On the streets at midnight,
The street lights were yellow,
People were also panicking,
The weather was very cold, and there was a wind that cut people like a knife.
Zhou Ze also felt cold,
He did not know where this place was,
But he knew one thing,
This was... the human world.
He was already dead, but he was back again.
He did not know what to do,
He could only continue walking forward mechanically and numbly.
He did not have the time to think about too many other things,
For example, the place he had just gone down,
For example, the old man he had treated before the car accident,
For example, the faceless woman in a red dress in the pool,
For example... his own fingernails.
His return should have been a very happy thing, but even if someone occasionally passed by, even if he greeted them with all his might, no one could see or hear him.
He was excluded and isolated by this world.
Those who had not experienced being "Confined" would not understand the pain of being completely isolated. And for Zhou Ze, the entire world was his cage, and the cage was covered with a layer of black cloth.
No one could see him,
And no one could communicate with him,
He could not pick up a single solid object.
Even..,
Even the wind could easily blow past his body.
He was so weak,
It was not an exaggeration to say that he could not even stand up to the wind.
Moreover, what shocked and appalled Zhou Ze the most was..,
He could see faint spots of light constantly flowing out of his body,
In other words..,
His body was slowly fading.
Perhaps in another quarter of an hour, he would completely disappear, and the last insignificant trace would be erased.
He did not know how all of this had happened, but he knew that he did not have much time left.
In the Eight Immortals, Iron Crutch Li had entered the body of a person who had starved to death in the form of a soul, thus becoming the image that was passed down in later generations.
Zhou Ze had also heard of the story of ghosts "Reincarnating in a corpse". He also wanted to reincarnate in a corpse. He was very cold and very flustered. He needed a physical body for himself to attach to.
In fact, he did not even care who this person was.
At this time, people were always selfish, and Zhou Ze was no exception. Moreover, he really could not take it anymore.
However, every time he was about to approach a person, a fire would appear on that person's head and shoulders, making it impossible for him to approach. He was even injured because of this, speeding up the speed of his "Evaporation".
He was a little tired and a little numb.
He was waiting for his end.
Waiting for his end.
As a person who had already died once, letting him face death again would instead make him calmer.
Moreover, with Zhou Ze's current situation, the longer he stayed here, the longer he would be tortured.
"Creak …"
In front of them, there was a shop with lights on. It seemed to be a bookstore because they could see the rows of bookshelves through the glass door.
Someone pushed the door open and walked out. It was a man in a hoodie. The man was wearing a hat, so his face could not be seen clearly. After looking around for a while, he left in a hurry.
Of course, the man could not see Zhou Ze, who was less than five meters away from him.
At first, Zhou Ze did not feel anything strange, but not long after the man left, Zhou Ze suddenly sensed a warm aura from the bookstore.
Yes,
A warm aura.
This kind of warmth made Zhou Ze feel a little baffled, but right now, he was like a person who was about to freeze to death suddenly getting a box of matches. Even though he knew that the matches could not save his life, he would still cut it open so that he could feel the last warmth before he died.
Zhou Ze walked over. His body passed through the glass door of the bookstore and continued to walk inside until he arrived behind the bookshelf.
Behind the bookshelf,
There was a person lying there.
It was a handsome young man. He was probably only twenty-three or twenty-four years old. Because the air conditioner was on in the bookstore, he did not wear many clothes. He only wore a long-sleeved shirt and a thin coat.
He was lying on the ground, but Zhou Ze could sense a warm feeling from his body. It was like a poor man who had picked up a bag of gold coins on the road at night.
This kind of attraction could not be rejected, and the current Zhou Ze did not have the right to reject it!
Zhou Ze walked over and squatted down in front of the young man.
He did not know how to enter the other party's body, but he knew how to get the warmth he needed.
He stretched out a hand and placed it on the other party's chest.
Zhou Ze saw that his fingernails were slowly digging into the other party's body.
This was a very strange feeling. It was different from the "breeze" that blew past his body when he was walking on the road. This was a kind of fusion, using his fingernails as a medium.
Slowly, Zhou Ze's entire body began to enter the other party's body. The two began to overlap.
… …
"Xu Le!
Wake up, wake up! "
Zhou Ze was woken up by a push. No, to be more precise, he was "startled". He opened his eyes and found himself sitting behind the bookstore's counter. He had been using his hands as a pillow.
"Hey, wake up!"
The woman's voice was very sharp, very high-pitched, and there was a sense of arrogance in it.
Raising his head, Zhou Ze looked at the woman in front of him. No, to be more precise, it should be a girl. In other words, she was around the age of a high school student. Although she was already a big girl, she still looked a little childish.
"Hey, Xu Le, what do you mean? You're so capable, aren't you? You want to give my parents and my sister a hard time? How dare you not go home last night!
Who gave you the guts! "
Xu Le?
Who was it?
Zhou Ze opened his hands in a daze. He realized that his hands were very smooth. His hands used to have some calluses from practicing with surgical instruments for a long time, but his hands were not.
