Yan Yu never thought that one day he would believe that there were ghosts in the world.

It should be said that she has never thought about this in the past.

Her grandparents and her parents' generation were a little superstitious, they would burn incense and worship Buddha, and they would say some traditional old sayings.

In the old street, when the clothes pole of the residential building next to her was stretched out and her pants were hanging on it, her mother would lead her and avoid walking, because the child would not grow taller if she walked from underneath; and the earliest old house of her family, there is a threshold, and her grandmother always reminds her that when she crosses the threshold, she can't step on the threshold; She vaguely remembered that her grandmother had beaten the villain with embroidered shoes at the end of the alley. A small figure made of paper with ghost-like characters written on it. Her grandmother was illiterate, and she couldn't remember who wrote them.

More related memories are that the female elders of the family took her to burn incense. Sometimes, her father and grandfather would follow.

During the Chinese New Year, you should line up to burn incense and ring the bell to pray for a safe and smooth coming year.

If someone in the family is sick, her grandmother will go to burn incense, and after making a wish, when the family recovers, she has to go to repay the wish.

That's all she remembers.

The family has a little superstition, but no one has ever seen a ghost or run into an evil spirit.

But when I got older, I worked, and there was a female colleague in the unit who once said that her children were always crying when they hit evil spirits. Later, it seems that he worshiped some Bodhisattva and cured the child.

Later, it may be because the people around me are getting older and believe in something. Some people believe in miracle doctors, miracle medicines, old Chinese medicine in China, big pharmaceutical companies in foreign countries, what ginseng, Ganoderma lucidum extracted from the medicine to cure all diseases...... There are also people who believe in bodhisattvas, immortals, domestic and foreign, as long as they can worship, they all want to kowtow.

While dancing square dances, playing mahjong, and happily enjoying the life of middle-aged and elderly people, those people devoutly believe that those miracle doctors and immortals can ensure that they can continue to be happy and happy for the rest of their lives.

Yan Yu didn't believe it.

Yan Yu is more concerned about the future of her daughter Fan Xiaoshi.

The difficulty of college students in finding employment is a cliché in the news.

She asked around her about her daughter's profession in the future, and who could help introduce jobs. Even so, she still feels unstable, always thinking about what her daughter should study again, take a certificate, or she and her husband should work hard again to send their daughter to study abroad.

Sometimes Yan Yu thinks that no matter how many books she reads and how good a job she gets, the most important thing for her daughter's family is to find a good husband.

She will think about it alone, who among the friends and colleagues she knows has a son of appropriate age, whether the person is good, whether the family is good, and whether it is suitable for her family's Xiaoshi.

Most of the time, such thoughts are just a fleeting thought.

Her mother adheres to the concept of the elderly, insisting that it is better to marry well than to work well. When the incense was offered on the first day of the new year, the old man told her to ask the Bodhisattva for a good marriage - she herself was too old to queue up for incense in the middle of the night.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year this year, their family went to incense.

She begged for health for her family, and for Xiaoshi to study and work. She didn't know what her daughter was asking for.

It can't be a ghost, right?

Yan Yu recalled with some dazedness.

After Fan Xiaoshi talked about the doll, she mentioned it to her acquaintances. At that time, she thought that there was something going on at school that made her daughter overstressed, just like when she was a child, she lied and said that she was uncomfortable and wanted to skip class.

Yan Yu thought about it now, and someone seemed to have told her at that time that she was young now, and she just liked to seek excitement.

Now there is a way to play outside, that is, the boss rents a house and arranges the house in a mess to scare people. There are still a lot of young people who like to play. It costs more to play once than when they were younger, singing karaoke.

Thinking of this, Yan Yu's body trembled slightly.

She had in her mind the strange appearance of her daughter.

She turned her head sideways and looked down the hallway.

“…… Did you hear anything? Yan Yu asked softly.

Sitting in front of her, Xu Xiuxin and Yuan Jianhan both felt a little chilled.

"Xiao Yan, what did you hear?" Xu Xiuxin asked dryly, nervously rolling his eyes and glancing in the direction Yan Yu was looking.

