liter coffin see joy

Chapter 6

Li Xiu didn't sleep well that night.

Nightmares all night.

In his dream, he seemed to have returned to the Xiao family's villa at dusk.

Sticky, twisted monsters surrounded him, pestering him with deformed tentacles, and the stale smell of dust and mold in the room was like appendages, making Li Xiu almost unable to breathe.

【Zizi――】

Is it the sound of the wallcovering peeling off?

No, that's not right......

【Zizi...... ......】

It's the wet sound of mucus rubbing against the surface of the ground when something huge is wriggling.

Li Xiu's eyes widened and he looked at the window of the old room.

As the sun sets, the sunlight is red, stretching the thin and tall shadow of the unknown school worker outside the glass window. And then...... The school worker was transformed little by little in front of Li Xiu's eyes, turning into something distorted and indescribably weird.

It slid in, and Li Xiu saw that it opened its mouth slightly, and its scarlet lips were grinning all the way to the ears, revealing the teeth that had been carefully cared for since childhood, so they were exceptionally white and neat.

The monster was eaten by it.

【Nourishment...... Ah Xiu ......】

There was a vague hint of familiarity, and a vague voice sounded in Li Xiu's ears.

The voice is mechanical and eccentric, and it is the characteristic tone of an animal that imitates human intonation.

【Ah Xiu...... My Ah Xiu, ah......]

【It's so nice to cry. 】

The monster was cold to the touch, like leather dripping with slime.

Li Xiu couldn't move, he only felt that his body was being tightened by the other party a little bit, and then the consciousness in the nightmare gradually blurred.

The last thing that stuck in my mind was a glimpse of the wall of the room before it was completely engulfed by the monster.

In reality, behind the wall cloth is dense and repeatedly pasted rune paper, but in this dream, Li Xiu saw countless eyes.

There are no whites of the eyes, only pure black pupils.

Each eye moved flexibly, staring intently at Li Xiu.

　*

"Well, it's painful......"

When she woke up the next day, Li Xiu still felt that her body was covered with the sticky feeling left over from nightmares.

He quickly found the source of this unpleasantness - he had sweated so much cold last night that his pajamas were completely soaked.

Fortunately, the handful of pills that I took indiscriminately last night had an effect, and after waking up, Li Xiu's low-grade fever had subsided, and the pain that made people who didn't even dare to breathe too hard had faded a lot.

Even the corners of the mouth and forehead were expected to become shocking bruises after a night, but it was not too exaggerated to look at them at this time.

Li Xiu's body was much better than he expected yesterday.

However, at the thought of going to school today and facing Fang Qian'an's group of people, muddy and heavy emotions spread from the depths of the boy's body.

I knew that if I didn't go out quickly, I wouldn't be able to make sure I entered the classroom before those people stopped me, but my body stopped on the bed without obeying the call, and I couldn't move when I got up.

It wasn't until there was a small movement outside the bedroom that the feeling of "ghost pressing the bed" that seemed to happen when I was awake suddenly dissipated.

Li Xiu was startled, and subconsciously thought that her grandmother had woken up.

When Li Xiu was young, his grandmother would always prepare breakfast for him. But in recent years, as the old man has grown older and has less energy, he rarely wakes up so early. Occasionally, when Li Xiu got up, he saw his grandmother in the kitchen, and most of them were old people who suddenly began to be confused again, confusing the time.

I don't want my grandmother to notice my abnormality.

Li Xiu took a deep breath, forced himself to get up, and then walked out of the door.

"Grandma, don't be busy, go sleep-"

He lowered his head so that his grandmother would not see the strange look on his face, and was about to persuade his grandmother to go back to her room to sleep.

However, when he walked to the kitchen door, Li Xiu was stunned.

The sound insulation of the old house is not very good, Li Xiu heard it very clearly in the room before, and there was indeed a movement of dishes and chopsticks in the kitchen.

Now, however, the morning light is falling on the kitchen, and the cold and empty kitchen is silent.

"Whew...... Call...... Whew......"

Grandma is still sleeping.

In the poorly soundproofed room, the dull snoring of the old man became clear and audible at this moment.

　*

Li Xiu frowned, and her eyes fell on the kitchen board.

There was an empty bowl there.

