一個月後。640Please respect copyright.PENANAEql7PuFXqx
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今年暑假過得特別難熬。一來是長期單身的數學老師每個星期需要學生們補課,好幫他充撐老師過份孤獨的悠長假期。而且家裡那副木製神枱上面,除了爸爸媽媽那張陳年神位,旁邊還新添上了哥哥的黑白照片,叫小羽老是看不順眼。640Please respect copyright.PENANAtv5uhjkYvS
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現在少了個人爭看電視,小羽卻覺得電視節目沒有先前那麼好看;而不會不翼而飛的零食和汽水,總是吃極也吃不完。如非必要,小羽差不多每天都在街上流連,也不願回到空蕩蕩的家中。640Please respect copyright.PENANARhIDireJ8e
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說起來,黃炏過身已經快要兩個月,差不多是尾七的日子。640Please respect copyright.PENANA2qfWXLBKaQ
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真無聊!640Please respect copyright.PENANAn0Dc08jFfk
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「婆婆這兩晚要返夜班。」小羽收聽電話口訊錄音。640Please respect copyright.PENANADBS4bCUqtC
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原先婆婆打算把黃炏黃小羽供養到讀完大學就退休,看來孫兒子突如其來的喪事打亂了她的計劃。除了白天當一份正職,晚上還要回去醫院當一份兼職清潔工作,幫補家計。她雖然就住在隔壁,但每晚風雨不改先過來煮道晚餐給小羽。640Please respect copyright.PENANAb6O75ahsgU
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「雪櫃裡有魚和菜,自己翻熱先吃吧,不要等我。」640Please respect copyright.PENANAz2iCnnCV10
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「還有,明天我要回去妳哥哥的學校,代他拿公開試的成績單。」婆婆口中哽咽。黃炏是個讀書成績很好的高材生,要不是英年早逝,他們黃家鐵定會跑出一個大學生。640Please respect copyright.PENANA16MLQJZCl7
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小羽從床上轉了兩圈,打開電視,暑假下午的兒嬉卡通節目,實在看不下去。640Please respect copyright.PENANAVJVCQgt678
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「等我變身先...雞蛋六隻,糖呢就兩茶匙,仲有啲橙皮...」640Please respect copyright.PENANAqVL2YjGDV7
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她拿著搖控器不斷轉台,就是沒有半個節目可以吸引住她的目光。640Please respect copyright.PENANAbAYNpbJU4c
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「以下係健康新聞專題,我們探討一下最新的都巿殺手,隱性心臟病...」主持人用著假惺惺的口吻報導:「近年急性心臟病的問題有年輕化趨勢,單就今年上半年,病發個案就已經比上年全年增加百份之五十四,情況令人擔憂。醫生指珠三角地區的空氣污染,有可能才是這種急性殺手的原兇...」640Please respect copyright.PENANAWh6nd445Dv
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又一個無聊至極的晚上。640Please respect copyright.PENANA9rUzVQaFKc
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「究極撒拉熱窩的青少年,是怎樣用砵仔糕...」
咔嚓,小羽關掉電視,無聊得實在看不下去。她打算趁時間尚早,出去街上亂逛一下,總好過一個女孩呆在家中望著四道牆。她打開書桌旁那個和哥哥共用的大衣櫃,在裡面隨便挑件外衣。640Please respect copyright.PENANAfUptxBOzPN
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裡面一邊是黃炏的大褸、一邊是小羽的衣服,密麻麻的排滿整個衣櫥。門頁內邊是一面全身鏡。小羽站在鏡前,把頭髮梳成兩條長長的馬尾孖辮。她定睛望著衣架上面兩條紮頭髮用的鮮紅色緞帶...這是哥哥生前送她唯一一份生日禮物。640Please respect copyright.PENANA3scz69G0lQ
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「我覺得小羽用緞帶紥孖鞭,很好看啊...」那時候哥哥說:「簡直是女神!」640Please respect copyright.PENANABfPFcvuz9p
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「...這紅色好老土!」640Please respect copyright.PENANAc9940kmqNv
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「只怪小羽妳Carry 唔到。」640Please respect copyright.PENANAUDKDdAzduP
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小羽把長髮編成兩束,她的頭髮太長,紥起孖鞭髮尾也接近去到腰側。她從鏡子望到神枱上哥哥的照片,輕嘆一口氣。640Please respect copyright.PENANAAKLHILRQmf
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她站到神枱跟前,「謝謝你了,笨蛋哥哥。」640Please respect copyright.PENANAXLJSZrNMw5
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「這當作是還妳那一百塊囉!」640Please respect copyright.PENANAfuVL8uEh1L
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誰?哥哥?640Please respect copyright.PENANARpvcoUbM7Z
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小羽猛地轉身,哎喲!...她手肘不小心地撞上了還未關上的衣櫃門,害她𠽌𠽌叫痛了半分鐘。擦擦眼角淚水,屋內只有她孤零零的身影。小羽拼住呼吸,全神傾聽每一下微細的聲音,當她驟然停下所有動作,竟然就連自己呯呯的心跳聲,也愈來愈明顯了。640Please respect copyright.PENANAo975ErxNOH
