overture
Four children stood on the edge of the rooftop, excited about what they were going to do next.
A yellow dog lies at their feet.
No, a dead yellow dog to be exact. It lay on its side, its eyes closed, scarred, its head bloody and full of flies, its body smelling unpleasant, and its tarnished yellow fur was littered with hay and dirt, like a plush toy picked up from a garbage heap and discarded by its owner, filthy and desperate.
"Are we really going to do this?" The youngest fat boy said with a shudder.
"We have to do it." There was some irrefutable power in the eldest girl's tone.
"Okay. It's pathetic. This time, it was also a girl with fair skin and a doll-like face, "I was going to find a place to bury it and do a burial ceremony." Just like when my grandfather died. ”
"We're a team, so let's not regret our decision." The big girl said lightly, and then glanced downstairs, "Maybe we have to hurry, there is no one downstairs at this time." ”
"This time" refers to around one o'clock in the afternoon. In this city south of the Yangtze River, a mid-July afternoon can be described as scorchingly hot, with weather forecasts for a maximum temperature of 39 degrees Celsius today, but the actual feeling may be more than that. So at this time, most residents either stay at home and blow the air conditioner at work, and it is unlikely that anyone will happen to pass downstairs except for the noisy cicadas and the sun shining on their heads.
But for safety reasons, the cautious and timid children poke their heads out of the edge of the rooftops from time to time.
They were just going to throw the dead dog off the rooftop on the 31st floor.
"Are you ready?" The big girl asked.
The little fat man nodded. The doll nodded. When she turned her gaze to the last boy, he bowed slightly, biting his lip with his teeth, and his Nike shoes rubbing back and forth on the concrete floor, looking nervous and hesitant.
"What's wrong with you?" The big girl asked.
"I don't know. I always felt that it was not good. ”
The boy was only a year younger than the girl, but he was half a head shorter. He has short hair, wears a clean white polo shirt and shorts, and his entire calf is wrapped in stockings, like the kind of well-behaved and well-behaved child who is good at grades and disciplined in the eyes of teachers and parents. Actually, he really is.
"Are you quitting now?"
The girl took two steps forward and came face to face with the boy.
The distance between the two is now less than half a meter.
The boy looked up at the girl's face.
When a sharp gaze shot into the girl's eyes, he immediately lowered his head again shyly, and his little heart pounded violently. He remembered why he had joined the group.
In other words, he never forgot it, but he just didn't dare to face it.
For her.
"That, that, okay." The boy stammered.
“OK!” After receiving an affirmative reply from the last member, the big girl beckoned everyone to form a circle and stretched out her hands forward, palms up, "Come on, put your hands up." ”
The other three stacked arhats with their little hands on them.
"No matter what happens next, I hope that everyone will keep their promises, keep it a secret, and not tell anyone or animals about today, including family, teachers, friends, or even pets at home, do you understand?"
The children nodded.
"Whoever betrays his companion will no longer be a member of our Justice League. And, never forgiven. ”
The youngest little fat man trembled visibly when he heard this. Everyone looked at him and said nothing.
The four little hands were then released.
The big girl glanced sharply at everyone, then crouched down and grabbed the dead dog's left and right front legs with both hands.
"Help me."
The soft, determined words seemed to have some kind of magic, causing the other three children to quickly crouch down.
The "doll" grabbed the right hind leg, the "good boy" picked up the left hind leg, and the little fat man grabbed the dog's tail.
"Hold your head, little fool!"
The little fat man let out an "oh", transferred from the dog's tail to his head, held his breath, and held the dog's head with a disgusted expression.
The big-headed flies were startled, but instead of fleeing, they circled around, trying to rush down again to feast on them. The slimy feel caused by the flesh and brains almost made the little fat man vomit the egg fried rice that he had just eaten for lunch and had not had time to digest.
The older girl poked her head out of the edge of the rooftop one last time.
The trees downstairs were mottled and empty.
"Come on."
They exchanged glances and told each other that they were ready.
"Three!"
The dead dog was swung from side to side.
"Two!"
The swing height is high enough to go over the rooftop fence.
"One! Throw! ”
With the last command of the big girl, the yellow dog left the children's hands at the same time, threw it into the air, and barely stopped, and fell like a ripe mango downstairs at great speed.
A few seconds later.
"Ahh
A scream rose like a mushroom cloud from an atomic bomb blast, floated above the children's heads, and then quickly enveloped it.
They froze, slumping on the ground almost at the same time, unable to get up to see what was happening.
After a brief pause in time and space, a summer breeze blew and woke the children from their stunning.
The older girl was the first to regain consciousness. She raised her hand to signal everyone not to move, then gritted her teeth and stood up bravely.
Everyone stared at the little alliance leader without saying a word.
I saw her take a deep breath, grab the fence, slowly poke her head out, and look down.
The scene in front of her was like the most terrifying scene in a horror movie that minors are forbidden to watch, and it instantly forced the demon of fear in the heart of this twelve-year-old girl.
Soon, she crouched down again, looked at the expectant and panicked eyes of the other three companions, and held back the tears that had already reached the edge of her eyes, and her mouth opened and opened, not knowing how to describe to her friends what she had seen in the tragedy of the accident.
Next to the big yellow dog lay a man, blood scattering from under his skull.