"Hey, I'm talking to you!"
The girl slammed her palm on the counter in an aggressive manner.
Zhou Ze frowned slightly. He rose to his feet and went to the mirror by the door. He saw his reflection. It was an unfamiliar face. No, he had seen the face before. It was the face he saw last night.
This body...
Is it mine now?
"Hey, what do you mean? My parents are angry. My mom is even throwing a tantrum at home. Let me tell you, everything you eat and drink now belongs to my family. What right do you have to put on airs at my house as a live-in son-in-law?
Who are you putting on an act for?
If you don't go home tonight, I'll come over and give you a good beating! "
The girl raised her hand, but she suddenly realized that the man in front of her, who was also her brother-in-law, was not dodging or begging for mercy as usual. Instead, the look in his eyes made her feel a little scared.
At this moment, she looked at the time and realized that it was already 7: 30.
"Hmph, I'll go to school first. I'll settle the score with you tonight!"
The girl left angrily.
Zhou Ze slowly sat back on the chair behind the counter. There was an old-fashioned laptop here, and beside the laptop was a phone.
Even now, he still could not adapt to the process of changing his identity.
He was Zhou Ze, a famous young surgeon in Tongcheng. Moreover, he was an orphan.
In the end...
He had become this identity.
What did the girl say just now?
I'm... a son-in-law?
Have a wife?
And mother-in-law and father-in-law?
Moreover, looking at the attitude and tone of his sister-in-law in front of his "brother-in-law", his "son-in-law" really conformed to the fine tradition of ancient times.
A son-in-law, commonly known as a man who married into the family, was not only looked down upon by his wife's family, but also by everyone around him in ancient times. His status was even similar to that of a criminal. During the Han and Tang Dynasties, there were often son-in-law among those who were forced to guard the borders.
He picked up his phone. The phone did not have a password set. He did not know if that guy was lazy or did not dare to set a password, but at least at this time, Zhou Ze easily opened his WeChat and QQ.
There were very few people on the QQ list. There were only a few middle school classmates, high school classmates, and college classmates. Then, there was a list of family members. There was only one person on it, and the note was "Wife.".
He opened the QQ chat history with her. It was empty.
Okay...
Zhou Ze opened WeChat and tried to find a woman with the note "Wife". There were replies here. Basically, Xu Le asked some things, such as what to eat tonight, what to do tonight, how much it would cost to buy goods, how much the bookstore had sold recently, how much her health was, and a lot more.
Then, the other party's reply was often very perfunctory and cold.
With:
"Oh..."
"Okay."
"Okay."
Replace.
Zhou Ze threw his phone aside. This interpersonal relationship was a little complicated. He suddenly looked at his palm. His fingernails were no different from ordinary people.
However, the old man he had saved before the car accident, the faceless woman, and the fact that he had entered this guy's body, his fingernails had played an extremely crucial role.
His heart moved at will,
But at that moment...
Zhou Ze realized that his fingernails were slowly growing longer. At the same time, they turned pitch-black and transparent. There was even a faint black mist lingering on his fingernails.
"Phew..."
He let out a long sigh,
He closed his eyes,
When he opened his eyes again,
His fingernails had returned to normal.
From morning to noon, Zhou Ze sat there, trying to adapt to his new identity. He was also trying to calm down the discomfort brought about by the change of his identity. He did not even eat lunch. He did not know if he had forgotten, or he did not feel hungry at all.
This was still Tongcheng. Zhou Ze's previous home was in Chongchuan District, and now it was in the harbor district. It was not far away.
In the afternoon, Zhou Ze sighed and stood up silently. Since he was already here, he might as well make the best of it.
He began to try to clean the bookshelves. After all, he had to find something for himself to do first.
The old man who had pinched him before he died had said that he had been discovered, and the faceless woman in Hell had said that he would be caught sooner or later, which made Zhou Ze feel a sense of danger.
His current state was considered to be 'living an ignoble life'. It was a blessing from the heavens to come back to life, so he cherished it very much. At least, before he fully understood the situation and had enough clues, he had to assume this identity. It would be best if he did not attract the attention of the people who were trying to catch him.
The business of the bookstore was not doing well. The downturn of the traditional book market was not something that had happened in a day or two. Besides, it was not the golden street in front of the school.
It could only be said that if Xu Le chose to open a bookstore here, it would be a problem if he could break even.
It was not until three in the afternoon that the first customer of the day walked in.
The customer wandered around the primary school children's books for a long time.
Zhou Ze waited for a while before he walked over and asked, "What kind of theme are you choosing?"
Even though Zhou Ze had no idea.
"Just browsing," the man replied.
"Mm," Zhou Ze ignored him. He had yet to integrate into the role of the 'bookstore owner'.
However, at that moment,
The other party suddenly walked behind him and said faintly,
"Do you really not recognize me?"
"What?" Zhou Ze asked.
"Last night, I hit you in the head with a baseball bat and robbed you of your money,
Moreover, I even went to try it out.