Chapter 18 Seventeenth, seventh day (early morning)

Dazed and fluttering, Ji Ning was in a dark forest. Everything seemed unreal and ethereal.There is no sound when walking, and there is no real feeling when touching. where is thisJi Ning looked around at the dark woods around him—a very familiar feeling.He clearly felt that this was a scene he had experienced. Oh, by the way, this is the mountain forest where my aunt was buried.How did I get here?It was strange that he wasn't scared at all. At this time, Ji Ning saw a person walking towards him slowly in the shadowy woods, getting closer and closer.He gradually saw her face - hey, isn't this my aunt?She should be sleeping in this land, how could she appear in front of her?

Ji Ning wanted to go over to ask his aunt what was going on, but felt that it was too ridiculous—I actually saw a dead person and wanted to talk to her—almost at the same time he thought of this, he Now that I understand it, I have found a reason to explain this absurd scene. It's a dream.An unrealistic dream.When he realized this, his aunt got closer and closer to him. He saw her face.Pale, lifeless, with a piece of carrion slowly falling off his cheek. Ji Ning's breathing became short of breath.It's not fun, it's not a fantasy or romantic dream, it's a nightmare. I have to wake up quickly, before she leans all the way in.In fact, when he was thinking this way, his aunt—or rather, the carrion corpse was already approaching.And at this time, Ji Ning thought - what method should I use to wake myself up from a nightmare?

He tried to open his eyes, but it seemed that he could only control himself in the dream.He wanted to shout loudly, but found that the scream was suppressed in his throat and he couldn't make any sound.All he could think of was to run backwards desperately, but his feet seemed to be filled with lead, and he couldn't move at all.Ji Ning started to panic, he was horrified to find that in this nightmare, everything he did was meaningless.He can't control and get rid of this scary dream! Those waxy, rotten hands slowly lifted up, twisting around like vines, as if they wanted to hold Ji Ning tightly.Immediately, the face with the carrion hanging on it was also close...Jining was so frightened that he closed his eyes tightly and his whole body went stiff.At this time, a familiar voice came from his ear, it was the mantra that Doudou chanted that he heard two nights ago——Ji Ning was horrified to the extreme. You can also hear this horrible sound in your dreams!

Ning became sober after this kind of fright.He had never been so lucid in a dream—he knew clearly that he was dreaming, but he just couldn't wake up!He could even think of his real situation at the moment—lying on the sofa in the living room, his eyes closed, his face full of pain, and trembling.The only thing he didn't understand was, since they were already so awake, why couldn't they open their eyes and wake up? A snake-like cold hand slid across Ji Ning's neck, and his back felt the pain of being scratched by nails. He even felt the hands gradually sinking into his body - in the dream, this body The rotting corpse seemed to merge with him.He didn't know what it meant, but he knew that this was very abnormal, this was no ordinary nightmare.

Anyway, I'm going to give it a shot.he thought in horror. Ji Ning glanced back, and behind him was a deep cliff.He was terrified, even in his dream, of falling into this dark abyss--the abyss that seemed to lead straight to hell.But——I can't just indulge in this horrible dream, I have to... regain self-control. Fight!Ji Ning gritted his teeth and jumped down the cliff—— With a "boom", Ji Ning was awakened by the pain. He opened his eyes and found that he had rolled down from the sofa - but immediately, he wondered if he had fallen from one nightmare to another. In front of his eyes, on the floor of the living room, was painted a huge red charm with a diameter of one meter, which was several times larger than what he saw two nights ago.Four candles are lit in the upper, lower, left, and right directions of the charm.In the dancing candlelight, Doudou was sitting right in front of her, with her eyes closed, reciting spells, and the changing light and dark tones on her face seemed strange and inexplicable.

