Chapter 4 Chapter 3 Can't Live With Shadows

The floorboards, which had been nailed off, were nailed up again, and the floorboards were as clean as the decks of a ship, on which we rolled and jumped until we too were a little tired. Xu Xin raised his head and asked me, "Hey, where do we sleep?" I blinked: "If you are brave enough, then, let's sleep in the study!" Xu Xin jumped up: "Okay!" We ran upstairs together, all the lights in the whole house were on, and the warning line on the study door had long since been painted over with new paint. In the whole house, only the study had furniture, because the study There were no mice in the room, and we sat down on a large sofa.

When we calmed down, I thought of Xu Xin's uncle, and I said, "Xu Xin, what happened in this study room that night, do you want to know?" He yawned: "I can't think of it, and I don't want to think about it." He collapsed on the big sofa and I let him sleep on the big sofa and sat in the other easy chair. Xu Xin soon fell asleep. At this time, the whole house was surprisingly quiet, and I could clearly hear the sound of my own heartbeat. I am in a very strange mood, looking forward to some strange things happening.However, it was just silence, nothing, I waited and waited, tiredness hit my heart, I closed my eyes, and fell asleep.

I don't know how long I slept, but I did sleep very soundly. If it wasn't for that scream, which came so suddenly and sharply, I wouldn't have woken up. I was awakened by that scream. I opened my eyes and saw When Xu Xin sat up, he pointed at my back with a face full of horror, and said, "You...you..." His appearance made my hair stand on end, and my whole body felt chilly. Since I didn't have eyes behind me, I naturally didn't know that there was something strange behind me. I woke up suddenly in a deep sleep. As soon as I woke up, I encountered such a scene. I really didn't know how to deal with it. I just screamed: "God, what's behind me?"

Xu Xin withdrew his hand pointing forward, rubbed his eyes, opened them wider, and the terrified expression on his face disappeared, replaced by a very embarrassed smile, he said: "No What, I... must have been dazzled just now, nothing!" Until then, my head and neck were no longer stiff. I turned my head to take a look. Behind me was a white wall with nothing in it. I breathed a sigh of relief: "What did you see just now?" Xu Xin shook his head, and said: "When I woke up, I felt the light was dazzling, and I wanted to turn off the light and go back to sleep. It seemed that I saw a big figure from the back on the wall, and that black figure was bending over to look at you, so I was shocked. called out."

I looked back just now, and there was nothing on the wall behind me, but after hearing what Xu Xin said, I couldn't help myself, and looked back at the wall again. Of course there were no dark shadows on the wall, so I felt relieved: "Stop making noise, it's still dark, we can still sleep, do you want to turn off the lights?" Xu Xin hesitated for a moment: "Okay." I stood up and turned off the lights. It was a cloudy day. After turning off the lights, the room was completely dark, only the light from the corridor came in through the crack of the door. Neither of us spoke. To be honest, although Xu Xin admitted that he was dazzled, his expression was also very nervous. I also felt a little puzzled, because what Xu Xin said was very strange. He said that he saw a shadow on the wall, And the shadow was "bending down to look at me".

I don't know what to describe this, how could the shadow bend down to look at people?I thought about it, but finally I couldn't beat the tiredness, I fell asleep again in a daze, and when we woke up again, the sun was already shining! Xu Xin stretched his waist: "We slept very well, there are no red-haired zombies, and no vixen who turn into beautiful women!" I smiled: "Except for the shadow you saw when you woke up in the middle of the night!" As soon as the shadow was mentioned, Xu Xin's expression was still somewhat uncomfortable, but he immediately said "haha": "It's just my eyesight."

I didn't say anything else, we ran around the garden together, came back to eat the overnight bread, and sent it down with tap water. In the next few days, we played a "scavenger hunt" in this house.The so-called "treasure hunt" is that we search the whole house, looking for hidden things. And our goal is mainly in that study. Xu Xin's uncle is really a strange person. His study room is like an organ setting, almost every book shelf can be moved, and after removing the bookshelf, there is a dark cabinet hidden in the wall. We opened many dark cabinets, and everything in the dark cabinets was still intact. We found a lot of stocks, a lot of foreign currency, and banknotes that had been reformed and turned into waste paper.

