Chapter 3 Cross Symbols
I saw that the chopsticks had just been inserted into the white rice, and they immediately fell down, and the bowl of rice was pressed quite tightly, which made no sense.
"Keep plugging!" The old man's tone began to hurry.
I also felt a little pain in my cheeks, swallowed my saliva, picked up the chopsticks and inserted them again......
Syllable!
This time, the chopsticks didn't fall down, but they broke into two for no reason!
The old man was so frightened that he fell off his chair, and my scalp was numb, so I quickly asked the old man what was going on.
The old man sat slumped on the ground, his eyes staring at the two severed chopsticks, "She won't forgive you!" ”
I chuckled in my heart, but before I could speak, I suddenly heard the old man exclaim, "No! ”
Then I heard him muttering to himself: "Although my old woman is small-minded, she will never do such a thing, and there must be a reason why she does this!" ”
After finishing speaking, he suddenly raised his head and looked at me and asked, "You just said that a takeaway guy also saw her that night?" ”
I nodded.
The old man frowned, as if thinking about something, and asked, "Then when did you start to encounter bad luck?" ”
I thought about it and said that it would start to be bad luck the next day after that night.
"That's right!"
The old man pursed his shriveled lips, as if he understood something, looked at me and said, "The problem is likely to be there, so you can go to the takeaway brother tomorrow and ask him in person if he has encountered anything special before you go downstairs." ”
With that, he got up and walked outside, looking quite hurried.
I hurriedly asked him where he was going, and he didn't reply, "Without further ado, I have to go back to my hometown overnight to see my old woman's grave, remember, tomorrow you will find the takeaway brother must ask carefully......"
As he spoke, the old man had already walked out of the door.
I kept my eyes open all night, and I didn't dare to sleep at all, so I called the takeaway guy several times, but I didn't get through.
It wasn't until the next morning that I got through, and I hurriedly asked him where he was, but I didn't expect him to say that he was in the city hospital, and I was a little confused, so I asked him what was wrong and how he ran to the hospital.
"Hey, don't mention it, it's unlucky!"
He looked very frustrated on the other end of the phone, "You come over first, and we'll talk about it later." ”
Then he told me the bed number of the inpatient department, I didn't delay, washed my face and walked out, but when I opened the door, I suddenly saw a blank paper pasted on the door.
There was also one last night, was it a prank?
I took off the blank paper and looked at it, and there was still a pattern drawn on it, but it was different from last night.
It is a cross-shaped symbol, and the rightmost line is marked with an arrow at the end, which is also crossed with a red pen.
What does this mean?
Thinking of the blank paper last night, I vaguely felt that there must be something wrong here, but I was busy looking for the takeaway brother, so I didn't have the heart to think about it, so I stuffed the blank paper in my pocket and hurried downstairs.
I saw a fruit stall downstairs, so I bought two bunches of grapes and took a taxi straight to the city hospital.
In the ward, I was startled at the first sight of the takeaway boy.
His entire head was wrapped in gauze, revealing only his nostrils, mouth and two eyeballs, like a mummy.
I put the grapes on the table and asked him what was wrong.
"Hey, don't mention this, I almost burped last night!"
Although he had gauze wrapped around his head, he looked quite energetic, and while dragging grapes and stuffing them into his mouth, he said, "It's really moldy to grandma's house this time, I went to the supermarket to buy cigarettes last night, and guess what?" When I was crossing the street, a big truck came out of nowhere and hit me, and if I hadn't reacted quickly, you'd have to go to the crematorium to see me......"
Big trucks?
After listening to him, I suddenly remembered that I was almost hit by a big truck last night, could it be that there is a connection between these two things?
I shook my head vigorously, and now I didn't have the heart to think too much, so I quickly asked him to think about whether anything special happened before he came downstairs to me that night.
Hearing this, he suddenly smacked, and the grape that was about to be stuffed into his mouth was also put back again.
"Hearing you say that, it seems like there's really something going on!"
He stretched out a finger and picked his chin, then tilted his head to look at me: "I've been to your neighborhood many times, but when I was delivering food that day, I suddenly couldn't find my way, I felt that the surroundings were different from before, and it took me about twenty minutes to find the ...... of the community."
Hearing this, my whole heart hung in the air, and my palms were full of cold sweat.
Familiar place, suddenly unable to find the way?
