Phanton of the Evil Realm Chapter 4

Smelling the familiar perfume, Shen Mingyu's heart calmed down, and she nudged Chen Siyuan's stomach with her elbow in a reproachful manner, "You scared me to death, Ayuan."

However, Chen Siyuan did not respond to her, but wrapped his arms tightly around her waist.

"Ayuan?"

Sensing her boyfriend's unusual state, Shen Mingyu's brows slowly gathered together and she called out softly.

However, she was still answered with silence.

'call...'

A cold breath exploded in his ears, and Shen Mingyu's heart suddenly felt a strong sense of uneasiness. His pupils trembled, and when he lowered his head, he found that the hands around his waist were pale and slender.

This is clearly not Chen Siyuan's hand!

In this situation, Shen Mingyu felt like swallowing a needle when she swallowed her saliva, and the swallowing action became extremely difficult. Not only that, cold sweat broke out on her palms and forehead.

"Ah...Ayuan..."

She was extremely terrified. After realizing that the 'person' behind her was not Chen Siyuan, the scent of perfume lingering around her nose seemed to be replaced by a strong smell of blood, and her warm chest became extremely cold, as if he was wearing clothes soaked in cold water, and the chill penetrated every pore and went deep into his bones.

'call...'

Here it comes again, blowing cold air into her ears again

Shen Mingyu was brainstorming, thinking about how to escape from the current predicament.

Behind her, 'Chen Siyuan' hugged her tightly, and the damp and cold breath he exhaled made her think of the dead branches and leaves rotting in the ground in winter, emitting the smell of death and corruption.

As the atmosphere became tense, beads of cold sweat the size of green beans dripped from the tip of his nose. Shen Mingyu's throat tightened, and he tried to pry open the hands that were tightly around his waist.

Her fingertips touched 'it's' stiff, cold, and elastic skin. Her breathing became rapid. She pretended to be calm as if she hadn't noticed anything. "Ayuan, you're strangling me..."

The person behind her tightened his grip on her waist, and the cold, wet breath spraying against her ears became heavier.

Gulp---

When she saw sticky blood dripping from her shoulder, her brain started buzzing and her mind went blank. She screamed and pushed away the 'person' behind her. She took a quick glance and saw the tall young man in the darkness with a pale face and a gloomy expression. A deep wound on his neck that could be seen to the bone was oozing black blood, and in a few seconds his shirt was dyed brown and black.

"ah!!!"

Shen Mingyu woke up from a nightmare and subconsciously touched his neck.

"Mingyu, you finally woke up!"

Zhao Yuntian's frown relaxed and his shoulders dropped as if relieved of a heavy burden.

"Hoo...Hoo..."

Shen Mingyu still felt a lingering fear about that real nightmare. He pressed his right hand tightly against his left chest and could feel his heart beating faster.

After sitting there for a few minutes, he turned his head and noticed Chen Siyuan lying in the sleeping bag with a red face and heavy breathing through his slightly open mouth.

"What happened to Ayuan?"

Shen Mingyu unzipped the sleeping bag, moved closer to her boyfriend and touched his forehead, the temperature was frighteningly hot.

"We only discovered he had a fever when we woke up."

Zhao Yuntian explained.

"Then let's get out of here quickly. I'm afraid something might happen if Ayuan continues to burn."

Shen Mingyu got up and packed all the things she brought with her into her backpack, except for the sleeping bag. She didn't want to waste time rolling them up, after all, her boyfriend was more important.

"Don't worry Mingyu, they are changing the tire."

"Change the tire?"

Zhao Yuntian's expression was serious as she explained, "This morning we found out your boyfriend had a fever, so we planned to drive away immediately. But the tire of our car got deflated at some point. Fortunately, we brought a spare tire, otherwise we really wouldn't know how to leave here."

Thinking of that nightmare, Shen Mingyu's expression became particularly solemn. He held Zhao Yuntian's hand, his eyes full of fear, "Yuntian, there really is... something dirty here... I just had a very scary dream... I dreamed of the couple's son..."

...

After saying this, she found that Zhao Yuntian lowered her head and remained silent, with her long bangs hanging down to cover her face. The sky behind her, which was originally half bright, suddenly darkened, and muffled thunder was accompanied by lightning that seemed to split the sky.

"Yun...Yun Tian?"

Shen Mingyu swallowed his saliva, and the strange look of 'Zhao Yuntian' was reflected in his uneasy and flickering pupils.

boom---

Thunder roared, and the daylight brought by lightning briefly illuminated the dark bedroom, including the bloody limb she was holding that was cut off by a bone-chopping knife!

"ah!!!"

She threw away the female limb with the ring on it. The cross-section of the limb was protruding with irregular sharp bone spurs. Black blood dripped onto her leg, and the blood was sticky. A scream was drowned out by the thunder that fell at the same time.

"ah!!!"

Shen Mingyu woke up from the double nightmare, sweating profusely.

"Mingyu, you're finally awake."

At this time, Zhao Yuntian walked in from outside the bedroom, saw her wake up, and breathed a sigh of relief.

Shen Mingyu didn't know if she was still in a nightmare. Seeing Zhao Yuntian approaching, she took two steps back cautiously, "You...are you a human or a ghost..."

