Strange Story of Strange House

"Ah!!!" Lin Chi moved when he heard the sound, and rushed into the bathroom with a few strides, only to see Lin Jun holding up his pants in a panic, and a gloomy woman in red was reflected on the white tiles of the bathroom.

"Cough." For Lin Chi, who has specialized in ghosts for 20 years, he is no longer afraid of ghosts that can only appear and not cause any real harm to him. He looked away from his embarrassed brother and cleared his throat. , "Xiao Jun, put on your pants first."

Lin Jun was taken aback just now, and jumped away with his trousers in his hands. Hearing Lin Chi's words, he recalled this embarrassingly... hurriedly tidied up his clothes, looked at his brother's calm look, Lin Jun was filled with grief and indignation, and his emotions collapsed instantly.

"Lin Chi!! Tell her to go! Tell her not to follow me!" Lin Jun squatted on the ground with his head in his arms, crying hysterically, "...you tell her not to follow me!"

"You mean..." Lin Chi frowned, "She has been following you?"

"As long as there is a place where people can be seen, she will appear, and she will look at me with that kind of eyes..." Lin Chi heard the words and looked at the woman in red on the wall. He looked at Lin Jun maliciously.

Lin Chi can understand Lin Jun's feelings. If it were him, he would not be able to bear it, but then again, although he is not afraid of this kind of thing, there is no way to solve it: "I can't help you. After all these years, I have been Came here this way."

Where did Lin Jun agree, he rushed over and hugged Lin Chi's leg, crying like a child: "Brother, help me, I really can't take it anymore!"

Lin Chi half-pushed Lin Jun out of the bathroom. Looking at his younger brother curled up in the corner crying sobbing, he thought that he had been cornered by ghosts countless times. At that time, he would also think that if someone could help How nice he should be.Thinking of the desperate self back then, he couldn't help but feel pity. He didn't want to take care of their affairs at first, but Lin Jun had already been tortured like this. After all, he was his younger brother. He couldn't do it if he was asked to sit idly by .

Lin Chi thought for three seconds, then took out his mobile phone to call the foreign aid: "Lou Qi..."

"Xiao Chi? Aren't you coming over for lunch?"

"I'm going, but now I'm in a little trouble...my brother is here," Lin Chi organized his words, "Can you come over?"

This teaching building is very close to the noodle shop, Lou Qi came very quickly, and not long after he hung up the phone, Lin Chi saw Lou Qi enter the teaching building holding Yun Bao.Lin Chi picked up Yun Bao who opened his arms towards him, and at the same time explained the situation and his thoughts to Lou Qi succinctly.

"You want to help them?" Lou Qi was very surprised after hearing this, after all Lin Chi slapped the table with him a few days ago to accuse the family of their shameless behavior.

"I'm tired of them threatening me with family affection, but I've also seen ghosts, and I know how uncomfortable that feeling is... After all, there is still a blood relationship. Although I don't like him, I don't expect him to be bad." Lin Chi glanced at Lin Jun with a complicated expression.

Lou Qi doesn't like this family, but Lin Chi has always been obedient and used to it. It's rare for Lou Qi to make any request. Lou Qi is not willing to refuse: "It doesn't matter whether you help or not, as long as it is your decision, I will support it."

"If someone told me a few days ago that I would help them, I would definitely not believe it, but I just can't bear it..." Lin Chi nervously grabbed Lou Qi's hand, and asked, pursing his lips, "Will Huaiyin know?" Will you be mad at me?"

"Why is Huai Yin angry with you?" Lou Qi asked back.

"I was obviously raised by Huai Yin, but I still helped them..." Lin Chi lowered his head, looking at Rainbow Dash's delicate hair twirling in his arms.

"Do you still think of them as family?"

Lin Chi shook his head honestly, Lou Qi said amusedly: "You helped so many strangers, and you caused so much trouble for Huaiyin, and he didn't get angry. If you help another stranger, why would he be angry with you?" ? You are his child."

After listening to Lou Qi's enlightenment, the big stone in Lin Chi's heart finally fell to the ground: "Then let's help them, shall we?"

"Okay." Lou Qi nodded, he liked Lin Chi's use of the word "we" very much, and the small details of this division made him feel happy every time.

