Chapter 11 Forty-fifth night without shoes

Li Zheng is temporarily staying at Ji Yan's house.And I continued my sometimes tense and sometimes leisurely work.It's just that today I had a very strange guest. It cannot be said that it is a guest.She practically forced her way into my home.Taking a lunch break at home today.The door was snapped hastily.As soon as the door was opened, a young girl rushed in suddenly.Before I could ask she closed the door again. I looked down and saw that the girl was barefoot, without shoes, and trotted to sit on the sofa, crossing her legs. Young girls rarely sit in this position in a stranger's room.

"Excuse me, are you a plainclothes police officer?" I asked her cautiously. I often saw this kind of scene on TV. The girl shook her head and her chest heaved, as if she had just run over and had no time to speak.I keep looking at her feet, not that I have any special hobbies, but that the weather outside is not good enough to run around barefoot.Her face was flushed by the wind, and her figure was very thin. Even though she was wrapped in thick plush clothes, she felt that she could be easily lifted above her head. "Then you are an agent?" I asked her again, and this time the girl was able to speak.

"Don't guess." The girl rubbed her feet together, her toes curled vigorously, like chicken feet just taken out of the refrigerator, it was very cold. "I'm your reader. I just encountered some strange things. I couldn't bear it. I had to try and come to you directly. I'm afraid I can't make it clear on the phone." I've never seen such a direct one. I brought her a cup of hot milk, and the girl drank it greedily like a breastfed baby. "I apologize in advance, but I am very scared. After reading your article, I wonder if your friends can help me." She must be referring to Ji Yan.

I signaled her to take it easy and explain things clearly slowly.After drinking the milk, the girl's complexion became much better and returned to ruddy. Although she was not as beautiful as Li Duo and Luo Lei, she had a rare purity and transparency.The big eyes are always fixed on the hands folded on the knees.I'm uncomfortable looking at her bare feet and I hate dissonance. I wanted to give her a pair of cotton shoes, but she quickly refused.I found that she seemed to have an aversion to shoes, so I had to give her a blanket and hug her feet, otherwise, she would definitely get sick from the cold.

"I am a college student. I decided to study for the postgraduate entrance examination this year. I was afraid of making noise in the dormitory, so I rented a room outside the school. It is on the fifth floor of a residential building diagonally opposite the school. One bedroom and one living room. But , since I moved in last month I've always felt uncomfortable." "Oh? Can you be more specific?" I asked her curiously, and the girl nodded vigorously foolishly. "The room was fully furnished when I entered it. I saw it on the rental advertisement on the Internet. Since it was close to the school and met my requirements, I agreed without hesitation. The house price was slightly cheaper, but that The landlord was very happy to hand over the keys to the house. Now that I think about it, this person is really evil. He must know that there is a problem with the house. The person is probably in his twenties, and he feels like a ruffian on the street. I asked him He would answer questions about the house very impatiently, and finally took the money and ran away." The girl gritted her teeth fiercely, and to be honest, she looked very angry like a child whose beloved toy was robbed by others , maybe she was just a child to me.

"The furniture in the room is very neat. I lived in that night. There were very few people living in that dormitory, and of course it was very quiet. I was secretly glad that I could find such an environment. I made some food for myself, and I started to review the book.The room is very cold. I don’t understand why even the bedroom likes to lay tiles. I had to find an unused piece of clothing and put it under my feet. In the room, I usually like to wear those cartoon plush shoes with big heads. , the second is also to keep warm. But not long after, I heard the sound of an electric bell.

Single girls always feel dangerous out there, especially the pretty ones like me. The girl blinked cutely and said seriously. I smiled and motioned her to continue. "That is, walking on the street at night like you is tantamount to telling others that a thin person is carrying a bag of gold." After working in a newspaper for several years, you have not learned anything else, you must know how to compliment people. "At that time, I found a flashlight. Don't laugh, I really couldn't find any other more offensive weapons." She gestured with her hand, and I looked at her nails, thinking that I could directly practice Jiuyin Bone Claw.

"The door is equipped with peepholes, which is why I value this house. I looked through the peepholes, and saw a handsome young man wearing blue work clothes that were almost whitish after washing. He might be from the outside. Because the building lights are too dim, because it looks quite honest. I shouted who is it. He smiled at the cat's eyes. He held up a hard board with a form paper. I guess he came to check the water and electricity. Bar. Seeing that there was no malice, I opened the door and locked it with an iron chain.Because there are iron gates outside, so I am not very scared.

But when he opened the door, he found that there was no one there.At first I thought he was trying to lure me out, so I ignored it and went on to study. I slept soundly that night, but I kept hearing crackling sounds from above my head, like a child's bare feet stepping on smooth marble. It wasn't too big, but it was a bit annoying. I thought it might be from upstairs. The reason why children are running around, children, like small animals, cannot be quiet for a moment.And after I fell asleep, I would often be woken up by the wind. I thought it was because the windows were not closed, but when they were closed, there was still a feeling of cool wind blowing on my face, as if there was a sound of a child laughing with his mouth pursed.

