Chapter 5 Chapter 5 Ghost Car

Yang Chang and I hurried back to the bathing place at eleven o'clock in the evening, and what awaited us was another explosive news—just an hour ago, my aunt took my uncle back to her natal home overnight despite my uncle's dissuasion . "Are you kidding! Uncle is so sick, why did he leave the bathing place?" I immediately became angry. Grandfather and little uncle sat at the long table in the living room, smoking silently, and the ashtray was full of ashes. There were four people missing in the bathing place, and it seemed extremely deserted. "Your eldest aunt called a truck and carried your eldest uncle up, and the two left just like that."

something wrong!There is definitely a problem! Su Ni's life and death are still uncertain at this moment, but the eldest aunt took the eldest uncle back to her mother's house at this time, most likely fleeing in a desperate situation.She must have done something ulterior, that's why she had to run away.Could it be that she is the one who raises ghosts?Thinking about it carefully, the whole family would count her as the most suspicious. "Did you just let her go without stopping her?" I asked anxiously. Grandpa pursed his lips without saying a word. The little uncle's eyes flickered, and he sighed: "Your eldest aunt has been busy with our bathing place for so many years, and she has given too much. Now one daughter is dead, and the other daughter is missing. She said she would go back to her mother's house, and her attitude is different So determined, there is nothing I can say to your grandfather."

"There's no way! Ha! Isn't that ridiculous?" I immediately became angry, "Little uncle, don't worry about it, when did grandpa become so humble? Isn't he always the only one who respects me? As long as someone doesn't like him, That's a capital offense. He was so cruel to my mother at the beginning, but now he's thinking about his position, it's really a big laugh." I have been burying these words deep in my heart, but I didn't expect that they would explode in an instant today, and they were out of control. Grandpa immediately turned pale.

The little uncle rushed to me and said: "Chen Xue, you can't talk to grandpa like this..." Yang Chang also tugged on my sleeve, and I threw him away suddenly: "Did I say something wrong? If it wasn't for him, how could my mother and I be so miserable, and my mother would not commit suicide!" Indeed, all the rumors about my mother that I know are all heard from the gossip in the neighbors when I was a child.How much is true and how much is false, I can't be sure.But as long as one thing is true, it is enough to make me hate my grandfather for the rest of my life.

I dragged a chair from the long table and sat down, looking at grandpa indifferently, as if confronting him—this is what I wanted to do a long time ago: "Seventeen years ago, my mother was nineteen years old and taught in a primary school in the town. One day a college student came from the city. He was a volunteer for education in a remote mountainous area. In the following year, he taught elementary school music and mathematics. This handsome and tall college student was called Chen Jihan. How long did it take for him to fall in love with his mother..." I paused on purpose, and both grandpa and little uncle bowed their heads in silence, without any doubts.

While observing their faces, I continued to talk about my mother's past that I knew: "My mother's relationship with Chen Jihan was unanimously opposed by you, especially my grandfather and grandmother, and my mother was resolutely not allowed to leave Qingshui Town and marry in the city. Go. The relationship between the two suffered a lot of setbacks that year. Chen Jihan came to the house several times, but was kicked out by his grandfather. Mom and Chen Jihan also considered breaking up, but their relationship grew deeper and deeper. When he was about to return to the city after teaching in Qingshui Town Primary School for a year, the two found out that they had a child, and that child was me."

I took a deep breath, feeling sore in my heart, Yang Chang held my hand. "Chen Jihan decided to stay in Qingshui Town for his mother, so he came to the bathing place again, told his grandparents about his decision, and also told about his mother's pregnancy. They thought that by doing this, they could get their grandparents' approval, but Unexpectedly, grandpa and grandma became furious and drove Chen Jihan out decisively without saying a word, and locked her mother in the room and put her under house arrest. Two days later, Chen Jihan found an opportunity to climb to her mother's window along the outer wall in the dead of night , and asked his mother to elope with him. But the mother was hesitant. She thought that grandpa and grandma were just angry. After all, she already had a child. When grandpa and grandma calmed down, they would definitely agree to the marriage. So the two decided to wait a little longer Days. After that, every night, Chen Jihan quietly climbed the window to see his mother. My mother reported good news but not bad news. She always said that the attitude of the two elders was getting better day by day, and it would not be long before the two of them could get their wish. But Chen Jihan watched his mother gradually lose weight. and felt that things were not as optimistic as she said. Finally one day when he came again, he saw his mother lying on the ground in pain, with blood all over her pants. She told him that today she overheard her parents’ Talking to each other, I found out that they have been mixing abortion pills into her food recently... The two of them understood that the matter had reached the point of no delay, so mother and Chen Jihan—that is, my father, escaped from the window overnight."