It was a bowl that Li Xiu couldn't mistake.

Only the "elder brother" will use the bowl.

Li Xiu remembers very well that after "feeding" his brother yesterday, he washed his brother's bowl as usual and placed it in the depths of the cupboard.

In recent years, my grandmother has become more and more taboo about my brother's things, and the ordinary rice bowl used by my family to eat has always been very separate from my brother's bowl.

And now, the bowl he washed with his own hands yesterday has a layer of dry brown dirt left at the bottom of the bowl.

Just like the neighbor's aunt complained to the tenant at the beginning, Li Xiu's grandmother is indeed a "fairy aunt" who opened a hall in her own home.

Regarding the neighbor's aunt scolding his grandmother for being a liar, Li Xiu couldn't argue with it, after all, he could see it clearly than others that his grandmother was indeed swaggering and deceiving most of the time.

But for so many years, my grandmother has relied on the meager money she got by pretending to be a god and making a fool of herself to support Li Xiu with difficulty.

From childhood to adulthood, Li Xiu has not seen her grandmother tinkering with all kinds of strange things at home, and she has also seen many methods used by her grandmother to fool people.

So in this morning, Li Xiu didn't think too much after a short stunned moment, and directly gave the most reasonable explanation.

The movement he heard before was probably coming from next door, and as for the empty bowl with dirt, it must be that grandma made a mistake last night and mixed something with the wrong brother's bowl.

Although there was still a lingering chill oozing from the back of his neck, Li Xiu's instinct still made him directly choose the most reasonable and normal guess to explain the morning episode.

Li Xiu pursed her lips, hurriedly re-washed the bowl, put it away again, and then left the house with her schoolbag on her back.

"Ka-"

The moment he closed the door, Li Xiu was in a trance, as if he heard some strange and uncomfortable movement in the kitchen.

He thought about opening the door to check, but after glancing at the time, the uneasiness in his heart was instantly replaced by panic.

He was almost late.

　*

Through the thin door, the young man's panicked footsteps quickly disappeared.

In this old and dilapidated old house, only the snoring of the old man remains.

Li Xiu, who was in a hurry to study early, naturally didn't know that not long after he left, his grandmother's closed bedroom door suddenly creaked open without anyone touching it.

In the dark bedroom, the old man's regular snoring was abruptly replaced by some kind of wild beast-like dream.

"The rice is fragrant, baby, come to eat, eat full, grow fat ......"

"Eat more...... Grow tall and tall......"

　……

Although it is completely out of tune, if you listen carefully, you can still hear that it is a nursery rhyme.

"Kah."

On the unmanned kitchen table, a clean porcelain bowl made a crunch and fell on the table.

　*

Kai Ming Secondary School -

"Hey, cripple."

A hand was on Li Xiu's shoulder, almost pulling Li Xiu to his feet.

Li Xiu suddenly stopped his steps, panted and turned his head, looking at the two boys beside him with a strained face.

Even if he had expected that he was really blocked by such a guy under the teaching building because he went out too late, Li Xiu was still irritable.

"Strange, you shouldn't shrink your head turtle today?"

One turned around, and someone raised his foot and stopped in front of Li Xiu, blocking his way.

The boy was a head taller than Li Xiu, burning Song Cheng like a weed, and the smell of smoke in his mouth when he spoke made Li Xiuzhi frown.

Li Xiu knew that this guy was Wang Rongfa's loyal little brother, called Song Cheng.

And behind Li Xiu, is another "friend" of Song Cheng, this guy is the same as Song Cheng, he is the bottom of that small group, and his characteristic is that he is full of Ah Ma Zai, Li Xiu doesn't know his real name, only knows that Wang Rongfa They all seem to call this guy's nickname, Ah Ma Zai.

Li Xiu kept lowering his eyes and didn't look at him, for fear of disgusting himself.

"Hey, what about talking, weren't you quite bold yesterday, Brother Fang, you dare to speak."

"That's it, we haven't settled yesterday's account with you yet......"

　……

In my impression, these two people were not qualified to get close to Fang Qian'an on weekdays. Li Xiu could guess that these two guys came to block themselves early in the morning with such a hundred times more energy, just to curry favor with Fang Qian'an.

Li Xiu narrowed his eyes.

