016. Closed warehouse
016. Closed warehouse
According to Niuniu's description, I contacted Li Jianfei and Lin Haoran to find the orphanage where Niuniu was alive.
I stood in front of the gate of the orphanage with an umbrella, I couldn't believe it, there was no orphanage here, the old building, the falling walls, the weeds in the courtyard, the street lamps in the courtyard were all broken and there were no light bulbs, this should be an abandoned building, there was no one at all.
Li Jianfei thought the same as me, he frowned and looked at me, and I shrugged my shoulders helplessly.
Lin Haoran stood under the umbrella I held and whispered to me, "Let's go in and have a look." β
I said "um", and walked towards the gate of the courtyard, Li Jianfei followed quickly, he came to the gate of the courtyard one step ahead of me, there was a lock, but Li Jianfei only used a little force, and pulled the lock on the big iron door.
I looked at him in surprise, but he smiled awkwardly at me, "I didn't make any effort, maybe it's in disrepair." β
"Understood." I replied simply, then reached out and pushed open the large iron door.
The big iron door made a harsh and ugly "squeak" sound, I frowned, I wanted to cover my ears but my hands couldn't let go, at this moment, my ears were covered by a pair of hands, I looked behind me in a daze, Lin Haoran raised the corners of his beautiful mouth and looked at me gently.
I felt my heart stop beating for a moment, I was used to his coldness, his coolness, his disapproval, and his disregard for me, but now he was gently raising the corners of his mouth at me, and I couldn't resist.
"Open the door." Lin Haoran's voice sounded in my ears.
I immediately came back to my senses, yes, now is not the time to think about this, I immediately focused my attention on the courtyard door, but the door was stuck there when I pushed it for a little half, Li Jianfei also came to help, but we both tried our best, but the door still didn't move at all.
In the end, we have to give up, maybe the relationship is in disrepair.
Li Jianfei and I cautiously squeezed sideways into the courtyard gate, and walked through the tall grass in the door to the small building isolated there.
In the sunny days of July, I don't feel any warmth here, and it feels a little cold, and the wind blowing here is not hot, but cold.
My discomfort was seen by Lin Haoran, and he whispered in my ear, "Don't think too much, it may not be as terrible as you think." β
"How could I be afraid?" I glared at him disapprerovingly.
"Heh, your hair is standing on end, isn't it?" As he spoke, he touched my head, and just this moment, I miraculously settled down, and I felt an inexplicable sense of security.
Lin Haoran patted me on the shoulder, because I was holding an umbrella, he kept his hand on my shoulder, and walked forward with me.
Li Jianfei had already arrived at the door of the small building one step ahead of us, he looked back and forth left and right for a long time, and then turned back and shrugged his shoulders at me, "Sue you bad news, there is no door here." β
"What? No way? "I was confused.
"Yes, I took a look, there are windows in front and back here, there are no doors, it may have been blocked, but there is no trace of a door." Li Jianfei pouted, but he didn't give up in his heart.
"Do you want to look for it again?" I saw what was going on in his heart and said it.
"Well, you must look for it, if you don't look for it, we won't be able to get in, and then it will be in vain." Li Jianfei smiled at me, turned his head and began to look carefully again.
He had just taken two steps and looked back at me, "Follow me, don't be too far away from me, within two steps." β
I laughed at his decision, because I could see that he was genuinely worried about me, but I wasn't as vulnerable as he thought.
"Listen to him and follow him." Lin Haoran's voice came to my ears.
I had no choice but to nod my head and follow Li Jianfei's side closely, inspecting the small building with him.
With our unremitting efforts, we finally found the location of the door in the middle of the small building.
But the door of the small building has been bricked up, and we don't have any tools now, so how can we open it?
At this time, I saw that the windows on the left and right sides had no railings, only glass, I pulled down Li Jianfei's clothes, pointed to the window, "Let's go in from here." β
"Here?" Li Jianfei looked at it seriously for a while and nodded, "You give way to the back, I'll break the glass." β
I obediently took a few steps back, and stood there with Lin Haoran watching Li Jianfei smash the glass with the stone he picked up on the ground.
The moment the glass shattered, I felt a cheer, I looked around, and after seeing nothing, I turned my head to look at Lin Haoran.
"I heard it too, not your auditory hallucinations." Before I could speak, Lin Haoran told me very calmly.
"How do you know?" I asked.
"I guess." Lin Haoran raised the corners of his mouth.
I immediately turned my head away, I couldn't look at his smile anymore, I was afraid that I would fall.
Li Jianfei also beckoned to me at this time, I walked towards him quickly, Lin Haoran exclaimed, I reacted, I walked too quickly, threw him in the sun, I immediately turned around and reached out to cover his body with an umbrella, but I already saw a puff of white smoke coming out of his body, I stuck out my tongue to him, "I'm sorry." β
"Intentional." Lin Haoran looked at me unhappily.
