[Comprehensive fear] Borrow your life

Sometimes the unknown is the greatest fear.

Ye Zi walked on the way home, constantly thinking about everything related to ghosts.But there was nothing in it to deal with ghosts, only some vividly recalled folklore that made her more afraid of the creature: so far she had never seen ghosts do harm to people with her own eyes.What if that "grandfather" is a cannibal?What if I become like a little boy?She also heard that ghosts like to eat children the most...

Thinking about it, her pace slowed down, getting slower and slower until it stopped.She wanted to back down, her courage was vulnerable to the unknown.

But what about mom?Anyway, she didn't want her mother to face the ghost first.

With the last ounce of luck, she stood at the door and took out the key.

A crisp echo reminded her that the lock was unlocked, as long as the ghost inside was not deaf, she should have heard it.

She has no way out.At this time, her fear was evaporated by the fearlessness of the broken jar like water. She took a deep breath, opened the door, and looked directly at the place where she and her mother used to eat and watch. Wooden table with tv.

There are no ghosts there.

Ye Zi also couldn't tell whether he was lucky that the ghost just stayed for a while and then left, or regretted that he had been mentally prepared for such a long time and was tricked by a ghost.

However, there are still some surprises when the trouble goes away.She couldn't wait to see her mother, to see if her mother, whom she had worried about for a long time, was safe.Although subconsciously, she didn't believe that ghosts would walk around.But the more she thought about it, the more uncertain she became, and finally hugged a stool worriedly, sat at the door and looked around.

It was rare for the neighbors around to see her like this, and they all came over to greet her. She was a little annoyed, so she took advantage of the opportunity to pretend to be childish.The others naturally didn't want to make fun of themselves, but were a little curious about her sudden change of temperament.Only at this time, Ye Zi felt that this was her real self, and she really had some disdain for the people around her.

For a long time, though, the particularity of her brain made her very afraid of being known and regarded as a freak.But invisibly, she had a sense of superiority.She prefers to call this weirdness a godsend skill.

In her opinion, mathematics, which is a headache for her classmates, does not need to be learned at all.In her opinion, it is extremely ridiculous for the teacher to teach some simple algorithms in special cases from time to time in order to improve the students' calculation ability.As long as you give a formula, no matter whether it is a two-digit number or a three-digit number, she can quickly calculate the answer with just one glance.

She even felt that it was as simple as drinking water, as natural as blinking, and it didn't need to consume any of her energy. Her brain was born to process these data and information.If one day human technology develops enough to safely dissect the brain, she really wants to see if there is a computer in her head.

Even more evidence of this is the functional problems she dabbles in advance.It is said that when the computer calculates these, it is not like the various conversions mentioned in the books, changing from the left side of the equal sign to the right side of the equal sign, eliminating yuan and so on.The computer only needs to substitute massive amounts of data into the unknowns in a very short period of time, and when the equation is established, the correct solution can be obtained.

This is the same with leaves.She can look at a polynomial equation and get the answer in an instant, but she can't write the process.Because it was so natural to her, so simple.In her eyes, that extremely complicated formula is equivalent to directly saying how much X is equal to.Of course, sometimes, the answer is a range, not the only definite value. At that time, her mind burst out countless numbers like a volcanic eruption, and every value that meets the conditions appeared in Ye Zi's mind. Such data The outbreak bothered her a bit, but she didn't think it was a load, it just felt that she couldn't write on the test paper. After she learned the method of expressing the data with a range, those values ​​were directly used in her mind as a range instead of massive data. Expressed.

All these make her feel that her brain is an intelligent computer that can provide her with various useful services.She never felt like a monster, or that she should be separated from the crowd because of her superiority, looking for someone on her level.She never even thought about the common plot in science fiction-she is actually a highly bionic robot.

She just disdains the ignorance of those around her, which of course does not include her parents.

As her thoughts diverged like this, time passed quickly as she expected, and her mother's shadow appeared on a street corner more than 200 meters away.This is not difficult for her, as long as the mother's clothes and body shape are configured in her mind today, and the input information can get the appearance of her mother's shadow at any angle and any distance.Even at a distance of more than 200 meters, her eyes can collect all kinds of silhouette information from a distance.What she sees is the same blurred distant scene as ordinary people, and her brain can capture the information that matches the database of "mother's shadow" from it.It was as simple as solving an equation and plugging in data for her.

Sure enough, her almighty brain can't go wrong.The mother's figure quickly appeared in her vision.

As if knowing that her daughter could see her, the mother smiled kindly despite her exhaustion, and waved to Ye Zi.

However, she couldn't see her daughter's suddenly shocked expression—that ghost, that ghost that Ye Zi thought had disappeared, actually followed behind her mother!

Ye Zi's heart was cold, and she ran recklessly, but her hardware facilities - her legs, were really not as good as her brain. She ran for 3 minutes before meeting her mother, and she couldn't stop panting when she stopped .When she got closer, she was a little helpless and sure: that ghost was indeed after her mother, otherwise she wouldn't have kept a distance of three meters from the target.

Ye Zi's mother looked at her daughter distressedly, wondering if she came back too late and her daughter was anxious.She gently brushed Ye Zi's loose hair behind her ears, and walked slowly with her daughter.

She noticed that her daughter was a little absent-minded, and she seemed to look behind her intentionally or unconsciously.She also glanced at it a few times, only seeing the warm and soft air smudged by the setting sun.

Be naughty, kids.Under the influence of her ears and eyes, she came to this perfunctory conclusion like other adults, but she forgot that her own children have always been terribly well-behaved, and there is no such thing as naughty at all.

However, she still paid attention to it.

That night, after she lay on the bed, she tossed and turned a little.It seems that under the influence of Ye Zi, she also had hallucinations of people around her, and even had auditory hallucinations.Very small, very slight sound, just like the wind, the sound is gone after passing.

