Invade the World

  Chapter 7 "Don't be Nosy."

  The ringtone has stopped.

  Xu Xiangyang walked out of the office. Not far from the front is the flowerbed, with a thick and tall magnolia planted in the center, with layers of leaves dripping with emerald green, and the fragrance of flowers is pleasant.

  Just now, he and the head teacher talked about what he had met on the roadside this morning-of course not including ghosts-the teacher said that he would react with the grade leader and school leaders to remind him to pay more attention during this time.

   Honestly, Xu Xiangyang, although still a student, knows that this does not sound like a good solution.

  Even if the head teacher is not perfunctory, it is probably too late to wait for the school to come up with effective measures.

  According to Xu Xiangyang’s ideas, simply expelling the black sheep is the best way to deal with the students of this school.

  He knew this was not realistic.

  Do you want to call the police? He felt it was necessary, but what he heard was still too vague after all. After returning home, he could discuss it directly with his sister and see what she said.

  After coming out of the office, he still felt unable to relax. Xu Xiangyang wanted to do all the things he could, so as not to regret it.

  But he went around the school, but he couldn't find Lin Xingjie everywhere.

   "Go home?"

  Xu Xiangyang thought while embarking on his way home.

  ...

  Despite the thought of "Don't go!" in his mind, his legs and feet were not at his disposal, and Xu Xiangyang once again came to the old abandoned house on the street.

  He looked at the building. The windows on the second floor were empty and completely dark. He did not see the old man without eyes again. What happened this morning once again came to mind, vividly, and he couldn't help but shiver.

  It was curiosity that overwhelmed fear just now, but when he really walked here, the alarm bell sounded in his heart, and he was so scared that he could barely breathe.

   "Let's go..."

   He muttered, and walked forward stiffly, then suddenly stopped.

  Xu Xiangyang opened his eyes wide and looked at the meadow in front of the abandoned house, where a few schoolbags were lying quietly.

  Someone went in?

  He swallowed, gathered the courage to get close to the wall, and squatted there for a while.

  One of the school bags is a bit familiar, as if you can see it during class...

   is Lin Xingjie? What is she doing here?

  At this moment, Xu Xiangyang's mind flashed. The conversation he heard in the morning and the rumors he heard before were all connected.

  Xu Xiangyang smacked his lips. A familiar irritability and depression rushed to his heart and drove him to stand up, and he was about to reach the threshold of entry.

  However, after a while, he found himself squatting on the spot without moving.

  Xu Xiangyang's head portrait was frozen, and he couldn't move his legs at all.

  He dare not.

  The black, lifeless and old face seemed to dangle in front of his eyes, and the cold impression lingered.

  If it's just a group of gangsters, he can muster the courage, at least he can call the police, but, but, in this room, there are obviously other things hidden—

   Is that really the case? Calm down and think, is it because you are thinking wrong?

  Of course, considering that this place is really weird, maybe he should remind people who ran inside to leave as soon as possible...but after all, why should he care about the life and death of this group of people?

  This is not the same as seeing death without saving: whether it's a "Haunted House" or a "Ghost", it is not in line with common sense. I really want to go in, and I might still be treated as a troublemaker.

  The most important thing is that you may get entangled in strange things! Some of the ghosts in the horror stories he has heard can be dealt with, and some cannot be dealt with, but the safest way is to stay away from them as much as possible!

  No one will blame themselves for this, why bother asking for trouble?

   On that day, the girl's voice clearly came to his mind again.

  ...

  In fact, after that afternoon self-study, something else happened, something that really brought the relationship between the two to a freezing point and was irreparable:

  The incident occurred during the exam. During the lunch break, the students were all studying in the classroom, and Xu Xiangyang went out for a stroll and relaxed.

  There were one or two classmates holding books in the shade of the playground. He walked all the way to the school gate. There was no one on the side of the spacious pool, except for the occasional noise of vehicles passing by the gate. Even the security guards are not there, probably where are you going to be lazy.

   Then, Xu Xiangyang noticed several figures shaking near the school gate.

He approached and found that one of them was Lin Xingjie, and a few young men stood opposite her. They didn't wear school uniforms. They couldn't see if they were students. They were all evil or hippie smiling faces. No matter how they looked at them, they were all unkind. ; The girl was on guard, and the things she held in her hands were shining brightly in the sun. Although the scene seemed to be downwind, she didn't mean to shrink at all.

  You can see what happened at the first glance. Xu Xiangyang almost didn't think about anything, and immediately shouted:

   "Hey, what are you guys doing?!"

  Several people clustered at the school gate turned their heads.

  The men who surrounded Lin Xingjie dispersed a little, did not leave immediately, obviously there was still a plan.

  Xu Xiangyang did not hesitate, and immediately ran towards the nearest teaching building, and went to the office to ask the teacher for help.

