Xiao Mengyuan opened his eyes in a daze, rubbed his small, round eyes like a little mouse, and looked at everything in front of him in confusion. When the sun shone on him through the window, he was stunned.
He felt extremely warm.
“So comfortable!”
However, what Xiao Mengyuan didn't notice was that there was a man and a woman sitting next to his bed. They were about 30 years old, looking at him intently. Both of their faces were a little haggard, as if they hadn't slept all night.
His eyes were full of worry.
The man is wearing a black sweater, has thick black hair, is short in stature, less than 170cm tall, has a round face and clear facial features.
He has earthy skin, a high bridge of nose, thick eyebrows, a pair of big bright eyes, thick lips that are a little white and cracked, and there are some stubble around them, which are obviously new growth, the most conspicuous.
It’s the beer belly protruding from his abdomen!
The woman next to the man was wearing an orange turtleneck sweater, with long dark brown hair falling around her waist, and her thin face was slightly yellowish.
There is a moon-like curved eyebrow printed under her forehead, her eyes are as clear as phoenixes, and her lightly painted red lips are very small. If you look closely, you can see that the woman's eyebrows are tattooed.
"Son, you are awake, you have been burning all day and night."
"My parents were really anxious. Are you feeling better now? If you feel uncomfortable, please tell us immediately!"
The man looked at Xiao Mengyuan who opened her eyes on the bed, and spoke first, with a worried look on his face, and his words were full of concern.
"I just don't have any strength in my body and my head is a little dizzy. Where am I?" Xiao Mengyuan shook her little head and asked a little weakly.
"We are at home. Your eldest and second aunts have just left. Everyone has been working hard all night for you. During the Chinese New Year, you really put the whole family through trouble. Your grandparents made several phone calls to ask how you were doing."
"Ah, I don't know, I just remember falling asleep in the living room of my grandpa's house," Xiao Mengyuan said in a daze.
"You have a high fever, which scared both me and your mother." Seeing that Xiao Mengyuan seemed to be fine, his father breathed a sigh of relief.
"You really scared us all yesterday. Your mother and I were playing mahjong with your eldest and second aunts. Then your aunt suddenly shouted, isn't that Xiao Mengyuan's hand? We were shocked.
, I ran over and found that you were lying at the door of the living room, with one small hand hanging out and clutching the corner of the wall. You were already burning and unconscious, and it took us a long time to release you."
"The whole family was frightened by you, especially when you saw how badly you had a fever. We quickly contacted someone to call a car and take you to the Children's Hospital."
You child, why didn't you tell us when you were feeling unwell? Thanks to the early discovery, we were really afraid that you would be burned to death. You are not smart in the first place." Mom's red lips parted slightly, her tone was a little accusatory, but the look on her face
The look of concern could not be concealed.
"I don't know, I just remember I was a little tired at my grandpa's house, so I ran to the sofa in the living room to take a nap," Xiao Mengyuan said innocently, blinking her little eyes.
"You don't remember how you climbed to the door of the living room?" Dad asked doubtfully.
"I have no impression," Xiao Mengyuan said, scratching her head.
"It must be a fever. Fortunately, it was discovered early. If it had been longer, he would have been burned to death!" The mother said, with a look of fear on her face, worried that her son would accidentally become a fool.
"It's okay! My son, dad will help you sit up first and drink some water slowly. You must be exhausted just after the fever subsides. You see you have a fever and your lips are chapped." Looking at his son's weak appearance at this time, as a father
He was really distressed.
"Okay," Xiao Mengyuan responded and was helped by her father to sit up.
The edge of the universe, darkness, absolute darkness. This is a world of absolute darkness, a world without any life. In this world, there is nothing but darkness.
Looking around, this world is completely dark, without any starlight coming in. This is not because there is no light in this world, but because the last bit of starlight in this world has been swallowed up by darkness.
Like a huge cage, all living things in the world, including the sun, moon and stars, will be swallowed up by this endless darkness as long as they are in it.
In this space filled with darkness and infinite terror, a huge thing, like condensed blood, emitted a strange red light, like a huge eye, and it was staring in a certain direction in the darkness at the moment.
"Wake up: Yang"
"I call you by the will of the dark destiny, wake up and bring him."
This is an ancient language, so ancient that its origin cannot be traced. As soon as the words fell, something was awakened in this absolute darkness.
