[Folk Horror] Ten Days of Mourning

You stare blankly at your friend, and she also looks at you. After watching for a while, she pushes you: "Give me some reaction."

You have mixed feelings, and all of them rushed to your heart at once, blocking your throat so that you can't speak, and only one sentence overflowed: "You don't have to do it for me..."

The friend just said: "Cut, I like it, so let's talk about it."

"No, this is my business." You don't want to involve your friend any more.It's enough, how can you let her... You already feel the discomfort and fatigue when you summon the spirit yourself, how can you...

"Why are you still telling me this kind of thing? What time is it? Today is the fourth day?" The friend sighed with a serious expression, "Besides, from your reaction to me, I can roughly guess your day. What did I dream about at night: Am I already on a sex order? Don’t stop, don’t interrupt me now, listen to me first. Since I chose to stay with you at that time, I will accompany you to the end—— Just kidding, anyway, my parents got married after divorce, and they ignored me, and I don’t have any other friends. Except you, probably no one cares about me anymore. Apart from you, I mean nothing to anyone. You don't promise me to find a chance to go by myself... It's good to be with you, I am willing to be with you, and I am not afraid of death."

"Why do you say such things?" You are in a hurry. In addition to being impatient, you also have heartache and bewilderment. Every statement of hers is full of emotions. You can't stop yourself from loving her more. "Okay, I promise you! Let's solve this matter together, and then we will go back together, go back to our daily life, don't say such depressing words, I will accompany you..."

With you till the end...if you will.

But this may be too ambiguous, you dare not say it.

"Then let's go to Goddess Zhao tomorrow and ask about Grandma Qian's affairs. Whether it's sending God to ask God or something else, we can always find a solution." The friend laughed, smiling very nicely.

"Thank you." You said earnestly.Although I don't know if you love me or not, but you are so kind to me, thank you.

"You're welcome," the friend waved his hand, "I will take you away, I..." *

What is she trying to say?She didn't say the rest of the sentence.

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After nine o'clock in the evening, your parents came back and asked how you are today and how you ate.Rambling, very warm.You answered one by one, saying that parents have worked hard, go to bed early, good night.Back in the room, you secretly think, it seems that no murder has happened today.This kind of thinking doesn't feel lucky, it just feels uneasy, and I wish it happened quickly, and don't hide it somewhere waiting to scare you once.

But rather sadly, nothing happens until you and your friend lie down and fall asleep.The pillows, quilts and pajamas are all clean, and there is no blood coming out of any faucet.You fell asleep in a groggy state, your whole body ached from exhaustion, and the sequelae of summoning spirits tormented you, making you just want to quickly hide in sleepland—but you couldn’t sleep well, and you always had a little worry about what would die today.

Maybe it's because of this, in the middle of the night, you were woken up by the sound of your parents getting up.You sat up from the bed, glanced at your sleeping friend, and then looked at the time: 11:30 in the middle of the night.

"Dad, Mom, what's the matter?" You walked out of the bedroom, closed the door lightly, and asked your parents who were about to go out.

Although your movements are light, your friend doesn't seem to be sleeping so soundly, and now he is awake, rubbing his eyes and following behind you.

"Something happened at your cousin's house." Your father said simply, with a serious expression, even ready to fight.

Your heart shudders: here we come.You subconsciously turn your head and meet your friend's eyes. She nods silently, keeping everything in silence.Anyway, you and your friends are already in focus, not bad this time.The friend went back to the room to get his coat, and you didn't have time to change out of your pajamas, so you put on your coat and followed your parents out the door.

"Which cousin of mine? What happened at home?" You asked as you walked.

"Just the cousin who took you to the children's [-]-day feast a few days ago," your mother replied, with a worried look on her face, "I don't know what exactly happened..."

You hurried through the road in the village and went to your cousin's house in the dark.

It suddenly occurred to you that four days ago, you met Goddess Zhao who was going to tell your fortune on this road.

Maybe your friend also thought of this, and you looked at each other.

When you arrived, it was almost twelve o'clock in the morning, and the village was very quiet, except for the occasional barking of dogs in the dark.There are many dog ​​homes in the countryside, but the night is still and the moon is misty, and even the sound of dogs barking seems to come from another world.

My cousin was standing at the gate of his yard, and the lights were still on in their house.

Your dad went up to say hello: "Calling so late, what's going on? Are you okay?"

The cousin's face was gloomy, and he said, "Why did you bring your girl..."

"In the middle of the night, I don't feel relieved to leave the two little girls alone at home to sleep. Besides, they are not young anymore, and the children are grown up. Come and see what's going on with relatives." Your father replied.

"Forget about other things, this kind of thing... don't let the children see it."

You sensed the clue, and immediately said: "Cousin, I'm already twenty, I'm fine."

Uncle sighed: "That's okay... I think... Our family seems to have provoked someone."

"How could it be? Your family has been in duty all your life, where did you get the enemy from?" Your mother looked shocked.

The uncle said in a low voice: "As far as our child is concerned, how long has it been since my girl gave birth to him? A few days ago, he just passed the hundredth day, and he started to have a high fever and jaundice this morning. This jaundice is all just born. It's been a hundred days... Alas, my daughter and son-in-law took him to the hospital, but he hasn't come back yet. I'm so worried today... Alas, I just stay at home and don't want to go out. I'm old and I don't understand anything. I was in a daze at home, and before I knew it, it was getting dark. I wanted to go out to the entrance of the village to see when they would return, but I didn’t turn on the light in the main room, so I went out... I walked out of the house, a few hundred meters away, and felt something was wrong The big yellow dog in our family has been raised for six years. When you usually go out and come back, it will jump out and bark at you twice, wagging its tail. Today, it didn’t respond when I went out. I thought it might be when I was at home today I didn’t notice, the dog was abducted, so I went home to have a look. I searched around, but I didn’t see the dog, so I went into the main room and turned on the light..."

The cousin paused for a while before continuing, his voice trembling.

He said: "The rhubarb in our house is hung on the beam of the house. Its stomach is cut open and its intestines are used to hang it. The ground is full of blood... I didn't turn on the light. I don't know. I thought it was the tide at night. There is water... I dare not touch it, I was so scared, the heart in its stomach is gone..."