Chapter 8 Chapter VII

Ma Wen warned again: "Only the two of us know about this matter, and even Zhou Yi and Xiao He can't let them notice anything. Tomorrow, you tell them that you are not feeling well today, please tell me A sick leave, let them see the flaws." Ni Ke nodded and said, "Thank you for being so thoughtful, Brother Ma Wen." "I have already intervened in this matter and promised to help you." Marvin said, "And what I want to help you is not only to help you cover up this matter, but also more important." "What is it?" Marvin stared into her eyes, "Ni Ke, over the years, maybe you have neglected a very important thing in order to escape and survive - why did you get pregnant in your dream? Don't you want to uncover this mystery? Don't you want to know the truth of the matter?"

Ni Ke was stunned. After a long time, she nodded slightly, and said in a deep voice: "I think, I dream about it. However, this matter has passed for so long, and it has become a mystery that can never be solved. What should I do?" How to find out the truth of the matter?" Maybe it's really difficult for you alone.But now, with me helping you, maybe it will be different. "Marvin said: "I assure you, I will try my best to find the answer.I want to wash away the injustice and humiliation you suffered back then, and return your innocence! " Ni Ke looked at Ma Wen with tears streaming down his face, crying uncontrollably: "It's been so many years... I have long since given up on clearing up my grievances. I thought that no one would believe me... Unexpectedly, God let me meet you. You not only Believe me, you are still willing to help me... If the truth of what happened seven years ago can really be revealed, I will be willing to die..."

"Don't say that." Ma Wen held Ni Ke in his arms, "No matter what, you must live well, promise me..." They hugged each other tightly, and they separated after several minutes. Marvin glanced at his watch, "Ah, before I knew it, it was ten o'clock." "I'll take you back, Brother Ma Wen," Ni Ke said, "By the way, how do you know that I live in the forest?" Marvin said: "Actually, the night your foot was hurt. When you came home, I followed you quietly, but only followed you down the road." "Did you see me go into the forest?"

"Yes." Marvin said, "But I got lost in the forest. It took me two hours to find this place. Why don't you get lost?" Ni Ke said: "That's because you don't know the location of this house, and you wereted a lot of time and energy searching for it in the forest, but I have figured out the route a long time ago. In fact, from the entrance I entered the forest , walk in the direction of ten o'clock for ten minutes and you will arrive here." Marvin suddenly realized. The next day, Ni Ke followed what Ma Wen said and went back to work in the store.She pretended nothing happened and worked hard as usual.In the store, Ma Wen did not show a close relationship with Ni Ke, keeping a distance between the boss and the employees.The forehead doesn't look any different than before.These are all superficial for others to see.In fact, these few nights, Marvin would go to Ni Ke's cabin—in order to deceive others, they walked from the road to the entrance of the forest separately, and then walked together.Every time, Marvin would bring Meng Nu a big bag of rotten pork.He put the pork in a relatively hidden place near the wooden house, and Ni Ke brought Mengnv to this designated place to eat.After going back and forth, Mengnv became familiar with Marvin. She knew that this man was the one who provided the food herself, and her attitude towards him became friendly.

Sometimes, Marvin felt that Mengnv seemed to be a big lizard raised by him.He dared not tell Ni Ke this thought. During this time, Marvin searched for various information on the computer every day.One morning, he suddenly found a piece of news about 2,000 years at home.After reading the news, he sat in front of the computer and was stunned.This piece of news might explain what happened to Ni Ke seven years ago?He thought secretly in the letter, I must tell Ni Ke to talk to her immediately. Ma Wen called the store and asked Ni to come to his house immediately on the grounds that he could go out to buy goods.

Ma Wen's home was only a few minutes away from the store, and Ni Ke arrived in a short while.Ma Wen let her sit on the sofa in the living room, and did not tell her what he had discovered at the beginning, but said to her: "Ni Ke, do you really want to find out about the weird things you encountered seven years ago? " "Of course," Ni Ke said with certainty, "What? Brother Ma Wen, what do you know?" Ma Wen didn't answer immediately, he looked at Ni Ke and said: "If you want to find out about this matter, then you have to cooperate with the questions I ask you, some of these questions may make you uncomfortable, and remind you of that What happened one day, I hope you don't reject it, and try to answer calmly and objectively, okay?"

