Chapter 27 The Banquet of Death (End)
Along the way, Song Qingluo was sleeping. At first, he curled up and slept against the window. Lin Banxia saw that this posture was a bit uncomfortable, so he tentatively asked him if he wanted to lean against him. Song Qingluo glanced at him drowsily and simply leaned his head over.
The staff member sitting in the co-pilot looked at the interaction between the two in the rearview mirror, his eyes almost popped out, and he looked away stiffly for a while.
Lin Banxia didn’t realize it, and took out his mobile phone to play with it. His mobile phone had no signal for several days, but now it could finally be used. There were many missed calls, mostly from Ji Leshui. The message from Ji Leshui went from a gentle inquiry at the beginning to a hoarse cry at the end: “Lin Banxia, if you don’t reply to me, I will call the police! Have you been kidnapped by Song Qingluo? Did you go abroad to get a kidney?? Please, brother, answer my call!!!”
There were more than a hundred messages with such content. Lin Banxia quietly sent him a voice message back, saying that he was fine. It was just that there was no signal on his mobile phone for the last few days, so he didn’t reply.
Song Qingluo slept soundly, completely ignoring what was happening around him.
The off-road vehicle drove out of the mountain village and reached the small town, but did not stop. Instead, it followed the national highway and hit the highway heading towards an unknown place. Lin Banxia sat in the car, wondering where he was going. He stayed up for a while before he fell asleep with Song Qingluo.
When he woke up, Song Qingluo, who was supposed to be leaning on his shoulder, was leaning against the side, and almost his whole body was embedded in Song Qingluo’s arms.
Lin Banxia was stunned for a moment, then raised his head and saw Song Qingluo’s half-lidded black eyes, which were calm and calm. He said, “Are you awake?”
Lin Banxia suddenly felt embarrassed: “I’m awake now.”
Song Qingluo: “Wipe your saliva, we’re almost there.”
Lin Banxia: “…” He sat up straight and quietly wiped away the saliva from his lips. The speed of the car gradually slowed down and finally stopped. Lin Banxia looked at the watch and found that eight hours had passed. He didn’t wake up even once in the middle of the drive, and was sleeping more soundly than at home.
Through the car window, he saw the unfamiliar scenery outside. They seemed to be in a parking lot, surrounded by white walls with dense round objects hung on the walls. Lin Banxia thought they were cameras at first, but who knew Song Qingluo seemed to see through his thoughts and said lightly: “It’s a weapon.”
Lin Banxia: “…”
“Get out of the car.” Song Qingluo said.
Lin Banxia jumped out of the car, stretched her body, and said strangely: “Hey, where are the cars carrying the village chief and Mou Xinsi? And Jiang Ruonan?”
Song Qingluo said: “They are in other places and we will see them later. Are you hungry?”
Lin Banxia nodded honestly: “I’m hungry.”
Song Qingluo looked at his watch: “It’s still early, come with me to have something to eat first.” He yawned and led Lin Banxia through a black iron gate.
Behind the iron gate was an all-white building. The door was white, the walls were white, and the lights were also white. For a moment, Lin Banxia was so blinded by the large white rays in front of him that he couldn’t open his eyes. Song Qingluo seemed to be used to it. He led Lin Banxia through several doors and arrived at a place that looked like a dressing room. Then he took out a set of black clothes from the cabinet and motioned for Lin Banxia to change into them.
After Lin Banxia put it on, he discovered that it was work clothes with a €€ pattern. Song Qingluo also changed his clothes. The two of them entered through the door and passed a total of five levels. Some of these levels were for disinfection and some for scanning. Lin Banxia once again felt how heavily guarded the place he was about to enter was.
After passing the checkpoint, they entered the building. Lin Banxia saw many people wearing the same clothes as him. These people seemed to know Song Qingluo. Almost everyone glanced at the two of them intentionally or unintentionally.
Song Qingluo ignored these looks and took Lin Banxia to a place similar to a restaurant. He casually ordered his food then turned to ask Lin Banxia what he wanted to eat.
Lin Banxia looked at the menu and was still confused by the environment here. He calmly asked the core question: “Do I need to pay?”
Song Qingluo: “…No.”
Lin Banxia: “0.0 Can I have two sausages?”
Song Qingluo: “…Okay.”
Three minutes later, the two of them each took two set meals, a bottle of coke, and two grilled sausages, and started eating happily. Lin Banxia had been eating compressed biscuits for a few days. Now he was moved to tears by eating whatever he wanted. After almost eating, Song Qingluo looked at his watch again and said it was almost time, so he took Lin Banxia with him and went to a closed room.