The next day, when I was packing up to go to school.I found something outside the door. It's a pair of men's leather shoes. I squatted down carefully, and picked up the shoes. They were very ordinary leather shoes, but they were very worn out. The toe was almost worn out, and the sides were wrinkled and there were white creases like crow's feet.I picked up one of them carefully, and found that there was still some dried mud on the toe of the shoe.I am a little puzzled, who is so boring.Never mind, I told myself, and kicked those leather shoes downstairs. When going downstairs, a woman in her thirties and a cute little boy came down from the stairs. She was still arranging her black and white business clothes. The little boy was carrying a piano case that did not match her body shape. , holding a bag of milk in one hand, and a half-gnawed bread in the other, staring at me with a pair of big black agate eyes, blinking, he seems very restless, his feet wearing small sneakers are old It's rubbing back and forth, as if it's annoying.I gave her a friendly smile and nodded as a greeting to the neighbors, but she looked at me in surprise.

"You live here?" she asked me, and then urged her naughty son to eat as soon as possible. "Yes." I told her that I was a student and planned to rent here for my postgraduate entrance examination. After hearing this, the woman suddenly realized something, and then nodded.Then he went down with his son.I followed behind them.There is a chat without a sentence. When we were almost downstairs, we separated.The child suddenly called out loudly to his mother. "Mom, I saw handprints on the back of that beautiful sister's heel, it's so dirty." The mother slapped him immediately. "Hurry up and eat. After learning the piano, I have to practice calligraphy. Mom will pick you up after get off work." The son felt aggrieved as he rubbed his painful head and muttered.And I looked at my shoes in surprise. Nothing. I was wearing casual shoes with gray and blue soles that day. I love cleanliness very much. If the shoes are dirty, I will never wear them out. I thought to myself, it was probably that kid running around last night, looking very naughty. The next night, I read as usual, the room was colder than yesterday, although the weather forecast said the temperature was higher than the previous day. "Probably because of the fifth floor." I comforted myself by reciting words while rubbing my numb feet.Who knew I was getting more and more hungry.I can bear the cold, but hunger is very annoying. For example, when I am reciting words, if I recite words, I will keep thinking about food.There is a canteen downstairs here, I decided to buy something to eat. Coincidentally, just as I changed my clothes and was about to go out, the doorbell rang again.I looked through the cat's eyes and there was no one there.When I opened the door, I heard the sound of running up the stairs and the faint laughter of children. The corridor was very dark. Although I had discussed it with the administrator, he still refused to replace the building lamp that was almost dead and could only emit a dim yellow light. I smiled, probably another prank by that kid. But when I lowered my head, I found that the pair of leather shoes in the morning were well placed on the ground.And there is an extra pair of children's shoes next to it. A pair of dirty children's shoes, covered with mud, the shoelaces are scattered randomly on the upper surface, and seem to be moving, because the light is too dark, I can't see clearly, anyway, it is a tattered pair I don't want broken shoes.Two pairs of shoes neatly placed in front of me. "Who is so boring!" I kicked the shoes out angrily, but I went to find something wrong. There seemed to be something in the shoe, so that when I kicked it, the shoe didn't fly up as expected, but bumped heavily twice. I knelt down and took a look at the dark children's shoes with a flashlight. A huge fat maggot crawled out from inside, raised its head and slowly wriggled and shook from side to side.It turned out that the squirming shoelaces I saw were this. I felt like throwing up, but when the light from the flashlight shined directly into the shoes, I couldn't even throw up. That's probably why there are maggots in the shoes. Inside was a foot severed from the ankle to a high degree of decay.Obviously, it was a child's foot.The broken flesh of the wound rolled up like a twisted wire, and the red flesh and gray-white broken bones irritated my eyes.I covered my mouth, looked at the broken foot in the shoe, and my body collapsed involuntarily against the wall. I told myself that this was all an illusion. I used to watch movies all the time and always laughed at the protagonist for being timid, but now I found that I was not much worse. When I was able to stand up a little bit, I rushed upstairs and called the woman I met in the morning to come down to watch. But