Grandpa and little uncle still didn't say a word, but in the middle of my conversation, they repeatedly wanted to interrupt, but immediately shut their mouths, hesitated to speak, and their faces were pale. "In the next few months, no one knew what happened to Mom and Dad in the city. According to the workers at the bathhouse, Dad seemed to have passed away in an accident. Then one night, Mom suddenly appeared in the city with a big belly. Outside the bathing place, she cried and begged her grandparents to help her and the baby in her belly. She was about to give birth at the time, so she had to go back to the bathing place to ask for help because of poverty.” I jumped up from the chair suddenly, with anger filling my eyes, “But Grandpa, how did you and grandma treat mother? You even locked your daughter in labor into the women's bathroom, and let her fend for herself!"

"No, it's not exactly like this..." The little uncle also jumped up. But grandpa stopped him: "There's no need to make excuses." "But, but later obviously..." The little uncle looked very excited. Grandpa shook his head at him, then turned to me and said, "That's right, Chen Xue, I did lock your mother into the bathing place in a fit of anger..." "Later, my mother gave birth to me in the bathing place alone, isn't that so?" I asked pressingly. "...yes...but..." "That's enough! It's enough for you to admit these things, and there's no need to say anything else!" I clenched my fists and lowered my head to cover my eyes with my hair, so I wouldn't cry in front of this kind of person. "How dare you do something to your own daughter?" This kind of thing is worse than a beast. Yang Chang, let's go!"

I pulled Yang Chang and walked out of the living room. We went all the way to the bathroom door, and I stopped to catch my breath. Yang Chang didn't speak for a while, and took out a handkerchief from his pocket to help me wipe away my tears.After a long time, he raised my chin: "I'm sorry, I don't know how to comfort you. If you can, forget those bad memories. I will be with you in the future, and I won't make you sad again Sad." "Thank you, I'm fine." I said softly, smiling at him reluctantly. "What are your plans now, are you planning to go back to the bath?"