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的搭的搭...屋內只有鬧鐘枯燥的跳字聲。640Please respect copyright.PENANAPtaBwvGIgi
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難不成...真是有鬼吧...?640Please respect copyright.PENANAn02VS2IG60
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死後的哥哥,㑹變成血淋淋一片嗎?抑或會失驚無神忽然彈出來?糟了,這個無聊的黃炏可能會趁機報復,嚇小羽一把再瘋狂恥笑她。640Please respect copyright.PENANAd1BQvtyxtN
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「哥哥,是你嗎?」小羽吞一大道口水,情不自禁的深呼吸。640Please respect copyright.PENANAkhszCCnsp3
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好像有點怪聲...可是聲音太弱了,可能只是鄰居的噪音。640Please respect copyright.PENANA0rR4uHWgSQ
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剛才,應該是神經過敏吧。640Please respect copyright.PENANA92ZL7YrGPW
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小羽呆站在客廳正中央十幾分鐘,總不可能無止境的繼續呆等下去,唯有一手拿起背包,離開這個靜寂得發慌的家。
幸好今天天氣悶熱,黃昏最後一道陽光把大街曬得像個蒸籠,教小羽少了份心寒的不安感。她從油麻地的家離開,一個人漫無目的地亂逛。640Please respect copyright.PENANAgF138Yd2r4
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小羽心想,若然剛才那聲音真是哥哥顯靈的話,怎樣才可以聯絡上他?在香港這個大都巿,有可能找到靈媒幫忙嗎?640Please respect copyright.PENANAmn8KpOtFdl
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那怕是一次也好,小羽也想再看見哥哥啊。640Please respect copyright.PENANAdMXofClb4r
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想著想著,一間新開張的精品公仔店舖吸引住小羽的目光。她老遠就感覺得到,這邊充斥著古怪的氣息。640Please respect copyright.PENANAUhRYEM3sMi
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一輛裝著塊大玻璃鏡的搬搬運公司貨車駛過,剛好停在精品店門前。等等...!小羽一晃眼望著那塊大鏡,忽然察覺了點不尋常的東西。鏡面的角度剛好倒映著舖面外面祝賀新店開張的花圈,但這實在太過奇怪了吧...六七個鮮花的大紅花圈放了一排,後面卻擺放著一列白事用的花牌,這是哪門子的開張!?640Please respect copyright.PENANAqA3b0hhklU
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小羽擦擦眼睛,轉頭正眼望向店面,那裡卻只剩下正常的白合和太陽花花牌啊;那幾副白事花牌,就只在鏡面裡出現!小羽站近一點貨車,吃力的讀花牌上的賀詞:五方五土遊魂同鄉會,恭賀陸師傅生意興隆。640Please respect copyright.PENANA2nXZAp4XXQ
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痴線...遊魂同鄉會!?小羽不期然失笑。當她正想再細看的時候,交通燈轉成綠色,貨車嗖一聲就駛走了。
一個穿著橙黃色圍裙的少女,上衣胳膊還有條厘士花邊,想必是扮作女僕的制服吧。她不知何時開始站在她旁邊,望著看得入神的小羽。那女孩長著副平易近人的孩子臉,胸口掛著個員工名牌,想必是這精品店的售貨員。640Please respect copyright.PENANAJWaaAuoHNM
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「妳...看到了?」售貨員少女反應慢了三拍,滿臉疑惑的問。640Please respect copyright.PENANAhO8PUgMKSf
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「吓?」小羽沒料到她這反應。這女店員會這樣提問,就證明店裡的員工都知道白花牌的事了。小羽上下打量這有點嬰兒胖的白晳少女,胸口的名牌上看到「寶兒」兩個字,想必是她的名字。640Please respect copyright.PENANAH0zHAgVgoN
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「沒有...甚麼都看不到。」小羽撒謊,盡量不想表現得太異常,避開少女走進店裡。這是所才剛開業的精品店,舖內仍有著一股剛裝修完的天拿水臭味。兩旁的貨架堆滿大大小小的精緻文具,牆身滿滿掛著數十隻毛公仔。有幾隻限量版的米奇老鼠,被好好保護放在玻璃櫃高處,旁邊還有一尊木造的皮諾邱扯線木偶。藍藍綠綠的繽紛布娃娃,佔據著牆上的每一吋空間。640Please respect copyright.PENANAOCTObbD2wo
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一定是自己過敏了,這裡又怎可能跟鬼鬼怪怪事沾得上邊呢?640Please respect copyright.PENANAfcvjq2qPDE
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一位臉容和藹的太太也穿著那套橙黃色圍裙制服,拿著隻熊啤啤逗著旁邊的手抱嬰兒。兩個看似臨時工的小妹妹跑進跑出,不斷幫忙貨架補貨。收銀櫃後頭站著個束二撇雞的中年男人(當然沒穿女僕衣服),應就是老闆是吧。他一對小眼睛左瞄右瞄的,時刻監視著有沒有順手牽羊的壞孩子。640Please respect copyright.PENANAzBIU9wPz2l
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收銀機後頭牆上掛了個木造十字架,四邊還有個裝飾用的雕花小穿孔...奇怪了,這老闆想必是個基督徒吧,那為甚麼外面會有這麼奇怪的花牌?640Please respect copyright.PENANApff3idcJow
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二撇雞的目光跟小羽接上了,從他眼神看來,這老闆看來不怎麼歡迎自己。640Please respect copyright.PENANARjdf82MB4y
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小羽繞到層架另一邊,假裝在挑原子筆,免得再跟老闆互瞪。一把刻意壓下的聲音,從貨架另外端傳來:「麻煩你,陸老闆,我想要隻保安用的式神。」640Please respect copyright.PENANApUyDF06IGu
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式神?
