Chapter 26 Extra scab

Scab refers to the lump formed by the coagulation of platelets and fibrin on the surface of the wound or wound, which will fall off automatically after the wound or window heals. There are many strange people in this world. Perhaps it is because of their existence that the normality of most people can be highlighted.However, in the eyes of normal people, strange people's every move is strange after all. For example, pica patients, their behavior and behavior are difficult for self-proclaimed normal people to accept. This is a story that seems to be about a person with pica, but have you ever thought that there may be a more terrifying truth hidden behind pica?A truth you can hardly imagine!

Knowing a lot of things is much more terrifying than ignorance. Life is like a movie, wobbling back and forth, often taking a sharp turn in the last few minutes, or taking a turn for the worse, and ending unimaginably soon anyway.After looking at it, in fact, the routine of every movie is the same, the hero, the heroine, encounter, development, then climax, and then the end. Jian Qing feels that her life is similar to the movie, even if there is a difference, the difference is only that there is no climax in life. She is twenty-eight years old and has had three relationships, all of which have been terrible.As for her father and mother, the marriage of these two guys is like two seeds randomly nibbled by a squirrel. They just buried together and grew together.

The smart Jian Qing has long wondered whether love, a thing that only comes out in the middle of February, really exists!After all, it has been twenty-eight years, and she has never tasted love. Until she met Zhang Xiang one day, the two fell in love quickly and deeply as if they had known each other for several lifetimes. After dating for two months, they talked about getting married. According to the Chinese tradition, one must have a house when getting married.After all, the same is true in the biological world. Females are always looking for strong, strong bones, nests, and competitive males. This is the instinct of natural selection, but for the house, Jian Qing has been really messed up recently. heart.

Her fiancé is not rich, and the combined deposits of the two of them are difficult to pay for the down payment in this city, so she specially asked for a few days off, found several intermediary companies, and slowly looked for high-quality and cheap second-hand houses . Yesterday, an intermediary company called and said that they had a room that met Jian Qing's requirements, and the price was very cheap. The landlord immigrated, so they disposed of it at a low price. After Jian Qing heard about it, she was very excited all night. In the early morning of the next day, accompanied by her aunt, she went to see the house with the people from the agency company.

My aunt is hugging her nine-month-old grandson, smiling cheerfully. When she sees her, she says, "We are simple, and we are finally getting married. Look at your sister, she is only twenty-five, and the child is almost one year old." Come on, cheer up too!" Jian Qing rubbed her forehead and smiled wryly, "Simple" is her nickname, alas, if life is really like her nickname, how good would it be to be simple? The agent is a middle-aged man in his forties, with a rather wretched appearance, but he is very talkative. He always interjects at the most suitable place, and then introduces the house in his hand.

The house that Jian Qing is looking for is outside the third ring road of the city, a mid-range residential area with convenient transportation and very close to the supermarket, which is a very gun-sucking location.Normally, girls would never even dare to think about buying a house in a nearby area, but this time the landlord offered a very attractive price! After getting out of the car, my aunt took a look at the surrounding environment, and frowned slightly, "Such a good location is actually 10% cheaper than the outer ring road. The house you're selling won't kill people, right?"

"How is it possible!" The agent said with a strong oath, "This room is a clear water room, it has not been renovated, and it has never been lived in, so how could it be possible for someone to die." "But it's too cheap, I think it's a bit evil." Auntie curled her lips. "You, don't worry, I told Ms. Jian a long time ago that the owner of this room is going to immigrate soon, and he probably won't come back in the future. He is busy selling it, so it is 100% cheaper than the market price. Twenty. Whether it is good or bad, you will know if you go in and have a look." The intermediary said while leading the way.

This building may have been renovated for less than three years, and the greening in the community is very good.Looking all the way, Jian Qing became more and more satisfied.After taking the elevator up to the 18th floor, the agent took out the key and opened the door of Room 4, motioning for everyone to go in. My aunt looked at the house number, 18-4, and couldn't help but feel unhappy, "This house number is too scary. It's 18 floors of hell again, and it's dead again. It's unlucky!" Jian Qing smiled wryly and said, "Auntie, don't be too superstitious. People can also translate it as 'want to make money'. Si also means getting rich in four seasons."

"Look, the girls here can talk." The agent said happily, "If you have any pimples, you can ask the neighbors nearby. After the owner bought this place, no one has lived here, and there are no other problems." "But the price is too cheap..." the aunt muttered, hugging the baby in her arms up. This suite has three bedrooms and one living room, has two balconies, and each room is equipped with a bay window, which is very clean and beautiful.The house faces the south, so there is plenty of sunlight during the day, and the abundant sunlight shines on the ground through the glass, making it warm.The house has indeed not been renovated, and there are no traces of people living there.

Jian Qing was even more moved. She calculated that the money she and her fiancé had saved to pay the down payment was no problem at all. Maybe there would be some left over, and she would borrow some from her family and friends to decorate the house, and then she would be able to become a housekeeper. For wedding room use. The house is bought at the current price, which is totally worth it! "Auntie, what do you think?" Jian Qing turned to ask the elder for his opinion. My aunt looked at each room again: "It seems that there is nothing wrong with it, but the price is too cheap."

