Chapter 20: Changes in the Diary Contents
Before going to bed, Chu Jiang took out the black diary to have a look.
The content on the first page remained unchanged, which puzzled Chu Jiang. Was the change supposed to happen after midnight or in the next few hours? Would there be danger?
It was impossible for Slender Man to parachute into his house with the school, right?
Chu Jiang originally planned to try to stay awake until midnight, but as soon as he got into bed, he quickly fell asleep without realizing it.
Chu Jiang slept well for the first few hours.
However, after midnight, he started to frown and show signs of pain in his sleep.
Sweat started to appear on Chu Jiang's forehead and it seemed like he was trapped in a deep, endless nightmare. No matter how hard he struggled, he couldn't escape from it.
Chu Jiang's chest was rising and falling, and his hands unconsciously gripped the sheets tightly, but he couldn't open his eyes no matter what.
In fact, at this moment, Chu Jiang was fully conscious. It seemed like he had encountered the legendary "sleep paralysis."
In scientific terms, this is called "sleep paralysis" and it is said to be caused by high levels of stress in life.
But at this moment, Chu Jiang felt like there really was something pressing down on him.
This feeling was very uncomfortable, and his body felt completely cold, as if it was becoming a corpse.
His heart started to beat slower, his blood flowed slower too. His right hand palm even started to uncontrollably bleed, quickly staining the bed red.
Luckily, there was no one in Chu Jiang's room at that time, otherwise his family would have been scared.
Chu Jiang desperately tried to wake up, but the sleep paralysis phenomenon became more and more severe. He could even sense that the blood-handed ghost he had seen in his dream was slowly awakening inside him.
When the blood-handed ghost fully woke up, whether Chu Jiang's consciousness would still be there, whether he could still be considered a "person," that would be an unknown variable.
It was only at this moment that Chu Jiang finally realized that the supernatural power he had gained came with a price. It hid a great danger...
Under the influence of the blood-handed ghost, Chu Jiang's mental perception also inexplicably improved greatly. In his pain, he could clearly hear all the sounds in the entire house.
Including the sound of cockroaches crawling in the kitchen, the purring of his sister's pet cat, and even the low conversation in his parents' bedroom.
Although it was already late at night, it seemed like his parents were still not asleep.
His father's voice was the first to sound, "Xui Xian, this child has grown up too. Recently, we just celebrated his 18th birthday. Do you think we should tell him about his adoption?"
Then came the voice of Chu Jiang's mother, "Why tell him? Will it affect his studies? He's still in his final year of high school, he's just a child."
"Besides, it's unnecessary to mention this. It has been so many years, his biological parents have never come to look for him, they might have forgotten about their son."
"If that's the case, why would we make Chu Jiang unhappy?"
Father seemed to ponder for a moment, "You're right, forget it, I won't bring it up again in the future."
"Chu Jianjun, I warn you, you must not show favoritism. Chu Jiang and Chu Le are both dear to my heart."
Father's gentle laughter sounded, "Where are you going with your thoughts? I am still hoping that the little rascal will get married and give me a grandson. Enough talk, go to sleep."
After listening to his parents' bedtime conversation, Chu Jiang's mind became somewhat dull.
What did this mean? He was adopted? He was not their biological son?
At a time like this, considering Chu Jiang's personality, he would experience a great shock, even feel very sad.
But for some reason, in this special state, his rational thinking took the upper hand.
Chu Jiang thought, "No wonder, I always felt that Dad was more doting towards my sister. I used to think it was just a normal rich daughter mentality, but I never knew there was a deeper reason behind it."
Even if Chu Jiang knew the true reason, he didn't feel any dissatisfaction because he loved his sister too.
Not to mention, Dad had always been good to him since he was little, it was just that sometimes, he unconsciously treated his sister a little better. Whenever this happened, Mom would be extra nice to him, afraid that he would feel upset.
In the past, Chu Jiang used to think Mom was overreacting, but now he understood that she also put a lot of thought into it.
Finally, at around three o'clock in the morning, Chu Jiang finally escaped from the nightmare.
He rolled over and sat up, panting heavily, his clothes soaked through.
The worst part was that fresh blood was flowing out from his right hand, spreading on the floor, and some even seeped out of the room through the crack in the door.
This made Chu Jiang panic and get out of bed in a hurry. He pressed his hand on the floor, sucking back all the blood.
In theory, it was not likely that the blood flowing in Chu Jiang's body. Otherwise, with such a large amount of bleeding, he would have died long ago.
But whether it waw or not, this blood was very dangerous. Chu Jiang hadn't forgotten how Liu Shenglong died.
Clean up the blood on the bed and on the floor before having time to think about what happened earlier.
After coming back to life at school during the day, Chu Jiang felt like he had lost something.
Now he understood what it was, it was emotions...
Looking back now, Chu Jiang found it frightening. During the time when he was haunted by ghosts, his rational thinking completely suppressed his emotional thinking.
Even though he found out that he was adopted, he didn't feel the slightest bit of sadness. He was just seriously analyzing what happened before.
Although it might seem useful in a crisis, as a person, if you lost your emotions, were you still human? Perhaps you could only be called a cold machine.
Holding his head in his hands, he silently sat by the bed for a long time.
Chu Jiang took a deep breath. The situation shouldn't be that bad yet. He only became rational when he was heavily influenced by ghosts, overriding his emotions.
At least for now, he was still alive and kicking.
Chu Jiang casually picked up the black diary from the bedside and opened it.
It was currently past midnight, and the contents of the first page had indeed changed:
[September 17th, cloudy weather]
[The school is haunted today, and many people have died. Only four of us, me, Cheng Jie, Gao Yifei, and Liu Mingming, have survived.]
[I accidentally got possessed by the Blood Hand Ghost. Although I gained paranormal powers, it also pushed me into the abyss of death. It will constantly consume my body until I die...]
"Damn it." Chu Jiang couldn't help but curse. Is this cursed diary always cursing him?
This diary despised him so much that it wished he would die. Even though the content changed, it still ended with his death.
