Chapter 16 Chapter Fourteen

I suddenly became worried again one day, worried that in the middle of the night, I would hear the cry of the girl from that room again, and I was afraid to see the girl struggling in the fire.She is a destiny!I want to erase the girl struggling in the fire from my memory, but I can't erase it!It seems to be my destiny too!At that time, when my son lived in this room, I thought of this girl struggling in the fire, but I was indifferent, I didn't say anything!Why don't I say it?Am I taking revenge on Mei Ping?Revenge on Zhang Wenbo?Do I also want my son to struggle in the fire! That year, an unexpected visitor came to the Gu mansion.

I don't know who he is or why he came here from far away England.He was an old English man, and there was a kind of bewilderment in his eyes.I don't know how old he is, his breathing is so heavy.It was Mei Ping who received him, and Mei Ping seemed to know this Englishman.I naturally thought of the earliest owner of this building. I checked some information and found that the earliest owner of this building was British.Does this old Englishman have something to do with this building? That night, the old man sat in front of the old-fashioned piano and played a song. He and Mei Ping talked for a long time in English.

That night, the old British man stayed at home, and he didn't go back to the hotel.He lives in the guest room next to Zhang Xiaotiao's room on the third floor.Suddenly a foreigner lived in my home, and I was not used to it.It happened that Zhang Wenbo was not at home that night, so I asked Zhang Xiaotiao to sleep with me.Zhang Xiaotiao had an indescribable repulsion towards me. Although he was lying on the same bed with me, he avoided me like his father who was tired of me, and distanced himself from me.No matter what, with Zhang Xiaotiao sleeping with me, I have a sense of security. Yes, I have been living in anxiety, and this sense of security is also temporary and uncertain.

In fact, I didn't close my eyes that night. I vaguely felt that something was going to happen. Around midnight, I suddenly heard a loud cry.I recognized that the yell came from the guest room, and the person who yelled was the old English man. Why is he yelling?Did he have a nightmare?Did he see something? I got up, but I didn't dare to go out, I just stood in the door, listening to the movement outside the door, I hope and don't want any more sounds that make me afraid.Mei Ping got up too. I heard her knocking on the door of the guest room, and I also heard her talking to that old Englishman. The word: "Fire!"

Early the next morning, the old Englishman took his leave.He looked flustered as he left.Later, I found out that he came to recall the past.He is indeed the son of the old owner in this old building. When he and his father left here, he was only five years old. I heard that he still has a sister. His sister did not return to England with him... The sound of the piano is like the night dew falling from the distant starry sky, instantly nourishing Zhang Molin's dry heart. Zhang Molin opened his eyes and heard Beethoven's "Moonlight Song". He seemed to see a small boat moving gently on the mirror-like lake on a quiet moonlit night.

That short-lived good feeling passed quickly. Zhang Molin got up from the bed. He stood at the window and saw Li Li standing under the camphor tree. She was wearing the white cotton nightgown that was stained with the dog's blood. Zhang Molin couldn't see her face clearly. But one could feel some kind of sadness and pain in her face. In a sense, he sympathized with this daughter-in-law very much and understood her difficulties. It was a mistake for Li Li to marry into this family, just like it was a mistake for him to marry Mei Ping back then. If he didn't combine with Mei Ping, Mei Ping's image would be perfect in his heart until death, without being damaged in the slightest.

Zhang Molin felt that Li Li must have stood under the camphor tree for a long time, perhaps all night. Zhang Molin found that Li Li had left after a while, but he felt that Li Li was still standing there. In the beautiful melody of "Moonlight Song", Zhang Molin cast his eyes on the clump of evening primrose. There seems to be a strange ghost buried in the evening primrose bushes, and that ghost may appear at any time and bring more serious disasters to this family. Zhang Molin closed his eyes, his eyes were particularly sour. He suddenly felt that he had something to say to Li Li, but he had to find an appropriate time.He couldn't imagine what the consequences would be if he and Li Li said those words.

