It was almost noon, and Yechen finally gave up thinking and decided to go forage for food first.

Don't look at it as the first day of the Lunar New Year, but there are always some enthusiastic restaurant owners who choose to open their doors.

For example, the small fried shop that Yechen often goes to.

The little fried shop has no name, and the location is very remote, in a small alley. A curved counter, three old wooden round tables, the chalk on the wall was almost gone, and near the corner there was a large patch of black—it was blackened by the stove, not a stove for stir-frying, but a stove for heating, and by the way also used to boil some hot water.

The owner of the small fried shop is an old man, fifty or sixty years old, gray hair, not tall, less than 1.7 meters, not as tall as Yechen! However, it is also normal, the previous generation had a problem with eating enough when they were young, and the nutrition was not very good, resulting in a general low height. Look at the present, there are a lot of 1.6 or 1.7 meters in middle school students, and they are still very mature, which is really a generational way of living.

The owner of the small fried shop is a widower, and he has a daughter who goes to school in other places, and during the summer and winter vacations, the daughter will come to the store to help.

"Sister Chen, you're here." As soon as Yechen pushed the door in, the owner's daughter, who was busy cleaning, greeted her. Yechen is an old customer, and both sides are very familiar.

"Hitomi-chan!" Yechen picked up a magazine, patted the stool that had already been pulped, and sat down.

Hitomi took a sticky note and asked, "What do you want to eat today?" ”

"Let's have a few kinds of daily stir-frying, two meat and two vegetables." After thinking about it, it seemed that there was still a shortage of staple food, Yechen said, "Another small bowl of dumplings, not too much." ”

While waiting for the food to be served, listening to the old tape recorder in the store playing the tapes with not very good sound, Yechen felt a warm blandness.

For more than two years, Yechen didn't know how many meals he had eaten at this small fried restaurant. She is familiar with everything here. Familiarity brings peace of mind, similar to the safety of home.

I don't know what Yechen thinks, isn't it good to enjoy this tranquility and peace? As a result, she took out her mobile phone, clicked on the game "Ghost Eyes", and took a photo of the kitchen through a white curtain.

While waiting for the photo to be composited, Yechen suddenly "woke up", what was she doing!

Why use this horror game to take pictures, do you mean...... In fact, I haven't let go of what is in my heart. In the photo last night, the white figure sitting next to him reflected on the clock is in the company today, hiding in the bathroom to observe his female ghost in red...... Although everything has a reasonable explanation, it seems that it is just a misunderstanding. But deep down, Yechen still felt that something was wrong. For this reason, she did not hesitate to risk ruining the warmth of this small fried shop and took a photo here.

She wants to see that "Ghost Eyes" will bring her a mysterious "surprise".

Five minutes passed, the photo was composited, Yechen picked up the phone, took a few deep breaths, and picked up the phone.

If all this is fake, then it doesn't matter, you are meant to test how well this game works. If this is true...... It's better to know the truth than to be confused, and Yechen thinks he has a strong enough heart to face any cruel truth.

In the photo, the stained white curtain has become translucent, just like the bathroom door. Through the translucent white curtain, the owner of the small fried shop can be seen preparing a meal for her, chopping the ribs with a knife.

Except for the translucent cloth curtain, at a glance, Yechen didn't find any supernatural information. Like yesterday, she enlarged the photo and checked it bit by bit, and finally, she finally saw a strange place, on the board, there was a ...... What is that? It seems to be - human fingers!

Yechen quickly put the phone on the table and made a big bang.

Just as Yechen was trying to calm his mood, a voice suddenly came from behind him: "What's wrong with you?" ”

"Huh?!" Yechen was taken aback, and hurriedly turned around to see that it was the shopkeeper holding a plate of fried sweet and sour pork ribs.

"What's the matter, scared you?" Seeing Yechen's panicked appearance, the shopkeeper asked.

