Chapter 6 chapter Five

The other policeman had a stern expression on his face. He didn't answer Ma Wen and Zhou Jun's questions. He took out two other photos from his trouser pocket and asked, "Have you seen these two young men?" In the two photos, there are a man and a woman, about twenty years old. Marvin glanced at them for a while, but he really had no impression. He said, "I've never seen them before." Zhou Yi frowned deeply, staring at the two photos. After waiting for a long time, he said: "I seem to have some impressions that the two of them may have come to our store to buy things before."

"When did it happen?" Trying to remember on Monday: "I haven't seen them in this period of time, it seems like I came here a month ago. I'm not sure." The two police officers looked at each other without speaking. Marvin couldn't help but asked: "Officer, what happened to these two people? Could it be that they are also missing?" The fat policeman said, "Exactly." Marvin said incredulously, "Three people disappeared together?" "No, these two young people disappeared a month ago. They were a couple of lovers, so their parents thought they were just having fun and went out of town to play without telling the family. But after so long, they still couldn't be contacted. At this moment, we received a report that a 50-year-old farmer Ling also disappeared the day before yesterday—coincidentally, they were all nearby, so the police suspected that this was a case of serial disappearances.”

Several people were stunned.Ma Wen glanced at Ni Ke quietly, and found that his lips were tight and his face was expressionless, as if he was trying to restrain his emotions. Xiao He asked: "Then, police officer, do you have any clues now?" The fat policeman shook his head and said, "We are investigating and looking for clues. If you have ever come into contact with someone of their species, or know anything about it, please cooperate with the police in handling the case." "Definitely." Marvin said on behalf of the employees in the store, "If we think of or know anything related to this, we must take the initiative to contact the police."

The two policemen nodded, turned around and left, Marvin exhaled, and said to the three shop assistants: "Okay, let's all go to work." Xiao He and Ni Ke returned to their respective work areas. Marvin also returned to the office. He concealed the door and left a small gap to see the situation outside. Now the few employees outside must not have imagined that the boss was peeping at them from the crack of the door at this moment. In fact, Ni Ke was the only one Ma Wen wanted to see. He noticed that when the police were talking about that incident just now, Ni Ke kept silent. Although he didn't show any strong emotional changes, some subtle expressions still revealed a little bit—only people who knew her very well Marvin can only see one thing—every time she bites her lip tightly and doesn't dare to look at anyone, it shows that it is thinking about something.

At this moment, Ma Wen could just observe Ni Ke from the crack of the door. She was standing in front of a row of shelves, absent-minded, with a solemn expression. Some customers walked in outside the store, but he didn't greet them enthusiastically as usual. It could be seen that , His current mind is not on work at all, but thinking about other things. The performance of all the scenes seemed to prove one point - Ni Ke knew something about the serial disappearance that the police said. Or, Marvin was surprised, not only did she know something - this matter was related to her at all?

At night, Ni Ke returned to the cabin, her footsteps were faster than ever before, she almost rushed in, she lit the kerosene lamp, and mentioned that the wooden fence door on the right side of the cabin was half open, Ni Ke knelt down and asked sharply, "Meng Nu, you are inside, aren't you?" There was a hissing sound in the small black room, which was the daughter's response. Ni Ke put down the kerosene lamp, grabbed two pieces of wood with both hands, put his face close to the fence, stared at the daughter inside, and asked word by word: "Tell me, what did you do behind my back?"

The daughter in the small black room whimpered and leaned against the wall, not daring to answer: "Say!" Ni Ke said sharply, she had never been so angry and anxious: "You go out to eat during the day, what are you eating? You— —" She shuddered, "Have you ever attacked anyone?" The daughter became even more frightened, and curled up in the corner of the wall. After a while, she made a slight hissing sound. "My God..." Ni Ke understood her daughter's special language, and she covered her mouth in fear.Trembling all over, "You really... Those three people are all you..." Ni Ke slumped down, tears streaming down her body, her whole body was cold and trembling uncontrollably.After a while, she jumped up from the ground, opened the door, got in, squeezed her fist and beat her daughter, crying and roaring: "You are crazy! How did you do such a terrible thing? I brought you You don’t eat food, you have to go out and find something to eat by yourself, I thought you just ate some small animals, but I didn’t expect that your lover would dare, even dare... You really grew up, didn’t you?!”

