Chapter 069
I don't know how long the skeleton has been dead , but its bones have turned slightly black. However, its movements are as natural as those of an ordinary person. Only the brush is held in its bony hand, and it is drawing on the human skin on the table bit by bit, with an extremely meticulous look.
The little ghost swallowed his saliva and looked very nervous. He seemed to be very scared and dared not to move. But my thoughts were different from his. Besides fear, I was more horrified. When did this painted skin come? Has it been following Lu Yao and me, or is it Lu Yao?
My forehead and nose were covered with sweat. I stared at the skull in the room. I saw it was painting on the human skin for a long time and finally seemed very satisfied. However, I could not see any expression on the skull's face.
It picked up the human skin and began to slowly put it on its bones like putting on clothes.
I could see very clearly that as soon as the human skin touched the bones, tendons, blood vessels and muscles immediately grew out, and the body gradually became fuller. The human skin was put on the head , and Lu Yao's face suddenly appeared.
This might be the last thing I wanted to happen, but when I saw that face, I lost all emotion and couldn't help but let out a soft "ah"...
But even such a slight sound was heard by the Painted Skin Ghost. He turned his head and looked towards the crack in the door.
The little ghost and I were both startled and quickly dodged. Our hearts were pounding, but we didn't dare to breathe.
The little ghost wiped the sweat from his forehead and suddenly whispered, "We've been discovered, run!"
After saying that, before I could react, he turned around and ran towards the corridor.
I watched him getting farther and farther away from me, and I didn't catch up immediately. I didn't know how many thoughts went through my mind. I thought that even if Lu Yao was a ghost, she should be a good ghost judging from her usual behavior. But even though I thought this in my heart, I was finally suppressed by fear.
After a slight hesitation, I immediately followed the ghost. I ran like crazy, which was a very uncomfortable feeling, but even the ghost, who always dealt with ghosts, was afraid, so there was no reason for me not to be afraid.
It was not until I reached the corner of the corridor and turned to escape that I looked back and found that Lu Yao had stuck his head out from the crack of the door, staring at me. The expression on his face was something I had never seen before. It looked like pity, and resentment, in short, very conflicted.
I didn't stop. The kid and I ran all the way downstairs. He didn't stop either, and ran a long distance before he stopped and stood on the side of the road, panting.
I was already in a very miserable state, and now I was in such a state that many people were watching me. Not to mention that my clothes were torn by the corpse doll, and there was a large bloodstain on my shoulder. People passing by didn't dare to approach us, but it was a good thing that no one disturbed us.
We sat on the side of the road and took a long time to catch our breath.
The kid looked at me, then slapped his thigh and said, "Well, I didn't lie to you, did I? This was the aura you felt from me last time in the hospital."
I lowered my head in thought and didn't say anything. My mind was in a mess and I didn't know what to answer.
Seeing me like this, the kid put away his playful expression and said, "Tan... Tan Xi, right? Although I don't know your situation, you have met someone you can't afford to offend. Do you know what that is?"
I nodded, still saying nothing.
The little ghost seemed to have opened a box of chatterboxes and couldn't stop talking. He said that the monster was simply called the Painted Skin. There was also a related legend in Japan called the Bone Girl. But no matter which culture it was, it was a fierce ghost that hurt people and killed people. What was even more terrifying was that it could restrain its breath at will and usually appear in the form of a human. Even if you had a strong ability to exorcise ghosts, you would not be able to find out that it was a ghost, and you could only find out after it took off its human skin.
As he said that, he sighed and said, "But you've calculated it this way. If you find it early, you can still avoid it. That ghost thing only needs a piece of skin to draw the appearance of various people. You can't tell whether it's real or fake."
I still didn't say anything, and all I could think about was what had happened between the time I met Lu Yao and now.
From the very beginning, she looked kind and beautiful, and never showed any malice at all, whether it was towards me or Lin Tian. If she hadn't been there before, I don't know what the situation would be like now.
But through this incident, I figured out a lot of things. Lu Yao always has a faint smell of ink on him. Before, I always thought that it was not like the tacky perfume of other girls, but rather smelled quite good. Now it seems that this is indeed the smell of ink on human skin.
