How to cough up blood

The sky gradually darkened.

Ji Zhisheng sat on the edge of the bed and looked at the rose diagram on the whiteboard without moving, until it was so dark that he could no longer see it.

The mobile phone he threw aside kept ringing, Qin Yan didn't know how many calls he had made.Ah Ruan meowed non-stop, boldly unlocking Ji Zhisheng's phone.

Qin Yan's anxious voice came out immediately: "Senior brother! Senior brother, you finally accepted it. What did you mean by that sentence just now? Isn't the case of Rose Kiss closed? No, senior brother, have you accepted the case again? Brother, say something!"

"Isn't that person dead? Brother, don't scare me. I'll buy a plane ticket to go back."

Hearing this, Ji Zhisheng reacted a little. The rubber band on his wrist was used to tie his hair, and his jaw and side face were completely exposed, showing a sharp line.

He glanced at the phone lightly, "...No, you stay in country M and spend more time with the teacher."

Hearing his voice, Qin Yan breathed a sigh of relief, "I called the teacher, he is still recuperating, so he won't be able to see me for the time being, I'll go back to China after finishing my business here."

"Brother, you haven't said anything yet, why did he come to you?"

Ji Zhisheng took the phone, "...you don't need to worry about this matter, I know it well."

Qin Yanxin brought it up again, with a low tone: "Brother, you can't touch the case anymore."

Ji Zhisheng didn't speak for a long time, he gripped the phone slightly, and said in a low voice, "Qin Yan..."

"...Just this time, the last time, I want to catch him with my own hands."

The rose flowers painted on the toilet cubicle in the human world, including the method of killing, were familiar to him and carved into his bones.The murderer who appeared in the video surveillance and killed Liu Xiaoying, if nothing else happened, was just a target pushed to the front of the stage.

Qin Yan: "Brother!"

Ji Zhisheng pressed his aching abdomen, and frowned slightly: "Don't tell the teacher about this for now, I will tell you when you come back."

After he finished speaking, he didn't care about the reaction on the other side, just hung up the phone and switched the phone to silent mode.Walking to the living room, first poured cat food for Ah Ruan, then took a pajamas to take a shower.

The water was cold, and the shower was pouring over his head. Ji Zhisheng raised his face, his already pale face became even paler.The water wets the brown hair, the color deepens, and it sticks softly to the thin shoulders.

Take a bath in hot water, and the rising mist will blur everything around. Ji Zhisheng likes to stay in the dark, but hates the feeling of being vague and invisible.

He rushed hastily, turned off the shower, and his eyelashes trembled slightly.

rose kiss...

rose thorn.

Ji Zhisheng's eyes were gloomy, he walked slowly to the side, turned around, took a dry towel and wiped his hair.

The light in the bathroom was cold, and there was a mirror behind him, which clearly reflected his smooth white back, with a tattoo of a very bewitching red rose that was as bright as blood.

The rose tattoo is not too big, not too small, but lifelike, with seven petals falling around it, right in the middle of the looming beauty bone.There are no leaves or spikes on the black branches, and they sink into the waist along the spine.

Ji Zhisheng brushed his hair roughly, glanced sideways at himself in the mirror, and looked away indifferently after a while.He changed into his pajamas and walked out of the bathroom.

In the whole house, only the small lights in the bathroom and the living room were turned on. When the lights in the bathroom were turned off at this time, it suddenly became dark.

Ah Ruan was guarding outside the bathroom early, and when Ji Zhisheng came out, he immediately put the small medicine bottle in his mouth at Ji Zhisheng's feet, and pressed it with his paws, blue cat eyes worried, "Meow."

"understood."

Ji Zhisheng knew that the cat he picked up two years ago was so smart and easy, he picked up the small medicine bottle, put it on the table, turned around and took a cup to drink some water.

As soon as I poured out one of the black pills inside, I heard my doorbell rang.

There was only one sound.

Ji Zhi paused, and there was a subtle strangeness in his heart.He put down his glass and walked over to look through the peephole in the door

There is no one.

Ji Zhisheng checked the time subconsciously, it is now 23:07.

