stories that happened on a specific occasion

Chapter 26 The distance between surprise and fright

At the time of light snow, the heaven and the earth are blocked, yin and yang do not communicate, and everything loses its vitality.

In the past few days of rain, in addition to the sudden drop in temperature, the cold and gloomy weather also makes people feel unclear.

Zuo Zhenzhen bought a heater, and often couldn't move away from it, and even called herself an antique student at school.

While she was happily watching American TV dramas with her heater in her arms at home, Zuo Zhenzhen received an order from Old Deng to be dispatched to the Northeast to follow up on the news of the retrial of an old case in [-].

Zuo Zhenzhen kept complaining to me while packing her luggage sadly at home.

"Why not Hainan?" Zuo Zhenzhen said angrily.

I used to think that Zuo Zhenzhen was the kind of carefree, hard-working and independent woman.After getting along seriously, I discovered that in fact, there are many characteristics of a little girl hidden in her personality, she likes to be coquettish and clingy, and often complains.It's just that when there was no one around to talk to and rely on, I had to endure it alone.Thinking about it, it makes people feel distressed.

Facing Zuo Zhenzhen's complaints at the moment, I didn't reply.I know that she just needs a listener and an outlet to vent her emotions.

"It's so cold in the northeast." Zuo Zhenzhen said, sitting down on the floor.

I walked up to her, held out my hand and said, "Come on, I'll help you pack your luggage."

Although Zuo Zhenzhen was reluctant, she reluctantly agreed to my proposal.

I took out a down jacket from the closet, handed it to her and said, "Take this with you."

"Isn't this your dress?"

"I know." I packed one of the clothes into her box and said, "You don't have a long down jacket, it's warmer in mine."

Zuo Zhenzhen couldn't help but raise the corners of her mouth, and then pressed the down jacket in the box again.

"I'm not at home, remember to eat on time, don't just drink coffee and tea." Zuo Zhenzhen reminded.

Listening to what she said, I suddenly realized that this was the first separation between us after our relationship.

Thinking of this, I went to the living room, and when I came back, I quietly put something into Zuo Zhenzhen's box.

"what is this?"

It was Zuo Zhenzhen who found out, and she picked up the photo frame I hid under the down jacket.

That was her favorite photo of us together.

When Zuo Zhenzhen saw it, she immediately laughed out loud.

"I said, Teacher Duochuan, why are you so cute." As he said, Zuo Zhenzhen hugged my neck.

I was a little embarrassed, so I had to say: "I thought that when you arrived in the Northeast, there would be a surprise when you opened the box, so I wouldn't feel too bad."

Zuo Zhenzhen looked at me, thought for a while and said, "Let's stay at home, otherwise what will you do when you miss me?"

The only characteristic of Zuo Zhenzhen that has not changed from beginning to end, and what I admire about her, is that she never beats around the bush when she speaks.

Early the next morning, I sent Zuo Zhenzhen to the airport. On the way back, I checked the time, and it was only 06:30.

It's too early to go to work at this time, but it will be a little late to go to work after returning home.

So, let the taxi stop in front of a coffee shop not far from the unit.I bought a cup of coffee and a light meal. Looking at the rain outside, I had no choice but to start work early.

I sat in front of my computer and opened my email.

The first email that pops up is from X.

I remembered that the theme for the next season was rejected by Old K before get off work yesterday.

"The attraction of the amusement park is still too little, it is better to have a story in the abandoned amusement park." Old K said at the team meeting.

I re-checked several themes that X re-enacted, "dilapidated buildings", "midnight construction sites", "uninhabited mansions"... I remembered what old K said before, I put down my coffee and immediately jotted down my next topic and idea.As soon as the old K came, I immediately submitted it.

Old K is a person who never procrastinates in doing things. He read the proposal in front of me, then slapped the table and said to me: "That's it."

I finally breathed a sigh of relief, after all, there are less than two weeks before all content will be fully updated again.In addition to the need for a web page redesign, the theme announcement deadline is today.After that, reviewing, collation, data search, editing, finalization, etc. have to start, a series of repetitive tasks.

