Xiao Jitong is an ordinary person who can't be more ordinary. If he walks into the crowd, you can hardly find his shadow. He is a small employee in a company. He earns more than 1,000 yuan a month. His His wife, He Xiaoqi, was his college classmate. They had been married for almost five or six years, and although they often quarreled, their life was generally peaceful without any major disturbances.
Such an ordinary person suddenly became rich. Xiao Jitong won 5 million yuan in the lottery. The couple was so happy that they didn't sleep for a day and a night. From then on, they lived a rich life. Xiao Jitong loves surfing the Internet , so she bought a computer and stayed at home every day, not going to work. Occasionally she would post some articles online. He Xiaoqi couldn't sit still, and still felt that working was steady, and although she didn't make much money, she always had something to do. Xiao Jitong said she Just a life to work.
This went on for more than a year and a half. One day, Xiao Jitong was surfing the Internet at home. He felt tired and took a rest on the computer desk. Suddenly, there was a "beep, beep, beep" sound, and someone called him on QQ. Xiao Jitong looked at it casually. The other party typed two words "Hello". When he saw the other person, he was shocked. The person who sent him the message was Li Yunwei. This Li Yunwei died a year ago. He looked at the computer again. The date on the website was Li Yunwei's memorial day. I suddenly felt a little panicked. But then I thought, it might be someone like Li Yunwei's friend who sent the message using Li Yunwei's QQ number. I didn't care and just typed "You Who is it?" He returned.
The other party replied, "I'm Li Yunwei, don't you recognize me?" Xiao Jitong was curious. Could it be that this guy is not dead? It's impossible. The memorial service has already started. So, he started chatting with him, "Which Li Yunwei are you?"
The other party asked, "How many Li Yunwei do you know? I was your college classmate." Then he called again, "It's only been a while, I don't remember."
Xiao Jitong felt a little angry. Li Yunwei was indeed dead. Why did the other party pretend to be his dead classmate? "Don't talk nonsense. Li Yunwei is my friend. He died exactly one year ago. You are impersonating him. It's very disrespectful to him!" He originally wanted to use this harsh remark to make the other party realize that the joke was too much. Unexpectedly, the other party quickly replied, "Friend? Then push your friend into the lake and drown him." Suddenly, Xiao Jitong's heart was lifted up. His scalp felt numb, and the fear and tension in his heart seemed to turn into sweat, which kept seeping out. It was not hot, but Xiao Jitong was sweating all over. The truth about Li Yunwei's death was known to no one else in the world. Even his wife Xiaoqi didn't know. Who was the other party, how could he know, what did he want to do… A series of questions made Xiao Jitong panic.
"Feeling guilty? Scared? Guilty?" the other party sent a message.
Xiao Jitong typed five words tremblingly, "Who are you?"
"I am Li Yunwei, not anyone else."
"Are you a human or a ghost?" Xiao Jitong's hands were so weak that he could hardly type.
"My funeral has already been held, and you said I was a human or a ghost." The other party will quickly respond. "You pushed me into the lake and drowned me alive. I want to ask you for an explanation!"
Xiao Jitong's head suddenly buzzed, and his heart almost jumped out of his throat. Xiao Jitong didn't even turn off his computer, and just turned off the power. He dragged his weak legs to the living room, drank a glass of water to calm himself, and didn't drink anything. I kept muttering, "No, no, no…" I fell on the sofa and thought about what happened a year ago.
That day, his wife Xiaoqi was away on a business trip, and Xiao Jitong was alone at home surfing the Internet. Li Yunwei went out with him for a drink. After the banquet, Li Yunwei said he was a little bored and asked Xiao Jitong to go out with him. The two came to the lakeside park across the street. It was past eleven o'clock in the evening, and there were only the two of them in the park. They took a walk around the lake, and then Li Yunwei asked Xiao Jitong to borrow 500,000 yuan to do business. When they were in school, Xiao Jitong was very annoyed with Li Yunwei, but out of consideration for his feelings, Don't show it. This time when I heard that he wanted to borrow money, I was of course very reluctant. You won so much money in the lottery, just lend me some, Li Yunwei said. Xiao Jitong couldn't refuse, so he said he would lend me 20,000 at most. Of course Li Yunwei refused, and the two began to haggle. Li Yunwei was a little aggressive after drinking, and he and Xiao Jitong started arguing. Xiao Jitong pushed Li Yunwei in anger. Li Yunwei fell into the lake before he could stand. inside. Xiao Jitong saw the iron ladder of the artificial lake erected by the lake, so he turned around and left. Unexpectedly, Li Yunwei never got up again after arriving. The next day, Li Yunwei's body was fished out. Li Yunwei had no relatives here. His All family members came from outside to take care of Li Yunwei's funeral. On the day of the memorial service, Xiao Jitong did not go because he felt guilty, but asked his classmates to bring some money. From then on, Xiao Jitong had another worry. That day, he and Li Yunwei drank No one knew what happened, let alone what happened later in the park.
