Greed

In the thick darkness, there is a high mountain made of white bones, the phosphorescence is faint, and there are occasional pure white spots of light nearby, which come from nowhere.

He sealed the white light with his own flesh and blood, and made a plaything like a human being, and that thing transformed into a young man in an instant that he didn't notice.

He knows that the young man is a newborn, but he will not live long in this deep place of hell, and sooner or later he will lose his life and go somewhere far away.He dug out a necklace from himself, the pendant was a rough and cold round stone, the round stone was cut in half, and a ruby ​​was embedded in it.

He hung the necklace around the young man's neck and said, "This is the Khotan ruby, which has hidden my soul. I will give it to you."

The young man accepted it and leaned against Pi, which even worms and snakes dared not approach, let him lean on him with a cold face.Not long after, the boy died, and his body quickly withered in hell, leaving only the ruby ​​necklace.He picked up the necklace and hung it back on his body, looking up as if he was gazing at something. At the moment he raised his head, if there was a light that could illuminate his expression, he might be able to catch a slight change.

It seems to be a lonely look.

He Ping stared blankly at the screen after saving the file.Occasionally he would re-open the short stories he had written before to pick up typos, but every time he opened the story, he would always add some fragments to it.It feels like "remembering" something, those memories triggered by invisible thoughts longing to be written down.

Maybe someone dropped the fragments of memory into the ditch in his heart, but he just emptied himself, and the more he emptied himself, the hands would jump and quickly type them into the file.Sometimes, it's just a few lines of dialogue, sometimes it's a picture.

In the single seat at the back corner of the minibus, He Ping was drafting a draft with a laptop, and the girl in the double seat next door said, "Wow, you are amazing, this is fine, won't you get motion sickness?"

Julina answered immediately: "Ping has never had motion sickness since he was a child. He is notoriously slow and has no nerves, okay?"

He Ping glanced up at the guy behind the girl, curled his lips and said, "Why are you two coming too?" He was referring to Cheng Qiaoxuan and Julina.

Wu Ming in the middle row turned his head and smiled at the three of them, and a gentleman wearing blue contact lenses sitting next to Wu Ming also turned his head and smiled, as if that gentleman had invited them to come.Cheng Qiaoxuan smiled cheerfully, and explained to He Ping like a baby: "Mr. Gu invited us to play because he said that the minibus still has places. A Ping, don't you like me and Na?"

Facing Cheng Cheng's sweet smile, He Ping's momentum completely weakened, and he smiled dryly: "No, it's just a question."

Julina snorted. "Ah Ping is very easy to get along with, how can he not like someone."

"That's right, I also think that Aping people are very nice."

He Ping was inexplicably issued a card by Cheng Qiaoxuan, and he heard Wu Ming laughing in front of him.

The company's interior design department rented a total of three nine-passenger minibuses. Because there were several vacancies, Wu Ming invited He Ping, and Gu Yueshen invited Julina and Cheng Qiaoxuan.He Ping didn't expect the two of them to appear, but Wu Ming was surprised that He Ping would know such a hot girl.

In addition to the five of them and the driver, there are also three sisters, Rainbow, Mi Lin, and Yazi. Because they often work in groups of three and they are also friends in private, they are called the three sisters.They chatted in the front row of their own country, and occasionally passed the snacks to the back to communicate.

Cheng Qiaoxuan saw He Ping's too long bangs and hair falling down all the time, couldn't help but took out the extra hair bundle in the bag and gave it to him: "Lend it to you."

"Thank you." He took the pink fur ball and handed it back after a few seconds of silence.

Julina embraced Cheng Qiaoxuan and made a face at He Ping. He Ping ignored her with squinted eyes, put away his laptop and took a rest, picked up the dark blue hair bundle found in the bag and tied up his half-length hair. Comb the back of the head and bundle it into a half head.

The scene outside the car was getting farther and farther away from the urban buildings. As the car got on the smooth highway, Cheng Qiaoxuan fell asleep leaning on Julina's shoulder, and He Ping dozed off leaning on the window glass. Everyone's chatter was gradually replaced by the music on the car.