  Waiting for people from the Security Department and a few teachers to arrive, the group of guys had already left, and only Lin Xingjie was standing alone under the eaves, and was called back by the head teacher.

  That afternoon, after the exam, Lin Xingjie, who came out of the office, walked into the classroom. Everyone else stared at her in surprise, while the girl ignored her, walked to her seat, picked up her schoolbag and was about to leave.

  Xu Xiangyang noticed the gauze on her arm that was exposed after she rolled up her sleeves, as well as the unfading bruise on the side of her cheek, and he frowned.

  He thought of the embarrassment that had happened with this girl a few days ago, and he hesitated in his heart. But he felt that he had helped the other party this time, and he should be fine to express his concern...So he couldn't help but ask:

"Are you OK?"

  Lin Xingjie carried the schoolbag behind her back with one hand and strode towards the door, quite chic. After hearing this, she stopped and turned her face to stare at him. The girl's eyes were blocked by the long black hair that fell down, and she couldn't see the emotions in her pupils. She only heard her say:

   "From now on, stop being nosy."

After dropping this sentence, Lin Xingjie turned around and left. Xu Xiangyang, who was left in place, blushed for a while, and only felt that the eyes of the students around him looking at him were prickly like needles.

  ...

  One week later, the monthly test results will be released. Xu Xiangyang's hard work has finally paid off. As a transfer student, not only did he quickly keep up with the learning process, he also took the second grade in this exam, so he was naturally called on the stage to praise by the head teacher.

  He stood alone on the stage, listening to the off-stage class teacher using himself as an example to encourage others, and on occasions that should have been happy, he began to walk away from God.

  Under the podium, Lin Xingjie’s seat is empty.

  He only heard afterwards that Lin Xingjie had been called to receive punishment during that class. She didn't even take the exam. Instead, she fought with people outside the school. It was only natural that she would end up with this.

  "Don't be nosy"...

  Yes, it doesn’t matter if it’s all right?

  Xu Xiangyang had countless confused thoughts in his mind. When he came back to his senses, he was surprised to find that he had already reached the door for some time.

   Indeed, no one else knows about this house.

  But Xu Xiangyang could not lie to himself.

  Thinking of the girl’s affairs made him feel more frank about himself.

  I don't want to worry about anyone's nostalgia. He thought, he only wants to do the right things that will not make me regret in the future.

  Just like at the school gate, he would not hesitate to speak and stop, even if he did it again, he would still make the same choice.

  I was ridiculed indifferently. I felt that I was kindly treated as a donkey liver and lungs, and I felt that I was a hot face with a cold buttocks, so should I give up my own practice? This will make it appear to be overly concerned about others.

  He raised his head and saw that the window on the second floor was still empty, and he felt a little at ease. After taking a deep breath, the boy desperately calming down pressed his hand on the door and pushed it inward...

  ...Huh, can't push it?

  Xu Xiangyang opened his eyes incredibly.

  It can be seen from the outside that the lock on this door is obviously broken, and there is a big hole on the inside. It must be impossible to close it!

  He tried to pull again, but the door remained motionless, as if it had been integrated with the whole house.

  Xu Xiangyang retracted his hand, only to find that his palm was full of sticky sweat.

  This is not normal...

  He backed up a few steps, stood in front of the wall, watching the three-story building in front of him, his hands and feet began to tremble uncontrollably.

  There was no wind, everything around was quiet, but Xu Xiangyang felt that an unstoppable chill spread from the soles of his feet.

In the eyes of a young man, this old house that stands quietly is like a monster crouching on the side of the road. It will open its big mouth at any time and place, and will lure people to chew and swallow it into a dark bottomless hole. Belly.

  The courage in Xu Xiangyang's heart was almost instantly missing, and his body turned back uncontrollably.

  Should you find someone to come?

  But at this moment—

   "...!"

  He heard shouts from inside the house.

   More than one person, full of anger or panic.

  The foot he had just raised was put down again, and he turned to look at the locked wooden door.

  The panic shout stopped abruptly, as if the radio had pressed the pause button and disappeared unnaturally halfway, as if it had been swallowed by something.

  He instinctively realized that this was what this house did—it seemed to have self-consciousness, letting the sound disappear inside of him, and he didn’t want anyone to notice it.

  Xu Xiangyang was silent.

  There are not many people on this street. When he really finds someone, I’m afraid he will...

  He scratched his hair, scratched his cheek, and gritted his teeth.

   Then, he threw his schoolbag aside and stepped back a few steps.

  Xu Xiangyang glanced at the second floor one last time. I don't know if it was his own illusion, it seemed that there was some kind of dim shadow flashing away, but he had no thoughts to think about it.

   Strode forward, the wind whizzed through my ears, my heart throbbed, blood surged, and the sound of distant drums came from my ears.

  He kicked the door, and then hit it again with his shoulder.

   "Open... Open it for me!"

  (End of this chapter)