The lady crawling out of the TV

July of the lunar calendar，Ghost Month.

The lanterns on both sides of the street flickered on and off, and the drizzle slowly slid down the red silk surface and accumulated on the tassels at the lower edge.

Yi fan dodged the lantern and walked away. When he arrived at the residential building, his trouser legs were still wet.

Close the umbrella and sit on the stairs.

He took out a delicate little gift box from his pocket, wiped it gently, and carefully put it back into his pocket.

Let the trouser legs dry until there is no color difference and come to the end of the fourth floor.

Through the stainless steel door, I heard a man's laughter coming from the room.

His fingers paused for a few seconds before ringing the doorbell:

"Xinyan, it's me."

The sound in the room suddenly stopped.

Soon, it turned into the sound of rustling, the sound of hitting the corner of the table, the sound of debris falling on the table...

Soon after, the door opened.

A girl wearing a low-cut nightgown appeared in front of Yi fan with a cold face. She blocked the door and seemed not to let him in:

"It's so late, why didn't you say anything when you came here?"

There was a hint of questioning in her tone.

Yi fan ignored it and lowered his gaze: "Tattoo?"

Chen Xinyan lowered her head and glanced at her chest.

It was a small butterfly. The two of them had been together for half a month, and Yi fan had indeed never seen it.

"It's posted."

She pulled up her nightgown, relaxed her hand on the doorknob a little, and her expression gradually changed from hostility to a hint of apology:

"Yi fan, although I took the initiative to pursue you, in the past half month we have been

together, I have never seen you smile, nor have I felt that you have any interest in me. It is like a human being and a machine. Being with you is simply... It’s torture, let’s break up.”

Yi fan put his pocket in his pocket, touched the exquisite gift box in his pocket, and shrugged: "I didn't tell you earlier."

Chen Xinyan was silent for a while:

"Sorry, I saw you were running an escape room shop, so I thought you had good conditions."

"Who would have thought that your store wouldn't make any money at all?"

"Also, those jokes you play every day are really boring."

"Especially when I can't laugh, you have to explain to me the point of laughter."

"You know what? Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog. Not only is it boring, but it kills the frog."

"..."

Yi fan: "Who told you not to smile?"

"..."

Chen Xinyan: "Don't make me angry on purpose."

"Sorry." Yi fan spread his hands: "After all, it's a joke; the person who hears the joke only needs to laugh, but the person who tells the joke has many things to consider."

Chen Xinyan was silent.

"Isn't it funny? Let me explain to you the funny point of this joke?"

"Please." Chen Xinyan couldn't hold it any longer: "As long as you stop talking, I'll do anything."

Chen Xinyan felt like the sky was falling, and her newly made nails dug into the door.

bang

The wind brought dust and smashed out a figure.

Across the door, she said:

"Yi fan, I curse you to never get a wife in this life, go to hell!!!"

…

…

A jewelry store on the street late at night.

The waiter pointed to the sign apologetically: "Sir, once the jade comes out of the closet, we will not return or exchange it. I'm sorry."

Walking on the way home.

The lantern falls in the rain, and I have no intention of hiding anymore.

Five thousand yuan...

Nearly two months’ rent.

In order to save money, Yifan rented a well-known haunted house.

It is said that many years ago, a massacre occurred here.

To this day, people can still hear screams and cries.

Yifan doesn't believe this at all and is not afraid at all.

In the past, when we all went out to play in the secret room together, he would always go in and out with an expressionless expression, and he defeated the NPC pretending to be a ghost countless times.

I have played a lot, and I think I have some experience.

After I graduated, I took stock and realized that playing a lot and making money from it are completely different things.

If he wasn't a decent person, occasionally his friends would bring people over to support him.

It has already closed down.

Pushing open the door, the small mahogany sword hanging on the door handle clanged.

This was put up by the previous tenant and he never bothered to clean it up.

I changed my shoes, curled up on the sofa, turned on the TV, and randomly found an old movie.

The film plays to the classic scene——

The female ghost is about to crawl out of the TV.

Yifan yawned and pressed the pause button.

I took off my clothes, walked into the bathroom, stood under the shower, with hot water washing my tired body, and looked back at my life:

With an ordinary family and mediocre studies, he reluctantly went to college. After graduation, he lived an ordinary life day after day, and then fell into an inexplicable love at the urging of his parents.

It was like a knife stabbed into a crunching nest, painful and funny at the same time.

Press the shampoo and it will make a popping sound.

Unscrew the cap, pour in hot water, shake evenly and press again to squeeze out the shampoo.

Yifan smiled bitterly.

She was right.

