Chapter 15 Primer

A picture flashed before his eyes.A dark figure approached a woman with a sharp knife, and the woman screamed. The picture changed, and it became a wolf head approaching the woman's neck, drinking blood.The woman's limbs twitched, her eyes stared to this side. The picture changed again—— "Sister, where are you?" A boy in white sneakers is walking clumsily through the forest with a lollipop. A crow chirped overhead, staring at him with round eyes. The boy was a little scared. He had heard adults tell him since he was a child, don't come into this forest casually, it is very dangerous.But the naughty sister insisted on playing hide-and-seek with him in the woods.He can't help it.

"I'm here." My sister's voice came from a distance, very erratic. "Sister, don't go too far! It's not safe here!" The boy's voice trembled with nervousness.The ground under his feet was covered with moss, which was greasy and unsteady. After a certain distance, the trees became more and more dense, and the untrimmed branches bent down like long arms, sweeping the ground, blocking the way he came from behind. sister!Where is my sister hiding?His heart became more and more flustered. Chirp.The crow above his head croaked, and the black bird seemed to be staring at him, and flew from the original tree to a branch above his head.

The lollipop in the boy's hand fell to the ground and was trampled into the mud.The old people said that those who are about to die will be targeted by crows, and crows can smell the breath of death. He lowered his head and ignored the crow, and there was a soft crackling sound in front of him, is it his sister? Chirp.Another crow stood beside the crow just now, and the two crows stared at him at the same time. The boy was trembling. He wanted to scream, but his vocal cords were too tense to make a sound. It was a human voice, as if someone was speaking not far away.He followed the sound and walked over.

His white sneakers were covered with black mud, making him a little sick. The voice in front was intermittent, getting closer, getting closer. He carefully pushed aside a clump of branches in front of him, and there were two people in front of him, one of whom was wearing a coat and a big bad wolf mask on his head.The other is a woman, but in her twenties, she looks a little familiar... By the way, she seems to have seen her in Dad's company. The woman was talking excitedly, and the masked man stood there blankly.In the hot weather, this man was actually wearing a mask and a coat.Dressed like this, it should be maddeningly hot, but the man didn't say a word.

"I gave birth to the child, your child! I have already done a paternity test on him! I am still young, I had a child without getting married, and I have to raise him alone. Do you know how much pressure I have endured! But what about you, you just hide, what can you do for me?" The woman's voice was loud. A cold voice came out from under the wolf-head mask: "I'll give you money." "Hmph, money? What problem can money solve! He is your flesh and blood just like your child, and he must have your surname! He must be able to join your family! Your company should also have his share!"

"This is impossible." The woman suddenly threw herself on the shoulder of the masked man, crying, "I don't care! You have to think about me! I have swallowed my anger for so many years, and I can't bear it anymore!" "Don't force me." The voice behind the mask trembled slightly. "Don't tell me that the yellow-faced woman is so attractive to you, why do you want to lure me into bed? You liar!" The woman burst into tears. The masked man stroked the woman's hair tenderly, and seemed to be whispering something. Curiosity drove the boy. He moved closer and finally heard it clearly.

"You won't suffer anymore, and you don't need to be wronged anymore." The man in the mask slid one hand to the back of the woman's neck, and stretched the other to the pocket, "How can I be willing to let you continue to suffer in this world." He took out something from his pocket, shiny and shiny. The boy covered his mouth; he saw it was a sharp knife. "I used to be such a popular person, so many people gave me flowers, courted me, and there were so many good men, but I chose you, and I chose to be your shady lover..." the woman babbled, He didn't realize the murderous intent gushing out from behind the mask.

The sharp knife stabbed at the back of the woman's neck!Click, click again! The woman screamed and tried frantically to push the masked man away, but she was held firmly.The masked figure held her head tightly against his chest with strong arms.No matter how much she beat and pushed, she would not let go.The woman's shouts were suffocated into whimpers, her nails pinched tightly on the masked man's arm, and the sharp nails dug into the skin.The masked man was unmoved, his knife was like the pendulum of a mechanical clock, poking down evenly and cruelly, one stroke after another.

The woman gradually became immobile in his arms, her legs were weak and bent, her body slipped from the masked man's arms, the masked man grabbed her hair, the knife began to attack her throat again, her front Chest...Finally, it stopped in front of her face, the expression on that face had froze, with an expression of fear and disbelief. The masked man took off his mask. This is a majestic man with a few silver threads on his forehead.There were tears in his eyes, and his movements were dignified and slow.He put the woman on the ground and kissed her lips. "I'm sorry, I didn't want to kill you, but you pushed me too hard...I'm sorry..." He fixed her hair and put her arms on his chest, looking as if she was going to take a peaceful nap, But her eyes were round, and he tried several times, but he still couldn't close them.