How did he know who the other party was? Could it really be Li Yunwei's ghost? Thinking of this, Xiao Jitong broke out in a cold sweat again. "Ding Dong…" Xiao Jitong was startled. He trembled and said, "Who… who?" "I, open the door quickly." It was his wife Xiaoqi. Xiaoqi came in and saw that he was pale, his eyes were dull, and he looked absent-minded. She asked with concern, "What's wrong with you? Are you scared by a ghost?" "Ah…, "No…no," Xiao Jitong replied stutteringly.
"What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"
"No, I'm fine."
"If you ask me, you are just sitting around doing nothing. If you have nothing to do, go out and find a job. It doesn't matter how much money you make. We have enough money to spend anyway. Do you hear me?"
"Oh, yes, yes." Xiao Jitong replied casually. Xiao Jitong thought about the strange things that happened today all night. It was funny to think that ghosts would go online these days. But who was the other party? How did he know so much about what happened that day? I fell asleep thinking about it…
The next morning, after his wife Xiaoqi left, Xiao Jitong turned on his computer. Today he had to find out who the other person was. In this day and age, where can ghosts come from? Xiao Jitong thought to himself. As soon as he went online, the other party sent a message. "It's been a year. I've been a water ghost for a year. I can't find a replacement. I can't reincarnate. You have to give me an explanation."
After reading these words, Xiao Jitong's heart almost jumped out of his chest. With shaking hands, he replied, "Are you really Li Yunwei? What do you want?"
"What do I do first? I want you to be my substitute! I'll find you!" The other party came back. Xiao Jitong collapsed on the chair. If he wanted money, he must be blackmailing. But he wanted me to be A substitute? Could it really be a ghost? Xiao Jitong quickly turned off the power of the computer. He sat in a chair in a daze, and spent the whole morning in a trance.
After an afternoon, the frightened Xiao Jitong finally calmed down a little…
At around five in the afternoon, Xiaoqi called and said she had to work overtime and would be home late. Xiao Jitong didn't care. In the evening, Xiaoqi hurried home and locked the door.
"What's wrong?" Xiao Jitong asked
"There's a gangster on the road. He keeps following me. He scares me to death."
"rogue?"
"That's right. That guy was swaying around and I couldn't get rid of him. It scared me to death. As soon as I got to a place without street lights, he appeared behind me."
At this time, Xiao Jitong seemed to sense something, "It's him, it's him!"
"Which him?" Xiaoqi asked.
"Li Yunwei, that's him."
"That Li Yunwei?" Xiao Qi became more and more confused.
"Our college classmate, Li Yunwei"
"Don't talk nonsense. Didn't he die not long ago? Didn't you give his family 5,000 yuan at the memorial service?"
"It's him, he came to see me"
"What nonsense! He's been dead for more than a year! He must have been reincarnated long ago, why is he still looking for you! Why doesn't he look for someone else but is on good terms with you? Don't be crazy, I think he's just a hooligan."
"No… no, it's definitely him. He told me on QQ."
"You're getting more and more excited as if it were real. The ghost is even chatting on QQ, which is quite trendy. Have you checked to see if he has become a member?" Xiao Qi said jokingly.
"You don't believe me? Let me show you the chat history." He checked the computer and found that there was not a single word in the chat history. Xiao Jitong didn't know what was going on.
"No way. I see you've become mentally depressed from surfing the Internet at home every day and are even having hallucinations," said Xiao Qi.
"Hallucination? Impossible…" Xiao Jitong muttered to himself.
"Didn't I tell you that there are ghosts in the world ? I'm going to sleep. I'm so tired." Then he went into the house and went to sleep.
At night, Xiao Jitong lay in bed tossing and turning. He picked up his phone to check the time, only to find that he had received a text message from twelve o'clock. He opened it and saw, "Xiaoqi hasn't changed much. Li Yunwei…" Xiao Jitong's heart skipped a beat. It was real! It was not an illusion! He hurriedly pushed Xiaoqi who was beside him. Maybe she was very tired from working overtime, Xiaoqi was sleeping very deeply and could not be woken up. Xiao Jitong had no choice but to lie down with trepidation. He stayed up until dawn in a daze. Just after five in the morning, he woke Xiaoqi up. Xiaoqi rubbed her sleepy eyes and said impatiently, "What are you doing! The alarm hasn't rung yet?"