Every time a new theme is released, I have a feeling of being stuck in an infinite cycle.

I informed the team of the confirmation of the topic, and after arranging the follow-up work, I sat back in front of the computer.

This round of work is not over yet, I reopened the thread about the rental house.

The review work on this topic is actually coming to an end, but I am not very satisfied with the selected few submissions.So, I still try to refresh the page every day to check for new contributions.But unfortunately, there were no impressive stories for several days.Even I want to give up at this time, and just publish the existing articles on time, so as to save energy and devote myself to the preparation of the next topic.

Just as I was thinking this way, Ms. M's contribution suddenly appeared when I clicked refresh for the last time.

Ms. M's story happened a few years ago, when she was a graduate student.At that time, she had worked as a part-time student in a convenience store, and her main job was as a cashier on the night shift.In addition to her, there is an older woman who is often assigned to the same shift as her.Therefore, over time, the two of them talked about everything during the long night and became friends.

Ms. M's female friend lived relatively close, so after get off work, the two girls would meet to go to her apartment to have breakfast or have a drink together.Occasionally, Ms. M will borrow to live in her home, and then go to work together at night.

This story happened in the apartment of Miss M's female friend.

Miss M also lost such a friend because of this apartment.

Miss M's story

The story goes back to when Ms. M first met her friend. During that time, a boy who was on night shift with him suddenly resigned, and the store manager had to transfer another girl to emergency.But unexpectedly, what was supposed to be a temporary emergency turned into a regular shift. Although the girl was reluctant, she had to compromise because of the difficulty in finding a job.

In getting along with this girl, Ms. M found that she has many similarities with her, even their birthdays are very close.Therefore, although they didn't know each other for a long time, they soon became good friends.

Ms. M recalled that at that time, the girl had just moved. In order to work and study with peace of mind, she deliberately found an apartment not far from the convenience store.

It is said to be an apartment, but it actually divides a large house into several independent rooms.Each room is small in size, but has its own bathroom and kitchen.The layout of the room is also very simple, and the door is directly facing the bathroom.In the corridor separated by two places, there is a small kitchen on the left hand side, which can only cook some simple meals at most, and there is no range hood installed; the right hand side of the corridor is an open space, which is a living room and a bedroom.There is no balcony in the room. A bed occupies half of the room. There is a bookcase next to the bed, and a carpet is laid in front of the bookcase.Since there was not enough room for a sofa, only a low coffee table was placed, and the rug served as a seating area.The simple wardrobe is next to the refrigerator, and the air conditioner is above the refrigerator.In short, because of the cheap price, the unsatisfactory layout is easily overlooked.

The place where Ms. M and the others work is far away from the urban area. While making friends pay low rent, it also brings some inconvenience to Ms. M’s life. It often takes nearly two hours to go from school to the convenience store. .

As a student, I have more time and flexibility, so Ms. M doesn't mind too much.But after staying up all night, the exhausted Ms. M still felt somewhat powerless in the face of the two-hour return journey.Especially in winter, not only the dawn is late, but also the temperature is extremely low.

Unexpectedly, the girl who was on duty with her was also studying for a postgraduate degree, so as soon as winter came, she offered to let Miss M rest in her apartment.

This story happened less than a month after the girl rented this new apartment.

That day, Ms. M planned to quietly prepare a birthday surprise for the girl in order to thank her friend who had been taking care of her.Therefore, as early as a few days ago, Ms. M proposed to stay overnight.Sure enough, the girl agreed without hesitation.

But unfortunately, the girl had to prepare a thesis that day, so she asked for leave on purpose.Therefore, the girl gave Ms. M the spare key of her home on purpose, and said that Ms. M could keep the key temporarily.In fact, all of this was carefully planned by Ms. M at the right time.So Ms. M used this key to successfully decorate the girl's home, bought a birthday cake, and hid in her house secretly, hoping to give her a surprise.

10:30 am. Ms. M glanced at the time, and it was almost time for the girl to return home.

Miss M first sent a text message to the girl, saying that she was going home and asking when she would arrive home.

