The Haunted

Chi Yan couldn't see it, from the moment he took the business card, strands of tiny black air was sucked away from his fingers by the talisman.

Seeing this scene, the old man knew that his guess was right, but he shook his head and didn't say anything.

That thing hasn't harmed the young man for such a long time, and he probably won't do it rashly in this day. Some things are better for people to confirm for themselves.

It's just that black air...that thing may be much more difficult than I imagined.

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Chi Yan didn't feel anything at first, but he felt a little dazed along the way, as if he was using his brain too much.

The heart-purifying talisman was quietly curled up in his pocket, slowly absorbing the black air bit by bit, and the edges gradually curled up with burnt black fur.Finally, the moment Chi Yan parked the car, the triangular-shaped talisman burned into a puff of smoke and disappeared curling up as if overwhelmed.The remaining black energy drawn out was withdrawn into Chi Yan's body.

Chi Yan covered his head and groaned loudly, images that seemed real and fake were changing in his mind like a revolving lantern.

The first thing he retrieved was his past memories - his parents passed away suddenly. At the funeral, he looked at the portraits of his parents in a daze and kept crying.

There were many "people" with pale faces and flat faces who came to pull him. He didn't know who those "people" were, but thought they were all scary. He didn't want to go with them, but kept shrinking into his grandmother's arms... …The old man only thought that he was overly sad, and hugged him tenderly and sadly.

He was pushed down the stairs of the shopping mall. Grandma saw the worried look on the palm print; the spirit jade tied by the old man himself; A clay statue with an expressionless face...

But there are gods and Buddhas all over the sky, and none of them can save him.

Later, a Taoist said to him, I have a method here, do you want to try it.

The passenger car driving in the night, the ghosts around him... He saw himself holding the small porcelain bottle hanging on his chest with great care...

—he took him home himself.

He saw himself putting a black tablet on the altar respectfully; he saw himself holding a glass of wine, and said to the tablet, "...Master Ye San, please take care of me next year."

Young Master Ye... Who is that?

Chi Yan's consciousness is still not clear, but the doubts in his heart are getting bigger and bigger, even making him too busy to think.He habitually walked towards home with stiff footsteps, full of anxiety and anxiety in his heart.

He walked into the door of the unit, and the elevator he took every day was like an iron-gray inorganic giant, trying to swallow him in; it was also like a gate leading to hell.His pale, sweaty face was reflected on the cold reflective wall inside the elevator, and the thin shirt had been soaked in cold sweat before he knew it.

Chi Yan suddenly felt cold and hesitated to take a step.He didn't enter the elevator until the elevator door opened and closed three times, and someone came by next to him, and pressed the familiar floor.

He could already remember Daoist Zhang, the tablet he enshrined and the porcelain vase of ashes he wore.The porcelain vase is still on her body, where is the tablet?Was welcomed and put away?Who is he worshiping?

... Before myself, why did I suddenly forget all these things?

Thinking of this, his heart suddenly felt cold. He remembered the day he was hospitalized with acute gastritis, and asked Ye Yingzhi where this little porcelain bottle came from.

The gentle smile of my lover is still in front of my eyes.

He clearly told himself, "I gave this to you when we first met last year."

I gave it to you.

It was as if another fog covering his eyes had been cleared away.

He finally saw the black tablet and the golden words on it clearly.On it was written, "Ye Shi's Spirit of Greeting".

Then who is this Ye Yingzhi who suddenly appeared in his life?

Who is this Ye Yingzhi who gets along with him every day and loves each other?

Who is this man who sleeps with him every night and is lingeringly happy...

He didn't dare to think about it anymore, and when he came to his senses, he realized that he had subconsciously got out of the elevator and walked to the door of the house.

With a "click", the door opened.

For a moment he didn't even dare to go in.

The man stretched out a hand and led him in. He lowered his head and smiled: "What's wrong today? Are you stupid? Change clothes and prepare to eat." After finishing speaking, he turned and went into the kitchen.

The smell of food permeates the small home, and the warm and beautiful scene does not seem fake anyway.

Chi Yan let out a breath, but the hands hidden behind his back trembled even more.

He silently walked towards the TV cabinet, picked up the mobile phone he bought for Ye Yingzhi, entered his birthday to unlock it, looked at the operator name displayed on the top of the screen and smiled, then turned off the mobile phone, and neatly removed the back cover— —Where the SIM card should have been, it's empty.

Who is it, who has been in contact with him for more than half a year with a mobile phone that has no calling card at all?

Or is he really not human...

The man had already come out with the dishes, and called him as usual: "Ayan, go and serve the meal. Why don't you change your clothes? Wait until I change them for you personally?"

Chi Yan responded, already covered the phone and turned it on, without saying anything, went into the room to change clothes, reached into his shirt pocket, tremblingly touched the business card that the old man left for him, and then tried his best to look as usual Hang up the clothes and put on home clothes.After thinking about it, he took out Lingyu from the bedside table and held it in his palm.

Ye Yingzhi had already prepared the meal, and was sitting on the dining table waiting for him.

Looking at the familiar scene, Chi Yan hesitated for a moment, finally gritted his teeth, and walked towards the man, but did not sit down, but directly hugged Ye Yingzhi and buried his head in his chest.

Ye Yingzhi smiled and stroked his hair: "What's wrong today? So delicate? Miss me? Did you get wronged outside?"

Chi Yan didn't speak.

No temperature, no heartbeat.Everything in the past is really just a bluffing illusion.

The last trace of black air lingering in my heart finally dissipated.

All the doubts that could be easily ignored in the past are now magnified one by one and become extremely clear.

The lover who suddenly appeared in his life without a clear reason, the lover who never went out without a job or even refused to go out to eat with him, or even... the lover that only he could see—it was nothing more than a ghostly trick.

Chi Yan's body trembled involuntarily, and for a moment he just wanted to break free from this embrace hysterically and run away.

But he dared not.

Ye Yingzhi frowned suddenly, but didn't say anything, but hugged the person in his arms even tighter.

Chi Yan carefully raised his head to look at Ye Yingzhi's bare neck skin, it was unhealthy and pale with a lifeless look, but fortunately, there were no corpse spots.He thought of the porcelain vase in front of his chest, and the ashes of this person were still hanging on his body. His real body was gone long ago.

He felt Ye Yingzhi lift his face, and the kiss fell softly on his closed eyelids.

The warmth and sweetness of the past had all changed, he couldn't help trembling, his throat rolled up, he said the sentence several times, but he still swallowed it.

"Master Ye San, I was wrong, please forgive me..." At that moment, he wanted to beg for mercy, to ask for forgiveness, but he was too afraid to say a word.He was afraid that the exposure would be over at this time.He would rather go on deceiving himself like this first.

Life has changed in a day, and today's events are flashed in my mind in sequence, and the business card in my pocket has become the only hope at this time.

Tomorrow... don't panic, don't show any clues... just get through today.

In the end, he just kept silent and closed his eyes, trying to restrain the unstoppable small trembling deep in his heart, and bearing the kisses on his face and neck from the other party like a sacrifice.