Chapter 40: Candid Photography

I walked briskly into the tent.

The others followed me into the tent.

The child didn't seem to have crawled out of the lake, his body was still naked, dry, and covered with sand.

He didn't care about us, he was just curious about the orange black box, and stretched out his little hand to carry it, very strange, it just touched the black box, and the black box seemed to be frightened, and suddenly it sounded "squeak", and the man's voice came out, which seemed to be very frightened: "No gas, no gas!" …… Wipe the dustpan! …… Warehouse clamping obstacle to make Kwai scorch! …… Scorched socks! …… Baa Sunny Sunny Basin! …… Tamp the wings! ……”

Meng Xiaoshuai said: "Who is talking here!" ”

No one answered her.

The child seemed to like the black box very much, and he listened to the sound inside, and "giggled" and laughed very happily.

A chill ran through my hairs.

I observed the expressions of the three high school students, and they all looked at the child in amazement.

The man in the black box spoke faster: "No, no, no!" …… Eun Huang slap! …… Dead cellar bones hide the end of deception! …… Solid bottom! …… Sell embarrassed yellow times! …… Please cook on the island of Blind Lai! …… Corner rammer stealing! …… Horn ramming and scrapping! …… Stuffed girl shaved dizzy! ……”

I don't know which nerve the voice poked at the child, but he laughed harder, laughing and looking back at us as he laughed.

Meng Xiaoshuai touched me and said tremblingly: "Could this man in the black box be his parent......

I didn't speak.

The man continued to say strange things: "No gas plus no gas! …… Karma! …… Dart lama loses his lungs and tears his lungs and coughs recklessly! …… No, it's a pinch! …… Oligocrats! …… Destroy the Tibetan abduction! …… Punish the second to dissect the addiction! Nan Zhai Xingcen! …… Baa Arc Pong! …… The tile pinched and buried the turtle bandits! …… Chisel and poke the Buddha! ……”

The child slapped the black box with his little hand and laughed so hard that he was almost out of breath!

The man in the black box continued to spit out, as if he couldn't catch his breath, and finally stopped, only the sound of electricity remained, and after a long time, he spoke again, as if he was exhausted: "Get out!" …… Tamp the wings! …… Solid bottom! …… Get lost! …… No, it's a pinch! …… Get lost! ”

"Click", the black box crashed again.

The child stretched out his little hand and continued to slap the black box, but it didn't make a sound.

The child revolves around it with great interest, crawling around it, as if waiting for it to sound again.

Yu Xunxun asked in a low voice, "Uncle, this is ...... Your children? ”

I said, "He's from the lake, I told you." ”

Yu Gou Gou walked up to him curiously, squatted down, and teased him: "Little friend? ”

Yumeno stood at the door of the tent, his body more frightened.

The child looked at Yu Gougou, muttering something "babbling", and then continued to slap the black box.

Yu Gou Gou said: "Children, can you speak? ”

The child ignored him.

Yu Gou Gou continued to ask: "Little friend, how old are you?" ”

The child still ignored him.

Yu Gou Gou then asked: "Little friend, where are your parents?" ”

The child still ignored him.

I said, "Kid, don't ask, he won't answer you." ”

Yu Gou Gou stood up, grimaced, and whispered, "Uneducated ......" and then returned to Yu Xunxun and Mengye's side.

Meng Xiaoshuai whispered: "He doesn't seem to be willing to leave......"

I said, "You go, and I'll stay with him for a while." ”

Yu Xun, Yu Gougou, and Mengye walked away first. Then, Pulp Juice, Zhang Hui, Meng Xiaoshuai, and Bai Xinxin also walked out.

I said to Zhang Hui, "You don't care about those three boys for now. ”

Zhang Hui said: "They really have a problem. ”

I pointed to the kid next to the black box and said, "It's a bigger problem. ”

After everyone had left, I sat down next to the child and handed him a biscuit, which he looked at and did not take it, and continued to tinker with the black box, which he wanted to move, but the black box did not move.

I held the biscuit and asked, "Nao'er, don't you eat it?" ”

He ignored me.

I looked at his brown hair and said, "Do you want to eat us?" ”

He still ignored me.

I picked up my guitar and plucked a set of seventh chords. It's been more than a month since the guitar and I entered Lop Nur, the strings have been sunburned at least twice, and the resonance box is about to crack. However, in the empty desert, the sound of the piano is still pleasant.

The kid wasn't attracted to the guitar, he seemed to like only the sound coming from the black box.

