Minors are not allowed to enter

That night, Zhang Si did not sleep well, and when he woke up the next day, there were two circles of blue and black under his eyes.

Bai Yun retired, and was carried back by Jing Xuan and stuffed back into the cloudy flowers to rest, and then came out at night to scare people.

Just two days later, when it was the weekend on duty, Zhang Si lost weight visibly with the naked eye.

Bai Yun saw with her own eyes that several colleagues who worked with her came to greet Zhang Si, regardless of whether those people were genuine or not, at least it was true that Zhang Si looked pitiful.

Of course Wu Jinyuan would feel distressed when he saw her like this.

Bai Yun didn't even need to guess.

On this day, she went to the shopping mall early with Xie Ran Jingxuan to wait.

The shopping mall was brightly lit and there were not many people, so Xie Ran did not express too much distaste for this noisy environment.He brought two invisible ghosts into a sugar shop where Zhang Si could be seen working, ordered a bowl of taro balls, sat down, and ate them slowly.

Jing Xuan quietly said from the side: "I have never eaten this..."

He is very interested in all the human food that he has never tasted before, but today he does not have a transformation form, and it is inconvenient for people to pass by here from time to time, Xie Ran will definitely not share it with him.

Xie Ran really ignored him, his eyes fell on Zhang Si in the distance the whole time.

Today is Zhang Sibai's shift, and the off-duty time is five o'clock in the afternoon.Wu Jinyuan was on vacation, so he came here in time.

The two hadn't seen each other for a week. Seeing Zhang Si's appearance, Wu Jinyuan was very surprised: "What's wrong? Are you sick? Have you taken any medicine?"

Zhang Si shook his head and pulled him out: "Let's go out and talk..."

Her voice was very soft, obviously not wanting to be heard by her colleagues.

In the past two days, people have always asked her what happened because of her haggard state, and there are even colleagues who usually don't deal with her who keep making up stories and guessing behind her back. Zhang Si doesn't want to talk about this with Wu Jinyuan outside the store, lest Fall into the ears of those who care.

After working for a while, Wu Jinyuan was not so stunned, and walked out with Zhang Si very cooperatively.

Xie Ran just got another taro ball he packed, and immediately followed silently after seeing it.

Zhang Sicai finally slowed down after leaving the shopping mall for a long distance.

"Let me think about what to say." She lowered her eyes and thought for a while.

"No rush," Wu Jinyuan said warmly, "Think slowly."

"I've always seen strange things these two days..." Zhang Si paused, feeling a little depressed, "First, when I came home from get off work the night before yesterday..."

She slowly told Wu Jinyuan about the encounters with ghosts in the past few days, and she also talked about the nightmare she had at night, she couldn't sleep well at night, and her work was not going well during the day, which made her unable to eat, so she was naturally haggard. .

While talking, the two walked forward, walking slowly, like a young couple going out for a walk after dinner.

The night lights of the city gradually covered every corner of the streets and alleys, and the road ahead of them became a fairyland in fairy tales. If the content of the conversation was not too heavy, the atmosphere at this time was actually very good.

Bai Yun said quietly: "Then they go further and there will be a section of empty alley. I think I can scare them over there... I hope Wu Jinyuan is not stupid and remembers to express himself."

As long as it is not against the law, Xie Ran generally doesn't express his opinions on how his guests should do such things, so he didn't say anything.Jing Xuan smiled, and joked with Bai Yun in a familiar manner: "You have a lot of tricks."

"It's all from novels..." Bai Yun scratched her head in embarrassment, a strange scene suddenly appeared in her eyes, and she let out a "huh".

Ahead, Zhang Si and Wu Jinyuan had already walked into the alley, but a dark wind suddenly blew up the supposedly calm alley, and the scene at the front and back alleys suddenly became blurred, and then they jumped out of the fork in the alley inexplicably. A gangster blocked the way.

"Stop!" The gangster said fiercely with a flashing dagger, "If you dare to go any further, I will slit your faces twice... Hand over the money!"

Wu Jinyuan & Zhang Si: "..."

Bai Yun: "It's been so many years, is there still such a direct robbery? This is a downtown area!"

Jing Xuan lowered his head and smiled.

"...What are you laughing at?" Bai Yun turned her head suspiciously.

