Gu Xiaoman works for a well-known advertising agency in the city. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Info's business has always been hot, and overtime has become a common occurrence for her.

It's the same on this day. When she dragged her tired body home, it was almost twelve o'clock at night. She stood at the door of the house, reached out and rummaged through her satchel for a long time and did not find the key to the security door. It was then that she suddenly remembered that she had taken out her key and put it on her desk during the day.

She lives alone, and she has no key to go back to the company to pick it up. What bad luck, she thought as she went downstairs. When she arrived at the side of the road, she waited for a long time and did not see a taxi pass by, and there was no public transportation at this point, so she had to walk back to the company.

The distance between her home and the company is not close, but it is not far away. If you drive, you can take a smoother road, although it is a bit detoured, but the speed is relatively fast. But because Gu Xiaoman had to walk, she decided to take a shortcut. By taking this shortcut, she can save a lot of time.

The shortcut is actually a bridge. Although it is a bridge, the river under the bridge has long since dried up, the riverbed is exposed, and the bank is overgrown with artemisia grass more than one person high. Recently, the city government decided to carry out a comprehensive environmental management of the river, bringing in external water sources, building fountain parks and landscape lights on both banks, and developing commercial properties in the surrounding area when the project is completed. So these days, a lot of excavators and other heavy machinery are parked on the dry riverbed, and when it comes to daytime, the machines roar and the noise is shocking.

Gu Xiaoman heard from the local elders that the river was particularly abundant, and there was a risk of flooding in the rainy season. At first, there was only one wooden bridge over the river, which had fallen into disrepair and was already unusable. Later, the city government spent a lot of money to build this concrete bridge. Such a livelihood project is naturally welcomed by residents, but after the bridge is built, strange things have happened: the rainy season in the city is getting shorter and shorter, the rainfall is getting smaller and smaller, the climate is getting drier and drier, and then the river slowly dried up, and the bridge that was originally convenient for citizens to travel is not so significant. As the city center gradually moved elsewhere, the bridge became even more isolated.

Gu Xiaoman had never walked across this bridge at night. She raised her hand to look at her watch, and it was almost zero o'clock, although the street lights on the bridge had been extinguished, but it was not very dark, because many temporary dormitories had been built under the bridge for the construction workers to live, and at this moment the lights under the bridge were bright, and the bridge was brighter.

It was late at night, and on the bridge, where there were not many pedestrians, only Gu Xiaoman was walking slowly at the moment. It wasn't very dark around her, so she didn't feel nervous. Just as she walked to the middle of the bridge, she suddenly heard a voice behind her: "It hurts." ”

Gu Xiaoman stopped abruptly. Because she was wearing a pair of high heels on her feet, and the heels of them hit the bridge deck, making a "click" and "click" sound, she wondered if she had heard it wrong.

After standing for a few seconds, making sure that no sound sounded, Gu Xiaoman walked forward again. Unexpectedly, as soon as she took a step, the voice sounded behind her again: "It hurts." ”

This time she heard clearly, there was indeed someone behind her, and it was the voice of a young boy.

Gu Xiaoman turned his head and looked behind him. There were shadows on the bridge deck, and there was no one.

Gu Xiaoman looked left and right for a while, making sure that there was no one. Did you really hear it wrong? But the childish voice just now was too clear, and the words "it hurts" are still clearly echoing in her mind.

Gu Xiaoman's heartbeat began to be a little irregular. She subconsciously clutched her satchel, turned her head, and continued to walk forward, wanting to get out of here quickly.

Unexpectedly, as soon as she took two steps, she screamed "ah" in fright!

Not far ahead, there is a little boy standing!

Gu Xiaoman stroked his violently undulating chest, trying to calm his nervous mood. She couldn't figure it out, she had been walking forward just now, she could see it clearly, there was obviously no one in front of her, where did this child come from? And the voice just now was obviously coming from behind him, why did he turn his head and the little boy ran in front of him?

