There are always monsters coming to eat

He will also be given a small bucket and a net to let him fish and play by himself. "

"Sometimes he can catch half a bucket of fish fry in one afternoon, and his mother will laugh and praise him, and then they put those fry back into the water together."

"He asked his mother why she let the fry go, and his mother said that the fry had to go back to find their mother, or the mother fish would be sad."

"I remember that night, when he said this, the sound of paddling water stopped."

"After a long time, he said to me in a very soft voice that he missed his mother."

"At that time, I thought he was a child in an orphanage. Maybe his parents died, or his parents didn't want him for various reasons, but I didn't know how to comfort him."

"He didn't speak for a long time, and I looked down at the water. The moonlight was reflected on the water, and the stars were dotted. Through the water, I could see the expression on his face. He looked very disappointed."

"Thinking about it now, I actually regarded him as a friend at that time. Although before that, I didn't even know his name."

"I took the stone seal with my name out of my pocket and put it in his hand."

"He looked at me in surprise, then picked up the stone seal and looked at it, struggling to distinguish the words on it."

"'Shiyu? Is your name Shiyu?', I hummed lightly."

"He rolled his eyes with a smile, then stretched out his hand, and told me his name was Chen Tanghua. He still wrote those three words stroke by stroke in my palm."

"My palms are itchy, but I don't want to withdraw my hands. Maybe that's why I still remember his name."

"I gave the stone seal to him, and he carefully put it in his pocket, and then he still smiled and promised to play with me tomorrow."

"The next night, I naturally went too."

"That night, he said he wanted to play hide and seek."

"He asked me to cover my eyes and count a hundred against the tree trunk, and he said he was hiding in the yard."

"I closed my eyes against the tree trunk and counted from the beginning. At first I could vaguely hear the sound of his footsteps, but then the footsteps gradually disappeared, and there was only the slight 'rustle' sound of the wind blowing through the leaves in the air." @无限好文, all in Jinjiang Literature City

"When I counted to 100 and opened my eyes, I turned around and saw that the huge yard was empty."

"I've been looking everywhere for him, but I can't find him anywhere. I've even scraped through the undergrowth."

"I remember that night I searched for a long time, the sky turned white when I found him, but I still couldn't find him. Later, I got a little anxious and said to the empty yard, Chen Tanghua, I give up, you come out. "

"But the wind stopped at that moment, and no sound responded to me."

"I called his name again, but to no avail."

"I stood in the yard for a long time, yelling over and over again, but there was nothing."

"In the end I sat under the tree, waiting for him to jump out suddenly, and told me with a smile that we would play together tomorrow."

"But I didn't wait, and I don't remember exactly when I fell asleep."

"In my dream, I seemed to dream of him. I dreamed that he was crying, crying very sadly. But I don't know why he was crying. I wanted to comfort him, but I couldn't reach him anyway."

"When I woke up again, I found myself lying on the bed, beside the teacher who took care of me."

"When the teacher saw that I woke up, he held my hand a little excitedly, and asked me anxiously if I felt any discomfort."

"I just felt heavy, so I shook my head."

"After that, it seemed that doctors and other teachers came. They all surrounded me and asked me over and over again if I was still feeling well."

"I didn't know what happened at the time. The teacher told me later that I suddenly had a high fever and had been unconscious for three days."

"I subconsciously looked at the corner of my clothes, and found that there was no trace of the place scratched by the bushes that I hadn't had time to mend that day."

"I got up, looked into the yard, and saw that it was raining outside, and the crabapple flowers fell all over the ground."

"After that, I asked the teacher if there was anyone named Chen Tanghua in the orphanage. The teacher checked and told me that there was no such person."

"I was wondering if that was just a dream of mine."

"But I can't find that stone seal."

"One spring, the crabapple bloomed again. I sneaked out again in the middle of the night and sat under the tree, but no one came to pull me and asked me to play with him."

"For many years after that, I thought it was just a childhood dream. It wasn't until I realized that I did have yin and yang eyes that I realized that maybe he exists, but no one else can see it."

"Thinking about it again today, I suddenly feel that he is probably the incarnation of the Begonia flower. He disappears as soon as the flower falls." Shi Yu smiled slightly, "Tang Hua sounds quite similar to the Begonia flower."

