Chapter 3 death face

Milina opened the curtains a little, and peeped out from the window for whoever was coming. At this time, two people walked by the door, one was Jin, and the other was a guest in a suit and leather shoes.The guest had perfectly slicked-back hair, a healthy tan, and wore a well-tailored suit of apparently expensive fabric.Milina knew in her heart that this guest must be well off. But how did such a pampered person end up in a dirty and messy slum?Milina couldn't believe her eyes. However, the guest was walking towards Milina's house, led by Kim. Kim was dressed in the national costume of a gypsy, with exaggerated gold earrings on his ears.As he humbly guided the guest into the house, he also made pictures and said something.

Milina's house is actually just her and Jin's temporary residence. This block will soon be demolished, and the government will build a luxurious office building here in the future.The original owner of the house has moved out, but Milina and Kim moved in before the demolition of the house, and they plan to live here temporarily for a while.They hung a handwritten sign on the door of the house that read: "Lady Milina - Palmistry Expert".Usually, Jin Wai goes out to attract customers who want to see fortune-telling by palmistry, while Milina sits at home and waits for customers to come to the door.

Just as King and the guest were nearly at the door, Milina lowered the curtains and hurried back behind a desk in the back room of the house.The table was covered with a red silk cloth embroidered with patterns of the sun, moon and stars, which looked very mysterious. Milina sat in a high-backed chair behind a desk and smoothed her thick shoulder-length hair with her hands.Milina is a naturally beautiful woman. If she wears a little makeup, she will be even more beautiful.But Milina doesn't care about her looks because no one wants her but Kim. Milina got ready and began to wait for the guests to come in.

The door opened and King made a "please" gesture and said, "Sir, we're here. The lady sitting inside is the all-knowing Gypsy prophetess Mrs. Milina, and she just has to look at your palm." Wen, you know your past and future." Milina nodded slightly, then looked up at the guest carefully, and saw that he was in his fifties, with a slightly fat body and a ruddy complexion. He was obviously a person who was used to living a wealthy life. "Sit down, please," Milina said. "Thank you!" said the guest. "It's the first time I've come to this kind of place. To be honest, I'm a little nervous."

"Don't be nervous, just treat it as a fun little game." "Okay," the guest said with a smile, "I've read palmistry before, and I don't plan to read palmistry today. I had an appointment, but before the time came, I met this... this... " "Oh, he's my husband." "Your husband is very eloquent, madam." "Would you please show me your hand?" said Milina. "Which hand?" "Look at your past with your left hand and your future with your right hand." "Oh, I know my past, and I want to know my future." After the guest finished speaking, he stretched out his right hand with the palm facing upward.Milina held the man's hand, narrowed her eyes, and pretended to look at it carefully.

"Ah, your career line is going very well. You are about to have a big deal in the near future, and the deal will go smoothly." Milina said with a smile. In fact, Milina did not see it through palmistry, but guessed it.Because the guest just mentioned that he has a date today, and how could such a well-dressed gentleman come to this run-down neighborhood to date his friends?His greatest possibility is to negotiate business with the import and export company in the opposite block.Judging from the guest's attire, speech and manner, the amount of his business must not be small.As for why that guest will succeed?Because everybody likes to hear a good word, don't they?It seems that Milina really understands the psychology of customers!

King walked out of Milina's room, and before he went out, he turned his head and gave Milina a wink, which meant: This is a rich and powerful master, and he'd better get a good knock on him.If the guest is happy, maybe he can get 20 yuan or even more rewards! Milina put down the guest's hand and began to study his face carefully.Suddenly, Milina's face changed drastically, she closed her eyes tightly, and sat motionless on the chair.It turned out that a terrifying scene appeared on the man's face: his originally healthy brown skin gradually became pale, and then, large dark brown spots appeared on his face, and the spots became more and more serious. Big, and finally covered the entire face, the skin on his face began to turn black, cracked, and finally turned into pieces and fell to the ground, leaving only a pale skeleton, facing Milina...

"What's the matter with you?" asked the guest, trying to withdraw his hand. At this moment, Milina opened her eyes, and the phantom in front of her completely disappeared. When she looked down, she was grasping the man's hand tightly, and her nails were deeply sunk into his flesh.Milina was startled and hurriedly let go of her hand. "I'm sorry," Milina gasped, pale, "I can't tell you anything, please get out of here quickly." "Ma'am, what's wrong with you? Do you need my help?" The guest looked confused. "Oh, nothing, please go back."