「保安用嗎...我們只剩下少量存貨。」小羽從層架的夾縫,偷窺望著收銀處的老闆。那二撇雞大叔也壓下聲線的答:「寶兒,幫我到貨倉取貨。新張酬賓,太太,這裡算妳五兩銀吧。」640Please respect copyright.PENANAtwkY6CEfpY
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「謝謝了。陸老闆你過來這邊開店,實在太方便我們這些住在陽間的村民。」640Please respect copyright.PENANALwctaphADD
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他們...究竟在說甚麼?640Please respect copyright.PENANAJS3x0cyVck
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「有聽到些傳言嗎?天啊,昨晚有人在附近看見貪狼!」那是個身型肥胖的太太,站在櫃檯前:「我早就說過,那群牛頭馬面中看不中用。連少少事也幹不好。」640Please respect copyright.PENANA5VnATgvfFp
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「沒法子了,我們也只好等待那幫死神出手。」二撇雞急急打完場。後邊有兩個中學生排隊買文具,村民太太只好站到一邊,免得阻礙老闆生意。640Please respect copyright.PENANAUNNBrjrEYi
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牛頭馬面?死神?640Please respect copyright.PENANAzEu4c8cn9F
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聽她意思,最近甚至出現會襲擊人類的怪獸啊。640Please respect copyright.PENANA1lCEkyS37N
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「我看紫微週刊說啊,修羅國就是幾個月前平白多了這些怪獸,沒多久就發生戰爭了。」師奶一臉大面不妙的八卦相:「說不定很快就會打仗呢。」640Please respect copyright.PENANAb4lCZ68o7t
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「我看不會吧...」640Please respect copyright.PENANAUUGJAyU6ds
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小羽轉了一圈,站到老遠繼續留意這兩個談吐奇怪的人。式神兩個字聽起來好耳熟,應該在哥哥床頭某本漫畫中讀過,而且肯定不是迪士尼那種孩子氣卡通角式。640Please respect copyright.PENANAVXYP0eukAA
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二撇雞老闆飛快瞄了過來,似乎仍有意無意的仍在留意小羽的舉動。難道她今天的造型太寒酸,像是個會高買的壞學生嗎?還是他生怕被人聽到他說的奇怪東西?640Please respect copyright.PENANAKvEB7RKCzK
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她實在被盯得很不舒服,做個樣逛了一圈,就急急腳離開。640Please respect copyright.PENANAvNzhONWc9U
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「太太妳要的式神。」店員寶兒拿著一個大膠袋出來。小羽好奇心驅使下,偷偷瞄一下那太太的袋,可是裡面只裝著一大卷的純白色的紙。 「謝謝妳,寶兒。」那太太接過了大膠袋:「可以多給我一個膠袋嗎?我還要過廟街買些日用品。」640Please respect copyright.PENANAJFrlRZgH1j
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廟街嗎...小羽心念飛轉,咦...廟街不正是有很多江湖術士嗎?好有可能有人可以幫忙聯絡上哥哥啊。小羽心底燃起了星火般的希望,離開古里古怪的精品店,加緊步伐轉向廟街那方向。真笨耶,廟街就在屋企附近,怎樣沒想過可以在那兒找個師傅幫手呢?640Please respect copyright.PENANAchcj0fm9Gb
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問題來了...究竟廟街的術士收費怎樣?她從來沒想過要去幫襯那些怪里怪氣的大叔。小羽翻開銀包,裡面只有二三百元啊,把僅有的十元紙幣都放進紅包是不是太寒酸了點。640Please respect copyright.PENANA3VvVEovoXl
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而且,廟街這麼大,究竟哪人是騙子、哪人才有真功夫?可不能把這辛苦省下來的零用錢胡亂用掉啊。640Please respect copyright.PENANAa9Nfc0YiRB
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還是別想太多,順其自然吧。小羽從車水馬龍的彌敦道轉進內街。640Please respect copyright.PENANA8xB98bmwZ4
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