CHAPTER XXXIII

Not only did Xie Mo not come back all night, but her mobile phone couldn't get through, Ke Bei couldn't care about being angry at this time, and she was a little anxious in her heart.

Xie Mo usually doesn't say that he doesn't go home at night, as long as he calls after 17 o'clock every day to repair the computer, he refuses, he is worried that Ke Bei will be scared at home when it gets dark, and as long as he doesn't work, he can't wait to put himself on a dog leash and tie it to Ke Bei, and now he can't contact anyone all night, maybe he is in trouble.

Ke Bei bit her fingers, walked around the room irritably, and finally opened the refrigerator and stared at the ten quiet buns - usually as long as Xie Mo got into the buns, Ke Bei poked, Xie Mo would shrink the bun skin or shake it or something, and they also used this stalk to play the game of "guess which bun I am", but at this time the ten buns were cold and hard, and there was no reaction at all.

Ke Bei closed the refrigerator door and forced herself to calm down, nothing happened now, and she definitely couldn't mess with herself. She thought that when Xie Mo helped her find her eyeballs before, because she encountered some problems, she also appeared a day late, and she was too scared at the beginning, but didn't she have nothing to do later?

And Xie Mo is so awesome, he can scare the monster by stomping his feet, and the golden finger can restore any door to its original state with a little bit of his hand, at this time, you just need to believe in Xie Mo, and then wait.

At noon, Ke Bei didn't wait for Xie Mo, but waited for Zhou Nannan's call.

After the phone was connected, Zhou Nannan was silent for a long time.

Ke Bei looked at the mobile phone, the newly bought one, the signal was full, and she suddenly felt a little strange: "Nan Nan? Can you hear me? ”

Zhou Nannan paused, then hummed and said, "We haven't seen each other for a long time, let's come out for a meal in the afternoon, I'll treat you." ”

Ke Bei was thinking about going out to eat at this time, and just wanted to refuse, when she heard Zhou Nannan's voice suddenly choked: "Beibei, come out, I still have something to tell you." ”

Zhou Nannan's place is a Hong Kong-style tea restaurant, on the sixth floor of Wangfujing near their university, because there is a large supermarket on the first floor of the school, so there are usually a lot of people in this Wangfujing.

However, there have been frequent crazy self-harm incidents recently, the school has been closed, and many shops around have also been suspended, when Ke Bei came, he saw that the first to fifth floors of the mall were a depressed scene, but fortunately it was a meal at this time, and there were still many people in the food area on the sixth floor.

There were only three or four tables of guests in the empty Hong Kong-style tea restaurant, and Ke Bei effortlessly found Zhou Nannan sitting in the corner.

As soon as Ke Bei saw Zhou Nannan, she was immediately frightened, only to see that her eyes were red and swollen, her face was pale and haggard, and her already petite figure was covered in a loose white cotton skirt, which was completely devoid of her usual freshness and cuteness, and only looked skinny.

“…… Nan Nan, what's wrong with you? ”

Zhou Nannan didn't answer, just smiled reluctantly, and said, "Sit down first, I've already ordered the dishes, and there is shrimp rice you like." ”

Apparently he didn't want to say anything.

Ke Bei opened her mouth, but finally sat down without asking anything.

There were few people in the restaurant, so Zhou Nannan ordered the food in advance, and the food came up after a while.

The dishes are rich and delicious, but the two people present are not in the mood to eat, and there is only the sound of dishes and chopsticks colliding for a while.

Ke Bei couldn't eat two bites of rice uneasily, and as soon as she put down her chopsticks, she heard Zhou Nannan say, "Beibei, how are you doing?" The internship is over, the school is closed, where do you live now? ”

"It's good, for some reason...... Now I still live in the happy community. ”

Xie Mo's matter was difficult to say, and Ke Bei could only touch his nose with some embarrassment.

Zhou Nannan nodded blankly, "That's good, I was worried that you wouldn't have a place to live......

Ke Bei saw that she was really wrong, and couldn't help but ask again: "Nan Nan, are you like this...... What the hell is going on? ”

“…… What's up? Zhou Nannan was stunned for a moment, and then said softly: "I booked a ticket for tonight, and I will return to Rongcheng later." ”

"Back to Rongcheng?" Ke Bei was stunned, "Tonight? How can it be so fast? What are you going to do back? ”

"Recently...... There are a lot of people who go crazy for some reason, have you heard? Zhou Nannan lowered his head, staring blankly at the table,

"Well, you know, it's all over the Internet."