"Of course not." I pulled myself together, "Yang Chang, let's go find uncle and aunt." "Now?" Yang Chang asked in surprise. "Now." I replied affirmatively, "I am really worried about my uncle. My aunt left the bathing place in a hurry at this time. I think there must be something wrong in it. Take the No. 66 bus to Bainiao Town, and you will be there in two or three hours. Instead of worrying here, it is better to chase after it." "But it's almost midnight, will there be any cars?" Yang Chang asked suspiciously. "Yes, if I remember correctly, there is the last bus at twelve o'clock, and we are just in time." I took Yang Chang and ran quickly to the station. As expected, everything in Qingshui Town was the same as it was fifteen years ago, including this station.Because it is the terminal station, bus No. 66 has already been waiting on the side of the road, leaving on time on the hour.The lights in the car were not turned on, and the street lights on the side of the road were not on. There was a light rain in the sky, and there were a few people in the car. It was very gloomy from a distance. Yang Chang and I got into the car, and the driver sat motionless in the driver's seat and looked out the window.There were very few passengers in the car, we sat in the back seat, two female students in high school uniforms sat in front, and a young woman with a little boy in front.Across a corridor, there was an old man with his head down, looking gloomy.The conductor dozed off on his stomach at the toll booth. Yang Chang and I held each other's hands with a heavy heart, but the two female students in front suddenly started telling stories with great interest. The girl on the left: "Hey, have you heard the story of the No. 66 bus?" The girl on the right: "Is this the No. 66 bus we are taking now?" "Yeah, have you heard that?" "No, what kind of story, a love story?" "No, it's a supernatural story, do you want me to tell you?" "Okay, it's very interesting, so tell me quickly!" I smiled wryly, now Qingshui Town is full of undead wandering around, it is almost turning into a ghost town.Fortunately, these little girls have no sense of crisis at all, and they are still telling ghost stories in the middle of the night. I changed into a comfortable position and leaned on the soft chair. Yang Chang took off his coat and put it on me: "Didn't you say it will take two or three hours to arrive? You should take a rest first, it's good to refresh yourself." I nodded and closed my eyes. I didn't want to hear the supernatural stories from the female student in front of me at all, but her voice was reflected very clearly in the silent space, and every word floated into my ears.With a small bump, the bus drove forward, and the "spiritual story" kicked off like this—— "On a night with light rain like today, it was also the last bus at twelve o'clock in the middle of the night. A pregnant woman boarded the No. 66 bus. Except for the driver and the conductor, there were only five or six passengers on the bus. The pregnant woman sat with an old man. Together. The bus drove for about half an hour. When it was about to leave Qingshui Town, the bus stopped at a remote platform, and three men in black coats came up. The dress and behavior of the three men were almost They are exactly the same, like triplets, and the black coat is very long. What is even more strange is that there are many empty seats in the car, but the three men are all standing with the rings, and no one wants to sit down. Just At this time, the old man sitting next to the pregnant woman grabbed her hand and shouted: "How dare you steal my wallet, return it to me quickly!" The pregnant woman was shocked: "What are you talking about? Who stole your wallet Don’t be bloody!’ The old man’s face was ferocious: “I saw you stole my wallet with my own eyes, and you still dare to deny it, get out of the car with me, and let’s go to the police station!” The old man dragged the pregnant woman forcibly Then she came to the bus door and yelled to stop. The other people in the bus didn’t want to meddle in their own business—you also know the temper of our Qingshui Town people, who have nothing to do with themselves and hang on high. So the driver opened the door immediately , the old man immediately pulled the pregnant woman out of the car, and the car drove away. The old man let go of the pregnant woman's hand, and the pregnant woman got angry: "If you go to the police station, go to the police station. The old lady is not afraid of the shadow, I want to see Is there any justice in this world!' The old man scolded: "Stupid! I just saved your life, do you know that? If it weren't for seeing that you were pregnant, I wouldn't take this risk!" The pregnant woman didn't believe it: "You What is this old man talking nonsense about?" The old man said: "Do you still remember the three men in black clothes who came up just now? Those three men have no feet." In the panic of the pregnant woman, the old man walked away leisurely. The pregnant woman returned She came to her senses and walked home cursing her insanity. But the next day, when she was watching TV at home, she was terrified by a piece of news—the No. 66 bus she took the night before was in the fast When it reached the terminal, it fell down from the hillside, and no one in the car was spared, and all of them died." After the story was told, the carriage fell into a gloomy silence again. I faintly felt Yang Chang's