Gu Xiaoman told himself not to think about it, adjusted his breathing, and said softly to the little boy, "Little brother, are you lost?" ”

The little boy stood in the dark, unable to see his expression clearly, but said, "It hurts." ”

Gu Xiaoman was confused and asked, "Are you injured?" Where do you live and the adults who take care of you? ”

The little boy still repeated those two words: "It hurts." ”

Gu Xiaoman was kind-hearted, and when he heard the little boy only say that, he felt that he might have been seriously injured. She walked a few quick steps and walked up to the little boy to see what his injuries were. When he walked in front of the little boy, Gu Xiaoman stood up suddenly, covered his mouth with both hands, and widened his eyes in disbelief.

The little boy was about five or six years old, skinny, with unkempt hair and covered with dead grass. This is nothing, the main thing is that the little boy is covered in mud all over his body, even on his face. The mud covered one of the little boy's eyes, and he kept picking at it with his hand, but he couldn't pick it off. Suddenly, the little boy began to vomit, and what he vomited was nothing else, but mud!

The little boy vomited for a full three minutes before stopping, and the ground in front of him was full of mud, and he wondered how his little belly could hold so much mud. After the little boy finished vomiting, he raised his head, stared at Gu Xiaoman with an eye that was not covered in mud, and began to walk towards her stiffly step by step, saying as he walked: "It hurts, it hurts......"

Gu Xiaoman covered his mouth and stepped back step by step. Suddenly, she tripped over something and fell to the ground. Frightened and frightened, she sat up crying, rubbing her arm that was hurt by the fall, only to find that the little boy who was pressing towards him just now was gone. Gu Xiaoman looked left and right in shock, and there was no shadow of the little boy at all. She was about to breathe a sigh of relief when she suddenly felt a chill on her shoulder, and when she looked sideways, she saw a small hand covered with mud on her shoulder!

Gu Xiaoman screamed again. She looked up tremblingly, and saw the little boy standing beside her, looking at her condescendingly. The little boy opened his mouth, and a mouthful of mud flowed onto Gu Xiaoman's face. I only heard him say vaguely: "Sister...... I hurt ...... You can do it for me......"

The workers in the temporary dormitory under the bridge heard a woman's terrible scream coming from the bridge at midnight that night. After that, there was a deathly silence.

A few days later.

"Damn, I'm tired of my mother......" Liu Mingming got up from his seat and stretched a big lazy waist. She's been working late late, and it's half past eleven at night, and she's the only one left in the office. She twisted her neck, her sore muscles moving, and her gaze inadvertently fell to the desk next to her. On the neatly organized tabletop, there is a picture frame. In the framed photograph, a fair-skinned, bespectacled young girl smiles gently.

Gu Xiaoman hasn't been to work for several days.

When she didn't come on the first day, except for Liu Mingming, no one paid attention at all. Everyone is busy with their own business, and no one cares if a colleague is coming to work today. Liu Mingming looked at the empty seat next to him, worried that Gu Xiaoman was sick. As Gu Xiaoman's best friend, she immediately called Gu Xiaoman, but no one answered, whether it was a mobile phone or a landline.

Liu Mingming felt a little strange. Supposedly, no matter what she does, someone should always answer her phone. With a stomach full of questions, she called Gu Xiaoman again the next day, and after several rings, no one answered. She was about to hang up when the phone suddenly connected.

"Hello? Xiao Man? Why did you go yesterday, I called you for a day and no one answered. Liu Mingming asked.

No one answered on the other end of the line. There was a very noisy sound coming from the earpiece, which sounded like the roar of a machine, and Liu Mingming had to hold the phone a little farther away from his ears to avoid being shocked. After a while, the roar sounded again, and suddenly there was a murmur of "squeak" and "squeak", as if the signal had suddenly deteriorated. Then, with a "beep", the phone was hung up.