Soon, Ms. M received a reply, and the girl could arrive in less than 10 minutes.

Ms. M immediately took the cake out of the refrigerator, carefully placed it on the small tea table in the center of the room, and then secretly hid herself under the bed.

In this room, there is not even a wardrobe with a door, and this is the only place where people can hide.

The girl's bed was very low, about the height of a forearm. It was just right for Ms. M to lie on the bottom, but her back was almost close to the bed, so it was difficult to turn over or look up.This place is very hidden. In addition to the low height, the girl's bed sheet can also block half of the line of sight. In addition, there are some storage boxes, so it is easy for people to overlook this space.Therefore, Ms. M hid under the bed, almost unable to move, quietly waiting for the girl's arrival.

Ms. M waited while looking at her phone.

In order to better grasp the time when the girl came home, she turned her mobile phone to silent and kept communicating with her through text messages.

"I had a delicious cake for breakfast today, how about going together next time? Are you almost home?"

"Yeah, okay. Not yet, but I've got off the subway."

In this way, Ms. M kept abreast of the girl's dynamics in real time.

"How's your paper? Do you want to revise at home?"

After sending out this short message, Ms. M has not waited for a reply.

Just as she was checking her phone, suddenly, the light in the corridor facing the bed turned on.

It was a sensor light that would automatically light up as soon as someone passed by.

Ms. M immediately put away her mobile phone, feeling secretly happy.

She saw a pair of legs through the gap between the bed sheet and the ground, and walked slowly from the corridor to the coffee table on the carpet.

While waiting for her friend's exclamation, Ms. M saw another pair of legs appearing from the corridor.

There is one more person.

Judging from the appearance of the other pair of legs, it should be a man.

Seeing Ms. M here, she suddenly felt embarrassed.

Is this man the girl's boyfriend?Although I never heard her mention it.Or one of her male friends?Or a classmate who wrote a thesis together?

Miss M is hiding under the bed in embarrassment at the moment, it is inappropriate to go out, and it seems inappropriate to keep hiding like this.

Just when Miss M was hesitating, she suddenly felt the bed board on her back sink.

Looking again, she saw the girl's feet obliquely in front of her, and she sat on the edge of the bed.

Ms. M closed her eyes and covered her mouth, hoping not to be exposed.

Suddenly, my back felt the pressure from the bed board again.

Opening his eyes, the man's feet were in front of him, and he sat on the side of the bed not far from the girl.

At this time, Ms. M didn't dare to show her anger, she just felt so embarrassed that she couldn't bear it.Silently regretting that he should have gone out when they first entered the house, but now that they are all sitting on the bed, the timing of his going out is too bad.

But if he keeps staying like this, if something happens next, won't he and the girl have no face to meet in the future.

Ms. M looked at the two pairs of feet in front of her, feeling tormented in every possible way.

The man's feet were almost in front of his eyes. It must be extremely ugly to climb out like this. Ms. M secretly planned that as soon as they moved, she would go out immediately.I can't escape the embarrassment for a while, but it's better than staying under this bed all the time.

Originally, I wanted to give the girl a surprise, but I guess the surprise could only end in shock.

So, Ms. M waited quietly, observing the timing of her climbing out at any time.

However, the time passed by every minute and every second, and those two pairs of feet did not move for a long time.Not to mention moving, it didn't even move.

Since the two of them sat by the bed, they had barely moved.

Only then did Ms. M realize that not only had she not moved, she hadn't even spoken.

Yes.The whole room was silent, except for the humming of the old refrigerator.

Ms. M felt a little strange, why the two of them hadn't spoken since they entered the door?The girl has clearly seen the cake and presents he prepared for her, why does she seem to turn a blind eye?

Also, who is this man?Isn't he a classmate or a friend, but a robber?The girl at this time was hijacked by him, so she didn't make any sound?

But still weird.

Judging from the posture of the feet, both of them should be sitting facing forward, which is not like the posture that would be placed when being hijacked or hijacked by others.

At this moment, Ms. M's cell phone suddenly turned on.

Ms. M hurriedly checked, but found that it was a text message from a girl.