Zhao Yuntian: "?"

"Are you sleeping like a fool? I'm sure I'm a human."

She showed a confused expression, muttered twice and put her hand on Shen Mingyu's forehead, "You don't have a fever, why do you look stupid after waking up?"

"Then tell me...the secret between us."

Shen Mingyu still didn’t believe the person in front of him, his eyes were fixed, and he was worried that Zhao Yuntian, who was still rolling his eyes in the next second, would turn into the terrible appearance in the nightmare again.

"...Okay, in your sophomore year, you went to Chen Siyuan's house, and you had a stomachache halfway through your meal, so you went to his bathroom to poop, and ended up clogging the toilet. You were so anxious that you called me on video, and finally, with the cooperation of both of us, the toilet was finally unblocked. As for this incident, you haven't told Chen Siyuan yet..."

Yes, she did not tell Chen Siyuan about this embarrassing incident. After all, it was better for fewer people to know about the fact that she had blocked her boyfriend’s toilet.

"Still don't believe me? Then let me tell you about your birthday in your junior year..."

"Believe it, believe it, I believe it, please stop talking."

Shen Mingyu immediately covered Zhao Yuntian's mouth, now she completely believed that she was really awake.

"But speaking of which, why did you suddenly..."

"Is Mingyu awake?"

Chen Siyuan's voice interrupted what Zhao Yuntian was going to say next. Shen Mingyu looked over and noticed that his face looked a little strange. He stood up and took a closer look. His face seemed to be tinged with an abnormal paleness.

"Ayuan, are you feeling unwell? Why do you look so bad?"

Shen Mingyu took his hand and was startled by his icy body temperature, "Ayuan, your hands are so cold."

"I'm fine. The hypothermia may be caused by the heavy humidity in the forest."

Although he said this, Chen Siyuan actually felt something strange about himself. Ever since he woke up in the early morning, he always felt a chill on his back and his shoulders became very heavy. To describe the feeling, it was as if he was carrying someone on his back.

"It's really not very clean here. Let's leave here as soon as possible."

Shen Mingyu was worried about him, so she quickly packed up her things and went downstairs with her boyfriend and Zhao Yuntian. When the three of them passed the living room, Shen Mingyu stopped inexplicably and glanced at the photo frame on top of the fireplace.

The photo frame that was broken in the dream is now complete, standing quietly on top of the fireplace. The glass is covered with dust, and one can only vaguely see the lower half of the three people in the photo sitting on the sofa.

"Mingyu?"

Zhao Yuntian stood at the door and called out to her.

"I'll be right there."

Shen Mingyu retracted his gaze. The moment he stepped out of this gloomy and haunted house, the curtains beside the fireplace moved automatically without wind, and the dusty and worn sofa actually sank a little.

Several people got on the bus. As soon as Shen Mingyu sat down in the last row, Chen Siyuan beside her leaned his head on her shoulder and tightened his jacket as if he was feeling very cold.

"Did you catch a cold?"

Shen Mingyu placed her warm palm on his forehead, and her eyes widened in shock at his extremely low body temperature. "Why is your body temperature so low?"

"...I don't know either, Mingyu, I'm so sleepy, I want to take a nap..."

Chen Siyuan's voice sounded very tired, his eyebrows were drooping, and he looked weak.

"We'll go to the hospital when we get home."

To be honest, she didn't want to associate Chen Siyuan's current strange behavior with the two nightmares she had, but to be honest, the haunted house was really not clean, otherwise she wouldn't feel uncomfortable so frequently.

As she was thinking, she looked back through the windshield at the haunted house standing in the desolate and silent place. It was not until the car slowly drove away that the uneasiness and coldness that had been lingering around her gradually subsided.

"good..."

Chen Siyuan tapped his chin lightly, and the next second he either fainted or fell into a deep sleep. His head rested on her shoulder, and his breathing became very light and slow.

The car carrying the seven of them returned along the original route. After driving out of the wet and cold forest road, the gradually clear bustling buildings and dense crowds made Shen Mingyu feel a little relieved, as if only the noisy and prosperous city could completely eliminate the uneasiness that was still in her heart.

Shen Mingyu's attention returned to Chen Siyuan. During this time, she accidentally glanced at the rearview mirror in the car. In a flash, she saw a pale and thin young man appear next to Chen Siyuan. He sat there, revealing half of his chin and a slightly upturned pale mouth in the rearview mirror.

"!!!"

She turned around suddenly, and there was no boy sitting next to Chen Siyuan, only his backpack. When she looked at the rearview mirror again, there was no boy except C sitting in the driver's seat.

Could it be that she was too nervous and saw it wrong?

Shen Mingyu pinched her swollen and painful nose and let out a long exhalation from her nasal cavity.

I must have seen it wrong.

She comforted herself in this way.

"By the way, C, please stop at the city hospital later."

She rolled down the car window to let in the sunlight that broke through the clouds.

"What's wrong?"

C asked.

"No, it's just that Ayuan seems to have caught a cold. I'll take him to the hospital for a checkup later."

Shen Mingyu explained.

"...OK."

C nodded and agreed.