"Don't sleep anymore, check quickly, Li Yunwei sent me a text message." Xiao Jitong said anxiously.
"What?" Xiao Qi was also a little surprised, and her sleepiness was much reduced. "Let me see."
Xiao Jitong handed over the phone, Xiao Qi took it and hummed for a long time. Then he said unhappily, "What's wrong with you again? How could it be?" Then he threw the phone aside and fell asleep again.
"No?…" Xiao Jitong took it and looked at it again. As expected, there was no text message from Li Yunwei in the inbox. The more Li Yunwei thought about it, the more strange it seemed, and the more scared he became.
Li Yunwei spent the whole day in a daze, worried and fearful. He dared not turn on his cell phone or go online. He sat at home all day, and now he can't tell whether it is an illusion or reality. If it was true, why didn't the messages and chat records appear? If it was an illusion, it was too real.
In the evening, Li Yunwei saw that Xiaoqi had not returned yet, and was a little worried, so he went out to pick her up. As soon as he turned a corner, Li Yunwei felt someone following him. He couldn't help but tremble in his heart and got goose bumps all over his body. He took a deep breath and turned around suddenly, only to find that there was no one there. He was too nervous, he thought to himself. He walked forward a few steps and saw someone standing in the shadow of the street lamp in front of him. Xiao Jitong took a breath, Slowing down his pace and looking forward, he could vaguely see that the man seemed to be covered in water. Could it be him? Xiao Jitong's heart began to beat wildly. The excessive tension made him feel stuffy in his chest and had difficulty breathing. Yes, he saw the person in front of him disappear in a flash. Xiao Jitong plucked up his courage and slowly moved to where the person in front had just stood. He found a puddle of water on the ground. Xiao Jitong sat on the ground with his hands on the ground, and suddenly I felt as if my right hand touched something wet. In the dim light of the street lamp, I raised my hand and saw that it was water grass. It's him! He's here to kill me. Xiao Jitong was so frightened that he lost his mind. He didn't know where he got the strength from. He stood up suddenly and ran home like crazy.
Sitting at home, I was still terrified when I thought about what happened just now. At this moment, Xiaoqi came back from work and complained as she entered the house, "Why did you turn off your phone? I wanted you to pick me up, but you didn't turn it on." In the living room, Xiao Jitong looked pale and shivered as he sat on the sofa. "What's wrong with you? You look so bad. Are you sick?"
"He…he really came, this is all his fault!" Xiao Jitong said in a crying voice.
"Him? Are you talking about Li Yunwei?"
"Yes… yes, it's him. I saw him. He was covered in water…"
"Okay! Stop talking. Tomorrow is Sunday. I will take you to see a psychiatrist. You've become sick from surfing the Internet at home all day!" Xiaoqi said angrily.
"No, I'm not sick, it's really him. He's covered in water…"
"It's been a few days, why are you still talking nonsense? Whether you are sick or not, I will take you to the hospital tomorrow."
Seeing that Xiao Qi was angry, Xiao Jitong stopped arguing. "Go to bed quickly and get up early to go to the hospital tomorrow." Xiao Qi yelled. Xiao Jitong said nothing and went to sleep in the bedroom. After a while, Xiao Jitong saw a The figure slowly moved towards him. With the moonlight shining through the curtains, he saw that the person was soaked, with water dripping from the corners of his clothes. His wet hair stuck to his head. It looked like Gao had crawled out of the water. His green face was swollen by blisters. His eyes had sunk deep into his eye sockets, leaving only a small hole. His lower lip had long since rotted, revealing a row of uneven teeth. The water in his mouth flowed down along his gums. As he moved, he mumbled, "I… want… you… to be… my substitute…" and suddenly grabbed Xiao Jitong's neck.
"Ah…" Xiao Jitong sat up suddenly, and saw that he was still sitting on the bed, realizing that he had just had a dream. He breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing that Xiaoqi was not around, he was about to call her, but the door suddenly opened and a white A figure appeared in front of him. His face was pale and his wet hair stuck to his head. "Help!" Xiao Jitong screamed like crazy.
"What are you yelling for! You scared me!" It turned out that Xiaoqi was making a facial mask after taking a dry bath. "What are you yelling for! I heard you yelling just now and came over to see what happened. Why are you yelling for help again!"
