Chapter 376: The Gambler (22)
The flickering light of the mobile phone shone on our faces, and it was very weird. It's just that we can't see this weird scene. I saw Bai Xuanzhi's long eyelashes blinking constantly, like the beautiful swan in Swan Lake, dancing miracles. He looked around carefully, looking cautious. None of us wanted to break the silence and walk silently with our mouths shut.
Brother Yang's lips trembled slightly, and he was saying something. The furniture in the house is all in its original state, and there is nothing strange about it, except for the cabinets covered with layers of dust, and the large and small porcelain jars are crawling with snakes, insects, rats and ants, there is really nothing unusual happening. My gaze wandered around, and I couldn't help but wonder as I pushed the straw.
"How can there be so much straw in this house?" I asked, pointing to a corner against the wall. At this time, Brother Yang also focused the only light in the direction I was pointing, and they were quite surprised to see such a situation.
The three of us slowly approached the pile of wheat straw, and we really couldn't understand the function of this wheat straw. Brother Yang and Bai Xuanzhi simply squatted down and studied it carefully. Removing the wheat straw from the inside, a very strong strange smell rushed into my nose, very choking, there was an unpleasant musty smell, and I held my breath. At this time, Bai Xuanzhi also covered his nose, his eyebrows were furrowed, and his face was disgusted. I know that he is a little cleanliness himself, and he usually does not tolerate the slightest stain in the furnishings of his room at home. I remember one time, a girl confessed to him in person, maybe the girl was too nervous, sweaty, and accidentally splashed on his arm, Bai Xuanzhi rejected the girl mercilessly, and took out the tissue paper and wiped the arm that was splashed with sweat beads several times, even I couldn't stand it, and directly pulled him out, and when he got to the place where there was a faucet outside, he quickly asked him to wash. It was from this incident that I learned that this guy had such a side. Although this was already discovered in elementary school he had this quirk. But seriously, with such a handsome face as him, no matter which school he went to, there were girls who automatically confessed to him, and of course he refused them all. I didn't treat me much afterwards.
I held my phone and stood behind them, looking down at the pile of wheat straw in front of me, as if I didn't see anything to be found. I sighed softly and looked up, and at that moment, I saw an extra shadow on the wall, according to common sense, the three of us were present, and it was most normal for three shadows to appear on the wall, but what was going on now? Whose shadow is that extra one? My first instinct was a frightened scream, and with my scream, I took two steps back, and in a matter of seconds, the shadow flew before my eyes, and I could see it clearly, the shadow on the wall opened its big mouth and seemed to swallow us. Perhaps it was because they heard my loud cry and knew that I was aware of its existence, and it disappeared before my eyes, like a reddish word on a blackboard, and it disappeared from under my eyes little by little.
However, things did not go as smoothly as I thought, and I panicked, and I could not stand on my heels, and I fell backwards, and before I could react, I heard a loud "thud" that shook the whole room. My whole body ached as if my bones had been displaced, and even my head was blank, and I didn't even have time to think about what was going on. When I opened my eyes again, I found myself in total darkness, and I had a large hole in the top of my head, or rather, a huge hole in my body. I heard hurried footsteps from above, and a burst of urgent shouts, calling my name, of course, "Xiaoqing, are you okay?" Have you ever been injured in a fall? Don't be afraid, we'll go down now. "This is Bai Xuanzhi's voice, even in the dark, I can't see them, I can tell their identity from the voice.
I touched my sore body, everything has really been bad lately, and this time it is even worse, and I fell downstairs directly. But weren't we on the first floor of the house? So am I falling into the basement now? Looking around, there was no sound, except for the occasional chirping of insects, and it was as silent as hellish silence. I'm starting to get nervous, now I'm alone, and the fear in my heart is gradually waking up again, it's human instinct, as long as I'm in the dark, I'm more or less nervous. I can't tell where I am now, and the answers are just my one-sided guesses. I don't know if I've been through too many horrible events like this, I always feel that this place is a little weird, and I always feel that this place is not safe enough.
I felt a burst of panic, keenly aware of the dark environment around me, at this time, if there are one or two grimaces is the most normal, at least in this strange atmosphere, scary is the most suitable. Not even the sun's rays could reach here, as if everything was hidden in the dark, and without the sun, those things felt safer.
However, at this moment, there were sparse voices around me, there were female voices, there were children's cries, I thought I was hallucinating, and I felt that my heart was going to stop. But when I think about it, if it's a hallucination, it's not quite right, why I feel so much pain all over my body, it's clearly a real feeling. Realizing this, I swallowed my saliva, and I didn't know the courage I borrowed from it, and asked loudly around the black mush, "Who is it?" Who's talking? However, no one can answer my question. All I heard was my own voice. Finished! I'm entangled in those things again! That's the only thought that pops into my head.
I felt the fear welling up in my heart and tried to control the trembling emotion, but I was defeated. I couldn't control the fear, and I cowered in place, tormented by the darkness that never ended. I peered out of the darkness and seemed to see a pair of reddened eyes peering at me in the narrow space, mocking me for my incompetence, my cowardice, and even my powerlessness to resist.
My mind was so confused that I was beginning to lose track of whether the whisper in the darkness was reality or hallucination. I covered my ears, closed my eyes, and shrank silently in place. In the darkness, those reddened eyes saw my panicked appearance, showed a sinister smile, and then, step by step, approached me, closer to ......