The voice coming from far behind us, whether from the tone or the timbre, was from Zhang Qishan! This instantaneous voice petrified me as I was about to get into the car. Then, without even thinking, I turned around and rushed towards the direction where the voice came from!
In the past, when I watched movies or cartoons and saw similar plots, I always thought that people who rushed out when they heard the sound were idiots, but when it really happened to me, I realized that the real idiot was actually me!
Because the moment the most desired thing in a person's heart is awakened, people will no longer be dominated by reason, because the thing that awakens the inner desire has completely suppressed reason.
I rushed into the darkness ahead. There was no light around me, not even moonlight. I could only use my eyes, which had temporarily adapted to the darkness, to run forward in the direction roughly determined by the voice I had just heard. Although my reason told me at this time that the owner of the voice might not be Zhang Qishan, I still couldn't control my body and rushed forward.
At this moment, my mind is full of the scene of seeing Zhang Qishan again. I even started planning what I should say as the first sentence when I see her. But after thinking about it, I still don’t know what to say. But there is one thing I can be sure of, if I see her this time, no matter what the purpose is, I will never let her leave again!
Judging from the distance of the sound I just heard, the place I have arrived at now should be the place where the sound came from. I don’t know how long I have been running. I only know that I have started to breathe heavily and kept looking around for Zhang Qishan’s shadow, but found nothing.
At this time, I should be at the door of a house in the village. The gate of the yard was closed. Just when I looked around and didn't find anything and was about to enter the yard to look for it, I got closer and found that there was something placed at the door of the yard.
At first glance, that thing seemed to be a small box the size of a fist, but when I looked at it carefully, scenes from the past appeared in my mind, as if the small box in front of me had opened up my memory. I couldn't help but reach out with some trembling to hold the small box in my palm, for fear that something unexpected would happen to it.
There are some Christmas Eve patterns on this small box, but the most eye-catching thing is the letter 'S' in the middle of the box!
This is the box of apples that I gave to Zhang Qishan on Christmas Eve!
Looking at the box in front of me, I seemed to be back to that Christmas Eve, when Zhang Qishan and I were sitting downstairs of the law firm eating apples that we bought for each other. But then, my mood fell to the bottom. I found a safe place, put away this very commemorative little box, and then entered the family's yard and house and searched carefully. After making sure that there was no one here, I walked out of the yard, turned around and walked towards our car with the little box in my hand.
From the moment I came out, I was sure that Lin Yingxue did not follow me. I could understand why she did not follow me, but behind this understanding, I felt an indescribable guilt. I knew she must be very worried that I would follow her alone, but she was more worried about something else, so she finally chose to stay in the car and wait for me silently.
Soon, I returned to our car along the same route. I was still thinking about how to explain what had just happened to Lin Yingxue, but suddenly I found that Lin Yingxue, who was supposed to be in the car, was gone!
I immediately began to look anxiously for Lin Yingxue around the car. I knew she would not run away alone. Even if she didn't chase me, she would definitely wait for me there. But now she is gone, which can only mean that she just encountered some things and got involved!
I couldn't find Lin Yingxue anywhere, and I was completely panicked. Not to mention that I was very worried about Lin Yingxue's safety, just standing alone in this dark ghost village made me feel a little scared. I immediately took out my cell phone and called Lin Yingxue to see if she would answer the call.
At this moment, the only lights in the entire Zhaojia Village were from the car behind me and the phone in my hand. Listening to the ringtone coming from the phone, I tried to calm myself down and see if I could analyze some clues.
According to the current route of Zhaojia Village, after coming out of the small door of the village chief's room, the only way for the village chief to escape is the road in front of me. In other words, before we came here, the village chief and his wife had already been here, and should have fled out of the village. So, could it be that while Lin Yingxue was waiting for me, she suddenly discovered the trace of the village chief and his wife, and chased after them to catch them
Lin Yingxue's cell phone ringtone kept ringing, but she never answered the call. I knew that Lin Yingxue always set her cell phone to vibrate mode. Maybe she was on her way to catch up with the village chief and didn't feel her phone ringing.
