Strange Story of Strange House

In order to celebrate the reunion of the family, Mr. Shen took his family to the ghost food dinner.First, Mr. Shen insisted that ghost food was an opportunity for their family to reunite. Coincidentally, the consumption of ghost food is not low. Back then, Lin Chi had saved pocket money for a long time to take Huaiyin and Rainbow to that time. After bumping into Shen Jinghan, the things that happened after that happened; secondly, Mr. Shen has known the owner of the ghost food shop for a long time, so this time, he brought his wife and children to say hello to his friends.

Mr. Shen just became a full-time employee, took off his ex-husband's title, successfully ascended to the position, and was promoted from Uncle Shen to Papa Shen. "Forgot" his son-in-law Lou Qi.

Mr. Shen, who is rich and powerful, never asks for the best but the most expensive when ordering meals. Fortunately, all the dishes of ghost food are worthy of its price. Huaiyin has never been picky about food, but Shen Jinghan's meal fed the two snacks together. Ben is satisfied.

Lin Chi was very happy to provide the two fathers with a chance to get along, but after all, it was a dinner party, and he couldn't leave the venue, so he had to bury his head in the binge eating without even raising his head.Yun Bao sat on his lap, and Lin Chi ate and fed him, making him completely ignore his beloved grandpa.The two younger ones are so understanding, but the atmosphere between Shen Huai and them is not as Lin Chi wished.

What is lost and found is always more precious, and this is most vividly reflected in Shen Jinghan's attitude towards Huaiyin.Huaiyin's eyes stay on any dish for more than a second, and that dish will immediately appear in his bowl.It was precisely this cautious attitude that made Huaiyin feel unnatural.Although I have forgiven each other in my heart, after all, the two have been separated for nearly a century, and their lifestyles, habits, and hobbies are very different... and they still have to get along.

After hearing no sound for a long time, Lin Chi stuffed a piece of barbecue into his mouth and looked up casually: "Daddy, why don't you eat it?"

The barbecue of ghost food is a major feature. Lin Chi took a bite and his taste buds were amazed.So he stuffed his mouth with meat, his eyes sparkled, and he recommended to Huaiyin inarticulately. Seeing this, Yun Bao opened his mouth and patted Lin Chi with his little paw, who hurriedly fed him a piece.Seeing that the mouths of the freshmen and the other were greasy from snacks, Huaiyin reluctantly pulled a paper towel to wipe their faces, and finally cleaned up their son and grandson. When she turned around, she found that Shen Jinghan's chopsticks with meat were waiting by her mouth.

"..." Huaiyin froze for a moment, opened his mouth to bite off the meat, and as expected received Lin Chi's interesting scrutiny.

"I don't have hands myself? I need you to be troublesome." Huaiyin had a low face, and immediately became a little annoyed, and softly scolded Shen Jinghan.

In fact, as soon as Huaiyin said it, she regretted it.After forgiving Shen Jinghan, Huaiyin made up her mind to treat him better, but she couldn't control herself. The anger she had held back for so many years had no way to vent because the truth was revealed, so she couldn't help but think about it. I want to lose my temper with Shen Jinghan.

But Mr. Shen didn't take it to heart at all. For him, being able to maintain the current state was something he never even dared to think about before.

After the meal, Lin Chi took Yunbao to the bathroom. He was small, with a delicate and delicate face, coupled with a pure expression on his face, he was originally a cute with capital letters and bold letters.Not to mention that there is a pink and jade doll in his arms, like a little squirrel hugging a chestnut, so cute.

Mr. Shen squinted his eyes to see Lin Chi go out, and sighed that he was indeed his own son, so cute.Huaiyin snorted coldly when he heard the words: "The child I have worked so hard to bring up, you will pick it up."

Shen Jinghan chuckled, and began to caress his daughter-in-law carefully: "How can I let you suffer! I will love him even more in the future. What was missing before, I will definitely make up for our child in the future."

