Uncle Li has three children and five grandchildren, although he does not take care of eight children in person 24 hours a day, but he always knows the growth process of children.

Li Yun couldn't tell what age the foot of that size belonged to.

But he knew that it would be impossible for a seven- or eight-month-old baby to walk steadily, and that his family would never be able to hold him and let him practice walking outside.

This row of small footprints suddenly became weird.

"Could it be a puppy?" Li Yun had a flash of inspiration in his mind, "Some people will put shoes on their puppies. ”

Uncle Li has also seen people walking dogs like that, but he hasn't paid attention to what the soles of pet dogs' shoes look like.

The two of them looked at the small gate of the park for a while, but they didn't see anything strange, so they could only let go of the doubts in their hearts.

Outside the small gate of the park is a community, the front row is a lot of old houses, there is a garbage recycling station on the right hand, and there is a two-story building that I don't know what it is used for. To the left, a small alley is separated from a park fence and another small three-story building for unknown purpose.

Li Yun and Uncle Li weren't sure if the old man in the park was pointing out the road that wasn't a road.

The two of them were not in a hurry to get to the church, so they walked behind the building and glanced at it a few times.

The glass windows are covered in dust, and the sunlight does not shine into the area.

Li Yun leaned closer to the window and tried to gaze before he saw the condition of the rooms in the building. The room looked like a utility room, stacked with tables, chairs, benches, and some billboards. This seems to be one of the offices of the neighborhood committee.

Li Yun walked along the alley, passing through room after room, and looked at them all.

Most of those rooms are utility rooms, and there are empty rooms, with only some sound equipment, plaster statues for sketching, and some props and costumes for singing. The things in each room were very different, which reminded Li Yun of some community room. This building is probably the activity room of this community. There are a lot of things and a lot of patterns, but it looks like I haven't used them for a long time.

Walking all the way out of the alley, Li Yun saw the big iron gate.

The iron gate was completely blocked by the activity room, opening a serpentine passage for people only. Outside the iron railing, there is a typical Western-style spire building, like a small house in a Western fairy tale, with a stained glass window under the triangular roof, and a cross and a statue of Jesus hanging from the wall.

The road between the iron gate and the church is empty, and there are no street trees, which gives it a sense of desertion. Next to the church, which is just over one floor, is the high wall of an abandoned hotel. The signboard of the hotel is still there, and the wall has become the end of the road. On the other side of the church there is a lawn with a statue of the Virgin. Further on, there is an old vegetable market, the second floor of which is an Internet café and billiards hall, and the entire building blocks the other end of the road.

Li Yun walked out of the big iron gate in a bit of a daze, looked at the church, and then looked left and right.

Such a road design is so ridiculous that it would not normally be possible to have such a plan.

Li Yun soon discovered that the restaurant blocking one end of the road was an illegal building. The high wall had been built in private, and the gate that had been opened from the wall was wrapped with several rings of iron chains, and the iron locks hung on it, rusty. There are mottled traces of paint and faded graffiti on the walls. It was certainly not art-style street graffiti, but full of swear words and insulting drawings. Li Yun could only make out these and struggled to find the name of the hotel on it.

When Uncle Li came out of the iron gate, he was also stunned for a while like Li Yun.

"How is this church in such a place?" Uncle Li asked suspiciously.

The vegetable market was very lively, and someone saw Li Yun and Uncle Li, probably heard Uncle Li's question, and shouted loudly.

"Where have you been? This side is going out, from the vegetable market. The caller was wearing a large apron and carrying a bloodied knife and a freshly slaughtered fish stacked beside him.

"We're looking for this church." Li Yun pointed to the church opposite.

The fishmonger looked at the two of them strangely, "Looking for the church again......

Li Yun asked in surprise, "Master, have anyone been here before?" ”

He asked, walking over.

Uncle Li also followed towards the vegetable market, but he frequently turned back to look at the church with a strange geographical location.

