants to kill you, I will protect you", Lin Huai carefully chose for a while, and realized that she seemed to be very serious about family affection. Lacking understanding, I finally chose to speak: "Don't shut yourself up, I'm tired, bring me the meal."
Chu Tianshu blinked, he seemed to wake up from his stupor, and he couldn't laugh or cry: "Ah? 'I'm autistic' is the name of that one-time skill?"
Lin Huai: "Meow meow?"
Chu Tianshu: "This is the legendary physical autism."
Lin Huai: ...
Okay, this is pretty self-contained.
"That's not what I want to know," he said suddenly. "What I want to know is, uh..."
"Things from your childhood."
After saying this, he felt a little uneasy. Chu Tianshu stared at him: "Why do you want to know?"
Lin Huai: "You don't want to tell me, didn't you agree..."
"No," Chu Tianshu's amber eyes flashed, "I will tell you whatever you want to know."
Lin Huaixu rolled his eyes: "Then why are you talking about this? Is the number of words?"
"no."
Chu Tianshu smiled at him.
"I want to know why you want to know me, and that doesn't conflict with the fact that I'll tell you everything if you ask," he said. "Just like you want to know, I want to know too."
—What does he mean, even if he doesn't answer this strange question, he will give an answer
From any point of view, Lin Huai didn't need to answer—you can hear the answer you want without giving your own answer, which is really a good business with huge profits. However, he finally pursed his lips, feeling a little embarrassed: "Because I..."
No, this is too embarrassing.
"Because I'm a gossip," he said.
Even an idiot can tell that this is a perfunctory answer. But Chu Tianshu didn't ask too much, he pulled a chair and sat in front of the table, and asked Lin Huai, "How much maintenance time do you have left for your skills?"
"Uh..." Lin Huai estimated, "Half an hour?"
Chu Tianshu nodded: "Half an hour is enough to talk about one thing."
As he spoke, he lay prone on the table, resting his chin on his folded hands. Feeling guilty about the perfunctory answer she gave, Lin Huai also lay down and looked at him.
The two lay on their stomachs and stared at each other for a long time. Lin Huai noticed that he was staring at the window pane behind her, and asked, "A resident outside has come back?"
Chu Tianshu: "No."
Lin Huai: "Then why are you staring at the mirror?"
"Look at my shadow and see if this angle is the most handsome in your eyes." Chu Tianshu replied, "Men are the most handsome when they talk about their thoughts. Now that it's my turn to tell about my misery At the time of the past, I, the commander-in-chief, had to find a good angle to match the tragic past to reveal the melancholy, vicissitudes, and experience of the world under the surface of my sand sculpture... "
As he said that, he also brushed a few strands of hair down from the corner of his forehead: "This will make me look more decadent and handsome."
Lin Huai: ... Chu Tianshu really has the talent to make anyone's sympathy for him disappear in an instant.
Lin Huai resisted not complaining about him. Chu Tianshu can still be funny, which shows that he is in a pretty good mental state.
"This matter has to start from a spring 27 years ago. Although Brother Chu is now about to reach the age line of a 30-year-old man in ○jiang, at that time, Brother Chu was still very young, and like now, he has no hair… "
He seemed to be trying to use a brisk tone to make an opening for his birth.
"...In short, at the age of five, I have already gained a very high reputation in the clan. Negative desires. Ahem, you said 'ridicule'? Although I occasionally ridicule, most of the time I am really telling the truth."
"As for her... she has been in poor health."
This is the first time he mentioned that "she" after a long childhood experience.
He didn't mention the name, he didn't mention the name, he just used "she" in a very peaceful and ordinary way.
"She always looks at me in the window, always in the window, looking at me." Chu Tianshu said, "When I am laughing at...communicating with other children, when I am playing with other people, when I am studying …she was always looking at me from the window. I thought at the time, that was another sign of love.”
Lin Huai: ...
"One week before my fifth birthday, she suddenly took me out. I asked her where she was going, and she said two words 'going home'. I thought it was... Going back to Gu's house. You know, I Chu Tianyu and Chu Tianyu have been quarreling since they were young. She said that she would just take me back secretly without telling her. I was quite happy at the time, and felt that I got a good deal." Chu Tianshu blinked, "I thought at the time, After going to grandma’s house, I brought back two little porcelain dolls, and said that grandma only gave me one. When she was angry and cried, I would take out the other one.”
Lin Huai: ...
He didn't know what to say, so he leaned on his arm.
"I drank a glass of milk before I set off and woke up in the car. She was in the driver's seat. I got up from the back seat, and there were dirt roads and bushes on both sides that I hadn't seen before. I asked her... "
'Mom, where is this place? Aren't we going back to grandma's house? '
"And she said..."
