Chapter 26 Section 8

At twelve noon that day, sister Ye made a suggestion to her.We pretended to be hanged ghosts and frightened them.Xi accepted the suggestion, and the two of them ran to the warehouse to get busy. When it started to rain, the dog in the warehouse was still there, and it looked at the sisters with inexplicable eyes. "My elder sister piled the wooden boxes high, stood on top and tied the ropes to the beams of the roof, while I put my feet on the boxes below to keep them from shaking." Ye had already stood on the wooden box before the rainwater had time to infiltrate the warehouse floor.Therefore, no traces of her shoes were left on the ground.

Ye is the protagonist who dresses up as a hanged ghost, while Xi's task is to lure the family into the warehouse.With everything ready, Ye put the two ropes hanging from the beam onto her body respectively. "Then my sister jumped down..." Ye kicked the wooden box under his feet to the ground.At the moment when her neck was about to be strangled, the rope wrapped around her chest stabilized her body. She looked down nonchalantly, with a smile on her face. "The corners of my sister's mouth are slightly upturned, which is her characteristic smile when she is deceiving. She is always expressionless when talking to her family. Only at this time will she show a happy expression."

However, at this moment, the rope suddenly broke. "This has nothing to do with me. The rope was cut off naturally because it couldn't bear the weight of my sister. The break appeared near the beam near the ceiling. If you have looked at the rope carefully, I think you will correct your guess, because It's impossible for me to reach such a high place." Ye's neck was strangled in an instant. "I rushed to save her right away. I used my arms to support my sister's body to prevent her from falling from mid-air..." There is such a scene in the warehouse: a girl is suspended in the air, and her body is not another girl who looks exactly like her, trying to support her.The girl in the air struggled desperately, kicking her legs wildly in mid-air.The dog tethered by the owner barked even more after hearing the abnormal swish.Immediately, the warehouse was filled with barking dogs and the girl's painful wailing that could almost knock ears off.At this moment, Xi felt that time seemed to have stopped, and this state seemed to never end.

"I tried my best to support and try to save my sister's life. Although I had no strength at the time, I still hugged my sister's body tightly from behind... But I could only hear my sister's screams... .heels kick me away time and time again..." Morino sat on the chair, always maintaining the same posture.The line of sight has been staying farther than the classroom wall.Maybe the scene in the warehouse that day is now reappearing in front of her eyes.For her, it was a nightmare, a nightmare buried deep in her memory. When Dang Xi was exhausted, her sister's body would hang down from above.At this time, my sister's neck was tightly tied by the rope.Ye stared at her younger sister and yelled at her desperately, but what she said was not words to encourage Xi to persevere.

"My sister yelled at me: Stand still, you bastard..." She tightly closed her eyes and frowned, as if she was bearing some kind of humiliation. "The moment I heard those words, my arms lost strength after trying to save my sister..." Night's body slowly fell bit by bit. Xi saw her sister's toes stopped when they were about to touch the ground.Night without shoes, bare feet.Her big toe and second toe were spread far apart, as if they had been deliberately split apart.At first, the toes were still twitching.The barking of the dog became louder, and the sound could almost tear people's ears.The frenzied barking of the dog, together with a slight convulsion, hit Xi's brain.

"After a while, after exhausting the last bit of strength, my sister's toes stopped in the air for a long time..." Xi subconsciously took a step back.At this time, the clay on the sole of the shoe and the ground was peeled off, making her feel a little resistance...a shoe print was left on the ground. "I don't think if it's just my own weight, it won't leave shoe prints on the ground." The shoes that my sister took off were placed beside her. "After seeing those shoes, I decided to tell a lie in front of my family. I remember the scene very clearly. In that small warehouse, my sister's body was still shaking slightly, like the pendulum of a clock. ..."