there was nothing in front of the door.I stared at the ground dumbfounded, as if nothing had happened.The woman patted me on the shoulder kindly. "Come up and sit down." I had no choice but to go up with her. Her home is relatively spacious and well-decorated. His son was very happy to see me here, but was soon scolded by his mother to go in and continue practicing piano. The woman brought a cup of hot tea, and I poured it into my stomach trembling. I felt much better, and my body didn't tremble so badly. "You shouldn't live in that house." The woman stood in front of me with her hands in her hands, her expression very serious.Her skin is very fair, and it can be seen clearly under the light of the living room. To be honest, even my classmates don't have such good skin as hers, let alone they have given birth to children. A woman will have a desire for beautiful things at any time, even if she was scared out of her wits just now. "What's going on, can you tell me?" I put down the teacup, hoping to learn something from her mouth. "They don't want to harm you, they just want you to leave quickly. If they wanted to kill you, you would have died last night." She gently moved her red lips, which were as thin as cicada's wings, like a smear of moving blood. I was taken aback.Seeing that I was puzzled, the woman had no choice but to tell me the whole story slowly. "The house you lived in used to be a couple. They had a child. I don't know why. The whole family died at home a few years ago. When they died, the three of them were without shoes. Later, the police searched the house. When I was in the house, I found that there was no pair of shoes in the house. Later, the house is said to have become a haunted house. Most people who live in this building have seen shoes when they opened the door. For example, the pair of men’s leather shoes and children’s shoes, some people can’t help it Moved away, of course there are some like me who can't find a suitable house and have children." I was taken aback. "It's not so easy to find a house these days. I need to bring my children and I don't have any other relatives in this city. I'm going to sleep on the street when I leave here. Sometimes, things have to be looked at from the other side, and some things seem strange. , but if you think about it, there is a natural reason, although the living is very uncomfortable, but there is nothing I can do about it.” The phone rang suddenly, and the woman got up to answer it.I stood up by the way and looked. The layout of my rented house is the same as below.The bedroom above me is indeed that child's bedroom, and he is hiding in it practicing the piano. "Got it, I'll give you the money tomorrow." The woman hung up the phone and walked out with a smile. I chatted with her a few more words.During this period, she still advised me to move out as soon as possible.I want to move too, but since everyone lives here, it’s fine. After all, it’s too difficult to find a house that is cheaper and better than here, and I gave the bad landlord three months’ rent to move out. It's just too bad. The woman was slightly disappointed to see that I hadn't moved away, but she still enthusiastically told me that as long as she felt unwell, she could come to her house for a sit-down. "Remember, I heard people say that it doesn't matter if you see men's leather shoes or children's shoes, but anyone who sees white old-fashioned women's shoes will have an accident. Either get injured in an accident, or die inexplicably." The woman explained to me with a serious expression. , I nodded. Before I left, I noticed that the child and the woman who came out to say goodbye to me were not wearing shoes.The child's feet were red with cold.I'm a little surprised, but it's hard to say. I looked at the child's bedroom when the door was closed, and I always felt that there was something out of place. Since I rented a house, I went to study at school and returned my bed, so even if I wanted to move, I couldn't do it.But I was really scared by myself, so I had to ask a classmate of mine who lives in the local area to live with me, but I didn't expect to hurt her. "The girl looked haggard and sad, I was a little puzzled, and hoped she would continue talking. "She used to be my roommate, and she was called out for courage because she was on good terms. She is the kind of very enthusiastic and courageous girl, which is different from me, and she will readily agree to the tasks entrusted to her. When I told her, she kept laughing at me because I was suspicious.When she came that day, she brought a softball bat borrowed from the sports department of Root School. She liked sports very much, so she wore a tracksuit and a pair of black sneakers.The two talked and laughed while eating the snacks they bought, but they were also very happy.I told her about it, but not about my conversation with the woman upstairs. And so on