11. The Old Woman's Secret
September 25, 200Γ 9:05 AM
It was ironic that yesterday when the bearded man said that he would smash it open at nine o'clock the next day, he must not have imagined that at nine o'clock he would enter another door as a dead corpseβthe small door of the storage room. The big man is heavier, and this time it was the middle-aged uncle plus the red-haired gangster and the white-faced boy, and the three of them threw him in together.
The rest of us watched as the three of them moved their bodies and disposed of blood in the dim light, and our hearts fluttered. Wait until they're done. The fashionable girl couldn't wait to confess, "I thought, let's stay here and wait for rescue." Maybe...... The situation out there is really more dangerous than we thought. β
No one else reacted, and I naturally understood her intentions better. Only the red-haired thug lit a cigarette and laughed dryly: "Hehe, good, the right choice." Now you don't have to worry about the 'conservatives' killing you. β
This sentence was amazing, as if the previous layer of papier-mΓ’chΓ© windows had been pierced, and everyone's faces became shocked and nervous. When I think about it, I am also classified as "conservative", so what is the person who is in favor of going out? "Radicals"? Great, there's always gang fighting wherever there are people, even if it's just a few people β that's the sad root of thousands of years of human strife.
The fashionable girl who was told her true thoughts by the red-haired gangster was embarrassed at the moment, and her face was twisted to the side without saying a word. But the fat woman angrily said to the red-haired thug, "What do you mean by that? Could it be that a few of us killed that big man? β
The red-haired thug snorted crookedly: "I didn't say it was you, what are you nervous about?" Don't you think that's a bit self-defeating? β
"Don't admit yourself?" The fat woman gasped and screamed, "You...... What are you talking about! You actually suspect it's me? Oh my God, how could I have done such a horrible thing! β
"I can't say for sure." The red-haired thug said coldly, "No one has the word 'murderer' engraved on their faces, and if you look at their appearance alone, no one looks like a murderer." But the problem is that someone was killed, it couldn't be the big man who stuck a fruit knife in his neck to play, right? β
"Well, since that's all I have to say, then I'll just say what I'm thinking." The fat woman huffed, "But I'll make it clear first, I'm not attacking you because you just said me, I don't play that kind of child's trick." Actually, I think the only one of us who can do such a thing as murder is you! β
The red-haired thug threw half of his cigarette butt to the ground and shouted viciously, "What do you say! Why the do you think I'm a murderer? β
"Just by the face of a bad person!" The fat woman said without showing weakness, "I think everyone else is serious, only you look like a gangster." Besides, wasn't that man killed by you in the first place? You were ruthless and merciless, and you killed that man with one blow! Later, I found out that I killed him by mistake, and you didn't have the slightest guilt or ......."
"Shut up, fat woman!" The red-haired thug was already furious, he stepped over in two steps, pointed at the fat woman's nose and scolded, "Lao Tzu looks like a gangster, you are like a good person?" Don't forget, when the big man said he was going out yesterday, you were the most opposed! I said yesterday, I'm neutral, it doesn't matter if I go out or stay, why should I kill him? Hmph, I think it's people like you who pretend to be a good person who are most likely to be murderers! I wonder if you are now saying that you suspect me in front of everyone, just to divert everyone's attention from you! β
The fat woman gasped for breath as if she was about to explode, and she trembled and said, "Yes, you mean to be neutral, but the hell knows what you think!" Maybe you're just thinking about killing him, so you say something neutral on the surface. To tell you the truth, the moment I saw that big man being killed yesterday, I guessed that it would be you! Because this kind of thing doesn't seem to be done by a woman, and that gentle and elegant uncle and teenage boy can't do this kind of thing, who else would it be if you didn't do it? β
I chuckled in my heart - you were wrong. I'm sure other little boys wouldn't be able to do such a thing, but this little boy in the supermarket who behaves strangely and behaves abnormally happens to be the most dangerous person among us.
At this moment, the little thug seemed to no longer want to roar angrily, and he reverted to his cynical appearance, slanted his eyebrows and said in a long voice: "You're right, I don't think this kind of thing is like that kind of weak and slender woman to do, but a fat woman like you with big shoulders and round waist and strong strength is not necessarily. β
I believe that the fat woman was so angry by this deliberate humiliation that she was so angry that her face was distorted with anger. She convulsed and said, "Okay, I won't say anything anymore. But I believe that no matter what happens, there will always be some traces. I don't believe that anyone killed someone in this closed supermarket, and there would be no trace of it. I'm going to get to the bottom of this and see who the real killer is! β
As she said this, her eyes were fixed on the red-haired thug, and it was clear that she was entirely directed at him, and was only bent on finding evidence of his guilt. This disappointed me a bit, because the person I suspected wasn't the red-haired thug.
