The Exorcist

Chapter 39 Dilemma

As soon as he turned around, a bottle of red wine was hit on the ground, making a crisp sound and splashing blood-colored liquid all over the floor. Ruan Zhan frowned, not understanding where this uneasiness came from.

"Boss, I'll clean." Liu Tie walked over obediently.

Ruan Zhan nodded, stepped aside, and broke another wine glass while waving his hand, but he didn't notice it at all. He just walked to the stairs silently and sat down.

Something must have happened!

As he thought about it, he felt like weeds were growing in his heart, and gradually infiltrated into his limbs and bones, making every pore in his body tighten.

Generally speaking, the people who can make him feel such a strong reaction should be the people closest to him - Wan Li, Xiao Xia, maybe Bao Datong, and even his father.

The world is indifferent to him, so he treats the world indifferently, but in his life, something that warms him always exists, although it is very weak, but for this warmth, he can fight against everything. Therefore, even though he didn't like to get involved in supernatural events so much, he still got involved in one after another. And when it was discovered that there were demon spirits harming the world, such an indifferent person like him couldn't help but want to take action!

Was it the warmth that changed him? What's more, Xiaoxia has slowly melted the ice in his heart! He understands that now he cannot lose these most precious things no matter what!

But what made him feel flustered?

An hour ago, he suddenly felt something in his heart, but this time the feeling was very strange, as if something was attacking his heart from two sides, causing him to have unprecedented confusion for a moment. He didn't know which aspect of the information to track. Who knows who is in danger? !

Because of the strong feelings, there was a clear telepathy between him and Xiaoxia, but in order to make her forget what happened in Hongqing Town, he forcibly erased her memory. This not only made her body much more fragile, but also made her physically weak. Even the feeling between them became blurred. He thought that time could change everything, but now only he knew how much he regretted it. If Xiaoxia was hurt because of this, he would not be able to forgive himself!

I tried calling, but Wanli’s phone didn’t work, and Xiaoxia’s phone didn’t work either! And just when he was so anxious that he was about to run out and look for it, the two aspects of information were cut off one after another! But this didn't make him feel better. On the contrary, it made him feel that something was going on quietly, but he had no way of knowing, and he was even more at a loss what to do.

Bao Datong on the side was very surprised when he saw Ruan Zhan's appearance.

His friendship with Ruan Zhan was neither deep nor shallow. But in his opinion, no matter how his appearance changes, Ruan Zhan is always cold and indifferent in his heart, and his behavior is always calm and unhurried. Even if he encounters great danger, he has never been seen panicking. What difficulties can affect him now? How could he be like this?

He rested upstairs for the day and came down in the evening after the bar was open. Because he knew that although Ruan Zhan did not harm himself, in order to save him, his inner breath and soul were greatly damaged, so he went downstairs to help take care of the bar business. It is said that those who do not work cannot eat! But he had been here for a long time, and he saw that Ruan Zhan was still distracted, neither speaking nor raising his head, as if he was thinking about something important.

"Azhan! Come back to your soul!" He skillfully paused his chat with several drinkers, came to Ruan Zhan and patted him on the shoulder.

Ruan Zhan didn't react as if he hadn't heard.

Bao Datong was surprised and wanted to continue calling him. Ruan Zhan suddenly sat up straight, then stood up and walked quickly to the bar.

It turned out that there was a call coming in, but because there was still melodious music playing in the bar, almost no one noticed the phone ringing. Ruan Zhan was the farthest away from the phone, but he heard it. Obviously, although he was stunned on the surface, he was silent in his heart. You must be extremely alert.

Bao Datong looked at Ruan Zhan and saw that he was listening attentively, then said a few words, seemed a little confused, and then returned to the stairs.

"What's the matter?" Bao Datong asked seriously.

"The villagers from Xitoudian called."

"What?" Ruan Zhan's voice was so low that Bao Datong thought he heard wrong.

"When I left Xitoudian, I gave the village chief a sum of money and told him that I would find a magician to help them with the village practice to ward off evil spirits. As a condition, I left my phone number so that they could call him if he found any special circumstances. Get someone to call me in town.”

"You're so cautious. That's good. Who knows what new tricks the pair of monsters have?" Ruan Zhan was so flawless in his work that Bao Datong really admired him. "What's the news now? Good or bad?"

