CHAPTER 11: Bus Stop

Leaving the academy, the two of them walked to the front of the convenience store. It was dark all around, but this was the only place with lights on. Xie Cheng squatted by the door and stroked Husky's head, asking: "Where did this puppy come from, Ying?".

After drinking some water, he said: "I found it in the backyard of the cafeteria. It found you and dragged you here."

"Oh, is that so?". He opened his backpack and took out a few sausages to feed Husky. The dog wagged its tail and ate deliciously.

Smiling at the dog, he said: " Ying, go to the convenience store to get some more food and medical supplies. We have more members now, so the food we brought isn't enough."

"Yes." Throwing the empty can of water into the trash, he walked inside.

The puppy's eating posture was so cute, he couldn't help but pet it all over, then his eyes accidentally glanced at the dog's silver chain collar, tilting his head: "Your owner disappeared and left you behind? It's okay, follow us, we'll take good care of you."

The Husky wagged its tail and barked happily: "Woof woof."

There was a small silver name tag on the Husky's collar, he immediately looked at it: "Wang?".

Xie Cheng stroked the Husky's head: "Your name is Wang? Wang Gou? Haha! Then from now on I'll call you little Wang, okay?".

Through the glass door of the store, Xie Ying's red pupils lit up as he stared at little Wang. For some reason, seeing Xie Cheng happily petting and petting little Wang made him feel a little jealous. He squeezed the bag of sausages in his hand so tightly that the sausages squirted out.

Who would have thought he would be jealous of a dog!

While scratching Wang's belly, he suddenly looked over and saw Xie Ying's legs, and looked up. He handed him some things: "Here!".

His expression at this moment looked very funny, he puffed his cheeks and turned his face away to give him the things without even looking at him. Xie Cheng took them but didn't understand why this kid was like this so he ignored him. He thought that he was having some kind of a fit again and would be back to normal after a while. Xie Ying saw that he didn't care about him and was only busy petting Xiao Wang so he pulled him up and let him fall into his arms.

"Ouch! Are you crazy?".

He started to act spoiled: "I'm hungry!".

Sighing, he patted his head and took out a sandwich packed in his backpack and gave it to him, gently saying: "Here, eat it".

That was how he treated a mentally ill person, he thought that the kid was having a fit again so just being gentle with him was considered helping him.

Xie Ying shook his head: "No, you feed me."

The veins on his temples twitched slightly, he restrained himself and accepted to tear open the bag to feed him. He opened his mouth to take a bite then turned to smirk at Wang. Wang tilted his head and wagged his tail with a cute expression of not understanding anything. Xie Cheng slapped his head: "Eat quickly and then go!".

Xie Ying looked at him with a pitiful expression, he sighed helplessly.

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"Ah, his name is Wang." Xie Ying walked in front.

"Oh, from now on, Wang will be our member so we have to take good care of him." Xie Cheng walked behind with Wang.

Wang: "Agh."

Xie Ying: ".....".

The three of them walked closer to the bus stop, Wang suddenly ran forward and barked at the billboard.

The two of them: "Huh?".

Under the dim light of the bus stop, they saw a piece of black paper stuck on the billboard. On the paper was written: "The curse has fallen on the 'sheep' who want to escape the evil of the world".

The blood-red letters were written neatly and in a straight line as if printed from some system. Xie Cheng frowned as he read it, not understanding what was going on, thinking it was an advertisement for an upcoming movie.

Xie Ying didn't care, so he sat down on the bench, took out his phone, and pressed it, saying: "It's ten o'clock at night already".

Looking at the paper, he said: "Um, but come here and see".

Xie Ying: "Huh?".

He turned off the phone and stood up to walk to the billboard. Xie Cheng immediately held his hand and poked a finger into the words on the paper.

Xie Ying: "..?".

"Do you feel anything?".

He looked at him in confusion: "It's normal, what's wrong?".

