Dazed

At five o'clock in the evening, the dark clouds piled up thicker and thicker. The weather forecast in the city kept reporting that the temperature would continue to drop, and there would be snowfall tonight. Many people rushed home before the sun went down. There was an unnatural excitement.

Liang Siyue was wearing a coat, a hat, and a scarf covering half of her face, revealing only a pair of eyes full of panic and fear. She was hiding in a sheltered place on the corner of the street. Her pale and thin fingers were tightly holding the mobile phone in her pocket. Just called her aunt again, but unfortunately, no one answered.

She stood at the corner of the street a little nervously, with ups and downs in her heart, stood there and gritted her teeth, finally took a deep breath, walked forward, and walked to the bungalow not far away.

When she pushed open the door of that house, she glanced around anxiously, and after finding that there was really nothing unusual behind her, she stepped forward and walked in.

The yard is small, dark, and very dilapidated. There are hardly any people in sight. The bricks attached to the ground are broken all over the floor, revealing the bare soil. There are also many low shrubs and weeds. With the sound of the wind, Shaking violently, a few dogs barking could be heard in the distance, making Liang Siyue's originally nervous mood even more tense.

She walked in along the aisle of the gate, and came to a room with lights on. The orange lights in the room were faintly flickering. Liang Siyue was standing by the window. There were many empty plastic bags hanging on the window edge. When the wind blows, they look like balloons. , shaking from side to side, snapping, she looked in through the glass window covered with black stains, she could only see some vague shadows, but nothing.

She took out the mobile phone in her hand again and turned off the screen. Everything was normal on the mobile phone, and no one replied to her. She took a deep breath, clenched her fists, and then tapped on the window sill lightly, making a somewhat hoarse "boom" "Boom" sound.

After a while, the wooden door in front creaked slightly, and the door opened a crack, and it was dark inside.

Liang Siyue walked over lightly, walked into the room, and closed the door.

"What are you doing here?" The old man in the house has messy hair, dark complexion, thick eyebrows, and bony skinny eyes. It's not like a teacher who is engaged in teaching.

Liang Siyue swallowed, and carefully looked at the room that was almost occupied by calligraphy works. There was a strong smell of ink in the room, which was pungent and depressing, which made her a little unbearable.

"Did your aunt contact you?" Seeing Liang Siyue trembling like a mouse that had fallen into a cat's nest, the slovenly looking old man continued to ask, but his voice sounded very hoarse, as if there was something in his throat. Stuffed with thick phlegm, vague.

"I'm looking for you for something else." Liang Siyue swallowed, and shifted her gaze to Zhou Xianlei who was sitting on a wooden bench. In front of him was a huge wooden table covered with There are too many copybooks in this room, Liang Siyue looked up and found that even the ceiling was pasted with calligraphy and paintings, densely packed calligraphy like crawling ants.

She moved her body awkwardly, but she heard Zhou Xianlei shout nervously: "Don't move!"

Liang Siyue froze for some unknown reason. Seeing Zhou Xianlei not far away stood up, his hunched body looked like a shrimp. Although he looked quite old, his movements were very sensitive. He skillfully avoided the All kinds of copybooks came to Liang Siyue, carefully put away the copybooks that she almost hit, then hooked the young girl, and led her to a small hall at the corner.

Liang Siyue remembered that the last time she talked with him was also in this place, there were many scattered wooden boxes piled up in the surrounding corners, exuding a damp and decayed smell, she frowned slightly, took a deep breath, and asked : "What happened to the dead woman?"

"What is your standpoint to ask me?" Zhou Xianlei squinted his slender fox-like eyes, and his deep and hoarse voice seemed a bit gloomy in this small room full of decay.

Liang Siyue looked a little impatient, and said: "You have caused all these troubles, and you know how many troubles have caused us."

Zhou Xianlei didn't answer, his brain became active, the tip of his nose moved, and he took a deep breath like a dog following a scent. With a cool expression, he said lightly: "That matter has nothing to do with me, you don't need to worry about it."

"Are you sure?" Liang Siyue looked at Zhou Xianlei with an obvious expression of disbelief.

Zhou Xianlei, who was quite casual at first, changed his expression, his eyes became deep, staring at Liang Siyue and asked, "What do you mean?"