until late at night. We were all a little sleepy and changed our clothes.At this time, the doorbell rang again.It was so harsh that neither of us dared to make a sound.My friend picked up a softball bat, made a hissing motion at me, and leaned over to the gate, looking into the peephole. Then, she shrugged with a smile.He put his baseball bat on his back and walked towards me with his back turned. "Nothing. I didn't see you. Maybe it was a prank. I said you were timid at school. What should I say about you?" I am also very happy, after all, there are many people who are different. Just as I was about to walk over to her to take the baseball bat, I saw the opposite door open by itself.It opened very slowly, like the heavy iron gates in the palace in movies and TV shows.I could barely open my mouth and stared blankly at the door as it opened. The iron gate outside also opened by itself. My girlfriend saw me in a daze, so she shook me and asked what was wrong, but I couldn't make a sound, so I just showed her with my fingers.She looked back, also startled. The door was wide open.And the building lights went out for some reason.The lights in the room seemed to be unable to find the outside at all, and it was pitch black, like a black hole that would bite people. There was nothing outside the door. My girlfriend sighed and laughed at me that maybe the door was not locked, but it was blown open by the wind.I thought to myself that although it is cold here, the wind is not strong enough to blow open the gate.The two walked over to close the door. The floor lamp flicked on suddenly.And it is several times brighter than usual, and the outside can be seen clearly in an instant. At that time, I would rather be in the dark. Anyway, I can't see anything if I deceive myself. But we all saw it.There are two pairs of shoes neatly placed outside the door. Yes, two pairs, one pair of men's leather shoes and one pair of children's shoes.The shoes I saw that day are back.The roommate smiled. "Such a bad trick." She hit both shoes like golf balls with a softball bat.Strangely, nothing else happened this time. At that time, I was thinking that maybe I was really too worried, maybe it was because of too much study pressure that made me nervous and hallucinating. At night, the two of us hugged each other and slept, and we still heard the crackling sound upstairs.I didn't think much about it, I just thought it was the child playing, but I asked my roommate, she didn't hear what she said in a daze. When I woke up the next day she had already left.But when I changed my shoes to go to class, I found her black sneakers lying quietly at the door. She didn't walk in her own shoes.And I checked, my shoes are all there. What was she wearing? She didn't come to class that whole day, and she didn't hear about asking for leave.I called her and found out what happened. When I came to the hospital, my warm roommate was lying on the bed with a face full of pain.He was covered in bandages.Fortunately, the injury was not too serious, with a few broken bones and abrasions.When I came here, I probably knew that she was actually hit by a car. I wondered what happened to her who has always reacted and moved quickly. "What happened?" I asked her quickly. "When I woke up in the morning, I found that my shoes were missing. I saw that you were sleeping soundly, and I didn't wake you up. I took a pair of shoes from the shoe rack. They were very uncomfortable to wear. I planned to go home and change them for running. But I didn’t expect my feet to get heavier and heavier.” "Getting heavier?" I asked strangely.She nodded.go on. "Yes, and the shoes seemed to be getting tighter and tighter, as if they were about to sink into the flesh. When I was about to cross the road, I found that my feet were filled with lead. I couldn't take a step at all, and in the end it seemed to be trapped. It was stuck and I couldn't move. I had to look down at my feet. The upper was actually pressed down deeply. Both feet, I can clearly see the imprints of both hands, and then, just for a moment, I definitely saw a little boy kneeling by my feet, pressing my upper with both hands, and even raised his head Smile at me. I was so freaked out that it wasn't until a car horn honked that I was brought back to reality. Then a car drove straight towards me.Fortunately, the speed of the car was not fast, and the driver responded in a timely manner, but the edge of the car still brought me.The result was a broken left leg and ribs.But I am very content, it would be nice to get my life back. After she finished speaking, she sighed. I felt very guilty. If I hadn't been timid to ask her to accompany me, this kind of thing wouldn't have happened. Before leaving, she advised me to move quickly. "Where are your shoes?" I asked her suddenly, "I have no shortage of shoes at home." "A pair of very old white women's leather shoes. I took them from