Chapter 019
I looked at the time. It was already dark. The lights in the city were on. People coming and going on the street all looked happy. I was the only one. I had experienced several life-and-death crises that day. Fortunately, I escaped every time, just like the person in the news who was struck by lightning several times but barely survived. I don't know whether this was lucky or unfortunate.
I took out my cell phone and wanted to call Ding Ding to ask him about the red string that controlled ghosts. But I hesitated for a long time before calling. After thinking for a while, I put the phone away again.
What my uncle said just now made me feel that I am not just attracting ghosts now. It seems that there are many webs that are opening up little by little. I am like a moth waiting to be caught by a spider and may bump into the web at any time.
It feels like countless pairs of eyes are staring at me in secret, monitoring my every move. I don't know if this will involve the people around me, so it's always right to keep a distance.
I sat on the street, thinking carefully about what my uncle said. There must be someone else behind his weird actions. If he could control ghosts to do things for him, but judging from his half-baked appearance and the fact that he thought I was dead, his ability was far inferior to Ding Ding's.
But even so, it's still easy to deal with me.
I remembered his timid look, and now it seemed that maybe someone was watching us from the dark. But this person, or maybe a ghost, never showed up.
My uncle seemed to be very afraid of him, which meant that the other party must be someone whose abilities were far superior to his in all aspects, and could even force him to take action against his only relative.
I lit a cigarette to clear my head, but the more I smoked, the more upset I felt.
If their goal is the blood amber left by my mother, then what is the use of this blood amber? In order to find it, they are so desperate that they are willing to dig up the graves of the dead. If I hand this thing over, will everything be fine?
But I have a feeling that since I started to encounter ghosts, things are far more complicated than I thought. Even if I give up the blood amber pendant, what happened to me will not end so easily.
What concerned me most was what my uncle said. When he found out that I could see black people, he asked me, what did your mother do?
I didn't have time to think about it at the time, but looking back now, I think there is a big problem with this sentence.
When my mother was alive, she was no different from an ordinary woman living in a small town. She went to bed early and got up early, and her life was very regular. The days in my memory were just like those of ordinary people, sometimes sad and sometimes happy, just ordinary.
But my uncle's words seemed to imply that my mother was just like him, able to see and control ghosts, and even do many things that my uncle couldn't do. But this image was completely different from the mother in my memory.
I was making all kinds of guesses here, when suddenly a woman came towards me. She stood in front of me, and I lowered my head just enough to see her high heels. Seeing that she was standing still, I raised my head and took a look.
This woman dresses very fashionably and is very beautiful. She is the type that attracts a lot of attention.
She leaned down slightly and looked at me curiously.
I put out the cigarette in my hand and asked her curiously, "Is there anything wrong?"
She smiled and asked, "Have I seen you somewhere before? You look very familiar."
I was a little puzzled, and I looked at her face carefully, but there was nothing suspicious about her. I could also feel her breath, and I was sure that it was not a ghost that I had attracted. But I really didn't know her, and after what happened just now, I was more wary of strangers. I just wanted to send her away as soon as possible. Just as I was about to speak, she suddenly said with enlightenment, "Oh, I remember, you are Lin Tian's friend, right? I seem to have seen a photo of you two together."
When I heard Lin Tian's name, the guard in my heart relaxed a little.
I nodded and asked, are you also Lin Tian’s friend?
She smiled, sat next to me and said we could be friends.
I found this strange and asked her what she meant.
She told me with a little disappointment that she had actually liked Lin Tian for a long time, but Lin Tian had never agreed to be her boyfriend. The two of them were so lukewarm and in an awkward position.
As she spoke, she sighed again, as if she was very conflicted about the matter with Lin Tian.
What she said was very much like that. I know Lin Tian is quite popular with girls. He has a rich family, looks good, and there are no women around him who are willing to pay for him. But Lin Tian is also quite mean. Whether he likes someone or not, he never says it clearly. He always says that he is afraid of hurting the other person, so he always keeps the relationship so lukewarm. As for what he really thinks, I don't know.
She touched her hair and suddenly laughed again, saying, "I was watching you for a long time just now, and I was worried that I might have made a mistake, but then I thought, at most I could just apologize, but fortunately I didn't make a mistake. I've seen a lot of your photos."
Then I said "Oh" and greeted her and said hello.
She smiled and said, "Don't be so polite. My name is Xie Ning."
I said "hmm" and didn't say anything. Seeing that I was not very enthusiastic, Xie Ning was a little embarrassed. She was silent for a while, and suddenly said, "Well, can you please help me put in ? In return, I will treat you to a meal."
I finally understood why she was so enthusiastic towards me. It turned out that she wanted to use my relationship with Lin Tian to get promoted. But she said such things to someone I just met. I don’t know if she was stupid or she liked Lin Tian so much that she would do anything to please him.
