April 1, 2018

0:20,

Rongcheng,

light rain

Breeze level 3.

The underworld shop in Laojie has been closed for a long time, and even the neighbors in the neighborhood don't know when this underworld shop opened.

It's not like a street breakfast shop, and it's not like a clothing store, so you can go shopping when you get home from work and try on clothes without buying.

Most people would rather never go into the underworld store to buy things in this life.

Naturally, in life, I deliberately ignored this shop.

Of course

And when did it close?

Naturally, not many people cared, but when I passed by occasionally, I found that the door of the store was actually closed, which was a little surprising.

There was a fat man who would park at the door in a police car every few days, look at the closed shop, smoke a few cigarettes, and leave.

The ladies of the hair salon who run the oldest and most enthusiastic business in the old street are really unbearable for this, and every time they are so frightened that they send out the guests who have just been invited into their house to drink water.

water bills,

I don't dare to ask for it.

The massage shop next door to the shop has also been closed for a long time, and it is said that the boss was involved in a murder case a year ago, although he was later cleared, but there are too many things at home, and she may not have returned to Rongcheng for a long time.

Occasionally, old customers come over, nostalgic for the craftsmanship of the proprietress , but I don't know that if you often find her for massage, it is comfortable, but it is estimated that it is getting closer and closer to the day when you walk into the store next door to choose a shroud.

Life is still like this,

In the teahouses and mahjong parlors in the streets and alleys of Rongcheng, it is full of relaxation and leisure.

This is a laid-back city, but also a city that will be enjoyed, in the cold winter just gone, summer has not yet arrived, the whole city is immersed in its own snoring,

Comfortable

comfortable

Roll over occasionally,

Wrapped in a thin blanket,

Well

Keep sleeping.

In the early hours of the morning, there are naturally no people in the old street, except for a few night food stalls still waiting for not a lot of business.

That shop,

but there was light.

The light is so dim that it can only be faintly visible, and ordinary people, can't even see it.

In the shop, there are two rows of chairs, two seats in the center, one side sits a man with a long beard, and the other is a little girl, pink and cute, a little Lori.

And on both sides of the lower head,

Some people are dressed in sackcloth with long sleeves fluttering;

Someone wears a high hat and staggers;

Some people's eyes are aligned, sometimes turning;

Someone has a big belly and is so fat that he is oily.

The smell of rouge on their faces is much stronger, and even, it seems a little unreal.

Whether they are laughing, plucking their ears, or making trouble, they always give people a gloomy sense of depression, just like the one hundred and eight Arhats in the temple, no matter how cute their image is,

As an adult, I don't dare to really laugh at them.

It's as if there is a pair of eyes staring at you above your head.

If you look closely, you can find that the clothing styles of these people are actually very similar to those paper figures placed in the corner of the shop, as if they really took the clothes from the paper figures and wore them on themselves.

It's funny,

Ridiculous?

But it's really that feeling.

Everyone's lips have a strange Yin Hong, like a rouge deliberately applied to the lips, which is very exaggerated and dazzling.

Jia Baoyu said that he likes to eat the rouge on his sisters' mouths the most, but if he sees the rouge here, he will probably be scared directly.

air,

Filled with the smell of ashes,

In the midst of all the people present, there was a small brazier with charcoal in it, and at the same time, a stack of dark bills on the shelf would automatically fly over and fall into the charcoal fire and burn.

At the door, there stood a woman, a woman with long hair.

She hung her head slightly, her long hair obscuring her face.

Graceful figure, 、、、 physique,

When ordinary people see her, they will probably expect her to spread her hair out to see her true face, and everyone has curiosity and pursuit of beauty.

However, everyone here did not have this mind, because they knew that this woman ...... No face.

"Not yet."

The long-bearded man sitting next to Lori said in a deep voice, frowning slightly.

"Let's wait."

Little Lori said.

The bearded man nodded, and then said, "Protect your vitality and delay our stay in the sun as long as possible." ”

Pieces of black rune paper flew out of the long-bearded man's cuffs and fell around.

Everyone in the room reached out and took a piece of talisman paper and pasted it on their eyebrows, even the long-bearded man himself pasted one.

Time

The whole shop was silent, and the people with talisman paper on their foreheads did not move, as if they had been immobilized.

This made them look no different from the paper figures they already had in the shop.

Little Lori got up, and she also held a rune paper in her hand, and walked in front of the faceless woman.

The Faceling looked up slowly,

"My doppelganger is ruined."

"It's just a doppelganger." Little Lori didn't care.

"She's what I left to spy on him." Faceling reminded.

"You say, when I go back, will there be a place for him?"

Little Lori smiled slightly,

"He's just temporarily giving me a substitute shift to help me take charge of the keys to hell, one through the city, and there is no room for a third ghost."