Man-machine only has feelings about saving money, and is not suitable for falling in love at all.

It’s better not to delay other girls in the future and live your own life.

Dry yourself, put on a pair of shorts and get out of the bathroom.

A chill hit my face.

Yifan was surprised,

Yesterday I complained to the landlord that the air conditioner was not cooling, and someone was sent to fix it today?

I shivered, hunched my shoulders and ran into the room to put on short sleeves. Still feeling cold, I put on another coat.

I ran to the living room and was about to turn off the air conditioner.

Sudden,

Yifan's pupils contracted——

I saw a snow-white hand stretching out from the TV screen!

The light bulb crackled and short-circuited, and the room went dark for a moment.

Through the moonlight outside the window, I could vaguely see the hands grabbing the edge of the screen, and the upper body slowly crawling out...

Bang!

She squeaked, her center of gravity became unstable, and her head hit the ground with a crisp sound.

Yifan: "?"

Could it be that the Ghost Moon is the Ghostly Spring Festival?

A female ghost also wants to wish me a happy life?

With a confused look on his face, he saw her standing up and rubbing her forehead in confusion.

Yifan looked at her whole body.

It was a snow-white face, and the skin had a faint luster, like white jade under the moonlight.

The eyes were like the surface of a cold winter lake, light blue, slightly glowing in the dim environment.

The black hair was as smooth as night and spread over her shoulders.

The lip color is light and almost transparent.

She has a slender and tall figure, wearing a layered white skirt with a slightly dated feel, and the hem of the skirt cuts through the air silently.

A closer look revealed that her feet were not actually standing on the ground, but were in a dangling state.

Somehow, I always felt that she looked familiar.

So cold...

A thin layer of frost formed on the windows, and the water in the water glass gradually solidified.

Yifan's lips turned white and his body trembled to the point of convulsions.

At such a critical moment, he thought:

It turns out there are really ghosts in this world...

Yifan has always thought that having ghosts is a good thing, because it means that people can still retain consciousness after death.

Maybe your deceased relatives are still with you, and maybe you can see them again.

One person and one ghost looked at each other speechlessly.

Finally, the girl's voice broke the silence.

She pursed her lips, tilted her head and said:

"Charmander, is that you?"

"?"

Yifan was confused.

The ghost can actually speak human language.

And unlike her cold temperament, her voice sounded quite sweet.

But what is she talking about? ? ?

Although he didn't quite understand, Yifan still replied seriously: "Sorry, you may have mistakenly admitted that I am Yifan."

A flash of disappointment flashed in the girl's eyes: "Okay, may I ask where this is?"

"East Gate."

"Is this your home?"

"Rent."

"..."

She put her hands behind her back and said, "Sorry to bother you."

This ghost is so polite that he bites you one at a time.

Yifan was not afraid of ghosts to begin with, but now his vigilance was even lower.

The girl silently floated towards the door, passing by her, she smelled a faint scent of violet.

At the door, the girl touched the door handle. To be precise, she touched the peach wood sword hanging on the door handle.

Stab——

A crisp sound!

It sounds like a squid being pressed against an iron plate.

The burning sensation stung her and she pulled back her hand!

The girl glanced at the palm of her hand and seemed to understand something.

After a brief pause, she slowly turned back. The temperature in the air became lower and the wind became sharper!

"..."

Yifan felt a chill on his back——

It's over!

His face hurt from the cold wind, he had a strong desire to survive, and he spoke quickly:

"Listen to my explanation. This was done by the previous tenant and has nothing to do with me! Really!"

"..."

The cold wind gradually subsided.

At this moment, the Five Emperors' Money hanging on the window sill happened to be blown off by the wind and fell to the floor with a clanking sound.

The girl glanced at Five Emperors' Money and then at Yifan.

The cold wind is picking up.

"..."

Yifan wanted to cry but had no tears: "Misunderstanding, I will clean up all these things later. I really didn't put them there! How about this, I will imitate the Charmander for you, can you calm down?"

Looking at Yifan, who was harmlessly breathing fire, the cold wind weakened again.

The girl put her hands behind her back and asked dubiously: "Are there many of these things...out there?"

"Normally it should be fine, but this month is the ghost month. People will burn paper money, light lamps, and some people will sell evil spirits. Relatively speaking, there will be more."

"..."

The girl was silent for a moment:

"Okay, I'll go through the window."

After saying that, she floated to the window sill, opened the window, held on to the railing with her hands, and tried her best to poke her head out.

Yifan watched her silently.

This ghost...why does he look a little naive?

Taking this opportunity, he picked up the air-conditioning blanket on the sofa and wrapped it tightly around himself, then rubbed his shoulders and kindly reminded: "Guiyue, you won't be able to float far like this."