body trembling, and my heart ached. Yang Chang has always been the most afraid of such anecdotes. If I hadn't brought him to Qingshui Town, he wouldn't have encountered so many things. As I thought about it, my mind gradually became blurred.In a trance, a familiar voice came from my ear. The voice was very strange, like a TV slow-motion camera, or a disturbed radio wave, which felt very "distorted". The voice said to me: "Chen Xue, get out of the car quickly, there is no time, they will come up to arrest you soon, run away!" I opened my eyes dimly, and suddenly a pale face approached my eyes - it was Su Yun!A pair of immature arms hugged her neck tightly, and where the skin of the two touched each other, a lot of blood gushed out. "Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah--" I cried out, waking up with a start.At this time, a hand was close to my face, and I instinctively blocked it. "What's the matter? I just want to wipe your sweat for you, why are you screaming?" Yang Chang glanced at the handkerchief I knocked off, and asked inexplicably. The carriage was still very quiet, it turned out to be a dream, a terrible dream! "I'm sorry, I had a nightmare." I breathed a sigh of relief, my heart still beating wildly. "It turned out to be a nightmare, no wonder I was sweating profusely." Yang Chang stroked my cheek pityingly to show comfort, and bent over to pick up the handkerchief that fell on the floor.But when he bent down, he didn't get up for a long time. I was about to ask him, but Yang Chang suddenly pulled me over.His palms were cold, and he pointed forward: "Look, did I see it wrong? The woman and little boy sitting in front of us and in front of us, they seem...seem to have no feet..." I covered my mouth so hard I didn't cry out.Yes, I saw it. My eyesight is better than Yang Chang's, especially when looking at things in the dark. That woman and the little boy do not have feet. Yang Chang and I were so frightened that we sat up straight, staring straight at the backs of the heads of those two "people" without daring to move. I suddenly discovered something: "Yang Chang, that little boy, he is wearing a summer white sportswear..." Yang Chang's voice became hoarse: "That woman's back, no matter how you look at it, it looks like...it looks like..." He couldn't go on.Of course he couldn't continue, because the person he wanted to talk about was Su Yun, who had died tragically for many days! impossible!It must be a coincidence, it must be an illusion! But, except for Su Yun's child, who would go out in summer sportswear late at night in winter. The more you look, the more you look like the two of them. Yang Chang and I were almost as stiff as mummies, and my heart was almost paralyzed.At this time, the car stopped suddenly. Outside the car door, three men wearing black coats, dressed exactly the same, and even walking in the same posture as triplets came up in a line. This scene is basically the ghost story of the female student in the front seat just now! What I should do now is to jump out of the car and run away with Yang Chang. But my feet were no longer in control, and so was Yang Chang, watching the car door slowly close.I have a feeling that the moment the door closes, my hope of survival with Yang Chang is completely over.What awaits us will be a thousand times and ten thousand times more terrifying experience than the dream just now. When it was too late, a person suddenly jumped up beside him. It was really like a reenactment of a supernatural story, the old man sitting in the next corridor rushed over and grabbed me, and I also grabbed Yang Chang in time.Under the tug of the old man, we rushed to the car door together and got out of the car the moment the door closed. The moment our feet stepped on the ground, Yang Chang and I happened to face the window at the same time. Su Yun and the child in white sportswear turned their necks to look at us.That posture was very weird, their bodies were still facing straight ahead, but as the bus drove, their heads turned towards us: first 30 degrees, 60 degrees, 90 degrees, and finally 180 degrees, with green faces With a creepy smile. The No. 66 bus drove forward and gradually disappeared into the distance. Only then did Yang Chang and I breathe a sigh of relief, but an old hoarse voice came from behind - "Now, no one is robbing me." The old man who pulled us out of the car slowly turned around and smiled.Broken glass was stuck all over his face, and blood that was so red that it was black slowly flowed down his face. "Ahhhhhhhh—" Yang Chang and I ran forward desperately, the wind rustling in our ears. "I saved your life, your life is mine... come back, come back with me." The old man's voice never let us go, it was close to our ears, it seemed that no matter how we ran, we couldn't escape his palm. "What should I do?" I asked Yang Chang on the verge of collapse. "I stopped him, you run!" "don't want!" I didn't even have time to stop him, he had already turned around quickly and rushed towards the old man who was chasing us behind.The sound of the old man's body falling to the ground was like an old and stiff cotton quilt.The old man's body began to twist and deform, and suddenly "disintegrated" into another identical body, passing through Yang Chang like light, and continued to chase me. "Chen Xue, run quickly! What are you doing in a daze?" Yang Chang turned around and yelled at me hoarsely. I've never seen him look