The Taste of Ghosts in the World

There was a sound of birdsong outside the window, and the light passed through the curtains, illuminating the curtains transparently.

Qi Mu opened his eyes and stared at the ceiling for a long time before remembering what happened yesterday.Sitting up on the bed, he couldn't help frowning.

Migraines...the aftermath of a hangover.

Walking out of the room, I saw Feng Baisui leaning on the sofa watching TV, and sitting on the other sofa was... Qi Buyang?

Qi Mu was stunned for a moment, "Why are you at my house?"

Qi Buyang moved his buttocks and sat upright, with a serious expression on his face.

Feng Baisui said beside him: "Yesterday you let him stay."

it's me?Qi Mu looked at Qi Buyang, who nodded.

"..."

I don't know if it was because of the hangover, but Qi Mu's throat was so dry, he went to drink a glass of water, and after regaining consciousness a little, he asked, "Why did I let you stay?"

Qi Buyang was taken aback by his question, thought for a while and said, "Because I ran away from home?"

"You ran away from home?!" Qi Mu only felt a throbbing pain in his temple, "Are you sick? Why did you run away from home when you have nothing to do?"

"Something happened." Qi Buyang explained: "I had an argument with my grandfather, and he told me to get out, so I got out."

"...You look so obedient, but you can even quarrel with your grandpa."

"of course!"

"When are you going to go back?"

Qi Buyang bowed his head and did not answer.

"Forget it." Qi Mu waved his hand, the man was already staying, and it was hard to chase him away, pointing to the room next to him, "There is still a guest room, you live there first."

"No need." Qi Buyang said shyly, "I'll just sleep on the sofa."

"Whatever you want." Qi Mu pointed at Feng Baisui, "But you have to discuss it with him, the sofa belongs to him."

"..."

After explaining, Qi Mu went into the room to change clothes, and Feng Baisui followed.

"You really let him stay?"

"What else? Let him sleep on the street?"

Feng Baisui was upset, "It was agreed before that we can't take anyone home casually."

Qi Mu thought for a while, "No, what you said is that you can't just bring ghosts home."

"..."

"Let's go out for a while." Qi Mu picked up the wallet and keys.

"doing what?"

"There is one more person in the family, so of course we need to buy some daily necessities." Qi Mu waved to Qi Buyang who was on the sofa, "You come too, take your own things."

Qi Buyang quickly stood up and followed him out.

Feng Baisui squinted at Qi Buyang on the other side. He usually walked side by side with Qi Mu, but now suddenly there was another person who stepped in abruptly, which made him quite upset.

His displeasure was manifested in his ugly face.

Qi Mu looked funny, but didn't say anything.

After shopping, passing by the cinema, the promotional posters at the entrance were colorful and lively, Qi Buyang couldn't help but glue his eyes to them, and kept turning his head to look at them.

Qi Mu stopped and asked him, "Want to watch a movie?"

Qi Buyang was a little embarrassed, gave a soft "hmm", and immediately explained: "I don't often go out shopping, and grandpa said that these things are not good for me."

Qi Mu was surprised, "So you haven't seen it once?"

"I've seen it!" Qi Buyang corrected seriously: "The school will organize to read it."

"..."

Qi Mu looked at the time and found that it was still early, so he said, "Let's go and watch it, I just want to watch it too."

"Really?" Qi Buyang became excited, and there was still a little bit of anticipation in his eyes.

"Why are you lying to me?"

Qi Buyang wanted to rush in immediately, but he didn't want to be seen by Qi Mu, so he could only try his best to suppress his steps and keep them side by side.

Compared to his joy, Feng Baisui scoffed, and Qi Mu pushed him in with a smile.

A few children were buying popcorn at the door, and Qi Mu also ordered one, and handed it to Qi Buyang, who held it carefully, as if he didn't know what to do with it.

Feng Baisui walked past him without looking sideways, and the rice flower pile became a little lower, but no one noticed.

When buying the tickets, Qi Mu hesitated for a while, and finally bought three tickets, gave one to Qi Buyang, and took two for himself, and showed the tickets to Feng Baisui, who turned his head in disdain, his face softened a little.

