Chapter 3 Chapter 1 The dog's severed throat is bleeding

For most people, life is a straw.My life is a straw.There is no luster, waiting for corruption in loneliness.In this night, I saw a dark figure hostile to me in a dark corner.I can feel his (her) breathing, so fast.I don't know who he (she) is and how much of a threat he (she) will pose to me.Everyone in this world, will they cry in the dark night like me?No, I only care about my own fate. Like everyone in this world, I have become selfish and hopeless.I can't tolerate it, and the anxiety in my heart is increasing day by day. I even suspect that everyone in this world, including my own son, is fighting me with a kind of indifference.Who is the husband lying beside me?His face was a blur in my mind.And his mother, that old woman who hated me, what would she do this night? …anyone in this family terrifies me and there is no way I can come to terms with them and have a fulfilling life.My favorite right now is my puppy Dot, who is the only light in my dark life.How many times have I kissed its wet mouth in my dreams, how obsessed with its smell, I don't know what would happen if I lost it.The sound of breathing is still so heavy, so I have to beware of all the people who are close to me, and beware of their harm to me...

In the evening, the sky over Chiban City was cloudy, the air was humid and hot, and there was a faint sound of thunder in the distance. The sycamore trees on both sides of the street had been exposed to the sun for a day, and their wide leaves were hanging down weakly, but there seemed to be something hidden between the veins. A longing, waiting for the first rainstorm since the beginning of summer this year. Zhang Wenbo didn't feel anything bad. He was still his university professor, and his days were flowing like water, which couldn't make any big waves. Some small emotional things couldn't affect his life. For this summer, he was quietly approaching He had no premonition of the catastrophic troubles.Even if he has a premonition, he will not take precautions. What should come will always come, just like this god, it will rain when it should rain, and no one can stop it.

After Zhang Wenbo picked up his son at Sixteen Primary School, he drove the silver-gray Hyundai car home slowly.The people hurrying on the street did not attract his attention. His ten-year-old son Zhang Xiaotiao sat in the co-pilot seat, staring straight out of the car window. He didn't say a word, as if his father and He has nothing to do with it. At a red light, the car stopped, and Zhang Xiaotiao's eyes followed the young girl passing by the car.The back of the young girl is graceful and graceful, especially the two long legs under the slender waist, which exude a variety of styles.

Zhang Wenbo also saw the girl. He didn't think much about it, but felt that the girl's long legs under the short green skirt were very white. Zhang Xiaotiao blinked, his two hands reached out to his thighs, and touched them lightly. The car stopped in front of an old garden villa with a garden on Chenshan Road.The locals have always called this garden villa "Gu Mansion" and it has not changed for decades. Zhang Wenbo honked the horn.The heavy black lacquered iron door opened, and it was opened by a girl of eighteen or nineteen.The girl closed the iron gate after Zhang Wenbo drove the car in.

Zhang Wenbo let his son get out of the car in front of the Gu mansion, and then parked the car in the garage behind him. Zhang Xiaotiao didn't pay attention to the dark cloud rolling sky.He was attracted by a bird's nest on a camphor tree in the middle of the garden.He came under the tree and looked up. There were a few birds poking out their fluffy heads in the nest, singing incessantly, as if they were starving and calling for something. He looked at it for a while, turned his head, and said coldly to the girl who was about to enter the room: "Ah Hua, come here!" Ah Hua hesitated for a moment. She was the nanny of the Zhang family. Ever since she stepped into this family's house, the young master Zhang Xiaotiao rarely called her so proactively except for examining her with weird eyes and bullying her.

Ah Hua still walked over, smiled and said to Zhang Xiaotiao: "Do you want me to do something?" Zhang Xiaotiao pointed to the bird's nest on the tree and said, "Look——" A'hua's gaze followed Zhang Xiaotiao's finger, she saw the bird's nest, A'hua's eyes shone with a charming luster. Zhang Xiaotiao said, "Since when was there a bird's nest in this tree?" Ah Hua shook her head and said, "I don't know!" Zhang Xiaotiao gave her a blank look and said: "It's useless to ask you, you don't know anything, country people, you go back!"