your shoe rack, but I couldn't find them after the accident, nor at the scene. I wonder why you have the same shoes on the whole shoe rack. Do you want to learn Einstein?" "The whole shoe rack?" I was shocked, because there was no pair of white leather shoes on my shoe rack at all. "Yes," the roommate nodded resolutely, "otherwise I wouldn't wear a pair of those shoes on the street." "Whoever sees white women's leather shoes will have an accident." The woman's words echoed in my ears. My whole person is in a semi-dissociated state every day. until this morning.No matter what I do these days, I can see those white women's leather shoes.Sometimes when I wake up from the bed, I can see that the slippers under the bed have turned into the pair of white women's leather shoes.I think I'm having a nervous breakdown.I wanted to talk to the woman upstairs, but she also said there was nothing I could do. When I went out in the morning, I found that there were no other shoes in the house. I shrunk myself to the corner, and the whole living room was piled up with white leather shoes. The cold sunlight outside shone on the shoes, reflecting the light of fiasco.All that was placed in front of me was a pile of white women's leather shoes.Everywhere.Dining table, living room, floor, desk, chair, kitchen.It was everywhere, and the whole room was almost turning white.I was going crazy, so I ran out barefoot. There is no other solution, and I have seen your stories, so I have to come to you. "The girl finally finished speaking, and I finally knew why she didn't wear shoes. "Strange women's leather shoes?" I stood up from the sofa. "Why, why didn't you move away?" I asked her. "It's useless, I have no other place to go, no matter where I go, I can see the white leather shoes at school, but no one else can see them, and I'm afraid that the same thing will happen to the people around me as my roommate. "The girl half-closed her eyes when she was talking, and fell asleep lying on the sofa while talking.It seems that she has not had enough sleep for so many days. I covered her with a blanket.Then he called Ji Yan and told him the general situation. This is indeed a strange thing. Ji Yan agreed, and rushed over quickly.But only him. "Where's Li Zheng?" I asked, and Ji Yan replied that Li Zheng was very interested in the notes left by his father, and was sitting there reading them every day, so he didn't come over. Since the girl was fast asleep, we didn't wake her up, but we couldn't leave her alone in my house.Ji Yan and I had no choice but to go to the back room to talk, and we were afraid that the sound of talking would disturb her sleep. After talking with Ji Yan, we decided to take the girl to the place she rented.After a while, she woke up, but still refused to put on her shoes. "I'm afraid of wearing shoes." She hugged her legs and curled up in the corner of the sofa.Ji Yan frowned. "How about this, Ouyang and I take turns carrying you, you wear a few more pairs of socks, it will hurt your body to walk barefoot like this." Ji Yan's words were soft, the girl looked up at her gratefully, and nodded with a blushing face . It is said that girls like to have a backbone nowadays, but she looks thin and short, and she still has some weight. At the beginning, I carried it on my back. It may be due to lack of exercise for a long time, and I was a little out of breath because of sitting in front of the computer for too long.But this time it will be a long-distance running with a load. Since it was a long way, Ji Yan no longer insisted on not taking the car.The three pulled down a taxi. It was almost four o'clock in the afternoon when we came to the house.The sky is darker, like glass covered with dust. "By the way, can you tell me what the landlord looks like?" Ji Yan carried the girl off the car. "Very young, about the same age as you, about 170 centimeters tall, with a very ordinary appearance. But when he talked to me, he was panting a lot and his face was flushed. At first I thought he was cold, and his voice was very rough. Like sandpaper. I saw him take a bottle from his pocket and keep spraying it in his mouth. His face looked better after spraying." "It looks like that person has asthma." Ji Yan put the girl on his shoulder.We walked into the residential building. Below the floor there is a dilapidated bamboo shed for parking bicycles.Inside were several nearly faded bicycles.Even thieves are too lazy to steal, so naturally no one will take care of it.The whole building looked dilapidated.A large notice was pasted on the wall of the carport, with the words "Demolition Notice" written on it. We walked into the corridor, and the girl whispered: "Put me down, I can walk by myself." Ji Yan put her down.The light inside was really dim, and the bulbs that hadn't been replaced for a long time burned a thick layer of black dirt on the shell.I groped my way along the wall.Found