The daughter in the corner was terrified. She clasped her head tightly with her hands, bearing her mother's fist, and made a low hissing sound.Ni Ke vented for a few minutes, and finally she was exhausted, she sat on the ground panting heavily, her eyes were empty, and she said sadly and powerlessly: "Just eat me too... Then I can be relieved. " The daughter hissed and shook her head again and again, as if she was admitting her mistake to Ni Ke, or explaining something.After a while, Ni Ke understood, and she roared angrily: "Even if all the animals in the forest are gone, you can't attack humans! I told you, you are also human! You are human!"

The daughter didn't dare to speak anymore. Looking at her appearance, Ni Ke suddenly felt a little pitiful again. Her tears were mixed with too many complicated emotions, and once again the embankment burst, she cried on her back, lamenting the injustice and cruelty of fate. No matter what, this place can't stay any longer, three lives... The police still think it's a case of disappearance, maybe they haven't found it deep in the forest, but once they find it, it's over. I have to take my daughter and leave quickly, to an inconspicuous little place, hide my name, and abandon everything now - work, self-esteem, and...Brother Marvin.

Ni Ke's heart suddenly tightened, and she wanted to leave Ma Wen. She felt a sharp pain in her heart. Why?I have been wandering in so many places, and I no longer have feelings for the people around me who change like a lantern, but this man who has given me great help and care is different from everyone I have met before. I should not treat him... … Ni Ke started to sob silently, she didn't want to face her emotions directly, let alone leave here and Ma Wen. But there was no way, she knew—no matter how sad and reluctant they were, they had to leave before the matter was exposed.At 4:30 in the afternoon, Ma Wen came to the store - because of Ni Ke's ability and responsibility, now he doesn't have to come every morning.As soon as he entered the store, Zhou Yi who was in front of the cashier quickly greeted him, handed a letter to Ma Wen, and said, "Boss, Ni Ke didn't go to work today. She came to the store at noon and gave me this letter." , let me pass it on to you."