A'hua blushed and left Zhang Xiaotiao in a hurry. Zhang Wenbo parked the car, saw Zhang Xiaotiao standing under the tree, and said, "Xiaotiao, go home!" Zhang Xiaotiao ignored him, he was thinking about something. Zhang Wenbo said, "This kid is thinking about some weird question again." After speaking, he entered the room on his own. At this time, Li Li, Zhang Xiaotiao's mother, came back. As soon as she entered the gate of the yard, she saw Zhang Xiaotiao under the tree.She shrugged her glasses, and said to Zhang Xiaotiao: "Son, what are you doing standing there? It's almost dark, and you still don't go inside! Look, it looks like it's going to rain heavily today."

Zhang Xiaotiao muttered: "Can't I just stand there for a while?" Li Li knew her son's temper, so she had no choice but to say, "I'll be in the house after a while, and I'm going to eat soon!" Zhang Xiaotiao looked at the bird's nest with a dazed gaze. The sky gradually darkened, and the singing of the birds disappeared, replaced by the sound of the wind.The wind was getting stronger and stronger, and the camphor trees were rattling by the wind.Zhang Xiaotiao was worried whether the bird's nest would be blown down by the wind. A muscular old lady came out of the villa.She came under the tree and asked Zhang Xiaotiao: "Xiaotiao, what are you doing here? I'm going home for dinner soon, I'm waiting for you!"

Zhang Xiaotiao: "Grandma, I'll go in in a while, you go back first, you eat first!" The old lady said sharply: "No, you can't stay here any longer, go home!" Zhang Xiaotiao stood still and said nothing. The old lady took his hand without any explanation and left.The old lady's hand was still strong, Zhang Xiaotiao couldn't break free, and reluctantly followed her into the house.The old lady said as she walked, "Go back to eat quickly, my little ancestor, aren't you hungry? Usually, when you go home and drop your schoolbag, you cry hungry! After dinner, you have to learn piano with your grandpa."

At this moment, Zhang Xiaotiao was still thinking about the bird's nest, and forgot about eating and learning the piano.He thought, will the bird's nest be blown down by the wind?If it is blown down by the wind, will those little birds waiting to be fed become homeless?Will they die?These questions tormented Zhang Xiaotiao's mind. The storm came this night, and Zhang Xiaotiao still didn't know what would happen on this stormy night. At this moment, behind a window not far from the Gu mansion, there is a pair of eyes looking at the Gu mansion.There was a mysterious light in these eyes.

