The thick ink clouds squeezed the sky, covering the bright sun just now, so depressed that the whole world was in dead silence.

The figures of those people gradually melted and rose, and ugly strange shapes formed a tall wall side by side. The shadows cast were like kaleidoscope-like voids, wrapping Li Taiyuan in it.

They were swaying, and the sounds in their throats gradually turned into twisted and harsh melodies. They were ups and downs, dancing dirty and swaying unknown dances, stretching out dirty tentacles covered with sarcoma, and constantly contracting towards Li Taiyuan in the middle of the circle, approaching

.

The ground at his feet suddenly turned into a soft swamp.

As the body continued to sink, a large amount of yellow-green pus was overflowing from the dead cat in front of Li Taiyuan, and countless wriggling white hairs sprinkled on the internal organs exposed to the air.

The white strips gathered together, swinging their tentacles regularly like sea anemones.

Looking closely, there were five human fingers on each top. Those palms kept climbing up along Li Taiyuan's calves and headed straight for Li Taiyuan's face.

The little Li Taiyuan was unmoved and let her body sink. She was suffocated by the tentacles and felt dizzy constantly washed away.

He has long been used to this kind of thing. Many times, the world in his eyes is like this: dark, dirty, distorted, noisy.

He doesn't need to do anything. Just stay quietly for five minutes, ten minutes... and wait until this feeling disappears.

"Don't touch him, get out of here!"

"No, this wasn't what he did! He was a good boy, he just didn't like to talk, but he didn't hurt anyone!"

His body suddenly eased, and someone picked him up from the ground.

It seemed as if a hot flame that would not hurt people dispelled the cold and let the sun shine again into Li Taiyuan's dark world.

But the sun was so bright and dazzling that he couldn't open his eyes and could not see the man's face clearly.

He pillowed on the man's shoulder, closed his eyes, and smelled the smell in his hair. The fragrance was like gardenias after the rain, flowing with a warm feeling, making people feel calm and peaceful.

"Don't be afraid, Taiyuan. Mom takes you home, ah."

A sigh came from my ears, far away but close.

Li Taiyuan opened his eyes and greeted him was the roof of the Wang family hanging on wooden beams.

"Pu" "Pu"

The green banana leaves outside the window were dripping with raindrops, and the moist breath filled the air with a hint of coolness.

It was dawn and the rain stopped.

Li Taiyuan rubbed her eyebrows, lifted the quilt and sat up.

He didn't know how he had such a strange dream, but for the first time he dreamed of his mother who had never even seen him and died of dysfunction.

My mother died on the operating table.

After her death, her father burned all her relics, not even a photo was left.

So the woman in the dream has no face because Li Taiyuan doesn't know what she looks like.

Li Taiyuan knew that his father was deliberately concealing his mother's death and even prepared a set of words. He had tried to guide himself many times, hoping that he would ask him about his mother.

It’s a pity that Li Taiyuan is not a normal person. He was born to feel the joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness that humans should have.

He would not be as curious as an ordinary child why he was born without a mother, nor would he feel sad because he had no mother, nor would he be curious about what kind of person his mother is.

Anyway, he just listened to what his father said. Although his father has always been very nice to him, he said that to Li Taiyuan.

He has never had any concept of family affection.

The mother whom she met was never seen before was like a bond that maintained his relationship with her father, making them literally "family members".

Of course, in order to repay the financial and mental strength that his father had spent over the past twenty years, Li Taiyuan specially entrusted the organization to transfer all the deposits under his name to the other party after his death.

Now that my father reorganized his family and had a wife and children; he was far away from home and had less than five years of life left. Once his life came to an end, the bond between the two should naturally disappear.

After thinking about it, Li Taiyuan attributed the reason to the strange things in the He family yesterday, and was influenced by the evil aura, so she had such an inexplicable dream.

He stood beside the bed for a while and heard something outside the yard.

As soon as it was dark, He Shichang and Chen Zhixiang rushed over in a hurry. The two old men didn't sleep all night, their eyes were red, and as soon as they entered the door, they rushed into their daughter's room.

After quickly packing up his things, Wang Jianshan drove the car and wanted to take He Ling to the county hospital.

He Weican originally planned to stay, and even wanted to go to Shengquan Village with Li Taiyuan; but after he finished speaking, he was firmly denied by Li Taiyuan.

"You'd better go to the hospital to take care of your sister. The situation in Shengquan Village is very complicated. You will only delay my work in the past."

