Strange Story of Strange House

After knowing the reason for the quarrel between the two fathers, Lin Chi was suffocating. He tossed and turned on his bed, sighing... As soon as Lou Qi entered the door, he saw Lin Chi sprawled on the bed, hugging him in his arms. A pillow with a look of lovelessness.

"What's wrong?" Lou Qi sat down next to the bed, reached out and brushed away the slightly long hair on Lin Chi's forehead.

As soon as Lin Chi saw Lou Qi, he seemed to have a backbone. He turned over and sat up neatly, and talked to Lou Qi about what happened today: "... Huai Yin didn't want to talk anymore, she said she was going to sleep, and kicked me out. When it came out, my dad also said that he had to think about it again and sent me back..."

Lin Chi said it sadly, but Lou Qi's attention was a little crooked: "Sleep? Does your father usually sleep too?"

"I've been sleeping all the time. My work and rest schedules are reversed day and night. Otherwise, I wouldn't have to go out for lunch at noon every day..." Lin Chi nodded, "What's wrong?"

"Xiao Chi, ghosts don't need to sleep." Lou Qi watched him, and slowly said what confused him.

Lin Chi heard the words and widened his eyes: "What?!"

"Hunger and exhaustion are human body functions that only belong to human beings. I mean, living human beings and ghosts lose their bodies, so they will naturally not feel hungry or exhausted. Therefore, they neither need to eat nor sleep." Lou Qidun After a pause, "You are also well versed in ghosts and spirits. Don't you feel strange about your father's abnormalities?"

Lin Chi raised his head abruptly, looked at Lou Qi, and several pictures began to replay in his mind involuntarily——

A few months ago, Aunt Yun leaned on the window railing in front of her, and said quietly: "...Didn't you find it strange? Your father has been dead for so many years, and he has always been a real entity. Your father is different from me. Lou's resentment was nourished, and he borrowed the body of a puppet to become what he is now. Your father was already a real entity before he moved into Yunlou. So what happened that year is probably not as simple as I know. It's just that Huaiyin doesn't want to talk about it, so let's not ask."

The picture in her mind changed, Tang Xue was standing alone outside the noodle shop, and when she heard Lin Chi's footsteps, she turned around and smiled.

"Why so early?"

"There's nothing else to do, and the ghost doesn't need to sleep, so it's here first." Tang Xue smiled slightly, but her trembling little finger still revealed her uneasiness.

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Ghosts don't need to sleep, Huaiyin was already an entity before entering the Cloud Tower... What does this mean?Is there anything that Lin Chi has seen for many years but has actually been ignored?

Back then, Huaiyin was indeed dead, otherwise Shen Jinghan would not have been possessed, then...

"Under what circumstances do ghosts materialize?"

"In the case of sufficient Yin Qi, there are almost no places that meet this condition. For example, it is rare for Yunlou to have a lot of Yin Qi, but Yun Jing is still attached to the puppet, and the Yunlou is exhausted. Even if the yin energy cannot realize the materialization of Yun Jing, it is conceivable that to support this qualitative change, at least one city must be slaughtered, and millions of corpses must be buried..."

"war?"

"War can indeed bring about this result, but there was no large-scale battle at the place where Huaiyin died, so it's impossible."

"Then what's the possibility? If it's not a ghost, could it be a demon?"

"...It's really possible."

Lin Chi: "???"

"Have you ever heard of spirits?" Seeing Lin Chi shaking his head, Lou Qi explained, "If a person has obsessions that are difficult to let go before death, they will form spirits that wander in the world. There are many types of spirits, and spirits are one of them. [-]. The conditions for the formation of a living spirit are harsh, and the right time, place and people are indispensable. When the conditions are met, the dead person will attach to an object around the moment of death and become a living spirit. Because of the attached object, the living spirit Compared with other spirits, it is not difficult to materialize. If your father is indeed a living spirit, then the previous confusion can be solved, after all, living habits of living spirits are closer to demons than spirits."

"Even if we prove that my father is a possessed spirit, how will it help him solve his current abnormality?"