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After so many years, the Lin family had already moved out of the lane in Lin Chi's memory.Fortunately, Lin's mother told Lin Chi about her current address when she came last time, so Lin Chi was able to send Lin Jun, who was emotionally broken, home smoothly.

"Xiao Chi? Why are you here..." Lin's mother didn't finish her sentence, she saw Lin Jun who was behind Lin Chi and was held by Lou Qi, and her face changed drastically, "Xiaojun! Xiaojun, what's wrong with you? The child's father, come quickly, Xiaojun! Don't scare mom..."

No matter how hard she tried to conceal it, Mother Lin's surprise when she saw Lin Chi and her worry when she saw Lin Jun couldn't be faked.Lou Qi didn't know if Lin Chi was really as he said, and didn't care about the duplicity of his biological mother at all, but Lin Chi was so sensitive, even if there was a little bit of sadness because of it, Lou Qi couldn't bear it, so he quickly let go of Lin Jun and went back to By Lin Chi's side, silently being his backing.

Yun Bao, who was held in Lin Chi's arms, obviously had a good heart with his father, and suddenly propped up his small body and kissed Lin Chi.Lin Chi was taken aback by the sudden kiss, the wet touch on his cheeks and Rainbow Dash's timid eyes pulled all of Lin Chi's attention away from the mother and child.

After Lin Jun settled down, Lin's father and Lin's mother welcomed the family of three into the door.

"Xiao Chi, sit down, I'll get you some tea." Mother Lin beckoned them to sit down, and then hurried to the kitchen. She did all the things a hostess should do when welcoming guests at home, but she didn't look like a Mother welcomes her child.

After sitting down, Lin Chi began to look around the room. Everything in the room that could reflect a shadow was covered with a cloth, presumably because of the female ghost following Lin Jun.The windows on the door are covered with cinnabar yellow talismans, and there is a huge gossip hanging directly opposite the gate. It seems that Mother Lin's statement that they were harassed by evil spirits was not a lie.

After a while, Mother Lin put the tea in front of the three of them. Lin Chi subconsciously thanked her when she took it. Mother Lin smiled and said, "You're welcome, this is your home."

Lin Chi smiled and didn't answer. Father Lin sat in the corner and smoked silently. After Mother Lin finished speaking, she realized something was wrong, and the living room fell silent.

"Sorry……"

Lin Chi shook his head, unwilling to dwell on this topic: "When did you start seeing ghosts?"

Lin Chi walked down the steps, and Mother Lin would naturally be savvy, she thought for a while: "About a month ago."

"Did anything special happen a month ago?" Lin Chi thought for a while, then asked, "Damn it, are the three of you at the same time, or is there a sequence?"

"It seems that nothing special happened. It was Xiaojun who saw it first, and then me and your dad."

After hearing this, Lin Chi frowned. Nothing happened, why did he suddenly see a ghost?He couldn't find a clue for a moment, so he turned to Lou Qi for help.

"Little Chi can go to hell, is there a precedent in his ancestors?" Lou Qi has always been used to ending Lin Chi. On an annoying man.

"No, if we had, we wouldn't be so afraid to abandon him..." Mother Lin said embarrassingly, grabbing the hem of her clothes.

"Are you sure?"

"No, at least I haven't heard of it." Lin's mother glanced at the silent father, "We used to bring Xiaochi home, and the elders in the family were very jealous of him."

"Will Xiao Chi be able to see ghosts from birth?" Lou Qi asked again, since there is no precedent in the family, it is very likely that it was induced the day after tomorrow.

Sure enough, Mother Lin shook her head: "No, it was normal until he was five years old, until he was five years old, one day he went out to play, and when he came back, he told me that his eyes hurt, and then he started seeing ghosts."

"So..." Lou Qi glanced at Lin Chi thoughtfully, "Please tell me more about your recent experience."

Mother Lin turned pale all of a sudden, opened and closed her mouth several times before uttering the first sentence: "...A month ago, Xiaojun suddenly told me that he always felt that someone was staring at him when he was sleeping. That feeling disappeared again. At first I thought it was because he was under too much pressure in his third year of high school, but after a while, my father and I also felt that way... We went to the temple to ask for amulets, but the situation did not improve. After a few days God, stains started to appear on the ceiling, at first it was just like a human figure... Finally, it was like there was a real person lying there, it was scary to watch.

