Sludge to the Mountain Ghost

It was itchy, but he couldn't scratch it off, leaving only a large, useless red mark in the end, which made him even more upset.

It didn't take long for Xu Rui to bring a few boxes of stir-fried vegetables back. They gathered around a desk to eat, and no one spoke.

After eating, Lin Pai started to pack the lunch box, Xu Rui didn't intend to help, just lay down on the bed, and even took out his winter vacation homework to write.

Lin Pai returned to his bed, took out a math test paper, and fell asleep on the pillow before he even finished writing the multiple-choice questions.

This sleep was restless, and in the evening, Lin Pai woke up in a daze, raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead, and found that the quilt on his body was tightly covered, and the test paper that should have been crumpled had also been put away. On to the bedside table.

Before returning the thermometer, he went to the bathroom to wash his face, and then took his temperature again.

Xu Rui had heard the movement a long time ago, turned his back on him on purpose, and continued to write the test paper pretendingly.

"The test paper is turned upside down."

Hearing Lin Pai's voice behind him, Xu Rui returned the test paper in a hurry. He hesitated for a while, and simply threw the test paper on the bedside table.

Turning around, Xu Rui saw Lin Pai handing out the thermometer, and he took it and held it up to his eyes to read the reading, "37 degrees one... okay, do you want to eat first or do business first?"

"Come back and eat." Lin Pai said while putting on his coat. Xu Rui followed behind him. When he held the doorknob, he suddenly turned around and asked, "Are you hungry?"

"Not hungry, let's go."

In the twelfth lunar month of winter, it gets dark early, coupled with the recent rain and snow, there is only a faint skylight left outside after five o'clock.

There was no taxi on the way, and the thin old man in charge of the reception kindly reminded them to walk a few steps forward and take a taxi at a lively street corner.

The weather is too cold, and there are not many metered taxis. Most of them are private cars for soliciting customers.

Xu Rui bargained with several drivers for 5 minutes, and finally chose the one with the lowest price, and got into the back seat of the car with Lin Pai.

The little old man at the hotel said it would take 10 minutes, but the taxi arrived in half the time.

The architectural style of this place is similar to that of the hotel street, but it has a sense of age. The gray and white cement exterior wall has experienced sun and rain, and a large area of ​​mottled high places is dark and a little more crumbling in the rain and snow. feel.Looking around, there is a messy construction site in the distance, which should be demolition.

"Can you find which building it is?" Xu Rui followed behind with an umbrella, walked through a fence that was in vain, and entered the so-called community.

"Building 8, there was a road sign just now, it should be going forward."

Lin Pai stopped and walked, looked left and right from time to time to look for road signs, and found this building at the end of the community.

The old-fashioned building has a total of six floors and there is no elevator.When he climbed to the fifth floor, Xu Rui heard that Lin Pai was panting a little, so he slowed down secretly. Unexpectedly, Lin Pai walked past him and stood on the steps a few steps higher and looked back at him, with a little "you Why are you walking so slowly?"

Coming out of the stairs on the sixth floor, there is a long corridor with a corner at one end. Lin Pai walked to the left to find the house number, but Xu Rui held his arm and dragged him to the right, "This way."

There was a figure at the end of the corridor on the right. The man was thin and tall, wearing an old leather jacket. Maybe it was too cold outside. When he turned the corner, Xu Rui saw him breathing into the palm of his hand.

"The house number you are looking for should be behind that corner, which is the direction the man went just now."

Lin Pai didn't wear glasses, and his night vision is not good, not to mention that the corridor is very dark, even if it is broad daylight at this time, what he can see at this distance is still blurry, "Go over and have a look."

When they reached the corner, the man was knocking on the door of a room. Lin Pai wanted to get closer, but Xu Rui dragged him back to the corner, and said in a low voice, "That's the room, do you know that man? He doesn't It will be..."

"No way..." Lin Pai shook his head uncertainly, "Lin Kangrong should be a little shorter than him."

"Did it really move away?"

"Maybe..." Lin Pai sighed silently, feeling both disappointed and relieved.

Two heads protruded from the corner, and they saw that someone opened the door, the woman took the umbrella from the man's hand, and the man entered the room with his arms around the woman's waist.

Lin Pai stopped breathing, and suddenly retracted his head, Xu Rui turned his head and looked at him with concern.

The sound of closing the door came from behind the corner. After a while, Lin Pai said in a daze, "It was my mother who opened the door."

37. Chapter 37

"It was your mother who opened the door, the one who went in...wasn't your father?" Xu Rui couldn't hide his surprise in his tone.

"You can say that."

"The amount of information is a bit large..." Xu Rui looked down at him. The light in the corridor was very dark, and Lin Pai's outline was obscure. He stared at the floor, unable to tell whether he was relaxing or in deep thought.