-

Shi Yu and Su Mi sat in the yard for a long time, their shoulders touching, the moonlight fell in their hair, the stars fell in their eyes, and a gust of wind blew off a few more begonias.

Su Mi didn't say much, just lit the cigarette and exhaled the smoke slowly.

Shi Yu always felt that the tobacco smell on Su Mi was particularly reassuring.

"Can I have a sip?" Shi Yu raised his head and asked Su Mi.

Su Mi moved her body, supported the stone bench with one hand, leaned forward in front of Shi Yu, and bent slightly, their faces were very close.

Su Mi said in a low voice:

"Open your mouth."

Shi Yu subconsciously opened his mouth slightly, without blinking his eyes, just looking at Su Mi's constricted pupils, from which Shi Yu clearly saw his own shadow.

The corners of Su Mi's mouth curled up a little, and then he brought the cigarette rod to his mouth, turned his head, took a sip, and then slowly exhaled it into Shi Yu's open mouth.

For the first time, Shi Yu's mouth was filled with the smell of tobacco, and he couldn't help squinting his eyes.The smell of this tobacco was exactly the same as that of Su Mi's body, and it seemed as if he had eaten Su Mi in his mouth.

Obviously the two of them didn't touch each other, but they felt that the pores on their bodies were being stimulated to open.The slightly hot moisture between the lips, the heat of exhaling makes people tremble, and the heart is numb as if being poured into the wind with sparkling water, but the smell of tobacco in the mouth and nose relieves the somewhat suffocating heart palpitations .

A tingling feeling shot up from the tailbone and pushed straight to the top of the head.

The smoke dispersed, blocking the sight of the two, but Shi Yu could clearly feel that Su Mi's eyes were still watching him.

Those eyes must have been slightly narrowed, but they still contained the moonlight and himself.

There is no sense of tweaking, nor does it feel like dodging.I just want to be wrapped in smoke together like this, with frankness, but lingering.I can't even bear to breathe, I just want to keep this moment and don't move.

After the smoke dissipated, Su Mi withdrew her body, and the two sat side by side again.Su Mi took a puff of cigarette slowly, and said in a low voice:

"Those who have never smoked this cigarette are prone to choking."

"En." Shi Yu lowered his head, shook his legs, pursed his lips, and after a while suddenly said, "Will you leave..."

Although there is no subject, Su Mi and Shi Yu are asking him.He didn't answer directly, but asked rhetorically:

"Are you afraid?"

Shi Yu shook his legs, rubbing against the small stone brick under his feet:

"It wasn't before...but now it's a little bit."

"I'm afraid that one day, when it rains, you will disappear." Shi Yu said softly, reaching out to touch the pendant Su Mi gave him during the New Year hanging around his neck.

Shiyu's voice was very soft, as soft as a flower falling into the ground.

Su Mi looked at the world for thousands of years, the white clouds and the dogs, the vicissitudes of life, the wind and waves are but a cloud of smoke, and a thousand peaks are but a painting on paper.He was born as a god, and he has heard countless words in this world, but they are just the drizzle pouring down on his ears, and it will pass as soon as it hits the ground.

However, when Shi Yu just said such a sentence, Su Mi's heart suddenly tightened, and even the hand holding the cigarette rod trembled.

"No," Su Mi took a slow breath and spit out these three words, and then resumed his previous tone, "I'm not a clay figurine, and I won't be able to melt in the next rain."

"Well, I know," Shi Yu scratched his knuckles, and then murmured softly, "That's great."

Obviously, there were no big ups and downs in the conversation between the two, but Su Mi's heart was so sore.The exhaled smoke soaked his eyes.

You may not know it, but I know it too well, even though there are all kinds of futility in this world, I don't bother to sigh, but the feeling of being endless and missing is really slipping past the tip of my heart.

How can I let you feel this feeling.

The world says that you are insensitive and stateless, but I know that you once shed a puddle of clear water in my palm, covering the softness that even a breath would hurt the slightest.

You sit with me, maybe it has nothing to do with romance, just count them one by one, I would like to give up my joy and sorrow, and read a sentence about the madness of love for you.

-

Su Mi's cigarette finally went out, and knocked the smoke pot on the stone bench.Shi Yu yawned, and when he saw it, he said:

"Go back to Zouwu and sleep."

Shi Yu nodded, agreeing.