There was a projector hanging in the room and a huge soft sofa. When Lin Banxia sat on it, he felt like he was sitting in a soft pie, and his expression showed his happiness. Song Qingluo pressed the remote control next to Lin Banxia, and the projector in front of him lit up.
The first person who appeared on the projector was Jiang Ruonan.
She sat expressionlessly on a chair, talking to the cold camera through the glass.
The emotionless voice behind the camera asked her name, age, gender, and other irrelevant questions. Jiang Ruonan ignored him and was very uncooperative until…the staff took out the stone that Song Qingluo brought back.
“Do you recognize this?” the voice asked.
Jiang Ruonan glanced at the stone, her eyes obviously flustered. She pursed her lips and stubbornly refused to answer the question.
The voice did not speak, and remained silent for about three minutes before saying: “Conduct a preliminary experiment.”
The stone was carefully placed in the transparent glass house in front of Jiang Ruonan by a mechanical arm. In the room, there was a staff member wearing protective clothing. The staff member gently stretched out his hand and held the stone. When Jiang Ruonan saw this scene, she showed a horrified expression.
The staff member in protective clothing held the stone for one second, two seconds, three seconds… He who was sitting suddenly stood up, let go of the stone in his hand, and covered his neck tightly, as if lacking oxygen, his body bent down, looking as if it was extremely painful.
A piercing alarm sounded, and two mechanical arms quickly lifted the staff out. The stone fell to the ground, making a soft clicking sound, which was not pleasant, like the cold taunt of the god of death.
Another staff member came in, and like the previous staff member, he bent down and wanted to hold the stone. However, the moment he stretched out his hand, the mechanical arm that had been staying above his head suddenly malfunctioned, made a crisp sound, and hit him head on. The staff member couldn’t dodge and was hit by the mechanical arm. His body fell to the ground and was quickly moved out by the mechanical arm.
Then a third staff member entered the room.
“Stop, don’t try, you will die!!!” Jiang Ruonan, who had been watching all this, couldn’t stand it anymore. She screamed like a frightened child, “What are you doing, you will die?!”
“Why, why did they die?” asked a cold voice.
“This thing can think, it likes death, and all creatures that come close to it will die.” Jiang Ruonan began to cry. Only at this time did she look like a thirteen-year-old child, helpless and fragile, ” Only by creating death will it not harm you.”
The stone lay quietly on the ground, its smooth appearance exuding an alluring light.
The cold voice said: “Continue.”
The third staff member started to move. He ignored Jiang Ruonan’s scream and picked up the stone again.
“Crack” – the AC on the staff’s chest burst out with bright sparks, followed by a burst of black smoke. Although the work clothes were fireproof, his respirator was quickly filled with thick black smoke. He coughed loudly while being forcibly dragged out by the mechanical arm.
“Look, look!” Jiang Ruonan cried, “I didn’t lie to you, I won’t lie.” She sobbed, slapping the glass in front of her, which softened people’s hearts. “I really didn’t lie to you.”
A black curtain lowered on the glass, blocking her view of the glass room. She looked blank, thinking that the experiment had stopped, but Lin Banxia and Song Qingluo, who were sitting on the other side of the screen, knew that the experiment was still going on.
The owner of the cold voice probably felt compassion and didn’t want her to continue watching.
Jiang Ruonan’s cries became more and more harsh, and she cried so sadly that she slid down from the chair and curled up into a ball like an injured hedgehog. The cold voice did not ask any more questions, but she muttered to herself and told a story that belonged to her.
“I have been working since I was six years old. At that time, I was weak and could not carry water. My grandma punished me by giving me a basin and asked me to go to the river and bring a basin back. I could not spill it. If I spilled it, I would have no dinner.”
Jiang Ruonan rarely saw her parents. She learned from her neighbors that they would only come back when they gave birth to children. At that time, she still didn’t understand why her parents would only come back when they gave birth to children. She waited and waited, just wanting to see them once.
They must be like Xiao Zhuang’s parents next door, bringing back lots of gifts, right? When she gets older, they might take her away from this remote mountain village and bring her to the city. Then she can wear a pretty little skirt and eat sweet candies.
Jiang Ruonan had always been looking forward to this.
It wasn’t until she was thirteen years old that she actually met her parents. They came back together. Her mother came back with a pregnant belly, and her father supported her. The two seemed particularly close. They also saw Jiang Ruonan, but their eyes seemed to be looking at a stranger, without a trace of warmth, and even some disgust that Jiang Ruonan could not understand.
