Chapter 005: Silhouette
"What are you doing?" Chen Duo asked.
"Cut a paper man." Xu said.
Chen Duo took a closer look and found that with those few snips he had indeed cut out the outline of a paper man.
"What does the paper cutter do?"
"Cast a spell." Xu said.
Chen Duo was immediately very curious: "Tell me quickly, what kind of spell is it?"
While he was talking, Xu Lai had already cut out the paper figure. It was actually very simple, with a head, hands and feet, and looked like a human being. As for aesthetic quality, it had no such thing.
"Let's go." Xu said, and stood up and walked towards the bedroom. Chen Duo hurriedly followed.
When Xu Lai saw Kang Lu lying on the bed, he asked in surprise, "Landlord, what are you doing?"
"Didn't you say you wanted to tie her up?" Chen Duo was confused.
"There's no need to tie her up like this, right? Just untie her and fix her hands and feet so she can't move around." Xu said. Kang Lu on the bed was now tied up like a dumpling.
Chen Duo had no choice but to tie it up again. When she was done, she turned around and asked, "Is this okay?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw something white flashing in front of him. He opened his eyes wide to look, and saw that the paper man he had just cut out was floating in the air, and then slowly fell to the ground.
"What is this for..." Chen Duo was about to ask, but she saw that the paper man actually stood upright on the ground after landing. She was immediately shocked and swallowed the second half of the sentence.
You have to know that this is a paper man cut out of a thin white paper, the kind that could fly away with a blow of wind, but at this moment it is standing there with its feet on the ground and the sky up!
What's going on? Is this a magic trick?
Chen Duo was about to get closer to take a closer look when she saw a black spot suddenly appear on the white body of the paper figurine. At first she thought she was dazzled, but then another black spot appeared.
Until the eighth black spot appeared on the paper man, there were no other changes.
Xu Lai bent down to pick up the paper man, turned around and left the bedroom.
"Hey, what are you doing?" Kang Lu's voice came from the room.
Chen Duo also followed Xu Lai out, staring at the paper figure in his hand: "What on earth is this?"
"Silhouette technique." Xu Lai handed the paper figure to her.
Chen Duo took it and held the paper figure carefully in her palm. She couldn't help feeling a little nervous and didn't even dare to breathe.
"Did you see the eight black spots?" Xu Lai asked.
"Yeah." Chen Duo nodded. There were eight black spots on the paper man, four of which were on the torso, and the other four were distributed on the limbs.
"So what should we do next?" Chen Duo thought this was quite magical.
Then Xu said, "It's up to you from now on."
"Depend on me?" Chen Duo was stunned.
"Yes, it's up to you, landlord." Xu Lai said with a smile.
"Hey, don't joke around at a time like this!" Chen Duo said angrily.
"I'm telling you this seriously." Xu Lai said seriously, "Go in later and take off your classmate's clothes. Find eight black spots on her body. The distribution positions are the same as these."
Pointing at the paper figurine in her hand, he said, "You have the Yin-Yang ability, so you can see it."
"Are you serious? " Chen Duo was very skeptical.
"I'm not lying to you." Xu said.
"So what if we find the black spot?" Chen Duo still didn't understand.
"Just hit the black spots hard until all eight black spots disappear, then it's done and the dirty water will be driven out," said Xu.
Chen Duo is not a three-year-old child, how could she be so easily fooled? This sounds too unreliable! How could anyone treat illnesses like this?
Even if the person is a wizard, doesn't a wizard usually perform rituals or something? How can it be done like this?
"You're talking complete nonsense, right?" Chen Duo asked alertly.
"I'm not lying to you. If the disease can't be cured, can you just double my rent? Go ahead." Xu Lai didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
"Then... am I really going?" Chen Duo hesitated for a long time, but decided to give it a try. It was just a beating, so no matter how bad it was, it wouldn't be a big deal.
"Go, go." Xu Lai waved his hand.
"How hard will it hit?"
"Try to hit it harder, the harder the better." Xu said, giving an encouraging look.
Chen Duo was skeptical, so he went into the bedroom and closed the door.
After a while, Kang Lu screamed from inside the room: "Chen Duoduo, what are you doing?"
"Hey, let me see how nice your figure is." That was Chen Duo's voice.
What followed was all kinds of screaming and cursing from the two women. You called me a bitch and I called you shameless, mixed with crackling sounds, it was simply horrible to watch.
Xu Lai just hoped that the house had better sound insulation so as not to disturb the neighbors upstairs and downstairs. After walking around the house, he saw that the door of the study was open, so he walked in.
There is a large bookshelf, but not many books. On the desk is a laptop, and next to it is a photo frame. Inside are a man, a woman, and a little girl.
Xu Lai picked up the photo frame and took a look. The little girl in the photo had red lips and white teeth and a bright smile. She vaguely looked like Chen Duo. It seemed to be a photo of their family of three.
I put the photo frame back, found a book on the bookshelf, and sat on the chair to start reading.
After a long while, the screams of the two women in the next room finally stopped, and then Chen Duo's voice was heard calling: "Xu Lai, Xu Lai, where are you?"