At this time, the door curtain shook, and Jin was eavesdropping outside the door. The guest was a little at a loss, but he quickly said: "Madam, thank you for helping me look, I still have to pay you." After finishing speaking, he took out a five-yuan bill from his wallet and put it on the table , then turned and walked out of the room. When the guests walked away, Jin rushed in angrily and shouted at Milina: "What's wrong with you? Didn't I tell you to get more money from him? In the end, you dismissed him in a few words." Let's go!" Milina didn't speak, but just looked down at her legs in a daze.

After King vented his anger on Milina, he suddenly said, "Did you see 'that' in his face? Did you see 'Death Face'?" Milina still didn't speak, just nodded silently. "You man, he is so rich, you can't make trouble with money, can you?" Jin said. "It's a pity, what a successful and wealthy man, no matter how much money he has, it's useless!" Milina said with a pitying expression, "Anyone who shows a 'face of death' will surely die before sunset!" Suddenly, Jin seemed to think of something, and there was a sly look in his eyes.He turned around and opened the door curtain, and ran towards the direction that the guest left.

"Where are you going?" Milina asked. "Leave him alone. His fate is sealed." "Don't worry, I won't hurt him, and there's no need." Jin said while running. "Then why are you chasing him?" "It will be sunset in less than half an hour. I followed him. When he fell to the ground and died, his wallet was mine." "Don't you even want to rob dead people's money?" "Shut up! I won't move his finger, I just follow him and see how he dies, okay?" Jin hurried away. Milina didn't stop it, she knew that she couldn't stop it herself.Sitting alone in the room, she couldn't help thinking of many past events. Ever since I left the village where I grew up and pretended to be a prophet to tell fortunes, I haven't seen a "face of death" for a long time.I remember that when I first saw "Face of Death", I was a naive and lively little girl. Milina was born in a gypsy family. There were father, mother, and three brothers and sisters. Like thousands of gypsy families, they wandered around and struggled to make a living in every corner of the world. Milina's father was a cheerful man, tall and well built, in perfect health.One day, my father made an appointment to go hunting in the forest with some friends. Before going out, when he hugged Milina to say goodbye, Milina was horrified to find that there was a terrible phantom on her father's face—his face. The muscles in the chest began to shrink and fall off, and finally turned into a terrifying skeleton.Mirina was so frightened that she burst into tears.The father was very confused. He didn't understand why the well-behaved little daughter suddenly burst into tears. It was long after her father had gone that Mirina stopped crying and told her mother what she had just witnessed.The mother was shocked and told her severely that she should never tell anyone about it.When the sun was setting, the cold body of Milina's father was carried back by friends, it is said that the shotgun went off... The loving father left Mi Lina forever, and from that day on, her life became gloomy. In the ensuing years, Milina didn't talk about that horrible vision to anyone, but her mother seemed to be wary of her all the time and gradually alienated her, as if she was worried that Milina knew that her husband's death was her fault. A trap designed. When Milina was twelve years old, that terrifying vision reappeared. Milina has a good friend named Mary.Mary was a hunchbacked girl, and the two of them liked to play by the river, and often sprinkled beautiful flower petals on the river and watched them float with the waves.However, one day, Milina suddenly saw a terrifying vision appearing on Mary's face. She was so frightened that she screamed and ran to the nearby woods, only daring to come out slowly until dark.When she returned to her place of residence, she found that people were gathering together, as if they were looking at something.Milina squeezed in from the crowd, and she was shocked to find that there was Mary's body on the ground—it is said that Mary accidentally fell into the water and drowned. Milina secretly finds Mary's grandmother, an experienced grandmother, and pours out her secrets to her. "Grandma, what does this mean?" Milina asked. The granny stared into the distance and said after a long silence, "My child, that is the 'face of death'. When this kind of sight appears on someone's face, he cannot survive the sunset. However, this kind of sight is not for everyone. It can be seen that there are only a handful of people who have this ability among us humans. Children, this is not your fault, but you must not let your tribe know that you have this ability, otherwise everyone will avoid you .” "Then what should I do? Granny, I don't want to be alienated!" Milina said in horror. "Unfortunately, child, there is no way, as long as you live, you will see the 'death face' of the dying person." However, later the people of the clan gradually learned about Milina's secret, and people began to avoid her and isolate her, because people feared death and thought Milina was the messenger of death.However, there is also one person in the clan who accepts Milina, and he is Jin.Subsequently, Kim proposed to Milina and brought her to the United States to make a living. Milina