Chapter 52: The Stroller on the Theater Square
I was shocked to see the Grim Reaper's scythe in this poster.
I thought of the man in black again, who was also dressed in black, like a god of death, chasing me like a shadow, as if he was also going to harvest my soul?
Men in Black?
I was frightened, and when I turned around, there was still a thick fog behind me, and I didn't hear any more sounds, and I didn't see any figures.
Why am I scared again? Why?
I was ashamed of what I had done, why did I just run all the way, why didn't I dare fight that guy face to face?
Could it be that guy really the Grim Reaper? But even if it's death, I have to be fearless, right?
At this point, it seems useless to say something similar to "chicken soup for the soul". The enemy I am facing may be stronger than I thought, and what choice can I do but flee?
I turned my head again and continued looking.
Soon, I found a particularly familiar poster, yes, it was the drama poster of "Wu Song Kills Sister-in-law"!
The strange thing is that in this poster column, most of them are Western-style dramas, but only this "Wu Song's Killing Sister-in-law" is domestic, so it seems particularly alternative.
However, seeing the angry-eyed Wu Song on this poster, I couldn't help but shudder.
I thought of the scene I saw in the dream again: the actor who played Wu Song, and the steel knife that was bright and dripping with blood!
However, this is just a poster, what am I afraid of? Am I still afraid that Wu Song on this poster will suddenly jump down and chase me with a steel knife?
Still, I felt uncomfortable and looked away.
However, although I looked away, I still felt that something was wrong, so I looked back again.
Suddenly, I realized: in the poster, Wu Song's eyes seem to be a little wrong!
His gaze turned out to be in my direction! However, a second ago, his eyes were still fixed on Pan Jinlian's body!
I was stunned by Wu Song's gaze, and suddenly I wanted to run!
However, what I didn't expect was that I didn't run, but reached out and tore off the poster. And I tore the poster to shreds and stomped on the ground hard! Soon, Wu Song's eyes were covered by dust.
A gust of wind blew the pieces of the poster up, drifted into the fog, and disappeared.
However, my heart is still beating.
Strange, why did I just do that? How could I have been so impulsive and seemed to have some kind of anger? I'm so impulsive, I'm completely out of control, I'm going to tear up that poster, it has no grudge against me, what am I doing?
I couldn't understand what I had just done, and I felt a little scared, so I looked around.
Fortunately, it was late at night, and there was no one around. Otherwise, if someone saw this scene, they wouldn't think I was crazy?
Forget it, I'd better go, how far is it from Ping'an Street?
I took out the map and looked at it. It turned out that the theater was not far from the school, only one street away, and just now, I ran all the way from that street to get here. A little further walk from the theatre, there is a supermarket in front of it, and maybe I can go there first to restock some food and drinks. The supermarket is at the corner at the end of this road, turn over, and the road that runs horizontally on the map, that is, east-west, is Ping'an Street.
The thought that I would only be able to see my lover at 21 Ping An Street, Mary's residence as recorded in the police records, ignited a flame of hope in my heart.
But maybe the lover I'm looking for isn't there, Mary, or even that she's already dead.
No, Mary won't die, she won't die!
Mary wasn't at home, so that's quite possible. However, at least I can find her family, and no matter how bad it is, I can also ask her neighbors to inquire.
Although I am not interested in playing detectives, and, perhaps I guessed wrong, the Mary I was looking for at 21 Ping An Street was not actually the Mary I was looking for, or Mary was not my lover, so it was all just my hallucination. However, I still want to find the answer to this mystery as soon as possible, and leave this silent and deserted town, and return to my own real home, back to my original world.
But where is my home? What is my name? Why can't I even remember my own name?
At this moment, suddenly, from behind me, there was another rush of footsteps! The sound of footsteps is accompanied by the sound of heavy breathing!
I was startled and turned around, but, in the thick fog, I couldn't see who was running towards me, only the sound of footsteps getting closer and closer!
Could it be that the man in black is chasing after him again?
I was terrified and went into hiding once again. Only this time, instead of running away, I hid behind a birch tree and nervously looked in the direction of the footsteps in the mist.
Soon, a figure appeared in the white mist, getting closer and closer.