"It's all luck to be able to buy a cheap and good house. If you walk past this village, there will be no such store. Our company hasn't posted the listing information yet. If we want to post it at the door, I don't know how many people will crowd it. Come and buy." The intermediary's tone was very sad, "I have rarely seen such a house at such a good price in my business for more than 20 years." "Then I'll go back and ask my boyfriend about it, and I'll give you an answer tomorrow." Jian Qing has actually made up her mind not to buy anything unless it's here. Just as she was leaving the house, the nephew in the aunt's arms suddenly burst into tears, and the ear-piercing cry shocked everyone.The nine-month-old baby was crying and waving its hands indiscriminately, its black pupils were wide open, and it was looking at a corner of the living room without blinking. "Be good, don't cry, don't cry." No matter how hard my aunt coaxed her nephew, she couldn't stop her crying. Jian Qing stood in front of the threshold and followed the baby's line of sight. The living room was empty, with only warm sunlight and clear glass. She didn't see any abnormalities, but the strangest thing was that as soon as she left the door of the house and locked the door, her nephew's cries disappeared immediately , the baby closed his eyes and fell asleep peacefully! Calm was restored in the corridor, as if his nephew's cries about the end of the world were just auditory hallucinations. My aunt patted the baby on the back with some fear, "Simple, there must be something weird about this house. It is said that babies' eyes are the purest. Haven't you heard that children under the age of two can see ghosts? "When many people buy or rent a house, they have to bring a child under two years old. If the child cries when entering the door, then this room must not be taken, no matter how cheap the rent is, because there may be a child in the house. Something unseen lives." "Auntie, you're telling superstition stories again." Jian Qing scolded, "It's just an accident that my little nephew is crying." The intermediary stood there in embarrassment, and suggested: "Well, I'll help you keep the house for a few days, you think about it, and then ask about the situation nearby." "Then I'll trouble you." Although Jian Qing didn't believe in ghosts, her little nephew's crying still made her palpitate.She decided to go back and discuss with her fiancé more, and then check about the house at night. That night, she discussed with Zhang Xiang for a long time, and asked the residents of the real estate in the local forum, but she didn't think there was any problem. There was a person named Tomato in the forum, who even knew the owner, and confirmed that the owner really wanted to immigrate. In a hurry to use the money, the house was sold below the market price. The two were overwhelmed, and bought the house a week later.Although my aunt was still muttering, she didn't say much.The young couple got married soon, and took out a sum of money to simply decorate the wedding room. Things are completely developing in the direction of happiness, if it is not because of an accidental discovery, Jian Qing would probably think that she is living in honey, sweet to death. In the third month after moving in, the girl cleaned the living room, but found a disgusting thing in a hidden place under the sofa. There are many disgusting things in this world, but there are probably more things that make a married woman afraid, such as infertility, nervous disorders, hysteria... well, and so on.However, what Jian Qing found belongs to the material level. Strictly speaking, it is a scab the size of a fingernail, which is the lump formed by the coagulation of platelets after a mammal is injured. The scab reflected a cold dark red color, and was quietly piled up with some rubbish. She didn't pay attention to it at first, but within a few days, another piece was swept out from under the sofa.Jian Qing recalled for a moment, but she couldn't remember when she and Zhang Xiang were injured. Although the scab is only as big as the nail, it is a bit concerning for the corresponding nail-sized wound. In the next few days, every time Jian Qing cleaned the sofa, she paid attention to the low position of the sofa. To her horror, every time she swept out a scab the size of a fingernail, no more, no less, only one.The girl asked her husband if he had been injured all night, and the husband shook his head doubtfully. Jian Qing was very confused, except for people who came to greet her relatives, no one in this sweet house of hers had ever been there.Who would pick the scab off the wound and throw it under the sofa at home? The girl deliberately removed the sofa and cleaned it thoroughly, but there was nothing underneath except some dust. The next day, Jian Qing cleaned the room again. When cleaning the sofa, she was a little worried, but