and Kim lived a nomadic life in the fledgling country, traveling from city to city, with Milina reading fortunes and Kim working part-time to earn a living.Sometimes, when Milina was walking on the street, she would see a "death face" on the face of a pedestrian, and she would immediately turn around and avoid it from a distance.However, over the years, she has never seen the "face of death" so closely as today. The next morning, when the first rays of dawn hit Milina's face, she found herself lying alone in bed, and Kim hadn't returned all night.Just as Milina was worried about Jin, the back door squeaked open, and Milina wrapped herself in a blanket and asked nervously, "Jin, is that you?" "It's me, keep your voice down!" "What happened?" "Stop asking, we have to get out of here quickly!" "Did you get into trouble?" Milina asked. "Don't mention it! I followed that man. When he came out of the import and export company, I went up to talk to him, but he mistook me for a robber and was about to come up and beat me. I pushed him and he fell to the ground He actually died, maybe he had a heart attack..." "My God!" "Hey, what's even more unfortunate is that the pedestrians nearby have seen my appearance clearly. It won't be long before the police will come to the door, so we have to leave here quickly!" After finishing speaking, Jin lay on the ground, groping the dirty floor with his hands, and finally, he touched the loose floor and pried it up.Kim pulled out the greased-paper-wrapped wad of bills from under the floor—all of his and Milina's possessions.Then King stood up and went to the window, looking out through the crack in the curtains to see if the police had found the place. The sun shone through the curtains and shone on Jin's face, and Milina watched his face silently. After a while, the siren of a police car came from the street.Milina anxiously said to Jin: "No, the police are here, go and hide in the old house opposite!" Jin hesitated, then turned and ran out.Milina looked at Jin's back, tears streaming down uncontrollably.She knew that she would never see Jin again, because she also saw the terrifying "face of death" on Jin's face just now... A few minutes later, there was a rapid knock on the front door.Milina went to open the door, and two policemen came in, one of them was in his thirties with steady and sharp eyes, while the other was in his early twenties, young and handsome. "I'm McKinnon," the policeman in his thirties introduced himself. "He's Jack. Is there a man named Kim here?" "He's my husband, what do you need from him?" "Is he home?" "He went out and hasn't come back yet." "Let's go in and have a look, shall we?" "Go ahead," Milina stepped back, out of the way for them.McKinnon and Jack searched the room separately. Jack saw Milina's fortune-telling table and asked curiously, "Ma'am, do you know how to read?" "I make a living by reading people's palms, and I thought, that's not under the jurisdiction of the police, is it?" Jack blinked and smiled awkwardly, "No, ma'am, I'm just interested in palm reading. Last week, my wife went to the street and bought a deck of tarot cards, but neither of us knows how to use them." This kind of card can only be played blindly." "The tarot cards are complicated," Milina said. "Yes, only gypsies are really good at it," said Jack. At this time, McKinnon came back from the back of the house and said: "I have searched inside and out, and there is no one." "Not here either," said Jack. McKinnon asked Milina: "When was the last time you saw your husband?" "It's useless, you will never see him again." Milina said sadly. "We just want to check with him a few things." "I'm afraid you have no chance, never will." Milina repeated in a heavy voice. Seeing that Milina did not cooperate, McKinnon showed displeasure on his face, and he said, "Madam, I advise you to cooperate with us..." Before McKinnon finished speaking, suddenly, "Boom" came from outside the door. "There was a loud noise, and the screams of people were mixed with the sound.The two policemen and Milina hurried out, only to see the old house across the street collapsed suddenly due to years of disrepair, and that house happened to be where Jin was hiding! Milena sat at the table in grief as she watched the ambulance pull King's body away. McKinnon asked her a few more questions, making notes in his notebook, while Jack paced the room restlessly.When the two policemen walked out, Milina was still sitting there, motionless. In less than a minute, Jack was back again. "Ma'am, I just want to tell you that what happened to your husband makes me very sad. I also just got married, and I can understand how you feel about losing your lover. Please forgive me!" At this moment, Milina suddenly became agitated. She waved her hand at Jack and shouted, "Go, please get out of here!" Jack was standing at the door. At this time, McKinnon also ran back and said to him: "Jack, I just got an order. There are robbers nearby. We need to rush there!" Jack wanted to say something, but was dragged out of the room by his companion, and the two ran to the police car on the side of the road together. I don't know how long it took before Milina raised her head slowly, eyes filled with tears, and murmured: "Jack, why do you want to come back? You are newlywed, young and promising, why should death come to you What about your head?" It turned out that she saw the "face of death" on Jack's face just now...