Every time Huang Dan took on a task, he kept a list of suspects in his mind, and eliminated them one by one according to the clues. Zhou Jiaojiao was on the list this time, but he never thought that she was dead.

Although Huang Dan asked Mr. Lu before, the other party replied that ghosts exist in different ways in area 120, and ghosts are different from ghost to ghost, some have no body, some have, it is difficult to distinguish among the crowd.

He still didn’t associate it with Zhou Jiaojiao.

Zhou Jiaojiao gives Huang Dan the impression that she is a young, innocent girl next door, sometimes careless, her body exudes a sunny smell, very real.

A dead person can still give people a real feeling.

When Huang Dan looked at the portrait again, the shock in his heart was still strong. He shifted his gaze to the portrait of the middle-aged man. In his opinion, Father Zhou was just a father who spoiled his daughter too much. Unexpectedly, he was gone too.

“Shuran, sit down, Mom, go and get all the candy out of my room!”

Zhou Jiaojiao happily ran into the main room, gave instructions to the woman, and touched Huang Dan with her hand, but was waved away by Chen Shi.

Huang Dan’s mind was a little messed up.

He quickly sorted out his thoughts. Zhou Jiaojiao and her father were dead. Her mother could see her, and she should also be able to see her father. She also knew that they had been to the studio.

Glancing at Chen Shi who didn’t change his expression after entering the main room, Huang Dan was sure he had known for a long time that Zhou Jiaojiao and her father were not alive.

When Chen Shi saw the youngster looking at him, he touched his nose and felt that he was going to kneel on the washboard tonight.

Huang Dan put it down for now, let’s talk about it when we go back.

The woman came out with a plate full of fruit candies, and put the fruit plate on the coffee table next to Huang Dan. She stood in front of her daughter, a little nervous, her eyes turned red, “Jiaojiao, can you call mom again?”

Standing in front of the portraits of herself and her father, Zhou Jiaojiao said flatly, “It doesn’t matter if call or not.”

The woman burst into tears.

Zhou Jiaojiao frowned, “My friend came to see me today, can you stop doing this?”

The woman hurriedly said sorry, she wiped her eyes and said, “Mom…… Mom, is going inside…… If you need anything…… just call Mom……”

Huang Dan looked at the back of the woman leaving, it seemed that the relationship between mother and daughter was not good.

What’s more, Zhou Jiaojiao is not the kind of person who doesn’t know that she is dead and is still living according to the original track. She knows it, and it can be seen from her expression when she looks at the portrait.

There was one fruit candy missing from the plate. Zhou Jiaojiao peeled off the outer layer of the candy wrapper and threw the candy into her mouth. As usual, she would not roll the candy with her tongue and wait for it to melt slowly, but bite it directly.

The crunching sound lasted for quite a while in the main room, until Zhou Jiaojiao’s mouth was filled with the smell of candy, which overwhelmed other smells.

When she looked at Huang Dan, there was another smile on her face, “Shuran, why don’t you eat candy? Oh, I see, Chen Shi won’t let you eat my food. You like him and listen to him.”

Huang Dan, “Yes.”

Zhou Jiaojiao curled her lips, “I like you too, why don’t you like me?”

It seems that the portrait on the table does not exist at all, without the gloominess brought by the boundary between life and death, they communicate with each other as before, as if they just haven’t seen each other for a few days after the new year.

Huang Dan was a bit afraid of ghosts, but he was not afraid of Zhou Jiaojiao, because he was very familiar with her. He didn’t say anything, but Chen Shi said, “You are already dead.”

What Zhou Jiaojiao wanted to say was forced back by Chen Shi’s cold stare. She smiled again, “Shuran, you came to see me, do you have something to tell me?”

Huang Dan said to Chen Shi, “You wait for me outside.”

Chen Shi frowned, “No.”

Huang Dan said, “I’ll be fine.”

Zhou Jiaojiao also said at the same time, “Chen Shi, what are you worried about, I won’t hurt Shuran.”

Chen Shi sneered, “You don’t even blush when you lie, who scared him to death?”

The smile on Zhou Jiaojiao’s face suddenly froze, her body trembled, her eyes widened slightly, full of panic.

Huang Dan’s eyelids twitched. He knew that the original owner was scared to death, but he didn’t know that it had something to do with Zhou Jiaojiao. Now that he thought about it, there were clues. When he traveled to this world, the first thing he saw was Zhou Jiaojiao’s hands.

The door was open, and a gust of cold wind blew in, blowing up the candy wrapper on the table, and it floated onto Zhou Jiaojiao’s body. She stretched out her hand to hold it, and tears fell down, “Shuran, I didn’t do it on purpose, sorry.”

Those words were repeated over and over again.

