At the beginning of the lanterns, the city is a noisy and prosperous scene. In the dim light, there are many people who like nightlife, like ghosts wandering in the dark under the shadow of the lights.

"You don't have a car?"

Ji Zimo didn't have a car, but he felt that the motorcycle was convenient, and the driving license had already arrived. Isn't it a joke to just work and drive in a funeral home?

"No car."

"Where are you going now?"

Ji Zimo took a condescending posture and glanced at Zhu Yimeng, her eyes were very similar to a person, big and shiny, "Send you home, and then do my thing." ”

"You've learned boxing?"

"Nope."

"Wow, no! You didn't learn boxing, and you just beat that guy so hard? Zhu Yimeng's exaggerated shout attracted a lot of attention.

Ji Zimo scolded in his heart: Stinky Sanba, shouting at your sister, there are many strange things that I haven't seen. scolded in his heart, seeing that the car was coming, he still had to help the other party up, and was ready to send him to the car and turn around to Shi Lin's house.

But it's not right to think about it.

The scene just now is still undigested in my mind, if I really leave her alone in the car, who knows if I will meet the bad guys? If he really meets a bad person, he will not be at peace in his life.

In this way, Ji Zimo helped Zhu Yimeng and left the bus station, but called her directly and sent her home directly.

Along the way, Zhu Yimeng told him that she had nothing to do with Zhang Yang, she was an ordinary friend, and she met on the Internet.

Ji Zimo was not interested in what she said, and he didn't say much, just listened quietly.

Next, what Ji Zimo didn't expect was that Zhu Yimeng was a resident of the same community as him.

Just one in Building A. One in Building B.

Ji Zimo didn't tell Zhu Yimeng his address, but just sent her to the door before turning around and leaving. He could still feel her gaze after walking a long distance, and he didn't look back, not once.

Ji Zimo knew that as long as he turned back, he would give the other party hope. It's not that he doesn't know that Zhu Yimeng likes him.

At this time, several hours had passed since Shi Lin's call, and the night was dark. The streets were unfilled with crowds and looked particularly empty, and the cold wind whirled up the sand and dust on the ground, moving the scraps of paper and grazing them over the faces of the people stranded in the night.

Those stranded outside are either single people or married men and women who are not satisfied with the status quo.

Ji Zimo didn't go home, but went straight to Shilin's home.

Walking on the road in the night, quiet down, can have a lot of ideas, all kinds.

Ji Zimo planned to take a shortcut to Shilin's house.

In the cool breeze, I don't know from there came a drunken man's high-pitched roar. The sound of car horns carries away the wind, leaving a swirling cloud of confetti and dust.

Ji Zimo doesn't like the shadows that can't be reflected by the street lamps, so he chooses a place where he can see the shadows. He increasingly dislikes the space of being alone, and there is always something unexpected that appears.

In the past, he liked to read books, put his whole body and mind into books, ignore and treat everything around him and around him.

Ji Zimo is still in contradiction occasionally, not knowing whether his choice is right or wrong. Against his father's wishes, he went to the funeral home instead of being an antique dealer.

Because of this profession, his family and relatives rejected him, and only his sister Ji Shanshan still called him brother so affectionately.

Ji Zimo is handsome, and some of his relatives are married. He was chosen as the best man, but when the wedding was about to take place, his relatives knew that he was a mortician, and he was told to get out of the way in public.

For this reason, Ji Zimo's parents also fell out with their relatives and have not had contact since.

On the way to Shilin's house, you have to pass through a particularly gloomy road.

The name of the road: Nas Road (Corpse Road)

Ji Zimo heard that many people died on this road a long time ago. The corpses were piled up, and the carts were pulled for several days, and then there was a name for the corpse road, which may have been renamed Nas Road.

The rumors are not credible, but they are true, both in the middle of the day and at night. When people walk to this road, it is gloomy, inexplicably cold, which makes people feel very intimidating, and they also take it away, so few people like this road.

Ji Zimo felt that the reason why the road was gloomy was because the trees on both sides of the road were very lush, like moving mushrooms, even in broad daylight, because of the shade of the trees, there was no light that could penetrate the ground.

From the entrance of the road, you can only see a large area of shadows and black, which makes people stop and have to change the route.

But Ji Zimo is not afraid, he also walks this road in broad daylight, he knows that there are several garbage cans and trees on this road, and he also knows that there are no stations on this road.

There was a bridge in the middle of the road, and the water under the bridge was dirty and smelly. Ji Zimo suspected that it was feces excreted by people in the city or something, and occasionally he could see rotting dead rats in the water.

In fact, there are a few street lamps on this section of the road, but the trees are too dense to block the lights, leaving a large patch of fine shadows. So at night, the road is rarely walked.

Ji Zimo walked on this road alone, beating drums in his heart, but he still had to walk hard. Cross this road, turn left, and walk one stop to the Xinshuiyuan Community, where the stone forest is in the compound that has not been demolished.

There is nothing strange about walking alone on the road and seeing a person coldly, and you should feel glad that you are not alone on this road.

But this person is not a normal person, he is a madman.

The madman is standing on the bridge, cursing in front of the garbage can.

