Chapter 1 Red Embroidered Shoes
In the middle of the night, the rain was accompanied by thunder and lightning, and the stubborn trees that had fallen off their leaves shook strangely beside the mountain road, like terrifying-looking giants shaking their fleshless arms.
Three women with umbrellas held each other's arms, their breathing was rapid, and their exhaustion and horror could be seen in the light of thunder and lightning. The umbrella could not shelter the rain at all, and the scattered raindrops blown by the wind hit their faces from time to time.
The three of them are veritable gold collars in the company, and they have never been as depressed as they are now, and their faces are no longer as bright and delicate as they used to be. The eyes wet by the rain were black, and the whole face was still scattered with some mud spots, and even because of the rain, the red of the lipstick was smeared on the cheeks.
"Sister Hua, I remember that there seems to be no fork in this road, right?" The shortest woman stopped, looked around, and said uneasily.
The woman known as Sister Hua also stopped, and the road in front of her seemed to have no end. She sniffed, there was a thunderstorm in November on this damn day, and the cold feeling made her will start to weaken, and the feeling that she hadn't wanted to cry for a long time came to her heart. She understood that she was the backbone of this team, so she couldn't be weak at this time, so she looked around firmly, and said, "Maybe we missed it, and you also know that the vision under such dense rain is not very good." And the mountain is low and high, and I don't know whether to go up or down. Maybe we don't have to rush to the old house, we just need to find a farmer and stay overnight. ”
The only woman who didn't speak looked at her phone again, but there was still no signal. A feeling of unease rose involuntarily in her heart.
They are a group of donkey friends who met on the Internet, and they made an appointment with another team to meet today on this nameless mountain to explore the secrets of this mountain, which is rumored to have an old mansion on the top of this mountain, which is haunted!
She didn't believe it, but she hadn't reached the top of the mountain since she got off at six o'clock at the foot of the mountain, and the mountain was not very high. Sister Hua is deceiving people, she knows it, but she doesn't expose it. She even preferred to believe that it was true.
Self-deception? She wiped a handful of water droplets from her hair. If there was an old house on the top of the mountain, there would have been a flat road, but since she went up the mountain, she had not encountered a large area of flat surface at all. If there is. That's just a nest for a cat or a dog.
Maybe you can meet a farmer. With so many trees in the mountains, it is not impossible to develop forestry. Thinking of this, she couldn't help but think of an anime character who lives in the woods. The bald head is strong, and he can't help laughing.
"What's so funny?" The short woman before was dissatisfied, how could she be in the mood to laugh if she was on this?
Sister Hua also looked at her in surprise, the woman in front of her was called Kexin, a very shrewd woman, and she also had proud facial features worthy of her name. It stands to reason that she can guess that she is lying, but she shouldn't come to dismantle the stage, which is not in line with her shrewdness.
"Oh, nothing." Ke Xin obviously knew that he had just been distracted: "I just agree with Sister Hua's statement, you know, I have always been optimistic, so I amused myself." ”
"That's optimistic." The short woman is neither yin nor yang.
Sister Hua didn't say anything, she was as brainy as Kexin, and she knew that there were some things she couldn't say.
The three of them continued walking, and suddenly, a thunderbolt that was very close to them slipped down, and the reason why they knew that it was so close was that its brightness almost made them unable to open their eyes, and at the same time, it also made them see a mountain villa standing there not far away.
After the lightning, they put down the palms that were covering their eyes, and there were candles lit in the villa, obviously the wind entered the house, and the light of the candles swayed, strange and eerie.
"Is that the old hilltop house we're looking for?" Kexin was the first to react.
The short woman swallowed her saliva: "It should be, do you want to go in?" ”
"Isn't that nonsense? Isn't it raining here? Sister Hua said.
"But there seems to be someone inside." The short woman said again, her voice trembling a little, there should be someone if there is a lamp, she thought.
"It should be another team of donkey friends that we have made an appointment with, let's go." Sister Hua said firmly, she really couldn't stand being drenched in the rain, and she felt that her skin was soaked and wrinkled.
Kexin took a closer look, although there were candles in the room, but after looking at it for a long time, I didn't think anyone was there, and I didn't understand why the short woman said that. Maybe she was tired from climbing the mountain and rested, she comforted herself.
Taking a step forward, a few centimeters of rain had accumulated on the ground, and a crisp sound startled several people when they stepped down. Maybe I've been walking like this before, but it's a little abrupt because of the silence at this time.
Pushing open the door, the clicking sound made the hearts of the three of them lift again.
"Anyone?" The short woman couldn't help but shout.
There was a strong musty smell in the house, and there were some footprints on the ground, apparently someone had come in, but the short woman shouted several times in succession and no one answered, and the three of them went around the room, and opened all the doors and saw no one.
"Could they have come down already?" Ke Xin walked to the table and asked, the candle inserted in the bottle above was half burned, it was a very thick candle, like the red candle used in marriage, it was rumored to be able to be lit all night.
"Perhaps, if they have a conscience, they know to leave us some candles." Sister Hua wiped a stool and sat down, immediately felt the dampness on her body, and muttered, "I'll go change my clothes." ”
The backpacks on them are state-of-the-art and extremely waterproof. After making sure that there was no one in the house, Sister Hua began to change her clothes, because they were all women, and they didn't have any scruples.
Kexin and the short woman had some scruples at first, but after Sister Hua changed it, she immediately changed it, after all, it was extremely uncomfortable to wear a wet suit on such a cold day.
"Looks like they're really gone, these grandsons." Sister Hua scolded: "Rest for a while, decide whether to go or stay." ”
The sudden thunderstorm made the already strange old house even more unsettling, and at this time, it was estimated that everyone had lost interest in exploring, put their wet clothes in a plastic bag, and began to rest.
Sister Hua rubbed her ankles, she wasn't too squeamish, just a little cold. After kneading for a while, she felt that the effect was not good, so she simply bent down and began to knead, and at this moment, she suddenly found that something was wrong.
There is a pair of red embroidered shoes on the ground!
Because they are considering mountaineering, the shoes they choose are sporty, not only comfortable but also waterproof, so it is impossible to have such shoes, and, along the way, there is a reason that they are not wet or dirty.
She gasped and looked up sharply, except for the three of them, no one else was there, what about the shoes? She didn't dare to think about it. (To be continued......)