Surrounded by two ill-intentioned guys, Li Xiu took the time to glance around.

The bad news is that it's a dead end, and it's rare for students to pass by, and it's hard to get the attention of the inspectors if they shout at the top of their voices.

And here's the good news......

Except for Song Cheng and Ah Mazai, there is no one else.

Fang Qian'an didn't come, and neither did Wang Rongfa.

This made Li Xiu breathe a sigh of relief.

"What do you see, little lame, and you want to go to the teacher to complain?"

Song Cheng noticed Li Xiu's small movements, sneered, and sneered.

Li Xiu was silent.

The young man's expressionless face fell into Song Cheng's eyes, making people more and more irritable.

What he hates the most is Li Xiu's ghost who doesn't seem to pay attention to anything.

It's just a cripple, what's so high.

"Hey, I'm talking to you."

Song Cheng took a step forward.

Then I saw Li Xiu raise his eyes, his gaze passed over him, and his eyes lit up slightly.

"Teacher Chen—"

Li Xiu shouted.

Hearing Li Xiu shouting teacher, Song Cheng subconsciously stiffened, but the next second he had a sharp pain in his abdomen, and it was Li Xiu who gave him an elbow with all his strength. How could you say that this lame man was insidious, knowing that he didn't have enough strength, and he didn't even use his fist but the strength of his elbow.

Then, when Song Cheng was in pain and bent over, Li Xiu directly picked up dozens of catties of schoolbag and smashed it on Ah Ma Zai's head, seeing that Ah Ma Zai was also smashed, he dragged his legs and started running.

"f**k you, you really want to die-"

Ah Ma Zai covered his nose, wiped away the heat gushing out of his nostrils, screamed angrily, and raised his hand to drag Li Xiu.

Li Xiu's back tightened, and he felt that his schoolbag was caught.

Then, as the bag strap loosened, something seemed to be thrown out.

"Ahh

He heard two screams.

Li Xiu glanced at it out of the corner of his eye, and saw Ah Ma Zai and Song Cheng slapping their arms in fright, jumping on the spot.

What is it...... Wait a minute......

Li Xiu quickly reacted, and what he just threw out seemed to be the bag of rice that he put in his schoolbag yesterday and planned to throw away at school today.

God knows what Ah Ma Zai and Song Cheng thought of Mi, but obviously, they were both taken aback.

Is it necessary to call it so miserable?

This thought was fleeting in Li Xiu's heart.

He didn't even look back to take a second look, and during the short gap when the two guys were frightened, Li Xiu ran out desperately.

As a cripple, Li Xiu ran very slowly and staggered.

Fortunately, after drilling out of the blind spot, he immediately saw the head of the grade who was patrolling in the morning.

…… It is probably for this reason that Song Cheng and Ah Ma Zai shrank in the corner, and they didn't catch up in the end.

　*

Li Xiu rushed to the door of the classroom before the start of the morning self-study.

Unfortunately, he was stopped before entering the classroom.

As soon as Li Xiu turned his head, he saw a handsome young face - a man who graduated from a top foreign school and had just been poached from a well-known aristocratic school with great effort by the principal, and now he was the head teacher of Li Xiu's class.

Compared to the other teachers, he was so handsome that he almost didn't fit in with the whole school.

However, among the students, the teacher who is handsome, easy to teach, and humorous is quite popular, and even on the Internet, a man can be regarded as an Internet celebrity because of his appearance.

He never pretended to be majestic like other teachers, but when he saw him, Li Xiu's movements unconsciously tensed.

"Teacher Ouyang, good morning."

Li Xiu said hello quickly like a mosquito, and after speaking, he was about to turn around and sneak into the classroom.

But Mr. Ouyang's palm was directly pressed on his shoulder.

The man looked at Li Xiu with concern.

"I've heard that some of your classmates at school have been arguing with you lately?"

As always, the young teacher was very considerate of the fragile and sensitive self-esteem of the adolescent students, and even the rumors of bullying he heard became less harsh in his mouth.

“…… No. ”

Li Xiu avoided Ouyang's gaze and said in a low voice.

His resistance made a trace of helplessness flash across the man's face.

"Well, that's good, if you have problems with your studies or life, you can come to me."

