Well of Mystery

It's easy to sleep and close your eyes, but it's not as simple as wishing to fall asleep.

After finally ignoring the provocative breath on the back of his neck, Bai Xiuqi closed his eyes and remembered Li Kun's expression full of madness.

How is that kid now, is he still wandering around in his apartment?Will the pampas grass cause any damage to him?Is it unethical for him to walk away like this... There are many questions rushing up, disturbing his mind.

Perhaps sensing the clue from his uneven breathing, Jiang Chenglu suddenly stretched out his hand, pressed the sides of the back of Bai Xiuqi's neck with his thumb and index finger, and rubbed it slightly.

"...?"

Bai Xiuqi was taken aback, and the little bit of drowsiness disappeared without a trace.

He wanted to move, but soon found that there was a numb feeling of weakness spreading from his neck to his back, chest and abdomen, and then his waist and legs.Muscles are relaxing one by one, and they are so soft that they can't lift a trace of strength.

"Don't move, it's a sleep aid."

Jiang Chenglu signaled him to rest assured, then lowered his voice and read a series of mantras softly.

I don't know if this kind of spell is really effective, or if Jiang Chenglu's low tone of voice has played a hypnotic effect.Anyway, Bai Xiuqi's eyelids became heavier little by little, and his completely relaxed body leaned limply on the person behind him.

"good night."

These were the last words he heard.

Perhaps it was because of the effect of hypnosis, even though she was not in the bed she was familiar with, Bai Xiuqi still slept very darkly and sweetly.Without the harassment of the mobile phone alarm clock, he slept until he woke up naturally before opening his eyes.On the side of the bed, a window covered with a layer of newspaper let in gentle light.

His mind gradually cleared up, and he found himself lying flat on the bed with a quilt covering his stomach.The pillow cover that was used as a [-]th line yesterday was wrapped around an arm, but there was no one around him.

"Wake up, how did you sleep?"

Jiang Chenglu stood at the edge of the table with bowls and chopsticks. The ones bought from outside were already ready, and the sesame seed cakes, soybean milk and deep-fried dough sticks were quite normal.

Bai Xiuqi nodded his head as a greeting, got up scratching his hair, and went to the corridor to look out in a daze. In the early morning of Xuanjing Apartment, all the flashes of spiritual light last night were silent, only birdsong came from afar.

A new day begins so plainly.

Because I left in a hurry last night, I didn't bring my daily necessities, change of clothes and clothes.Although Jiang Chenglu bought new toothbrushes and towels from Jiulihuai early in the morning, Bai Xiuqi was still itchy from the habit of getting up early to take a bath.

The rooms in Xuanjing Apartment do not have independent sanitary facilities, and there is a public bathhouse on the first floor of the South Building.

It is said to be a bathhouse, but there is absolutely no hot water, and it is a place where no one will peep when you take off your clothes (of course, there are such places everywhere in apartments nowadays).

According to Jiang Chenglu's instructions, Bai Xiuqi walked into the bathroom carrying a plastic bucket containing toiletries and a pot of hot water.Pushing open the rotten wooden door that was so broken that it could only guard against gentlemen but not villains, he only glanced into the bathhouse before hurriedly backing out.

weird.

It was so weird that he didn't know what to say first.

First of all, the inside of this bathhouse, from the floor to the wall, to the ceiling, is all red.And it's not the kind of bright red that is particularly bright and positive, but a dull, blood-colored one.

Secondly, in this blood-red space, sat a long-haired woman in a red dress.

Hit a ghost, no doubt hit a ghost.

Now Bai Xiuqi has been able to come to this conclusion relatively calmly.

It seems that there is a female ghost in the bathhouse of Xuanjing Apartment, which seems to be something incomprehensible.

The only thing I can't understand is how the tenants here overcome their psychological barriers and complete the important task of bathing and cleaning in such a wonderful environment.

Just as he was sighing, he saw someone from the West Building walking over with a plastic bucket. It happened to be Le Yaochun, an employee of the Taobao store who had greeted him a few days ago.

