eighth story

It appears to be another peaceful night for most.Han Youjia finally finished his overtime work in the editorial department, packed his things, took out his mobile phone and looked at it when he locked the door, and found that it was almost eleven o'clock, so he couldn't help cursing "Damn" in his heart.

Han Youjia is the editor of a third-rate magazine in City A. In order to increase sales, she was arrested and temporarily edited the manuscript before it was printed. This kind of overtime work has long been commonplace for her, and tonight is no exception.Han Youjia hurried to the subway station and found that the gates had not been closed, so she swiped her card to enter the station. After going downstairs, she found that there were still 3 minutes before the last train arrived.Han Youjia couldn't help but do some calculations in her head while waiting for the bus. If she didn't catch the last subway, it would cost at least 50 yuan to take a taxi home. For Han Youjia who doesn't earn much a day, this is quite a luxury. huge expenses.

Han Youjia couldn't help being a little frustrated, thinking of the celebrity laces she had handled, she felt even more disappointed.Who fell in love with whom, who broke up with whom, cheated and divorced looking for Xiao Xianrou-in the end, it was all about being rich.Han Youjia looked down at the high heels she had been wearing for three years, then looked up and looked around the subway station, and found that there were very few passengers tonight, yes, after all, something like that happened before...

The recent "Missing Case of a Female College Student Subway" can be said to have caused a lot of noise on the Internet, but there are some people who don't believe it.As an otaku who deals with third-rate magazines all day, Han Youjia certainly understands what kind of words and sentences can attract people's attention to the maximum, and she can be called an experienced person in this regard.After all, strictly speaking, their magazines are not just exaggerated entertainment tabloids. Celebrity gossip is only one of the important components. They can also collect current affairs and recent news as long as they are interesting. Short articles to fill the pages—a messy magazine indeed.

This gave Han Youjia the opportunity to learn about the so-called "The Missing Case of a Female College Student Subway". At that time, the editor-in-chief asked them to do a special feature.Han Youjia carefully studied the microblogs of the two parties. She didn't think the matter was as serious as it was made online. She thought it must be that the little girl was bored and joking with the adults, but she didn't expect that the joke would be too big to end, and she became more divergent. For example, sensational headlines such as "The family blocks true love, the girl elopes under the guise of disappearance", but reports involving the reputation of the parties involved should naturally be a little more cautious. The editor-in-chief still regretted this idea at the time. .

Because of this preconceived idea, Han Youjia thinks of those people who gave up taking the subway because of the so-called disappearance, and unexpectedly has a weird sense of superiority.She flicked her hair and pinned a strand of hair behind her ear. Seeing the lights on the subway track and the prompt on the display screen changed to "The train is about to arrive", she thought that she could finally go home.

Han Youjia's home and the editorial office are about four to ten minutes away by subway, a total of thirteen stops. Fortunately, there is no need to transfer to other trains, which is convenient.Line No. 10 that Han Youjia was on was one of the main lines that crossed from the northeast to the southwest of City A diagonally. Like Line 13 where the incident occurred, it was also an old line with decades of history.

With the sound of "di-di-di-", the door opened, and Han Youjia got on the subway, and found that there were only seven passengers in this car, including herself, and two of them were dozing off on their seats. , the rest of them were immersed in playing with their mobile phones, and there seemed to be not many passengers in the next carriage.Han Youjia sat down at a random place, took out her mobile phone, and concentrated on reading the novel she hadn't finished before. The subway stopped every few minutes and didn't affect her at all.When she finally read the end of the novel, the subway doors just closed again, and an electronic female voice announced the station: "The next stop is Tanghetai Station, passengers who need to transfer to Line [-], please go to the door... There is a lot of traffic at the transfer station…”

Han Youjia seemed to have been stabbed, remembering that the female college student seemed to have disappeared after getting on the train at Tanghetai Station.The lights in the subway car were miserable, and although he said "it should be just a child's joke", but being in such an environment, he couldn't help feeling a kind of fear of the unknown in his heart.Han Youjia looked around cautiously, and found that the three passengers sitting opposite her had fallen asleep at some point, the middle-aged man on the right was also dozing off, and the young man with earphones on the left seemed to be listening to music. His legs were also trembling, and now there were six people including himself in the carriage, and there were seven people before, so one passenger should have gotten off.

