Chapter 26 Ninety-sixth night lock

Across from my house, a woman moved in. A woman who seemed utterly strange to me.There are two kinds of women that are attractive, the beautiful and the mysterious, and it just so happens that this woman combines both of the above. Since my work requires constant contact with people, I have met far more women than others, and naturally there are many beautiful ones, but there are indeed no such women as her.How should I describe it?This woman seems to be in a state of happiness without any impurities forever, and also has a kind of almost morbid beauty, just like Daiyu who buried flowers, people can't help but want to get to know her better.

This woman named Xigui appeared across from my house almost as soon as I woke up. Just yesterday, there was still an empty old house, which made me have to ask her when she moved here. The first time I met her was at the door of my house. I packed up and went to the newspaper office, and she happened to be cleaning up the garbage outside the door.She was wearing a black knee-length dress, her shoulder-length hair, and a pair of cartoon plastic slippers with big heads. Her round face with a little baby fat made people feel friendly and natural, with a small nose and slightly upturned lips. Makes me feel like a little sister.

"Oh, I moved in last night, didn't I disturb you?" When she told me, she apologized, her smile was pouted to her cheeks, her face was blushing, in the corridor that was not completely soaked in sunlight , her scalloped teeth seemed to glisten.Chatting with beautiful women is a pleasant thing, so I naturally asked a few more questions. Xigui told me her name. She is an employee of a foreign company. She rented the house opposite me for the convenience of going to work, and she is only single in this city.She was very happy when she found out who I was. I often read the columns you write, and they are all very interesting stories. ’ She smiled again, and this time her hand was empty and held out to me.

"Hope to have a good time, Mr. Reporter." She tilted her head to one side, smiling mischievously, her hair cascading down her shoulders.I shook hands with her and hurried off to work. However, I have never heard of any foreign companies nearby. Who cares, what does other people's work have to do with me? I try my best not to think about Xigui. I usually don't go back at noon, because I come and go in a hurry, and sometimes I can deal with some things when I am energetic at noon, but today I came up with the idea of ​​going home. When I walked to the door of the house, I found that Xigui's door was open. I deliberately slowed down and made the sound of stepping on the corridor loud.

Sure enough, a head popped out of the door, and she looked at me carefully.She seemed to be changing her door lock, with fine sweat on her forehead.The door lock here has always been strong, why do such a thankless thing?When I asked her, Xi Gui just prevaricated and said that the original door lock was broken. "Are you back? Have you eaten? I cooked my own food, why don't you come together and treat me as a tribute to you, a local snake?" She narrowed her eyes, stretched out her hand and beckoned to me, like a As cute as a beckoning cat. I touched my newly full belly and said "okay" almost without thinking.

Eating is second, and I'd really like to see what her home looks like. Xigui told me that she asked for a day off today to clean up the house.Girls always like to be clean and meticulous to the extreme, and almost have a hobby for cleanliness.Sometimes my sister is so lazy that she doesn’t even want to go downstairs to buy food, but she cleans the house all by herself on rare weekends. Perhaps, women's thinking is difficult for me to understand. Xigui's home is also very clean, so clean that I feel a little nervous. Except for the necessary furniture, there is hardly any extra thing, as if the owner of this house will leave at any time.Moreover, I found that she locked almost everything that could be opened, such as locked bookcases, tables and chairs with chained feet, all electrical switches were placed in a locked iron box, and the corners of the walls were locked. There are also several huge wooden boxes, and of course, they are also locked.

Xigui seems to have noticed my strangeness. She explained that the place where she lived used to lose things all the time, so she gradually developed the habit of locking everything, even the kitchen cabinets, dining table, and TV. Not to mention the others. "Isn't it troublesome?" I asked a little helplessly.It seems that the saying that beautiful women are somewhat eccentric is correct. Xi Gui waved his hand immediately, and covered his mouth and laughed, his laughter was clear and sweet, echoing in the room. I was infected by her laughter, and I was about to grin, but at this moment, she stopped suddenly, and the expression on her face changed so quickly that I couldn't imagine it. trace.