"That's your 'Brother Dong'." Xie Ran said calmly, "When did you agree to sing and play together?"

Although Xie Ran didn't have a good impression of this "Brother Dong" because of the matter of picking flowers, but he was quite impressed with his ability-you know, if it wasn't for seizing the house, turning into a human form would not be so important to the dead easy.

Especially if you have to change your appearance, it is even more difficult.

"What?!" Bai Yun was shocked, "I didn't contact him? God, what is he doing...I, I have to stop him!"

In desperation, Bai Yun rushed over instinctively before she had time to think about it.

"Don't laugh," Xie Ran stood on the sidelines in a hidden place, and handed over the bowl of packaged taro balls, "Hurry up and eat, maybe we will have to intervene after we finish eating."

Jing Xuan took the bowl of taro balls, and smiled like a cat that had stolen fish: "I knew you still wanted me to eat it in one bite."

"...It's just a matter of convenience." Xie Ran said.

Wu Jinyuan and Zhang Si looked at each other in dismay - the man in front of him had bloodshot eyes and a "desperado" look on his face. He was not a character to get along with at first glance.He was still carrying a knife. If they confronted each other head-on, the two of them, being good citizens, would definitely not be rivals.

A clear-headed modern person knows the truth of avoiding the edge temporarily. Wu Jinyuan weighed the pros and cons, but felt that giving money was a trivial matter.He forced himself to be calm, and looked at the gangster calmly: "If we give money, will you let us go smoothly?"

"Of course, I..."

Before the gangster finished speaking, his whole body froze suddenly, his neck curved strangely, and his eyes turned white——

It was Bai Yun who pounced on her.

"Brother Dong? Is that you?" Bai Yun tried to tear off the "painted skin", "What are you doing here!"

The ferocious face of the "gangster" was rounded and flattened wantonly, and it fell into the eyes of Wu Jinyuan and Zhang Si. It was that person who was suddenly slapped wildly by a pair of big hands that they saw for a moment, and then suddenly disappeared.

In the world they couldn't see, "Brother Dong" showed his original appearance, and shouted at Bai Yun in a breakdown: "You are the one, what are you doing interrupting me! Don't you want to match them? I'm helping you!" !"

"But didn't we agree to tell you not to come here? I can handle their affairs myself, you don't need to..." Bai Yun bit her lower lip, stared at him for a while, and suddenly seemed discouraged , "Brother Dong, I can't turn back... I will disappear in this world soon, and if you waste time on me, there will be no results."

This is the first time she has spoken directly about what happened between them.

There were no gangsters in the alley, but the fog at the entrance of the alley did not clear.

Wu Jinyuan and Zhang Si were stunned. Although they didn't quite understand what happened, they planned to run away immediately. However, after running back for a few steps, they found that they couldn't get out at all.

Running to the other end of the alley has the same result-when they pass through the black fog, they always return to the alley from the other end of the alley.

Reminiscent of the "ghost bumping" incident two days ago, Zhang Si quickly became frightened, shrank his neck and said, "Is it...'haunted' again?"

"There are no ghosts in this world." Wu Jinyuan calmed down on the contrary, he smiled and stroked Zhang Si's shoulder a few times, and said softly, "Don't be afraid, there is always a way to get out, let's think of a way... Hey, there's someone over there."

It was Xie Ran who walked in.

He patted Jing Xuan secretly, and asked him to go over and drag the two dead souls who were confronting each other away, while he walked from the entrance of the alley to the end of the alley expressionlessly, and then the black mist surrounding the alley quickly dissipated. The bustling street market that was full of traffic and lights was re-exposed.

Xie Ran walked very leisurely, but his speed was fast, he disappeared after a few strokes.

Only then did Wu Jinyuan come back to his senses, and Zhang Si, who was equally dazed with a pat, said, "You can go out now! Let's go!"

Xie Ran and Jing Xuan met in another alley where no one passed by.

When he came over, Bai Yun and that "Brother Dong" were silent, looking at each other with complicated expressions.

"Are you guys over?" Xie Ran asked.

"The quarrel is over," Bai Yun said hastily, "We..."

Brother Dong: "The quarrel is not over!"

With red eyes, he looked straight at Bai Yun, "Xiao Yun, I didn't do this for a response at all... I know you don't like me, but so what? Don't you like me? Can you leave without looking back?"

