Chapter 8 Insects (5)

"Truth or Dare" is a popular game among young people. The loser must choose between "Truth or Dare" and "Truth or Dare". To complete a special task is usually a prank—saying "I love you" to Shang Xiaodie becomes a "big adventure" for those boring boys. Those guys didn't expect at all that this was the first time in her life that she heard a boy say "I love you", but it was such a prank-for any girl, it was a huge shame. Tears fell uncontrollably and wet the collar hotly.She already knew that in the eyes of those boys, she was just a "little dinosaur" that no one cared about, but she didn't want to use this way to make a joke!

The gloomy dark clouds are slowly pressing down, and the air in the entire campus is about to be suffocated.She ran out of the girls' dormitory building quickly, as if escaping from a prison. On the campus of S University in the afternoon, she was carrying a heavy bag, panting and running faster and faster, as if there were a group of boys laughing wildly behind her.Everyone was shouting "I love you", and each of them was laughing up and down, as if they were admitted to S University just to see her jokes... No, Xiaodie covered her ears while running, and rushed towards the school gate.Tears flowed uncontrollably, completely blurring his vision——

Until she bumped into someone. It was a high chest, like a solid wall.Immediately, she felt that her hands were being grabbed, and her body was completely unable to move. Then felt a warm breath blowing on her hair.And the hands that grabbed her arm were both strong and gentle, and they didn't make her feel any pain at all.Xiaodie simply leaned on his shoulder and wept wantonly, no longer restraining herself, letting her tears wet his clothes, taking away all the grievances and sorrows in her heart. After more than ten seconds, she slowly raised her head, only to see a pair of slender eyes staring at her with pity.

The boy asked softly, "Xiaodie, what happened?" But she still looked at the person in front of her dazedly, bit her lips tightly and didn't know what to say, tears continued to slide down her cheeks. She knew this boy, his name was Zhuang Qiushui. At this time, the raindrops fell in a patter. Zhuang Qiushui let go of Xiaodie, held up an umbrella, and covered both of them under the umbrella: "Are you going home? I'll accompany you out." Xiaodie didn't answer, her feet followed Zhuang Qiushui involuntarily, snuggled up under the umbrella and walked out of the S University gate.

His shoulders were already wet with Xiaodie's tears, only then did she realize her gaffe, wiped her tears and said, "I'm sorry, I bumped into you." "It's okay." Zhuang Qiushui smiled, walked to the station outside the school, pointed to the stop sign and asked, "Which direction is your home?" She reported the route of that bus, and Zhuang Qiushui nodded: "What a coincidence, I also took this bus home." Just as the bus was coming, they put away their umbrellas and got on the bus together, and sat down in two empty seats side by side. Shang Xiaodie sat by the window, lowered her head blankly for a while, and suddenly said softly: "Thank you."

"You're welcome, we're on the same road." She asked carefully: "Why didn't Shuangshuang go with you?" "Her father will drive to pick her up at night, so I don't have to wait until night." The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and the raindrops were sprinkled on the car windows, and they flowed down like tears.The street outside gradually blurred, pedestrians and vehicles became phantoms, only the boy sitting next to her was real. Xiaodie looked back into his eyes, cold and unreachable, lethal to all girls.No wonder Shuangshuang likes him so much, even the "school belle" Tian Qiaoer is jealous of him - what about Shang Xiaodie?She turned her head to the car window again, her face was reflected in the glass, and she lowered her head shamelessly.

"What's wrong with you? Who bullied you?" But she shook her head and didn't answer. The car drove several stops before Xiaodie remembered and said, "I'll be there at the next stop." "Which neighborhood is your home in?" "Xingyue Village." Zhuang Qiushui said in surprise: "What a coincidence, I used to live in Xingyue Village, Room 301, No. 28." "Well, I'm almost there." She stood up and was about to get out of the car. "Give me a phone number." Zhuang Qiushui's words made her heart beat even harder.But she couldn't help thinking about it, so she read out the phone number casually.

Then, she pulled the armrest and walked to the door. "Wait a minute and take my umbrella." Zhuang Qiushui handed her the umbrella, she shook her head and said, "Then what should you do?" "It doesn't matter, the station is right in front of my house. But Xingyue Village still has a long way to go. Just remember to return the umbrella to me next time." The car door has been opened, so Xiaodie can only get out of the car with the umbrella.It was really raining outside, and it really wouldn't work without this umbrella. She suddenly remembered that she hadn't said "goodbye", and looked back to see that the bus had already driven away.Standing alone at the station, under Zhuang Qiushui's umbrella under the heavy rain, my heart feels hot and cold for a while.