I want to sing a song to ward off evil spirits and see how he reacts.

"The Great Compassion Mantra", I will only say the first few sentences: Nan Wu drank Luo Tana Doro Yeye, Nan Wu Ah Ya, Brahmaki Emperor Shuo Bo Roya......

Thinking about it, I thought of Gong Lina's "Worried".

I once wrote a Weibo and said: I am not afraid of anything, only ...... Gong.

There is no irreverent meaning in this, Gong Lina is an excellent singer, but her melody and voice inexplicably poked a certain fear nerve in me, which is my own problem.

The reason why I sang "Nervous" to this unknown kind of child was that if he had a ghost in his heart, this song would scare him. If he were a god, then this song might be able to communicate with him, and I feel that this song is closest to the soul and the heavenly realm.

So I started singing—

Ahh

Ahh

Ahh

Ahh

Ahh

Ahh

Ahh

Ahh

Ahh

Ahh

Sure enough, the kid turned his eyes to me and listened earnestly.

Then he left the black box and crawled towards me. Finally, he sat down in front of me and looked at my guitar and my mouth. One of his little feet was next to my thigh, and I instantly felt a kind of fatherly tenderness.

I kept up the good work and continued to sing—

yes

Ahh

Ahh

Ahh

Boom boom

Gurgle Boom T

Boom

Ah......h

The kid didn't leave until I finished singing.

I gently put down my guitar and said to him, "Baby, I have a child, she used to be the same age as you, I play with her every day, we bring colored chalk, we draw on the concrete road of the community, big pictures...... Didn't anyone take you to play? ”

He "babbled" something in his mouth and then began to bite his fingers.

I watched him, and his fingernails and toenails were still neat – who was trimming his nails? Or maybe his nails don't grow at all?

Then I said, "You grew up in Lop Nur, and this place is your home." Uncle just came to your house to knock on the door, there is no malice, we have our own home, far away from here, we wanted to leave soon, but I didn't expect you, you locked the door......"

He crawled away and crawled to the black box again. Much like a normal two- or three-year-old child, only interested in strange sounds, not in language.

For a small child, sound is sensory entertainment, while language belongs to the cultural category.

I hesitated.

It occurred to me that maybe this child was not some monster, just like humanoids, they were just another primate, unlike humans, they grew up in water and belonged to amphibians. Since they look exactly like humans, but with an extra tail, they must be related to humans by blood, perhaps they share a common ancestor, and in the Tertiary period, primates evolved in a radial manner, and they parted ways with humans......

They come from the lake, and the lake has a passage through the earth, so could they be the legendary people of the center of the earth?

If he is a geocentr, is he an adult or a child?

If he's a child, how come we've never seen an adult Centric?

Perhaps, the geocentrists will always be so big?

Humanoid ...... Centroid ...... Outsiders...... Jinni......

Anyway, so far, these kids haven't hurt us.

I'm going to keep talking to him.

I said, "Nao'er, look, don't we look alike?" It's all two eyes, one nose, two mouths......"

I suddenly realized that I had made a mistake and stopped talking. At this time, he was slapping the black box with his back to me, and he didn't seem to hold back, and suddenly laughed "hahaha".

I shuddered, and then said tentatively, "Hehe, I said it wrong, it's two eyes, a nose, and a mouth......"

He soon stopped laughing and continued to tinker with the black box.

I said, "Then it means that we are at least relatives." Since we are relatives, we should often come to hang out. It's just that my uncle didn't expect that he should buy you a gift in advance......"

He picked up my pillow, put it over the black box, and giggled again.

He seemed to be hinting to me that the fact that he laughed just now had nothing to do with me saying the wrong thing.

Does it really matter?

I don't believe it.

I continued: "There are a lot of toys in the mall outside, which are much more fun than this black box, such as flying airplanes, such as quarking ducks, such as yo-yos, such as scooters, ......"

He lifted the pillow through a slit and pouted his little ass to look through the slit.

I stared at him for a long time before saying, "Baby, can you help us...... Open the door? ”

He picked up the pillow, put it over his head, looked at me, and smiled.

The kid never left our camp.

That night, I came to the adjacent tent, and Berry Juice, Zhang Hui, Meng Xiaoshuai, and Bai Xinxin were all there.

