can't go wild

"beep."

"beep."

"beep."

The phone finally connected.

"I'm Aino, and I'm calling you from the public restroom at the Nanshan District Coach Station in Jiangzhou City. If you're really the one who can help me, please listen: 15 minutes later, a couple claiming to be my parents The men and women of this group are going to take me into a car headed for Qingshui City, the license plate number is Jiang A5X62T. They have a problem, and I suspect they want to kill me or get something from me."

A slender white hand was holding the phone, and the blood vessels under the skin were slightly tense.He spoke very fast, and his voice was deliberately lowered, just like the rain that suddenly fell outside the window.

Urgent, sudden, and cold.

"Also, someone is watching me."

"Things are weird, I—"

"Boom." It sounded like something was hitting the glass window.

He suddenly turned around, only to see a dead branch hanging on the window sill outside, presumably it was the culprit of the noise.Looking out through the window, there was a blurry figure holding an umbrella standing in the rain curtain, looking at him quietly from a distance of about ten meters, which was creepy.

Is it a coincidence?

Or did the eyes that had been staring at him in the dark appear again?

Aino gripped the phone tightly, he was the only one in the toilet, and the atmosphere began to freeze.The person outside the window didn't leave. The wind and rain beat against the window, as if trying to compress the only air again, squeezing the heart so hard that it couldn't take it anymore, and wanted to break free.

His slender eyebrows furrowed slightly, and he couldn't help but start coughing again.

The sound of coughing broke the silence, but there was still no answer from the other end of the phone, like a silent silence, which made one wonder if anyone answered.Aino smiled self-deprecatingly, raised his hand to wipe the non-existent blood at the corner of his mouth, and was about to turn around and leave——

The door of the toilet suddenly opened.

A man walked in. He was tall, half a head taller than Aino in [-]. He was wearing a black windbreaker. breath.

The reason why Aino observed so carefully was because there was rain and mud on the opponent's black boots.The windbreaker also seemed to be made of waterproof material, and there were faint traces of rain falling.

In a small and remote bus station, such a man suddenly appeared, no matter how you looked at it, it was very unusual.

Aino looks suspicious to everyone now, but it seems that this person really just came in to wash his hands.He glanced at Aino coldly, then went to the sink and turned on the faucet.

The sound of splashing water and the sound of rain formed a duet, and Aino narrowed his eyes slightly as he watched his back with his head bowed and washing his hands.

"Xiaoye? Xiaoye? The car is coming soon, Xiaoye." The woman's soft voice came from outside the door, getting closer and closer, as if it was about to stick to the door, and was about to break in in the next second.

Aino's nerves jumped, and he glanced out the window, the person holding the umbrella was gone.

The man washing his hands ignored the shouts outside the door, he was just washing his hands.But why does such a simple action as washing hands take so long?

Aino felt that everything was so weird, so weird that people felt that the world was beginning to be abnormal.

"Xiaoye? Are you still there, Xiaoye? Mom is waiting for you, Xiaoye."

Amidst the sound of urging, Aino silently put the phone into his pocket, pressed the brim of his peaked cap, pushed the door and went out.

But he didn't know that the moment the door closed, the man who was washing his hands raised his head.The mirror reflected his expressionless face. He took a piece of paper from the side to dry his hands, then turned his head and glanced out the window.

On the other side, Aino bumped into the woman who was waiting at the door of the men's restroom.

She was wearing a pink suit and her long hair was tied into a beautiful bun. Although she was old, but because of the good maintenance, this outfit did not feel out of place.She smiled softly and flatteringly, "Xiaoye, mom is a little worried after seeing you gone for so long. Are you in good health? Are you feeling uncomfortable?"

Aino did not reply, glanced behind her, and asked, "What about him?"

The woman replied: "Your father has gone to buy food. There are corn and sweet potatoes over there. He is afraid that you will be hungry, so he buys some and takes them on the road. You are still young and growing up, so eat more. Our family of three finally managed to get together." Reunion, when you get home and it’s safe, mom will go buy some food, mom will make whatever you want, okay?”

While the two were talking, they returned to the ticket gate.Passengers carrying large and small bags have already lined up in a long line, and the entire waiting hall is filled with various smells, as well as the damp smell unique to rainy days.

