For Aoi, it was another boring night.

It's dark outside the window. Occasionally, a cloudy wind blows up the autumn leaves, and rustles the yellow leaves on the windowsill.

Xiaokui habitually came to his personal computer screen, connected to the Internet, and began to read article after article on the Chinese Internet. Xiaokui is interested in essays and flirtatious words. But I've been reading it for a while today, but I still haven't seen a single article on taste. Xiao Aoi couldn't help but be a little bored. A gust of wind, whistling by. The window panes seemed to be shining through a cool air. It's almost winter, Aoi thought leisurely.

Xiaokui's eyes were attracted by the word "ghost" on the Internet at this time.

Aoi doesn't believe that there are ghosts in this world. But every time he came home from school and passed by the cemetery, he still trembled. Sometimes the breeze blew and whined, like a ghost crying. Perhaps it was the cemetery that evoked the fear of death in his heart. In order to suppress that fear, he would sometimes take a detour home. Sometimes when he sees a ghost in his sleep, the ghost will have a gloomy face and say, "Hehe, would you like to be a substitute for the dead?" He woke up from his dream and couldn't remember the ghost at all.

Xiaokui hit the enter key, and a gust of wind blew from under the keyboard to her fingers. "Is it because it's getting colder?" Looking at the swaying shadows of the trees outside the window, Aoi felt a little scared.

"Ghost" is a story about a graduate student, Xiao Shi: Xiao Shi is a graduate student who has not been in the United States for a long time. Due to the unfamiliarity with the new environment and the pressure of schoolwork, Xiao Shi spends most of his time in the library or laboratory. I was busy with my homework in front of the computer once. A classmate next to him suddenly laughed "haha". Xiao Shi turned his head curiously and asked, "What's so funny?" "A joke." Xiao Shi leaned over and looked: "Wow, Chinese." How can I read Chinese? The student was very happy to have the opportunity to be a teacher, and told Xiao Shi how to find the software and how to install it one by one.

It took Xiao Shi several hours to finally see the Chinese square words on the computer screen, and for Xiao Shi, who had to deal with English all day for months, the sense of intimacy and joy almost made him scream.

Since then, Xiao Shi has become obsessed with the Chinese Internet. Sometimes when doing homework, you subconsciously get into the network. At first, I just watched the chats and stories inside, and later joined in the war of words. Sometimes he also finds articles to copy on the Internet, and he also writes indiscriminately when he is free. A few weeks later, if he wanted to go on the Internet one day to take a look, Xiao Shi felt as if there was a stone in his heart that he hadn't put down. He didn't think he should spend too much time on it, but he habitually typed those instructions on the keyboard to connect to the Internet.

One day, Xiao Shi received an email saying that he liked the article he wrote on the Internet. Xiao Shi is so happy that there are still people who appreciate him. What excites him even more is that the email is from a person who calls himself Xiaomei. "If you can make a girl as a friend, maybe there will be some adventures in the future." Xiao Shi didn't think about it. So I wrote an electronic reply letter seriously. First impressions are important and should not be sloppy.

A week later, Xiao Shi found himself in love. In his sleep, he would see a beautiful girl named Xiaomei looking at him affectionately. He figured he should meet the online lover. But every time she mentions it to Xiaomei, Xiaomei prevaricates with various excuses. Xiao Shi couldn't help but have some questions, "Is she very ugly and doesn't want to see him, or is there another reason?" Xiao Shi decided to find out for himself.

Xiao Shi found Xiaomei's full name and specific address from the email address: Dao Xiaomei, No. 13, Hao Lewen Street, Gray House Yade Town. "Ah, it's not far from where I live." Xiao Shi immediately found a map and found that it only took two hours to drive. "Well, I'm going to surprise her." Xiao Shi decided so.

After Xiao Shi finished dinner, he drove towards Hao Lewen Street. Along the way, various situations after meeting were rehearsed. "To show both erudition and humor, and to show your sentimental side, this speech should not be taken too lightly. Hurry up and think of a few jokes to come out. ”

Suddenly a thought drove away his excitement. "What should I do if Xiaomei is ugly? How can you say that you can get out? Well, Xiaomei didn't know herself either, so she said that she had found the wrong person. Xiao Shi couldn't help but feel a little proud of his cleverness, and his upper body swayed left and right with the pop songs playing on the radio in the car.

Hao Lewen Street arrived. Xiao Shi parked his car on the side of the road. The mood is still a little excited. "Maybe you'll find a good lover." Xiao Shi got out of the car and settled down, so he looked for it along the street. Ten, eleven, twelve, "Huh? "Xiao Shi saw a garden. A few small white flowers in the grass of the garden bring the faint fragrance of plum blossoms in the night breeze. Xiao Shi felt a little strange, "It's not the season of plum blossoms yet, maybe my sense of smell is not working." Xiao Shi didn't think much about it, walked quickly through the garden, and saw a dark wooden house.

