No. 8 Pawnshop

      After the girl, she inserted her hands into the pockets of her white coat and turned to leave.

    In the hospital, birth, old age, sickness and death have become commonplace. As a doctor, you can't save the patient's life. This feeling of powerlessness has become numb after a long time. This time, he had a rare sympathy for this time, and it was only because the girl left behind after the death of some poor patients was lonely and helpless. Judging from the high school uniform she was wearing, she should not be an adult yet.

      There was a hint of sadness.

    Ye Li never shed tears. From childhood to adulthood, whether it was being laughed at by other children because she didn't have a father, or receiving a critical illness report from her mother today, she never shed a single tear.

    After a long time, Ye Li looked at the heart-wrenching words "End-stage cancer, critically ill" on the notice, and it seemed that everything the doctors and nurses had said to her in the past few days echoed in his ears. "We have tried our best" "All the cancer cells have spread, there is no other way"

    In the quiet hospital corridor, Ye Liling pursed her flower-like lips, and suddenly said softly, "Who said there was no way."

     Ye Li who said this raised her eyes, if anyone saw it at this time, they would find that her original eyes not only did not glow with hope, but fell into a deeper darkness.

    When God couldn't save me, I fell into the arms of the devil.

    ——

    The night before a week ago, Ye Li tiptoed to the living room to pour some water, so she kept her footsteps quiet so as not to disturb her mother's rest. Mother came back after another day of work today. Must be very tired.

    When Ye Li, who had drank water, turned around and wanted to go back to the room, he happened to pass the floor-to-ceiling mirror placed in the living room. Ye Li unconsciously stopped and looked at himself in the mirror, with the same exquisiteness But the cold face tilted her head, and the long-haired girl in a white nightdress in the mirror also tilted her head.

      The strange phenomenon that appeared made her pupils shrink.

    A dark shadow stood behind her,

    Ye Li could clearly feel the coldness of approaching, but she couldn't move or even make a sound.

    A ghost? Ye Li opened his eyes wide and stared at the dark shadow in the mirror. He could vaguely see what seemed to be a figure with a cloak.

    Hei Ying also felt her gaze, turned his head slightly, Ye Li watched Hei Ying's movements and couldn't help covering his mouth, afraid that he would make a sound, if it was because of panic before But she couldn't make a sound, and now she calmed down, she was only worried that the voice she made would wake up her mother and let her see this terrifying scene.

    "As expected of the person I chose." Sombra seemed satisfied that Ye Li was able to calm down so quickly, but his words were still cold and frightening.

    "Who are you?" Ye Li mustered his courage, gritted his teeth and said such a sentence.

    "You don't need to know who I am, you just need to know that I can fulfill all your wishes."

    The words full of temptation only made Ye Li even more frightened. It was like the seduction of Adam and Eve by a snake incarnated by Satan. One step was an abyss. Ye Li did not believe in the mysterious and terrifying shadow. There is no cost to the words, she just wants Sombra to leave her home as soon as possible, away from her and her mother's side.

    "What do you want?"

    The dark shadow sounded, "I want you to pay for something."

    "What if I refuse?" Ye Li said these words despite the pressure that he might be killed in the next second.

    "You won't, you will come to me soon, it won't take long."

    The shadow left behind such a specious remark and disappeared.

    After the penetrating coldness left, Ye Li sat limply on the ground, sweating on his back.

    What Ye Li didn't see was a silver-gray "8" printed on her fair forehead in the mirror.

    ——

    "Today's class is about..." After the teacher turned his back on the podium and wrote a few words with chalk on the blackboard, he started a day of lectures.

    Ye Li was rarely distracted, and his mind couldn't help but drifted to the strange experience last night. What did the dark shadow mean when she said she would go to him soon, and why did she say she is the chosen one...

    "Ye Li." "Ye Li."

    After being called twice, Ye Li came back to his senses and got up from his seat to look at the teacher.

    Fortunately, Ye Li's grades have always been good, and the teacher didn't drag her into deserting her in class, but just repeated her words gently, "Ye Li, come and recite this passage."

    Ye Li picked up the textbook, but he glanced at it and knew which paragraph the teacher was referring to. The voice he spoke echoed in the classroom like a gurgling stream elegantly and peacefully.

    "If the time of day corresponds to the four seasons, of course, spring is morning, summer is noon, autumn is dusk, and winter is night. If we use musical instruments to correspond to the four seasons, I think spring should be trumpet , . . . winter is a lone pipe on clean ground."

    After the ding bells rang out, Ye Li packed up her textbooks, carried her bag and walked out of the school alone. In the eyes of others, she was always so lonely and inaccessible , With Ye Li's excellence and good looks, there should be many people who want to be friends with her, but not everyone can stay under her indifferent eyes that seem to see through everything.

      Indifference, indifference to everyone except her mother, is like a man and a goldfish, especially since the Ye Li family never raised goldfish.

    For several days, Ye Li didn't tell her mother what happened that night. First, she didn't want to worry about her, and second, the shadow never came to her again. Maybe that happened That's it.

