Chapter 557: A knock on the door in the middle of the night
There are no insects and birds, no more busyness and popularity during the day, and the sound of the world being hit by rain hitting the ground fills every corner at night.
The sound of percussion in front of the window and behind the house is dense like a drumbeat, and above the roof, it is as crisp as a bell, and the rainwater in the small courtyard falls on the ground and gathers into a pool, turning into a trickle, shuttling back and forth on the uneven ground, and rushing out of the ground into a small ravine.
Many people will feel that the quality of sleep will be quite high in rainy weather, and the heavy rain has blocked the world, and it seems that there is nothing to do except sleep.
The sound of the ticking rain has become the most natural symphony in their ears, and sleeping with melodious and brisk tunes is naturally a kind of enjoyment.
But for Xu Guodong, the rain represents not beautiful, on top of the kang, the wife and children next to him have fallen asleep, and his breathing has become steady, but his sleepiness has just come up, but he was awakened by a little noise in the heavy rain.
Experiencing such a thing at night, how big was the shock to Xu Guodong?
Common sense was broken on this day, the world view was subverted on this night, what had always been thought to be a virtual thing, but at this time it became a real existence, Xu Guodong's heart was far from the peace he showed.
People sit at home, but their minds are indeed chaotic, and the scenes he saw in the small courtyard where the old Taoist lived continued to appear in his mind one after another.
The strange people, the incredible looks, the terrifying, hideous eyes and appearances, like a nightmare, constantly wrapped around him, and where he couldn't see in the dark, an eye full of resentment and malice could emerge at any time.
He didn't know if there was only one family in this room, and he didn't know if there were many things hidden around this room that ordinary people couldn't see.
With infinite malice, they hide in the darkness, hide in nothingness, and even stand right in front of your eyes, above your head, behind your back, against your body, with their broken and twisted hands shaking in front of you, sweeping in front of your eyes, with malicious eyes full of mockery at you!
The fanged mouth, smiling hideously, looks at you!
The bright red tongue swept gently, and the rotten body was crawling towards you little by little!
They may be standing in the darkness, or they may be standing in the only light of the night, close at hand, but you can't see anything!
Human beings have infinite imagination, and everyone can recall a scene thousands of times, tens of thousands of times, and even imagine what happened in another place.
Xu Guodong was like this at this time, his eyes closed and opened, opened and closed.
This small house was originally only enough for three people to live, and usually felt that the space was small, and Lin Juan once told him that when he saved money in the future, when he had money, and the children grew up, he would build a big house, or it would not be enough to live.
But it is such a small house, a small room, but at this time, Xu Guodong feels extremely empty.
He even wanted this house to be smaller, this room was smaller, small like a box, just enough to accommodate their family, and when he looked at this room, he felt that it might be crowded with people.
In his view, the small room was filled with people like canned sardines, no, not people, but all sorts of strange things, every nook and cranny was filled with the limbs of these people.
It seems to have gotten colder, and my body seems to be a little numb, as if I was being pressed by someone.
Thinking of the things that had appeared in the old Taoist's courtyard, it was very likely that they were all in their house at this time, or even next to them, Xu Guodong was horrified.
The eyelids kept jumping, the left eye jumped and the right eye jumped disaster, but the eyelids of both eyes were smashing, as if to indicate that something bad was about to happen, and there seemed to be a gust of wind blowing around, as if someone was exhaling softly in their ears.
The voice was definitely not good, it felt numb, and even a face was already lying on Xu Guodong's body, with a distorted face smiling, and the broken palm slowly lifted up and stretched out to the two sleeping beauties beside Xu Guodong.
"No!"
Suddenly opening his eyes again, Xu Guodong swung his fist towards the darkness in front of him!
Nothing was hit, nothing was touched, but his voice woke up the two people who were already asleep beside him.
"Wow~"
The child was frightened and began to cry.
"Gordon, what's wrong with you?"
Lin Juan's gentle voice sounded in the darkness in a fog, and a warm hand touched Xu Guodong's arm, making him feel the taste of the world in this darkness.
At this time, Xu Guodong realized that everything just now was just an illusion in his mind, Lin Juan was fine, the child was fine, there was nothing pressed on his body, there was no wind in this room, and the temperature was still the original temperature.
Everything had not changed, it was still dark, and of course this time the room was not silent, it was filled with the cries of children.
"It's okay"
said that it was okay, but Xu Guodong still leaned in the direction of Lin Juan: "I scared the child, I'm sorry, I finally fell asleep, but I woke up again." ”
Xu Guodong was full of apologies, it is not easy to take care of children, Lin Juan is very hard, but she never complains about anything, if there is no Lin Juan, it is difficult for him to imagine how he can raise his children.
"It's the night that scares you."
Lin Juan picked up the child, swayed it gently, coaxed gently, and her gentle voice sounded again in the darkness.
"Well, it's a nightmare."
For Lin Juan, Xu Guodong has nothing to hide, although some things are best not to let Lin Juan know, but he can't say nothing, Lin Juan is a smart woman, she never asks much about some things, she only cares about her husband's feelings, for something, if Xu Guodong wants to say, he will naturally say it.
"I don't know much about the third uncle, but the third uncle is a figure who acts as a façade for their generation, although he is not the head of the Lin family, and he is not very high according to his generation, but his position in the Lin family is very stable."
"He knows a lot of things, and our family should also understand these things, but I'm a woman, so I'm not qualified to participate in those things.
"Let me guess, I must have seen a ghost, it's okay, I've seen it before, I was young that time, but it scared me, and I didn't dare to go out for three days when I hid at home."
After Lin Juan finished speaking, she smiled softly and told her what happened back then, which eased the atmosphere in this room a lot.
And the ghost that comes out in that tone doesn't seem to be so hideous, but has a hint of gentleness and cuteness.
Xu Guodong was very surprised, he didn't expect Lin Juan to have such an experience, and he admired this woman's intelligence and thoughtfulness even more, just a few words made him feel warm.
A person will be scared when he sees a ghost, and what is even more afraid is that no one believes it when he says it, no one will help, he didn't expect that Lin Juan would also encounter a ghost, or when he was very young.
Now that Lin Juan is living with him in a good manner, isn't she using the most real example to tell him that ghosts are actually not that scary?
The tightened string in his heart finally relaxed, and Xu Guodong was also ashamed of his timidity, obviously he should not be afraid of anything, and he should have protected the mother and daughter, but now it seems that he is being protected by them.
But it's a really good feeling.
"Juan, I..."
Love and gratitude, that emotion became more and more intense, but Lin Juan was chuckling, and then gently put the child who had fallen asleep on the kang.
"Okay, the third uncle is a capable person, he gave us Huang Fu, it's okay."
"Well, it's okay, it's definitely okay."
In the dark, the two hugged each other and lay down slowly, Xu Guodong at this moment no longer fought against the darkness, stretched out his other hand and touched the yellow talisman placed under the pillow, and his heart was a lot more stable.
But at this moment, there was a knock on the door outside the house.
"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! ”...