Shakai's little boredom disappeared when he arrived at the neighborhood where his uncle Zhou Wenjun lived. His attention was diverted from this trivial and tedious interpersonal interaction, and to the "ghost" he had been curious about before.

As soon as Sha Kai entered the community, he took out his mobile phone, not to find the house number of his uncle's house, but to open Weibo and find the account of "strange stories". To his regret, "Strange Stories" did not reply to his messages and did not release new content. This account originally had some three days of fishing and two days of drying nets, and it is not surprising that no new content was posted during the New Year.

Sha Kai put away his mobile phone and followed the route last time to find the building where Zhou Wenjun's father and daughter lived.

He rang the doorbell downstairs, and after a while, he heard the girl's voice coming from the intercom.

"Hey, who is it?"

The girl's voice was sweet, naturally with a coquettish tone, which made Shakai stunned for a while.

He was sluggish for two seconds before he remembered what Zhou Wenli had said before. Zhou Wenli mentioned that her little cousin Zhou Nuan is already well. Since it's "good", it's definitely going to be able to talk.

The first time he heard his little cousin's voice, he felt a little novel, and what made him even more curious was what he was going to say next: "I'm Shakai, yes...... Your cousin. I'm here to deliver something for your aunt. ”

"Cousin", "aunt" or something, he had never introduced himself before.

Sha Kai didn't know if Zhou Nuan could understand it or think of him if he said it like this. The last time we met, Zhou Nuan was not "good". Maybe Zhou Nuan doesn't remember his cousin who fell from the sky at all.

"Oh." Zhou Nuan answered, unable to hear the emotion, "The door is open." She opened the door, and when the voice fell, Shakai heard the lock in the security door in front of her turn, making a noise.

It's not particularly loud, but it's not light either. Shakai could also hear the intercom turn off.

In fact, the sound he hears is threefold.

In addition to the mechanical sound of the door opening and the sound of the walkie-talkie closing, there is also a faint female voice. The voice was muffled, as if it was speaking normally from a distance, and it looked like someone was approaching the walkie-talkie and muttering.

Shakai stopped in front of the security door for a while, and did not immediately open the door.

He's been stunned a few times at this door.

This time, he was not stunned for long.

This kind of stunned mind is because the body reacts before the brain, and the brain needs a process and a certain amount of time to think.

After Sha Kai stepped into the corridor and went up one floor, he suddenly thought that the female voice might not be Zhou Nuan who hung up the walkie-talkie and ran to Zhou Wenjun to talk, or it might not be the noise of the walkie-talkie, let alone that he heard it wrong, but ......

Shakai stepped on the steps, stunned again.

No way...... No, hadn't he thought about this possibility a long time ago?

Besides, Zhou Nuan is fine, even if the female ghost is still in her uncle's house, there must be no threat. Could it be my aunt who passed away not long ago? Originally, he was just guessing, thinking that the female ghost might not be his aunt. At first sight, he also regarded her as an aunt. Yes or no, it's all his guess.

Shakai calmed down, thought wildly, continued to raise his feet, and went upstairs.

He soon saw the open door, and the voices of men, women, and girls came from the door.

Shakai stood at the gate and saw an old lady and a little girl sitting on the sofa in the living room.

Zhou Nuan saw Sha Kai at a glance, his eyes widened, and he looked at him curiously.

Shakai thought that she was really not good last time, and she didn't remember his cousin at all.

The old lady who was accompanying Zhou Nuan next to her looked at Zhou Nuan's line of sight, her face was wrinkled and her face was layered, and she bloomed into a warm smile.

"Hey, Shakai, come in, come in!" She got up to greet her, and then turned back to call Zhou Nuan, "Nuan Nuan, call brother!" ”

"Brother." Zhou Nuan parroted and shouted.

Shakai nodded in greeting, remembering that the old lady was his uncle's mother-in-law. Zhou Wenli asked him to follow Zhou Nuan to call his grandmother. Shakai has never seen his own grandmother, and he is very unfamiliar with the title of "grandmother".

He lowered his head at this moment, ready to change his shoes, thinking that the muffled voice he had just heard on the walkie-talkie was probably his grandmother's.

"Shakai is here. Didn't your mom come? Another person appeared in the living room, it was Zhou Wenjun's father-in-law.

Zhou Nuan's grandmother glanced at her wife and said to Sha Kai: "You don't need to change your shoes, you come in directly." Come in and sit. I brought so many things. ”

Sha Kai was pulled in directly, and the plastic bag in his hand was also transferred to his grandfather by Zhou Nuan's grandmother.

"Take it to the kitchen. You go and pour a cup of tea. She commanded her wife, and pulled Shakai to sit down on the sofa with a smile, "Ah Jun went shopping, and he will be back in a while." You sit for a while. Do you drink tea? Or a drink? ”

"Oh, I've got a drink." Shakai was a little confused.

He followed his father to visit relatives and friends during the New Year, and he was also greeted like this. However, the person who greeted him at that time was a relative he had known since he was a child, and no matter how bad he was, he was a half-baked relative who would be seen every Chinese New Year. He was completely unfamiliar with Zhou Wenjun's pair of Yue's family. The last time they met was at the funeral, the two old men looked haggard, missing their lost daughter, and worried about their sick granddaughter.