I finally saw the man running this way, but I was stunned at this look.
The person who ran over was not the man in black, but the female student I saw at the school gate just now!
The girl was also tired of running, so she stopped and gasped. In the silence of the night, her panting was particularly heavy, mixed with a certain sense of horror.
Suddenly, as if sensing something, she turned her head and looked behind her.
Behind her, there was only the thick fog.
When she looked back, I saw her big eyes, but they were not clear for a girl of this age, but a kind of horror.
Did she get here? Why was she so nervous? Could it be that behind her, is the man in black?
I was also infected by her nervousness, and also looked at the thick fog behind her.
However, the girl only paused for a few seconds, and when she saw the door of the theater, she walked over, pushed it open, and ran inside.
Strange, why did she go in, what did she do in that theater? Could it be that she came to see the play? No, it's so late, where is there any drama going on? Could it be that she just fled here to hide from the man in black? Or, is she going in to find someone?
I don't know why the girl ran into the theater, but now I have to think about whether I should go in with her.
In the middle of the night, the girl ran to this place alone, it was too dangerous! No, I can't ignore it, I'm going to go in too!
So, I stepped out from behind the birch tree, looked at the white theater, and then, too, pushed open the door and walked in.
Entering the gate of the theater, at the front of the road, go up the steps, and there is the square of the theater.
The square was empty, and there was nothing.
I looked around, but I didn't see the schoolgirl.
Strange, how could she run so fast? Where did she run away? Could it be that she has already run into the theater?
I walked up the steps, and standing in the middle of this empty square, I suddenly felt a little scared.
Why did I follow that girl here? It was so empty and desolate that there was nothing left to move but my own shadow.
Now, whenever I get to an empty place, I feel inexplicably scared. On the contrary, it is only in those places where I can hide my figure that I feel a little safer inside.
At this point, it seemed that I had no choice but to go to the front of me, the inside of the theater.
I quickened my pace, but, slowly, I felt as if there were several figures in the square.
I stopped and looked again.
In the trance, several figures have indeed appeared, getting closer and closer to me.
What is that? I tensed up and subconsciously tightened my grip on the pistol in my trouser pocket.
However, when the figures appeared, I was taken aback.
In this originally empty and uninhabited square, there were many people, men and women, old and young!
They walked, or, sat on chairs by the square, talking and laughing. However, no one noticed my presence, they all seemed to be busy with their own business, and I was more of an outsider.
What's going on? Where did these people come from, and why didn't I see them just now?
Could it be that these people are also ghosts? Just like the girls I saw in the school cafeteria?
I gasped at the thought of this, and I didn't dare to go any further, even though the door to the theater was right in front of me.
Suddenly, I heard what seemed to be a voice behind me.
I was startled, turned around, and looked towards the place, only to see: not far away, at the edge of the square, there was a stroller that had moved on its own!
There were no adults behind the stroller, but it slowly moved on its own and headed for the steps on the other side of the square!
Look, it's about to slide down that step!
"Danger, stop it!" I yelled and rushed over.
But none of the people who were talking and laughing and walking around heard it, and no one paid attention to the stroller.
I rushed forward and grabbed the grip on the back of the stroller just as it was about to fall off the steps.
The car finally didn't fall, and I let out a long breath, sweat oozing from my forehead.
Which parents are so careless that they almost broke their children?
I pulled the stroller back and looked inside.
But when I saw it, I was stunned!
Sitting in the stroller was not a little baby, but an old lady wearing a baby's costume and a baby's hat, but her face was full of wrinkles!
I was stupefied when I saw this face!
How is this old lady again!
That's right, this old woman pretending to be a baby and sitting in a stroller is the same old lady I saw in the principal's office that I thought was the principal! It was also in the second (third) class of the town middle school that the old witch who jumped down!
The old witch saw me and grinned. Then, her face immediately became gloomy.
"Mary is gone, you should come with her!"
She finally spoke, and the voice was particularly gloomy and terrifying.
I was startled and immediately let go of my hand.
As soon as I let go, the stroller fell down the stairs again, and tumbled to the ground.
Then, from the stroller, there was a cry.
This time, it was the baby's cry, the baby's terrible cry······