I said, "Zhang Hui, you stand guard tonight, Pulp, you sleep here with Meng Xiaoshuai and Bai Xinxin, and I want to stay alone with that child for one night." ”

Juice said, "You...... Not afraid of him? ”

I said, "It's time to find out." I'm going to set my phone up before I go to bed, set a time, and start recording when I'm asleep. ”

Pulp said, "Can the video be timed?" ”

I said, "I have this software on my phone. ”

"Why haven't I heard of it?" ”

I said, "I have a reader who is a spy, and he pretends to be it for me." ”

Meng Xiaoshuai said: "Do you have such a large memory? ”

I said, "16G, it's no problem to record for two hours." ”

Meng Xiaoshuai said: "What about electricity? ”

I said, "It's full." ”

I once did a similar "candid shot" of my little eggs.

As I said, I have a Labrador Retriever, yellow, named Little Egg, and is 5 years old this year.

The little egg is very kind, even if it sees the most heinous villain, it will pounce on it and lick it endlessly, and I am always worried that its enthusiastic tail will break, and for this, it also scares away a few girls who come to meet me.

I'm curious, what does it do all day after I leave the house?

So I had a plan, this morning, I put a pack of biscuits on the coffee table, and deliberately tore a small opening to let the fragrance waft out, and then put the camera on top of the cabinet air conditioner, pointed it at the living room, and started recording.

A few hours later, I went home, as usual, the little egg heard the footsteps and was waiting at the door, I opened the door, and it immediately pounced on it and licked endlessly, very annoying. As soon as I entered the door, I shot my eyes on the air conditioner and the camera was gone! I looked over the coffee table again, and the bag of cookies was gone, and a few pieces of plastic wrapping were scattered on the floor, and it was clear that the little eggs had eaten the cookies. But where is the camera?

I looked around, and the camera fell off the air conditioner and rolled under the chair. I hurriedly walked over and picked it up, and thankfully, it didn't break, and it was still able to turn on, and it was recorded for a total of 31 minutes! That is, it didn't fall until half an hour after I left.

I looked over the air conditioner and felt that something was wrong, so high, the small egg could not reach, and it was very flat, how could the camera fall off? Could it be that the little egg understood my intentions and arched the air conditioner hard underneath to knock it down?

I didn't say anything, walked into the bedroom, closed the door, and watched the video.

The video goes like this -

I went out, "snapped" to close the security door, I could vaguely hear my departing footsteps, and then the door rang again, and the house was completely quiet from then on.

Little Egg lowered his head and put his mouth on the threshold to listen quietly. After a long time, it was motionless, and I suspect that the footage stopped and became a static frame. Finally, the little egg moved, and by this time, I should have walked into the supermarket in the community. Xiao Dan walked around the living room, didn't look at the bag of cookies, but squirmed and walked towards the window, and soon walked out of the picture, only furniture was left in the video, all still life.

It's so quiet at home, and you can vaguely hear the horn of a car on the road outside.

After a long time, I couldn't see the little eggs appear. Where did it go? Next to the window was the kitchen door, which was of course its favorite place, but the kitchen door was closed and it couldn't get in. It seems, standing under the window, not knowing what it was listening to. After a long time, I finally heard the sound of the little egg's four paws moving, it left the window, and walked around the living room again, and finally got under the coffee table, and at this time I couldn't see its body, only its bright eyes, and a black nose, its head lay on its left front paws, and closed its eyes in boredom......

This is the first time I've seen a home without being at home...... Have an indescribable feeling, curious? Intimacy? Sad?

The little egg seemed to be asleep, and I was in a hurry, and if it had been lying under the coffee table, I wouldn't have been able to see how it had eaten the cookie for the past 31 minutes.

It's still so quiet at home. There are occasional people walking around in the corridor, and they can hear clearly, close, far, and no. However, the little egg didn't pay attention to it at all, and still lay on his stomach like that. I finally knew that it could tell which feet were mine and which were not.

As the minutes ticked by, I took a look at the video time and it was already 24 minutes! By this time, I had already left the supermarket, got into a taxi at the entrance of the community, and went to a friend's company.

"Bang", I don't know what fell at home, the sound seemed to come from the bathroom, very clear, the little egg raised his head vigilantly and pricked up his ears. The house was quiet again, and the little egg listened for a while, and finally put his chin on his left front paw again and closed his eyes.

Does it know I'm spying on it? Otherwise, why didn't it eat that pack of cookies? Or, is it waiting for the camera to fall off the air conditioner?

I suddenly understood how I felt, yes...... Fear.

In the video, the furniture is quiet, the fruit on the plate is quiet, and the little egg is lonely with his eyes closed...... At this point, the footage is already 30 minutes old, which means that it is impossible for me to see the footage of the little egg stealing the cookie, and now I am waiting for the moment when the camera falls.

