The Haunted

Chi Yan also felt disturbed when he saw the notice of water cutoff outside the bathroom, so he thought for a while and suggested to Song Jin: "I remember that there is a public bathroom within 5 minutes walking west from the west wall of the school, how about we Just grab your stuff and go for a quick wash."

Song Jin agreed as soon as he heard it.The school has gate control at night, but almost all the boys have climbed in and out of the west wall on the west side of the playground, which is nothing to them at all.

The bathroom was open until eleven o'clock in the evening, and it was almost closing time when Chi Yan and Song Jin arrived, and there were people leaving in twos and threes.The two paid the money, and the gatekeeper gave them the key to the closet and reminded them, "Hurry up, it's almost time."

Song Jin nodded and didn't take it seriously, they planned to take a shower, and if there were customers who didn't finish washing, they would usually close five minutes and 10 minutes late, and they would definitely be able to make it in time.

The bathrooms are very simple, just like the public bathhouses in many units in the north 30 or [-] years ago. There is a circle of shower heads around it, and there is a bathtub in the middle that few people use.Later, housing conditions improved, and basically every household would reserve a bathroom in their own home, and this kind of public bathhouse gradually disappeared.

When they were in their third year of high school, the school moved to the new area of ​​City R. The new area is relatively remote. It is said to be a key area for future development, but it has not yet developed. The urban population is still mainly concentrated in the old urban area, which makes it look like a place. Somewhat out of the way.Many migrant workers live here to save rent, and they usually come to these public bathhouses to refresh themselves when they come back from get off work; and it is close to the train station and bus station, and some tourists who take a short break in summer will also come here Take a shower, so there are several public bathrooms like this near the school.The one closest to the school is the oldest, the most dilapidated, and the cheapest.

Chi Yan and Song Jin just wanted to wash up and go back to have a good rest, so they didn't pick too much about the environment, they took off their clothes and took the bath supplies and rushed in.When they entered, there were two other people who turned off the shower head and walked out.The bathroom area is not small, except for the two people who just left, there are only two or three sporadic people under the shower head, but it seems that it has reached the final stage.

The bath in the middle was empty, and the row of lights inside was broken, flickering on and off. The two of them picked two useful shower heads nearby and started to wash.

You don’t need to talk in the bath, Song Jinzui started to talk when he was free: “Ruler, I will teach you a math problem. From the Internet, there is a person taking a bath in a bathhouse similar to ours. There were three people, five people under the shower head, and four people came in while he was washing, two people left directly from the bath, and one person left under the shower head, and he and the other two entered the bath one after another. Looking around in the pool, I found seven people under the shower head. Are you right?"

Chi Yan thought about it for a while: "Think about it this way. It's all based on the person's own situation. There were nine people in the bathroom, three left, four came, and there should be ten more. There were three people in the bath. Two people came, three people came, there should be four people, then there should be six people under the shower head, the calculation was wrong."

Song Jin said dryly, "This was originally a ghost story."

Chi Yan looked at him with a complicated expression: "In the middle of the night in the wilderness, don't tell such a ghost story that fits the occasion."

Song Jin sneered and said, "It looks like it's made up, who has nothing to do and comes in to take a shower and still counts the number so clearly."

While they were talking, three more people washed and packed their things and went out. The sounds of opening and locking boxes in the outer dressing room could be clearly heard, and soon, these sounds also disappeared.

Chi Yan urged: "Hurry up and wash up, don't talk, we're the only ones left, the porter will come in later to drive people away."

Song Jin said: "It's okay, there is another one who came in earlier than us."

He pouted his mouth behind Chi Yan, Chi Yan turned to look, and sure enough, he saw a person behind him with two shower heads taking a bath with his back on his back.

He intuitively felt that something was wrong, as he remembered that there was no one there when he came in.He whispered to Song Jin: "Da Song, did you see that person when you came in?"

Song Jin shook her head: "I didn't pay attention. When I first came in, I was anxious to find the shower head and wanted to wash it quickly. I just kept talking to you while washing my hair. I kept my eyes closed, so I didn't pay attention."

Chi Yan also kept facing Song Jin and turning his back on that person, he didn't notice when the other person appeared, or the other person was always there, but he didn't pay attention when he came in.

He turned his head and glanced at the back, the other party was still facing away from him, with his head lowered, rubbing his hands on his head, as if he was washing his hair, the water from the shower head was pouring down, blocking Chi Yan Part of his vision made him unable to see clearly.

At this moment, the concierge's rough voice came from outside: "It's 18:19, NO.[-], NO.[-] come out soon, there are only two of you left."

Chi Yan and Song Jin looked down at the number plates in their hands at the same time, Chi Yan No.18 and Song Jin No.19.

The concierge's murmurs and complaints came faintly together with the sound of stepping away footsteps: "It's time to close the door, if you don't leave, you won't be able to leave."