Zhang Molin gritted his teeth and made a decision in his heart, perhaps the last important decision in his life, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. Li Li came to the office early. She didn't want to stay in that tomb-like home for a while. When she left that home every day, she would breathe fresh air as soon as she went out, and her mind would have a short and momentary peace. Last night, Li Li was woken up by a shaking sound after falling asleep.Li Li opened her eyes in the dark, the bed was shaking and creaking.Li Li reached out her hand quietly and turned on the lamp on the bedside table. She saw her husband Zhang Wenbo's right hand holding the firm penis and stopping there.

Zhang Wenbo was stunned by the sudden flashing light, and he stopped holding the right hand of the penis after the light was on.Zhang Wenbo was covered in sweat, his face was flushed, the veins on his forehead protruded like earthworms, and he was panting heavily. Li Li's eyes quickly left Zhang Wenbo's penis. Her gaze fell on the oil painting "Dangerous Liaisons" on the wall opposite the bed, and she seemed to hear the delicate laughter of the nude woman on the oil painting. Li Li stretched out her hand to the button of the desk lamp and pressed it lightly. The lights went out, and the room sank back into darkness.

Li Li said: "Go on!" Zhang Wenbo let out a long breath, and then his movements became violent, and his panting became more and more rapid. Li Li knew that he was venting some kind of depression and hatred in his heart by masturbating! She suddenly felt a little sympathetic to this man, she quietly extended a hand, his hand bounced back quickly, and she hugged her full and soft breasts with both hands. After a while, Li Li heard Zhang Wenbo howl and calmed down. She smelled a fishy smell of semen... Li Li walked back and forth in the empty office by herself, looking here and there for a while.She has also worked here for more than ten years, and she feels a sour liquid flowing in her body.Li Li is sensitively aware that she will soon leave the place where she spent her youth and that pair of red underwear.