"Well, thank you, teacher." Li Xiu said quickly, "I'm fine." ”

Then he grabbed the strap of his school bag, shook off the man's palm without a trace, and walked quickly into the classroom with his head down.

His physical disability has made him very sensitive to the gaze of others since he was a child, so he can clearly feel that after he turned around, Teacher Ouyang's gaze was still fixed on him, for a long, long time.

It's like a good teacher who cares about his students.

　*

"What's wrong with you?"

When she sat down in her seat, the female classmate next door caught a glimpse of Li Xiu's schoolbag that had been opened, and then she saw the injury on Li Xiu's face.

The girl frowned and asked.

"Isn't that the i***t looking for you again?"

Feeling the girl's concern, Li Xiu's fingertips strained slightly, but he still shook his head.

"Nope."

As the words fell, several boys behind them who heard their conversation suddenly laughed.

…… Wang Rongfa's school bullying of Li Xiu is almost an open secret. Li Xiu's answer now sounds completely ridiculous to them.

Before Li Xiu could say anything, the faces of the girls at the same table had become ugly.

"Li Xiu, why don't you go to the teacher, I can help you testify-"

Li Xiu opened the schoolbag in a hurry, and the rice bag that had been wrapped before was already loose, and the rice mixed with fragrant ash was sprinkled everywhere in the schoolbag.

He lowered his eyes and gathered the rice, retied the bag, and took out his homework.

"Do you want to copy it?"

He asked.

"AH,AH,AH,yes,LiXiu,you are my god,my eternal god,how do you know that I didn't do it?"

The girl was really distracted, and she didn't ask about Li Xiu's bullying later.

For a girl whose plastic hairpin on her head is Li Xiu's living expenses for several months, the things that happened to Li Xiu are indeed a little too far away.

Li Xiu breathed a sigh of relief silently.

　*

There was no one in the seats of Song Cheng and "Ah Ma Zai" until the end of the morning self-study.

Li Xiu didn't care either.

Whether it's Fang Qian'an or Wang Rongfa, the people in the small group around them are basically the same.

Either the family has money, and it doesn't matter what happens to the college entrance examination, anyway, they are going abroad after that, or the family is completely rotten and doesn't plan to care at all. As for Qiming's teacher, he has long been laissez-faire with these people.

It's common for them to skip class, but it's not uncommon for them not to skip class.

Anyway, there were a few fewer people in the class who were full of malice towards him, and Li Xiu's mood was still a little relaxed.

When he arrived at school, the effect of the medicine subsided a little, and after the second class, Li Xiu realized that he had started a low-grade fever again, and when his body was so uncomfortable, he really didn't want to focus on this kind of boring guy anymore.

He's not like those people.

He had no father, no mother, and no money.

It takes more effort than ordinary people to barely survive the fragile life they have today.

　*

The debuff brought by a low-grade fever is stronger than Li Xiu thought.

Li Xiu originally wanted to make half a roll between classes, but accidentally fell asleep.

Still a nightmare.

In the dream, he dreamed of Song Cheng and "Ah Ma Zai", still standing in the shadows in the corner of the stairwell, the tall boys were screaming in their mouths, as if they were crying, but they were gagged by something, and all that came out in the end was a slurred whimper.

As if sensing Li Xiu's presence, the two of them suddenly turned their faces slowly.

【Woowoo......】

The boys' faces were swollen and distorted, and they were indeed crying.

However, what kept oozing from the corners of the eyes was not tears, but tiny maggots that kept wriggling and falling in a thick blood package.

Clusters of tiny bulges rose and fell under the boy's skin.

They opened their mouths.

More maggots spewed out like that.

Li Xiu stepped back suddenly, and in the next second he crashed into a cold embrace.

It was a man much taller than him.

The other party's body was very cold, so cold that Li Xiu couldn't help but tremble.

The cold hands of the visitor gently rested on Li Xiu's shoulders.

[Zizi...... Pander to...... Ah Xiu ......]

I can't tell what kind of sound it was.

Low, gloomy, evil.

But there is an innumerable familiarity.

Li Xiu's whole body froze completely, and the huge fear instantly overwhelmed him.

[…… It's pathetic...... It's so pitiful to be bullied, Ah Xiu.]

[My Ah Xiu.]