There are many drawers with exquisite locks. We put a lot of thought into unlocking those locks. Later, Xu Xin and I almost became experts in lock picking. But we couldn't do anything about one of the drawers.It was a steel drawer of a steel cabinet. Among all the hidden cabinets, only one is made of steel. The steel cabinet is two feet wide and eight feet high. There are eight drawers in total, seven of which are unlocked. In the second drawer, we found A large handful of dollar bills, so we are more interested in the locked drawer. While we tried our best to open it, we kept speculating about what might be in the drawer.

We all agreed that there must be the most valuable thing in that drawer, otherwise, why should we lock it up solemnly? Because of this, we were more interested, but the lock was so delicate that we couldn't get it open after all our efforts, and we had been working on it for five days. Finally, one afternoon, I wiped my sweat and said, "Xu Xin, we might as well admit our failure and go hire a professional locksmith, we can't open this lock!" Xu Xin raised his foot and kicked the steel cabinet with a "bang", "I'll go find a locksmith." I nodded, Xu Xin ran downstairs, I heard a "pat" sound of a motorcycle, it was Xu Xin's new gift, I looked out the window, the motorcycle was puffing out smoke, and he had already left.

I sat up on the sofa and looked at the steel cabinet. I don't know when it started, it suddenly occurred to me that now, I am the only one in the whole house! These days, since no accidents have happened at all, I have long forgotten the mystery of this house, but at this moment, I suddenly remembered it. I have never been alone in this house since I first came to this house. Most of the time, I was with two or three hundred people, and most of the time, I was with Xu Xin. But now, it's just me. There was a strange feeling in my heart, I couldn't sit still, stood up, and coughed loudly.

