Chapter 8 Chapter 8 Murder In The Dark

Babi swayed, stretched his limbs, and stood next to the she-wolf's fluffy, slender body so as not to slump to the ground.He sniffed the smell of the contents of the wooden box, a mysterious secret weapon as old as the known history of man.It once defeated species like Babi and Aipuru. Since then, this weapon, together with the remains of the species it wiped out, has been buried on Alashan for a long time.Today, it seems that this weapon will kill him again.The smell it gave off, however, was so sweet; Babi wondered drowsily why the thing had such a strange smell. Thinking, thinking, Babi took another deep breath.

He was about to lie down and sleep beside the she-wolf.He felt very tired, and this ancient and strange aroma seemed to soothe him, forgetting all his troubles, sorrows and exhaustion.He took a deep breath and was about to lie down right away.The white wolf squirmed, and he seemed to hear the weak voice of the female wolf saying, "Get away from me, Baby! Get out of here before you die!" Babi suddenly realized that the female wolf was suffering.He likes this ancient and strange scent coming out of the wooden box behind him, but this scent is killing Ai Pulu, he must get her outside immediately, and then he will come back and continue to enjoy it Fragrant, quietly falling asleep.Babi picked up the loose fur on the back of the she-wolf's neck, and dragged her towards the door that had just been disassembled.

Standing in front of the door, Babi was taken aback, opened his mouth wide, and the body of the she-wolf slid down with it—the disassembled door was closing again, and the black screws and metal locks emerged again, nothing The wood panel door becomes a real wood panel door again.This quiet study was really a baited trap—Babi felt that the trap was becoming more real in a trance. He braced his weak body and hit the wooden door, and the real wooden door knocked him back. He tried his best to recall the theory about probability that Dr. Monrick taught in class and with Ai Pulu's friend: all Matter in space is mostly made of space: nothing is absolute; only probabilities are real.His thinking is an energy network, and this energy network can use the probability to capture the atoms and electrons of the door, and then, to straighten out the irregular tremor of matter, and to open a channel.

Babi struggled to recall and ponder these theories—the door, or the real door. The slender body of the female wolf lay motionless under his feet.He had to work hard to control himself, so as not to fall along with him.The ancient and pleasant fragrance in the wooden box became more intense, and he breathed hard, with his tongue hanging out long.The ancient fragrance will end all his troubles, and all his sufferings. The she-wolf shrugged slightly at his feet. "Keep an eye on the door, open the passage - I - help you -" Babi staggered, staring at the wooden panels of the door, trying to break down the wooden door again.Only probabilities are real, he recited.But these are just meaningless words, a door is a door.At this time, Babi felt a weak force from the body of the female wolf, and he took advantage of the situation to cooperate with it.Slowly, very faintly, Babi felt that the door had grasped a special, new feeling, and with this feeling, he could stretch and control it.

A decomposition point finally appeared on the wooden door.He was not sure, but still tried to make the decomposition point continue to increase.The she-wolf trembled again at his feet, then froze.The disassembled channel openings are still not large enough.Babi continued to work hard, but the stimulation of the fragrance made him sway from side to side, making it difficult to stand still.The opening slowly widened, Babi picked up the she-wolf, staggered towards the door, and together with the she-wolf, crawled through the passage on the door. Qinxiang's wooden box was left behind, and Babi suddenly had an impulse to go back to the wooden box.However, his stomach was churning so badly that he lay on his stomach in the narrow aisle, shaking all over, and wanted to vomit.In his drowsiness, he heard the operator's impatient voice coming from the receiver on Sam's desk.Then, "Sam—Sam," Nora's voice came from the bedroom, and it sounded like there was fear in her sleepy voice.

Sam turned his body uneasily, and the bed creaked.Fortunately, neither Sam nor Norah woke up.Babi stood still trembling, and greedily took a big breath of fresh air. He nuzzled the still stiff white she-wolf with his nose, and another smell of poisonous gas came out from the crack of the door, and he was so disgusted that he almost vomited. Babi dragged the she-wolf, and threw her stiff body onto his tired gray back. Although the she-wolf was not heavy, he still staggered and walked through the kitchen.The kitchen still smelled of the cleaner Nora had cleaned.The glass door of the kitchen was unlocked, so he arched it and went out.