Li Li came to Zhang Tingting's desk, picked up the typed copy on the desk, put it in her hand, flipped through it again, and turned to a page, she read gently: "Even in the sun During the bright day, those ghosts will also float out from all the dark corners of this world. They are like the ubiquitous fine dust in the air, passing in and out of your body through your breath. Sometimes, these fine dust Such ghosts will make you restless, and even lead to the bad mood of suicide. They are dominating your thinking and actions, but you don't know it. You will think that one of your organs has a disease and ignore these ghosts Sometimes, these ghosts will also emit a flower-like fragrance, attracting you, confusing you to dangerous situations, and pushing you into unpredictable misery when you are in a very happy mood, because the living people When he is happy, he often ignores his own safety. I know, I breathed her ghost into my lungs, but I can't control her, she grows in my lung lobes like cancer cells, spreads, and then spreads all over me Liver, heart, and the entire interior. She breathes inside me, I didn't realize it when I killed her, and now I know it. She breathes sinisterly inside me..." As Li Li was reading, she seemed to have forgotten her own existence. She also seemed to have become that dusty ghost, looking for a person's nostrils, and then entering that person's body, torturing him (her) into madness and fear. , until death! At this moment, she heard a sweet voice: "Sister Li, you came early today!" Li Li woke up from her obsession, quickly closed the typed draft, and put it back on Zhang Tingting's desktop. Zhang Tingting said with a smile: "Sister Li, you really like it. I suggest Mr. Cheng, when the book is published, put your name in charge of editing it. You also put a lot of effort into this book!" Li Li said: "No, no. By the way, how is your foot injury?" Zhang Tingting said: "Okay. Look, there is only one scar left." Li Li saw the red mark of a gash, and she knew that the matter was not over yet. Li Li said: "Tingting, you can give me all the medical expenses, and I will reimburse you!" Zhang Tingting said: "How much money is there, don't worry about it, I will ask you to help me more in the future!" Li Li felt that Zhang Tingting seemed to be a different person today, and she seemed to speak so well. Is there some kind of conspiracy hidden in it? With Zhang Tingting's style, she would not give up on Li Li. Li Li usually gets along better. One of the editors told Li Li that Zhang Tingting had spoken out among the little sisters, saying that Li Li had left a mark on her beautiful legs by disfiguring her legs, and that she would also leave an indelible mark on Li Li's life. imprint. What action Zhang Tingting will take, Li Li has no idea, but Li Li seems to be quietly preparing.To be honest, Li Li didn't have the energy to fight Zhang Tingting at all. Regarding the killing of the little dalmatian dog, she has racked her brains, and she has never been able to determine who the murderer of the little dalmatian is! She only hopes to be able to restrain her bad emotions and live in peace with everyone in the publishing house, but the tree wants to be quiet but the wind keeps on. No one will really understand her situation and consider the issue from her standpoint. It is also impossible for her to do this and really think for others. Selfishness has become the common pain of everyone in society and the root of evil. Li Li has fallen into a tight siege, and all difficulties are unfolding to her. Zhang Wenbo ushered in an uninvited guest on this sweltering afternoon.This is a snake catcher that Li Lingyun invited him from the countryside. The snake catcher arrived at Zhang Wenbo's house around one o'clock in the afternoon. At that time, Mei Ping was having her face done at the "Paris Beauty Salon" across the street. The snake catcher rang the doorbell, and Ah Hua went to open the door. As soon as Ah Hua opened the door, her face changed. Standing in front of her was a short and ugly old man with a back on his back. On his right face was a black sarcoid the size of half a fist. A tuft of long black hair, and protruding front teeth, wearing a black cloth clothes, carrying a dirty cloth bag, and holding a bamboo stick in his hand. The snake catcher looked sideways at Ah Hua. Ah Hua asked him: "Who are you looking for?" Looking at him with chills, Ah Hua thought he was a beggar. He didn't know that this strange old man who looked like he came from hell was a famous snake catcher with a radius of a hundred miles in the countryside of Chiban City. The snake catcher's voice was hoarse: "Does Professor Zhang Wenbo live here?" Ah Hua nodded, and asked him suspiciously: "Did Professor Zhang ask you to come?" The snake catcher nodded. At this moment, Zhang Wenbo greeted him. But when Zhang Wenbo saw the snake catcher, he also felt some kind of fear. The snake catcher was led into the garden by Zhang Wenbo, and he said to the snake catcher, "There is a big snake more than one