It all happened so fast. It only took a few seconds from the time Shen Congwen turned his back to the moment he entered the door.
The strange scene appeared so suddenly and in such a hurry that Shen Xing was unable to memorize the man's full face and carve an identical wooden sculpture in a short period of time.
But he was sure that what he saw was definitely the man hanging upside down that Lele said.
After Shen Congwen's figure disappeared from the gate, Shen Xing looked at Lele who was squatting next to him and asked: "Lele, when the uncle turned around just now, did you notice anything wrong?"
Lele shook his head: "No."
Now it seems that the scene just now was just an accidental leak of the characteristics of the crying person after Shen Xing's causal isolation, and did not form a picture that Lele could see.
So Lele couldn't see it, but he saw it through his strange eyes and abnormal perception.
Now it is finally certain that Shen Congwen is related to "who he is" or that Shen Congwen is "who he is". Further investigation is needed.
Shen Xing thought for a moment and called Ren Guangming.
Ren Guangming had been waiting at the police station on the street and quickly answered the call. After hearing that Shen Xing had found the suspected target, he became energetic and quickly came quietly with three police officers.
One of the police officers was wearing plain clothes. After entering the "Sunny Sky Sunset" B&B, he quietly checked the room where Shen Congwen stayed, and then counted how many people were staying in the B&B at the moment.
In order not to alert the snake, they called the other tourists who were already in the room every five minutes in the form of a phone call from the front desk, asking them all to come to the front desk to complete certain registration procedures.
Half an hour later, "clear sky and sunset" were cleared of these tourists.
Then Ren Guangming summoned the store owner, and Shen Xing took a look, and it turned out to be the middle-aged man who was standing at the gate with Shen Congwen bragging about his pen just now.
This middle-aged man had something important to do and had to rush back to the city, but unexpectedly he was called back by the police officer on the way.
Shen Xing and Ren Guangming found a temporarily vacated local residents' house and asked the middle-aged man about Shen Congwen.
The middle-aged man was frightened at first, thinking that something happened in his store, but now he felt that it had nothing to do with him, and he immediately knew everything.
According to him, Shen Congwen would come to visit Sunset Mountain basically once a year, and if he wanted to stay, he would always stay in his store.
He heard from Shen Congwen himself that he was in the decoration materials business. He usually did most of his business in Pingzhou, and occasionally did some business with other states. Overall it's not bad, it's a small boss.
Although the middle-aged shop owner did not dare to ask why they were investigating Shen Congwen, he was already wondering whether Shen Congwen's business was illegal and he had been targeted by the sheriff.
After the inquiry, Ren Guangming warned the middle-aged shop owner not to reveal any information, otherwise his "Sunny Sky Sunset" B&B would be immediately sealed and he would no longer be able to do business in the Sunset Mountain area.
The middle-aged shop owner still had this in mind. He nodded and made a promise very cooperatively. He also delegated urgent matters in the city to his subordinates. He did not dare to leave Sunset Mountain easily again. .
After arranging everything, the sheriff who had been staying at the B&B to investigate secretly reported that Shen Congwen had closed the door since entering the room and never came out.
Shen Xing immediately took Lele and checked all the rooms on the first floor of the B&B. No abnormalities were found. Then he also checked the rooms on the second floor that were far away from Shen Congwen's room.
In the end, only Shen Congwen and the guest rooms on his left and right were left to look at. Because the distance was too close, Shen Xing was worried that the other party would notice something during the inspection.
He asked Lele to stay with Ren Guangming and stay at the front desk of the B&B with the two police officers, and the waiters at the front desk had evacuated in advance.
Then Shen Xing walked to Shen Congwen's room alone. He didn't go empty-handed, but bought some braised pork and fried peanuts, and also brought a bottle of the famous local liquor - Sunset Sanbai.
It was already ten o'clock at night, and he deliberately walked out of the footsteps and came to stand at the door of Shen Congwen's room.
Shen Xing cleared his throat, knocked on the door and said, "Brother Shen, I am Shen Xing, are you here?"
Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, a voice of surprise came from inside: "Hey, Shen Xing is here, welcome..."
As he spoke, he opened the door. Shen Congwen was wearing a set of black pajamas at the moment. The fabric looked smooth and of high quality. His hair was still wet. It looked like he had just finished taking a shower and was wiping his hair.
"I just finished taking a shower." Shen Congwen said in surprise, and then looked at what Shen Xing was holding in his hand, "What are you..."
"Come here to have a drink with you and chat." Shen Xing smiled with a smile on his face and raised the things in his hand.
"You're welcome, brother." Shen Congwen smiled and did not refuse, and immediately turned around and walked to the bathroom, saying: "Wait until I get my hair clean, don't be polite, just sit down wherever you want."
Shen Xing took the opportunity to take a closer look at his back, and could no longer see the appearance of the crying person just now, which showed that the other person's special characteristics had long been hidden again.
By the time Shen Congwen came out of the bathroom, Shen Xing had already found two clean cups, poured the wine, opened the dishes to go with the wine, and had disposable chopsticks ready.
