The exorcist's talisman water took effect, and my brother calmed down, his asthma subsided, and he could even sit at the bedside and do his homework with a clear mind.

My mom rubbed her hands and said to me, "Tongtong, that remedy works, we have to keep using it. The honey is gone, without the sweetness your brother can't drink it, I'll go buy some more." Her tone was cautious, as if negotiating with me.

She left in a hurry, even forgetting her phone, how would she pay later?

Unfortunately, I can't go out, or I'd definitely bring it to her.

Soon, there was a noise outside the door, I thought she came back for her phone.

But it was the sound of knocking.

Zhang Xin and Xu Shuo were outside calling my name.

My brother was asleep in the inner room, no one responded.

Zhang Xin whispered, "No one’s here, I saw her mom carrying a bag heading to the main road."

Xu Shuo's voice was low too, he seemed to pick up something from the ground, "Are you sure you saw Feng Tong lying in the house that day?"

Zhang Xin swore, "Absolutely sure!"

"Alright, let's go in and take a look."

The sound of a key turning in the lock, a few twists, the door opened.

How do they have the key to my house?

Oh, right, during summer vacation I went to Zhang Xin's house to do homework, left the key there.

Didn't expect she secretly made a copy.

As soon as they entered, Zhang Xin gagged, "Damn, what’s that smell!"

Xu Shuo sounded more steady, calling my name in a low voice, "Feng Tong, are you here? Feng Tong, Tongtong?"

Zhang Xin kept gagging, "Tongtong? Calling so affectionately, class monitor, you’ve gotten closer to Feng Tong, huh."

Xu Shuo's voice was muffled, probably covering his nose, "Something’s off, it stinks too much..."

"Something must be rotten, Feng Tong's family is poor, they eat leftover food for days."

Xu Shuo's footsteps stopped, "What’s in that jar?"

For a few seconds, no one spoke.

Zhang Xin seemed to squat down, her voice almost touching the floor, "Class monitor, I think the smell is coming from under the bed, it’s too dark, use your phone light, I didn’t bring my phone... Right, class monitor, don't you think her mom seems strange? She used to be nice, now she looks scary, well, after what she did, anyone would fear her."

Xu Shuo responded with a hum, "But it’s weird that Feng Tong suddenly wants to take a break from school, she was fine a few days ago."

Zhang Xin raised her voice, "Do you think Feng Tong told her mom about you two?"

Xu Shuo didn't respond.

A beam of light shone from his phone, he lifted the jar lid.

Zhang Xin also lay down to look under the bed.

At the same time, there was noise outside the door.

It was my mom coming back for her phone.

Not sure if the door opened first or if they discovered the secret first.

A loud bang.

The people inside seemed too shocked to notice my mom had entered.

Xu Shuo saw what was in the jar, backed away quickly, making broken sounds with his mouth, but his legs were nimble enough to run to the bed to pull Zhang Xin.

Zhang Xin had her mouth wide open, frozen.

She was staring at me under the bed, but not with the usual joy.

The door closed again.

My mom was already inside, the little bit of light that had just come in was quickly swallowed.

She raised her hand to brush her hair back, "You came to see Tongtong, did you find her?"

Zhang Xin finally made a sound, "Class monitor! Feng Tong is dead!"

Her words were cut off by my mom.

My mom took out a cleaver from the cabinet, "Tongtong is not dead, she is just sick and resting, if you make so much noise, what if you wake her up."

Zhang Xin screamed.

Xu Shuo remained silent.

I think he was also scared stiff.

After all, the jar he uncovered had the exorcist's body inside.

Having two corpses in a house was too much stimulation for a high school student.

Zhang Xin yelled loudly, "Class monitor, call the police!"

She shouted and stomped her feet, my floor tiles were already a bit loose, maybe she was too loud, I was shaken out from under the bed, rolling to her feet.

"Ahhh——" she fell on her butt, seemingly losing control of her bladder.

My neck was broken, I could only tilt my head to one side, couldn’t see Zhang Xin, only saw Xu Shuo standing by the jar.

Hadn’t seen him for a while, I wanted to smile at him.

When no one cared about me, only he and Zhang Xin were looking for me.

They really were my best friends.

But he seemed scared of me, even knelt down to me.

No, not to me, to my mom.

I forgot, my mom was holding a knife, he was probably scared of the knife.

His voice was distorted, "Auntie, I didn’t see anything! Tongtong... no, Feng Tong, she’s just sick and resting, we’ll leave right now..."