I couldn't believe my eyes, it was a black and white photo, although it didn't have a date on it, at least it was an old photo from more than a decade ago.

A black and white photo from more than ten years ago, or even longer, why did I appear in it! I'm sure I've never been to a place like this, and I'm not the same age, a dozen years ago, I was just a wild kid running around Skybridge Town.

The person in the photo is definitely not me, except for the thick beard on his face, the rest of the positions, especially the nose and eyes, why are they so similar to me, and who is the person in the photo?

Mu Ruohua walked over, also looked at the big photo in front of me, and pulled the photo off the wall at once, this woman sometimes likes to do things in this rude way.

That's when I saw the wall at the back, and the whole wall was made of wooden planks, which was completely different from the lime walls we usually saw.

"Li Wei, why are you in the photo?"

"This person is definitely not me!"

I shook my head, Mu Ruohua looked at me with the photo and was happy for a while, "I know, if it's you, it's weird, at least it shouldn't be like this in front of me." ”

"By the way, Ruohua, do you know who these people are?"

Because there was that weirdo in the photo, I was particularly curious.

Mu Ruohua held the photo in her hand, her eyes always fell on the man in the middle, I saw her sigh and put her fingers on the man in the middle.

"This person is my father Mu Lin, this is Aunt Ling, this is Uncle Wu and Uncle Wei...."Mu Ruohua pointed with his fingers one by one, and then I found that there was another acquaintance in the photo, that is, the lame man we met before entering the dense forest, that is, Uncle Wei in Mu Ruohua's mouth, who was about the same age as me at the time, very tall and young, standing in an inconspicuous position at the back.

These people should be members of the archaeological team who followed Mu Ruohua's father, and they can be seen from the clothes they are wearing, because the words "Archaeological Institute" are printed on them.

"Who is this man?" I asked, pointing to the weirdo I had met in the photo.

Mu Ruohua frowned and shook his head, "I just know a few of them, because these people have a good relationship with their father, and they often come to our house when they were young, I haven't seen this person, but it must be my father's colleague back then." ”

"You can go to your father's workplace and ask!" It occurred to me that since it was an archaeological team, it should belong to a certain department of the state, and there should be detailed files in it.

"It's useless, I called and asked, there was a fire there a few years ago, and all the people inside were burned to death, and all the materials and archives were burned."

"All dead?"

Mu Ruohua nodded, "More than a dozen people died, and it was also in the newspaper at the time, as if it was caused by some special gas explosion." ”

"Forget it, let's see if there are any other photos!"

Mu Ruohua nodded and slowly moved along the photo wall, I took out my mobile phone and took a quick photo, not only because the man in the middle who looked similar to me, there must be an answer I wanted to know in this photo.

"Nope." Mu Ruohua came back in a circle, and I was still looking at the old photo.

"See what?"

"This photo was taken more than ten years ago, and you can see it by age comparison."

When I said this, Mu Ruohua nodded, Mu Ruohua's father should be over fifty years old, plus Aunt Ling, who followed her along the way, it was easy to judge.

I went on to say, "That is, these people came here more than ten years ago, and then something happened, and finally they separated, and for some reason, your father and his people came here again a year ago and haven't been out since!" ”

Mu Ruohua nodded, "Uncle Wei is my father's best friend, he will definitely not lie to me, and those photos were also sent from here, so this is certain." ”

I looked up and saw that the whole wall was blocked by the photograph and I couldn't see anything special, and the roof was the kind of old planks that were there.

It's a bizarre photo studio, which has existed for decades in a dilapidated village, and the walls are covered with photographs, and it's puzzling that all the photos are black and white, and none of them are in color.

If it's these, it's okay, it's popular to go back to the ancient now, and even deliberately make this black and white style, the most incomprehensible thing is that there is an almost subtle mechanism in the second-floor space, mentioning the recorded sound, the machine downstairs that keeps outputting photos, and all the photos are related to me and Mu Ruohua.

Did anyone know in advance that we were going to be here? Even if it is, who took those photos, there are too many things here that cannot be explained by normal thinking.

"Let's go."

The two of us went down the stairs, and at the same time as we walked down, the white bones that were originally scattered on the ground in the second-floor space slowly stood up and made back into the chair, and the whole space returned to its original appearance and instantly darkened.

We waited outside for more than an hour, just to see if someone showed up, and if we could find the owner of this photo studio, we might know more.

There was not a single person on the whole street, could it be that it was a vacant photo studio, or rather, the whole town was empty.

This is another incredible thing, the whole town is not small, in this area should be a relatively prosperous place, especially the shops on both sides of the street, grain, oil, groceries, clothes stores everything.

"Miss Mu, now we can be sure that the last place where your father appeared was here."

After I said this, Mu Ruohua looked at the empty street in front of him with a blank face, the whole town is almost empty, this is called a ghost town in China, a large number of houses are vacant and uninhabited, if it is on the edge of the city, this situation is extremely common, a large number of newly built houses are vacant, here is different, there are almost no buildings that are too high, and the houses are very old, and there is no desolate appearance of overgrown grass.

"Li Wei, tell me, how can I find my father?"

Walking out of the photo studio, Mu Ruohua's mood was obviously a little low, which is understandable, it should be worried about his father's whereabouts, that feeling should be the same as my worry about my grandmother who stayed in Tianqiao Town, the impression and feeling of my father since I was a child is completely illusory, some people say that my father guards his children like a mountain, but unfortunately, I have never felt any of these.

"Since it finally appeared in this town, there will definitely be clues left." I looked at the sky, I was busy for a long time, it was getting dark, I was tired, thirsty and very hungry at this time, and I basically didn't eat a decent meal along the way.

"I hope so."

We walked along the street, and the fat man found a restaurant, the store was not big, and it said XX Restaurant, and two red lanterns were hung in front of the restaurant.

In fact, this is not a lantern, it used to be seen often in the north, now there are very few, in order to distinguish the level of the hotel to close this red banner in front, the higher the level of the more banners, the red is universal, anyone can eat when they enter, the Muslim restaurant is mostly blue, if it is a unilateral banner representing snacks, at this time we are in front of two of them, it should be a little higher.

"Wei Ye, will there be no one here?"

The fat man lifted the curtain on the door and pushed the door in, followed by Big Tooth, and I stayed behind because the town was so weird.

Long legs walked in, I looked back, there was no one on the street, I followed in, the restaurant was very dark, this is the fat man said, this is a restaurant with no people.

When I entered, they were all standing there, and there were three tables and chairs in the restaurant, one large one, and the remaining two were of a good size.

I walked over and touched it with my hand, the table was clean, it should have been wiped often, so there was no dust left on it, since someone wiped it, there must have been someone.

"Leave it alone, take a break."

The fat man pulled a chair out and sat down, at this time the light inside was turned on all of a sudden, very dazzling, I hurriedly blocked my eyes with my hands, through my fingers, I saw that the curtain inside moved, and then a man in a white coat came out of it, and the man was carrying a bloody kitchen knife in his hand.