Invade the World

   Chapter 21 Homecoming

  Xu Xiangyang lowered his eyes and saw that the girl's hand was firmly holding his arm. Under the fair skin, the blue blood vessels appeared distinct due to excessive force.

  What, what's wrong?

  "Don't look...above..."

   Lin Xingjie repeated the words just now. Her voice became trembling slightly, intermittently, and seemed very strenuous. The girl's palm was about to scratch her arm, and Xu Xiangyang frowned with pain.

  This surprised him, because it was the first time that Xu Xiangyang felt such a weak side of a girl.

His neck was as difficult to move as a machine covered with rusty gears, and a layer of goose bumps formed on his skin. However, out of worry, he still tried to turn his stiff head and look back, wanting to see Lin Xingjie's current situation clearly. situation.

  The black-haired girl is lowering her head, her hair is falling weakly, covering her face, her thin body is trembling and trembling, as if she is enduring some kind of heavy burden or great pain.

  "Don't look...above!"

  Even so, she is still trying to remind herself.

  "……"

  Xu Xiangyang pursed his lips tightly.

The rustling sound still showed no signs of disappearing. Instead, it stayed on the ceiling, getting louder and getting closer, whirling around the ears, like ten thousand tiny bugs crawling on the head. Moving, it may fall down at any time...

  ——No one heard it? !

Xu Xiangyang stared at the bustling crowd in front of them, their backs and backs of heads, noisy human voices, wanting to call for help, but it was as if someone had covered their mouth with their hands, and only the sound of "hoho" could be heard from the throat. , Can't say a word...

  No one found out.

  No one noticed.

  The people in front of them, the people behind them, and the people passing by them all passed by without realizing it.

   At this moment, Xu Xiangyang and Lin Xingjie seem to have been isolated to another alien space that overlaps with the real world, and is locked with the "something" above their heads...

  "...No way! I insist on not...Um, why?!"

  Xu Xiangyang heard the girl standing behind snorting, the strength in his hands suddenly relaxed, and his body lost balance and leaned forward softly.

  He hurriedly turned around, supporting Lin Xingjie's body with his hands, but the two of them squatted down together.

Although the current state cannot be called a "hug" in the strict sense, this is indeed the most intimate moment of physical contact between the teenager and the girl. However, Xu Xiangyang naturally has no intention of caring about this. He embraces Lin Xingjie’s slender waist with one hand. While pushing away the bangs on her forehead with his hand, she revealed a weak face that seemed to be recovered from a serious illness.

   "You, are you okay?"

  "It's okay...I...I'm just a little tired..."

  The girl half-lying in Xu Xiangyang's arms panted, and smiled reluctantly at him. Her face was pale, her forehead was covered with crystal beads of sweat, and her hair was wet, she was sweating like she did after strenuous exercise.

  In less than ten seconds, Lin Xingjie seemed to have exhausted all of her energy, leaning on herself softly.

   "The problem is... out of control... how could..."

  She lowered her eyelids extremely worried.

  ——Almost at the same moment, there was another shocking movement on the top of their heads.

  This time it’s no longer a irritating sound like the faint echo of a large number of insects crawling, but something more amazing...

"Breathing.

Xu Xiangyang couldn't help but imagine the scene of "a huge mouth opened and closed above his head". The wind column composed of strong wind, under the action of the suction force, moved everything around it towards the blood bowl, the big mouth and the deep dark mouth. Swept.

  What is on their heads? Giant? Or a monster?

What followed was the horrible chewing sound, the surface of the soft limbs was squeezed and cut, and finally the echo of body fluids splashed, like the cry of women's weeping, all mixed together... There was even some kind of splashing liquid. It dripped from the top of the head, on the skin of the neck, and slipped a little to the inner lining of the clothes...

  Xu Xiangyang finally couldn't bear it anymore, he grabbed Lin Xingjie's hand and wanted to take her to escape, and suddenly raised his head.

  Whatever it is, he must see clearly! Even if there are really terrifying and beyond-imaginative monsters on it, you must muster the courage to face it directly instead of sitting in place and waiting to be swallowed!