The storm came after supper.Before that, Ah Hua had already closed all the doors and windows upstairs and downstairs.The rain whip lashed wildly against the glass of the window, making a crackling sound.The wind howled outside the house, and there was a strange whimpering sound, which was shrill and surprising.Occasional thunderclaps seemed to split the small western-style building in half.The lightning dragon with its teeth and claws trying to tear the night sky into pieces. The old lady Mei Ping was sitting in the living room drinking jasmine tea.She has always liked drinking jasmine tea.She once said that drinking jasmine tea for a long time can make people younger.Mei Ping, who is over 80 years old, is still so healthy, looks like she is in her 60s, and has a quick mind, which may have something to do with the jasmine tea.Mei Ping drank tea while watching TV, with a relaxed look, as if the storm and lightning outside the house did not exist. Ah Hua sat next to Mei Ping and watched TV with her. After a thunder and lightning flashed by, Ah Hua glanced out of the window in panic, and Ah Hua's body trembled slightly. Mei Ping noticed Ah Hua's reaction to the thunder and lightning.She smiled faintly and said to Ah Hua: "Ah Hua, go and hang up the curtains, you won't be afraid if you can't see the lightning." Ah Hua stood up and hung up the curtains on the French windows in the living room. The curtains immediately blocked everything outside the window.Ah Hua sat next to Mei Ping again.Mei Ping smiled and said to Ah Hua: "Ah Hua, you young people are impatient and tend to have strong reactions to some external things. I was also like this when I was young. I was happy or sad, and I had no concentration. I must be quiet inside. When the heart is quiet, many problems can be resolved, and you won’t be bothered by anything.” Ah Hua respectfully said to Mei Ping: "Thank you Grandma Mei for teaching me, I will remember what Grandma Mei said." Mei Ping smiled again: "Look at your sweet little mouth, it looks like it's been covered with honey." Ah Hua blushed and smiled shyly. Li Li came down from the bedroom on the third floor, wearing a pair of slippers, holding the spotted puppy.When she passed by the door of the living room on the second floor, Ah Hua quickly stood up and greeted her. Ah Hua said, "Aunt Li, let me help you bathe the dog!" During the meal, she heard Li Li say that the little Dalmatian would be bathed at night. Li Li said blankly: "You can watch your TV, I will do it myself, besides, you can't serve my little one well." Ah Hua stood there a little embarrassed. Li Li went downstairs to the first floor on her own. After Li Li went downstairs, Mei Ping said to A Hua with a smile: "A Hua, come, sit and watch TV. You have been busy all day, sit down and rest." A Hua felt that Mei Ping's smile was very warm.Ah Hua sat next to Mei Ping again, and Mei Ping said softly with a smile on her face, "She cares more about dogs than children. This is also human nature. My own things are always precious." Ah Hua couldn't understand the meaning of Mei Ping's words, but she felt that Mei Ping's voice was very pleasant. If she hadn't watched her speak, she would have thought it was a little girl speaking. Mei Ping's voice was as soft as the skin on her face .Mei Ping pricked up her ears, and Ah Hua knew that she was listening to the sound coming from the piano room on the right side of the living room.After listening for a while, Mei Ping said lightly: "Xiaotiao's playing the piano today is a bit messy, this kid is absent-minded again." In the piano room, the old man Zhang Molin was reading a thick book, Zhang Xiaotiao was playing the piano, Zhang Molin said to Zhang Xiaotiao from time to time: "Xiaotiao, play well, don't get distracted!" While speaking, his eyeballs were still on the book. Zhang Xiaotiao was restless, he still remembered the bird's nest on the camphor tree.It was stormy outside, with thunder and lightning.He worried about the fate of those little birds.After playing for a while, Zhang Xiaotiao stopped.Only then did Zhang Molin raise his head, looked at Zhang Xiaotiao and said, "Xiaotiao, why don't you play anymore?" Zhang Xiaotiao said: "Grandpa, it's an hour, I still have some homework to finish, and my father will ask me to sleep again later." Zhang Molin looked at the wall clock on the wall, rubbed his eyes and said, "Oh, it's been an hour, go and do your homework." Zhang Xiaotiao left the piano room with a sigh of relief, and he came to the living room.Mei Ping said to him: "Little ancestor, I didn't play the piano well today." Zhang Xiaotiao ignored her. He thought, grandma Mei Ping usually doesn't care about other things about him, so why is she so interested in him learning the piano?He ran up to the third floor with this question.His bedroom and that of Zhang Wenbo and his wife are both on the third floor. Mei Ping said: "This child is more and more like his father." Ah Hua really didn't understand what Mei Ping said, because she didn't know what Zhang Wenbo was like when he was a child, but Ah Hua knew that Zhang Wenbo