Chapter 5 The Shape of the Curse
The second day was the agreed date between Wen Jilie and the Gate of Underworld.
On that afternoon, there were basically no important classes, so Kang Xiujia, who had already retired, rushed home in a hurry. She didn't even eat lunch at school, but bought a bread at the convenience store and ate it while waiting for the bus. She was really uncomfortable when she was staying in school. Fortunately, Yueqi University covers a large area and the teaching building where she usually teaches is far away from Building 4.
At the same time, Wen Jilie was also in a state of mind at this moment, thinking about meeting with the "expert" in the afternoon. At the same time, he became more and more familiar with the name Yi Runan. Therefore, during the first class in the afternoon, he specifically asked a student in their class who was usually gossipy: "Have you heard of Yi Runan?"
"Oh! Of course I know! What? Wen Jilie, are you interested in horror novels?"
Horror novel? Wen Jilie was stunned, and then the man said: "This person is one of the most famous horror novelists in the mainland. Have you ever read "The Dead Human"?"
Wen Jilie shook his head and said, "I haven't watched it before, but I have heard of it. It seems to be a famous horror movie in Hong Kong a few years ago. It seems to have a high box office."
"Oh, you didn't even watch such a classic movie? That movie was adapted from a novel written by Yirun."
Wen Jilie thought about it. It was difficult for a horror novelist and a supernatural expert to equate the two for a while, but then he understood. Could it be that it was because he often encountered supernatural events in his life that he wrote horror novels?
After this get out of class, he ran to the library to look for Yi Runan's horror novel. As a result, he borrowed "The Dead Man" and another novel "The Room 3".
Then he borrowed these two books, and in the next class, he started reading these two books. Anyway, the class was very loose, and Wen Jilie read very quickly, and he finished reading a book in one class.
After watching "The Dead Man", he had to sigh that the author is really a genius! How could ordinary people conceive such a terrifying plot? No, Wen Jilie immediately thought, is the plot in the book really fiction?
After class, he looked at his watch. It was still an hour before the agreed time between him and Runan, so he returned to the dormitory and started reading another book.
At this time, Kang Xiujia had returned home. She had a large yard at home and had many cold-resistant trees planted, but her parents didn't have much time to manage it.
The wind was very strong today. When she was surfing the Internet in her room, she heard the windows being knocked by the wind, making a vibration sound.
She would look at the windows from time to time to make sure there was nothing outside the windows before she could feel at ease.
Time passes by little by little.
Finally, it was almost time for the agreed time.
Wen Jilie went to the small restaurant as promised. At this time, it was about five o'clock.
He outlined the appearance of the horror novelist in his heart, and at the same time he hoped that the other party could give him a good answer. Of course, the biggest hope was to completely end the shadow brought to him by Building 4.
When entering the restaurant, the waiter came up and asked, "Sir, how many are there in total?"
"I, come to find a Mr. Yirunan..."
"Oh, please come with me."
After a while, the waiter led Wen Jilie to an elegant small private room upstairs. The private room was not big and surrounded by screens. After the waiter led him into the private room, he saw Runan, who had been waiting there for a long time.
"Hello," Runanan pointed to the seat next to her with a smile, and said, "Please sit down, I've been waiting for you for a long time."
Wen Jilie looked at Runan. He originally thought that the other party was a middle-aged man over forty years old, but he didn't expect that he was so young and looked only in his twenties.
After Wen Jilie sat down, the atmosphere felt a little awkward. After all, both sides didn't know each other at all, and the topic to be discussed was so special, so I didn't know how to speak at once.
"Don't be too nervous. Well, can you tell me your real name?"
"Warm...warm and rigorous, gentle warm, Xin Qiji's rigorous, Ye Yonglie's rigorous."
Runan nodded, and then began to get to the topic.
"Hello. We have investigated the situation of the girl who died in Building 4. This is the specific materials. You can take a look at it first. Then, we can exchange opinions." As he said that, he gave Wen Jilie a bag of materials.
Wen Jilie was stunned and immediately took it over, took out the information inside, and finished reading it as quickly as possible.
"How...how could it be?"
