piecing together the soul

Chapter 6
"I was afraid that he would worry about me." I replied immediately, "It's so worrying for a living person to be with a ghost."

As soon as the words fell, I heard the sound of a key opening the door. I hurriedly made a silent gesture. He shut up and so did I. I got up and took the lunch box to open the door. I greeted my roommate and went out to throw the box. .

Afterwards, it was business as usual, and around six o'clock, I packed up and went out.

"Going out?" the roommate asked.

"Well," I replied, "for dinner, with whom."

"Ah." The roommate is also used to it, "I thought you were going to cook, and I wanted you to bring it."

I smiled: "Forget it if you're lazy." After I finished speaking, I went out, with the earphone of the mobile phone plugged into my left ear, just for the convenience of talking to Wang Xiuying.

It was getting dark outside, Brother Xiu's shadow also appeared, I glanced at him and asked, "Where is it, take me there."

"Okay." He said, floating in front of me, and then heard him say, "There are so many people in your school, when will it be quiet at night?"

"Our school is not quiet at night," I said. "You look for a place, see where it is, and try your luck. If it is quiet, it is still possible to dig. If it is at the school gate, I can't help it."

He floated in front of me, and took me straight to the small basketball court near the big teaching building, where there were still people playing.Seeing him stop, I asked, "Is it here? Congratulations."

"Congratulations on what?"

"That's a basketball court, a plastic floor, you want me to dig it out?"

"The exact location hasn't been determined yet." He frowned. "There must be something blocking it. The closer you get, the less certain it is."

I looked at the bright lights on the basketball court and said with a smile: "You look for it slowly, anyway, there is still ball playing there, I'll go and see for a while."

"You can stay in the building for a while, it's cold outside."

"Is it up to you?" I asked back and ignored him, and went to the other side of the court.

"Come back!" he yelled from behind.

I turned around helplessly and asked, "What's the matter?"

"I..." He hesitated before saying, "The yang energy over there is too strong, I can't get through."

"Okay, okay," I smiled, thinking I could only accommodate him, "Then I'll just watch it here, and if you find it, tell me, I'll try to find a way."

I found a bench and sat down, watching his head float back and forth, a little anxious.

"What's buried here?" I asked.

"Either an arm or a leg."

Yes, it is a waste of time to ask.I said, "Isn't that hard to find? Just a few bones."

"Yes," he said, "I am afraid that you will be tired, so I searched more carefully?"

"It's okay, I won't take your job because I'm afraid I'm tired."

"Really?" He asked back, "Then why don't you answer?"

"Pretend not to see you." As I said that, I turned my head and looked at the basketball court. He was dangling in front of my eyes, so I pretended I didn't have him, and looked straight at the basketball court. Yes, I even shouted hello.

"Hey, hey," he said impatiently, "you won't take this opportunity to let go, will you?"

I still ignored him, stood up and walked to the court with my bag on my back.

"Hey! That..." He stumbled, indeed, I didn't tell him my name, I couldn't help but secretly laughed when I thought of this.

I was still walking forward, but his voice suddenly became very urgent, and his throat almost broke: "Don't go forward! There is... don't go!!"

Hearing his voice didn't sound like he was joking, I immediately stood still: "What's wrong?"

Seeing me standing still, his voice changed from eagerness to seriousness: "Go back, go backwards, don't look back, don't look back, hurry up!"

I don't know what happened, maybe he saw something as a ghost.Thinking of this made me a little creepy, and I suddenly remembered that basically every year in this place, one person would jump to death outside the basketball court, not far from my place.Last year, I saw him go down with my own eyes. I was in class on the seventh floor, and I was staring out the window in a daze, when I saw a black shadow "swipe" down the ground in front of the window.At that time, the class next door was fried because that person was facing the window of the next class.I may be the only one in my class who saw it, so nothing happened.When I went to look again after class, the person was already covered up, as if it was near me now...

As I was thinking about it, I backed up, unable to see the road, and fell when I stumbled!

"Kao!" I sat on the ground all of a sudden, excruciating pain.

"Hahahahaha!" Just as I was grinning in pain, a series of heartfelt laughter rang in my ears.

"You uncle!" As soon as I opened my mouth in a hurry, I cursed at the street. Just now, that Wang Xiuying pretended to be so anxious and serious, and she did it for a long time just to make me fall!
"Hey! Hey, are you okay?" The mean man floated his head over and said with a playful smile.

I endured the pain and lowered my face, without even looking at him, I stood up and patted the dirt on my body: "Are you getting more and more courageous? I'm teasing you, so you give me this hand?"

"Don't...don't be angry." Seeing me angry, he was really a little scared, floating around me, "I'm just joking, don't be angry."

In fact, I didn't really intend to give up the pick and quit. I just wanted him to stop making such jokes in the future. There is no need to be really angry. After all, I just helped him find the bones so that he would no longer be floating like this.

I was thinking like this, but I still had a straight face, and he still looked scared: "Don't be angry. If you are willing to help me, you will know that you are a good person. I shouldn't..."

He couldn't go on, like a child who made a mistake.The way he looks makes me a little uncomfortable.I am an only child and have no younger brother, so I have only seen one man acting like a baby to me in my life, and that is my boyfriend.

"All right, all right," I quickly interrupted him, "Big man, don't get tired of being crooked."

Seeing that I didn't like to talk to him, he wisely stopped talking.