many cracks in the wall. After climbing five floors, we finally arrived at her house. The girl threw the key to us tremblingly. She dared not open the door herself. Ji Yan smiled and found the key to open the door. The inside was neatly organized, very clean, and there were few things. The small living room was indeed covered with square marble tiles, each of which was more than forty square centimeters.There is a desk in the corner.There is another bed in the bedroom inside, and there are many books piled up on it. I glanced at it casually, and they are all used for postgraduate entrance examinations. Next to the desk is a double bed.Most of the walls were covered with mildew spots, black and connected one by one, luckily they were covered with wallpaper. "It's too high up, so I didn't care about it, it just looked disgusting." The girl pointed to the ceiling. Sure enough, the mildew on it was even worse, and almost the entire ceiling was black.Ji Yan stared at it, and then said to me. "Your own bed too?" I asked her.The girl smiled. "No, I only brought a desk, the bed is already there." "Can you pour us some water, I'm a little thirsty." The girl smiled and turned to go out.I was just wondering, Ji Yan seldom eats and drinks at strangers' homes, let alone asking for things.As soon as the girl went out, Ji Yan patted my shoulder. "Close your eyes and look at the ceiling with the mirror demon." I looked at him strangely, but Ji Yan didn't speak again, so I had to do as I did, close my eyes, raise my head, and let the mirror demon act as my vision. I saw it. The original black ceiling has a series of footprints.Judging by the size, it should belong to a child, and the footprints are very messy, but they disappeared when they extended to the head of the girl's bed.Moreover, it seemed that there was always something wrong with the footprints, but I couldn't figure it out for a while.Anyway, it gives people a very asymmetrical feeling. "Take her away so as not to frighten her, and I'm afraid she won't be able to bear any more stimulation." Ji Yan whispered in my ear.I opened my eyes and thought about it too. Since there was very little furniture, Ji Yan and I simply wandered around the room.Very ordinary house, slightly old. "Today, it seems to be March 8th Women's Day." I saw that everyone was silent, and the air was a little dull. The girl smiled and brushed her hair behind her ears with her hands.I looked at her feet, but still refused to put on shoes. Could it be that those white women's leather shoes really have such power? "I can't see any other strange things here." Ji Yan said in a low voice. "By the way, what's your name?" I haven't known the girl's name for so long.She simply said that her name was Chi Yue. It's a nice name, but if you read it in reverse, it means Moon Pool. "Ouyang and I want to know more about the situation of the house. It seems that there are still a few residents in this building." Ji Yan asked Chi Yue. I originally planned to go with Ji Yan, but Chi Yue refused to stay in the room alone.Everyone had to ask questions from the fifth floor. Up to the first floor, we found that apart from Chi Yue and the woman with the child who had not met on the sixth floor, there were a total of six families. Most of them were very wary of our arrival. Some of them didn't even open the door. One of them was wearing glasses and was very unfriendly. He kept asking me, and then slammed the door.However, in the few families we met, we found a common feature. They didn't wear shoes on such a cold day. Ji Yan stood at the entrance of the corridor on the first floor, turned up her collar, squinted her eyes and looked at the sky. "It is going to rain." Indeed, the sky is heavier than when it came, like a long-burning black iron pot turned upside down. "Go, go visit the woman on the sixth floor." Ji Yan waved her hand.Before I went in, I heard a moderate clicking sound. Sounds like cracking or smashing.But it was only for a moment, maybe I was too worried. The three of them stood at the door of the sixth floor, knocked on the door, and opened a gap after a long time. A little boy stood cautiously inside with only his eyes showing, staring at us. "My mother is out and not here." "Remember me? Little brother?" Chi Yue squatted down and looked at the child with a smile. The child seemed a little happy, but he still didn't open the door. It seems that the child's vigilance is worthy of praise. "I remember you, you are the sister with dirty shoes." Chi Yue was a little embarrassed by the child's answer.At this time, I heard footsteps coming from downstairs. A tall and dignified woman in a black professional dress came up.In his left hand he held a large plush toy which had not yet been opened, and in his right hand he held a Kun bag. When she came up and saw us, she froze for a moment, and soon her face became ugly. "Are you here?" She almost ignored Ji Yan