Just two steps away from the station, the phone rang a text message.She turned on the phone and saw that it was an unfamiliar number—— "I'm Zhuang Qiushui. There will be water in the Xingyue Village community, so be careful when you go home." Dozens of minutes ago, this mobile phone brought her unspeakable pain.But the text message in front of her made her heart feel a little warmer. After saving Zhuang Qiushui's number, she held an umbrella and walked to the gate of Xingyue Village.Sure enough, there is a lot of stagnant water in the community. It was like this ten years ago. Whenever there is heavy rain, the water will flood the Jinshan Mountain, and we can only walk through the high places next to it.

Shang Xiaodie's house is on the third floor of a six-story building, she took out her key and opened the door. June 9 at 18:40 in the evening Dad finally came home. He is a tall and burly man, but his face is very tired and haggard. It seems that he has worked overtime in the bank again today. In the afternoon, Shang Xiaodie called Bai Lu again, but the other party's phone was turned off again. Xiaodie cooked noodles for two, and her father started gobbling them up as soon as he entered the house.When he was about to finish eating, the noodles in Xiaodie's bowl were barely touched.

Dad put on a stern face: "Why don't you eat? Are you going to lose weight again?" "No!" Xiaodie ate a few more symbolic mouthfuls. "What's the matter? You look gloomy, you little girl, why don't you tell Dad about anything." Dad finished eating the noodles and smoked a cigarette, "You are old, I can't control you anymore. But one day I want to ask you something, have you used your credit card yet?" Xiaodie lowered her head like a student in training: "I used it once this week." Dad is such a person. He spends all day at work and thinks about credit cards when he gets home. Even his daughter's English name is WOW.But he is a father after all, watching his daughter bowed her head eating noodles, he couldn't help sighing: "Hey, if only your mother was here, she will definitely teach you how to cook some good dishes." Xiaodie's eyelids twitched a few times when she heard the word "Mom".She stood up nervously, put down the noodles and ran back to her room. She almost threw herself on the desk, and tremblingly picked up the pink photo frame with a black and white photo inlaid inside. In the photo was the head of a young woman.She has thick black hair, a pair of bright almond eyes, heroic eyebrows, a straight nose bridge, and a clean and fair face-she is undoubtedly a peerless beauty, and her beauty can shock everyone just by taking photos.The black-and-white photos make her eyes particularly lively, and her black eyes seem to be able to speak at any time, ordering men all over the world to worship her. All in all, she doesn't look like a mortal woman, she seems to come from another era, a distant country three thousand years ago, or a planet outside the Milky Way. That's right, she is Shang Xiaodie's mother. Shang Xiaodie caressed the photo frame, hoping that it could replace her mother's face, but her mother would never come again. In fact, she only met her mother through photos. She never actually saw her mother, and she thought it was the greatest misfortune of her life. I tried my best not to let the tears fall again, I have shed enough tears today, I can't shed any more tears in front of my mother.After taking a few deep breaths, I finally controlled my emotions, and continued to look at the mother in the pink photo frame—she was so beautiful at that time, but why...why...her daughter was not beautiful at all? If you show the photos of your mother to your classmates, probably none of them will believe that they are mother and daughter.Although the daughter of a beautiful mother is usually inferior to her mother, the gap between Shang Xiaodie and her mother is too great.Many girls will inherit their father's appearance, but Xiaodie's father was also handsome when he was young, and she can't see his father's shadow now. The only thing she inherited from her mother is her eyes - her father often said that when she saw Xiaodie's eyes, she would think of when she first met her mother. Shang Xiaodie took off her glasses and looked in the small mirror, she really looked like her mother's eyes, especially the slightly melancholic one. She lay down on the bed, no longer thinking about the relationship between her mother and her appearance. The boudoir of more than ten square meters has accompanied her for many years, together with the photo of her mother on the desk.There is a mysterious feeling, as if her mother has been by her side, watching her from a hidden corner - it seems that there are real eyes hidden in the photo frame, and her every move is in her mother's eyes, including her sadness Her fear, her tears... will mom protect her? Outside the window, it was raining at night. After lying down for more than ten minutes, I suddenly remembered that there were still some things in the bag.Shang Xiaodie opened the heavy backpack and took out the notebook from "Ghost Creek". Just like in the dormitory, the notebook was