side by side

"It's getting late," Du Ruobai stepped into the door, and he added some more charcoal to the charcoal basin, "If you have anything to say, you can talk about it tomorrow."

After speaking, he pretended not to care and glanced at Liang Jiqing.Not long after Liang Jiqing coughed, his face was still flushed.Although Du Ruobai was still quarreling with Liang Jiqing, he still checked the temperature of his forehead uneasy, his face was still tense.Liang Jiqing was quite helpless, but caring about Liang Jixuan next to him, he had no choice but to secretly tug on his sleeve.

On the contrary, Liang Jixuan who was sitting next to him felt a little uncomfortable.

"Brother, you are still sick and go to bed earlier," Liang Jixuan got up, "Let's have a good chat tomorrow."

He said goodbye and went out, then turned and entered the guest room that Du Ruobai had prepared for him.Behind him, Liang Jiqing's bedroom closed with a 'squeak'. Liang Jixuan was taken aback for a moment, sighed, and closed the door too.In this house, before he came, only the room where Liang Jiqing slept was inhabited. The one he lives in now was also cleaned out by Du Ruobai temporarily.Du Ruobai and his brother must have been together for a long time.

Thinking about it carefully, Du Ruobai and Liang Jiqing never hid anything when they were in front of him.Sitting at the table, Liang Jixuan couldn't help feeling depressed, he couldn't tell if he was angry at his brother for acting absurdly, or because he was angry at something else, he just felt very empty in his heart.

Xiao Hei came out from the dark, and he circled around the charcoal basin in the corner of the room with great interest. Liang Jixuan was afraid that he would get too close and burn his fur, so he wanted to take him away, but Xiao Hei tactfully avoided him. pass.He spun a few more times, paced back and forth, and finally found a satisfactory place.Xiao Hei curled up in a ball satisfied, closed his eyes and fell asleep.

Liang Jixuan was a little dumbfounded, this cat is really afraid of the cold.He couldn't help but feel a little confused. Is it so cold these days that people started to use charcoal basins?It's only September, but autumn has just entered, not to mention snow, even the morning frost has not yet become a climate.However, the weather has been really strange recently. The light rain has not been completely eradicated since he returned to China.The moist feeling has never dissipated, from the flesh to the bone, disturbing his whole body uncomfortable.

Liang Jixuan had to say that the charcoal fire burning in the room really helped him get rid of a lot of dampness.

It was late at night, but he didn't feel much sleepy. Seeing that the clock was approaching midnight, Liang Jixuan simply lit the lamp and spread out the diary.

[September four Yin

It has only been two days since I returned to China, but all kinds of disturbing things have happened one after another.I have always believed in science, but this experience almost broke my long-established worldview.

The experience when I returned to Liang's house is still vivid in my mind, and I will never forget it for a long time.I can't explain it with scientific theories, but in my heart, I still hope to find a reasonable answer.

Although the process was bumpy, I was lucky enough to find my brother in Beiping.

Hey, Brother Qing...

Regarding the rights and wrongs of my brother's relationship, I shouldn't add words, but as a younger brother, I really don't think much about this relationship.

No matter what, it is better to let nature take its course than to worry about it.

...Although I found my brother, there are still many doubts about this matter.I hope that the subsequent exploration will also go smoothly. ]

What happened to Du Ruobai?Why did Brother Qing go into the water on September [-]st?Why did my brother's stand-in tree die for no reason?Why did they move to this remote place?Liang Jixuan was troubled by all sorts of unreasonable questions. He felt a headache from thinking about it, so he simply blew out the candle lamp and touched the bed.

The quilt should be freshly played and exposed to enough sunlight, fluffy and thick.Curled up under the quilt, he didn't feel sleepy at all. Even though the mattress was soft and comfortable, in the darkness, he somehow felt something strange.

He smelled dampness and corruption.The big mahogany bed was painted with a layer of dark paste by the night, and it seemed to be soaked in water. This rainy season is really annoying... rainy season?rain?It seemed that he hadn't heard the sound of pattering rain for a long time.

Since when?It seems to be the beginning of stepping into Guijiu Lane.It seems to be earlier?It started when he ran into Du Ruobai.It's not just the sound of the pattering rain, this place is so quiet that someone didn't realize it just now, and he was the only one left at this time, the idea of ​​silence spread throughout the whole place.

Obviously there was another living creature in the room, but Xiao Hei didn't make any sound.This normally pleasing point made him horrified now.There was no sound of rain or wind, no dog barking or rooster crowing, and the surrounding area was empty, not even the sound of insects chirping or fluttering their wings.Liang Jixuan struggled to get up, but his body was so weak that he couldn't control it. The originally fluffy and thick quilt became a burden. He had the illusion that he was sinking, and the quilt became a soft swamp, dragging him down step by step.

Before sinking into the nightmare, Liang Jixuan's last consciousness was the smell of mud all over the world.In the nightmare, he was buried alive under the thick soil and could not move.

When he finally escaped from the nightmare, Liang Jixuan couldn't help but feel palpitations. He felt that he had really lived and died again, and that feeling was too real.He suddenly sat up, slumped on the bed and gasped violently, beads of sweat rolled down, the pillow and mattress were mostly soaked, Liang Jixuan seemed to have just been fished out of the water.

Inside the house, the charcoal basin was still burning, and waves of heat rolled out.Xiao Hei looked at him with his head tilted on the table, his big tail wagging leisurely.

Liang Jixuan was stunned, he was in a trance, and suddenly he didn't know whether the "ghost press" he experienced before going to bed last night was a dream or real.Outside the window is still drowsy, it is a misty lead gray, the air is diffused, it is the fresh breath after the rain, mixed with the unique old smell of mahogany furniture.Liang Jixuan didn't believe in evil, he leaned forward and smelled it again, the so-called earthy smell was definitely not there.Liang Jixuan couldn't help smiling wryly, his nerves may have been too tense recently, and he was hallucinating.

Liang Jixuan lowered his head and wiped his forehead again. Beads of sweat rolled down again and again. Only then did he realize that the underwear on his body was completely soaked, and water could be squeezed out with a twist.The charcoal basin in the corner was still burning, and the temperature in the room was appallingly high.He probably had to appreciate Du Ruobai's kindness. The weather is really not suitable for using charcoal fire.

Xiao Hei didn't dislike his stinky sweat, jumped to his feet, and licked Liang Jixuan's fingertips, which was a rare obedience.When Liang Jixuan tidied up and carried Xiao Hei out of the room, Liang Jiqing was sitting lazily at the stone table reading a newspaper.

There was still a drizzle of drizzle in the sky, after a night, Liang Jiqing's complexion improved a lot, and the flush on his face disappeared.He was only wearing a white cotton jacket for the coolness, with a burnt ring dangling from his mouth, carelessly flipping through the newspapers spread on the table with his oily hands.

Before Liang Jixuan could speak, Du Ruobai had already brought the coat, and he put it on Liang Jiqing with a dark face.

..Let it be, let it be, looking at Liang Jiqing who was still smiling after being criticized, Liang Jixuan shook his head helplessly.

tbc.