I really don't like to get involved in other people's love affairs, so I quickly said, I can't help you with this. Whether he likes you or not is not something I can decide with just a few words.
She pulled me and shook me, speaking in a coquettish voice and saying that I didn't need your help, and that I just needed to praise me when I was with Lin Tian. Otherwise, there were so many vixens around him, and I didn't know how they would belittle me.
I was really confused and couldn't stand women acting like this. I cursed Lin Tian in my heart.
Seeing that I didn't say anything, Xie Ning took out his phone and said, "Why don't we go find him now?"
I thought about what happened during the day and felt that I didn’t know how to face Lin Tian. I was about to open my mouth to stop him, but Xie Ning had already dialed the and winked at me at the same time.
The call was connected quickly, and Xie Ning immediately pretended to be a little woman, and even her voice became much gentler. I immediately got goose bumps all over my body.
She asked Lin Tian, where are you?
I couldn't hear the voice on the other end of the line. I only saw Xie Ning frowning and muttering to himself, "You are at Tan Xi's house? Who is Tan Xi?"
I was stunned, wondering why Lin Tian was in my house. Is Lin Jing in bad condition? Is he really here to take my life?
I hurriedly said, give me the phone.
Xie Ning looked at me strangely, didn't say much, and handed the phone directly to me.
I called out "Hello", and the person on the other end of the line was stunned for a moment, then yelled, "Tan Xi! Where the hell have you been? And why are you with this woman?"
As soon as I heard the voice it was indeed Lin Tian's, and I let down my guard against Xie Ning.
But she was around, and there were many things that could not be said in person. I just said I was just out for a walk and happened to meet Xie Ning. How is Lin Jing?
Lin Tian said, thanks to you, everything is fine!
I heard him speaking in a sarcastic tone, obviously he was still upset about what happened at noon, so I changed the subject and asked him why he was at my house ?
He said, "Come back soon, I have something to talk to you about."
I said "Oh", agreed, then hung up the phone and returned it to Xie Ning.
I didn't want to go home, but firstly, I heard that Lin Tian had something to tell me, and secondly, I didn't know how long Xie Ning would pester me. If she ran into a ghost again, I wouldn't be able to protect her. I thought Ding Ding was also at home, and I would get rid of this burden after returning and study the next things. So I said, Lin Tian is at my house, you come with me.
She was very surprised and asked quickly, "So your name is Tan Xi?"
I nodded without answering, walked to the side of the road, and tried to stop a car.
Xie Ning followed, looking very excited, and said, "No wonder my eyelids were twitching today, I knew good things would happen."
I smiled bitterly in my heart, thinking that it was bad luck for you to meet me.
But I couldn't refuse him in person. After all, Lin Tian was stuck in the middle and I had to give him face.
We quickly got a taxi, told the driver the address, and the car started moving.
Xie Ning is a talkative woman. Throughout the entire journey, she was telling me how she met Lin Tian and how she fell in love with him.
I think this is a completely brainless woman, or should I say naive. If it were me, I would never talk so much about myself to someone I just met.
But she seemed to want to get closer to me and have a good relationship with me, and she also had some womanly thoughts. She knew that she didn't mean much to Lin Tian, so she wanted to start with his friends.
I basically just listened to her talking the whole way, occasionally responding with a word or two, it was very boring.
Fortunately, we didn’t encounter many red lights along the way and the car arrived downstairs of my house quickly.
We got out of the car, she looked around, and suddenly frowned and said, "Do you live in a place like this?"
I could hear her tone sounding a bit disgusted. Perhaps in her heart, Lin Tian’s friends should be the same as Lin Tian, at least in terms of money.
I sneered and didn't answer.
She followed me upstairs and came to the door. Seeing that the door lock was still broken, her face became strange again, and she seemed even more disappointed.
I ignored her and pushed the door open. The room was dark and the lights were off.
I touched the switch and called out Lin Tian's name, but no one answered.
I was full of doubts, so I turned on the lights and walked into the room. It was empty, with no one there. Even the note I had placed on the table when I left had not been touched.
I said curiously, where is Lin Tian? Didn’t he say he was at my house?
Xie Ning also had a face full of confusion. She walked into several rooms and looked around. She stood at the door of my room and suddenly turned around and asked me, "Is this your room?"
I was stunned for a moment and nodded yes. She suddenly walked in and started rummaging through the drawers.
I immediately shouted, what are you doing!
Xie Ning ignored me and continued opening the cabinets in my room one by one, as if looking for something.
I hurried over and tried to stop her, but when I reached out to pull, I found that she was welded there like a piece of stone and I couldn't move her at all.