Xu Rui's heart felt sour for no reason, he suddenly pulled Lin Pai into his arms, but couldn't find a suitable word, so he just hugged him without saying a word.

Not long after, Lin Pai gently pushed Xu Rui away, and he took a deep breath and said, "Let's go, we're already here, go and have a look."

They walked around the corner and passed two houses. There were two windows on the corridor side of the house, and anti-theft windows were installed outside the windows.

The lights were on in the room, and the warm warmth penetrated through the beige curtains, staining Lin Pai's somewhat pale face with blood.

"Why isn't he here today?" The sound insulation of this old house is not good. Standing outside the window, apart from hearing the baby crying in the next house, you can also hear the voice of the man in the house quite clearly.

"I'm away from home, and I won't be here for a few days."

"Then I'll stay with you for the next few days."

"Are you daring? Don't tell me you don't know when Lin Kangrong will come back. The neighbors saw it, what should I say!"

"Tsk... Whatever you want, stay overnight tonight, and leave the head office early tomorrow morning."

"Be careful when you leave, people in this area get up very early."

……

When Lin Pai was young, for a period of time, he often had auditory hallucinations, and what he heard was Lin Hejing's voice.

Later, the auditory hallucinations disappeared, and Lin Hejing's voice was like a stone thrown into the deep sea. If it sank deep enough, there would be no waves on the sea.

Until now, Lin Hejing's voice was continuously transmitted to his ears through a wall, and he discovered that the memory of this voice was brought out from the mother's womb, and it did not increase or decrease due to the years. Accompany him all his life.

"What the hell are you doing walking around! You're so annoying..." The man's voice continued, and then, the two figures sitting opposite each other on the curtain began to move, and the man seemed to hug Lin He quiet.

"I put these dirty clothes... Hey! It's still so early, don't..."

"A few rags, let's talk about it tomorrow!"

"Let go! If you are too busy, eat two more bowls of rice, there is still in the pot!"

The sound of pushing and shoving in the room seemed to have a breathtaking magic power. Lin Pai felt his temples throbbing. The auditory hallucinations in his childhood reappeared, blending with the voice of a woman next to him. He took a step without even thinking. Go to the door.

"Lin Pai, Lin Pai...don't be impulsive..." Xu Rui shouted his name angrily, stretched out his hand to grab his arm, but was led to the door by him instead.

"Boom, boom, boom—"

The sound of knocking on the door echoed in the corridor, and the room suddenly fell silent, except for the baby next door who was still crying tirelessly.

Lin Hejing lowered his voice this time, and the conversation with the man became blurred. After some movement, Lin Pai knocked on the door impatiently, and then Lin Hejing shouted from the room:

"Who?"

"I."

"Who are you... Lin Pai? Why do you—"

Just as Lin Hejing opened a crack in the door, Lin Pai couldn't wait to push it in. Lin Hejing, who was holding on to the door frame, staggered back two steps, and it was Xu Rui who followed behind to support her.

The house is small, the kitchen and the living room are connected together, and there are unfinished leftovers on the table. Other than that, there are only two rooms and one bathroom, and they are finished in a few steps. Lin Pai sweeps into the two rooms. After looking around, he couldn't find the man, so he turned back and asked Lin Hejing, "Where are others?"

"Xiao Pai, why did you come here? Did something happen on the way? Did you have dinner tonight?"

Lin Hejing recovered from the initial panic and shock, her eyes gradually filled with tears, she eagerly held Lin Pai's arms on both sides, and kept looking up and down at her son who was already a head taller than herself.

Impatiently, Lin Pai pulled out his held hands, raised his voice and asked repeatedly, "I'm asking you about someone else!"

"Ah? He, man..." Lin Hejing looked at her empty palm in bewilderment, a few tears seeped into the wrinkles next to her nose, and was wiped away casually with the back of her hand.

"Who are you? You! I said that old man Lin Kangrong got on the train, how could he come back so soon..."

The bathroom door was pushed open, and a tall, thin man walked out swaggeringly, looking at Lin Pai and Xu Rui, the two uninvited guests, with a look of annoyance on his face. He was a few years younger than Lin Hejing by visual estimation, with a thin figure and a coat in his hand , wearing a close-fitting woolen sweater.

"You go back to the room first, go back to the room first... don't make trouble here..." Lin Hejing hurriedly stopped him and pushed him into one of the rooms.

The man couldn't figure out the situation either. He stood on the spot like a stylus, unable to push. Instead, he grabbed Lin Hejing's hand and asked, "Who are these two little boys? Damn, what kind of bus are you!"

"What are you talking about!" Lin Pai angrily ran forward, facing the thin and tall man's mouth