Time is a very strange thing. It always seems to be in opposition to others. When you need it, it always slips through your fingers unknowingly. But when you want it to go faster, it always slips away from your fingers.
When you click away, it slowly walks in front of you.
So, this afternoon, Xiangyu and I both felt that time passed very long, and because we had something on our minds, we walked around the city a lot, but we couldn't find anything interesting.
I used to think that there were a lot of traditional delicacies in the city that I could show off to my friends from out of town, but today, walking around, I felt like there were only a few of them.
"Zhou Cang," Xiangyu, holding the rice-free rice cake in her hand, stopped and smiled at me, "I see that you, like me, are in Cao Ying and at heart in Han. We have been eating and drinking since we came down here in the past two hours.
There are quite a lot of things. Otherwise, you can squat in the sanatorium first, and you can also observe who is coming in and out there. Only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you be able to fight without danger."
"Okay, I'll listen to you, but it's not even six o'clock now. How about I buy some snacks or something and put them in the car so you can eat them when you get hungry later." Xiangyu's words were exactly what I wanted, but this
It was my first time shopping alone with a girl, and I didn’t know whether she was telling the truth or whether she thought I was absent-minded and said something to make her angry on purpose, so I had to ask cautiously.
"No, let's just buy two bottles of mineral water and take it with us. Besides, if we eat too much, what will we do if we need to go to the toilet later?" After Xiangyu finished speaking, he took my wrist.
Walked towards the parking lot.
I was stunned for a moment, feeling my palms tingle with a layer of hot sweat, and then followed her unconsciously.
When we returned to the entrance of the sanatorium, it was almost dusk.
Probably because of the shielding effect of the mountains, night comes earlier in the mountains. As soon as our car parked, the entire sanatorium was already shrouded in darkness.
"Zhou Cang, the professor told you on the phone to use the back door, but we walked around in the afternoon and didn't find any back door. This entire sanatorium is built against the mountains. Where can there be a back door? Do you know how to do it?
I heard you wrong." After getting off the car, Xiangyu looked at the dark nursing home and whispered.
"I'm sure I heard correctly. He said he entered through the back door." My eyes looked at the sanatorium that was immersed in darkness, and I felt a faint sense of uneasiness in my heart.
"Zhou Cang, do you feel that there is something wrong with this sanatorium? It feels eerie." Xiangyu said, unconsciously taking two steps closer to me.
"It's not that something is wrong, but something is very wrong. This sanatorium is probably empty." I frowned and looked at the vague outline of the sanatorium in the darkness and said in a low voice.
"How is it possible that it's empty? When we walked around the sanatorium in the afternoon, we saw that the flowers, plants and trees inside were very well maintained, and there were also some very cute pet cats living inside. These things all prove that this place is very popular.
Someone is taking care of it, how can it be empty?" Although Xiangyu said this, she moved a little closer to me, and I could almost feel the heat on her body.
"Look, night has fallen, but the entire sanatorium is dimly lit, with not even a little bit of light. How could there be anyone living in it? Unless..." I omitted the rest of the content, fearing that my inner feelings would be lost.
Speaking out his true thoughts would scare Xiang Yu.
"Unless the person living inside is not a human being, right?" Xiangyu said, suddenly hugging my arm and startling me.
"There are no ghosts in this world at all. You have to believe that even if there are ghosts, they must have a set of rules and regulations that regulate their behavior, so don't be afraid. Even if these things exist, they can't hurt us.
Yes." I comforted Xiang Yu.
"Then what should we do now? Do we still want to go in? This place looks so crowded. I'm already scared before I go in." Xiangyu said, still holding my arm.
"If you are really scared, then just wait for me in the car and I can go in alone, okay?" I felt that if Xiangyu was in this state and rashly went in with me, if something really happened, not only would
If you can't help me, you may get hurt. In this case, it would be more appropriate to wait for news about me in the car.
"No, if you leave me alone in the car, I will be even more scared. I'd better go in with you. In fact, it doesn't matter if you think about it. We can both walk out at the bottom of Poyang Lake. This building is still on the ground. I believe it won't happen.
Is there something more terrifying?" Xiangyu finally let go of my arm, took a deep breath, and his face returned to normal.
"At present, it seems that there is no back door here, and it doesn't feel like someone is living inside. Let's just go in through the front door." I said.
"Okay, let's go then, while it's still early." Xiangyu said.
Hearing that Xiangyu agreed, I turned on the flashlight on my phone, looked ahead, and then walked towards the door of the nursing home.
After a while, we walked to the door. At this time, something shocking happened to us. During the day, there was a big lock on the door, but now there was nothing. I pushed it gently with my hand.
, the door opened with a "squeak".
Xiangyu and I looked at each other, neither of us dared to speak. After hesitating for about five seconds, I took the first step and entered the confines of the sanatorium.
When we walked outside the walls of the sanatorium in the afternoon, we felt that there were too many flowers, plants and trees planted in the yard, both potted and floor-standing.
You can only see the red tile roof, but the other specific architectural features cannot be seen clearly.
At this time, it was completely dark. We only relied on the flashlight that came with our mobile phones for illumination, and the visual range was very small. Therefore, the two of us bumped into flowers and trees for a long time without seeing any building.
"Zhou Cang, could it be that the rooms in the sanatorium are all built near the back door, so we can't find any buildings at the front door?" Xiang Yu's forehead has already appeared a thin layer of sweat.
Pearl, it can be seen that it is very hot.
"Xiangyu, do you think this sanatorium is strange?" I also stopped, scanned the surrounding area with my phone, and then said to Xiangyu.
"It seems a little quiet." Xiangyu looked at me and said, with an uncertain look in his eyes.
"Yes, it's too quiet. This sanatorium is built against Sangpu Mountain. There are so many flowers and plants in the yard, and it's summer. But after we walked in for so long, there was no chirping of summer insects.
I didn’t even hear it, that’s so unusual.” I said.
"Zhou Cang, could it be that the people at the nursing home put pesticides on it?" Xiang Yu had obvious fear on her face, but she still found a lame reason to ask.
"Even if pesticides are put in the courtyard, so there is no sound of insects, but what about the mountains? They can't possibly kill all the summer insects on the entire mountain. And did you notice that we just got off the bus?
At that time, we still heard cicadas howling, but listen, it is so quiet around us now, it feels like we have entered a vacuum." I said.
"Zhou Cang, do you know why?" Xiangyu suddenly looked at me and asked.
"There is only one reason for this situation, and that is that in this sanatorium, there are things that these small insects and animals are afraid of. This thing makes these little animals consciously stay away from this sanatorium." I said.
"What about those white and fat pet cats we saw in the afternoon? Why did they appear in this yard?" Xiangyu asked.
"This is very simple, because the cat is raised by the owner of this nursing home."
Almost at the same time I said this, a cat meowed from deep in the flowers.
Immediately afterwards, the cats hidden somewhere in the surrounding flowers began to meow one after another. The sound, like the cry of a baby, surrounded our ears, making us feel irritable instantly.
Suddenly, a group of furry things in the grass moved. I had an idea, took Xiangyu's hand and said, "Maybe they can lead the way for us."
After saying that, I raised my legs and kicked towards the flower bush where the furry thing was.