The girl was lying on the bedside and staring at the sky as usual. Everything she saw was gray and she was plagued by illness. She counted her remaining time on her fingers.
Her past experiences, broken family, and mother's tears made her full of emotions. She wanted to write down all of this, and she wanted to use words to describe this terrible world.
But her dying body could no longer support any movement. It was difficult for her to even sit up. She could only lie in bed coughing all day and night.
The melodious and joyful humming sounded from far away, and the girl struggled to hold herself up. The unfamiliar voice and the extremely happy tune aroused her curiosity.
Her whole body ached and weak, and she failed several times.
When the sound finally died down, her arms tremblingly supported her body, preventing her from falling again.
A tall and thin figure wearing a black coat, holding the boy in blue by the hand, entered her field of vision with brisk steps.
The strength she had held up in just two seconds collapsed. Her body protested, and she coughed violently, as if she wanted to cough out everything in her body.
It took a long time for her to recover.
"Dong dong dong."
She looked toward the window and saw a faint smile on the face of the man humming. She didn't know how long he had been standing there.
The man was clearly the brightest person in the crowd with his bright eyebrows and gentle demeanor, but she felt a strong uneasiness, as if something was wrong.
"Go to sleep, everything will be fine when you wake up."
She couldn't hear what the man said clearly.
She wanted to say something, but suddenly she felt sleepy and her eyelids were so heavy that she could no longer lift them up.
All the organs in her body also calmed down with this sleepiness, and she felt more comfortable than ever before.
Pain screamed for its presence all the time. She was already used to being woken up by pain in the middle of the night. The peace at this moment was like a dream.
Then, sleep in this sweet dream.
The girl closed her eyes, she should enjoy the long-lost peace.
No, I can't sleep, I'm obviously so uneasy.
She raised her eyelids slightly and couldn't sleep. This person was really strange. She was thinking and struggling, but she was always half asleep and half awake.
Time flies.
Her mouth was opened, there was a sound of water dripping in her ears, and something dripped into her mouth.
Her tongue stirred subconsciously, and the taste of blood exploded in her mouth. In a daze, she struggled to open her eyes and saw a familiar face. In the chaos, she finally realized that something was wrong.
Isn't this the boy next door? Why is he here?
Who is that man and why is the boy next door following him?
The boy grinned at her, with blood on the corners of his mouth.
"why are you laughing?"
The boy didn't answer her words. He took back his bleeding hand and walked out, "Okay, it's been transferred to her."
Drowsiness struck again, and this time she could no longer stay awake, closing her eyes and falling asleep completely.
"Is she really going to be okay?"
"Well, as long as no one finds out."
…
After hearing this, Jiang Yingbai asked, "So it was he who made you like this?"
The girl nodded.
Jiang Yingbai asked, "Why do you say you are a ghost? He doesn't seem to have done anything to hurt you."
The girl had a complicated expression, "I have seen my body. She was hidden in the cellar by her mother."
She had heard others tell ghost stories, and the ghosts in them were like this.
Jiang Yingbai was contrary to her idea. She should be an existence similar to a soul. Whatever the person did to her body, she could not let her soul stay in her body after the matter was over.
Jiang Yingbai exhaled, "Is there anything unusual about your mother recently?"
The girl pursed her lips. She could die with this body at any time, anywhere, and in any way, so she could tell everything she saw.
She knew that killing was wrong, and she knew that her current state was wrong, but she didn't want her mother to be hurt or affected.
The mother's concealment or abnormal behavior must have a reason, and she doesn't want outsiders to find out.
Seeing her hesitation, Jiang Yingbai grabbed her skinny shoulders and looked her in the eyes.
"Tell me everything you know. You should know that you can't hide it. Your mother is making a deal with a murderer. What if that person is cheating on your mother?"
The girl lowered her head and remained silent.
Jiang Yingbai let go of her shoulders, "What if he tries to harm your mother?"
The girl shook her head, "That's impossible. I don't have anything at home, right?"
Jiang Yingbai sighed, innocent child, once a person loses his humanity, he no longer needs a reason to do evil. He may be doing it for fun, or on a whim.
Why should you believe in a freshman who regards human life as nothing?
"You don't know how Laura died."
The girl looked up. She really didn't know this.
Jiang Yingbai showed her the photos and notes taken by Lotta, "Aren't you curious why the boy followed him? Didn't you find anything unusual about the boy?"
The girl only glanced at it, her pupils were trembling, she bit her lower lip, and the notebook fell to the ground. She immediately knelt down to pick it up, crying, "I'm sorry, I'm very sorry, I didn't mean it."
She suddenly discovered that the boy and the man looked very similar to each other that she had never noticed before. They were almost carved from the same mold.
He, they, they killed...
The girl squatted down, buried her head in her knees, and handed the notebook to her, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry."
She kept repeating that she knew that it was a mistake for her to be born. She failed to protect her mother who was bullied, and her character was weak and unable to persuade her overbearing father.
She could do nothing and kept pulling her mother down into the abyss.
But she seemed to be unable to do anything but apologize.
Jiang Yingbai touched her head, it was soft, gentle, and very delicate, "Don't be sad, don't be sad, I will help you."
The girl lowered her head and sobbed for a while, her voice muffled, "I'm a waste, I can't do anything."
Jiang Yingbai took out a tissue and handed it to her, looking far away.
"People often say that your family is not good, so you have to work hard, you have to be strong, and you have to live a wonderful life. But people are still human after all. Hard work cannot change the suffering, and strength cannot restore the scars. You have not given up hope. You are still there. Just being positive is enough, it’s already very, very good.”
The girl took the tissue and looked at her carefully. When she realized that Jiang Yingbai was not looking at her, she took a long breath.
"So don't be sad, don't blame yourself."
The girl nodded and silently wiped away her tears. Fortunately, she didn't see them. She just wanted to leave a lively and cheerful image to others.
After a moment of silence, the girl stood up, with no sadness on her face, "I don't know what my mother said to that person that day. It must have been some kind of transaction. After that day, the family suddenly had a lot of money, and my mother became very strangeness."
When she was about to get to the point, Jiang Yingbai suddenly pulled her into his arms and covered her mouth, "Shh, don't talk. Someone is coming."