Her father reluctantly smiled at her and said that Ruonan was already so old. Her mother refused to even smile and stared at her like she was a monster. Jiang Ruonan didn’t understand why she saw such an expression in her eyes. Was she a monster? Why was she a monster? The little girl was confused. She was kicked out of the house, and her mean grandma asked her to fill the water tank in the yard before she could come back. She turned her head and saw the heavy snow covering the mountains outside the house. That year’s spring seemed to have come earlier than in previous years, but somehow, she felt that the weather was colder than in previous years.
The water was very heavy and had to be carefully poured into the water jar. Jiang Ruonan lifted the pole with her thin shoulders, and the cloth shoes she wore on her feet trampled through the half-melted snow. She rubbed her nose, which was red from the cold, and wanted to go home quickly, so her steps were a little bigger than before.
Finally arriving at home, Jiang Ruonan had just put down the burden on her shoulders when she heard a child crying from inside the house. The cries came one after another, and there seemed to be more than one. Was it her younger brother or sister who was born? Jiang Ruonan’s heart overflowed with indescribable joy. She stood at the window and looked curiously into the room, vaguely hearing the conversation in the room.
“Boy, it’s a boy!!” was her mother’s cry of joy.
“Why is there still an oil bottle?” Grandma muttered dissatisfied.
“Then what should I do? I’ve already given birth to a baby.” Mother said, “Is it possible to give it away again?”
“I see that Old Yang’s family in the town outside is short of a girl. I’ll give it to him. We already have Jiang Ruonan at home, so why do we need so many more?” Grandma said.
“Stop talking, it’s disgusting.” The mother said, “Mom, why did you give her such a name? It’s so unpleasant.”
“What’s wrong with it? If we didn’t choose this name, how could our family have only this little seedling?” Grandma said proudly, “I still have the foresight…”
Listening to the conversation between the two, Jiang Ruonan suddenly felt a little cold, not her skin, but the inside of her body, as if the blood was freezing inch by inch. She heard the door open, hid in the firewood pile nearby, and saw the wet nurse coming out with a baby in her arms.
That baby was Jiang Ruonan’s sister who was about to be sent away. She watched her grandma go out and headed to the left, and suddenly felt a little strange. Shouldn’t the way to the town go to the right? What was she doing on the left? With this in mind, Jiang Ruonan took a step forward and followed her.
Grandma did not go to the town. She followed the winding mountain road all the way up, and finally arrived at the cave at the end of the water source. It was pitch dark there, and Jiang Ruonan was a little scared. She watched her grandma go in, and when she came out again, her hands were empty. .
Where is my sister? Where did my sister go? Jiang Ruonan wondered blankly. Did grandma throw her into the cave? It’s so cold now, wouldn’t she freeze to death?
Grandma left, and Jiang Ruonan followed in. Without a light, she could only grope her way forward, but her heart gradually became cold. She walked to the end of the cave and never heard a baby cry from the beginning to the end. Her feet stepped on the cold melting snow, and at this moment, she suddenly understood where her sister had gone – she was in this cold stream.
Jiang Ruonan probably wanted to cry, but at this moment, her eyes were too dry to shed a single tear. She knelt down in the gurgling water and slowly buried her body in it. The melting snow was biting to the bone, and her mouth was filled with the cold stream water. She didn’t dare to think about where those sisters who were unlucky in her neighbors’ mouths were now, nor did she dare to think about the stream water she had been drinking for more than ten years, and what kind of secrets were buried there. For the first time, she hated this village, hated her own name, and hated everyone who asked her maliciously why she was a girl.
There was a soft sound, and something seemed to fall in front of Jiang Ruonan along the melting snow. She reflexively stretched out her hand to hold the thing. It was extremely cold. She seemed to be holding the coldest piece of ice in winter. At this moment, she seemed to hear the call of the distant mountains, and an indescribable murmur filled her mind. She heard the screams of people and saw dead animals. Countless broken pictures flashed before her eyes. Her almost frozen body suddenly warmed up. She lowered her head and kissed the thing that fell into her hands with the most pious gesture.
It was a black stone with scales like a coiled snake. It was lifeless and lying quietly in Jiang Ruonan’s hand. Jiang Ruonan didn’t know what it was. She just felt that her body was interacting with this thing. Resonating. At this moment, she seemed to have lost her emotions. Deep in her soul, there was only a cold, emotionless darkness. In the darkness, there was a terrible voice screaming longingly, screaming for Jiang Ruonan to bring it its sacrifices.