today there was no scab, so she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Maybe it was when a friend or relative with unscrupulous hygienic habits took off the scabs and threw them into a hiding place when they got married!Jian Qing told her husband this incident as a disgusting joke. Filled with righteous indignation, Zhang Xiang denounced that unknown relative and friend with her, and planned to find out this person and sever ties with him. However, Jian Qing's good mood didn't last long. On the 95th day after moving into the new home, she screamed and sat down on the ground.The broom was thrown far away, and the garbage in the dustpan was scattered everywhere because of this. In the garbage in front of the girl, there was a scab lying impressively, a scab the size of a fingernail, reflecting a dark red luster. The more Jian Qing looked at it, the more disgusting she became. She covered her mouth and ran to the toilet to vomit as if trying to escape. It took ten minutes for the girl to hold her back weakly.She summoned up the courage to go back to the living room, picked up the broom and swept the garbage and the inexplicable scab into the dustpan. Just as she was about to put these dirty things into the garbage bag and throw them downstairs, Jian Qing suddenly stopped when she went out pace. She frowned, as if remembering something.She went into the kitchen and took out the disposable plastic gloves, put them on, then pushed aside the garbage bag, found the scab, and looked under her eyes carefully. Unexpectedly, Jian Qing licked her lips, and a disgusting and unacceptable desire flooded into her mind, which was completely difficult to suppress.The scab she just picked up from the trash in her hand was getting closer and closer to her red lips, Jian Qing unconsciously stuck out her tongue, as if she wanted to lick the scab and taste it. At this moment, she suddenly woke up. Jian Qing jerked her head back, and the scab between her fingers became hideous again, even through gloves, she still felt embarrassingly uncomfortable.She quickly threw the scab into the bag and carried the garbage downstairs to throw it away. Jian Qing went home, closed the door, and took a deep breath.Looking at her pale face in the mirror, she couldn't help feeling horrified.What happened to her just now?Why the desire to eat that scab?Is there something wrong with your own brain? No one can explain this question.She didn't dare to tell her husband, for fear that he would dislike her. Days passed day by day. Jian Qing can find a scab in the same place under the sofa almost every day.Every piece of scab is almost exactly the same, but the strange thing is that no matter whether she throws it away or keeps it, the scab will disappear after one night, and Jian Qing has searched countless times for the space under the sofa, even the sofa itself. I've searched several times, but still can't find the cause of the scab. She felt that she was going to be driven crazy by these scabs that appeared for no reason at all! Fortune is something that cannot be seen or touched, but there are many signs that it does exist. Perhaps if we discuss fortune in a scientific way, it is estimated that most of it is related to a person's personality and current emotions. Almost overnight, Jian Qing felt that her life and her luck were terrible.Recently, due to a strange scab at home, she has been in a trance. If there is a mistake in her mind, she will not be able to work effectively. After making several mistakes in the company that she thinks are idiotic, the personnel department is very kind. I sent her a severance letter. Sitting on the sofa, watching the busy traffic outside the balcony through the floor-to-ceiling windows, Jian Qing felt like jumping down. Her husband sat beside her silently, and comforted her: "It's just that you lost your job. I can support you. Qing, we are also at the age of having a child. You are now at home with peace of mind to prepare for pregnancy, right?" "Yeah." What else could she say, only nodded depressedly.Her eyes fell on the sofa, she looked at the place where strange scabs always appeared, she was a little hesitant in her heart, but it was more of an inexplicable desire, even she herself couldn't understand her own state of mind. A few days before she lost her job, Jian Qing was like a walking corpse. She felt that she had so much time that she didn't know how to squander it. The room was too lazy for a sister-in-law, and the messy house seemed very cozy.However, no matter it is day or night, as long as she stays at home alone, she will always feel a sense of voyeurism. The bloodthirsty feeling that even the blood and bone marrow feel cold makes Jian Qing very uncomfortable. She searched everywhere for the source of the line of sight, but she searched and searched, and finally found an unexpected place.Jian Qing's back felt cold, and the cold hairs