Chapter 14 Thirteenth, fifth day (morning)

At 7 o'clock in the morning, Ji Ning got up from the bed.He didn't forget what happened last night, and wanted to wipe off the ghosts on the bathroom mirror before everyone noticed. He didn't want to frighten his mother, and he didn't want to add more fear to the family. Walking out of the room, Ji Ning saw that her mother was already cooking breakfast in the kitchen. It's still a bit late, he thought to himself, and at the same time his heart was shocked - did mother see the spell on the mirror? Ji Ning walked over as if nothing had happened. "Mom, why did you wake up so early?"

While stirring the egg liquid, my mother sighed and said, "I can't fall asleep thinking about those things." Ji Ning judged from her mother's attitude that she hadn't been to the health clinic yet - it seemed that it was not too late. "Why did you get up so early?" Mom asked. "I got up to go to the bathroom." Ji Ning said, and then got into the bathroom next to the kitchen. After closing the door, he was about to find a rag to wipe off the strange thing on the mirror, when he looked up, he was stunned. The mirror was clean, there was no red charm that I saw last night at all!

Ji Ning approached, widened his eyes and looked carefully, and found that there was really no trace on the mirror. For a moment, he felt a little dazed. How is this going?Ji Ning stood there blankly—could it be, mother had already come in and wiped the damn thing away? He turned his head and glanced unconsciously—no, it was impossible for his mother to handle it so calmly and quietly.It was out of character for her. Or, did Doudou wipe it off?But Doudou is still sleeping on the bed now - Ji Ning thought again, maybe he got up quietly after falling asleep last night... After a while, he even began to doubt whether the horrible experience last night was a nightmare, but he quickly denied it in his heart—the impression and touch were too clear.

After more than one minute, Ji Ning came out from the inside and walked to his mother's side. "Mom, have you been here in the morning?" He pointed to the bathroom. Mom looked back. "no, what happened?" "Hmm... nothing, I think the flush valve is a little loose." "Really, let your father take a look at it later." Mom said indifferently. Ji Ning returned to the room, looked at Doudou who was still sleeping, and really couldn't figure out what was going on. At about half past eight, the whole family got up.After washing up, sit at the dining table and have breakfast.

Doudou behaved normally, as if she didn't know anything about last night.Ji Ning judged from everyone's attitude that only he knew about this matter. He intends to keep the matter to himself and not speak out, even though it will make him feel depressed and uncomfortable.But Ji Ning knew that he had no choice—if he didn't want the whole family (especially his mother) to be involved in the whirlpool of fear, he could only bear it alone. Until ten o'clock in the morning, a text message reminded him. Ji Ning, are you at home?Why haven't you been online these days? It's from Xiaofan!Ji Ning regained his spirit.After experiencing so many complicated and weird things in the past few days, he almost forgot to contact his girlfriend—the point is, he didn’t know why Xiao Fan didn’t contact him—now that he received her text message, he almost wanted to Fly out the door to meet her.

Can you come out now, I want to see you. (Ji Ning) ok, where? (Xiao Fan) That water bar right in front of your house, you know, we go there a lot. (Ji Ning) OK, I'm coming out now. (Xiao Fan) See you later. (Ji Ning) After sending this text message, Ji Ning went to the living room and lied to his mother that he was going to the bookstore to buy some teaching materials.Mom agreed. Before going out, Ji Ning greeted Doudou in the room. Doudou was playing games in front of the computer and waved to his cousin. Impatiently, Ji Ning ran all the way to the agreed place with Xiao Fan.It took less than ten minutes.