and me, and looked at Chi Yue coldly.Chi Yue seemed a little overwhelmed and could only nod foolishly. "I told you, since you were chosen by that family, don't bother me anymore, I can't help you, it doesn't matter if I die, but my child is innocent, I beg you to stay away from the people in this building , They all want to live a good life for a few more years." The woman suddenly said, speaking fluent Mandarin, but the sound made me very uncomfortable. "You mean that Chi Yue's life and death has nothing to do with you?" I asked the woman, but she stopped answering me, but turned her head stubbornly, then took out the key from her bag and walked over. As soon as the door was opened, a little boy with a thick head and a thick head ran over and hugged the woman's leg. "Mom, I'm so scared, it's so dark outside, and my uncle is panting non-stop, his face is flushed red." The child suddenly shouted.When Ji Yan heard this, she walked over one step at a time. The woman just wanted to cover the child's mouth with her hand, but Ji Yan grabbed her hand. "Let's meet your younger brother. Maybe things will become clearer." Ji Yan's tone was not high, but her tone was very severe. The woman broke free twice and pulled her hand out. Rubbing his head and stroking the son's face, he sobbed in a low voice without speaking. "Sister. I told them. I won't live long anyway. Why don't you hurry up and spend the money to enjoy yourself." A young man flashed out from the back room, wearing a thick down jacket, holding a small plastic bottle in his hand. , looks very thin, although I don't know how to read physiognomy, but his face is really unflattering, dark and full of despair. Chi Yue suddenly stared at the man, pointed at him and cried out. "It's him, he's the one who gave me the house!" The man smiled. "Thank you for the money, I had a great time." Now the only boy in the room was still innocently looking at these adults who were taller than him, his eyes full of doubts. It was almost completely dark outside, and the wind slapped the glass with sand and stones.Everyone sat around on the sofa in the living room. Except for me and Ji Yan, no one was wearing shoes. "I asked my younger brother to give you the house group. No, it should be said that everyone in this building decided." I was taken aback. Could it be that the people on the entire floor have something to do with this matter? "Do you know me? Those of us who live on are no different from Xuan." The woman folded her hands on her chest and snorted through her nostrils.And the man who claimed to be the younger brother whistled and looked out the window as if nothing had happened, teasing the little boy from time to time, as if he had nothing to do with him. "The house was like a hole that was constantly filling up, and no one in the building could leave for more than 24 hours. Everyone had seen those white women's shoes. Right after that happened In the past five years, those who have survived are actually the same as dead." The woman's voice was very strange, very sharp, full of self-deprecating. "What happened? We asked those other people just now, and they ignored us." I asked quickly.At this time, the man who had been silent all this time burst out laughing, which made me feel so strange. "Because they are all afraid. They are afraid that when they wake up, they will have a pair of white shoes on their feet." The woman gave her brother a hard look. "If you don't say a word, you won't be suffocated. Bring Xiaobao in." The man lowered his head obediently, and picked up the child named Xiaobao. "Come on, Xiaobao, uncle will take you into the room to play." The two walked in after speaking. "I don't want Xiaobao to know, even though he doesn't understand very well." The woman breathed a sigh of relief when she watched the child completely enter the room and closed the door, and continued talking. "The people in this building used to live peacefully. Although the neighbors were not as close as brothers and sisters, they still talked and laughed. But everything changed after the woman moved in. She is very beautiful, very young and dressed in fashion, she likes to wear a pair of white leather shoes very much, and she has a boy who is about the age of Xiaobao.Not to mention how beautiful the boy is, she was very kind at the beginning, and the child was cute, everyone liked their mother and child very much.But as time goes by, the problem will become prominent like a stone on the coast after the tide recedes. First of all, the woman didn’t have a job at all, but the environment at home was better than anyone else’s. She often left early and returned late, and the child was entrusted to the neighbors to look after her. Although the child would cry loudly every time she saw her mother leave, it was very miserable.Everyone speculated about her occupation.When we saw well-dressed people with different faces and ages sending her home, we generally knew the result. But there is one man who is different.come most often. Once when I went shopping, I saw a half-naked man running out of the house cursing with some money in his hand, a cigarette dangling from his mouth.