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Chapter 165 Come and sit at my house tonight... (please order the full version~~)

Something that terrifies and shudders?

Does it sound so scary...

Curious Baby Lu’s dead fish eyes lit up again.

——I really want to know what Kangkang is!
But having said that, after Lu Huaiqiu silently observed from the sidelines, he felt that Xia Zhi did not seem to be affected by Linlin in any way.

The two of them kept talking and laughing while playing with building blocks. They looked like a pair of ordinary siblings.

Lu Huaiqiu rarely saw a smile on Xia Zhi's face.

Although it is very light and shallow, it is difficult to detect, but the smile in the eyes cannot be concealed.

It can be seen that Xia Zhi likes children.

Lu Huaiqiu couldn't help but feel a sense of respect in his heart...

As a person who hates noise and bustle, his biggest fear is dealing with children.

And many times, even if you think about it, you may not be able to figure out why those little guys can hold endless energy in their bodies despite their small stature.

That's okay, the one I'm most afraid of encountering is the kind of brat who looks like a great devil in the world...

Whenever this happens, Lu Huaiqiu wants to take off his slippers on the spot, so that these little flowers of the motherland can experience the severe beatings of society in advance.

"What's wrong with Linlin?"

Lu Huaiqiu asked Yang Mei beside her.

"It's a long story."

Yang Mei sighed softly.

After a brief conversation, Lu Huaiqiu finally understood the cause of the matter.

It turns out that when you were very young, Linlin's father lost his life in an accidental car accident.

Since then, Linlin has seemed like a different person. He is not as cheerful as before, and there is often no smile on his face.

later.

The hospital's diagnosis was that Linlin suffered from severe depression.

Since then, various ghosts and monsters have often appeared in the house.

Black soul monster, earth-bound spirit, female ghost in white...

Life suddenly became extremely difficult.

Helpless, Yang Mei could only turn to the Hunter Alliance and ask the hunters to come and remove the spirit.

That day was also the first time Yang Mei and Linlin saw the summer solstice.

The summer solstice has been here for several years.

Basically every weekend, she would come to Yang Mei's house regularly to check on the situation, clear out the yin energy in the house, and then play and talk with Linlin.

Unknowingly, Linlin's physical condition gradually improved.

So in Yang Mei's heart, she has always been grateful to Xia Zhi.

Lu Huaiqiu listened quietly and carefully to Yang Mei's words, and couldn't help but fall into deeper thinking.

Perhaps, this is the true greatness of hunters?
Slaying demons is indeed a vocation.

But saving other people's souls... is not something ordinary people can do easily.

"Brother, brother."

Seemingly seeing Lu Huaiqiu standing aside, Yang Lin grabbed the building blocks in his hand and raised them towards him, showing a smile that was missing one of his front teeth:

"Brother, do you want to play with toys together?"

"Okay." Lu Huaiqiu smiled.

Children are truly amazing creatures.

Although a bear is really no different from a little devil when it gets up.

But when they are good, they are nothing short of angels.

Lu Huaiqiu couldn't remember who he had heard it said before.

When children are willing to share their toys with you, it means they like you very much.

Because to them, the toys they like are the most precious things.

"Brother, let me teach you how to build a castle."

As he said that, Yang Lin really put up the building blocks in an orderly manner.

"Okay."

Lu Huaiqiu smiled and looked into his eyes quietly.

The first reaction is that he is indeed a child, his eyes are always clear and bright.

Lu Huaiqiu looked at photos of himself as a child and clearly remembered that he had this look in his eyes before, even though his eyes were not very big.

I don't know when it started, but it became the listless Kakashi version of dead fish eyes.

At this time, he seemed to feel Xia Zhi's hands pulling his clothes from behind.

Probably some sort of reminder of the summer solstice.

Lu Huaiqiu did realize it, but it was still a little late.

——Yang Lin's eyes have met Lu Huaiqiu's.

In an instant.

Lu Huaiqiu felt that the scene in front of him was shaking like a landslide and tsunami.

The dull, dark sky...

Endless as far as the eye can see, the eerie necropolis stretches to the far end of the horizon...

The sharp smile of the cracked woman, the blood stained on the dagger in her hand...

The gaze of the bloodless deceased, the faint marks gradually growing on the corpse...

just like.

In the short moment when he and Yang Lin looked at each other, in Lu Huaiqiu's mind, a hundred horror movies were played quickly but completely.

Not only the plot-based horror of Neon Country, but also the visual horror of European and American special effects...

