Flame red

Yan Hong rushed out of the outpatient building, stumbled and tripped over something, didn't fall down, but managed to slow down.After recovering, he had left the brightly lit hospital building behind, and there was a one-way lane in front of him.

The night sky without stars and moons is rendered with a thin layer of warm purple by neon lights and lights.She let go of the hands that had been clasped in front of her.There was an obvious scratch on the wrist, which was left by Master Lu's subconscious resistance when Yan Hong took out the talisman and slapped it.

She remembered that Jian Xiangli had told herself not to use spells indiscriminately even if there were no evil spirits, because such things would be harmful to people.At the time, Yanhong thought it was just a burn, but now it seems that this "just" is nothing more than self-consolation because she thought the matter was too simple.

The power outage came at the right time, even the exorcist who was facing each other couldn't see Yan Hong's appearance clearly.

The ashes of the burning spell were still left in the ward. As long as the Lu family did a little investigation, they would immediately know what Yan Hong had done.

And those two young people called him young master, which means that the person's status in the family is definitely not simple. If he is investigated... Yan Hong shuddered. What a difference.But it was precisely because she didn't understand that it made her even more uneasy and frightened.

——No, no, the focus should not be here.

She shook her head vigorously to calm herself down a little, and bent over to look at the weeds growing wantonly on the flower bed.At the moment when the lights went out, even if she was not familiar with this feeling and did not understand the details, Yan Hong could still realize that she was possessed.

This feeling was very frightening. At that time, her consciousness was completely awake, and she could feel how she reached into her trouser pocket and took out the spell—and what was even more frightening was that no matter how hard Yan Hong tried to recall, she still wanted to I don't know when the charm got into the trouser pocket.

Who is it.what exactly is it?

That centipede?Or something like a centipede?If you know how to use spells, maybe you also know something about exorcists.

Not being able to see the party that harmed her made Yanhong feel more and more insecure. She just knew that the other party might use her to kill Master Lu.However, if it is possible to possess the body, why use Yanhong?Isn't it easier for any doctor or nurse who is more qualified to enter the ward?

Yanhong is an ordinary girl who is as white as a sheet of paper. She is a little special in that she can see ghosts.And now perhaps one more point is that blood can exorcise demons.

But even so, she didn't feel any abnormality at all at that time, she was possessed in an instant, and she did something against her original intention in a blink of an eye.

It is even possible if one day they are used to kill Mu Yu.

Thinking of this, she felt her heart skip a beat.

——This matter must not be postponed to a later date.

Yan Hong took a deep breath, ran to a corner outside the street light, and dialed Jian Xiangli's phone. While waiting for the connection, an ambulance passed her, and then turned to the emergency department.

Surprisingly, it took Jian Xiangli a long time to answer this time, and it seemed that he was busy with something over there, so it was a bit noisy.

"What's wrong?" he asked.

The noise caused Yan Hong to hesitate vigilantly, but then she felt that her hesitation was completely unreasonable, so she told the exorcist in detail what happened just now.

And then Jian Xiangli's long silence was also in her expectation, the longer the other party was silent, the more difficult the matter was.

Yan Hong waited nervously, and after an unknown amount of time, another ambulance roared past her, and then Jian Xiangli spoke slowly. "Master Lu is the only child of the Lu family, and everyone in the family is known to love him. Even if it is an accident, the Lu family will not let it go. But fortunately, you are not from our way, so you will not take revenge. So presumptuous."

However, retaliation seems inevitable.

Yan Hong said: "If they insist on making me take responsibility, I won't object. It's just..."

Knowing what she was worried about, Jian Xiangli hummed. "It's just that the only thing we can be sure of now is that your blood can keep Mu Yu safe, but if that thing uses you to harm her..." After a pause, the exorcist thought for a while, and then said: "Go and get one." amulet."

"amulet?"

"Yes, find a piece of clean purple jade, and I will engrave a rune on you, which can block possession. But remember, it must not be ordinary jade, and you should know how to choose it."

"..."

Yan Hong wanted to say something, but she swallowed the words again.