Li Taiyuan had previously fabricated the identity of a folk scholar to fool He Weican and avoid suspicion from the other party. He said that his trip to the countryside was actually to collect unconventional things in the countryside and to write materials.

He Weican was worried that Li Taiyuan was too dangerous alone, so the latter told him that he had companions who would come, which made He Weican completely dispel the idea of ​​following the past.

"I have told you what to do. Just do what I said. Don't worry about the rest, I have my own way. By the way, I'll have another thing to do: help me find a place after going down the mountain.

Fix the phone, and my colleagues will contact me at that time. Remember to tell them what I told me." Li Taiyuan repeatedly emphasized.

He Weican nodded repeatedly and patted his chest to ensure that there was absolutely no problem.

"But Brother Li, are you sure that person will help?" Before leaving, He Weican was a little doubtful.

Li Taiyuan patted his shoulder with a smile and said that he was very sure.

He watched He Weican's family get in the car and left the Wang family himself.

Li Taiyuan did not rush to find Su Wende's parents, but instead took a different approach and went straight to the clinic to find Zhao Yizhong.

Like yesterday, Zhao Yizhong was still wearing a navy blue long-sleeved shirt made of cotton and linen, paired with loose black trousers, and welcomed Li Taiyuan into the house with a palm-leaf fan.

Li Taiyuan didn't go around the corner, and went straight to the point. When he came up, he said with shamelessness that something was wrong with the He family and he wanted to stay in the clinic for two days.

The brief contact last night left a good impression on Li Taiyuan. The old man also had a bright personality and agreed without saying a word.

Li Taiyuan asked He Weican. Zhao Yizhong had a strange temper and often ran to the back mountain for herbs. He never abides by the village rules and had a very stale relationship with the village chief and the others. If it weren't for the other party's excellent medical skills, he would have been driven away long ago.

It's right.

Zhao Yizhong lives in simplicity on weekdays. When he has nothing to do, he likes to grind the herbs picked from the mountains at home and read medical books.

He is alone, and has not been married yet, and he has no son or daughter. On weekdays, unless he comes to see a doctor, ordinary villagers will not come here to disturb him.

Li Taiyuan chose to live here because he didn't want others to discover that there was an outsider like him in the village.

Although Li Taiyuan is not intimate with human nature and does not like to interact with others, he is very good at acting.

As long as he wants to socialize in any public place, he can have a great time talking to everyone, pretending to be cheerful and easy-going person.

He quickly found out Zhao Yizhong's preferences. Not only did he stay at the other party's house, but he also found a lot of news about Shengquan Village.

In the blink of an eye, two days passed quickly.

After dinner that day, it was dark, Li Taiyuan went back to the house, took out a stack of banknotes from his wallet and stuffed them under his pillow. After tidying up the room, he left the bedroom with his backpack.

He came to the yard and happened to run into Zhao Yizhong who was sitting under a tree listening to radio opera.

Zhao Yizhong sipped the medicinal wine he made, hummed a small tune and shook his head, looking leisurely and contented.

He raised his eyes and glanced at Li Taiyuan's outfit, but was not surprised, but just spoke lightly: "Let's go."

Li Taiyuan nodded and bowed to the other party: "I have bothered you Mr. Zhao these two days. Take care of yourself. See you again if you are destined to be together in the future."

Zhao Yizhong didn't say much. Seeing Li Taiyuan walking to the door, he suddenly called him to the other party.

"I didn't want to meddle in other people's business, but for your good person, I'd like to give you a piece of advice: "Shengquan Village is a place that only enters and does not leave. You regret it now, and it's still time."

As early as when Li Taiyuan printed the news to him, Zhao Yizhong had already vaguely guessed his intention. A complicated emotion flashed in his eyes, slowly unbuttoned the buttons on his chest, rolled up his sleeves and trousers, revealing his own.

skin.

This was the first time Li Taiyuan saw him wearing a loose clothes.

He Weican said that the reason why everyone thinks that Zhao Yizhong is a weird person is not only because of his temper, but also because he has been wearing long-sleeved trousers even in hot summers for more than 40 years.

Now, Li Taiyuan finally knew why the other party did this.

Zhao Yizhong's arms, chest and legs were covered with uneven scars. In addition, he also had large black snake-shaped tattoos on his body.

The dark brown scars formed many strange symbols, like digging and abandoned gullies, crisscrossing, ferocious and weird, densely covered every inch of his skin.
Chapter completed!