Zhou Nuan's grandfather took out a few bottles of drinks, "Yogurt, Coke, and orange juice are all available, you can drink whatever you want." ”

Shakai thanked.

"Your mother didn't come?" Grandpa Zhou Nuan sat down in the corner of the sofa and brought up the topic again.

"Mom has been busy with other things lately." Shakai unscrewed the cap of the bottle and took a sip, trying to avoid the topic.

It is not good for him to complain in front of Zhou Wenli, and it is unlikely that he will complain in front of Zhou Wenjun's father-in-law.

Zhou Nuan's grandmother said: "Didn't Xiaoli call yesterday to say? She's been taking care of her neighbors lately. People are hospitalized for surgery, and there is no one at home to help, so she helps them deliver food. ”

Sha Kai put down the bottle and looked at Zhou Nuan's grandmother.

"Your mother is warm-hearted. She used to take care of our family, Xiaoyue. When Xiao Yuesheng Nuan Nuan was busy, she was busy before and after, and when she was confined, she also burned fish soup and chicken soup to make Nuan Nuan grow so well. Nuan Nuan had a fever when she was a child and stayed in the hospital with salt water, and she stayed with her for several nights. Zhou Nuan's grandmother touched Zhou Nuan's braids.

Zhou Nuan asked curiously: "I was in the hospital when I was a child?" I don't know. ”

"At that time, you were only so big, and the fever never went away, and your parents were scared to death." Zhou Nuan's grandmother made a gesture of holding the baby with both hands and gestured.

Shakai was also the first time he had heard of such a thing.

's father didn't mention Zhou Wenli much, and when his father's relatives mentioned Zhou Wenli, they mostly complained. He still remembers one of the things he heard the most when he was a child, that is, his relatives scolded Zhou Wenli for being ruthless, and would rather take care of his younger brother's family than look at his own son, which caused him to be left in school and let the teacher take him home for dinner, causing his father to leave his job on a business trip and rent a car from another place overnight, spending a lot of money. He still remembers this incident himself, especially the braised hairtail fish at the head teacher's house is delicious, and he still remembers that his father appeared at the door of the head teacher's house at ten o'clock and thanked and apologized to the head teacher.

At that time, why Zhou Wenli didn't come to pick him up, Sha Kai doesn't remember - he can't remember whether no one told him, or if he forgot himself. Counting the time, it shouldn't be to take care of Zhou Nuan. At that time, Zhou Nuan was not born yet.

At this time, hearing others praising Zhou Wenli's enthusiasm, Sha Kai's mood was a little strange.

He put down his drink, got up and said, "I'll go to the bathroom." ”

"Oooh. The toilet is over there. Grandma Zhou Nuan pointed out the direction.

Shakai went silently. With the toilet door closed, he could still hear the voices outside. Zhou Nuan's grandparents were talking to Zhou Nuan, asking her to get along with her.

The two old men were very ordinary, and their kind and kind attitude should have made people happy, but Shakai was not happy.

He finished the toilet slowly, washed his hands slowly, and thought about when he should say goodbye and leave. When my uncle comes back, sit down for a while, and then leave. Zhou Wenli still had to go to the hospital in the evening, and if he didn't come back for dinner, he happened to rub it out and make a skewer or something. Maybe you can make an appointment to see a few colleagues later. Several colleagues who joined him are all fresh graduates of the same age, and after the internship period, they have adapted to the work, and we have more private communication, and after getting to know each other, we also made an appointment to play football together after the weather warms up.

Shakai turned off the faucet, raised his eyes casually, and was about to turn around to open the door, when he saw a long towel behind him in the mirror. The top half of the towel is black, the bottom half is white, and it hangs down to the edge of the mirror.

The towel rack in the toilet is clearly next to the mirror. On the opposite side of the mirror was the wall that would hit the door when it was opened, and there were no shelves on the smooth tiles.

Sha Kai was excited, and his gaze froze.

The black towel didn't show its full face, most of it was obscured by Shakai's body, only an edge was exposed in the mirror.

The cascading black, covered with satin-like white, resembles a white dress in which a woman's long hair hangs down to cover her upper body.

Shakai got goosebumps on his back. He stared uncontrollably at the black and white, trying to tell if it was hair or dress, to determine if it was human. Obviously close at hand, his eyesight is also very good, but he only sees black and white.

Before he could see clearly, there was a sound of talking outside the toilet door.

There was a small sound, and it was impossible to hear what was being said.

The frosted glass on the door panel was covered in darkness in the next second, as if someone had walked to the door.

The voice grew louder, burrowing into Shakai's ears.

“…… Okay? ”

The woman asked softly, politely, with a soft voice, not the old voice of Zhou Nuan's grandmother, nor the slightly sharp high voice of a little girl like Zhou Nuan.

"The towel for wiping hands is across from the washbasin, the black and white one." The woman added, speaking slowly, in a natural tone, with an inexplicable demagogic taste, and one could imagine her waiting for Shakai to turn back with interest.

Shakai was so frightened that his scalp tingled.