Jiang Ruonan moved, she stood up, followed its will, and threw it into the stream. She was soaked all over, but suddenly she didn’t feel it. She hummed a song, like a cheerful bird, jumping up and down. After going down the mountain, she returned home. When her grandma saw her in a sorry state, she was scolded as expected, but she was not sad. Instead, she laughed, apologized to her grandma with a smile, and said with a smile, “The water tank will soon be filled with the gurgling stream that flows down the mountain.”
That afternoon, it started to rain in the mountains. Jiang Ruonan carried the heavy water tank and filled the water tank at home again and again. She boiled water, looked at her family with satisfaction, and drank the clear spring water in sips. As long as they drink it, they would be with her poor sisters. Isn’t this a good thing? Jiang Ruonan thought. People will die eventually, so this time, please let it be given.
When Jiang Ruonan finished telling her story, she was no longer crying. She had a sweet smile on her face, like a contented child. Such a scene made Lin Banxia unwilling to watch it anymore. The cold voice said soothingly: “You are tired, go to sleep.”
Jiang Ruonan closed her eyes and fell into a deep sleep.
On the other side of the screen, the black stone continued to be subjected to various experiments. Song Qingluo was sitting on the sofa, obviously completely accustomed to the scene in front of him, and even felt a little bored. However, this was the first time Lin Banxia saw such a situation. The people on the screen had changed one after another. Almost everyone who touched the stone would have some accident.
Then they conducted a series of tests on animals. Lin Banxia almost fell asleep as he watched.
After measuring it for a few hours, the mechanical arm moved the stone to another room that was more open and spacious. Then, a man without clothes appeared in Lin Banxia’s sight… When this man first came out, Lin Banxia was stunned for a moment, turned his head and glanced at Song Qingluo. Seeing that there was still no change on his face, he said, “What are they doing?”
Song Qingluo said: “They’re doing a test.”
Lin Banxia: “Then why isn’t he wearing clothes?”
Song Qingluo said: “The ones who had problems before were all in protective clothing. Now it’s to see if he will be safe if we take off the protective clothing.”
Lin Banxia: “…” He was actually convinced by Song Qingluo’s weird logic.
The man seemed to be used to it. He calmly walked to the middle of the room, calmly bent down, and touched the stone with his unprotected hand. This scene made Lin Banxia very nervous, fearing that something would happen and the man would die suddenly, but what he didn’t expect was that nothing happened to this man holding a stone in his hand.
“Huh?? Didn’t you say that the effect of the stone is to absorb life force??” Lin Banxia still remembered Song Qingluo’s speculation. He felt that Song Qingluo’s words made sense at the time, but there was nothing wrong with the man in front of him.
“Didn’t they test it on animals just now?” Song Qingluo said, “If he didn’t die directly, it means that the effect is definitely not to absorb life force.”
Lin Banxia was confused by Song Qingluo: “Then what is the effect?”
Song Qingluo blinked: “I don’t know either.”
Lin Banxia: “…”
Then, there were various test methods on the screen. Lin Banxia didn’t understand them very well at first, but later he also saw some patterns.
If the person who touches the stone does not have any foreign objects around him, then he will be fine, but if there are other objects around him, these objects may cause harm to his body.
Unknowingly, the two of them had been watching for most of the night. Song Qingluo leaned on the soft sofa and fell asleep with even breathing. Lin Banxia wanted to persist, but the fighting eyelids did not give him a chance, so amidst the cold mechanical noise, he followed Song Qingluo into a sweet dream.
The two of them slept like this until dawn.
Lin Banxia was woken up by being patted. He opened his eyes blankly and saw a beautiful face. He was stunned for a moment before he realized: “Li Su?” Li Su was also wearing the same work clothes and looked at him with a smile. Li Su said, “Get up soon, You’re going to miss breakfast.”
When Lin Banxia heard about the breakfast, he immediately became energetic and said, “There is breakfast?”
Li Su said, “Well, Song Qingluo went to discuss something, and asked me to come and call you to eat.” He pointed to the side, “You can wash up inside, and there are disposable underwear. Do you want to take a bath? “
Lin Banxia said: “Okay, okay.”
He slept quite comfortably, and now he was completely refreshed. He took a bath, changed into clean clothes, and then went to eat with Li Su.
