Chapter 19 Section 4

a long time. Leaning forward sharply, she woke up. The car was parked in a rough motorway service area. Looking around, it seems that a mural that has been hung for a long time has been torn off: those familiar high-rise buildings, highway bridges, or unfamiliar brick huts, country paths, all disappeared, leaving only a vast grassland ... greenish yellow. Winter is coming, and there is no green here. At this time, Jiao Yan came out from behind the service area on tiptoe, holding up the hem of the suspender skirt, and screamed as soon as she got into the car: "You must not go to that toilet, it stinks to death!"

Meng Ruhu turned his head, looked at her calves tightly wrapped in black stockings, and smiled. When Jiao Yan was seated, she turned her head and gave Si Miao a vicious look, as if she wanted to stab her. What does she mean?Think about it. Xiangming, why can't I just forget you? Just when the thoughts gradually fell into the haze, the grassland was also shrouded in twilight, and a round of sunset in the west, like a ball of water that had been boiled for a long time but never boiled, emitted a sickly white light. "How long will it take?" Jiao Yan suddenly let out a coquettish voice, "I'm exhausted."

"It's coming soon..." Li Jialiang, who had been silent all this time, said hastily. This "it's coming soon" is actually not accurate, the car has been driven for at least another hour, and the outside of the car window is already pitch black, as if dyed with ink. Si Miao felt a little cold, so she closed the window and tightened her collar. Almost at the same time, she heard a crackling sound. Although she couldn't see anything, she still knew clearly that the wind was blowing!It's just that I didn't expect the wind to rise so fast, so fierce, and so strong!It seemed that the beach was calm a second ago, and it sank into the tumbling seabed a second later.

"Fuck!" Meng Ruhu cursed loudly. Thousands of small wear marks were made on the front window of the car by the sand and gravel blown up by the gust of wind. "It's almost there..." Li Jialiang said, his voice trembling. "Old Li, don't you always say that you have been in the queue here for five or six years? Why don't you even know the truth?" Meng Jian said irritably and disdainfully. "I haven't been here for many years..." Li Jialiang stammered, Si Miao felt that the old man was very pitiful. "Wait a minute!" Li Jialiang suddenly shouted.

The car stopped with a "crack", Meng Ruhu stared, "What's wrong?" "Back, back, and back... Yes, see the small road on the right, just keep going." Li Jialiang said. With the light of the headlights, Si Miao saw a very shallow path on the grassland. The gust of wind poured in from the gaps of the car doors and windows, making a sharp squeaking sound, as if countless sharp teeth were gnawing on the iron sheet. "Drive!" Jiao Yan yelled. Meng Ruhu slammed the steering wheel, left the national road, and drove along the path to the hinterland of the grassland.

The car was bumping violently, and everyone's hips seemed to be spring-loaded, bouncing on the seats non-stop. Li Jialiang pointed to the front and kept chanting "this way, this way". Meng Ruhu drove for a long time, but still didn't see the destination, so he couldn't help saying viciously: "What kind of broken road are you referring to? spinning around—” Before the words fell, Li Jialiang yelled: "That's it!" The car stopped. A dark two-story building stood eerie under the night. like…… Si Miao pondered for a long time, but didn't know what words to use as a metaphor.

"Let's go in and have a look." Said Meng Ruhu turned off the car, got out of the car, Li Jialiang followed him, and walked into the small building. The wind seems to be a little less.The car was unusually quiet, Jiao Yan couldn't help but move her body closer to Meng Jianyi. Lou shuddered, and the light in the front hall came on.Meng Ruhu came out of the building, ran to the driver's seat, and cursed while pulling out the car keys: "I don't know what happened, but there is no one in the building. Lao Li pushed open the door of the canteen and found that the food was poor. Quite a few, we can only eat instant noodles tonight... let's go, the guest room is still quite clean."

Everyone got out of the car and walked into the building. Liu Simiao walked at the back, kneading his numb arms and legs while looking into the distance: the wind made the night a little lighter, and not far away, there was a strange oval that shone like phosphorous fire... what is that?she thinks. "Lake of Tears." An old voice suddenly sounded in my ear. She was startled. It's Li Jialiang. This old man, who had been gentle and benevolent along the way, was even somewhat submissive, at this moment, staring at the lake, his eyes radiated two cold, decisive, calm, and full of meaning of destination.

Then, he walked into the building. Strange people, strange buildings, strange lakes, strange journeys... Si Miao couldn't help but took two steps back, looked at the two-story building in front of her again, and suddenly found the metaphor that she hadn't thought of until now. That's right, this metaphor is not only suitable for the shape and color of the building, but also more suitable for its surrounding body. breath out: like a coffin— She is sure.For people who are investigating a very mysterious case, they must not let go of anything they see or hear, and they must find out the hidden meaning from what they see and hear.