As I comforted myself, I looked at the road leading out of the village, wondering in my mind which direction I should go to look for Lin Yingxue. But at this moment, I seemed to hear a faint, almost inaudible voice, as if someone's cell phone was vibrating in the distance!
In this silent environment, all sounds became very clear. I immediately hung up Lin Yingxue's call and replayed it, pricked up my ears, closed my eyes and listened carefully, wanting to hear from which direction the vibration sound of the phone came from. Soon the vibration sound came again. Obviously, the phone that was vibrating at this time must be Lin Yingxue's phone!
When I thought of this, my heart suddenly tightened and I became a little panicked, but in the panic, I still figured out the direction where the vibrating sound came from, and it was the direction I had just chased!
Could it be that Lin Yingxue was not waiting for me in the car just now, but followed my footsteps and chased out, then lost me and is looking for me everywhere
But then I automatically rejected this idea, because with Lin Yingxue's speed, no matter how fast I ran, she would still be able to catch up with me. Moreover, even I could hear the sound of my phone vibrating at this time, so how could she not hear it
At this moment, I was completely unable to calm myself down. I took out the dagger that Lin Yingxue had given me from my arms, and while continuing to dial Lin Yingxue's number, I slowly walked towards the direction where the voice came from.
The further I walked, the louder the vibrating sound became. Finally, when I walked to about three houses ahead of the village chief's house, I could hear clearly that the sound of the vibrating phone was coming from the yard.
After determining the source of the sound, I hung up the phone immediately. Instead of rushing in rashly, I tilted my ear to listen to the noise inside. However, I listened for about a full minute and didn't hear any sound. It seemed that this yard, like other yards in the village, was completely empty.
Since there was no sound from inside, I plucked up my courage and gently pushed the gate open a crack. I looked inside through the crack and it seemed that there was indeed no one. Only then did I feel completely relieved and walked into the yard, gently calling Lin Yingxue's name while looking for her everywhere.
But after I took a few steps forward, I was tripped by a soft object. I was caught off guard and fell so hard that I saw stars and felt as if my legs were broken.
I didn't utter a sound from beginning to end. After my legs recovered a little, I turned around to see what had tripped me. But when I took out my cellphone and shone the light from it, I gasped!
Because I saw that the person who tripped me just now was actually a person lying on the ground!
I have never seen this person before, but judging from his clothes, he should be a local of Zhaojia Village. There are some bloodstains on his face, and because the light is too dim, I can't tell whether he is alive or dead.
But when I looked around with my cell phone, I discovered that there were many villagers lying in all directions in the yard. All of them were lying on the ground motionless, and they all looked dead!
Seeing this horrifying scene in such an environment, I would have fainted from fear in the past! But now I didn't have any fear in my heart. I stood up from the ground immediately regardless of the pain in my legs and dialed Lin Yingxue's mobile number again.
If everyone in this room is dead, then if Lin Yingxue were here, I'm afraid...
I really didn't dare to think further and anxiously searched around for Lin Yingxue. After a few seconds, I heard the vibrating sound again, and the source of the sound was in a house facing me.
I hung up the phone, turned it to flashlight mode again, then rushed to the front of the house and opened the door. When the light from the phone shone into the house, I saw at a glance that Lin Yingxue was sitting on a chair in the room with her eyes closed and not moving. I didn't know what was wrong with her.
In addition to Lin Yingxue, there were several villagers lying on the ground in the room, including the village chief and his wife who had escaped earlier!
What on earth was going on? How did Lin Yingxue appear here? Also, what happened to these villagers? Was it all done by the masked man
While thinking, I hurried to go up to check on Lin Yingxue's situation, but just as I was about to rush into the house, I suddenly felt a strong arm behind me, grabbing me from behind!