"..."

He didn't know what to think of, his heartbeat accelerated slightly, and the fingertips holding the doorknob curled up slightly. After a while, his fingerprint pressed it, the smart lock was unlocked, and the door was gently opened.

His eyes were suddenly reflected in a face.

Ji Zhisheng's pupils shrank.

Xi Jin paused with her raised hand, almost knocking on Ji Zhisheng's face, with a surprised look on her face: "I haven't knocked on the door yet, why did the door open."

Ji Zhisheng: "..."

His face was really not good-looking, and his tone was cold: "Why is Vice Captain Xi here?" It was very late.

"Oh," Xi Jin said, "I'm going home."

He pointed to the house opposite Ji Zhisheng, and said with a smile, "We will be neighbors from now on."

Ji Zhisheng frowned slightly, "The model house on the opposite side doesn't seem to be for sale here."

Xi Jin: "I didn't buy it."

Ji Zhisheng:?

Xi Jin came to her senses and explained: "The land of Tianxi Garden was acquired by our family."

"..."

Ji Zhisheng gave up on the question just now, "What do you need from me?"

Xi Jin rubbed her nose and pointed to the corner by the door, "It's nothing, I just arrived and saw a delivery man who put a bouquet of flowers here, I see that after he rang the doorbell, you haven't opened the door for a long time , just come and have a look."

"Flowers?" Ji Zhisheng subconsciously looked towards the door.

In the corner of the wall quietly placed a bouquet of roses and roses, budding, delicate and charming.

Ji Zhisheng suffocated slightly, and remained silent for a while.

Xi Jin gave him a strange look, and walked over to bring the bouquet, not knowing why: "Professor Ji is quite charming, and someone will send you flowers after this order."

"..."

Ji Zhisheng lowered his head slightly, the blood red color came into view, the rich rose fragrance lingered on the tip of his nose, he could even see the crystal clear water drops like teardrops on the delicate petals.

The fiery bouquet was reflected in his lens, and his fingertips were extremely stiff.

There was a bookmark inserted in the flower. Ji Zhisheng was silent for a while, and took it out to look. It was marked with a familiar yet unfamiliar black pen, and there was a sentence written on it:

"A believer's lie, when God comes to collect it, names it a promise."

signature: T

Xi Jin glanced curiously, "Love letter? What do you mean?"

Ji Zhisheng didn't speak, his face was a little pale, he took the bouquet, took a step back, and saw that the door was about to close.Xi Jin stopped her with quick eyes and hands, and was pinched with an ouch.

"Wait, wait!" He pushed open the door against Ji Zhisheng's gaze, and handed over a packing bag with a grin, which contained a bowl of porridge and a few light dishes, "Here, Caring for Xinxin colleagues, I bought it for you. Eat hot."

Xi Jin paused, and added: "It's safe to eat again tomorrow due to hypoglycemia."

Ji Zhisheng tightened his fingers holding Hua, and refused: "No need."

Regardless of Xi Jin's words, he directly closed the door, which was closed with a bang and locked automatically.

Xi Jin was shut outside the door with a dazed expression on her face.I don't know if it's an illusion, but he always feels that Ji Zhisheng is a little weird... If he has to say it, he seems a little excited?

……

Ah Ruan jumped onto the table at some point, meowed, and pointed to the black pills on the table with her paw, reminding Ji Zhisheng not to forget to take it.

Ji Zhisheng didn't know if he heard it or not.

He went to the table and sat down, quietly pulled out all the flowers one by one, and the hot roses and rose branches were placed on the table in a mess, showing a decadent beauty.

Ji Zhisheng lowered his eyes, the frame of the silver glasses became cold for no reason, his cold white fingers picked up a bloody petal, put it on the tip of his nose for a long time and sniffed it gently.

Ji Zhisheng squinted his eyes, with an expression of disgust or obsession.

He let out a breath, and the tattoo on his back seemed to be aching again.

"...It really wasn't him who died a year ago," Ji Zhisheng looked at the bookmark repeatedly.

Believers' lies, when God comes to charge, are named promises.

