Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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The speaker may not have any intention, but the listener may take it seriously.
Xiao Xiaoyu’s words suddenly reminded Jiang Lan of Yao Shun. When he was waiting for the elevator on the first floor of the inpatient department, he ran into Yao Shun who was brought in by the nurse. At that time, he kept saying something like “Don’t look at me”.
Mother Yao once said that he had never had any mental problems before, and the reason he went to see a psychiatrist was because he had severe insomnia and neurasthenia in those days, so he thought of registering for a check-up. As a result, not long after he came out of the doctor’s office, he suddenly fell ill.
On the day Yao Shun registered for medical treatment, the doctor on duty was “Dr. Yu.”
His sudden madness must have something to do with “Doctor Yu”, but Jiang Lan previously thought that “Doctor Yu” just needed a patient as a cover to get close to Jiang Chi, and Yao Shun was just unlucky and ran into him.
But now after hearing what Xiao Xiaoyu said, he vaguely felt that “Dr. Yu” was not the one Yao Shun met when he went to the hospital.
Insomnia, prying eyes, and insanity.
The overlap rate of these three incidents was too high. If they could confirm that the Yao family also lived in Xiao Xiaoyu’s community, or a nearby community, then they could basically be sure that the thing that affected them was the same thing, and it was active in the same area.
At this point in time, the only person who had the ability to make people suddenly go crazy and do it without anyone noticing was “Dr. Yu”.
It was just that Jiang Lan didn’t know the address of the Yao family. However, the two examples of Xiao Xiaoyu and the mentally ill resident in the community were enough for Jiang Lan to try his luck.
The scene was too chaotic yesterday, allowing “Doctor Yu” to escape, but Jiang Lan was not prepared to let him go.
Jiang Lan looked at Xiao Xiaoyu, who was obviously a little depressed. “Didn’t you say before that you felt someone was watching you from the window? Did you still have that feeling this time?”
“I’m not sure either.” Xiao Xiaoyu hesitated. “When I go to bed at night, I always feel a little frightened and my hair seems to stand on end.”
It was hard to describe that feeling accurately. It was probably a feeling where you know there’s nothing around you, but you can’t help but feel scared and panicked.
Jiang Lan frowned and thought for a while, then said to Xiao Xiaoyu, “Why don’t you stay at your parents’ house for a few days?”
Xiao Xiaoyu sighed deeply: “I think so too, I will go directly there after work tonight.”
She was a little worried: “I don’t know how long this situation will last.”
Jiang Lan comforted him, “Maybe it’s just a psychological effect. Don’t think about it too much. It should be fine after this period passes.”
“I hope so.” Xiao Xiaoyu peeled the cold egg and ate it with a depressed look on her face.
Deciding to try his luck in Xiao Xiaoyu’s community, Jiang Lan sent a message to Ying Qiao near the end of the workday, saying that his office colleagues were having a dinner party in the evening and he would be home late, so Ying Qiao didn’t need to come to the street office to pick him up after get off work today.
Ying Qiao replied “OK” and turned to look at Chen Hua: “What did you say you needed me to do tonight? I have time now.”
Chen Hua: ……?
I just talked for a long time and you didn’t hear a word I said?
He was thinking, “Mm. Mm.” but he kept smiling on his face and said, “Tai Feng sent a message saying that there seems to be traces of a big demon’s activities near Hongyi Community recently.”
“What’s so strange about this?” Ying Qiao frowned, “When have there ever been fewer big monsters active in Jiangcheng?”
“It is not one of those who often move around in Jiangcheng.” Chen Hua shook his head and showed him the news sent by Tai Feng: “The other party should be an illegal resident who has been hiding for a long time. Tai Feng suspects that the recent unrest in various places may not be a coincidence, but a black hand behind the scenes who is organizing and planning to cause trouble.”
What he didn’t say was that Ji Xian, who had appeared in Chuncheng before, was very likely also one of the links.
The other party’s traces were only discovered accidentally yesterday. After the little demon nearby found out something unusual and reported it, Tai Feng was afraid of alerting the enemy, so he suppressed the message and wanted Ying Qiao to go there in person to see if he could catch one and dig out some definite information.
After all, everything now was just their speculation and there was no conclusive evidence.
In the end, Ying Qiao refused without even listening, saying that he didn’t want to work overtime.
“Then let’s go and have a look.” Ying Qiao’s expression finally became more serious, and he said to Chen Hua, “Jiang Lan will be home late today because of something else. You arrange for someone to go to Jiang Lan’s house to help take care of the cubs. Don’t let anything slip.”
“Okay.” Chen Hua glanced at him and thought, no wonder he suddenly changed his mind.
It turned out that he didn’t want to go home to take care of the children.
….
Hongyi Community was a mid-range real estate project that was newly built in recent years. It had convenient transportation and was close to the business district, so the residents tended to be younger overall.
At around nine o’clock in the evening, there were still many residents in the community taking walks, exercising, walking their dogs, and spending time outside in groups of two or three.
The greening construction of the community was very good, and the supporting leisure venues were specially designed in the light pastoral style pursued by young people nowadays. Not only were large bamboo forests planted, but antique thatched pavilions were also built in the bamboo forests, and decorative lamp posts with soft light were randomly placed in the bamboo forests.
