monster's bride

"Maybe the foxes have run down again. They occasionally pretend to be human." The old man's smile was mixed with a hint of gloom, "Hurry up the mountain and remember to come down before sunset, otherwise it will be too dark and you won't be able to find your way back. of the road.”

Lu Zhizhi felt a little weird in his heart.

Bai Ji tugged on her sleeve and said, "Go early and come back early."

"Ah."

Her sixth sense told her not to pursue what was behind that room, as it was very dangerous.

Lu Zhizhi said no more, turned around and followed him out.

After the people had gone away, the old man closed the door of the canteen and opened the inner door.

A backpacker fell to the ground, foaming at the mouth and rolling his eyes.

The old man made a call in a nonchalant manner, "Two strangers have gone to the temple. We will send them up in the evening."

Walking up the bluestone steps leading to the top of the mountain, Lu Zhizhi saw several foxes of different fur colors along the way.

She tempted them with the snacks in her hand, but was ignored. They all pounced on Bai Ji, circling around him, and swept his sneakers with their tails, letting out a series of sharp laughter.

"They seem to like you."

Lu Zhizhi simply squatted in front of Bai Ji's toes, just barely hugging his calf, and only then did he return the favor from the fox, barely taking a bite of the dried fish fillet in her hand.

Bai Ji turned away from her, glanced at the fox at his feet, and raised the ends of his narrow eyes.

"is it?"

The next moment, the foxes who sensed the terrifying aura jumped away from him, swarmed over to Lu Zhizhi, and quickly snatched up all the snacks on her body.

She was stunned, and it took her a while to react. She raised her head and blinked, "What just happened?"

"I guess she was frightened." Bai Ji pulled her up, took out a wet tissue and wiped her hands, and said gently: "They are all dirty things, there is nothing to tease."

"Quite cute."

Lu Zhizhi clapped his hands, looked around at the quiet and green woods, and sighed: "No one knows about such a wonderful place."

Bai Ji smiled and said nothing.

It was approaching noon and the two of them had almost climbed to the top of the mountain. The originally bright sun above their heads was gradually blocked by the dense shade of trees, and the warmth on their bodies was replaced by a chill.

Lu Zhizhi zipped up the jacket that had been unzipped because of the heat, stepped onto the last step, and looked up at the extremely ancient temple in front of him.

In the silence of the ancient temple in the mountains, two fox statues with divine knots wrapped around their bodies stand on both sides. The wind blows and the leaves rustle.

A monk was sweeping leaves in the courtyard. He heard a noise behind him, turned around and asked, "What are you asking for?"

Lu Zhizhi withdrew his gaze from the fox statue and said, "Please be safe."

But Bai Ji never told her that this was a fox temple.

Fortunately, the monk's kind face dispelled the doubts that had just arisen in her heart, "Have you brought any incense? There are fifty-one bottles at the stall next to it."

Generally, there are incense shops like this in temples, which proves that they are legitimate and they are not the only ones who usually come, so it is safe.

The temple is built with hollow wooden pillars. It is some distance from the ground. You need to walk up on the creaking wooden boards to enter the main hall.

Lu Zhizhi bought two sticks of incense. The moment he stepped into the temple, a chill shot up from the soles of his feet and penetrated his bones.

She shuddered.

Bai Ji noticed her little movements and said, "It's a bit cold in the mountains."

Lu Zhizhi nodded, "Yes..."

But the coolness was not what she expected. The solemn temple was always reassuring and calming, but here, she felt a row of goosebumps appear on her arms.

Is it an illusion caused by her constant fright recently?

Lu Zhizhi lit the incense, knelt down on the worship mat, and looked up at the giant fox in red robes on the stage.

From her limited knowledge, there were very few temples that enshrined statues that looked like pure foxes. Almost all of them appeared in anthropomorphic forms with kind faces.

After staring for a long time, it seemed that the fox's eyes were looking over.

Lu Zhizhi lowered his head subconsciously, closed his eyes and expressed his wish for peace.

Bai Ji next to her also followed her in making the same action. The only difference was that he did not close his eyes, but turned his gaze to the monk who was standing there with backlight at the door.

He was shaking like a sieve at the moment. Not knowing what he saw, he dropped the broom and ran away in a hurry.

After making his wish and reporting his ID number and home address to make sure there were no omissions, Lu Zhizhi dared to open his eyes.

Her face was facing the wooden floor. There was a large arc-shaped gap between the natural wooden boards. A protruding eyeball covered with red bloodshot eyes suddenly made eye contact with Lu Zhizhi.

She screamed, the incense in her hand fell off, and she leaned back.

Bai Ji caught her firmly and said in a worried tone, "What's wrong?"

"There is, there is something!"

She pointed at the gap, her face pale.

Bai Ji helped him by leaning over and taking a look, then calmly turned back and said, "There's nothing."

Lu Zhizhi mustered up the courage to go over and take a look. Sure enough, as he said, there was a wet land below with nothing.

She said blankly: "I don't know what happened to me, I clearly saw..."

Bai Ji picked up the incense on the ground and said, "Ever since those students had an accident, your mood has been very wrong."

Was there really something wrong with her emotions that caused the hallucination?

"I have been really frightened by these weird things recently and have had a nervous breakdown. I have to go to the hospital to see if I find time."

Lu Zhizhi prayed for peace again, inserted the incense into the incense burner, and rubbed his heartbeat that had just calmed down.

"Go and ask for a peace charm, Lu Zhizhi. After asking for it, we will go down the mountain to eat something delicious."

Bai Ji pulled her up and walked towards the door.

The sun appeared again in the originally hazy sky, and a drop of rain fell on Lu Zhizhi's face.

She wiped it with her hand and said, "Is it raining?"

"It's sunny or rainy."

The monk appeared out of nowhere, looked up at the sky, and said strangely, "When you see a rainbow, the fox takes a wife."

"A fox takes a wife?"

Lu Zhizhi turned around and was about to ask what he meant when he found that the huge temple courtyard was empty except for her.

She was stunned.

"Bai Ji?"

She hurriedly took two steps forward, "Bai Ji!?"

In the distance, looking down, a rainbow stretches across the woods, and the rain is getting heavier and heavier on a sunny day.

Such a terrifying and magical turn of events left Lu Zhizhi at a loss.

She looked at the exit of the temple and immediately ran in that direction.

As soon as one foot stepped out of the temple, the imagined thing of stepping on the ground did not happen. She stepped in the air and fell straight down. The surrounding scenery turned into lines. After the world was spinning, she sat down in embarrassment.

His vision fell into darkness for a second.

Lu Zhizhi lay on the bumpy chair in a daze. After a while, he reluctantly sat up and looked around.

She was horrified to find that she was still in the hill, but it was already dark. She turned her head stiffly and looked to the side.