stood up one by one. The gaze staring at her actually came from the lower part of the sofa, where the scab had grown. She hugged her arm, the summer sun couldn't bring her any warmth, Jian Qing only felt cold, bone-chilling cold.She didn't want to stay at home alone, and called her husband, only to get the annoying news that she would be back late after working overtime, so she changed her clothes and went out to go shopping, and didn't enter the house until after eight o'clock in the evening. The house is dark, and my husband is not there. No!wrong!There is a strange smell in the nose, is there a thief?Jian Qing was terribly nervous, she subconsciously turned on the light in the living room, her hamstrings were tense, and if something went wrong, she would immediately run for the door and flee. As the lights came on, the scenery inside the house reflected the light and came into view. Jian Qing saw the messy home and Zhang Xiang who was lying on the ground and sleeping soundly. Take a breath. It turned out that my husband was drunk on the floor, and even moved his mouth in dissatisfaction because of the lighting, and turned over. Jian Qing threw the handbag on the dining table, looked at Zhang Xiang who was sleeping soundly beside the sofa, she couldn't help poking his face with her fingers, and then smiled as a joke.She suddenly felt a lot more relaxed in her heart. She has a good husband and a good family, so what can't be done? She kissed her husband on the forehead and gathered her strength to move him from the floor to the bedroom.Zhang Xiang's hand reached under the sofa, just where the scab appeared.Jian Qing didn't realize this, she was just a little confused. It's strange, my husband looks obviously drunk, but why can't I smell any alcohol when I kiss him? With doubts, the night passed quickly.When she woke up in the morning, she asked the question: "Did you drink last night?" "No." Zhang Xiang scratched his messy head, and squeezed the toothpaste onto the toothbrush, "I went home straight after finishing the drawing, and I didn't even eat dinner." "But you were obviously drunk and fell on the floor next to the sofa." Jian Qing held her chin and couldn't figure it out. While rinsing his mouth, Zhang Xiang said vaguely: "I felt a little tired when I came back, so I tried lying on the floor, I didn't expect it to be very comfortable, and I fell asleep accidentally." "But you looked like you were drunk last night, your face was red and hot, and you talked drunk all night!" Jian Qing recalled what happened after going to bed last night, feeling a little scared.The husband seemed to be in a mess, tossing and turning on the bed, speaking in a low voice what she couldn't understand, while raising his hand and waving in mid-air, after tossing around most of the night, he gradually calmed down. What's the difference between that and a drunken madness?However, she really didn't find a trace of long-lost from him.My husband said he didn't drink, did he eat something wrong? Jian Qing was a little worried, "You might as well not go to work today, go to the hospital to have a look!" "No, there's an important meeting to be held today, and I'm the protagonist." Zhang Xiang didn't understand why his wife made such a big fuss, and when he woke up, he always looked at him with weird eyes with dark circles. After washing, he picked up the electric razor and stroked it around his mouth. He suddenly saw in the mirror that there was a nail-sized scab on the inside of his arm. Zhang Xiang didn't remember when he was injured at all, the scabs reflected dark red light under the light, the skin was rough, and countless dark red threads were densely covered like blood vessels.He stretched out his finger and poked it, but it didn't hurt at all. It seemed that the scab had dried up and would fall off soon. Zhang Xiang scratched with his nails, and suddenly a scream pierced his eardrum.That sharp cry seemed to be close at hand, as if someone approached his mouth and shouted in his ear, and the sound was indescribable. It was like a voice from hell. "Were you calling just now?" He called out to his wife outside. "What are you talking about?" Jian Qing came over suspiciously, "I've been making breakfast in the kitchen." "Strange, then who was screaming in my ear just now?" Zhang Xiang frowned, "Could it be a hallucination?" He didn't care about it any more, he just felt the scab on his right arm was ugly, so he simply used his nails to get it off.This time, he didn't hear the strange cry again. The scab didn't belong to him, and he peeled off easily, but there was a lot of disgusting liquid stuck between the scab and the skin, like lotus root powder, and it smelled so bad that his nose was uncomfortable. That stench was worse than the excrement that had fermented in the stomach for more than ten days.The redness of the scab detached from the body surface became even