In fact, He Ping just closed his eyes and rested his mind. He accidentally raised his eyelids and glanced sideways at the person by the window in the middle row holding something, which reflected a red light that made people worry.He Ping closed his eyes and said silently in his heart: "This man's surname is Gu, and his name and surname are very special. His name is Gu Yueshen." 』

Sometimes my colleagues would call Mr. Gu by his nickname and call him to join the moon.Coincidentally, Gu Yuecan's birthday is in March, and he usually doesn't like to wear suits, and when he doesn't see clients, he will show up in casual clothes, because the company doesn't strictly require them to have a suit and tie, as long as they can afford it.

He Ping leaned his head against the glass window and laughed silently.Based on Wu Ming's actions, being able to stay in one company for so long was nothing more than superficial tricks. Other than that, he found a good helper or backer.Gu Yueshen was supposed to be one of Wu Ming's helpers.He has an easy-going personality, speaks politely, knows how to tell jokes occasionally, and looks more human than Wu Ming.

Wu Ming said that Gu Yueshen was very popular with girls, and that sometimes looking tired would make women feel maternal and caring.He Ping doesn't think so, he should be slightly better than anyone who can inspire motherhood.Julina doesn't count, she is a devil and a tyrant.

One of Mi Lin and Yazi was playing video games, and the other fell asleep holding a novel. Rainbow turned her head and peeked at Gu Yuecan, and talked to him with a subtle smile: "I didn't expect that Shenyue would also participate in barbecue activities. In my impression, you don't seem to like it very much." basking in the sun?"

Gu Yuecan thought for a moment and nodded, "But it's wrong to go outside once in a while. And this time isn't the place suggested by Rainbow? I think it should be quite interesting."

Rainbow's cheeks turned red quickly, and she turned her head and sat upright, hiding her shy expression. "I hope you all have a good time. Usually no one knows about that stream, so there are no tourists, and the environment is very quiet."

"I'm really looking forward to it." Gu Yueshen responded politely, Rainbow nodded and smiled, even He Ping, who had his eyes closed, could feel the bright radiance of youth.

Rainbow held a black velvet cover in her hand, and she wanted to wait until she could be alone with Gu Yuecan to give him the gift, in fact, she had already planned to confess to Gu Yuecan during this trip.

Three vehicles arrived at their destination one after another. The creek is actually in a mountainous area, and the road is very narrow, and ordinary vehicles cannot enter.Everyone got out of the car and carried their luggage and barbecue utensils. While admiring the beautiful scenery, they went deep into the mountains. The air was fresh and cool, and the mountains were covered with layers of mist.

The only man-made facility by the stream is a two-story wooden house area. The central one looks older, and the side is obviously built later, but it’s not too new. They are at least ten years old, which is similar to ordinary houses. The mountain house that is taken care of is different, but it is amazing that it has not been eaten away by termites.

He Ping, Wu Ming, Gu Yuecan, and the driver Brother Cai lived in a room on the first floor, while Julina, Cheng Qiaoxuan and the three sisters lived in a large room on the second floor. It happened that the three wooden houses were allocated accommodation by car.

He Ping put his luggage and lay down on the bunk. Wu Ming kicked his arm with his foot: "Hey, you house creature, don't stay in the room when you're here!"

"Mmm, oh." He Ping casually responded, Brother Cai had already run out for a walk first, Gu Yueshen also came over to invite him: "He Ping, go out for a walk with us."

He Ping was more polite to strangers, he scratched his cheeks and sat up to hang out with the two of them. Before he could walk out of the door, he heard the people outside praised: "Wow—it's different from the exhaust gas in the urban area. The air is so good. It's so cool."

During this period, there was a conversation between Cheng Qiaoxuan and Julina.

He Ping rubbed his eyes and followed Wu Ming down the stairs. He unintentionally glanced at what was going on with the so-called "beautiful valley" and shivered instantly.

"Wow - it's so cool."

He Ping thought these words were very gloomy, because he knew that the white mist covering the mountains and valleys was by no means fog, because the fog would not appear in the form of people or beasts floating around on the water.

