No one teaches.

Wen Shi had words on his lips, but did not speak because he felt that Xie Wen was not happy.

He subconsciously glanced outside the door——

The scroll door was half blocked, and the field of view was limited. Except for the dilapidated and dark door of the store diagonally opposite, there was nothing else. Naturally, it was impossible to know what Xie Wen had encountered before coming here.

When he heard this, he frowned and asked, "Who provoked you?"

Xie Wen was stunned for a moment.

He didn't seem to expect such a reaction when he heard it, and he paused while holding the scroll door.

The incandescent lamp in the store was too pale, making his eyes dark, but covered with a thin layer of light. He stood silently in the light, and it took him a long time to regain consciousness.

He tilted his head and smiled, perhaps too lightly, as the smile did not reach his eyes and disappeared in an instant.

"No one." Xie Wen put down his hand holding the door and stood up straight, "The aromatherapy in the store I just went to was too unpleasant. It happens to be the kind I dislike the most."

He stepped aside to get out of the way and said, "Have you finished reading? Come out when you're done. Don't hinder the old man from closing the door."

The white cotton thread tied outside the scroll door fell loosely to the ground. Wen Shi looked at him for a while and then pulled the thread back.

He wrapped it around his fingers and walked out the door.

The old lady's white eyes stared unblinkingly. As soon as Wen Shi went out, she grabbed a rusty iron hook with her back legs and hooked down the rolling shutter door.

"Why is it closed?" Xie asked.

The old lady paused. She subconsciously glanced somewhere behind her and said in a sleepy voice: "Can't open it, can't open it. He doesn't sell good things, so he can't open it."

After saying that, she grabbed the iron hook and walked away slowly.

Every time I take a step, the iron hook will hit the ground, making a "ding" sound. The sound is sharp and crisp, like a chisel on the brain.

Someone not far away shouted softly.

When he heard this, he turned around and saw Zhou Xu and Xia Qiao standing there, one behind the other.

Zhou Xu seemed to be particularly intolerable to the sound of metal digging into the ground, and was jumping around with goosebumps. Xia Qiao was right next to him, staring at him like a thief.

"What are you doing here?" Wen Shi asked.

"You are the only one who can walk this way, but I can't?" Zhou Xu was like a goose flapping its wings, pecking it back on the spot.

Xia Qiao complained: "Brother, if he insists on following you, I'll see what he wants to do."

Zhou Xu: "Who is following him? I've been stuck in there for a long time. I want to come out for some air. Is there any problem?"

Xia Qiao was shocked: "You still need to breathe in a place like this? Then do you get up in the morning and go for a morning run?"

Zhou Xu: "I——"

Zhou Xu: "...fuck."

Maybe it's because Zhou Xu is a little younger, and Xia Qiao's aura in front of him is pretty good. He can't even suppress him, but he can open up 50-50.

When I heard about it, I saw them pecking each other with their hair tied up, and their eyes looked up into the distance.

Behind them, there was a straight corridor crossing the opposite side, and a curved corridor on the other side. The circle in the middle was dark, and no shops were open.

When Wen Shi looked at the dark corridor, he suddenly realized that Xie Wen had just turned over from there... Where did the shop with the smelly incense come from?

He finally realized that Xie Wen's unhappiness just now might really just be because he had crawled into a semi-enclosed space by himself.

This is a bit surprising, because they haven't actually gotten to know each other that well yet.

***

The old lady walked away with her sharp hook, and Xie Wen followed her not far or near.

Wen Shi looked at his back, frowned, and strode over.

"Why are you in such a hurry?" Xie Wen glanced towards the dark corridor behind, "You're not afraid of the dark, are you?"

roll.

When you hear it, your heart says.

He pursed his lips and said nothing, but slowed down and followed the old lady with Xie Wen.

After walking for a while, he finally said: "When I entered that store, I had already hooked the cotton thread outside the door."

He still frowned, because he felt that explaining this kind of thing to others was a bit... bizarre.