Four years later…
"Mom, go to bed quickly. It's almost nine o'clock. You have to go to work at ten o'clock," Xiao Mengyuan looked a little nervous and said anxiously to her mother in the living room.
"You turn off the light and go to bed first. Mom goes to take a shower. Come over now."
Xiao Mengyuan's mother is 33 years old and is a cook in the canteen of a state agency. Unfortunately, during his winter vacation, he suddenly received an order and was transferred to the night canteen by his superiors.
You go to work at ten o'clock in the evening and eight o'clock in the morning. Although the night shift is harder than the day shift, the salary is really high in comparison, so it is not a bad thing.
And people who know my mother say that she is a strong woman because she specializes in makeup and beauty from outside. In her free time, she will go to some weddings, and even the TV station has invited her several times.
She also specially bought a beauty bed from outside and placed it in the living room. Every now and then, someone would come to her home to do beauty treatments. She was really very capable!
The reason why I say it's unfortunate is that such a transfer really hurts the 8-year-old Xiao Mengyuan. Because of his parents' divorce, whenever his mother leaves home to work at night and he is left alone at home, he will be very upset.
of fear.
Afraid of the dark! Afraid of ghosts!
Originally, Xiao Mengyuan was not afraid of ghosts, but was simply afraid of the dark. The reason why he became what he is now was because of his inhuman cousin.
The time goes back to 2003, when Xiao Mengyuan went to his cousin's house to play. At that time, the cousin was going to watch a ghost movie called The Old Corpse of the Mountain Village with the neighbor across the door, so it happened that he was lucky enough to join it.
Of course! It was precisely because of this time, because of his cheating cousin, that ghosts appeared! This kind of terrifying and supernatural existence appeared concretely in his mind.
"Brother is here, sit down here with sister," my cousin said with a wicked smile.
"Come on, sister, what are you looking at? Why don't you turn on the lights in the house?" Xiao Mengyuan smiled and ran over with excitement on her face and said.
"Sisters, watch horror movies again," my cousin said with a smile.
"What is a horror movie?" Xiao Mengyuan was very confused and sat next to her cousin with a curious look on her face.
"What a horror movie! Do you know about ghosts?" Looking at her young brother beside her, the cousin immediately raised the corner of her mouth and asked with a wicked smile.
"What is a ghost? Is it fun?" Xiao Mengyuan asked expectantly.
"It's fun, but not fun, it's just... very scary!"
"Ouch!"
I saw my cousin's expression suddenly darkened, her hands quickly raised, and she started howling with her teeth and claws bared at him.
"ah!"
Xiao Mengyuan screamed, trembling all over, and tears welled up in her eyes, as if they would fall at any time.
Mainly because there were no lights on at home, the room was pitch dark, the only light transmitting was the TV screen, and his cousin's ghostly facial expression frightened him terribly.
"I...I...I don't want to see it anymore, I don't want to see it anymore!" Xiao Mengyuan said very frightenedly, her mouth was stammering, and she looked very aggrieved.
"I'm kidding you! You coward, it's so funny," my sister is just trying to scare you.
"Really? Sister, you can't lie to others, can you?" Xiao Mengyuan asked with some suspicion.
"You brat, how could my sister lie to you? You forgot that every time we meet, your sister will take you to buy a lot of delicious food, right? My sister cares about you so much, how could she lie to you!" The cousin said in a persuasive tone.
He is extremely gentle and patiently coaxes his younger brother.
After hearing what her sister said, Xiao Mengyuan's eyes as big as mung beans blinked immediately and she no longer had any doubts.
"Hurry up and sit down, the movie has started!" My cousin said urging me.
Facts have proved that this was an unforgettable experience, because for more than a month after the incident, Xiao Mengyuan never dared to go to the toilet when she woke up in the middle of the night. Even during the day, she would look down at the toilet from time to time to confirm that nothing was wrong.
Horrible things emerge.
Even for the next nearly three years, Xiao Mengyuan would not dare to turn off the lights to sleep. Even if she got up to go to the bathroom, she would turn on all the lights in the house and carefully check if there was anything wrong around her. She could not rest assured until everything was safe.
.
Looking at his mother lying next to him, he closed his eyes and felt very nervous because he suffered from severe insomnia. To put it in layman's terms, it was very difficult to fall asleep.