had to practice piano when he was a child. To be honest, Ah Hua really didn't like listening to the sound of the piano. It's not as good as the dumb erhu in her hometown. Zhang Xiao jumped upstairs, and when he passed by his parents' bedroom, he found the door of his parents' bedroom was open. He saw his father typing in front of the computer with an ambiguous smile on his face.Zhang Xiaotiao walked over quietly and came to his room.He went into his room and quickly closed the door. He went to the window and raised a corner of the curtain.Zhang Xiaotiao saw the camphor tree.The camphor tree was shaking in the storm, and he couldn't see the bird's nest on the tree clearly, nor could he hear the wailing of the little bird in the nest.He decided in his mind that those poor little birds must be whining.A lightning flashed across like a ghost, and then there was a thunderclap. Zhang Xiaotiao shuddered like an electric shock, and he lowered the curtains.He knew that lightning would kill people, but he didn't understand what it was like to be killed by lightning.About the dead, Zhang Xiaotiao didn't dare to think too much, what he wanted was to finish the unfinished homework first, otherwise the teacher would kill him at school tomorrow. Ah Hua watched TV for a while and then became sleepy.Mei Ping said to Ah Hua: "Ah Hua, go to bed quickly, you must be too tired after busying you this day." Ah Hua said, "Grandma Mei, go to bed early too!" Mei Ping said with a smile: "Go ahead, don't worry about me, my living habits are very regular." Ah Hua's bedroom is on the first floor, and the first floor has a dining room, kitchen, a utility room, and a small room for the servants to sleep in.In addition, there is a bathroom, which is generally not used by the Zhang family, and is mainly used by visitors and servants. When Ah Hua walked from the spiral staircase to the first floor, she heard Li Li's laughter and talking from the bathroom. Who is she talking to? When Ah Hua heard Li Li's voice, she felt a little uneasy.She wanted to go over to say hello to Li Li, but quickly dismissed the idea.When she entered the room, she glanced towards the bathroom, and that glance was meaningful. Li Li filled the bathtub in the bathroom with water, and the puppy soaked in the bathtub. Li Li washed it carefully, not letting go of any tiny parts.The water temperature is suitable, and the puppy seems to be very comfortable, obediently let Li Li take care of it, Li Li smiled and said while bathing the puppy: "Diandian is so good, and Diandian is a good baby, mother washed you clean. Diandian is the most beautiful baby in the world." After bathing the puppy, Li Li dried it with a bath towel, and then used a hair dryer to blow the puppy's hair. Li Li seemed very patient.She was blowing her body for the puppy, and her eyes were shining with crystal luster.After drying the puppy's body, Li Li combed the puppy's hair softly with a comb.After everything was done, Li Li picked up the puppy and kissed the puppy's mouth. The puppy stretched out its warm and moist tongue and licked Li Li's lips. Li Li said sweetly: "It's nice to have a little bit, Mom loves you to death." Li Li hugged the puppy and returned to her bedroom on the third floor. After Li Li left, Ah Hua came to the bathroom.As soon as she entered the bathroom, Ah Hua frowned. She took a deep breath and said, "The smell of dog smell is really strong!" She tidied it up, rinsed the bathtub, and cleaned up all the dog hair scattered in the bathroom.Then, she began to bathe herself.When she first came to this home, she had soaked in the bathtub, but she stopped because Li Li used the bathtub to bathe the puppy.In Li Li's eyes, the puppy must be cleaner than A Hua.Ah Hua rinsed her youthful skin with the shower head, and she muttered something.It was a curse, a very common curse in her native village. Li Li hugged the puppy and was intimate with the puppy in the bedroom.Zhang Wenbo turned off the computer after she came in.He stood up and stretched.Li Li knew which little girl he was chatting with on the Internet just now.She said sourly: "Keep talking, no one will disturb you." Zhang Wenbo smiled: "What are you talking about, what are you talking about!" Li Li hugged the puppy and stroked the puppy's fur: "There is a golden house in the net, and there is Yan Ruyu in the net!" Zhang Wenbo said: "Why are you so eccentric!" Li Li sneered. Zhang Wenbo said again: "By the way, go and see Xiaotiao and see if he is asleep." Li Li kissed the puppy and said, "You can't go, why should I go, I'm not my son alone." Zhang Wenbo lowered his face: "Puppy is your son, isn't Xiaotiao?" Zhang Wenbo went out angrily. Li Li sneered again, and continued to play with her puppy. After teasing for a while, Li Li said to the puppy: "Be good, and it's time to go to bed. Mom is tired, so it's time to rest. Mom has to do it tomorrow." Going to work." Li Li went out with the puppy in her arms. She wanted to put the puppy in a beautiful and comfortable kennel.The kennel is at the corner of the stairs on the third floor. She once wanted to put the kennel