like this, he should be more scared than me, but he's going all out just to protect me.My tears flowed out all of a sudden, did you leave him alone?How can I! "Monster! I'll fight with you!" My eyes turned red immediately. The old man rushed towards me like a mad cow.I don't know where the courage came from, I went up to him and grabbed his neck, the skin that I could touch was as cold and rough as fish scales.I couldn't control him any more, I just strangled his neck desperately and shouted frantically: "Why did you find us? Where did we offend you, why did you want to kill us?" The old man's terrifying face was completely exposed in front of me.But suddenly, I didn't feel so scared anymore.At this time, either you die or I die, "I'm going to strangle you! I'm going to strangle you!" - that's all I think.I even forgot how he was an undead, so how could he be strangled to death by me. The strange thing is that the old man didn't resist my actions at all, and he didn't even move anymore.His eyes bulged outwards, and his tongue stretched out longer and longer like a snake, and finally the tongue began to curl upwards, and the eyeballs suddenly fell down and landed on the tongue. It was a disgusting scene. In an instant, the image of the old man gradually became transparent, and suddenly disappeared. I fell to the ground, and the old man on Yang Chang's side disappeared, he crawled towards me panting. "Idiot, do you know how dangerous it was just now? I told you to run, why didn't you run?" Yang Chang blamed me, but his voice was choked up. I have a feeling of being reborn after a catastrophe: "You are the idiot, obviously you rushed over first, it's too messy! Aren't you afraid?" "Who says I'm not afraid? I'm so scared to death, I almost peed my pants!" "Then you are still a hero?" "Because I'm a man, the woman I love asks for help. At a critical moment, this is my only way." Yang Chang's expression suddenly became very depressed, "I'm really scared, but I'm even more afraid that I won't be able to Protect you. I have been very uncomfortable these days. So many things have happened, I have not helped you solve any of them, and I can do nothing for you. For example, just now, I dare not strangle the neck of the undead like you did , to resist him. Am I useless?" "Yeah, you useless guy..." I said insincerely with a sore nose. Yang Chang smiled bitterly: "You don't have to answer so directly, do you?" I got up and hugged him: "Thank you." He froze for a moment: "Thank me? Thank me for what?" I cried and said, "Thank you for being with me all the time, Yang Chang. I've always wanted to say sorry to you. If I hadn't brought you to Qingshui Town, you wouldn't have encountered these weird things. It was all my fault." is you." "Fool, what are you talking about?" He patted my head lightly, "It's only natural for my husband to accompany his wife, and I asked you to bring me to Qingshui Town, because I want to see your relatives, Look at the place where you lived when you were a child, and want to know you better. If you want to say that I am burdened, it is I who implicated you." I hugged him tightly.How lucky I am to have this person in my arms now, no matter what happens, he will love me, stay with me, and never leave me.Why did I not discover the preciousness of this person until now?Will I still have time to repay his friendship to me?Do we still have a chance to leave Qingshui Town and return to the peaceful life in the past?Do I still have a chance to be his wife? At that moment, I made a decision. I don't care how many undead there are in Qingshui Town, and I don't care how many people will die, I just know that nothing will happen to Yang Chang.I will use all my strength to protect him, even if it is my life.As long as he can return to the city safely and continue to live a good life, I will do whatever it takes. We hugged each other and gave each other confidence and warmth. Suddenly, a bright light fell on us. The so-called strong light is actually just the light from a flashlight, because we stay in the dark for a long time, we will feel dazzling. A man showed us his ID: "I'm a policeman, who are you?" After our eyes got used to it, Yang Chang called out, "Officer Zhang! Are you Officer Zhang?" This person is Zhang Zhuangzhi, the policeman who recorded a statement for me on the day Su Yun died. "You are the granddaughter and grandson-in-law of Su's bathing place?...Chen Xue and Yang Chang, right?" Officer Zhang also recognized us immediately, "What are you doing in the wilderness at this late hour?" "It's a long story." We can't say that we just took a ghost bus and were pulled off by a ghost, so we appeared here, so we had to find an excuse, "We wanted to find my aunt in Bainiao Town, but we got off by mistake. in the car." A trace of suspicion flashed in Officer Zhang's eyes, his expression was a little strange, and he lowered his head in thought. I raised my eyes and looked around. This place is really desolate with no village in front and no shop in back.It's almost one o'clock.In the north direction, there were many people gathered there, lighting torches.I couldn't help being curious: "Officer Zhang, why are you here so late? Who are the crowd over there?" "Those are all my colleagues. We came here after receiving a report." Police officer Zhang looked straight at me, hesitating to speak, "It's really a coincidence that you showed up... I was going to call Su's bathhouse Well... About