Ji Zimo is not a madman, he can't understand the words of a madman's scolding. The only way is to leave as soon as possible and feel at ease by closing the distance between you and the madman.

Crazy people are always scary, they have a set of languages that normal people can't understand, then there must be an unknown world. Maybe thinking of a madman, God favors Ji Zimo. Just as he was about to walk out of this road, an unkempt woman ran towards him with joy, dancing as if she had picked up a treasure.

Ji Zimo couldn't dodge it, and stood face to face with the female madman.

The dark face was covered by unkempt hair, revealing only a pair of eyes rolling. Suddenly, the female madman made a move that caught Ji Zimo off guard, and she stuffed something in her hand into his palm.

The madwoman quickly ran into the great shadow.

Ji Zimo was stunned, the things in the palm of his hand were rotten and untough, like paper-like things. He didn't want to see it thrown on the ground, and it was dancing and alive like a paper butterfly from hell, floating on the ground, that is, at his feet.

Ji Zimo looked at it with the help of the light - this look made his scalp explode and his hairs stood on end, this was a half-piece of dark coin that had not been burned.

Run~ At this time, it is strange to run alone on the road. Ji Zimo stopped again, looked left and right, and had already walked out of that way. He breathed a sigh of relief and strode towards the new water source community.

Just then, a sigh came from the low bushes. The voice was old and weak.

Ji Zimo stopped, stretched his neck to see who was sighing in the dark bushes.

He saw a face, and then he saw that it was an old woman.

The old lady was gray-haired and old, and she struggled on the ground several times without getting up. It seems that someone hit the old man and ran away. Ji Zimo was indignant, stretched out his hand to help the old man up, and said in a low voice: "Old man, where do you live?" ”

"Qingyatang."

Isn't Qingyatang a miscellaneous courtyard where Shilin lives? Ji Zimo still remembers the first time he heard this name, and thought it was the place name of the nunnery. Thankfully, the elderly can still remember the names of places in their homes.

"Old man, who are some of the people in your family, and what is your name?"

"I have a son and daughter-in-law, and the people in the courtyard call me Granny Shen." The old man spoke clearly, and he was also from the courtyard, which surprised Ji Zimo.

The name Granny Shen had a sense of déjà vu in Ji Zimo's memory, and after thinking for a while, he thought of the name he had heard from Shi Lin's mouth.

Shi Lin said that Granny Shen was suspicious, and Su Qingmei was his daughter-in-law.

Ji Zimo knew this, so he was extra careful when he spoke. He sent Granny Shen all the way to the house, almost without saying a word, only hearing Granny Shen complaining that it was too dark, she couldn't see the way home, and she was babbling and scolding.

It was Su Qingmei who scolded, saying that she was a fox spirit who confused who was waiting.

Ji Zimo listened to it in his heart and was anxious in his eyes, but he couldn't argue for Su Qingmei. He knew that Su Qingmei was not a vixen, this was all a broken housework between his mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and it was difficult for him to intervene as an outsider.

The miscellaneous courtyard was in front of her, and Granny Shen seemed to be in a hurry to leave, and she didn't even want Ji Zimo's support.

A bluestone slab passage leads directly to the home of the stone forest, and on both sides of the passage are the residents. The inhabitants of the city are like birds living in cages, with a small space, and they have to eat, drink, and sleep.

In broad daylight, the space is filled with all kinds of colorful clothes, and you can't see the sky.

Ji Zimo felt that Granny Shen's eyesight was better than his own, and after entering the courtyard, he walked so fast that he suddenly left him behind.

In order to determine whether Granny Shen had arrived home, Ji Zimo walked to the next door in front of the stone forest door to see.

It was pitch black, and he saw two bamboo poles under the eaves, and the bamboo poles were covered with something shaking. I touched it with my hand, and quickly and nervously retracted my hand.

Paper money is pasted on the bamboo poles.

I muttered in my heart, although I didn't know what I did, but at such a time, I saw this. It's always not a good sign, and at the same time, there is a cold aura everywhere that is invisible to the naked eye, and his voice is shaking: "Is there anyone?" ”

No one in the house heard it, but it alarmed the stone forest that was afraid to come out of the house.

Shi Lin came out, waved at him, hinted at him not to shout, and dragged him back to the house.

Ji Zimo wondered: "What is the family doing, what is the sticker money on the bamboo pole for?" ”

"It's for soul restoration." Shi Lin lowered his voice and asked mysteriously, "Why did you only come now?" ”

Ji Zimo thought about what Shi Lin said, return to his soul? hurriedly replied: "You also said that you were really unlucky today, you met a woman who was messing around, and you also met Granny Shen in your courtyard." ”

Shi Lin glared at Ji Zimo like a ghost, "Granny Shen." Are you sure you're seeing Granny Shen? ”

Ji Zimo said: "Sure, I personally sent her back." ”

"What?" Shi Lin screamed exaggeratedly, walked to the door, and wanted to see the scene outside from the cat's eyes, ah~ He exclaimed. was so shocked that Ji Zimo's heart chuckled.

"What's wrong?"

"Granny Shen is outside."

"Didn't she go back?"

"She's dead." Shi Lin raised his finger and said, "Granny Shen has been dead for seven days. ”

This book was first published in Reading Books