The corners of Shen Congwen's eyes turned into crescent moons, and he smiled and said, "You come out now, where are your friends' children?"
"I'm just helping out for a day, I've already left it to them." Shen Xing replied.
Shen Congwen likes to chat with people very much, and there is no shortage of topics to talk about when you are with him. Even when Shen Xing can't think of what to talk about, he can bring up the topic smoothly and naturally.
The two drank, ate and chatted while drinking, but Shen Congwen drank more, while Shen Xing basically drank a little.
"Brother, you can't drink enough!" Shen Congwen saw it, and he didn't force himself to drink. This man has a very good temperament.
"I usually don't drink." Shen Xing smiled. After a pause, he asked seemingly casually: "I think Brother Shen not only has a good drinking capacity, but he should also exercise regularly. He usually doesn't get sick, right?"
Shen Congwen nodded: "Well, I rarely catch colds and get sick. Usually, the people below take care of business. I am responsible for general control and handling some difficult things that they can't handle, so I have more free time. I go to The gym is the norm.”
"How is your sleep quality, Brother Shen?" Shen Xing asked again, "I feel like you have dark circles under your eyes."
"Really?" Shen Congwen touched the bags under his eyes.
To be honest, he didn't have any dark circles under his eyes. This sentence was completely deliberately induced by Shen Xing.
"I usually sleep well, but sometimes I wake up suddenly when I fall asleep. I asked the doctor and they said it was a sleep convulsion and it was nothing serious. And I would fall back to sleep quickly after waking up, so there would be no impact at all. , the sleep quality is still okay." Shen Congwen said.
"Have you ever had any dreams that impressed you?" Shen Xing asked.
Shen Congwen was stunned for a moment, thought about it carefully, and then shook his head: "No, I said, why do you suddenly ask about this?"
Shen Xing paused for a moment, then his expression became serious, and he said word by word: "To be honest, Brother Shen, I specialize in carving wood carvings, and I often carve Buddha statues and other evil things for people. There are many people coming to see me, and they come and go. I have taught myself some principles of Feng Shui to know people, is this reasonable?"
"Yeah, reasonable." Shen Congwen nodded, but his expression became more and more surprised.
"From the moment I first saw you, I felt like you were wrapped in a yin energy." Shen Xing began to unleash his ultimate move.
While he was speaking, he had a mysterious expression on his face, like a magician: "Through several subsequent observations, I found that I was not wrong. You are indeed entangled with something, but you may not know it."
"What?" Shen Congwen's expression changed, "Shen Xing, I treat you as a brother, and I didn't let you fool me like this!"
Shen Xing had a purpose for saying this. First of all, Shen Congwen's usual behavior was too normal, and there was no trace of any abnormality at all. This meant that it was possible that he didn't even know that the crying person was haunting him.
Or, even if he is a crying person, he does not have that guy's evil consciousness when he is awake.
In other words, after becoming abnormal, Shen Congwen's original normal consciousness actually no longer existed, only full of evil. Until this evil thing achieves its goal and disappears temporarily, he will return to his current harmless appearance without even realizing it.
"Why should I fool you?" Shen Xing said: "You and I are destined to meet at Sunset Mountain. I just want to help you. I won't charge you any money during this period, and I won't let you buy my wood carvings."
"Then tell me, what is bothering me?" Shen Congwen drank the rest of the wine in the cup, stood up and said to Shen Xing.
It seemed that if Shen Xing couldn't answer or the answer made him dissatisfied, he would let Shen Xing leave.
"You turn around and I'll take a look again." Shen Xing said.
Shen Congwen was stunned for a moment, his expression a little unhappy, but he still forced himself to endure it and turned awkwardly in front of Shen Xing.
Shen Xing looked and saw that the figure behind him did not appear again, but he immediately said: "There is someone on your back, a man."
"I……"
Shen Congwen was startled and almost said a curse word. Although he still didn't believe Shen Xing, Shen Xing's words suddenly caused a layer of cold sweat to break out on his spine.
Quickly walking to the bathroom mirror, Shen Congwen half-turned around and looked behind him carefully, but there was nothing.
He walked out and was about to question Shen Xing, but Shen Xing had already asked and his voice became softer.
"Do you like yourself?"
"Ah?" Shen Congwen was stunned. He felt that Shen Xing might have had an epileptic seizure. Otherwise, why would his mind jump so fast? He suddenly asked such a question.
"If you can't answer, there may be something wrong." Shen Xing added.
"What problem can I have?" Shen Congwen smiled helplessly: "I don't say that I like myself, but at least I cherish myself."
This time, Shen Xing has assumed the role of the crying person. He believes that the crying person will not be satisfied with Shen Congwen's answer.
"Do you like yourself?" he repeated.
Shen Congwen looked at him with wide eyes, and saw a smile appear on Shen Xing's face. This smile was a bit cold, a bit stiff, and revealed a chill that made people feel inexplicably panicked.
"Brother Shen?"
Shen Congwen shouted unconsciously, but Shen Xing turned a deaf ear to it, just kept his extremely uncomfortable smile and stared at him coldly.
