Jian Xie personally felt that today was quite colorful.
Although he has just discovered that the psychiatrist he has been seeing was not actually a human being, and that he himself was a special A-level patient who needed to see a psychiatrist, Jian Xie still kept the advice the other gave him during the consultation.
After all, it has already been a year and he has developed it into a habit. It would take him a while to change it.
That was, writing a diary.
Dr. Li told him that no matter how boring his day was, he must write down at least three lines and hand them to him during the next consultation so that he could judge whether his current mental state was good or bad and relieve stress at the same time.
Of course, if he didn’t want to expose his personal privacy, he could also use subtext that only he knew to roughly refer to people and things.
The other party had probably seen this method from some inspirational book.
Jian Xie was holding a coin in his hand while he fell into deep thought. In front of him was an open brown hardcover notebook, which had been almost used until half by its owner.
He hesitated for a moment, as if considering it carefully, then solemnly picked up the pen and began to write.
Saturday, sunny. Dr. Li treated me to octopus. Tasty. Will come again next time.
Octopus? Dr. Li’s shadow was indeed quite similar.
【……】
Then, Jian Xie threw away the pen, closed the notebook, and put it back into the drawer with an expressionless face.
His habit of being perfunctory has also been retained, which was pretty good.
He just wondered if Dr. Li’s expression would be distorted again when he saw this diary next week.
Just as he was about to close the drawer, Jian Xie’s eyes inadvertently swept across the expensive watch inside. Thinking of something, he paused subconsciously.
【Not allowed to sell.】 It said directly.
No further words were needed. It could easily see through what he was thinking.
“……”
Having his idea exposed, Jian Xie decided to argue his case, “I’m a high school student, it would be too conspicuous to wear it.”
He had never seen anyone, even from those students in his class who were in a better condition, wearing a watch of this price on their wrist, and he did not want to be different.
【Tsk.】
“And it was a gift to me, so it’s mine now.” Jian Xie paused and asked, “And you shouldn’t care about human social etiquette, right?”
Jian Xie would not be so low in EQ as to sell the gifts given by other people. After all, no matter how valuable the gift was, it came from the thoughtfulness of others and should never be treated carelessly. Even having such an idea was inappropriate.
But the gift It sent?
Jian Xie felt that It could not be measured by human thinking.
……
Was it an illusion?
It narrowed It’s eyes and felt that Jian Xie no longer seemed to be as restrained in talking to Itself as he was at the beginning.
It patiently lurked in his body for a whole year. Unless there was any situation that interested It or was worth taking action, It chose not to communicate directly with Jian Xie. It also took into consideration that the other party was a mentally fragile human being.
From what It has observed with the help of Jian Xie’s eyes since It awakened, It has learned that humans were fragile creatures that could be hurt if touched.
When faced with incomprehensible things, even if their bodies did not suffer any minor attacks, things that were extremely shocking and contrary to common sense could directly destroy their sanity.
A soft body filled with blood, a fragile and slender white neck, a delicate cold face…
Because he was human, he needed to be treated with care.
With extra care.
It didn’t want anything to happen to It’s human under It’s protection.
【Why?】 It asked after a while.
“……?”
Jian Xie was stunned, not understanding why It suddenly asked this.
It’s voice was lazy, and It seemed to be licking It’s lips. 【Why aren’t you afraid of me?】
“Isn’t this obvious?” Jian Xie said expressionlessly, “I died once, and you were the one who saved me. It doesn’t matter anyway.”
This was a typical case of having too much debt and not having to worry about it.
Judging from what happened in the past few days, It seemed to be deliberately protecting him and feeding him. Although Jian Xie didn’t know what It’s purpose was, It wouldn’t suddenly become furious and kill him as the host just because It wanted to improve their living conditions.
They were both in the same body. If Jian Xie lived a more comfortable life, It should also feel more at ease.
Of course, the most important point was…
He felt no fear at all.
Jian Xie thought silently that even if there was a loaded gun pressed against his temple, he would not be able to panic. He didn’t know whether this was a good thing or a bad thing.
【Cannot sell.】 It was a first anniversary gift.
Although It rejected it mercilessly, It still asked, 【What do you want?】
Jian Xie answered subconsciously: “Wifi… and air conditioning. Doesn’t living in my body make you feel as hot as I do?
In fact, he had been paying attention to this problem for a while. Because when he got up this morning, he noticed that the window of the room was open.
There was no sign of the door being forcibly opened from the outside, so it was very likely that It opened the window Itself because It could not stand the hot summer day.
And eating.
Could It also taste the food on his tongue?
Or even…
When Jian Xie touches himself while taking a bath, will It have the same sense of touch… ?
Wait a minute, why did it feel like his thoughts were becoming more and more dangerous?
Noticing that his cheeks and neck were abnormally hot, Jian Xie paused and tried to clear his mind of random thoughts.
But just then, It suddenly snorted out a laugh, followed by a lazily suggestive remark, 【It seems that you have a lot of problems. 】
…Sure enough, It could know what he was thinking.
