Before I could step forward, the woman's body began to blur, and I saw her put her index finger to her lips and make a silent gesture at me before disappearing.

After that, this mysterious woman completely disappeared from my face.

It was the first time I had seen her outside of a dream, and it was a very different feeling from the dream, there seemed to be a suction on her body that could suck people into the darkness.

When everything was calm again, I left the shop again.

I dialed the phone number that Boss Li gave me, and the other party was a woman, who was about fifty years old, and after listening to my description, she paused slightly at the other end and said that she could see me.

The place I made an appointment with her was in a mahjong parlor in a community, and when I saw her, she was playing mahjong with a few people, and that hand of cards was good, and she drew three by herself.

The woman's surname is Zeng, short and fat.

She was dressed flamboyantly, and her hair was permed in small curls that spread out in all directions like an electric shock.

After playing this hand, the woman stood up happily, she asked the person next to her to play a few for herself, and walked out of the mahjong hall with me.

The woman, surnamed Zeng, looked very spicy, and she asked me to call her Sister Zeng, and said, "I used to sell salt and vegetables there, and the business was good, but then I was demolished to build a commercial area, so I simply didn't do it." ”

I asked, "If business is good, why don't you do it?" ”

She chuckled: "I'm this age, my daughter is also married, what are you doing with so much money, it's better to enjoy life while I'm still in good health, don't you say?" ”

I laughed a little too.

Sister Zeng ordered me a cup of tea, and I looked at the leaves that stood up to see if the color should be a good tea, and the tea I drank in Gao Jian's office was completely different concepts.

I stared at her: "What you said does make a lot of sense, but what I want to know is ...... real reason."

"What do you mean?"

I said, "What happened to that couple in your store?" ”

I watched Elder Sister Zeng's expression carefully, and when I asked this, her eyes flickered: "You have seen them too!?" ”

Sister Zeng's breathing was a little shorter than just now, and this reflection showed that her heart was weak.

In her description, I learned about the couple:

Sister Zeng's Qiu Ji Yanbang Restaurant has been open on that pedestrian street for nearly 20 years, and her dishes are cheap and delicious, making it one of the best restaurants in that snack street.

As the boss, Sister Zeng is quite kind, and the people who work in her store are those who have helped her from opening the store to the present, whether it is a chef or a small worker, they are not willing to change jobs, and the most important thing is to see that she is good to people.

Among them, there was a husband and wife, they came from different provinces, they met in the store, and Sister Zeng saw that they were both single, so she matched them.

The couple, the man's name is Wang Gang, who is a cook, and the woman's name is Xie Ru, who is a waitress in the store.

Both of them are from the countryside, they belong to the more down-to-earth and hard-working, after getting married, they went out to rent a house to live, and later gave birth to a son.

One afternoon, my son, who was playing in front of the restaurant, suddenly disappeared.

All the people in the restaurant helped to go out to find it, and they searched all the places around, but they were still nowhere to be found, and then they called the police, and they called up the surveillance and found no clues.

So, the child disappeared for no reason.

Wang Gang and Xie Ru lost their children and suffered a huge blow, especially Xie Ru, who was stupid and stupid, and didn't say a word when he saw people for a long time.

As for Wang Gang, he seemed to be normal, but one day he stood in the back kitchen and poured a pot of boiling water on himself.

Fortunately, he was sent to the hospital in time, and Wang Gang's life was saved, but one of his faces had become distorted because of the burns.

The husband and wife are still working in the Salt Gang Restaurant, in their words, the child was lost here, he is still so young, the place he can remember is this Salt Gang Restaurant, they will wait here for the rest of their lives, until the son finds it himself.

Sister Zeng's shop has been open anyway, and it is good that they are willing to continue to do it here, after all, they are all familiar with the old employees.

Hearing this, I suddenly thought of something, and I asked Sister Zeng: "Is the son of Wang Gang and Xie Ru called Xiaoshu?" ”

She raised her eyes: "How do you know?" ”

I didn't answer the question, just motioned for her to continue.

Wang Gang Xie Ru has been waiting for a miracle to appear, and after many years, although everyone knows that Xiaoshu will not come back, only they are still holding on, after all, this is their only belief in survival.

Until one day, an announcement was posted that this snack street was going to be demolished.

When they heard the news, the couple was a little devastated. They thought that once it was demolished, it would mean that their son would never be recovered.

The two asked Sister Zeng if there was any other way, she spread her hands and said that the entire street would be demolished, and it was not hers.

So Wang Gang and Xie Ru went to the Urban Construction Bureau again, asking if they could intercede if they could not demolish this place. They are too naïve, not to mention that shantytown renovation is a big policy, but the economic interests involved behind it are cut and sorted out and messy.

After tossing again and again, it was ultimately in vain.

Looking at the photo of their son, the husband and wife were very desperate, Xie Ru cried and asked her husband what to do, Wang Gang stood next to him without saying a word.

The next day, Sister Zeng's shop opened, and as soon as she opened the door, she saw the husband and wife lying in the middle of the store, their mouths full of blood, and their bodies were already stiff.

On the table next to it is a plate of "stir-fried beef", a specialty of Cho Kee Restaurant.

Xiaoshu loved to eat this dish before he disappeared, and he grew up in the Yanbang Restaurant, and it was already very powerful for children who were only a few years old to eat spicy.

After police investigation, potassium cyanide was added to this dish, and the husband and wife died of poisoning.

After Sister Zeng watched the bodies of Wang Gang and Xie Ru being carried away, she felt uncomfortable, and she rested for a while before returning to the store.

She knew that this was not an illusion, because some other employees also told her that they had seen Wang Gang Xie Ru.

After thinking about it for a long time, she found the demolition and relocation office.

The original non-demolition agreement was to compensate her for the same seat, the same size. But now she wants to revise the agreement, she wants money, not shop.

Therefore, this time-honored Qiuji brand, which has been open for nearly 30 years, officially closed on the day it broke ground in the new business district.

Sister Zeng remembers very well that when the "Qiu Ji Yanbang Cai" brand was taken off, Wang Gang and Xie Ru stood in the middle of the store, smiling coldly at her......