"Huh? You are? Where is it? "I'm still in a state of confusion, waking up from a big dream and doubting reality.

"How long have you been here, haven't you noticed anything unusual here?" The middle-aged man stood up, looked at the sky, shook his head and smiled, laughing with a sigh.

I rubbed my temples and breathed a sigh of relief, I was completely awake, this is the real world.

I've been working in this city for half a month, and I've just found a new job, so I didn't want to celebrate my job, so I drank too much.

And then the nightmares continued, but I never encountered anything out of the ordinary.

"No, there's nothing strange about it here, like everywhere else."

I answered his question casually, looking at his outfit, he didn't look like a normal person, his clothes were tattered and dusty, and his hair seemed to have not been washed for half a year, and it was messily curled on his scalp.

The corners of his eyes were covered with deep wrinkles, and there was a fierce temperament in his eyes.

If ordinary people see such a street homeless person who resembles a homeless man, they will avoid it, but how much difference can I make between him and me, we are both people living at the bottom.

Of course, it should be perfunctory or perfunctory, and I can't answer his question at all.

Suddenly, he turned around and squatted down again, grabbed my arm, and said solemnly: "If you can survive once, it doesn't mean that you can do it next time, and you must leave here on the night of the full moon next month." ”

I pulled his hand away, patted him on the shoulder, smiled and said, "What's the matter, why are you leaving here?" ”

He looked at me and asked, "You don't believe me, do you, do you know what this place is?" ”

I shook my head, and looking at his sharp and fierce eyes, I felt a little uneasy.

"It's a ghost town, and there's not a single living person in the whole city." He pointed around, not the slightest bit of a joke.

"Well, okay, I see, actually, I'm a ghost too!" I couldn't help laughing, such a ridiculous thing, he could tell me so seriously, and he could hold back his laughter.

I won't believe this kind of thing, I won't believe it if I'm a normal person, let alone a ghost town, even if someone tells me that there are ghosts in the world, I will only treat him as a joke.

There are no ghosts or gods in my worldview.

"Hmph, I know you won't believe it, there were many people who reacted the same way as you before, and now they are all a wisp of the city's ghost. If you don't believe me now, when the full moon night of the next month comes, you will find that everything here will happen in a reincarnation, but by then, it will be too late for you to leave. ”

After saying that, the middle-aged man in tattered clothes turned around and left.

His steps limped and he didn't look back towards the darkness without street lights.

Looking at his departing figure, the uneasiness in my heart became stronger and stronger, and the disdainful smile on my face was now retracted.

"Wait, my name is Shi Yi, what's your name, where can I find you." Conniving at all kinds of unbelief, but some things would rather be believed than not.

So I ended up asking him for his name and where he lived, and I could find him later if I really found something wrong.

He paused for a moment and replied, "Just call me a madman, and if you look for me, come to the shore of the Soul Lake." ”

After saying that, the madman left here without looking back, and disappeared into the darkness.

I was also stunned for a moment, the name "Soul Lakeside" sounds so weird, where did this city come from such a place.

I knocked on my head, it still hurt a little, I did drink too much, and I was not feeling well.

At this point, my stomach rumbled, and it was clear that I needed to find a place to eat next.

I laughed self-deprecatingly, thinking that I was an atheist, and that I had become suspicious of the city because of a madman's nonsense.

But if you think about it, although the madman's words are unbelievable, his expression is so serious, and his mind is clear, not like a person with a bad brain.

How can a madman call himself a madman? Thinking of this, I couldn't help but look around.

But no matter how much I look for the unusual parts of the city, I can't feel the slightest bit wrong, the lights are bright, the bustling is bustling, the pedestrians come and go, and the snacks and delicacies are everywhere.

I touched my belly and sat down at a snack bar, where I was greeted by a tall, young and beautiful proprietress wearing a purple down jacket and a pair of light-colored jeans underneath.

She smiled at me, the smile was very sweet, and then asked politely, "Sir, what do you need, our beef noodles and beef dumplings are all famous here." ”

I glanced at her and smiled faintly: "Bring me a bowl of beef dumplings!" ”

She nodded and smiled and turned away.

At this time, I recalled the scenes in the dream, not to mention the second dream, but the first dream, which was really real and nostalgic.

The beauty of childhood slowly turns into a lingering nostalgia as I grow older, rooted in my heart.

However, there is one thing that is very strange as to why the grandfather in the first dream appeared in the second dream.

Of course, this may be the result of my recent stress, and the dreams, although real, are chaotic.

I sighed, what do I want to do so much, first stabilize this job, and I will be satisfied with food and clothing.

Inadvertently, I noticed the people around me who were eating.

They kept their heads down and ate, especially the two middle-aged men next to me, gobbling them up, and they never stopped.

My first feeling was that it was not normal, no matter how delicious the beef dumplings and beef noodles here were, it wouldn't be like this.

It can make people bury their heads in the bowl.

If one or two people are fine, but everyone here is like this, very silent, not saying a word, just burying their heads in the bowl and eating beef noodles or beef dumplings.

Nothing else seems to be able to affect them.

At this point, I felt more and more that something was very wrong here, and naturally I remembered what the madman had said to me.

It's a ghost town, and everyone is a ghost.

Thinking of this, a chill hit my back, my hairs stood on end, and my palms were sweating.

At this time, the proprietress came over with a bowl of beef dumplings, and there was always a smile on the corner of her mouth.

I politely squeezed out a smile in response, though it looked stiff.

"Please use it slowly!"

"Uh-huh, thank you!"

I didn't dare to look at her, I didn't dare to look at her, the people who eat here are so strange, as the proprietress here, she can't be a normal person.

It doesn't even have to be "human!" ”

I didn't look at her, but I knew that she kept looking at me, staring at me uncomfortably, and even holding the spoon awkwardly.

She also noticed my unnatural movements and expressions, and asked with concern, "What's wrong, is there something wrong with our beef dumplings?" ”

"I didn't ...... It's okay! I stammered in reply.

I lowered my head and didn't dare to say anything, but I couldn't help but look at the people around me again.

The proprietress noticed my eyes and sneered, "Do you think they eat very strangely, in fact, at this time of the month, I don't do business, I specially invite this group of homeless people to eat for free, these people are really pitiful, they are always full of hunger, so I will try to help if I can." ”

"Tramp!" I was a little surprised, it seems that I guessed wrong.

"Yes, it's because they're wandering, so they're hungry, so they're gobbling up like this, and it just so happens that one of them didn't come today, so I made an exception today to do your own business......"

The proprietress and I chatted, and it was not difficult to see from her words that she was a very kind person, very beautiful, and so sweet when she smiled.

Slowly, I dispelled my doubts and looked at her eyes again, those eyes were large, watery, and unconsciously, there was some ripple in my heart.

After all, I have been single for more than 20 years, and it is fate to meet this beauty.

There are all kinds of crookedness in my mind, it doesn't matter if this beef dumpling is cold or not, talking to her is better than everything.

At this point, I was already in a state of excitement and felt like I had found a soulmate.

Then I accidentally mentioned the madman and what he said to me.

As a result, the face of the proprietress changed instantly, her face collapsed tightly, and there was no smile.

"You're not kidding!" Her expression was solemn and her tone was serious.

"Ah, what's the matter, you know him?" I'm also a monk who is the second in Zhang, and I can't figure it out, and her face can change no matter what she says.

He ...... He was dead when I was very young, about thirteen years ago, and what he said to you was said to me when I was a child. ”