They finally escaped from Sam's trap safely, Babi thought, shaking his body uncomfortably as he ran, with the white she-wolf on his back with messy fur, no matter how fast he ran, he couldn't dodge it An infestation of a deadly smell.At any rate, at night, the cool breeze kept blowing into the nostrils.Babi regained his strength. He carried the she-wolf on his back and ran across the street until he came to the grass on the campus, and then put her on the green grass covered with white frost flowers.A ray of morning light has appeared in the east, like a warning to them. On the farm in the distance, the crowing of a rooster can be clearly heard, and there is also a dog barking somewhere. The dangerous dawn is coming. But he still doesn't know what to do with Ai Pulu.

Unable to do anything, Bobby began to lick her white fur with his tongue, and her slender body moved, thank God, she breathed and began to squirm.She spread her paws weakly, panting, her bright red tongue fell out, and her dim eyes were full of fear. "Thank you, Babe!" she trembled. "It's terrible, if you hadn't got me out I'd have died at Sam's hands, your crafty old friend." She had wild eyes, He narrowed his eyes again, "I never dreamed that the thing in the box could be so powerful. I don't think we can get rid of it, really. We can only attack those who try to use it people until they bury that thing back in the ground and forget about it, like it used to be in the hills of Alashan."

Bobby stuck his head out and shook it disapprovingly. "Assault on Sam?" he whispered. "And Nick? And Lex?" Panting heavily, the white wolf said viciously: "Babi, you are with the black gang now, and you have no human friends. Because, if they know the truth, they will kill us. It's okay for us to die, but we must Destroy the enemies of the Son of Darkness. However, Sam is not the first one, or in other words, since the phone rang, he is no longer the first enemy. We are going to kill the widowed woman of Monrick first, Don't let her get in touch with Sam."

Babi moved away from the she-wolf. "No—don't hurt Rowena!" He was out of breath, "She was always a true friend of mine, and even after Perik changed her attitude towards me, she was still so generous and kind to me. She was such a good person, you would forget that she had Blind in both eyes—" "You're not blind, are you, Baby!" White Wolf bared his teeth at him and suddenly became very serious. "I don't think that the widow is blind, so she doesn't know anything." The she-wolf eased her voice and said, "I believe she has a lot of our kind of blood in her body, so she poses a great threat to us." Threat, we must stop her—”