Liu Mingming stared at the phone in his hand, unable to figure it out. She told the colleague next to her about the strange incident, and the colleague said without raising his head: "Maybe the phone was stolen." ”

Liu Mingming thought about it and felt that he was right, but he was still a little relieved. She decided to wait for the past few days to be busy and go to Gu Xiaoman's house to see her.

Just thinking about it, Liu Mingming's mobile phone rang. She picked up the mobile phone on the table, and the caller displayed on the screen was Gu Xiaoman!

Liu Mingming stared at the name of his friend on the screen, and suddenly felt a little inexplicably flustered. She hesitated, but pressed the answer button: "Hey? Xiao Man? ”

"......" There was no one on the other end of the phone, only a sizzling noise.

"Xiao Man?" Liu Mingming frowned and raised his voice.

"......" still no one spoke, and there seemed to be a faint deafening roar of machinery in the noise.

Liu Mingming stared at the phone in confusion, and was about to hang up, when Gu Xiaoman's voice suddenly came from the earpiece!

"Obviously, it's me." Gu Xiaoman's voice was intermittent, as if it was coming from a long distance, and he couldn't hear it clearly.

Liu Mingming hurriedly grabbed the phone: "Xiaoman, why haven't you spoken for a long time?" Where have you been these days? I've called you so many times and you won't answer! ”

"I'm hurt." After a long while, Gu Xiaoman's voice came.

"What do you say? Is there a bad signal on your side? Where are you? Liu Mingming raised his voice, for fear that Gu Xiaoman wouldn't be able to hear.

"I'm at the Standing Ring Bridge." In the midst of the noise, Gu Xiaoman said vaguely.

"What? Standing ring bridge? How did you get there? ”

"I'm hurt, come and pick me up."

"Hurt? Are you okay? Is it serious? You wait, I'll go over and pick you up now! After hanging up the phone, Liu Ming Ming rushed out of the company.

The taxi stops under the ring bridge. Liu Mingming got out of the car and trotted onto the bridge.

The bridge was foggy, and Liu Mingming stopped when he got on the bridge. The fog was too big to see clearly.

It's eerily quiet. Liu Mingming was a little nervous, and she whispered: "Xiao Man! I'm coming! Where are you? ”

No response, no echo. Liu Mingming's call, along with everything around him, seemed to be swallowed up by this boundless fog.

Liu Mingming swallowed his saliva with difficulty, thought for a while, and raised his voice again: "Xiao Man? Can you hear me? ”

Suddenly, a strong wind blew, and the sand and dust filled the sky, blowing so that Liu Mingming couldn't open his eyes. When she opened her eyes, she found that the fog had disappeared without a trace, and there was a person standing not far in front of her, it was Gu Xiaoman!

Liu Mingming was overjoyed, and ran forward without thinking about it, shouting as he ran: "Xiao Man! I've found you! ”

Running in front of Gu Xiaoman, Liu Mingming put his arm around her shoulders and said anxiously: "Xiaoman, where are you injured?" Is it serious? Quick, I'll take you to the hospital! ”

Gu Xiaoman lowered his head and did not react to Liu Mingming's words.

Liu Mingming thought that she was seriously injured, so he didn't react and became even more anxious. She grabbed Gu Xiaoman's hand, pulled her and walked under the bridge: "Hurry up, follow me to the hospital, don't delay!" ”

Unexpectedly, Gu Xiaoman seemed to have taken root on the soles of her feet, and Liu Mingming was stunned that she didn't touch her. Moreover, Gu Xiaoman's hands were also extremely cold. Liu Mingming raised her hand to take a look, only to see that her hands were unusually pale, and the cracks between her nails were still stuffed with black mud.

"It hurts......" Gu Xiaoman suddenly opened his mouth faintly, startling Liu Mingming.

"Where do you hurt?" Liu Mingming asked eagerly.