"No, nothing." Yechen waved his hand, hesitated slightly, and said, "It's just fried this dish, right, I'm in a bit of a hurry, so I won't eat it here, you pack this sweet and sour pork ribs, and I'll go back and eat it." ”

The shopkeeper didn't expect Yechen to say this, so he was stunned for a moment before he said, "Okay, okay, please wait a minute." ”

After the shopkeeper packed it, Yechen carried the plastic bag and walked out quickly.

The reason she was so distracted by a blurry photograph was because she knew the finger, or rather, the ring on it.

The owner of the ring is a girl who has just graduated and is engaged, not from their company, but working for another company in the same floor of the office building.

This is considered to be working in one place, and I often encounter it every day, not to mention how familiar it is, and I can talk a few words when we meet.

Because she has a handsome fiancé, the girl has shown off her engagement ring to Yechen several times, saying that her fiancé designed it himself. I didn't see how good-looking Yechen was, but at least she had never seen anything like the same style.

Just last week, the girl's boyfriend suddenly came to her, saying that the girl was missing, and asked her colleagues if they had seen her.

The movement was quite loud, and Yechen had heard of it.

I have been missing for several days, and I can't find it no matter how I look for it, so basically nothing good will come of it. Yechen is also very sympathetic to the girl's experience, although she is a girl who loves to show off, but her heart is not bad, she is warm-hearted, quick and decisive, she is a very good girl, but she disappeared like this, and she didn't see anyone alive or dead.

Yechen, who can't be called a friend, can only be said to be an acquaintance, sighs slightly every time she thinks about it, how sad her family should be!

Because of this, Yechen had such a big reaction after seeing that severed finger.

The dishes made by this small fried restaurant are really good, especially sweet and sour pork ribs, which is one of the signature dishes, and Yechen used to like to eat them.

But that was before, and now she can't eat at all, so she found a trash can and threw it in.

The company has nothing to do, and I don't like to go to crowded places to play, so I'd better go home. Anyway, it's still at home.

Yechen's company and apartment are in a newly developed neighborhood, not far away, and it is only a little more than an hour's walk. On weekdays, Yechen will take public transportation or take a taxi directly, but today is different, there is nothing to do when she goes back, just go shopping, she walked slowly and leisurely towards the Guiying community.

Just next to the gate of Guiying Community, Yechen saw an old man, dressed in tattered single clothes, with frostbite on his hands, huddled in the corner of the wall, hiding from the wet and cold wind.

In these years, many beggars are not credible, but this is definitely a real poor man, looking at how he looks like he is seventy or eighty years old, wearing single clothes, and on such a cold day, he may freeze to death in one night.

Yechen softened for a while, and didn't want to go home immediately, so he walked over and asked, "Uncle, are you okay?" ”

Hearing the sound, the old man's seemingly stiffened body slowly moved, like a hibernating sea turtle, and it took a long time to truly rejuvenate.

Yechen stood there and waited for several minutes before the old man sat up, and the hat wrapped around his head fell off, still bald.

Oh, it turned out to be a monk, and it was only then that Yechen recognized that the tattered clothes on the old man's body were actually a hundred clothes.

"Hello." Yechen said, "Is there anything I can help with?" Or...... Do you accept my almsgiving? ”

Although he didn't know the details of this monk, Ye Chen could at least see that he was really about to die, his shape was broken, and there were large frostbites on his face, and he really didn't know if he could survive this night.

The old man trembled and gave the Ten Rites and said, "The donor can give gifts to the Buddha, which is really immeasurable. ”

The merit is immeasurable, and Yechen doesn't know it, and he doesn't care, so he took out a hundred yuan from his wallet and said, "This is my charity, it's a little little, I hope the master will take care of it more." ”

"It's okay." The old man waved his hand vigorously and said, "As long as you have the heart to worship the Buddha, it doesn't matter." ”

Seeing that the old man put away the money, Yechen said: "Master, the weather during this time is not good, the temperature has risen a little bit today, but I look at the weather forecast, it will cool down again, why don't I send you to the reception area?" ”

Modern society is a society with a very developed material civilization. Although for various reasons, there are many poor people, especially the elderly and children, who are facing the dilemma of homelessness. On the one hand, if the temperature drops and the weather is cold in winter, the city hall will contain all wanderers and scavengers in one place. Think about it, in this society, if someone dies on the streets because of cold and starvation, the face of the city will not be able to hang up.