"Only by finding the root cause of the disease can we prescribe the right medicine." Lou Qi stretched out his hand and scratched the bridge of Lin Chi's nose, "Let's go, let's go to Huaiyin and see if this guess is accurate."

Lin Chi nodded and was about to get out of bed when the floor lamp jumped in from the window at this moment: "Xiao Chi, there is good news and bad news, which one do you want to hear?"

"……bad news."

"The bad news is that your death will be tonight. However, Destiny discovered that I had tampered with it before, so it imprisoned my abilities. Before Destiny dissipates, I can only be an ordinary cat, that is, Said, I can no longer help you postpone the time of death."

"What about the good news?"

"The good news is that at the moment when Destiny sealed my ability, I took away the last puzzle you hadn't completed. Now, we can go and get the reward~"

Lin Chi: "..."

Lou Qi: "..."

"Are you surprised?" Di Deng hugged her fluffy cat tail with a happy face.

Lin Chi has been teased by the floor lamp so much that Lin Chi didn't bother to argue with her anymore. He turned his head to look at Lou Qi: "The matter about Huaiyin..."

"Let's put it aside first, you go to solve the death robbery first, this is more urgent, and we will study the matter of Huaiyin later."

"it is good."

Lin Chi responded, picked up the floor lamp and walked down the seventh floor.The reward is placed on the seventh floor of the lower seven floors, the place closest to Yinming.In the words of the ground lamp, it is the place with the most yin in Yunlou, and things can be placed there to avoid the sight of destiny.

There are no lights on the lower seven floors, the stairs are damp, and the environment is dark. Thanks to the eyes given by the ground lamp, Lin Chi can see the way ahead in such an environment. An ordinary person would definitely be blind.If it wasn't for the warm cat in his arms, Lin Chi doubted whether he would have the courage to continue walking.

The snow-white cat lay on Lin Chi's arm and flicked its tail: "Xiao Chi, are you afraid?"

"Fortunately."

"Are you afraid that a kid will come out from behind?"

"...can you shut up?"

One person and one cat were talking one by one, and the door on the seventh floor was close at hand. Lin Chi heaved a sigh of relief and was about to push the door, when the cat in his arms spoke again: "When I entered the door, I heard you talking about Huaiyin, are you talking about his dying?"

"What?" Lin Chi paused, "What did you say?"

"Oh, I didn't mean that, I thought you all knew about it." Di Deng jumped off Lin Chi's arm, and deftly opened the door in front of him, "Come in first, the reward is inside."

"What's wrong with Huaiyin?" Lin Chi hurriedly opened the door and followed the footsteps of the floor lamp, but his focus had obviously been separated from the reward.

"He's dying."

"He has already died! How can he still die!"

"When a person dies, he becomes a ghost, and when a ghost dies... it probably means that the lamp is exhausted and the soul is gone. Do you understand?"

"..." Lin Chi couldn't speak, and could only stare straight at the floor lamp, but the latter could read thousands of words from his eyes.

"It's inevitable that people die and the lamp goes out. Let's mourn and let it go, Xiao Chi." The lamp jumped onto the only table in the room, and pressed a small wooden box with its paws, "One must learn to face The life of losing a parent."

"Can't you save him? Aren't you a god?" Lin Chi took two steps forward abruptly, leaning his body against the table.

"Life and death are fates, and there is no power to overcome the sky. Besides, even for gods, you can't ask too much."

"...I'm sorry." Lin Chi covered his face dejectedly, unable to accept this fact for a while.Even though Shen Jinghan had made such an assumption at the beginning, he just regarded it as the one that "wouldn't happen" and "wouldn't happen".

When the worst outcome becomes inevitable, Lin Chi's collapse is inevitable: "Then what are we doing now?"

"Save your life."

"Why can you save me but not Huaiyin?" Lin Chi stubbornly wanted an answer.

——Because I am in your karma, I can save you.But I didn't involve Huaiyin's karma, so I can't do anything about him.

But Di Deng didn't intend to explain so much to Lin Chi, she patted the small wooden box under her palm: "Because there is only one reward, you can only save one person."

"Then save Huaiyin!" Lin Chi whispered.