Ni Ke paused for a moment, as if he was ready in his heart, "Okay." Marvin nodded and asked, "First of all, we need to rule out some possibilities that you didn't think of before - that afternoon, you went to the mountain to play with that boy, and then you accidentally fell down from the mountain and fell unconscious. Yes or no?" "yes." "That is to say, when that boy found you, you should be in a coma, right?" Ni Ke nodded, "When you woke up, he was the one who woke you up. So, you don't know how long you have been in a coma, and you don't know what happened during that time?"

Ni Ke seemed to have guessed what Ma Wen meant, she frowned, "You doubt, that boy took me?" "Is there such a possibility? You think." Ni Ke thought about it seriously and said, "No, I think this is absolutely impossible." "why?" "We were very young and innocent at that time. We played together and never even held hands or hugged. It was impossible for him to think of doing that kind of thing. In addition, it was pouring rain and I was injured again. Under such circumstances, no one can have such thoughts." Ni Ke said with a blushing face.

Ma Wen nodded, "Indeed, I also think that this possibility is very small, and it can be ruled out now, then, another very important question is—" He paused, and asked: "Ni Ke, what did you do that night? Is that horrible nightmare really a dream?" Ni Ke's face suddenly turned pale, "What do you mean by asking that? If it wasn't a dream, could it be that I was really beaten by a lizard..." "Listen to Ni Ke," Ma Wenyong gestured for Ni Ke to calm down, "I know that recalling this incident will make you very uncomfortable, but in order to find out the truth, this question cannot be avoided, so calm down and think about it— ——You were just a fifteen-year-old girl at the time, and you didn't understand these things at all. In addition, you had a fever that night and were in a daze, so you thought it was just a dream, or you wanted to escape This horrific fact, forced myself to think of it as a nightmare, but now that you are an adult in your twenties, you must know that it is impossible for a woman to conceive because of an illusory dream. "

Marvin paused for a few seconds, and the next sentence she said was very difficult, "The only reason you are pregnant is because you had sex with someone." Ni Ke was trembling all over, and stood up from the sofa, tears streaming down his face, "Brother Ma Wen, in the end, you still don't trust me, do you think I'm making up stories to escape my unbearable past?" Ma Wen sighed, put his hands on Ni Ke's shoulders, and asked her to sit back on the sofa, "Ni Ke, why don't I believe you? I mean, you obviously didn't know what happened that night. What's going on, you mistaken what happened that night as a dream."

