Chapter 22: The Man Who Died Long Ago

The bazaar is here again.

Every night at a fixed time and at the end of a fixed time, Jiang Si'er and I basically played until the end of the previous two nights before coming back, so I didn't feel too noisy.

But today, I was a little unhappy to be woken up like this.

I got up and looked at the time in a daze, it was already half past eleven in the evening, and it was still very lively outside.

I stepped on my slippers, walked to the window, opened the curtains, and the dazzling light shone in at once, and an unknown light hit me directly in the eyes, stabbing my eyes a little painful.

I raised my hand and rubbed it, my eyes fell, and before I could see the whole picture of the market, I saw Jiang Si'er downstairs.

"Jiang Si'er, what are you doing running out so late! You're not well, come back to me! ”

I shouted, shaking with anger.

Jiang Si'er didn't react, didn't even raise her head, and walked into the market.

"Silk, silk."

I shouted a few more times, and it was still the same, so I called her, but she didn't answer.

"Is she crazy? Do you have to toss like this? What about playing one day less? ”

I cursed as I quickly changed my clothes and walked out of the room.

I went downstairs all the way, I didn't see Lin Yu, I didn't see Lou Zhi, and there was not even anyone at the front desk, as if the other guests of the entire inn, including the host, had disappeared in an instant.

I opened the door to the first floor, and with a bang, the light from outside shone in, and I felt a force pushing me out.

I stumbled a few steps forward and heard the door slam behind me.

The door wasn't automatic, but now it was shut, as if something was manipulating.

Wrong.

I looked back, but saw that Jiang Si'er was about to be overwhelmed by the crowd, so I didn't think much about it and walked into the crowd.

I've been looking for Jiang Si'er, but I didn't see anyone, but before I knew it, I came to the end of the market.

Unlike the previous two nights, tonight's market was short and dark at the end.

I didn't see Jiang Si'er, and I was about to make another call to see if she was nearby, when I heard someone talking behind me.

"Let's go."

"I'm sorry."

I subconsciously took a few steps back to the side and got out of the way.

A man walked straight past me.

I glanced up, and my eyes widened instantly.

He was wearing a Mao suit, his face was pale, and his lips were purple, he was the man who asked me to order a paper man before!

But wasn't he already dead?

Aren't you dead?

No.

He was indeed dead.

Even took Mrs. Wang and Wang Mazi with them, and they all left.

But now, the person who is sure of death has appeared again, and I can't help but wonder if I have fallen into the trap set by others again?

I stood there and looked at the man in front of me in horror.

The night wind that was originally hot on the body suddenly turned into a frosty glacier, which was very cold.

He didn't seem to recognize me, and he passed in front of me and walked into the depths of the endless darkness.

I looked back to see if Mrs. Wang was also there, but I found that the noisy noise behind me had all disappeared.

Before I could see what was going on in the bazaar, I suddenly heard the sound of gongs and drums.

The sound of "poof" seemed to be ringing close to my ear, and I was defenseless, and the whole person who was stimulated by the sound was trembling uncontrollably.

Weakness in the hands and feet, dizziness and vomiting.

My ears were buzzing, and the sound was moving away from me until I couldn't hear anything.

I fell to the ground with a flash in front of my eyes.

His head hit the ground, and his eyes were a pair of slender ankles, and a slender red rope was worn on his right ankle, and a small and delicate bell fell from the red string.

"Silk—silk?"

This foot rope is unique to Jiang Si'er.

I fell to the ground, I couldn't hear anything, my consciousness began to blur, and my eyes gradually went up, and I saw Jiang Si'er in a skirt standing in front of me.

I couldn't see her expression clearly, the only thing that was clear was that she was holding a gong in her hand.

"Why- Silk, what are you doing, what you have in your hands-"

Before she finished speaking, she struck the gong again, and I was completely stunned and fainted.

The body floats and sinks in the dark, and the heat on the body slowly dissipates with the depth of the night, and the cold sensation hits the body, with the wetness of the rainy season in the south of the Yangtze River.

I don't know how long I was asleep, and when I opened my eyes, my head hurt and I was dizzy.

On the thin clothes, the wetness of the rain, and the cold coming from the body, made me shiver.

It was pitch black all around, and the lively market had dispersed, as if it had rained, making the town all shrouded in wetness.

The yellow street lamps are not particularly bright.

I sat up, my head still dizzy, and my ears hurt, but at least I could hear the sound.

The old buildings on the side stood in the dark, but I always felt that something was unfamiliar, different from the previous town.

There was no one around, I got up from the ground, my feet were still a little weak, I took out my phone and made a call.

Jiang Si'er still didn't answer, so I called the police again, but still no one answered.

The signal is full, but the call cannot be made.

Thinking back to the scene before I fainted, I felt a sense of unease in my heart.

"Sisi, what's wrong with you?"

When I first came to this town, I felt that something was wrong, but then that feeling dissipated.

I thought it was me who was sensitive, but it turned out to be otherwise.

This town, obviously, is hiding something.

I looked left and right and made sure that the place where I woke up was something I hadn't been before, so I had to look in a random direction, go forward, and try to see if I could get out.

It's too quiet on the side, and the silence is terrible, even if the drizzle is falling on you, you can't hear the sound of the rain falling.

"Ahh

I sneezed a few times and saw a small bridge in front of me, scattered on the edge of the moat, and beyond that there were old buildings.

I got on the bridge, and the chill on my body was even heavier. With my arms in my hands, I walked slowly forward, across the bridge.

The stone bricks on the bridge were slippery, and I almost fell into the river, but luckily I was quick to catch the railing, but it wasn't hard.

I don't know what is sticky on it, it's slippery, like skin that has been frozen for a long time.

I got goosebumps all over my body, quickly let go, and walked down the bridge.

On the other side of the bridge, there is an ancient building site, which should be the residence of the residents of the town, and the environment and layout are completely different from the one open to the outside world, and the texture of the stone bricks and walls is also different.

Although the buildings in the previous place are old, they are all products of modern times.

And this place is like experiencing more than a hundred years of wind and rain.

"It seems that I have gone deeper, and I have to go back."

I knew I was going in the wrong direction and was going to turn back.

But inadvertently, I saw a figure coming out of the alley in front of me.

"Silky?"

I rubbed my eyes and made sure that the one standing on the path in front of me was Jiang Si'er.

"Sisi, what are you doing there? Come back soon. ”

I shouted, and she seemed to hear it, and turned around.

But she didn't speak, and her eyes were hidden in the dark depths, and she couldn't see it really.

I only saw her facing forward, with her right hand outstretched, her mouth open, and she was talking about something.