After staying in this business for a while, some of He Ping's not rare "potentials" were inspired, which made it hard for him to believe that he could enjoy this trip.

Wu Ming bumped He Ping with his elbow, and asked triumphantly, "How is it? Not bad. Thank you for inviting you."

The corner of He Ping's mouth twitched, and he imitated someone's admiration tone with a dry smile: "Wow—what a spectacular sight." Hundreds of thousands fluttered.Hope they're not interested in grilling people...

Four private cameras were set up by the creek, and everyone took pictures together. He Ping stood in front of Wu Ming, the bear, and Julina was next to him. Taking advantage of the flash of the camera, Julina pinched He Ping's cheek mischievously and made a YA gesture.

After the photos were taken, everyone dispersed. The three sisters were in charge of cooking the soup, the mature women in the second car were in charge of handling the ingredients, and the fire group was directed by Brother Cai.As for the people responsible for cleaning up after the incident, the only members of the car were Gu Yuecan and He Ping.After confirming the pre-departure assignments, there was still some time before dinner, and they took each other for sightseeing. Rainbow raised his voice in front of the forest and reminded him three times: "Remember to come back to the wooden house to gather at 03:30, don't act alone."

He Ping, who didn't care about Rainbow's reminder, came to the stream alone, found a big rock and climbed up to view the scenery.He found that although there were many wandering spirits, they were still far away from the wooden house, watching each other across the bank.Strictly speaking, he was the one waiting and watching with them. After all, among this group of people, none of them seemed to be sensitive.

He looked down under the stone, and his impression was that Wei Mengting said that if the stones near the water are mostly sharp, it means that the evil spirit is also heavy.He scanned around, and the nearby stones were almost round.Feeling relieved a little, He Ping was frightened by the face in the shadow of the rock under the water, and a black face under the water was grinning at him.

"whee."

He Ping thought it was a child, but he still felt nervous.

"You're taking my place."

He Ping pretended not to hear, and then slowly climbed down the rock, but only then did he realize that the rock was easy to climb up, but there was no point of support to climb down.

"What's the rush, I'll just go..." In other words, He Ping was lying on the stone in a funny posture, with his butt facing the woods, and the wooden house and the stream on the left and right.Who, who came to help him, Wu Ming ran to pick up the girl, damn it.

"I'm here to catch you."

He Ping looked diagonally behind and found that it was Gu Yuecan, that gentle-looking man who was showing a reassuring smile to himself with his arms outstretched.Ah, savior!He Ping frowned, and slowly let himself slide down the stone.Gu Yuecan stepped forward to support his waist, and successfully carried him off the boulder.

"Haha...so embarrassing." He Ping laughed awkwardly, then whispered in a low voice, "Don't tell others."

"I don't think there is anything to be ashamed of." Gu Yuecan glanced into the stream and said, "Why are you not afraid of danger when you go to the water's edge alone?"

"Oh. It's all right. I'm not going into the water."

Gu Yueshen smiled and frowned: "Even if you don't go into the water, it's still dangerous to go alone."

"well enough."

"Mr. He." Gu Yuecan suddenly put on a serious face, and said in a serious tone, as if scolding him lightly, "It's troublesome, it seems that you are a very hard-toothed person, you won't listen to what you say."

"Yes... I'm sorry, I will pay attention to safety." He Ping smiled, but it was obviously perfunctory.

I can’t really blame He Ping’s iron teeth and blind eyes. He has been used to being warned by people around him since he was a child. No one trusts him, including his mother, sister, teacher, and classmates. He always feels that he will cause some trouble, but every time he is injured Always someone else, he can often save the day.

After a few times, everyone stopped playing with He Ping, because He Ping would never have an accident, but it was easy to get hurt around He Ping, even family members.Therefore, my sister doesn't like him approaching his mother. Although my sister takes good care of him, she also keeps a vague distance.Only Julina would play with him, and strictly speaking, his best playmate was Julina, a tomboy who was not afraid of hitting or breaking.