dimmer. Zhang Xiang felt nauseous at first, and wanted to throw it into the toilet immediately to flush away, but after walking a few steps, his eyes stayed blankly on the scab reflecting the strange light. . Involuntarily, his throat moved, and a mouthful of saliva was swallowed into his stomach. There is an uncontrollable desire in his mind, the brain directs the nerves, and the appearance of scabs occupies all his vision.Zhang Xiang finally couldn't bear it anymore, he put the scab in his mouth, chewed it a few times, and then swallowed it. After he regained consciousness, his stomach wriggled and twitched continuously. Zhang Xiang lay on the toilet in disgust and vomited continuously, but he didn't vomit anything.With a pale face and no appetite, he staggered out the door. Jian Qing blinked, staring at the table of breakfast in a daze.What happened to my husband?Why do you look distraught?Is it too much work pressure? Although there was such an episode, in the following days, her mood became better and better, and the scab that could inexplicably pop up under the sofa every day never appeared again. After not showing up for several days, Jian Qing finally breathed a sigh of relief.Life seemed to be gradually turning in a good direction, but she didn't realize at all that maybe her so-called happy life was just as fragile as paper, which could be broken with a poke. And the finger that pierced happiness came from the shocking encounter half a month later.That night, she heard a strange sound in her deep sleep, and then woke up... The voice was very strange and harsh, and she seemed to be dreaming of a very old fairy tale in a trance.Grandma, who was not dead when she was young, loved to tell this story when she was crying. Grandma said that a long time ago, there was a pair of younger brothers who were tricked by Mrs. Xiong, who caught them and took them to a room. . After dark, the Xiong's mother-in-law was going to eat people, and she was afraid that she couldn't handle two of them at once, so she took the two siblings to bed, the younger brother and the Xiong's mother-in-law slept on one side, and the older sister slept on the other.In the middle of the night, my sister heard Mrs. Xiong eating something, as if she was gnawing on a bone. Taking a sneak peek, it turned out that the Xiong mother-in-law was eating her younger brother!She was terribly frightened, but she didn't dare to disturb the Xiong's mother-in-law, so she pretended to urinate and asked the Xiong's mother-in-law to let her go out.Afraid that she would run away, Grandma Xiong took out a rope, tied one end to the little girl's hand, and held the other end herself. After the little girl went out, she quickly untied the rope and tied it to the tree.Mrs. Xiong ate the little boy, and pulled the rope every once in a while. After a long time, the little girl finally came back. When she ran out to have a look, the former had disappeared. By the way, the sound was like someone gnawing peas beside her, or like gnawing a bone. The sound was very thin, but it was indeed so harsh in the silent room at midnight. Jian Qing woke up, she struggled to open her eyes, and subconsciously touched her side, the bed on the left was empty, her husband was not there.She shook her head involuntarily to find out where Zhang Xiang had gone, but as soon as she moved her gaze, she saw that the curtain on the right was pulled open, and the moonlight fell on the floor like water, printing a figure. The figure was very familiar, it was her husband.With his back to himself, he was "creaking" and didn't know what he was stealing.The room was pitch-dark, and Zhang Xiang had a backlight, which made her feel a little creepy. Jian Qing coughed and asked in a low voice, "Honey, what are you eating?" Unexpectedly, Zhang Xiang was startled by his own voice, he hurriedly threw the things in his hands out of the window, turned his head, his face was pale and bloodless, "No, I'm hungry, I just found something in the refrigerator eat." "Really? Remember to rinse your mouth after eating before going to bed." Jian Qing looked suspiciously at the gesture of her husband throwing things out, but her eyes couldn't catch anything, maybe what he threw away were just some food scraps, and she couldn't see clearly.She didn't pay much attention to it, but her legs felt itchy. She fell a few days ago and bled a little on the inside of her thighs. She is probably recovering after the scars formed. Scratching it with my hands, I suddenly felt something was wrong.All the finger touches is a layer of soft flesh, where is there any scab?Could it be that it was accidentally scratched while sleeping? From that day on, Jian Qing felt that her husband had changed a little. Although she still loved her so much and loved to talk sweetly, in her eyes, Zhang Xiang's behavior was always a bit weird.His appetite became less and less, and he began to lose