The woman was trying to lure him into turning around? I want him to turn around and face the one behind him......

Outside the door and behind her, it should be that female ghost!

Thinking like this, Shakai only felt that he was in a dilemma and had nowhere to escape. Even if you run to the only empty place, you just run into the toilet and run to the side of the ventilation window. There is also an anti-theft railing outside the ventilation window, even if he can get out of the window, it is impossible for him to escape.

Shakai was covered in cold sweat, and soon felt his back soaked with sweat and his clothes stuck to his body.

The figure outside the door, the strip of black and white cloth in the mirror has not disappeared. The three of them were at a stalemate.

Knock knock.

The knock on the door scared Shakai so much that he almost jumped up.

"Shakai, are you alright? Nothing happened, right? Zhou Nuan's grandfather's voice sounded outside.

Shakai subconsciously turned his head, and saw that the figure outside the frosted glass seemed to have changed its silhouette.

In hindsight, he realized that he had turned his head impulsively.

Out of the corner of the eye, I can see the wall on one side. He was so frightened that he tried to run away, but suddenly he realized that what he saw was a smooth tile, and the black and white things he saw in the mirror were gone. He immediately looked in the mirror again, but he didn't see anything strange.

Gone? Ran away?

Shakai breathed a sigh of relief.

"Shakai?"

Shakai hurriedly replied.

He couldn't wait to open the door, and when he saw Zhou Nuan's grandfather's old face, he suddenly felt cordial.

As soon as Sha Kai wanted to say something, his eyes caught a glimpse of Zhou Nuan's small room next to him.

The door of the small room was open, and Zhou Nuan's desk could be seen. Zhou Nuan's desk is naturally one size smaller than that of adults, and the color is also a pink color that children like. On the chair, which was also one size smaller, there was a person sitting at this time. The black hair fell to the waist, the long skirt fell to the ankles, and the bare feet touched the floor. Because of the length of her legs, her legs were tilted and stretched out, and part of the long skirt was attached to her calves and ankles, and the other part hung down on the floor. There was no wind in the room, and the tips of her hair didn't move vertically, but the hem of her skirt swayed back and forth on the floor.

A book was spread out on the desk, and she seemed to be reading intently, and the speed of reading was very fast, and the pages were constantly turned by her. The rustling of books is endless.

Shakai's pupils contracted, and he instinctively turned his head, trying to escape.

Zhou Nuan's grandfather was still at the door of the toilet, blocking Sha Kai's way. He didn't seem to hear the sound of flipping through the book, and was still asking Shakai.

"Do you have a stomachache? Did you feel uncomfortable drinking Coke just now? Do you want to take some medicine? ”

Shakai quickly shook his head, "I'm fine. He took a step forward.

Zhou Nuan's grandfather didn't mean to stop him, and when he saw this, he also walked to the living room.

Shakai walked out of the toilet and turned his back to Zhou Nuan's room.

The rustling of books stopped at this point. Instead, there was the sound of the revolving chair creaking and turning.

Shakai is like a thorn in his back.

He felt that the woman had turned around and was staring at his back, looking at him with malicious malice.

"Brother." With the sound of the sofa, Zhou Nuan lay on the sofa and poked his head out.

The sight vanished.

"Brother, are you good at math?" Zhou Nuan asked abruptly.

Shakai was a little distracted.

"She hasn't finished her homework this week. I told her to show you. Ah Jun said that you are very good at studying, and you have been admitted to graduate school. Zhou Nuan's grandmother smiled.

Sha Kai barely pulled himself together, "I didn't pass the test, and my English is a little worse." ”

"Did you do particularly well in math?" Grandma Zhou Nuan thought for a moment, "I remember what Ah Jun said. ”

Zhou Nuan's grandfather said on the side: "Yes, yes." Ah Jun said that you are very good at science, and you were a tutor for others when you were in college. ”

Shakai was a little surprised.

He hadn't told Zhou Wenli about any of these things. Did my father tell Zhou Wenli again?

"You're just teaching Nuan Nuan. Nuan Nuan's math is a mess. Grandma Zhou Nuan pulled the topic back again.

"What's the mess?" Zhou Nuan pursed her lips, a little unhappy, and her face was red.

"It's not a mess, and that's not good. With such a high score in Chinese and English, he only has more than 70 in mathematics. You let your brother teach you. Go and do your homework. "Grandpa Zhou Nuan is helping out.

Zhou Nuan reluctantly got off the sofa, "I didn't do the last two questions in the last exam. A lot of people in the class didn't make it. ”

She walked past Shakai and walked less than two steps before looking back at Shakai who was still standing.

Zhou Nuan's grandparents also looked at Sha Kai.

Sha Kai's face turned slightly pale, and he didn't dare to turn around like this, to see Zhou Nuan's room, let alone follow Zhou Nuan into the room.

Just as he was at a loss, there was the sound of keys clanging outside the room, and the door was opened.

Zhou Wenjun came in, saw the unfamiliar shoes in the entrance for the first time, and asked without raising his head, "Akai is already here?" ”

Shakai breathed a sigh of relief, and the first one shouted, "Uncle." ”