half an hour ago, a woman in a van that was speeding forward suddenly opened the door and jumped out, rolled down the short steps on the side of the road into the field, and died on the spot with a broken cervical spine..." Yang Chang and I looked at Police Officer Zhang nervously and puzzled. Of course, he would not tell us this without reason. The ominous premonition once again filled my whole brain. "According to the clues provided by the van driver, the deceased is Miss Suni who has been missing for many days in the Su's Bathhouse." "Su Ni!" I yelled in amazement. "You said Suni is dead? Are you sure? Maybe you made a mistake!" Yang Chang had a very good chat with Suni a few days ago, and he couldn't accept it for a while. Officer Zhang shook his head: "You can go over with me to identify." We hurriedly followed Police Officer Zhang to the crowd of lights. He said as he walked, "The driver of the van claimed to be Suni's elementary school classmate, named Wu Sen. He said that Suni went to him unexpectedly this afternoon and gave him two hundred yuan." money, asked Wu Sen to take her out of Qingshui Town. Wu Sen happened to have a van, so he agreed to Suni's request. Suni seemed very panicked along the way, and repeatedly asked Wu Sen to speed up, saying that someone was chasing and killing her. The situation is very dangerous. Wu Sen was impatient with being urged by Suni, and there were no vehicles and pedestrians on the road at this time, so he started speeding. When the car was driving forward quickly, Suni suddenly slammed into the door After jumping down, his body bounced tens of meters, and rolled down the field along the short steps on the side of the road. Wu Sen immediately got out of the car to search, and when he found Suni, she was already dead, so Wu Sen immediately called the police ..." How could it be such a coincidence?The place where we got off was so close to the scene of the crime, it seemed that Suni's spirit had purposely drawn us to come and see her. No matter how unwilling we were to face it, or how lucky we were, we still actually saw Suni's body next.The blood overflowed from her supine body and had clotted.She seemed to be sleeping on a bed of blood, her skin and lips were so pale that there was no trace of blood.Her eyes were wide and full of terror, and one could not help but wonder what she had seen before she died to make her so frightened. Another one died!It was the blooming season, and the two young and beautiful girls died tragically one by one. Are the baths really cursed?Is it really like Meng Gong said, everything is because someone raises ghosts and attracts evil spirits?Aren't the baths still fine when I'm in town?But as soon as I came to the bathing place, accidents started. Is this a coincidence or is there another reason?Vaguely, I have a very terrible idea that maybe the whole thing has something to do with me. Raising ghosts - this is the first time I have seriously thought about this term, although I am still very repulsed by it. By the way, why am I so repulsive?Is it just because this word appeared frequently in the topic of quarreling between my mother and grandma when I was a child? I tried hard to recall, trying to force myself to remember more about "raising ghosts".I know there are secrets hidden in my memory, and I forgot a lot when I was ten years old.People often forget things, don't they?Except for cyclical forgetting, we usually bury things in the blind spot of our mind and don't touch those things that will cause harm or are beyond the tolerance range. But I should not be such a person. When I was a child, I often hid in a corner where everyone could not see, eavesdropping on the bath workers talking about my parents.From the encounter between father and mother, their unrequited love, grandparents mixing abortion pills in mother's meal, father and mother's elopement, father's accidental death, mother was imprisoned in the bathing place and gave birth to me alone...these cruel things Discussions, I listened silently one by one, and then watched with cold eyes, pretending not to know.My personality also gradually became numb and indifferent, until my mother died... I can even remember my mother's tragic death so clearly, but I can't remember a few things when I was ten years old. My memory has three blind spots - the day my uncle's wife and son died, something seems to have happened, I can't remember; what happened after my mother and grandma quarreled about raising ghosts, I can't remember; What I said before I died, should be very important, but I still can't remember it. I can't remember, and I don't want to think about it.But now, I have a faint feeling that the death of Suni and Su Yun seems to be related to me, it seems to be related to those memories.I tried to think about it for the first time, but I was afraid. Is it really good to think of the memory that scares me more than the death of my mother? After dialing the number of the bathhouse, I didn't know what to say, so I entrusted Officer Zhang to tell my grandfather and my uncle Suni the sad news of their death. Yang Chang and I were considering whether to go to Bainiao Town to find my aunt or go back to the bathing place first.I insisted on the former, Yang Chang insisted on the latter, and finally flipped a coin to make a decision: we still got in the police car and set foot on the way back to the bathing place—it turned out that this choice was very wise.