"He came to see me."

Ah Ruan was worried, and rubbed his head against Ji Zhisheng's wrist.

"Meow~"

"I'm fine," Ji Zhisheng chuckled, and put rose petals on Ah Ruan's head, Ah Ruan tilted his head, and the petals fell into Ji Zhisheng's palm.

The table was all red, as if a piece of blood had been spread, Ji Zhisheng paused, and unconsciously crushed the rose petal in his hand, and the red flower juice got into his fingers.

"..."

He looked at the red on his fingertips in a daze.

As soon as Ah Ruan exploded, he suddenly screamed sharply, waking Ji Zhisheng awake, it first rubbed the flower juice on his hand almost clean with its hair, then ran to the water glass seriously, pointed its paw at the black pill, "Meow! "

"……understood."

Ji Zhisheng closed his eyes, pressed the center of his brows, regained his senses, and took the pills with cold water.

He didn't care about the things on the table anymore, ignored his aching stomach, went back to the bedroom, took off his glasses and lay on his back on the bed.The effect of the medicine gradually evaporated, his mind emptied, and he gradually lost his emotions. He was as calm as a puppet. After a while, he closed his eyes and fell asleep.

Ah Ruan worriedly took the corner of the quilt and put it on for him.

late at night.

Ji Zhisheng's eyelids began to tremble, his brows were furrowed, and cold sweat broke out layer by layer.He seemed to be struggling to wake up, and was forcibly dragged into a dream by something.

A very magnetic man's voice sounded in his ear again in a trance:

"...You are excellent, as proud as a rose."

"You are the only one who can fully empathize with me, touch it, this is the heart, it's very hot, it's still jumping, it's so fun."

"You are also very happy..." The man smiled lowly.

"Come……"

Ji Zhisheng's eyelashes trembled more and more violently, and the grotesque behind him, like a cruel beast, roared into the abyss, smashing all logic and reason to pieces.

When the sky was bright, Ji Zhisheng opened his eyes suddenly, threw off the quilt quickly, rushed into the bathroom, lay on the side of the pool and retched, the corners of his eyes were red, and his face was as pale as paper.

There was nothing in his stomach at all, and nothing came out.It took a long time for Ji Zhisheng to recover from the almost suffocating feeling just now, panting heavily.

"..."

He turned on the faucet, and the water splashed out and flowed counterclockwise into the drain.

Ji Zhisheng's heart was beating violently, but because of the effect of the medicine, his mood was very calm, and his light-colored pupils seemed to be covered with a layer of gray mist, mixing with a gloomy silence.

The body is very uncomfortable.

But he was not in a bad mood.

He didn't like the new medicine that Qin Yan brought to him from country M to control his emotions. All his emotions seemed to be blocked, and this state would last for 12 hours.

It was seven in the morning, and it would take another four hours, as usual, before he regained his emotional awareness.

Ah Ruan walked around his feet: "Meow..."

Ji Zhisheng ignored him, took a bath with water, and then returned to his bed and curled up.He planned to sleep through these four hours, and wait until he recovered.

But as soon as he was lying on the bed, he saw N messages pop up on his mobile phone's WeChat, all of them were from [Xi Jin is really a good person]. The phone was vibrated by the news very rhythmically.

Ji Zhisheng: "..."

He hesitated for a moment, opened the message, and was instantly blurred by white frames all over the screen:

[Professor Ji is awake? ]

[Professor Ji!Wake up, go to work, go to work (vibration sound)! ]

[Smart and intelligent Professor Ji, your colleague and neighbor Xi Jin is just outside, please open the door for the sake of your face~]

[Ji~teach~teach~~]

Countless rippling tildes.Xi Jin's playful and cheerful tone can be felt through the screen.

Ji Zhisheng: "."

Before he could react, Xi Jin's shout came from outside, super loud, like a silly comment:

"Ji Zhisheng, please squeak, are you there? Are you awake? You won't really stop cooking, Ji Zhisheng, Professor Ji!"

Ji Zhisheng: "..."

Inexplicably feel ashamed.