Just when Su Mi was about to light a cigarette, a little boy suddenly ran out from nowhere. Seeing Shiyu and the others, they were startled and screamed a little, but quickly covered his mouth again.

Seeing the child, Su Mi also put down the cigarette stick in his hand, and Shi Yu also looked at the little boy.

The little boy looked anxious, approached Shiyu hesitantly, and asked:

"Big brother... have you been here all this time?"

"Well," Shi Yu nodded, "I used to be here, come back today and take a look."

"Then did you see a person," the little boy gestured, "about this tall, also a boy, wearing gray clothes."

Shi Yu shook his head: "There was no one here just now."

"That's it..." The little boy lowered his head in frustration, "He said he wanted to play hide-and-seek with me. I hid for a long time, but he didn't come to me..."

The little boy seemed to think of something suddenly, and said quickly:

"Big brother, don't tell the teacher, this is a secret between me and him."

Suddenly a gust of wind blew by, Shi Yu subconsciously turned his head and glanced at the crabapple tree——

The flowers fell all over the place.

37. Orphanage ([-])

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"What's his name?" Shi Yu asked, looking at the fallen Haitang.

The little boy tilted his head and said:

"We made a bet. If you win the game, you can know the other party's name, but I haven't won it once... However, he hasn't found me after searching for so long today. I must have won. Wait a while I know what his name is."

After speaking, the little boy smiled, revealing his white teeth. Maybe it was a tooth change period, and two tiger teeth were missing.

Seeing the smiling face of the little boy, Shi Yu stretched out his hand and touched the little boy's head for some reason, then said softly:

"Well, remember your friend's name carefully."

"Did brother come back to find friends?" The little boy took Shi Yu's hand.

Shi Yu hesitated for a moment, then nodded:

"kindness."

"Did you find it?"

Shi Yu looked at the crabapple tree, and the corners of his mouth slightly curled up:

"Well, found it. He's doing well."

Because there was a little boy around, it was difficult for Shi Yu and Su Mi to leave directly with spells, so Shi Yu simply pulled Su Mi's cuff and walked to the back of the orphanage, trying to find a hidden place before leaving.

The two walked around to a corridor connecting the two buildings. Just as Su Mi was about to light a cigarette, Shi Yu touched his pocket and found that the mask Zou Wu gave him earlier was nowhere to be found.After thinking about it, it seems that it was placed on the stone bench just now.

"The mask fell off. I'll go and get it and I'll be back."

"Tsk, he still has so much." Even though he said so, Su Mi also put away the cigarette and leaned to the side, "I'll wait for you here."

"kindness."

Shi Yu walked towards the yard just now, and just approached, suddenly felt as if he heard a slight sound.

So Shi Yu subconsciously stepped lightly, stood at the corner and turned his head to look at the yard, but saw a familiar figure standing under the crabapple tree——Chen Tanghua.

Even though he didn't see the face, Shi Yu knew that it must be Chen Tanghua.He hadn't grown up, he was still a child, even the little scar on his right ankle was still there.

Just when Shi Yu wanted to open his mouth to call Chen Tanghua's name, he saw two people in Taoist robes suddenly appear from nowhere and surrounded Chen Tanghua.

Chen Tanghua took a step back and stepped on a yellow talisman.

"No..." Shi Yu shouted subconsciously.

Chen Tanghua turned his head when he heard Shi Yu's voice.

It was a familiar face, but the eyes were filled with confusion.

For a moment, Shi Yu met those eyes and was stunned, a begonia fell from between the two eyes.

When Haitang landed on the ground, those chaotic eyes that had obviously lost consciousness were slightly bent, and the corner of Chen Tanghua's mouth revealed a slight smile.

And just when Chen Tanghua turned his body around completely, his face suddenly became distorted. The originally white face of the little boy became covered with mud, his eyes turned gray and no emotion could be seen.

And his body is no longer the original appearance, the hair has become very long, the exposed skin is full of corpse spots, and the nails are long and sharp.

As the two Taoist priests drew more yellow talismans and flew towards Chen Tanghua, his skin began to rot, and his facial expression became more hideous, accompanied by some shrill screams.

Shi Yu walked up quickly, blocking Chen Tanghua behind him.

The two people in Taoist robes were not surprised when they saw Shi Yu, and even stopped their movements and took a step back.

