I am not human

Liao Qingshu turned her head in surprise, but saw nothing behind her.However, when he turned his head again, a strange girl was clearly reflected in the mirror in front of him.

Strangely, Liao Qingshu didn't feel scared.He just stared at the crying figure in surprise and doubt, and stretched out his hand involuntarily.

Shang's fingers with water droplets easily passed through the mirror, as if passing through some invisible boundary, the calm mirror suddenly shook violently, and the picture in front of him suddenly broke through the limitation of the frame, extending and expanding infinitely , the content changes like a fast-jumping channel, covering Liao Qingshu overwhelmingly——

Crying girls, messy tables and chairs.

Dark red everywhere, tangy rust smell.

The blood under the nails, the flesh between the lips and teeth.

Liao Qingshu was about to vomit again as her stomach acid surged again and again.He slammed his mouth shut, backed away, and slammed his back against the tiled wall.Slowly slipped along the wall and fell to the ground, the corners of his eyes were unknowingly wet, he raised his arms to cover his face, he curled up and retreated desperately, wishing to squeeze himself into the gap between the tiles, the infinitely expanding picture However, he continued to push towards him relentlessly, like a heavy and relentless wall, making dull noises as it moved, vowing to smash him to death.

Liao Qingshu finally couldn't help screaming, calling out Jiufang Ziyan's name indistinctly, while calling for help, he curled up even tighter, but the moment he buried his head between his knees, his eyes suddenly widened.

Who... is he calling?

"Little devil?"

"Little-ghost-"

"You child, really... still listening? If you don't listen, I'm leaving."

A familiar voice suddenly came from the side, and Liao Qingshu looked up ignorantly, and found that she had left the bathroom at some point, and was wearing cartoon pajamas, lying on a small and narrow wire bed.The bed was really too small for him, his feet were hanging out because the bed was too short, but he turned over, gritted his teeth and forcefully stuffed himself onto this small bed, hugging Tighten the thin quilt in his arms - the quilt is a bit old, with an old Mickey Mouse pattern printed on it, but when it is close to the tip of the nose, it can smell full of sunshine, so comfortable that people don't want to let go.

Liao's father, Suanni, was sitting by the bed in his oversized home clothes, yawning and flipping through the fairy tale book in his hand, and said to Liao Qingshu, "Boy, what time is it, it's time to go to bed, and we have to go to school tomorrow."

After speaking, Father Liao got up and wanted to leave.Liao Qingshu hastily stretched out one hand to grab him, her voice was as soft as a child's: "Wait! Let's talk for a while! Listen for a while, and I'll go to sleep after a while."

"You said, 'take a break' again." Father Liao sat back on the bed helplessly, and opened the "Wizard of Earthsea" in his hand: "Where did we talk just now? Well, when it comes to Ged and Vivian Qi is going to open the sea..."

Father Liao continued to read the previous story. Liao Qingshu hid half of her face under the quilt, only showing a pair of eyes, staring at the adult man who was turning the pages of the book without blinking. Clothes are not put away.

The genius wizard, the hero Ged, summoned the evil spirit because of the use of forbidden spells, and was hunted by the evil spirit all the way to the end of the world—this is the part he heard.

Liao's father dragged his voice, and read the contents of the book word by word. Liao Qingshu listened carefully to every word. From time to time, he raised his childlike voice and kept asking questions about a strange point, so annoying that Liao's father wanted to take The book hit him.But as the story progressed, Liao Qingshu gradually stopped talking, and only frowned and listened quietly to the man's voice, her fingers gripping the man's clothes became tighter and tighter until her knuckles turned white.

Finally, in the man's narration, the protagonist and his old enemy launched a final confrontation—"Ged broke the eternal silence, calling out the name of the shadow loudly and clearly; at the same time, the shadow without tongue also spoke The same name: 'Ged.' Two voices joined together. Ged stretched out his hands, lowered his staff, and embraced the black self stretched toward him. Light and darkness meet, meet, become one..."

The man took a long breath, closed the book with a snap, and said to Liao Qingshu: "Okay, today's story is over, go to bed."

Liao Qingshu lowered her eyes and did not speak. She just lowered her head and stared at the quilt painted with cartoon patterns. Her lips trembled slightly, and she tightened and tightened her grip on the man's fingers, but finally gradually loosened them.When he spoke again, he had recovered the voice of a young man: "That's it?"

"That's it." The man said without doubt, "This is the only ending, and it's also the best ending."

There was struggle in Liao Qingshu's voice: "Why?"

"Just because he is his shadow." The man's explanation was a bit vague, "He is him, so he can't escape."

Liao Qingshu paused for a moment, and when he spoke again, his tone changed from struggling to begging: "Then just a little longer. Just a little longer, isn't it okay?"

"You said it yourself, just take a break." The man walked towards the door without looking back, and when he opened the door, he suddenly looked back, but his face had changed into Liao Qingshu's own face: "Take a rest The rest is over, how long do you plan to stay, my lord Ged? If you want to hide, I have no problem, but don't forget, it is your shadow... not to mention he is still calling you Woolen cloth."

