Chapter 4 You took your brother to jump off the building and curse
The room was very quiet. Wisps of faint black air floated out from Zhuzhe's body. There was no air conditioning in the room, but the temperature was slowly dropping.
Zhuzhe was lying on the bed, tied up like a Dragon Boat Festival rice dumpling. Zhuzhe was sleeping soundly, completely unaware of what others had done to him. He hadn't slept so peacefully for a long time.
There seemed to be a blurry figure flashing in the mirror, and a series of footsteps came from downstairs, finally stopping in front of the Zhu family's door. "Dang, dang, dang", three crisp knocks were heard.
Zhuzhe seemed to hear something. He opened his eyes, but found that it was pitch black in front of him and there was no light in the room. He remembered that he had just returned home by high-speed rail and fell asleep before he had time to eat a hot meal.
Now he is lying in his room. Someone must have sent him to bed. It must be Zhu Huai who did it. Zhu Mo is busy at work and goes out early and comes back late. Zhu Huai stays at home. In fact, he takes care of his younger brother more and is more like an elder.
Was he sleeping so deeply? Zhu Zhe thought a little confusedly. Everything in his vision was not very clear. All the objects in the room seemed to be covered with a layer of blurred color, showing a different posture in the darkness. Zhu Zhe thought he was seeing things. He wanted to turn on the light, but suddenly found that his body was inexplicably unable to move!
Zhu Zhe's eyes suddenly widened. He looked down but could see nothing. His body seemed to be tied up tightly by something. He struggled hard like a fish caught in a net, but he could not get rid of the restraints no matter what!
Zhu Zhe turned his head, his hands and feet were unable to move, and his body seemed to be pressed down by something heavy. The room was silent, but in this dead silence, Zhu Zhe heard the almost hallucinatory sound of something dragging across the ground.
He was extremely conscious, lying on the bed with his eyes wide open. An inexplicable intuition told him that something was wrong, there seemed to be another person in his room!
"Brother, is that you? Where are you?"
Zhuzhe opened his mouth, but his throat seemed to be blocked by something. The shouts and sounds he made were swallowed by the invisible void. Zhuzhe could not utter a word. His body felt heavy and weak, and his limbs felt as if they were immersed in an ice cave. In this situation, he turned his head and heard the voice slowly approaching his room.
There really is something else in his room!
Zhuzhe's scalp tingled. He opened his eyes wide and tried to see hard, but he could see nothing. The only sound in the dark room was his breathing. But in that darkness, Zhuzhe seemed to be able to see an invisible sight right in front of him, looking at him not far away in the room.
Someone is watching me! This thought flashed through Zhuzhe's mind: there was someone in his room, watching him.
The once familiar bedroom suddenly felt unfamiliar. The heavy, slow dragging sound rang out again. There were no footsteps, nor did it sound like the movement of any living creature. It was more like long black hair soaked in blood, winding across the ground. Every time it moved closer to him, the black hair would drag a long trail of blood on the ground...
Zhu Zhe instantly realized his current situation: he was being sleep paralyzed! Zhu Zhe tried his best to get up from the bed, but his body was unable to move, being restrained by something. In the most powerless situation, Zhu Zhe was clearly aware that the voice was slowly approaching him. Human fantasy is the most terrifying thing, and it can really drive people crazy.
Zhu Zhe's body seemed to have turned into cement and sank into it, welded to the bed. Cold sweat quickly seeped out of his body.
In this situation, Zhuzhe saw a figure slowly appearing in the shadow of the room. It was a blurry figure that looked like a human but not a human. In the darkness, the figure seemed to be staring at him. In Zhuzhe's room, he turned his head and met the eyes of the thing whose shape he could not see clearly.
Zhuzhe couldn't see the specific appearance of the thing, but suddenly realized that something was wrong: due to his line of sight, he felt that he could only look at the other person when he turned his head, but the direction he was looking was the floor.
So, that unknown thing was either squatting on the ground and looking at him, or... the other party had lost its lower body and could not walk or speak.
He just lay on the ground, slowly dragging his body, and met Zhuzhe's eyes on the bed.
When he figured this out, an unprecedented fear came over him. Zhuzhe's heart beat faster and his body trembled constantly. Perhaps it was the instinct for survival that finally made him burst out with powerful strength. Zhuzhe roared hard, finally broke free from the restraints on his body, and stood up from the bed!
There was a ripping sound, as if something was torn apart, and Zhuzhe jumped off the bed like a tiger in the zoo. He turned his head and was immediately frightened to the point that his hands and feet went limp.