The enclosed space in the cage is very dangerous. It's okay if there are many people. If there is only one person, he may be trapped in it for a long time. Of course he knows this. So he had a backup plan early and did not rush in rashly.

Break into.

Xie asked and said "oh".

His expression was the same as usual, as if he had put all the previous unhappiness behind him.

He didn't say anything more, and naturally he wouldn't add anything when he heard it. The two of them walked forward in silence, with a subtle sense of stalemate.

Zhou Xu and Xia Qiao didn't have any brains, but they were sensitive. They felt the inexplicably tense atmosphere, so they didn't dare to follow too closely, so they stayed behind five or six meters apart.

The two people didn't speak, and they didn't dare to make a sound for some reason.

The entire corridor fell into silence, with only the sound of sharp hooks and clattering on the ground slowly and draggingly.

After a while, Wen Shi suddenly spoke, his voice appearing low and light in the night.

He said: "Did I know you before?"

Xie Wen paused and raised his half-downed eyes very slightly.

"Why do you say that?" He turned around and looked over.

"Nothing." Wenshi replied, "I just thought of it and asked."

Xie Wen nodded.

His gaze fell on a certain void point in the distance. After a moment, he smiled and said to Wen Shi, "I don't know you, otherwise it will leave some impression, right?"

This actually makes sense. Except for some of the earliest things that some people can't remember when they hear them, he knows everything else.

And those people he forgot... are long gone.

Suddenly there was a heavy dragging sound nearby, and when I heard it, I turned my head and looked over.

The old lady came to the door of her store and pulled out a heavy leather chair from the store.

The leather chair looks strange. It looks like an office chair at first glance, but the base is a thick lump. It doesn't even have rollers, so it can't be pulled.

It left rusty drag marks on the ground, which were brown and red, and slowly exuded an unpleasant smell.

The smell is not strong, if there is any, it is very uncomfortable, and even the face tightens when smelling it.

"Miss Zhou" who followed behind made a sound of "vomit" and stepped back several steps, stepping on Xia Qiao's feet every step of the way. Xia Qiao's face turned green after stepping on her, so she pushed him away.

"What the hell? This is..." Zhou Xu cursed.

He didn't even turn around when he heard it, and whispered: "Blood."

Blood that has been soaked and soaked for a long time.

Zhou Xu: "Ugh——"

Looking at Xie Wen, who was the weakest and most dignified, he turned out to be the most adaptable. His expression did not change at all, nor did he hold his breath, as if he was used to such scenes.

The old lady pushed the chair outside the store, pressed it against the dark corner, and then staggered back, muttering a few words repeatedly.

When she passed by, I lowered my head to distinguish, and heard her say: "I'm almost there, I'm almost there, I'm almost here..."

What's the meaning?

What called her?

Does it mean... closing the shop and disappearing like the fat shopkeeper before?

When I walked to the corner, the discarded seat was quietly leaning there.

He smelled the smell of blood and closed his eyes in concentration.

At that moment, a pale woman suddenly appeared on the empty seat. Her hair was disheveled, and her whole body suddenly leaned towards Wen Shi.

The moment her hair was lifted by inertia, Wen Shi saw her pale and twisted face - her dark eyes were wide open, and her mouth was open, like a sudden hole.

Her arms were straight forward, her fingers stretched out, as if she wanted to scratch him.

But there was something black tied diagonally around her body, which seemed to restrict her movements. The next second, she slammed back into the chair and let out a scream.

…

Suddenly, Wen Shi was tapped on the shoulder by something.

He opened his eyes suddenly, turned around and saw that it was Zhang Biling.

"Didn't I tell you not to run around?" Zhang Biling said a little helplessly, "This cage is a bit strange. You may not be able to tell it. It seems to be quite peaceful, but many things are a bit abnormal. Just like the old lady who opened the shop just now

.I just saw that you seemed to be talking to her. How can a normal cage be like this? The cage owner has already pointed his finger at you."

What she said was actually correct. When she walked around, the strange feeling became more and more obvious.
To be continued...