placed between the knees sitting cross-legged, and the smooth handwriting was illuminated by a single lamp.Meng Bingyu's notes include biology, politics and English.The notes were taken very seriously, and almost every detail the teacher said was written down. It can be seen that Meng Bingyu is a very careful person. Xiaodie turned to the page of "Butterfly Cemetery" written in red calligraphy.There are some personal essays of Meng Bingyu in the back, mixed among the class notes.Sometimes I only record a few sentences, or copy a line of lyrics or something.There are a few pages that are even scribbled randomly, probably as a pastime when the class is boring, and one of the pages draws a girl's head. The painting style has the taste of a beautiful girl anime, with long hair, big eyes, and a slightly melancholic mouth.There is a line of words written at the bottom - He Na, my best friend. It turned out that the portrait of He Na was painted.Turning to the next page, I saw a dozen lines of small ballpoint pen characters—— Why let me live alone?He Na's body will be cremated today. I dare not go to see her for the last time. I am afraid that I will see her most tragic image. Let her beautiful face remain in my heart forever. My wounds are almost healed, but who can bandage the wounds in my heart?I forced myself to overcome my fear, repeatedly watched the DV filmed in the car that night, and slowed down the camera over and over again to find clues.Every night, I would dream of the off-road vehicle speeding at night, the street sign called "Huangquan Nine Road", the girl in white clothes blocking the car on the side of the road, and the four words "Butterfly Cemetery"-these four words are The curse, it killed He Na. What exactly is the "Butterfly Cemetery"? The next page is the notes of the professional class again, it seems that Meng Bingyu will return to school soon.She tremblingly continued to flip through.After a few pages of class notes, I saw Meng Bingyu's densely packed text again—— Today, I went to find the Butterfly Cemetery. Like a detective, I returned to the crime scene to investigate the clues, and returned to the place where the accident happened a week ago-Jingwei Sanlu.Taking the bus at noon in the bright sun can not only drive away ghosts, but also avoid getting lost.It is not far from the urban area, and it is only half an hour's drive to S University. It's not unusual to look at it now, the four-lane road has a residential area under construction on one side, a large area of ​​ruins on the other, and several high-rise buildings in the distance.The accident happened in the middle of the road, our car drove into the opposite lane and collided head-on with a container truck.Covering my ears, I seemed to hear that terrible scream—the last cry of Ho Na's life. You can't see the appearance of the butterfly cemetery at all.Maybe the woman in white ran a long way from the Butterfly Cemetery before coming here to stop the car; or the Butterfly Cemetery is not nearby, but she just happened to encounter something and landed in this place alone. That night we saw a strange street sign with the words "Huangquan Nine Road" written on it. At that time, we thought it was very strange. How could there be such a road name? I walked around the neighborhood several times and saw Jingwei 1st Road and Jingwei 2nd Road, but there was no trace of "Huangquan Road". Could it be that there are two worlds here during the day and at night? Seeing this, Xiaodie felt goosebumps all over her body, and suddenly felt a strange feeling in her heart—what voice was calling her? She walked to the window and lingered for a few steps, then picked up her mobile phone and dialed Bai Lu's number. This time, Bai Lu didn't turn off the phone. The bell rang for dozens of seconds, and suddenly a trembling female voice sounded: "Hello!" God bless!She finally answered the phone!It seems that Xiaodie really sensed it! "Bai Lu, I'm... I'm Xiaodie... Where are you...?" She was so excited that she was a little overwhelmed, and she couldn't even speak clearly. The other party paused for a moment, then suddenly said coldly: "I'm in 'Ghost Creek'." "My God, what are you doing there?" But Bai Lu didn't answer anymore, the signal became blurred, there was some strange sound, and then the phone was hung up. She was in "Ghost Creek"? June 9 at 21:20 p.m. The road was not as congested as it was during the day, Shang Xiaodie sat anxiously in the taxi, watching the gate of S University approaching.Twenty minutes ago, she rushed out of the house in a hurry, and her father asked her where she was going, and she could only make up a reason at random.She kept calling her cell phone along the way, but Bai Lu turned it off again. When she finally arrived at S University, she jumped out of the car and rushed into the school gate.The campus was much quieter on Friday night, and there were only some students whose homes were out of town under the street lights.Xiaodie ran through the silent passage with her head down, occasionally alarming her lover deep in the dense forest.It has been through their girls' dormitory building, through the sleeping