The short story "The Man Stepping on the Shadow"

My name is Lin Kun. I'm not tall, and I'm a little awkward. Because a primary school classmate deliberately mispronounced my name as a wooden stick, the wooden stick became my nickname.

Last year, a car accident made me lose all my memory. I don't remember the people and things before, but I also gained a special physiological function.

If I step on a person's shadow for more than half an hour, I can enter his or her inner world, find out their inner secrets, and understand their fears and sins, so as to control and threaten them.

Speaking of it, it's immoral, but when I was forty, I experienced too many twists and turns. In the past, my good promotion opportunities were squeezed out by my colleagues, my good girlfriend became the bride of others, and I was betrayed by my good friends at the critical moment. Has the world done less harm to me?

whether it's revenge or dance academy, I want to tell people around me with my strength that my name is Lin Kun, not a stick, not a puppet that individuals can bully.

(2)

I dated a woman last Saturday. By chatting in the park, I stepped on her shadow and lasted for more than half an hour. I successfully invaded her inner secret.

But the result is a little regrettable. From elementary school to college, she has been working well, and she has never crossed the law or done anything bad.

Finally, she asked me about my work and my income. She held out her hand and said, "Sorry, you are not the person I am looking for."

I also politely shook her hand and said goodbye: "It's okay, you're not what I'm looking for."

fortunately, the date on Sunday was a little rewarding.

The other party is Yingchun, a beautiful young woman in literature and art. She just graduated from college and came to this big city. The client company sent her to negotiate business with me.

while talking outside, I stepped on her shadow. It was almost half an hour, but she got up and answered a phone call. I didn't get into her inner world.

Next, at dinner time, I specially picked a corner and sat in front of the electric light.

Although the light was dim, the shadow of Spring Festival still appeared faintly, and I stepped on it quietly.

half an hour later, I successfully invaded her private world.

During the conversation, Yingchun gave me the feeling that she was above me. After all, she is young and beautiful, and she can really look down on me.

when I paid the bill, she answered the phone.

"Sorry, I have something to go first." I can see that she doesn't want to stay another minute.

"I'm afraid you can't leave." I said simply.

"What, you don't look in the mirror, do you really want to eat swan meat?"

"Go to the hotel upstairs, open a room and wait for me." I smiled and gave her orders.

"scum, I'll call the police now." She stood up angrily.

"after listening to me, you can call the police again. Don't you forget that when you were 18 years old, when you played paper with your sister, because you cheated, your sister lived at the bottom of society forever. "

Yingchun's eyes widened, and she was like an eggplant beaten with frost, slumped in a chair.

"Are you a man or a devil?"

"You deliberately let your kind sister pick the paper balls first. You deliberately wrote" No School "on both paper balls. Your sister's grades are better than yours. If she chose to go to school, you should be the one who is planting babies in the countryside now. You have to pay for your selfishness."

"Stop it, please, I promise."

In the hotel, I don't know why, but I don't have much pleasure. Instead, I have a deep sense of guilt.

Yingchun just graduated and had no money on hand. I asked her to sleep with me for a year, but she couldn't resist.

(3)

Although I have this special function, I can't use it every day. Only on the fifteenth day of the lunar calendar every month can we spy on other people's secrets by stepping on their shadows. On ordinary days, stepping on other people's shadows has no effect.

it was an accident to meet Xiaoying. I registered on the online dating service at that time, thinking Xiaoying, who basks in luxury cars and villas, is a person who likes to pretend to be forced.

unexpectedly, Xiaoying is really a rich second generation.

On the 15th of another full moon, I successfully invaded Xiaoying's private world by stepping on her shadow.

"Here comes a big fat fish." I said to myself in my heart.

"Nowadays, dating a middle-aged uncle is too bad." After drinking some juice, Xiaoying has been playing with her mobile phone.

I said to her lightly, "Give me 5, yuan, and I will help you keep the secret that you can't see the light."

"five hundred thousand? What secret? " She was burning with anger.

"When you were 14 years old, your family traveled outside by car, and your adoptive father sexually assaulted you. Your mother ran over and fought hard with your adoptive father. Finally, you and your mother pushed your adoptive father and his car into the lake, faking the scene of the car accident and deceiving the police."

"who are you?"

"This is a murder case. I am the only third party who knows this secret, your second adoptive father, but a billionaire, I want 5, yuan, not much, right?"

"since you know all about it, I'll accept my fate."

"Don't worry, I only want money. After receiving the money, no third person in the world will know this secret."

"well, I hope you keep your promise, or there will be a larger foe."

that night, I received 5, yuan from Xiaoying via WeChat.

after receiving the money, I went to other places to hide for a month, because I was afraid Xiaoying would call the police.

Later, I didn't know that I was worrying too much until I made sure that there was no afterthought. I analyzed that there were two reasons for this success. One is that 5, yuan is really not a big deal for Xiaoying, and the other is that there is a way to steal. I kept my promise and didn't blackmail Xiaoying repeatedly.

