It was a dark and windy night, and the quiet hillside was infested by the thick night. The trees and weeds were sleeping peacefully under the moonlight, except for the occasional small creatures like hares that stepped across the grass, making barely audible noises. Apart from the rustling, there was hardly any other sound.
"Broken down." The man stood up dejectedly, and knocked on the hood of the car venting. At the same time, he showed a very puzzled expression, "But it doesn't make sense. I checked, and the tires are not damaged, and the engine is also fine. Why did it break down?"
At this moment, the car window rolled down slowly, and a middle-aged woman poked her head out inside, "Is it because the mountain road is too steep and the tires got stuck in it?"
"No." The man mumbled confusedly, "Maybe there is something wrong with other parts of the car."
"Did you call a tow truck?" the woman asked again.
"I called, but they won't come until dawn." The man said dejectedly, "Unlucky, why are you stuck in such a place where birds don't shit in the middle of the night?"
Just as the woman wanted to comfort the man a few more words, a little girl's shrill voice came from the car.
"Dad, it's cold outside. Come up first."
Hearing his daughter's voice, the man seemed a little relieved. Nodding his head, he put down the tools in his hand and prepared to get in the car.
But just as he was about to open the car door, the movement stopped suddenly.
"What's wrong?" the woman asked inexplicably.
"It's okay... I just feel like I heard some strange voice just now." The man said with some doubts.
"Could it be some animal?" the girl asked, "We are in the mountains, there must be animals."
"Maybe." The man said vaguely, as if he was still worried, "I'd better go and have a look. If there are wolves on this wild mountain, it will be troublesome."
Speaking of which, the man left the car and walked towards what he thought was the source of the strange sound.
There is soft ground underfoot, silent trees and weeds on both sides. The moon hangs high in the sky, no matter how you look at it, there is nothing special about it.
The man breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that he must have thought too much. Shaking his head, he was about to turn back.
Just then, the man heard a very strange voice.
Low, heavy breathing, mixed with a few snorting sounds.
The voice was very close to him, just behind him, no more than one centimeter from his waist.
The man's hairs all stood up, and then he turned his head—
"ah!!!"
The shrill scream was clearly heard by the mother and daughter who were still in the car.
"It's Dad!" The little girl called out, and as she spoke, she wanted to open the car door and run down.
"Don't go down!" The mother's natural intuition stopped the little girl's impulsive behavior, and the woman protected her daughter in her arms, shivering in the car.
Soon they also noticed something was wrong. There was no wind blowing in outside, but the leaves of the grass and trees were moving. Then, there were black shadows passing quickly in the darkness, a black shadow... maybe a few black shadows kept shuttling between the trees and grass, although they couldn't see their appearance clearly, those black shadows were heading here It's getting closer.
"Don't come here, don't come here..." The mother hugged her child tightly, closed her eyes and prayed silently in her heart, wondering if the gods really heard her prayer. After a while, the outside really gradually quieted down .
Mother raised her head cautiously, as if nothing happened outside the window, the vegetation stopped shaking.
"Are they gone?" the little girl asked timidly.
The mother breathed a sigh of relief, just when she was about to answer her daughter. Sudden! The glass of the car window was completely smashed by a sharp claw, and the huge claw grabbed the woman mercilessly. Before the woman could scream a few times, her heart was pierced by the claw, and blood spattered It's all over the windows.
A big green eye rolled around through the car window, and finally looked at the little girl in the car.
"ah-!!!"
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It has been several weeks since I returned to school from Beining. My life is becoming more and more stable. I go to and from get out of class every day, busy with courses and homework, and go shopping with Shi Yitong, Su Xiaojun and others when I have time on weekends. Since I was forced to develop the aesthetics of dressing by my mother since I was a child, Su Xiaoyun is very willing to buy clothes with me. It's just that Shi Yitong is pitiful, he is a mountain worker from beginning to end, helping his goddess carry this and that, complaining endlessly.
I take time to go to the old house at least once a week, but Wen Jiubai doesn't seem to have any commission recently, he just sees a doctor and sells medicine every day. If there were too many guests, he would just follow his temper and hang a "rest" wooden sign at the door, and then hide in the main house to play his game qualifying matches. Bai, a weasel with ADHD, often runs around. It is said that he was kicked out with a broom a few days ago for stealing wine from other people's houses. Not only that, he also ran to my school when he had nothing to do, so that now everyone in the class knows that I have a white weasel as a pet.
However, life is still going smoothly, and November is approaching in the blink of an eye. At this time, the mid-term academic trip that we have been looking forward to is coming.
Academic travel is a tradition of Yancheng University, only freshmen can enjoy it, and it is a trip supported by the school at public expense. Of course, I can't go to too far or too beautiful places, just climb mountains and swim around Yancheng, and there will be a lot of homework after the trip. However, no amount of homework can dampen the students' enthusiasm for traveling and dorms. In the past few days, everyone has been talking about this trip eagerly.
"It seems to be going to Wuyi Mountain!"
"How is it possible, the school won't let us go to such a far place to play."
"What, I overheard it at the door of the class teacher's office. It said we were going to Guilin!"
"Stop talking about driving the train. I heard that you are going to Xiaoyao Mountain. Isn't it very close there?"
"Oh, you guys don't have any reliable ones. Let me tell you, the head teacher said he was going to the beach!"
At this moment, the door of the classroom was pushed open, and the discussion in the classroom immediately stopped, and everyone looked at the head teacher expectantly.
Our class teacher is a woman in her forties, wearing glasses, very capable. She put the textbook in her hand on the podium, cleared her throat and said,
"Although the class has already started, I know that you are all very concerned about the school trip. The leader just issued a notice today, and I will notify you immediately. First of all, the time for the travel gathering is 2:30 pm this Saturday. Everyone has to be at the gate of our school on time, and the school bus leaves at three o'clock, and it won't take you if it doesn't catch up, do you hear me?"