Sludge to the Mountain Ghost

The woman who is connected by his own blood, the blood that flows endlessly in his body comes from her.

Maybe some of it came from Lin Pai. He looked in the direction of the bathroom, and there was the sound of rushing water. If Lin Pai didn't agree to him on the train back, or if he didn't go to Shi'an City with Lin Pai at all, Lin Pai should be safe now.

At the end of the new year, the temperature has risen instead of falling in the past few days. During the day, the air is slightly hot, but now it is late at night, and the night wind passes through every pore of the body. It is cool, comfortable, and gentle——

But Xu Rui could smell the rusty smell from the diluted blood in the wind. He ran back to the room in a panic, knelt down on the trash can at the foot of the table, and retched uncontrollably.

From that day on, Xu Rui suffered from blood sickness.

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"Has your arm been straining these two days? According to your age, the healing speed should be very fast. Go back today and rest more, take good care of it, and the stitches will be removed in a week."

The doctor treated Lin Pai's wound, rewrapped the bandage, and asked him to get some anti-inflammatory drugs.

Lin Pai got up to get his coat, and when he saw Xu Rui's back was facing him, he slapped him on the back, "Why are you turning over there?"

"No, I didn't do anything..." Xu Rui helped him put on his coat, and walked with him towards the pharmacy, "We will go to the vegetable market to buy a chicken later, and I will make chicken soup for you... Oh no, buy two, and one will be worth it Give me an experiment."

"What's wrong with you these two days?" Lin Pai bumped into him with his right elbow with a smile, deliberately keeping a short distance away from him, "I'm not used to being so attentive all of a sudden."

"It's nothing, I'm just...wait..."

The bell rang, Xu Rui waited for two days, and finally got this call. Officer Chen only briefly explained a few words on the phone, and asked Xu Rui to go to the police station to talk face to face.

Lin Pai nodded after listening, and asked hesitantly, "Then... shall I go home first?"

"go together."

Heshan Town has become more lively in the past two days. They walked side by side on the road. Under the warm winter sun, every household was immersed in laughter and cursing. All the absurd or ridiculous things that happened in this land in the past, Hidden in the crevices of dust.

Standing at the gate of the police station, Lin Pai squeezed Xu Rui's hand under his sleeve and felt his strong pulse, beating faster than usual.

Lin Pai walked in with him. When Officer Chen saw Xu Rui, he temporarily put down the work at hand and led him into the mediation room. Before entering, his eyes fell on Lin Pai again.

"He's with me, there's nothing he can't hear."

After receiving Xu Rui's affirmative answer, Officer Chen invited them into the mediation room without further questioning, and closed the door behind his backhand.

"We've already clarified the basic facts of this case. I've called you here today to tell you about He Hui's situation." Officer Chen opened his work notebook and continued, "He Hui took out a usury loan before, but she still hasn't paid it. Well, when the loan sharks troubled her, she also found a bunch of gangsters. That's how the fight happened two days ago."

"About her disappearance for a month, it was because she used it and went to other places to hide her debts. But she didn't expect that this group of people really found her, so she ran back again, planning to do nothing, and finally Accidentally blew things up."

"Now she is not only facing a civil lawsuit for debts, but also a criminal lawsuit for intentionally hurting others. It is inevitable to stay in it for a few years. In addition, she will also face a large part of economic claims. You have to be mentally prepared for this .”

"He is under the age of [-], and even if he is, will he be responsible for He Hui's financial compensation? I remember that there is no such provision in the law?" Lin Pai asked.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't make it clear that the compensation is He Hui's personal matter, and everything after that will follow the process. What you have to worry about here, Xu Rui, is whether the guardian should be changed to your father, and It's just... after the college entrance examination, some colleges may have some restrictions..."

Police officer Chen flipped through a few pages of his notebook and explained some details that could be revealed. Lin Pai occasionally asked a few questions, and he answered them one by one.In the end, he had the illusion that he was talking to Xu Rui's lawyer.

Xu Rui stared down at the table and saw an ant crawling along the edge of the table to the bottom of the table and disappeared.

Realizing that the conversation between them was over, Xu Rui raised his head calmly and said, "Okay, I see, is there anything else I can cooperate with?"

"No more..." Officer Chen got up and walked to him, patted his back, and said, "You can rest well when you go back, don't think too much, if you need help, you can come to me directly."

"Well, thank you." Xu Rui thanked and bid farewell to Police Officer Chen with Lin Pai.

On the way back, Xu Rui took a detour to the farmer's market, and actually told the stall owner that he wanted to buy two chickens.

"Half a chicken in chicken soup is enough, even if a family of four eats, one is enough! Take a look at this one!" The stall owner kindly reminded him, and picked out a white chicken and handed it to him. .

