Chapter 54 The two decide to take a bath together
"Young man, you gave me the wrong amount of money."
Shanran asked in confusion, "What's wrong? Isn't it two yuan?"
The cashier tossed over the banknotes she had just received, saying, "Two yuan isn't enough for ghost money."
Shan Ran was shocked. She took the banknote and discovered that it was indeed ghost money.
In her panic, she squeezed the milk bottle in her hand, but what leaked out was not milk, but a thick, scarlet, foul-smelling liquid.
Shanran quickly shook her hand, trying to get rid of what she was holding, but found something being thrown at her. She instinctively dodged and was almost hit.
It was a tongue that struck the shelf behind Shan Ran, actually drilling a hole through the metal shelf.
The cashier's mouth stretched all the way to her ears, and her open mouth was full of sharp, triangular teeth. After her extremely long tongue retracted, it attacked Shan Ran again.
Having experienced several frights before, Shanran's mental fortitude had improved, and she was less prone to weakness, managing to dodge several attacks in succession.
But soon, everyone in the convenience store who had been normal just moments before turned into this, crowding around Shan Ran.
Shan Ran pushed over a row of shelves to block a long-tongued monster, and ran frantically toward the exit.
Just as she was about to run out the door, a tongue wrapped around her foot and dragged her back inside.
Shanran was utterly desperate.
Is she going to die again?
Just then, a hand suddenly reached out from outside the door, grabbed Shan Ran tightly, and hit the tongue with her schoolbag. The tongue recoiled in pain, and she was dragged out!
Shan Ran suddenly fell into a strong embrace. She looked over and saw that it was the boy named Kunwu Yecheng.
Kunwu Yecheng helped her to her feet, and when they looked back, everything in the convenience store had returned to normal, with everyone doing their own thing.
Only the two of them were afraid; only their expressions were terrified, and they were both breathing heavily.
A short while later, they suddenly realized something and looked at each other.
"You can see it?"
"That was just now..."
They were both silent for a moment, then nodded.
Shanran almost burst into tears of joy.
Although all of this was very strange and terrifying, at least she could be sure of one thing now.
These are not illusions; there are other people who can see them just like her!
Kunwu Yecheng was also still in shock and disbelief. Everything that had happened since yesterday was too terrible and almost broke his spirit.
If he hadn't met this girl today, he felt he would have ended up in a mental hospital.
Unable to distinguish between illusion and reality, unable to tell what is real and what is fake, even close family members are not truly family, and safe houses are no longer safe...
He won't need to be killed anymore; he'll go insane first, becoming a madman who has lost his mind and will be forever trapped in a mystery of the unknown truth.
Kunwu Yecheng shivered; his palms were sweating, and his hands were trembling uncontrollably.
"What should we do? Should we tell the teacher and our parents?"
"But... teachers and parents can also turn into monsters."
"Then... how many monsters are there in this school?"
The two stood under the blazing midday sun, yet both felt icy cold. They turned to look around; people were coming and going, and everything seemed normal.
But clearly, nothing is normal.
What are you going to do?
"let's go."
"What?"
Kunwu Yecheng stared wide-eyed at the girl in astonishment.
Shan Ran nodded firmly, "Let's go! Something's not right. We have to leave first, we have to escape from here!"
Kunwu Yecheng hung his head, seemingly lost in thought.
But soon, he looked up and said, "Okay, let's go!"
The two walked towards the playground as if nothing had happened, seemingly intending to take a walk after dinner.
When they reached the corner, the two quickly climbed over the school gate together.
"Where to now?"
“It’s not safe at home either, I don’t dare to go home.”
"I don't dare go back."
Kunwu Yecheng thought for a moment, "I have a friend who went abroad with his whole family last year. His house is still empty. Let's go there."
Shanran nodded, and the two prepared to go over.
While waiting for the train on the platform, there were already several people waiting on the seats.
Having experienced what had happened in the past few days, the two dared not get too close to the crowd, so they stood on the other side.
Suddenly, I heard the sounds of several children playing and laughing behind me.
"Sister, could you help me pick up the ball?"
That eerie intuition resurfaced, and Shanran shuddered, slowly turning around.
A group of children stood behind them, looking at them innocently and naively.
A ball bounced and rolled to Shan Ran's feet. The next second, the ball bounced up again and turned into a terrifying human face.
It opened its mouth wide and bit down on Shan Ran's neck, causing blood to spurt out.
Shan Ran stared wide-eyed, clutching her neck in disbelief, and slowly fell backward.
"Xiao Ran!"
Kunwu caught Shanran's body, and the human head ball bounced on the ground and then came flying toward his neck.
The man never expected his reaction speed to be so fast. He picked Shan Ran up around the waist and quickly ran backward.
The ball didn't follow; instead, it bounced in place. The group of children continued laughing and playing, seemingly unaware of how terrifying the ball in their hands was.