in her bedroom, but Zhang Wenbo refused to agree.She had no choice but to put the kennel in this place. Sometimes when Zhang Wenbo was on business trips for meetings, she would sleep with the dog in his arms. That was the happiest time for her. At this time, there was another thunderstorm outside the house, and the puppy pricked up its ears vigilantly, with a look of panic in its eyes.Li Li stroked the puppy: "Diandian is not afraid, Diandian is not afraid, Diandian is a brave baby!" The puppy whimpered mournfully, as if it didn't appreciate Li Li's caress, but was still immersed in fear. The rain stopped at some point.When Li Li woke up, it was already quiet outside the house.She seemed to be in a dream, dreaming that she was looking for her little Dalmatians in the desert.She walked hard alone, but couldn't find the beloved puppy.The more she walked, the thirstier she got, the more she walked, the drier she got, she couldn't find water, and there was no water anywhere... Li Li smacked her mouth, which was very sticky and had a bitter taste, and her throat was so dry that she was on fire. Zhang Wenbo's snoring sounded rhythmically, he slept soundly, he was a heartless man. Li Li wanted to drink water, so she turned on the lamp by the bed and got out of bed quietly.Li Li looked at the two glasses on the table, both were empty, why didn't she prepare some water tonight?There are always times when people are hungry and thirsty.She had no choice but to go downstairs to find water to drink.She knew that there was a large bucket of purified water in the living room on the second floor, but she didn't want to turn on the light in the living room on the second floor, she was afraid of waking up the two old people who slept in separate rooms, especially her mother-in-law Mei Ping, she couldn't stand Mei Ping False smile.Tearing off that fake smile, Mei Ping's old lady wolf-like grandma's true face can be seen at a glance.It's not that Li Li hasn't seen it before. Thinking about Mei Ping's smile, it's really a bit vicious. Li Li decided to go down to the first floor and find some drinks in the refrigerator in the kitchen.She really wanted to drink something sweet to dilute the bitter taste in her mouth.Li Li walked down the spiral staircase. When she passed the puppy kennel, she wanted to take a look at the puppy. The corner was very quiet, so she didn't go there for fear of waking the puppy. The lights on the walls of the stairs were dark red. Even with such lights, she still had to be very careful when going downstairs, for fear that she would fall down if she stepped on the empty space.When she walked to the second floor, she seemed to hear a strange sound in the living room on the second floor. She wanted to go in and have a look, but she still didn't step in. Li Li walked down the stairs carefully step by step, her steps were very light, afraid of waking up anyone in the building, and seemed afraid of waking up the sleeping memory of this old-fashioned western-style building.As she was walking, she suddenly felt a gust of wind blowing from behind, and she instinctively turned her head to take a look: there was nothing. Li Li continued to walk. Suddenly, she felt that someone pushed her from behind, and she staggered and fell to her knees on the stairs. Fortunately, she didn't fall down.She looked back again, the stairs were quiet and there was nothing.Li Li stood up again, her knee hurt a little, and she didn't know if she had scratched her skin.She cursed in her heart, what the hell is this place!Zhang Wenbo blamed Zhang Wenbo for moving out to live in this dead building. She felt that this building was slowly decaying like Mei Ping. Li Li still felt parched, so she quickened her pace and went downstairs.When Li Li came to the first floor, she felt light coming from the gap in A'hua's door. What is A'hua doing?Did she not sleep?Why doesn't Ah Hua sleep?After a while, the light from Ah Hua's room went out, maybe Ah Hua heard her footsteps and turned off the light quickly. When Li Li turned on the light in the dining room, she seemed to see a figure flashing and then disappearing. The curtains of the French windows in the dining room moved. Could it be that someone was hiding behind the curtains?Li Li's heart rose, and in the silence, Li Li heard her own heartbeat.She felt her heartbeat was so strong and flustered.Li Li picked up a broom casually, she wondered why the broom was placed in the dining room.Li Li dared to say to the curtain: "Who?" No one answered her.Li Li walked over step by step. There was no movement in the floor-to-ceiling curtains, Li Li's heart beat faster, her blood was about to rush, Li Li suddenly lifted the floor-to-ceiling curtains, but she saw nothing, the floor-to-ceiling windows were tightly closed, it was impossible for anyone to come in or go out from here. Li Li put down the curtains and threw away the broom in her hand. At this time, she was sweating profusely, and her pajamas were soaked.Li Li touched her face, her palms were covered with sweat, she let out a long breath and sat down on the chair.She was