Dazed

At dawn, at ten o'clock in the morning, the cheap alarm clock bought from the vegetable market was dutifully beeping, waking up Qi Zheng who was sleeping in a mess on the bed.

Habitually stretching out his hand to slap off the noisy alarm clock, Qi Zheng frowned and opened his eyes with difficulty.

The hangover headache was like needles being stuck in his forehead, so he couldn't help but groaned. Although he woke up, he was in a trance.

The sun was still shining through the window.

After lying on the bed for a long time, until the sound outside became louder, Qi Zheng finally frowned and got up from the bed. The moment his feet touched the floor, his legs gave way and he almost fell down. Fortunately, the palm of his hand Holds the bedside table next to the bed.

Who sent him back last night?Qi Zheng rubbed his brows sleepily, just as there was a burst of shouting outside the room.

Pushing open the door, old Chen Zheng, a worker in the dormitory next door, came out of his room with a tired expression on his face. return."

The other party looked up and saw Qi Zheng who had just left the house, and joked, "Hey, how much did you drink last night, why do you have such a face?"

Looking up at the other party, Qi Zheng's face didn't change much, and he replied lightly: "Not much."

Qi Zheng, who had no memory of what happened last night, pursed his lips. Fortunately, Foreman Liu sent him back.

During the day when he was working at the construction site, Qi Zheng searched the entire construction site but could not find Liu En, who was in charge of the preliminary planning of a project, so he called a worker and asked, "Where did Liu En go? Why can't I find anyone? "

The little worker said "Oh" and replied: "Liu En asked for leave to find his wife, who has been missing for many days."

"Missing?" Qi Zheng was surprised, but he didn't hear any discussion.

Xiao Gong rolled his eyes and said, "Why, Qi Gong, you don't know yet. It seems that No. [-] has disappeared. Liu En has been looking for three or four days. People say that Liu Gen's wife ran away with someone, and he is the only one who has disappeared." The wild man who asked Liu En to take her to find his daughter-in-law whenever she fell ill."

Qi Zheng glanced at him, and scolded him expressionlessly: "Why do you talk so much nonsense, so excited that his wife lost you?"

"Hey, no way, I'm also worried. Old Zhang said that his wife has mental problems, so she probably ran away with the man." Seeing Qi Zheng's expression, Xiao Gong hurriedly defended himself, saying: " Then I go to work first?"

Qi Zheng looked down at the notes in his hand and said softly, "Let's go."

The person who came quickly slipped away.

On the construction site where the machines were buzzing, the ground was full of sewage and slurry, and a group of workers drilled holes and poured cement, and the work was in full swing.

Qi Zheng was looking around in the extremely noisy construction site. When he raised his head, two or three pillars separated him, and he happened to see the corner. Liu En, who had already asked for leave, walked into Foreman Liu's office with his head down. Followed by a woman, it looks like it should be his wife.

Already found it?

When Qi Zheng nodded, he thought to himself, seeing the two people's backs disappearing in the corridor, he also looked away.

Unexpectedly, 10 minutes later, Liu En, who came out of Foreman Liu's office, turned around and saw Qi Zheng busy on the construction site, so he gestured for him to come out.

Hearing the sound, Qi Zheng put down the work in his hand, turned his head to look at Liu En, who was still tired but relieved, and walked over with some meaning.

It is estimated that the whole construction site knew about his wife's disappearance. Since entering the construction site, the man who had been watched by the crowd would hunched over wherever he went, with drooping eyebrows and eyes, avoiding the curious eyes of the crowd.

The two walked outside to a quiet place around a corner. With trembling hands and feet, Liu En took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, handed one to Qi Zheng, and took another in his mouth. Open your mouth slowly.

Seeing that he was alone, Qi Zheng glanced up at him and asked, "Where's your wife?"

"Ah?" Liu En's eyes widened and his mouth opened, but he didn't know what to say.

Seeing his bewildered expression, Qi Zheng was a little puzzled, and said, "Did she leave first? Didn't you two go to Foreman Liu together just now?"

Unexpectedly, as soon as these words came out, Liu En's eyes widened suddenly, his mouth opened in surprise, and even the cigarette in his mouth fell to the ground, with an extremely shocked expression.

Qi Zheng frowned when he saw that he had seen a ghost, and asked in a rough voice: "What's wrong?"