Huang Dan watched a dead person cry in front of him, those tears were real, covering her whole face. He was shocked, the ghosts in this area were so similar to people.

At this moment, Huang Dan suddenly trembled. In the eyes of Chen Shi and Zhou Jiaojiao, he was already dead.

Wrong.

If the owner of this body is still Zhang Shuran, he will live in a human body after death, and he will definitely find Zhou Jiaojiao who scared him to death, but he didn’t.

Zhou Jiaojiao probably guessed that he was not the original Zhang Shuran.

Huang Dan asked Mr. Lu in his heart.

System, “After some people die, they will forget some things in their lifetime. They forget more, they forget less. It depends on various factors. Some will remember, and some don’t even know how they died before reincarnation.”

Huang Dan was taken aback, did Zhou Jiaojiao just think he forgot?

Zhou Jiaojiao’s next words confirmed Huang Dan’s conjecture, “I…… I see that you still talk to me, so I know you don’t remember what happened at that time, Shuran, I’m really sorry, I didn’t mean to hurt anyone , I was talking to a jiejie who died in school that night, I didn’t know you were there…..”

Huang Dan glanced at Chen Shi, probably the other party thought so too, and thought he was Zhang Shuran, but he just forgot something.

He thought to himself, he had to have a good chat with Chen Shi when he went back.

Zhou Jiaojiao was very broken, she kept crying, the skin on her face turned red, giving people the illusion that the flesh was about to split and blood seeped from the inside.

Huang Dan asked Mr. Lu, knowing that the original owner had already gone to reincarnate, “Forget about the past.”

Zhou Jiaojiao’s crying stopped abruptly, she trembled her lips, and asked cautiously, “Shuran, did you forgive me?”

Huang Dan nodded, “Yes, I forgive you.”

Zhou Jiaojiao cried and laughed, and grabbed Huang Dan’s hand, “Thank you, Shuran.”

Chen Shi couldn’t see anyone touching the youngster, so he immediately pushed Zhou Jiaojiao’s hand away, and said in a bad tone, “Okay, everyone’s time is precious, if you have anything to say, just say it quickly.”

Huang Dan looked at Chen Shi.

Chen Shi coughed, he stopped talking, closed his eyes and played with the youngster’s fingers.

Huang Dan asked Zhou Jiaojiao, “Would you like to tell me about yourself?”

After a brief silence, Zhou Jiaojiao lowered her eyes and picked at the nail polish on her hands, “At that time, my dad devoted himself to the company and was busy with business matters every day. He seldom went home and didn’t care about family affairs. “

Her tone was flat, as if she was talking about other people’s affairs, and had nothing to do with her. “One day I was talking to my classmates in class, and was ordered to stand outside the classroom by the teacher. I came back from school ahead of schedule.”

“When I went upstairs and was about to go to sleep, I heard my mother’s screams and a strange man’s voice from the bedroom. I knew what they were doing. I felt sick, so I put down my schoolbag and ran out.”

Zhou Jiaojiao scratched her face, “My mother knew that I was back, she cried and begged me not to tell my father, I agreed, Shuran, do you think it’s wrong for me to do this? But I didn’t know what to do. If my dad finds out, I won’t have a home. Even if he didn’t beat my mom to death, he would divorce my mom.”

“By then I would be a liability, a kicker, a nasty drag.”

Huang Dan didn’t speak, nor did Chen Shi. The only voice in the main room was Zhou Jiaojiao’s voice. She was very calm, neither crying nor laughing, tearing up all the ugly sides of the family, “My mother lied to me, she said she won’t contact that man again in the future, but it didn’t take long before I saw him again at home.”

“That day my mother sat in a chair and cried, saying that they were in love, and that she would divorce my dad when I was an adult, and told me to live with her. I didn’t want to go home, and asked my dad to send me money. I lived in the dormitory, and slowly I started skipping classes, sneaking to Internet cafes to surf the Internet.”

“My grades dropped very badly, and I became the bottom of the class. The class teacher tried to talk to me, but it was useless, so he called my home. My mother told my dad. As a result, my dad beat me up as soon as he came back. After a short pause, he answered the phone and returned to the company. In his eyes, nothing was more important than career.”

Huang Dan listened and searched for the information he had learned before. No wonder Zhou Jiaojiao said that she and her father were the only ones at home. In her heart, she no longer had a mother.

“It happened last year. It was Wednesday. I was surfing the Internet in an Internet cafe. My dad came and scolded me and beat me in front of many people in the Internet cafe. I ran out, and he kept chasing after me……”

Zhou Jiaojiao’s voice paused, and finally revealed that she was not a bystander, but one of the parties involved, “When the car accident happened, I didn’t realize it. When I stood up, I saw that my father and I were crushed by the wheel. Only then did we realize that we both are dead.”