"Then what should you do?" The white cat asked calmly, "If you save Huaiyin, you will die, because you escaped a death calamity once, so you will die in an extremely tragic way, it will be very painful, and you will lose your life. Hard-won friends, family, a peaceful life and... Lou Qi. Even so, are you still determined to use this only chance to save Huaiyin?"

"..." Lin Chi looked up at the serious cat on the table, "Yes, I'm sure."

When turning around and walking back, Lin Chi thought a lot. The days when he came to Huaiyin, and the days after meeting Lou Qi... replayed them frame by frame in his mind.He had encountered many misfortunes in this life, but what he recalled before he died were mostly happy memories.

Finally, he remembered the lamp before asking him: "Is it worth it? Huaiyin has already died once, but you are still alive."

"It's not a question of whether it's worth it or not. There's no room for choice at all. I can withstand death better than Huaiyin. After I die, I become a spirit. After he dies, there will be nothing left, right? How else can I choose?" Lin Chi asked back.

"Then have you ever thought about how sad Huaiyin will be when he finds out the truth? Sending a white-haired person to a black-haired person is the last thing parents want to suffer."

"Why do I think you don't want me to save Huaiyin?" Lin Chi looked at Dideng, this innocent boy, after he was determined to die, suddenly there was a trace of clarity in his eyes.

Di Deng lowered his head, unwilling to meet his gaze: "I just feel sorry for Xiao Qi. If he knew that he still killed you in the end, I don't know how painful it would be."

This time, Lin was silent.

When this life was coming to an end, Lin Chi found that there were many things he couldn't let go of, but Lou Qi was the only one he couldn't let go of.

Friends all have their own lives, and Huaiyin's wandering feelings also have a belonging.If there is anyone who can never lose him, probably Lou Qi is the only one.

Making this decision was far from as easy as Lin Chi showed. He made the most sensible decision with the least loss that he could do, but this does not mean that no one will be hurt because of this, this is destined to be hurt The person in question was Lou Qi, and Lin Chi was especially uncomfortable with this knowledge.

"I'm going back." Lin Chi turned and left the room on the bottom floor. Now that he had made a decision, he wanted to visit Lou Qi again.

"Xiao Chi, I will stay here and wait for you. You can come back and change your decision before nine o'clock in the evening."

"I won't come." Lin Chi paused, "I've already decided."

"Aren't you going to ask Xiao Qi?"

This time, Lin Chi didn't stop...

Pushing open the door of the exhibition hall, I saw the long-lost sunlight falling on the ground. It was only a few minutes apart, but it seemed that the light of a century had been lost.

Lin Chi spun his heels, walked to Lou Qi's temporary room, opened the door and went in. Seeing him coming back, Lou Qi showed a relieved smile: "It's solved?"

"Lou Qi..." Lin Chi endured and endured, but his eyes still turned red. He knew that he was not qualified to cry, but the person in front of him was Lou Qi!

"What's wrong? What happened?" Seeing Lin Chi's weeping face, Lou Qi's heart sank. Could there be something wrong with the plan of the ground lamp?

No, although floor lamps are usually unreliable, they are never sloppy in major matters. What made Lin Chi show such an expression?

"Lou Qi, Di Deng said, my father is going to die." Lin Chi looked down at Lou Qi holding his hand, "...when he dies, his soul will be gone."

If it is necessary to select a person who knows Lin Chi best, Lou Qi can easily win the crown. After Lin Chi said that, he had already anticipated the next development.

He remained silent. He was the one who brought this death to Lin Chi. In this world, he was the only one who had no right to accuse Lin Chi of abandoning him.

"Xiao Chi..." In just a few seconds, Lou Qi cleared his throat with a tickle in his throat, "As I said, I will unconditionally support all your decisions."

Some words are not spoken, it is already the last tenderness. Knowing that Lin Chi is facing death these days, he is not doing well at all... Don't torture him anymore, give him hope and make it shattered, it is better to just do it Crispy, have a good time.

"Lou Qi, Lou Qi..." Lin Chi grabbed the corner of Lou Qi's clothes, sobbing softly, "I'm sorry, but Huaiyin took so much trouble to get to this point. It would be too pitiful to die now."

