Chapter 34: No Lights
The microphone of the phone was like a black hole that swallowed all light sources, making Lu Shaozhen feel like he was facing an endless abyss, he looked up at the window of the second floor across the street, and found that the room was dead and there was no light source.
This is an unusual phenomenon, it stands to reason that everyone has not fallen asleep at this point in time, and the windows of every house are oozing with warm lights, even if it is really as Shaobing's classmates said, Mr. Guan's mental state is not very good and he may go to bed early, but it is not like this.
Lu Shaozhen can't say exactly what "like this" means, because if you understate it, it is just a lights out, but if you spend pen and ink to describe his subjective feelings, then things no longer seem to be simple.
There is an eerie silence spreading in the window, as if standing in the howling cold wind to watch a silent movie, and the contrast between movement and stillness fully demonstrates the untimely existence in the middle. What's more, this contrast is secondary, the most important thing is to be able to truly experience the gap between the darkness that is like solidified gum and the ordinary night, which is the easiest way to reach a spiritual consensus with Lu Shaozhen at this time.
"Where are you?"
Such hoarse and calm words came out of the microphone. Lu Shaozhen was taken aback, and an ominous premonition rose in his heart, and Mr. Guan seemed to know him, and he was not the slightest surprised by his call.
"I ...... I'm under a street lamp on the side of the road in front of your house. ”
As soon as the voice fell, before he could react, the sound of "beep toot" hanging up came from the microphone.
This...... Wouldn't it be a bit rude? Even if you are a junior, as an elder, shouldn't you uphold the tradition of "respecting the old and loving the young"? This is not like the style of Ms. Guan Rongguan, the famous "Genghis Khan of the legal circle"!
So where do you go from here? Will Mr. Guan receive him? She didn't give a definite answer at all.
Do you want to go, or do you want to wait a little longer here?
Does this really constitute a choice? But calm down and analyze, the pressure and anxiety of my sister's disappearance are like a mountain pressing on my heart all the time, is there a way out for me?
And just as he was thinking, the door of the opposite resident was finally opened.
Ms. Kwan is a kind-looking middle-aged woman. He had seen her in Lu Shaobing's photo album, so he had some impressions of the teacher who his sister had repeatedly praised, and he had the impression that Ms. Guan Rong had a thick big wave and a round face, and her slightly chubby figure made people feel good about her, but it would be a big mistake if you took her lightly because of her appearance, if she set up a momentum, any enemy would be swept away under her wise and firm gaze.
"You are Lu Shaozhen?"
Guan Rong poked his head out and shouted across the street, Lu Shaozhen immediately abandoned distracting thoughts and ran over to the snow in fear and said, "Yes, Teacher Guan, forgive me for taking the liberty of coming today, I came here today to ask about my sister Lu Shaobing." ”
At this time, Guan Rong's face seemed to be a little tired, the dark circles under her eyes were obvious, and her eyes were completely different from those in the photo.
"Then please come in, my good dreams have been completely ruined by you, so don't expect me to have a good attitude towards you." Guan Rong turned sideways to leave a space for Lu Shaozhen to pass through.
The room was pitch black, like a monstrous beast opening its bottomless jaw.
"Teacher Guan, why don't you turn on the lights?" Lu Shaozhen sat on a chair in the living room, looking at the furniture wrapped in darkness all around, only the outline of the road.
"When you are old, you can't use it, save some electricity bills, otherwise life will be unsustainable." Guan Rong's voice permeated with a feeling of weakness.
Will a powerful lawyer worry about the electricity bill? Lu Shaozhen felt like a man's back, and there was always a sense of ghost when something very unreasonable was said casually by Guan Rong.
Guan Rong in the dark walked out of the kitchen in white pajamas like a wandering ghost, holding a teapot to make tea for Lu Shaozhen.
"Teacher Guan, I'm going straight to the point, we are all people close to Shaobing, so we should be extremely anxious about Shaobing's disappearance. I'd like to ask you about some of the details or signs she had before she disappeared. ”
"If there are signs and it happens, then there is no reason to regret it, and it is because there are no signs that it all seems so sudden." The corners of Guan Rong's mouth showed a wry smile, this smile fell in Lu Shaozhen's eyes, reflecting the surrounding environment, which was somewhat terrifying.
"But we can't lose the motivation to find someone because of this, I came here for another purpose, which is to ask you to use your connections, whether Shaobing lives or dies, you should get accurate news from her." Lu Shaozhen said this, and her tone couldn't help but become a little anxious.
"Useless is affectionate, rather than putting your energy into ethereal things, it is better to live your life as it is." Tea was poured in the dark into the teacup in front of Lu Shaozhen, "Many things are not as simple as they seem on the surface, and in the tip of the iceberg that emerges from the water, there are often desperate behemoths hidden." Regardless of it, sometimes it is the practice of the bearer who most expects the person close to her. ”
This sentence seemed to have magic power to ripple in the darkness, Lu Shaozhen stood up suddenly, and he couldn't help but roar: "Teacher Guan, Shaobing has always had a good relationship with you, she often says hello to you in front of me, why do you abandon her at a critical moment?" Shaobing had to deal with a case on the eve of her disappearance, and although I don't know what it is, she mentioned a key word to me, and you, as her teacher, must have heard of it, right? ”
Guan Rong's figure seemed to melt into the darkness, Lu Shaozhen couldn't see her expression clearly, and only felt that her ghost-like shadow was very terrifying.
"What keyword? Tell me about it? ”
"Havoc Games."
Guan Rong's figure froze, her loose white pajamas as if they were floating in the air. This sign fell in Lu Shaozhen's eyes, and he was slightly relieved in his heart, it seemed that Teacher Guan still knew something.
"She even told you that?" Guan Rong was talking to herself as if in disbelief, the listless tone that had been there was finally full of ups and downs of emotional changes, and then, she stood in a daze for a moment, and when Lu Shaozhen just wanted to say something, she stared at the former nervously.
"You wait here for a moment, I'll go upstairs and get something."