"To put it nicely, Xiao Chi suffered those grievances in the past... He was still a child, just at the age when he should be mischievous and self-willed, but look at his current appearance, he is so well-behaved, why don't you talk about how you will make up for it in the future? Come back?" Huaiyin was disdainful.

The Shen Jinghan that Huaiyin was talking about naturally knew that he had peeped into Lin Chi's memory when he took Lin Chi away, but at that time his mind was full of Huaiyin, and he didn't pay enough attention to the child. that tone.

Before Shen Jinghan had time to say more, Lin Chi carried Yun Bao into the house, and in order to provide the two fathers with a chance to be alone, he carried Yun Bao outside for several laps.As soon as he entered the room, Shen Jinghan's friend followed him in.

Mr. Shen got up to greet the visitor, and introduced the two parties: "This is my friend Puxi, who is also the owner of this store... This is my wife, child, and grandson."

Lin Chi looked at this father's friend. Different from Shen Jinghan's pure Chinese aristocratic temperament, this servant's appearance and temperament were all exotic.He has a very handsome appearance, with fluffy and curly chestnut hair slightly covering his deep green eyes like emeralds. He should have a sunny and healthy appearance, but unexpectedly gives people a decadent and gloomy look.

Even Yun Jing, who is a fierce ghost, has never given Lin Chi such a feeling—this man is very dangerous, like a small animal, and Lin Chi's nature of seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages made Lin Chi subconsciously hide his whole body behind Shen Jinghan.

Pu Xi bowed to Huaiyin, and performed a standard gentleman's salute.Lin Chi noticed that there was a deep reverse cross scar on the back of Pu Xi's hand.Sensing Lin Chi's discomfort, Mr. Shen thoughtfully led Puxi into another box.

"Should I say congratulations?" Puxi joked with a smile, his voice was hoarse, with a slight upturn in the end, it sounded like he was mocking, but Shen Jinghan knew that his friend was sincerely blessing him, so he readily accepted .

"Thank you." Strictly speaking, Shen Jinghan and Puxi are not the kind of best friends who hit it off at first sight. They both belong to monsters. They have fought countless times in the past hundred years, and finally developed a feeling similar to sympathy.

But even now, the two still occasionally stand on opposite sides. For example, Pu Xi made a deal with Tang Xi 20 years ago to help her suppress Tang Xue's undead, and the price was to take her soul after death.However, Shen Jinghan intervened halfway and helped Tang Xue kill Tang Xi for free, causing Pu Xi's plan to fail, but this did not affect the relationship between the two.

"You're welcome," Puxi chuckled, "That's fine, I don't need to collect souls to revive your daughter-in-law. Whether you succeed or not, you have to suffer from the cause and effect."

"Ah."

"Give me back the longevity pot, you don't need it anyway." Pu Xi spread his hands in front of Shen Jinghan's eyes, asking for the treasure he lent.

"Cough," Mr. Shen coughed softly, "It's gone."

"It's gone? What's gone?!" Hearing this, Pu Xi was very surprised, "Why did the good jar disappear?"

"It was taken away." Mr. Shen replied calmly.

The corner of Pu Xi's mouth twitched: "It was taken away? With your young master Shen's ability, will you not be able to get it back? What's going on?"

"At first I was busy and didn't have time to get it. Later, when I was free, I found out that the person who took away the jar was my... son-in-law." Mr. Shen's tone was extremely disgusting.

Pu Xi nodded understandingly: "Understood. I feel that my son-in-law is useless, a typical married woman mentality of 'the cabbage that I have worked so hard to raise for 20 years will be eaten by pigs like this'." Pu Xi commented, "I don't want the longevity pot. Now, just treat it as a gift from me to your son and son-in-law."

Hearing what Puxi said, Mr. Shen was satisfied, and hooked Puxi's shoulder with an inch, and said the main purpose of coming today: "I'm here this time, and I want to ask you to help me with something."

"?"

Shen Jinghan whispered a few words in Puxi's ear, and patted his shoulder under his friend's surprised eyes: "I'll leave this matter to you."