"No!" whispered Bobby, but firmly, "I will never do anything to hurt a poor old lady." "She won't be easy to deal with." The cunning female wolf was still panting, "She learned a lot from the old doctor, and saw a lot in Africa. You see, the silver jewelry she wears is used to defend us. Except for the big dog Besides, she must have other weapons. She will definitely be difficult to deal with, but we must try our best." "I will not!" "You will," she said to Babi. "You do what you have to do, Babi, because you are who you are. Tonight, you are the free-form Babi, and your human Babi, is Staying on the bed in the bedroom, you run with me in the wilderness, like our vanished kind, and the tailors will shoot and hunt and kill the human race." She showed her bright red tongue, and smiled contemptuously at Babi, "Come on, Babi! Before dawn." As the white she-wolf said, she began to run, and the human restraint that restricted Babi was very fragile at this time. When he was with the she-wolf, he immediately got rid of the restraint.So he ran after the she-wolf, across the green grass, and the crunchy feeling of his paws on the frost flowers was very pleasant.Every rustling sound and wafting smell, even the gasoline smell of the milk truck passing by, was very fragrant—much better than the poisonous smell he had just suffered. After passing both sides of College Avenue, they came near the old house.Babi saw the black veil hanging on the front door and dragged behind hesitantly.The slender female wolf jumped in front of him, and her fragrant body odor swept away Babi's worries. His body is lying far away, the shackles of human nature have been released, the beautiful white female wolf is beside him, fresh and exciting, he is with her now, they are following the darkness the son of.He followed the she-wolf and stopped in front of the porch, waiting for the front door to disintegrate into nothing. "Rowena shouldn't suffer any pain," he whispered still uneasily. "She has always been my dearest friend. I often come here to play the piano for me, usually to music she composed, melancholy , sad and beautiful music, she certainly deserves some kind of holy delicacy—" The white wolf next to him started breaking down the front door.Babi smelled a strong, irritating, resentful smell—the smell of a dog!The vellus hair on his neck stood up suddenly, and so did the vellus hair of the she-wolf next to her. She howled lowly, her green eyes still fixed on the door panel, ignoring his muttering bargaining. Babi lay beside her, watching the bottom of the door melt into mist and vanish into nothingness.All of a sudden, he saw the familiar furnishings in the house - the dark fireplace, and Rowena's black grand piano.He heard the rustling of hurried footsteps, and saw hazy shadows swaying back and forth.With a click of the latch, the door suddenly swung wide open in front of him. The she-wolf shrank and hid behind Babi, whimpering softly in her throat. The strong smell came from the opened door, which was more direct and sudden than what I saw and heard just now.He smelled a faint smell of gas wafting from the fireplace, on the piano, the big bouquet of roses sent by Sam and Nora, which smelled fresh, and Rowena's perfume mixed with camphor.Babi could still smell the mountains, and Rowena gave off a dry, hot body odor mixed with fear.Oh, of course, and the dog smell, the strongest, the sharpest, the dog smell, much better than Sam's box, but still pretty bad for Bobby.The unique sense of fear in this smell was more ancient than human beings, and he couldn't help trembling.However, it also strengthened his racial hatred.Every hair on his face stood on end, and his lips were drawn back.He stood on all fours, held his breath, and tightened his body, ready to meet the enemy's attack. This enemy was so ancient that it was difficult to trace it from memory. Rowena Monrik walked past the parted door, her big dog standing close to her on all fours, growling in its throat. Rowena stood there straight in a long black silk gown.The faint light of street lamps in the distance shone on the silver tie around her neck, and on the thick rings and bracelets, emitting a faint cold light. She held a silver dagger in her hand, shining brightly under the street lamps. glow. "Help me!" whispered the huddled she-wolf, "help me drag her down!" The blind woman in front of him, holding a dagger and holding a dog tightly, was once his friend.But she was one of the humans, and he, Babi, was with the she-wolf.Howling, he and the she-wolf approached their prey, and then approached. "I'll take her by the arm," panted the she-wolf, "and you'll bite her throat—don't let her have a chance with the dagger." Rowena waited on the porch, the door snapped open again.With a low growl, her hound leaned forward, tightening the chain, and Rowena pulled him back hard, grabbing the buckle on the chain.Her face was pale, her head was slightly tilted, and she looked tired and sad.Babi trembled, a little panicked: Could it be that her eyes behind the sunglasses could see me? "Willie Bobby," she whispered Bobby's name, looking down as if she could actually see Bobby.Her demeanor was still so elegant, and there was a sad reproach in her voice, "I knew your danger a long time ago, and reminded you to stay away from that cunning little witch. I didn't expect you to forget your humanity so quickly!" Babi's face was hot, and he was extremely ashamed. He flinched and muttered, reluctantly covering for the she-wolf.The female wolf howled angrily, and grinned contemptuously at Babi, showing a mouthful of white