weight, but he was in good spirits. The blood on his face seemed to be smeared with rouge. When the sun shines, it turns white, and at night it turns rosy with blood, which is strange. very. Moreover, her husband often eats behind her back at night.Jian Qing was often woken up by him in the middle of the night and saw him eating with gusto, but the next day she went to the kitchen and the refrigerator to search, but found that there was no shortage of food. The days passed in a weird atmosphere, one day after a month, Jian Qing's best friend Xiao Yu was in a car accident and was hospitalized, the two of them bought some gifts to express their condolences. Xiao Yu was covered with scars and her feet were still immobilized in plaster.Jian Qing gossiped with her for a while, and Zhang Xiang felt that their topic was boring, so he took out his mobile phone and played non-stop, just looking at him, but vaguely lingering near the hospital bed.Xiao Yu felt uncomfortably stared at by the indistinct gaze, raised her head and looked suspiciously, but found nothing. "Honey, help me, help me go to the toilet. Urgent need!" When chatting happily, Xiao Yu suddenly said, her embarrassing face turned red. Jian Qing chuckled, "I didn't expect you to have today, hurry up and find a man to marry." As she spoke, she supported Xiao Yu and walked slowly towards the toilet.Zhang Xiangjian, who was playing with his mobile phone at the side, suddenly stood up after the two entered the toilet.There was dazzling desire in his eyes, his greedy face was rubbing against the bed, and his hands kept groping on the bed. Soon he found many dark flakes, which were the scabs that Xiao Yu had dropped from his hands.As if Zhang Xiang had found a treasure, he hurriedly took out a fresh-keeping bag from his body and hid the collected scabs.He cleaned up the scabs on the bed sheets, his mouth was constantly secreting saliva, his mouth was terribly greedy, his stomach felt tight, and his brain was also giving out messy commands. Zhang Xiang held back the desire deep in his heart, he stared at the door of the toilet, and sat back on the chair a moment before the two women came out, still holding the mobile phone, playing with relish. After bidding farewell to Xiao Yu and returning home, Jian Qing sat on the sofa. She looked at her husband, feeling that he was getting stranger and stranger. "What are you looking for in Xiaoyu's hospital bed?" She looked at Zhang Xiang who was about to enter the study, and asked suddenly. "It's nothing, I think her bed is a bit dirty, so I patted it for her." The husband's body suddenly stopped, and he turned to look at her, but his eyes were evasive. The more Jian Qing thought about it, the more she could do it, "Don't you think it's abnormal? I've never seen you pick up a broom at home, and you would say that you are such a clean person? Besides, Xiaoyu doesn't know you well, and you're still here when you're fine. The family satirized her a few times, saying that she had led me to hell. Do you care about her? " "Then what do you think I'm looking for?" Her husband asked back with a sullen expression on his face. "I just don't know, so I want to ask you." Jian Qing stubbornly looked into her husband's eyes, "I saw you picked up something on Xiao Yu's bed, and then hid it." "Are you suspecting me of stealing something? Then you can ask Xiao Yu yourself to see if she has lost anything." Zhang Xiang didn't bother to say more, he seemed very angry, after a few steps into the study door, he closed the door forcefully up. The door was closed forcefully, making a harsh crashing sound. Jian Qing's mind was a little messed up, she naturally wouldn't believe that her husband would steal, but what exactly was he groping for in Xiao Yu's bed?That greedy look is due to the wolf who saw the prey.She saw that scene by accident through the frosted glass of the toilet, and she couldn't describe the terrifying look on her husband's subject at all. Zhang Xiang, what happened to him?Too much stress at work and sick? No matter how she thought about it, she couldn't think of a reason. In the silent living room, she was the only one sitting blankly.Suddenly, there was a strange but familiar sound in the study.Jian Qing frowned, tiptoed over, put her ear on the door and listened carefully. Although the voice was soft, it was really familiar.It's like the chewing and crunching sound when her husband got up to add food at midnight, eating when she never saw the food clearly. "Crack, creak." What does her husband Zhang Xiang eat in the study? Curiosity grows in her heart like a poisonous tongue, Jian Qing is eager to find out.She wanted to push the door open, but the door was locked from the inside.With the sound of the lock, the chewing inside stopped abruptly. The door was quickly opened, and Zhang Xiang stared at her with a gloomy face and unblinking cold eyes.Jian Qing was stunned, and