Such an environment made Aino feel a little uncomfortable. He endured the itch in his throat and watched the surrounding situation. Soon, the man who claimed to be his father appeared.

The man was carrying a bag full of food in his hand, which was sold at the bus station, but his shoes were wet.Was it him who stood outside the toilet window just now?In order to prevent myself from jumping out of the window to escape?

What is their purpose?

The sound of the radio interrupted Aino's thoughts.

"Passengers, please pay attention. The shuttle bus from Jiangzhou to Qingshui City is about to enter the station. Please prepare for the ticket check. Passengers, please pay attention..."

Aino raised his head and looked at the clock on the wall. It was 5 minutes before the departure.

Outside the glass door, the wind and rain are like darkness.Occasionally, a ray of wind blows in through the crack of the door. It is already June, but it is still bitingly cold.

This made Aino couldn't help but think of the day three days ago, the beginning of everything.

Aino's original surname was Shen, and he was not considered an orphan, but his parents died unexpectedly when he was very young.He was supposed to be raised by his grandparents, but his father who died young severed ties with the family, and his grandparents didn't recognize him, so they threw him to others.

It was an old man with a strange temper, surnamed Xiang.The old man Xiang was not yet married at an early age. It is said that raising a child is to prevent old age, so he changed Aino's surname for this reason.Aino lived with him in an unfinished building in Nanshan District, Jiangzhou City for ten years.

The old man lived there longer than he did. It used to be one of the best real estates in Jiangzhou, surrounded by mountains and rivers, with excellent scenery, but the house was half built, and the developer ran away, and the whole community had sixteen buildings. The buildings are all dilapidated.

Over the years, the community has become overgrown with weeds, and most of the people who live there are people who have spent all their wealth on the house, with empty pockets and nowhere to go.

In the spring of this year, Aino became an adult, and the old man died.

Because he was an adult, Aino was not sent to the orphanage. He inherited the old man's only property - the unfinished house, and successfully took the college entrance examination.

Three days ago, June 6th, it was also a rainy day.

The rain was heavy, and the whole unfinished building was swaying in the wind and rain. The sound of wind footsteps came from the abandoned rooms with no windows upstairs and downstairs, whizzing in and whizzing away.Aino was used to it, he sat by the window with a charcoal fire on, covered with a blanket, fiddled with the ukulele in his hand occasionally, and ate a mouthful of meat grilled on the charcoal fire, as if the collapse of the building was none of his business.

In Aino's short life, this should have been an extremely ordinary day, but an extremely unusual thing happened, because Aino met his parents.

His parents who should have been buried in the ground for ten years.

"Bang, bang!" The sound of the piano was interrupted by the rapid knock on the door, and Aino turned his head, showing a little puzzled.He is the only resident in the entire 7 buildings, and few people visit.In such a bad weather, who would come to the door in the rain?

"Bang, bang, bang!" The knocking on the door continued, Aino frowned slightly, finally lifted the blanket and lazily stood up from the recliner, and saw the people outside through the peephole.

At first he was stunned for a moment, because that face was too familiar, yet extremely unfamiliar.After two full seconds, he recovered from his stupefaction and remembered that these were his parents.

"Ono, Ono? Is that you? Are you inside? Open the door, I'm Dad!" The people outside kept knocking on the door, but Aino was already wrapped in a huge sense of absurdity.

"Who do you say you are...?" he murmured to himself.

"I'm Dad, Xiaoye! You open the door first, your mother is here, let us go in first and then explain to you, okay? Xiaoye..."

A woman's voice was faintly heard outside the house, but Aino couldn't hear what he said clearly.He felt that his mind was buzzing and buzzing at the moment.

The days of heavy wind and rain, the parents who came back from the dead, are more like the opening scene of a ghost movie.

Just at this time, a gust of wind blew the window open, the charcoal fire was blown to the ground, ignited the blanket, and was soon hit by the rain, making a sizzling sound.Aino rushed to the rescue and closed the window vigorously against the wind and rain, but unexpectedly saw that there were signs of distortion and deformation on the lock of the window, which was no longer easy to use.