Xiao Shi wiped his hair and knocked lightly on the door. I waited for a while and didn't hear back. A few more knocks were applied with little force. "Maybe I'm too ridiculous, can I guarantee that Xiaomei will be at home?" Xiao Shi was thinking about it, and the door was opened with a "squeak". Xiao Shi couldn't help but shiver all over, stunned. In front of her was a hunchbacked old lady who was blind in one eye, her face was full of crooked wrinkles, and her cheeks were sunken because she was toothless. The eye that was not blind emitted a green light under the moonlight, staring at Xiao Shi's face.

"Yes...... Miscellaneous...... What...... Affair? A hoarse voice seemed to come from the nearby garden. The old lady's lips only moved so mechanically.

When Aoi read this, it was as if she heard a faint wheezing sound in the silence of the room. He looked back and saw only the swaying of the projection of the trees outside. He felt a little tight, but he continued reading.

"This, this...... Is this where Tom Thirteen lives? Xiao Shi finally made up a panic in surprise.

"This ...... Be...... Ten...... Four...... Number. That...... Flower...... Garden...... Only...... Be...... In order to...... Former...... Target...... Ten...... Three...... Number. Seven...... Eight...... Year...... Former...... One...... Handful...... Fire, burn ...... Get...... Essence...... Light. Whole...... All...... Die...... Finish. ”

The old lady's dry eyes seemed to be covered with tears, but the tone of her voice was still flat and weak, without a trace of sadness.

"Really...... Can...... Pity, a ...... Piece...... As...... Flower...... Like...... Jade...... Target...... Woman...... Child...... At...... Beans...... Coco ...... Year...... Chinese...... Also...... Die young...... Fold...... Finish. ”

The old lady's one-eyed eye finally softened and blinked meaningfully.

"Yes...... Not...... Listen...... Yes...... Call...... Soup...... Governess...... Target...... Live...... Pass...... Ten...... Three...... Number. ”

Xiao Shi flashed a thought, "Is there a wrong address?" Could it be that this old lady knows a computer, is Xiaomei? My God, all those sensual words were told to this person? Xiao Shi didn't dare to think about it anymore, and his face flushed slightly: "It must be that I remembered the wrong address and disturbed it." Thank you! ”

Hurrying back to school, Xiao Shi was very frustrated. "Why so impulsive? Maybe Xiaomei deliberately wrote the wrong address so that those frivolous boys couldn't find her. "Thinking of this, Xiao Shi feels better again." At least there's a chance. At this point, he had nothing else to do, so he went to the computer. At this time, Xiaomei's new email was discovered.

"Shi! I love you so much! But why don't you trust me and don't listen to me? Why did you come to me? I'll see you sooner or later, you really can't wait any longer? I'm a very headstrong girl. Cute, you've left me with no other choice. Okay, I'll let you see me soon. I love you! Kiss you, kiss you, kiss you! Xiaomei"

Xiao Shi was confused. "What's going on? Could it be that the old lady is really Xiaomei? But Xiaomei doesn't know me, how does she know that I went to her? At this time, Xiao Shi couldn't help but be a little frightened. When he tried to look at the mail again, he couldn't find it! "Strange thing!" Xiao Shi sighed, "I didn't delete it." After a while, Xiao Shi comforted himself again: "I may be too tired and hallucinating." At this time, Xiao Shi felt a wave of fatigue hit him. It's time to go home. ”

Xiao Shi drove the car home. At an intersection not far away, only one side of the green light was on, and when Xiao Shi looked at it, he thought of the old lady's one-eyed. When he was only about ten meters away from the intersection, he suddenly noticed a large truck rushing towards the intersection in a direction perpendicular to him. Xiao Shi suddenly felt a cold image hit his whole body like an electric current. He quickly stepped on the brakes, but the car still rushed up like a wild horse, and just in the middle of the intersection he was hit by the truck. Xiao Shi's eyes were red, and the last thing he heard was the roar of the truck driver: "Don't die!" Even the red light ......"

Seeing this, Aoi heard a loud bang behind her. When he turned around, he saw a man covered in blood standing behind his seat. The man's entire face was covered in shards of glass. One eye was hanging from the eyeball. The scalp is half opened, revealing white brains. A tongue half-rests on a lip and is dotted with several broken teeth. A heart exposed on his chest was still pounding. One hand was missing a forearm, and blood was ticking to the ground. A thigh bone came out of the trouser tube, still swaying from side to side. I saw something move in the cracked neck, and a deep voice floated from nowhere: "Net...... I'm coming back online! ”

"Ahh Aoi screamed......

The next day, the local newspaper broke the news that a Chinese student had died on a computer keyboard. The cause of death is suspected to be a sudden heartbeat that is beyond its capacity.

A few days later, from Xiao Kui's address sent a small article signed as Xiao Shi to the Internet. The topic is: "Tell me about my experience finding a substitute for the dead!" ”