They came early, the theater hall was still lit, and there were only two or three people sitting inside.Facing the ticket stub, Qi Buyang scrupulously found a seat, and then called Qi Mu and the others to sit there.

At this time, the serious and rigid expression on his face finally disappeared, revealing a sincere smile suitable for his age.

In fact, Qi Mu seldom goes to the movies. He doesn't like the feeling of many people crowded into a small space at the same time. To be precise, he is not very good at dealing with living people.

But seeing Qi Buyang's joyful appearance, Qi Mu's mood also became better.

It was time for the show to start, and the hall suddenly became dark, and the silhouettes of the people next to it could hardly be seen clearly.Qi Mu glanced at Qi Buyang, only found a silhouette holding Mi Hua, and then turned to look at Feng Baisui. In other people's eyes, that seat should be empty, but he actually saw Feng Baisui's shadow.

He didn't think there was anything wrong. These people...or ghosts were really around him. Since they could see, touch, and talk to each other, what was the difference between them and living people except for their non-mainstream appearance?Because what he saw was different since he was a child, Qi Mu is not too clear about the concept of this aspect. In his mind, ghosts and people are the same, but they have not been noticed by others.

But after thinking about it, others should think that what he is looking at is an empty seat, and feel that this matter itself is very strange.

Feng Baisui's neighbor probably sensed Qi Mu's gaze and mistakenly thought he was looking at him, so he turned his head around for no reason, and Qi Mu quickly turned his face away.

A grain of rice flower was stuffed into his mouth, and when he looked up, Feng Baisui's face was very close, and under the dim light, he could still see a faint smile on his mouth.

Subconsciously biting it a few times, the sweet buttery aroma spread in his mouth, Qi Mu laughed, stared at Feng Baisui, and whispered, "You stole Qi Buyang's popcorn."

Feng Baisui curled his lips, and said as a matter of course: "You bought it, it's not considered stealing."

Qi Mu smiled and turned his gaze back to the screen.

In the movie, a scene where a person's head was smashed to pieces by a hammer happened to be placed.

At the beginning, I just bought a ticket because the time slot was right, but I didn't expect it to be a horror movie.

Qi Mu looked at it for a while, and couldn't help muttering: "How can it be so terrifying that you can twist the head of a living person with your hand... How many ghosts can do it?"

"That's because they were afraid, so they demonized things they hadn't seen, highlighted the power of those things, and then defeated them." Feng Baisui said, throwing a popcorn into his mouth.

Qi Mu recalled the ghosts he met, most of them came and went like ordinary people, and had feelings that could not be more ordinary. Some would be stubborn for a small wish, and some would be stubborn because of a small feedback. And excited.

He thought, probably because they died once, they knew that many things were not worth mentioning, and what they really wanted to hold on to.There are also people who can't let go of their obsessions, but I haven't encountered them yet.But when he was a child, he couldn't tell the difference between ghosts and people at all. Maybe many people he saw at that time were actually ghosts?

After absent-mindedly watching a horror movie full of screams and roars, the lights in the hall came on one after another, and some impatient audiences had already stood up and started to leave one after another.

Qi Mu suddenly caught a glimpse of a figure hanging beside the big screen. From his angle, he could only see the part below the elbow.

Is there this before the opening?He looked at Feng Baisui, who shook his head.

Qi Buyang next to him obviously noticed this phenomenon, and quickly reached into his pocket to take out the talisman. Qi Mu quickly grabbed his wrist, "Go out first."

"But there are ghosts there!" Qi Buyang pointed at the suspended human body.

Qi Mu lowered his voice and said to him: "Look at those people, can't they see it? You collect it now, do you want to be watched? And how many people will believe you?"

Qi Buyang fell silent, and Qi Mu directly pulled him out of the theater, and stopped when he walked to the tables and chairs where the audience rested and chatted.

Then ask him: "Do you still want to accept it?"

Qi Buyang didn't speak.

Qi Mu said: "You are a celestial master and have your own responsibilities. I have no right to interfere with you. But as a friend, I just suggest that you think about the consequences before doing something. Not all ghosts need to be accepted. You already have this. I understand it. When you encounter a ghost, whether you want to attack or not, you make a choice after thinking about it, that is your own decision, and I will not stop it."