The canteen here was very rich and had almost everything. Lin Banxia ordered some porridge and some noodles and was very happy with it.
Li Su smiled and watched him eat. Judging from appearance, Lin Banxia should be the kind of person who is easy to get along with. He had handsome features and his hair seemed to have been dyed. It was lighter than ordinary people’s black hair, more chestnut. The corners of his eyes were slightly drooped, like a gentle little white rabbit. Even if someone was holding his tail, he could only kick his legs. Not even a single cry. However, for such a person, their inner characteristics were infinitely close to that monster Song Qingluo, which was simply incredible.
Lin Banxia noticed Li Su staring. He handed over a bun in his hand and said, “You… want one?”
“No,” Li Su said, “I just want to watch you eat.”
Lin Banxia suddenly remembered something and said carefully: “After eating, are you going to ask me to go in and test the stone?”
Li Su burst out laughing and said, “What are you thinking about? Eat, eat. After you finish eating, I will take you to see Song Qingluo.”
Lin Banxia was indeed not full, so he continued to eat the buns silently. When Song Qingluo came over, he saw Lin Banxia’s cheeks were bulging, like a pitiful, weak and helpless little hamster, and Li Su was bent over beside him. The look in his eyes was like a snake staring at the hamster, which made the hamster very nervous, but even so, he did not forget to continue stuffing buns into his mouth.
“Hey, why did you come back and get it done so quickly?” Li Su was a little surprised to see Song Qingluo coming.
Song Qingluo nodded and said, “That’s almost it.”
Lin Banxia tried hard to swallow the bun in his mouth and said vaguely: “Where have you been?”
Song Qingluo said: “I went to see Jiang Ruonan.”
Lin Banxia said: “Is she okay?”
Song Qingluo said: “It’s okay.”
“What about the stone? What on earth is it?” Lin Banxia fell asleep yesterday and did not watch the follow-up of the experiment.
Song Qingluo sat down next to him, also took a bun and began to eat it slowly. While eating, he said, “It’s almost the same as I guessed, but the method is different.”
“What’s the difference?” Lin Banxia asked.
“The vitality will not be sucked away.” Song Qingluo said softly, “but the more creatures come into contact with it, the higher the probability of death from accidents. When you come into direct contact with it, the probability is biased towards 100%.”
Lin Banxia remembered that he seemed to have touched the stone at that time, and he said in a daze: “Why am I okay?”
Song Qingluo said: “It’s not that you’re fine, it’s that it takes a certain amount of time to achieve its effect, about three to five minutes. It varies from person to person. The specific reasons are still being tested. At that time, you… while I was under, didn’t an alligator gar suddenly appear? This kind of fish is a tropical fish, and it is impossible for it to appear in mountains at that latitude under normal circumstances.”
Lin Banxia sighed, carefully recalled what happened after entering the mountain, and said: “That seems to be the case!”
“The effect of this thing can only be spread through water, and it will even affect the surrounding ecological environment. I guess it also has a special effect.” Song Qingluo said.
“What effect?” Lin Banxia asked.
“When you become the accidental factor that causes death, its effect will be reduced on you. In other words, the more people you kill, the longer you live.” Song Qingluo swallowed the last bite of the bun and took out a tissue to wipe his fingers.
Lin Banxia was shocked. He didn’t expect that there would be such a thing. He also knew what the village chief did. He originally thought that people would do some extreme things in that special environment, but he didn’t expect that there was actually a basis for this kind of behavior. Song Qingluo also said that Mou Xinsi was awake now, and the doctor found a hallucinogenic toxin in her body, which was also extracted from the chicken soup.
Another way to put it was that the mushrooms the village chief put in the chicken soup were poisonous. Based on his confession and after understanding Jiang Ruonan’s situation, they finally came to the conclusion that the village chief was also affected by the stone at the beginning and mistakenly discovered the two kinds of mushrooms. Very similar mushrooms caused the accidental deaths of the first people. After the village chief discovered that he had accidentally killed someone, his mental state became worse and worse. He accidentally figured out the laws of the stone. As long as he was the cause of their death, the effect of the stone would be ineffective on him. Of course, in the village chief’s consciousness, he stubbornly believed that it was the ruthless mountain god who caused all this.
Lin Banxia thought silently and asked the last question, “Where is Jiang Ruonan? What is her relationship with the stone?”
Song Qingluo looked at Lin Banxia and said in a soft voice: “She…may be the companion of that stone, and can also be called a dependent.”
