After dinner, the fat man took the two to the hotel to put away their luggage, and then took them home.

The house prices in Spring City are not expensive, but Fatty can own this large flat in the city center.

"I originally wanted you to stay at home. I was afraid that you would be uncomfortable, so I booked a hotel. It's not far away anyway, just a few steps away. I'll go to dinner together tomorrow. I'll show you around, you shouldn't have come to Spring City for a long time. Well, things have changed a lot here..."

The fat man rambled about the introduction, diluting the weird colors that happened to him a lot. It can be seen that he was very happy with the arrival of his old friend, and He Shu was also infected by his emotions. matter.

"Did you bring your parents over? Last time, my aunt said she wanted to make meat rolls for me."

"Do you still remember? I didn't tell them about this time. I was afraid they would be worried. My mother didn't know you were here. The old couple went on a self-driving tour, and now I don't know which city they went to. They were still in the circle of friends a few days ago. Posting pictures..."

A group of three stepped out of the elevator, and the fat man took the key to open the door.

He Shu smelled the aroma of the food as soon as he entered the door. Even though he had just eaten it, the aroma of the rice made him feel that the food must be delicious.

"Juejue!"

The fat man shouted, bending over to change his slippers.

At the same time, someone came out of the kitchen.

"Philosophy, are you back?"

"Yes, come here, I'll introduce you-"

He walked forward in high spirits, but just before he took two steps, he was pulled back by He Shu's force, and his round body almost floated up like a balloon.

"What are you doing..."

Fatty didn't finish his words, but was frightened again by He Shu's serious expression.

"What's wrong?"

He Shu looked at the woman in front of him.

She is indeed as Fatty said, with an elegant temperament, gentleness and intelligence, which makes people feel good at first sight.

But He Shu's attention was not on Sun Jue's appearance at all, but on her feet.

"Fatty, haven't you found the problem yourself?"

He Shuyin's pitiful voice sounded, Fatty couldn't help but shuddered, and replied: "What did you find?"

Not only the fat man, but Sun Jue also showed a surprised expression. She hesitated to speak, stood there at a loss, and looked very pitiful.

Fatty's heart softened, and regardless of He Shu's obstruction, he strode forward and grabbed Sun Jue's hand, and took her in his arms.

"It's all right, Juejue, don't be afraid, he is my buddy, and he is someone who is very capable as I said. This time I made a special trip to help us solve it. Old He, just say something, don't scare people,What did you promise me on the way!"

He Shu was speechless, he didn't say anything yet, how could he become like a wicked man who beats mandarin ducks?

He pointed at Sun Jue's feet and said, "See for yourself, haven't you found the problem yet?"

The fat man lowered his head to look left and right, and the bright and clean floor tiles vaguely reflected the reflections and silhouettes of the two of them.

"What's the problem, no problem!"

"shadow."

Guanghan couldn't stand it anymore, and said two words straight out.

There was a light in the living room, and the fat man didn’t notice it at all just now. After all, whoever is at home will stare at the shadows of himself and others, but when Guang Han said, he took a closer look. His own shadow on the floor tiles was normal, while Sun Jue ——

Sun Jue's shadow was obviously several shades lighter than his.

Is it a problem with the angle of the light?

The fat man pondered, and pulled Sun Jue aside again.

At the same angle, at the same position, the slanting shadows of the two fell on the side of the sofa. Sun Jue's shadow became lighter, as if he had lost several shades, and fell next to the fat man's shadow, as if he was going to disappear at any time.

"Is there anything unusual about your body recently?" He Shu looked at Sun Jue.

The fat man was frightened by his fierce expression, and looked at his girlfriend in a hurry.

"Juejue, are you uncomfortable?"

"Recently, I was a little dizzy and out of breath. I thought it was caused by a bad mood, but I didn't take it to heart."

Sun Jue showed hesitation.

Her appearance is really very friendly, just such a frowning expression can make He Shu feel sympathetic from the bottom of her heart, not to mention the fat man who cares about her but is chaotic.

"Why didn't you say it earlier, if there is any discomfort, let's go to the hospital to have a look!"

He Shu moved the fat man who was in the way aside, told him to be honest and quiet, and talked directly with Sun Jue himself.

"Apart from these, is there anything else?"

His eyes seemed to be able to see through everything. Under such gaze, Sun Jue felt that he had nothing to hide.

