Penitent hand, trembling slightly

Father Shen said, "Did you see the billboard as a person?"

"Really..." Shen Maomao murmured.

Impossible, she couldn't have imagined such vicious eyes for no reason.But now that no one is there, she can't argue with anything, so she can only coquettishly say: "Then I want to sleep with my mother too."

Shen's mother yawned and hugged her: "Let's go, it's twelve o'clock now, go to sleep."

A family of three squeezed into one bed, and there were people on Shen Maomao's left and right, and he felt relieved immediately.She listened to the sound of even breathing on both sides, and soon fell asleep again, and it was dawn.

The next morning was a bit cloudy, because of the rain last night, a white mist lingered on the tall buildings in the distance, like a mirage.

After breakfast, the family of three went downstairs together, Shen's father took the commuter bus to work, and Shen Maomao was led to school by his mother.

As soon as she arrived downstairs, she involuntarily looked across the road and opened her eyes wide.

I saw that there was a black umbrella on the billboard that was still empty in the middle of the night. The black umbrella was stretched open and was gently placed on the top of the billboard, shaking with the breeze. But it never fell off.

Shen Maomao tugged on the sleeves of the cheap old mother: "Look, Mom, there is an umbrella over there! I want to go and see it!"

Mother Shen said helplessly, "Why do you want to see everything?"

Shen Maomao acted like a baby: "Let's go and have a look! How are you, Mom?"

Shen's mother sighed: "Let's go, just take a look, you are going to be late for school."

The mother and daughter walked through the passage and came to the umbrella.

It was a large umbrella, black all over, with a curved handle underneath.When you get closer, you can hear the sound of the umbrella handle hitting the billboard——

"when……"

"when……"

Shen Maomao was stunned.

Isn't that what she heard that night?It's just that it's much smaller than at night, and it's not so deafening.

Why was it so loud last night, like it was ringing in her ears? !

She didn't dare to think about it anymore, if that was the case, then she might not be far from death.

Mother Shen looked at the umbrella and asked strangely, "Why is there still water on this umbrella? Is it raining again in the middle of the night?"

No, it didn't rain in the second half of the night, and most of the roads were dry, only a small part of the ground still had traces of damp, and some small pits still had some water.

There was still a lot of water on the umbrella surface, and it fell to the ground along the ribs of the umbrella.An icy breath came from the black umbrella, like thousands of hooks protruding from the umbrella, rushing up with claws and claws, trying to drag her into hell together.

Shen Maomao's arms trembled, and she unnaturally tugged at Shen's mother's sleeve: "Mom, I won't watch, let's go to school quickly."

Shen's mother didn't say much, took her hand and walked back.

"when--"

"when--"

Just after crossing the road, Shen Maomao heard that grinding voice again, and at the same time, her back felt cold, as if someone cast poisoned eyes on her, bringing her There was a biting chill.

Shen Maomao shrank his neck and didn't dare to turn his head.

……

When she got to the school gate and saw the school gate, Shen Maomao suddenly remembered - when school was over last night, Chen Meihan also said that she would go with her the next morning, but she was too busy looking at the billboards to put this A casual agreement was forgotten.

She raised her head and asked Shen's mother: "Mom, Meihan said yesterday that she would go with us, but today we left her and left on our own. We have broken our promises."

Shen's mother said: "Meihan has gone to her father's house. Her father's house is far away from our house, so she won't go with us today."

Shen Maomao was still a little flustered, afraid that Chen Meihan would be a big boss, because she would click her or something because she didn't keep her promise.

Mother Shen pushed her gently: "Go in quickly, you'll be late soon."

Shen Maomao could only hold his schoolbag and walk into the school with a serious face.

The classroom of Class One of the second year was full of people, and the class was a mess as usual.

Shen Maomao looked around and found that Lou Jingmo, Ren Yue, and Jinmao were all there, and he was relieved.

But she didn't find Chen Meihan in the classroom.

She walked down from the podium, and when she passed by Ren Yue, she stuffed an apple into her arms, and her heart immediately warmed up.

Lou Jingmo was leaning on his chin and looking at her, and when she got to his side, he said, "Is an apple so moved?"

Shen Maomao immediately took out the oranges, bananas and pears that Shen's mother brought her from her schoolbag, and pushed them to Lou Jingmo: "These are all for your old age."

Lou Jingmo pouted: "Get lost."

……

There was a commotion in the class for a while, the head teacher, Teacher Yue, walked into the classroom, looked around, and suddenly said, "Students, be quiet!"

The little carrot heads closed their mouths, and collectively looked at the man standing on the podium.

Teacher Yue said: "Didn't I say that you have to sit in the class 10 minutes before class, why isn't Chen Meihan here?"

Shen Maomao felt a "thump" in his heart.

Chen Meihan's deskmate stood up and replied: "Report to the teacher, Chen Meihan is not here today!"

"Huh?" Teacher Yue took out his mobile phone, "You guys just stay here and don't talk, I'll call Chen Meihan's parents, okay?"