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A month passed in a flash, the winter vacation passed quietly, and Lin Chi ushered in a new semester.On this day, Lin Chi hurried from Yunlou to school. He was used to the convenience of going to school when he was living in a noodle shop, so he miscalculated the time and was about to be late.

That's right, Lin Chi is currently living in Yunlou again.

Huaiyin refused to live with Mr. Shen and insisted on going back to Yunlou, and Yunjing refused to let Shen Jinghan into the building. Yunjing is Huaiyin's current "relative and friend", and Mr. Shen was deprived of even the opportunity to use force to deter him.So Mr. Shen, who was in a bad mood, simply threw his son back to Yunlou, euphemistically saying: Parents will feel embarrassed if they disturb others for too long.

Lin Chi hurried to the school and was called by the counselor.

counselor?What did the counselor who was always on the loose every semester suddenly ask him for?Lin Chi came to the counselor's office with a confused face, knocked on the door, and saw the haggard middle-aged woman next to the counselor at a glance.

"Teacher..." Before Lin Chi finished speaking, he saw the woman standing up suddenly: "Xiao Chi!"

"Are you Xiao Chi?" The woman looked at Lin Chi expectantly. Unlike her uncertainty, Lin Chi recognized her identity almost as soon as he saw her.

"Mom..." Lin Chi's mouth turned, but he couldn't make a sound.

"Xiao Chi...it's really you." The woman breathed a sigh of relief, "Look at you kid, you left home in a fit of anger, and you never came back after you left." As the woman spoke, she pulled up her sleeves and wiped Wipe the corners of his eyes.

"Your father said something out of anger, and you, a silly child, took it seriously. Mom has been looking for you so hard all these years." Seeing Lin Chi standing still and not responding, the woman came over eagerly and wanted to hold him Lin Chi dodged back reflexively, avoiding the hand extended by the woman. The woman's face froze, and she soon returned to her smiling face, "I asked your junior high school classmates for a long time before I learned that you are here This school has gone to school. My Xiaochi has been admitted to university, which is really amazing."

Lin Chi was speechless, he was already past the age when he expected to be praised by this woman.

The moment I saw her, those embarrassing memories in my mind were turned out one by one.He still remembers the day when he walked out the door alone with all his luggage on his back, the sky was dark and gloomy, and the heavy schoolbag on his back bent his back. When he turned his head, the door at the deepest part of the alley seemed so far away, He understood that from that day on, he was homeless.

When he was kicked out of the house, he only had the 200 yuan that his mother gave him. Every night, he lived under the bridge hole not far from home, and endured the vicious play and pursuit of the undead...

He will never forget that in that home, his mother packed up all his belongings and threw them beside the trash can outside the alley. He pulled them out and took them back to his shelter.In the next few days, while he was thankful that his belongings were in place, he was also a little sad—his mother cut off all his way home.

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"Xiao Chi?" Seeing Lin Chi in a daze, the woman called him cautiously, and when he came back to his senses, she showed a flattering smile, "Xiao Chi, go home with your mother, your father and brother also miss you very much. "

Come back home?

Lin Chi was taken aback for a moment, what home did he go back to?His home is Yunlou, and he knows the way back!Besides, if you really miss him that much, why did it take six years to find him who is still in the same city?

"Where are you going?" Lin Chi tilted his head and smiled at the woman, "My home is near the school."

"You child..." The woman smiled awkwardly, "Of course I'm going back with my mother, to the house with my parents and younger brother!" Seeing this, the counselor made excuses to go out, leaving space for the pair in desperate need. Mother and son communicating.

"I can still see ghosts, aren't you afraid?" Sooner or later, Lin is no longer as ignorant of the world as he was when she kicked him out of the house. Embarrassed.

"Xiao Chi, don't be like this." The woman hesitated, "We were wrong about what happened back then, but now we really want to take you back."