"A little girl just went in, and she was specially found." The fishmonger replied as he grabbed a large herring from a nearby basin, threw it on the ground, knocked it unconscious, and began to work.

"Why is the road blocked here? Which hotel sealed it off? ”

Li Yun walked to the vicinity of the vegetable market, only to see that there were broken walls on both sides of the vegetable market.

The more I look at this place, the more I feel that the layout here is very strange.

The fishmonger replied, "Yes," while scraping the scales, without raising his head. The owner of the restaurant is very powerful. The foreigner is awesome, too. It was supposed to be demolished, this road was going to be filled, and it was stuck here for so many years, and there was no way to do it. If the foreign old man doesn't die, this place can't be demolished. The old man's house here was said to be demolished before, but it can't be demolished. ”

The fishmonger didn't elaborate, but he could already make Li Yun and Uncle Li understand the twists and turns here.

It has little to do with what they're here for.

Li Yun asked again, "Is there only one person in charge of this church?" ”

"Who else but the old man wants to come?" The fishmonger replied, setting aside the processed fish in his hand.

"He's from here...... Father? Li Yun asked uncertainly.

"Priest? Foreign monks? The fishmonger glanced up at Li Yun.

Li Yun nodded hesitantly.

He also did not know the difference between a priest and a priest, and only knew a few well-known terms.

The fishmonger shook his head, indicating that he did not know what was going on inside the church.

Li Yun and Uncle Li couldn't ask anything more, and after thanking them, they walked to the church.

Behind the church is the old man's house in another neighborhood, but it doesn't seem to be inhabited at all, and there are still signs of demolition in buildings a little farther away.

Li Yun remembered the cul-de-sac where the map had led them in. It seems to be a section of the road that has been circled by demolition.

But after thinking about it carefully, he felt that the direction was not quite right.

The structure of this area is like a labyrinth, and it is like a special passage in the Jinrong Building, and it is impossible to reach the destination without taking that specially carved out path.

In the sky, white clouds fluttered, revealing the sun, and the sunlight shone down, casting the shadow of the sixth-story old man's house over the church.

The church was shrouded in shadows, and all at once it became eerie.

Li Yun noticed that the shadow of the building was still extending. As if it was a living creature that could move, it stretched out its claws to the neighborhood across the street, and even the activity room of the community was shrouded in that shadow.

Li Yun turned his head to look at the activity room.

At this moment, he seemed to hear the noisy sound of drums.

The sound quickly turned into a louder voice, with the smell of food wafting from the side.

Immediately, new voices joined in.

I only heard the children laughing happily, and the sound of reading aloud appeared and disappeared.

Li Yun paused for a moment, and when the sounds and smells disappeared, a chaotic picture flashed in his mind.

He couldn't read the contents of the images, only that there seemed to be a shadow of a church in them.

Uncle Li shouted, and Li Yun came back to his senses.

He shook his head at Uncle Li and prepared to go up the steps and knock on the door of the church.

Behind the door there was the sound of footsteps, the sound of small broken steps, which sounded like a child running.

Li Yun's hand stopped in mid-air.

The doors of the church opened automatically.

The doors are fully open, and the environment inside the church is clear at a glance.

Li Yun saw the back of a girl. She reverently clasped her hands against her forehead, as if in prayer. On the back of the chair behind her, there was a fat doll with a round face, a pair of apricot eyes wide open, staring at Li Yun at the door.

A chill came out of Li Yun's back.

He lowered his head and looked at the edge of the gate.

Another round-faced doll pulled the door panel, tilted its head, and stared at Li Yun with azure eyes. It has curly blond hair and wears a beautiful princess dress, revealing white high heels on its feet.

As if frightened by Li Yun's gaze, the skirt and blonde hair swung in an arc in the air, and it hid behind the door panel.

Behind the door, there was the sound of slapping footsteps again, and it quickly moved away.