"So what should I do?"

The Faceless Woman asked sharply,

"You wouldn't have been able to lure him in without me."

"There are two of them in Tongcheng and me, and one of them is on the verge of collapse, so this is the place I reserved for you." Little Lori stretched out her hand and grabbed the tip of the faceless girl's hair, "When the matter here is over, I will help you arrange an identity for you to stay in the sun." ”

The Faceling lowered her head again.

"I'm curious about one thing, why are you so attached to that guy, he's just another plaything created by another person in Tongcheng, oh no, it's just a gift."

"Gifts?"

The Faceless Woman's head, hidden under her long hair, chuckled dryly,

"In my opinion, this gift is heavier than the person you are waiting for."

Little Lori's eyes narrowed slightly, she could hear that there was something in the faceless woman's words, this woman who was born on the side of the road in Huangquan, in the pool of resentment, has existed for a long time, and naturally can know more unknown things.

"Oh, so I think I'll have to torture him when I get back."

The hair on the faceless woman's face suddenly spread out at this time, but the faceless face began to condense into a girl's face, her expression was very painful, as if she was struggling.

"She, can't you control it yet?" Little Lori was a little surprised.

"It's a lot of struggle." The Faceling replied, "Strong-willed, worse than you ghosts, not bad." ”

Little Lori smiled slightly, reached out and threw the rune paper in her hand into the charcoal fire,

"After all...... There's no point in struggling. ”

The fire is faint,

The night is gloomy,

A string of sparks burst out of the charcoal brazier:

"Let's chirp"

………………

"Whoa!"

"Whoa!"

"Whoa!"

The old street in the light rain is a little cool, and there are small puddles everywhere on the roads that are not so smooth.

A man in a sweatshirt walks slowly along this slightly muddy path,

His head was hidden under his sweatshirt and hat, and his figure seemed to be completely integrated with the night behind him.

"Meow."

Beside him,

There was a white cat that followed him with graceful steps.

One man and one cat,

Under the dim street lamp, two long shadows were drawn.

Occasionally, there was the sound of wind all around,

Empty and secluded, hovering above the old street, it will not disperse for a long time.

The man's figure is not burly, but it gives people a sense of fierceness, he is like a silent knife, as long as it is unsheathed, it can crush this black curtain.

In front, there is a night food stall where the stall owners are a husband and wife.

Tonight's business was not good, and my husband sat next to him coughing incessantly, obviously with a cold.

The man walked to the side of the stall,

The proprietress raised her head, saw the man, smiled, and said:

"It's been a long time."

"Hmm." The man answered.

"Meow." The white cat also responded.

The proprietress started making soup, fish slippery soup, and she knew that he only ate this.

In the middle of the night, drinking a bowl of tender fish soup is a kind of enjoyment, and the years are quiet, it is better to be.

The boss was still coughing there, frowning when he saw the guest eating, thinking that he was disgusting himself, so he could only smile apologetically and turn sideways.

The man was stunned, he knew that the boss would be wrong, he ate, and he always had this expression.

It's just that tonight, it's a little cold,

Otherwise, for the matter of eating, he can save and ignore.

After putting down the dishes and chopsticks and giving the money, the man turned around and walked deeper into the old street, but the white cat still followed him, never leaving.

No matter how deep the night is,

People always find a place to call home.

The man walked to the door of the shop and stopped.

The white cat scurried up the steps, and found its familiar position.

yes

Familiar location.

Not long since

His favorite thing to do is to pull out a chair, sit on the steps, and bask in the sun motionlessly.

The lady of the massage parlor next door will also tease him for being like an old grandfather.

Looking slightly sideways, she looked next door, she hadn't come back yet.

Some people will never come back after they leave, but there are also people who are still looking at themselves after they go to a distance.

He thought that he had always been alone,

Even if he suddenly disappears from this world, no one will notice that people who like loneliness always like to dye themselves in the color of loneliness to gain more security.

It is precisely because someone is watching themselves,

It's because someone cares about themselves,

That's why he came back,

He needs an explanation,

Give an explanation to those who care about themselves,

At the same time, give yourself an account.

Walk up the steps,

Come to the door,

He didn't knock.

This is his home and he has the keys.

The moment the keyhole is inserted into the door lock,

The long faceless woman's hair behind the door fluttered violently,

Little Lori stood up straight like a little adult,

The rune paper on the foreheads of everyone in the two rows of chairs dissipated instantly,

Everyone collectively opened their eyes,

Look in the direction of the gate!

"Squeak......

The door was pushed open from the outside.

Little Lori looked at the people outside the door and said with a smile:

"Finally got you."

The man shook his head slightly, signaling that the other party had said something wrong,

Corrected:

"No,

It's me

It's back. ”