The Exorcist Chapter 9: Portrait

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At almost noon the next day, Xiaoxia came to the door of Lu Yan's house again, carrying large and small bags of things.

Yesterday, she accidentally hurt the child. She felt guilty all the time and wanted to make some amends. She knew that Lu Yan had an early shift today and would not go home until three in the afternoon, so she planned to come and play with the children and have lunch together.

Lu Yan said that she usually prepares meals in advance when she goes to work. When children are hungry, they will bring them to eat by themselves.

These words made Xiaoxia's heart ache. The child is too precocious, he is only five years old! At this age, many children are playful and unwilling to eat seriously, so parents will do everything possible to coax their children to eat. However, children not only cannot play with children of the same age, but also have to learn to take care of themselves.

When she thought of the little boy's situation, Xiaoxia made up her mind to help their mother and son!

She stepped into the dark and old three-story building. As soon as she entered the doorway, she felt a wave of coolness rushing towards her face. In the hot summer sunshine, the cool feeling was quite comfortable, but Xiaoxia always felt that the temperature difference between the inside and outside of the building was too big, which caused goosebumps to appear on the skin of her arms. The forbidden area shuddered.

Moreover, the corridor is very dark.

The last time she came with Wan Li and the others, she thought it would only be so dark at night. Today, in this sunny day, she discovered that it was the same during the day. The windows at the stairwell and corners are already small, and there are a lot of debris piled up, blocking the light from outside. The white walls are so gray and black that the true color cannot be seen, and because there are few residents and the doors are closed, the long corridor The silence is so nerve-wracking that every step of the way there is an empty echo, making one feel like walking in the depths of the earth.

Squeak--

The sound of opening the door startled Xiaoxia. She had just climbed to the second floor, so she unconsciously looked deep into the corridor, but did not see any door open. The end of the long corridor was blurry and unclear. She wanted to leave here quickly, but she made a mistake in the process. She couldn't hold the thing firmly in her hand and fell to the ground. The bag of fruit rolled everywhere.

She hurriedly knelt down to pick up, one, two, three. When she picked up many bags of food and toys again and started to pick up fruits, she suddenly found that she had run to the middle of the corridor.

Wow--

Another strange sound came, like the shaking of the iron chain locking the door. It was so close that it was as if it was in the ear. Xiaoxia stood up suddenly in shock.

The corridor is still empty. The two dark doors in front of her were locked tightly, and the iron chain on the door handle was not moved at all, but Xiaoxia felt an inexplicable chill coming straight to her heart, feeling that something was watching her inside the door!

She was so frightened that she turned around and ran away, not picking up the fruits still scattered on the ground. But as soon as she reached the corner of the stairs on the third floor, she felt something tripped on her foot, causing her to stumble and several more bags of things fell from her hand!

Subconsciously, she picked it up again. As soon as she bent down, she saw a pair of eyes staring at her among the debris piled in the corner!

Is there something hidden there? !

In the panic, she suddenly felt courage, stretched out her hand to pull the pile of debris away, and saw that someone had painted a smiling girl's head on the gray-black wall. There was a pair of irregular eyes with no whites on the face. And the black eyes of pupils!

It turns out to be a painting! She took a deep breath and warned herself not to scare herself, but to find the kid as soon as possible!

She hugged her things tightly, calmed herself down, and turned up to the third floor. However, behind her, the "squeak" and "crash" sounds started again, in a regular manner, neither pursuing nor moving away, which made Xiaoxia feel like something was always following her, forcing her to run involuntarily!

Facing the door of Lu Yan's house, she broke out in cold sweat! She suddenly realized that she had made a mistake. The child was so young and sitting in a wheelchair. He would definitely not open the door. She should have asked Lu Yan for the key before coming. But she came here rashly. Now that she can't enter the room, does she still have to go out?

Squeak--

A harsh sound sounded behind her, and Xiao Xia jumped in surprise. When she turned around, she saw a child sitting in a wheelchair with a small hand holding the door handle.

"Little boy!" Xiaoxia shouted unexpectedly.

"I heard someone outside." The child smiled shyly, "Hello, aunt, please come in!"

As if she had received an amnesty, Xiaoxia hurriedly broke in, threw her things on the table, and ran to fasten the door tightly.

"Auntie, don't lock the door." The child's delicate hands pulled the corner of Xiaoxia's clothes, "This way I can't open the door for others."

"Is anyone coming to see you?" Xiaoxia asked doubtfully.

"I don't know." The child said innocently, "I always hear people running in the corridor, calling my name, and asking me to go out to play, but as soon as I open the door, there is no one there. Maybe it's hide and seek!" But my mother won’t let me go out, I have to obey!”