“If I hadn’t been running around the street, I wouldn’t have had an accident and hurt my dad, but if I hadn’t gone to the Internet cafe, or my dad hadn’t come to see me, beat me and scold me, I wouldn’t have run around, either. Going forward in time, there will be more to say.”

She scratched her face, “Shuran, in fact, no matter when you start talking about it, the ending that has already happened will not change, just like destiny.”

Huang Dan struggled with two words, “Car accident?”

Zhou Jiaojiao hummed, “It was a serial car accident.”

Huang Dan suddenly turned his head.

Chen Shi continued to pluck at the youngster’s fingers, as if he didn’t hear him.

Huang Dan frowned, regardless of whether the serial car accident Zhou Jiaojiao mentioned was the same as what Chen Shi saw, he put it aside for now, and will bring it up later when he goes back.

He understood how Father Zhou’s doting came about, it was the accumulation of endless guilt, self-blame, and regret.

Zhou’s father did not fulfill his responsibilities as a father, he only cared about his own career, neglected to discipline his daughter, and did not accompany his daughter well, so after his death, he will always guard his daughter and prevent her from running around.

“Your father……”

“Gone.”

Zhou Jiaojiao scratched her face and said with a smile, “I’m leaving too, Shuran, I’m very glad you can come this time.”

Huang Dan guessed it, but he didn’t know the rules there. He asked in his heart, “Mr. Lu, what determines how long a dead person will stay in this world?”

System, “It’s very complicated, and I can’t explain it in a sentence or two clearly.”

Huang Dan asked, “Then say a few more words.”

He waited for Mr. Lu to chat with himself for a few minutes, only to hear one sentence, “One will leave when it is time to leave.”

It fits the other party’s style of doing things very well.

Huang Dan asked, “Jiaojiao, did you get rid of the face on the painting?”

He thought, if Zhou Jiaojiao said yes, then his mission in this world would be completed.

But Zhou Jiaojiao shook her head, “It’s not me.”

Huang Dan was stunned. Are there other ghosts? He said, “Then Xia Wei, Lin Mao, the girls in No. 1 Middle School, and Shen Liang’s death have nothing to do with you?”

Now Zhou Jiaojiao was stunned, with a surprised expression on her face, as if she didn’t expect Huang Dan to suddenly bring up the death of those four people. After all, the case was solved and the police didn’t want to intervene anymore.

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, what else is there to mention?

It was very quiet in the hall.

Huang Dan was not in a hurry, seeing Zhou Jiaojiao’s silence, he knew that this trip would be rewarding, even if it was just a little bit, it was better than nothing.

Zhou Jiaojiao reached out to grab the candies, and waited until she dropped three or four candy wrappers at her feet, and the taste of candies came to her mouth again, before she said, “Everyone has secrets, Shuran, and you too.”

There is a deep meaning in this sentence, not hidden, it is obvious.

Zhou Jiaojiao just said this, and didn’t ask Huang Dan. How could he connect the face matter with the death of those four people, and why did he want to inquire? She knew in her heart that she would not get an answer if she asked.

Huang Dan felt that the force of pulling his fingers was a little stronger, and then his hand was wrapped in a rough touch.

There was a smell of smoke in the hall.

Chen Shi lit a cigarette and put it in his mouth, still holding the youngster with one hand, and never let go.

Seeing Zhou Jiaojiao’s silence, Huang Dan called out.

Zhou Jiaojiao ate the candy, her voice was indistinct, “I don’t know.”

Huang Dan said, “I remember you told a story about seeing someone dying and not rescuing that person, Jiaojiao, that’s not fabricated, right?”

Zhou Jiaojiao’s eyes trembled, “Shuran, it has nothing to do with you.”

Huang Dan said in his heart, it can be said that it doesn’t matter, it can also be said that it is very important, he looked at Zhou Jiaojiao, “Can you tell me?”

Zhou Jiaojiao’s eyes trembled again, she lowered her head to pick the nail polish, and the pieces fell to the ground. It took a long time before she made a sound, “Shuran, do you believe in karma and reincarnation?”

Huang Dan knew that if he said he didn’t believe it, he wouldn’t hear the following content, so he nodded and said yes.

Zhou Jiaojiao stopped talking again.

Huang Dan waited patiently, the second-hand smoke refreshed him, he subconsciously squeezed his little finger, and heard a voice beside his ear, “That was three years ago.”

Zhou Jiaojiao’s voice resounded in the main room, and a part of the past was shaken out wrapped in the smell of candy.

Three years ago, Zhou Jiaojiao’s home was still a home, not a cold house. Her father didn’t start a company, and he wouldn’t stay out because of business without returning home, and her mother wasn’t with anyone else.

