I stayed in the dilapidated building until two o'clock in the middle of the night, and I was basically sure that no one was coming. The rain had stopped, I took advantage of the night to return quietly, and when I returned to the hotel, I didn't dare to go to the main entrance, but I climbed down the drain pipe to the second floor, knocked on the window, and Erlong opened the window.

I rolled over and went into the house, my sister was there, they didn't rest, the TV was still on, and the bedside ashtray was full of cigarette butts.

I could see that Erlong was very anxious, but he couldn't see it emotionally at all, and he asked me how I was.

I explained the situation and shook my head: "No one came. ”

My sister was anxious: "Could it be that we are late, missed, and can't wait for anyone?" ”

Erlong waved his hand: "Don't panic. ”

He sat back on the bed, leaning against the head of the bed, his eyes fixed on the ceiling and thought for a moment. After a while, he said, "Wang Qiang, are you sure there is no one?" ”

I took off my wet clothes, hung them in front of the closet, and asked my sister to bring a cup of hot water, drank and said: "There is really no one, the building is quiet, don't talk about footsteps, even if anyone coughs, you can hear it really, no one comes." ”

The younger sister looked at Erlong: "Brother Erlong, what should I do?" Are we going back? ”

Erlong shook his head firmly: "Where is this, why do you go back." Wang Qiang, you have a good rest, and you will go back at twelve o'clock tomorrow night! ”

"Huh? Still going? I said.

Erlong said: "Do your best to obey the destiny of heaven." Let's hold out for three nights, and if no one comes for three days, then we'll do it ourselves. ”

"How?" My sister asked.

Erlong smiled: "I haven't thought about it either, one step at a time is one step at a time, and you can't leave like this." Actually, I already have a plan. "

My sister and I asked what the plan was.

Erlong said: "Let's go out for a walk in broad daylight, see who is following, find a secluded place to punch and knock out, and then interrogate slowly, and always ask for a whereabouts." ”

My sister clapped her hands and laughed: "Brother Erlong, this method is too good." ”

Erlong looked at me: "Wang Qiang, I will wronged you for two more days." The fact that the man didn't show up may have been accidental, or maybe he was too cautious and was secretly investigating us. ”

I nodded, and I could only do what Erlong had planned first.

I was so tired that I slept until the afternoon of the next day, ate some food in the evening, and watched TV dizzily for a while, and then it was ten o'clock in the night. According to yesterday's plan of action, I climbed out from the second floor and came all the way to the abandoned building at No. 88 Neimeng Road.

It rained heavily last night, and the yard was very damp and muddy. I climbed through the broken window and entered, I had already planned before I came, and I was going to be here for a few hours anyway, so I might as well explore the building and see what I found.

I turned on my flashlight and began to rummage through the drawers of the filing cabinet, there was a smell of rot inside, and I could see a lot of small insects running in all directions in the aperture, I endured the smell of choking, and took out a dusty file from it and flipped through it, it was a personnel file. Inside are the resumes of some people, most of their birthdays are in the sixties, it is estimated that this old building was not abandoned before the workers, look at the job description, this should be a certain government unit.

I turned over some, but there was too much dust, and a light touch could stir up a cloud of smoke, and I was afraid that this old thing would be poisonous, so I didn't dare to continue turning it.

I came out of the house, went into the hallway, and went in door by door, most of the offices were inside, and the office equipment was gone, except for some broken sofas or dilapidated tables and chairs, which were old and rotten.

At this time, the nervous mood gradually calmed down as I adapted to the environment. I went to every room, and if I had a desk, I would open the drawers, look through the contents, and when I went to an office in the back, I found a very interesting file.

The file bag contained a red-headed document, a copy of a transfer document for a big leader in the county. In 2013, it was found that this person had committed major disciplinary violations, and as a leading cadre, he engaged in superstitious gatherings among the masses, which had a very bad impact. After investigation and research, the superiors transferred Yang Guoqing to an idle post in other counties and cities as deputy director, which seemed to be a transfer at the same level, but in fact he was assigned to the frontier.

The reason why this document attracted me was that I had never seen a red-headed document when I was so old, and secondly, there was a photo of Yang Guoqing on it, the photo had already been yellowed, and the person on it didn't seem to have woken up, his eyes were half-open and half-open, and he shone it with a flashlight, and there was a hideous aura on his face.

