Chapter 2: You're Not Human Either

  Zhongshan Park is a large park near Jiangbei City University Town. This park is an extremely important place for the students of University Town, with mountains and water, green trees shading, not only a good place for nearby students to read and rest, but also a sacred place for couples in school to date. Although I don't belong to either of these two situations, I am also very familiar with this place. Alas, who made my dormitory have three roommates? And I'm used to being a light bulb.

  There are many big and small roads in the park, suitable for escape. The dense flowers and grass can also cover my figure, so as soon as I escaped from school, I ran here.

  In the small woods, I pinched that jade symbol which nearly got me killed for a long time and couldn't say anything. I didn't understand what effect this ordinary jade symbol could have to make them do such things, even killing people.

  I clearly remember the origin of this jade symbol. Two years ago, when I was a sophomore, I met Kang Cheng at an event organized by the student union. Since we were from the same county, I considered him a fellow townsman and remembered him well. But little did I know that just a few days later, I heard that he had lost the activity funds for his department and was scrambling to raise money everywhere.

  What a coincidence, I met Kang Cheng again on the street who was about to sell his jade pendant. Perhaps it was his anxious and reluctant expression that stimulated me, so I lent him my summer job salary for a month, which relieved his urgent need. From then on, Kang Cheng often came to find me to play, and the two of us gradually became familiar with each other.

  Six months later, Kang Cheng returned the money to me, but also insisted on giving me this jade pendant, saying it was passed down from his grandfather, not worth much but a talisman. I couldn't refuse him, so I accepted it in the end. After taking it to a jade shop for appraisal and finding out it's really worthless, I finally put my mind at ease, played with it for a while before throwing it into a corner.

  I've been playing with this jade pendant for at least two months, but I haven't found anything unusual about it. Thinking back to my interactions with Kang Cheng, I didn't notice anything out of the ordinary either. I'm certain that Kang Cheng doesn't have any special identity; he just rarely talks about his family because he seems to be from a single-parent household. Since everything seemed so normal, how can I explain what happened today? Suddenly, I was flooded with countless questions.

  "Hey, dead mouse, what are you doing calling me out so late? Don't you know that staying up all night can cause wrinkles? And if I'm not mistaken, shouldn't you be reporting to your company in Jiangnan City right now? What are you still doing here?" A loud scolding woke me up from my doubts, and when I looked up, a beautiful woman with long flowing hair was standing in front of me.

  "Ah, Xue Jie you're here, wu wu, listen to me, I almost died today. This afternoon when I was about to leave school, I...” As soon as I saw that girl, countless grievances arose in my heart, and I poured out everything that had happened today to her.

  Xue Jie's original name was Li Mingxue, she was my neighbor when I was a kid. Although we were the same age, she was always the one that parents praised, pretty, sweet mouth, good at studying, simply "other people's child".

  "What, Haizi, you, you can't be seeing ghosts, right?" Li Mingxue was also clearly shocked by my experience. We were all good kids who grew up under the red flag, and we used to be firm atheists.

  "Haotz, I think the problem lies in that jade symbol. Bring it here and let me take a look." Although shocked, Li Mingxue quickly regained his composure and asked me to hand over the jade symbol for him to examine.

  "Huh, Snowy, you... okay, let me show you" Li Mingxue asked me to hand over the jade pendant which made me very curious. Because I have a great relationship with her, and when Kang Cheng first gave it to me, I showed it to her. Originally, I wanted to give it to her as a gift, but she refused saying it was too ugly. But I didn't think much of it, who would want to harm me? But Snowy definitely wouldn't harm me.

  "Ah, this is just an ordinary jade pendant, nothing special about it." Li Mingxue took the pendant and looked at it very seriously, then raised her head to say to me, but I didn't see the surprise on her face when she was observing the pendant with her head lowered.

  "Yes, this is just a worthless broken jade, how can someone still kill for it? It's really a group of psychopaths. But Snow sister, what should I do? Should I hand over the jade symbol to the police?" I said anxiously, that group of people must be desperate, what if they threaten my parents like in the movies."

  "As soon as I mentioned giving it to the police, Li Mingxue blurted out 'can't', seemingly sensing my confusion before explaining 'Haozi, think about those bad people who wouldn't even mind killing for it, this might be very important to them. What if they come looking for you and don't believe you gave it to the police? So we can't give it to the police.'"

  "Alright, Snow, if we can't find it, then so be it. I'm starving and exhausted, let's go get something to eat and find a place to stay," I said, rubbing my belly. Today was a day of shock and running around, and now that I've relaxed, I feel truly physically and mentally drained. Plus, being with Snow makes me feel safe - it's been like this since we were kids.

  "Alright, let's go eat!" Li Mingxue said with a smile, and at the same time, she casually put the jade pendant into her pocket. Then, she took me to a nearby street stall to eat, as there were many night markets around this park.

  "I" attach great importance to Yu Fu at this moment, but I didn't ask Xue Jie to return it to me either. After all, I believe that Xue Jie won't harm me.

  I randomly found a big stall and ordered a few dishes. I started eating, so hungry that I didn't care about anything else, and ate alone. Snow sister's chopsticks didn't move, she just watched me eat.

  "Snow sister, I'll go to the restroom and pay the bill at the same time, wait for a moment." Less than ten minutes later, I finished all the dishes and got up to pay the bill. After all, I'm a man, even if I'm down on my luck, I shouldn't let a woman pay the bill. But as soon as I entered the restroom of the restaurant, I was shocked, because there was also a Li Mingxue in the restroom, and this Li Mingxue looked very disheveled, with loose clothes and bloodstains.