As for Wu Ming, although he had a few unlucky experiences, it is very interesting that Wu Ming seems not to be unlucky due to the influence of He Ping, but he occasionally caused He Ping to lose money or unlucky, and even the subjects that were pawned in the past are the same. , Half a catty.

"He Ping, do you want to go for a walk in the woods?" Gu Yuecan kindly invited He Ping to hesitate, as if realizing that someone was watching them.

"San Yue, you are alone."

Gu Yueshen smiled bitterly: "Yes. If you are too popular, you will be jealous of other male colleagues, so you might as well find a reason to act alone. Let's go for a walk together. You look confused. I will take care of you for Wu Ming."

He Ping nodded and followed him, muttering: "I'm not confused, this look was born to me by my mother."

Gu Yuecan walked in front, with a sly smile on his gentle and delicate face, his eyes narrowed into crescent moons, he looked like a fox at first glance.

At this moment, a woman's scream came from the woods in front of him. He Ping and Gu Yuecan looked at each other.

It was the employees of Sanche. The two girls hugged each other and cried, while the other man went crazy like a dog, scraping dirt on the ground, crawling and scratching the ground quickly with his forelimbs, his eyes were hanging and his hands were bruised .

He Ping was stunned for a moment, not knowing how to approach, Gu Yueshen observed calmly, then snapped off the twig nearby and threw it towards the man, the man convulsed on the ground after being hit by the twig, He Ping rushed Go forward and hold him down so that he won't move and get hurt.

"Li Yinggui, wake up and cheer up." Gu Yueshen also stepped forward to pat him on the cheek, Li Yinggui obviously passed out.

He Ping turned his head to ask about the situation, but the two girls turned pale with fright, hugged each other and cried loudly.Julina and Cheng Cheng just came to comfort them, and they were shocked when they saw Li Yinggui's appearance.

"What's going on, what happened?"

"He Ping shrugged at Julina with an expression of "I want to know too".

They carried Li Yinggui back to the wooden house. Li Yinggui's hands were wrapped like bear's paws. The two girls were named Su Jing and Sun Xiaomei.

According to them, Li Yinggui was chatting with them. On the way, Li Yinggui suddenly said that he was dizzy and wanted to rest, so he sat on the root of a tree. Who would have thought that he suddenly fell to the ground like a wild animal, scratching and crawling, but he didn't look like he was chasing anything. , and seemed to be struggling, and his face was getting paler and paler, as painful as if he couldn't breathe air, and his throat kept making depressive noises.

During the gathering time, everyone returned to the wooden house area to prepare dinner. Since the incident about Li Yinggui made people feel nervous, everyone didn't talk much.Li Yinggui woke up without any memory of what he had done, and fell into a coma after eating something.

Since He Ping was particularly concerned about Xing Jiuye's exhortation, he tried to be more concerned when he brought the dinner to Li Yinggui's room, and the only answer he got was: "Before I lost consciousness, I felt like I was drowning."

During dinner, Wu Ming and some colleagues tried their best to stir up the atmosphere, and even dragged He Ping into the water to dance with Brother Cai in the dance of the ancient youth group.

However, Cheng Qiaoxuan's smile was so cute, He Ping suddenly wanted to be handsome, he failed a somersault but almost fell to the ground, it was Gu Yueshen who caught him deftly, and that scene looked like a princess hug at first glance.

Being embraced by the princess in front of so many people, He Ping felt so ashamed that he exploded no matter how he looked at it. Finally, he took a plate of golden needle clams and steamed fish and slowly went upstairs to the railing to eat slowly, crying silently in his heart.

"Hmph, a man doesn't flick his tears easily, damn it, bastard Wu Ming, remember it for me." In fact, He Ping is very narrow-minded, but he doesn't usually care about many things.

At this moment, a gust of wind caressed the back of his neck, and He Ping shivered for no reason. He looked around nervously. Everything seemed normal, but he still didn't dare to relax. cabin.