But this kind of gaze was not aimed at her. For a long time, Sun Jue lost her identity and everything from childhood to adulthood. She collapsed, cried, and even thought of committing suicide because of it. Trust and protection gave her a haven to live in, allowing her to let go of the pain slowly, but the experience of the past twenty years cannot be forgotten immediately, she will still be anxious, and she has never had the idea of ​​looking for Xu Yingping to confront her She disappeared, but she was afraid to face Xu Yingping, and she didn't even dare to look for her family again. She couldn't express her contradictory feelings clearly in front of Fatty, but at this moment, she seemed to be completely seen by He Shu.

Sun Jue didn't become more afraid, but felt an indescribable sense of security. The arrival of He Shu and Guang Han was like an invisible barrier, helping her block all unknown dangers.

"Yes, I've been dreaming since that incident happened."

Sun Jue finally made up his mind to tell the secret that he didn't even tell Fatty.

The dream began on the day she found out that her parents no longer recognized her, and she collapsed and left home.

In his dreams, Sun Jue often dreamed that Xu Yingping bet with her, sometimes it was playing cards, sometimes it was a race to see who would reach a certain destination first, or to guess numbers, etc.

The dream doesn’t happen every day, but it does happen very often. In the dream, Xu Yingping said that as long as Sun Jue wins, he will return everything to her. Sun Jue will also bet with her for that tone, but every time, without exception, he will bet. It was a bet.

She felt that maybe she was under too much pressure. She wanted to go back to the past even in her dreams, and sometimes she couldn't even distinguish between dreams and reality when she woke up. Only seeing the fat man could give her some spiritual comfort.

This is why she is so dependent on Fatty.

"Why didn't you tell me!" The fat man was heartbroken.

"I don't want you to suffer with me, and I know that you have always been skeptical about this matter, and you only choose to believe this story because you believe in me. I sometimes feel that maybe all of this is my imagination I came out, in fact, my name was Xu Yingping, I was an orphan without father or mother!" Sun Jue said with a wry smile.

The two held hands and looked at each other with tears in their eyes. They were miserable, and the melancholy of life and death lingered around them.

But Guang Han interrupted in a disgraceful way: "Then what about your losing bet?"

"What?" Sun Jue didn't understand.

"He meant to ask you about the dream you had. Xu Yingping said that if you win, she will return everything to you. So what do you need to pay for losing so many times?" He Shu helped explain.

Sun Jue was stunned, as if he really hadn't thought about this question carefully.

"She never said it. All I know is that the frequency of this dream has become less and less recently. It has been almost a week since the last time I bet with her. I thought it was gradually getting out of the haze after encountering philosophy..."

"no."

He Shu interrupted her.

"It's not that you've gotten better, but that you're almost out of chips."

Sun Jue's life was exchanged by Xu Yingping, but her fate was still there, luck and longevity, these were things that Xu Yingping would not be able to exchange for a while, so she made a bet to make Sun Jue willingly hand it over bit by bit.

Unknowingly.

The Qi on Sun Jue's body is already very weak now, when her shadow completely disappears, the traces of her existence in this world will also be completely obliterated. At that time, no one will be able to find her, no one will remember her, even Fatty, not excluded.

"There is absolutely no way I can forget Juejue!"

The fat man's face turned pale, and he held onto Sun Jue's hand tightly.

He Shu shook his head: "You don't believe it now, you don't want to admit it, but your memory about her will disappear completely, maybe you still feel a sense of loss in your heart, remembering that you once loved someone unforgettable, but what is that person's name? She's a girl, but she doesn't have the slightest impression of what she looks like."

Sun Jue couldn't speak a word, she didn't expect the matter to come to this point.

The fat man broke out in a cold sweat: "Old He, why is that woman so vicious, why did she push Juejue to this point, she can't kill without nodding her head, she just wants Juejue to disappear from the world!"

He Shudao: "I don't know, but maybe it has something to do with her luck."

Fatty: "Luck? What do you mean?"

He Shu: "She has a very good face. From childhood to adulthood, everything is going smoothly. She is well-clothed and well-fed. She has not encountered any setbacks and hardships. She can almost achieve what she wants to do, maybe even her academic performance. How many points, how many points will be tested."

Sun Jue let out a soft ah, as if surprised at how He Shu could see it with his own eyes.

"You are right. Although I was talented and studied hard since I was a child, there are many classmates who are smarter and more diligent than me. It is strange to say that every time I take an exam, as long as I meditate in my heart, I always If it can be achieved, even if I don’t perform well, I can pass in the end, I didn’t think much about it, I just thought I had good luck in the exam.”