"Why did you treat him like this." Shi Yu's tone contained anger that he himself had never noticed.

"He's a ghost." One of the older people said, "I'm Bai Qiping from Baijia, and this is Baizigan, the dog. You know, we're exorcists."

"As long as it is something of ghosts and ghosts, do you have to get rid of it?" Shi Yu clenched his hands involuntarily.

"Evil demons must be eradicated, and good ones will be used for me. Dying ghosts can be rescued, and stubborn ones will lose their souls." Bai Qiping's expression did not change a bit, "My Baijia has acted like this since our ancestors, and the one behind you It’s not a monster, it’s an evil spirit, so it’s natural to get rid of it.”

"He's not an evil spirit." Shi Yu turned his head. Maybe the father and son of the Bai family cast some magic circle just now. Chen Tanghua stood there by himself, scratching his own flesh with his sharp nails in pain, as if he couldn't see it at all. To Shiyu they are average.

"For more than ten years, he survived by absorbing the souls of children." Bai Qiping slightly motioned to Bai Zigan, and Bai Zigan carried out the little boy who Shiyu was talking to just now from behind the tree.

"The child's soul has been sucked away by him, and if the soul does not return to its place in half an hour, the child's remaining vitality will be completely exhausted, and then he will die. This ghost can survive for another five years if this ghost gets this soul." time."

"But if you want to get back the soul, you can only kill this evil ghost and let him fly away."

Baiqi paused, his eyes fixed on Shiyu:

"Are you going to save people, or are you going to save this inhuman thing?"

Shi Yu was stunned for a moment, the child who was talking to him just now was quietly in Bai Zigan's arms with his eyes closed, but upon closer inspection, he was already not breathing. @无限好文, all in Jinjiang Literature City

He turned around, Chen Tanghua's body was covered with wounds he had scratched, his eyes had completely lost consciousness, and his clothes were torn.But even so, Shi Yu can still combine this face with the joyful and lively look that pulled her to hopscotch when she was a child.

Chen Tanghua...Chen Tanghua...this is his first friend.

"The decision is up to you," Bai Qiping said, "We have cast a magic circle. As long as you call out the ghost's name, the ghost will disappear and the child will be saved. Otherwise, after half an hour, the child will be killed." I will die, and my magic circle can no longer hold the evil spirits."

"But why didn't he hurt me then..."

"Maybe he didn't know how to use his own power at that time, or maybe he didn't need to renew his soul at that time..." Bai Qiping hugged the little boy and placed him next to Chen Tanghua who was already rolling on the ground in pain , "But ghosts are ghosts. If they want to live, they have to kill people."

"Human or non-human," Bai Qiping stood beside Shiyu, pointing to the little boy and then to Chen Tanghua, "Time is running out, this decision is up to you."

Shi Yu looked at the person and ghost in front of him. The little boy was lying there with a smile on his face, as if he had just fallen asleep and had a sweet dream.

And Chen Tanghua's face was ferocious, and when he was struggling on the ground, two of the nails on his hands were completely peeled off. The blood that flowed out was blue and black, and it also gave off a foul smell.His long hair completely blocked his face, and the crabapple flowers that fell on the ground were mixed in the soil and stuck to his hair.

As time passed, Chen Tanghua seemed to be in more and more pain, he even wanted to poke those sharp nails into his own eyes.

Shi Yu bit her lower lip, stepped up and took hold of the hand covered with corpse spots and black blood.

Chen Tanghua felt someone touch him, paused for a moment, and then struggled more violently.

Shi Yu knelt beside Chen Tanghua, pushed aside the hair on his face with his hand, and gently stroked the wound on Chen Tanghua's body with his hand, and said softly:

"I'm Shiyu, I'm back."

Chen Tanghua, who was struggling constantly, stopped when he heard this sentence, his gray eyes stared blankly at Shiyu, as if trying to distinguish something, he moved his lips, but couldn't make any sound.

Shi Yu leaned over and hugged Chen Tanghua, who was only in the shape of a child, into his arms. He didn't dislike the smell of corpses and dirty mud on his body. He pressed his forehead into the messy hair and patted Chen Tanghua's back with his hands. back:

"do you remember me."

Although Chen Tanghua's stiff body may still be twitching in pain, he no longer makes any violent movements, just letting Shi Yu hold him.