Yan Yu turned his head and looked at the couple in front of him with some disappointment, "Can't you hear it too?" ”

Yuan Jianhan sat up straight, "What did you hear?" ”

Yan Yu shook his head, "I don't know either." I can't hear it either. My family Xiaoshi heard it. She's like that sometimes, suddenly looking in one direction. What does that look like...... She must have heard something and seen something. She looked at Xu Xiuxin and Yuan Jianhan seriously, "Your son must have seen and heard it." ”

Xu Xiuxin and Yuan Jianhan were speechless.

Yuan Jianhan's big rough hands were already full of sweat.

Xu Xiuxin stretched out her hand and grabbed Yan Yu's hand on the table, and said anxiously: "Xiao Yan, I won't hide it from you." I told you yesterday that something is wrong with that kid in our family. When we got back, we asked him too. He reacted strangely. You said that he was fine, and he was going to have surgery, but suddenly he said he wouldn't do it! I heard you say that he saw some kidnapper...... If you see a kidnapper, just call the police, you say? My son is not that bad guy. He's going to call the police. He also said he was going to get married! Suddenly I'm getting married! We've only seen that girl once! Come to think of it, how wrong it is! That's what you say! Something must have happened in the hospital! ”

Yan Yu listened and nodded repeatedly, becoming more and more sure of his vague guess.

"I've always heard people say that hospitals aren't clean." Xu Xiuxin complained.

Yan Yu pursed her lips.

There may be unclean things in the hospital, but what Fan Xiaoshi encountered is not a ghost in the hospital.

Speaking of which, Yuan Haoze will encounter trouble, and he will blame him for being kind to meddle in things.

Yan Yu felt a little guilty, but she didn't know how to explain this matter to Xu Xiuxin and his wife.

She didn't squeak, and listened to Xu Xiuxin complaining.

Xu Xiuxin is obviously different from her.

It took her a long time until Fan Xiaoshi disappeared before she gradually believed in those things.

This belief is more like the illusion of hope squeezed out of despair.

Xu Xiuxin quickly accepted Yan Yu's guess and became more certain than Yan Yu.

"Eldest sister, eldest sister Xu," Yan Yu raised her head, grabbed Xu Xiuxin's hand, and interrupted her speech, "Has your son ever seen our family Xiaoshi?" They left the hospital the same day. Same...... My daughter is gone......"

Saying this, Yan Yu's body trembled again.

This time it wasn't because of fear, but because of the sadness that made her emotional.

Xu Xiuxin looked at Yan Yu and sighed, "We also asked." But he didn't say it. He locked himself in his room. When we mentioned the hospital, he lost his temper. Otherwise, they just don't say anything. It's like I'm getting married, so stay at home. He used to live outside the ......."

Yan Yu asked, "Can I meet him?" I'd like to ask in person. It's not that I don't believe you, big sister, I just want to ask in person...... My daughter is gone, no one is gone, no one is seen...... I didn't believe what she said, and I thought she was lying. She was sent to the hospital by me for so many days, and she was ...... alone She didn't talk about those things anymore. She knew I didn't believe her anymore. My husband doesn't believe what I'm saying either. He still doesn't believe our daughter......"

Saying this, Yan Yu's tears fell on the back of Xu Xiuxin's hand.

Xu Xiu's sympathy suddenly grew.

It's just that when she thinks of Yan Yu's daughter disappearing, no one alive or dead, she feels filthy.

Yuan Haoze may have successfully escaped from the hospital. That Fan Xiaoshi just didn't escape.

took Fan Xiaoshi's mother to meet her son like this......

Xu Xiuxin's hand holding Yan Yu was released.

That feeling of sympathy subsided a lot.

She suddenly remembered Yan Yu's previous narrative.

Yan Yu's daughter was not normal before she entered the hospital......

Xu Xiuxin only felt that Yan Yu's hand had turned into a hot stone. She withdrew her hand as if it had been burned, and reflexively pulled it back.

Yan Yu was still crying, and for a while, he just looked at Xu Xiuxin in a little confusion.

Xu Xiu's uncomfortable expression met her eyes.

The atmosphere between the three of them suddenly stiffened.