still maintained the posture of eavesdropping. "Huh." The husband snorted, and without saying much, he shook his hands and went out the door. Jian Qing stayed where she was for a while, then bit her lip and walked into the study.No matter what my husband is eating, there should be traces left, as long as I search carefully, I should be able to find clues.While thinking about Zhang Xiang's recent weirdness, she looked for the so-called "clues". It didn't take long before she found some strange detritus. "This, what the hell is this!" The moment Jian Qing's eyes came into contact, Jian Qing was completely stunned. Everyone trembling has a favorite food, for example Jian Qing, she likes to eat white water vegetables.And her husband, Zhang Xiang, likes to eat twice-cooked pork, but he didn't expect that Zhang Xiang's hobby for food has recently added another one. The crumbs that Jian Qing found on the floor were left after chewing. They couldn't see the shape, but they were disgusting no matter how they looked.She dabbed some of it with her hand and looked it over carefully, feeling a vague bad guess in her mind.She cleaned the study room, her heart was in a mess, she hesitated to pick up the phone, and finally dialed Xiao Yu's cell phone. "Xiao Yu, is there anything missing on the bed in your ward?" She asked hesitantly. Xiao Yu said doubtfully, "No." "Yes, that's good." Jian Qing was about to hang up the phone when she suddenly heard Xiaoyu muttering softly: "Speaking of which, it seems that my wound is almost healed. When the nurse came to change the sheets today, she also praised my bed for being clean. In the past, many scabs would fall off every time. I didn't find any of them this afternoon, hee hee, my injury must be recovering well." Just after listening, Jian Qing's head felt as if it had been hit by a stone, it went blank, and she couldn't respond no matter what.She hung up the phone like a walking dead, stared at the ceiling in a daze, and kept in a daze, leaving only one word in her brain, scab! She finally figured out what her husband was looking for in his best friend's hospital bed, it was the scabs from Xiao Yu's wound.It suddenly occurred to him that at midnight many days ago, Zhang Xiang ate with his back facing him by the bed, and what he ate might be the scabs peeled off from the wound on his inner thigh. Why did he suddenly have the habit of eating scabs?too disgusting!Involuntarily, Jian Qing suddenly remembered the scab that appeared under the sofa every day, since her husband passed out drunk on the floor that time, it never appeared again.But she obviously didn't smell alcohol that day, but her husband looked drunk. too weird! Thinking about it now, that smell seems to be clearly lingering on the tip of the nose, weird, and also has a hint of nausea, like the faint smell of stinky tofu! Jian Qing's hands and feet were cold and she was at a loss. She turned on the computer and asked for help on the local forum, and then checked her husband's symptoms. Soon, the word "pica" came into view. "The so-called pica is a very complex syndrome of multiple diseases caused by disordered metabolic functions, taste disturbances, and improper diet management. In a broad sense, pica also includes vices. Suffering from this Symptomatic people continue to want some non-nutritive substances, such as soil, paper, dirt, etc. "In the past, people always thought that pica was mainly caused by the lack of zinc, iron and other trace elements in the body. But doctors believe that pica is mainly caused by psychological factors. "The performance of children with pica is heterophagia. They eat smaller things and lick larger things with their tongues. They don't listen to people's dissuasion and hide aside to swallow them quietly. The danger lies not in the behavior itself, but in the children's eating habits." After going down, it will harm the body and cause many diseases.” Pica?Jian Qing is absolutely sure that her husband never had these symptoms before, and if it was because of too much psychological pressure, he never mentioned it to her.The more she thought about it, the weirder she was, she always felt that what happened to Zhang Xiang must not be simple, after all, when she found the scab, she also had the desire to swallow it. Could it be that he is also a potential patient of pica?No, there must be something wrong.If it is really a disease, it should be treated earlier. In the evening, after Zhang Xiang came home, Jian Qing decided to have a showdown with him. "Where have you been?" The night was getting darker, and the neon lights of the busy traffic outside the window made the night colorful, but she felt unspeakable troubles in her heart, and even a little fear. "It's a bit annoying, let's go out to get some fresh air." Zhang Xiang's face was very red. Jian Qing squinted her eyes, her stomach was churning, she couldn't help but almost vomited.Her