"But this time there was nothing, let alone a dream. I didn't feel anything." I couldn't help asking, "Wen Jiubai, what is that evil spirit?"
"Well, who knows." Wen Jiubai said vaguely.
"You already know, right?" I was once again irritated by Wen Jiubai's perfunctory attitude, "If you don't want to tell me, just tell me."
Wen Jiubai looked at me helplessly, then put his hands into his sleeves, and looked at me seriously, "Gu Yu, do you know about 'Ghosts'?"
"Ghost?" It was a completely new vocabulary, and I shook my head blankly.
"The so-called ghosts. People become ghosts while they are still alive."
"While still alive... turned into a ghost?" I was a little surprised, unable to understand Wen Jiubai's meaning, "How is that possible?"
"Everything is possible, as long as there is a cause, there will be an effect. There is nothing inconceivable." Wen Jiubai looked at me, "I told you before, no matter what kind of ghosts and gods heresy, it is all because of people's hearts."
I nodded.
"If there is no evil in the heart, it is impossible to give birth to ghosts. Then the existence of ghosts is easy to understand." Wen Jiubai continued, "The so-called ghosts are just human beings who have been cursed."
"Curse?" I was even more confused, "I muttered 'Ma Mi Mi Mi coax', is it the kind of curse that casts a curse and turns others into ghosts?"
Wen Jiubai was suddenly amused by me, "Although there are such things, but the 'curse' we are discussing now is not that kind of curse."
"What is that? The more you talk about it, the more I don't understand it." I scratched my hair a little annoyed.
Wen Jiubai smiled and explained, "Let's explain it to you in a simpler way. For example—"
As he said that, Wen Jiubai pulled a leaf from the grass beside him and handed it to me, "Tell me, what is this thing called?"
"Huh?" I was puzzled, "Yezi."
"That's right, it's the leaf." Wen Jiubai shook the leaf on his hand, "The moment you called out its name, you, Gu Yu, cast a spell on this leaf. Correspondingly, this leaf Also bound by the name 'Ye', no longer free."
"I still don't understand what you're talking about." Faced with these inexplicable theories from Wen Jiubai's mouth, I completely gave up thinking.
"Another example." Wen Jiubai dropped the leaf, and suddenly approached me, "If I do this..."
I was taken aback by Wen Jiubai's sudden movement, his face suddenly moved very close to me, at the same time, a hand touched the back of my hand, and a warm feeling came from the joint of skin.
too close! Alarm bells were ringing in my head and my heart was pounding. Wen Jiubai's well-shaped lips were only a few centimeters away from me, I was completely frozen in place, and subconsciously closed my eyes.
But at this time, Wen Jiubai's lips moved up suddenly, came to my ear, and said softly, "If I do this, you will think that I want to kiss you, and you will subconsciously close your eyes. Your cheeks are hot, and your heartbeat is accelerating... This is also a kind of mantra."
I was so angry that I punched Wen Jiubai in the face without even hesitation.
"Wow, it hurts!" Before Wen Jiubai could dodge in time, he was hit hard and almost fell to the ground.
"You deserve it!" I glared at him angrily, "Why are your cheeks so hot and your heart beating faster, what kind of hooligans are you taking this opportunity to play! Shameless!"
"It's just a joke, you reacted too much." Wen Jiubai rubbed his face, with a half-smile, "If you don't let you experience it, how do you understand the meaning of the curse?"
"Are you trying to say that I'm under your curse?" I said angrily, "You are too arrogant!"
"I didn't say that either..."
"What's the matter?" Bai woke up from his sleep, rubbed his eyes and looked at us, "Why did you start arguing?"
"Ask him." I got angry and pointed at Wen Jiubai, "What time is it? You're still joking!"
"Don't be angry. I think you're so cute with a serious and nervous face." Wen Jiubai said with a smile, "Don't be so nervous, anyway, it's only after nine o'clock, and it should be early before we have to go out—"
As he said that, Wen Jiubai raised his eyes inadvertently, looked in the direction of Xiaoying's room, but was stunned for a while. He frowned and pursed his lips.
"What's the matter?" As I said that, I followed Wen Jiubai's gaze, and was also stunned.
Although the night is already very dark, since we are very close to Xiaoying's room, almost immediately, through the window, we saw a wandering black figure in the room.
"That's it!" As soon as I said that, Wen Jiubai covered my mouth and asked me to keep silent with a serious expression.
I swallowed secretly, nodded, and he let go of his hand. I stared at the window, my heart was pounding. There was no sound in the room, it seemed that Xiaoying was still fast asleep. But the black shadow in the room approached Xiaoying's small wooden bed step by step, and finally stopped at the side of the bed.
Not good, dangerous! I was about to rush out, but Wen Jiubai grabbed my arm and growled, "Don't go out!"
Helpless, I could only stay where I was, gritting my teeth and looking at the window.
After a while, the black shadow continued to move towards the bed. Judging from its position, it seemed that... it had climbed onto Xiaoying's bed! At this moment, I clearly heard Xiaoying scream.
"Ah—don't! Don't come here!"
Seen from the dim light, Xiaoying sat up from the bed, but the black shadow seemed to restrain her immediately, imprisoning her tightly on the bed. Xiaoying screamed loudly while struggling violently.
"Stop!" I couldn't take it anymore, and rushed out of the grass.
"Gu Yu, come back!" Wen Jiubai shouted loudly behind me, but I couldn't care about anything, I only had one thought in my mind.
—if left alone. Xiaoying will die.
I rushed to the window in one go. The windows are very low, and there are no anti-theft railings, so I broke the window and rushed in with just such a force.
The glass shattered all over the floor, and the black shadow and Xiaoying in the room were stunned at the same time. And I quickly turned over and took out the flashlight I had with me before.
No matter what kind of ghost it is, it must be afraid of light. Thinking this way, I flicked the flashlight on the shadow.
With the light, the appearance of the black shadow immediately appeared in front of my eyes, but I froze my body at this moment.
What my flashlight caught was not a ghost at all, but a human being. A tall and thin man with a pale face covered his eyes with his hand because of the light on his eyes, and he was holding a dagger that was shining brightly and stained with blood.
I was also familiar with the appearance of the man. That's right, it was the "Uncle Wang" who drove us out.