Ruan Zhan shook his head, "I don't know. They only said that it rained heavily there a few days ago, because Xitou store is always dry, so this rain made everyone very happy, especially the children. Several of them The child ignored the parents' advice and ran to the foot of the mountain to play in the rain, only to find a body washed down from the mountain by the heavy rain."

"Just call the police on this matter. What can I tell you?" Bao Datong shrugged.

"The people in the village are superstitious. So many things have happened in the past few years. They are afraid that the two things are related." Ruan Zhan stroked his forehead impatiently, "And the deceased was wearing a Taoist uniform."

"Ah? This problem is complicated!" Bao Datong said in surprise, quite surprised by this situation.

"I have to go take a look." Ruan Zhan said, looking at his watch, "But I can't worry about things here. Xiaoxia should have left work a long time ago, but there is no one there yet - the phone can't be reached, the work person No one answers the phone. Wan Li can’t even get through on his cell phone!”

"Maybe the two eloped." Bao Datong joked, but he also felt something was wrong in his heart, "Why don't you just keep an eye on this place, and I'll go out and look for it."

But as soon as he finished speaking, the door of the bar opened, and Wan Li walked in with a tired look on his face.

He looked around and found Ruan Zhan and Bao Datong standing at the top of the stairs looking at him, but there was no sign of Xiaoxia.

"Is Xiaoxia back?" Wan Li asked.

"Who are you asking? I'm asking you too!" Bao Datong said.

Ruan Zhan said nothing, but his heart kept sinking.

"One of my patients had a problem." Wan Li sighed. "The patient with mild depression was originally fine and his psychological condition has been significantly relieved. However, he committed suicide today. I was called in hastily and spent three days. When he was young, he suddenly thought about committing suicide again." He said while looking around, "Did Xiaoxia really not come back?"

"Why did you lie to me?"

"But when I came back from the patient's home and went back to the clinic, there was no one in the law firm?" Wan Li was a little surprised. "She shouldn't run around when she's so sensitive! Let me try calling her cell phone."

"I've already called him, but no one picked up." Bao Datong stopped him, turned to look at Ruan Zhan, and saw that Ruan Zhan's face turned pale and he said nothing.

Did something really happen to her? Why didn't he feel any danger from her later?

bell--

When the phone rang again, the three of them looked at each other and heard it, but Ruan Zhan was the first to rush to grab the phone. Wan Li and Bao Datong looked at him and saw him nodding, his face getting paler.

"Xiaoxia has something going on!" Wan Li knew it and walked over first, "What's wrong?"

"More than an hour ago, an employee of a shopping mall found a customer's lost backpack in the fitting room of the underwear department, and found signs of a struggle in the nearby children's clothing department." Ruan Zhan's eyes were anxious, "Later, in the fire department, Two wooden mannequins of children's clothing were found in the passage, with blood stains on their palms."

"Children's clothing?" Bao Datong's heart skipped a beat, "That backpack—?"

"It belongs to Xiao Xia." When Ruan Zhan said the name, he felt as if his heart had been scratched by a knife with a very thin blade. He couldn't find where the wound was, but he kept bleeding. Although the other two people had already guessed the truth, they were still stunned for a moment.

"A call from the police?" Wan Li asked.

"Yes. The police found Xiaoxia's notepad in the backpack, with the phone number here on it."

"Then let's rescue her!" Bao Datong rolled up his sleeves, "Let's go find Lu Yan and her son to fight for her life now. It must be related to them."

"Slow down!" Wan Li stopped him, "Anxiety will only do bad things, at least you need to plan. A Zhan, what do you think we should do?"

Ruan Zhan didn't speak for a few seconds, forcing himself to calm down. When he learned that Xiaoxia had been kidnapped, he was so distraught that he could hardly think. She was his weakness. No matter how calm and collected he was on weekdays, he would not be able to deal with her rationally. Or, this is called ‘care leads to chaos’!

"Should we attack together, or should we divide our forces into two groups?" Bao Datong was impatient and couldn't help but add, "Do you think what happened at Xitou Store was an accident? If it was an accident, we would go together. Save Xiaoxia, if not, what will happen over there?"

"Xitou Store?" Wan Li was surprised, "What happened over there?"

Bao Datong told Wan Li what had just happened. Ruan Zhan, on the other hand, remained silent, trying his best to suppress the panic in his heart and thinking about countermeasures.

