The kid meant to get rid of insects.

I understood, but I was surprised. Are these words directed at me? What did he see, or could he recognize the parasitic insect poison in me with just his eyes? I wondered who he was, and judging by his words and deeds, he was no different from an ordinary seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy.

I started to get a little interested in that kid. After they left, I even went out and followed two streets.

However, in the end, it was given up.

The reason is that along the way I tracked, the kid talked too much, and his mouth was full of cannons, and he looked like a fool no matter how he looked at it......

I think I'm overthinking.

Of course, I didn't expect at the time that there would be a disappearance after that, and maybe I should have been with him for a while that day.

There is no regret medicine, but that doesn't mean you can't find any clues. I went back to the tea shop and ordered a bowl of noodles at the noodle shop next door. The noodle restaurant has been open for more than ten years, and it tastes good, and now it is run by my grandparents and grandchildren, and the reason why I came here is that girl.

The granddaughter of the owner of this noodle restaurant.

The girl is sixteen or seventeen years old, and she has a relationship with my cousin Zuo Ziteng, which is a childhood sweetheart.

I heard that the two children often played together when they were children, and even now, every time Sako Teng returns to his hometown on vacation, the girl's gift is indispensable. As far as I know, that unfilial bastard never bought anything for his father.

This relationship is clear at a glance.

It stands to reason that sixteen or seventeen years old is the age when she should be in school, but the girl's life is hard, her parents left home a few years ago, and both disappeared later. As her grandmother grew older, the girl dropped out of school and stayed at home to stay with her grandmother. She is filial, although filial piety is a bit silly.

Let's go back to Sakoteng.

The reason why I expected that this girl must have something to do with Sakoteng's disappearance, or at least know some information about Sakoteng's disappearance, was because the two were very close. may not be a young couple, but at least they are very good friends. According to Sakoteng's usual habits, where he will go to play and what he will do recently, he will basically tell this girl.

And his disappearance, as well as the running away of his classmates, must be related to the experiences of several people these days.

So this girl is by far the best person to know the clues of Sakoteng.

Today, however, the girl is not in the store.

In the deserted storefront, only the old lady was in a daze, as if she had something on her mind. After eating noodles, I went to check out, and the old lady was still in a daze when she arrived at the counter, and the sound of scanning the code even startled her, and the moment she looked at me, she forced an embarrassing smile on her face.

I also smiled, "What's wrong Auntie, you see you've been wandering today?" ”

"It's okay, I didn't sleep well last night, I'm a little sleepy." She replied casually.

I glanced around casually, "You're alone today?" What about the granddaughter? ”

The old lady was stunned for a moment, her expression was a little dazed, and she responded: "Ah, that kid...... The kid ...... Went out to play. ”

Obviously, she was talking and thinking.

"Also, at this point in time......," I glanced at my watch, "and I'm not busy." When I put down my hand, I twisted my position, and with the action of retracting my arm, I knocked the old lady's mobile phone on the counter to the ground, and when she moved her gaze for a few seconds, I quickly blocked it with my instep and smoothly slid the phone under the counter.

"I'm sorry Auntie, I wasn't careful!" I quickly apologized.

"It's okay, it's okay, just pick it up...... Oops! "The old lady's waist is not very good, and she is about to pick up the phone, but she can't bend down, so I help her up.

"I'll come, you rest."

With that, I crouched down and reached for the gap under the counter.

"It's a little deep, Auntie, you can wait a while." After a while, I seemed to suddenly think of something, turned back to the old lady and said, "By the way, Auntie, in fact, I'm going to pack and take away a noodle, why don't you help me make it first?" ”

"Ah...... Ah, yes, yes. The old lady answered, and went into the back kitchen.

I quickly took out my phone from under the counter. The elderly machine does not set a password, directly open the address book, find the granddaughter's phone number, and then remember it. After doing this, put the phone back in the foreground.

When I left the noodle shop, I didn't dial that number directly.

I wondered, what could the old lady be worried about? First of all, the girl must not be missing. The old lady only has such a relative as the girl, and the girl accompanies her all the year round, not to mention missing for a few days, even if she only loses contact for a few hours, it is estimated that she will call the police, how can she be in the mood to continue to operate?

When I asked the girl what she was doing, she was lying.

The lie is that the girl is going out to play, so the truth is very likely to hide at home.

If it is really hiding at home, it will make the old lady worried. So, either there is something wrong with the girl's own body, or she is hiding a problem at home!

It so happened that where they lived, I knew the approximate location.

The girl and her grandmother would go to the nearby vegetable market every morning to prepare the ingredients for the day, and I had a habit of running in the morning, and the route they took each time was just in the middle of my morning run. So, I settled on a street flanked by small two-story buildings where I lived.

On this street, I dialed the girl's phone, but after a long time, no one answered.

So, I called it again and again.

When the call was made for the sixth time, the phone was finally picked up, and the girl's voice was a little hoarse, with some morbid flavor in her tone: "Who? ”

I waited a few seconds, but didn't make a sound.

There was some impatience in her tone, "Are you talking?" ”

At this time, I lowered my voice and slowly spoke: "Recently, it's been a hard time, right?" ”

"What...... What's hard? You, did you make a mistake? ”

"Typing? Not many people will experience such a thing, how can they make a mistake. ”

I had no idea what was going on, but it wasn't a pointless bluff, and my eyes kept scanning the windows of several small two-story buildings on either side of the street.

"What are you talking about, I don't understand...... I, I'm hanging! ”

She probably really wanted to hang up, so I said a name: "Sakoteng asked me to call." ”

"Huh??" Her voice was suddenly very unexpected, and very complicated, it was the kind of accident with a little surprise, and there was some fear in the surprise, "He, he, where is he?" He ......"

Just then, there was a sound on the other end of the phone, and I paid closer attention to the windows.

Until one of the curtains moved a few times.

"Say, he, where is he?" The other end of the phone yelled at me anxiously.

"He'll be looking for you soon." With that, I hung up.

People have a very strange habit. When you are afraid, nervous, or uneasy, you will use a dark, closed space to find yourself some kind of unrealistic sense of security. It's like hiding yourself from the world, keeping it out of the world, and you can avoid the dangers that exist in this world.

This phenomenon is probably a human instinct, and it is especially obvious in children.

For example, when I was a child, because of horror movies or fantasy ghosts, I hid in the cupboard, hid in the bed, or locked myself in the bathroom.

The same is sometimes true for adults.

Anxious and desperate, you will be very afraid to see the sun and see the truth. A dark and closed environment, as if it can become its own bulwark.