"Sorry for the late reply. Because you mentioned the cake, I wanted to eat it very much, so I went to a popular cake shop in the subway station and bought a piece. The new cantaloupe flavor looks good :)"

After reading this message, Miss M suddenly felt cold hands and feet.She looked at the two pairs of feet in front of her, and pressed the phone keypad with slightly numb hands: "Where are you?"

Soon, Ms. M received a reply.

"Just left the cake shop. It's so cold today, but I still have to walk for at least 5 minutes to get home:("

Looking at the text message on the phone screen, Ms. M froze completely.

Only then did she recall it.

Although I only discovered the two of them after seeing the lights in the corridor come on.However, thinking about it carefully, I never heard the sound of someone opening the door.

Miss M held her breath, and she began to move slowly towards the depth of the bed, trying to distance herself from the two feet facing her.

But Ms. M is 1.7 meters tall, and this bed is just a double bed with a width of about 1.8 meters.

Soon, Miss M could feel her feet touching the cold wall on the other side of the bed.

There is no way out.

Because of fear, Miss M's face was wrinkled into a ball.

Suddenly, right next to the pair of feet in front of him, a pair of hands hung down.

The hand hung there lifelessly at first, but slowly, the fingers moved.

Moved again.

Like a twitch, the fingers twitched mechanically.

Every time, it seems to be provoking Miss M's nerves.

Ms. M covered her mouth again, hoping that everything in front of her could stop before she collapsed.

But unfortunately, those hands have no intention of stopping.Instead, slowly lifted up.

Together with those hands, there was a sheet covering her eyes.

Ms. M was about to cry. She looked at the two pairs of feet in front of her still motionless, but those two hands lifted the sheet little by little.

Ms. M dodged backward unconsciously, she felt that her neck was almost hidden in her chest.But in such a confined space, she has absolutely nowhere to hide.

Ms. M even began to tremble while breathing. Her hands and feet were cold and she was covered in cold sweat. She even felt that fear had made her face numb, and her blood seemed to be frozen.And all this is because the bed sheet on the side in front of Ms. M has been completely lifted.

When Ms. M was staring at those feet, suddenly, the feet in front of her were separated by a distance of shoulder width.

Just when Ms. M was about to scream because of this sudden movement, the scene she saw next made her so frightened that she couldn't even make a sound.

Between the separated feet, in the blink of an eye, an upside-down head appeared.

Ms. M even stopped breathing, she stared at the human head with her eyes wide open, tears of fright fell from her eyes unconsciously, but Ms. M didn't even dare to blink her eyes.

It was an upside-down man's head, his eyes had no black eyeballs, and his all-white eyes were fixed on Miss M.

Ms. M looked next to the man's head, and between the other pair of separated legs was a woman's head hanging upside down with disheveled hair.

Like that man, she has no eyeballs, and she also stares at Miss M with pale eyes.

Ms. M covered her mouth and slowly closed her eyes, not daring to look at them again.

But in the darkness, there is even more insecurity.

Ms. M opened her eyes again, only to find that there was nothing in front of her.

The hanging head was gone, and so were the two pairs of feet.The open place was like Miss M's escape route. Although she didn't dare to act rashly, she still tried her best to move outward slowly.

Suddenly, Ms. M felt a squeeze on her back.

It is the upper bed, because of its cheap quality, it will sag quite a bit if it is under pressure.

The depression was right behind Ms. M, and she could feel that there was something heavy on the bed pressing against the bed board.

That feeling, as if there were many people on the bed, walking back and forth non-stop.

Sometimes on the back, sometimes on the legs, and sometimes on the top of the head.

And there are more and more depressions, and more and more frequent.

Ms. M was caught in this space and couldn't move, so she curled up and hugged her head, crying hysterically, "Stop, stop!"

At this moment, suddenly, there was the sound of the door opening.

Miss M opened her eyes and looked under the bed.

The corridor lights are on again.

Another pair of legs walked towards him from the corridor.

"Yeah, why is there a cake?"

Ms. M heard someone outside said in surprise.

