At about 7 o'clock in the evening, the bus, which had already been empty, suddenly slowed down at a deserted intersection after turning a few corners, and it turned out that it had arrived at its destination. The car had not yet stopped, and the body was still vibrating, humming as if it were suggesting his dilapidation. The dark-skinned driver turned around impatiently and shouted at the passengers sitting behind him in a pure local dialect: "What are you rubbing? Get out of the car quickly. ”

I glanced at the driver, didn't talk nonsense, just picked up the small bag I was carrying, and was the first to jump out of the car. As soon as I got out of the car, a cool breeze poured over my head, so I couldn't help but shiver, and sneezed twice, I wiped the runny nose, and couldn't help but slander in my heart: "It turns out that the little broken car just now is still useful, although it is old and dirty, it is loud everywhere, and it is so noisy that it is going to die, but the glass is still good, and it will not be frozen to death." ”

The remaining few people in the car just now also got down, a total of three men and two women, two of them know each other, not very old, about 20 years old, at a glance I know that it is two couples, it should be a college student who travels here together. But they have no experience in going out, to such a remote road and not easy to travel to a place, actually brought four large suitcases, one of the largest of which also has helloKitty stickers on it, at first glance is the girl who looks the most squeamish, it is estimated that she has carried all her belongings, and since she is still wearing a pair of 5 cm high heels on her feet, crying and hanging on a tall boy, her mouth is still complaining about something. I looked at the crowd and couldn't help but feel a little funny.

Walking at the back was a silent middle-aged man, who looked very low-key, but his equipment was not simple at all, he was carrying a hiking bag, bulging, it looked like it was about 60 liters, with a moisture-proof mat on the outside, a pair of trekking poles in his hand, and a mountaineering suit on his body, looking quite professional. Looks like a mountaineer. Running to such a broken town to climb the mountain is interesting, I secretly thought in my heart, and I couldn't help but look at it twice

When they approached, I withdrew my gaze and began to look at the intersection. In late autumn, the sky is already dark, everywhere looks a blur, giving people a sense of dilapidation, and I don't know whether to carry out this dilapidated feeling to the end or what, there is not even a street lamp here, there is no street sign, nothing, just an empty dim. Fortunately, there is only one road here, which extends from the junction, and the road is very narrow, which is a common path in the countryside, but it looks very long, and you can't see the end at a glance.

I stood at the intersection and hesitated, but the middle-aged man walked over directly, didn't look at the others, didn't say anything, and stepped straight in. I looked at the man's back, pulled a flashlight out of my backpack, and prepared to follow. But I was dragged by a force, I didn't take a step out at once, I had no choice but to look back, only to see that it was the tall boy just now who grabbed her bag belt, I looked at the boy's hand that was still on her bag, his face was a little ugly, the boy noticed my sight, his face was swollen red, and he quickly let go of his hand.

He scratched his head twice, looked at my inquiring eyes, and said a little embarrassed: "Well, can we go with you." It was so dark that we didn't have flashlights with us, and we didn't know the road, so if there was a fork in the road ahead, we were done. The rest of the people looked at me with a look of interest.

I was stared at by four people, eight eyes, and expectantly, and my heart was a little hairy, although I didn't want to take these people and cause unnecessary trouble to myself, but it was not good to really leave them here, I thought for a while, and had to reluctantly agree: "Okay." ”

As soon as they heard that I agreed, they suddenly became excited again, and began to laugh and make trouble, I was a little suspicious that the people I saw just now with a nervous face were not a few of them, young is good, I couldn't help but sigh.

I stopped the people who were fighting and reminded them, "It's getting dark now, so if you don't want to spend the night on the road, hurry up and follow up." Several young men looked at each other a few times, a little embarrassed, and hurriedly pulled the four heavy suitcases and followed.

I walked at the front, thinking about the destinations that were far away, and mechanically lighting the people behind me. Maybe the young people couldn't bear the loneliness after all, so after a while, they started chatting again. The topic of conversation is nothing more than food, play, love and the like, and after a while, there is a topic that comes back, nothing more than saying that this place is too broken, how to be pit to such a broken place to travel.

I was a little upset to hear it, and I just wished that the town would arrive sooner so that I could get rid of them and rest my ears for a while.

Maybe seeing that I hadn't spoken, they felt that they had snubbed me, and a girl began to try to talk to me: "Sister, what's your name, are you also here to travel?"