Xiao Fan obviously wanted to see her boyfriend very much, and she was already waiting for a seat by the window in that water bar. Ji Ning walked up to Xiao Fan and sat down panting, sweating profusely.Xiao Fan smiled lightly. "Did you run here?" Ji Ning nodded briefly.The waitress came over and asked what they wanted to order. "A cup of iced lemon tea. How about you?" Xiao Fan asked. "same as you." The waitress turned and left.The two drinks they ordered came half a minute later. Ji Ning stirred the half-drinked lemon tea with a straw, and a small whirlpool appeared in the cup, just like Ji Ning's current situation.So many things happened in just a few days, and he was still trapped in layers of mysteries, unable to extricate himself, Ji Ning didn't know how to speak for a while.However, Xiao Fan didn't speak, as if deliberately waiting for her boyfriend to speak first.

Ji Ning finally asked: "Xiao Fan, why haven't you contacted me these few days?" Xiao Fan immediately said, "You haven't contacted me either." Ji Ning was silent for a few seconds. "Something happened in our family." "whats the matter?" Ji Ning stared at Xiao Fan's face for half a minute, hesitating whether to tell her about this weird and terrifying thing.He really wanted to talk to someone, but he was afraid of frightening his girlfriend by speaking out, so he was very conflicted. Xiao Fan felt that this matter might be a little unusual, so she tentatively asked: "What's the matter, is it a serious matter?"

"En." Ji Ning replied dully. "I'm not sure if I should tell you." "Tell me if you trust me." Ji Ning shook his head. "It's not a question of whether you believe it or not. It's just... this matter is too weird, and some parts may be beyond your—or ordinary people's—cognitive scope. I'm afraid it will scare you if I say it." Xiao Fan twitched uncomfortably on the seat. "What's the matter, it's rendered so mysterious by you." "It's not that I want to exaggerate on purpose." Ji Ning quickly explained. "It's really weird. I've never encountered such a terrible thing... So, I don't know if you can bear it."

"Go ahead." Xiao Fan looked at him. "You asked me out, you must have planned to tell me. And I'm mentally prepared now. I don't think I will be scared by what you said." Ji Ning was silent for a long time. "Well, I'll tell you," he said finally. In the next half an hour, Ji Ning narrated in detail all the things that happened in the past few days.He noticed that Xiao Fan's demeanor and expression were constantly changing with the strange things he narrated. The blood color on her face gradually faded like the ebbing sea water, and her eyes widened and almost got out of their eye sockets.He could feel how scared she was, but obviously, he couldn't stop, so he had to bite the bullet and finish everything that had happened so far.