Yes, if this is not the case, the window was newly replaced this year, so how could it be easily blown open by the wind.

But who can make the lock like this?

Frowning and thinking, the two people outside the door chose to break in because they did not get a response for a long time.The family, who hadn't seen each other for ten years, finally stood face to face in the same room. The man looked at Aino panting, and expressed his rejoicing in his tone, "Great, you're fine."

Tears had accumulated in the woman's eyes, her lips were murmured, and she was about to walk towards Aino.

"Stop." Aino grabbed the ukulele, held it like a baseball bat, and asked, "Who are you?"

"It's me, Xiao Ye." The woman finally couldn't hold back her tears, "Mom is not dead, I'm sorry, I didn't come back until now. Xiao Ye, don't you know me? Look at me, it's my mother."

Aino swept past her feet, and there was a shadow.

But this can't dispel the doubts in his heart. Anyone who encounters such a thing cannot easily accept it.If they weren't ghosts, why did they disappear for ten years, and why did they suddenly appear again? Everything was so weird, so weird that there was no room for family affection.

The woman seemed to be shocked by her son's cold gaze, and she wanted to say something excitedly, but was held back by her husband.

The man came forward, looked at Aino sadly, and said: "Xiao Ye, I can understand that you don't believe us now. But you must know that no matter what happens, Mom and Dad will not harm you. There is no reason for us to disappear for ten years. Sorry, I can finally come back this time, and I came to you as soon as possible. I don’t have time to explain the specific situation, and it’s hard to explain, Xiao Ye, pack up your things and go with us, it’s not safe here, we must leave immediately.”

Aino spoke mercilessly, "I think it's more dangerous to go with you."

"Be obedient, Xiao Ye, do you still remember the red birthmark on your back? If I were a fake, how would I know the existence of the birthmark?" The man said again, "I'm really dad, you must have had a hard time these years It's hard work, it's normal to have complaints against us. But you really can't stay here any longer, it will be dangerous!"

Aino raised his eyebrows, "What danger?"

The man stared at Aino, his eyes were full of frankness and helplessness, "Someone will come to kill you, that's why your mother and I haven't come back to see you for so many years, we are afraid of hurting you."

"Then let's kill it." Aino caught a glimpse of a pinch of small flames on the blanket and stepped on it.The man and woman looked at each other, as if they didn't expect Aino to say such words lightly.

And at this time, Aino's eyes had already moved to the twisted and deformed lock.

Aino lives on the 9th floor. On such a high floor, there is no shelter in front of him. How did the other party make the lock like this?And when it was raining, Aino went to close the window, he could be sure that the lock was still good.

For more than an hour after this, Aino spent most of the time in front of the window. No one could climb up to the ninth floor in the rain and break the lock without being discovered under his nose.

Is it still a ghost?

Aino was bold since he was a child, but facing the current situation, he also felt a little chills down his spine.He clenched the ukulele tightly, met the eyes of the man and the woman again, and said amidst the persistent persuasion of the other party, "I can't just go with you like this."

The man felt powerless, but he was helpless, "You—"

"The child can't accept it for a while, so don't force him. The most important thing is that our family is finally reunited. Isn't this a happy thing? Let him adapt for a few days, okay?" The woman stopped at the right time The husband looked at Aino with soft and guilty eyes, "Ono, mom won't force you, okay?"

The man was in a dilemma, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "Then stay for a few more days, but Xiao Ye, you really can't stay here for longer, you have to think it through as soon as possible. We will stay to protect you these few days, and you should also pay attention to safety, time is too late The longer the time, the more dangerous it is, you know?"

Aino took out his mobile phone, "Since it's so dangerous, how about calling the police?"

"No!" The man hurriedly stopped, "This matter cannot be brought to the police. If the police were really useful, we wouldn't have suspended animation ten years ago, and you wouldn't have been sent here, and it might be more serious. Killed them!"

Seeing that he couldn't hide it, the man finally decided to reveal part of the truth to Aino.There was no place to sit in the house, so Aino sat back in his rocking chair and wiped off the rain.

For the next half hour, Aino heard a completely different story from the truth he knew.