(4)

My unit is a pension institution, the Archives of Construction Bureau.

The directors of our offices will be transferred soon, and the new directors have not been decided for a long time. As one of the three deputy directors, I also want to move my ass to the director's big chair before I retire.

but I'm not outstanding in terms of the ability of networking. I thought of stepping on the shadow.

In normal times, I don't have much chance to get along with the director. How can I successfully step on the shadow of the director?

here comes the opportunity. A farewell banquet for the old director is about to be held. I took great pains to arrange the banquet on the 15th of the lunar calendar.

in the hotel box, I specially sat next to the director.

at the beginning of the dinner, I didn't succeed in stepping on the shadow of the director. The director is a master of dinner. He gets up and talks, and then he gets up and toasts.

in the second half of the dinner, the director was full of wine and food, and I finally succeeded in stepping on his shadow.

I was shocked after sneaking into the director's heart.

in the first half of his life, the director was calm, came from a poor background, studied hard, entered the officialdom for the first time, got up early and returned late every day, and worked hard.

in the second half of the director's life, power and money are traded, power and sex are traded ...

There are so many abuses in the second half of his life, how can I choose to attack? There are so many people at the dinner, I certainly can't step on people on the spot.

sometimes, there are too many choices, but it's hard to choose.

I thought about it for three nights and decided to choose one and show him my cards.

at a time when no one else is around, I pretend to report to the director.

"Director, I haven't reported to you for a long time."

"Kun, it's rare that you have always supported my work as a director. You can come and visit more often when you are free."

"Director, look at me. I've been a deputy director for ten years. If I don't make progress, it's hard to have a chance."

"Kun, I appreciate your initiative to ask for progress."

"Director, do you think you can add more burden to me?"

"Ah, Kun, I'm not the only one in charge of the bureau. Before your director left, I recommended you to the organization department. "

"Thank you, Director."

The director raised his teacups with both hands, and I knew he was going to see the guests off.

"Secretary, I received an anonymous letter."

the director's face sank and turned from yellow to white. "Bring it quickly, let me have a look?"

"It's all nonsense. I have destroyed it."

"oh, oh. What did you write? "

"It seems to be about you, the director, who said that you were above the key project Happiness Community in our city, illegally approved and accepted a bribe of 6 million from the developer."

I finished in a low voice and looked at the director. The office was as quiet as death.

"It's nonsense, Kun. You are very politically conscious, and your position as director has been vacant for some time. Work harder and take up the burden."

"Thank you, Director."

three days later, I was in a state of anxiety, and my ass finally sat in the chair of the director.

(5)

Since I implemented the shadow-stepping action, I've got both sex and profit, and I'm intoxicated with the atmosphere of getting something for nothing. Every 15th day of the lunar calendar, I just need to step on other people's shadows, and I can easily extort money. It's really a good deal.

I'm beginning to enjoy this, and I'm a little carried away.

once, I had morning tea in a tea restaurant, and I was going to step on the shadow after I was full.

On the way, a young woman came across my desk to have morning tea. I was too busy brushing Tik Tok to pay much attention.

Tik Tok was really fun. I stayed in the teahouse for more than an hour before I knew it. When I was about to leave, the woman opposite stopped me.

"Take 5,, and I'll wipe out your mess."

"Who are you, with what 5, yuan?" I was furious. I couldn't help looking at the ground, and my heart suddenly stopped breathing. My shadow was being trampled by the other side.

"Don't be too surprised. Three months ago, I had the same car accident as you, and my brain and nerves suffered the same damage, which means I got the same disease as you."

"How can you say it's a disease? It's a special function."

"Illness and non-illness are just a thought. You can spy on other people's secrets by stepping on the shadow, but you are not right. Every secret of others is a bullet to your future destruction."

"You must have been following me for some time?"

"Have you forgotten that a year ago, there was a woman named Yingchun?"

"I admit, I shouldn't have harmed her, but she left the city six months ago."

"She can't stand your destruction. She threw herself into the river six months ago."

"I should have guessed that you are Yingchun's sister."

"Yes, my name is Xichun."

"She hurt your life like that, and you still help her?"

"She's my own sister. Anyway, it's our family business. Besides, we have already forgiven her."

"It seems that I am doomed."

"You never dreamed that one day, you will be trampled on by others. This is called karma."

I transferred 5, yuan to Xichun on the spot, and then fled.

(6)

Since I met Xichun in the tea restaurant, I have been greatly weakened, and I have no intention to step on other people's shadows.

What's more, every night on the fifteenth day of the lunar calendar, I wake up in the middle of the night with a nightmare and sweat profusely.

One nightmare after another is really like a bullet shooting at my brain and nerves, which makes my life worse than death.

Sometimes I dream of being pushed off a cliff by Yingchun, sometimes I dream of being hit by a rich girl driving, sometimes I dream of being crushed to the ground by the director with a big official seal, and sometimes I dream of my own shadow being trampled out by Xichun ...

God, please forgive me. Please take back these bullets and these nightmares. I will never step on other people's shadows again. ......