He Shu: "Not only your luck in exams, but also your luck in other aspects. You have a happy family and loving parents. People who are richer than you in this world may not be as happy as you. You can say that they are perfect and everything is perfect. I have no regrets, this kind of luck is the clock of the sky, and even the time of birth must be at the right time, place and people, which can never be found."

Sun Jue: "Speaking of which, my mother once took me to a fortune-telling, and the old fortune-teller saw me and said that I was a fairy who came down from the sky to practice."

He Shu: "If you are a fairy or not, your fate is indeed very good. Although you are possessed by the god of decline and bad luck, you can still see it. The other party is very likely to be interested in your beautiful fate. , I just want to take everything from you and use it for myself."

The fat man was in a hurry to get angry: "Old He, just tell me what to do now! Let's go directly to the door, catch that stinky woman to confront her, and make her spit everything out?!"

This of course doesn't work.

People now regard themselves as Sun Jue, and the people around her also agree that she is Sun Jue. He Shu doesn't think that using strong methods can make the other party submit.

If you want to take advantage of the unpreparedness and hit it with one blow, you have to find a good way.

"Bet." Guanghan said suddenly.

He rarely said anything in front of Fatty, but every time he said it, he basically hit the point.

Fatty and Sun Jue were at a loss, but He Shu's eyes lit up.

Yes, bet!

"Let me help you fix your soul first. The anger in your body has not dissipated completely, and that person will definitely come to your door. Let's just sit back and wait."

"If that woman appears in her dream, what shall we do?!" The fat man hurriedly asked.

He Shu shook his head. This old iron didn't have a clear understanding of the strength of the two of them, but He Shu couldn't tell him that he was the king of Hades, so he could only comfort him vaguely.

"Don't worry, I've decided to take over this matter, there is a way, otherwise I will let you find another expert."

The fat man solemnly said: "Old He, this time I gave you my family and life. Sun Jue is more important than my life. If this matter is resolved smoothly, you will be my father in the future. I will never let you go east." West."

He Shu patted him: "I don't have such an ugly son as you, so I can just be your second uncle."

...

When the matter settled down, He Shu and Guanghan entered the mode of sleeping at night and sleeping at the hotel during the day, and watching at the fat man's house at night. Other than that, they were just like ordinary people visiting the house, empty-handed, and had nothing to do. Nothing was done, nothing was prepared.

The fat man went in without knowing it, a little anxious, and asked He Shu in private: "Should I draw a dot talisman, or should I make some formation to trap the old witch so that she can't run away. If you are not sure, you can give me a hand!" Say, I will never be angry with you!"

He Shu had no choice but to drag him to the famous haunted house in Chuncheng and show him off.

"Do you know what this house is about?" he asked the fat man.

"I know, the place is famous for being haunted by ghosts. It seems that it was built in the late Qing Dynasty or the Republic of China. Many people were burned to death in it. It was later preserved as a cultural relic, but I don't know why, and the brand of the cultural relic It was demolished, and no one came to demolish and rebuild. Later, many anchors also broadcasted live broadcasts of adventures. I watched a few live broadcasts, and it seemed nothing special." The fat man was absent-minded, "Old He, what did you bring me here for? Could it be that you want to fight poison with poison, and catch the ghosts here to deal with that old villain?"

"You have a lot of imagination, but it's a pity that you guessed wrong." He Shudao, "You are nagging all day long, and you are afraid that I will not be useful, so I will bring you here today to open your eyes. Guess if there are any ghosts in this house, and how many are there? ?”

It was evening, and the surroundings were desolate, and the two stood outside the dilapidated and half-covered iron gate.

The fallen leaves are fluttering, although it is still dark outside, but the light can't shine into the windows of the small western-style building.

A heartless person like Fatty couldn't help but shudder.

He shows a finger.

He Shu shook his head.

The fat man turned his outstretched fingers into two.

He Shu still shook his head.

"It can't be that there are no ghosts, are you fooling me?"

He Shu sighed, and wiped the palm of his eyelid with the talisman water, mixed with unknown magic spells, the fat man felt his eyelids were slightly cold, opened his eyes and looked at the western-style building, and saw——

one two three four five six.

Six figures, male and female, were standing in front of the windows of different parts of the western-style building, looking down at him.

Some of them noticed that the fat man was also looking at them, and even showed a sinister smile to the fat man.

Fatty: ...

"Ghost!!!"

After a moment of silence, the fat man uttered a tone that he would never have uttered normally, and fled without looking back.

He Shu felt that in the past few days, the fat man should stop bothering himself with this problem.

He turned his gaze.

The six "people" behind the windows of the small western building silently bowed to him.