Xi Gui stared at me and walked over slowly. "You know, every time I open the lock to release the confinement, I can feel that the thing belongs to me, and I can feel at ease." Her fingers were white and smooth, facing my face like five pins Reaching over, I squint my eyes. But I couldn't move, and finally, her finger flicked on my forehead. "It's time to start, Mr. Reporter." She turned around and walked towards the fragrant inner kitchen. I asked her why she didn't call me by my name, she shook her head badly and said my name was too troublesome, and she gave it to Mr. Reporter.

"In this way, I will feel that I am the only one calling you like this, as if you only belong to me." When she said this, she suddenly lowered her head shyly, and I couldn't see her covered by her long black hair like satin She had no choice but to pretend to be stupid and picked up the soup she made and drank it. The soup is so-so, and I don't have the heart to taste it. The food made by girls these days is good as long as they don't cause stomach bleeding. When leaving, Xi Gui carefully closed the iron door, and I heard several metal friction sounds behind me. "Are you so insecure?" I couldn't help but whispered.

Such days passed quickly amidst the occasional conversation and laughter between Xi Gui and I.What puzzles me is how little she seems to go out, let alone other social activities.She often goes out at night, and once in a while, she comes back with a lot of locks, as if she has an irresistible urge for locks.She once told me that only by seeing those locks and keys can she feel safe and belong. And I also began to gradually feel that someone was following me. This is not the first time that this kind of thing happened. Of course, I also noticed that the other party was just an amateur, so I quickly caught him in the alley at the corner of the street.