Hearing this voice, Ms. M immediately crawled out from under the bed desperately.

Ms. M finally saw the owner of the last pair of legs, a friend she was familiar with.

The girl was also taken aback by Ms. M, but quickly helped her up excitedly and said, "Did you prepare this?"

Miss M hadn't calmed down her breathing yet, she just stood with her back to the bed, and asked the girl in a low voice, "Is there anyone on the bed?"

The girl could tell that Ms. M's expression was a little strange, and there were obvious tears on her face.

"No, what's wrong with you?"

When Ms. M heard what her friend said, she mustered up the courage to turn her head and look at the bed.

The bed was flat as new, covered with my friend's favorite purple quilt and sheets, without any dents from being sat on or moved.

Miss M finally took a few breaths, and then sat down on the carpet.

The girl didn't know what happened, and asked Ms. M several times but she didn't speak.

That day, Ms. M went home early after eating cake with her friends.

In the following period of time, no matter how the girl invited Ms. M, Ms. M dared not go again.After making several excuses, the girl stopped mentioning it.

Still later, the girl resigned.

Ms. M was like this, and she cut off contact with her.

Not long after the girl resigned, Ms. M saw at the real estate agency in the subway that her friend's apartment had been rented out again.It seems that she moved out of here, Miss M thought so.

But when I saw it, I couldn't stop being curious.So, walked into this intermediary company.

The housing agency first enthusiastically introduced several houses to her, and the prices were all on the high side. Ms. M listened politely at first, thinking about how to speak, but in the end she couldn't help but asked directly: "Why is that house so cheap?"

The agent followed the direction of Ms. M's finger and saw the rental information hanging on the side.

"Oh, this one." The agent said, "The second-hand house is not well decorated and partitioned, so it's cheap."

Obviously, this is not the answer Miss M wants.

The agent continued to introduce other listings, but Ms. M kept her eyes on the rental advertisement of that room.

"If you really want to rent that room," the agent looked at Ms. M and said, "Let me tell you the truth, it's a foreclosure."

"Foreclosure?" Ms. M asked.

"It was put up for auction after the court seized it." The intermediary explained: "The previous landlord used this house as a mortgage, but the business failed and he had no money to pay. After the defendant went to court, the court sealed up his house. "

Ms. M was a little surprised and asked, "Is this the whole building?"

The agent nodded, and whispered to Ms. M: "I see you as a girl, I would like to remind you. You'd better not rent this room. I heard that after the business failed, the former owner and her wife committed suicide by burning charcoal in it." gone."

Ms. M hurriedly asked: "Is it in this room?"

The intermediary replied: "Then how do I know. However, we persuaded the last girl who rented this room for a long time, and she insisted on renting it. It turned out that the rent was less than three months, no, the rent has been cancelled."

Ms. M knew that it must be her friend.

"The house is cheap, there must be something strange."

Ms. M turned and walked out of the intermediary company, and heard such a sigh in the middle of the house behind her.

When I finished reading this story, I just received a call from Zuo Zhenzhen.

She told me that she had already arrived in the Northeast.First, I couldn't help complaining about the weather for a while, then I reported my next arrangement, and finally ended with fancy complaints.If it wasn't for the reporter, maybe she still has the talent for talking about cross talk, I thought to myself, and couldn't help but snicker.

"What are you laughing at?" Zuo Zhenzhen heard me snickering, and asked immediately.

"No." I replied immediately.

After falling in love with Zuo Zhenzhen, in addition to my cooking skills, my reaction ability has also improved significantly.

I quickly turned on the comfort and care mode, and at the same time, I did not forget to copy Miss M's story to X.

Not long after I sent it, X suddenly got up, looked out the window and said, "Ah, it's snowing."

I turned around and saw the profuse snowflakes falling quietly.

The previous rain stopped completely, but unexpectedly it was replaced by a light snow.

"Be obedient and wait for me to go home." Zuo Zhenzhen said to me on the other end of the phone.

At this moment, the dead rain finally became the lonely snow.

The author has something to say: Next week, well, it should be able to update normally~

You'll know when the time comes :)

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