Ni Ke wiped away his tears, looked at Ma Wen and said, "But, Brother Ma Wen, I didn't deceive myself, nor did I hint at my mistakes because of fear. I really thought that I was in a dream that night." "Tell me, why are you so sure." Ni Ke tried hard to recall that terrible night years ago, "There are several reasons, first, if it is really a lizard, why did it find a human to mate with? Second, The lizard I saw in my dream was as big as a person. There are no such big lizards in our hometown. I doubt that there will be any in the world. Third, although I have a fever from the shower, it has not yet reached the level of dreaming and dreaming. The reality is clearly distributed. In fact, I remember very clearly when my parents came in and touched my forehead and fed me medicine. Brother Ma Wen, I don’t know if you understand me. comatose state." Marvin nodded and said, "I understand, don't worry, just speak slowly." "So, if..." Her body twitched, "If this kind of thing really happened, the real touch is obviously different from the dream, I can't let that terrible thing do that kind of thing to me It is even more impossible to continue to fall asleep after such an incident, I had this nightmare at the time, and I didn't even wake up immediately, but slept until dawn." This matter seemed really strange, Marvin frowned secretly, and asked, "Then, why did you become pregnant inexplicably? Moreover, why does your daughter have the characteristics of a lizard?" Ni Ke covered his mouth and said distressedly: "Brother Ma Wen, I wish I knew the answer." Ma Wen hit his head hard with his knuckles, yes, why did I throw the question to Ni Ke again.How stupid. They were silent for a long time, and Ma Wen said: "Ni Ke, it seems that the matter you encountered is indeed not that simple, and the answer needs to be found slowly, but there are two points in what you just said, which is wrong .” Ni Ke looked at him blankly. Marvin stood up and raised his head, "You should come and see for yourself." Ni Ke followed Ma Wen into the study, and Ma Wen walked to the computer, opened the webpage he found earlier, and said to Ni Ke: "I found this on the Internet this morning. It's a news in 2001, let's take a look." .” Sitting in front of the computer, Ni Ke clenched his heart as soon as he saw the headline of this news. "Komodo dragon escapes Indonesia, sparking panic." Komodo dragon?Ni Ke's mind went blank.What kind of creature is this? She swiped the mouse and saw a picture on the webpage, and the blood in her whole body froze. This clear photo is the terrifying face of the Komodo dragon, and this appearance is very similar to the dream girl—and also very similar to the nightmare lizard in memory.Ni Ke's heart trembled.Fighting back her fear and discomfort, she continued to look down. "The Komodo dragon, also known as the Komodo dragon, is the largest lizard in the existing class. It lives in Komodo Island and Rinca Island in Indonesia. This species is endangered and has been listed as a protected object. It can reach up to It is three meters long and weighs up to 70 kilograms. It mainly feeds on carrion. It can move quickly and occasionally attack humans. It will go out of the hole every day to look for food several kilometers away, and it likes light." "In recent years, some illegal hunters have taken a fancy to the commercial value of Komodo dragons, and have privately captured dragons on Komodo Island and transported them to various places. The local government has been cracking down on this kind of illegal hunting, but Poachers are still going on, and Komodo Island officials claim that this behavior is extremely dangerous because the Komodo dragon is a very ferocious animal that secretes deadly venom from its teeth and jaws, and they It eats a lot, and once there is a lack of food, it will become hungry and brutal and attack humans. Predators do not understand the habits of Komodo dragons, and they are likely to be attacked. There have been poachers who were killed by monitor lizards before. This kind of animal has no natural enemies, and once it is allowed to escape, it will pose a huge threat to local animals and humans." Seeing this, Ni Ke was terrified and broke out in a cold sweat. She turned her head in horror and said to Marvin, "Do you think that this Komodo dragon once escaped to my hometown..." Marvin pointed to a paragraph on the computer screen and said, "Don't be busy, you read it first, this paragraph is the key point." Ni Ke turned around uneasily, and saw the section that Ma Wen pointed to—— "Although the Komodo dragon is generally considered to be an extremely ferocious animal, the local residents don't think so. The residents say that they have lived in peace with the Komodo dragon since their time. There is a local legend about the Komodo dragon. The legend of monitor lizards and humans marrying and having children. In the past, a man married a Komodo dragon "princess", and later gave birth to a pair of twins. The boy is a human, named Gelong; the girl is a lizard, named Ola , They were separated at birth. When Gron grew up, one day he met a ferocious beast in the forest. When he was about to stab the beast with a spear, Gron's father appeared in time and told Gron He and the beast are brother and sister." Ni Ke covered his mouth, speechless in astonishment. "When I first saw this passage, I was also very shocked. Although it is just a legend, it implies that Komodo dragons may really mate with humans." Marvin lowered his brows and said. "Stop it," Ni Ke tightly covered her mouth