Chapter 16 Fifteenth and sixth day (early morning)

Before going to bed at night, Ji Ning began to implement the plan he had thought up. "Doudou, do you want to hear a story?" Ji Ning asked as if nothing had happened while taking off his clothes. "Okay!" Doudou said excitedly, "What story?" "What story do you want to hear?" "Adventure! Can you tell, cousin?" Doudou asked expectantly. Ji Ning pretended to think about it. "I can't think of any adventure stories, but I can tell very interesting fairy tales" - because these kinds of stories will make you fall asleep faster. "Okay, as long as it's interesting." Doudou moved the pillow to sleep inside, making room for her cousin to come out.

This is exactly what I wanted - Ji Ning lay down next to Doudou naturally, and began to talk: "The name of the story is 'The Mouse and the Princess'. Once upon a time there was a king who had a beautiful daughter. Many princes and ministers proposed to her, but the king refused to marry his daughter..." Ji Ning deliberately slowed down his speech, and matched it with a flat tone and deep voice.Doudou listened with great interest at first, but gradually, his eyelids began to lose their hold.Ji Ning watched Doudou's eyes gradually close, and didn't stop telling the story until he heard him snoring slightly.

Ji Ning exhaled and pinched his arms twice at the same time - this story almost made him fall asleep!He glanced at the electronic clock on the table, it was 11:25. Will Doudou's phone ring again in half an hour?Ji Ning's mood suddenly became contradictory. This feeling of fear and anticipation made him tremble all over. Ji Ning's plan was this: if the phone rang for a while, he would pretend to be asleep while pricking up his ears to eavesdrop on their conversation.He estimated that at such a short distance, even if he couldn't fully hear what was being said on the phone, he could at least hear whose voice it was.

Lying on the bed nervously waiting for the phone to ring, Ji Ning felt that the time had passed extremely long.He had to contend with both fatigue and fear, which was much harder than expected.In just over ten minutes, it seemed to him that several hours had passed. 11:55.Ji Ning glanced at the electronic clock again.Soon, soon. Suddenly, he thought of one thing. Damn it!He cursed in his heart.Why didn't I think of it before! Doudou has fallen asleep, why don't I find his mobile phone and check the caller numbers from the previous nights?Maybe there will be something to discover!

Ji Ning sat up suddenly from the bed, his eyes adapted to the darkness and he looked around, his heart was pounding - there are still 5 minutes, is it too late? No.There was no Doudou's mobile phone around, and he even looked in Doudou's trouser pocket, but still couldn't find it.Ji Ning anxiously thought, maybe it was too dark and put it somewhere out of sight, but he didn't dare to turn on the light for fear of waking Doudou.Time passed by second by second, and it was almost 12 o'clock, and sweat broke out on his forehead. Wait, calm down, don't panic - Doudou knows his mother will call, so he won't put the phone far away from him, it should be by his side.

Ji Ning slowly leaned his body to Doudou's pillow and groped with his hands, hoping to find something, but he was still disappointed in exchange, so he had no choice but to lie down. Strange, didn't Doudou keep his mobile phone by his side?impossible.Ji Ning thought suspiciously—this mobile phone is regarded as a treasure by Doudou, and he usually keeps it on his body all the time.Where would he put it when he went to bed at night? At this moment, Doudou's cell phone rang, and the nursery rhyme came out from somewhere again, the sound was a little low, as if it was blocked by something.After a few seconds, Ji Ning suddenly understood.

He slowly turned his body in the direction of Doudou, then closed his eyes and pretended to fall asleep. After singing two nursery rhymes, Doudou woke up. He put his hand under the pillow and took out his mobile phone. "Hello, Mom." Ji Ning held his breath and focused all his nerves on his ears. "Doudou..." The pores of Ji Ning's whole body tightened. Hearing this thin cry from the mobile phone, his body seemed to be frozen instantly. Oh my god, it's really a woman's voice, and... it's my aunt's voice! Ji Ning's scalp was numb, he forced himself to suppress his fear, but found that it was much more difficult than he imagined.He only realized now that some things can only be known how simple and unrealistic his previous thoughts are when he really faces them.Just like at this moment, he tried hard to listen to the voice on the phone, but found that he was so frightened that it was difficult to concentrate.In addition, Doudou pressed the phone tightly to the ear, blocking the transmission of sound.As a result, Ji Ning didn't hear a word of the rest except for the phrase "Doudou".

However, he noticed that Doudou answered the phone in the same way as last time—for a few minutes in the middle, he didn't say a word, just listening.What was said on the phone seemed even more mysterious. After a few minutes, Doudou finally said: "Cousin Ji Ning? He's sleeping next to me." What?Why did you ask me?Ji Ning was shocked. Doudou looked back and saw his cousin with his eyes closed, turned his head to the phone and said softly: "Well, he fell asleep..." Next, Doudou listened for more than ten seconds, and then said: "Okay, Mom, good night." Hang up the phone.