teeth, and Babi didn't dare to complain anymore. "Willie, what a pity it's you." Rowena continued in a gentle tone. "I know you've given in to the black blood in yourself. Well, I've always wanted you to take hold of yourself. Not everyone with black blood Yes, they are all going to be evil, Willie, I know that. But now it seems that I have misjudged you." When Rowena said this, she paused for a while, but still stood upright. "I know you're here, Willie Babi!" Babi felt that Rowena trembled, and tightly grasped the dagger in her hand. It could be seen that it was remade from a very good table knife, "And, I also I know what you want to do." Her big dog was ready to pounce forward, and its fierce yellow eyes watched every step forward of the wolf.With her pale hands, Rowena tightly grasped the dog's collar, closely watching the development of the situation, her eyes behind the black lenses seemed to be able to see everything clearly. "I know what you are going to do." She whispered but sternly, "However, I can't be killed so easily!" The she-wolf grinned at Babi and continued to move forward. "Get ready, Baby," she said quickly and nervously, "as soon as I grab her elbow, you'll be on!" Babi was gearing up, put his posture in place, lay his body on the cold floor, and visually measured the distance to Rowena's throat.He shook his body, shaking off the last bit of reluctance, he had to obey the order - because, all of this was real, this little she-wolf was his accomplice, and the lost humanity was a distant dream. "Get ready!" cried the she-wolf, "for the Son of Darkness!" The she-wolf pounced on her without a sound, her slender body flashed like a flash of white light, she bared her fangs, and rushed towards Rowena's arm.Babi waited for the she-wolf to snatch the dagger from Rowena's hand, the black savagery and mania in his body swelled rapidly, eagerly longing for bloodthirsty pleasure. "Willie!" Rowena whined, "You can't—" Babi held his breath, ready to jump on it. Turk barked loudly, giving a final warning, and Rowena let go of the dog's collar and stepped back, brandishing her silver dagger at the same time. The she-wolf twisted her body, trying to avoid the dagger flying up and down.Rowena's heavy bracelet slammed on the she-wolf's pretty little head. The female wolf fell down, trembling all over, and the big dog rushed forward and bit her by the throat.The female wolf struggled helplessly, finally broke free from the bite of the big prisoner, and staggered away. Seeing the she-wolf fight so hard, Babi's last bit of affection for Rowena disappeared immediately.With the pointed wolf teeth, he tore at Turk's throat, the buckle around the dog's neck, and the cold silver just hit him. There was a dull pain, and he shook his body and backed away. "Grab her, Turk!" Rowena gasped. But the big dog had already let go of the she-wolf, turned around, and attacked Babi. The she-wolf took the opportunity to stand up and stumbled down the porch. "Baby, let's go!" cried the she-wolf. "This woman has too much black blood, just like ours. I didn't expect her to be so strong. We can't handle her, silverware, and that dog!" " As the she-wolf said, she fled across the grass, and Babi ran after the she-wolf. Although Rowena was blind, her movements were steady and confident, just like someone with eyes. Babi felt guilty and terrified. The light from the street lamps fell on Rowena's silver tie, on her necklace and bracelets, which were her strong armor, and the cold gleaming dagger, a deadly weapon. "Catch 'em, Turk!" Rowena yelled at the dog. "Kill 'em!" The white wolf and the gray wolf fled together, and they ran across the empty streets leading to the campus. The blow to Babi's jaw was now going numb, making him sick and want to vomit.The big yellow dog is still chasing after him, and the wild barking is getting closer and closer.Babi ran across the corner of the campus, stood still and panted, ready to fight to the death, when the white female wolf suddenly flashed by, galloping and jumping, running in front of the big yellow dog, the female wolf showed no sign of weakness amidst the big yellow dog's barking Howl in return.She showed her blood-red tongue, looking hideous.Seeing the situation, the big yellow dog turned around and dealt with the female wolf.The female wolf led the yellow dog across the campus, toward the direction of the quiet highway, running fast. "Catch 'em, Turk!" Rowena, who was blind, yelled after Babi. "Help me catch 'em!" Babi shook his body, and stopped paying attention to Rowena, but felt very uncomfortable in his heart. The galloping female wolf and the chasing big yellow dog had already escaped Babi's sight, but the scent of the female wolf and the disgusting smell of the yellow dog still lingered in the quiet night sky.He could hear Huang Ju's growling in the distance. The growling sound showed that the yellow dog was eager to catch the female wolf, and Babi could also hear that the big yellow dog was getting a little restless. Rowena is still desperately chasing Babi.Bobby ran onto the freeway and looked back to see Rowena a block away.He watched her run to the side of a fork in the grassland of the campus, tripped over the roadside paving stones, and fell heavily on the hard concrete road. After all, she was blind in both eyes. Babi couldn't help feeling pity.He knew very well that falling like this was really hard, and Rowena would definitely get bruised and bruised.After a while, Rowena stood up again and continued to chase Babi with a limp.Babi saw the silver jewelry on her body, shining coldly, so he had to