Liu En still looked at him in shock, his lips were trembling, and he stammered: "I...I just wanted to tell you about my wife. The police just found her person yesterday..."

Halfway through the speech, Liu En raised his eyes to look at Qi Zheng, whose expression had not changed, took a breath and continued, saying, "In the pond in Beidian Park, he is already dead."

As soon as these words came out, it was Qi Zheng's turn to be stupefied, his expression froze suddenly, the cigarette was in his mouth, and he remained unchanged for a long time.

After a while, Qi Zheng took a deep breath, looked straight at Liu En, who was a little flustered, and said, "Your wife was killed?"

"Yes." Liu En replied with a nod. The whole person looked a little relieved, but his nerves still seemed to be tense, and there seemed to be some contradictions.

"Did you read it wrong just now?" He asked.

Qi Zheng frowned, a little thoughtful. Remembering the scene he saw just now, he nodded and said along the way: "That's my mistake, so do you want to ask for leave?"

Liu En shook his head and said, "I resigned, and the funeral will take ten and a half months, and I want to change the environment in the future."

Qi Zheng didn't say anything after hearing the words, he didn't even ask the cause of his wife's death, he is not a curious person, Liu En specially asked him to come out, probably because he didn't want other people in the construction site to know about the discussion, so the two stood there and talked about it. The work was roughly handed over.

When the talk was over, a lot of cigarette butts were thrown on the ground. Qi Zheng took his last puff of cigarette, and the white smoke wafted in the air. Liu En probably had a hard time these few days, and the one with the big black eye was as dead as a panda. It seems that the bags under the eyes are also a lot bigger.

"That's okay, you can go after you think about it." At the end, Qi Zheng said.

When they were about to part, Liu En seemed a little absent-minded. He had already turned around and was about to leave, but he turned back again, staring at Qi Zheng eagerly, and said, "You really saw a The woman is following me?"

Qi Zheng raised his eyes and looked at him, and suddenly felt that something was wrong, he nodded after thinking about it, and said: "From a distance, it seems to be."

Liu En was a little dazed when he heard the words, and said "Oh" lightly, then turned around and continued to walk out of the construction site.

Qi Zheng looked at his back as he staggered away, with some caution in his eyes, and his inner instinct told him that the matter was probably not simple.

When eating in the evening, Qi Zheng stayed in his hut, holding a lunch box in his hands, and a TV set on a simple table in front of him was broadcasting today's news. relevant reports.

"On March 3th of this month, a female corpse was found in Tianchi Park in District X. It was the woman whose family members reported her missing on the 26rd. She was 34 years old and suffered from mental illness. Ride his bicycle into a pond in the park and drowned."

Suddenly, there was a "squeak" sound as if the signal was bad, and the TV that was continuously broadcasting the female announcer's voice stopped suddenly, and even the screen became pitch black.

The small room suddenly became quiet and quiet, as if something unexpected was brewing.

Qi Zheng could already smell a somewhat familiar smell in this eerie silence. Halfway through the meal, the TV suddenly turned off. He could probably guess that it was those annoying low-level ghosts who came to the door again.

Putting down the lunch box in his hand, Qi Zheng's eyes suddenly became fierce. He tightened his nerves, scanned his surroundings sharply, and fixed his eyes on the shadow behind the TV, as if he had found the target.

Making preparations in his hands, Qi Zheng frowned and stared at the strangely fluctuating place irritably. Suddenly, just as he was about to make a move, a gust of wind blew in from the half-open door, strong The strong wind made him unable to bear to look up.

However, when he turned his eyes back into the room again, he was surprised to find that the quiet and depressing power had completely disappeared.

Instead, there was a gust of wind.

Qi Zheng took a few breaths, and suddenly his expression froze in surprise. A faint earthy smell was hidden in it, which seemed to be clearly revealed...

But, is it possible?

Qi Zheng's eyes widened and he looked out the door, with an expression of disbelief on his face.

In the shadows behind the TV, after a burst of inexplicable fluctuations, the ghost that had been hiding there ready to go was suddenly pinned down by an invisible hand on the pulse gate where the spirit was, and with a light tap of the fingertips, the low-level ghost The ghost spirit scattered into dust all over the ground and disappeared into the boundless world.

My people, dare to touch such inferior ghosts?

Humph……

Sigh silently, and hide with the wind.