At this moment, Xiao Fan's face was as pale as a sheet of white paper.She covered her mouth, too terrified to speak. Ji Ning said apologetically, "I'm sorry, I really scared you, but you have to believe me, I never made any embellishments, it's just the way it is." After opening his mouth for half a minute, Xiao Fan finally found his vocal cords. "This is really... terrible! I can't believe that this kind of thing really happens in reality, and it happened to me!" "To be precise, it happened to me." Ji Ning said sadly, "If you feel scared just hearing about this, then when I go through these things, the degree of fear is dozens of times that of yours. .” "One of the reasons why I feel scared is that this thing happened to you." Xiao Fan couldn't help holding her boyfriend's hand. "I know you must be terrified." Ji Ning felt the warmth. He patted his girlfriend's hand, unable to believe that he could comfort others. "it's better now." "But you still have to face it in the future!" Xiao Fan's voice trembled. "What can I do? It's impossible not to go home, right?" Ji Ning sighed in frustration. "Doudou... will he really receive a call from his mother at night?" "It's true, I slept next to him." "Is he just talking in his sleep?" "No." Ji Ning said helplessly, "Unfortunately, no. I heard the ringtone of the incoming call." Xiao Fan hugged his shoulders in fear. "Doudou...do you know that his mother is dead?" "That's the key!" Ji Ning said hastily, as if he couldn't bear it for a long time, "I've been thinking about this question, and I feel that there is some logic in it that doesn't make sense." "What do you mean?" Xiao Fan asked in confusion. Ji Ning gestured with his hands in front of her. "Thinking about it this way, this matter is nothing more than two possibilities. First, Doudou doesn't know that his mother is dead. He thinks that the mother who calls him every night is still alive and well. But you Think about it, if that's the case, how could he 'psychic' with his mother?" Xiao Fan opened his mouth, somewhat understanding. "Spiritualization is something that the psychic thinks of communicating with the ghost of the deceased when he knows who is dead. If Doudou didn't know that his mother was dead, how could he carry out this kind of 'spirituality ritual' quietly in the bathroom '?" Ji Ning stared at his girlfriend. Xiao Fan thought about it. "Tell me. What Doudou did in the bathroom last night was like sleepwalking. Maybe he didn't realize it when he did it, it was just a subconscious behavior." "I thought about this possibility yesterday—whether Doudou did something instinctively and subconsciously because of her psychic physique. But I soon realized that this is impossible of." Xiao Fan looked at Ji Ning, waiting for him to continue talking. "Because you didn't see the pattern he drew on the mirror—it was very mysterious, like some kind of totem or religious symbol, and there were some complicated characters on it; in addition, the 'spell' that Doudou chanted was also very mysterious. Full of regularity." Ji Ning stared at Xiao Fan. "Do you know what I mean? He's not talking nonsense, but really knows some kind of psychic method! I don't think this kind of thing is innate, even if he has a psychic physique, You can't be born with that." "You mean, someone taught him these things?" "If this is the case, it involves the second possibility - Doudou already knew that his mother was dead, and he was consciously channeling her mother! Knowing that his mother committed suicide, will he pretend to be a normal person? He can't be so calm! Besides, there is no such need. " "Based on what you're saying, neither of these two possibilities is possible?" Xiao Fan frowned unconsciously. "What's going to happen then?" Ji Ning held his chin and thought for a few seconds. "I now have a bold guess." "What is it?" "I think Doudou did these things unconsciously, but it's not out of his instinct, but because he's under some kind of control!" Ji Ning said, staring into Xiaofan's eyes . "What?" Xiao Fan was taken aback, "You mean, Doudou is possessed by something...?" "Hush—" Ji Ning stretched his index finger to his mouth and looked around. "Keep your voice down. If others hear these words, they will think we are abnormal." Xiao Fan lowered his voice. "Is that what you mean? Do you think he was caught by something?" "It's just a guess." Ji Ning frowned. "I'm not sure." Xiao Fan looked very frightened, and tightly grasped the front of his shirt. Ji Ning paused for a moment. "Frankly speaking, I think Doudou may be possessed by his own mother when this happens!" Xiao Fan was terrified. "You think it's your aunt who wants to summon her soul back through her son? But how is this possible? If she still has nostalgia for this world, why would she commit suicide?" "My aunt's death itself is a mystery. No one knows why she committed suicide, and there was no sign before. No one can understand her suicide note - it is full of mysteries." Xiao Fan thought for a while. "However, there is still a problem. Even if it is true that your aunt's soul possessed Doudou and caused him to do these terrible things—how can you explain one thing? How does your aunt know these psychic methods? " Ji Ning crossed his hands and raised his index finger. "I happen to think that if this is the case, then everything can be explained—have you ever thought about why Doudou has a psychic physique?" "Ah..." Xiao Fan