"Yesterday, yesterday my mother called me and said that my father, my father also ......" Zhou Nannan's eyes were red and she couldn't cry: "My father...... Woo woo, dead, jumped off the building and died......"

Ke Bei's head instantly "buzzed", as if he had been hit hard!

He's dead? Why did he die?

Ke Bei has lacked father's love since she was a child, because of Zhou Nannan, Ke Bei's contact with Zhou's father is not small, and Zhou's father has almost filled all the gaps in Ke Bei's entire childhood concept of father - loving, strong, and responsible.

Ke Bei still clearly remembered Father Zhou's tall body, his barren Mediterranean, and his round and silly face......

He was so young and so kind, how could he die like this?

Ke Bei's nose was sour, and tears fell down her eyes.

Zhou Nannan lay on the table, her whimpering sound was muffled in her arms, her emaciated shoulders trembled, and her thin back seemed to be crushed by the grief in front of her.

Ke Bei has never hated her incompetence so much at this moment, if she was a little more powerful like Xie Mo, or a little smarter like Dong Run, would she be able to find the reason why people go crazy and harm themselves? Does Dad Zhou not have to die?

But now she can't do anything, and she won't even say a word of comfort, because she feels that even saying "don't be sad" at this moment is another cut to Zhou Nannan's wound.

The waiter noticed the situation here, and quickly ran over and asked, "Do you need any help?" ”

Kebei: "Ahem, please add some water to us, thank you." ”

After a long time, Zhou Nannan cried, and his feelings were vented, although he still looked a little miserable, but his spirit was better.

Ke Bei saw that her eyes were swollen, and if she cried again, she probably had something wrong, so she quickly wiped away her tears, and forced a smile to divert the topic: "When are you going to plane tonight?" ”

"Seven o'clock later." Zhou Nannan followed her words and said in a daze.

"That's it, it's a pity that I don't have that much money to buy a ticket," Ke Bei lowered her head a little ashamedly, "I'll go and book a ticket later, it may be a day late to get to Rongcheng." ”

"You...... Do you want to go back to Rongcheng? Zhou Nannan was stunned.

"Of course, Uncle Zhou helped me so much before, and now it's-" Ke Bei's eyes turned red again, "If I don't go back and take a look, can I be considered a human being?" ”

Zhou Nannan's heart warmed, and she smiled sincerely, "I know you don't have any money, so my mother also said that I don't need you to go back." ”

Ke Bei was stunned, "Why?" ”

"Recently, there was a crazy incident, it is very dangerous everywhere, I will arrive by plane for a while, and my mother will come to the airport to pick me up," Zhou Nannan said seriously: "But you take the train differently, the time is long, the journey is long, it is difficult to guarantee that nothing will happen on the road, my mother said that you should not come back during this time, and then go when you settle down in the future...... It's not too late to see my dad. ”

Ke Bei pursed her lips and thought for a long time, feeling that what Zhou Nannan said was very reasonable, not to mention that she was Conan herself, where she died, and she always encountered some strange things, and there was one more point - Xie Mo's whereabouts are unknown now, she can't just leave, whether emotionally or intellectually, it is indeed not suitable to return to Rongcheng at this time.

But even though she said that, Ke Bei still felt extremely guilty in her heart.

Zhou Nannan saw through Ke Bei's thoughts at a glance, she sighed, then held Ke Bei's hand and said, "You don't need to feel guilty, if it's my father...... I don't think he wants you to go back at this time. ”

Ke Bei's eyes were sour, she nodded, then patted her cheeks with tears, stood up and said in disguise: "Why does it take so long for the waiter to add water?" I'm going to rush it. ”

"No need." Zhou Nannan picked up the handbag on the table, "It's almost time, I have to go back and clean up and rush to the airport later." ”

Zhou Nannan just wanted to ask the waiter to settle the bill, but suddenly he said a strange "huh", "Strange, what about people?" She looked around, "Huh? Aren't there still a few people at the table just now? Why is it all empty now? ”

Ke Bei turned her head to look, and sure enough, there were still four or five tables of people in the restaurant just now, and the sound of conversation and the sound of waiters walking could be vaguely heard, but at this moment, the entire restaurant was empty, and there was no one at the front desk.

