In panic, Zhao Hao's hand shook and the phone fell to the ground without holding it firmly, making a snapping sound in the silent night.
A slender white hand picked up the phone and handed it to him, accompanied by a woman's gentle voice, "Be careful."
Zhao Hao didn't answer it because the moment the woman picked up the phone, the screen went black.
This mobile phone was bought just after graduating from high school this year. Although it is cheap, it is still a smart phone. The black screen time set by Zhao Hao himself is definitely not that short, and it is impossible for the screen to black out so quickly.
Zhao Hao's heart was beating wildly. He looked at the woman across a wooden table, and his hand holding the edge of the table turned white with force.
"You, are you a human, a ghost, or... a fake corpse?"
"Don't be afraid of me, I won't harm you." Zhang Xiaoyan avoided his question, walked around the wooden table, and slowly walked towards him.
"Don't come over!" Zhao Hao shouted.
Zhang Xiaoyan did not move forward as expected, she just looked at him with a sad and resentful look, "Everything now is just your dream, I am in your dream, so don't be afraid of me, okay?"
She lowered her head and said, "Do you still remember me? When I was in junior high school, I sat two rows behind you."
Zhao Hao swallowed and did not reply.
Zhang Xiaoyan said to herself: "You definitely don't remember me. I didn't study well and I wasn't particularly pretty. Although you were small at that time, you were very smart and knew everything. I've liked you since then. xdw8
Later, after I graduated from junior high school, my parents stopped me from going to school and asked me to go out to work. I never saw you again.
I heard that you were admitted to a university in the imperial capital. Congratulations."
Zhao Hao didn't listen carefully to what she said at this time. His violently beating heart slowly calmed down and he murmured: "Is this really my dream?"
Zhang Xiaoyan looked at him and asked: "What do you think? Don't you never believe this? Apart from being in a dream, what other explanation is there?"
"You're right, I'm dreaming now!" Zhao Hao said.
Although this dream was horrifyingly real, there was really no other explanation.
There can be no ghosts or zombies in this world. Those are unscientific superstitions.
Yes, he is dreaming!
Hearing the woman's thin and soft voice, and thinking that this was a dream, Zhao Hao was not as scared as he was at first, and his grip on the edge of the table slowly loosened.
"I remember you, wearing a pair of braids, very quiet." Zhao Hao suddenly said.
Zhang Xiaoyan suddenly looked up at him, probably because her movements were a bit hasty, and there was a snapping sound in her neck.
The woman's somewhat gray eyes suddenly became very bright, and her tone could not conceal her surprise, "Zhao Hao, you actually remember me!? I thought, I thought you had forgotten me a long time ago..."
Zhao Hao: "You even asked me questions."
The two chatted about what happened in junior high school, and as they chatted, Zhang Xiaoyan talked about the secret marriage, "Actually, I did give my mother a dream, saying that I didn't like Zhou Dun from Zhoujiacun, and I even scared her.
I also scared her, more than once."
Zhao Hao was puzzled: "Why should you scare her? She is your mother."
"because……"
Zhang Xiaoyan suddenly fell silent. After a long time, she spoke again. Her expression became cold. She did not explain the reason directly, but asked: "Zhao Hao, do you know how I died?"
Zhao Hao replied: "I heard that I drank pesticide because I couldn't think about it."
Zhang Xiaoyan nodded.
Zhao Hao frowned: "Why did you commit suicide? Life is so good. We can pursue our dreams and leave this remote village to see the wider world outside."
Zhang Xiaoyan suddenly covered her face and began to sob sadly, but she couldn't cry, and the sobs sounded strange.
"But I can't live anymore. I feel very sad, very happy, and I feel hateful."
As she spoke, the powder puff on her face fell down.
"What happened?"
"I...was ruined by a few gangsters." Zhang Xiaoyan whispered.
Zhao Hao's eyes suddenly widened, "What did you say!?"
"That day, my mother and I went shopping in the county town. We stayed late at night. In a remote alley, we met three gangsters with fruit knives in their hands.
My mother and I turned around and ran away. I fell down and was dragged back. My mother turned around and looked at me, ignored me and ran away.
I didn't have any money, and those beasts were very angry, and then... they ruined me.
You know, at that time I was waiting for my mother to find someone to rescue me, but until the end, she never came.
I was lying on the ground alone, feeling as if I was dead. I don’t know how long it took before she appeared crying, hugging me and crying, and said she didn’t expect this to happen.
But, did she really not think of it?
I have no money and I am a girl. How can those gangsters let me go? I asked her why she didn’t find someone to rescue me after being away for so long. She said she was scared and didn’t see anyone on the road. She would wait until she saw someone.
Even though I had someone else, she felt that it was too late. Bringing someone here would only ruin my reputation.
You see, she even let it slip. She said before that she didn't expect such a result.
I told my dad about it after I got back."
When Zhang Xiaoyan said this, she suddenly grasped the hem of her skirt, "My father told me to pretend that nothing had happened. He also warned me that if I told anyone, he would not recognize me as his daughter.
When something like this happens, what they think about is not how painful I am, but their own face!
Tell me, if it were you, would you hate it?"
Zhao Hao angrily cursed: "Those beasts! What your parents did is really chilling!"
He knew that in a remote village like theirs, girls were worthless, and many people favored boys over girls. But no matter how worthless, the children were born in their own wombs and were also their own children. Zhang Xiaoyan's parents actually...
"So, is it because you can't think about it?" Zhao Hao hesitated and asked.
Zhang Xiaoyan shook her head at first, but then nodded again.
"I didn't think about committing suicide at first, but after that incident, my parents actually wanted to marry me to a fool in the village.
Their reasons were all for my own good, saying that I was not clean anymore and that I could only hide it by marrying a fool. Otherwise, if this matter spreads out and people know about it, everyone can drown me with just a spit of spit. They will also do it in the future.
Can't lift my head up.
When I thought about the days to come, I suddenly felt that living was meaningless, so I took the medicine.
Now I feel a little bit regretful. I shouldn't have committed suicide. I might as well have stolen the family's money and fled somewhere else. However, I'm already dead, so there's no point regretting it."
Zhao Hao didn't know what to say for a moment.
Yes, everyone is dead, and it is useless for him to hold out injustice for her now.
"I have a younger brother, so I have no status at home. My death only made them sad for one day. So I was very angry and unwilling. Once I almost killed him, my younger brother."
As Zhang Xiaoyan spoke, she unknowingly got closer and closer to him.
When Zhao Hao heard this, he suddenly looked up at her.
When he raised his head, he could see her clearly.
When she said that she almost killed her brother, her expression was calm and her tone was calm, but it made people feel creepy for no reason.