Zhou Jiaojiao forgot the exact date, only remembered that it was a sunny day, grandma’s birthday, her parents took her to grandma’s house for dinner, she didn’t want to be dragged to compare with the children of her relatives, thought it was fake, so she sneaked out.

Zhou Jiaojiao kept walking, and when she was tired, she found that everything around her was unfamiliar to her. She stood on the mountain and breathed heavily, when the wind blew by, the green grass behind her swayed towards her, and she turned around in a circle, fell back and lay on the grass.

After an unknown amount of time, Zhou Jiaojiao opened her eyes and shook her head, and saw three people by the reservoir at the foot of the mountain. They were two boys and one girl, and they were all about her own age.

The girl standing between the two boys was wearing a white dress and a pair of small leather shoes. Her long hair was hanging down her waist, and she was holding a jackrabbit in her hand, like a princess.

Zhou Jiaojiao had never seen such a beautiful girl, even more beautiful than those flowers on the mountain. She rested her chin on her hand and looked curiously at the three people, what their relationship was and which school they go to.

For some reason, the three had a dispute. Zhou Jiaojiao was far away and couldn’t hear anything. Her curiosity became even stronger, so much that she couldn’t help but go down the mountain. When she approached from a narrow path, she just wanted to eavesdrop.

The three pushed each other, and one of the boys accidentally slipped and fell into the water.

Zhou Jiaojiao covered her mouth in fright, but she didn’t let out the scream. She leaned closer, and the thorny branches swept her face and arms, which hurt a little.

The boy in the water cried loudly, and the two people on the shore were panicked and at a loss.

Another boy stood by the water and jumped up and down anxiously and didn’t pay attention and knocked the girl next to him into the water. He was startled and hurried to pull her, but instead of being pulled up, he was dragged down.

Zhou Jiaojiao saw a tall and handsome young man passing by not far away. When he saw the three people struggling in the water, he ran over immediately, put down his painting bag and jumped down to save them without hesitation.

The three were rescued ashore one after another. The young man didn’t know if his feet were cramped or he was exhausted. He couldn’t swim anymore and couldn’t get up in the water.

Zhou Jiaojiao was already standing very close, and she could clearly hear the smaller thumping sounds in the water, mixed with the young man’s cry for help, the coughing of the three of them choking on the water, and the indistinct sounds of voices.

The small-eyed boy flushed from coughing, and suddenly his eyes widened, “Damn it, why hasn’t the young man in the water come up yet? No, he’s sinking, which one of you will go down and drag him up?”

The girl lowered her head to check the white dress on her body, and found that it was dirty, and the jackrabbit’s ears were also dirty. Her expression was very bad, “I’m not going, there are a lot of garbage floating in the water, it’s so dirty.”

The other boy shook his wet hair and didn’t say a word, just coughed.

Zhou Jiaojiao saw the boy with small eyes took off his shirt, and was about to dive into the water to save the person. She then looked at the young man in the water. The young man seemed to have seen a straw, and his eyes shone with hope.

But the small-eyed boy retracted when he put one foot into the water. He quickly put on his jacket and shoes, and stayed far away from the water. And said that there are water monkeys in the water, if you can’t go up, your little life will be gone.

Zhou Jiaojiao saw that the young man’s face was ashen, and the hope in his eyes disappeared, so she bit the back of her hand to prevent herself from crying.

The small-eyed boy didn’t dare to look at the person in the water, so he said with a trembling voice, “Forget it, he jumped down by himself, and it has nothing to do with us. Besides, if we rescued people, and something went wrong, what about blackmailing us? My parents will hack me to death.”

“It’s true, my mother told me, don’t meddle in other people’s business outside, just take care of yourself.”

The girl is very concerned about her appearance. After checking the dress, she straightened her long hair and cleaned her face, saying something disgusting.

The other boy glanced at the person in the water, he couldn’t see the end anymore, his face was pale, “I can’t care that much, let’s go, someone will come over later.”

The three ran away without looking back.

Zhou Jiaojiao came out from the bushes, and she stood on the bank blankly, motionless.

When the water surface returned to calm, as if nothing had happened before, Zhou Jiaojiao suddenly remembered that she could swim, and she knelt down and cried loudly.

Out of fear, Zhou Jiaojiao didn’t dare to stay longer, so she stumbled back to her grandma’s house, not daring to tell others.

She could have saved the youngman, but because she was afraid, she kept hiding behind, and when she came out, she just stood on the shore, forgetting what to do, and missed the chance to save people.

A few days later, when Zhou Jiaojiao heard about the reservoir from her parents, she realized that the police had found those three people.

But those three people lied. They said that when they went to play in the reservoir, they saw the young man committing suicide by jumping into the water. They wanted to go into the water to save the person, but none of them knew how to swim, so they ran anxiously to call for someone. It was too late.

