Chapter 31: Heartbeat
"Knock knock" came again with two regular knocks. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Probably Anxin's sudden sit-up action made the child a little uncomfortable, he twisted his body as if to hum, Anxin quickly stuffed the "bottle" into his mouth, and the baby's mouth moved to suck the sweet milk/juice, so he no longer twisted his body, and fell asleep again with the "bottle" in his mouth.
"Knock knock knock" probably didn't get a response to the two sounds just now, and the knocking outside was more urgent, and it came four times in a row, and the force was a little heavier than just now.
Anxin felt that her heart was about to jump out of her throat, and she covered her mouth with her right hand, for fear that she would make a sound because of nervousness.
After a moment's blank mind, her mind quickly reacted again, when Master first brought her here, she was only a teenager, but now she is in her twenties, and it has been ten years, it is hard to say, no one will find out here.
It's just that the dust in the wooden house is so heavy, if someone finds it, it can't be without any traces.
Who could it be?
Could it be a lost tourist?
She remembered that the original owner rescued Liu Ziyang, and it was also on the periphery of this valley. They belong to the area of Sichuan-Guiyun Province, with many steep mountains and forests, and there are indeed often adventure-loving travelers who come to explore.
Anyway, she made up her mind, she wouldn't make a sound, so she let the people outside think that there was no one inside.
After she decided, she slowly moved towards the position by the stove little by little, and did not touch the wood knife, but touched a brick, held it in the palm of her hand, and hid behind the wooden door with her whole body tensed.
As long as the people outside dare to knock on the door and come in, she will be polite to him, and for the safety of their mother and son, she will definitely smash the other party unconscious!
The people outside the door seemed to be unwilling, and it was not light or heavy, and in this quiet night, it seemed to be extremely loud.
An An felt as if he couldn't stand, and his legs were like playing cotton.
The whole person was clinging to the wall sideways, and there were beads of sweat the size of beans on her forehead, which kept flowing down and soaked into her eyes, making her very uncomfortable, but she didn't dare to move, nor did she dare to wipe it, for fear that there would be any movement and attract the attention of outsiders.
The continuous raindrop-like beating sound of "knock knock" fell again, more urgent and denser, as if the people outside the door were a little impatient.
An Xin clenched the brick in his hand, bit his lip tightly, his eyes were full of determination, and raised his right hand high, his whole body trembling slightly.
She kept thinking in her heart: Please, go, go, don't knock on the door again, there's no one inside, no one, there's really no one, go quickly, if you dare to break in, don't blame me for being ruthless.
I don't know if the reassuring prayer worked, but the knock on the door suddenly stopped, and she put her ear to the wooden door, and tried to listen hard, but she didn't hear any footsteps.
I thought, is that man still at the door?
What does the person outside the door want to do if he neither leaves nor knocks?
As time passed, it was still quiet outside the door, except for the occasional owl cry and the whirring of the wind, and everything else was quiet.
Because I didn't hear the footsteps of leaving, Anxin didn't dare to sleep, so I could only put the brick on the side of the bed, lean on the side of the wooden bed with the child in my arms, and sit vigilantly all night.
It wasn't until the sun spilled down through the vents on the wooden roof that a silvery white pillar of light was formed on the ground, and a little dust floated up and flew in the pillar of light.
After sitting in one position all night, she felt her blood freeze, and her legs and arms were numb and unconscious.
The people outside the door must have already left, right?
She listened to the wooden door for a while, and made sure that there was no sound, not even the sound of people breathing, and then pulled the deadbolt of the door, but she still held a brick in her right hand, ready to use it at any time.
The wooden door creaked open a crack, revealing Anxin's vigilant eyes, and she looked around, and found that there was no one outside the door.
Not only was there no figure at the door, but even when she walked out a few times, there was no figure within a few hundred meters of the wooden house.
Strange?
She didn't even hear the sound of her footsteps leaving, how could it be gone?
She returned to the door, carefully looked at the grass in front of the door, when she left just now, she deliberately picked a row of grass again, but now it seems that this row of grass was stepped on by her yesterday, and it has some meaning to stand up again.
The grass didn't seem to have been trampled on again, and from the traces of falling from the grass, it seemed that she was the only one.
An Xin was full of excitement, only to feel bursts of cold sweat, densely seeping out of her back, obviously the sun was shining, and the valley was as warm as spring, but it made her feel extremely frightened.
She was the only one with the footprints from the grass to the door, but there was a knock on the door last night!
If it was peace of mind a month ago, she would definitely not be afraid of being like this, but now that she has taken over the Time Photo Studio, she has taken over this task, and she has also borrowed the body of the original owner to resurrect the soul to fulfill her wish for her, which shows that there are some things in this world that cannot be seen or touched.
Could it be......
At the thought of that possibility, An Xin felt that his teeth were creaking and fighting, and the blood all over his body was about to freeze with shock, and he only felt that his surroundings had become gloomy.
"Wow" There was a sudden cry of a baby in the wooden house, and this sound made An An wake up, and she didn't care much, and hurriedly ran towards the house.
It turns out that the little guy peed again, and he didn't know who this temperament was, knowing that the conditions of the two of them were difficult now, but he was still very squeamish, as long as there was a little wetness on the diaper, even if it was the size of the nail cover, he had to twist around, humming and chirping to remind him to change, and if he didn't change it, he would cry.
Fortunately, after taking a shower last night, I washed and dried all the diapers made from those old clothes, and after a night, some of them have dried.
After changing the diaper and feeding the little one, I was at ease while eating the cold corn paste in the pot while thinking about things.
I thought that Master's secret base was safe and could give her and her mother a place to settle down in the future, but I didn't expect it to be safe here.
But if she leaves, where else can she go? Village Chief Li and Li Youcai must have left someone in the town waiting for her to go, and the village will definitely not be able to go back.
The well-fed little baby suddenly opened his eyes, and his big black and round eyes seemed to reflect the sadness of peace of mind, and he suddenly giggled, and the sweet smile was like the sunshine in the sky, dispelling all the fears and worries of Anxin.
An An vaguely remembered that the original owner's plot said that the child was born prematurely, and when he was born, he was like a kitten, not as big as a palm, and the sound of crying was like a cat's hum, and she once thought that the child would die.
Because she was taken to the train by traffickers as soon as she arrived in the town, where there was a chance to do confinement, naturally there was no way to breastfeed the child, and the child grew up eating rice soup, which also caused the child to be stunted, and only when he was two years old could he walk and call people.
But something seems to be wrong right now.