Chapter 058: Cemetery Bones (14)
He Lin stared at the person in front of him.
Tao Xing smiled gently: "I'm sorry, I did something in the cemetery and interfered with your energy. The ghosts you released today will not devour the souls of relatives, and will not become evil ghosts."
He Lin's pale lips trembled slightly, and after a long while, he said, "I didn't intend to turn them into evil spirits."
Originally, the bones were trapped underground for a long time, and energy was continuously absorbed from them. As long as enough energy was absorbed, he would have a chance to become a ghost.
Become a ghost, have the ability to go to the human world, and also have the ability to take revenge.
However, because of a puppy that had been guarding the cemetery for four years, Xiaocai regained his memory. Subsequently, the bones awakened and he was nearly torn to death. The energy he had absorbed for many years was lost in an instant.
Yes, he deceived everyone, he did not break the forbidden spell.
Those who passed through the wall did not go on the path of reincarnation, but were trapped in the cracks in space, unable to move, but still providing him with energy.
But due to the loss of energy, it will take a long time to transform into a ghost.
When Lin Yan's blood accidentally flowed to the tombstone, opening the passage between the two worlds, he suddenly found a shortcut.
They can reach the human world.
With his forbidden spell, ghosts that come to the human world will lose their minds when they touch the people they care about, and the ghosts will devour their souls. Those whose souls are devoured will be soulless and become the living dead, and the soul-devouring ghosts will become evil ghosts, and their energy will be doubled, so the energy he can absorb will also be doubled.
In this way, he can transform into a ghost tonight.
Ordinary evil ghosts cannot harm anyone except the people they truly care about. At most, they can show up to scare people, but some people may not be scared.
Only evil spirits can devour anyone's soul.
Just now, Xiaocai and the puppy met, and there should have been a scene where Xiaocai became insane and devoured the puppy's soul, but no, they were very close.
He Lin realized that his plan had failed.
The ghosts that came out tonight did not devour the people they cared about, so they would not become evil ghosts and would not provide him with energy.
He cannot become a ghost and cannot seek revenge.
At that moment, there was a sudden uproar in my heart and my body couldn't help but tremble.
The people around him held his hands tightly and asked him if he was leaving.
He came back to his senses and realized that since he couldn't take revenge, he had to leave first and wait for the energy to be absorbed slowly. After all, there were still many ghosts in the cracks of space.
However, these few who came to the human world could not go back. If they did not become evil ghosts, they would become wandering ghosts and lose their minds. Most of them ended up being taken away by people who practiced evil magic to be trained.
It still harmed them in the end.
Only now did he realize that the people around him had already seen through his intention. There was no need to ask him how he knew it, or how he interfered with the energy. A living person who could fall into the passage and restore the broken bones of the skeletons must have extraordinary qualities.
Helin's guilt ran out when he decided to trap the ghosts many years ago.
But now that his plot was seen clearly by his lover, he still felt a strong sense of shame and resentment.
I was ashamed that the truth had been revealed in front of my lover, and I was angry that I would never have the chance to kill my enemy in the future.
His pale face looked somewhat sad, and his body was trembling slightly.
Warm hands covered his shoulders, he raised his eyes and met the gentle smile.
Tao Xing said: "I just said that I will help you get revenge."
He Lin's eyes flickered slightly, and after a while, he bit his lips lightly: "I was murdered."
Tao Xing closed her eyes: "I know."
Helin held his hand, greedily thinking of the warmth in its palm, and looked back at the road they had come from.
Tao Xing said: "I really know that you have suffered a lot."
He saw it all while tracing Lin's father's memories.
Even without watching it, it's not hard to guess that it was Lin's father who killed Helin.
Lin Yan's father's real name is Lin Fengwen.
Helin is Lin's father's younger brother.
Even if he died early, all traces should not have disappeared completely. However, Lin Yan had never heard of this uncle's name, nor did he know that he had an uncle, because Lin Fengwen felt guilty and did not dare to mention it.
Tao Xing held Helin's hand, followed his gaze, and looked back the way they came.