"Later, the damn situation intensified. Sometimes when I opened my eyes halfway through sleep, I saw a headless body standing next to you..." Lin's mother trembled with her arms folded, and Lin's father changed his sitting position uncomfortably. "Since last week, a female ghost in red has been following Xiaojun, and she will appear wherever there is a shadow! We can't take it anymore, and spent a lot of money on Taoist priests, but it is of no use at all."

After Lin's mother finished speaking, she looked at Lin Chi with an apologetic face: "Xiao Chi, I won't know how cruel I was to you until my mother saw a ghost. I really feel sorry, can you forgive me?"

Lin Chi believed that Mother Lin really understood how cruel he was back then, and apologized to him, but she really didn't love him.Back then he could see ghosts, so his parents tabooed him, but now that Lin Jun can see ghosts, his parents still love him.There are so many right and wrong reasons between parents and children. In the final analysis, it only depends on whether they love the child enough.

Forgive or not, in fact, no matter for Lin Chi or for Lin's father and Lin's mother, it is meaningless.Lin's mother asked this question, but for peace of mind, everyone was happy when Lin Chi forgiven, and there was no loss if he didn't forgive, but Lin Chi didn't want her to feel at ease, and he didn't need the love from this family anymore.

Lin Chi didn't speak, and lowered his head to play with Rainbow Dash's little hand.Yun Bao has a somewhat introverted personality, and usually only speaks in front of familiar people. At this moment, he is sitting obediently in Lin Chi's arms. If Lin's mother was not eager to find a topic to ease the embarrassment, she might not have noticed this lack of presence child.

"I've wanted to ask for a long time, this child is..." Seeing that Lin Chi was unwilling to answer, Mother Lin took the initiative to change the topic.

"My son." Lin Chi did not hesitate to answer this topic.

As soon as he finished speaking, Father Lin became interested. People of this age could not resist the temptation of his grandson. He put down the posture he had been holding up all the time, and sat next to Lin Chi excitedly: "Have you got a name? What is it?"

"It's called Rainbow Dash."

"Oh, Lin Yunbao." Lin's father nodded, and stretched out his hand to hug Yunbao. Lin Chi was unwilling to hand over Yunbao to him. He nimbly moved towards Lou Qi, just avoiding Lin's approaching hand.

"If your surname is not Lin, then your name is Yunbao."

"Isn't the surname Lin? Why isn't your son's surname Lin!" Father Lin couldn't believe it.

Lin Chi was no longer afraid of his staring eyes: "Isn't it up to me to decide what my son's surname is?"

"You!" Father Lin finally put down his face to get close to Lin Chi, and was beaten back so lightly, how could he not be angry.He was not a person with a good temper, so he slapped the table and pointed at Lin Chi angrily, but before he could open his mouth, Lin's mother forcibly suppressed him.

Lou Qi was naturally upset when he saw this, he didn't want to help the family, but seeing them slapping the table and staring at Lin Chi, he had a reason to leave.He stood up: "Since the two of you don't want to continue the conversation, then we will leave."

After speaking, Lou Qi forced Lin Chi to leave the Lin family.Lin's mother wanted to keep her, but because of Lou Qi's sense of oppression, she stopped her mouth and turned her temper on Lin's father.

Until the three of them walked out of Lin's house, Mother Lin could still hear her complaining voice: "It's you, you messed up things again, why can't you change your bad temper!"

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After leaving Lin's house, the three of them walked back slowly along the street, Yun Bao leaned on Lin Chi's shoulder, Lin Chi's body shook slightly when he walked, and the child lying on his shoulder fell asleep just like that.Seeing Rainbow Dash's sweet sleeping face, the two adults also lowered their voices.

Lou Qi was a little curious about what happened when Lin Chi was five years old. If Lin Chi's ability to see ghosts was really induced, then that trigger can be said to have changed Lin Chi's entire life: "Xiao Chi, do you still remember when you were five years old? What did you encounter when you went out to play?"