Qi Buyang continued to remain silent, as if he was seriously thinking about these words, and after a while, he asked him in a low voice: "Are we... friends?"

Qi Mu smiled lightly, "Didn't you already tell your grandfather?"

Qi Buyang lowered his head in embarrassment, "Because the situation was urgent."

"If you don't want to be my friend..."

"Damn it!" Qi Buyang hurriedly raised his head and said firmly.

After thinking about it, he suddenly pointed to Feng Baisui and asked, "If... I want to take him in, will you stop me?"

Qi Mu shook his head.

Feng Baisui lowered his face in displeasure.

"But..." Qi Mu continued, "I will do my best to protect him."

Qi Buyang nodded, turned around and said, "Go back."

"The one inside... is not accepted?"

"I'm afraid it has existed for a long time, and there are no rumors of harm."

Qi Buyang took the lead to go out, Qi Mu followed behind him, Feng Baisui floated over, he couldn't tell whether he was happy or disdainful, and asked Qi Mu with a half-smile: "You protect me?"

"Occasionally..." Qi Mu squinted at him, "Don't be complacent, the two of us are equal."

Feng Baisui snorted softly, "At least I don't have to worry about dying."

"..."

After a long while, Qi Mu replied, "Have you ever heard the word Hunfeiposan?"

"..."

When we got home, it was already lunch time, so Qi Mu put away his things and took out two packs of instant noodles to cook.

Qi Buyang frowned, "You just eat this?"

Qi Mu looked at the instant noodles in his hand, put them down and said, "Then let's make fried rice with eggs, luckily I bought rice by the way today."

Qi Buyang continued to frown, "You just eat these?"

"Occasionally, I go out to eat, usually on weekends." He thought for a while, and then said, "I'm too lazy to go out today. If you want to go, you'll have to wait until next week."

"..."

In the end, Qi Buyang obediently finished eating the instant noodles cooked by Qi Mu.

After clearing away the noodle bowls, Qi Mu collapsed on the sofa, randomly changing the TV channels.Qi Buyang sat next to him, looked at him, and then at Feng Baisui, feeling that the scene in front of him was very interesting, and it was... very warm.

"Don't you listen to old man Qi? Why are you arguing?" Qi Mu suddenly asked.

Qi Buyang was stunned for a moment, and replied: "I don't agree with some of Grandpa's actions. When I brought it up to him, he became angry, and then the more we talked, the more we disagreed. He said that I was bewitched, and let me go out in a fit of anger."

"You also know that he was angry..."

"I know." Qi Buyang nodded, "But I want to think about it by myself."

"Why did you think of coming to me?"

Qi Buyang said with some embarrassment: "I don't have any friends..."

Qi Mu sighed, "You really... know what your grandfather did wrong, so you don't need to say it out, as long as you don't do it yourself."

"No!" Qi Buyang said with a righteous face: "Grandpa is wrong, I should tell him, how can I pretend not to know!"

"..."

Qi Mu knew that he could not change his mind, so he stopped talking.Qi Buyang is too upright and can't tolerate a grain of sand in his eyes. In other words, he is stupid and stubborn.

This kind of person is one-sided, don't expect to change him.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Qi Mu threw the remote control to Feng Baisui, and was about to go back to his room to sleep.

Just climbed onto the bed, but saw Feng Baisui also came in.

"Is something wrong?"

Feng Baisui said: "I gave up the sofa to the children."

Qi Mu explained: "You don't need to ask...there is still a guest room."

Feng Baisui remained expressionless, and said flatly, "I've already given up." He floated onto the bed, "That's why I'm here to sleep with you."

"...You don't need to sleep, do you?"

"No need doesn't mean you can't."

"...There is still a guest room." Qi Mu pushed him, trying to push him down.

Feng Baisui looked down at him, and said nonchalantly: "Anyway, we've already lived together, and it's normal to sleep together."

"..."

Qi Mu realized that he was lifting a rock and hitting his own foot, so he lay down depressed and reached out to press the lamp.

The sound of the TV came from outside the house, and bright light penetrated through the crack of the door.In the darkness, Feng Baisui sat on the head of the bed with his hands folded, turned his face away, and looked at Qi Mu's sleeping face quietly, not knowing what he was thinking.