The emotion in this sentence was too full, Xie Ran was stunned for a while, he and Jing Xuan looked at each other, and the two "old monsters" took a step back at the same time.

As if it would reduce the sense of presence a little.

"Brother Dong, you don't need to do this." Bai Yun's tone was apologetic, "You have treated me very well..."

The day Bai Yun jumped from the roof of her house was a cloudy day.

It is said that her community is a bit evil. There have been four suicide cases in the past ten years. For a small residential area, this level can be regarded as "frequent cases".

When she just died, Bai Yun was in a daze, but when she woke up, she found herself surrounded by a group of ghosts.

Among the group of ghosts, the leader is "Brother Dong".

"Brother Dong", whose name is Zou Zhengdong, is said to be a resident of a residential area on the same lot before her residential area was built.

There was a vicious serial murder case in that community. A gangster entered the community and killed more than a dozen residents in a row. In one year, more than half of the community was empty.

It is said that the bad feng shui in the neighborhood where Bai Yun lived was also affected by this incident... But this is all for later. The most direct impact of this incident is that many newly dead souls appeared in this area, not only that, Also very angry.

At that time, there were several people who turned into ghosts to seek revenge from the murderer. Those who were not crazy got together and gradually formed a small group. Later, they were lucky enough to meet a senior, stumbled and learned the method of cultivation, and finally stayed in this world for a while. .

Bai Yun, who died in the same area, was naturally regarded by them as the "new little sister".

This little sister didn't do anything bad during her lifetime, so she was pitiful, so the brothers in the small group took good care of her, and Brother Dong was the one who took care of her the most.Although it was only later that Bai Yun realized that Dong Ge seemed to have that kind of meaning for her, at first, she was really moved.

After all, she hadn't received much warmth from others during her lifetime.

Those days when I taught her how to practice, bit by bit came to my mind, Bai Yun's eyes were a little red for some reason, and she said sadly: "Brother Dong, I can't give you an answer in this life... I chose this road , and there will be no next life. I am very grateful for your care during this time, and I can’t repay you... Please... please..." She sniffed, "Forget about me."

Zou Zhengdong looked at her for a while.

He has a bad temper, and he always has the face of "I am the best in the world" to everyone, just like the day he met the legendary "very awesome" studio owner and did not restrain himself, but only in Bai Yun There is no temper in front of him.

To be honest, Bai Yun is not beautiful, her figure is not good, and she is ordinary everywhere, but he just likes it.

In the words of his buddies, "Maybe this is 'one thing drops one thing'".

"I don't need you to respond to me, Bai Yun. You can't force it on emotional matters. I understand this truth, and I will give it to you." Zou Zhengdong said in a low voice, "I want to help you, and let you see by the way... even if it is In your opinion, two people who are so well matched can't be forced before them."

Bai Yun: "..."

"Otherwise they would have been together a long time ago, wouldn't they?" Zou Zhengdong smiled.

"I didn't think about it that much, just obey the destiny." Bai Yun closed her eyes, "I didn't have a good life when I was alive, at least after death, I hope I can be useful... I know you don't understand, but... ...Thank you for doing so much for me, but there is really no need...you go back, practice hard, and strive...to become a ghost fairy as soon as possible."

……

The matter between the two of them needs to be clarified by the two of them themselves, Xie Ran pulled Jing Xuan back for a while, all the way to the entrance of the alley.

"That man really likes Bai Yun," Xie Ran still felt a little surprised, "You guessed it right."

"I didn't guess, I saw it. His love is all in his eyes, and he can't hide it." Jing Xuan shook his head, "There are so many people crossing the river on the Santu River all day long, whoever is affectionate and who is not, You can recognize it after a long time.”

Xie Ran glanced at him with a half-smile: "Then your rank is quite high."

Seeing Santuchuan is easy to say, but it is not a job that everyone can do.

"I really don't remember." Jing Xuan raised his hands in surrender, "I promise, when I remember, I will tell you, okay?"

Xie Ran withdrew his gaze noncommittally.

Bai Yun and Zou Zhengdong quarreled for a long time before finally sending him away and floating back to their side.

"Can you still find out where the two of them went?" Bai Yun calmed down, "I still want to catch up and see the situation."