run for his life again, towards the highway, where the white she-wolf and the big yellow dog were fighting fiercely. Babi took advantage of the traffic lights, and when he turned his head again, Rowena was already far behind. This was the intersection of Central Avenue and the expressway, and a car was speeding towards them.Babi ran a few steps as fast as he could, lying on the side of the road, avoiding the glare of the headlights. After the car passed by at high speed, when he looked around, he couldn't see Rowena. The barking of yellow dogs in the distance has turned to howling, drowned out by the rumble of mills and the roar of train yards.Babi was still able to follow the strong smell of the yellow dog to identify their direction. He tracked all the way to the freight yard of the railway station. Here, he could hardly smell the stench of dogs, nor the scent of she-wolves, but everywhere was the smell of warm engine oil, creosote of sleepers, sulfur of soot and dry wood. .Babi is still chasing the white she-wolf and the big yellow dog with the little trace left.Suddenly, a train turned into a branch, spouting thick smoke, and "rumbled" towards him, and a switchman stood beside the switch. Babi jumped to the side, and it happened that the driver released a burst of steam on the spot, a wave of hot air, mixed with oily smoke, metal dust, blowing towards his face, even the saliva from the switchman with a strong smell of tobacco, Also swept away without a trace by the blast, Babi lost the target to follow. He spun anxiously on the tracks, hoping to smell the she-wolf or the yellow dog again.But what is allowed to linger in the nasal cavity is the mixed smell of steam, metal, creosote, and partially burnt diesel oil, which blends with the smell of the chemical plant waste water in the entire industrial area, and permeates the air. Babi pricked up his ears and searched desperately.The roar of the steam locomotive gradually faded away, and the "click, click" sound of various machines came from the circular locomotive repair shop. From the east, across the river, another train came over with its whistle , Babi never heard the dog barking again. He looked east, his eyes stinging; as the dawn grew brighter, danger loomed closer.The white female wolf is missing, what should I do at dawn.Babi suddenly remembered that he didn't know how to go home and return to his body. He was running aimlessly around the railroad tracks, when suddenly he heard a dog barking again, a slow and feeble bark, coming from the mill.Babi ran towards the sound. He ran between two parked trucks to block out the brighter and brighter light. Finally, Babi saw the white wolf again. Light, but tired.The she-wolf wisely led the big yellow dog around for a long time, she must be very tired now, and the light of dawn was also consuming her energy.The yellow dog was in good spirits at this time, running faster and faster, opened his voice, and yelled, very proud, as if he had already won the victory. Babi ran out from the back of the carriage to meet the she-wolf. "You rest." He gasped, and said, "I'm going to circle this guy." It was almost dawn, and he didn't know how long he would be able to deal with the yellow dog. Moreover, he was still numb after being beaten by silverware, but the she-wolf was his companion, and he took it from her without hesitation. , Lead away the big yellow dog. "No, Baby!" cried the she-wolf hastily. "Time is running out - we must be together now," He had no choice but to run side by side with the she-wolf, unable to ask her what she wanted to do.It was getting brighter in the east, and Babi turned and ran towards the low-lying part of the river, where the bushes might be able to avoid some light, "This way, Babi!" The she-wolf ran straight along the river bank, "Don't leave." Barbie turned back to the grassy slope and outran the she-wolf.The big yellow dog was still chasing very closely, yelling frantically "barking" while running, and the faint morning light shone and danced on the silver chain buckle around its neck.Babi tried to dodge the reflected light, trying to keep the same slow pace as the she-wolf. The dark green river bed was just ahead, and the smell of mud and decaying leaves rushed straight into his nostrils.The morning breeze blew, and there was a stench from the sewage treatment plant in the city. The slow-moving dark green river water emitted chemical waste gas from the mill. Looking forward along the river, the morning light was like jumping flames in the sky, Babi's vision began to blur, his eyes were burning, and the biting sunlight forced him to shrink his body tightly.Babi tried his best to control his exhaustion and frustration, and ran ahead of the white wolf.In the distance, the roar of the train sounded again, and they ran to the narrow railway bridge together, and the white wolf sprinted lightly and steadily along the railroad ties.Babi followed behind, looking at the river flowing under the bridge, feeling a little uneasy.The big yellow dog chased him all the way, yelling, and almost jumped on him.Babi was trembling all over, trying not to look at the dark, greasy water beneath his feet.He fixed his eyes on the bridge deck and crossed at the fastest speed.The yellow dog followed closely behind, not letting go. The approaching train rattled the rails, the siren was deafening, and the ruthless headlights shot straight from the curve.Babi just ran to the half of the bridge, a little at a loss, the big yellow dog was pressing on every step, he ran desperately, and rushed across the bridge before the train arrived, the