  ……

  Under the dark sky bridge, there seems to be a problem with the refraction of light: shallow ripples appear in the space, and signs of distortion appear everywhere in the eye. For Xu Xiangyang, this is a very familiar sight that I only saw yesterday——

A certain vague and huge light and shadow flowed slippery on the ceiling like a tide; a twisted shadow was struggling and twisting the body desperately on the edge of the "mouth" of this behemoth, even though it couldn't see the specifics. The shadow of the appearance is quite vividly showing vigorous vitality, which makes people think of a bug that has been stomped by the sole of the shoe, but is still twitching and twisting in the serum.

  However, this struggle is destined to be useless. The meandering insect shadow that crawled out of the yellow-haired mixture was drawn into the huge vortex of light and shadow, and disappeared completely.

"This……!"

  It is not the first time that Xu Xiangyang has seen this "creature" with unpredictable illusory light and shadow, and can only barely imagine a "creature" with a huge outline. On the contrary, he has already begun to feel familiar with the existence of Xiao An. However, this was the first time that it showed its true essence in front of him——

  It is only a different kind of hideous and terrifying, full of greedy bites and swallows.

  With the disappearance of the insect shadow, the breathing of the girl in her arms gradually became smoother. The weird "creature" seemed to be very satisfied with the meal, like a huge fish floating on the surface and flicking its tail, leaving a large wet mark on the ceiling, and finally dissipating into the air.

  Yan Mingjun lay on the ground and convulsed for a while, and remained motionless for the last time.

  *

   "Xingjie...?"

  Xu Xiangyang squatted there stiffly, and it took a long time to come back to his senses. He asked quietly, slightly worried.

   "I'm fine."

   Lin Xingjie supported his shoulders and stood up.

  After taking a deep breath, the pupils of the black-haired girl became clear again. She lifted the hair on her forehead with her hand, and after finishing her bangs, she showed a relaxed expression to herself.

   "Sorry, I worried you."

  "Would you like to see the hospital?"

   "No. I'm just... uh, a little bit anemia. I'm sick, just take a short rest."

  As soon as he said this, Xu Xiangyang couldn't help but frowned.

  Obviously, this is just an excuse. That morning, Lin Xingjie wanted to sloppy and fool around in this way; but this time, she didn't tell the truth.

  "Am I your friend?" He said with a serious face, "I don't care about other things, but now...you are tired like this, isn't it the time to hide it?"

  Facing Xu Xiangyang’s questioning, Lin Xingjie blinked, and then laughed out loud.

   "Why do you have to put on such a serious look, it's not for you."

  Xu Xiangyang only insisted on an aggressive posture for a while, and the expression on his face quickly became unstretched.

   "...I am asking you very seriously, Lin Xingjie."

  He sighed.

"I am really worried. I know that there are some things that I may not be able to help, because I do not have the same ability as you. You may only be able to bear the difficulties you encounter, but as a friend, I still hope that you can treat me To be honest, even as a way to vent stress..."

  Lin Xingjie has always felt that sometimes her friend is not like a high school student. Just like now, in the past, she never thought that she could hear this from someone else's mouth.

"Ok, I know."

  This time, the girl answered very simply. Her tone was softer than ever. His pupils were as gentle as Moyu, watching Xu Xiangyang's face quietly.

   "I will tell you. It's just...not suitable for talking here."

  At the same time she said this, there was a whistle sound not far away, and Xu Xiangyang raised his head, only to realize that the ambulance had arrived.

  Medical staff in white coats rushed over carrying the stretcher. The crowd stepped aside and carried the unconscious gangster who was lying on the ground and spitting foam on the stretcher.

   "The worm that was eaten by Xiao An must be related to that house... But now, there must be no clues."

  Xu Xiangyang thought, while looking around, he found that the people who had gathered to watch the excitement were gradually dispersing. He glanced at his watch and realized that the two of them had been here too long.

"good."

  Lin Xingjie grabbed Xu Xiangyang's arm, he helped her weakly, and the two left the overpass side by side.

  *

  Wait until the brilliant clouds appeared on the horizon, the two finally returned to the familiar alley.

  The school is at one end, and the commercial street is at the other end, so the two arrived at Xu Xiangyang's door first.

  "Sunward?"

  "……"

   "Xu Xiangyang?"