"Yo! Hello, little boss!"

The cheerful student sent a warm greeting from a long distance, and when he got closer, he looked Bai Xiuqi up and down, and then laughed: "You guys are developing so fast?"

Bai Xiuqi froze for a moment, then lowered his head to look at himself.He is now wearing Jiang Chenglu's clothes and pants, and there are various traces left by Li Kun on his body. It seems that it is very difficult not to be misunderstood.

He didn't bother to explain, so he simply put aside these straightforward questions: "Are you coming to take a bath too? What's going on in the bathhouse?"

Le Yaochun was stunned: "Oh, you saw Xiaohong, she is a ghost."

With such a relaxed tone, it seemed that Jiang Chenglu had already met him in the morning.That's good, to save Bai Xiuqi a lot of talking.

As previously speculated, the little red that Le Yaochun spoke of was indeed a female ghost living in Xuanjing's apartment.Furthermore, she was killed in this bathhouse.

That happened 27 or [-] years ago, and the plot of the murder was relatively simple—Xiao Hong was hacked to death by a mental patient who lived in the same apartment. The scene was very tragic, blood even splashed to the ceiling superior.

Afterwards, people tried to wash and clean it, but the red traces that looked like blood were revealed over and over again.Finally, someone called a team of decoration workers to shovel off the wall surface and ceiling of the bathhouse, and carry out a comprehensive waterproofing and painting treatment.

A month later, the decoration team finished work, and the brand-new snow-white walls and ceiling looked spotless. Those who dared to take a bath in the daytime.Unexpectedly, when the shower head was turned on, streams of blood sprayed out. They were so frightened that they didn't even care to put on their clothes, and fled outside with their buttocks bare.

Because they forgot to turn off the shower head when they left, the sound of the water in the bathhouse kept making noises, even after turning off the main water gate in the compound.After a whole night, the sound of the water stopped, and someone boldly opened the wooden door to look inside. The freshly painted white walls and ceiling had all turned blood red...

Evil ghosts are haunting—this is also the most important reason why Xuanjing Apartment was abandoned that year.

Le Yaochun really has a little talent for storytelling, and the story of the female ghost Xiaohong is described by him as eerie and mysterious.Bai Xiuqi was about to ask why the female ghost was not locked in those rooms upstairs, when he heard a crisp voice coming from above his head.

"Hmph! Let's make it up, see if Xiaohong finds out and won't let you into the bathhouse!"

Bai Xiuqi raised his head, and saw a colorful but unrecognizable big bird gliding towards it, and landed firmly on Le Yaochun's head.

"Clams?"

Bai Xiuqi tried to call out last night's name, and soon got a positive response.

"Little Boss, don't believe this liar's words. The bathhouse is just the most common red paint, which is specially arranged for the convenience of Xiaohong's practice."

In the mouth of Tridacna, there is a new version of Xiaohong's story.

It was a 16-year-old girl whose lifespan was only 4000 years old. She loved reading time-travel novels during her lifetime.In order to travel back to the Qing Dynasty to be a princess, she stole [-] yuan from her family and bought a bottle of "Shenshui" from a scammer on the Internet and drank it all. As a result, the bottle of industrial alcohol sent her directly to Huangquan Road (Note ①) .

Xiaohong's body was found in the underground passage on Hangruo Road in front of Xuanjing's apartment.One night, when Jiang Chenglu came back from cooking the vegetable field, he found Xiaohong, who had become a ghost, sitting on the side of the road crying, and brought her back in a moment of resignation.

"Why put them in the bathhouse?" Bai Xiuqi asked, "If you encounter ghosts, shouldn't common sense send them to reincarnation?"

"Send people to reincarnate, that's the job of civil servants in the underworld."

Tridacna shook its feathers, "A Jiang respects Xiaohong's wishes very much. Anyway, she doesn't harm anyone, and it's good to stay in Xuanjing's apartment to practice. And since I have it, the bathroom has become very cool in summer ..."