There was a thump in Marvin's heart, as if his heart had been hit hard. He quickly took the letter, quickly tore open the envelope, pulled out the letter paper, and unfolded it. The letter said—— Brother Marvin: I'm very sorry, but due to some special reasons, I have to leave here immediately.Please turn me off without saying goodbye.There are one hundred thousand and one million reluctances in my heart, but I have no choice but to leave. Brother Ma Wen, will you give me a job, give me confidence and dignity.You are the best person to me in this life. I will always remember your kindness to me. I know that I am not worthy of you, but please allow me to say to you in this letter—Brother Ma Wen, I like you.Although it is my heartfelt voice, please don't care about it and forget me.Find someone who can be with you forever and live a happy life.No matter where I am in the future, I will silently bless you. Goodbye, Brother Marvin, please take care. Nicole After reading this short letter, Marvin's heart was surging. This letter awakened his closed emotions. Only then did he realize that he had already fallen in love with Ni Ke, but just like Ni Ke was also hiding his feelings, they dared not face and admit it.But at this moment, this letter tore away all the pretense in their hearts, revealing their true intentions. Ma Wen held the letter tightly, anxious, she turned to look at Zhou Yi, glared at him and said, "Ni Ke gave you the letter at noon, why did you give it to me now? Why didn't you call me? " Zhou Yi said with a bitter face: "Ni Ke repeatedly asked me not to call you, and I don't know if the content of this letter is important...Boss, what did she say to you in the letter?" Marvin was so irritable that he didn't bother to answer. He took the letter and walked out of the store. Still here at noon, perhaps, he hasn't gone far, or hasn't had time to go.Ma Wen secretly.By the way, Ni Ke doesn't know, I know she lives in the forest.Maybe it's too late for me to go to her now. Thinking of this, Ma Wen quickly walked towards the road ahead, almost running all the way. That night, he quietly followed Ni Ke and took note of her route home.Here it is!That night, Ni Ke was on this section of the road when he suddenly turned into a side path and walked into the dark forest.Now Marvin is walking the exact same route as her. It is five o'clock in the afternoon. Marvin glanced at his watch. This virgin forest is dense and wide——where can we find such a large place?If it was dark, and Ni Ke hadn't been found yet, and he got lost again... Ma Wen bit his lip and thought about it for a moment, and finally decided not to care about it!He couldn't lose Ni Ke, even if he risked it, he had to try to find her! It's September, early fall.The forest floor is full of withered and yellow leaves, which rattle when stepped on.Ma Wen didn't know where Ni Ke lived.It can only be wandering in the forest by luck.The deeper he went, the quieter he became.In the end, I only heard my own footsteps.At first, he could basically identify the location, but after walking around in the forest for more than forty minutes, he was completely dizzy.The scenery of this forest is exactly the same no matter where you go, and there is no recognition or characteristics at all.Marvin had no doubt that anyone who went deep into this forest would get lost—just like his current situation, anxious but helpless. Going in any direction may be a mistake, but you must go forward, because staying where you are is not an option.This state is simply maddening! Marvin looked at his watch again—it was half past six—and before he knew it, he had spent an hour and a half in this dense forest.Now that it was getting late, Marvin was even more flustered.What should I do if I can't find Ni Ke's residence at night, or get out of the forest?At night, all kinds of strange things can happen in this ghostly forest.He suddenly remembered the three people who had disappeared before, and his nerves tightened—old man, they couldn't have been killed in this forest, right? Now, anxious and hungry, combined with fatigue and fear, he felt dizzy.No, I can't faint here, I must...keep searching. Marvin dragged his tired feet and continued walking aimlessly.Now, what he regrets is not that he entered this forest without any preparation.But after so long, he actually forgot to give Ni Ke a mobile phone.That way, you can call her directly.Damn, why didn't I even think of this... However, he glanced at his phone and there was no signal.If Ni Ke was in this forest, she would not be found even with a mobile phone. Marvin's throat was about to smoke, and his stomach was screaming with hunger.His feet were blistered.Every step I took was excruciatingly painful.Beads of sweat oozed from his forehead, and he knew he couldn't hold it any longer.At this time, it was completely dark.Does Ni Ke really live in this forest?He was almost desperate. However, at this moment, he saw a glimmer of hope - not far ahead, there seemed to be a faint light!If it hadn't been dark, he might not have noticed this faint light. There really is a house here!Is it Nico's residence?Marvin sparked hope.He forgot the pain under his feet and the exhaustion that was almost exhausted, and walked quickly towards the direction of the light. Thank God there really is a wooden house!The dim light came from the window of this cabin.Marvin was very excited, he felt intuitively that Ni Ke was inside! "Ni Ke, Ni Ke!" Standing in front of the door, Ma Wen slammed on the door violently, "Are you in?" The wooden door was quickly pulled open.Ni Ke stood in front of Ma Wen, tongue-tied and surprised: "Brother Ma Wen, how did you find..." Before she could finish speaking, Ma Wen hugged Ni Ke in his arms, tears streaming down unconsciously.Great, you're still here... I finally found you. " Ni Ke's tears poured out of her eyes like a flood breaking a bank.They hugged each other tightly and didn't separate for a long time, as if they had temporarily put aside and forgotten everything. But Ni Ke quickly returned to reality, she broke free from Ma Wen's arms, and said with a panicked look: "Brother Ma Wen, I don't know how you know that