The things that had been restraining him and entangled around him were actually circles of long black hair.
Was he seeing a ghost? Zhu Zhe thought, this room is not safe, he must leave here as soon as possible. Thinking of this, Zhu Zhe didn't care about anything else. He quickly walked around the floor where the thing was and rushed out of the room like a madman. Zhu Zhe opened the door and ran out, not forgetting to close the door with a bang.
The living room was pitch black. Zhu Zhe tried desperately to turn on the light, but for some reason, even though the light was on, the light in the room was still dim and blurry. He couldn't see anything clearly. The whole world seemed to be covered with a layer of gray. In this situation, a crackling sound suddenly came. Zhu Zhe lowered his head and took out a half-damaged talisman from his pocket.
This talisman was given to him as a gift by someone from another team during the last event. The other teammates including Zhuzhe accepted the gift. It was said that this was a protective talisman that the other party had obtained from a temple and it was very effective.
Zhu Zhe, who had never believed in these things and had no feelings towards feudal superstitions, looked at the talisman that spontaneously combusted without fire in front of him, and then thought about what he had just seen in the room. He couldn't help but gasp: "Could it be that ghosts really exist in this world?"
Bang, bang!
At this moment, a strange knocking sound was heard in the room where Zhuzhe was, but the sound was very subtle, coming from under the door. It sounded like a person crawling on the ground knocking on the door from inside.
Extreme fear slowly seeped into Zhuzhe's heart, making his hands and feet go limp. He tightly grasped the talisman: "No matter what, it was this talisman that saved me. No, if I get a chance, I have to ask Bai An which temple this talisman is from."
As Zhu Zhe spoke, he carefully put half of the talisman back into his pocket. He seemed to have found an unprecedented sense of security from this talisman, but when Zhu Zhe raised his head and saw himself in the mirror, he was shocked.
Zhu Zhe in the mirror had a face that was completely different from his. That face was extremely unfamiliar. Zhu Zhe could not see the face clearly, but could only vaguely see the pale skin color. He slowly stretched out his hand, but on his face, he felt the curve of his lips.
This face that does not belong to Zhuzhe is looking at the mirror, smiling with blurred features.
"We can't stay here for long!" Zhu Zhe took a few steps back, his hands and feet weak with fear, and he could hardly walk, but he did not forget his family. He desperately knocked on Zhu Mo and Zhu Huai's doors, asking them to come out quickly, there was a ghost in the house!
Such a loud noise finally attracted Zhu Huai's attention. With a click, the door slammed heavily to the ground, and Zhu Huai appeared in front of Zhu Zhe. Zhu Zhe took Zhu Huai's hand and was about to leave without saying a word.
The expression on Zhu Huai's face was very vague. Zhu Zhe couldn't see his expression clearly. He could only see his brother's mouth opening and closing, as if he was saying something. Those vague sounds seemed to come from an extremely far away place. Zhu Zhe vaguely caught a few words.
"How...did you...get out?"
"stop!"
"What are you doing……"
"Stop, Zhuzhe... wake up..."
Zhu Huai seemed very anxious and shocked, but Zhu Zhe could not care less. He did not know how to explain to his family, so he could only say to Zhu Huai: "Stop talking, come with me, there is a ghost here!"
As if hearing Zhu Zhe's words, the knocks on the door became louder, as if someone was going to rush out of the room in the next second! Zhu Zhe was desperate to pull Zhu Huai away, but Zhu Huai was struggling hard, and even seemed to want to reach out and touch Zhu Zhe's forehead, as if he wanted to see if he was crazy.
The sound of knocking on the door was getting louder and louder, and danger was approaching. In this situation, Zhu Zhe had no way to explain and didn't know what to do. Zhu Huai tried his best to refuse him, and the two of them started to pull each other in the living room. Zhu Huai even grabbed his collar and tried to push him into the chair. At this moment, Zhu Zhe seemed to vaguely see a looming figure appearing behind Zhu Huai.
It was that thing. It was lying on the ground looking at Zhu Huai, as if it wanted to attack him!
No more hesitation!
"Brother, come with me, there is a ghost in the house!" Zhu Zhe stretched out his hand to break free from Zhu Huai's restraints. He gritted his teeth, exerted strength with his hands and feet, and let out a low roar. The next second, he actually lifted Zhu Huai, who was taller than him, from the ground and carried him on his back!
His strength is as great as that of a mountain and his courage is as unmatched as that of the world!