"Nothing… nothing." Xiao Jitong's heart was still beating wildly.
The next morning, Xiaoqi took him to the hospital and told the doctor about the specific situation. The doctor took a look and prescribed some tranquilizers for Xiao Jitong. He told Xiaoqi, "Take the medicine on time. In this case, you should rest well, don't make him angry, and go along with him. If he doesn't get better, you should take him to a mental rehabilitation center. His illness may lead to schizophrenia if it gets serious."
Xiao Qi listened carefully and took Xiao Jitong to get the medicine. When she got home, she repeatedly told Xiao Jitong to take the medicine on time. Xiao Jitong just nodded like a child. Xiao Qi was not at home that day. Something strange happened. Xiao Jitong's mood became stable after taking the medicine.
The next day, Xiao Qi went to work as usual. Xiao Jitong was still sleeping soundly in bed. Maybe because of the medicine he took, Xiao Jitong slept soundly all night. This was also the first time he had slept soundly in the past few days. He slept soundly, and when he woke up it was already past eight in the morning. After getting up, Xiao Jitong seemed to remember something, and hurriedly washed his face and went out. After Xiao Jitong went out, he went to the market and bought a Buddha statue. A statue of Guanyin and a statue of Guan Gong. He took the three statues home and burned incense. Then, Xiao Jitong went to Jing'an Temple to ask for a talisman to wear on his body. He also went to the jade shop to buy a piece of jade. Guanyin wore it around his neck. Now, he felt a little more at ease.
Xiao Jitong returned home feeling at ease. As soon as he opened the door, he felt a strange sense of quietness. After changing his shoes, he was about to walk into the house when he found a puddle of water on the floor. His oversensitivity made him nervous again. Looking ahead at the pond, there was a sparse trail of water, and where the water had evaporated, there were still strands of water plants clinging to the floor. Seeing all this, Xiao Jitong's legs softened and he sat on the floor. He really came, he has found me. Xiao Jitong did not move, letting the fear slowly consume him. Strangely enough, the house was unusually quiet in the daytime. This was when he noticed that a fearful The sound came from a room, "tick-tick…tick-tick". Xiao Jitong was horrified. He hasn't left yet! He's waiting for me! At this time, Xiao Jitong already felt the coming of death, and the god of death was slowly approaching him. The fear of death was approaching and slowly engulfing the poor man. He gasped for air and trembled as he got up, ready to see what was going on. The worst that could happen was death. He held onto the wall and heard the sound of water, which seemed to come from the toilet. He walked to the toilet door and seemed to He had already seen Li Yunwei standing behind the toilet door, his face bruised. He grabbed the door handle with his right hand and pulled it hard. The toilet was empty. Xiao Jitong looked carefully and found that the faucet was not closed properly and was dripping into the toilet. Water dripped down, dripping into the almost full basin below, making a "tick, tick" sound. He then remembered that he might have left too hastily after washing his face in the morning and did not turn off the water properly. , Xiao Jitong breathed a sigh of relief. But then he thought again, Li Yunwei had indeed been here, and his heart was hanging again. "What should I do? I can't avoid it," Xiao Jitong thought to himself. Yes, seeing the statue of the deity on the table, I couldn't help but get angry. I invited it back in the morning, and let the ghost in at noon. He was about to move the statues out, but then he thought, "People say 'Sincerity is the key to success'. Maybe because I just brought them back, the deity can't tell my sincerity." So he quickly burned incense for each statue. , kneeling on the ground, muttering "Lord Guan, Guanyin Bodhisattva, Buddha, I pray to you sincerely, please bless me and help me get through this disaster." As he was muttering, someone suddenly patted him on the shoulder.
"Wow!" Xiao Jitong shouted.
"What are you yelling for! You scared me!" Xiaoqi said angrily.
"You…why did you ring the doorbell when you got home?"
"I'm afraid I'll startle you if I ring the doorbell." Then he asked, "What are you doing?"
"He…he's here. Look at the water on the ground…"
Xiao Qi ignored him and asked, "Have you taken your medicine today?"
"No…no, he…he really came."
"Nothing, I just asked if you took your medicine!"
"No…no," Xiao Jitong said in a low voice.
Xiao Qi was angry and aggrieved, "Why are you so disobedient? Do you really want to become a psychopath?"
Seeing that Xiaoqi was angry, Xiao Jitong kept silent.
"What is this and where did it come from?"
"Sell, sell, no, it's… it's please come back."