I nodded perfunctorily and ignored her first question.

Seeing that I didn't seem to be too lazy to take care of her, the girl was a little unwilling, pouted, thought for a while, came to me, made a mysterious look, lowered her voice and said: "Actually, we are not here to travel, we are here to find the cat demon." ”

As soon as her words fell, I grabbed her and asked her in a cold voice, "What did you say?" Cat demon? ”

The girl seemed to expect me to be surprised, she smiled proudly, and then added: "That's right, cat demon, in fact, this town is just a transit station, and the real place we want to go to is cat demon town." ”

Another girl, who heard our conversation, hurriedly shoved her suitcase into the hand of the boy next to him, jumped over and interjected, "Sister, let me tell you." "I was afraid of missing this interesting topic. She cleared her throat, and waited until Liu Fuying was a little impatient before she slowly spoke: "Sister, don't believe it, it's very popular in our university, everyone says that this town is just a transit station, and the really interesting place is the cat demon town." At the end of this town there is a mysterious ferry, according to legend, only people who are destined can see it, and this cat demon town is controlled by the cat monster who has been nine lives, and there are not people living in it, all of them are cat monsters, according to legend, on the night of the full moon, there is ......"

"Haha, An An, don't scare my sister." The tall boy walked over and knocked on the girl's head. The topic was interrupted, the girl glared at the boy in dissatisfaction, pretended to be angry and jumped up to hit him, and the boy ran around pretending to be scared exaggeratedly.

The short boy behind him looked a little more stable, watching them fight, he explained to me a little embarrassed: "Sister, don't listen to their nonsense, it's all deliberately made up by some annoying guys in order to cater to their girls, that's just a rumor, there are no monsters on Cat Demon Island at all, it's just a small town that gathers a lot of cat lovers, and there are a lot of cats." ”

I sneered and asked, "Really?" Sometimes rumors are more than just rumors, they may be facts, otherwise how would people know the truth? ”

The boy was stunned by what I said, a little confused, but he still wanted to explain, and opened his mouth just about to speak.

I raised my hand to interrupt him, and we were already at the end of the road.

At the end of the road is the town, at a glance, you can see sporadic lights and street lamps, and there are many low buildings spread out, although it does not look so prosperous, but it is clean and tidy, but compared to the place where we were left in the car, this place already belongs to the world. But the strange thing is that looking at this town, I always feel that something is wrong, what is wrong, I can't say, I just left the few people behind me, didn't bother to pay attention to their invitations and thanks, and walked towards the small building with the nearest hotel logo.

The moment I stepped into the small building, I realized that something was wrong, there was no one on the street here, there was not a trace of sound, it was quiet and weird, as if there was no one there, it was a dead city.

Fortunately, there were people in the hotel, a bald middle-aged uncle stayed behind the counter and read the newspaper, and when he saw me walk in, he put down the newspaper and asked me, "Staying in the hotel?" Alone? ”

I nodded: "How much?" ”

"80 a night, deposit 100, room on the left hand side of the second floor." He didn't talk nonsense and went straight to me to register. After taking the money and completing the formalities, he took out a key from under the counter and handed it to me, and then sat behind the counter and quietly read the newspaper, and the hotel was silent again. Just like on the streets of this town.

I went to the second floor with my luggage on my back.

The second floor has a good view, and you can clearly see the ferry to the cat demon town, the ferry that can only be seen by people in the story of the female student, in fact, it is very ordinary, it is an ordinary wooden building, only allowing two or three people to stand side by side on a small wooden platform, it can be seen everywhere, and there is no trace of magic, it looks like everyone is welcome to pass. But I inexplicably feel that the front is not as calm as it seems on the surface, Cat Demon Town is destined to be an unusual place, no matter how it hides it, how much it whitewashes the peace, it can't change the evil spirit in its bones.

I closed my eyes and opened the window to the maximum, letting the cold wind blow on my face, just wanting to freshen myself, after all, I was the only one now, since two years ago, my ghost husband never somehow began to sleep in my body, no matter how much I called, he never woke up. As I walked along the road, I felt that I had forgotten what had happened and that I had forgotten my former friends, but I was firmly committed to the journalist. If only I had forgotten.

It's been six years since I said goodbye to them, and I've been in a strange town at an inn, waiting to set off for the town of the Cat Demon to uncover the secrets that haunt me, and to find a way to wake my ghost husband from his slumber.