Encounter

Although it was the movie Shen Mo wanted to watch, Xia Yuming was much more active when the day came.

It's not that Xia Yuming is too active, but that Shen Mo is too inactive.First, when going out, Shen Mo retreated several times because he thought it was too hot, and then Xia Yuming scolded him for refusing to take the bus because he had to use spells for convenience. In the end, the two compromised and took a taxi to the cinema.

In fact, the movie theater is not very far from home, it is only two stops away, and it takes half an hour to walk there.

"...You can't bear it with such a short distance, why did you clamor to come before?"

Xia Yuming dragged Shen Mo out of the taxi, and when the taxi got out of the taxi, it was screaming again, which gave him a headache.

Shen Mo, this monster, may be full of lies and everything is false, but one thing, Xia Yuming is sure, is laziness and squeamishness, and it is definitely not pretending.

"But I didn't know I couldn't use spells at the time." Shen Mo quickly rushed into the movie theater and said, fanning his face with one hand.

"I'm afraid of the heat in summer and the cold in winter..."

"Of course." Shen Mo had a look of reason, "Shouldn't you be afraid of the cold in summer and the heat in winter?"

Xia Yuming was speechless by Shen Mo, and instead said, "You haven't been out this summer, have you? After all, you bought the food, right?"

"Well, I called and asked the supermarket to deliver it."

Xia Yuming was stunned when he heard it, and then suddenly asked, "You used the pocket money I gave you... No, how much do you have left?"

Shen Mo thought about it for a while and reported a number, Xia Yuming gasped and calmed down after a while and said, "Next time I'll come to buy vegetables, I'll help you buy what you want."

Shen Mo didn't refuse, and nodded obediently, "It's good for young people to go out more."

"..."

Knowing each other for so long, Xia Yuming sulked at Shen Mo for the first time, and didn't speak to Shen Mo again until the beginning of the movie.

The movie is a popular commercial blockbuster that is being released recently, an audio-visual feast.

It's a pity that both Shen Mo and Xia Yuming are not very interested in sensory stimulation, so Xia Yuming just sat there bored, while Shen Mo fell asleep leaning on Xia Yuming's shoulder within a few minutes of the opening.

Probably due to the influence of Shen Mo, Xia Yuming also fell asleep in a daze due to the loud sound when the movie was almost halfway through, and seemed to hear someone calling him while he was half asleep and half awake.

Xia Yuming gave a vague hum, and then a sinister earthy smell flooded into his dream. He passively stayed where he was, surrounded by darkness, only small rustling sounds, as if there was something crawling.

When a person is in a dream, his movements and thoughts are very different from those when he is awake.

A person like Xia Yuming also lost his usual vigilance in his dream. He didn't think about why he was here, where he was, and what the sounds and smells around him were, but he instinctively followed his intuition and walked forward.

The earthy smell became stronger as it got inside, and it was accompanied by an indescribable stench. The stench was very faint, but very peculiar, so peculiar that even if it was so faint, it was hard to ignore, and it made people feel nauseous.

"Xia Yuming!"

Someone called his name again.

It seems to be the same person from before, Xia Yuming thought in a daze.

A faint light gradually appeared in front of my eyes, but I still couldn't see anything clearly. The foul smell of earth gradually changed into a strange woody smell.

Compared to the strange smell, the smell is also very strange.

It is said to be a sweet woody fragrance, but it seems to have a bit of a bitter taste when asked carefully, as if reminiscent of a Buddhist scripture pavilion burning with incense, the fragrance is dry, thick and simple.

In the dream, Xia Yuming relaxed almost as soon as he smelled the fragrance, the light in front of his eyes became brighter and brighter, and everything around him gradually showed his appearance.

He was in a cave, and there was a blooming white plum tree in the center of the cave. The plum blossoms were clustered in clusters of snow-white, emitting a strange and gorgeous shimmer in the dark cave.

In the dream, Xia Yuming walked towards the tree, only to find that the tree was not completely pure white, but a small half of the tree was full of red plum blossoms.

The red was very dark, and when I looked closely, I realized that this color seemed to be splashed on the tree by something red, dyeing the flowers in that patch of red instead of the color of the tree itself.

Xia Yuming stared at the dark red petals for a long time, then he couldn't help leaning closer to them. A strong stench came to his nostrils. He was unprepared for a while, feeling disgusted, and immediately backed away several steps.

"You are dead, and it is good for everyone. Since you don't love this useless life, why don't you give it up?"

A familiar voice sounded, the voice was not murderous, just like a cup of hot tea in the mountains and rivers, gentle and light, making people feel unwarranted.

Accompanied by this sound came a more intense stench, not the smell of blood just now, but the unbearable extremely weak stench that I smelled when I first entered here.

Xia Yuming couldn't help retching, and the movement in his throat made people wake up with a jolt.

The movie had come to an end, the lights in the theater were turned on, and the audience was leaving one after another. Shen Mo next to him didn't know when he woke up, and was looking at him with concern.

Xia Yuming looked around blankly at first, then frowned.

He smelled a smell, not a bad smell, but the scent he smelled in his dream before.

Xia Yuming smelled it on himself and asked Shen Mo, "Do I have a smell?"

"Well, I smell it."

"Can you remove it for me?"

"Ayu, let's take the bus back later."

Xia Yuming was stunned for a while, and just about to ask what this meant with the bus, suddenly he understood what Shen Mo meant, and his heart dropped.

What Shen Mo meant was that he wouldn't help him anymore, and wouldn't use spells anymore.

It's one thing to accept it intellectually, but it's another thing emotionally, but fortunately, he didn't have much hope for Shen Mo, and now he's just a little sad to hear this answer.

It's like watching a story and seeing a tragic ending. Even if such an ending has been predicted in advance, you will still be disappointed and uncomfortable when you actually see it, but that's all.

After being silent for a while, Xia Yuming said, "Okay, I'm going back to school later, you can go back by yourself."

Shen Mo twitched a bit, but Xia Yuming was not in the mood to listen to his answer, and left on his own. When he got to the door, he sent a text message to Zhu Bo, saying that he had a strange smell on his body again, and he wanted to ask him to take a look at it tonight.

After sending this message, Xia Yuming called a taxi using the taxi app.

He still has to testify in court, at least for now, Zhu Bo should help him again.

Of course he knows that no one will protect him all the time, but at least, now he still wants to struggle, and live one more day.

Living is not a simple matter, he understands this truth, so he is never optimistic.