The young girl is desperately trying to find a way out of her little head.Finally, she decided to put on the black shoes on the ground and exchange the white shoes on her feet. She chose the dry ground and groped forward, and got out through the small opening for the dog to escape.Now she is wearing a pair of black shoes, a color that represents a new identity.From now on, she can only appear in front of others in the form of Ye. "At home, you only need to put away your old smile and put on an expressionless look all day long. Because I used to be inseparable, I know my sister's behavior and habits very well, and I am even more familiar with imitating them. Over the past nine years , no one saw my flaws..."

Having said that, she let out a long sigh, looking a little tired. At the age of eight, she actually witnessed her own funeral.Her real name has been sealed since the funeral, and there is something hidden in her heart that ordinary people cannot understand. , even the intense emotions that can only be vented by cutting the wrists.Its root undoubtedly comes from her sister and the dunzi that has been buried deeply.The road chosen by the little girl is full of loneliness and tragedy, and she must do whatever it takes to complete it. The sunlight coming in from the window became more and more soft, gradually adding a bit of golden color to the light, and the afterglow of the setting sun poured into the entire classroom through the half-opened and half-closed pale yellow curtains.The high-pitched sound of the baseball team's metal bats colliding with the ball pierced the sky, but disappeared without a trace in an instant.In the silent classroom, time is passing silently.

After a while, she said with some hesitation: "...Do you remember when and where we first met?" I remember it was the second year of high school, in this classroom, so I answered her like this.Hearing what I said, there was a trace of regret on her face. "When I was in junior high school, I saw you for the first time when I was visiting Sichuan body slices in the museum. Then, in the spring of the year I entered high school, I found a person in the library reading a medical book on autopsy. At that time, I My wife will recognize you." So, in the classroom, she easily saw through my disguise.I finally figured this out, and it seems that we both secretly see each other's true colors.

"I can't believe it, I heard you laughed out loud from time to time as a kid." "That's true, it used to be like this. However, after I came out of that warehouse, I was worried that if I laughed, I would reveal my identity, so for the past nine years, I have been trying my best to keep my face expressionless. Due to long-term imitation My sister's relationship, now I can't laugh heartily anymore." Her tone contained a loneliness that was indistinguishable from ordinary people.Taking her eyes away from me, she continued: "I always thought you would be the first person to call my name..." I stood up.

"I have something to give you. I secretly brought it back from your hometown." As I said that, I took it out of the bag on the table. "what's down" She kept her sitting posture and asked me. "It's the rope you've been looking for. I think it should fit your neck. I'll put it on and you close your eyes." Morino sat on the chair and closed his eyes.When I came behind her, she seemed tense and her narrow shoulders stiffened. I gently put a red rope around her neck.The rope is worn out and has splinters here and there.This is what I found in that warehouse. It is the rope used to tie the dog. "I also understand why you hate dogs." I put her white and slender neck and long hair in a noose, and began to strangle her lightly.Feeling the oppressive feeling, she raised her shoulders slightly.In this state, I let go of my hands. Then I tied a knot around her neck and pulled the rest of the rope up to her. "Yes, that's what it feels like..." She said while sighing.It could be seen that the rope relieved the tension that had accumulated for a long time, and at the same time, the feelings that had been accumulated in her heart were released slowly and calmly. Ye was hanged to death by a dog's rope... This matter may have been sealed in the depths of her memory.She didn't realize that what she needed was the tangle that she had used when she and her sister were playing hanging games. "Let me tell you, in fact, I never hated my sister...Although she often bullies me, my sister is a substitute for me..." I picked up my schoolbag with one hand and prepared to go back. Before leaving the classroom, when I passed by her seat, I looked back at Xi.She was sitting in a chair with her legs stretched under the chair in front of her.With her hands folded across her chest, the end of the red rope wrapped around her neck trailed all the way to the classroom floor.The eyelids have been lowered slightly, and the shadows of the eyelashes are faintly projected under the eyes.There are fine hairs on the cheeks, and the fist looks like the back of a rabbit.Under the shining of the setting sun, the fine hairs on the face reflected a trace of light, and each hair seemed to be wrapped in the afterglow of the evening.Tears ran down her cheeks and down her chin onto her school uniform. I gently closed the classroom door, leaving her inside alone.