Zhou Jiaojiao told her parents the truth of the matter. She wanted to go to the police station and tell all she knew, but her parents didn’t agree with her, saying that the young man was dead and nothing would help, don’t ruin those three people.

After repeated dissuasion from her parents, Zhou Jiaojiao compromised and kept the matter in her heart, and her self-blame gradually decreased over time.

The nemesis of sitting on the sidelines happened last year.

Before Zhou Jiaojiao lost consciousness, she saw the young man across the road. The other party looked at her being crushed under the wheel, just like she watched him drowning back then.

Didn’t push her, didn’t pull her, just stood by.

After Zhou Jiaojiao died, she continued to live her original life. She didn’t know when she would go to the underworld, she just lived day by day.

Dad wanted to strangle mom to death because he was angry, but Zhou Jiaojiao stopped him.

When eating, there were still three bowls and chopsticks on the table, but there was only one living person, and the other two were hung on portraits on the long table, which was ridiculous and desolate.

Zhou Jiaojiao’s greatest wish is to study fine arts and go to college. She told her father, and his father took her to the studio of the Agricultural University.

At first Zhou Jiaojiao didn’t associate the three people back then with Shen Liang, Xia Wei, and Lin Mao, so she admired Shen Liang who was a good painter, and changed her attitude after she recognized them.

Zhou Jiaojiao didn’t know if there was any contact between ghosts and ghosts. In the year after her death, besides her father, she only saw her grandma and the youngman.

On the morning when Xia Wei was a model and her face disappeared, Zhou Jiaojiao knew that the youngman was coming, but she couldn’t see him like last year. She asked her father but there was no result. Maybe it should be gone, but because of something, it is forced to stay in the world.

Zhou Jiaojiao thinks that kind of thing is resentment.

Probably because people died, their mood would change. Zhou Jiaojiao actually used that story to remind them that if they felt a little bit repentant, they would go to the young man’s house to admit their mistakes, and go to his tombstone to pay homage, and sincerely ask for forgiveness.

Who knew that Xia Wei and the others just said so with their mouths, and there was no trace of guilt in their hearts, only fear.

At that moment Zhou Jiaojiao knew that starting from Xia Wei, none of them could escape.

After Zhou Jiaojiao stopped talking, Huang Dan had already digested the story in batches, and he asked, “What happened to that girl from No. 1 Middle School?”

Zhou Jiaojiao scratched her face, shook her head and said she didn’t know, and said Shen Liang probably used some method to divert resentment to her. She said in a joking tone, “Shuran, although I am dead, I am not much different from ordinary people. No ability.”

At the end, added a sentence, “At least you are good at painting after death. I’m really useless.”

Huang Dan was silent, “Do you know the name of that person?”

Zhou Jiaojiao shook her head, “What happened back then has not been reported, and soon even my grandma’s people stopped talking about it. I don’t know his name, and I don’t know where his home is. Xia Wei and the others must know.”

Huang Dan frowned, Xia Wei, Lin Mao, and Shen Liang hadn’t appeared since they died, so he couldn’t ask, “Can you see him?”

Zhou Jiaojiao said it was possible last year, but not now.

Huang Dan asked Zhou Jiaojiao for paper and pens, and he drew the face as fast as he could. Although the face was not detailed, the eyebrows and eyes were already clear, “Is it this person?”

Zhou Jiaojiao saw the mole in the eyebrow of the human face at a glance, “Yes, it is him!”

Huang Dan pinched the corner of the paper and let out a long sigh of relief. As long as he has this face, he will not be far from completing the task.

Zhou Jiaojiao asked suspiciously, “Shuran, have you seen him? When did it happen?”

Huang Dan talked about Lin Mao’s face being replaced.

Zhou Jiaojiao laughed, that young man changed it to his own face, maybe like her, it was to give them one last chance, but unfortunately they still don’t know how to repent, they only want to bury the matter, and they don’t want to take responsibility.

Huang Dan smelled a stench, he raised his eyes, the scene in front of him made his pupils shrink.

Zhou Jiaojiao’s skin is rotten, her face is bloody, her ten fingers have turned into white bones with a few pieces of meat sticking to them, her body is rotting away bit by bit…… If she leaves, she will become the same as when she died.

Huang Dan remembered that Zhou Jiaojiao said that when she met a cat that was crushed by a car and its internal organs were rotten, she was talking about herself.

The next moment, Huang Dan’s eyes were covered by a big hand, and Chen Shi’s cold and violent voice was heard next to his ears, “Zhou Jiaojiao, are you looking for death?”

“I am already dead.”

After that came Zhou Jiaojiao’s guilty and regretful voice, “I’m sorry Shuran, I thought I still had time, but I didn’t expect it to be so soon, I don’t want to scare you……”

Chen Shi interrupted sharply, breathing heavily, “But you’ve already scared him!”