"Thank you for playing with me at that time."

"You are the best at playing hopscotch, throwing sandbags and playing backgammon."

"That was the happiest spring day of my childhood."

"You haven't gone fishing with me in the river yet."

"It would be nice to talk to you more then, it must be fun."

"You disappeared that night, I have been waiting for you for a long time."

"Later, I also went to wait for you in spring, but I didn't arrive."

Chen Tanghua followed Shiyu's soft words, and gradually raised his hanging arms. He crossed his fingers, clasped his nails on the back of his hands, hung them around Shiyu's neck, and buried his head in Shiyu's shoulders , Hugged Shiyu back.

In a vague and indistinct voice, he shouted in a shrill but obviously lowered voice:

"Mommy mommy……"

Shi Yu paused for a moment, but let Chen Tanghua hold him, then raised the corners of his mouth slightly, hugged him tightly, and said:

"Chen Tanghua, your mother picked you up and took you home."

After finishing speaking, a tear flowed from the corner of Shi Yu's eyes.

And Chen Tanghua's body gradually returned to its original shape, and then began to become transparent.

"Thank you..." Chen Tanghua whispered in Shi Yu's ear, "You are my best friend now."

After Chen Tang finished speaking, his memories flooded into Shi Yu's mind one after another.

38. Orphanage ([-])

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Chen Tanghua seemed to have been living in a dilapidated small house since he could remember.There is a small window on the west side of the house, and Chen Tanghua's crib is under that window.

Looking out of the window, there is a crabapple that blooms every year.The little Chen Tanghua always stepped on the pillow and put his feet on the side of the window.

Although the house is dilapidated, it is well-maintained.Although it is only a small place of a few square meters, there are many flowers, and the old furniture with worn paint is also covered with warm-colored cloth pressed with lace.

Chen Tanghua has never met his father, but when he heard neighbors talking about his father occasionally, he just said, "That perpetrator..."

Chen Tanghua's mother is exactly as he described, with a beige apron and her hair rolled up. In spring, she always breaks off a crabapple and puts it in a glass bottle. Put some water at the bottom of the bottle and put it on the dining table. Sitting at the dinner table eating a simple vegetarian dish or two.

There is a small jar of bibimbap sauce in the kitchen. Sometimes when my mother comes back late at night, she prepares rice in advance and asks Chen Tanghua to eat the bibimbap himself.

A small wooden spoon, a dripping faucet, and only a dim lamp illuminating the dining table. Chen Tanghua looked at the empty chairs opposite the table, but he didn't lose his temper. He just quietly dug rice and ate it.

After eating, move a small stool under the sink, step on it, and put the bowl and spoon into the sink.Then he went back to his little bed, took out a set of play-house toys that had faded, muttered words, and sometimes laughed while playing with the toys.

Until his eyelids were so sleepy that he was about to close, Chen Tanghua wrapped himself in a blanket, leaned against the corner of the bed, drowsy, shaking his body.

Until he heard the door being opened and closed again, the smell of his mother enveloped him, those warm hands gently caressed his head, picked him up and patted his back, and then put him on the bed, for him Tucked.Only then did Chen Tanghua fall asleep peacefully.

Sometimes before he fell asleep, he could feel his mother holding him, putting him on her lap, shaking him, and whispering:

"He didn't even want to give you his name when he left, and my mother didn't study much. She just thought that when she gave birth to you and brought you back, the crabapple flower at the door was so beautiful."

"My Xiaotanghua, you are taller, stronger, and healthy than the crabapple outside."

"I don't hate him at all. Everyone says he betrayed me, but those people don't know how good he is."

"Maybe I'm too stupid, but when I'm in a mess and he is willing to give me a flower, how can I not be moved. Besides, it's too tiring to live with hatred, so I thought, isn't it good to just live like this?" okay?"

"And I have Xiaotanghua." The mother kissed the top of his head, pressing her forehead against his hair. "My Xiaotanghua is the best child in the world."

"I want you to grow up quickly, but I don't want you to grow up too fast. I really want to hold you like this all the time. I always feel that you couldn't even walk yesterday."

"Xiaotanghua...don't hate mom...and don't hate that person...you'll understand when you grow up."

"..."