Lou Qi showed a smile uglier than crying: "Then have you ever thought about yourself? Have you ever thought about me?"

"I've thought about it! I've thought about it! If I die and become a ghost, I can still stay by your side, stay with you and rely on you, and I won't leave even if you drive me away!" Lin Chi's eyes were red and he wanted to cry He looked very much like a bunny, but in the end Lou Qi relented and pushed him into his arms.

The moment he was hugged by Lou Qi, Lin Chi finally cried out with a "wow".

"Do not cry."

"sorry Sorry……"

"I don't blame you, stop crying." Lou Qi held the little thing in his arms that hurt his heart, and slowly closed his eyes, as if this could stop the soreness in his eyes.

Lou Qi coaxed softly, Lin Chi stopped crying quickly, he leaned in Lou Qi's arms, and asked him cautiously: "Lou Qi, do you think it hurts when people die?"

Lou Qi glanced at him: "Regret?"

"No," Lin Chi's big wet eyes rolled around, and he rubbed against Lou Qi's arms again, "That's right, Di Deng always told me that I would die a terrible death, and I was a little scared."

Lou Qi smiled wryly, and patted his head: "Don't think about it, why don't you go and say goodbye to them while there is still time?"

"No, we can see you after death," Lin Chi wrapped his arms around Lou Qi's shoulders and shook his head, "Now I just want to be with you."

"What are you doing with me?"

Lin Chi didn't speak, and tilted his head to look at Lou Qi for a while, then leaned over and kissed his lips: "Come on, I want you."

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Lin Chi reluctantly left Lou Qi's embrace, he needed to go downstairs to give Di Deng a final answer.

This time, Lou Qi went with him.

When going down with the floor lamp in hand, time passed very slowly, the dark stairwell seemed to have no end, and there were countless monsters gnashing their teeth and sucking blood hidden in it. They held their breath, waiting for Lin Chi to be careless, and then pounced out, He eats cleanly.But when he was with Lou Qi, the road seemed so short, and it came to an end in an instant... Lin Chi wished it would be slower, slower, so that he could lead the person beside him to the end of time.

However, he still has to face his choice after all.Lou Qi stopped in front of the last door and let go of Lin Chi's hand: "Go."

Lin Chi took one last deep look at him, then turned and pushed open the door.

"You're here, have you changed your mind?" Di Deng flicked his tail, his eyes of a different color shone with a strange light.

"I haven't changed my mind, please use this reward to save Huaiyin."

"sure?"

"I'm sure." As Lin Chi's voice fell, golden light burst out all around, and the white cat stretched and deformed in front of Lin Chi. The ground lamp body.

"Congratulations for solving the seventh puzzle and successfully clearing the level. You have received the gift of the great Earth Lamp. However, due to the forceful intervention of destiny, this reward can only be used to eliminate your death."

"Hey..." Lin Chi was taken aback, "Didn't you say save Huaiyin?"

"Oh, silly little Chi, don't you understand yet? 'Save yourself or save Huaiyin', this multiple-choice question is the puzzle on the seventh floor."

"You mean...you haven't pulled out the seventh layer of riddles?"

"That's right! Destiny is unwilling to reward a selfish person, so I forcibly changed my seventh puzzle. I had no choice but to cooperate with him, but now you have cleared the level!"

"...Then what about my father?"

"Looking at the friendship between the two of us, I'll buy one and get one free. Xiaoqi also guessed earlier that your father is not an ordinary evil spirit, but a living being. His body is a promise given to him by Shen Jinghan." It is a jade pendant of good quality. His condition has been unstable recently because he has been away from Shen Jinghan for too long, and maintenance of jade usually requires someone to wear it close to his body..." Di Deng suddenly smiled with an inscrutable expression on his face, "so it is appropriate The □□ is still very necessary.”

Lin Chi's face turned red, but he confirmed it anyway: "As long as that's the case, is it all right?"

"Yes, I said that he will have an accident because I deceived you because of the puzzle setting, it's not that serious."

"Then my death calamity is also solved?"

"Ah."