"Hmm." There seemed to be a voice laughing like that, He Ping slowly turned his head to the side with the plate in his hand, mustered up the courage to stare back, and there was another gust of wind. It will remind him of Xing Jiuye.When I think of that person, my chest feels stuffy and prickly, tsk.

"So you are here."

He Ping was taken aback by Gu Yuecan's greeting, and then laughed and said, "It's you. Thank you today."

Gu Yue took the drink and approached He Ping, and asked, "Thank me for what?"

"A lot, you are taking care of me today." He Ping blushed inexplicably.It's disgusting, it's embarrassing, and it's depressing to think about being embarrassing just now.

"Do you like Miss Cheng?"

"Yeah?" He Ping desperately shook his head, "No."

Gu Yueshen didn't answer, but just smiled ambiguously.

"I think she's cute, you know that no matter how old a man is, he wants to be handsome in front of a girl he admires..."

"Appreciate it." Gu Yuecan nodded in agreement. "However, your childhood sweetheart Lina is even more eye-catching. Many colleagues secretly ask me about her."

"By the way, how did Sanyue and Lina know each other?" He Ping took the opportunity to change the subject to the other party.

"I got to know each other naturally. I admire tough people."

"Strong, haha." He Ping couldn't help laughing: "She is really super strong. She may be slender and pretty on the outside, but her inner strength is not what she looks like."

"Hmm." Gu Yueshen looked at He Ping with a strange look.

He Ping waved his hand and explained, "No. I don't like Cheng Cheng, and it's even less likely that I like Julina, the superheroine. I just wanted to be handsome, but it was self-defeating, alas."

"Don't worry about it."

"I've been humiliating in front of you today."

"It's so cute." Gu Yuecan said.

"No. I don't want to be told that." He Ping chewed on the enoki mushrooms.

"But it's really cute."

He Ping suddenly grinned, pointed at his back with a bamboo stick and said, "Arzi is looking for you, they are waving at you on the second floor opposite, hurry up."

Gu Yuecan smiled helplessly, turned around and walked down the stairs, showing a disdainful expression when his expression was covered by the shadow.

"Hey." Gu Yueshen thought annoyedly, finally got close to He Ping, but happened to bump into a woman who wanted to confess, some peach blossoms can't be done if she doesn't want them.

As soon as Gu Yue Shen left, He Ping was left alone on the second floor of the wooden house, and the people below began to set off fireworks, which was relatively lively.The tickling wind blew again, and the air flowed slowly, brushing over the bare skin in the air, and scratching his skin with goosebumps.

In fact, the wooden house was brightly lit inside and outside, but the buds of fear were not so easy to remove. In order not to scare himself, He Ping decided to go downstairs to find that bastard Wu Ming.He picked up the plate and turned around to rush downstairs, when he saw his own overlapping shadows doing different movements.

Because there is not one lamp in the corridor, it is natural for the shadows to be dark and shallow, but the deepest shadow in the center pulls the other light shadows to the head and eats them, leaving only the deep shadow in the end, with his hands on his hips As if looking at He Ping.

"Yes, I have something to say, do you have any grievances and want me to help... But, you can make it clear in your dream, it's not, it's not good to make my shadow like this."

The shadow grinned, the mouth reaching to the cheeks and ears, He Ping freed his hand, and whirled out the hand gesture of Xing Jiu Yejiao before: "Ha ah!"

The shadow was scattered, the scolding was covered by fireworks, and the shadow returned to its original shape. He Ping froze because something cold "wrapped" him from behind. It was bones, and each one was white. Wrapping around his body, the ribs cling to him like a vest.

He Ping was so frightened that he couldn't make a sound. He didn't pee his pants at this time, so he should have been "trained" before, but his heart was about to explode.The original name of Labor Bank should be Mental Power Bank. He Ping really wanted to faint, but his head was very clear when he was extremely frightened.

"Idiot."

"Huh?" The voice was so familiar.

"If you only know one move, you have to use all your strength and run away after hitting. If you are like you and you are still stunned after hitting, you are looking for death."

He Ping was startled, the plate dropped, this cold and contemptuous way of swearing was Xing Jiuye!