It seems that there is nothing wrong with it so far, Han Youjia comforted herself, she was a little uneasy in this quiet atmosphere, couldn't help but took out her phone, refreshed Weibo, and felt relieved when she saw the lively homepage.

However, subconsciously, she still hoped that someone would respond to her. Han Youjia moved her finger, wanting to edit a new Weibo, but she didn't know what to say, and finally just complained——"Ahhh, I'm working overtime again! It's so deserted in the subway. "

"I'm here" on the Weibo sending page has been searched slowly for a long time but there is no result. Han Youjia thinks it is probably because of the high speed of the subway and the poor network - of course it is difficult to locate where you are in this situation. Location, was thinking about whether to delete the useless location information, but the search results suddenly popped up, Han Youjia didn't look carefully, and directly defaulted to the first location, and clicked send.

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You Jia - don't want to work overtime

(3:2, March 23) from Xiaomi mobile phone

Ahhh, working overtime again!It's so deserted in the subway.

Here I am: Subway Tanghetai Station

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The Weibo that was sent out soon received a response. Han Youjia clicked on the comment and found that the reply was from her colleague Li Yuetong.

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Soda Lemonade: It's so late!Thank you!

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The relationship between Han Youjia and Li Yuetong was mediocre, and he was thinking about how to reply when the subway stopped again.The young man who was listening to the music stood up, and when the subway came to a complete stop, he put his hands in his pockets and got out of the car gracefully.Now there were only five people left in the carriage, and all the passengers except Han Youjia were dozing off.

Han Youjia looked up at the display screen in the subway car, and the green light representing Tanghe Station flickered for a moment, and then the words "Next stop: Sunrise Homeland" jumped out on the screen.Han Youjia suddenly had the urge to get out of the car, but at this moment of hesitation, the car door was already closed with a "beep".

Han Youjia collected herself, waited for the train to restart, and replied to Weibo.

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You Jia-I don’t want to work overtime Reply to @粉丝香水: Yes, it’s another temporary revision!There are still several stops on the subway to get home, and everyone except me is dozing off.

Soda Lemonade Reply to @尤佳-I don’t want to work overtime: go to bed as soon as you get home.

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Han Youjia found that she seemed to have nothing to say to her colleagues who had been with her day and night, clutching her mobile phone, her eyes felt a little dry, and she closed them.

I don't know how long it took, Han Youjia woke up suddenly, secretly annoyed that she just wanted to rest her eyes, why did she really fall asleep.Worried that he would pass the station after falling asleep, he quickly looked up at the display screen in the subway car.

The words "Next stop: Rising Sun Homeland" were still displayed on the display screen. Han Youjia breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that he had only slept for a minute or two, and subconsciously turned on the phone screen to check the time.

This surprise was no small matter, Han Youjia stood up abruptly from her seat - the time on the phone screen was 23:53, if the subway was running normally, she should have arrived at the station 10 minutes ago.

The other passengers in the carriage were still sleeping drowsily, Han Youjia was in shock, and wanted to wake up the other passengers, but was afraid of encountering an even weirder situation, so he tied his hands and feet and flinched.

The subway was still running smoothly in the dark tunnel, Han Youjia grabbed the handrail in the carriage, trying to explain all this with his own logic—maybe he really passed the stop, and it was about this time when he got to the terminal and returned Yes, but... Han Youjia swallowed quietly, she still hasn't forgotten the fact that this is the last train, and the last train will not return.

She thought of the female college student who disappeared mysteriously in the subway, and instantly broke out in a cold sweat.

Don't panic... She said to herself, maybe it's just a prank, yes, everything is an illusion.Could it be some prank program on TV?I took them off the subway while I and other people were asleep, and now I am not on the subway at all but in the studio. The dark tunnel outside the car window is the effect of the show, right?The TV station that can do this kind of program should go bankrupt!Han Youjia tried her best to make herself think indignantly, but her pale words obviously couldn't convince herself of the increasingly terrifying association.Han Youjia closed her eyes, remembered Pan Xiaoxin's "lessons learned from the past", and suddenly came to her senses - no, it can't be like this, at least let others know her situation, find a way to find out her own position... You can't just go back when you disappear like Pan Xiaoxin I can't find it either!

