Let's play horror games

One day later, in a certain city on Sunday night, in front of a dilapidated small apartment on the first floor.

The boy with the backpack hesitated for a while, and finally reached out and knocked on the door.

I didn't plan to come back before, so I didn't bring the key with me.Usually there is no one at home, he thought he might sleep outside tonight, but unexpectedly, the door opened quickly.

My father had a shaggy beard, a haggard face, and bloodshot eyes.

The man glared at him: "Do you still know how to come back?!"

"Why can't the phone get through? Is that thing a decoration!"

The boy was stunned: "Dad, did you hit me?"

The man was furious: "Nonsense, I am your father!"

The boy lowered his head, seemed to smile, and squeezed through the door.

"I went to the beach and ate a bunch of roasted meat and seafood."

As he said that, he took out a large package of things from his backpack, opened the outer plastic bag and newspaper, and inside was a fresh-keeping box stuffed with an astonishing amount of barbecue.

"Dad, have you had dinner yet?"

The man paused for a few seconds and didn't answer, but sat down cursing and started chewing.

The boy noticed that there were no wine bottles in the trash can, only plastic molds of many convenience store foods, instant noodle cups, and a surprising amount of toilet paper and cigarette ashes.

These were things he had never imagined before.

When Dad finished eating and cursing, the boy, uncharacteristically, did not talk back, but calmly took out his mobile phone: "My friend sent us a group photo, Dad, do you want to see it?"

The man was drooling with scolding: "Look! Look where you brats are going!"

The boy hands over the phone.

The man saw his child standing in the crowd smiling brightly on his mobile phone, his eyes were slightly sore at first, and then his eyes widened as if he was shocked.

Because of his past occupation, my father was not someone who would be easily intimidated.Never seen his father look like this before, the boy wondered: "What's wrong?"

The man's expression was rare eagerness, he asked: "Who are these people, and where did you meet them!"

The boy thought his dad was worried about making friends and said, "They're kind of weird, but they're not bad."

He pointed to the photo: "This is Xi Rui, who makes a calculator. The black brother next to him is his...family, both of them are very good. Really good."

"The long-haired one is called Lin Tie. He talks funny and wants to be a singer. I didn't bring a change of clothes. He lent me to wear them. The short-haired sister is Yan Li. She is making machinery and is very enthusiastic about taking care of people. She prepares all the ingredients. , is it delicious?"

Listening to his son's introduction one by one, the man's expression was unpredictable, almost distorted.

Finally, he closed his eyes and said, "Is that so...is that so."

The man's expression was too complicated for the boy to understand, he was still worried just as his father, shrugged and went to take a shower.

In the middle of the night, after confirming that his son was asleep, the man sighed and slumped on the sofa.

Because of his special occupation, he almost has a photographic memory for people.

As for the people in the photo, except for the young man named Xi Rui, he had an impression.

More than ten years ago, the world experienced a large-scale war. The battlefield swept almost two-thirds of the countries, and the remaining countries were also affected.

There may be necessary evils in the world, but that disaster was caused by humans, and it was a completely avoidable evil.

Those in power at the time deceived everyone in the name of justice and made everyone, including him, fight for ridiculous lies.

Moreover, after being exposed, they are unwilling to reflect on or admit it, thinking that time can eliminate everything, and repression can make everyone forget, but it brings deeper cracks and injuries.

The three were the product of that time.

The long-haired young man was still a child in ragged clothes, emaciated, with pinholes in his arms, and almost bald due to malnutrition.He and many others were locked in cages of just the right size, and it was difficult to even lie down and turn over.

The environment in the basement where they were locked up was extremely harsh, and the psychological quality of his colleagues were not bad, but a few of them almost vomited when they entered.The rotten smell of the dead, the smell of fermented excrement, and the smell of blood are mixed together. To the man, it is the smell of death, which is deeply imprinted in his memory.

The people in the cage are hardly human anymore. Seeing a stranger coming, those who still have the strength to move, howl like a beast. They seem to have lost their language and thinking.

But the man noticed a thin figure in the corner who seemed to be smiling.

Nothing to do with the hellish horror all around, empty laughs.

A few years later, his wife became pregnant.When he saw the baby's smile in the ultrasound photo, he realized that sometimes laughter is just an instinct and has nothing to do with happiness.

And the child who smiled in the cage was the long-haired youth in the photo.

He won't admit it.

The man once conducted an investigation in private because he cared about the case.He learned that the reason why the boy survived was not only because the child had a small appetite, but also because a little girl secretly handed him food.

The girl's family involved black and white in the case.After the outbreak, the girl's father was pushed out by the high-level as a scapegoat, and he used his wife as a target, trading the lives of his relatives for his chance of surviving.

The girl's father killed her mother.

The whole thing seemed to have nothing to do with the girl, but before long, she disappeared too, existing only on the list of missing children, with all the immature black and white head portraits.

That girl is Yan Li.She didn't even change her name, only her mother's surname.

Finally, the man in black.

More than ten years ago, a temporary hospital on the battlefield.He once saw a thin figure with a knife and a ring of grenades tied to his waist, with a dusty face and an indifferent face, carrying a corpse taller than him, walking across the battlefield without looking sideways.

The child walked very hard, but he did not let go of his companions on his shoulders, nor did he unfasten the heavy weapon at his waist.

The most terrifying thing is that the man can clearly see that this child is not a private mercenary, but has received professional training.

This means that there are still many children like him.

Children who are supposed to enjoy their childhood are like Gu worms in a Gu plate, forced to fight by the environment and used as tools.

In those years, I don't know how many sad children there were.

They experienced horrific horrors, but were forced to be so numb they couldn't even cry.

Years from now, will they be as relaxed as the people in the photo?

How did these three people come here? Is it related to the strange youth in the photo?

The young man named Xi Rui, although he looked gentle and ordinary, gave him a strange feeling.If you look carefully, you will find that this person's shadow seems to be different from other people.

Perhaps, this person is... No, it's impossible.

Anyway, he's just a failed useless man right now.Forced to withdraw from all cores, the only ones who can protect are their own children.

And all these secrets, he will take to the grave alone and seal them up forever.

Thinking of this, he walked into the child's room and quietly looked at the boy's sleeping face.

The man didn't go back to his room, but just wrapped up his coat, lay down on the ground next to the child's bed, and soon fell asleep.

The father who has been exhausted for several days can finally get a peaceful sleep.

The author says:

Little things not mentioned:

1. Yan Li was often dressed as a little princess when she was a child, with long hair.The long hair is a small bald head.

2. Changmao's nursery rhyme was taught by Yan Li.So at the finale, he said to Yan Li, "You can sing", but Yan Li, whose childhood world collapsed, was no longer willing to sing.Even if he reluctantly agreed, he couldn't sing as briskly as Changmao.So the only person who could sing at that time was Changmao.