"Although I really want to hit you, I still want to say thank you, thank you for saving my life." Lin Chi grinned, showing a big smile, and he didn't care about how Deng just tricked him into turning around .His death is solved, Huaiyin is fine, he doesn't have to make a dilemma between Huaiyin and Lou Qi, that's enough.

He couldn't wait to tell Lou Qi the news, he pushed open the door, only to see the back of Lou Qi turning and leaving.

—He is angry, and he has not forgiven me yet.

Lin Chi chased Lou Qi all the way back to the noodle shop, but thinking that Lou Qi was angry, he was so frustrated that he didn't even dare to open the door to go in.

After lingering at the door for nearly a quarter of an hour, Lin Chi was slipped into the private room by Dan Qingti who finally couldn't stand it anymore.Looking at Lin Chi's pitiful face, Danqing said clearly, "Did you quarrel with the boss? No wonder he looks so ugly."

When Lin Chi heard this, he couldn't even lift his head up. His little head was almost on his lap. Seeing this, Danqing shook his head helplessly, and explained him: "Don't do this, isn't it just a quarrel? Between lovers How normal it is to quarrel, besides, you are still married couples."

Lin Chi raised his head in embarrassment, and looked at Danqing eagerly: "But I made him angry."

Dan Qing was taken aback by his pitiful expression, and then patted his head: "Boss loves you so much, if you make him angry, please apologize, he will definitely forgive you."

"Really?"

"Of course! You see how much trouble you have caused the BOSS since you both met? When did he really care about you?"

Lin Chi thought for a while, and thought it made sense, he was panicking now, wishing someone would give him advice, Danqing said that Lou Qi would forgive him, he immediately gained courage, thanked Danqing, and went upstairs to find Lou Qi.

Lin Chi gently pushed open the door, only to see Lou Qi lying on the bed with the book spread over his face, wondering if he had fallen asleep.Lin Chi leaned over and lay down next to him. After a while, he felt empty again, so he simply reached out and hugged Lou Qi's thin waist.

Lou Qi didn't respond, neither struggling nor hugging Lin Chi back.Maybe he really fell asleep?Lin Chi blinked, and buried his face in Lou Qi's embrace, Lou Qi's aura pervaded his body, Lin Chi soon fell asleep in a daze.

When he woke up again, he was lying on the bed covered with a quilt, but Lou Qi was not by his side.

Lost in the first game.

Hugging Lou Qi's pillow and sniffing the breath above, Lin Chi cheered himself up silently in his heart, then went downstairs to continue looking for Lou Qi.

Lie Nu was still afraid of pestering her husband, so he didn't believe Lou Qi didn't forgive him one day.

For the next whole day, Lin Chi circled Lou Qi. When Lou Qi drank tea, he would stay beside him and refill him with water. When Lou Qi read a book, he moved a small stool to accompany him. When his own pillow rushed into Lou Qi's room silently, Lou Qi finally couldn't hold back anymore.

"Xiao Chi, what are you doing?" Lou Qi rubbed his forehead helplessly, "It's late, go back to your room and sleep."

"..." Lin Chi stared blankly at Lou Qi, his big wet eyes had "委" written in his left eye and "Qu" written in his right eye, and he almost couldn't cry.Lou Qi couldn't bear to look away, he planned to teach the little thing in front of him a lesson...

But this stalemate didn't last long. Soon, Lou Qi heard the rustling sound of undressing, and when he turned around, Lin Chi almost stripped himself naked.

"..." Lou Qi froze for a moment, picked him up, put him on the bed and wrapped him in a quilt.At first Lin Chi struggled endlessly in the quilt, but he didn't calm down until he embraced him with the quilt.

"Lou Qi, you heartless man, if you eat me up, you don't want me anymore."

"It's nothing, don't talk nonsense." Lou Qi tightened his arms, letting the little ancestor in his arms toss around.

"Then tell me, why don't you...talk to me anymore." Lin Chi rubbed his head on his shoulders aggrievedly, Lou Qi freed up a hand to scratch the bridge of his nose: "Because I'm angry with you Ah, little bastard."