with both hands, as if she was about to vomit, her eyes were tightly closed, and there was no trace of blood on her face. Ma Wen didn't speak for a while, and she waited for a few minutes before she said: "Sorry, Ni Ke, I know these contents will make you extremely uncomfortable, but the process of seeking the truth will never be easy." "I know," Ni Ke tried hard to contain his discomfort, and said, "But brother Ma Wen, the information you collected can only provide some guesses, and it cannot explain that it has something to do with what I encountered back then." "That's right," Marvin nodded and said, "So I thought about it seriously. I'm afraid there is only one way to completely uncover this mystery, but I don't know if you are willing." "any solution?" Ma Wen looked at Ni Ke intently, and said word by word, "Go to your hometown." Ni Ke opened his mouth and stared at Ma Wen in astonishment. Ten seconds later, what he said surprised Ma Wen, "Okay, I am willing." "I thought, you think your hometown is a sad place, and you are not there and don't want to go back there?" Marvin said. "That's right, but I know that this may be the only way to find out the truth." Ni Ke said firmly. "At first, I thought that I could only live with this kind of humiliation and injustice for the rest of my life, but now that I have met you and you are willing to do your best to help me, what reason do I have to escape? Brother Ma Wen, I don't want to live in self-defeating and muddle-headed No matter what the truth is, I will explore and accept it.” Marvin said with admiration: "Yes, it is necessary to have this kind of spirit, Nicole, let me make arrangements, and we will go to your hometown right away." "Ok." "This matter still needs to be kept secret. When the time comes, I will explain it to Zhou Yi and the others, and tell them if we set off to other places and let them..." Before he finished speaking, Marvin's cell phone rang, and he took it out to look at the caller ID, showing a disgusted expression, "What's wrong, who called?" Ni Ke asked. "Who else could it be?" Marvin said angrily, "My ex-wife who looks like a wronged soul." Ni Ke felt that it was inconvenient for him to stay here, and said, "Then, brother Ma Wen, I'm going back to work." "En." Marvin nodded. Ni Ke walked to the door, opened it and went out. Marvin really wanted to hang up the phone, but he was afraid that the woman would come to the door instead, so he had to press the answer button. He said boredly: "What do you want to do again? How many times do you want to bother me?" The person on the phone sneered and said, "Hmph, I think you might be a little annoyed in the next paragraph." "What's the meaning?" "Marvin, there is a limit to my patience. Do you think that I will give up my store if it has been procrastinating? Let me tell you, I have sued the court and found the best store in the city. "Lawyer" The woman on the phone said proudly, "My lawyer told me that I have more than 90% chance of winning the case. Haha Ma Wen, the store will soon be under my name. Just wait and see." your store?A flame shot up from the horse bra, setting his internal organs on fire. It was almost the shop my father paid for with his life.Ma Wen gritted his teeth in hatred, and was about to curse out "Go to hell, bitch", when he suddenly calmed down, a thought flashed through his mind. Seeing that Ma Wen didn't speak, the woman on the phone was even more proud, "What's the matter, you've realized it too, haven't you?" "I told you, Marvin, that you made the biggest mistake by not notarizing your property before marriage. Well, for the sake of husband and wife, I will give you one last chance—if you don't want to go to court, give everyone If you add trouble—you give me that store, and I will pay you 200,000 yuan in compensation, how about it?" "Two hundred thousand...is too little, can you increase it?" Marvin said in a depressed tone. Tan Lan on the other side of the phone was obviously stunned for a while. In fact, what she said just now was deliberately to anger Ma Wen, but he didn't expect him to actually accept it, "Are you serious, Ma Wen? Do you really want to Give it to me in this way?" She asked suspiciously. Ma Wen said in a heartbroken tone: "Qin Lan, you know, if it was before, I would never have agreed, but the sentence just now 'reading in a husband and wife' pierced my heart, yes, no matter we What an unpleasant mess, after all, a couple is a couple, as the old saying goes, 'one day, one hundred days of grace'... Oh, forget it, if you like that store, I'll give it to you, I just hope you can keep it going, you know , that store embodies my father's hard work." After a long silence on the phone, Tan Lan said, "Of course I will... Ma Wen, since you have said so, then I will give you half a million in compensation." "Otherwise, let's come out and talk tomorrow" "Okay, where?" "Come to the Guanghua intersection in the new district, let's walk around, okay?" "Okay, what time?" "It's half past five in the afternoon." "That's it," Tan Lan obviously suppressed her excitement, pretending to be calm. After hanging up the phone, Marvin's face was cold, go to hell, bitch... He squeezed out a sentence from his teeth. At 5:30 p.m. the next day, Qin Lan arrived as scheduled.The Guanghua intersection that Ma Wen and her made an appointment with was actually a little in front of his store.Ma Wen had been waiting there for a long time. After Qin Lan's car came and parked, he walked over and opened the door, and said, "Get out of the car and take a walk?"