Put simply.After hanging up the phone, she didn't even sigh. ——To put it simply, but for jade or something, it should be clean jade that has been polished.

If you go to the regular market to search, it will be as bare as the snake woman's house... huh?

Yan Hong thinks about it in a blink of an eye, since the old man is Mu Yu's relative, maybe there will be two random photos, right?

Afterwards, she recalled the scene where the snake woman lied to Mu Yu on the phone, and she silently dismissed this expectation.

It was a clear night, young couples suitable for running at night were flirting on the street, but Yan Hong had neither boyfriend nor girlfriend, and she was not even at the age that the teacher said "allows love".

She could only walk around the streets in a daze, calculating how long it would take her to walk back to Wuzhi, and when she would be home.

But in the end Yanhong didn't go back to Wuzhi. After all, she is neither a robot nor a superhero. After walking for two streets, she was already exhausted, so she could only sit on a bench in a shopping mall in the Guofu. all night.

The phone rang around six o'clock in the morning.

It's Mu Yu.

Now seeing the string of numbers on the caller ID, Yan Hong didn't have any emotional ups and downs, the wound on her arm was inflamed because it wasn't treated, and it was considered painful, but because it was numb, she didn't feel anything, at most when she was moving. There will be a kind of impatience and discomfort churning in my heart.

There was no one in the shopping mall, and the store was not yet open. Not far away, there were two middle school girls who had run away from home snuggling together, and there were security patrols going back and forth from time to time.After Yanhong confirmed that no one noticed her, she connected the phone.

"..."

"..."

She thought it was a little funny that she and Mu Yu were like the first time the snake woman dialed this phone number, they were awkwardly silent for a while, and then started talking intermittently.

Mu Yu's voice still sounded tired. "Are you home now?"

Yan Hong hesitated for a moment, looked around, and answered. "I'm still in the government."

"Don't you have to go to school today?"

When she asked such a question, Yan Hong immediately thought of the school homework and the math test, and became more physically and mentally exhausted, so exhausted that she doubted life.She hugged the backpack tightly, and when she took a deep breath, she snorted.

"I came after school yesterday, I didn't bring the money for the return ticket, and I sat outside all night..." Yan Hong explained lightly.

There was silence for a while, and then said: "Don't cry."

The corner of her mouth twitched. "I didn't cry..."

"Where are you? I asked the manager to pick you up." Mu Yu said, and then there was a rustling sound, as if he sat up from the bed.

It would be a fool to be reserved now, Yanhong immediately turned around to search, found the name of the shopping mall, and reported it to the big star.Then he paused, and then said a little aggressively: "Can you bring me some sanitizer?"

"What's wrong?" Mu Yu asked, and then he let out an oh. "How long did you row yesterday?"

"A length that can help you drive away that centipede." Yan Hong said.

"A centipede?"

Hearing the other party's puzzled question, she froze for a moment, and immediately patted her forehead in frustration.It seems that he didn't sleep, and now his brain has become dull, and he has forgotten the fact that Mu Yu didn't know that he was surrounded by centipedes.Yan Hong faltered, wanting to perfunctory, but suddenly heard the person over there chuckled softly.

She couldn't see the man, so she didn't know if she was really smiling.But when Mu Yu laughed, at most he couldn't see the smile in his eyes, right?Yan Hong muttered in her heart.

Then Mu Yu said: "When I was young, I was most afraid of centipedes."

"Eh?" Yan Hong raised her eyebrows in surprise. "what about now?"

"I don't like it."

"Oh……"

Then knowing that you are surrounded by centipedes, you shouldn't laugh, right?Yan Hong thought to herself.

Afterwards, Mu Yu was not as anxious to end the conversation as before, and lazily said "wait a minute", and told the manager beside him about picking up Yanhong, but he said it in a relatively low voice, so even on the phone side The parties involved could not hear the details.

Seems to have explained something, Yanhong couldn't help but look forward to it.But before he started to think about it, Mu Yu had already sent the manager away, and said to her in a flat tone: "Wait for ten minutes to get to the door, do you recognize that car?"

"Well, okay. Thank you." The last two words were a little unnatural, probably because Mu Yu didn't say thank you to Yan Hong, and he felt awkward and unwilling to say it first.But she didn't care, and asked casually. "How are you feeling today?"