Zhou Jiaojiao cried.

The stench from Huang Dan’s nose became stronger, he resisted the discomfort in his stomach, held his breath and said, “It’s all right.”

Zhou Jiaojiao said, Shuran, you are so kind. Before she disappeared, she said in a volume that only Chen Shi could hear, “Chen Shi, last year I saw the young man standing with you.”

Chen Shi had no expression on his face, “You should go.”

Zhou Jiaojiao said, “Shuran will leave too, when he is going to reincarnate, don’t……”

Chen Shi’s face was no longer expressionless, and a terrible hostility rolled out, “Aren’t you leaving? If you missed the time of reincarnation, don’t regret it.”

Zhou Jiaojiao stopped talking, and she couldn’t speak anymore.

Huang Dan heard the woman’s cries, and he knew that Zhou Jiaojiao had left.

After leaving the house, Huang Dan shivered, only to find that his autumn clothes were wet with cold sweat. He thought, there are more ghosts in this area than people, and people are more terrifying than ghosts.

Chen Shi walked beside the youngster, putting his hands on his waist, and seeing that the person didn’t break free, he tightened his strength.

The two got into the car without saying a word, their fingers intertwined on the road, and there was no communication during the whole process.

After returning home, Huang Dan went to fetch water to wash his face, he pulled out the chair and sat on it, “Chen Shi, come here.”

Chen Shi didn’t go there, his expression nervous, “What?”

Huang Dan said, “Come here.”

Chen Shi pulled the corners of his mouth and teased, “Honey, what are you doing? I’m so scared because the situation is so big. Are you calling for a family meeting with me?”

Huang Dan said, “You’re not coming, are you? Forget it, you can sleep by yourself at night.”

Chen Shi hurriedly asked, “Where are you going?”

Huang Dan said, “Going to the relative’s house.”

Chen Shi walked over uncontrollably, and said pitifully, “Stop, you’re gone, I’m sleeping alone, it’s so cold in the bed.”

Huang Dan grabbed his hand, “It’s fine if you don’t want me to go, you tell me everything about the serial car accident last year.”

“Yo, Zhang Shuran, you’re threatening me, it’s terrible.”

Chen Shi held the youngster with his backhand, saw that the youngster was very serious, so he changed his tone, “Why did you ask this suddenly? Didn’t I tell you? I happened to see it at that time, and I fainted on the spot. When I woke up, I was in the hospital, and I didn’t know what was going on at the scene.”

Huang Dan’s tone was firm, “There are more.”

Chen Shi rubbed the back of the youngster’s hand, “None, I told you everything.”

Huang Dan’s emotions have always been well controlled. Whether it is the real world or the worlds he traveled through, he has never shown his aggressive side. At this moment, it appeared for the first time, “Say it, or not?”

Chen Shi heard it in his ears, and his heart hurt like being scratched by the tip of a knife, “I’ll say it.”

He said that he was going to take an exam that day, and while waiting for a tricycle on the side of the road, he saw a series of car accidents, and happened to see Zhou Jiaojiao having an accident with her father.

The number of deaths reported during that time has been changing, and no one cares about how many people died in that serial car accident.

Huang Dan asked, “How do you know that I was scared to death by Zhou Jiaojiao?

Chen Shi now confessed honestly, “When Zhou Jiaojiao’s father was chasing Zhou Jiaojiao, he passed by me. He bumped into me and said sorry, so when I came to the studio, he took the initiative to find me.”

Huang Dan asked again, “Why was he looking for you?”

Chen Shi pursed his lips and smiled, “Zhou Jiaojiao’s father wants me to take good care of you, so it’s atonement for her daughter.”

He omitted a few words, Zhou Jiaojiao’s father’s original words were begging him for a favor, to take good care of the youngster during the days before he left.

Thinking of this, Chen Shi bit the youngster’s hand, “I didn’t want you to know, you forgot how you died, and you are still alive like a human being, how nice it is.”

He straightened his thin lips, “I have been struggling, trying to prevent you from looking for Zhou Jiaojiao, and not wanting you to find out that she is dead, but at the same time thinking, I can’t hide it. The days when I accompanied you to find Zhou Jiaojiao, I was about to have schizophrenia, and finally I gritted my teeth and simply took this opportunity to let you know the truth of the matter.”

“So at Zhou Jiaojiao’s place, I took the initiative to mention your matter.”

After speaking, Chen Shi observed the youngster’s expression. At that time, Zhou Jiaojiao was present, and the youngster was very calm, and might be pretending. Now it is the same, his face twitches.

It’s so unreasonable.

What a weirdo, Chen Shi squeezed the youngster’s hand, frowning.