meter long in this garden." After Ah Hua knew that this was the snake catcher invited by Zhang Wenbo, she was also extremely excited.Despite her distaste for ugly snake catchers, she hoped they would take away the poisonous snake that had been entwining her in her dream. The snake catcher started his search around the corner of the garden wall. He is said to be able to identify the snake's burrow and the snake's path in the grass. Zhang Wenbo has been following him. Ah Hua just stood on the steps at the door of the building and watched from a distance. The snake catcher's eyes were slanted, and when he pulled the grass at the base of the wall with the bamboo stick in his hand, the fleshy tumor on his face kept shaking. When the snake catcher came to the side of the evening primrose, he looked up. look at the sky.Then, the snake catcher used a bamboo stick to push aside the branches and leaves of the evening primrose and examined them carefully. Zhang Wenbo was always two feet away from him. He was worried that the snake catcher would let go of the snake after catching it and let the snake jump towards him. The snake catcher tracked from the location of the tuberose all the way to the camphor tree in the middle of the garden. At this time, Zhang Molin was looking down from the window. He was about to take a nap, but found the snake catcher in the garden with a very complicated expression. The snake catcher used a bamboo stick to poke the spot where the little Dalmatian was buried, and turned his head to look at Zhang Wenbo sideways. Zhang Wenbo felt that his soul was almost taken away by his slanted eyes. Zhang Wenbo felt a little sad in his heart. The snake catcher walked across the grass and along the wall of the building to the back of the building. Zhang Wenbo was getting closer and closer to the snake catcher. Ah Hua couldn't see the snake catcher on the steps in front of the building. She didn't dare to follow the snake catcher like Zhang Wenbo did. snake people. The snake catcher stood under the rusty iron stairs and took a deep breath. The snake catcher's bamboo stick pointed at the iron stairs at the bottom step. He raised his head and looked up the iron stairs obliquely. The tumor on his face kept shaking.Ah Hua watched him slowly turn around and leave the place.The snake catcher walked towards the iron gate step by step with his back on his back. When he passed by Zhang Wenbo, he said: "Some things have souls!" He walked out the iron gate. Zhang Wenbo chased after him and said to him, "Did you find the snake?" The snake catcher ignored him and left on his own. Zhang Wenbo wanted to give him money, but he didn't either. Originally, Li Lingyun had agreed with him that if the snake catcher catches the snake, the snake will belong to the snake catcher, and the money will be waived; if the snake cannot be caught, he will be given 50 yuan for hard work. Zhang Wenbo was at a loss as he watched the back of the strange snake catcher disappearing into the crowd. At this time, he found Mei Ping standing across the street, and she seemed to be looking at the back of the snake catcher. When Mei Ping was crossing the road gracefully, Zhang Wenbo had a strange and vicious idea: "What if a car ran past him at this moment and killed his mother, Mei Ping?" Zhang Xiaotiao was not interested in that ugly snake catcher at all. When the snake catcher was searching the garden, he quietly walked out of the heavy iron gate, and Ah Hua saw him going out.A'hua knew that Zhang Xiaotiao had left the house and sneaked out of the iron gate at this time for several days in a row. The adults in this family all had their own ulterior motives and ignored Zhang Xiaotiao's existence at all. Zhang Xiao jumped on the bus. A thin young man followed him into the bus. Zhang Xiaotiao got off the car on Baocheng Road, and when he walked into Baocheng Park, the thin young man followed behind him. Zhang Xiaotiao came under the huge cedar tree, sat on the root of the cedar tree, and his eyes fell on the stone on the grass. At this time, there was a breeze, and Zhang Xiaotiao felt itchy. He rubbed his eyes, his eyes searching the grass. If the snake catcher with the black tumor on his face was looking for the venomous snake in his garden at this time, then Zhang Xiaotiao was looking for a white butterfly, which looked like a haze. A sun-like butterfly suddenly fell from the sky, its refined appearance is fascinating. Some flying insects flitted across the grass, but Zhang Xiaotiao didn't notice the butterfly that fell into the mortal world.A coolness like water glides across Zhang Xiaotiao's eyes. He lowered his head and looked at the roots of the cedar tree. There was a small ant crawling on the roots of the tree. It was so calm that it didn't know the danger it was facing. Why is the little ant not a butterfly? Zhang Xiaotiao stretched out his index finger, and gently pressed down on the little ant, and the little ant was smashed to pieces in an instant. Zhang Xiaotiao raised his head, and found a person standing in