Every city has a place for these poor people, commonly known as a containment chamber. However, the word is not very good, so many cities have changed their names. For example, in Fog City, it's called the Reception Zone. The meaning is the same meaning, and it sounds better to change the name.

That place is not very good, but at least it can't freeze, starve to death, like Chinese New Year's Eve, you can still eat a good meal.

This old man definitely meets the criteria for containment, and Yechen is planning to give him to the shelter. It can be regarded as a troublesome matter that has been completely solved.

The monk looked at Yechen's eyes and said, "Donor, your face is very bad, has something happened at home recently?" ”

"What can I do?" Yechen laughed and said, "Now, it's you who is in trouble. ”

"I mean......" said the old man after a big breath, "I see that you are now black, and I am afraid that you have provoked something unclean." ”

Unclean things...... This sentence made Yechen feel excited, she smiled reluctantly, and said, "Why did this master say that?" Besides, who still believes in this thing these days. ”

The corners of the old man's mouth seemed to turn upward, and he said, "Those who believe will always believe, and those who don't believe will use all kinds of excuses." ”

"Does the master think I believe it or not?" Yechen was interested, and looked like he wanted to ask things clearly.

The old man looked at Yechen and said, "You will believe it." ”

"Okay, okay, even if I believe it, what should I do?" Yechen asked casually, his tone was very casual, and he didn't hear it at all, how nervous he was when he said this.

The old man seemed to notice it, took out a piece of jade pendant from his arms, and said, "Put it on, you can drive away evil spirits and avoid harm." ”

A hundred dollars a piece of jade? This is also very good, Ye Chen took the jade pendant in the old man's hand and looked at it seriously.

It's an ordinary piece of material, and it's not worth much, but if you can exchange it for a hundred dollars, it's still very cost-effective.

What's more, what this old man said, if it is really true, then it is terrible......

Yechen was a little uneasy, and said to the old man, "I'll send you to the reception area now, how about it?" ”

"It doesn't matter." The old man said open-mindedly, "Anyway, there are not many days, when the time comes to close your eyes, there will be nothing, and you still care about what and where?" ”

Despite what the old man said, Yechen still took him to the reception area.

Things are going well. To be honest, the accommodation environment in the reception area is not very good, and it is not a good place to take in all the people who are scavenging and wandering, but if there is a way, they will not come here after all. Because of this, there are no formalities to run, and the old man moved in here smoothly.

It took Yechen a lot of time to do a lot of work, and when she returned to Guiying Community, it was already past four o'clock.

Yechen played with the "magic weapon" given by the old monk in his hand, and carefully observed it from time to time.

There are a lot of materials needed to make the game, including a lot of information, a lot of variety, so Yechen knows a lot, I don't dare to say how much I know, I know a little bit of skin.

The old monk gave a jade plaque to be precise.

The jade plate is not big, about three wide, and about one finger high. Both sides of the jade plaque have a delicate operation. But because it's so accurate, it's blurry when you look at it directly, and you can't see anything clearly.

There are a lot of materials needed to make the game, including a lot of information, a lot of variety, so Yechen knows a lot, I don't dare to say how much I know, I know a little bit of skin.

The old monk gave a jade plaque to be precise.

The jade plate is not big, about three wide, and about one finger high. Both sides of the jade plaque have a delicate operation. But because it's so accurate, it's blurry when you look at it directly, and you can't see anything clearly.

There are a lot of materials needed to make the game, including a lot of information, a lot of variety, so Yechen knows a lot, I don't dare to say how much I know, I know a little bit of skin.

The old monk gave a jade plaque to be precise. ……

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