thinking about a question: how did her panic come about?She suddenly remembered the plot in a horror novel she edited: There is a person who always hears the sound of breathing at night, and the sound of breathing will follow her when she is alone.The sound of breathing is everywhere. In order to reject the sound of breathing, she blocked her ears with cotton balls. Even so, the sound of breathing still entered her ears forcibly. She couldn't stand it anymore. In the middle of the night, Covering her mouth and nose with a pillow, she finally suffocated herself to death... The sound of breathing, Li Li seemed to hear the sound of breathing in the silence, it must be her own breathing, so heavy, Helpless, dry mouth, dry mouth! Li Li realized the real purpose of Mu Ya's coming downstairs.She stood up feebly and walked towards the kitchen.After entering the kitchen, Li Li smelled a smell of gas.Li Li was startled, did that country girl Ahua forget to turn off the gas?Li Li quickly checked the switch of the gas stove, there is no problem!She checked the other places again, and there was no problem. Besides, a gas alarm was installed in the kitchen. If the gas leaked, the alarm would go off.Maybe it's because I seldom go into the kitchen, and when I go in once in a while, I can smell the residual gas very sensitively. Li Li covered her chest, why did she become a frightened bird?Living in this complicated world, no one can guarantee that he will not become a frightened bird.Li Li then approached the refrigerator.The refrigerator stood quietly in a corner of the kitchen.As she approached the refrigerator step by step, her heart suddenly jumped again. She couldn't figure out what was going on. Could it be that there was a bomb hidden in the refrigerator, as long as she opened the door of the refrigerator, the bomb would detonate. Will she be blown to pieces?How many people longed for her to die, and what good would her death do to those who longed for her to die?Li Li said to herself, stop thinking about it!Then, she stood in front of the refrigerator.Li Li's hands trembled a little. She smacked her mouth, but her mouth was still sticky and bitter.Li Li hesitated for a while, stretched out her hand, and slammed open the door of the refrigerator. Li Li was secretly delighted, but there was no explosion, it seemed that she was really overwhelmed.However, in just a few seconds, unprecedented fear appeared in Li Li's eyes. The muscles of her face twitched, and her complexion also changed, white, red, blue, gray... Li Li's hands He lifted it up vigorously and grabbed it in the air, then let out a piercing cry: "Oh my god——" Li Li couldn't believe her eyes, how she hoped it was an illusion!But she clearly and truly saw this scene: her beloved little Dalmatians had its throat cut off and was stuffed bloody in the refrigerator, with its head facing outside and its eyes open, dead and still open.The corners of the eyes are wet, that is its tears!The fur on the dog's body was covered with blood, and the blood in the throat was still dripping drop by drop. The blood should still be warm, right? Li Li's heart-piercing scream echoed in the building, it seemed that no one heard her scream, and there was no reaction in the building.Li Li burst into tears, choked with sobs, couldn't say anything, immersed in great grief.Who did it to kill her beloved puppy? Li Li went crazy.She got the puppy out of the refrigerator, yes, the puppy's body was still warm, it must have been killed not long ago.Li Li rushed out of the kitchen with the puppy in her arms, and didn't even bother to close the door of the refrigerator, and the refrigerator was emitting cold air like fog. Li Li hugged the bloody puppy and yelled loudly: "Which heartless person killed my little dog!" She was covered in dog blood. Li Li came to the door of A Hua's room and said loudly: "A Hua, did you kill my little girl? Get out of here and explain to me!" There was no movement in Ah Hua's room. Li Li was crying, she saw that A Hua ignored her at all, as if she didn't hear her, she went up to the second floor. Dog blood dripped all over the floor, and the stairs were covered with dog blood. She rushed into the living room on the second floor like crazy, and yelled at the two rooms next to the living room on the second floor: "Did you kill my Diandian? How did you do it! Why did you kill my Diandian? Why didn't you kill me?!" Those two rooms are the bedrooms of Mei Ping and Zhang Molin.Neither Mei Ping nor Zhang Molin responded, as if they hadn't heard Li Li's tragic cry. Li Li was very angry, why did they pretend not to hear her shout?Li Li heard the sound of breathing, heavy breathing.She yelled on the second floor for a while, then rushed up to the third floor. Instead of yelling outside her son's room, she went straight into her bedroom.She was about to yell at her husband, who had a different dream in bed, when she saw him sitting up in shock, looking straight at her, who was holding the dead puppy, covered in blood.Zhang Wenbo couldn't say anything, and he didn't seem to understand why this happened.