Lin Chi looked around, and sat down comfortably on the big sofa in the counselor's office: "It's been six years, and I'm no longer the kid who didn't understand anything back then, I believe whatever you say... After six years You want to pick me up all of a sudden, I don't believe you have no purpose." Lin Chi paused, then smiled, "...Mom."

Maybe it was the ironic "mother" at the end that hit the woman's pain point, and she burst into tears: "I am sorry for you! But my mother really regrets..."

"What happened? It's so troublesome that you want to go back to me..." Lin Chi glanced at her, unmoved.

The woman looked at the boy in front of her in surprise: "Xiao Chi, you have changed..."

Lin Chi sighed, and got up neatly: "Say it or not, I'm leaving."

"Don't!" The woman suddenly stood up and stopped him, "Don't go, I said..."

"The house is haunted..." The woman hesitated, gritted her teeth and told the whole story, "At first, Xiaojun said that he always felt someone staring at him when he was sleeping, and then your dad and I also felt that way. Later, a human-shaped stain began to appear on the ceiling. It became more and more obvious, and it looked more and more like a real person lying there. Your father painted it several times, and it was gone today and ran out tomorrow. .When the situation is at its worst, when you open your eyes halfway through sleep, a headless body is facing you..."

The woman trembled as she spoke, as if recalling some bad memory: "I don't know what bad things have caused it, those things appeared in groups at home, we moved several times, we didn't care Use! Your dad and I are fine, but Xiaojun is going to take the college entrance examination this year, so what can we do if this continues!"

"That's why you came to see me, who can do hell? What do you think I can do for you?" Lin Chi's heart grew colder as he listened, and his tone of voice lost all warmth.

"It's not like that! I won't understand how scared you were when I really saw a ghost." The woman looked at Lin Chi lovingly, "If I had believed in you back then, I would have loved you more... It's useless, but mom really regrets it! That's why I came to you, and your father agreed, besides, your brother's current situation is really bad... Your father wants me to come to you to see if you have any There is no way."

The woman looked at Lin Chi with a humble and flattering smile on her face.Lin Chi suddenly understood that she had always been a good mother, and she could lower her stance for the sake of her beloved son, an abandoned child. It wasn't that they didn't love their child, but in the final analysis, they just didn't love Lin Chi.

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"She's really cracking her abacus! Do you really think I'm stupid?!" Sitting opposite Lou Qi, Lin Chi slapped the table loudly, with an indignant expression on his face.Lou Qi glanced at him with the book in his hand, and saw that he was more energetic than before, so he turned a page of the book calmly and did not speak to him.

Lin Chi vented for a while, feeling bored, so he ran over and rubbed his head on Lou Qi's body, acting like a spoiled child while rubbing: "Louiss, look at me, look at your little Chi, I've been wronged!"

Lou Qi smiled "puchi", put down the book and rubbed his head in his arms: "If you show the energy to slap the table in front of me, no one will dare to bully you."

After being told by Lou Qi, Lin Chi was completely wilted, leaning against Lou Qi's body, "You love me, so I dared to take pictures."

Lou Qi simply closed the book, hugged him into his arms, and asked softly, "What's Xiao Chi thinking?" His voice was always sweet and gentle, especially when it came to Shang Lin Chi.Lin Chiyou couldn't resist such a deliberately lowered voice, and every time he heard it, his whole body would go limp, and he wished he could collapse on Lou Qi's body.

"What do you think?" Lin Chi was stunned for a moment. "Actually, I don't have any thoughts. I just think that it's weird to want to take me back when I'm needed after having abandoned me for so long."

When Lou Qi heard this, he looked at him in surprise: "Don't you hate them?"

Lin Chi was taken aback when he heard the words, and then thought over and over in his heart. After all, they were his parents. He had expected them, but was disappointed... He finally shook his head: "I don't hate them, I hate them a little, but not to the point of hating them. "

"Then do you want to go back with them?"