white wolf's tired expression just now disappeared , She ran away like a flash of white lightning, Babi desperately chased her, the steel rails under her feet trembled violently, and there was a sound of clanging metal friction and impact. A powerful air wave rushed past, and the whole bridge trembled. The female wolf stood on her front legs and squatted on her hind legs, waiting by the railroad track for Babi who was running towards her, with an indifferent mockery towards the yellow dog on her face. With the strong air waves and dust raised by the train, Babi rushed to the she-wolf.At the same time, he heard the last desperate cry of the yellow dog - the big yellow dog fell into the dark green river water, making a small splash.The female wolf shook off the dust that fell on the snow-white fur, looked at everything in front of her, and smiled with her red tongue showing. "Now, Mr. Turk's settled." The ground murmured in a low voice, not without joy, "When the time is right, we should deal with its mistress, and we have to be so clean. Even though she has silver weapons and is half blood like us, we have to do it. " Babi's body trembled, and he hid from the roadbed, avoiding the east where the morning light emerged. The steam of the train diffused away, and the roar gradually disappeared. Babi thought of Rowena Monrick, who fell on the side of the road. On the road stone, still limping after her, her heart was stung by pity, as strong as her silver dagger. "We can't do that!" he said with a shudder. "Poor Rowena, we've hurt her." "It's war, Willie," whispered the white she-wolf. "A race war, as old as humans and us. We've failed once, and we can't fail again. There's nothing like that half-breed black man." The Cloaked Widow has betrayed us even more cruelly. We don't have time tonight, but I think we've spoiled her plans, and she won't be able to contact Sam for a while." The female wolf stood there with an elegant and tall posture. "It's time to go home." She took small steps, ran away from Babi, and ran forward along the railroad tracks, "Goodbye, Babi!" Babi stood alone on the spot, the hot sunlight in the east shone on him, and the feeling of pain and coldness permeated his whole body. He didn't know the way home, but he vaguely remembered his own body, lying on the bed in the apartment on Baker Street, hard and cold.He tried to move his body up and down clumsily, as if he was about to wake up from a dream. His first attempts, like a child's first learning to walk, were frail and bewildering.And, with the unbearable pain, it was as if he had over-activated a function that had never been touched before.And it was this unbearable pain that stimulated him, and he tried again, trying to escape the greater pain caused by the day.Oh, he felt that strange change again, that floating feeling—and sat down on the edge of his bed. The narrow bedroom was very cold, and Babi felt chilly and stiff all over, with an inexplicable sluggishness.He searched eagerly for those pleasant scents that the gray wolf had smelt, but his human nostrils could smell nothing, not even whiskey in the empty wine glasses that stood on the chest of drawers. , he may have a cold. Aching and tired, he approached the window slowly and opened the shutters. Under the white light of dawn, the street lamps seemed not so bright—he retreated from the window to the bedside, hiding from the bright sky like death, what a dream he was having! Babi hesitantly wiped off a layer of sweat on his forehead, and there was a dull pain in the right canine tooth—oh, it was a sharp wolf fang, which touched Turk's silver collar chain. He recalled the scene in his dream and felt very relieved. awkward.The stamina of the rum is really great, and it is better to drink whiskey, but it should be drunk less. Noozi's eyes were dry and painful, and Ba Niu's legs were stiff. He walked into the bathroom, raised his left hand clumsily, grabbed the glass, and wanted to drink some water.He opened his right hand, which he had been holding tightly, and realized that Aunt Agatha's white jade brooch was still firmly held in his hand. With a sullen face, Babi looked at the strange little brooch, and his stiff right hand. On the back of his skinny hand, there was a big scratch mark, which was the same as the place where Jimmy Cricket's small teeth bit the gray wolf's front paw in his dream. , exactly the same. He moved uneasily, trying to forget the unpleasant dream. In fact, there is nothing to make a fuss about, Babi comforted himself.He recalled some content in Dr. Monrik's psychology class: this kind of subconscious phenomenon, Dr. Monrik believes, is far less bizarre and shorter than that felt by dreamers. Ai Pulu's unusual confession, and his own ambivalence towards her, caused him to wake up in his sleep - he rationally explained himself - to take out the brooch from the cigar box of the chest of drawers.It must have been a scrap blade from the box that cut the back of the hand; or, the point of the brooch.The rest is just that my subconscious is trying to explain what happened that night, as well as my long-standing desire and fear. That must be the case!That's it!Babi grinned in satisfaction, breathed a sigh of relief, took a big mouthful of water, and rinsed his thirsty mouth.Then, I reached out to grab the whiskey bottle, thinking to give myself a "fighting poison with poison, and sobering up with alcohol".He was secretly proud of himself, such a playful self-mockery, inadvertently, thinking of the smell of the dog in his dream, he felt sick for a while, and simply put the wine bottle back.