In that era, Lin's father had a stable and very respectable job, and life was good, but things changed since Helin was born.
His father lost his job because of his birth.
The family's financial situation deteriorated drastically, and Helin became a punching bag. "Beating and scolding" and "partiality" may sound like simple words, but for a child, they are indelible scars.
Perhaps, what caused my father to collapse was not just the financial difficulties, but also the contrast of falling from a decent person to a high position. What he clung to was his paranoid self-esteem.
Tao Xing was reading Lin Fengwen's memories.
"Why is my little brother crying again? It's so annoying. Can you hold him away from me?"
Then, a pair of adult feet kicked the crawling child under the bed. The child burst into tears. The person on the bed became even more furious. He got out of bed, picked up the child's arm, and threw him into the dark grocery room. He closed and locked the door to block out the heart-wrenching crying and the sound of desperately trying to pull on the door lock.
It is impossible to tell from this perspective how frightened a child would be in a dark room where you can't even see your hand in front of you. All we can see is that the child cried in the grocery store until he was too weak to fall asleep, and because he was hungry, he stuffed anything he could find into his mouth.
When the child grew up a little, he was very observant and actively helped with housework. He also had a good temper and smiled lightly most of the time. No one could say that he was never angry. At this time, he was beaten and scolded less often, and he could barely get enough food to eat. His life seemed to have calmed down.
They all had to go to school, and after going to school, Lin Fengwen gradually felt aggrieved.
Because my younger brother has very good grades, he is very popular in school.
He started to find fault, and his parents always sided with him, so he became more unscrupulous and peed on his younger brother's head, and his parents didn't blame him at all.
After Lin Fengwen went to high school, he no longer had the time to bully his younger brother. His social circle changed a lot. He had a bunch of bad friends and changed girlfriends every now and then.
Lin Heqing, who was two years younger than him, was in junior high school at that time. Since junior high school, he chose to live in the school and worked in the cafeteria to earn daily expenses. He worked hard, had good relationships with people, and had excellent grades. The key high school in the city had already extended an olive branch to him, saying that as long as he passed the exam, all fees would be waived.
In his third year of junior high school, one summer night, the weather was unusually hot. The ceiling fan in the room creaked, blowing gusts of hot air.
Lin Fengwen returned home in a panic, covering his bloody face, and said to his parents in horror: "I, I chopped him to death."
The parents' faces suddenly turned pale.
The whole incident was very simple. A group of hooligans were fighting, and when they got angry, they started to use knives, but no one dared to actually do it. Lin Fengwen had always been the one who had the final say at home, and he was extremely bold, so he really chopped down the opponent.
The other party's family was also a gang. Instead of calling the police, they just came to the door with a knife.
He cut off someone's arm, and that person also cut off his arm.
The family knelt down and begged, and paid a lot of money, but the other party refused to give in and insisted that one of their hands must be cut off, and there was no room for negotiation.
The parents kowtowed in fear and suddenly said, "You have the wrong person. The one who chopped your child was actually... actually your younger brother. They look alike. The younger brother made a mistake and ran away. The older brother loves him and wants to take the blame for him. However, we are all human. Whoever made the mistake should bear the consequences. Just wait, I will go and call your younger brother back. Wait..."
Lin Fengwen was panicked and nodded confusedly: "Yes, that's fine."
If he made a mistake, he could let his younger brother take his place.
Lin Heqing was still confused when he was called home from school.
The two brothers look alike, only two years apart in age and not much different in height. When Lin Fengwen was slashing people, he was wearing a mask, revealing only his eyebrows and eyes. For a moment, it was hard to tell who the gangster who was slashed was. Lin's parents repeatedly claimed that it was the younger brother who did it, and they believed it. After all, they are all family, and it doesn't matter who they find to vent their anger.
Lin Heqing's right hand was pinned down on the table. After all, he was still a child. Seeing the gleaming knife, he cried out in fear, "Why are you doing this to me? No, no..."
The crying was so tragic that the other party couldn't help but feel sympathy.