   "Uh...huh?"

  Xu Xiangyang looked like he had just recovered, his expression was slightly embarrassed.

There is no other reason for   , it is naturally because of the intimate posture of the two cuddling together.

  At the beginning, the thoughts in his mind were confused, and he didn't pay attention to this aspect; but after a long time, he had to feel it.

The warm and soft body, the faint fragrance between the ink-colored hair, the girl who is close at hand, compared to the lively and amiable performance of the usual, at this moment, there is a kind of soft beauty, which makes people can't help but want Protect her, want to hold her in his arms.

  Because he had been supporting Lin Xingjie to move forward, he could feel the softness and temperature of the girl's abdomen through the palm of his hand through the cloth. When this was reached, Xu Xiangyang even had a thought that he could not bear to let go.

  It is clear that a good friend is in the weakest state, but he is taking advantage of others...Xu Xiangyang scolded himself as a ruin in his heart, but the hand on his flanks still did not take the initiative to let go.

   "I don't want to be held by you again."

   "What, what?!"

  Xu Xiangyang was taken aback, thinking that he had just said what was in his heart.

  But Lin Xingjie did not look at him. The girl stood up straight, picked up her neckline and sniffed, and apologized to him in a small embarrassed manner.

   "I was in a cold sweat just now. I'm sure, it must be...it smells right? You don't need to hold on, I'm fine."

  I only smelled a good smell, Xu Xiangyang thought. Of course, such words could not be said at all, he could only let go of his hand silently.

"thank you……"

   "No thanks. Would you like me to accompany you..."

   "No, no more! Goodbye."

  For some reason, the girl's expression seemed a little flustered. After bidding farewell to herself, she walked towards the depths of the alley on her own, speeding up her pace, and soon disappeared from sight.

  Xu Xiangyang looked at her back and frowned slightly, always feeling that she was hiding something from herself.

  However, let her rest well today, and talk about it tomorrow.

  He shook his head and walked to his house.

  ……

  Only a few steps out, Lin Xingjie was a little out of breath and had to slow down.

  The girl tried to remember what happened on the way home. It feels really good to be worried and taken care of by others. She couldn't help smiling.

   Approaching dusk, the light falling from the skylight in the corridor coated the dirty tiled wall with a pale golden hazy glow.

  On both sides of the road, faint human voices echoed.

  The girl saw two middle-aged women standing at the door chatting whispers. Before she left the house, she met these two people, both of whom were neighbors who lived next to her house. At this time, they both stared at herself with a weird and repulsive look.

"boom."

  The two returned to their home and closed the door.

  The girl walked through the deserted alley, her smile on her face narrowed a little until she was expressionless.

When    came to the door, the faint weird noise suddenly became clear and distinct, pouring into the auricle, mixed with women's calls and men's gasps.

  She stood in front of the door, did not knock, but looked up at the skylight above the door.

  The afterglow of the setting sun seemed to be seen through a layer of water, and it became blurred, but it was still so dazzling.

   Lin Xingjie blinked, always feeling a little sore around her eye sockets, very uncomfortable.

  Fortunately... Fortunately, Xu Xiangyang did not follow.

  In fact, she knew very well that this kind of thing could not be hidden from others, and there was no point in concealing it, but she still instinctively didn't want her friends to know.

  Knowing that she has such a mother and such a family, and knowing that she lives such a frustrating life.

   Lin Xingjie sighed slightly, slowly took out the key from his pocket and inserted it into the keyhole.

  Until she heard the sound of hurriedly approaching footsteps--

  *

When Xu Xiangyang quickly walked to his door, he suddenly felt something was wrong with what he was holding. He picked up the plastic bag and looked inside. In addition to a few rented discs, he also found a pink embroidered piggy pattern. Pencil case.

  This is the stationery that Lin Xingjie bought, and forgot to give it to her when she got home.

  He has to send it there quickly.

  ……

  Xu Xiangyang ran forward, and saw the dark-haired girl standing there quietly from a distance.

  He didn't think much, and immediately ran towards her. Until Lin Xingjie turned her head abruptly like a frightened little animal, there was a panic that she had never seen before in her long, dark and moist eyes.

  (End of this chapter)