Naturally, I didn't have an itchy throat. I coughed so loudly just to strengthen myself. I walked back and forth. Xu Xin had been away for a long time and hadn't come back yet. I was really impatient to wait. I walked to the door of the study, and I wanted to go downstairs to wait for him, but as soon as I stepped out of the door, I heard a strange sound coming from the study. I have always had a hard time describing the sound, but I did hear that sound. It sounded like something was trying to squeeze out from a very narrow gap. I was shocked and turned around quickly, but there was still no movement in the study. I looked out the window, the window is too old, and the wooden window frame, if it is blown by the wind, may also make this kind of noise. However, although some of the windows were open, they did not move, and it did not appear that any wind had blown in. I stood stiffly at the door, feeling chills one after another on my body, what was that noise?Should I go into the study to find out what happened, or run to the door and wait for Xu Xin to come back? Just then I heard the noise a second time, and I recognized at once that it was coming from the locked drawer that we had spent days trying to unlock. of. I jumped up, yelled, turned around and fled, and rushed down the stairs. Xu Xin was driving a motorcycle, and rushed back. Behind the motorcycle, there was an old man, and the old man hugged Xu Xin's head with both hands. Waist, eyes closed, face pale. That was naturally Xu Xin's speeding technology, which frightened him. At this time, I can know that my complexion is not much better than that old man. Xu Xin stopped the car and glanced at me: "Hey, why is your face so ugly?" I hurriedly said, "Nothing, this is a locksmith?" Xu Xin patted the old man's tightly clasped hands: "It's here, you can let go of your hands!" Only then did the old man dare to open his eyes, panting: "Sir, wait a minute, I'll go back and forget it myself." Xu Dao said: "Okay, I still think it's troublesome, come on, follow me upstairs." I walked to Xu Xin's side and said in a low voice: "Just now, I seem to have heard two strange noises from that drawer!" Xu Xin was stunned for a moment, then laughed loudly: "Perhaps the God of Wealth Bodhisattva is reminding us to get rich." I smiled wryly, there would be a weird sound coming from a locked drawer, it was hard to believe, so I didn't go on talking about it, we took the old locksmith and went up together building. As soon as the old locksmith entered the room, he looked puzzled, and he kept looking at the two of us. It is really no wonder that this old locksmith belongs to us. The two of us are very young, and this house is so big. From our point of view, we really don’t look like the owner of this house. Moreover, the house is empty, and it doesn’t look like someone lives at all. No wonder we look "suspicious" now. I think the old locksmith would have refused to open the lock for us if he hadn't been afraid that we would do him harm. However, after reaching the second floor, the old locksmith couldn't bear it any longer. He asked, "Is this house yours?" "Of course!" Xu Xin replied, "It's not ours, but yours?" The old locksmith smiled and did not make another sound. Xu Xin led him into the study and pointed to the steel cabinet: "This is the drawer. If you open it, I will give you ten silver dollars." The old locksmith blinked his eyes. Ten yuan in silver is not a small amount. He came to the drawer, looked at it carefully, and said, "This is the best German lock. Can I open it? Know." Xu said: "You have to try your best!" The old locksmith opened his toolbox, first took out two thin steel wires, put them into the keyhole, and kept exploring. Seeing his concentration, it seemed that those two steel wires were his tentacles. . He explored for a full ten minutes, and his work seemed to have made no progress at all. Xu Xin and I were a little impatient for waiting, but at this moment, the old locksmith's wrinkled face , A smile appeared suddenly, he left the two steel wires in the keyhole, and then used a sharp and thin iron wire to insert into the keyhole. His hands kept doing the same movement, he pressed down the iron wire, and every time the iron wire was pressed down, we could hear a slight "clap" sound from the keyhole. It seemed that he could open the drawer. Xu Xin and I were very nervous because we were eager to know what was in that drawer. After another ten minutes or so, the old locksmith wiped off the sweat from his hands several times. Finally, he flicked his fingers skillfully, and there was a sound of "deep" in the keyhole. He pulled the drawer and closed the drawer. Pulled out an inch. Xu Xin hurriedly pressed his hand and said, "Okay, we will open it ourselves, it's none of your business!" The old locksmith took back his tools, Xu Xin counted ten silver dollars to him, and said, "You go!" The look on the old locksmith's face was even more puzzled. Since he had ten yuan in silver, he didn't say anything else, but agreed and went downstairs. We saw him walking out of the garden through the window. Xu Xin rubbed his hands excitedly: "Guess what's in that drawer?" I hurriedly said, "Don't guess, just open it and take a look!" Xu said: "Let's open it together." Xu Xin and I pulled the handle of the drawer together, pulled hard, and pulled the drawer open. At that moment, what I thought in my mind was: a drawer full of banknotes, jewelry and gold, but when the drawer was opened, Xu Xin and I were both stunned. That drawer is empty, nothing! An empty drawer, locked so well! The drawer is really empty, we can see if there's a scrap of paper in it, but it's really empty. After Xu Xin saw that the drawer was empty, his first thought was the same as mine. He immediately reached in and tapped on the bottom of the drawer, trying to figure out if there was a mezzanine in the drawer. However, he was immediately disappointed. He raised his foot, kicked the drawer hard, and cursed: "Damn it, ten yuan silver is white!" I also feel very frustrated, because beforehand, we expect too much from this drawer, thinking that there is a treasure that we can eat and drink. I smiled wryly, pushed the drawer, and there was a "slap" sound. After I pushed the drawer, the lock was locked again. Naturally, I couldn't pull it open again, but we didn't care, because we all Had seen, that drawer was empty at all. Our depression quickly recovered, because there are still many places in the house for us to "discover".From that day on, we completely forgot about the drawer, and I no longer remembered the strange noise that came out of that drawer. Until three days later, that morning, when Xu Xin went to buy food, his motorcycle made an astonishing noise, and gradually went away. I stayed in the study room, feeling