"I don't want to!" Lin Chi immediately shook his head like a rattle, "Although they are my biological parents, when I see them, I always think of when I was abandoned. If I hadn't met Huaiyin, I might not even have survived. Difficulties, frankly speaking, I can’t love. But if I say hate, it’s not too much, after all, my life is very happy now, and I don’t want to spend my time hating anyone anymore.”

After hearing this, Lou Qi kissed his dear one on the cheek: "Then don't think about it, I will accompany you back to Yunlou for dinner tonight? I heard from Aunt Yun that your father bought you your favorite lo-mei."

"Okay!" Lin Chi's depressed mood suddenly rose, and his eyes lit up when he looked at Lou Qi.It wasn't obvious at first, but since being taken away by Shen Jinghan, Lin Chi's foodie nature has been revealed to the extreme. Now it has reached the point where he can hook up with a coke chicken nugget by putting it in front of his nose. Shen Jinghan often uses this trick to abduct Lin Chi.

Thinking of Shen Jinghan, Lou Qi also felt a little helpless, he didn't know where he provoked this prospective father-in-law, the other party always looked down on him.However, my father-in-law didn't seem to know what had offended Aunt Yun, and he still couldn't enter Yunlou.

Lou Qi shook his head helplessly, and then went back to Yunlou with Lin Chi who was looking forward to it, and Yun Bao who had just been dug up from the bed and was sleepy.

At first they thought this matter was just exposed, Lin Chi and Lou Qi didn't take it to heart.But just a few days later, when Lin Chi was leaving school, he met an unexpected visitor.

"Brother! Help me! I can't take it anymore! I can't take it anymore..." When Lin Chi passed the school gate, a figure suddenly jumped out and hugged his leg.

"...Xiao Jun?" Lin Chi carefully identified for a while before realizing that the tearful and embarrassed boy in front of him was his own younger brother Lin Jun.

"It's me!" Hearing Lin Chi call out his name accurately, Lin Jun's eyes lit up, "It's me! Brother, save me!"

Lin Chi hesitated for a moment, and took Lin Jun to a nearby small restaurant. He subconsciously refused to bring Lin Jun back to the noodle shop. After thinking about it carefully, he was actually not at all willing to let the so-called relatives invade his current life .

Lin Chi decided to order some food, let Lin Jun eat something to calm down, while he sat aside and observed his brother whom he hadn't seen in six years.Lin Jun is one year younger than him, and he is a senior in high school this year. The pressure of his studies and the impact of the hell made him feel a little dazed, and his mental state is not very good. He looks haggard.

After a while, Lin Jun stopped his chopsticks and carefully observed Lin Chi's expression.He changed from the domineering and beloved boy in Lin Chi's memory to the cautious one now. To be honest, Lin Chi was a little surprised.

"Are you full?"

"Well," Lin Jun nodded, "My parents didn't know I came today. Mom said she came to see you that day, but you refused to go home with her."

"I have my own home."

"We really want you to go home..." Lin Jun paused, and suddenly he couldn't continue. When Lin Chi was driven away, he was young, but he was not ignorant. I feel ashamed and flustered on my face.Lin Jun cut off the conversation, and Lin Chi didn't respond, and the two brothers fell into a relatively silent situation.

After a long silence, Lin Jun suddenly said, "Brother, can you accompany me to the bathroom?"

"?" Lin Chi was surprised when he heard the words. Lin Jun is already at this age, does he still need to invite someone to accompany him to the bathroom?It's not a little girl... But Lin Chi couldn't refuse a small request from his brother whom he hadn't seen for several years. He suppressed the weirdness in his heart and got up to pay the bill.

The restaurant didn't provide a bathroom, so Lin Chi took him to S Dali.It was time for lunch, and there was no one in the teaching building. Lin Chi took his brother directly to the door of the bathroom, while he waited outside at the sink.Lin Chi was listening to Lin Jun's movements inside, and was thinking about how to get rid of this unknown brother. He was staring at his toes in a daze, when suddenly a red shadow flashed past in his peripheral vision, and Lin Chi's heart thumped. After a while, before he could think about it, he heard Lin Jun's screams coming from the toilet.