"God bless me! I must fall asleep while my mother is still here. Otherwise, what will I do if my mother goes to work? No, no, no! I must fall asleep as soon as possible."
Xiao Mengyuan kept thinking in his heart, feeling very panicked. He was really too afraid of being alone.
I don’t know how much time has passed...
"Why haven't I fallen asleep yet? It seems like a long time has passed. What should I do? It won't be 10 o'clock soon, right? No, no! Let's count the sheep!"
"One sheep, two sheep, ten sheep,
One hundred sheep..."
Time passed minute by minute, and suddenly! Xiao Mengyuan, who was lying on the bed, suddenly opened his eyes. What he saw was darkness. At this moment, a strong and uneasy feeling emerged from the bottom of his heart.
.
He subconsciously touched to the left, and sure enough... it was already empty. He just touched a quilt. At this moment, he was sure that his mother had left home to go to work, and he was the only one left at home.
Alone.
At this moment, without even thinking, Xiao Mengyuan sat up suddenly, raised her hand and pressed the switch on the bedside. In an instant, the darkness subsided and was replaced by light, and the whole room suddenly lit up.
"call!"
At this moment, Xiao Mengyuan looked at the bright bedroom and took a deep breath. She felt a sense of security in her heart and was not so scared. However, looking at the huge room, she still felt a little lonely and helpless.
Although their home is not big, about 60 square meters, with two bedrooms and one living room, for him, the home is as big as a palace. He has to run to get to the outhouse. In fact, this is normal, it is more than one meter.
The height of a person is definitely different from the world in the eyes of adults.
"Oh, why did I wake up! What should I do now? Mom has gone and I am alone. What time is it now?"
Xiao Mengyuan raised her head and looked at the clock hanging on the wall.
"What? It's only 10:30! I went and walked with my mother for only half an hour. Isn't this a lie? It's so miserable, how can I endure this..."
"Forget it, let's go to the toilet first!"
Xiao Mengyuan got out of bed, put on her slippers and walked to the bedroom door. She put her hand on the door handle and slowly opened the bedroom door. Through the crack in the door, she could see that the living room was completely dark.
He looked around cautiously, having a fierce ideological struggle in his heart, and did not dare to step out of the bedroom illuminated by lights.
"Bang!"
Xiao Mengyuan quickly closed the bedroom door, making a loud noise, and then locked the door, muttering softly, "Forget it, I won't go!" She turned back to the bed, got into the bed, and started to close her door again.
Eyes sleep.
I don’t know how long it took...
"Oh, it's over. I can't hold it in any longer."
Xiao Mengyuan woke up again, but this time she was woken up by peeing. She raised her head and glanced at the time. On the round clock, the pointer pointed in the direction of 12 o'clock.
"Forget it, I'd better go, I can't pee on the bed!" In the end, his physiology overcame his heart, and he compromised. He got out of bed again, walked to the door of the bedroom, carefully turned the knob of the bedroom door, and slowly opened the door.
The bedroom door opens.
As the door was pushed open bit by bit, the dark living room was immediately illuminated by the lights from the bedroom. Xiao Mengyuan looked around cautiously. After repeatedly confirming that there was no danger, he accelerated suddenly! It might even take a second.
None, so I ran to the headlight switch in the living room!
"Crack!"
There was a crisp sound, and the entire living room lit up. Looking at the bright living room, he felt relieved, and then looked at the equally dark kitchen. After looking around, he found that there was no danger. He started running first, and then accelerated quickly.
He ran to the kitchen headlight switch without any mistakes.
"Crack!"
The kitchen light also turned on. Finally, Xiao Mengyuan turned on the toilet light and closed the other bedroom door. This time she felt relieved, because everywhere she looked with the naked eye was full of light.
Stepping into the small bathroom, bathed in the bright yellow light, he shot at the toilet comfortably, twisting his waist and swaying to his heart's content, it was a great pleasure!
"Shua! Hua Hua...Gulu, rumble, rumble"
The loud sound of flushing water echoed in the small bathroom. Xiao Mengyuan walked out of it, his eyes resting on the light switch in the kitchen, because next, he had to turn off all the lights that were turned on.
He was actually very reluctant to turn off the lights, because his vision would darken when the lights were turned off, but he also felt that leaving all the lights on was too energy-intensive!
No...no...it was my mother who said that turning on the lights wastes electricity. If you don't turn off all the lights before going back to the house, you will definitely die.