Ji Ning really wanted to get up from the ground and stop all this again, but found that his body was weak and it was difficult to move.Gradually, his consciousness became blurred, and something seemed to be getting away from him gradually... When Ji Ning lost consciousness, Doudou stopped chanting, swayed twice, and fell to one side. A few seconds later, Ji Ning's parents pushed open the door with a "bang" and walked out quickly - the sound of Ji Ning falling from the sofa just now woke them up. When they walked to the stairs, they saw an astonishing scene in the living room from above——Ji Ning and Doudou fell to the ground, unconscious, and there were huge red charms and burning candles on the ground——Ji Ning's parents were shocked I was stunned, completely unable to understand what was going on.After an exclamation, the mother rushed to her son, shook his body, and shouted loudly: "Jining, Jining! What happened?"

In the violent shaking, Ji Ning woke up.He opened his eyes slightly, saw the person in front of him, his lips trembled a few times, and he said: "Sister..." Mom was stunned suddenly. "Jining, what do you call me?" "Sister..." Ji Ning's tone sounded different from usual, like a different person. "Sister, is it really you?" Mom turned her head and looked at dad who was also in a daze with his mouth wide open. The expressions on their faces were as if they had swallowed a live mouse. At this moment, Ji Ning, who was supported by his mother to sit up, suddenly sobbed, and screamed to the front, "Mom, you... let me go!"

Ji Ning's parents were taken aback. They followed the gaze of "son" and widened their eyes. At some point, grandma stood on the stairs with a cane. At this moment, her lips moved, her body trembled, she looked at "Ji Ning" sadly and said: "Huiyun, do you...don't want to see me that much?" Ji Ning's mother glanced at her son and then at her mother, trying to understand everything in front of her.But her numb brain couldn't move at this moment, she could only stare at them with wide eyes in horror. Granny leaned on crutches with difficulty, and walked tremblingly in front of "Ji Ning", turning a blind eye to the people next to her.And "Ji Ning" buried his head deeply, and didn't dare to look directly at the person in front of him.Until grandma said: "Huiyun, I called you back because I wanted you to tell me why you...why committed suicide?"

"Mom... I have my reasons. I said in the suicide note to my sister that I just want to take this secret to the grave, and I just hope not to be disturbed. Mom, please don't press me, okay?" ?" "Ji Ning" begged bitterly. "What are your difficulties, why can't you tell me? Do you... treat me like a mother?" Grandma's voice trembled with excitement. "Huiyun, have you always blamed me for favoring your sister since she was a child? I let her go out to study, and then came to live with her in the city. I left you alone in the countryside and made your orphans and widows suffer. You have always been Hating me, right?"

"No..." "Ji Ning" covered his face and began to cry. "not like this." Hearing this, Ji Ning's mother trembled all over, and she walked over to look at grandma. "Mom, what the hell is... what's going on!" "Hui Qing, don't you understand? Now, Hui Yun's undead is attached to Ji Ning." Grandma said in a deep voice. Mom covered her mouth in fear. "Why...is this happening?" "I have kept this from you for many years. Now, it's time to tell you." Grandma stared at her eldest daughter. "I am a psychic."

