It is said that gossip is human nature, especially in this kind of cold night, a large group of people around the fire pit to bake the fire, after getting rid of the cold, and there is nothing to do, gossip has become the only fun at this time.

It is said that this is a private matter of the old Gui family, and it is inconvenient for us to inquire, but seeing that he is like this now, he doesn't seem to care very much, so we just ask casually.

Lao Gui sighed and told us about his family's situation. Lao Gui's daughter-in-law has passed away a long time ago, we know this, but we didn't expect that she would leave in a hurry due to illness when Xiuling was seven years old.

Relying on Lao Gui for her life, Xiuling, who lacked maternal love since she was a child, has also become introverted, which is why she is reluctant to talk to us more.

Since losing her mother more than ten years ago, Xiuling has closed herself, except for Lao Gui, she basically doesn't communicate with others, even if it is an uncle or relative in the village, she basically has no friends since she was a child. Of course, there are always exceptions to everything, and this exception is the Xiuling aunt mentioned by Lao Gui.

This aunt is not Xiuling's own aunt, but a godaunt she recognizes.

Five years ago, it was when Xiu Ling was just in high school, and the experience of losing her mother since she was a child made Xiu Ling's heart very strong, but no matter how strong a person is, there is always a soft and easily injured side.

At that time, Xiu Ling was in the stage of adolescent rebellion, and she became very extreme during that time due to the lack of maternal love and friends, and you can never imagine that a cute little girl like her, who was full of aura, actually broke the neck of the neighbor's chicken.

After that, she stopped going to school and tried to commit suicide several times, the most dangerous of which was that she was just a few seconds away from death.

The previous suicide attempts had made Lao Gui vigilant, he locked Xiu Ling in the house, and removed all the dangerous things in the house, and he himself stayed at home day and night to persuade his daughter.

But the left and the right defense, still didn't prevent it, Xiuling took advantage of Lao Gui's toilet once, pried open the sealed doors and windows, escaped, and committed suicide by jumping into the water.

She jumped the water hyacinth, it was already dark, and no one saw this scene, if things went on like this, a life blooming with youthful breath would come to an end, and at this time, a person appeared.

Xiu Ling, who was on the verge of death, was pulled back, and Lao Gui, who was anxious to find the shore, was almost crazy when he saw his daughter like this.

The one who rescued Xiu Ling at the critical moment was a woman who came to Toast Tai for a tour, when she just arrived at Toast Tai, and before she could find a place to live, she happened to bump into the scene of Xiu Ling diving.

Lao Gui thanked him for his kindness, and the woman also learned about Xiuling's situation from Lao Gui. After that, things turned out unexpectedly, and the woman was extremely enthusiastic, stayed at Lao Gui's house as a tourist, and spent a lot of money to hire Lao Gui to be her guide.

The woman had lived in Lao Gui's house for a long time, if she wasn't alone, I'm afraid that the people in the village would have to talk nonsense, but even so, the people in the village still felt that the woman who lived in Lao Gui's house was a little weird, and she had been hiding in this mountain nest, maybe she had caused trouble outside, so she hid in the mountains.

Only Lao Gui knew that this was not the case at all, he didn't know what the woman's intentions were, but he knew very well that the reason why the other party had been living in his house was actually for his daughter, Xiuling.

Lao Gui said for a long time, and we still don't know what the woman's name is, so we couldn't help but ask.

Lao Gui hesitated a little, and after thinking for a long time, he said to us: "Her aunt, surnamed Su, is called Su Jin." ”

I don't know why, when I hear this name, I always have an indescribable weird feeling in my heart, but I can't say exactly what weirdness it is, I just feel that this name seems to be somewhat familiar, but among all the people I know, there is really no such name.

After thinking about it during the day, I didn't come up with a reason, so I asked Lao Gui to continue telling his story.

Since this woman named Su Jin lived in Lao Gui's house, she had to go to Xiuling's room every day, sometimes for most of the day, and she didn't know what to do in it. What shocked Lao Gui was that after only a few days, Xiu Ling seemed to be a different person, and she didn't make any mistakes, and her relationship with Su Jin became very good.

Lao Gui didn't know what happened to his daughter, but he felt that the sky that was about to fall seemed to have returned to its original state, and Lao Gui was overjoyed with his daughter's good transfer, and he was even more grateful to Su Jin, a great benefactor.

In fact, Su Jin only regarded Xiuling as her own child, and after getting along day and night, Xiuling's lack of maternal love was made up for and returned to normal. So soon after, Xiu Ling proposed to recognize Su Jin as her godmother.

Due to various reasons, Xiu Ling finally recognized Su Jin as her aunt, and Su Jin also spent a warm and happy time with Xiu Ling for a long time afterward.

At that time, Su Jin was not alone, they were a team, a total of nine people, except for Su Jin, the other eight people were also very good to Xiuling, they all regarded Xiuling as their own children, and took care of Xiuling in every way during that time.

It wasn't until two months later that a trip of that group of people interrupted their warm life, and they disappeared.

When Lao Gui said this, all of us showed surprised eyes, and I couldn't help but ask, "Missing, what's going on?" ”

Lao Gui sighed, his face was full of regret, and said: "I don't know this, their group of people is very mysterious, in fact, before they disappeared, I had already vaguely sensed that they were preparing to do a big thing, because in those two months, they almost checked the village gazetteer, and often hired experienced old hunters into the mountains, and when they came back, a few people locked in the house, not knowing what they were busy with." Until one time, when I went to call them for dinner, Su Jin's door was not closed, and through the crack in the door, I saw that they were actually drawing, and they were still drawing maps. ”

"Soon after that, they said they needed to go into the mountains to investigate a project, and they never came back."

Lao Gui's face was gloomy, and Xiu Ling also lowered his head, with tears in his eyes.

We looked at each other, we all felt a little incredible, this is too bizarre, and this is too coincidental, five years ago there was a group of strange people in the vicinity of Toast Tai to do exploration, and finally disappeared in the mountains, five years later, we also came to Toast Tai, also to enter the mountain, will there be some kind of connection in this?

Obviously, I wasn't the only one who thought of this question, the doctor looked at me with a strange look in his eyes, and apparently he thought about it too.