But after a while, the sound came out again, making her somewhat ostrich spirited. She, who was going to sleep and ignore it, woke up again, and got up from the bed with difficulty.

That posture, as if she didn't get up, but was pulled up by someone like a stiff corpse.

She slowly, gently, and silently walked to the door of the bedroom, barely opened a quarter of her eyes, and stared at the living room blankly—in order to facilitate Ye Zi who slept in the next room to find her, she had always been Not closed.

The darkness in the living room made it hard for her to see clearly when she just woke up, but her sensitivity to her daughter made her recognize Ye Zi who was talking to someone in the living room.

This child doesn't even turn on the light even after getting up so late.How did she know that Ye Zi chose this time, this dark environment to negotiate with that ghost just to prevent her from noticing.However, Ye Zi's mother who was worried in various ways missed the point.

It seems... no one?

The eyes of the people in the bedroom widened and they rubbed their hands again, but Ye Zi was still the only one in the living room.

She also finally understood why the previous voice was intermittent.It turned out that Ye Zi was asking someone a question, and the pause in the middle was waiting for an answer.

But obviously... no one.

She suddenly thought of Ye Zi's abnormal behavior and crying before, and immediately turned on the light in the living room without hesitation, and asked Ye Zi: "Who are you talking to?"

Leaf was taken aback, but that was all.

Her mind didn't give her much time to think about what to do, it was just weighing the question of whether or not to tell Mom about the ghost.

At this time, the ghost disappeared from Ye Zi's vision again.

This is like a default, but also like an inducement.

But no matter what, Ye Zi felt that she could not drag on any longer.

The negotiation between her and the ghost was not smooth, and she could clearly see that the other party kept a kind and smiling expression after adapting to the darkness.But she kept silent about her various questions, did not answer, or could not answer, because Ye Zi saw the other party's lips move several times, but could not hear any sound.According to past experience, the existence and sound of ghosts are no different from ordinary people after her brain processes them.

In this case, it may only be that the other party is too old to speak clearly, or cannot speak.

In other words, it is impossible for Ye Zi to get the reason why the ghost followed her mother from him.

She can only start from her mother who can't hide herself.

So, she told her mother everything, and looked at that man without any expectations.

But the result was expected and disappointing. Ye Zi's mother didn't believe her words, but just urged her to go to bed early.

Maybe I haven't figured it out yet, maybe tomorrow will be fine.Ye Zi fell asleep holding the last trace of childish hope.

The next day, Ye Zi's mother sent her to school early in the morning and talked with her teacher for a long time.

Although separated by a certain distance, the sound cannot be transmitted, Ye Zi can still see the figures and lips of both parties.

She never listened carefully to the head teacher's class, but her eyes caught the teacher's expression and lip movements when he spoke, and stored them in her mind as a statistical data, and it was the same for her mother .

Therefore, as long as she is within sight, she can see what the two are talking about.

The content made her feel chilly, and her mother tactfully asked the teacher to pay more attention to her, saying that the child has been under a lot of pressure recently.

Although the words were very gentle and euphemistic, to Ye Zi's ears, it was like saying that she was crazy.

She was a little sad, and was rarely angry with her mother, but she didn't want to show it.

What's ridiculous is that the mother, who was sure that the child had a mental problem, later asked her what the ghost looked like with a guilty conscience.

Sometimes science is also a kind of superstition, which makes it difficult to accept what else must be accepted.

Even though it was her own mother, Ye Zi couldn't help but sneered in her heart.Verbally, she promised to think about it and describe it to her mother after school.

This day's class is so useless, Ye Zi has been burying himself in tracing the image of the ghost with his rough pencil.

This is not difficult for Ye Zi who has a certain foundation in painting, and she doesn't even need to frame the opponent's figure.

The appearance of that ghost has been firmly remembered by her.Her brain could even accurately describe the distance between his eyes, his height, his clothes, and if need be, how much dirt was on his clothes.All of this is engraved in her mind like an engineering drawing. She only needs to choose a reference point, and everything else has been settled. She only needs to trace and draw.

What held her back was her uncomputer-like precise arm and pencil.

Until noon that day, it took her four classes to finish drawing the figures.

The finished product is as accurate as a photo. At least Ye Zi believes that if her mother really knows the ghost, she will be able to see it through this painting.

At that time, maybe the ghost can be persuaded to leave.

Ghosts are also changed by people, so they always make sense, not to mention that ghost has never done anything radical.At that time, the leaves thought so simply.

"I do not recognize."

That being said, even Ye Zi can tell that her mother is lying—that indifferent face, seemingly irrelevant, is her habitual lying expression, which is based on the data records of her mother's real expressions conclusions based on.

She didn't understand how her mother would behave like this. It would be fine if it was normal, but now it's a matter of life and death...

Ye Zi couldn't understand anyway, and because she was worried about her mother, she kept asking, and didn't stop until she got the correct answer.

She could see that her mother was getting more and more irritable, and she also became irritable.

At the end of the irritability, the two had a big fight, and Ye Zi's mother had an angry expression at the end.Ye Zi's grievances broke out for a day, and she didn't bother that person anymore, she directly slammed the door of her room, and started to do her homework, but the homework was too simple, and she finished it in a few minutes, and she only had daze.

While in a daze, the ghost finally came to Ye Zi's room from the living room for the first time, looking at Ye Zi comfortingly.It's a pity that Ye Zi doesn't want to see this person who caused her to quarrel with her mother at all.

"You go!" At this moment, she had no time to think about whether the ghost would be angered.

Hearing the words, the ghost seemed to sigh and walked out of the room.

This was the last time Ye Zi saw this ghost, and seeing the ghost again was after her mother entered the police station.