front of him, that person's thin face was full of anger, he was wearing a pair of shorts and a vest, and his protruding ribs could be seen. Zhang Xiaotiao said in confusion: "Who are you? Why are you blocking me?" The skinny young man changed his face and said to him fiercely: "Are you Zhang Xiaotiao?" Zhang Xiaotiao nodded, and said calmly: "I am Zhang Xiaotiao, do you know me? Who told you my name?" The man said: "Don't worry about how I know your name, is there a nanny named A Hua in your family?" Zhang Xiaotiao smiled: "That's right, how did you know that country bumpkin's name?" The man suddenly stretched out his hand like a firewood stick, grabbed the clothes on Zhang Xiaotiao's chest, and lifted Zhang Xiaotiao up. Zhang Xiaotiao grabbed his strong wrist with both hands: "Who are you? What are you going to do?" The man said viciously: "Little bastard, who am I? I am your ancestor! Are you playing hooligans with Ah Hua?" Zhang Xiaotiao seemed to understand something, and sneered: "Let me go, let me go!" The man said: "Let go of you? I really want to strangle you, you little bastard! I warn you, if you dare to touch Ah Hua in the future, I will kill you!" Zhang Xiaotiao's face darkened: "I told you to let go, do you hear me?" The man still held Zhang Xiaotiao tightly, and wanted to continue to threaten Zhang Xiaotiao, but Zhang Xiaotiao suddenly grabbed the man's arm and bit down firmly.The man screamed in pain: "Little bastard, let go!" Zhang Xiaotiao didn't let go. That person let go of Zhang Xiaotiao's clothes. Zhang Xiaotiao's teeth ruthlessly penetrated into the man's flesh, and the other hand of the man grabbed Zhang Xiaotiao's hair and pulled it vigorously. Zhang Xiaotiao's teeth entered the man's flesh, and he heard the sound of flesh breaking, the man's blood seeped into his mouth along Zhang Xiaotiao's sharp teeth, Zhang Xiaotiao's tongue tasted salty blood the taste of. Zhang Xiaotiao had a strange thought: "If you bite A'hua's butt, will her blood taste the same?" After Zhang Xiaotiao let go, his scalp was also painfully pulled by the man. The man also let go of Zhang Xiaotiao's hair. The man screamed in pain, his face twisted into an old bitter melon. He saw the blood and Zhang Xiaotiao's saliva oozing out, and the two rows of teeth marks of different shades showed the child's cruelty and strength. The man heard Zhang Xiaotiao say: "Whoever says they want to kill someone is just bragging!" Covering his arms, he found that Zhang Xiaotiao was nowhere to be seen. He saw a white butterfly dancing on the grass. There were very few people in the park, why did Zhang Xiaotiao disappear on the empty lawn in an instant?He felt a chill all over his body. In this sweltering weather, he seemed to have entered a frozen winter. The white butterfly landed on the white stone. Ah Hua dialed her home number from a phone booth on the street at the entrance.She wanted to shed tears when she heard her mother's loving voice. She controlled her emotions, but no matter how she controlled it, her voice was still a little different from usual. The careful mother could tell it as soon as she heard it. The mother said on the other end of the phone: "Hua, have you been wronged?" The mother's voice was very clear, and the father's coughing could be heard beside him. Ah Hua said, "Mom, I'm fine. How are you? Why is Dad coughing all the time?" My mother said: "You have to take care of yourself. We are not by your side. You must be careful. Don't go out at night. I heard that the security of Chiban is very bad. Your dad also saw a news in the newspaper that day, saying that Chiban River A headless female body was found nearby, and it took the police a long time to solve the case. Your dad is fine, it’s been too hot these days, and your dad always uses cold well water to take a shower, and he has a cold." Ah Hua said: "You must take care of your health. I am fine here. Grandma Mei treats me like her own granddaughter, and even treats me to shark fin." Mother said: "No matter how good you are, you have to pay attention to your identity. Don't forget what you are doing. Hua, you are right to remember what Mom said. You must not have extravagant thoughts when you are a person, and you must be down-to-earth, so that you can feel at ease. .” A Hua was very sad. She would not tell her mother about Zhang Xiaotiao bullying her and Li Li beating her. For her mother, she would always report good news but not bad news. As long as she could support herself, she would never let the family People were worried about it, Ah Hua thought for a while and said, "Mom, I want to ask you a question." Mother said: "If you have anything to say, just say it quickly, the phone bill is expensive." Ah Hua said, "Has Grandma ever been with Grandma Mei before?" The mother was silent for a while and said, "Why are you asking this? Your father and I don't know much about this matter. I only know that your grandma was the daughter of a wealthy family in their town. When she was young, she went to a girls' school on Chiban." Ah Hua