Last night, Jiang Chenglu mentioned a few methods of elf cultivation, but there is a big difference between ghosts and elves.Since the ghost is a pure yin body, it must stay day and night, and its range of action is very limited. Therefore, it is necessary to choose a dark, damp, and grounded environment. This is why toilets and bathrooms are the most frequently mentioned in urban ghost stories. Place.

After all, Xiaohong was only a girl before she was alive, how could she be placed in the toilet.So everyone made some changes to the bathroom, and then she was settled in it.

After this explanation, Bai Xiuqi had a general understanding of Xiaohong.Le Yaochun muttered that if he didn't take a bath soon, he would be late for class after a while, so the two of them took a giant clam and pushed open the bathroom door again.

Inside the door, Xiaohong's back was still facing them, and Bai Xiuqi saw clearly that she was sitting on a metal folding chair, her long black hair was scattered on her back, looking a little damp as if she had just been washed.Her two arms were propped up on the chair, turning blue and purple, which is the expression of corpse spots after death.

Bai Xiuqi thought of a traditional Japanese painting theme "Nine Phases", which depicts the whole process of a beautiful woman from death, corruption, to bones.It is a pity that the life of this blooming girl in front of me came to an abrupt end at the most beautiful season...

"What are you still doing in a daze, come here, don't be afraid."

Le Yaochun was still urging in his ear, even pulling his arm forward.

Bai Xiuqi couldn't resist him, so she walked past the female ghost lightly.But at this moment, Xiao Hong, who was motionless at first, suddenly stretched her blue arms, stopping him and Le Yaochun.

"and many more."

Her voice sounded clean, no different from a living person, "Humans have six roots, monsters have twelve, and ghosts are free."

……What's the meaning?

Bai Xiuqi was in a daze when he suddenly noticed that the female ghost's ears were plugged with fashionable white in-ear earplugs, and the other end was connected to an ipad on her lap, and a Korean TV series was playing on the screen.

Is it because I was watching a movie without looking back? !

At this moment, Chu Renmei, Sadako, Kayako... the image that all kinds of female ghost seniors had finally created in Bai Xiuqi's mind suddenly collapsed.He was about to ask what is the point of six sticks and twelve sticks, when he saw Le Yaochun pull out six sticks of incense sticks that were no bigger than the thickness of little fingers from the plastic bucket that he carried with him, and put them on the low table next to Xiao Hong's hand.

Little Red didn't raise her head, her eyes stayed on the ipad screen, but she pointed at the top of Le Yaochun's head with her finger.

"Why do I have to pay for the giant clams?" Le Yaochun pouted, but obediently took out twelve sticks of incense.

After he had arranged all the incense sticks, Xiao Hong finally glanced at the low table, picked up one at random, and put it in her mouth.

With a bang, it was quite crisp.

Is this a pocky from the ghost world? !

This is an eye-opener for Bai Xiuqi.Over there, Le Yaochun and Tridacna finished paying the "bathing fee" and were put into the bathhouse behind the curtain with the bucket.Bai Xiuqi also looked into his plastic bucket in a similar manner.

Sure enough, Jiang Chenglu had already put incense in it.

He took out six sticks and put them beside Xiaohong.But the female ghost reached out and tapped the screen to pause the video, took off the earphones and looked up.

Although her face was also blue and purple, it could still be seen that Xiaohong must have been a very cute girl when she was alive.She looked Bai Xiuqi up and down with bloodshot eyes, and then came to an uncertain conclusion.

"you are human?"

"I'm human." Bai Xiuqi nodded, "I'm just staying here temporarily for the night."

"But you have Ah Jiang's scent on you." Xiaohong looked at him: "A Jiang rarely leaves his own scent on human beings. You are his special person, and I will not accept your incense."

The little ghost's words suddenly put Bai Xiuqi in a good mood, anyway, the incense wasn't his own, so he generously gave it all to Xiaohong.Then he went into the bathroom with a hot water bottle and bucket.

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Note ①: There is indeed news about girls mistakenly taking drugs, red wine or even drugs in order to time-travel. Please be cautious when time-traveling is risky.