"For the sake of caution, we divided our troops into three groups." After Ruan Zhan thought about it carefully, he said in a deep voice, "The matter at Xitou store may have nothing to do with the matter here, but we can't take risks, so one person must go to the scene to investigate. For a moment; and the police just called, asking one of us to cooperate with the police, so we have to go alone; the other one is going to find Xiaoxia, give me your mobile phone number, remember to keep in touch at any time."

He never uses a mobile phone, but Xiaoxia gave him one later. In that mobile phone, he only had Xiaoxia's phone number, ensuring that she could call him at any time. He liked this feeling very much, as if she belonged to him alone, as if it was a secret between them. Although this idea was very idiotic, he always kept it like this. Now in order to facilitate contact, I have to add the numbers of Shang Wanli and Bao Datong.

"How to assign tasks?" Bao Datong asked.

"It goes without saying that everyone should take advantage of their strengths." Wan Li said, "I am familiar and can talk, so I will cooperate with the police; you are familiar with the Taoist school, so you go to Xitou shop to study the old Taoist priest who passed away. "Azhan and Xiaoxia have telepathy, and the magic is the best, so he came to save Xiaoxia!"

The three of them completed their division of labor and acted separately.

"Xiaoxia—Xiaoxia—"

In the darkness, Xiaoxia heard someone calling her. The voice was so familiar that she stood up immediately.

Is it Ruan Zhan?

She listened carefully, feeling very conflicted. On the one hand, she hopes that he will come to save her and longs for his safe embrace; on the other hand, she does not want him to come because she is afraid that he will encounter some danger! Because the situation is unclear now.

She doesn't know where this is? Walking all the way down from the long dark corridor, you are locked into this place where you can't see anything. This should be a room, not too big, about fourteen or five square meters, because although she couldn't see it, when she was pushed in, she staggered about five or six steps and hit the opposite wall. According to For normal room types, there should be no wrong judgment.

Besides, judging from the faint echo, this room was empty.

Shortly after entering, she wanted to stand up and explore the layout of the room to give herself a chance to escape, but in the end she did not move and sat in the dark and damp corner without moving.

In an unfamiliar environment, it is better to stay still than to move. Carefully consider your situation and the various possibilities of escape!

This is what Ruan Zhan told her, and she decided to do as he said. Moreover, the room was so quiet that even the sounds of her breathing and the friction of her clothes when she moved were very clear and thrilling.

Thinking is also a difficult thing for her. Because she knew that if she let a thought stay in her heart for a little longer, Zhang Jialin would feel it. So whenever she thought about escaping, she immediately forced herself to divert her attention, or recalled a clip from a movie, or hummed a song in her heart. In short, although she succeeded in keeping Zhang Jialin from coming to trouble her, this kind of single-mindedness The second use method made her thinking confused!

But she gradually discovered that what she was thinking about more and more was actually the little moments she spent with Ruan Zhan. She knows this won't work! It would make Zhang Jialin realize how important Ruan Zhan was to her, and it might bring him trouble, so she tried her best not to think about him, but at this moment, his voice happened to appear in her mind.

Maybe I miss him so much that I hallucinate? She thought so at first, but when his calling voice became clearer and clearer, she realized that it was true. He must have known that she had been kidnapped, so he came to find her!

She stood nervously leaning against the wall, unable to control what she was thinking for a moment, for fear that Zhang Jialin would find out something, even though Zhang Jialin had never appeared or anything since she was locked in this small dark room.

She suddenly remembered her amulet. The amulet itself had the power to protect her and was blessed by Ruan Zhan. Therefore, anything that wanted to invade her could not get close to her vital parts. No one else except herself could remove the amulet from her body. Pull it off.

If it weren't for the protection of this amulet, Zhang Jialin would have killed her long ago. For some unknown reason, Xiao Xia knew that she hated herself very much. Now she must be thinking of other ways to kill herself, so before that, this amulet might be able to block the demon boy from peeking into her heart.

Should I just use the amulet to protect my heart or my head? Although human thinking passes through the brain, do emotions pass through the heart?

Xiaoxia hesitated for a while. When the voice calling her name once again caused her heart to palpitate, she resolutely took off the amulet and pressed it on her heart. The brain is a scientific term. Now that she is in a supernatural incident, the mind must be more important!

Ruan Zhan - don't come!