Aino's father is Shen Yanzhi, an ordinary company employee, and his mother is Song Ling, a housewife.Their life is very happy, the husband and wife are loving, and they gave birth to a lovely son. The only fly in the ointment is that Shen Yanzhi severed ties with his parents in order to be with Song Ling.

And Song Ling is a foreigner with no relatives or reasons in Jiangzhou.In Aino's memory, he had never met anyone from his grandmother's family.

Ten years ago, Shen Yanzhi's company organized tours, and he could bring his family along.He happily took his wife out, but encountered a mountain torrent while traveling.

At that time, Aino was still in school, and the police informed Aino's grandparents to deal with the funeral. When he knew, his parents had already been locked in the urn.He never doubted the authenticity of this incident, because not only his parents died in that accident, no matter how you look at it, it was just a simple accident.

This is the version that Aino knows.

Now Shen Yanzhi told him that the mountain torrent was real, but they were saved.The police did not find them, and it is almost impossible for ordinary people to survive in that situation. After Shen Yanzhi's parents arrived, they also accepted the fact that their son was dead and closed the case smoothly.

In fact, Shen Yanzhi called to tell his parents that he was still alive. His parents accepted it so quickly, it was entirely at the behest of his son.

This is called death escape.

Including later, Aino was abandoned by his grandparents and adopted by the old man, all in order to avoid the pursuit of his enemies.It's not that grandparents don't want him, but keeping him away is the only way to protect him.

But who is the enemy?

"It's all my fault." Song Ling covered her mouth to keep herself from crying, and when she finally calmed down, she said, "Xiao Ye, have you always wondered why you have never seen my family?"

Aino didn't answer, he was drinking tea.

Song Ling continued to ask: "Do you believe that there are ghosts in this world?"

Before the words fell, there was a "pop", and the window that could not be closed firmly was blown open again by the wind.Raindrops slapped Aino's cheeks, it was icy cold, he held the cup tightly, staring at Song Ling with dark eyes, "I don't believe it, so what?"

Song Ling felt palpitations inexplicably, "You may not believe it for a while, but I can indeed see ghosts. I come from a special place, but that place is like hell. I tried every means to escape from there. I can start a new life. But they still refuse to let me go, they insist on taking me back, and even threaten me with you and Yanzhi. We have no choice but to hide."

Shen Yanzhi also quickly said: "Yes, we have been hiding for ten years. We thought we could hide for a long time, but we didn't expect... I got the news that they still found you, and it might be bad for you, so they came back in a hurry , wanting to take you away."

The story is finally told and it sounds plausible.But this is reasonable, but also mixed with the biggest unreasonable.

ghost?

Aino looked at the twisted buckle again, stroked the teacup with his fingertips, and finally said: "I need time to calm down."

Shen Yanzhi and Song Ling felt that he was already calm enough, this kind of calmness was totally out of line with his age, but they couldn't push him too much, so they planned to settle down in the empty house next door and protect him nearby.

The empty house next door also has windows installed. Although it is a rough house, it is not a problem to sleep on the ground for a few nights.

Seeing that they really wanted to live next door, Aino didn't care about it. His mind is in a mess now.

The tea was cold, and he forgot to drink it. He stood in front of the broken window and watched the wind and rain outside.The partridge in the wild forest in the distance started talking nonsense again, that special call sounded like something said in an ancient poem——

"I can't do it, brother."

It can't be done, which means that the road ahead is difficult and dangerous, and it is not feasible.

Aino still can't convince himself that there are ghosts in this world. Some of what the couple said is true, such as the birthmark that outsiders don't know about, but more parts are dead without evidence, because his grandparents have been here for ten years. Years passed away one after another, even the old man died.

But the old man left him a last word.

"If you encounter danger one day, just call that number." The old man seemed to be sure of what he would encounter. He was still smoking a cigarette at the moment before he died, and slowly exhaled a smoke ring, asking: "You passed 500 meters?" Already?"

Aino: "No."

The old man: "Oh, it's not easy to escape, maybe you will go down and reunite with me soon."

Aino: "Stop cursing me."

The old man's curse was the last sentence he left to Aino. Aino had been an ordinary person for 18 years, but he didn't take it to heart at first, until now.

He was keenly aware that the "danger" the old man said might have arrived.