During the day, it was a good place to chat and cool off, and at night it was the best place for young couples to find excitement.
Deep in the dark bamboo forest, a young couple was kissing passionately against a bamboo tree.
They were so absorbed in their actions that they did not notice the black shadow passing over the bamboo forest. The black shadow passed over the bamboo forest very quickly and silently, almost blending into the darkness.
The only evidence that it had appeared was the black shadow cast on the ground by the street lamp.
Four wings, three legs, a bird’s head, and a snake-like body.
It lowered its head and looked at the couple kissing passionately in the bamboo forest. On its head covered with black down, its six gray-green eyes revealed strong malice.
It circled above the bamboo forest, shaking off fine gray down feathers from its wings.
These down feathers fluttered down and finally landed on the young couple, disappearing without a trace.
The two people who were kissing shuddered at the same time.
The girl turned her head and looked around. The confusion in her eyes disappeared, and was replaced by an inexplicable tension: “Did you feel that someone was watching us?”
“Want to play role-playing?” The man laughed, turned her head back to face him, and said, “Wouldn’t it be more exciting if someone was watching?”
“No…” The girl held his hand in panic, her voice trembling, “Someone is really watching us. I can feel it.”
The boy stopped and looked around: “Where is that person?”
He turned around and looked at his girlfriend with four puzzled eyes: “I didn’t see anything.”
His eyes were fixed, and his expression was a little stiff. Under his normal eyes, there suddenly appeared a pair of gray-green eyes, narrow and cold. When his eyes moved, a malicious smile seemed to pour out from them…
“Ah–“
The girl pushed her boyfriend away and ran out of the bamboo forest without choosing a path. However, the originally small bamboo forest seemed to have no end in sight.
The boy was suddenly pushed and looked a little confused. Seeing his girlfriend suddenly running out in panic, he quickly ran after her, shouting as he ran: “Why are you running?”
The girl looked back and saw that the corners of his mouth were raised high, revealing cold white teeth and scarlet gums. His gray-green eyes curved up, forming a twisted and malicious smile.
She covered her head and squatted down, screaming in collapse, and then her eyes went black – she suddenly woke up.
——She didn’t even know when she fell asleep leaning on the chair in the pavilion.
The antique thatched house was a bit old. She used to like this deliberately old feeling. But now it just felt a bit eerie. Rubbing her arms, the girl looked outside and saw her boyfriend squatting in front of a bamboo tree, looking at something.
She stood up and rubbed her face. She just wanted to leave this bamboo forest which was becoming more and more eerie.
Walking quickly to her boyfriend, the girl pulled him anxiously: “Let’s go home, something is wrong here.”
“What’s wrong?” The boyfriend who was squatting on the ground turned his head 180 degrees and looked at her. On his pale face, three pairs of identical, malicious gray-green eyes stared at her.
The girl looked into those strange eyes, and great fear gripped her heart and strangled her throat.
A “ho ho” sound came from her throat, her bloodless lips trembled, and her black pupils gradually dilated and finally lost focus.
“A Jing? A Jing?” The man patted his girlfriend’s face. His palm slid intimately, and his lips moved to her sensitive ear and blew gently: “Why are you daydreaming at this time?”
The girl’s body trembled, her dull eyes trembled, and she finally came back to her senses from the fear of near death. Her dazed eyes focused slightly, and when she looked at her boyfriend’s familiar face, she only felt dizzy.
Pushing the man away, she covered her aching head and murmured, “Eyes, eyes…”
The boy was inexplicably pushed away by her, and he was a little unhappy: “Didn’t you agree? Why are you angry again?”
The girl ignored him and walked out in a trance. Two consecutive frights had blurred the boundary between reality and truth for her. At this moment, she could not distinguish between reality and illusion at all, and only instinct drove her to walk out of the bamboo forest.
She heard her boyfriend’s voice calling her from behind again.
Her body trembled, and her tense nerves suddenly broke under extreme fear and helplessness. She turned around and yelled hysterically, “Stop pretending! Come out, come out!”
She glared at her boyfriend fiercely, her eyes wide open nervously, not blinking once, her bulging eyeballs were covered with red bloodshot, and her expression looked extremely scary: “Even if you conjure up eight, nine… or more eyes, you can’t scare me! Come out!”
The boy was frightened by her appearance and didn’t dare to move forward. Finally, he realized that his girlfriend was acting abnormally.
“Jing Jing, what’s wrong with you?”
The girl stared at him with her eyes wide open. Her bloodless lips were pursed tightly, and her clenched teeth made a clacking sound.
The boy took a tentative step forward but saw that her eyes were wide open with fear and her legs were shaking.
He quickly took two steps back, wondering what to do, when he saw his girlfriend fall down limply.
“Jing Jing!” he exclaimed, then he hurried forward to pick up the person, and called 120 in panic.
On the top of the thatched pavilion, a strange black bird stretched its wings, its gray-green eyes filled with joy. It watched with satisfaction as its new prey woke up and began to scream wildly. The screams filled with fear were its best food.
It flapped its wings, and its feathers swept over the bamboo leaves, flying towards the roof of the opposite building.
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