“You are violating my brain,” Jian Xie frowned and subconsciously zipped up his jacket, covering half of his face, leaving only the tips of his ears still red. His voice sounded a little dull through the cloth, “…This is an act of extreme disrespect for human rights.”
【I’m not human.】 It said indifferently.
Jian Xie: “…”
It was well-founded and could not be refuted.
Although the other party had no physical body, he had the illusion that It was looking at his flushed skin with interest, which made the skin on his cheeks that was still exposed feel hot. He could not help but hide under his collar again, his eyes wandering away.
It always seemed to make him feel uncomfortable.
Sensing Jian Xie’s resistance, It spoke.
【Just some vague ideas and keywords.】
From It’s tone, one could imagine that the other party was raising an eyebrow. It seemed to pause intentionally, letting Jian Xie focus all his attention on It, before continuing in a languid tone, 【Whatever you want, I will give it to you.】
For It, these were all easy things to do.
What was more, it was obvious that Jian Xie did not easily become dependent on things. Even if it was like that, he was rather happy about it.
【All you need to do is say it.】
Jian Xie didn’t know how to respond to these words. If it was a considerate girl, he would think that this was a subtle confession to him, but it was obviously not the case.
It was not even human.
As some kind of unknown existence, It’s way of thinking was completely different from his. Maybe these misleading words were not what Jian Xie thought they meant.
Fortunately, he could continue to hide in his coat, so the other party couldn’t see his hot face.
Jian Xie let his smoking cheeks cool down for a while, and only let out a breath when his mood finally calmed down.
He unzipped his jacket, revealing the lower half of his face. He poked his head out like a vigilant little animal and said in a calm voice, “I’m not actually asking you for anything. It’s just that we live together now, and I’m speaking out to improve our living standards…”
His voice became lower and lower until it disappeared into the air.
“……” He couldn’t go on speaking.
“Nevermind.”
Jian Xie quickly gave up on himself and knocked his forehead on the edge of the table. “Just pretend I didn’t say anything.”
Fortunately, Jian Xie didn’t feel embarrassed for long, as the phone in his pocket vibrated, successfully saving him from this strange scene.
He cleared his throat, then stood up and unlocked his phone screen, only to find that the call was from the class president.
Seeing this, Jian Xie subconsciously frowned.
He remembered what he had promised in the morning. He would go to the hospital with the class officers tomorrow to visit the injured English teacher, but the other party did not specify the exact time.
Since Jian Xie didn’t ask, the other party didn’t say anything. It seemed that they were going to be notified in their class officers group chat.
However, he went to do other things later, so he was not able to click on the announcement in the class officers group chat. Maybe this was the reason why the other party called him.
“Hello.” Jian Xie answered the phone while thinking. “Class President, is this about tomorrow’s activities?”
There was silence on the other end of the phone, as if no one heard Jian Xie talking.
Jian Xie paused, then took out his phone and checked the signal. It was full, so it couldn’t be a problem of poor signal or interrupted phone connection.
But he could hear some crackling static sounds on the phone that was a sign of poor connection. It was as uncomfortable as if someone was scratching a blackboard with a sharp fingernail.
This strangeness gave Jian Xie a sense of familiarity and made him think of the delivery incident that he had experienced not long ago. The expression on his face couldn’t help but turn cold.
“…N-no, sorry, I wasn’t near my phone just now.”
The class president’s dry voice finally sounded on the other end of the phone. He seemed a little nervous, and judging from the intermittent sound from the phone, he seemed to be some distance away from it.
Since the other wasn’t on the phone, who called him?
As if he knew what Jian Xie was thinking, the class president laughed dryly a few times and explained with great difficulty, “It’s my mother.”
“Hm,” Jian Xie responded.
“I just want to tell you that the meeting place has changed. You don’t need to check the class group notification.” The class president swallowed and said vaguely, “Come to my house first. There… there’s a flower shop near my home, we can pick flowers together and then go to the hospital entrance to meet with the others.”
After these words were spoken, the phone fell silent.
Jian Xie didn’t say anything.
The class president’s voice started to stutter. “…W-what is it? You are the literature and arts officer, I think it might be more appropriate to ask your help choose the flowers—”
But before he could finish his words, Jian Xie interrupted him.
“Why lie?” He said coldly, then paused and softened his tone, “What are you nervous about?”
“No, nothing…” The class president tried to defend himself, “I just feel embarrassed to bother you so late at night…”
“Is that ‘mother’ beside you?”
Hearing this, the class president was shocked, his hand shook, and he lost his balance, causing the phone to fall to the ground with a “pathump”.
“……”
He looked at the shattered phone screen in despair, his mind filled with the horrible thought that he was going to die.
Because he accidentally hung up on Jian Xie’s call.
The author has something to say:
Arrow evasive technique start!
A certain non-human: Tsk, is it because I’m not human that I don’t have the right to confess?
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