Huang Dan couldn’t help but be thankful that Chen Shi made a choice that was beneficial to him, otherwise his mission would be completed in no time, “You know that Zhou Jiaojiao and her father are ghosts, why didn’t you tell me earlier?”

Chen Shi said, “Isn’t it that I was afraid to scare you.”

Huang Dan said, “I won’t be scared.”

Chen Shi said yes, he leaned into the youngster’s ear, “Then let me tell you the truth, every time we sleep, there are other people on the bed.”

With that said, Chen Shi pointed to the bed, “Yes, now just sitting where you lie every day and watching us.”

Huang Dan’s face froze.

Chen Shi burst out laughing, he laughed out loud and messed up the youngster’s hair, “Said, wouldn’t be scared.”

Huang Dan pulled his hand away from the rough palm.

Chen Shi grabbed it again, held it to his lips and kissed him several times, “I’m lying to you, there are only the two of us in this room, there is no one else.”

Huang Dan said, “Don’t you feel uncomfortable seeing them every day?”

Chen Shi flicked his forehead, “What are you thinking, Gege, I’m just an ordinary person, I can’t see ghosts, I know that Zhou Jiaojiao and her father are not alive, that’s because I was there when their accident happened.”

Huang Dan glanced suspiciously, “I’m going to sleep at my relative’s house at night.”

“……”

Chen Shi gritted his teeth, he stretched out his hand and pulled his hair vigorously, rubbed his nails in his scalp a few times, “Okay, I can see it.”

Huang Dan said, “When did it start?”

Chen Shi had a thoughtful expression on his face, “More than ten years ago, I fell ill at that time, and when I woke up, I saw my grandfather sitting in front of the bed. He came up from the ground to scare me.”

Seeing that the youngster didn’t speak, Chen Shi’s breath became heavy, “Zhang Shuran, you don’t want me, do you?”

Huang Dan was speechless, didn’t tell him the truth because afraid of this, so he pressed his eyebrows, “I want you.”

Hearing this, Chen Shi’s tense back loosened, “Damn it, I’ve already made up my mind. If you dare not want me because of fear, I will also cling on you shamelessly.”

Huang Dan said, “In comparison, you should be more afraid of me. If you stay with me for a long time, the yang energy in your body will be sucked away by me, which will be very bad for you.”

He was talking nonsense. In the past few worlds, he was possessed by people whose heartbeat had stopped. Whether it was a few years or decades, nothing happened to the man.

Explain that he is a special way of existence, the so-called rebirth, he understands it this way.

Chen Shi didn’t know what the youngster was thinking, he didn’t care, “I’m all yours now, you can do whatever you want, as long as you’re happy.”

After saying that, Chen Shi held the youngster’s face and kissed him.

Huang Dan raised his head and opened his mouth slightly to cooperate.

Chen Shi likes the youngster’s obedience, his seriousness, and he likes him to death.

After a while, Huang Dan took a breath and repeated the previous sentence, “Then don’t you feel uncomfortable seeing those people every day?”

Chen Shi changed his answer this time, which sounded much more believable, “I only see one or two occasionally, and sometimes I don’t see one in a month.”

“How can I see it? I’m not sure about it. Anyway, everyone has their own fate, and it has nothing to do with me.”

Huang Dan looked at him.

Chen Shi felt uncomfortable being looked at, he pinched the youngster’s face, “What, I really didn’t lie to you this time, there will be a kind of phantom on a dead person, if you don’t believe me, then I will take you for walk to the Agricultural University and look for it.”

Huang Dan asked, “Qi Fang?”

Chen Shi raised his eyebrows, “He, I didn’t see the phantom, but it’s also possible that my knowledge is too shallow.”

Saying is tantamount to not saying.

“It’s like some ghosts that can be seen by everyone, such as Zhou Jiaojiao and her father, if they don’t leave, they can still live like normal people, while some ghosts are dead without even a shadow, such as the one with no name. The teenagers, and some people died, they will only be seen by people like me, and others will not see, things are complicated, it’s hard to say.”

Huang Dan was thinking about other things, “You are worried that I will be like Zhou Jiaojiao and her father, and I will leave when the time comes.”

Chen Shi strangled the youngster’s back and said in a hoarse voice, “No, my jade will protect you, you will go to college and work with me, and we will have a lot of things to do together.”

Huang Dan didn’t say anything, just raised his arms around Chen Shi’s waist, and buried his face in his coat.

On the second day, everyone knew the gouache topic for tomorrow’s unified entrance exams. The two teachers arranged the objects in two different combinations and asked everyone to choose one of the paintings randomly. They also took the drawing boards to draw a sample painting.

The exam center is divided according to the area. Huang Dan is different from Chen Shi’s. Chen Shi’s test center is at the place where he took a single-entrance exam before. He will stay there and take the bus tomorrow.