When I saw this man, I couldn't help shivering. What kind of face is that, as if the soul of the whole body has been emptied, and the godless eyes are like two dry deep wells, the face is full of despair, and the beard grows wildly , with dark and sunken cheeks, like an old man who has lost all his teeth in old age.And the arm I'm holding is like a baseball bat, with no muscles at all.Judging from his age, he is in his forties. "It's you, you're with Xigui, tell me, tell me, is Xigui with you?" Before I could ask him, he fell to his knees and grabbed my clothes in pain begged.But it seemed that his body was too weak, coupled with his emotional agitation, he fainted. I had to help him to a nearby diner, and it turned out I was right, he was starving. I don't know how long I haven't eaten. He behaves like three years of famine. Even people with anorexia will feel hungry when they look at him.So I also ordered a bowl of wontons, and sat opposite him to eat slowly. Finally, he seemed to have had his fill and calmed down a little. "I advise you to leave Xigui as soon as possible, before you can leave." His words sounded like advice, but combined with his expression, it was more like a warning. "I don't like to listen to half-spoken words. Since I'm paying the bill for you, let me tell you something." I looked at the table full of tableware piled up like a hill, and began to think about how much money I should ask my colleagues to borrow tomorrow. up. Suddenly, he was clutching his left abdomen in great pain, and he was sweating profusely. I began to wonder if something might happen to him if he ate too fast. He rested for a while and said he was fine. "I know you don't necessarily believe me, you're just as utterly fascinated by her as I was before, I'll stay downstairs at your house, and once she goes out, call me and I'll let you know The truth." After speaking, the man patted his buttocks and left. When I got home, Xigui actually opened the door of his house and waited for me. I suddenly felt warm in my heart. Since I left my parents, I haven't tasted the feeling of being waited for for a long time. She held a cute puppy in her arms, all white.I couldn't help but reach out and want to touch it. "What do you want? It's mine!" Xi Gui's complexion suddenly changed, and he threw the dog into the living room. The puppy seemed to have fallen and barked sharply. I frowned. "What are you doing? I don't mean anything malicious." After finishing speaking, I remembered what the man said earlier.Xi Gui seemed to be in pain, she didn't speak, but went in and picked up the dog again. After a while, I seemed to hear a few barking dogs, but not again. I went back to my house and walked to the balcony. Sure enough, that guy was squatting downstairs in my house. I don't know how long he has been following me, but he even knows where I live. There was a sound of closing the door, Xigui actually went out so late? The only time she seemed willing to leave that home was at night.I heard the footsteps in the corridor fading away, and I couldn't help but walk to the balcony. The man was standing below with a smile. I hesitated for a moment, and gestured to him to come up. "How? That bitch went out, right? Hey, I knew she liked to go out at night, and she used to have the same habit when I was with me. Tell you, she is not a normal person at all!" The man chattered Standing beside me and talking, I waved my hand impatiently and interrupted him. "Didn't you want me to see the truth?" I asked him, the man froze for a moment, then smiled strangely, and took out a bunch of keys from his trousers pocket. "You know, no matter where she moves, all the door locks have to be changed, and she insists on using her own. She thinks that all the locks in this world are not as safe as her own. In fact, she doesn't know that I used to be with her I secretly assigned the key." She actually said that she had been with Xigui before, which really made me feel unbelievable. After a few clicks of unlocking, the iron door actually opened.The room was very dark, I wanted to fumble to turn on the light, but he stopped me. "If you turn on the light and she knows we're coming before she comes up, that's bad. You close the door carefully and put the latch inside so she can't come in." I had to agree, but I wondered whether I what are you doing. An eccentric neighbor and an equally eccentric passerby. The man seemed to be enduring great pain, moaning softly in the semi-dark living room, he covered his abdomen with his hands, and seemed to be looking for something here. But anything that can be opened in Xigui's house is locked. But this man can open every lock. "Where? Where? Where did she put that?" The man frantically rummaged through drawers, bookshelves, and cabinets. I didn't know what he was looking for, but my intuition told me that a few pieces of wood in the corner The boxes are suspicious. I pointed to those boxes: "Why don't you look in those boxes?" "Hmph, you can open it and see what's inside. Look, it seems that the one on the far side is unlocked." He answered me with a sneer. I didn't fight back at him, but walked over by myself. The peripheral light from the opposite floor leaked in from the window was lying on the wooden box. When I was about to open it, there was a soft call from inside the box. The thing inside is the puppy I saw just now. However, I could hardly recognize the dog, its snow-white body was almost soaked with blood, its limbs were fastened to the edge of the box by thin wires, its upper and lower lips were pierced, and its Added a brass lock.How cruel this is.The dog looked at me with fear and pleading with its round dark eyes, and I felt sick and immediately closed the lid. "Haha, I found it! She actually put it in a lock and put the key in the hollow lock, and only she and I would do that!" I looked back, and the man was holding a key in his hand , an oddly shaped key. A half cylinder about ten centimeters in length, with uneven gears on it.He took off his shirt excitedly, and for a moment, I saw the light reflected from the metal flashing past my eyes. I finally know why he always clutches his stomach. On each of his protruding ribs, there was a lock hanging on almost every one of them. Those locks glowed with a cold yellow light. He picked up the key, aimed at the hole and opened it one by one. It turned out that