'Go home. The woman with long black hair turned her pale face, looked at her son sitting in the back seat with a smile, her lips were bright red, and said, "Go home." '
It was the first time that she, who was stingy with smiling, smiled so happily at her youngest son.
"... After entering Wen County, you..."
"Actually, I don't have any memories about entering Wen County. I only remember that when I woke up again, I was in a courtyard. I smelled the breath of evil spirits. Since I was a child, my talent in Taoism has been top-notch. All People say that I was born for this profession... I can quickly distinguish the breath of the ghost and its location, but I couldn't find it at that time, where is the evil spirit. I only saw black shadows, many black shadows Shadows surround the courtyard."
"She stood in the yard, looking at the sky. I've never seen her so peaceful and gentle. Then, she looked at me and said to me..."
'Tianshu, come here. '
"Then… "
'Why are you not dead yet? ! why are you alive ! '
'You should not have been born! You should not have been born! You should be at...'
'Dead before birth! '
'No...! No more learning...! '
"I saw a dark shadow walking into the yard. I wanted to remind her, but I couldn't make a sound. Later...she died." Chu Tianshu smiled wryly, "And I was thrown down in the well. .I stayed in there for three days and didn't think about anything."
Lin Huai looked at him quietly.
"Later, you refused to learn Taoism. Is it because of this that you went to school?"
"Not at all."
Lin Huai pricked up his ears.
"Another reason is..."
Lin Huai moved the tip of her tail.
"I really, really love learning." Chu Tianshu said seriously, "Especially computers and information technology are the future of mankind."
Lin Huai: "..."
"I heard something after I got home." Chu Tianshu said, "The computer she usually used broke down, and all the contents... were burned, without a trace, and could not be recovered. My father Exhausting all the power of the celestial master world to find out this matter, but in the end all failed. All phenomena indicate that she died of an extremely powerful evil spirit attack."
—Even Chu Tianshu's father, as the head of the clan, couldn't find out the cause of his wife's death
—And that computer.
Lin Huai suddenly had a ridiculous idea.
After realizing that the technique he had learned was useless in this matter, Chu Tianshu had strong doubts about it.
In addition, it was also because of his mother's warning to "don't study anymore" before his death.
"Hey, anyway, after that, I moved out of the ancestral house, received the nine-year compulsory education, lived with the nanny, and lived a happy life of playing games, going to class every day, and being freed. My father always wanted me to go back, But I am too lazy to add extra homework to myself. In short... I have experienced such exciting things when I was a child, and I just want to be an ordinary person. Of course..." After noticing Lin Huai's eyes, Chu Tianshu scratched his head, "by chance There are also painful times, such as assigning six test papers on the weekend until…”
"I picked up a child. At first, I thought he was a beautiful little girl, because the hair was quite long. During that time, I was obsessed with various anime, and I always felt that this was the beginning of some kind of green plum from heaven...cough Cough, it's getting too far. Anyway, this kid has a lot of personality, and he plans to develop his own robbery industry chain. After knowing his family situation where his father doesn't love his mother, I asked him a question—"
"Are there any mothers in the world who hate their children?"
"And he said..."
'The world's great wonders. Hmm... so my answer is 'yes'. 'The boy who was washed, still with wet hair, and wearing pajamas that looked too big for him sat on the bed, dangling his feet,'Like my parents, they all hate me. '
He said this lightly: "But it's definitely not my fault." '
'You're pretty confident. The boy threw a hair dryer at him, "Will it be used?" '
The boy looked up at the ceiling: "This is a reasonable analysis. If another child comes to a family with an unstable marriage like theirs, they will also hate this new child and regard him as their only obstacle." Like they hate me. It's not my problem, it's...'
'but what? '
'destiny. 'The boy said seriously,'This is fate. '
'How could a weak child like me possibly do them any harm? The ones who hurt them are clearly themselves. 'The boy picked up the hair dryer, as if he was studying how to use it,' so I have to run away from home, I have no reason to suffer the damage I shouldn't, um... I have never used this thing... What's wrong with you? '
The boy with a set of unreasonable principles raised his head and looked at him sideways.
'I'll blow it for you. '
The warm wind was blowing on the wet hair, and the boy squinted his eyes comfortably, still muttering: "The first robbery failed, next time we have to adjust the target, find someone easy to bully..."
'Would you like to live in my house? '
'what? '
The boy at that time didn't know, he had been working hard and conscientiously to play the role of a boy who maintained a normal and happy life as a boy, and at the moment he heard his answer, he finally—
I found a feeling and expectation that is very similar to "accomplice".