Chapter 2 The mysterious man who can't be let go 2
"Are you going to abandon me?" The man's voice sounded in his mind. Unlike usual, the voice was small and trembling with nervousness.
Almost instinctively, I blurted out, "I didn't!"
"I didn't mean to drag you into the illusion. You know I've been alone for too long..."
The grievance in the voice was so obvious that I could even imagine the person with his head lowered, his long black hair almost falling to the ground, and fiddling with his clothes anxiously.
“Don’t worry, I gave it a name, so I am its owner. I won’t throw it away.” I loosened my grip on the Soul Binding Cage and spoke in a low voice.
"Really?"
"Really? Don't drag me into illusions anymore. Every time I feel like I'm being chased by a car. I'm so tired."
"I will not do it again."
"The tea is here, Lingmiao, drink it while it's hot. I've been waiting in line for a long time." Before I could say something, Li Zimei, who had made the tea, came back with it.
She handed the tea to me as if she was offering a treasure: "It smells really good, Ling Jiao's tea must be very good. Drink it quickly, it will make you feel better."
I found it a little funny to see Li Zimei's endless praise. She was clearly competing with Ling Jiao just now, but in just a short while, her expression completely changed.
"If you don't know, you might think you are selling some panacea."
Li Zimei giggled for a while and sent the small teapot to Ling Jiao's table. I picked up the cup and a refreshing fragrance came to my nose, refreshing my heart. I took a sip and a sweetness slid down my throat and slowly spread. I really felt refreshed.
After drinking a cup of black tea, the tiredness in my body faded a lot, and even the gloom just now dissipated because of the fragrance of black tea. With a clear mind, I recalled the conversation with that person just now and couldn't help but frowned.
His words were so abnormal. I was really confused just now. How could that person look aggrieved? He could only yell and scream that if I didn't let him go, he would kill me.
Zhou Mian and Ling Jiao didn't walk into the classroom until the bell rang. I raised my cup to Ling Jiao and made the shape of "thank you" with my mouth.
Ling Jiao saw it and rolled her eyes without any surprise. But Zhou Mian saw me when he followed my line of sight. Ling Jiao turned around and glared at me angrily.
I just felt that I was innocent, smiled awkwardly, and quickly lowered my head to turn the page on the book.
I really have to thank that cup of black tea. After a whole morning of classes, I didn't feel tired at all. Although the school is not far from the Nie Building, I usually take a lunch break at school.
With my lunch box, I ran to the old library of the school to enjoy my lunch break. Because the new science and technology building was built, the library also moved from the two-story red brick building into the building, and the red brick building was naturally abandoned.
I don’t know if the original builder wanted to combine local and foreign elements, so he built an open-air spiral staircase for the old library that goes directly to the second floor. In this L-shaped house, an 8-shaped pool was dug, the narrowest part of which can be crossed in one step, and a group of koi are raised in it.
From the second floor of the old library, you can easily jump over the guardrail to the roof of the low house next to it. The low house has been abandoned for many years, and the four walls are covered with vines. My favorite is the roof of the low house. Sitting on the edge, with my feet hanging in the air, I feel unprecedented freedom. Sitting in the middle, you can completely avoid other people's sight.
After finishing my lunch, I was about to lie down and take a rest when that person's voice suddenly appeared in my mind: "My name is Hongze."
I was stunned for a moment before I realized he was telling me his name. I couldn't help but laugh: "I'm just a human being. How can you tell me your name so easily?"
"You! I overreacted yesterday. I just... I just..."
"You just haven't made it up yet. You clearly looked like you wanted to kill me yesterday!"
"No! I thought you were the one who locked me up, that's why I treated you like that, but time seems to have passed longer than I thought. You are just an ordinary human who accidentally named this thing." Hongze's voice was low, without his usual anger, and seemed a little annoyed.
I couldn't guess whether he was regretting that time was passing too quickly, or regretting that he treated me like that yesterday, or whether he was regretting that I was just an ordinary and useless human being.
"I hope you can let me go. I was originally the guardian deity of the Dragon King Temple, responsible for delivering the wishes of mankind. But that year, a group of people broke into the Dragon King Temple seeking refuge. I was short-sighted and failed to recognize them as thieves, so I gave them refuge. Unexpectedly, I was dragged into the dispute, and soon some humans came to attack me and wanted to demolish my Dragon King Temple..."
"Your Dragon King Temple?"
"The Dragon King Temple that I guard is going to be demolished... I am the image of the Dragon King in the Dragon King Temple. If the temple is demolished, I will disappear too."
“And your temple was demolished ?”
"How could I allow this? No, I just feel wronged. I was also harmed by villains. It was that group of people who deceived me. It's not my fault!" Hongze's voice became louder, with obvious anger in it, and he looked like he was gritting his teeth.
Thinking about how I thought he was a demon yesterday and he was also gritting his teeth, I suddenly understood him a little. It seems that he was so taboo about this because he was once thought to be a demon. Thinking of this, I couldn't help but be curious: "What did you do to deserve the demolition of the temple?"
"I killed... killed, and did nothing!"
I rolled my eyes silently. I could already tell the first two words were "kill". And what's with that weird Northeastern accent of yours?
"I didn't kill anyone! I was just talking!" I probably understood what I was saying, so I didn't say it out loud. Hongze also heard it, and he hurriedly explained: "Northeastern accent? I just learned some of your knowledge."
"Well, that's not the point. You just said that if you kill them, they will tear down your temple? Then how did you get into the Soul Binding Cage?" The second half of his sentence was obviously not something I could understand. In my opinion, nothing was more difficult to accept than the fact that he really existed, so I didn't intend to dwell on it any further.
"They were afraid of me, so they found some demons, tricked me out of the temple, and imprisoned me in this magic weapon! It's been at least three hundred years..." Hongze's voice was so soft that I could hardly hear it. I think he must be very lonely now. Three hundred years, I don't know how many dynasties have been replaced, and everything has changed.
"This is the first time someone has spoken to me, please don't abandon me." After saying this, Hongze stopped talking.
I sat on the empty roof, looking at the sycamore tree next to me. The yellow leaves were easily blown away by the breeze, leaving only bare branches. How does it feel to not talk to anyone for three hundred years and stay in an empty and lifeless place alone?
I sighed. Hongze really found my weakness.
"I'll let you out!"
"Really?"
Hongze was so excited that his voice broke a little, and he coughed several times to cover it up.
I smiled and didn't want to expose him: "Really? What should I do?"
"um, I……"
"I have no idea……"
"Uh... this..."
As the saying goes, a good cook cannot cook without rice. Although I decided to help Hongze, I never expected that he didn't know how to release him!
I stared at the soul-binding cage in my hand, wishing I could stare a hole in it.