"The accident was much better. After vomiting..." Mu Yu sighed, and then rustled, not knowing who was talking over there.After Yanhong waited for a while, the big star explained apologetically: "My mother bought me breakfast."

"Eat slowly, my phone is dead." Understanding the situation, Yan Hong didn't say anything else.Anyway, Mu Yu is in good spirits now, the centipede won't go back for a while, but Master Lu...

Thinking of the power outage last night, her heart sank, but at the same time she thought of another thing, and hurriedly reminded the big star over there. "Don't wash off the blood I wiped on you last night. If you want to wash it, wear copper coins before washing it."

Mu Yu obviously paused. "Um."

But Yan Hong's heart, which was already sinking, sank a little after her pause.Asked in a rigid tone: "Don't you already wash it?"

There was a long silence over there, and this matter was confirmed.Just as Yan Hong was about to sigh, she heard Mu Yu explain in a quiet tone: "Today my mother was startled by the blood, so I just wiped it off."

"You," wanted to say something, but after thinking about it, it wasn't Mu Yu's fault, Yan Hong could only swallow the words back.

"I asked the agent to bring me the string of copper coins by the way."

"Yeah. You should have breakfast first." Mu Yu's tone was also sincere, so she didn't say any more. It's better to care about herself now.

After the two bid farewell politely, Yanhong found that the big star still didn't say thank you.He obviously spoke so naturally to his own manager, but he didn't express anything to himself.But now she can only sigh with a wry smile, and stop digging into these trivial things.

After waiting in place for a few minutes, when the time was almost up, Yanhong walked towards the entrance of the shopping mall. When she left, the pair of middle school students who had run away from home started arguing for some reason.

There was a lot of traffic outside, and it was working hours. Private cars of various colors shuttled through the street. Groups of students walked across the street laughing and joking, but unexpectedly there were not many other pedestrians.Standing at the entrance of the shopping mall with her backpack in her arms, Yan Hong looked extraordinarily stupid, disheveled and tired.

Sitting in the shopping mall in a daze all night, she was too tired to let go of even the things she couldn't figure out, Yan Hong was vaguely puzzled about being possessed by something, and she didn't have any other energy to go deeper , even that burst of doubt seemed as weightless as a note that slipped through my mind.

She stared at the rowdy students on the opposite street, the meat buns they held in their hands looked particularly alluring.

I don't know how long it took, maybe not too long, and I saw a Porsche SUV approaching the entrance of the mall with its turning lights in the traffic flow.

Yanhong's eyes brightened.

The Porsche stopped by the sidewalk, and then the window of the passenger's seat was lowered. The broker wearing glasses squinted his eyes and glanced around, and finally stopped his eyes on her.

"Is it Yanhong?" He asked.

Yan Hong nodded, so her manager beckoned her to get in the car.He casually said: "Mu Yu said that you might not have had breakfast, so let me buy some along the way."

Hearing what the other party said, Yan Hong was taken aback for a moment, but was even a little moved in her heart.She raised her foot and just took a step, but as if she had stepped into a bottomless abyss, her vision spun and she suddenly lost consciousness.

Mu Yu guessed right, she did not eat breakfast, but she did not eat dinner either.It seems that I haven't eaten or drank a sip of water since noon yesterday.

It's no wonder that the meat buns in the hands of those students have such a strong temptation-but, it's not enough.

Yan Hong reflected in the darkness and chaos, even if there was no drop of water, she wouldn't fall down unexpectedly, without consciousness, right?

Besides, it doesn't make sense to be able to think after fainting.

She waited slowly and helplessly to see if this darkness would turn into something, perhaps some grotesque images, beyond Yan Hong's cognition.

But in the end Yanhong gradually felt an irresistible drowsiness, and her so-called "clear" thinking began to gradually drift like riding the wind above the clouds, soft and lazy.

——That’s not okay.

she realized.

Then, in such a dark softness, the low singing that seemed to be chanting intermittently rang in my ears very clearly.

But I still can't see my fingers in front of my eyes.