Xiaoxia’s hair stood on end!

Is there anyone knocking on Lu Yan’s door? Why can't children see it? Is there something weird about this building?

"Auntie! Auntie!" The child tugged at the corner of Xiao Xia's clothes again, interrupting her speculation.

"Little boy, listen up." Xiaoxia knelt down and said seriously, "There are many bad people in this world. No matter what you hear in the future, don't open the door, except for aunties and of course mom, remember?"

"But--I want to go out and play!"

"There is no but, the kid should be a good and obedient child." Xiao Xia hurriedly held the kid's thin shoulders, "If the kid gets lonely, at most the aunt will promise you that she will come to play with you often in the future. Do you hear me?"

"Really?"

"Really!"

"Okay, kid, be obedient!" The kid nodded happily.

Seeing that the child was so well-behaved, Xiaoxia reached out and stroked his little face. But in an instant, she saw the child's eyes changed again, becoming gloomy and excited, as if a wild beast had caught its prey! This frightened her so much that she took a step back and almost knocked over the table!

He shook his head and looked carefully. The child's eyes had changed, but they were still as innocent and lovable as before! She must have been frightened by the weird thing just now and was hallucinating! Fortunately she didn't make a fuss this time, otherwise she would feel even more guilty for hurting the child.

"Auntie is fine, just a little dizzy." Xiaoxia explained to the puzzled child, "Look, Auntie has brought you a lot of delicious and fun things. I hope they didn't break. Come, let's take a look. Look."

Because she had the idea of ​​​​protecting the child, because she is now staying in a sunny room, and because she no longer thinks of those weird voices, so although Xiaoxia is still a little uneasy in her heart, she can finally stabilize her mood and do something for her. The child cooked a sumptuous meal and then watched cartoons with the child for a long time.

"Mom is coming back soon, shall we take a rest?" Xiaoxia asked, holding the child in her arms.

Lv Yan’s home didn’t even have a TV, so she brought her laptop. Seeing that the child who had always been very docile still had some unfinished thoughts and was too shy to object, Xiaoxia relented and opened a software, "Let's do a magic trick and have a rest after that, okay?"

As soon as he heard that there was a game, the child happily nodded in agreement.

It is a software that can depict what people will look like when they are old, and can also change various costumes, just by inputting the photos into the computer. A few days ago, Xiaoxia jokingly experimented with Bao Datong's photos. Now, in order to make the children happy, she took out Bao Datong's photos and made an old portrait of him, and also put a pair of glasses on him. He got a crown and a little beard.

"Is it fun?" Xiaoxia lowered her head and asked.

This time, the child did not answer. He just came closer to the computer and looked at it very seriously.

His expression was too serious, not what a five-year-old child should have at all, but because Xiaoxia held him in front of her, she didn't notice it at all, only noticing his unexpected silence.

"What? Can't you recognize it?"

"I know, it's Uncle Bao!" The child smiled and tapped the screen with his index finger.

"Not bad, the kid is so smart."

"I will recognize him no matter what he looks like!" The child raised his head happily.

In the game, time passed quickly. After Lu Yan returned home, it was time for Xiao Xia to go back. But she didn't dare go downstairs alone, so she asked Lu Yan to see her off. Strangely, nothing strange happened this time. This made Xiaoxia begin to suspect that what she had just seen and heard was just one of the various abnormal conditions after illness, and it might be auditory hallucinations similar to tinnitus.

Standing at the door of the building, the intense sunlight swept away the gloom in Xiaoxia's heart. She watched Lu Yan go upstairs, and then observed the surrounding environment, thinking that maybe she should change the house for their mother and son. Just looking at it, a figure suddenly broke into Xiaoxia's eyes.

It was a little girl, about five or six years old, wearing a very retro short-sleeved floral dress, with long hair that blocked her entire face because she lowered her head. She was sitting alone in the old carport downstairs, playing with a few fruits in her hands intently.

I don’t know why, when Xiaoxia saw her, she suddenly felt that the sun was not so hot, at least for the little girl. The fruits she was playing with seemed to have been dropped on the second floor by herself. ! At this time, the little girl seemed to realize that someone was watching her and slowly raised her head.

He has an oval face, a cute smile, and a pair of big, round black eyes. It's just that although these eyes are beautiful, they are different. They have no whites and pupils, like two black stones inlaid on a pale face!

Play with me!

A sharp voice reached Xiaoxia's heart, surprising her and running backwards instinctively. Unexpectedly, there was a motorcycle approaching behind her at this time. Xiaoxia was unable to avoid it for a while and was hung to the ground.