Originally, Lu Huaiqiu rarely watched horror movies, and he still felt a little frightened when watching Conan.

This sudden situation really shocked Lu Huaiqiu's heart.

It wasn't until the sudden severe pain in his thigh that he came back to his senses.

——It’s Xia Zhixia’s hand.

While doing this little action, she was still smiling and playing with Linlin's blocks, and there was nothing strange at all.

Lu Huaiqiu blinked and looked around again.

——Everything seems to be very peaceful.

No one knew what Lu Huaiqiu had experienced in the short period of one or two seconds.

soon.

The sky gradually darkened.

It was almost time to arrive at the hotel, and Xia Zhi and Lu Huaiqiu said goodbye to Aunt Yang.

Before leaving, Aunt Yang had been trying to persuade the two of them to stay and have dinner together, but Xia Zhi declined because she had other work to do.

Even so, Aunt Yang still forcibly stuffed two large bags of fruits and snacks into the two of them, and firmly asked them to accept them.

Helpless, Lu Huaiqiu and Xia Zhi could only walk out of the residential building carrying large and small bags.

"Aunt Yang is so kind." Lu Huaiqiu said.

"Yes." Xia Zhi said, "Although I don't think I can help much, I am very happy to see Linlin getting better gradually."

"What happened to that child?" Lu Huaiqiu asked.

"Heart demon."

Xia Zhi said, "A curse that is not particularly rare."

"Negative emotions accumulate in the body for too long. If they are not released in time, they will gradually grow into demons."

"This kind of demon will live in the body and gradually corrode people's consciousness and soul."

"What about the end?" Lu Huaiqiu asked.

"The mind and consciousness have been completely devoured and become 'Dead Apostles'." Xia Zhi said.

The so-called Death Apostle refers to a low-level ghost with a level below E.

It is said to be a ghost, but in essence it is a human body with its spirit and soul hollowed out. It has no intelligence and ability to think, and only has the instinct to feed and kill.

It sounds a bit like the existence of "zombie" creatures in gun games.

Whether it is in ancient times or today, the number of Dead Apostles is actually quite large.

Because the life of the older generation is relatively difficult, many people are not living well and have a lot of negative emotions.

But now, life is indeed much better.

But living conditions have become higher, and the standards for happiness have also slowly increased.

Loneliness, exhaustion, confusion, endless work...

Various pressures are also impacting this generation of young people.

Therefore, even now, the probability of inner demons appearing in the city is not low.

only--

Many times, before the inner demon completely consumes a person, the hunter may have already come to the door. "Didn't you tell Aunt Yang about this?" Lu Huaiqiu asked.

"It's not necessary." Xia Zhi said, "Linlin has recovered."

Lu Huaiqiu nodded silently.

indeed.

Maybe Aunt Yang didn't know that ghosts would breed in her home, but it was actually because of Linlin.

She also didn't know that her child was suffering from inner demons.

She had always thought that Linlin was just like every ordinary child in the world, only suffering from a disease called "depression".

When the depression is over and Linlin grows up, everything will be fine.

Linlin can go to school, make friends, and grow up healthily like other normal children.

She never knew.

Her child has passed through the hands of death several times.

——If you follow the process.

When Xia Zhi saw Linlin for the first time.

She already had the obligation to kill Linlin.

After all, inner demons themselves are a particularly difficult type of demon to eradicate.

After all, it is not like things like black soul monsters and resentful spirits. Just go up and give it a knife, and the world will be clean.

It is rooted deep in people's hearts, like a parasitic seed, growing and developing slowly and silently.

So for the hunters, the way to deal with the inner demons is almost always solved on the spot.

Although it sounds very cruel, there is really no more appropriate way.

As the inner demon grows, the parasitized person will feel both physical and mental pain, and sometimes it may even be worse than death.

And when the inner demon completely takes control of the body, the parasite that becomes the Death Apostle will become an aggressive and dangerous scourge.

So, this is indeed a choice made out of necessity.

however.

At that time of summer solstice, I did not choose to do that.

"..." Lu Huaiqiu thought for a while and then finally said, "You are a good person."

"It doesn't count."

Xia Zhi said lightly: "My idea at the time was that if his condition worsens the next time I come to see him, I will take action."

"Fortunately, Linlin's condition has been improving."

"He's actually a very strong and optimistic kid who has overcome his own demons."

"It's a very rare thing indeed."

Lu Huaiqiu smiled and said no more.