Sometimes his mother hugged him and talked about it in the middle of the night. Chen Tanghua actually didn't understand many of the words, but felt that his mother's embrace was very warm.

Sometimes in the afternoon, when his mother was drying the quilt outside, Chen Tanghua would take small bricks and draw squares on the ground at the door of the house, and his mother would dance and play with him after drying the things.

Chen Tanghua's mother was not very old at all, but when she tied her ponytail and jumped around in the crooked grid, she looked more like a little girl who had not been involved in a hard life.

Sometimes when things get too serious, Chen Tanghua's mother doesn't care about letting her child go.Chen Tanghua couldn't play no matter what, but his mother was so wronged that she was about to cry.

At this time, the woman quickly hugged Chen Tanghua and coaxed her, saying that when Chen Tanghua grows up, she will play much better than her.

The lives of the mother and son are not rich, and even a bit poor, but they can live happily by eating two meals of meat.

Because life is really tight, Chen Tanghua's mother has no extra money to send Chen Tanghua to kindergarten, and some basic things are taught by herself.

The child is always playful, but he has no friends, so the mother can only play games with him that can be played by the two of them or even alone.

Little Chen Tanghua, standing in the depths of that dilapidated alley, was looking forward to his mother's return most every day.

He has no friends, no other relatives, no fancy plush toys, no video games, all he has are plastic toys with rubber bands, straw ropes, and his mother.

That's all he is.

He is not dissatisfied, having a mother is enough.My mother smells very good, the dishes are delicious, and the stories she tells are very pleasant. I like it the most. I like my mother the most.

-

That year, Chen Tanghua was about to go to primary school, but his mother left early and returned late. Sometimes when his mother came back at night, he was still not asleep, and he would hear her close the door of the bathroom and stay there for a long time. Suppressed, faint crying.

From then on, Chen Tanghua felt a little uneasy, but he didn't dare to ask his mother anything.

One day his mother finally had a day free and said to take him out to play.He couldn't be happier.

The two of them, mother and son, sat by the car for a long time and came to a river.Mother brought a lot of little things and played almost all the games with him that day.

He had so much fun that day that he didn't even notice his mother's paler face.When the sun was about to set, his mother wiped the sweat from the dirt on his face and asked:

"Does Xiaotanghua want to play with other children?"

"Thought." Chen Tanghua agreed almost without hesitation.

"Then mother will take you to a place with many children, okay?"

"Is it a school?" Chen Tanghua thought that he would be going to elementary school soon, and heard that there would be many children like him there, "Aren't they all like me? Can I play hopscotch with them?"

Mother's face turned pale again, she pursed her lips, and finally showed a weak smile:

"Well, you can play with them."

"Then I'm going!" Chen Tanghua hugged his mother's arm with a smile, "Mom, let's go quickly."

The mother touched his head, and then walked into the gate of the orphanage with him.

A teacher saw them and walked towards them. His mother nodded to the teacher, then squatted down and hugged Chen Tanghua into her arms:

"Xiaotanghua, get along well with the children, and tell the teacher if you are bullied."

"You can't be picky when you eat. You should be able to eat more meat in the future, but you can't stop eating vegetables."

"Study hard, remember the pinyin that your mother taught you. In the future, a teacher will teach you, so you have to work harder."

"When you go out in winter, you should wear good clothes, and you can't run around the house with bare feet."

"You have to listen to the teacher, and you can't play your temper...but my Xiaotanghua is so obedient and won't cause trouble."

"..."

As the mother spoke, her voice became more and more choked up, but she tried her best to open her eyes wide and looked at Chen Tanghua, as if she wanted to put him in her eyes and take him away.

In the end, his mother hugged him again, and buried her head on his shoulder. Chen Tanghua felt a little wet on his neck:

"Boys can't cry, no matter what they encounter..."

"Grow up happily..."

After speaking, his mother gave his hand to the teacher, and Chen Tanghua reached out to reach his mother's hand:

"Mom, where are you going?"

"Mom..." The mother turned her face to wipe away the tears on her face, "Mom is going to the principal to go through the admission procedures for you, so you can go and get acquainted with the children first, okay?"

"Is mom coming to pick me up soon?"

The mother's lips moved, her eyes were red again, and finally she squeezed out a smile and patted Chen Tanghua's head:

"Well, Mom will come to pick you up."