The pork stall next door wafted the stench of uncoagulated pig blood. Xu Rui suppressed the churning in his stomach, leaned back, avoided the chicken handed over by the stall owner, and said, "Just one, cough , cough...can you please chop this chicken for me, please?"

"Okay!" The stall owner slashed a few times neatly, packed the chicken and handed it to them.

"You don't look very good, what's wrong?" Lin Pai walked out with him, reaching out to help him carry something.

Xu Rui waved his hand at him, "It's okay, I just think this place is a bit fishy, ​​and my stomach feels uncomfortable...Let's go faster..."

Lin Pai nodded in doubt and quickened his pace.

Back home, Xu Rui took the chicken and went to the kitchen. He didn’t know where to find a complete recipe book, and turned to the page of stewed chicken soup. He said to Lin Pai who was standing by the kitchen door, “What time is it now?” gone?"

"It's almost four o'clock."

"It takes four to five hours for the casserole to automatically turn on...then you can eat it at about eight o'clock in the evening...you go back to your room and rest, I'll just come here."

Lin Pai stared at him in silence for a while, stepped forward and put his arms around him with his right hand, leaned on his shoulder and said in a low voice, "I'm still the same as before, I believe you will handle it well...... You, I'm going upstairs."

After Lin Pai left, Xu Rui prepared chicken soup according to the recipe, which was much simpler than he imagined. After he started to simmer slowly, he fell into a long wait.

He sat on the sofa in the living room next to him, motionless, thinking about what Officer Chen said in the afternoon.

The wall clock on the wall passed by every minute, the dusk outside the house gradually fell into darkness, and the smell of chicken soup spread in the house. He still maintained his original posture and didn't even turn on the lights.

Suddenly he stood up in the dim light, took out the remaining half chicken from the refrigerator, found a piece of bloody chicken, held it in front of his nose and sniffed it vigorously.

In comparison, the bloody smell on this piece of chicken was not strong, but he still couldn't hold back the strong acid reflux in his stomach, and retched uncontrollably holding the trash can.

He put the chicken back and turned and ran upstairs.

Lin Pai was not in the room, he saw the light in the bathroom, and opened the door forcefully without thinking.

Standing in front of the mirror, Lin Pai was still worrying about how to take off his clothes so as not to touch the wound, when he saw Xu Rui push the door aggressively——

"What are you doing! I want to wash... hiss..."

Xu Rui savagely tore off his neckline, bit down on his shoulder, and the faint smell of blood spread from the tip of his teeth to the entire mouth.

45. Chapter 45

The pain made Lin Pai gasp, he raised his hand to push, Xu Rui fell limply to the wall with his strength, Lin Pai looked at his right hand a little helplessly, surprised at the ease just now.

Xu Rui lowered his head and wiped off the blood stains on his lips with the back of his hand, and the corners of his mouth were also smudged red.

The familiar nausea rose again, and he covered his mouth with the back of his blood-stained hand.

Lin Pai stared at him without knowing it, and for a moment he felt that he was wrong—he saw Xu Rui half-raised his head, and smiled palely.

In the next second, Xu Rui rushed forward and pressed Lin Pailong's hand on the collar, and began to lift his clothes recklessly, "I'll help you take a bath..."

"You, what are you doing...don't..." Lin Pai was forced back again and again by the oppressive aura, he didn't dare to use his left hand, so he could only use his right hand to hook Xu Rui, so as not to fall and hit the wall Before, Xu Rui stretched out his hand to cushion his back.

"Didn't the doctor say that your wound recovery is too slow! You won't ask me to help! It hurts just now, right? Why didn't you run away when it hurt? Why didn't you run away when the knife came over? You don't know that I will worry You!"

Xu Rui kissed off the blood oozing from the tooth marks, then buried his head in Lin Pai's neck, his chest heaved violently, "Lin Pai, I love you..."

Lin Pai leaned his head against the wall, the heating lamp embedded in the ceiling was dazzlingly bright, he put his palm on the back of Xu Rui's neck, and felt the veins on his neck beating more and more violently.

He lifted Xu Rui's face, forced Xu Rui to look at him, and asked him, "What's wrong? Is something wrong?"

Xu Rui shook his head palely, "I'm dizzy with blood..."

"You get dizzy? Before..."

In the past, bumps and bumps were common. He has never seen anything wrong with Xu Rui. Just because he fell on his face last time, he only cared about leaving scars and disfigurement. Thinking of this , Lin Pai changed the sentence and asked, "When did it start?"

"Just these two days."

Xu Rui looked away, and wanted to lower his head again. Lin Pai squeezed his