"Do you like yourself?" The third question came from Shen Xing's mouth again indifferently.
Shen Congwen's body suddenly trembled slightly. He took a step back and sat on his bed. The expression on his face repeatedly jumped between confusion, surprise, puzzlement, and contemplation, flickering on and off.
"Of course I... like me..." Shen Congwen's lips moved and he uttered these words indistinctly, but before he finished the sentence, a breath suddenly choked in his throat and he could no longer continue. Go down.
At this moment, his face gradually began to turn red, the veins on his cheeks were exposed, his neck became slightly thicker, and his blood vessels bulged, as if he wanted to desperately say this complete sentence, but this complete sentence was choked in his throat. inside.
Shen Xing did nothing when he saw this scene, but he clenched his fists slightly, his whole body tensed, and his vigilance was raised to the highest level.
Shen Congwen's expression seemed to be fighting, but after working hard for a moment, the blocked expression was released instantly. The surprised and confused expression just now was replaced by a touch of calm. A cold expression that shows no concern for anything.
He opened his mouth slightly, and to Shen Xing's ears, even his voice seemed to have changed, but every word was pronounced clearly and landed loudly.
"I hate myself."
Seeing Shen Congwen's appearance, Shen Xing was immediately moved and secretly said.
He continued to pretend not to know anything and asked, "Why do you hate me?"
After asking this question, Shen Congwen's expression suddenly twitched, as if someone standing next to him was grabbing his face and rubbing it. His muscles were pulled to incredible angles, and his whole temperament suddenly changed. Change.
At this moment, Shen Congwen looked extremely cold. His originally friendly facial features were distorted and deformed. He was still the same person, but he seemed to have become a completely different person at this moment.
He opened his mouth and said: "This guy is a coward, a complete and hopeless coward!"
Shen Xing was stunned and stared at the person in front of him in surprise.
Shen Congwen gritted his teeth and said with a ferocious face: "Is he worthy of being a human being? He is not worthy of anything! He only deserves to be a piece of shit that is despised by thousands of people!"
"Why?" Shen Xing asked.
Shen Congwen sneered: "I was bullied by my classmates since I was a child, and had my pants taken off in front of the girl I liked, haha... I was beaten by my father every day when I came home, so hard that three bamboo and cane branches were broken in one night, haha. ... His mother asked him who he was with, but he said he was with his father, because he didn’t like his mother’s boyfriend, so he deserved to be beaten! When he came out to look for a job, he was deceived so much that he didn’t even have any money left for a meal, so he slept under an overpass. One month, haha... He lost all his money in business. He didn't even dare to fart when he saw his creditors, and he just cried all day long. Cry, cry, cry, what else can he do besides crying? He is useless, supported by mud. Smash the dog that doesn’t climb the wall!”
In the process of saying these words, Shen Congwen cried for a while and laughed for a while. His expressions changed naturally, as if he was born with it.
But after he finished speaking, he suddenly became very frightened. He quickly shrank up to the bedside, curled up into a ball, and shouted: "Get out of here, get out of here, who are you?"
Shen Xing obviously saw that he was not talking to her, and her eyes searched around unconsciously, as if to find the person who just spoke.
Shen Congwen's words had just ended. His expression changed again. His nose felt sore and he sobbed hard twice. He sneered and said, "Where are you going? Tear this bastard in half, half for you and half for me." ?”
"Ah!" Shen Congwen's expression changed again. He was frightened, confused, and at a loss...
Suddenly, his body began to tremble, and then his crouched body became more curved, like a prawn, but the next second, his limbs stretched out again with a crash.
At this moment, Shen Xing discovered that his back had changed. The surrounding contours slowly sunk in, and a thinner body stood out, followed by tiny limbs.
Finally, a human face emerged from the back of Shen Congwen's head, replacing the back of his head, revealing a crying face.
Shen Congwen had already struggled to stand up from the bed, standing tremblingly beside the bed. He suddenly turned around and faced Shen Xing, with a painful expression on his face, as if he was fighting something, and said with difficulty: "You... leave quickly!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly turned around, revealing the crying person behind him, with tears streaming down his face and a cold voice: "Why are you so anxious? By the way, do you like yourself? I won't I still like you?" Me, right? Do you really like it that much?"
A different kind of emotion descended upon him as he spoke. At this moment, Shen Xing suddenly felt a strong sense of self-rejection that he could not suppress. It was like a basin of ice-cold water pouring down from the top of his head, and it was extremely cold from head to toe.
At this moment, it was obvious that the normal side of Shen Congwen's body that had been turned around was already dead. His face was ashen, as if he had completely died.
There was a crashing sound, and a piece of newspaper was covered by Shen Xing's hand, covering the entire crying person. The covered space suddenly shrank, and in an instant it was only one-third the size of the crying person, trapping it tightly. in.
Because of her strong self-rejection, Shen Xing grabbed a pair of sharp scissors on the table and stabbed her neck fiercely.
With a snap, the scissors were instantly broken by the protective film of black veins hidden all over his body.