Mom stared at grandma in disbelief.Ji Ning's father was also completely dumbfounded, standing aside with his mouth open, motionless like a stone sculpture. "I know, you have been afraid of such supernatural things since you were a child. I agree with you to go out to study, just to keep you away from these things." Grandma slowly turned her head to look at "Jining". "Huiyun is by my side, she knows it. But I told her not to tell you, and told everyone around me to keep it from you. So, you never knew." Grandma took a deep breath. "Later, you worked and settled in the city. I came to live next to you. Huiyun never understood, thinking that I wanted to live a better life in the city. But in fact, neither of you two sisters knew the real reason .I haven't told anyone about it." Grandma shifted her eyes to "Ji Ning". "Huiyun, in front of your sister, let me tell you, the reason why I chose to come to the city to live next to your sister is because I found out that I have a grandson who inherited the psychic physique." Ji Ning's mother was incoherent in horror, shaking her head violently. "No, it won't... What you said is..." "That's right, it's Ji Ning." Grandma's tone sounded like some kind of sentence. "When he was a few years old, I discovered that this child has this ability. I know that he inherited my psychic physique (alternatively)." "At that time, especially in my hometown. A real psychic is a profession that is respected and admired by everyone. I thought at the time, if I can train Ji Ning to be an heir, it may not be a good thing..." When grandma said this, she lowered her head with an extremely sad expression. "But later, I found out that I was wrong. The times are developing and improving, but they are also gradually becoming chaotic and false. Many scammers pretending to be psychics have tarnished and blasphemed this profession. As a result, many people—especially the cities The people here no longer believe in such things as psychics. The psychic who was admired by lovers in the past has now become synonymous with charlatans and even charlatans. After realizing this, of course it is impossible for me to let my grandson do it again. Go this way..." Grandma looked at "Ji Ning" and said: "Huiyun, you understand now, I didn't look down on you at first and didn't want to live with you, but because of... such a reason." "Ji Ning" sat on the ground sobbing and wiping away tears. The mother stared at the man in front of her—her son, but his movements and voice were very much like her poor sister—her mind was more confused than ever before, and she felt that she was going to pass out.Suddenly, she remembered something. "Mom, how do you know... Huiyun is dead?" Grandma let out a dry wry smile. "Huiqing, you want to hide it from me, it's for my own good, I know that. But how can you hide it? I'm a psychic! Before Huiyun died, I felt some omens. After that, I felt through my spiritual power that my little daughter is no longer in this world. In addition, I tried a little later-your attitude exposed everything. I suppressed my sadness and pretended to be kept in the dark by you. " "Why do you do this..." Halfway through the sentence, Ji Ning's mother looked at Doudou and understood. "I think the same as you." Grandma's expression was very painful. "I can't bear to let Doudou know about such a cruel thing as his mother's suicide, so I cooperated with you in order to hide it from him. Especially, I heard Doudou say on the phone that night that he wanted his mother to call every night. To him. In order to make Doudou feel at ease, I used my mobile phone to call at night, pretending to be Huiyun's voice——you always said that Huiyun's voice is very similar to mine..." Ji Ning's father was holding Doudou in his arms at the moment, extremely astonished. "Mom, those calls were actually made by you to Doudou!" "The mobile phone you bought for me. I haven't used it all the time. I didn't expect it to be useful in this matter... When I pretended to be Huiyun and called Doudou, I suddenly thought-I am old and my legs and feet are not good. It's convenient, but I might be able to hypnotize Doudou on the phone and use him to perform psychic spells on Ji Ning, I just need to do some preparations beforehand - I do this because I really want to figure out Huiyun Why did you go to a dead end..." While saying these words, grandma's breathing gradually became difficult. "Originally, I didn't intend to wake you up, I just wanted to use Doudou to quietly lure Ji Ning somewhere for psychic... Unfortunately, due to some accidental factors, the first two times failed - tonight is the last chance , I can't miss it anymore. I put a sleeping pill in the glass of juice that Doudou brought to Ning..." When grandma said this, she dropped her crutches and threw herself on "Ji Ning", crying. "Huiyun, mom called you back, are you still unwilling to tell me? Forget it, let's go to that world and talk slowly..." "Ji Ning" hugged grandma in confusion. "Mom, why...why do you say that?" "I'm old, and psychic things take a lot of energy and physical strength... This is... my last psychic... But it doesn't matter, Huiyun, Mom is sorry, I can only accompany you on the road to make up for it You..." Grandma's voice became weaker and weaker, and her body gradually slid down. "Mom!" Ji Ning's parents knelt down and supported grandma with several hands. "Ji Ning" cried even more heartbreakingly.Finally, "he" said with grief: "Mom, don't...I don't want you to accompany me! Well...I'll tell you. The reason why I committed suicide was because I had a terrible disease! Doudou's father also chose to leave us because of this disease. Yes. Because this disease is terminally ill and can be contagious! I don't want to involve Doudou, but I don't know if he has already been infected. I can't even face Doudou! That's why..." "Is that so, it's not because of me..." Grandma closed her eyes. "My daughter, let's... let's go together... No matter what, Mom will accompany you..." After saying this, grandma's head drooped completely and she fell into Ji Ning's arms.At the same time, Ji Ning's body twitched, something invisible was pulled out of his body, and he fell down on the living room floor with his grandmother in his arms.