"I probably still remember that even though I was young at that time, I have already started to remember things." Lin Chi glanced at Lou Qi in surprise. He probably didn't expect him to be curious about this, but he still recalled cooperatively, "That year I was five years old. At the age of [-], my parents did not allow me to go too far from home, so I usually played at the entrance of the alley. I remember very clearly that one day, I picked up a white cat at the entrance of the alley, and then met a cat. Weird girl."

"Strange girl?" Lou Qi repeated subconsciously.Lin Chi was well-educated by Huaiyin, well-behaved and sensible. This was the first time Lou Qi heard him describe a person with an impolite word like "strange". The key to the puzzle.

"Well, although it's embarrassing to say that about a girl, but now that I think about it, she is really a strange person." Lin Chi blushed and glanced at Lou Qi, "She is very beautiful and has a good temperament. Just like the little fairy on TV when I was a child, I have never seen her similar temperament in other people. I say she is strange because she is covered with huge black iron chains, densely wrapped around her whole body .”

Lou Qi's eyes suddenly twitched—he happened to know a woman whose whole body was wrapped in huge black iron chains.

If it's that person...

"I remember I fell and it hurt so much. Strange to say, that sister came to pick me up and said a few words to me, and the place where I fell didn't feel the pain anymore."

Lou Qi listened silently, and suddenly asked: "If it is really because of her that you have the ability to see ghosts, would you blame her for changing your life without authorization?"

"Ah?" Lin Chi couldn't understand Lou Qi's words for a while, and was stunned.

Stared blankly by those clear eyes, Lou Qi suddenly felt itchy.He leaned over and kissed Lin Chi's eyes.

"If it wasn't for her, you might not have been abandoned by your parents." Lin Chi heard Lou Qi whispering in his ear, but he shook his head without thinking: "If it wasn't for her, I wouldn't have met you and Huai. Sounds right. Besides, it's not her fault that I will be abandoned, it's just that my parents don't love me enough, and Xiaojun is in the devil now, my parents still love him so much and love him... In the final analysis, I am not good enough, It has nothing to do with her."

Speaking of this, Lin Chi couldn't help but drooped his head.Originally, he always thought that he was abandoned because he could see ghosts, and his parents were jealous of him, so he comforted himself that it was only instinct for human beings to exclude others.But now Lin Jun can also see ghosts. Lin's father and Lin's mother are so blatantly partial, which makes him feel very uncomfortable.

"You're fine," Lou Qi pinched Lin Chi's chin and raised his head, "I won't choose a bad person to spend the rest of my life with."

Lin Chi's eyes turned red instantly after hearing this, and Lou Qi reached out to wipe away the tears that were about to fall from the corners of his eyes: "Xiao Chi, I want to take you to meet someone."

"Okay, who is it?"

"Come with me." Lou Qi looked around, taking advantage of the few people at the moment, he took Lin Chi's hand and stepped on the Yin Road.A hundred steps in the Yin Road is a thousand miles in the world. The two walked for a long time on the Yin Road before reaching their destination.

There are endless plains all around, and only one old castle stands on it.

"What is this place?" Lin Chi asked curiously.

"Old man's residence." Lou Qi didn't answer Lin Chi's question directly, but took Yun Bao who was sleeping in Lin Chi's arms, and dragged him towards the castle.As the few people got closer and closer to the castle, the whole picture of the castle was unreservedly displayed in front of Lin Chi's eyes. The huge castle towered into the sky, and the outer wall was overgrown with thorns, giving off the atmosphere of evil fairy tales in medieval Western Europe. , which is daunting.

"Old friend?" What kind of old friend will live here?

The curiosity in Lin Chi's eyes was almost overflowing, and Lou Qi showed a helpless smile: "It's that... the woman who gave you eyes." After speaking, he hugged the confused Lin Chi, and pushed him away. Old castle gate.

As soon as Lin Chi entered, Lin Chi saw a girl in white running towards them with a long skirt before she had time to marvel at the magnificence of the castle.Lin Chi glanced at Lou Qi, and was about to ask if it would be rude to come in like this, but before he could say anything, the girl rushed over and hugged him into his arms: "Xiao Chi, do you still remember me?"

