Chapter 1: The House in the Mist
There are no stars in the night sky of the city, because the lights are bright enough that there is no place for the stars to land.
Wei Yuanmeng shrank by the window in the back of the car, leaning on the outside of the stained window, usually she would look like this, and her parents were talking in front, sometimes talking calmly, sometimes suddenly arguing, she didn't want to get involved, she only hoped that her parents could continue their topic as if they didn't know about her existence.
Although the city has also entered the cold season, but it is not so cold, Wei Yuanmeng looked at the lights, it was the kind of dim yellow, maybe it was the warmth they added, but in her opinion, it didn't mean anything to be cold or not, and she didn't know when she didn't feel much about it.
Wei Yuanmeng didn't get her wish, she was called by her father. In fact, she just wants to stay quietly by herself, not to make trouble, to do something, to attract the attention of her parents, she just wants to stay alone, but her parents' perspective is always different from her, as long as she is a little inactive, she will be questioned.
She straightened up slightly, raised her eyes to meet her father's gaze from the rearview mirror, and naturally grinned, "I'm fine, what's wrong?" ”
"Look at your wrong state, what are you thinking about?" My father's gaze shifted back and forth between the front and rearview mirrors, and there was an inexplicable smile on his lips.
"Hahaha...... Wei Yuanmeng smiled as much as he could, "What's the matter, I just think about all kinds of things casually, you two talk." ”
Her father looked at her again, and his smile seemed to be a little more relaxed than when he asked, "Ah, I thought you were upset again." ”
Before Wei Yuanmeng could answer, his mother answered, "Hmph, she won't stop if she doesn't come out with something in one day." ”
Hearing this, the smile on Wei Yuanmeng's face froze, but she adjusted her state in a few seconds, and responded in a more naughty tone: "How can I have it......"
Her parents ignored her anymore, and Wei Yuanmeng finally breathed a sigh of relief, she readjusted her posture as much as possible like at the beginning, she could see the bustling coming and going on the street, and she could also see the dark night sky above the tall buildings.
There are not as many cars today as usual, maybe it's a habit for a long time, and the traffic volume has decreased, and it's easy to feel it, but there is still something abnormal today. As he got closer and closer to his home, Wei Yuanmeng felt that everything outside the car window began to become a little hazy, if it was foggy, it was a bit far-fetched, the air was not in that humid state, but it gave people a dirty feeling with a sense of sand, and when he arrived at the street at home, it was even more intense.
Wei Yuanmeng looked outside, and had a long-lost curiosity in her heart, she wanted to open the window, but when she turned to her parents, she stopped it in time, they were still in a good state today, it was better for her to wait quietly, not to cause any unnecessary trouble because of her own accident.
She leaned against the window, shook her head, and grinned flat at the corners of her mouth for a few seconds, what was there to be curious about, maybe it was just haze......
It was already late when he got home, and Wei Yuanmeng washed up as quickly as possible in the sound of urging, and then quickly returned to his house.
I don't know when she was no longer afraid of the dark, this should have been the thing she was most afraid of, she always had to have a little light to be a little more at ease, to be able to fall asleep, but when was it, why wasn't she afraid? She couldn't figure it out, so she pressed the switch of the light and walked to her bed in the dark, the room was not big, only two steps to return to her tatami mat, and the other side of the tatami mat was the floor-to-ceiling window.
Wei Yuanmeng habitually looked out the window, there were many floor lamps installed in the community, if it weren't for the street lights on, she would feel that the sky and the earth were reversed, the stars were scattered on the ground, but there was not a single one when she looked up.
She closed the curtains, put on her headphones, and it didn't take long for her to fall asleep......
"Bang bang-" A knocking sound sounded, Wei Yuanmeng suddenly opened his eyes, what sound?! She got up and tried to turn on the lamp, but she couldn't touch the switch.
Wei Yuanmeng had no choice but to put on slippers and plan to turn on the house light, but when she stood up, a cool breeze passed around her, and now she seemed to be no longer in her house. It had never been like that before, and she hugged her arms and frowned. It might be dangerous to stay in one place now, so she began to walk forward and asked in a low voice, "Is there anyone?" ”
But there was not even a faint echo, and Wei Yuanmeng had to move forward cautiously. It was not so dark all around, but it gradually showed what she saw in the car at that time, but the haze was several times more dense than it was at that time.
"Anyone?" Wei Yuanmeng asked again, but there was still no response.
After walking for a distance, the surroundings gradually became clearer, and then she saw a dilapidated house, where the cement fell off in a small area, revealing bricks, and the paint on the wooden window frames had fallen off, and the house was dark, it stands to reason that Wei Yuanmeng would not go in, but that house was the place where she was born, although it was dilapidated and not in shape, and even a little terrifying, but there was a sense of intimacy, and it became a reliance in this open place.
"What's going on? Am I dreaming? Wei Yuanmeng muttered quietly, if it was a dream, this would be too real.
She opened the tin-clad wooden door, and as expected, it creaked.
After opening the door, the room seemed to be less dark, and there was a smell of moldy wooden furniture, and there was dust floating in the doorway, which was very choking.
As she remembered, she groped her way to the left, which resembled a living room, and further inside, the room where she was born. What puzzled her was that there was a "safe passage" sign on the wall of this room, which emitted a faint green light, and this kind of sign appeared in the house, although it was a little weird, but it was very funny.
When Wei Yuanmeng approached the door of the room inside, she was stunned, this door was the door of her dormitory......
What's going on? In the darkness, she felt the lock that locked the house, as if it hadn't been opened for years, and there was slag on it, maybe it was rust.
She reached for the door frame and took the same rusty key from it, and as she opened it, her heartbeat became clear.
"Squeak-"
The door opened, and inside the room was the four-person dormitory where she lived, but it was the kind that had not been inhabited for many years, and everything seemed to be covered with dust.
As she walked, the sound of "ding-ding-dong" sounded, but it was intermittent and dull, a bit like the sound of a music box. She only took two steps forward, looking at the top bunk, the rest were neatly folded quilts, only on top of her bed, the quilt was unfolded, and it was not the kind that was flattened, there seemed to be something in the quilt......
Wei Yuanmeng took another step forward, and this time she saw an obvious black shadow on the side where the pillow was placed blocked by the wall.
She was startled and immediately stepped back, but she hit the wall in just one step, and there was nowhere to retreat, when a hoarse voice suddenly came from the other side of the bed: "Are you here?" ”