"it is good--"

Teacher Yue went to the corridor to make a phone call. Shen Maomao pricked up his ears to listen to the voices outside, and only heard a "Hello, is this Chen Meihan's mother?", followed by footsteps going away, and then he couldn't hear anything. .

Lou Jingmo wrote on the paper: [What's wrong? 】

Shen Maomao replied: [Her father picked her up yesterday, I always feel that something is wrong]

Writing is not as convenient as dictation, and the space and time are limited. She only briefly wrote down her feelings, and other preparations will be communicated with Lou Jingmo after class.

Lou Jingmo wrote: [Just wait and see]

Not coming to school is not necessarily a supernatural event, maybe something happened to her family.

Waiting like this is all morning.Chen Meihan didn't come all morning.

Shen Maomao took Ren Yue's hand and went to dinner with her. After the meal, the four children hid in the corner of the back playground and discussed what they had experienced last night.

Ren Yue's complexion was very bad, and there were two big dark circles under his eyes, as if he hadn't had a good rest all night: "I didn't sleep in the second half of the night...something kept knocking on my window, and it didn't end until dawn ..."

Lou Jingmo said: "I have someone in my family who is very strange. He has been holding an umbrella in the house, and the others still seem to be surprised. There is nothing wrong with it other than that."

Shen Maomao also gave a general account of her experience, and finally said: "I always feel that what happened to Chen Meihan has something to do with what I experienced last night. It may have something to do with you, Sister Lou. When Chen Meihan's father came to pick her up Hit a black umbrella..."

Lou Jingmo added: "The one in my house is also a black umbrella."

Shen Maomao grasped the key words: "Black Umbrella..."

The three women were thoughtful, but Jin Mao was not in the mood. He scratched his head and said embarrassedly: "I slept until dawn all night, nothing happened..."

Shen Maomao was shamefully sour: "You are too lucky, aren't you?!"

The golden retriever smiled.

Lou Jingmo: "Don't worry, it's impossible to favor one game over another in the game."

The golden retriever's smiling face collapsed again: "Miss Xiaolou, you are really good at comforting people."

Lou Jingmo smiled.

Ren Yue quietly wiped away her tears: "It's really scary here... How can I find the exit..."

Shen Maomao didn't know about this question either.

But if you don't understand something, you can ask the Great God. She looked at Lou Jingmo eagerly and asked, "Sister Lou?"

Lou Jingmo scolded her unceremoniously: "Did you think that the game was developed by my family? I can know what I want to know?"

Shen Maomao coughed dryly: "Sister Lou, please save face."

Lou Jingmo hooked the corners of his mouth: "I haven't found out who is the scavenger yet. You should pay attention to your own safety and don't reveal your identity."

The other three nodded.

……

In the afternoon, Chen Meihan didn't come either. Teacher Yue and the Chinese teacher missed classes and didn't come back.Shen Maomao stared at the vacated seat of Chen Meihan, a little worried about this cute little girl.

The dark clouds have not parted, it is drizzling, and the sky is low, making it hard to breathe.

It was another big class break. The school leader announced on the radio that the exercises between classes would be canceled due to rain, and the students cheered.

Lou Jingmo held an umbrella and sent an invitation to Shen Maomao: "Let's go?"

Shen Maomao also took out his little duck umbrella: "Let's go, let's play in the water!"

Ren Yue watched them go out, and quickly stood up: "Why are you going?"

Lou Jingmo said coldly: "We won't play with you."

Ren Yue's expression froze.

Shen Maomao quickly smoothed things over: "Lou Jingmo asked me to go out to play first, and I will play with you in the next class, okay?"

Ren Yue nodded: "Be careful..." After thinking about it, she felt that something was wrong, and quickly added, "Don't catch a cold."

Shen Maomao nodded: "Yes."

The two walked out of the classroom hand in hand. When passing by the golden retriever, the golden retriever opened his mouth: "I..."

Lou Jingmo: "Get lost."

Golden Retriever: "Okay!"

Shen Maomao laughed out loud.

I don't know when the rain started to fall heavily. A group of naughty little boys rushed out of the teaching building, ran wildly on the playground, stepped on the puddles, and were extremely happy.

Two girls were walking on the school path with umbrellas, their trouser legs were splashed by rain.

Bean-sized raindrops hit the umbrella surface, making a crackling sound, and the cold wind passed under the umbrella, making Shen Maomao shiver involuntarily.

Lou Jingmo opened the conversation first: "How long have you known Ren Yue?"

Only then did Shen Maomao understand that Lou Jingmo didn't call her out to find clues, but for Ren Yue's business.

She said absent-mindedly: "It's almost four years..."

From the beginning to the fourth year of senior year, more than 1000 people accompanied each other day and night, knowing each other's secrets, and seeing each other in the most embarrassing appearance.

Shen Maomao was once very glad that he came to Jiangcheng University, so he was able to meet such a good friend as Ren Yue.

But it was because she knew Ren Yue and how timid Ren Yue was that she discovered Ren Yue's abnormality.

She was so calm that she didn't act like a newcomer at all.