Xu Lai agreed.
Just then, a series of footsteps were heard, and Chen Duo appeared in front of the study room in a hurry: "Go and have a look, she has fainted!"
"Have all the black spots disappeared?" Xu Lai stood up and asked as he walked.
"It's gone." said Chen Duo.
The two entered Chen Duo's bedroom. Kang Lu was lying on the bed, with Chen Duo pulling the quilt over her body, her head exposed, her eyes closed, and her lips pale.
His face was covered in sweat and his hair was wet with water droplets, sticking to his forehead in clumps.
Xu Lai went over to take a look and said, "Do you see that she is still covered in moisture?"
"No, I've already looked at it." said Chen Duo.
"That's okay, just untie all the ropes." Xu said and went back to the living room.
After a while, Chen Duo came out of the room and asked him, "Is this all right?"
Seeing Xu Lai's affirmation, Chen Duo couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and sat down on the sofa: "I'm so tired!"
"Landlord, did you enjoy the fight this time?" Xu Lai said with a smile.
To be honest, with Kang Lu's arrogant temper, Chen Duo had wanted to beat her up at least a hundred times, and it was really satisfying to beat her up this time.
"It's okay. My hands hurt so much." Chen Duo rubbed his fists, and his originally white palms turned red.
"How much force did you use? Did it turn blue?" Xu Lai asked.
"They've turned blue, and some are even purple," said Chen Duo.
"Oh my god, how big of a grudge do you have?"
"Ah? Didn't you tell me to hit me as hard as possible?" Chen Duo was surprised.
"I didn't expect you to be so strong."
"Get out! Get out of here!" Chen Duo was angry.
The two sat on the sofa for a while. Xu came to see that it was almost time and said, "Landlord, your classmate should be waking up. Do you have a bathtub at home?"
"Yes, what for?" said Chen Duo.
"Help her lie down in the bathtub, change the water every 20 minutes, and soak for an hour and a half," Xu said.
"Oh." Chen Duo agreed and went to the bedroom. Sure enough, Kang Lu had woken up, but she had just woken up and didn't have much energy to tickle anyone, otherwise the two women would probably fight again in there.
Later, probably after Chen Duo explained the situation, the room became quiet, and only the sound of flushing and closing of the bathroom door could be heard.
Xu came to the balcony, stood on the 21st floor, and looked into the distance. He saw tall buildings standing in the night with lights shining.
After a while, Chen Duo came out and asked if it was serious because the water in the bathtub had turned black. Xu said it was okay and he would wait 20 minutes to change the water.
Chen Duo ran back to guard it.
Xu Lai returned to the living room, took the remote control to turn on the TV, and randomly switched to a program. There was a TV series playing with no beginning or end, and no one knew what it was about.
After two episodes were aired, there was a noise from the bathroom, and after a while, Chen Duo and Kang Lu came out one after another. Kang Lu was wearing a white short-sleeved T-shirt and blue jeans, which should be Chen Duo's clothes.
The two of them are of similar build and their clothes fit them just right.
"Consider this dress as lending you. I'll return ten sets of Chanel to you tomorrow." Kang Lu said, smoothing her still wet hair.
"It's like you want everyone. If you have the guts, take off this dress and give it back to me," Chen Duo said sarcastically.
Kang Lu didn't respond to her words, and said to Xu: "How much is it? Just tell me the number."
Xu came to watch TV and pointed at Chen Duo: "Ask the landlord, she saved you."
"How much? Just tell me a number." Kang Lu turned to Chen Duo.
Chen Duo sat on the sofa, hugged a pillow and said, "You are worthless anyway, so I'll give you a free ride this time."
"Okay then, I owe you two a favor." After Kang Lu said that, she walked to the door, opened it, and walked out.
"This guy is so annoying! Don't you think so?" Chen Duo said unhappily.
"Yes." Xu said.
"Really? You think she's annoying too, right?" Chen Duo suddenly became excited.
"Yes, yes, watch TV." Xu said.
Chen Duo was angry. This guy was just being perfunctory!
"It's getting late. I want to go to bed!" Chen Duo urged him to leave.
"Good night, landlord." Xu Lai stood up and prepared to go back to his room.
"Can you give this to me?" Chen Duo pointed at the paper figure on the table, somewhat afraid that Xu Lai would disagree.
"Keep it." Xu Lai waved his hand, came out of the room, took out the key from his pocket, and opened the door of Room 2104 .
It was the first day he moved in. There were no daily necessities in the house, so he didn't even need to wash up. He just curled up on the sofa and turned on the TV to continue watching the same TV series. He kept watching it until he felt sleepy.
I don’t know what time it was, but there were sudden knocks on the door. Chen Duo called him from outside, and it sounded quite urgent.
Xu Lai went over and opened the door. He saw her with her hair disheveled and wearing light pink pajamas. Just as he was about to say, "Are you still asleep?", Chen Duo grabbed him and pulled him straight to 2101.
"Look, why is the paper man burned? What happened?" Chen Duo rushed into the bedroom, pointing at the paper man that was burned to a piece on the ground and said breathlessly.