suddenly felt like being hit by an electric current. "You mean, in fact, your aunt...has the ability to psychic, so Doudou was inherited this kind of physique?" "Yes!" Ji Ning said, "And I doubt at all that my aunt was once a psychic!" Xiao Fan was too shocked to speak.Immediately, she thought of a question: "If this is the case, how could your mother, your family members, and your aunt's village people not know about it?" "Although my mother and my aunt are sisters, they don't spend much time together. Because my mother went to study outside since she was a child, and she has been living in the city since then, so she doesn't care much about my aunt's life. learn." "What about those people in the village? They don't know?" "Remember what I told you just now? The woman in the village said that my aunt doesn't want others to know that Doudou has a psychic physique—that is, she also doesn't want others to know that she has this ability! Think Think about it, if she only had a few times of psychic communication, and all of them were carried out under the condition of concealing her identity. In addition, after Doudou was born, she did not want Doudou to be contaminated with these things, so she would not be able to do so at all. Did it. Of course not many people will know." Xiao Fan felt that he was completely dumbfounded. Ji Ning's analysis sounded like he was telling a bizarre story.But she had to admit that these conjectures were not only reasonable, but also extremely possible. "God, if everything is really as you said, it's like a movie plot." Xiao Fan sighed. "This movie is being staged." Ji Ning stared out of the window. "I think I'm almost seeing the end of it, though." From Ji Ning's tone, Xiao Fan heard that he seemed to have some kind of action, so he couldn't help asking: "What do you want to do, Ji Ning?" "I have a plan, maybe I can solve all these mysteries." Ji Ning said, but he seemed not sure. "But it's just maybe..." "What kind of plan?" Ji Ning looked at Xiao Fan, feeling a little embarrassed. "I don't really want to say it now, I'll tell you the result later." Xiao Fan said anxiously: "You have told me so much, why didn't you tell me the last thing? Are you deliberately trying to keep me from sleeping?" "No, Xiao Fan." Ji Ning said in embarrassment, "I'm just not sure if I can succeed, and... I don't know what the result will be." "These are not important, I just need to know what you want to do." Xiao Fan stared at him. In desperation, Ji Ning had no choice but to express his thoughts: "Tonight, I plan to sleep on the same side as Doudou. If Doudou receives a call from his mother again, I will try to eavesdrop on their conversation." content." Xiao Fan's eyes widened. "Why? Is there any point in what you're doing?" "Of course it makes sense. I think Doudou (or his mother) is unwilling to reveal the content of their conversation. There must be something hidden in it. If I can find out, maybe I can know their purpose. More importantly Yes, maybe you can learn the truth about my aunt's suicide!" Xiao Fan seemed a little anxious. "Why do you have to find out the truth about your aunt's suicide?" Ji Ning looked at his girlfriend with a strange look. "Of course I want to know, our whole family wants to know. Otherwise, we won't feel at ease in the future." "But have you ever thought about it? Since your aunt didn't explain the reason for her suicide in her suicide note, maybe she has some difficulties. Since she doesn't want you to know, you don't want to look for it!" Looking at Xiao Fan's anxious face, Ji Ning suddenly had a strange idea - why Xiao Fan's attitude at this moment, as if she knew something? Xiao Fan didn't notice what Ji Ning was thinking, she took her boyfriend's hand and said, "Ji Ning, promise me one thing, okay? Don't pursue the matter of your aunt's suicide - let the past be the past Bar." Ji Ning suppressed the doubts in his heart, and asked tentatively: "Why do you want to discourage me from doing this?" Xiao Fan blurted out: "Because she wouldn't want you to know!" After saying this, she froze, as if realizing that she had made a slip of the tongue. Ji Ning stared at Xiao Fan dumbfounded. At this moment, he was really surprised to the extreme. Originally, he just wanted to tell his girlfriend about the weird things that were suppressed in his heart, but he didn't expect things to develop in an even weirder direction—Xiao Fan, who had nothing to do with this matter, now looks like he knows something. some inside information! Suddenly, Ji Ning remembered that a few days ago in the afternoon, after Xiao Fan asked Doudou some questions, he also had some weird reactions.He finally couldn't help but ask: "Xiao Fan, are you... hiding something from me?" Xiao Fan looked at Ji Ning in embarrassment, then slowly lowered her head, speechless. Without a doubt, I was right - Ji Ning was secretly surprised. At this time, Xiao Fan stood up from the seat. "Jining, maybe I really know something, but I hope you can understand me. There is some important reason why I don't tell you. I definitely don't intend to hide anything from you. Really, believe me. " After saying these words, she walked towards the door of the water bar without looking back. She ran away again, just like that afternoon - Ji Ning looked at Xiao Fan's back - what the hell, everyone around him seems to be hiding a secret, what is going on? He snapped the straw hard with his teeth.