The door was slammed shut.Liao Qingshu stared at the closed door, bit her lip, curled up her limbs, and hid herself deeper in the quilt like an earthworm that kept drilling down.So deep that I can't breathe well, so deep that I can't see the light.

The loud music reappeared, piercing the bedding and piercing the eardrums.Liao Qingshu closed her eyes and sucked in the warm sunlight on the quilt. After an unknown amount of time, she finally opened her eyes as if she made up her mind, and the surrounding scene suddenly changed——

He sat down at the table again.

On the opposite side, Qiuming was talking to Suan Ni while eating vegetables.Swallowing the sauced duck in his mouth, he turned to pick up a piece of pork tongue, and said to Liao Qingshu: "Son-in-law, pass over the sauce dish."

Liao Qingshu didn't move, but stared at him blankly, then looked at Suan Ni, blinked her eyes, tears welled up in her eyes.

Qiuming was taken aback by him: "My dear, why don't you just take a soy sauce dish, take it or not, do you have to cry...Xi Ren? Xi Ren!"

He hurriedly called his son, but it was useless, because Qiao Xiren couldn't persuade him.Liao Qingshu just sat there, weeping silently, crying so manly, her eyes and nose were red, crying like a person who had nothing, finally got everything, and lost it in the blink of an eye.

All three present were confused by him, and finally even Qiao Xiren conceded defeat, stopped trying to persuade him, and got up directly to help him get a tissue.Unexpectedly, as soon as he stood up, Liao Qingshu hugged him from behind, with his arms tightly around his waist, making him almost breathless.

"Jiufang..." He heard Liao Qingshu murmur, with her forehead resting on his back, her voice trembling as if she was about to say something at any moment. "sorry……"

"Qiao Xiren" froze for a moment, then turned his back to Liao Qingshu and showed a wry smile: "I just remembered... I'm still wondering how long you will pretend to be stupid."

"I'm sorry." Liao Qingshu apologized even harder, and buried her face in Jiufang Ziyan's back, "I didn't mean it... At that time, I heard... I heard you calling me, but I didn't dare... I see Till you are bleeding..."

"Then what about you now? Do you dare now?" Jiufang Ziyan asked calmly.Liao Qingshu felt that his palms were continuously wet and hot, and liquid passed through his fingers and fell to the ground, leaving glaring marks.

"I dare not." Liao Qingshu replied in a low voice, "But I can't help it. I can't stay here forever."

The surrounding scenery began to crack and crumble, peeling off like broken wallpaper, revealing the true colors of the world—dark floor tiles, peeling ceilings, and bloody water all over the floor.The room that brought him endless nightmares, he has been here from the beginning to the end.Since the moment he regained his memory, he has been trapped here and has never been able to get out.

But now, he wanted to go out, he had to go out - he could hear Jiufang Ziyan calling him.The previous call was engraved in the depths of his consciousness and turned into an inescapable spell, with deep prayers.He couldn't help but respond.

"Have you ever thought about it. During the time you were hiding, maybe 'you' had already done something irreversible?" Jiufang Ziyan in front of him reminded, "That Jiufang Ziyan...maybe already dead .”

"I know." Liao Qingshu said, remembering the bloody appearance of Jiufang Ziyan that he had glimpsed once, "but these are not the reasons why I should hide here. Anyway, I have to go out and see if he is dead or not. Let's see... see what else I can do."

If Jiufang Ziyan is dead, then at least he still has enough willpower to choose to commit suicide; if Jiufang Ziyan is not dead, that's even better—he would rather be killed by the other party in a sober attitude than to die in a daze, at least There is still time to explain the funeral.

He thought he was going to die.After his return, wait for the dust to settle.But before that, he had to get out—he had to face it all, and bring back the unleashed beast.He can't allow a beast to wreak havoc with his body, let alone die as a beast, this is his last dignity.

"If you insist on thinking like this, then I can't help it." Jiufang Ziyan in front of him lightly shrugged his shoulders, and his voice changed into Liao Qingshu's own: "Go all the way."

"En." Liao Qingshu nodded slightly and took a deep breath.When he raised his eyes again, a little bit of golden light was already ignited in his pupils.

The small round ears on the head moved suddenly, and the young half-demon looked at the huge monster in front of him in horror.

Behind her, the ugly keyboard player is still playing music persistently.I don't know if it was frightened by the sound or what, but from the moment it heard the sound, the monster stopped its movements, listened carefully, and remained motionless.

Sniffing hard, the girl swallowed lightly, her feet moved slightly, and she wanted to move towards the classroom door.Unexpectedly, just as soon as she made a move, the monster suddenly turned its face away and stared at her viciously, with a terrifying golden light shining from its eyes.

The girl was so frightened that her legs went limp and she could hardly stand.Just when she couldn't help crying again, the monster suddenly turned its head, its eyes swept over the blurred flesh and blood scattered on the ground, and finally fixed its eyes on the closed classroom door, shaking its facial muscles, and let out a cry Yin roared earth-shatteringly.