  "Haozi, don't talk, I know what you want to say, but I'm telling you that the one at the door is fake, she caught me and transformed into my appearance, I barely escaped, let's go quickly." Li Mingxue told me in a terrified tone, then tried to pull me away.

  I was directly stunned by this sudden change, two Snow Sisters, who the hell knows who is real, and what's the fake one for, my mind was racing with thoughts, I dare not follow the Snow Sister in front of me anymore, because I don't know who is real, what if this one is fake?

  "Haozi, look at me! I'm your sister Li Mingxue! Hurry up and go, or we won't make it in time. That's not a human being! Let's hurry!"

  "No, Xue Jie, wait a minute, I still have something to do." I coldly pulled my arm out of Xue Jie's grasp and turned around to walk out of the bathroom. I had already thought it through - everything was caused by that damned Yu Fu, and now even Xue Jie was implicated. How could I let it get away scot-free? I must destroy it, but first, I need to get the Yu Fu back.

  As I walked out of the restaurant, Li Mingxue was still sitting there in front of me. Seeing me come out, she wanted me to leave, saying that she had arranged a comfortable and safe place for me to stay, but I didn't take a step forward.

  "What's wrong, Haoyu? Is there a problem?" Li Mingxue asked, turning her head.

  "It's nothing, I just remembered what Cannes said to me, it seems to be related to this jade symbol" I said softly, slightly lowering my head, not letting her see my gaze, afraid of being discovered.

  "What? Really? What did you say?" Li Mingxue said excitedly and hastily.

  "Kang Cheng said, that, ah, Xue Jie you give me the jade symbol down, I'll point it out to you, maybe we can unlock the secret of the jade symbol," I said with great joy, but in my heart I was coldly laughing, indeed this Xue Jie is fake, the real Xue Jie would never be so eager to know the secret of the jade symbol.

  Li Mingxue seemed very anxious to know the secret of the jade symbol and didn't think twice about taking it out from her pocket and handing it over to me.

  "Look, Snow Sister, the pattern on this jade symbol isn't it very similar to an eye? Kang Cheng said at that time... Bang!" I picked up the jade symbol and pretended to explain it to Li Mingxue through the lamp light, but took advantage of her inattention and smashed down the wine bottle from the side table.

  Such a sudden change not only frightened the people around, but also made Li Mingxue look at me incredulously. She touched the bloodstains on her forehead and asked me, "Haozi, what are you doing? Why did you hit me?"

  "Hmph, I don't know who you are, but you dare to impersonate my sister Xue? That's not going to fly." I said coldly after retreating five or six meters.

  "What's wrong with you? I am Li Mingxue, open your eyes and take a good look!" Li Mingxue seemed to still not admit that she had been exposed, and she shouted at me loudly.

  "Haha" I chuckled and raised the beer bottle in my hand, pointing it at her and said "Act, continue acting, go ahead and act, Xue Jie, come out quickly and see how she'll keep up the act"

  Soon, Li Mingxue hiding in the dark came out, still looking disheveled, but her expression was much better. She walked to my side and said to fake Li Mingxue, "Haozi, let's go quickly, this fake one is not human, we need to be careful."

  "Alright, okay." I glanced at the boss of the food stall and the surrounding customers, only to find that someone had already secretly called the police. I didn't want to get into trouble again, and besides, we might not even be a match for that fake Li Mingxue. So the two of us turned around and ran away.

  From time to time looking back, found that the fake Li Mingxue had gone somewhere, but we still didn't dare to relax, ran several streets before daring to stop.

  "Hey, hey, Xue Jie, I'm not running anymore, I'm exhausted!" We've run so far, they shouldn't be able to catch up with us now. Besides, I've used up all my energy and it's really tiring after a whole day of this ordeal. Seeing a small hotel nearby, I quickly pulled Xue Jie in, if we didn't rest, I'm afraid we'd both collapse from exhaustion.

  "A double room" I opened a double room with the hotel service staff's sly gaze, originally wanted to open two rooms, but thinking that everyone had taken advantage of Xue Jie, I didn't feel at ease at all. The standard room was too awkward, although we grew up together as childhood friends and often slept together when we were young, but now it's different after all. Fortunately, the hotel did not give me a single room drama.

  As soon as we entered the room, we didn't want to do anything. We didn't even take off our clothes and just crawled onto the bed to sleep. Xue Jie was the same, having been frightened and running so far, she was already exhausted to death and didn't want to say anything, just lying on the bed sleeping. But before I fell asleep, I still asked Xue Jie to remove the battery from her phone. The bad guys in movies are all masters, who knows if they would use high-tech methods or not.

  It wasn't long after I lay down that I thought of Hulun, but there was no way, today was really too exhausting. However, I didn't expect Snow Sister, who was originally sleeping soundly, to stand up at this time, her entire demeanor completely different from before, especially her eyes shining with an eerie glow. Her right hand moved and the bed sheet floated up, then tore into seven or eight pieces. Her left hand waved and I, who was still fast asleep, floated in mid-air. Afterwards, those torn sheets bound me up.

  With a loud "thud", I fell directly from mid-air, startling me awake. As I opened my eyes, I saw the eerie Li Mingxue. My heart ached, it's all over, Snow sister is done for too. With a heart as dead as ash, I simply closed my eyes again, might as well just die, after eighteen years, I'm still a good man.

  "Speak out the secret of this jade token and I will spare your life." But before the imagined death arrived, a light and airy voice floated into his ear instead.

  "Hmph" I tilted my head, not wanting to bother with her. Spare me the trouble? No one would believe it anyway, we're all going to die in the end, so why should I tell you?