Without any external force, how did it fall? I'm full of doubts about this.

The minutes passed by and slowly approached 31 minutes, and my heart gradually rose to my throat......

The screen suddenly began to rotate, and then the screen went black with a "clang", and I shuddered, how did it fall? The little egg didn't get close to it!

I hurriedly reverted back to look.

I rewind the video for half a minute, and the little egg is still under the coffee table with his eyes closed.

I stared at the screen.

The camera suddenly fell, from the time it left the air conditioner to the time it hit the ground, it was so fast that in the split second before the black screen, I saw a pair of big feet! I can't tell where in the house these feet are appearing because the picture is spinning, it should be a pair of brown pointy scalp shoes, it's walking!

I was dumbfounded for a moment, put down my camera, and rushed out to search, but I didn't find anyone in the house. I checked the window again, and locked it well.

I went back to my bedroom and scrambled to delete the video.

When I got back to the tent, the baby was still playing with the black box. How he loved it.

By this time it was already dark, and the wind was blowing outside.

I asked him, "Are you still back in the lake?" ”

He doesn't speak.

I said, "Oh, it looks like you don't want to go back." Tonight, Uncle accompanies you. Come, lie down. ”

I tried to pick him up, but he suddenly lost his temper and cried "wow".

I said, "Okay, okay, you go on!" ”

I let go of him, and he jerked a few times, finally stopped crying, and continued to play with the black box.

Meng Xiaoshuai ran over, she looked at me and asked, "Can you do it?" ”

I said, "No problem." ”

Meng Xiaoshuai looked at the child again and left slowly.

I said, "Come on, I'll put it next to you, and you watch sleep, okay?" ”

With that, I moved the black box to the pillow of my sleeping bag.

He had no objection.

I hugged him, put him in his sleeping bag, and said, "Okay, we can sleep." ”

He obediently lay in his sleeping bag, looked at the black box, and muttered again.

At this time, he was facing me.

I moved the black box to the other side, and he followed.

I didn't turn off the emergency light, just dimmed it, and hummed a lullaby: "A jug of wine among the flowers...... Drinking alone without blind date...... Raise a glass to the bright moon...... The shadow becomes a trio ......"

I'm covering for myself, setting up my phone while singing. Finally, I set my phone in the corner of the tent and it can take a picture of the entire space of the tent.

Then, I closed my eyes.

I'm going to put myself to sleep quickly. I knew that as long as I wasn't asleep, the kid wouldn't move.

The emergency lights dimmed, and he muttered something beside him, and finally quieted down.

In normal times, I might not dare to sleep in the same house with this baby, but now I am not afraid of anything.

Who is the most daring? Someone who is dying.

The more I tried to fall asleep, the more I couldn't sleep, and I could even occasionally hear Zhang Hui walking outside.

I told myself, go to sleep, go to sleep, sleep fast......

Let's count......

142857……

How did I remember this set of numbers......

What are those three high school students doing......

What is their relationship with this child......

No way...... Hurry up and fall asleep......

Is this kid a fishman......

Goldfish only have a 7-second memory...... They swim around in the tank...... Exclamation...... What kind of place is this...... It's fun......

The footsteps were not Zhanghui, but the child's parents......

Where are my parents......

They are all dead......

I'll be with them soon......

I wasn't a body then......

At that time, I was a wisp of consciousness......

Will they still love me......

Thinking wildly, before I knew it, I finally fell asleep.

Falling asleep, I suddenly woke up.

At this time, it was not yet dawn, and the emergency lights in the tent seemed to be even darker. I turned my head to see that he was still facing away from me, and the little lump of flesh was sleeping soundly.

I picked up my phone and looked at it, and it was about to dawn.

I checked it and it has been recorded for 2 hours and 9 minutes!

It's running out of power!

I got up gently, plugged in the power bank, and started watching the video I had just recorded......

I closed my eyes tightly.

He turned his back to me, not moving. If he's a normal kid, then he's so much of a hassle.

After more than half an hour, I seemed to be asleep, my mouth slightly open and I snored slightly. I found my sleep very ugly, my eyebrows furrowed, and I seemed to be full of resentment towards the world.

He didn't get up suddenly.

Time slipped by, and he slowly moved!

I stared at him.

He rolled over, his eyes still closed. In the dim light, his face looked a little pale.

Suddenly, he opened his eyes and looked at me.

I'm still asleep with a frown.

Finally, he slowly got out of his sleeping bag and crawled towards me......