When he saw Lin Xiuyun's suicide, he could hardly believe it. considering his ability to accept, Runan did not print out the photos for him to show.
"Mr. Yi...Mr. Yi..." He pinched the information in his hand and asked, "Can you tell me that there are really ghosts in this world?"
Rundan was silent for a moment and said, "Whether there are ghosts in the world is not the key, but... what you encounter is a real ghost."
This is the core of the problem, and Wen Jilie is also very clear.
"What we saw that day...is it really Lin Xiuyun's soul? What exactly is that mask?"
"It should be a curse. I have encountered many similar examples to you in the past." Running secretly remembered Duan Yuezhen, Luo Guangming and four others who entered Ning Luo's residence. After seeing the ghost painting, they were killed by the female ghosts in the painting, which was very similar to the problem that Wen Jilie encountered this time. They also entered the forbidden area that they should not have entered and saw things they should not have seen.
Sun Pu's disappearance is probably due to this curse.
It’s just that unlike at that time, I can no longer know the order of death and the date of death. However, the key to the curse should be the mask.
Until now, it is still a mystery where Lin Xiuyun's mask came from.
"You have a very high chance of encountering a curse. But the problem now is that you must understand the rules of the curse being activated."
Runan recalled that although the ghosts and curses encountered in the past were extremely strange, each curse had its own rules. As long as the rules were found, they could be prevented according to the specific situation.
Runan planned to gather all the cursed people first, so he said, "That day, there were two girls who entered Building 4, right? Where are they now?"
Wen Jilie replied: "They are all my classmates. Do you want to see them?"
"Yes. Call them immediately and call them here. Listen..." Runan said seriously: "You must figure out the seriousness of this matter. Being cursed means that you may die, or even worse than death... If you want to survive, you must find out the true form of the curse! Call them, even if there is something big, you must come immediately!"
Although Wen Jilie didn't know whether Runan was trustworthy, after all, no one could trust him at the moment, so he called Song Yu first.
The wind is getting stronger and stronger.
After dinner, Kang Xiujia said to her: "Xiujia, it's too windy outside. There are leaves everywhere in the yard now. You can go and sweep it now."
"Okay, I get it."
After putting the dishes into the sink, Kang Xiujia took a broom and came to the yard.
As my mother said, because of the strong wind, the leaves were blown all over the ground.
Kang Xiujia waved her broom and began to sweep up the fallen leaves on the ground.
"It's all spring... Now the leaves are falling all over the ground, just like autumn."
As she swept, she suddenly found a place where the leaves were concentrated a little strangely.
There are large gaps between the accumulated leaves in that place, rather than densely distributed. There are no leaves in the empty places.
"Huh... strange..."
At this time, Wen Jilie called Kang Xiujia's cell phone. Her mother answered the phone.
"Hey, is it Kang Xiujia?"
"I am her mother, who are you?"
"Ah, Hello Auntie, I am her classmate. If you have something to do with her, can you let her listen to the phone?"
"Okay, you wait."
Kang Xiujia walked to that place and looked carefully.
The more she looked at her, the more she felt something was wrong.
Those strange leaves...
First of all, she saw two piles of leaves, forming an oval.
etc……
Kang Xiujia looks more and more familiar with her.
These leaves...
There are also two such ovals in front, but they are smaller in comparison.
And there are a bunch of leaves in the middle...
A circle of leaves is piled up around these strange leaves, forming a not-so-regular circle.
Eye……
nose……
mouth……
Face……
Just ears...
No, without ears.
because……
This is that mask!
The fallen leaves in the yard formed the appearance of the mask Kang Xiujia saw that day!
And what she is standing now...
It is the position of the "mouth" of the "mask"!
At this time, another gust of wind blew, and all the leaves on the ground were flying. Kang Xiujia was surprised to see that the fallen leaves that were originally formed into a "mask" on the ground suddenly all stuck to her!
"Xiujia...your phone number..."
Kang Xiujia's mother took her cell phone and came to the yard. What caught her eye was a pile of leaves dancing in the air, and a large number of leaves were closely glued together, as if...a human-shaped one!
After the strong wind, the leaves immediately dispersed and fell to the ground.
The yard is empty.
Chapter completed!