"Where will I wait for mom at that time?"

"The crabapple tree over there," the mother bit her lip and pointed to the crabapple tree, "Mom is waiting for you over there."

But that night, Chen Tanghua did not wait for his mother.The teacher told him that his mother was a little tired and went to rest in another room.

After that, one day, two days, three days, every day Chen Tanghua sat under the crabapple tree, waiting for his mother.

One night, the little boy in the same room asked Chen Tanghua:

"Why are you in the yard every day?"

"I'm waiting for my mother to pick me up."

"Your mother won't come, no one here has parents."

"No, my mother will definitely come." Chen Tanghua said angrily.

"Won't come, won't come, your mother doesn't want you anymore." The little boy was also angry, "There are no parents here."

"Impossible, you liar." Chen Tanghua scuffled with the little boy.

"You are the liar, you don't have a mother at all." The little boy fought him without showing any weakness.

It was not until the teacher came that they separated the two of them.

That night Chen Tanghua lay in bed for a long time unable to sleep, and finally sneaked out by himself. The crabapple tree in the yard was in full bloom, so he wanted to climb up and sit higher, so that when his mother came, he could see it at a glance.

But when he climbed halfway, suddenly his foot slipped, and he fell straight down, with his head heavily on the ground.

When the teacher found out in the morning, Chen Tanghua's blood had stained a large area of ​​grass red, and his body had already become icy cold.

For fear of causing panic, and because Chen Tanghua's file had not yet been entered, several teachers sent Chen Tanghua to be cremated before the other children woke up. Yuan, handed in a piece of notice of his own terminal cancer.

But Chen Tanghua did not leave. When he became conscious again, he found himself under the crabapple tree. He wanted to turn back to sleep, but found that he could penetrate the wall at will.

And when he returned to the place where he was sleeping, he found that another little boy was already sleeping on that bed.

When the sun rose, Chen Tanghua felt that his body was in great pain from being burned, so he hid in the utility room.He felt terrified, but he couldn't even shed tears.I could only pick the back of my hand by myself, but I didn't even feel the pain.

After that, no one could see him during the day, no one talked to him, he still had no friends, not even his mother, all he had were those little toys.

Every night, Chen Tanghua would jump around in the yard by himself, without even a shadow to accompany him.

until that night—

"Hey, let's play together."

Chen Tanghua felt so happy for the first time after his mother left. Shi Yu was his first friend, and he wanted to teach Shi Yu all the games his mother taught him before.

When Shi Yu gave him the stone seal, he felt that it would be good to just go on like this.Even if his mother doesn't come back, someone will accompany him.

So he also told Shiyu his name.

But he didn't know until the two played hide-and-seek that his name could not be called out by others.When Shi Yu called his name in the courtyard, he seemed to be frozen, unable to move at all.

And for many days after that, he didn't see Shiyu.

He doesn't want me anymore...

He also left...

Chen Tanghua nestled in a dark place by himself, looking at the pile of toys beside him, he didn't know how long he had been in the dark.He only felt that his consciousness was getting thinner and thinner, and many strange spots began to appear on his body. Even he himself felt that the current appearance was very ugly and terrible.

But he didn't know what to do, he could only huddle in the darkness desperately, thinking in his heart that his mother and Shiyu must not see this appearance.

This kind of thinking became stronger and stronger. On that day, a child suddenly broke into the utility room where Chen Tanghua was hiding. to the child.

When he reacted, the child had lost his breath, and he himself returned to his original appearance.

Chen Tanghua looked at his hands, and the stone seal on Shiyu——

Hey, if that's the case...will you come back and play with me?

After that, Chen Tanghua began to consciously lure some children at night, using their names as bets, and then sucked their souls away after a period of time.

Then he sat alone under the crabapple tree, playing with the play house toys, and put the small stone seal on Shiyu aside:

"Mom, this is my best friend, his name is Shi Yu."

"Mom, I want to eat your cooking."

"Mom, I get along well with my friends, when will you take me home..."

"The flowers are about to fall again this year...Mom, why don't you come..."

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The last trace of Chen Tanghua's soul also disappeared into the air, and the surroundings returned to darkness.

Bai Qiping stretched out his hand and stroked the air twice, then said:

"The ghost's soul is gone. Sure enough, you still chose to save people."

Shi Yu Nao