Liang Siyue noticed Zhou Xianlei's gaze, and suddenly became flustered, she quickly looked away, and said vaguely, "It's nothing."

"What did your aunt tell you?" Zhou Xianlei asked sharply. He walked slowly to Liang Siyue's side, but the inquiry in his eyes did not decrease at all. He asked thoughtfully, "Why are you so afraid of me?"

Liang Siyue remembered what her aunt had secretly told her before she left, her heartbeat accelerated suddenly, and her whole body tensed up. If she hadn't been pushed these days, she would never have come here to look for him.Thinking of seeing those weird creatures from time to time even when she was in the police station these days, her mood felt like falling into ice, and she felt uncomfortable wherever she went.

However, there are more serious things waiting for her in front of her. She probably never imagined that coming to Zhou Xianlei is a more terrifying decision than finding a ghost. Liang Siyue avoided Zhou Xianlei's sight and said anxiously: "I have a lot of suspicion now , The police said that my things were collected at the scene, you should be very clear that you put in that batch of goods, and I never went in from the beginning to the end!"

"It's not that you haven't touched that thing before school. It's normal to drop something suddenly. Don't worry, let your aunt hide it well, and it won't have any greater impact." Zhou Xianlei looked at Liang Siyue's movements, and his eyes rolled. He moved a bit, then relieved the pressure in his eyes, and added this sentence indifferently.

"How can there be nothing wrong?" Liang Siyue opened her eyes wide, looked at Zhou Xianlei in shock and anger, and believed in the guess in her heart more and more.

"Children, the more low-key you are, the safer you are at this time. Don't use your brains casually. If you are smart, you will be fooled by your cleverness. That's not good." Zhou Xianlei reminded with deep meaning.

Liang Siyue's eyelids twitched, she took a deep breath, gritted her teeth and said, "Maybe someone framed me, the crime of murder is too serious, I have to clarify myself."

"Then you should go and explain to the police instead of coming to me." Zhou Xianlei said without showing any mercy.

"I can find my things on the spot, who knows what else can be found." Liang Siyue said.

Zhou Xianlei turned around, squinted his eyes at Liang Siyue, and said slowly, "What do you mean? Are you doubting me?"

Liang Siyue noticed the shining eyes on his withered face, summoned up her courage, pretended to be calm and said, "Haihua County is your former hometown, right?"

Zhou Xianlei's face changed when he heard this, his originally muddy vision gradually became shrewd, like the eyes of a lizard, full of bloody smell, he asked hoarsely: "Did your aunt tell you?"

Liang Siyue suffocated suddenly, but when she saw Zhou Xianlei's age and his body so thin that he would collapse in the wind, she calmed down again, gritted her teeth, and said simply: "I don't think you are interested in the name Zhou Zhengqi." No stranger, you two brothers look very similar, but your personalities are very different. You can replace him for 20 years, but it doesn't mean you can replace him for a lifetime. I just want to tell you, regardless of whether the corpse has anything to do with you, in short, Don't try to rely on me, I have information you don't want to know, and it won't look good if you tear your face." In fact, that's all she knows, and her aunt told her in advance to let her need it It was used to threaten Zhou Xianlei at the time, but she was emotionally excited right now, causing her to shake out all the things that were wandering in her mind, but the words had been released, and there was no turning back.

As soon as these words fell, the atmosphere in the room suddenly became dignified. Even Liang Siyue felt that the surrounding temperature seemed to have dropped a little. Zhou Xianlei did not make a sound, but took a few deep breaths. The smell of ink in the room has never disappeared. After dissipating, Zhou Xianlei softened his tone, grinned his dry lips, and said, "Although I don't know what you know about me, I guarantee that the sudden incident will never endanger you. Don't worry?" ?”

Liang Siyue didn't relax at all, she nodded and said, "Then I'll go first."

Zhou Xianlei suddenly opened his nostrils again, took a deep breath, felt the wonderful taste of the lingering smell reverberating in his internal organs, and then returned to normal, reminding: "Be careful when you go out. A lot of people fell down there."

Liang Siyue was used to Zhou Xianlei's neurotic behavior, so she felt a little strange about his rare kindness, but after thinking about it, she guessed that the threat just now had taken effect, so she let go of her doubts again, just nodded, and followed Zhou Xianlei's words. left under sight.