    Ye Li suddenly felt a sense of shame, ashamed of her own ostrich mentality, Ye Li was the only one who despised others when she grew up The sense of superiority in ability makes Ye Li feel lonely and at the same time has a satisfying sense of security, but the shadow beyond the power of nature has broken the safety fortress she built for herself, letting her know that she is invincible in front of the shadow. hit.

      What people can do, and Ye Li is not an ordinary person, the more insecure she is, the more calm she is.

    Ye Li went to a library that she used to go to. This library has been there since she was seven years old, and this time she was looking for everything related to demons and supernatural phenomena She has always respected scientism, and she has always sneered at these books, but now she feels the need to read them.

    Ye Li, who spent most of the time in the library, closed the thick book in his hand, twisted his numb neck, and put the book back in its original place. When he was about to leave, a voice called out to her, "Ye Li."

    Ye Li stopped, and a handsome boy in a white shirt and black-rimmed glasses walked over quickly, with a bit of restraint on his face, "Ye Li, you come too library."

    Ye Li nodded slightly, and went through the face of the boy in front of her mind, "Song Chen."

    Song Chen was obviously a little surprised that Ye Li could remember his name, but he didn't speak much, so he could only say one sentence, "Ye Li, it's so late, I... I'll take you home Right." He didn't even dare to look up at Ye Li's face when he said this.

    "No more."

    Song Chen was stunned for a moment, but when he looked up again, he saw that Ye Li had walked out of the library door.

    Ye Li didn't take the little episode just now to heart. After getting on the bus, she found that there was no seat, so she just stood by the door. Just as Ye Li was recalling what he had read in the book, a cloaked shadow was standing there in the scene passing by the car window.

    Ye Li's pupils shrank, her heartbeat stopped for a moment, she quickly walked a few steps behind the car, and then looked over there, but it was ordinary and unremarkable.

     Ye Li knew that he was always by her side.

    One morning a week later, my mother, who was cooking breakfast in the kitchen, suddenly fainted and fell unconscious. She was sent to the hospital.

    Outside the ward, Ye Li sent away the teachers and classmates who came to visit, without looking at Song Chen, who finally left with a hesitant expression, he went back to the ward, sat in front of the bed, took the Apple ready to be peeled for mother to eat.

     Ye Li's mother looked at the well-behaved daughter in front of her and felt a little distressed, "Ali, I know what my situation is like, the only thing I can't worry about is you..."

    She was interrupted by Ye Li before she could finish speaking, "Don't say bad things, the doctor hasn't given up yet, why did you give up."

    "There will definitely be a way." Ye Li said firmly, the apple in his hand had been peeled beautifully, revealing the plump and mellow whole flesh with a slightly pale yellow color, Ye Li will A whole unbroken apple peel was put in the trash, and the apple was handed to the mother.

     Ye Li's mother looked at her daughter with firm eyes, sighed inwardly, and took the apple.

     Ye Li's mother is Ye Zhilan, she is beautiful 's father. Ye Zhilan's mother and daughter are immigrants from City Z. She told the neighbors that her husband had died, so she moved here with her children.

    Z City is only a small city in the third and fourth tiers. It is not large in scale, and the information is not very circulated. For Ye Zhilan, it means another kind of security.

    As if her husband had died, and there was no one in her parents' family, Ye Li could see through it at a glance, but she didn't care, she only needed to know that this woman was indeed her biological mother, and that she could Giving everything is enough.

    When Ye Li went out to bring food for her, Ye Zhilan dialed a number that she had memorized in her heart for so many years but never called.

    The phone was connected after two beeps, "I'm Ye Zhensheng, who are you looking for?"

    Ye Zhilan's eyes were red, and her hoarse voice sounded, "Brother..."

    After dialing the call, Ye Zhilan seemed to have exhausted all her strength. As soon as the call was over, she fell into a critical condition. The doctors and nurses had to give her emergency rescue. Smile, at least she can go in peace of mind, her parents and eldest brother and second brother forgive her, and they will take good care of Ali.

    Outside the intensive care unit, after Ye Li said that sentence while looking at the critical illness notice in his hand, a strong desire spread in his heart, no matter what the price is, as long as it can be satisfied her wish.

    The cold voice sounded in the silence, "I said you would come to me."

    At this time, Ye Li no longer had any thoughts of fear, she looked directly at the thick shadow and said, "I am willing to trade."

    As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Li found that the environment around him had changed, and the place he was in was no longer the corridor of the hospital, but the boundless darkness.

    Ye Li had no time to take care of this, she just stared at the shadow in front of her that said she could satisfy all her wishes, whether it was a devil or a god, she didn't care.

    "You were born to belong to the dark side,

      "

    "Okay, I will, I will exchange my loyalty for Ye Zhilan's health, and... forget all my memories."

    "The contract is established, and it cannot be changed forever."

    When the Ye family arrived at Z City overnight, they learned that the little sister Ye Zhilan had miraculously recovered and suffered from selective amnesia, forgetting their niece who disappeared mysteriously the night Ye Zhilan was dying. .