The Exorcist

Chapter 33 Hard Drive

Ruan Zhan did not answer.

In fact, he was jealous. Although he thought it would be safest to leave Xiaoxia to Wanli after his death, he still couldn't bear it when he saw Xiaoxia sitting on Wanli's lap and the two hugging each other.

But he was dying, why did he have the right to be jealous?

"Actually, she just felt dizzy and fell down." Wan Li explained, "It's not that we were intimate."

Although he also loves Xiaoxia, he is an aboveboard person and is unwilling to take advantage of the misunderstanding between them.

"Maybe I should hope that you die, so that Xiaoxia will be mine." He continued, "But I don't hope that much. You and I have a life-long friendship, and I want you to live. I am a greedy person, and love and I want all the friendship! So cheer me up, I will risk my life to keep you alive."

"Your life is worthless." Although Ruan Zhan said this, he smiled on his face.

"Then let's take a look at this little life worth a penny first!" Wan Li pointed at Bao Datong.

Ruan Zhan put his hand on Bao Datong's face, and after a moment of silence he said, "I noticed just now that his aura is not too bad, but he is very self-destructive. I wonder if you noticed these red marks on his body."

"Red marks?" Wan Li was startled and quickly looked closer to Bao Datong's naked upper body. Sure enough, he found that his skin was covered with many small red marks, as if the porcelain had been knocked, although it was not broken yet. But it is full of cracks and will break at any time.

"What's going on?" he asked, surprised and guilty.

He was the one who watched Bao Datong today. Because Bao Datong had been quiet, he carelessly thought that there was nothing wrong with him. After all, Xiaoxia was a girl, so it was impossible for her to lean over Bao Datong and observe carefully. However, since Bao Datong's skin was darker, he didn't notice it.

"He—will be okay? Otherwise, I will definitely bear the blame."

"It seems from this red mark that although he harmed himself, he was also bewitched first." Ruan Zhan said, "Fortunately, he was smart enough to attach all his soul and yang energy to the talisman, protecting the essence and yang energy. The energy did not drain away quickly, and I came back in time, otherwise he would have been in danger. Don't blame yourself, even if you find red marks on his body, there is nothing you can do."

"It's okay, okay, I'm afraid that his life will be killed because of my negligence. Although this person is not constructive, his life is important and must be saved! Is there any way?" Wan Li felt relieved. I put it deliberately lightly.

"When Xiaoxia comes up, you must carefully recall what he has done these days, and then find out the reasons for his self-harm, so that you can find ways to save him." Ruan Zhan checked Bao Datong's pulse again, "He was hit The magic is so clever that it can’t be detected from outside his body.”

"What if he can't recall it?" Wan Li said awkwardly, "Before he passed out, he already knew that he had harmed himself, but he didn't know what he had done."

"If you can't recall it -" Ruan Zhan said in a cold tone, but with a helpless expression, "Then you have to think about how to tell Uncle Bao that his only son was infected by witchcraft and was not cured. I don't want to face Uncle Bao. .”

"I understand." Wan Li was stunned for a while and said, "I just have to figure out how he fell into the trap!"

The whole night, the three people were thinking hard about the reasons why Bao Datong would harm himself, but they found nothing when it was almost dawn. Wan Li leaned down and looked at Bao Datong's body, and found that there were many more red marks, which had spread upward from his abdomen to his face, and also on his feet. It seemed that his whole body would break if touched! At the same time, the talisman that Bao Datong drew by mixing blood and cinnabar slowly turned black!

"How long can he hold on?" Wan Li asked.

"The sun sets tonight."

"What should we do? He can't die! You must save him!" Xiaoxia was extremely nervous and subconsciously held Ruan Zhan's hand. Ruan Zhan only felt her little hands were cold and trembling slightly, obviously very panicked.

"There's still a whole day left, I won't give up." Ruan Zhan looked at her tenderly, "You go and take a nap, and then go to work."

"How can I have the time to sleep and go to work?" Xiao Xia glanced at Bao Datong. She really couldn't imagine that such a lively person could die.

"You must be thoughtful!" Wan Li pulled up Xiaoxia and pushed her to another room. "It's not possible for everyone to just sit here and think about it. Just do whatever you need to do. Maybe you will make new discoveries when you open up your mind. We are kept informed of the situation and know that normal daily life stimulates memory.”

Xiaoxia had no choice but to listen to Wan Li, but she could not let go of Bao Datong whether she was sleeping or at work. When it was almost noon, she was so anxious that she had a splitting headache.