The burning pain temporarily distracted Xiaoxia. When she came to her senses, she looked up again and saw that the little girl had disappeared and there were only a few fruits on the ground of the carport. She didn't care that her knees and palms were still bleeding and she almost ran away from this place!

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Wan Li hasn't gotten off work yet, and there are only Ruan Zhan and Bao Datong in the bar.

"My Supreme Lord, are you fighting with someone?" Bao Datong came over and helped Xiao Xia, "Both knees are broken, oops, my palms are also bruised! Let's go to the hospital. "He yelled in a fuss, making Xiaoxia a little embarrassed.

"It's a skin injury. Apply some medicine and it will be cured. You screamed as if I'm going to die soon!" Xiaoxia handed the laptop on her shoulder to Bao Datong and sat down at the bar. superior.

Ruan Zhan was standing inside sorting things, but he didn't even raise his head, not knowing what he was thinking.

Xiaoxia was a little disappointed.

Yesterday he almost kissed her. Although she was unconscious at the time, she still remembered it clearly afterwards. This made her quite confused. If he had feelings for her beyond just friends, it would be normal for him to want to kiss her. After all, they had been separated for some time. But when she learned that he had given her his room to live with Bao Da, and that he had lived in a haunted house thousands of miles away, she felt that he might not have such strong feelings for her.

Perhaps he couldn't help it for a while, regretted it later, and moved out to avoid causing embarrassment!

This made her a little angry and felt insulted. If you don't like her, you don't like her. Do you have to avoid her? Could she still **** him? Just like now, she was considered a wounded person, but he didn't even raise his head and didn't seem to care at all.

He doesn't love her! He ignored her!

A layer of moisture filled Xiaoxia's eyes. Bao Datong happened to be clumsily disinfecting her with alcohol at this time. The burning pain at the wound made her scream softly, without having to hide her tears.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" Bao Datong apologized quickly, "I'm not used to taking care of girls."

With a 'crash', not far away, a cup fell to the ground.

"I'm going to clean up." Ruan Zhan still didn't raise his head, turned around and walked to the kitchen at the back.

"You idiot, aren't you a dragon and a tiger? You don't know how to take care of women!" Xiaoxia took the opportunity to jump off the chair, "There is a medicine box in the bathroom, I can handle it myself." She said and ran upstairs.

Bao Datong looked at the kitchen door, then at the stairs, hesitated, and finally entered the kitchen. As soon as he entered the door, he saw Ruan Zhan washing his hands in the pool, and a trace of blood was taken away from his palm by the water.

"If you have something to say, why are you playing hard with the cup, crushing the cup and cutting your hand? It's not worth it!" He sighed softly.

Ruan Zhan said without looking back, "Can't you be more gentle?"

"Are you feeling distressed? Then why don't you go and help her yourself?" Bao Datong said with some provocation in his tone, "You two are really awkward, one is hesitant and doesn't dare to ask clearly, and the other I obviously like her very much, but I refuse to say it. Now I finally understand Wan Li's difficulty, how difficult it is to be between the two of you."

"Did you come here just to invalidate this sentence?" Ruan Zhan still didn't look back.

He has his difficulties. It is easy to dare to love and hate, but only he knows how difficult it is to think of the other person wholeheartedly and pull away from the constant separation. Wan Li is his close friend, and he can tell him his true feelings, but Bao Datong is only his temporary partner, and there is no need for him to explain to him.

"No, I want to tell you." Bao Datong took a few steps forward, "I have never been able to resist women, so - that - haha, you understand!"

"You are so confident, but I don't think it is possible for Xiaoxia to fall in love with you."

"Really?" Bao Datong raised his eyebrows, with an evil and innocent look on his face, "Are you so sure? I'm not afraid to tell you that Xiaoxia wants to learn magic, and I have accepted her as a disciple on my father's behalf. Now. Not only is she your sweetheart now, she is also my junior sister. Between these senior brothers and junior sisters-"

Before he finished speaking, he heard a scream from upstairs.

Before Bao Datong moved, Ruan Zhan took the lead and rushed upstairs. I saw Xiaoxia sitting by the bed, with a medicine box beside her, but holding a newspaper in her hand, staring straight at the missing person notice on it.

My beloved daughter Zhang Jialin, five years old, height XX, oval face, big eyes, lost ten days ago. If you find her, please contact XXXXX and we will pay you back.

Next to it is a photo of a little girl.

"What's wrong?" Ruan Zhan leaned down and lifted Xiaoxia's chin.

Xiao Xia looked at him in panic, her body trembling relieved by his touch, "I saw this girl just now, but she disappeared!"

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