Seeing that people on the basketball court over there were leaving one after another, and the lights were turned off, I looked at my watch. It was 09:30, which would have been the second watch in the past.Once the people on the basketball court dispersed, there was no one around here. I asked him, "Can I dig now?"

Seeing me talking, he immediately replied: "After a while, I will get ten points anyway, right?"

I nodded and didn't answer.He tentatively asked, "Aren't you angry?"

"It's wrong to be angry with you. Anyway, I will help you find the bones, and you will be reincarnated when you have all the bones. We will never see you again."

"That's not necessarily..." He hesitated to speak here, and changed the subject, "Just now, when I pretended to scare you, why did you trust me so much?"

"You ghost, you, might see things I can't," I said.

"Just because of this?"

Of course, it has something to do with the person who jumped off the building, but in the middle of the night, there was already a ghost haunting me, so I don't want to mention that again.So I just shook my head.

"It's not because you think I'm trustworthy?"

I shook my head again.

Maybe I frowned, and he asked, "What are you worried about? Isn't there really something unclean here?"

"Yes." I nodded while answering.

He immediately tensed up and looked around 360°: "What?"

"You." In contrast, I looked very relaxed.

"It's scary." He was relieved to hear my joke.

"You are a ghost, even if there is something, I should be afraid."

The two of us fell into silence again, I played with my phone for a while, it was almost ten o'clock, and I looked around.I don't come here often on weekdays. I didn't expect this place to be so quiet on Friday night. Maybe it has something to do with the person who jumped off the building.It is said that the person who jumped last did not return to the dormitory the night before the jump. I don't know what happened. A person who is usually optimistic, suddenly jumped off the building, as if he had been possessed by a demon.

After this legend came out, those brothers or sisters who jumped off the building before everyone started human flesh, as long as they came down from this building, they basically didn’t go back to the dormitory the night before, and they jumped suddenly the next day, or they jumped the same night Understand.Later, there was another legend, saying that there was a dead ghost demanding his life in this place, so everyone didn't dare to come.

I used to be a bit shy about this place, and never came at night, but I heard from brother Xiu a few days ago that there is no such thing as a dead ghost looking for a substitute, so I feel at ease.

"It's almost there, where do you say it is, and the digging will be over early." I got up and opened my backpack and took out a shovel.

"It's right here." He floated to a piece of ground and gestured with his eyes.

Fortunately, it was a piece of grass. I shoveled it with a shovel and found that the ground was not too hard, so I was relieved.I may be really lacking in exercise, after digging for nearly an hour I feel like my whole body is falling apart.When I dug his head last time, because an uncle dug for a long time first, I dug it out after more than half an hour. This time, if it takes that long... I think I have to rest for a while after digging sky.

"Take a break when you're tired." He said suddenly.

"I'll stop if you don't tell me." As I said, I took out my phone and checked the time. It was 5 minutes and 11 o'clock.

The light from the phone was shining directly on my face, which made me feel a little harsh.Brother Xiu also suddenly said: "You look more like a ghost than me now."

"Cut." I didn't bother to talk to him, put away my phone, and planned to sit on the bench next to me for a while.

He looked at the brightly lit place in the distance, and said, "It's so late, why is your place still so lively?"

"The nightlife of college students is still very rich." I replied after sitting down.

"Then why is there no one here?"

I was helpless: "You are very annoying."

"What's wrong?" He seemed innocent.

"The last time you asked this question, I deliberately went around and didn't answer it. Didn't you see it?"

"so what?"

"It means that I don't want to answer, so don't ask."

He gave another expression of swearing: "But the more you don't tell me, the more I want to ask."

"roll!"

I'm not usually a very tempered person, but I don't know why, he can always step on my angry point just right.Is it because he is a Virgo?
He seems to have mastered the way to calm me down, that is to shut up and let me cool down.Of course, this method is not suitable for every girl. When most girls are angry, they should still coax her. If you don't speak, she will feel that you are neglecting her.

After resting for 5 minutes, I almost calmed down and was not so tired, so I got up and walked to the place I just dug.His voice was suddenly very urgent again, and his voice seemed to be broken: "Don't go forward! In front...don't go!"

Here we go again!I can't be fooled by you.I snorted and continued walking, waving the shovel.

"You don't go! Stop and don't move!"

I still didn't listen and kept walking.

"Stop and don't move!" It may be because of the command tone, and I stopped in response to the voice.Immediately afterwards, a very strong light flashed past me and exploded in front of me!There was no sound at all!
It happened so fast, my brain didn't react, I just said: "What's going on?"

The chatterbox didn't answer me.

"Brother Xiu." I called out, but he still hadn't answered. When I turned around again, I found that he was gone.

"Human? Wang Xiuying?" My first thought was that he was teasing me again, "Where are you hiding? You want to scare me, don't you?"

Still didn't answer me.

Just as I was about to take a step to continue walking, I suddenly remembered that the last thing he said before he disappeared was "stop still".Hearing people's persuasion to eat enough, I still stood still.

There was a dead silence around, and even the dormitory building in the distance was dark because the lights had just been turned off.It seems that I am a little scary.It was different from hearing footsteps that day. That day it was because my heart was beating faster, and today I was feeling cold all over;

"Brother Xiu..." I felt my voice was trembling, "Brother Xiu, don't scare me, come out quickly."

(End of this chapter)