Moreover, the hanged ghost never dared to appear in front of her. I used to think that he would only move when I was alone, but when we encountered the dead dogs in the back mountain, as soon as Lu Yao arrived, the hanged ghost hid and the dogs dispersed. Although I didn't notice it at the time, but now I think about it, it should be because they were afraid of it.
Moreover, this thing only needs a piece of skin to make it difficult for people to tell the real thing from the fake. Then I suddenly remembered that not long ago, when I first met the two-person girl Xie Ning, I once called Lin Tian in a dream, but Lin Tian also denied it, although he had a ghost called parasitic grass on his body at that time, which was the human-faced worm that crawled out of his ear when I was buried alive.
But that kind of parasitic grass should only listen to my mother and not help Xie Ning and the others. But if there is someone who can disguise himself as Lin Tian and even imitate his voice so vividly that it is difficult to tell the real from the fake, I will definitely not be able to tell. But if this is true, then everything can be explained.
But if Lu Yao was such a scary ghost, why would she pretend to be a good person in front of me? She could just show her true face. As long as it was harmless, I would basically accept it. Even if I didn't accept it, I wouldn't be able to refuse if she kept following me. Why go around in such a big circle?
Or is it that there are actually two Lu Yao? If this Painted Skin can take on the appearance of any human being, then does that mean that the real Lu Yao has disappeared and has been replaced by this ghost?
Even more bizarre, based on the current situation, if Lu Yao is really a ghost, then is Lu Yao's father also a devil in human skin?
But from what I saw in the mirror, Lu Yao's father did have some connection with my grandfather's family, and there was no need for one of them to play the good guy and the other the bad guy to make the relationship so complicated.
If Lu Yao was really so fierce, then when we encountered ghosts several times, whether it was a zombie or a pregnant female ghost, what she showed was just a woman's greatest courage and endurance. Why should she be so hypocritical?
Furthermore, the handwriting on the note I left was indeed in my hands, but the content changed afterwards. Could it be that Painted Skin Lu Yao had tampered with the note in order to follow me?
My mind was getting more and more confused. In the end, I felt a little pathetic. Looking at the past half month, almost everything in my world has changed. Lin Tian suspected me, Ding Ding didn't know whether I was alive or dead, and even a kind girl I suddenly met had so many secrets in the end. If this continues, I guess I won't be able to trust others. I feel like I am destined to be lonely.
I thought about it and asked the little ghost, even if she is an evil ghost, she has followed me all the way and has no intention of hurting anyone. You are also someone who deals with ghosts and you have a ghost car around you. You can't just deny her completely just because she is Painted Skin, right?
The little ghost looked at me with disdain, slapped his thigh, and said, Tan Xi, I can't guarantee anything else, but there are indeed ghosts in this world that don't harm people, just like people, there will always be a standard of good and evil. But I dare to say this about other ghosts, but if the painted skin doesn't harm people, I curse myself to be suffocated to death by the ghost car's mouth!
I was curious, what did you mean?
Xiaogui said, "We are Chinese after all. You must have heard the story of Painted Skin. Although the movie has changed it a lot, one thing has not changed, that is, Painted Skin can eat people's hearts. She doesn't show any malice now, but if you stay with her, you will be torn apart sooner or later. And evil spirits are evil spirits. They never act rationally. If you tell me that they have changed their ways, it sounds as unreliable to me as the Chinese national football team dominating the world."
I was silent for a moment, half believing and half doubting what the little ghost said. To be honest, before, I would not easily believe anything if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes. But now, the saying "seeing is believing" has no effect on me. I have to rely entirely on myself to analyze it bit by bit, and other people's words can only be used as a reference.
I was thinking hard, but the kid next to me suddenly screamed, shook his body, and fell beside me. He lay on the ground, even backing away, looking at me with a look of fear on his face.
I found him looking very strange, so I asked him what was wrong.
His eyes were wide open, he was stammering, and he was so scared that he couldn't even speak clearly. My heart tightened, and I turned around and saw a figure standing behind me, with no expression on his face, staring at me blankly.
I looked at her, opened my mouth, and after a long while I finally uttered two words: Lu Yao...