those locks were A key can be opened.I watched those little finger-thick locks slowly being pulled out from the squeezed muscles, accompanied by the man's low cry of pain. Almost every time a lock is opened, the man’s face is distorted in pain, and then he is relieved and happy after being released. It is hard for you to imagine how the two most extreme expressions of pain and joy appear on the same face at the same time. In short, when he reached the last lock, he was finally tired, panting heavily, and sat down on the ground leaning against the furniture. "Tell me, tell me everything about Xigui!" My curiosity could no longer be suppressed.The man looked at me coldly, and stopped his movements—in fact, he had no strength at all. "She and I used to be lovers. Twenty years ago, just like you, she suddenly appeared in front of me. She was so cute, beautiful and gentle. I fell in love with her deeply. Before long, we lived together We got together, but I soon discovered that she locked everything like a lunatic, chanting words every time she locked it, and her behavior became more and more weird. One day, after drinking the soup she cooked I fell asleep, and I don’t know how long it took. I was awakened by the pain in my body. When I woke up, I found that I was tied tightly, and she drilled holes in my ribs one by one, and put those locks into place. Lock it up one by one, she is a devil!" The man shouted angrily.Hearing this, I suddenly remembered the bowl of soup Xigui brought me, and my stomach began to churn violently. "You just said twenty years ago?" I asked him in disbelief. "Strange? That woman will never age. She once told me that she lived a long time. I thought it was a joke. Then I found out that she can lock her body so that it cannot age. I have been four years old. More than ten, she is still as young as before, right?" The man sighed for a long time. "And then?" I asked him. "Later? Later, I was locked in the house by her, living like a dog. In the end, she seemed to be tired of me, so she abandoned me there. She must not have thought that I was lucky to be rescued, but the locks on my body could not Take it down, and they told me that if I forcibly removed it, I would bleed to death, so I searched for her for twenty years just to find the key! Find the key to the lock that has been locked on me for twenty years!" The man said like a lunatic roared. "There is not much time. I have to unlock all the locks on my body before she comes back." He picked up the key again and inserted it into the keyhole on his body, but suddenly there was a sound of opening the door. "Who? Who's in there?" Xi Gui's almost distorted voice sounded outside the door, and the man sitting on the ground hurriedly dressed, stood up staggeringly and turned on the light in the living room. For a moment, it was full of light, and we couldn't hide. Through the iron gate, I saw Xi Gui looking at me with disdain. "Xigui, I finally, finally saw you again, you still love me, otherwise you wouldn't have left these locks on me and kept the key. You were waiting for me, yes, waiting for me to open this The last lock, I will be with you forever!" The man stared at Xi Gui obsessively, he was so excited that even the hand holding the key began to shake, I found it strange that he wasn't the one who cursed Xi Gui earlier Well, why did she become like this again when she saw her? "Mr. Reporter, do you know what you are doing? This man once took everything from me, including my feelings, time, wealth, everything, and he tortured me and forbade me to leave his side. I It was just a small punishment for him, but now you brought him home, I thought you were different from these men, it turns out that teachers are like dogs." Xi Gui mocked me coldly. I felt a little ashamed myself, and lowered my head, but when I saw the small wooden box in the corner, I couldn't help asking loudly why she did such a cruel thing. "Cruel? I love it. Only the things I love will be locked with a lock, so as not to let it slip away from me. I don't want to lose anything I love anymore." Xi Gui lay on the iron gate I shouted to me loudly, "Quickly, open the door quickly, as long as the guy inside opens all the locks on his body, he will kill me and you. The reason why I live in seclusion is to avoid him. He is like He wanted me like a lunatic and killed me, so I had no choice but to lock him up while he was asleep and escape. Open the door quickly, let's leave here together, leaving him here alone!" Xi Gui shook desperately Looking at the iron gate, I walked over involuntarily to try to open the latch. "Don't listen to her! That bitch always confuses men like this, and then locks them when they don't know it, like that dog, playing to death! If you open the door, you and I will stay in this room forever Yes!" The man seemed to be awake again, and he rushed over and hugged me.His body is very weak, I can push him away with just one hand, but I can't exert strength. Because I'm wondering, who should I trust?But what I hate the most is doing multiple choice questions. Finally, I went to the door and opened the latch, as if my body was out of control. "Thank you, Mr. Reporter! Originally, I went out to choose a suitable lock for you." Xi Gui's face was still so cute and vivid, and she held a copper lock of exactly the same size in her right hand. "However, it seems that you don't need it for the time being." Xi Gui slid in from beside me like an eel, and closed the door skillfully. The man behind him let out a scream. "No, no!" "I won't let you escape from me again, never again." At the last moment of closing the gate, I heard Xi Gui spit out such a sentence. I stood at the entrance of the dark corridor like a fool, and the door was tightly locked. In the end, who is right, Xigui or that person?Maybe it doesn't matter anymore. The next morning, Xi Gui left, just like she suddenly appeared in front of me, she moved away in the middle of the night. The huge living room was empty, only the few wooden boxes were left, including the one with the puppy I saw yesterday. However, there is another locked box next to it, which is slightly larger. The bottom of the box is slowly squirming with undried blood, which is deep black and hurts my eyeballs. I didn't have the courage to open that box. Is it Xi Gui or the man in the box? The first to be locked must be the human heart.