Huang Dan will take the train to City W today, stay there for one night, and take the exam tomorrow, otherwise it will be too late.

He thought in his heart, let’s take the exam first, with that face, it’s just a matter of time to find out the identity of the youngman.

Zhou Jiaojiao did herself a big favor before she left. Huang Dan thought, next year in Qingming would go to visit her in front of her tombstone and visit her father along the way.

After lunch at noon, Huang Dan was going to the station. He didn’t want Chen Shi to send him there, because he was there when they came, and he could help ease the fear of the train. But when going back, Chen Shi would be alone and have a hard time.

But Chen Shi insisted on sending Huang Dan.

At the station, Huang Dan lined up to check the ticket, “I’m leaving.”

Chen Shi gave him something, “This is for you.”

Huang Dan saw that it was a mobile phone with a white case.

Chen Shi smiled and said, “I made an IOU with my dad, and after the exam, I will work part-time to earn money and pay him back.”

Huang Dan put the phone away, “I’ll call you.”

With his hands in his pockets, Chen Shi resisted the urge to hold him in his arms, “Then I’ll wait.”

Huang Dan waved his hand, “I’m leaving.”

Chen Shi said let’s go, but the others didn’t move, “Take it easy tomorrow and just perform normally.”

Huang Dan said he knew.

“All right, I’m going back.”

That being said, Chen Shi didn’t move at all, his eyes fell directly on the youngster, and every second he looked at was a second more.

Huang Dan said, “I really have to go.”

Chen Shi cursed. He strode forward and gave the youngster a hug. A choked sound came out of his throat, “Zhang Shuran, let’s not be separated again.”

Huang Dan’s bones ached from being hugged by him, and there was a cry in his voice, “Okay.”

Chen Shi’s gaze followed the youngster all the time, and he forgot to take it back when he lost sight of it. He would never do something like chasing the train.

He calmed down, turned around and walked towards the exit of the waiting hall.

When he was about to reach the exit, Chen Shi’s footsteps stopped. He stood in place, rubbed his face, pinched the cigarette case until it deformed, and took out a cigarette from inside after a while. It’s not that he’s gone. After the exam, I’ll go back to school. If I miss him, I’ll take the car to see him on the weekend.

Thinking of this, Chen Shi’s heart was still empty, and he didn’t comfort himself at all.

He didn’t want to be separated from the youngster for a day.

“Oh shit!”

Chen Shi stuffed the cigarette in his pocket, turned around and ran towards the ticket gate.

After getting into the train, Huang Dan found his seat, which was inside, by the window. He had just sat down, before he put his backpack away, when he saw a figure rushing towards him.

Chen Shi got into the train in a hurry, and ran to find Huang Dan. He was panting, and there were flames in his eyes, trying to burn people.

Huang Dan was the only one, and before the neighbors came up, he was about to get up, when Chen Shi had already bent his back and told him not to move.

So Huang Dan obediently sat on the seat.

Chen Shi pulled down the zipper of his jacket, picked up the jacket and wrapped it around him and the youngster. They searched for each other’s lips in the noisy carriage, and every touch of their lips and tongues was wrapped in mutual reluctance.

Someone came over, Chen Shi licked the youngster’s lips for a while, and then bit hard, he backed away, like a Gege telling a Didi, not to worry.

“Don’t sleep to death, take your luggage when you arrive at the station, don’t bother with anyone who talks to you, don’t take the bus if you’re tired, take a taxi to a hotel near the exam site, don’t draw at night, go to bed early, don’t eat cold food, it’s easy to have diarrhea, I’ll call you tomorrow morning to wake you up, and put away your admission ticket and painting utensils before you go to bed……”

While chattering, Chen Shi’s eyes got wet, he rubbed his forehead, put his hands in the pocket of his coat, “Go.”

Huang Dan’s mouth was broken and it hurt a lot. He cried and stood up, standing in the aisle, watching Chen Shi walk forward across the crowd with hazy eyes, his back was tall and a bit lonely.

Wiping the tears on his face, Huang Dan didn’t catch up. He couldn’t stand the short separation, so what would he do when it is time to leave?

“Young man, your Gege is so kind to you.”

“Umm.”

Huang Dan turned his head and looked at Chen Shi through the train window. He raised the corners of his lips and smiled at him.

There was a long sound of the train, and Huang Dan saw Chen Shi’s dumbfounded face.

Not long after, there was a vibration in Huang Dan’s trouser pocket. He sniffed and took out his mobile phone to look. It was a text message, saying that he had put two hundred yuan in the small pocket inside the backpack.

Frowning, Huang Dan replied to the text message: There are also two hundred dollars in the drawer.

Chen Shi held the phone and smiled like an idiot.