At this moment, all the arguments and struggles fell silent. The whole world seemed to be silent. The voice in Zhuzhe's ear completely disappeared. Zhuzhe said, "Brother, I will not give up on you. I must take you away from this damn place!"
The next second, the 19-year-old e-sports young master carried Zhu Huai and strode towards the gate of the Zhu family. He seemed to have broken free from some restraints and walked a long distance. It was strange, was the gate so far away?
Zhu Zhe walked step by step, as if there was a voice guiding him forward. Gradually, he finally reached the end, and the voice in his ears became clearer, as if someone was repeating a sentence in his ear, right next to him, saying to him over and over again:
"Jump down, jump down, jump down—"
There seemed to be a sound of wind in his ears. Zhu Zhe was standing on the roof of the highest floor. In front of him was a building with more than ten floors. If he took just one step, he would fall from the roof.
He closed his eyes and held a knife in his hand. Zhu Huai was held tightly by him. At the last moment, Zhu Huai reached out and pulled him back, and drew a talisman on his forehead.
The spell briefly sobered Zhu Zhe up. Zhu Huai reached out and slapped his brother hard on the back of his head. He gritted his teeth and said, "Zhu Zhe, wake up!"
Zhu Huai's voice finally woke Zhu Zhe up. He opened his eyes and saw the scene in front of him. He was so scared that he took a few steps back and almost fell to the ground. The kitchen knife in his hand also fell to the ground.
Zhu Zhe looked at Zhu Huai with a pale face. He kept shaking his head, not knowing what had happened. As he retreated, a talisman flew out of his pocket. The talisman was stained with a very strong black air. Zhu Huai frowned and looked at Zhu Zhe, which made Zhu Zhe subconsciously stand up straight, while Zhu Huai bent down and picked up the talisman.
"It's stained with an inexplicable curse." Yin Quan said, "Where did your brother get this thing?"
"What should I do with this thing?"
Zhu Huai was not in a very good mood. For some reason, when he held the talisman, he felt a faint chill penetrate his body. Just as Zhu Huai was about to throw it away, willow branch patterns suddenly appeared on his arm.
These lines seemed to have been hidden in Zhu Huai's body, lurking in his soul, and would emerge when he sensed danger. They were spiritual patterns that ordinary people could not see. Zhu Huai lowered his head and watched a flexible willow branch emerge from his skin. It slowly raised its head and pressed a soft branch on the talisman, as if it was swallowing something.
"What's this?"
Zhu Huai seemed to have just discovered that he actually had this thing on his body. He looked at these ambiguous lines, but his pupils suddenly shrank because he finally found that sense of familiarity.
Beside Liu Xiang, in the Liu family's ancestral home, when he had formed a covenant with Liu Xiang, he had been forced to sit on the body of the god, watching him slowly stretch out his hand and use a brush dipped in thick golden ink to draw these lines on his body bit by bit.
"The contract has spirit, and I will never regret it. I have marked you with my mark, and you are my only child." The priest pinched Zhu Huai's chin, forcing him to look up. He said to him in a gentle voice: "After signing the contract, you and I will be together through life and death, and we will never be separated. Zhu Huai, are you happy?"
That sweet voice seemed to be filled with joy, almost overflowing, drowning everything about Zhu Huai in his mouth. Without waiting for Zhu Huai to answer, Liu Xiang couldn't help but say, "I am very happy."
Memories of the past flashed by, and the willow branch on Zhu Huai's arm burrowed back and settled on his skin again, slowly hiding itself completely. Zhu Huai stared at this scene intently. After a moment, he lowered his eyes and turned over the talisman in his hand.
After all the black energy was absorbed by the willow branches, the talisman seemed to have lost its bewitching power and became ordinary.
"This is a talisman someone gave me. It's said to be from a temple and very effective."
Zhuzhe's heartbeat quickened, his face was covered in sweat, and he still didn't know what had happened. The wind on the rooftop blew, and he almost shivered with cold.
He knew that his mental state was not good recently, but he never thought that one day he would take his brother to the rooftop to COS jump off a bungee!
The talisman slowly unfolded, and the paper with strange patterns on it turned over. There seemed to be a few large characters written on it. Zhu Huai saw the handwriting on the top clearly. He looked at Zhu Zhe deeply and said to him, "The thing on it is indeed very effective. Who gave it to you?"
Zhu Huai picked up the talisman and showed it to Zhu Zhe. In the center of the talisman were a few large, clear characters:
"Go to hell."
Zhuzhe looked at these two words and the expression on his face quickly turned ugly.
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