When Lin Chi saw that Lou Qi was finally willing to talk to him, he immediately stopped being wronged. He stretched out two hands from under the quilt, and put them around Lou Qi's neck coquettishly: "Don't be angry with me, you ignore me today, I'm so sad."

"Then have you ever thought that I will be sad too? You just give up on yourself and our relationship so easily..."

"I didn't! I..."

"I know what you think is that even if you become a ghost, you can stay by my side, but Xiaochi, if something goes wrong, what do you want me to do? You also asked me if it hurt when I died, did you Have you thought about it, when you die, will I be in pain?" Lou Qi whispered a lesson to the child in his arms, Lin Chi took advantage of his unpreparedness, leaned forward and kissed him on the mouth: "I'm sorry, I know I was wrong."

Lou Qi lost his temper after being tormented by him, and patted his buttocks through the quilt: "Do you dare next time?"

"Don't dare..." Lin Chi knelt on the bed and straightened up, hugged Lou Qi's head and gently pecked Lou Qi's face. Pressed under the body, regained the dominance.

In the early morning, Lou Qi cleaned up the two of them, then leaned against the bedside and watched Lin Chi quietly.Maybe it was because of the distance, Lin Chi moved his body, moved closer to the heat source, rubbed his face against his waist, smacked his lips in satisfaction, and continued to sleep.

Lou Qi touched his face amusedly, and suddenly remembered that when they first met, Lin Chi rushed into the noodle restaurant with a face full of panic, and the moment he saw himself, his eyes were amazing, clean but without the slightest prying eyes, and suddenly Let Lou Qi remember him.

By chance, they got married.

The ground lamp repeatedly emphasized the uniqueness of the talisman in his ears, and he didn't know if it was fate, but he lost that important talisman and fell into the hands of the person in front of him.

When the Tang Xue incident happened, Lin Chi begged to come to the door. At that time, he had already begun to be interested in Lin Chi, and even out of a man's protection of his spouse, he indulged Lin Chi and accompanied Lin Chi to find Tang Xue's past. .

In fact, at that time, Lin Chi was already faintly different from others in his heart.

When that troublesome father-in-law took Lin Chi away, Lin Chi didn't show up for several days, which made him feel uncomfortable. After learning that Lin Chi disappeared, he was even more anxious.He even teamed up with Huaiyin just to find him.

Years ago, if someone told him that he would join forces with the evil spirit for one person, he would have scoffed.But in fact, he really did.He was vaguely aware of Lin Chi's specialness, but he was really sure of his feelings when Lin Chi ran to the school to investigate Anyang's death without telling him, and was almost pushed downstairs by Liu Tianjin.

He rejoiced more than once, but fortunately he arrived in time, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.Seeing Lin Chi, who looked terrified and embarrassed, became relaxed the moment he saw him, and even had an aggrieved expression on his little face, Lou Qi wanted to press him against the wall and give him a good kiss, so as to teach him a lesson. Disobedient little guy.

There is no so-called earth-shattering love between them. After his beloved little guy recognized him, he stuck to him and watched him, invading his life little by little. When he came to his senses, Lin Chi had nowhere to go. Gone, but he is not disgusted, he likes this kind of life.

This time, although he was a little angry, he was still angry that Lin Chi didn't discuss with him and made his own opinions.But he knew in his heart that even though Lin Chi had given up the only chance to save himself for Huaiyin, he still hesitated and suffered because of Lou Qi!If he didn't exist, maybe Xiao Chi wouldn't even need to worry about it...

No, if there is no Lou Qi, Lin Chi will not encounter death.

Thinking of this, Lou Qi bent down and kissed Lin Chi's little cheek.He thought to himself: This child Huaiyin has been well raised, although he may never know that his child was willing to die generously for him at the moment of life and death.

I don't know if it was because he felt Lou Qi's breath, Lin Chi who was kissed on the cheek suddenly smiled, rubbed his head, and fell asleep against Lou Qi's body again.

Lou Qi couldn't help laughing, and looked at the time, it was almost 1:[-] in the morning, he reached out to turn off the night light, turned over and hugged Lin Chi, and fell into a deep sleep.