"Yes, yes, I just left some 'marks' on them. But your..." Xie Ran raised his chin, "Is it dealt with?"

"Let him go back... But I don't guarantee that he will run to do something on his own." Bai Yun said, "So it would be best to catch up as soon as possible."

"Then let's go." Xie Ran opened his long legs.

He was originally a man of few words, but today he became interested in chatting for some reason. When he was on the road, he asked Bai Yun casually: "There is something I want to ask you... What is it like to like someone?" What does it feel like?"

"Huh? Does the boss have someone he likes?"

"That's not...just asking casually."

"If you like it..." Bai Yun tilted her head and thought for a while, "My words are when I unconsciously pay attention to the other party's whereabouts, and want to know whether his life is going well, whether he is happy, whether he is cold, or whether he is hungry or not. I found out that I like him. I don’t know about others, but it should be some kind of heartfelt concern, right?”

"I see..." Xie Ran nodded thoughtfully.

Originally, both Bai Yun and Jing Xuan were very curious about what he was going to say, but who knew that he didn't say anything after saying this sentence, and just walked forward in such a wandering way.

Wu Jinyuan and Zhang Si have already left a long distance.

Zhang Si was frightened for two consecutive days, and he didn't look very well. In order to comfort her, Wu Jinyuan didn't rush to send her back. The two walked slowly along the road side by side.

Continuous work is always exhausting, and it's nice to slow down occasionally.Zhang Si walked for a long time, suddenly recovered from the state of wild thoughts, and saw a fountain in the middle of the street decorated with neon lights.

"It's so beautiful..." She sighed involuntarily, and finally a reassuring smile appeared in her restless eyes.

Wu Jinyuan was always watching her expression, seeing that smile, his heart was half relieved: "If you like, we can come and see her often."

"How can there be so much time?"

"There will always be a squeeze," Wu Jinyuan looked at her with tender eyes, "As long as you want to come."

"Wu Jinyuan..." Zhang Si turned around and was stunned the moment he saw those eyes.

Sometimes all it takes to confirm a signal is a focused eye contact.

Wu Jinyuan scratched his palms, his heart was so nervous that he was dying, but on the surface he still had to look calm and calm, and asked calmly: "Are you still afraid? If you are afraid... you can stay at my place tonight, I will sleep on the sofa Just fine."

"you……"

"Zhang Si," Wu Jinyuan looked at her and said word by word, "I actually... like you for a long time, stay with me, let me protect you, okay?"

"Wu Jinyuan..."

It is also unclear who extended their hand first, they hugged each other, and when the fountain in the middle of the street erupted again, facing the colorful neon lights, they kissed affectionately.

Maybe life is still difficult, but anyway, from now on, they are no longer alone.

When Xie Ran arrived, what he saw was the scene of them kissing.

He clearly felt that Bai Yun's forward movement paused.

Trying to match them up is not the same as actually seeing someone you like kissing another person.

Xie Ran turned his head to look at Bai Yun, and found that she had burst into tears at some point.

While crying, there was a smile on the corner of her mouth, and she kept muttering: "It's so good, it's so good..."

"Want to go over and say hello?" Xie Ran asked, "I brought out that painted skin for you."

"Forget it, people are so devoted to kissing, what kind of electric light did I use to-ah!!"

Before Bai Yun finished speaking, Xie Ran had already dragged her towards the corner. He nimbly sneaked into the back door of a building, found a stairwell where no one had passed by, pulled out the painted skin and put it on Bai Yun's body, and then pulled Watching her stumble towards the fountain in the middle of the street.

The two lips parted, but they hugged each other, smiling and watching the fountain transform into various shapes with the ups and downs of the background music.

The bad feeling of hitting a ghost seems to be gone at this moment.

Wu Jinyuan turned around, and suddenly saw a somewhat familiar figure standing beside him.He froze for a moment, and took the initiative to say hello: "It's that gentleman from the alley just now...?"

After he said hello, he suddenly found a more familiar figure standing next to this gentleman—it turned out to be the woman who stopped him from getting drunk late that night.

A subtle premonition suddenly flashed in Wu Jinyuan's heart.

"Huh?" Xie Ran pretended to see him just now, "Ah, you are... hey, I think you look familiar?"

"Just now in that alley over there..." Wu Jinyuan reminded him.