Song Jin smiled dryly, and said in a low voice, "Did the concierge make a mistake?"

Chi Yan turned his head to look at that person, "he" still maintained the posture of washing his hair with his back facing them, his head lowered, and his hands rubbing on his head.

For a moment he didn't know how to speak to his friend.

If he judged correctly, it should not be a human being.

Chi Yan pulled Song Jin down and whispered: "Did you hear what the porter said just now? 'Come out quickly on NO.18 NO.19, there are only two of you left', only two people can go out here, that thing is a Earth-bound spirit, it can't get out."

Speaking of this, Chi Yan swallowed in fear, "Unless it goes out as one of us."

Song Jin was frightened all of a sudden, Chi Yan's words were so true, he felt the creeps on his skin, his hairs stood on end.He turned his eyes and didn't even dare to look in that direction, tremblingly said: "...wh, how can I borrow it?"

Chi Yan didn't speak, just looked at him silently, as if he was thinking about something.

Half of his face was shrouded in the shadow of the bathroom, his eyes were calm, but Song Jin felt trembling, he couldn't help stretching out his hand and shaking it in front of his eyes: "Ruler, are you okay?"

He swallowed his saliva and lowered his voice: "...Are you Chi Yan?"

Chi Yan nodded lightly, made a silent gesture, then poured the light green aloe shower gel into the palm of his left hand, grabbed Song Jin's arm with his right hand, dipped in the shower gel and quickly drew a picture on the back of his hand. At the same time, he whispered quickly: "Be careful not to rub it off. You go straight out, that thing can feel that there is something in your hand, and there is another person here to choose, so it will not risk chasing you. Listen to me Leave me alone, I have a way, otherwise none of us can escape."

Song Jin's whole body's muscles were tense due to fear, and he forced himself to calm down. Although he still didn't understand the situation at this time, he chose to believe Chi Yan's words.So he nodded and walked out normally.

Chi Yan watched Song Jin disappear from the door, he put down his heart and raised it again.There was a chill behind him, he was all too familiar with the feeling of being stared at by something like that.

He knew the thing was staring at him.

It wants to leave and kill him, so it can go out.

Chi Yan stretched out his hand and gently stroked the small porcelain vase on his chest, trying hard to overcome the tension and fear in his heart.

He was killed by ghosts more than once when he was a child.Ordinary lonely and resentful ghosts are afraid of the evil spirit in his body and dare not get close to him, but those fierce ghosts and evil ghosts who intentionally harm him because he is the grandson of Chi's parents will not.They hide in the dark, trying to put him to death again and again.So he is still instinctively afraid of these things.

When he was weakest and helpless, in countless nights of terror and terror, it was that person who held him in his arms, coaxed and comforted him, so that he could fall asleep with peace of mind.

Chi Yan raised the porcelain bottle and kissed it lightly, took it off and wrapped it around his right hand, wiped off the shower gel at the same time, and quickly drew a ghost-exorcism amulet on the palm of his left hand.

The porcelain bottle was given to him by that man.He had been away from Chi's family for two years, and he could not get any news about the other party. These families of celestial masters all claim to be hidden in the city. It is extremely difficult for ordinary people to find them, but it makes him unable to send even a letter. past.Just when he thought that the other party had probably forgotten about him, he received a gift from that person during Chinese New Year this year, which happened to be delivered on his birthday on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

The packaging of the gift is simple, and there is only this porcelain bottle and a note inside. On the note, there are only a few words "For my baby, take it with you" written in familiar handwriting.After Chi Yan picked it up, it was not so precious. He put it in his hand and looked at it carefully, he couldn't bear to put it down for a moment, and when he found a black string tied to the porcelain bottle, he quickly put the porcelain bottle around his neck.

He didn't know what the gift was for at first, and he didn't realize the effect after wearing it for a few days.

In the past, Chi Yan never dared to expose his body in public, and even less dared to take a bath in a public bathroom like this. In summer, he tried to wear dark clothes, because he had drawn evil-repelling charms with ink brush on his chest and shoulders to suppress him. If the evil spirit in one's body is seen by others, it will definitely make people feel too weird.

No one in Chi's family cares about him, the only mother who cares about him is just an ordinary person who has no ability and no right to speak in Chi's family, and that person draws the evil spirit talisman for him every time.Usually it is enough to redraw once a month, but when he was still at Chi's house, that person would paint him once a week.After leaving Chi's house, Chi Yan began to learn to draw by himself. The one on his back couldn't be reached by himself, so he simply stopped painting. The remaining three can also suppress most of the evil spirits in his body.

Chi Yan originally only wore the porcelain vase as an ordinary ornament, but because the gift-giver cherished it very much, he gradually discovered that this porcelain vase is extraordinary - it can not only suppress the evil spirit in his body, but ordinary ghosts would not dare to get close to it.