C28 (1/2)
In the gloomy room, through the light shining through the window, one could barely make out the sharp chin of the woman. She kept smoking, and the ashtray on the table was almost full of cigarette butts.
The woman wore a navy round hat, long hair, and a grey plaid shirt. She looked a little rustic.
From the moment she entered the room until now, she had been fiddling with the ring on her finger, looking very anxious.
Opposite her sat another man.
Compared to the women, the men were dressed very elegantly. They wore a black suit and a pair of black sunglasses.
The woman's name was Chai Hong, 34 years old, local.
”Do you live in this kind of house?” Chai Hong asked.
”What kind of house is this?” the man asked.
”It's pitch black. There are no lanterns.”
”Yes.”
”Always?”
”Every once in a while. Besides, the house is rented.”
”Oh, why not light it?”
”I don't like places that are too bright.”
Chai Hong went silent and puffed out a mouthful of smoke. She did not understand how the person in front of her could have such a hobby.
”It was your friend who introduced me. What's your name?” Chai Hong asked again.
”Zhang Nan, Zhang Gong, to the south, you can just call me Nan.”
”It's a very special name.”
”It's quite common.”
”You seem to like black. Black room, black suit, black sunglasses. ”
”Indeed.”
”You're not asking me why I'm looking for you?”
”You just said that my friend brought you here.”
”But you don't know what made him introduce me to you.”
”Go ahead.”
Chai Hong nodded, stubbed out her cigarette and cleared her throat.
Zhang Nan carefully observed Chai Hong. As a psychic who spent all her time dealing with darkness, he was able to see through even the darkest of environments, especially when it came to capturing ghosts.
He discovered that the woman in front of him should have a certain level of culture and should be very shrewd and cautious.
”The cause of this matter is my husband.” Chai Hong began to talk business.
”What happened to your husband?”
”My husband disappeared, just over two weeks ago.”
”It sounds like my friend is the one who should help you with this. I don't need to help you.”
”It's not that simple.” Chai Hong shook her head, looking very dispirited.
”Then tell me, how did your husband disappear?”
”The reason is very complicated, and I guessed it, so I asked for your help. But my husband's disappearance is a fact. ”
Zhang Nan knocked on the table, meaning to let Chai Hong continue.
”Hmm, just listen to me slowly.” ”My husband didn't treat me well in the past, he would sometimes scold me and even beat me up. However, there is a saying in China, if one wants to marry a chicken, then it's a chicken. If one wants to marry a dog, it's a dog.
”Do you have children?” Zhang Nan interrupted.
”No, I was found out before we were married. I was born with a defect in my womb, so I won't get pregnant.”
”Understood, continue.”
”In those years with my husband, I didn't feel very happy, but I slowly got used to it. Then my husband is an insurance salesman, he doesn't make much money and is often out of the house. ”
”What was the cause of the matter?” Zhang Nan realized that Chai Hong had been talking about irrelevant things the entire time, and didn't get to the main topic at hand.
”I wanted you to know more about my situation and my experiences, so I said too much. I'm sorry. I think it happened three months ago. ”
”Why do you think?”
”I just said that everything was speculated by me. You can help me judge after I finish speaking.”
”Fine.”
”At that time, I met a man.”
”How?”
”One night, my husband and I quarreled so fiercely that I went to a bar to drink when I was angry. It's funny, I loved going to bars before I was married, and going there every now and then. Who knows, I didn't go there even once before the night of the wedding. I really missed the bars so much that I drank a lot that night and got to know a man. ”
”And then? A relationship has occurred? ”
”Well, I haven't been home all night, and I'm completely smitten with him.”
”Tell me about that man.”
”He was handsome and manly, although he had very little hair and was a little balding. He used to wear a red jacket, the most coquettish kind. At first, he impressed me so well, gentle and caring, that we met almost every day. But I never knew his name. ”
”To conclude, you cheated.” Zhang Nan said casually.
”Yes, but it was an accident.”
”Indeed.” Zhang Nan thought at the same time: Drunk is the best excuse to make a mistake.
”At first, it was really good to be together, but then more and more I realized that something was wrong with him.”
”What's wrong?”
”First of all, it's his habits. He came out almost at night, and we never saw each other during the day, as if we were afraid of being seen. Then he didn't like to talk much. He always had a weird look on his face. And the way he looks at people, will make them feel very uncomfortable. ”
”That doesn't mean anything.” Zhang Nan shook his head.
”I know, the important thing is at the back. One night, I followed him out of the hotel, and when we passed an alley, I saw it. I finally saw it! ” Chai Hong suddenly looked very excited.
”See what?”
”His teeth! I noticed that his teeth were very sharp and had a tinge of blood in them. like the vampires in American movies. ”
”How did you react?”
”I was scared, but I forced myself not to say it, and his face suddenly changed into that fierce expression. There were a lot of wrinkles on his face, and he was not the same person from before!”
”How did you get out?”
”I can't remember. It should be an excuse to slip away.”
”Did you even meet him afterwards?”
”Of course not! How would I dare to? That man, it should be said, was not a human at all! And I was horrified at the thought of being with him for so long. I must have run into something evil, to have come across something that is neither a human nor a ghost! ”
”Are you sure what you saw that night wasn't an illusion?”
”It's very certain, because this is not the end of it! ”I remember that night, I stayed at home every day, scared to death. He called to find me, but I didn't dare to pick up. One day, I realized that something was wrong, so I went to the hospital …” Chai Hong paused for a moment and took a deep breath on her cigarette, her face turning gloomy, ”The hospital's examination result is, I'm pregnant!”
”You just said …” Zhang Nanxin's head throbbed, ”You are born with a flaw in your womb, you cannot become pregnant.”