I live here, and I don't know why you came to see me .But I am very satisfied to see you again. Please...leave here as soon as possible!" Marvin looked at Ni Ke in disbelief, "I wandered around in this forest for more than two hours, and finally found you. You asked me to leave immediately? Why?" Ni Ke looked a little flustered. "I don't know what to say to you, in short, please go!" Ma Wen said sadly: "Nike, I'm dizzy from hunger, and my throat is so dry that I can barely speak. My feet have blisters. Besides, I came here blindly when I got lost. , you tell me to go now, do you want me to die in this dark forest?" "No, no...Brother Ma Wen." Ni Ke hugged Ma Wen again, crying and said: "Come in, I'll get you some water and food. Then, I will accompany you out of this forest. But...you promise me, you must leave as soon as possible!" Although Ma Wen didn't know what to do, he could only agree at the moment: "Okay, Ni Ke, let me go in and sit for a while, or I'm really going to faint." Ni Ke let Marvin enter the cabin, he glanced into the dark forest, closed and locked the door. Marvin was shocked and saddened by the simplification of this cabin in the woods—a dilapidated small wooden bed, a low moldy wooden cabinet, a few plastic bags and barrels in the corner—the whole of this log cabin.Sitting on the small wooden bed, Ma Wen asked sadly: "Ni Ke, you...have been living in this kind of place for the past two months?" Ni Ke took a bottle of mineral water from a pocket in the corner of the room Come with a can of luncheon meat, bought at the store.She handed the food and water to Marvin, and said, "Yes. Don't worry about it, just eat." Marvin was indeed thirsty and starving.He drank most of the bottle of mineral water in one gulp, then opened the can, and ate the luncheon meat inside in a few mouthfuls. "Do you want more?" Ni Ke stood up, ready to get some more food, but Marvin held her back: "No, I feel much better already. Ni Ke, you... accompany me for a while." "No, I'll take you back now." Marvin stood up and looked into Ni Ke's eyes, "Tell me, why?" Ni Ke seemed restless, as if he didn't know how to answer. "Where's your daughter?" Marvin asked further, "Didn't you tell me that you have a daughter?" "She'll be back soon." "That's why you asked me to leave immediately?" Ni Ke bit her lip tightly and didn't answer, but it was tantamount to acquiescing. Ma Wen gently pressed Ni Ke's shoulders, and said softly: "Ni Ke, I came here to look for you, not to say goodbye to you. In fact, I guessed that you must have some difficulties. It's just because we Not enough trust and ?familiarity, so you refused to tell me. But now, you let me know your heart through that letter, and I want to tell you, I like you too, even... hopelessly love I fell in love with you. I am willing to share with you everything related to you. So, please stop hiding from me, open up and tell me your difficulties, and let me help you, okay?" Ni Ke looked deeply at Ma Wen, almost moved by his affectionate confession, but her eyes quickly dimmed again: "I believe what you said is true. But...you don't know what happened to me How scary. If you see my daughter, you will know why we have to hide in this forest, and why I don't want you or anyone to see her... Brother Marvin, the distress I have encountered is not ordinary people acceptable." "Then let me try to accept it." Marvin said calmly, "For you, I can do things that ordinary people can't, trust me." Ni Ke hesitated for a moment, then shook his head in pain: "No, I beg you, you'd better go. Brother Ma Wen, I am very grateful that you are willing to help me, but I only want to leave good memories for you, I don't want you... ..." As soon as the words were said, there was a sound of hitting the door with some kind of hard object from outside. Ni Ke's complexion changed instantly, and she widened her eyes: "My daughter is back!" She said to Ma Wen in panic: "Come on, brother Ma Wen, I will take you back!" Ma Wen felt that Ni Ke had lost his judgment in a panic, and he said: "If we go out now, won't we also meet your daughter?" "Oh, yes, then, let's go out this window." "Ni Ke," Marvin pressed her shoulders and looked directly at her, "I'm not going anywhere, I've made up my mind, I want to see your daughter, I want to know what happened to you .” Ni Ke and Marvin looked at each other for a minute.The unusual knocking on the door outside became more and more intense.She finally compromised and said, "Well, brother Marvin, this is your choice. I hope you don't regret it." After speaking, she walked to the door, took a deep breath, pulled the latch, and opened the wooden door. Marvin swallowed nervously, and she made all kinds of psychological preparations. Under the dim kerosene lamp, Ni Ke's daughter appeared in front of him in a half-crawling posture. Ma Wen's gaze resolutely touched his daughter, and his eyes immediately widened to the point that it could not be further increased. The muscles of his whole body were stiff, and the hairs on the back of his neck stood up. Only then did he realize that all the preparations he had made just now were under such a huge visual impact. In front of it, it's meaningless.At first he thought that he could face all situations calmly, but now he realized how naive and ridiculous this idea was.Facing this monster made him suddenly stop breathing, like a frog being held back by a cobra, unable to move.My God, is this Ni Ke's daughter?Are you a human? ? To be precise, lying in front of Marvin was an ugly and frightening monster like a lizard.Her skin was rough and covered with brown particles, which looked as disgusting as the skin of a gecko. Her mouth is so big that it extends to the base of her ears, and she stretches and shrinks her tongue that is divided into two small forks. She has some hair, her hands and legs are slightly longer than reptiles, and she wears a dirty dress. Xi clothes.Now, the monster stood up, and it was actually a bit taller than Marvin. She hissed and spat out the red letter, and moved closer to Marvin. "Ah... ah..." Ma Wen backed away in fright, and asked Ni Ke for help with his eyes.Ni Ke shouted loudly: "Meng Nu, stop!"