bored, so I took a book from the bookshelf. look through.It is a book describing the witchcraft in the West Indies. It says that the wizard among the natives can use witchcraft to make the dead work for him. Every dead person can be used under the manipulation of witchcraft. Three to five years. I have been interested in strange things since I was a child, so the more I read it, the more interesting it is. The author of this book also said that he has met more than ten dead people who have been restored to work by magic. The dead do not need to eat, they only need to drink a small amount of water, and they can work completely according to the orders of their masters, and the local law prohibits wizards from performing witchcraft on any dead people. I read it page by page with relish , when I was flipping the book, suddenly a small piece of paper fell down. I leaned over and picked up that piece of paper, that piece of paper, it may have been in the book for a long time, the paper has turned a little yellow, I picked up the paper, and put it in the book casually, I didn't care . It wasn't until I looked down again, and turned to the page where I clamped the paper, that I glanced at the paper, and I saw that the paper was full of scribbled words. And as soon as I saw the handwriting, I was sure it was written by Xu Xin's uncle, because I could see that the handwriting was exactly the same as the warning sentence written on the door of the study. This aroused my interest. I put down the book and picked up the paper. The words on the paper were so scribbled that it was quite difficult to identify them. After reading a few sentences, the paper was densely written. Reading the words, it was as if he were talking to himself in a frenzied mood, incoherently and completely inexplicably. I only read a few lines before Xu Xin slammed the door and walked in: "What did you find?" I hurriedly said, "Come and see, I accidentally found a note written by your cousin!" Xu Xin came over in a hurry, we looked at the note together, Xu Xin read out each word, and said: "Am I dreaming? I know I am not dreaming, it is real; however, what How can it be real? Oh, I have a problem!" When Xu Xinxin came here, he raised his head and said with a smile: "I see, he has some problems, and the problems are not serious!" I pointed to the note: "Read on." Xu Xin looked at it and said, "This is the third time. What is that? What is that!" After Xu Xin read this, he raised his head and glanced at me. Both of us felt a chill. I hurriedly said, "If you read on further, we may know the truth of the matter." Xu Xin continued to read: "That night, I couldn't bear it anymore, this house was no longer habitable, so I decided to give it up, those shadows—" Xu Xin paused again, and when he raised his head to look at me again, his face was pale, and the sound he made was almost the same as moaning. He said: "Those black shadows!" I frowned: "What happened to the black shadow?" Xu Xin took a breath and didn't say anything else, but I knew immediately what he thought of at that moment! He thought of the shadow he had seen the first night we lived in the study! At that time, the shadow made him scream, and he said that the shadow bent down to look at me. Xu Xin and I have almost forgotten about this incident, but Xu Xin's cousin also mentioned shadow on that piece of paper, but it reminded us of this incident together. Xu Xin took a breath, and read again: "Those shadows stubbornly want to participate in my life, how can I live with them—" Xu Xin stopped again, we looked at each other, Xu Xin shook his head: "I see, there is no need to decipher those scribbled words anymore, what is this saying, what does it mean 'the shadow stubbornly wants to participate in my life'? I Look at him as crazy." I also don't understand what Xu Xin's uncle meant when he wrote such a sentence, but because I don't understand, I want to further clarify what he is trying to explain when he writes like that. I moved the piece of paper closer to me, continued to read, and continued: "They refused to leave me, so I had to leave them. Fortunately, they are not cunning enough. I can trick them into the fourth door of the steel cabinet." Go in the drawers and lock them up, but I don't want this house anymore." Next, the handwriting on the paper was even more scribbled, mostly repeating the words "I don't want this house anymore", and then three large characters: "Leave now." I finished reading the words on that piece of paper: "Xu Xin, your cousin said that he once locked something in that drawer!" Xu Xin laughed: "I think you're going crazy too, the drawer is empty, you've seen it, and I've seen it too." I hesitated, "Maybe it's something strange?" Xu Xin said with a smile: "Do you regard my uncle as Zhang Tianshi? You can keep the soul of any monster in that drawer. According to what you said, when we open the drawer, there should be a puff of black air coming out." , turned into thirty-six heavenly gangs, seventy-two earth demons—” When Xu Xin spoke up to this point, he suddenly stopped. Because at that moment, we all heard a moan-like sound! As soon as we heard that sound, we turned our heads immediately, so we all heard that it came from that drawer. At that moment, the two of us felt a chill from the top to the pupil, and we were speechless for a long time! The drawer was indeed empty. When the old locksmith opened the drawer, Xu Xin and I both looked at it. We can be sure of this.The drawer was locked immediately, and after it was locked, no one ever opened it again. That is to say, there seemed to be absolutely no doubt that the drawer was still empty. However, an empty drawer will not make a sound, and everyone knows this. After staying for a long time, I said: "Xu Xin, I have already told you that I have heard such a strange sound in this drawer, that... is the third time I have heard such a sound .” "Don't talk nonsense," Xu Xin's face turned blue. "What nonsense!" I said loudly, "Didn't you hear the voice just now?" Xu Xin's complexion was even more ugly, he said: "No, go to that old locksmith again, open that drawer, and have a look, there must be something in that drawer, one is something." I nodded and pointed to the piece of paper left by Xu Xin's cousin: "It seems that your uncle is not crazy, but he has really seen some strange things, and put those things , locked in that drawer." "But, as we have seen, the drawer is empty!" I frowned, unable to say a word, Xu said: "I'll call that old locksmith." There was another chill in my body, but I was embarrassed to say that I was afraid here alone, and if I wanted to go with him, I had no choice but to bite the bullet: "Okay, you go and come quickly." Xu Xin rushed down as if he was escaping from something, and I heard the sound of the motorcycle again.