ghost or not

"Brother Ping, here you are."

Zhang Zhiping took a piece of paper from Lu Xiaoxian, a little surprised.There was a painting on it, black and white line draft, scribbled and messy, one could vaguely see the silhouette of a man, with seven big knives of different shapes sticking out of his back.Zhang Zhiping didn't know much about the painting, so he couldn't judge whether it was a good work or not. He only felt a chill creeping up his scalp—the expression on the man's face was very clear, which was incompatible with the blur around him. It's like enduring pain.

Lu Xiaoxian observed his reaction, and said hesitantly: "You don't like it? I drew it with the pencil you gave me. It's been a long time since I drew... Maybe I'm a little novice. I'll practice it again, and I'll give it to you when it's corrected." ..." As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to take the painting back.

Zhang Zhiping raised his arms and dodged it: "Why do you want to return something as a gift? I like it. I was too absorbed in watching it just now... Is that money useful?"

"Well. Faber-Castell's quality is very good. The price is so high, how could it not work."

Zhang Zhiping smiled and said, "Compared to the thousands of pieces nearby, it's already very cheap." Pointing to the painting in his hand, he asked again: "How did you come up with the idea to paint this kind of subject? It has a...dark style."

"Ah... I drew you."

"Me?" Zhang Zhiping was surprised and confused, "No, what do these knives mean?"

Lu Xiaoxian explained very seriously: "I think you didn't feel well when you received ghosts. Last time I was in the theater... I was sad for a long time, but at that time I only thought of myself. After I calmed down, I remembered You, I don’t know how many years you’ve been dealing with ghosts. Just this time, I feel like I’m depriving someone else’s life. It’s very uncomfortable, but you have to deal with the same thing for many years. I’m afraid it will be even more uncomfortable. I know There is no way around this, some things have to be done by someone... Brother Ping, I think you are amazing. Knife, there is no special meaning, but this image involuntarily popped up in my mind, so I recorded it."

Zhang Zhiping stared at him blankly, and said for a long time: "It's not as sad and righteous as you said. In fact, the existence of ghosts is reasonable... I asked my father this question, but he didn't answer me. He will become a real ghost exorcist." He paused, and then added: "In the beginning, I really couldn't do it, but later... I gradually got used to it."

"If I were a ghost, what would you do?" Lu Xiaoxian asked suddenly.

Zhang Zhiping was silent for a longer time, and smiled wryly: "I don't know, I haven't found the answer yet." He looked at Lu Xiaoxian's spotless eyes, and miraculously remembered what the monitor said.In fact, if it was Xu Kun, he would ask the other party directly, but Xiao Xian... This person is too sensitive, and their relationship is quite special, he doesn't want to leave any trace of distrust on the other party.

However, at lunch the next day, Zhang Zhiping changed his mind.At that time, the two were sitting opposite each other in the cafeteria. He ordered shrimp wontons, and Lu Xiaoxian ordered pork rib noodles.

Holding a stack of A4 papers in her hand, a girl came straight to Zhang Zhiping, and politely called out: "Senior!"

Zhang Zhiping looked up at her. It turned out to be Dai Xinyan, a young clerical girl in the rock club. She just joined the club after recruiting new students this semester. She is usually responsible for writing manuscripts for the public platform.He also knew her, so he swallowed the food in his mouth and asked, "Xiao Dai, what's the matter?"

"Hmm! Senior, please fill out a questionnaire for me, the final assignment of our thinking class..."

The thinking course is a general education course, and Zhang Zhiping has also taken it.The final social survey homework is to randomly choose a topic of interest and research value, and design a questionnaire to visit and investigate.Generally, everyone tacitly conducts a random online questionnaire survey, finds a few QQ and WeChat groups to send a link, and if the number of samples is not enough, it will be a fake. It is called paperless and environmentally friendly, but it is actually lazy. What a hassle to fill out the questionnaire.

Zhang Zhiping also came here in the same way at the time, so he was surprised and ashamed of Dai Xinyan's seriousness.Looking at the topic, his emotions became more complicated.

"Survey on contemporary college students' knowledge and views on homosexuality".

Lu Xiaoxian was also asked by Dai Xuemei to fill out the questionnaire.Zhang Zhiping looked at him subconsciously, but saw that the other party lowered his head, carefully outlining one question after another, and didn't notice him at all.Each question has five options, and the negativity increases. Zhang Zhiping glanced roughly and found that Lu Xiaoxian basically chose the first option.

He raised the corners of his mouth and began to write his own questionnaire.Seeing him behaving strangely, Dai Xinyan kept sneaking glances at him, as if he was cheating on an exam, and couldn't help but be puzzled, but she didn't think much about it, but she "thank you so much" several times when returning the questionnaire, and secretly asked Zhang Zhiping "Senior, do you know gays? Both men and women are welcome. I want to do a face-to-face interview." Seeing Zhang Zhiping's perplexed face, she quickly said: "Don't worry, if they don't want others to know, I will definitely keep it a secret." You can also chat online if you don’t want to meet, and the chat history will also be coded!”

Zhang Zhiping didn't find it funny, and thought that I was, why don't you interview me.But although he felt warm, he had no intention of coming out to anyone, so he shook his head: "I don't know...their circle is said to be relatively secretive."

Dai Xinyan was a little disappointed, and said politely, "Okay, then I'll disturb the seniors' dinner." She left.