"It hurts...... It's so cold......" Gu Xiaoman lowered his head, his voice was like a gossamer, and Liu Mingming was panicked when he heard it.

"What then?" Liu Mingming asked tremblingly.

"You...... Get down...... Come with me! Gu Xiaoman raised his head suddenly, and a face full of mud appeared in front of Liu Mingming, which scared Liu Mingming into screaming!

It was night, eleven o'clock.

The "forget-the-word" grocery store is closed.

Xiao Wenlu took off his uniform, changed into his own clothes, walked to the shopkeeper with the grains, and said politely, "Boss, I'll go back first." “

"Wait." A poker face in sunglasses poked out from behind the newspaper: "You guys go to the standing ring bridge." “

"Standing ring bridge?" Xiao asked for directions, a little confused.

"There's a supplier over there, you go over there and buy some goods." Poker said quietly.

Xiao Wenlu's two sword eyebrows furrowed slightly. "Restocking? Right now? What to buy? “

"You'll find out when you go." The shopkeeper said in a hurry.

"Okay." Xiao asked for directions and didn't ask any more. Although he felt that the shopkeeper's request was a bit strange, he was a master of art and bold, and he was confident that even if there was any danger, he and Xiao Lili would be enough to deal with it.

Xiao Wenlu took Xiao Lili and drove the small truck for the purchase of goods in the store towards the ring bridge.

The "Forget the Words" grocery store is in the center of the city, far from the standing ring bridge. By the time Xiao asked for directions, it was almost twelve o'clock at night.

Xiao Wenlu parked the car under the bridge and got out of the car with Xiao Lili. As soon as the two got out of the car, they found that the bridge was covered by fog.

Xiao Lili suddenly said: "No, there is a situation. “

Xiao asked Lu and asked, "Is there an abnormality?" “

"Well, a strong yin qi." Xiao Lili said.

As soon as the words fell, a gust of wind blew, blowing so that the two of them couldn't open their eyes. The flying sand and rocks hit the faces of the two people. When the wind passed and the fog blew away, I heard an exclamation of "ah" from the bridge!

"Quick!" The father and son kicked their feet and landed lightly on the bridge. I saw a young woman leaning her back against the railing of the bridge, her upper body had reached out of the bridge, and she was about to fall. The woman's face was full of horror, and her hands kept clutching in the air, as if she was desperately pushing something away.

Xiao asked Lu Lu and stepped up, and pulled back the woman who was about to fall off the bridge. The woman has completely lost her mind, and no matter who the other party is, asking Xiao for directions is just scratching.

Xiao Wenlu carefully dodged her nails, and had to pull her to prevent her from falling again. Xiao Lili was not patient, and her knuckles were a little behind the woman's head, and the woman immediately fainted.

Xiao Lili leaned on the bridge railing and looked down and said, "Ran away." “

Xiao Wenlu hugged the fainted woman and asked, "How many?" “

"Two. One of them was particularly powerful and left in an instant. “

Xiao Wenlu was about to speak, when suddenly a huge voice exploded in his ears: "Rub!" Friction! On this smooth ground, rub! “

Xiao Wenlu wiped the cold sweat that was scared, rolled his eyes helplessly, and took out his mobile phone from his trouser pocket. This mobile phone was given to him by the shopkeeper, saying that it was convenient to contact. In fact, Xiao Wenlu has no one to contact. This is the first time this phone has ringed, but I didn't expect the poker-faced shopkeeper to set such a ringtone that makes people cry and laugh.

Xiao asked for directions and pressed the answer button, and the terrible ringtone finally stopped: "Hey? “

"Have you seen the supplier?" It's the owner.

"Nope."

"That's right. Go home. “

”……“

Xiao Wenlu glanced at Xiao Lili: "You knocked people unconscious, and now we have to send her to the hospital." “

The pickup truck drove towards the hospital.

On the ring bridge, a little boy slowly appears in the shadows.