I've experienced this twenty-three times!
Then I listened to him again, "There is another matter, I haven't had time to ask, do you usually eat, do you have any special tastes?" ”
I was at a loss, and I didn't understand what he meant.
"That is, do you remember what meal you ordered that night?" He looked at me and added.
"The barbecued pork rice at Gangrong Restaurant, what's wrong?" I don't have to think about this at all, I usually like to eat barbecued pork rice, and I almost order this one when I order takeout.
When he heard what I had said, his body trembled visibly, and his eyes became frightened when he looked at me.
I was furious by his appearance, so I quickly asked him what was wrong.
After a long time, he swallowed a mouthful of saliva, looked at me and said, "But the order I received is not Gangrong Restaurant, but a small shop that I have never been to before, when I went over, I happened to see the boss filling the box with rancid white rice, I asked if I was mistaken, but he said that the customer ordered this ......."
"Are you sure you're not mistaken!"
I stood up from my chair and felt as if my whole body had been electrified, and my heart was pounding.
Rancid white rice...... When I quarreled with Wang Po, it was because of a bowl of rancid white rice!
I clenched my fists tightly, trying to keep myself calm, and looked at him with two round eyes: "Do you remember the address of that little shop?" ”
He was so frightened by my reaction that he didn't say anything for a long time, "No, I have to go to the bathroom, it's so scary......"
With that, he ran towards the bathroom with his stomach in his hands.
I was standing outside alone, not caring if this was a hospital or not, so I took out a cigarette and lit it, my mind was in a mess.
It seems that the old man guessed correctly, if he didn't come to this takeaway brother today, maybe many things would be kept in the dark.
Since the delivery of food that night, I have been just as unlucky as him, and I have encountered the same strange incident of not being able to find a way, and I was almost hit by a big truck last night.
Is it just a coincidence?
It seems that the breakthrough in this matter should be on the bowl of rancid white rice, and only by finding that small shop may we know the truth of the matter.
After waiting for a while, I didn't see the takeaway brother come out, I frowned, and was about to ask, but I didn't have time to say it, when I suddenly heard a "mom"!
Then I saw the takeaway guy rushing out of the inside with his head in his hands and screaming, rolling and crawling in the corner, pointing to the bathroom and shivering: "Inside...... Inside......"
"What's going on inside!" I was a little nervous by him, he seemed very scared, the whole person was trembling, there was a constant sound of teeth colliding, pointing to the bathroom and trembling, but he didn't shake his words for a long time.
I glanced towards the bathroom, the door was open, I didn't see anything inside, and it was daytime, so I didn't feel too scared.
After glancing at the shivering takeaway guy again, I settled down and clenched my fists and walked towards the bathroom.
The room was eerily quiet, except for the sound of my own heartbeat and the clash of the delivery boy's teeth.
The bathrooms in the ward were very small, and I could see the inside from the outside with the door open, and I stood in the door and looked inside, but I didn't see anything special.
I wrinkled and stepped in.
Boom!
At this moment, the door behind me was suddenly shut, and I turned my head suddenly, only to see the takeaway guy standing behind me!
Before I could speak, he suddenly reached out a hand to cover my mouth, because of the bandage on his head, so I couldn't see what his expression was, just pointed his finger up and made a silent gesture at me.
Then he put his head to my ear and lowered his voice, "I saw that thing running out, too." ”
I was stunned, and after I reacted, I felt that my scalp was about to explode!
I could still hear the teeth clashing outside the door, which meant that the person I saw was still outside......
But...... If he wasn't a delivery boy, who would he be?
My palms were covered with cold sweat, my heart was pounding, and the bathroom was only the heavy gasping sound of me and the takeaway boy, neither of us spoke, and I didn't know what to do at this time......
"Get out!"
I lowered my voice and said that it was not an option to stay here all the time, and it was daylight, so I would be bolder.
But the takeaway brother shook his head, and the two hands gestured for a while, and he didn't know what it meant.
"You...... Are you alright......." The man's voice suddenly came from outside.
But when I heard this voice, I was suddenly stunned, and a thought suddenly flashed through my mind!
The person outside, and the person who stayed with me at this time, both of them were wearing exactly the same clothes, and their heads were wrapped with gauze, and how could I be sure that the person standing with me at this time was the real takeaway guy?