At this time, her cell phone rang. She thought something had happened to Bao Datong, and it took her a long time to dare to answer the call. But when she looked at the screen, it was the friend who helped him recover the hard drive data.

"The hard drive is not seriously damaged. I have repaired it for you. The data has not been lost and the computer has been reinstalled. When will you come and pick it up?" said the friend.

Xiaoxia just wanted to talk about it in a few days, but a thought suddenly flashed in her mind, lighting up her dark memory like lightning. She desperately held on to the thoughts that were about to pass by, and finally thought of the reason why Bao Datong might have harmed himself.

So she almost went crazy and ran to retrieve the laptop from her friend, forgetting about her date with the client, and hurried back, holding the computer in her arms along the way, for fear of any accident.

"There is a possibility!" she said breathlessly.

At this time, Ruan Zhan and Wan Li were sitting in the room at a loss.

"What's going on?" Ruan Zhan was close to the door, so he quickly helped Xiaoxia to a chair and lovingly wiped the sweat from her forehead, "Take a breath first and speak slowly. Wanli, get a glass of water."

"No, no, I'm not thirsty, and I don't need to breathe. I want to save Bao Datong right away!" She carefully handed the computer in her arms to Ruan Zhan, "I'm not sure, but he may have hurt himself because of this. .”

"Computer?" Ruan Zhan was a little surprised.

"Didn't you say that if he was definitely out of touch with Lu Yan and her son, and we couldn't think of any injuries to his body, we had to think about what he had damaged?" Xiao Xia swallowed, "His previous I broke my computer in a few days!”

Ruan Zhan and Wan Li looked at each other, "Even if he breaks your computer, there must be something related to him in the computer." Ruan Zhan said, "Think about it, he did it with your computer What?"

"He has contacted Uncle Bao. He usually uses my computer to receive emails and other things."

"The problem is, how can we access his email, QQ, MSN, password, these common contact methods?" Wan Li said, "We can't find someone to crack the password now, right? There's not enough time!"

"I have a way to do this." Xiao Xia said hurriedly, "He has always been careless and couldn't remember passwords, addresses, etc., so he wrote them down in a small book. I also joked that if I steal that small book one day, I can Find out all his secrets and take away all his bank balances."

Before she finished speaking, Wan Li and Ruan Zhan ran to Bao Datong's room to rummage through the cabinets. Soon they found a small black leather book in the bottom compartment of his suitcase.

According to the records in the small book, they searched for the possible reasons for Bao Datong's self-harm one by one. However, after searching, they still found no clues. There was nothing of value in the chat records and emails. This made the three people From excitement at the beginning, back to depression.

"At least we know that all his chat friends are women, from lolita to mature women, he doesn't let them go!" Wan Li tried to make a joke to relieve the pressure, but even he couldn't laugh a little.

Seeing that Xiaoxia was about to cry, Ruan Zhan thought for a moment and said, "I also think that his self-harm was related to this computer, but we must have overlooked some problem. Xiaoxia, please tell me in detail what happened that day."

Xiaoxia thought for a moment, and then recounted everything that happened that day, down to what she ate that night and Bao Datong's subtle expression. Ruan Zhan frowned and listened, and there was a long silence afterwards.

"What do you think of?" Xiaoxia asked gently, for fear of disturbing Ruan Zhan's thinking.

"You said that a child came to harass you again that day?"

"That's right."

"Did you see Zhang Jialin, Xiaotong and Yangyang in the cabinet?"

Xiaoxia nodded, remembering what happened that day still made her hair stand on end.

"There is definitely nothing wrong with Yangyang. Neither you nor Bao Datong have any substantial contact with Zhang Jialin. It seems that only Lu Yan and her son are the most suspicious." Ruan Zhan analyzed, "But since Bao Datong said that he did not have any contact with that mother and son. Tao, I believe he will not make a mistake. Then, according to my guess, if the monster really used this computer to cause Bao Datong to harm himself, and Bao Datong did not make any mistakes when using the computer - "

"Did they hurt him through me?" Xiaoxia couldn't help but shudder as she took over the words. Only she and Bao Datong have used this computer. Did she harm Bao Datong?

"It's not you!" Ruan Zhan felt extremely distressed when he saw Xiao Xia's panic and self-blame. I want her to be happy, I want her not to be contaminated by the sadness and helplessness in this world, I want her to live the simplest life, but why can't she always do it?

