Chapter Seven  Return to the bookstore

Thinking of the situation he might encounter later,he dared not wasting time and rus.h.i.+ng into an internet cafe.

"Hai,can we get well in future?I said if I don't touch you over 24 hours,you should call the police immediately.Why didn't you or Sunlong do it? "

"f.u.c.k,you guy was crazy but we were not!"

"I am not crazy,to be serious,I am really in danger. "

"Oh,what a coincidence! I am also in danger now.I am just run out of my tomorrow year's tuition fee..."

Xia was trying to get comfort and courage from his friends,but all of them ignored him.It was sad that they thought it was a joke.

"These b.a.s.t.a.r.ds!f.u.c.king friends!Luckily,G.o.d blessed me, counting on them to call the police,I am a dead man than a dead man!"

Xia continually cursing his friends who live with him under the same ceiling not long ago.

He moved out of the school dormitory to look for jobs expediently,not trapping by the principles of the school,but it ended up backfiring on himself.

Now he couldn't find his grandpa,and his cla.s.smates were unreliable.He even couldn't count on the police,what would the police thought of him if he said he was haunted or the ghost killed people in Xinhua Big bookstore.

It was not realistic and not liable.

After all,no one believe in these uncanny supernatural thing like ghosts.

"Alas!"

Xia sighed with upset,he had never felt so helpless in his life.

Fortunately,he was resilient and optimistic,he would not be overwhelmed with the difficult.

He had always believe that there was more measures than troubles.If trouble had came,he would only to work it through.

Looking at the time on the computer,he realized it was thirty minutes past ten.There were not a short time until the night watch in the bookstore.

Considering he didn't get enough rest yesterday,he was sleepy.He decided to get a nap in the internet bar.He would ponder the watch things after his waking.

He needed a sober mind to think it over.

For his surprise,he woke up until over four o'clock on the afternoon.He didn't relaxed much physically but got much more clear-headed mentally.

Rus.h.i.+ng to the restroom to get a wash of his face,he returned to his seat and began to search on line.

"What should I do if I am haunted?"

"What can I do to avoid being chased by ghosts?"

"The measure of restraining ghosts"

"How can I kill a ghost?"

Searching for a while,he submitted himself to the various answer.

There were various contentions,but he took an arrow in the knee that there were many people slandering or attacking behind the answer.It was impossible to judge who was right or who was wrong.

Which was the right measure,and which was suicide.

The only method which had less dispute was the theory that"the ghosts were fear of the evils"which he tried yesterday night.

The theory said you should not fear when facing the ghost,express fierce and vicious,and smash to beat it with swearing harshly.

"I can't watch any more,otherwise I will do something silly.People on line are all unreliable. "

Finding no solution on line,Xia considered it was a waste of time in the internet cafe.

Leaving there,he called for a taxi and entered a comprehensive supermarket near the bookstore.

He got to the supermarket not far snacks,but for preparing for the "watch" at night.

He lingered at the supermarket until about six o'clock,leaving with two bags of good.He called a taxi to go to Xinhua Big bookstore.

As it was not past six o'clock yet,the bookstore was opening with many clients reading and staffs busted around.No one would believe it turns to horrible purgatory every night until he had seen the sense by himself.

But he was not much surprised at it's regular operating with so many people died in it.

In large numbers,these things would be put dawn or hided.What had happened here must be kept back.

Observing for a moment,Xia went to the parking lot beside the street.

For his pleasure,his car was still there.

Opening the car's door,he sat in with a bit of excitement.

Being a Chinese teacher of a leading senior high school but not a head teacher and not conducting lessons for payment,his mother didn't earn a lot.When came to his dad,a commis of a public inst.i.tution,he also didn't get a rich salary.

In other words,he has a moderate background,either too bad or good.

But his didn't know his grandpa's situation for he didn't live with him.He remembered his people wine and dine his grandpa so he didn't have to pay for anything.

Coming from an ordinary family,Xia had dreamed of sufficient material life since his childhood such as living in a large villa,driving luxury cars and getting a nice job.

As one of his friends once said,his dream was a vulgar one without any technical content.

So for him,the Audi A6 car was a big surprise though there was a bigger scare after that.

He recalled the middle-aged man would come later,so he was not busy going to the bookstore.

Turing on the radio of the car,he changed it to a relax music channel.Humming with the music,he felt much comfortable,and most of the cloud in his mind gone with it.

Lingering in the car for a whole hour,he got off the car and shuffled to the bookstore.

The bookstore was closed at his arrival,and the street nearby seemed desolate with few people and cars.

But there were three persons standing at the front of the door,three youth,two female and one male.

Xia looked around and found it strange not to see the middle-aged man there.

"Excuse me...are you Mr. Xia?"

While looking for the man,he heard a soft female voice.

"Yes,I am."

Having guess they were the recruits the man reminded before,he asked uncertainly."Who are you?"

"We are here for probating,the man interviewed us make us to wait here for you."

"Well."Xia nodded as if he know it,then he considered for a while and asked."So where is he,I don't see him here."

"He came before,but he seemed to have some emergency and left. "

This time,a man,wearing a pair of gla.s.ses and keeping a "three-seven" hairstyle,answered in a voice like....an eunuch.

Xia's face became weird.fighting to hold laughter,he said in a profound voice."OK,not that we are on the same board,we should rally tonight."

Not waiting for their response,Xia unlocked the door and entered at first.

It was still pitch black in the bookstore,not even close to see anything.

Thinking of being haunted or even killed by the ghosts,he felt the cold creeping on his spine and his legs were s.h.i.+vering a bit.

It would be a lie if he had said he was not afraid.

For the three recruits,not knowing anything,they expressed various fear with the complete dark.

"Why so dark here,I can't see anything!"

"Yes.It is too horrible.At least turning on the light."

"Everybody watch your step.I am gonna take out my cell phone for illuminating."

It was not until one of them start the flashlight tool of the cell phone that they could see some thing.

In the light,Xia paused to put down his bags and rummaged out three flashlight.

He pa.s.sed two flashlights to the three recruits,remaining one for himself.

"The flashlights were for a makes.h.i.+ft using,because I don't know where is the switch too. "

Xia had only bought three flashlights,not because for saving the money no more than 20 yuan,but because he thought the man would only bring two recruits.

He had to consider for them,after all they were a team in the bookstore for a whole night.

The three recruits were surprised at the prepared flashlights,apparently,they thought didn't need the flashlights as long as they found the switch.

"Em...What about we looking for a switch separately.It won't have no switches here."

One of them suggested.

Other two recruits agreed with the proposal,but Xia shook his head and said."Before you doing that,I have some questions to ask you."