flower garden, to the most remote corner of the school-"Ghost Creek". Bai Lu was still here half an hour ago, I don't know where she is now. Fortunately, the moonlight is bright tonight, the green river water is sparkling, and the oleander flowers are still exuding their fragrance.She saw the figure, almost half kneeling on the grass by the river. "Bailu!" She yelled loudly, and rushed to the person, but the figure did not respond, as if it was just a sculpture fixed on the ground. Shang Xiaodie also squatted in front of that person, her white dress was eye-catching under the moonlight, and her long black hair hid her face.There was a small shovel in front of her, the soil under her feet had been dug up, and a pencil case was lying in the pit. GOD, she actually wanted to bury this pencil case. Ashes to dust, dust to dust. Because this pencil case is originally from "Ghost Creek". A few days ago, Shang Xiaodie and Bai Lu dug out this pencil case together, and now Bai Lu is going to return it to the soil under this piece of wild grass. But Xiaodie still couldn't see her face clearly, so she stretched out her hand to lift Bai Lu's hair—a new fear surged in her heart, would she see another face?Or is this face already bloody? Fortunately, the moonlight illuminated Bai Lu's face, and her eyes were facing the small pit in the ground. "Bai Lu, did you hear me?" She seemed to respond, but instead of raising her head, she continued digging with a small shovel. Shang Xiaodie shouted in her ear: "Stop!" But Bai Lu completely ignored her and started to bury the pencil case with soil.Oh my god, Bai Lu has gone mad, what kind of power is attached to her. Another soul possessed? Fluttershy tugged at her hand, trying to take her shovel away.Just as the two girls wrestled together, Bai Lu suddenly fell to the ground. Just like what happened at midnight last night, Bai Lu's whole body trembled and convulsed, and under the moonlight her face was as pale as a dead person.Xiaodie was dumbfounded all of a sudden, could it be that the fight just now hurt her? Bai Lu's appearance became more and more frightening, her eyeballs almost protruded from her sockets, and some white foam was already spitting out from the corners of her mouth. No, her life will be in danger like this!Shang Xiaodie immediately took out her mobile phone, dialed 120, and told the ambulance to come quickly! Just when Shang Xiaodie was at a loss for Bai Lu, her eyes fell on the small hole on the ground, more than half of the pencil case had been buried in the soil.She hurriedly dug the pencil case out of the soil, wiped off the dirt on the surface, and hid it in her schoolbag. She thought that this place was very remote, even if an ambulance drove into the campus, it would be difficult to find "Ghost Creek".So, Xiaodie first let Bai Lu lie on the ground (she really didn't have the strength to carry Bai Lu out), and then ran quickly to the girls' dormitory. A few minutes later, the ambulance roared to the downstairs of the dormitory.Xiaodie immediately led the medical staff to the desolate "ghost creek".The green water here made everyone pinch their noses, and the stretcher lifted Bai Lu on the ground and ran away. Panting, she went back downstairs to the girls' dormitory, and carried the dying Bai Lu into the ambulance.Xiaodie also sat in the car, grabbed Bai Lu's hand and said, "You have to hold on, you'll be fine!" The ambulance rushed out of the campus screaming strangely, and galloped to the nearest hospital.Bai Lu in the car has already passed out of shock, and the doctor is doing simple rescue for her.Xiaodie's tears fell, and the pencil case was still hidden in her schoolbag. Five minutes later, when they arrived at the hospital, Shang Xiaodie got out of the car along with the stretcher, carried Bai Lu into the emergency room of the hospital. The place is already in chaos. A seriously injured person in a car accident has just been brought in, and the floor is covered with blurred blood.Before the doctor had time to dry the blood on his clothes, he rushed to rescue Bai Lu again. Xiaodie felt her head was going to explode, she stood beside the stretcher blankly, watching Bai Lu's body gradually quiet down, her soul seemed to be drifting away from her... Bai Lu's breathing had stopped, as if something was stuck in her trachea.The young doctor decided to perform a tracheotomy, and it was too late to enter the operating room. He pushed Bai Lu into a small room, and the anesthetist administered emergency anesthesia to the patient.The doctor operated the scalpel, and carefully cut Bai Lu's neck open—this terrifying scene was completely witnessed by Xiaodie, who hid behind a curtain, trembling all over, but did not dare to make a sound. She saw Bai Lu's trachea, under the red skin tissue, was a trachea that had been swollen out of shape.The doctor's hands were already trembling, and he managed to hold the surgical tweezers steadily, and slowly inserted into Bai Lu's cut trachea, and pinched something from it—— Like a white candy. The doctor was already stunned, he couldn't believe that his hands took out such a thing from the human's trachea!