"!!!" Lin Chi was taken aback, and looked at Lou Qi in panic, seeing Lou Qi showing him a comforting smile, he was relieved.

"Who are you?" Lin Chi carefully tore the girl off her body.

"Don't you remember me? I'm Xiaobai! You saved me!" The girl pointed her finger at her nose, her round eyes were very beautiful, "You saved me when you were five years old."

"I saved you?" Lin Chi scratched his head blankly, "No."

"Yes, yes, I didn't look at the car when I crossed the road, thanks to you for saving me! I never had a chance to thank you. The lamp said that you hurt your eyes, and that you had a bad life afterwards. I feel so distressed. Yes, I always thought, if you didn't save me then, you wouldn't be so unfortunate." The girl put her arms around Lin Chi's neck, her eyes turned red suddenly.

Lou Qi patted the girl on the back, motioning her to let go of Lin Chi: "Xiaobai, that's enough."

"I don't remember." Lin Chi suddenly reached out to wipe the girl's tears away, "I'm living a good life now, and if my little happiness has to be exchanged for a life, I'd rather not have it."

The girl widened her eyes, looked at Lin Chi for a while, then threw herself back into Lin Chi's arms with teary eyes: "Xiao Chi, you are so kind! But I'm not a human, I'm just a cat!"

"Hey?!"

After an oolong, Lin Chi finally figured out the ins and outs of the matter - when he was five years old, he rescued a white cat, and that cat turned into a human by chance, and now he is leading the way for him to meet him. The old friend of Lou Qi.

Lin Chi followed Xiao Bai through the long corridor, and saw a girl named Di Deng in the deepest part of the castle.However, the body tightly imprisoned by chains and the girl's gentle and tender face in front of him, like a thunderstorm, awakened Lin Chi's sleeping memory, and those buried past events clearly appeared in his mind.

After many years, the little fairy in his memory is still the same as before.

"Xiao Chi, long time no see." Di Deng dragged her chains and walked slowly in front of Lin Chi, "I've been looking forward to meeting you on this day for 15 years."

Di Deng raised her arms tightly bound by iron chains, and touched Lin Chi's eyelids: "Long time no see, my eyes."

"Eyes?" Lin Chi suddenly remembered Lou Qi's words before entering the castle, he looked at Lou Qi, his lover was holding their child, standing quietly beside him, silently supporting him With his great strength, he took a step forward and looked directly at the ground lamp, "Can you tell me what happened that year?"

"Of course, I'd be happy." Di Deng gently took Lin Chi's hand and led him inside. She was wrapped with a thousand catties of chains, and every step she took was earth-shattering.Lin Chi walked beside her, reaching out his hand to help her, and this thoughtful gesture earned Di Deng a big smile.In the posture of being supported, she turned her head slyly and made a grimace at Lou Qi.

Lou Qi was not annoyed, but told her softly: "Be careful, don't drop my little Chi."

Hearing the words, Di Deng hid Lin Chi behind him, and looked at Lou Qi with disapproval on his face: "Xiao Qi, you are doing it wrong, Xiao Chi is obviously my first favorite."

"Oh? What evidence is there?" Lou Qi approached them slowly holding Yun Bao who was still soundly asleep, then crossed the floor lamp, and pulled Lin Chi back to his side.

"I fell in love with Xiaochi as early as 15 years ago. At that time, he was still a super cute little lady, who softly called me sister! At that time, you didn't know where you were!" Di Deng proudly She raised her face, but she was small, even if she stood on tiptoe, she could only reach Lou Qi's shoulder.

"Well, you met Xiao Chi when you were a child, and then what happened?" Lou Qi was completely unmoved by the provocation of the floor lamp.

Di Deng frowned at her pretty face, and stomped her feet: "I was playing with Xiao Chi at the entrance of the alley. I was not paying attention. Xiao Chi was taken down by a car in order to save Xiao Bai."

Di Deng turned to look at Lin Chi angrily, and raised his hand to cover his eyes: "When I fell, I bumped the back of my head, causing Xiao Chi to lose his eyesight."

As soon as Di Deng finished speaking, Lin Chi's eyes widened instantly under her white palm—has he lost his eyesight?Then how did he see it later?