Chapter 15: The Decision to Stay
A woman's mind is very sensitive, and in a dangerous environment, she takes almost all safety factors into account. Yang Ziqing didn't think that this was the right thing to do, especially since her father's warning to her was still echoing in her mind, and her curiosity couldn't catch up with Mu Tianyu. "I don't want to go up!" She took Mu Tianyu's hand, her face was very firm, and then she glanced at the woman at the entrance of the building, and whispered in his ear: "I understand what my father meant, this has something to do with Zhong Yi!" He's been exposed to it, that's why he's ...... Die, let's get out of here, trust me. It felt like the air around us was gone, we were going to suffocate, and I could feel the Grim Reaper watching over us, all around. Please, trust me. ”
"I always wanted to do the right thing, but now I don't know what is right, I used to think I could put my heart and soul into it and do my best, but now it's different. I'm facing different things, Ziqing, I have to figure these things out. Mu Tianyu could only wipe away the tears from the corners of Yang Ziqing's eyes, and he regretted making such a decision today. I'm sorry, I had to figure this out. ”
"Okay, okay." The same thing, in Yang Ziqing's view, is completely opposite. "Then I'll wait for you in the car."
"There's a bag of biscuits in the back seat, and there seems to be a bottle of drink in the seat pocket. I just went to check it out and came out soon. "Maybe it will come out soon, but maybe it's not that simple." It's okay, don't worry. Mu Tianyu watched Yang Ziqing leave slowly, the rain still fell, and the moment he opened the door, the storm became even more wanton and frenzied.
The sudden hanging cold wind, like a cold winter falling, heavy rain in the cold snow is not common, Yang Ziqing stood alone under the eaves, she looked at everything around her with trepidation, the old garden was crawling with corpses, the torrential rain kept washing away their bodies, and the tumbling mud was like a cracked body. She felt disgusting. "Gross!" She covered her mouth, unable to withstand the mental pressure any longer, and rushed into the car.
The creaking sound of the old hallway echoed through the empty corridor, and then a fading lamp was lit around the corner of the second floor. "When it rains, the house is darker, I'm used to it, I've changed the lights in this corridor a few times, and it always doesn't take long for something to go wrong." Mu Tianyu noticed that Lin Yan was a very careful woman, whether it was words and deeds or behavior, she was very decent.
"You used to be a teacher? Teach at Ponta Lyn Middle School? ”
She stopped in the hallway on the second floor, grabbed a storybook from the escalator, and said in surprise, "How do you know?" "Before, when she mentioned the city of Droz, she was just suspicious of the other person, saying that she knew about herself, and in fact anyone could say that, because the people of the town knew about it. She shook the book up and down with the book in her hand, and looked at Mu Tianyu suspiciously, as if she was interrogating.
"I'm just guessing." When he sat on the sofa, he began to pay attention to everything around him, there was a letter on the old wine cabinet, the date on it was a few months ago, the sender was Lin Yan, and the handwriting was in regular italics, which was in line with the font style of most female teachers. Then there is the painting on the wall of the door, in which the little girl stares at the children playing in the distance, those who have just come out of school.
"In fact, I used to teach in elementary school."
"Elementary school? I didn't pay attention to the navigator, only the middle school. ”
"Well, yes, elementary school has only lasted a few years and is gone, so it's been a while since I left my job." She was very helpless, and chose to teach for the sake of her children. What happened at school that night, I'm afraid she will remember for the rest of her life. The aisle seemed to be long, and Mu Tianyu guessed that the little girl's room might be the one at the end of the corner, just facing the garden outside.
"What is the reason for the abandonment of schools? I don't know much about this side yet. ”
"Oh no, everyone here probably won't talk about it, excuse me." Lin Yan realized that she was talking too much, she stopped at the end of the aisle and reached out to knock on the door. "Hi dear, I'm in?" It lasted for a while, but there was no reply from her daughter in the room, and Lin Yan helplessly turned sideways to look at Mu Tianyu. "Well, she's always been like this." Then he twisted the handle and pushed the door open.
Yang Ziqing in the car looked at the door worriedly, hoping that Mu Tianyu could come out of it immediately, she curled up in the co-pilot, rubbing her hands and exhaling hot air, even though the air conditioning in the car had been turned on to the maximum, but the cold current was still all over her body, and her small body was trembling. The rain poured down on the trunk, and she turned her head sharply, and it was a desert outside the window, not someone knocking. Yang Ziqing choked up and was terrified, but she didn't have time to calm down, and then she felt like a person jumped on the roof of the car and roared wildly on it. She knew very well that it was just the reaction of the rain hitting the roof of the car, but she couldn't guess the outside world through a layer of iron.