With a flash of cold light, the machete fell, not cutting off his entire hand, but chopping off two of his fingers.
Blood flowed from the table to the ground like a small blood-red waterfall. Lin Heqing rolled on the ground with his hands clasped, and blood stained his clothes and face.
After recovering his strength, Lin Heqing left home.
The period when his hand was injured was the period of high school entrance examination, so he missed it and had no chance to go to high school.
He never returned to the Lin family after that.
What is tracked is Lin Fengwen's memory. We cannot see Helin's life after he left home, but we can know something from the words and conversations of the Lin family.
I heard from them that he went out to work, but because he was young, no formal factory wanted him, so he went to a private factory, where he was severely exploited, but he kept working.
Two or three years later, I heard from them that Helin had made good progress outside, started his own small company and became the boss.
The family was overjoyed and went to seek refuge with their luggage.
Through Lin Fengwen's perspective, Tao Xing saw Helin at this time.
He had just turned eighteen, had grown a little taller, was thinner, and a little darker than when he was in school. He was sitting in a not-so-big office writing something.
He now writes with his left hand, and his eyes and brows show firmness and calmness, as well as the youthful vigor that is unique to young people.
Tao Xing zoomed in and saw that he was doing math problems with a row of college entrance examination reference books next to him.
As the three Lin family members entered the room, the tranquility of the people at the table disappeared: "What are you doing here?"
My parents said with a smile, “Come and visit me. Shouldn’t family members visit each other more often? Otherwise, people will say you are unfilial…”
He Lin leaned back in his chair and smiled faintly: "If you are unfilial, then don't be unfilial. I won't give you anything, and you are not welcome in my company. Go away."
The three of them were stunned and didn't dare to argue any further. They got nothing from this trip and returned home in disgrace.
After that, Helin could not be seen in the traced memory, but Tao Xing saw the chaotic life of the Lin family. Lin Fengwen failed to get into college, and lived off his parents at home, playing games at night and sleeping during the day. When he had no money, he asked his parents for money. His parents quarreled every day and often fought.
This kind of life lasted for two years.
It was another summer night at the end of August.
Lin Fengwen once again ran home in a panic and closed the door nervously: "I... I owe a loan shark, they want to throw me into the pond to feed the fish, give me the money, give me the money."
There were knocks on the door and red paint flowed in from the crack.
This time, the parents also broke down and kicked Lin Fengwen angrily: "Where do we have any money? You might as well die. Why did we give birth to a son like you!"
With a "bang", the door was kicked open. Lin Fengwen was frightened and hurriedly climbed out of the window to escape.
One afternoon a few days later, Tao Xing saw He Lin again.
It was a familiar image that I had seen many times, the Zhongshan suit with a white crane pattern, buttons buttoned up to the top, fair skin, and gentle features.
But……
This is also the outfit he was wearing when he died.
This year, he was exactly twenty years old.
He died at the age of twenty.
He had a briefcase under his arm and a letter in his hand.
Letter cover: Admission letter from xx University.
He always regretted not being able to go to high school. In the past few years, he made money while studying on his own, took the college entrance examination as a working person, and was admitted to the university of his dreams.
Today, he put on appropriate clothes, took his admission letter, and was about to set off to report to school.
However, Tao Xing knew that he failed to report and his life would forever stop on this day.
One day, Lin Fengwen rushed into his office to ask him for money. He refused to give it, but Lin Fengwen pestered him and refused to leave.
It was a hot afternoon, so most of the workers went back to rest. The few on duty were also taking a lunch break, so no one heard the quarrel.
Lin Heqing couldn't get rid of the person, so he turned around and made a phone call: "If you don't leave, I'll call security."
Behind him, Lin Fengwen's eyes were red as he looked at the hammer and several nails on the table and couldn't help but clench his fists.
Helin's call was not made.
A nail as long as a finger was driven into the back of his head.
He slumped over the table, the phone fell from his hand, a long cord hung down, swaying, and a beeping sound came from the receiver.