husband was handsome, but when she thought of him putting the scab in his mouth, chewing it with relish, and then swallowing it by appointment, she felt terrified. "I think you must have gone out to find the things you ate secretly at night." Jian Qing said slowly, suppressing the desire to vomit, and looked at her husband's ruddy face.It seems that before night, after my husband secretly ate the scab, his face would turn red, as if he was drunk. Zhang Xiang was taken aback, and denied it flatly: "No." Feeling guilty, he wanted to go back to the bedroom, but his wife stopped him, "Don't hide it from me, I know what you are looking for in Xiao Yu's bed, and I know what you eat on the bedside behind my back every night, is it a scab? ? Why do you suddenly like eating scabs!" As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Zhang Xiang seemed to be struck by lightning, and his whole body was petrified in place.He was stunned, completely devastated.He squatted on the ground, holding his head vigorously, "You know? When did you know?" "I just found out." Jian Qing felt sour. Seeing her husband's despair, she walked up gently and patted his back, "Don't be afraid, I checked it out, it's a disease called pica, and it can cured!" "No, I'm not suffering from a disease. When I first started eating scabs, I felt anxious every day, and I also consulted a psychiatrist specifically." Zhang Xiang shook his head vigorously, tears streaming down his face.能让三十多岁的大男人哭成这样，情况该糟糕到何种地步？ “你已经去找过医生了？”简晴很意外。 “嗯，一声说我心理没问题。我还在网上查过，有人所以吃痂是因为血液缺少铁，可我坐了全面的是身体检查也没查出任何症状。这种怪癖突然就出现了，而且一天比一天病入膏肓，每天不吃一些痂，肚子里就像有千万只蚂蚁在撕咬似的，又痒又痛。” “总有办法治好的，我们多找几家医院、多找些民间偏方。有办法的，肯定有办法！”简晴也不知都该说些什么了，她一边抹干老公脸上的泪，一边决然道：“你去公司请一个礼拜的假，我们明天一早就去到处求医。” “唉，试试吧。”张翔苦笑着，叹了口气。 他隐藏着许多东西都没有说出来，自己患的可能真的不是异食癖，因为现在心底深处总是有股邪恶的欲望，那远远超出了异食癖的范围。 他害怕，怕得要死，就连看这个世界，都觉得暗淡无光，充满了如痂的表皮一般斑驳暗红的粗糙感。他现在基本上很难咽下其他食物，只能吃痂，他甚至在怀疑，会不会有一天，他自己都会变成一块痂，静静地躺在地板上？ 或许，真的有这么一天吧！ 张翔望着妻子萧索的背影，突然舔了舔嘴唇。 就像我经常说的那样，这世界总有许多稀奇古怪的事情，每一件事都千头万绪的似乎没有联络，可是到了最后，却终归会乱麻般一整团都塞到了你的怀里，让你去收拾餐具。 我是夜不语，初吻简晴和张翔这对夫妻的事情时，是在三天前，有个网名叫做番茄的人写了一封长信给我，说是她的邻居有些奇怪，在本地论坛发了许多求救贴，很灵异。她一时感兴趣，就找上门和那个叫简晴的邻居聊了起来。 可是越深入这对夫妻的事情，越感到毛骨悚然。简晴的丈夫张翔，完全不同于普通的异食癖者，番茄甚至觉得，他简直是被恶鬼缠身似的，无法挣脱。 这个多管闲事的邻居自称是我的忠实骨折，一直追着我的书看，对我也特别佩服，认为我或许有办法帮助简晴夫妻俩。开始时我还不以为然，认为那个张翔，只是有严重异食癖罢了，可一时忍不住手痒，跑去番茄提及的论坛搜了搜帖子，越看越心惊。 张翔，绝对患的不是异食癖！他虽然有异食癖的症状，可却太古怪了。 异食癖患者吃不下普通的东西，所以经常面黄肌瘦，可妻子简晴却声称，自己的老公食痂后，会面色红润，这完全颠覆了异食癖的定义。 一些小小的痂，就能补充人体一天所需的营养物质？I do not believe!或许，里边还有更深层次的可怕缘由。 不敢怠慢，试着跟番茄联络了一下，她居然是个不足二十岁的大二学生，语气很惊讶：“您，真的是夜不语先生？” “是我。”我在电话里苦笑。 “不得了喏，不得了。”女孩的声音很高昂，继而又低沉压抑起来，“你是来问那对夫妻的吧？我已经三天没有他们的消息了，敲门也没人应，不知道是出了远门还是啥的！” 我拿电话的手一顿，后脊背顿时凉了半截。看来，事情恐怕已经无法挽回了！ 当晚我就买了去那个城市的机票。下了飞机，取了行李，推开机场的旋转门，就看到了番茄举着硕大的牌子，写着：“恭迎夜大光临。” 我整个人都瀑布汗。 番茄很有活力，虽然相貌普通，可是亲和力扑面而来，也颇为畅聊，不论说什么，她总能跟你找到话题。我租了一辆车，朝她家的位置开去。 “我家就住在简晴隔壁那栋。关于他们买的房子，我也去查过了，绝对没有任何问题。交房后，从没人住进去过。附近的邻居也好好地，人也不错。” 番茄的嘴基本很难闲着，叽叽喳喳的介绍个不停：“简晴姐姐人不错，到处带着自己的老公求医。据说他们去过很多地方、找了很多江湖赤脚医生求诊，还试过大量的民间偏方，可张翔的病还是一天比一天重。” “他们失踪前，你见过两人吗？”我问，“她丈夫的状况怎样？” “简晴姐姐很憔悴，不过丈夫倒是面色红润，一看就是营养很好十分健康。”番茄也挺疑惑。“不了解的人，还以为患病的是简晴呢。” 我的眉头紧紧皱在一起，叹了口气，“怪了，太怪了。确实是越想越搞不懂。” 车下了机场高速公路，穿越半个城市，终于在这个社区的地下停车场里停住了。 番茄问：“夜大，你休息一天，明早再去拜访简晴姐姐吧。太晚了，看你也风尘仆仆挺累的。” “不用了，早点去看看。”我摇头，“心头老有股急迫感，总觉得很不对劲。” 番茄有些被我的脸色吓到，“他俩真出事了？” “出事了还算轻的，就怕……”我的话顿住了，活生生的咽了下去，有些事情，真的很难跟外行人解释。 女孩十分好奇，不过却能很好压抑自己的好奇心。她没有多问，只是偏着脑袋不知道在想些什么。她将我带到简晴家门口，努了努嘴，“夜大，就是这里了。不过门锁着，怎么敲都没人回应，应该是没人在家吧！” 我看了门把手一眼，金属把手在灯光下反射着冷色调。上边落了一层薄薄的灰，仔细看，金属色表面还蒙着一层红晕，仿佛密布着无数血管状的细丝。 敲了敲门，果然没人回应，可不知为何，总觉得进入楼中后，一整扇门背后都透出刺眼的偷窥视线。十八楼一共有六户人家，六扇漆着暗红油漆的门上都有一个猫眼，可怕的是，每个猫眼后，似乎都有谁站着，默默窥视着我俩。 这些视线令我后背发麻。 假装大声咳嗽，窥视感顿时消失得无影无踪。我掏出万能钥匙将简晴家的门打开，还没走进去，就呆住了。番茄甚至发出难以置信的惊呼，她看着屋里的景象，腿软的瘫软在地上。 “这，这是怎么回事？”她脸色惨白，目光中全是恐惧。 我强忍着恶心感，走进了房间中。屋里的一切都惨不忍睹，简晴被倒吊在客厅中，全身赤裸，身材姣好的胴体密密麻麻的伤口爬满。似乎是谁用小刀在她身上不断的割出扣子，等待她受伤流血，但又小心翼翼的不让她流血过多，不容易结疤。 木质地板上，爬满了奇怪的肉瘤。这些肉瘤被长长的血管连在了简晴的身体上，似乎和她右手上的伤口是一个整体。我的视线中，全被这些肉瘤充斥着，就连壁挂电视旁的一棵风景树也没有避免。 肉瘤仿佛果实似的，挂在风景树上，一收一缩着，像是心脏般呼吸鼓动。屋里的场景完全超出了我的想象力。我从身上掏出一把瑞士军刀，用力戳了肉瘤的表面，很硬，恍如肌肉上凝结了一层茧。 被倒吊着的简晴一动不动，不知死活，而她的丈夫，我找遍整个房屋都没有找到。视线再一次落到这些肉瘤上时，突然有个疯狂的念头涌入脑海。难道张翔，已经变成了雾里的无数肉瘤，透过血管，寄生在了简晴身上？ 我掀开沙发，盯着帖子里简晴提及的，每晚都会滋长出痂的位置，可是除了灰尘，什么也没有找到。 “这个屋子没问题，原因或许处在其他地方。”我站在犹如地狱的客厅中，思维飞速的判断着目前的状况。 “番茄，你有没有听简晴提过，她来看房的那个早晨，究竟遇到过什么事？我想，很有可能简晴那天早晨，将某些东西带进了房子里！婴儿的眼睛是最纯洁的，她的侄子看到了打人看不到的玩意儿，所以才哭个不停。” 这个世界当然没有鬼鬼神神的存在，但是有些东西确实是小孩能看到，而打人就算看到了也会在潜意识里否定存在的。我找过许多奇奇怪怪的物品，也经历过许多毛骨悚然的恐怖事件，每一件，背后都深深隐藏着一股超自然的东西。 那些东西或是一个不起眼的石头，或是一具普通的尸体。就像陈老爷子被分尸的骨头，至今我也没搞明白这玩意儿究竟是怎么回事，为什么被分尸成无数块，封印在世界各处。 简晴，来看房的当天早晨，究竟将什么带到了房子中呢？或许，明天我该沿着她走过的路线，仔细找找才行。 “喂，番茄小姐？”呆在门外的番茄一直都没有发声，我疑惑的转过头，吓得全身发麻。 只见不知何时，十八楼的住户都站在了简晴家门前，将出口堵得水泄不通。十多个人，每个人的神色都极为异常，脸色惨白、僵直的表情犹如戴上了面具。 番茄倒在地上，她身上无声无息的趴伏着一个佝偻的老头，正在将一块痂塞入她的嘴中。 那些不正常的邻居们右手臂上都有一块指甲盖大笑的暗红色的痂，在走廊灯光中散发着妖异的光泽。 面无表情的人们感觉到了我的视线，他们抬起头，向我瞧过来。我向后退了几步，清楚地看到，这些人的脚后跟都连着一根血管，猩红色的血管将每个人连成一个整体。这些人，跟雾里爬满的肉瘤并没有区别。 我一退再退，最后退到了简晴身旁。女人的身体被我撞了一下，在空中不停摇摆。她的影子也晃来晃去，彰显着这一刻的绝望。 人形肉瘤们中的其中之一，剥下右手臂上恶心的痂，双手挺直，犹如僵尸般朝我逼了过来。 原来简晴家出现的古怪的痂，居然是靠着人类的吞噬而繁殖的。在如此危急的一刻，我居然还闲暇的如此思考着。右手胡乱摸索，抓住了不远处插在腐烂的水果上的小刀，朝那些已经不是人类的怪物们，迎了过去…… 就是不知道这些人形怪物，如果插中了心脏的话会不会死掉。 总之，我已经没有退路了！ ——番外《痂》完