Thinking that there was a couple sitting at the next table just now, Ke Bei looked at the adjacent table and immediately wondered - the dishes at the adjacent table were still hot, obviously just served, and the chopsticks did not move.

Who do you say left when the food first came up?

And if you really leave, how can there be no movement at all when you are so close?

Zhou Nannan walked to the front desk and called several times, but no one answered, and felt a little strange: "It can't be that there are too few people to run and be lazy, right?" ”

Ke Bei glanced at the door with a sign that said "No entry for non-staff" and said, "Maybe, I'll go to the kitchen to have a look." ”

Zhou Nannan: "I'll go with you." ”

The two pushed open the kitchen door and were surprised to find that there was no one inside, but strangely, the gas stove was on.

Ke Bei walked over to take a look, and found that the cauldron on the stove was steaming, and the soup in it had just boiled. On the other side of the gas stove was a half-fried steak, the aroma of butter wafting through the tip of the nose, as well as half-cut vegetables and half-washed pots and pans......

But there was no one.

Ke Bei shuddered, and her mind exploded—it was like the entire restaurant had suddenly disappeared into thin air after being halfway through the task.

It was the first time Zhou Nannan encountered this kind of thing, and he was completely confused, "What's going on?" ”

Ke Bei swept around, frowning, "Let's go, let's go outside first." ”

As soon as the two of them reached the door of the restaurant, they heard a scream not far away, followed by someone shouting: "Help! Anyone!! Help! ”

Ke Bei chuckled in her heart, "Don't worry about it, let's go first!" ”

As he spoke, he hurriedly pulled Zhou Nannan and ran to the emergency channel.

Unexpectedly, he ran out for about ten meters, and two men and a woman ran over to him, and when the three people saw Ke Bei and Zhou Nannan, their faces were immediately full of joy, and they hurriedly waved their hands and shouted: "Someone!" Someone!!! ”

Ke Bei was stunned for a moment, and when she saw that there was nothing unusual about these people, she stopped when she saw that they were normal people.

When the three of them ran over, Ke Bei found that their faces were pale, their faces were full of snot and tears, and their expressions were just scared, and they looked particularly miserable.

"What's wrong with you?" Zhou Nannan asked.

Boy A panted and said, "Emma! We were eating at McDonald's," he said, pointing across the atrium from the mall, "and while we were eating, it was haunted, and the whole McDonald's people suddenly disappeared out of thin air!" ”

Ke Bei frowned: "Disappear out of thin air?" ”

"That's right! That's right! The only girl among the three didn't look scared, but said excitedly, "I was queuing up at Starbucks to order coffee, but the waiter just took my money and 'boom' - suddenly the person was gone!" ”

Zhou Nannan was timid, and his face was already pale and his lips were blue at this time.

Boy B asked, "What about you?" Is it the same? ”

Ke Bei: "It's the same thing when we eat at the café in front of us. ”

Boy A: "This mall is too evil, let's go out first." ”

Zhou Nannan was so frightened that her legs were weak and she couldn't walk, so Ke Bei could only pull her and run towards the emergency passage after the three of them.

Seeing that she was almost on the first floor, Ke Bei suddenly felt that her head was heavy, just like the situation she encountered in the nursing home yesterday, her eyes suddenly became blurry, and her head seemed to have been smashed by someone with a hammer, with a splitting headache and a buzzing ringing in her ears.

Ke Bei staggered two steps, and had to stop against the wall, shuddering and clutching her head—the pain was so exciting, as if a hand had reached into her head and stirred it, and something was pulled out......

"Beibei...... Flower bud...... What's wrong?! ”

Zhou Nannan's voice came intermittently, Ke Bei raised her head, and wanted to say I'm fine, but after working hard for a long time, I found that I couldn't even open my mouth.

At this time, Zhou Nannan suddenly took two steps back and looked at her with a frightened eye, as if she had seen something terrifying.

Ke Bei wanted to ask her what was wrong, why did she look at her like this?

But she was greeted only by darkness.