After hearing this, she turned back, her light blue eyes confused and at a loss.

It doesn't look like a ghost at all...

She was clearly a girl who had strayed into someone else's home and felt awkward.

Yifan looked at her eyes and was slightly stunned.

My body temperature gradually rose, and I felt more settled in my heart. After thinking about it, I took the initiative and said, "Can I ask what you want to do?"

"..."

The girl looked at the shivering Yifan and said, "I want to go home."

"Where is your home?"

"I don't remember."

"Then how are you going to find it?"

"I have no idea."

"..."

Yifan:

This female ghost is polite, not threatening, and is proficient in refrigeration functions.

In a midsummer city, you can save a lot of electricity bills with this cooling skill...

"So be it."

He had an idea:

"If you don't mind, you can stay at my house temporarily. My air conditioner happens to be broken. In return, I will go out and help you find your family during the day. How about that?"

The girl thought for a second and shook her head slightly: "Thank you for your kindness, but a man and a woman cannot live together in the same room, sorry."

After saying that, she started to poke her head out the window again.

Although it feels a bit pity.

But since she has this idea, she won't hold back too much.

The girl's upper body was completely leaning out of the window.

Seeing this, Yifan thought of a cold joke and said softly: "By the way, do you know what will happen if mung beans jump out of the window?"

The girl paused, looked back through the glass and asked, "What will it become?"

"red beans."

Yifan finished.

The air froze instantly and you could hear a pin drop.

He seemed to be used to this kind of silence, and explained without changing his face: "The meaning of this joke is that mung beans bleed when they jump off the building. The blood dyes themselves red, and then they turn into red beans."

A few seconds later, through the window, the girl raised a faint smile.

The clear little pear dimples add a touch of life to the snow-white face.

She took back her body, sat on the windowsill and smiled: "Interesting!"

"?"

Yifan had originally planned to jump off a building to see if he would become famous.

I didn't expect to hear such an answer.

He looked at the girl: "Isn't explaining a joke like dissecting a frog? It's not interesting at all?"

"No." The girl said seriously: "I didn't understand, and you patiently explained it to me. It was very considerate. Why is it boring?"

"..."

"..."

Yifan's breath was taken away.

It seems to be too cold around here, a bit chilly.

He pursed his lips, put his hands in his pockets pretending to be indifferent, and looked at the flickering TV:

"Yeah, so...your temperature can be actively controlled?"

The girl closed her eyes and thought about it for a moment, then opened her eyes apologetically: "It doesn't seem possible, I'm sorry, I'm leaving now."

She prepared to poke her head in.

Yifan immediately waved:

"Wait a minute, if you just go out like this, think about how many people will be indifferent to you? Even if everyone has no objection to you, it will attract the attention of others. What if someone comes and arrests you for research? ?”

"What I mean is that there happens to be a small study room where I work at home. We can move the sofa into it. You can sleep on the sofa for the next two days. After you master the cooling function, it will not be too late to go out to find relatives. "

"It just happens to avoid the limelight of Ghost Moon. We have separate rooms, so it doesn't count as being in the same room. What do you think?"

After Yifan finished speaking, he took back his hand and looked further away.

The girl was lost in thought.

After a while, she hesitated and said, "But...isn't this too much trouble for you?"

"No trouble." Yifan pointed to the air conditioner: "We help each other."

"..."

Silent again, the girl was obviously a little shaken.

For some reason, Yifan suddenly felt guilty for deceiving the little girl... Bah, little girl ghost.

Yifan took a breath and said, "I don't know what to call him yet."

The girl put her hands behind her back and said, "I don't remember my original name. Please call me Li Yin."

"Li Yin...are you hungry? I'll get you some food."

As he spoke, Yifan took his hand out of the air-conditioning blanket.

Before ordering takeout, he planned to bring the Jade Buddha worth 5,000 yuan to show off his strength.

Take out the Jade Buddha from the exquisite box.

Li Yin said softly: "Thank you."

The cold wind picked up the object and swept the Jade Buddha away.

Li Yin held the Jade Buddha in her hand.

After a while,

The jade color disappeared, leaving only gray impurities.

Yifan looked at the girl and the stone in her hand, and his heart was about to burst:

Why did my five thousand yuan turn into stone...

The hemp rope will break at the thinnest part, and the bad luck will only seek out the misfortune.

Suddenly I felt so tired, and I felt as helpless as an ancient eunuch visiting a brothel.

After a long silence, Yifan raised his head and looked at her eagerly:

"I would like to ask, in your ghost's world view, is there such a thing as losing money?"