He turned around to grab the murderer's clothes, raised the hammer, and smashed it down again, hammering all the nails into his head.
His raised hand dropped, and he fell to the ground with his eyes wide open.
The documents were scattered, the admission letter fluttered and covered his face, and several one-inch photos were scattered beside, soaked in blood.
Lin Fengwen's arrogance subsided and he panicked.
He ran out trembling and gasping for breath. There was no one around, so he quickly ran to the well and threw the hammer in. Then he looked back at the corpse in the house, put some documents on top, took out a lighter and lit it.
The fire burned Helin's body to a charred state. The only witness was Lin Fengwen, who said he was almost burned to death.
The cause of the fire is unknown. Amidst various opinions, the park manager took the blame and said that the circuit on the roof might not be properly set up, causing the fire due to exposure to the sun.
Later, the murderer not only got away with it, but also took over Helin's company.
He said he wanted to give his brother a proper burial, which made bystanders who didn't know the truth see the deep love between the brothers, and the employees of the company that took over were also polite and respectful to him.
So he had to play out the play to the end. Beishan Cemetery was a place for rich people at that time. He was rich now, so he bought the best location for his brother. The person selling the cemetery said that it was in the middle of the cemetery and was a good place for feng shui.
Who cares about feng shui? Since it is said to be the best location, just buy it.
Tombstone rubbing, Lin Heqing, born in 1972, died in 1992.
Signature... A guilty person would not dare to sign his name. He is the murderer. Even if he does not believe in ghosts and gods, he would not dare to put his name on the same monument with that of the person he killed with his own hands.
The matter was not hidden from the parents, but they chose to help conceal it and they did not dare to sign their names.
So, an unsigned inscription was erected. This person came to the Lin family, and after his death, he had nothing to do with the Lin family anymore.
After being buried and a tombstone erected, Helin’s twenty years of life returned to dust.
His soul fell into the ground and he was no longer aware of the affairs of the human world. His memory ended there.
The hand is held tightly by the person next to you.
Tao Xing said, "Do you want to know what happens after you die?"
He Lin gritted his teeth and said, "Need I say more? The brand I founded and the technology I developed have all become Lin Fengwen's current family business. His wealth is built on my corpse. I have been dead for many years, but he is living so well."
Tao Xing hugged him and said, "What about your parents? Do you want to know?"
He Lin's eyes were red: "They must be doing well."
"Not necessarily." Tao Xing said.
Lin Fengwen took over Helin's company and became rich as the times were good, but his parents' lives did not improve. He was a spoiled man and only spent his money on himself without ever thinking about his parents. His parents went to him for help several times, but were always humiliated by him.
Later, when his mother became seriously ill, she went to him again. He reluctantly arranged for his mother to be hospitalized and paid the medical expenses, but then he stopped caring about her. After taking care of her at the bedside for a few days, his father became fed up and left her in the hospital and went home.
My mother died of this illness.
One day later, some of Lin Fengwen's opportunistic business dealings were discovered. After much thought, he used some connections to push the responsibility onto his father, and he "sacrificed his own father for the sake of justice" and took the initiative to report the matter, for which he was rewarded.
After my father was released from detention, his health deteriorated and he passed away soon after.
This is probably their "reward". This couple taught their son to be selfish and to shirk responsibility, which eventually backfired on them.
After my parents died, they were buried in my hometown, not in this city. I don’t know if their ashes are still there.
Tao Xing told these words one by one.
He Lin smiled slightly: "I feel relieved if they are not doing well. Unfortunately, the man who killed me is still alive and well. I thought I could make him pay with his life today."
Tao Xing said, "If you become a fierce ghost, you will disappear into thin air after eating people. Wouldn't it be too uneconomical to sacrifice yourself?"
"Then what else can I do?" He Lin said, "I can't touch him. Ordinary ghosts can't hurt humans."
Tao Xing took a step forward and looked at the road: "He will come over. There is no need to touch him. He will be destroyed anyway."
Then he turned around and said: "I will let you take revenge yourself."
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