My heart was pounding out of my throat.

Turning my head to look at him, he was still facing away from me, not moving.

He stood up, stepped over me, and picked up my phone! His face dominates the video footage and is slightly distorted. He observed for a while, and suddenly spoke.

He suddenly spoke!

He said viciously: "If you sleep with your eyes open, you will be struck by lightning!" ”

I woke up suddenly.

It turned out to be a dream.

I woke up scared by the episode in the dream!

When I turned my head, he was still asleep, with his back to me, and the little lump of flesh was sleeping soundly......

At this time, it was not yet dawn, and the emergency lights in the tent seemed to be even darker.

I shook my head vigorously to make sure I was really awake this time. Then, I quickly picked up my phone and looked at it, what a coincidence, it happened to be recorded for 2 hours and 8 minutes! It's only 1 minute away from what I dreamed of!

I plugged in the power bank and started watching the video......

As in my dreams, I kept my eyes closed.

He turned his back to me, not moving.

After more than half an hour, I seemed to be asleep, my mouth was slightly open, my eyebrows were tightly wrinkled, and I made a small purring sound, as if my trachea was stuck, and it was very unsmooth.

Time slipped by, and he didn't move.

I started fast-forwarding, and 2 hours passed on the video, and he was lying like that, not moving, like ...... Dead as well.

Suddenly, the lights in the tent became even darker.

Immediately afterward, he rolled over, his eyes still closed, as if he was still asleep.

Suddenly, he opened his eyes and looked at me.

He watched me for about 1 minute, and then he sat up and put his head on the black box and listened to something. He listened for a long time, as if someone in the black box was whispering to him.

Finally his head left the black box, and then he spoke, very clearly: "No, no, no...... Wipe the dustpan...... Warehouse clamping obstacle to engage in Aoi to commit scorching ...... Eun Huang slapped...... Dead Cellar Bones Hidden Hidden Deception...... Solid bottom...... Kasang...... The dart is baating, tearing the lungs, and coughing...... No, it's a pinch...... Click! ”

My body was trembling.

It was an onomatopoeia in the end, and he was learning the sound of the black box closing!

Then, with an eerie smile at my sleeping me, he continued to slip into his sleeping bag, his back to me, and motionless again.

That is, he just lay down!

He didn't fall asleep!

I stared at the back of his head and called softly, "Nao'er......"

He doesn't speak.

I called again: "Nao'er......"

He still didn't speak.

I called him again: "Nao'er! ”

He still didn't react.

I got up, walked around the top of his head, and looked at his face.

He was asleep, his eyes were a little slit, and I could even see half-hanging pupils. Normally, a person's eyes will only appear in this state when they are asleep. Moreover, this cannot be pretended, if it is a performance, then his eyelashes will definitely tremble. His eyelashes didn't tremble, and he was as quiet as a weed.

I stared at his little hand, which was exposed outside his sleeping bag.

The little hand was half-clenched, and the little finger trembled slightly, not obviously......

Is he really sleeping?

How is this possible!

I grabbed my phone and slowly walked out of the tent.

Zhang Hui came over like a shadow and startled me.

He whispered, "Did you find anything?" ”

I pulled him a little farther away, handed him my phone, and said, "Look. ”

He took his phone and looked at it and said, "What are you asking me to watch?" ”

I picked up my phone again, looked for the video file, and it was gone!

I said, "Strange......"

Zhang Hui said: "It's gone? ”

I looked at him and asked, "Am I dreaming now?" ”

Zhang Hui said: "Boss Zhou, why are you so unconfident......

I said, "I just watched it, and he got up after I fell asleep!" ”

Zhang Hui said: "What did he do? ”

I said, "He said something weird, exactly like the sound coming from the black box." ”

Zhang Hui looked into the tent and said, "I killed him." ”

I said, "Can you do it?" ”

Zhang Hui said: "Don't be fooled by his appearance, he is not a child at all. ”

With that, he walked towards the tent with his nail gun in his hand.

To be honest, I was a little hesitant to stop him.

Zhang Hui strode into the tent, and I stared blankly.

After a while, he walked out and shook his head at me.

I realized right away - he was gone.

I walked over quickly, got into the tent and looked, and sure enough, the child was gone. The black box is gone!

The black box was 10 kilograms, and he actually moved it......

Zhang Hui said: "We started late. ”

I looked at the tents of the three high school students, and it was black.

I said, "They're still there." I'm staying with them tonight, and I'm going to see what they'll do after we're asleep. ”