"No, really." I looked at him in embarrassment.
"Believe you this time, there will be a next time, you have to be careful." Lin Haoran said and put his hand on my shoulder again, but this time it was not just a ride, but a hug.
We walked up to Li Jianfei, who naturally knew that there was someone next to me, not a ghost, but he just chuckled and raised his head to us, motioning for us to jump in through the window.
I took a deep breath and was about to climb up the window, but Lin Haoran pulled me back, he smiled at me, jumped into the window, and stood in the building.
I also laughed, and immediately kicked the wall hard to climb up the window, Li Jianfei saw that I couldn't be stupid anymore, and with my hand behind me, I climbed up to the window, and then after shaking hands with Lin Haoran, he took the window, and before I could stand firmly, Li Jianfei had already jumped in.
We stood still and began to observe the situation.
This is the corridor in the building, which leads directly on both sides, but it is very gloomy here, and the sunlight outside does not shine in at all, I put away the umbrella in my hand and put it in my backpack, and then my hand was grabbed by Lin Haoran.
Actually, I'm really scared now, because I already feel that there is definitely not just one Yin Spirit here, but a group of them, and I don't know how many they are.
Now I wonder if this is the orphanage that Niu Niu said, this is clearly a city of death.
Li Jianfei held the flashlight he carried with him in his hand, and kept telling me to "put on the police badge buckle." β
"I didn't bring it today." I replied softly.
"What?" Li Jianfei looked back at me.
"I didn't bring it today." I repeat it again.
"Why?" Li Jianfei frowned and questioned me.
"Because I'm coming with my partner, and it's daytime, he has to be with me, so I can't bring that." I smiled at him.
"Alright, follow me, no matter what happens, you can't leave my side, you know?" Li Jianfei sighed helplessly, he also knew how important my partner was to me.
Lin Haoran was proud.
Together, we walked towards the end of the hallway, and at the location of the door, we saw the stairs.
Just as we were about to go upstairs, I saw a figure in white flashing under the stairs, I was startled, and Lin Haoran's strength came from my hand.
I turned my head to look at him, and he nodded to me, and he saw it too.
Li Jianfei didn't feel anything abnormal, he was about to go upstairs, I stepped forward and pulled down his clothes, "Don't go upstairs, it should be downstairs." β
"Downstairs?" Li Jianfei looked at me incomprehensibly.
"Well, over there." I pointed to the place where the white shadow had just disappeared.
"What do you see?" Li Jianfei asked in understanding.
"White Shadow, I don't know the specifics yet." I replied cautiously.
"Well, go over and have a look." Li Jianfei said and walked down the stairs.
When we walked to the bottom of the stairs, we found that there was a door there, and there was a lock on the door, and the door was locked from the inside, but the lock was also in disrepair and was broken under Li Jianfei's gentle pull, and when we pushed the door open, we were all stunned there.
There was access to an open space behind the building, and the sun was shining well.
I took out the umbrella in my backpack and held it up, Lin Haoran naturally put his hand on my shoulder, and we walked out of this small building together.
Behind the small building is a large open space, but it is covered with grass taller than a person.
I carefully opened the backpack again and whispered to the doll inside, "Niu Niu, sue us, where is the warehouse you said?" β
"Go back to the building, don't go out." Niuniu's voice trembled a little, I don't know if it was because of fear or excitement.
I immediately stopped Li Jianfei, and we retreated back into the building.
Back at the stairs, I took out the doll from my backpack, and Niu Niu appeared in front of us.
"Sister, this is where I lived, and here are my friends." Niu Niu smiled happily at me.
"Niu Niu." I only called her by her name, because I saw a dozen children about her age standing on the stairs behind her.
"Don't scare my sister, my sister brought me back, you are not allowed to scare her." Niu Niu turned her head to look at them and said loudly.
The children standing on the stairs all nodded.
My heart was sullen, there was no sense of relief at all, not for anything else, I could know from Niuniu's tone that the more than ten children standing here were all Niuniu's friends here, they all died here, and they have been trapped here for a long time.
Li Jianfei saw that I was just looking at the stairs and my expression was very sad, he walked over and asked softly, "Is there any situation?" β
"Well, there are more than a dozen children standing in front of me, all about 3-7 or 8 years old, and they have all been trapped here for a long time." I answered him truthfully.
"What?" Li Jianfei raised his voice.
"Children, tell Sister SΓΉ, how can I get you out of here?" I no longer paid attention to Li Jianfei, but looked at the children in front of me.
The children looked at each other, then at Niuniu, who nodded to them like a little adult, and then they all nodded at me.
At this moment, a woman floated down from upstairs, her face was very white, and she was quite good-looking, but her expression was very majestic, not a little gentle, and her eyes were cold.