Lin Banxia: “…”
The word “companion” was very unfamiliar to him, but looking at Song Qingluo’s expression, Lin Banxia felt sensitively that it didn’t seem to be a good word.
“What is that?” Lin Banxia hesitated, “Isn’t it something…a good thing?”
Song Qingluo glanced at him and said: “Some people may be infected by heretical things. This infection may cause some changes in the human body, some good and some bad, but most people…will become the slaves of the heretical things.”
Lin Banxia probably understood, and he said: “What will happen to Jiang Ruonan? How will you deal with her?”
Li Su laughed at his nervous tone, patted him on the shoulder and said, “Don’t be so nervous. We are a regular government agency, not an illegal organization. We can’t say how we’ll deal with her. We need to monitor her for a while first, then we’ll see. Depending on her specific condition and the extent of the infection, besides, I’m sure she’ll be much safer with us than in that village.”
Lin Banxia pursed his lips and did not respond.
Li Su twisted the picture: “What, you don’t believe me?”
“What happened to the people who went into the experiment yesterday?” Lin Banxia did not forget, “How many died?”
“Oh, so you are worried about this.” Li Su spread his hands, “Don’t worry, they went through a process before going in. We have special methods to ensure their safety, otherwise there wouldn’t be so many staff.”
Lin Banxia thought about it too.
This matter came to an end. A few weeks later, Lin Banxia, who had returned home, received a detailed report about the stone from Song Qingluo. In the last paragraph of the report, he said something about the village chief. The general understanding was that he killed five or six people, was punished for several crimes, and received a harsh sentence, but there was no mention of any news about Jiang Ruonan.
However, Lin Banxia could not forget this slender little girl, Jiang Ruonan, who would always remind him of his sister.
The stone that caused a lot of trouble had not been sealed. After the experiment, it was concluded that it couldn’t be sealed. There was currently no material that could isolate its effect for a long time. Therefore, it was tentatively scheduled to undergo stress relief for a period of time, and during the release period, its effects would continue to be studied.
Lin Banxia thought of the house number of his house that was also under stress relief. It seemed that since he moved in, this house number had never been able to scare people. Thinking about it carefully, it was really a bit embarrassing.
After resting there for a few days, Song Qingluo took him to a nearby coastal city for a few days.
Lin Banxia was tanned and went home happily carrying the seafood he brought to Ji Leshui. Although he was very happy with traveling, what made him the most happy was the extra hundreds of thousands of dollars in his bank card. He had never received so much money at once in his life. He stood in front of the ATM and counted it several times before he was satisfied. .
The day he returned home was Saturday, and Ji Leshui happened to be at home on vacation, so after getting off the high-speed rail, Lin Banxia called Ji Leshui who was at home: “I’ll be back soon, what are you doing?”
“I’m watching TV at the boss’s house.” Ji Leshui said, “When will you be back?”
Lin Banxia: “I just got off the high-speed train. It will probably be more than an hour before I get back.”
Ji Leshui: “Have you eaten? Why don’t we go out for hotpot together later?”
Lin Banxia said: “Okay, are you okay at home these days?”
“It’s okay.” Ji Leshui said with a smile, “Isn’t there someone with me?”
Lin Banxia was slightly startled when he heard his words, thinking that someone was accompanying him. Could it be that Ji Leshui had found another girlfriend? However, before he could ask, Ji Leshui hung up the phone.
Song Qingluo saw Lin Banxia’s expression was wrong and asked him what was wrong.
“It’s okay, I probably thought too much.” Lin Banxia smiled, “Let’s go back first.”
Although he made a lot of money, Lin Banxia was still reluctant to take a taxi and took the bus back with Song Qingluo. They arrived home about an hour and a half later.
Lin Banxia went to put his luggage at home, then went next door and knocked on Song Qingluo’s door.
After a while, the door opened, and Ji Leshui’s face covered with a bright smile was revealed behind the door. He said: “Banxia, you are back! How was your time?”
Lin Banxia said: “It was pretty good, what about you?”
“I’m pretty good too.” Ji Leshui smiled, “Come in and chat for a while.” He said and turned around.
Lin Banxia’s plan to move forward was halted. At first, he thought he had made a mistake, but after rubbing his eyes heavily, he was convinced that he was indeed not hallucinating. He saw a snow-white skeleton hanging behind Ji Leshui. It seemed to be the skeleton of a child, and it was firmly attached to Ji Leshui’s back in a carrying position.
The author has something to say:
Lin Banxia: Ji Leshui, man, you have some weird sexual fetishes.
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