"How can such a grown man be so superstitious?" He was about to throw the statue away. Xiao Jitong was afraid that the statue would be damaged, so he hurried over to stop him and begged him, "Don't throw it, please don't throw it, don't throw it… …”. When Xiao Qi saw Xiao Jitong’s expression, her heart softened. Are there ghosts in the world? So she didn’t bother with him. Seeing Xiao Qi’s hand loosen, Xiao Jitong quickly hugged the statue tightly in his arms, muttering to himself, “Can’t throw it away , can’t throw it away…” After dinner, Xiao Qi watched Xiao Jitong take the medicine, and then she felt relieved. After the shock of the past few days, Xiao Jitong had become very haggard, his face had aged a lot, and he had also become very He is very sensitive and any slight disturbance can scare him.
The next day, before going to work, Xiao Qi said to Xiao Jitong who was lying on the bed, "Keep your cell phone on. I'll call you on time to remind you to take your medicine." Xiao Jitong nodded, and it seemed that he would just nod too.
Xiao Jitong turned on his phone as soon as he got up, but as soon as he turned it on, a text message came in. He looked at the time and saw that it was sent at 12 o'clock last night. Xiao Jitong's sensitive nerves collapsed again. He opened it and saw that it was a text message from Wang Xiao. "Why haven't you been on QQ these two days? Do you have Song Lin's QQ number? Tell me when you have time." Wang Xiao and Song Lin are both Xiao Jitong's college classmates, and Wang Xiao is Xiao Jitong's classmate from junior high school to college. They sat at the same table for three years in high school. They were as close as one person. They both fell in love with Xiao Jitong's wife Xiao Qi. In the end, Xiao Qi chose Xiao Jitong, but this did not hurt them. The harmony.
Xiao Jitong felt relieved when he saw that it was not sent by Li Yunwei. So he turned on his computer and prepared to check Song Lin's QQ number. As soon as he logged into QQ, before he found Song Lin's QQ number, someone sent him a video invitation. He looked and saw that it was Li Yunwei. His heart started beating wildly. He felt a lump in his throat and it became difficult to breathe. With trembling hands, he wanted to close QQ quickly. But he didn't expect that the mouse arrow would I moved and clicked the "Accept" button. The video chat was established, and a scary face appeared in the other party's video window, with wet hair sticking to his head, and water dripping down his hair. A few strands of water grass were scattered on both sides of the temples. On the green face, several wounds soaked in water were still bleeding, slowly flowing down the cheeks. A miserable voice came from the speaker, "I… want …You…be…a substitute…"
"Ah…" Xiao Jitong lost his reaction…
That night, many police officers were checking the scene at Xiao Jitong's home, and Xiaoqi was crying beside him. Xiao Jitong sat on the chair with his mouth slightly open, his body leaning back, his pupils frighteningly large…
Two nights after Xiao Jitong was cremated, on the bed where Xiao Jitong and his wife Xiaoqi slept, Xiaoqi happily snuggled in a man's arms, "Xiao, you are amazing. Xiao Jitong actually scared you to death."
"That's right, don't you see who I am?" Wang Xiao said proudly.
"How do you control this computer?"
"I don't understand this. Just use 'zombie'. You can find a lot of this kind of software by searching on Baidu."
"Oh, it's the one you asked me to install on this computer that day."
"Yes, that's it. I also used that to delete the chat history. Xiao Jitong is online every day and doesn't even know this."
"Exactly. With his low IQ, how could he be scared to death…"
"This is all my credit!" Wang Xiao said proudly.
"Everything is your credit. If Xiao Jitong hadn't let slip the truth about Li Yunwei's death after drinking, you wouldn't have been able to scare him." Xiao Qi said unconvinced, and then added, "He texted I got up in the middle of the night to delete it, which kept me awake for several nights. "
"Yes, yes, yes, you have made a great contribution, my dear." Then he kissed Xiaoqi deeply.
The two of them lay on the bed, hugging each other and sleeping, Xiaoqi's face was filled with a happy smile. The morning sun shone through the thin curtains onto the floor. After getting up, Wang Xiao turned on the computer that once belonged to Xiao Jitong. When he just logged into his QQ, "beep, beep, beep…" someone sent him a message with eight handwritten blood-red characters: "An tooth for a tooth, blood for blood." The message was sent at 10:00 last night. At exactly 2 o'clock, it was Xiao Jitong who sent the message. Having known Xiao Jitong for many years, Wang Xiao knew clearly that it was Xiao Jitong's handwriting…