The house is very warm, although the pink style is old, but it is just as pleasant, which can't help but remind Mu Tianyu of his daughter. There is a three-foot-wide aisle in front of the window, and next to it is a wooden bed, and there is a person lying in the blue futon, judging from the figure, it should be Lin Yan's daughter. Mu Tianyu followed Lin Yan to the house, he glanced at the scene on the side, there were still two doll bears hanging on the chandelier, one of them was missing a hand, and it was hanging on the lampstand. "Hey, little sweetheart, get up, mom introduces you to a friend." The words in Lin Yan's mouth seemed very relaxed, but the essence was very heavy, and she was anxious about her daughter's affairs.
There was a slight movement under the motionless mattress. "You're cheating on me, I have no friends." The girl's voice was very fragile, Mu Tianyu approached the side of the bed, and was about to speak, but Lin Yan on the side signaled him not to say this.
"I didn't lie to you, if you don't believe it, you can lift the quilt and take a look." Lin Yan sat at the end of the bed, her hand stroking the mattress, the futon that covered her daughter's legs.
A few seconds later, as her mother had said, the girl slowly lifted the quilt, and Mu Tianyu saw first the curly long hair, and then the white face. The children are very cute, she looks like she is six or seven years old, but the girl in front of her makes Mu Tianyu frightened. Her pupils were bloodshot, and her shaking eyeballs slowly looked at her. This scene, which he seems to be familiar with, is that in the morgue of the forensic department, the girl is in a similar shape to the corpse. Could it be that he is suffering from some strange disease? That's right, Zhong Yi's cause of death was disease, could it be that this is the plague! "Hi, uncle." The girl shouted softly, her strength almost the last of her life force.
"Hi...... Hi. Mu Tianyu was a little flustered, she looked at Lin Yan very embarrassed, and saw that she looked helpless. My name is Tianyu. He finally smiled, which was almost his most complicated expression, and he used a smile to hide his panic.
"My name is Lin Qing, the green of Qingshan." There was excitement in her bloody eyes, and she was very happy to see a new face today. "Mom." The girl said weakly, "Can you close the door?" ”
"Oh, I'm sorry." Lin Yan hurriedly got up and closed the door. When he came in just now, Mu Tianyu walked at the back, and Lin Yan forgot.
"It's okay, I want to sleep." The girl struggled to hold up her red and swollen eyelids. "Hi Tianyu, I'm sorry...... I can't play with you anymore, I want to sleep ......" She closed her eyes, and if it weren't for the slight breathing that caused her body to float slightly, she would have been mistaken for dead.
Mu Tianyu was still confused by this, and he looked at Lin Yan, hoping that she could give an explanation. "I know you have a lot of questions right now." Lin Yan walked to the closet and cleaned up the messy clutter and books. "That's what you see, and I don't know why." She sobbed, and her voice was so small that Mu Tianyu had to move closer to her to hear it. "She started to be different from others when she was three years old, and I thought it was her father who left, but until one night." Lin Yan put down the book in her hand, she turned to look at Mu Tianyu, her eyes were full of unknown fear. "I had already passed the interview invitation from the school, so I was preparing for class late that night, and Qing'er was sleeping upstairs, around 12 o'clock. At this time, almost all children should be asleep, and Qing'er is no exception. But that's when it happened. ”
[I was going to the kitchen to make a cup of coffee, and I was only one minute away from preparing for class, and I was very sleepy at that time. The light in the living room was dim and too bright would be dazzling, so I kept it to a minimum. I put my textbooks on the couch and got up and walked to the kitchen, and as I reached the corridor, I suddenly faintly heard someone talking upstairs. The voice was small and indistinct, like muttering, I couldn't quite make out what was being said, but it was definitely not my daughter's voice. I stopped, and stood by the entrance to the stairs, leaning against the wall, and staring up, but then there was silence, only a few nightingales chirping outside, and I guess I was hallucinating because I was too sleepy. I searched for a long time before I found the remaining half of the box of sugar in the cupboard, and just as I was picking up the cup, suddenly a scream came from upstairs! Break the damn silence! That's my daughter's voice! The sudden scream scared me so much that I dropped my cup on the floor, but I immediately understood and rushed upstairs. "Qing'er? Lin Qing? Lin Qing! I shouted, but her screams continued. I couldn't believe what was going to happen, I thought she was having a nightmare, which was the only guess I had at the time! I slammed the door in and turned on the light. She, she sat on the ground, holding her head and crying. I was so frightened that I sat down on the ground crying and took her in my arms. 】
"It was right here, right where you were standing." Lin Yan leaned against the wardrobe with her hands together, as if witnessing all this, and the memories made her feel sad and make her tremble. Mu Tianyu couldn't help but take a few steps back, looking at the position she was talking about, about four or five feet outside the end of the bed, directly below the chandelier.