Zhang Xiaoxiao lowered his head, glanced at his skinny palms, and then smiled bitterly.
Then, he took out a cigarette from his arms and lit it.
A puff of smoke blew out, and the smell of tar mixed with nicotine filled his surroundings.
This smell is much better than the smell of burnt smoke.
"Where did you get the cigarette?" Li Leping asked curiously.
Zhang Xiaoxiao looked up at the night sky, blew out a smoke ring melancholy, and then said: "I touched it from them when we were in the warehouse."
As he spoke, he handed one over, but Li Leping waved it down.
Silently taking back the offered cigarette, Zhang Xiaoxiao took another puff.
Staring at the night sky with no stars in sight, he seemed to recall something. Gradually, a gleam of light suddenly lit up in his confused and numb eyes.
"When I was a kid, my most treasured possessions were a few pirated CDs. I couldn't afford a player at home, so I borrowed a player from a classmate's house to watch it. Several people gathered around the TV and watched Ultraman. Because it was a pirated CD
, the number of episodes is also confusing, but at that time, I didn’t care so much. I just thought that when the protagonist took out the transformer and transformed into Ultraman, he was very handsome."
For some reason, he actually recalled his childhood.
With a tacit understanding, Li Leping did not ask or interrupt, but quietly leaned against the wall and listened to Zhang Xiaoxiao continue to talk about his childhood experiences.
"When I was a kid, I always dreamed that I could have a transformer. When people encountered monsters, I could take out the transformer and transform into Ultraman. Under people's admiring eyes, I would look like a god.
Save them."
"It's a pity. When I got older, I realized that my childhood dreams were just dreams after all. In this world, there are neither destiny-changing transformers nor Ultraman." Speaking of this, Zhang Xiaoxiao's voice was filled with emotion.
regret.
That was his lost childhood and his purest dream.
"Later, after I stepped out of society and was beaten several times by society, I gradually became numb. Really, when you find that the knowledge you learned in school is of no use, when you find that no matter how hard you work, you are not as good as others.
When you rely on a word of connection, when you find that the positive energy of society that the teacher tells you is only because of their job requirements, not the true appearance of this society."
"You will understand the truth, that is, dreams and other things are just a few blows, and they are the most worthless things. The boss will talk about dreams every day and paint a pie for you, a working man, just to make people happy.
You keep working for him."
Having said this, Zhang Xiaoxiao took a deep breath of cigarette, then threw the burned cigarette in his hand to the ground and stepped on it several times.
"What does that say? If you don't work hard, your boss won't be able to live the life he wants."
"In this environment, I just looked away and didn't bother to pay attention to what was happening around me, unless it was something related to my interests."
"As for the rest, what does it have to do with me? Even if the sky is going to fall tomorrow, I can't do anything about it. In this case, I might as well relax and just think about surviving one day, that's all.
That’s all.”
Hearing his complaint, Li Leping's memory couldn't help but return to his childhood.
Although he has lost a lot of memories, and his childhood memories have become chaotic due to the influence of the Forgotten Ghost, the two memories are mixed with each other, but he still laughed at himself: "Who says it's not the case? When I was a child, I always longed for heroes.
, I wanted to become a hero, but in the end I found out that I was just one of the ordinary beings in this world."
Suddenly.
"Ha ha."
Hearing Li Leping acknowledge what he said, Zhang Xiaoxiao laughed out loud for no reason.
Li Leping did not allow Li Leping to ask Zhang Xiaoxiao why he was laughing. Zhang Xiaoxiao patted his chest and answered first: "Today, I, an old man in my thirties, will realize my childhood dream."
Hearing this, Li Leping raised his eyebrows and joked: "It seems that when someone is thirty years old, his blood is not cold yet."
He heard what Zhang Xiaoxiao meant.
Since we are all going to die, we might as well take advantage of the last moment to do something we want to do.
The word "dream" is extremely far away for a person living in human society.
People want to live, have a place to live, have enough to eat, and have warm clothes. The pressure in life no longer allows people to fantasize about other things.
However, for Zhang Xiaoxiao, who has less than a month to live.
Now, he has the time and qualifications to pursue his most innocent childhood dream.
"Anyway, I have made enough money to ensure that my family has enough food and clothing. In the remaining time, it is time for me, a person who should have lived an ordinary life, to be extraordinary."
Zhang Xiaoxiao's defeated face was inexplicably filled with a kind of confidence, and his cold blood seemed to become hot at this moment: "There is no dispute of interest, and there is no personal gain to be pursued. This time I will help you for free."
When a criminal policeman handles supernatural incidents, it can be regarded as serving the country and the people, right?"
"Of course." Li Leping said seriously.
Supernatural events are no joke. If you are not careful, you may trigger the ghost's killing pattern and be killed by the ghost.
Not to mention if you encounter a ghost that is too scary.
The suggestion here is to lie down directly on the ground and close your eyes. Maybe the dead look will look better.
"But you have to really think about it. My principle is that I don't like to force others to do things I don't like. But once you make up your mind, you can't tell me that you want to go back on it."
The next moment, he glanced not far away.
There was the entrance of the villa, and a few pairs of eyes quietly poked out and looked over.
These are Zhang Xiaoxiao's family members.
His parents, wife, and children are all here.
Li Leping looked at them and said to Zhang Xiaoxiao: "You have to think clearly, once you go, you may not be able to come back."
In supernatural events, any unexpected situation may occur.
Even Li Leping, who now controls two ghosts, can't guarantee that he can successfully bring Zhang Xiaoxiao out.
Maybe, he himself might be trapped in it.
Moreover, the complexity of this incident was far higher than any incident he had dealt with before.
Because in this incident, he not only had to face the terrifying ghosts, but also had to be wary of those ghost masters.
Five ghost masters and two ghosts whose information is unknown.
Li Leping really couldn't guarantee that he could withstand it, let alone worry about Zhang Xiaoxiao distractedly.
"Don't worry, I've already thought about it."
Zhang Xiaoxiao did not flinch, but his previous memories made him more determined at this moment.
At this time, he spread his hands towards Li Leping and said in a self-deprecating tone: "Besides, look at me now, looking like a human being and a ghost, how can I still dare to stay with my wife and children? What if one day I
If the evil thing in the body suddenly loses control, wouldn't it harm them?"
"Just think about it clearly." Now that he had made up his mind, Li Leping stopped trying to persuade him.
Suddenly.
"Hey, that's right."
Zhang Xiaoxiao seemed to have remembered something, touched Li Leping's shoulder, and asked furtively: "If I am really glorious, then it can be regarded as sacrificing my life for the country, right? Can you ask the superiors to give it to me then?"
Erect a monument or something?"
Li Leping was stunned immediately.
He looked at Zhang Xiaoxiao with a strange look.
If you set up so many flags, if this doesn’t kill you, who will?