Xing Jiuye silently retracted the bones and those scary tricks, and said coldly to He Ping who was still frozen in place and did not dare to move rashly: "You can turn back."

He Ping slowly clenched his fists, and shouted angrily at Xing Jiuye with the same move: "Ha! Boom! Boom! Boom!" It was like a cat punching, fast but not hurting the ghost warlock.

Xing Jiuye knew that He Ping would go into a rage if he was overly frightened, and he had been prepared to see the tricks. At this time, no matter how dull the people downstairs would be, they would notice the strangeness upstairs. He pushed aside He Ping's qi sword, and kicked him out of the room. door, stretched out his arms to strangle He Ping's neck and dragged him into the room.

Wu Ming and some colleagues were having a good time eating, they all raised their heads at the same time, and they didn't know who asked first, "What's the noise upstairs?"

"Ah."

"Could it be an office romance, hehehe."

"You gossip, but I love you, gossip with me."

Wu Ming also echoed, "That's right, who is with whom?"

The people downstairs chatted again, and Xing Jiuye pressed He Ping against the wall by the door from behind, and said calmly: "If they find out now, I will kill them and leave no one behind."

"Don't go too far, you evil spirit!"

Xing Jiuye said with a hint of a smile, "That is to say, you are only now realizing that I am an evil ghost again. I am not afraid of retribution and sin, so I can do whatever I want, you'd better not make me unhappy."

"Let go, let go! It's hard to talk like this." Turning his back to Xing Jiuye reminded him of the feeling of cold bones just now, which made him a little uncomfortable.

Xing Jiuye let go, still bullying He Ping, the two of them were almost close to each other, He Ping stopped muttering, "You can't scare me like this."

"Do you know where this is?"

"It's a mountainous area. The central mountainous area."

"..."

"Eastern? Easterly mountains?"

"...Forget it, being confused is your style." Xing Jiuye retreated, and continued: "This is a place of exquisite geomantic omen, and many spirits or practitioners will come to absorb the essence."

"Essence of the sun and moon?" He Ping said and laughed.

Xing Jiuye nodded seriously. "Well, not only the sun and the moon, but also the aura hidden in the mountains and rivers of this place. Those who cultivate are not only spirits and monsters, but also ghosts and demons."

He Ping looked at him, wondering if this was a dream as he blinked his eyes.

"Xing Jiuye, why did you come here suddenly?"

Xing Jiuye gave him a contemptuous look. "You never noticed that I was hiding in your shadow?"

"What, my shadow, are you hiding in my shadow?" He Ping looked down at the blackness under his feet, feeling a little complicated in his heart.Because the other party made a living by this kind of strange magic, so it is not surprising that he knows anything, but he is an ordinary mortal, there is no reason for him to accept it.

Wait, does this mean that Xing Jiuye knows what embarrassing or dangerous things I have done all day today?The mood suddenly became worse than when I heard Zhengmei's laughter.

"Then why didn't you show up earlier!"

Xing Jiuye felt that this question was too stupid, so he just snorted coldly as a response.

Su Jing and Sun Xiaomei in the other wooden house ate the food brought in from outside, and were depressed in the room.Perhaps other colleagues thought that Li Yinggui's situation was an abnormal activity caused by a lot of pressure. Others thought that talking about ghosts and gods in the suburbs would not affect their interest, but they had already cast a shadow in their hearts.

"Xiaomei, do you think Agui is stuck?"

"Don't talk so nonsense." Su Jing glared at her, sighed and said, "I'll take Ah Gui to the temple to worship later. Fortunately, it was only a hand injury."

"Well, I can leave tomorrow anyway. I feel more and more scary here. It's fine during the day, but I feel uncomfortable in the evening. How should I put it, there are a lot of strange winds."

After hearing Sun Xiaomei's words, Su Jing stared straight at the mobile phone on the table. There were a bunch of cute charms hanging on their mobile phones, and it was logically impossible for them to turn around without anyone touching them.

However, the two beautiful mobile phones were spinning in front of their eyes, turning to the left for a while, turning to the right for a while, turning...turning...