Han Youjia quickly clicked on Weibo, focusing on the positioning function of Weibo, but the network seemed to be deliberately against her, and the location search was "no data for now".Han Youjia clenched her lower lip, feeling more and more flustered, and quickly wrote on Weibo——

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You Jia - don't want to work overtime

(3:3, March 00) from Xiaomi Mobile

The subway can't stop!Help! @A City Public Security Online

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You Jia - don't want to work overtime

(3:3, March 00) from Xiaomi mobile phone

Everyone in the car is asleep!I dare not call them!I dozed off for about four or 10 minutes before. I don’t know if the subway stopped during this period!I am on NO.13 line!The last stop is Tanghetai!

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Han Youjia clutched the phone nervously, feeling that every second seemed like a century.

I don't know how long it took, but there was a reminder of a new comment on the Weibo page. Han Youjia quickly clicked on it, and found that it was a college girlfriend who was transferred to work in other places a while ago——

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Bell loves summer: Jiajia, what's wrong?If there is danger, call the police immediately!

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Han Youjia was on the verge of crying, and she forgot that there was still a phone call for help when she was nervous.She hurriedly dialed the alarm number, but 110 seemed to be busy, and the busy tone was always there, making her want to drop the phone on the ground, but the phone was the only tool she could use to communicate with the outside world, and this was her last It's a lifesaver.Han Youjia hung up the phone and didn't know what to reply on Weibo, but just looked blankly at the darkness outside the car window.

But at this moment, she felt that the speed of the car seemed to slow down slowly, and a light like a station appeared in the distance.Han Youjia thought of the description on Pan Xiaoxin's Weibo before, the coming of the light did not make her relax, but made her more nervous, and the violent heartbeat made her a little out of breath.Han Youjia thought she couldn't sit still like this, she had to leave some clues, pinched her palm hard to wake herself up, and sent a new Weibo with her trembling hands.

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You Jia - don't want to work overtime

(3:3, March 00) from Xiaomi mobile phone

There are lights, the car seems to be coming to a stop...

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The subway slowly entered the platform. Han Youjia stared blankly at the opened door. One minute passed, two minutes passed, and the door never closed.The dim light made the world outside the car door blurry, and a ray of light in the darkness seemed to be an earnest invitation, like a silent call, which made her heart beat violently.Han Youjia scanned the surroundings from the corner of her eye, and found that the sleeping passengers were all gone.

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You Jia - don't want to work overtime

(3:3, March 00) from Xiaomi mobile phone

The car stopped, the door was not closed, and the passengers in the car were gone, so I decided to go down and have a look.

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The thought of breaking the jar made her suddenly make up her mind, let go of the handrails she had been holding on to, and walked out of the subway.

The ground is covered with neat gray square bricks, and an iron license plate is erected not far away. It doesn’t look like a subway station, but more like a bus stop sign at the end of the last century or the beginning of this century——Han Youjia is doing magazine nostalgia I've seen similar photos when I was on the topic.

The writing on the stop sign has been mottled and faded, but the writing on it can be vaguely recognized - "Xuejun Station".

Han Youjia pursed her lips, remembering that Pan Xiaoxin also mentioned this station called "Xuejun" in Weibo before. At that time, she also said that she couldn't take a clear picture, and Pan Xiaoxin never mentioned this station again. got the news.Han Youjia raised her mobile phone and took a picture of the stop sign. The sound of the camera's "click" sounded very clear and piercing in the silence, which made her shiver subconsciously.Her hands trembled a little, and she didn't dare to look at the phone screen, for fear that the empty station would be full of people in the photo, but the damned curiosity of human beings still made her quickly glance at the screen.

Fortunately... it's just a stop sign.

Han Youjia chose this picture on the send page of Weibo, and clicked send with some anxiety.

After all, Pan Xiaoxin failed to send the picture successfully before... But Han Youjia breathed a sigh of relief soon after it was successfully sent.

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You Jia - don't want to work overtime

(3:3, March 00) from Xiaomi mobile phone

This is the station

[picture]

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That's it, clues with pictures...someone always knows where this is...

But Han Youjia didn't relax for a long time, because she suddenly heard a very strange bell sound.She subconsciously looked in the direction of the ringtone, but didn't notice that a man in his 30s appeared behind her at some point, looking at her with a smile.