接着那个女人头发凌乱的追了出来，边哭边骂，看见我后，她没追出去，而是靠着门一下滑到地上，痛哭起来。 我自然过去安慰她，看见她的脸颊肿的很厉害，似乎被什么东西抽打过，把她扶进房间。攀谈之后，才知道她的故事。 沦落风尘不是她的错，错就错在那个男人身上。一面强装笑脸去用身体迎合那些男人，一面还要拿钱给他去吃喝嫖赌。我觉得这个女人很傻。 “为什么不离开啊。”我奇怪地问她。但她却搂着儿子，流着泪说了这么一句。 “他威胁我，只要我敢走，就不会放过我儿子。那孩子不是他的，那畜牲什么事情都干得出来的！我不能看见儿子出事。”作为母亲，我自然明白她的苦心，但作为旁观者，我却无能为力，只有在平时有空就安慰她一下。 我原以为这件事会慢慢过去，但没想到，惨剧就发生了。 当警察敲响我家门的时候，我还没睡醒。结果我被告知，楼下，就在我的床下面的五楼房间，躺着三个人。 那对母子，和那个经常来的男人。 我在警察的带领下走进了房间，几乎吐了出来。 首先是那个孩子，左腿的脚掌被砍断了。地上到处都是血，三个人的血混杂在一起，把客厅都染红了。孩子的脸色惨白，警察说是失血过多而死。但是那个男的就可怕了。 他的脸根本就烂掉了。 平心而论，他本来还算是长的比较英俊，但那时候的我却被吓的连续几晚上做噩梦。 那男人的耳朵没有了，整个肩膀被血浸泡着，脸上已经分不出五官，全都是不规则的伤口，肉粘着骨头绽开的到处都是，宛如一份被剁过的肉馅，就像是被什么猛兽咬过一样。 而那个女人，脖子上插着一把菜刀。她的脸也变得和平时不一样，完全失去了美丽的样子，非常的狰狞，就像寺庙中看过的鬼的雕像一样，瞪着双眼。 最令我难以忘记的是她的笑容。 嘴角向一边夸张的隆起。带着解脱和舒适，而且她的嘴巴里，还含着一片耳朵。 我估计那男人是被她活活咬死的。 可是现场一双鞋也没有，三个人都是赤着脚。谁也不知道到底发生了什么。 可是接下来的数年里。房子虽然空闲着。可是住在这里的人却都开始倒霉。 首先就是我丈夫。”说到这里，小宝的母亲停顿了下，吸了吸鼻翼，然后抬起头继续说。我看见她眼睛里有泪花。而纪颜也认真地听着。 “我丈夫是司机，在某地税局。那天因为有事情，送一个局长去外市出差。早上出去的，第二天中午我就接到了消息。 我丈夫居然出了车祸，他的技术是公认的，否则也不会被委派给局长开车，而且为人非常谨慎。接到噩耗我几乎昏厥过去。而去现场领取尸体的时候我却更吃惊了。 当事人就是局长，他一点事也没有。局长告诉我，我丈夫在开车经过高速公路以后，忽然低头奇怪地喊了句。 “怎么我穿了双这个？”接着车子速度越来越快，直接冲向了护墙。我丈夫整个人甩了出去，脖子被玻璃割开了一个大口子。而局长只是被撞晕而已。 我依稀记得他说早上出门的时候看见门口有双白色女士皮鞋。 那件事以后，凡是在楼层里看见那双鞋子的人，只要离开这里超过一天，就会死与非命。所以表面上我们还住在这里，但是大家都被看不见的绳子帮着，谁也跑不掉。 我们讨厌鞋子，住在这里的所有人都经历过你一样的恐惧，但久而久之也就麻木了，除了出外没办法，否则绝对不去穿鞋，我儿子虽然小，但也看见了，所以他也很惧怕鞋子，只要在家就绝对不会穿鞋子。 ”女人看着池月说道，面带愧疚地说：“你的同学我想可能只是个警告罢了。其实我不想加害你，但我怕孩子出事，也没有办法，而且楼下的人逼这我这样做。他们不知道从哪里听来的，只要一个和那女人长得很像的你死了，怨气才能平息。 " “所以你见我住进来后就想让我赶快搬走，只要过一天，我就会死？”池月吃惊地问。 “你看见的那些东西不是她想让你离开，而是警告你不准离开。所以，我才会说，我们这些人就如同伥一样，把你领到这里来。”小宝母亲说完了，长长喘了口气。 纪颜从沙发上站了起来。 “事情似乎清楚了，不过我还是想知道当年那房间到底发生了什么。”他挥了挥手，示意我出来。 “月池暂时留在这里吧，我和欧阳下去看看。” 到了五楼门口，我问纪颜打算怎么办。 “其实那件事我有所耳闻，只是没记起来发生地是在这里。我一向喜欢搜罗比较特殊的案件，加上有些警察朋友。其实五年前的事情那女人只说对了一部分。”纪颜点燃了根烟，顺便给了我一根。 “哦？难道还有后续？”我没心思抽，好奇地追问他。 “是的，那个男的，其实当时并没有死。不过也差不多了，在现场的时候心跳呼吸都很微弱，才被误以为死了。后来在途中被救了过来。”纪颜慢慢说着。 “那太好了，把他找来就是了。”我赶紧说到，但是纪颜听完却摇头。 “我要是那个男的，我会后悔自己没死在现场。他被救活后，交代了那天的事情，虽然他的嘴唇都被咬掉了，而且精神很不稳定，但还是大体上说清楚了当时发生了什么。 案发的当时，他正在女人家里休息，由于欠了一屁股债务，他在打算如何从这里再搜刮一笔钱，很可惜，那个女人也几乎被榨干了。当他打算扫兴的离去时候，发现自己的鞋子不见了。 一双很普通的皮鞋。 两下里一交织，他就大吼起来。结果发现是那个小男孩藏起来了，问他藏到哪里，也不说话，结果母亲出来后发现所有的鞋子都不见了。全被男孩藏了起来。 原来这个人很喜欢用皮鞋殴打男孩的母亲。男孩总是躲在一边观看着。”纪颜一边说，一边走进了房间。我随着他，走到了池月的卧室。 “当男人发现鞋子不见，钱又没弄到，非常的生气，他开始殴打男孩，结果女人从厨房里跑了出来，手里提着菜刀。 在争执的过程中，男人抢过了菜刀，并把到架在了小孩的腿上。 “如果不给我钱，反正我也会被放高利贷的砍死，要么，我现在就把这讨厌鬼的脚砍下来，以后讨饭也容易点。”男人这样威胁道。 自然换来的是一顿痛骂，不知道为什么。或许人在意识混乱的时候行为也混乱了，总之这个男的居然真的下手了，一刀砍掉了孩子的脚掌。 任何一个母亲面对这种情况都会发疯。这个也是，结果自然是冲过去厮打起来。一个被咬成重伤，而那个女的被砍到了颈动脉，当场死亡了，孩子也失血过多没救回来。据说开始的时候女人在外面喊了很久，想乞求帮助，虽然是中午，大家都听到了女人的哀嚎，可是没有一个人肯出来。 如果事情就这样结束也就罢了，可是住进医院的重伤的男子没过几天就失踪了，尸体，不，应该说是尸块被发现扔在了医院的垃圾堆中。 几乎被剁了个粉碎。监视器录像只录到了一个画面。”纪颜一边拖鞋，一边站上了池月的床。 我奇怪他想干什么的时候，他却用手敲了敲天花板。 “到底拍摄到了什么？”我问他。 “一个女人，一个拿着刀的女人走进了病房，头发全是白色的，但是只有背面。”纪颜又跳了下来，继续在房间里踱步，似乎在寻找什么。 “你知道死者不穿鞋光脚意味着什么么？”纪颜突然问道，我自然摇头不语。 “没有鞋子的人，会永远在常世不停地走下去，永无止境，直到找到自己合适鞋子为止。或许这里居住的人认为池月可能就是适合的'鞋子'。 当一个母亲看着孩子受到伤害，再懦弱或者温柔的人，在那一刹那也会变成夜叉。 " “夜叉？” “使得，佛教中的夜叉履行着行刑者的职责，他们会吃鬼。人，也会变成夜叉。”纪颜又转悠回卧室。他的话让我糊涂了。 “你不是看见了天花板上孩子脚印了么。有没有感觉到什么不妥？” “看到了，好像觉得似乎只有一只脚的脚印。”我终于想了起来。纪颜点点头，他忽然蹲了下来。 “来帮帮忙。”纪颜喊了我一下。我走过去，帮他把床翻了起来。 床的地板显露出来。 纪颜笑起来。 上面用胶带纸帮着很多双破旧的鞋子。包括那双白色的女士皮鞋。 我们回到了楼上，池月仍然躺在沙发上和那个女人聊着。 “我躺在楼下的时候，你家小宝好像很喜欢光着脚跑来跑去，有点闹啊。”池月对小宝的妈妈说。女人非常惊讶的站起来。 “没有啊，小宝的房间里铺的是很厚的地毯，我怕他着凉才特意买的。”池月惊讶的望了望女人，又低下了头。 这时，门外响起了很嘈杂的声音。 原来所有的住户都上来了。他们手里都拿着东西，拖把，菜刀或者撑衣架。 “把那个女孩赶出这楼！那样女鬼就会追着她出去了，这样楼层拆了大家也不会有事了！”其中开始那个戴着眼镜，知识分子模样的人喊道，其余的人立即赞同。 除了我和纪颜所有的人都赤裸着双脚。这么多双脚交叉站在了一起。 “你们不觉得太自私了些么？”我忍不住问道。 “那你说是死一个好还是死大家这么多人好？”眼睛忽然冲我喷了一句，弄得我哑口无言。 “如果我离开大家可以安全的话，我愿意走。”池月忽然站了出来。一时吵闹的人群忽然安静了些。 我和纪颜包括小宝的母亲都无法劝阻池月离开。池月不说话，只是默然穿起了鞋子。 “既然要走，还是穿这吧。”我和纪颜与池月一起被赶出了这栋大楼。 外面的天气已经非常坏了，初春的雨带着还未完全离去的冬寒劈头盖脸的下了下来。 “你们走吧，我们只想好好的活着，不想再担惊受怕了！”眼镜和大家站在楼道出口，冷冷地说。 这时候，一个闪电打了下来。 眼镜忽然失声惊叫起来。 “她来了！”里面赤裸着双脚的人纷纷往里避去。小宝的母亲被人拥到了墙的外侧，几乎出来了。 可是在雨中的我和纪颜什么也没看到。可是池月也坐到了地上。 “她来了。”她也指着地面颤抖着声音说，身体还不由自主地朝后挪着。 小宝忽然叫了一声。他的身子居然自己走了出来，不，应该仿佛是被什么脱了出来一样。 另一面小宝的母亲和舅舅死命拉着小宝的另外一半。 “别抢走我儿子啊！“那女人尖声高叫起来，接着微弱的楼道光和闪电，我发现女人的神情很骇人，真的如同我看过的夜叉雕像一样。 但是似乎小宝的母亲和舅舅两人的力气也无法组织小宝被拖出去。他的身体大半已经被淋湿了。 里面的人忽然骚动起来。 “既然她要你儿子，就给她啊！不要连累我们！”他们自觉而默契地一起从后面把三人推了出去。我和纪颜连忙扶起小宝，帮他遮挡下大雨。纪颜则和小宝的舅舅把女人扶到一边。 混乱之中我听到了轰隆一声巨响，接着是一阵冲击把握震倒在地。等我意识到的时候，发现楼层开始坍塌了。 还是纪颜反应迅速，连忙把我们拉开。 楼层塌的非常之快，里面的人一个也没来得及跑出来。 废墟中，我看见了无数赤裸着的双脚，从废石堆里伸了出来，他们到死也没穿上鞋子。 “看见了么？”纪颜抱着小宝，指着废墟向我说。 Yes.我也看见了。一双没有穿鞋的脚。一个拿着刀浑身白头发的女人，她的脸如同带了个面具，完全变成了佛教里夜叉的样子。 她的另外只手牵着一个小男孩，男孩的左脚掌被砍掉了，男孩的手上提着一双白色的女士皮鞋。他们两个呆滞地站在那片废墟上。 不过只是一瞬，很快又不见了。 原本就要被拆迁的房子，结果在暴雨中自己坍塌了。这件事其实也算不上什么新闻了。 而从中获救的四人当然应该深感幸运。 不过幸运从来都不是老天爷赐予的，幸运要靠自己争取。 解决了例行的公事，纪颜暂时为这四人找到了住处，就和我找了个地方坐坐休息下。 “你是怎么知道鞋子在床底下？”我问纪颜。 “当然是四处找啊，不过也得益于我父亲。他经常外出，小时候我单纯的认为只要把他鞋子藏起来，他就不会离开了。那时候的我，就是把鞋子用胶带帮在了床板的底部。所以，我自然会去看看。” “那对可怜的母子还会出现么？”我想起雨夜中看到的情景，还有些不舒服。 “会的。成为夜叉的人是无法消失的，他们母子会永远走在这世界上。”纪颜忽然严肃的对我说。 “如果你在夜晚街道上看见没穿鞋走路的人，赶快把自己的鞋子脱掉吧，否则，他就会一直看着你的鞋子，跟着你回家了。” 说完，他又孩子似的笑了笑。我一直追问他说的是不是真的，但他闭上嘴不再说了。 “走吧，还是回我家一起喝点酒驱寒吧，否则会生病的。”纪颜拍了拍浑身湿透的我。 雨已经停了。