——But without your arrival, how could he become strong?
At that time, if any hunter other than Xia Zhi received this mission, the ending would probably not be like this, right?
……

After leaving, Lu Huaiqiu got back on the back seat of the Harley motorcycle and followed Xia Zhi out of the residential area.

After walking around for a while, the two came to a ramen restaurant for dinner.

"Excuse me."

"There is no commercial area in this area, so there are few places to eat."

Xia Zhi said, "I'm sorry for you for the time being."

"That's not true." Lu Huaiqiu said with a smile, "I have liked ramen since I was a child."

Even now, he is still deeply impressed by the Lanzhou ramen master's peerless knife skills.

"Me too." Xia Zhi said.

He watched Xia Zhi skillfully add hot sauce and green onions to the soup noodles, and then use chopsticks and spoons to sandwich and serve noodles, which was very skillful.

"I thought girls didn't like eating noodles very much." Lu Huaiqiu said with a smile.

Every time he and Tang Yusheng go out, the latter almost never chooses a ramen restaurant.

This woman who talks about losing weight every day but never takes any action will only go to various dessert cake shops and hot pot restaurants.

As long as she is prone to fattening food, she has never failed to eat it.

No matter how much she eats and drinks, this girl really doesn't have any fat at all, and she was once jealous of the little fat house owner.

"It's true that I don't like it." Xia Zhi said, "The main reason is that the ramen is not expensive."

"..." Lu Huaiqiu slowly swallowed the noodles in his mouth, before he whispered, "Are you short of money?"

"There is no shortage." Xia Zhi said, "But I haven't saved enough for my tuition fees."

If this is not called lack, then what is it called...

Lu Huaiqiu thought helplessly.

At least, he has never had to worry about this kind of problem.

After his father left, he left a fortune to him, but it was temporarily handed over to the alliance's foundation for safekeeping. Lu Huaiqiu would be given tens of thousands of Huaxia coins every month.

Although he is not very wealthy, he is definitely an upper-middle-class person in Haicheng.

Not to mention that there is still such a big house at home, maybe one day I wake up and it will be demolished...

so.

When Lu Huaiqiu heard Xia Zhi say that she had to earn tuition and living expenses by herself, she was a little surprised.

"It's okay. It's mainly because I'm still an intern now. It will be much better after I become a full-time employee." Xia Zhi said.

Lu Huaiqiu didn't speak again.

The two ate noodles in silence and did not continue talking.

Normally, in order to get rid of the awkward atmosphere, Lu Huaiqiu would have been racking his brains to think about the topic of chat at this time.

But now, all he can think about is working hard and then going home to continue his liver game.

And if you don’t go home later...

Teacher Tang is probably in a hurry too.

"Are you full?"

Xia Zhi asked.

Lu Huaiqiu: "Hiccup."

Xia Zhi said nothing, stood up and paid.

"where is your house?"

After walking out of the ramen restaurant, Xia Zhi asked.

"Over there at the Qingchuan intersection."

Lu Huaiqiu said.

"detailed."

"...No. 78, Qingchuan Road, 100 meters diagonally opposite Haicheng No. [-] Middle School." Lu Huaiqiu said, "What's wrong?"

"Send you home." Xia Zhi suddenly unscrewed the handlebar.

Lu Huaiqiu was caught off guard and flew into the distance again with his Harley motorcycle...

"Leader, can you slow down?" Lu Huaiqiu couldn't help but say.

The honest head of the Lu family almost blurted out the three words "I'm so scared".

But what he didn't expect was that the Summer Solstice actually slowed down for the first time.

Not only was it slow, the Harley motorcycle was even slowing down, and finally stopped at an unfamiliar intersection.

"?" Lu Huaiqiu was a little confused, "What's wrong, leader?"

But all I heard was Xia Zhi's calm voice: "We're out of gas."

"..." Lu Huaiqiu.

The two used their mobile phone navigation to search the Amap map.

Then they discovered that the nearest gas station was a kilometer or two away from where they were...

And it's very late now, and this place is remote, and there are almost no buses and taxis.

"lead……?"

Lu Huaiqiu looked at Xia Zhi with tentative eyes, trying to ask Xia Zhi for advice.

And to be honest, it’s outrageous to forget to fill up when the gas tank is at the bottom...

Xia Zhi seemed to think for a while: "There is nothing we can do."

"That……?"

"Go and stay at my house for one night." Xia Zhi said.

Lu Huaiqiu: "???????"

Lu Huaiqiu, who looked confused, was about to say something——

"rest assured."

Xia Zhi added: "The bed is big enough."

(End of this chapter)