"Strange!". He exclaimed in surprise. Because just now he raised his finger to touch the words because they were shiny and beautiful. Who would have thought that as soon as he put it in, his finger immediately sank in. He was startled and pulled it out, pulling a stream of blood down. It flowed down the paper and formed a small puddle on the ground.

"There! Look...". He pointed to the pool of blood on the ground. In the blink of an eye, there was no more blood, the road surface was dry.

"Huh?!". Xie Cheng rubbed his eyes, squatted down, brought his face close to the road surface to observe, and groped the road surface with his hand. There was no way the blood could dry up in an instant! There was absolutely no sign of the blood pool ever existing.

Hearing him say that, he immediately turned to observe the paper, the paper, each line, then placed his hand on the paper and closed his eyes.

"Rush rush!".

Suddenly the paper caught fire, Xie Cheng stood up in surprise and Xie Ying away: "What the hell?!".

The fire gradually subsided and disappeared in an instant, the paper was still intact, completely without any signs of burning or tearing, brand new.

"Beep beep beep!!!".

"Woof woof woof!".

The bus lights shone directly on the three of them, blinding them, Wang barked loudly at the bus. The door suddenly opened, white smoke escaped, Wang immediately jumped behind Xie Cheng's legs and barked continuously.

Xie Cheng and Xie Ying looked at each other: "...".

"Damn! Shut up and stop barking!". A girl's sour voice echoed from inside the bus, Wang fell silent.

Xie Cheng signaled Xie Ying with his eyes, and Xie Ying nodded in understanding. The three of them got on the bus.

As soon as they got in, a cold wind blew straight into their faces, causing them to shiver. The dim lights in the bus and the sparsely populated seats created a gloomy and scary atmosphere. There were four people in the bus, plus the three of them, him and Xiao Wang. There were seven. There were two girls sitting next to each other on the right row, a young man sitting behind the two girls, and an old man sitting near the end of the left row. They all looked confused and scared.

It seemed like they were the ones who hadn't disappeared!

The girl's sour voice spoke again: "Since you're on, get in your seat quickly, so we can go to the other stations!".

Xie Cheng and Xie Ying were still standing there, frozen because they both felt something was not quite right. They felt their entire bodies lighten, their shoulders not feeling tired, and at the same time, they both reached behind their backs to grab their backpacks, but their hands slipped into the air.

The backpacks had disappeared!

Xie Cheng immediately put his hand on his head, panicked: "The helmet is gone too!".

He raised his hand and found that the iron rod was still in his hand, the long-bladed knife was still lying quietly in the black cloth and was carried on his waist.

"Only the weapon did not disappear." Xie Ying put his hand on his shoulder and continued: "Sit down and then we'll talk about it."

The three of them sat in the last row, Wang climbed up and sat next to the window, then lay down on Xie Cheng's lap, Xie Ying sat down next to him.

Seeing that no one else was getting on the car, the door automatically closed and the car started moving.

Suddenly Xie Ying felt someone was staring at him, he glanced up and found the old man sitting in the front row was sticking his head out to look at him with a scary gaze. He frowned and glanced at him, the old man's expression did not change, he did not say anything and sat down.

"Everyone, please check if you have this piece of paper on you. If not, please get out of the car immediately." The young man pushed up his glasses, stood up, walked to the middle of the car, and handed over a small, black rectangular piece of paper.

The girl spoke in a sour voice: "You crazy guy, sit down quickly, that piece of paper is just a joke, what the hell is it!".

The young man argued back, seemingly not getting along very well: "Li Xiao Juan! Can you stop being like that? Now we are all cursed and this piece of paper is related to our lives! If one person in the car doesn't have it, the whole group will die!".

The sour girl named Li Xiao Juan stood up, grabbed his collar, and angrily said: "Hey Liang Zun! Let's break up! Now get out of the car right now! What nonsense are you talking about!".

Young man Liang Zun pushed Li Xiao Juan away and then pointed at the old man: "This little girl is so eager to break up! Isn't that what that old man over there said?!".

Li Xiao Juan: "So you believe him too?!".

The cold silence in the car soon became noisy and made my head hurt.