Welcome to the world of strange dreams

(Continued from the previous part)

Then, she woke up again in an instant. Although her face was pale and her teeth were chattering from the cold, she smiled and told us that she finally knew how to avoid such things. After returning home, she told us that she felt that water could help her, especially cold water, so she would try to find the pattern of nightmares and go swimming in the river a few days before the onset, especially at night, so that she could avoid such terrible things.

Later, she actually did it.

Her father was the one who believed in science the most. He studied science in college, but he couldn't explain what he had experienced, so he had to ask several people for help. He found several religious people to exorcise the evil spirits for her. At this point, no matter how reluctant he was to admit it, he felt that the child was possessed by evil spirits or something dirty. When science was powerless, he could only turn to the so-called feudal superstition.

At this point, Xiaoshui had to apply for a leave of absence. We took her to various famous or unknown but recommended Buddhist and Taoist temples to solve the problem. We spent a lot of money and did a lot of work. Unfortunately, whether it was the monks or the Taoists, they did not solve the problem at all. I even suspected that it was because we invited both Buddhists and Taoists, which was too mixed, so the gods were unhappy. But her father said that the gods save the world and will not care about the details. Since the problem has not been solved, it means that we have not worshipped the right place.

Finally, we heard about a famous painter who suddenly decided to become a monk, so we went to see him. He said something that I still don't understand, but I think it might be the truth, but there is no way to solve it.

The painter Taoist priest said: Your daughter has walked into the world of Yin and Yang. Unless she finds a destined person who can stop her from going back and forth, or another destined person can hold her tightly, otherwise, this destiny, whether good or bad, can't be escaped.

Shui's father: Since there was no other way, we could only go back, but we also bought a lot of magic tools for protection. But we knew that those were useless, because it wasn't really a ghost that came to my house, it was some power in Xiaoshui's body that kept pulling her into the Yin-Yang world. Xiaoshui's method was somewhat effective, and when she felt that she was going to be haunted by nightmares again, she ran to the river to swim.

I taught her how to swim because she had some talent and I wanted to train her to be a swimmer. So she was very good at swimming and there was no need to worry about her getting into trouble. But we were still worried and I followed her at first. But later, she didn't want me to follow her and started to sneak around.

I thought she was hurt by the rumors. After all, she was growing well and looked like a grown-up girl. As her stepfather, I always followed her. Even though she knew I loved her, she wanted to avoid suspicion. I followed her secretly a few times and found that she was really enjoying herself in the water. The risk factor was very low, so I gave up.

But we didn't expect that things were not what we thought. She didn't want us to follow because she had a boyfriend. Last time, it was that boy in school who pursued her, and she didn't respond at all, but this time, she really had a boyfriend.

Shui Ma: We found out about this later, and I was very angry. Because she was so young, and the man was an adult. But Xiao Shui said that only the man understood her, because he had also encountered ghosts, and knew what she had experienced in the Yin and Yang world. She even saw the man once in that scary ghost place.

So she fell for him instantly. Although I was angry at that time, now I think about it, how can I blame her? She is just a little girl, and she is just beginning to fall in love. Moreover, humans always like to find their own kind. If the man is the same as her, he is the only one of her kind, she will definitely have a strong sense of trust and dependence on him.

We wanted to meet the man, but Xiaoshui refused. I guess it was because the man refused. Xiaoshui only revealed that the man was very young and had just graduated from college. Colleges were not common at that time, so we thought that the man might not be bad. Besides, Xiaoshui repeatedly assured us that she would not delay her studies, which she had already resumed, and she really did it, with good grades.

But even so, her father was still worried. He followed her several times and found that the other person was very alert and would lose him every time. In fact, he didn't even see the shadow of the person, as if the person didn't exist.

Also, although Xiaoshui can control the frequency of attacks by swimming, it is not absolute. She occasionally falls into that kind of nightmare, and when we are at home, I will splash water on her. Because of experience, it is not necessary to make her feel cold all over, just wet her head. When we were worried about her outside, she said that the man gave her something that could ensure that she would not fall into nightmares during the day.

I'm a mother, and I don't want anything else but to help my daughter avoid those horrible things. I don't even think about whether it's just a temporary solution. After all, we are still looking for a solution.

Four years passed like this, and Xiaoshui had grown up. But she looked mature and plump, looking older than her actual age. Then she said that she would try to convince her boyfriend to bring him home and show him to us.

I was so happy at that time, but I never thought that day would never come. (Crying)

Dad Shui (choked up): We almost collapsed when we heard the news of Xiaoshui's sudden death. She died so violently that even her head could not be found. Because she died while swimming in the wild, there were many bad rumors about her before, about her character.

It is true that people's words are scary. She is clearly a hurt child, but she was said to be so terrible. The gossip is like gold, nailing her to the pillar of shame of a slut. There are also many people who, when the police came to investigate, put the blame on me and her mother, saying that I did something to the child, so she fell into depravity. They said that her mother was not responsible at all, only cared for her own happiness, and didn't care that her daughter fell into the clutches of her stepfather.

Obviously we lost our daughter, so we are also victims!

We told the police about Xiaoshui's mysterious boyfriend, but they investigated for a long time and found no clues. We thought that Xiaoshui must have hallucinated again, or that the ghost really possessed Xiaoshui and controlled her mind. Otherwise, why did that person never appear, as if he was a fiction? And when Xiaoshui was about to bring him to us, she died?

Later, another incident prompted us to try every possible means to leave our hometown... We dreamed of Xiaoshui almost at the same time, but what we saw was not her body, but her head that had been lost for a long time.

She kept crying, her face covered with tears and blood.

She said you should run away quickly, otherwise I will never have peace.

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