I was about to continue scrolling down when I heard a crunch from the other side of the hallway, as if something had fallen to the ground. I hurriedly put away my file bag and went out with a flashlight, and the dark corridor was quiet, and I dared to get to the place where the sound came from, which was also the office. I flashed my flashlight in, and I had just been in this office, and there was nothing out of the ordinary, when I saw something unusual.

The office window was open, and the wind outside was so strong that it swayed back and forth, creaking, and making a tooth-inverted sound.

I walked over and looked out, and outside was the Hessian courtyard, secluded and silent, and no one was there.

Has someone been here, or is the window blown open by the wind?

I looked at my watch, and it was close to two o'clock in the second half of the night. I was a little agitated and angry, and shouted out the window, "Is there anyone?" Is there anybody? If someone comes out, don't hide your head and tail! ”

After waiting for a while, there was only the sound of the wind outside, dead trees shaking branches, and no one answered.

I felt depressed, and I stayed in this office for a while, watching until two o'clock in the middle of the night, and I couldn't stay any longer, so I climbed out the window and came all the way back.

When I arrived at the hotel, I told me what I had seen and heard tonight, and my sister and Erlong listened to it with relish, but there was no use in this information, so I had to follow the plan, and I continued to rest and wait until tomorrow night.

A day passed in a trance in a drowsy sleep. The three days of black and white reversed, made my spirit a little blurred.

I told Erlong that this was the last night, and if no one came out yet, we would implement Plan B.

On the last night, I took my flashlight out of the hotel and came to the abandoned building at night. When I got inside, I lost interest in exploring, found a fairly clean office, laid out the newspaper that I had prepared on the sofa, and then lay down on it, and dozed off with my sleeves folded.

I was so tired that I fell asleep quickly, and I was dazed and dry when I suddenly felt someone enter the house.

This man did not disturb me, his steps were still very light, and he walked slowly, getting closer and closer.

I wasn't sure if it was human, the dream was so real that I groaned and tried to sit up, but my body was out of control. At this moment, I already know that I am awake, my consciousness is there, but I can't wake up.

The man walked slowly to the couch. I groaned a few times in excruciating pain, when a flashlight shone on my face. In this instant, my nightmare was shattered, and I sat up from the sofa with a scream, my head covered in cold sweat.

It's not a dream, there's really a person standing in front of you! He flashed a flashlight on me, I blocked the light, my eyes took a long time to adjust to the light, and my voice was a little hoarse: "You, who are you?" ”

The man across from him pulled over the broken chair next to him, sat on it, and left his flashlight on the table.

I rubbed my eyes and saw that he was about 50 years old, wearing black overalls, like an old worker in the workshop, and a pair of white labor protection gloves on his hands.

The man took a closer look at me, then slowly took out his mobile phone from the pocket of his jacket, bit off the glove of his right hand with his teeth, and clumsily swiped the phone screen with his fingers, probably looking for something.

I asked again, who are you?

He didn't answer, his face was expressionless, cold as if he were a wanted criminal. This person's aura was so powerful and gloomy that I didn't dare to move for a while.

He showed me his phone, and in the shining light, there was a picture on it, and it was my picture. This is a family portrait of our whole family, and only my part was taken, and my sister's arm can still be seen next to it.

"Wang Qiang?" The man spoke in a deep voice, almost as hard as gold.

"It's me." My heart was pounding, he must be the one who left the note in the locker at the bus station.

As Erlong guessed, the reason why he only appeared on the third day was because this person was too cautious and careful.

The man said, "An Dong is your uncle?" ”

"Yes, my third uncle." My throat moved.

The man asked, "How many of you are here this time?" ”

"Three." I say.

The man looked at his watch: "It's half past two in the second half of the night, and you have to listen carefully to what I say next." ”

"You say."

"Are you staying in a hotel? You go back now, the first bus will leave here at six o'clock in the morning, and the three of you will buy tickets to leave the county. He said.

"Ah, you're letting us go?" I was surprised.

"Don't interrupt, I'm not done yet." He said, "You are leaving, but you are going to come back here tonight, and we will meet again." I'll tell you everything. Remember, you have to go in the car in the morning, but you can't take the bus when you come back! To avoid the eyes and ears of everyone in the county, I don't care what method you use, you can't let anyone see you, under this premise, tonight at twelve o'clock at midnight is still this place, I will show up. If ......"

He paused and said, "If I find you being stalked, this place being exposed, I'm sorry, I'll never show up." ”