After a while, Doudou fell asleep again. Ji Ning, who was sleeping next to Doudou, couldn't fall asleep. He didn't know why the "person" on the phone asked him, and he was also concerned about whether he fell asleep.He didn't think it was a meaningless conversation, but he really couldn't figure out what it meant, and his mind was in a mess. After a few minutes, Ji Ning felt that Doudou beside him sat up from the bed.Then, he saw Doudou roll over her body, put on her slippers, and walk towards the door.The whole process was slow and mechanical, like sleepwalking.

My goodness——Ji Ning felt a chill from the soles of his feet—he won't be going to the toilet to do that terrible thing again, will he? He couldn't help asking, "Doudo, where are you going?" Doudou ignored it and went out without saying a word.This cold attitude made Ji Ning shudder. Without a doubt, he knew what Doudou was going to do.Ji Ning's heart was beating wildly - what should I do?To stop him?But he was terrified of something like that happening again.But if left alone... A few minutes later, Ji Ning plucked up his courage, got out of bed, and walked towards the bathroom.

This time, he turned on the lights in the dining room and hallway to embolden himself.Just as he was about to go to the bathroom, he saw that the door of the study next to him was ajar, and there was a gleam of light from inside. Doudou is in the study?What the hell are you doing this time?Ji Ning walked over involuntarily. Just when he arrived at the door of the study, Ji Ning heard the same voice as last night coming from inside, it was that weird spell again!The voice was composed of repeated words, like some kind of magical power, it sucked Ji Ning into it. The desk lamp in the study was on, emitting a faint light.Doudou sat on the floor in the middle of the study, with her back to Ji Ning, and there seemed to be something in front of her. Ji Ning walked over slowly, and when he got close to Doudou, he saw that in front of Doudou was a large piece of paper composed of four paintings.The pattern spelled out was the red symbol on the mirror last night! The moment Ji Ning saw this symbol, he was inexplicably shocked by a mysterious force.He originally came to stop Doudou, but now he stood there blankly, unable to move.He wanted to shout, but no sound came out.Amidst helplessness and shock, a sense of fear grew rapidly in his body. However, the most terrifying thing he did not see. Outside the door behind him, there was a black figure standing at this moment. In the strange and inexplicable atmosphere, there was an uncoordinated sound suddenly—the glass windows of the study were rattled by the wind outside, and the wind picked up. A gust of cool wind hit Ji Ning's face, which made him feel much more awake.This gust of wind rushed into the room from the gap between the two windows, and it just happened to blow away the pattern made of four pieces of paper on the ground, as if it also blew away some things that should not have appeared in this world. At this moment, Doudou stopped reciting the weird incantation, shook her body twice, and fell to the ground.Ji Ning knew that his cousin was out of control at this time.He picked up the four pieces of paper that formed the red symbol on the ground, quickly crumpled them up, threw them into the trash can, then picked up Doudou and walked towards the bedroom. Another incident like this, Ji Ning thought wearily - but anyway, this evening's thriller is over. As he thought this way, his spirit gradually relaxed. However, he was wrong.He turned off all the lights.This is a mistake. Carrying Doudou back to the room, Ji Ning had just put Doudou on the bed, and was about to move him a little, when suddenly in the dark, he saw a person lying on the spot where Doudou was sleeping. . To be precise, it was a black figure.The figure's face was facing Ji Ning. Ji Ning's brain suddenly exploded, his hair stood on end, and the whole world swirled and revolved before his eyes.He stumbled back to the wall, finally couldn't help crying out, and at the same time pressed the light switch. With a bang, the dome light came on. The black shadow on the bed disappeared instantly, like a hallucination.But Ji Ning knew in his heart that this was not as simple as an illusion. Doudou woke up amidst the glare of the light and the screams of his cousin.He rubbed his sleepy eyes and looked at his terrified cousin standing by the wall, as if he didn't know anything. "Cousin, what's the matter with you?" Ji Ning swallowed and took a few deep breaths. "It's nothing, I had a nightmare." "But, why are you standing by the wall..." "Stop talking, Doudou." - You have to let me breathe - Ji Ning thought.He walked over to help his cousin cover the quilt. "Go to sleep." Doudou stopped talking and fell asleep on the other side. Ten minutes later, Ji Ning came out of the room with the quilt in his arms. This night, he could only spend the night on the sofa in the living room.He might never dare to sleep on the bed in the bedroom again. Today is the sixth day after my aunt died. Will anything happen on the seventh day? I can't stand it any longer.Ji Ning thought weakly.