"No, no," Xie Ran shook his head, frowned and thought for a while, "suddenly realized", "Ah, yes! Are you my sister's classmate? Oh, my sister's name is Bai Yun, white white, Yun is the Yun of Caotou..."

Bai Yun, who was forcibly dragged over wearing the skin of a "big beauty", stood beside her stiffly, feeling anxious and expecting something at the same time.

Wu Jinyuan was taken aback: "Are you Bai Yun's brother? How is she doing now? I'm too busy with work, so I didn't even go to the class reunion. I haven't seen my old classmate for a long time..."

"My sister died." Xie Ran said.

Zhang Si and Wu Jinyuan Baiyun were in the same school and in different classes. They had a little impression of this name, and they were stunned at the time—for young people in their twenties, death is really too far away, followed by two words In comparison, those days of overtime work that can't be seen without end, those customers who made things difficult, and colleagues' eyes, seemed to be no longer a problem.

"How did you die?" Wu Jinyuan asked.

Xie Ran didn't answer him directly, but instead asked a seemingly irrelevant question: "In your impression... is my sister a cheerful person?"

"Very, very good?" Wu Jinyuan thought for a while and said, "She doesn't talk much, so she can't play with the girls in the class, but I have seen her help Xu Wen on duty more than once... Oh, Xu Wen It was a girl in our class. Her grandma was in poor health and had to go back after school to take care of the elderly, so when it was her turn to be on duty, Bai Yun helped her a few times. I think she is quite nice, although she is a bit shy... ..."

Being commented by someone he likes as "very nice", I don't know Bai Yun's impression, Xie Ran glanced at the expression of "beauty" calmly, and said: "She committed suicide by jumping off a building, if you are free, Just go and see her."

"Okay," Wu Jinyuan nodded, "Her home address...? Later, I will organize my classmates from get off work to worship together."

Xie Ran looked sideways at Bai Yun, her eyes were red, and she announced a series of addresses with her trembling lips.

The name of the street and the house number of the community are so familiar that it makes people feel a certain illusion.

Wu Jinyuan was stunned.

Bai Yun stared at Wu Jinyuan with that glamorous face, and smiled a little: "I'm sorry...to organize my classmates to visit her, I think Bai Yun is a spirit in the sky, and she should be very happy."

She said, turned and left.

"Wait," Wu Jinyuan tried to call her, "Are you..."

But Bai Yun didn't answer.

She has disappeared into the crowd together with Xie Ran.

"It's strange, why it disappeared in a blink of an eye." Wu Jinyuan looked around, but he never saw the figures of those two people again.

"Jin Yuan?" Zhang Si hugged him and asked a little worriedly, "What's wrong?"

"Nothing," Wu Jinyuan shook his head, and said with some uncertainty, "I seem to have run into a ghost too..."

"Are those two people just now ghosts?" Zhang Si's nerves, which had just been relaxed, tightened up again.

"It's okay, relax, don't be afraid. Even if it's a ghost, it's still a good ghost... Don't you remember that gentleman saved us just now?"

"...That's what you said."

"Instead, I should thank the ghost. If there was no farce today, I might not know how long I would have to hold back."

Zhang Si burst into laughter: "Who made you always like a piece of wood, refusing to say anything! I wonder how long you are going to hold back!"

"Aren't I afraid that you won't agree...Wait, don't you know that I like you?"

"Yeah, don't underestimate a woman's sixth sense..."

……

On the way back to the studio, Bai Yun kept crying.

She cried very loudly, even because it was too loud, she was embarrassed to continue wearing the painted skin, so she followed Xie Ran and cried behind Xie Ran in the form of a ghost.

At least crying like this will not cause passers-by to watch.

An unintentional compliment from someone she likes suddenly healed her heart that had been tortured for more than [-] years, and she couldn't stop crying.

In her life, tragedies followed tragedies, and finally when she was on the verge of ending, she had a sense of consummation.

Worth it.

The unstoppable weeping was like the unstoppable mourning, Xie Ran felt a little headache when he heard it, and he threw her into the dark epiphyllum as soon as he arrived at the studio.

The room suddenly returned to silence, and he could finally sit down with peace of mind and continue to restore the oil painting.

The day agreed to hand in the painting is approaching day by day.