"It's not because of you." Ruan Zhan looked seriously into Xiao Xia's eyes, "It's just because you were unlucky enough to meet a few of us. You are the person closest to us. If someone wants to harm us, they will make plans for you. .Even if you are extremely careful, they will still find ways to frame you!"

Xiaoxia shook her head in distress, "If I were stronger -"

"If I had thought more carefully, Nana would not have died." Wan Li took over, "Why did you persuade me just now? No one is perfect. Azhan is right. It was you who was unlucky to meet us. "

"No, I am lucky to know you." Xiaoxia said sincerely.

"Just think about it this way." Wan Li patted Xiao Xia's head, "Besides, now is not the time to think about responsibility. First think about whether Lu Yan and her mother took advantage of something, or rather, the child took advantage of it. I always feel that It's all this kid's fault."

Child? Is it a child?

Xiaoxia lowered her head and thought carefully, trying hard to recall whether Bao Datong was involved when she was with Xiaotong. I think when Bao Datong first met Xiaotong, we all went together, and there should have been no problems at that time. Later, she and the child were held upside down in a closet, and Bao Datong rescued them. It seemed that he was a little suspicious of Xiaotong at that time. I also tested it on the child. But since Bao Datong said that he was not plotted, it shouldn't be that time.

When was that?

Bao Datong is so clever. If the child really hurt him through himself, he must have done it when he was alone with her.

Suddenly, her heart trembled, and she remembered something very small, very inconspicuous, but very important.

"I once coaxed a child to play a game -" Xiaoxia said slowly, feeling that all the blood in her body was concentrated in her heart, making her chest swell and unable to breathe. "I have a software in my computer that can simulate As people age, they can change into various clothes. As long as there is a photo, it can be changed through that software. I think it's fun, and I have a bust photo of Bao Datong on my computer, so - in order to make the children happy, I So I aged Bao Datong, gave him a beard, and put on a Taoist uniform."

"Oh?" Ruan Zhan became more energetic, "Do you still remember that he - I mean the child, had any unusual expressions or behaviors?"

It's been a while, and those are very common details, so Xiaoxia can't remember them clearly. But she understood that it was related to Bao Datong's life, so she tried to recall, "At that time, I was holding the child sitting on my lap. His face was facing the screen, and I couldn't see it. But - the elderly Taoist priest who saw Bao Datong When the portrait was taken, the child seemed to suddenly become silent. I thought he didn't recognize Bao Datong anymore, because the difference between a person's old portrait and young portrait was really big. So I seemed to ask him: Don't you recognize him? He said: This is Uncle Bao! He even said something-"

"What?"

"He said - he seemed to say - I know what he has become!" Xiaoxia finally recalled.

"He?" Ruan Zhan frowned, paying special attention to this word, "The boy didn't say 'Uncle Bao' or anything like that, did he mean 'him'?"

"I can't remember clearly." Xiao Xia was very annoyed. "I'm not sure of the specific word the child said. It might have been 'him'."

"Okay, we don't want this." Ruan Zhan quickly calmed down Xiaoxia's emotions, which were gradually losing control. "Now I can determine where the problem lies. You don't have to worry anymore. Bao Datong can't die!"

Nothing made Xiaoxia happier than hearing this. The tense mood of the past few days finally eased a little. The relaxed mood made her suddenly think of another thing, "I remembered it. At that time, I showed Bao Datong's portrait to the child. At that time, he even touched the screen with his finger for a long time!"

"That's right." Ruan Zhan's heart suddenly became enlightened. "He must have used the computer to perform magic on Bao Datong's portrait, and then found an opportunity to scare you. But his target is not you, but Bao Datong." , because he is sure that you cannot turn off the computer, and must also know that Wan Li and I are not here, so only Bao Da can 'rescue' you, which in fact is to lure him to destroy the computer."

"Does this make Bao Datong self-inflicted?" Wan Li asked.

"Yes, this world is far more mysterious than we imagine. I once heard of a kind of magic. When you want to kill someone, you just need to find a way to get the other person's blood, mix it with their special ink, and then draw the victim Of course, the portrait must be very vivid, and if the painting is torn off, the person whose portrait was painted will die inexplicably within three days."

"Oh my God, this is too scary. It's like killing someone invisible!" Xiaoxia sighed.

Ruan Zhan shook his head, "I hope we don't encounter something like that, otherwise I really don't know how to break this technique."