At this time, someone next to her suddenly twitched, it was the female clerk who was overly frightened last night, and at this moment she seemed to remember something after hearing the fat woman's words, and raised her head tremblingly and said, "By the way, I want to ...... Maybe someone knows who killed the big man. β
Everyone was stunned and looked at her. The middle-aged uncle asked, "What did you say?" β
The female clerk trembled and pointed to the rightmost row of shelves and said, "Don't you think that the old woman who has been staying in the corner can just see the place where the big man was killed?" β
Everyone's eyes swept to the past. The fat woman said, "Yes, from the angle from which she stayed, she could see the scene of the crime, maybe she witnessed who did it!" β
"But who knows if the big man was awake when she was killed?" The little white-faced boy said, "She probably fell asleep and didn't witness the murder." β
The fat woman shook her head and said, "Generally, the elderly don't sleep too well, and they will wake up easily." I don't think a murderer can be completely silent when he kills. At the slightest sound, an old lady in a dark corner may open her eyes and see a murder! β
The fashion girl said: "But I think this old lady has been cowering in that corner, demented every day, as if she has been frightened into a little delirium." Coupled with the fact that she may be dizzy and dizzy, even if she sees it, she may not be able to see it clearlyβit is unlikely that she will ask for something. β
"Anyway, let's just ask." The fat woman turned her face to the red-haired thug and asked defiantly, "How is it, do you dare me to ask her?" β
"Please." The red-haired thug shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly, "However, you can't ask, someone else has to ask." β
I understood what he meant, and if the fat woman was to ask, she might deliberately ask suggestive questions that weren't good for the redhead gangsters. So, I raised my hand and said, "Either ...... I'll ask. β
Everyone doesn't seem to have any opinions. I was about to go over when a middle-aged uncle came over to join me, and he said, "Let's go and ask." I nodded at him.
Everyone else followed, and the middle-aged uncle and I walked over to the old woman in the corner. Based on my previous experience, I was ready in my heart. But I didn't expect that this time we were so close that we were only a few steps away from her, and the old woman didn't react. Suspicious, I crouched down and stared at her, and it was only then that I could see by the dim light of a flashlight that the old woman had her eyes closed, as if she were asleep.
The middle-aged uncle also squatted down, and he shouted softly, "Old lady, old lady." β
No response.
I raised my voice and shouted, "Wake up, old lady." She still didn't move.
My uncle and I were stunned for a few seconds, and suddenly, as if we both thought of something at the same time, we almost shook our spirits together, and then looked at each other in horror.
Could it be that this old lady has ......
After a moment's hesitation, I gently put my right index finger in front of the old woman's nose and tested her snort. The light was too dim for me to tell the distance, and my fingers touched her lips. Suddenly, the old woman's eyes opened, and I was startled and caught off guard. The old woman was visibly frightened even more, and a murky cry came from her throat, and her not too large eyes were almost bursting, and she shook her head desperately in terror, and her body squeezed hard into the corner of the wall, where she could no longer retreat, as if she were going to burrow into the crack. Everyone was stunned, wondering why she was reacting so violently.
I estimated in my heart that the horror she showed this time was several times more than the last time. I think she probably woke up suddenly and saw so many people gathered in front of her, so she was even more frightened. I tried to calm her emotions and whispered to her, "Don't be afraid, old lady, we're just here to ask you something." β
It didn't work. She was still trembling and resisting. The middle-aged uncle also said to her in as kind a tone as possible: "Old lady, you don't have to be afraid, we have no malicious intentions, can you calm down first?" But the old woman did not listen to him at all, and her look of trepidation was worse than before.
The middle-aged uncle sighed, turned around and looked helplessly at the person behind him. The fashion girl said: "I'll just say it's useless, her mind is really not clear anymore." β
The female clerk couldn't bear to say, "Let's stop surrounding her, as if we were in front of her, and she was so scared." β
My uncle and I stood up and left the old woman's side with everyone. I glanced back at her, still shivering as she stared at us with alertness.
Everyone returned to the place where they had stood, probably feeling lost because they didn't ask anything, and no one spoke for a long time.
After a few minutes of silence, the single mother, who hadn't spoken for a long time, suddenly said, "I think...... That old woman, it seems that something is not quite right......"
The fashion girl sighed and said, "Is something wrong?" I think something is wrong. She didn't seem to be in her right mind. β
"But herein lies the problem." The single mother said, "Why is she mentally abnormal? Or rather, how could she be scared like this? β
"Maybe she's mentally ill in the first place." The little white-faced boy said.
"No, it won't." The single mother shook her head and said, "Before this happened, I saw her choosing food and household items on the shelves, her demeanor and behavior were very normal, and since the door was closed, she has become strange and abnormal. β
"So many terrible things happened later, she was stupefied by those strange things." Fashion girl said.
The single mother frowned and said, "Really...... But if you think about it, so far, we haven't seen any monsters or anything like that. And even though there is a terrible plague outside, we are safe here for the time being. Of course, each of us will feel panic and fear after this kind of thing happens, but none of us are afraid to be like her. She is completely dozens of times more terrified than we are! I don't understand, what the hell is she afraid of? β
"What the hell do you mean by that?" The red-haired thug asked.
The single mother hesitated for a moment and said, "I guess she would know something we don't know?" Maybe...... Does she know what's going on out there? β
Listening to her words, everyone looked at each other, and all kinds of indescribable complex expressions appeared on their faces. The little white-faced boy said suspiciously, "How is this possible? Didn't she come across this incident with us? How do we know what we don't know? β
"I just...... Guess, not necessarily right. "But my instincts tell me that's it." β
"Well, ......it did," recalls the fashionable girl, "for so long, she never spoke to us, didn't ask what was going on outside, just hid in the corner, looking terrified, as if she knew what was going on outsideβit was really suspicious." β
"This old lady ...... Who the hell is it? The female clerk asked in amazement.
"It seems that it is really possible that she knows something." The fat woman muttered to herself, "I still need to approach her and ask for something." β