He rummaged through the satchel carried by the deceased, took some things away, gave her another affectionate look, and finally turned his head resolutely, and walked out of the woods. The boy had witnessed all this, and his crotch was drenched with fear. That day, the boy came home very late, dinner was ready, his mother was serving dishes to the dining table, and his sister was playing with the doll, muttering: "Where did my brother go, and that big idiot didn't find his way? "Dad was lazily lying on the sofa with a newspaper open in front of him.He said to his sister: "It's okay, my brother will definitely come back. If he doesn't come back, I will contact the police to find him."

When the boy walked into the house, his eyes were glazed, and his mother complained about the dirt on his feet.His sister rushed to hug him, and he pushed her away, staring at his father's arm, which was bandaged. My father smiled unnaturally: "I met a robber on the way home from the company. He tried to steal my money, but he didn't succeed, so I drove him away." The younger sister clapped her hands and said, "Daddy, you are the best. No villain is your match!" The boy came to the dining table silently, and glanced at a row of masks hanging on the wall. His mother used to be a director of fairy tales when she was young, and many of the masks on the wall were brought back by her mother as a souvenir after the theater closed down.There is Snow White, there is Little Red Riding Hood, and there is the Big Bad Wolf... The boy's eyes fell on the big bad wolf mask. The big bad wolf opened its mouth with a trace of blood on the corner of its mouth. The bloodstain seemed real. Li Hui woke up from the dream. The surface of the luminous watch shone with a faint blue light, as cold as the eyes of the underworld.It's four thirty in the morning. Li Hui rubbed his red and dry eyes, found the last can of Red Bull from the refrigerator, opened the bottle and drank freely to refresh himself. "How should I draw this murderous monster?" He was talking to himself as he returned to the workbench. There are large drafts of comics on the workbench. This is his half-finished work - "Killer on the Rhine", a dark shadow stands by the rippling river, with a dead body lying beside it, but the shadow Not yet finished, the face and hands are still blank. "Do this? No, it's not possible, it's not expressive enough." He tossed for a long time and still couldn't get it done. "Dangdangdang——" Someone knocked on the door suddenly, startling him. The younger sister Li Jing appeared at the door of the studio. She was wearing pajamas and asked angrily, "Are you up to sleep?" "Yes," Li Hui rubbed his eyes, "Why do you get up so early?" The younger sister replied: "The college organizes a marathon today, and we will gather at 5:30." The younger sister changed clothes in front of him in a big way, her white thighs were dangling, which made Li Hui very unhappy: "Hey, you are such an adult, go back to your room and change." The younger sister gave him a disdainful look: "Tch, we all grew up wearing crotch pants together, and I don't care what you care about... I haven't asked you for viewing fees yet." Li Hui said helplessly: "Go away! How can I draw you dangling in front of me!" "Okay." The younger sister has already put on the sportswear, "Come on, don't forget to go to work at eight o'clock, hobbies are just hobbies no matter how you like them." Li Hui smiled wryly: "Understood! You are more talkative than my mother!" My sister left, and said before leaving: "Help me tidy up the room! Thank you!" Depend on!Ask my brother to clean up the room, do you have such a lazy sister? "When she graduates, she must hurry up and find a man to marry her. It's impossible for this girl to grow up without going through the transformation of marriage!" Li Hui stood up and walked into his sister's bedroom. This guy's room was a mess, worse than the boy's. Li Hui's eyes suddenly fell on an ornament on the wall. When he was just in high school, his home was caught in a fire, and his mother and father died in the fire.The stocks invested by my father were also raided and suffered heavy losses, and the family has since fallen.He and his sister traveled to many places, and many of his mother's collections had disappeared. Only this, my sister insisted on keeping. That's the mask of the big bad wolf. Li Hui took off the mask involuntarily. The expression of the big bad wolf is lifelike, with its mouth open and its fangs exposed, as if it wants to choose someone to eat.Li Hui stroked the mask with his hand, remembering the past scenes. At last he caught a glimpse of the corner of the wolf's mouth, where there was a black smear that could not be seen without looking carefully. Suddenly his heart trembled, and the piercing chill radiated from his spine to all parts of his body, even his fine hairs stood on end. He knew where the stain was coming from. That dark image reappeared in my mind, the man wearing the wolf-head mask stabbed the limp woman one after another, blood spattered, but the man never let go... As if something had opened the iron gate that blocked Li Hui's inspiration, he returned to the workbench involuntarily, waving the pen in his hand like flying.A picture appeared on the paper.Venus popped up in front of his eyes, and his brain was dizzy, but the excitement was getting stronger and stronger, like a new star erupting before dawn. He never noticed that he had quietly put the mask on his head. The room was silent, only the sound of rustling pen tip scratching on the paper, the yellow light stretched his shadow very long, and there was a wolf's head above the human shadow. The alarm clock rang suddenly, interrupting Li Hui's work. "Oops! Time to go to work!" He hurriedly packed his luggage, and suddenly realized that he was wearing a wolf-head mask. He was so horrified that he quickly took off the mask and threw it on the sofa. Langtou was lying on the sofa, still maintaining the posture of choosing people and loving them. He stared at it for a while, then stepped out. The wolf's head raised the corners of its mouth, revealing a strange smile.