When the children found her, they immediately made way for her, and they all looked at her with some fear.
"Do you want to take my children away?" The woman looked at me coldly.
"Do you still want to keep them here? It's been a long time, they've been with you for a long time, and it's time for you to let go. I looked at her coldly.
"Don't even think about it, they are all my children, and they won't leave me." The woman glared at me with some excitement.
"Don't you think you're being too selfish to do that? You've forcibly taken their lives, and then left them here for so long, it's time for you to let them go. I glared back at her without showing weakness.
"No, absolutely not." The woman suddenly went berserk at me.
I knew I couldn't deal with her, so I closed my eyes in resignation, but the imaginary impact didn't happen.
When I opened my eyes, I was stunned by the scene in front of me.
Lin Haoran stood in front of me, protecting me behind him, but he had an extra sword-like thing in his hand, and this thing was stabbed on the right shoulder of the woman who was about to attack me.
I couldn't see Lin Haoran's expression, but I saw the woman's expression, her expression was very frightened, as if she had seen something terrible, and her disbelieving eyes made me see what she was thinking.
I slowly raised my head to look at Lin Haoran, but he turned his head and asked me, "Are you okay?" β
"Is this true?" I didn't answer the question.
"I'll explain to you later." The gentleness in Lin Haoran's tone made him feel even more confused.
I turned to look at the woman, "Leave these children alone, let them get out of here with me." β
The woman finally nodded in compromise, Lin Haoran also withdrew his weapon, and the woman looked at me with emotion in her eyes.
"I'm really not a bad person, I was an orphan when I was a child, I grew up in this orphanage, so when I grew up, I came back to work in this orphanage, and I wanted those children like me to grow up happy and healthy." The woman sat down on the steps of the staircase, and the dozen or so children sat around her, and she immediately hugged them together with affection, like a mother.
"But things have changed, the land here has been sold, the developer is going to build a building here, this orphanage is going to be demolished, I have a lot of people, but no one cares, but when I know that they are going to send these children somewhere else, and the conditions are much worse than here, I am even more uneasy." The woman said and looked at the children around her, her eyes full of love.
"So, I started to run aggressively again, please let those who can afford it help, or someone to adopt these children, but after I ran for many days, there was still no result, but the time limit they stipulated was about to arrive, I really couldn't help it, in order to let the children stay with me, I could only ......" At this point, she burst into tears.
"It's not that you don't know how selfish you are in doing this, and you took the lives of your children without their consent." I knew she really liked these children, and her tone was much gentler.
"Yes, I poisoned the children's food, and then I found out that there were four more children who didn't come to eat, and then I looked for them, and then I found them playing in the warehouse, so I locked the door of the warehouse, and then I poured out the kerosene that was sitting outside the warehouse, and lit a fire." She began to cry as she spoke.
"You're so cruel." I looked at her angrily.
"Alright, let's get them out of here." Lin Haoran patted me on the shoulder, and I nodded.
Lin Haoran turned his head to look at the woman, "Now, you take these children out of the door, so that you can all leave here." β
After listening to this, the woman began to look left and right inside the building, this is where she has lived for many years, and now she is leaving, she is really reluctant, and her nostalgic expression is clear at a glance.
I turned to look at Niuniu, "Now you can take us to the warehouse." β
Niu Niu nodded, then waved to the children on the stairs, and returned to the doll, we led us to a very remote location outside the building, and found the warehouse that Niu Niu said, which was very dilapidated, but the door lock of the warehouse was still locked.
Niu Niu appeared in a dark place, she looked at the door of the warehouse, her eyes were full of sadness.
I walked up to her and gently hugged her, "Niuniu, are you resentful?" If it weren't for that lock, you and the kids would have walked out of this warehouse and wouldn't have burned here, would we? β
"Hmm." Niu Niu nodded.
"Niuniu, the teacher wants you all to stay here, even if you leave the warehouse, you will all stay in that building like other children, Niuniu, don't be sad, okay?" I comforted her softly.
"Niuniu, take us to find your body, so that you can be freed and can leave here with your friends and play together." Lin Haoran also squatted and hugged Niuniu.
Niu Niu looked at us, then stretched out her hand and pointed to the warehouse in front of her, "It's in the warehouse, I'm under the innermost wooden shelf." β
Li Jianfei knocked the door lock of the warehouse, and we walked in together, and sure enough, I found the bones behind the wooden shelves in the warehouse, looking at the posture of the bones, I frowned, Niuniu was really uncomfortable when she died.
I turned my head to look at Niu Niu who was standing in the warehouse, she was looking at the warehouse door, and then the familiar light shone on her, Niu Niu turned to look at us, she grinned happily and waved at us.
I, Li Jianfei, and Lin Haoran also raised their hands to say goodbye to her, watching her fly into the sky and disappear into the warehouse.