The old man still held my ankle tightly and asked again.
"Why are you here?"
I felt a little unhappy in my heart. Anyone who swims knows that it is a big taboo to be grabbed by someone's ankle in the water. If you don't do it right, you will choke.
At such an old age, it is impossible for an old man not to know this. I vaguely regretted why I had agreed to this annoying old man before.
"Are you here to wait for someone for me?"
It seemed that if I didn't answer, the old man would never let go. Helpless, I could only answer: "Yes."
When the old man heard my answer, he showed a strange smile. The hand holding my ankle did not let go, but instead pulled me under the water.
"What are you going to do?!" I was so anxious that I paddled desperately with both arms, trying to keep my body balanced.
"You promised to wait for me, so you can stay here."
A huge force pulled me toward the bottom of the water, completely subverting my understanding? How could there be such a strong force in the water? You must know that the water here is five to six meters deep, and there is no point of strength at all.
My body was extremely cold, and as I rowed my hands vigorously, one leg began to spasm after a while. The muscles in my calf became stiff, and the pain was like tearing, which made me weak.
We have been stuck in the water for a long time. When people are extremely helpless, their thinking ability will be greatly improved.
At this time, with my brain running at extremely high speed, the previous scenes flashed through my mind like a slow-motion movie shot.
The old man had no shadow under the scorching sun. This scene appeared so clearly in my mind.
I have already realized that I have met the drowning ghost looking for a substitute as told in the stories of adults.
After the same reaction, I made a big mistake. I actually answered the old man clearly, I am willing.
Who told me this story?
Who told me that I should never respond to such a situation?
After I shouted "Help me!" loudly, my body began to slowly sink into the water.
The pain from the tear in my leg was no longer felt at all.
The intense coldness made my body's reaction slower and slower. I tried my best to scratch my arm, but to no avail.
I felt the cold softness coming from the soles of my feet and I touched the bottom. I knew clearly in my heart that I had touched the bottom of the river.
Every time the friends finish swimming, they will test their diving skills.
We will find a strange-shaped stone on the shore, throw it into the river, and then dive into the water to see who can fish it out accurately.
I clearly remember that every time I dived into the water, the soles of my feet felt cold and soft, as if they were touching the bottom of the river.
For a moment, I opened my eyes. The scorching sun could not completely penetrate the turbid river water, and there was only some faint light at the bottom of the water.
I saw an extremely white skeleton buried under a huge boulder.
The old man's white-haired face appeared in front of me, his eyes staring at me closely, with excitement in his eyes.
"It's your turn next!"
At this time, I didn't feel any sadness at all. My mind went blank. I wanted to recall something, but I couldn't.
I slowly closed my eyes as if resigned to my fate. The moment I was about to lose consciousness, I remembered, the ninth day of the lunar month! It was the ninth day of the lunar month! The ninth day of the lunar month told me that I must never agree.
"Qin Feng!"
A loud roar, that of grandpa, with an angry roar, came violently to my ears.
I woke up suddenly and sat up from the bed! The cold sweat on my back completely soaked my shirt.
In the quiet night, snorings came one after another. I looked around and saw the faint light in the corridor shining into the bedroom through the glass window on the door.
The radio on Zhiyong's bed happened to be broadcasting: "Thank you all listeners, we will see you at the same time tomorrow."
11:45pm! This is the time when these words come out on the radio every night.
I took a deep breath of air and muttered a curse word under my breath. This dream was so terrifying that it almost sent me away.
Rubbing my painful temples, I remembered what my grandfather once told me.
Sometimes it is difficult to distinguish between dreams and reality. This extremely real dream is actually a personal experience of your own soul. An obvious feature of this kind of dream is that you will feel a super painful head after waking up.
I got up and walked to the bathroom, washed my face with cold water, stood on the balcony, breathed in the fresh air, and felt better.
"Damn it! What happened to me on the ninth day of the month!"
I suddenly remembered the things that Chujiu had arranged for me. How could I have slept through the time?
I slapped my forehead, returned to the dormitory, took a coat from the bed, put it on casually, and rushed downstairs to the dormitory.
At a sprint speed of 100 meters, I ran to the small park behind the teacher's apartment building in one breath. When I saw the light from the third-floor window, I finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Fortunately, I caught up."
I sat on the bench, saw the concave and convex figure in the window, and began to breathe heavily.
On the ninth day of the lunar month, I was told to keep an eye on Yingling’s movements.
The infant spirit? The original body of the infant spirit was in the specimen room of the Medical College. Finally, we sent it to Qinglong Temple, where Abbot Vidyadhara personally delivered it.
What? How do I know that the true form of Yingling is in the Medical University? The abbot of Qinglong Temple is called Chiming? What does this mean?
My mind was in confusion, and I was shaking my head desperately. It must be the sequelae of the dream just now, which caused me to hallucinate.
No matter whose class is tomorrow morning, I will definitely trick Zhang Feng and the others into skipping class with me. If I don’t get a good night’s sleep, I’m afraid I won’t be energetic for a few days.
As soon as I made this decision, the hairs all over my body suddenly stood up. I remember this feeling. I stayed here with Chujiu yesterday and this was the feeling when the infant spirit appeared.
I quickly held my breath and used the method taught to me in the ninth grade to slow down my heartbeat and thinking.
A black baby figure jumped in from outside the wall, walked directly to the apartment wall, squatted on the ground, and stared at the bright window on the third floor.
A question arose in my mind. Shouldn't the infant spirit crawl in from outside the wall, then crawl along the ground and squat downstairs? Why did it jump in?
I quickly dismissed the inexplicable thought that suddenly occurred in my mind and stared at the baby spirit closely.
Yingling squatted on the ground, staring at the window on the third floor. After about a few minutes, Yingling climbed along the wall of the apartment and reached the window on the third floor.
Next, when the baby spirit sees the cow, it will jump into the window with joy.
Once again, an inexplicable picture suddenly appeared in my mind.
This feeling is like anticipating what is going to happen. It is very magical, as real as if I have experienced it myself.
The infant spirit who was staring at the concave and convex figure in the window suddenly turned his head and stared at me blankly with red eyes.
As I was leaning on the bench, I felt flustered and my heartbeat accelerated rapidly. I heard the sound of my own heartbeat, thump thump thump.