said: "Mom, I understand, so let's do it, I won't say more. You should take care of your health." After A Hua hung up the phone, she had a wonderful idea. The relationship between Mei Ping and her grandmother Wu Qinglian was extraordinary. There must be many secrets between them. One thing A Hua couldn't understand was, Why did Mei Ping stay in Chiban to live a prosperous life, while her grandmother Wu Qinglian returned to the countryside.In the end, she married an honest and poor grandfather. It was a mystery, a foggy mystery. Ah Hua even thought, how many people would have cast admiring glances at her beauty when Wu Qinglian, the grandma when she was young, was walking on the bustling streets of Chiban City? Ah Hua was about to go back when a black Santana car stopped by the side of the road. She was surprised to see Fang Fang, who was dressed up beautifully, got out of the car and called Ah Hua loudly. Fangfang was wearing a fashionable suspender skirt with lace trim, revealing half of Bai Shengsheng's chest and bare legs. Fangfang, who is usually unremarkable, also wore black sandals with stiletto heels and straps, looking slim and graceful. Look at Fangfang, it really is a pheasant turned into a phoenix. Ah Hua couldn't believe her eyes, she thought, is this Fang Fang who used to go grocery shopping with her? Did she really marry her master? This kind of thing seems to be staged in vulgar TV dramas, why did it happen to Fangfang? Fangfang took Ah Hua's hand, and asked with a smile: "Ah Hua, do you think I'm pretty?" It took a long time for Ah Hua to recover and say, "Beautiful, Sister Fangfang is really beautiful." She wanted to ask why she didn't tell herself when she got married, but she didn't open her mouth. Fangfang is no longer the original Fangfang, and she will never go shopping with her again. At this time, a huge head poked out from the car, but there were a pair of narrow eyes and a wide mouth on the face full of stubble, and he said to Fang Fang: "Fang, this is you. The Ah Hua you always talk about?" Fangfang nodded, pulled A'hua in front of him, and introduced to A'hua, "This is my husband Lu Jinshui." When Ah Hua saw this man named Lu Jinshui, she looked extremely shy. Lu Jinshui's mouse eyes scanned A Hua's body and said, "Stop standing there, it's so hot. Get in the car and go home." Have a nice chat!" Fang Fang dragged Ah Hua into the car, and Ah Hua said, "I'd better go back!" Fangfang said: "It's still early for dinner, besides, you are not a slave of their family, go, go to my house to play for a while, anyway, it is not far away, it is in the Qingshuiwan community in front, let Jinshui take you back later !" Lu Jinshui smiled and said, "Don't be coy, get in the car!" Fang Fang dragged Ah Hua, who was expecting Ai Ai, into the car. Ahua found that Lu Jinshui's legs were a little lame, and she didn't know how his legs were limping. Zhang Xiaotiao returned home and pushed open the door of A'hua's room, but A'hua was not in the room. Zhang Xiaotiao was like a dog sniffing here and there in Ah Hua's room, as if searching for some special smell. His eyes fell on the window, the curtains of which were tightly closed. Zhang Xiaotiao suddenly opened the curtains, and a figure outside the window disappeared in a flash. When he saw the iron stairs, Zhang Xiaotiao trembled like an electric shock, and closed the curtains. Zhang Xiaotiao's eyes dimmed, he lowered his head, and walked upstairs. There are quite a few rooms in this house, but the windows of each family member's room face the garden, only Ah Hua and some other guest rooms have windows facing the back. When Zhang Xiaotiao walked to the second floor, his eyes scanned the living room on the second floor, and he saw Mei Ping drinking tea. Zhang Xiaotiao couldn't figure out what was so good about that tea, he only liked to drink watermelon juice, that kind of blood red watermelon juice. Zhang Xiaotiao returned to his room. He sat in front of the table and wrote a line on a piece of paper: "Mom, why do you want to kill me?!" At this moment, the door was pushed open, and Zhang Wenbo stood at the door with a dazed expression. Zhang Xiaotiao turned around and glanced at his father. Zhang Wenbo said, "Xiaotiao, where did you go just now?" Zhang Xiaotiao said, "Does it matter where I go?" Zhang Wenbo said in a low voice: "How can you talk to me like this?" Zhang Xiaotiao said, "Then how should I talk to you?" Zhang Wenbo's facial muscles twitched, he was a little at a loss, he felt that his language was so poor, and his heart was so vulnerable. Zhang Xiaotiao turned his face away and cast his eyes out of the window. It seemed that a bird and a white butterfly appeared to be playing in the sunlight. Zhang Wenbo was stunned for a while and said: "Xiaotiao, I need to find some time to have a good talk with you, I find that you are becoming more and more outrageous!" Zhang Xiaotiao said in his heart: "You seem to have no chance." His eyes still extended infinitely in the sunlight outside the window, obsessed and composed.