The girl in his arms had stopped breathing. Kunwu Yecheng, as a bystander, witnessed the entire process of Shanran's sudden death.
It was very similar to what he had encountered, except that he was the one who died each time.
He didn't dare stop at all, carrying Shanran and running wildly, as if he had inexhaustible strength, or perhaps because his adrenaline was rising due to extreme fear. He actually ran all the way to his friend's house.
My friend's house is a villa halfway up the mountain; it's the only one in the area.
When they reached the door, the girl in his arms suddenly twitched and then struggled violently.
Kunwu Yecheng quickly hugged the girl, gently patting her back to comfort her, "It's alright, Xiaoran, it's alright, be good..."
Shan Ran woke up, breathing heavily.
The moment she woke up, the bloody hole in her throat disappeared, and all the blood on her body vanished.
It's like falling asleep in a man's arms, and then waking up to find everything has returned to normal.
She was placed on the ground and nestled in the man's arms.
Like a drowning person clinging tightly to a piece of wood on the water's surface, she held the man tightly, with all her might, her fingernails almost digging into his flesh.
Kunwu Yecheng seemed oblivious to the pain, letting the girl pinch him.
Soon, Shan Ran recovered, and her breathing gradually stabilized.
Once she confirmed that these were real events and not hallucinations, she could feel her mental resilience growing stronger and her recovery speed increasing.
"Let's climb over the wall first; I know the password to the main door inside."
Seeing that Shanran was feeling better, Kunwu Yecheng led the girl into the villa.
The house must have been uninhabited for a long time, as the furniture was covered in a layer of dust.
Both of them were sweating a lot, but they didn't dare to take a shower at home, so the first thing they did was to wash up.
Kunwu Yecheng pulled out a towel and two sets of clothes.
They were too afraid to leave each other, so after discussing it, they decided to take a bath together.
The hot water poured over my body finally relieved some of the tension.
Shan Ran let out a long sigh, not daring to close her eyes, and simply wiped her face with a damp towel.
She glanced cautiously at the man beside her, whose back was turned, and her toes curled up uncomfortably.
It was a little awkward being in the same room as a man for the first time while taking a shower.
Kunwu Yecheng dared not close his eyes, fearing some unexpected accident might occur.
But keeping my eyes open is torture.
He stared intently at the towel in front of him, trying to ignore the sounds behind him.
The rising steam gradually spread, and the fragrance enveloped the man's body, seeping into his nose and penetrating every pore, making his body tense to the point that he wanted to hold on to something to relieve the tension.
He could only grab onto the seam of his trousers.
Time was passing exceptionally slowly.
Once the mountain dye was finally washed, Kunwu Yecheng dared to breathe normally again.
"I'm ready, come and wash up."
Upon hearing the girl's voice, Kunwu Yecheng slowly relaxed his clenched fist. He turned around and was stunned for a moment when he saw the girl's fair face, which was slightly red from the steaming hot water.
For some reason, he suddenly felt that the girl in front of him was somewhat familiar.
He was certain that the two had never met before, but there was a strange sense of familiarity between them, so much so that his gaze lingered on the girl, unwilling to look away.
But then he noticed something amiss: the two of them lived in the same neighborhood and attended the same school, yet they had never met.
With such a striking appearance, it's impossible that he had never even heard of it before.
That's completely unreasonable.
Shan Ran noticed the man's gaze across from her, and there was an emotion in it that she couldn't understand.
She felt inexplicably nervous, so she urged, "Hurry up and wash."
The man took off his clothes, glanced at the girl's back, and then quickly turned his head away, forcing himself not to look at her again.
However, Yu Guangzhong's erection was simply too striking to ignore. The man dared not look down at it and could only wash it clean as quickly as possible, hoping that it would behave itself.
However, even after he finished showering and left the bathroom, he was still holding his head high.
Shan Ran didn't notice any of this. She first checked the door lock, then lifted the blanket and lay down, patting the side next to her.
"Come on up quickly."
Kunwu Yecheng lay down, with a distance between them.
The lights in the room were all on. They quietly analyzed what had happened in the past two days. Sleepiness came over them, but they forced themselves to stay awake.
They all thought they should stay sober as long as possible.
In a daze, the girl suddenly let out a short cry, which instantly woke the man. He quickly looked over and found that the girl's eyes were tightly closed and her hands were flailing wildly, as if she were having a nightmare.
"Xiao Ran! Xiao Ran, wake up, it's okay..."
Kunwu Yecheng grabbed her hands and called out a few times, after which the girl stopped struggling.
She suddenly opened her eyes, and her rapid breathing only calmed down after she saw the man in front of her.
He gently embraced the girl and patted her back to comfort her.
Shan Ran stood there, her hands limp and stunned for a moment, then hugged him back, gripping his back tightly, her nails digging deep into his skin, drawing blood.
The man frowned slightly and couldn't help but let out a groan of pain.
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