Midnight Anchorwoman - C58
Is there a ghost in this world?
I didn’t want to argue. At least, from the day I became sensible, I had begun to realize that at least some of the people I saw were not human beings.
When I was in primary school, I remember one time where I was left behind on duty. At that time, I wasn’t even willing to do this kind of physical work, and it was obvious that Er Mao, Little Hei and the others wanted to tease me, but their stomachs actually hurt. I couldn’t do anything about it, I could only silently sweep them all by myself.
“Why aren’t you home?” I asked curiously.
“You can see me?” His answer surprised me.
“Of course, go home quickly. Otherwise, your parents will worry about you.” I pulled out the chair I’d stuffed in my mouth and began sweeping the space around him. I saw him take a few steps forward and then stand on the podium and stare at me.
I was curious about what he was looking at, and he was looking at me with that strange look in his eyes, when I heard someone running down the hall, and by then there was almost no one in the school.
“Xia Mo, are you done sweeping? I’m already hungry.”
Er Mao stuck his head in from the door. He heard people say that when Er Mao was young, he was often sick, and in the countryside, he was thought to be shameless, but he was actually just a wandering soul. After that, he left two slits on his head, and the rest of his hair was shaved bald, saying that he could exorcise ghosts to ward off evil, so we all called him Er Mao.
“Soon, all you know is how to play, why aren’t you helping me?”
“You’re on leave today, so it’s good that we can stay with you. Hurry, there’s only the three of us left.”
“Then there’s one more.” I pointed to the little boy standing in front of me.
Er Mao glanced at it, and then sucked in the mucus that was about to fall into his mouth, “Xia Mo, are you sick?
“You are the one who is sick.” Thus, my current personality is definitely not something that I was born with. It was completely formed under such circumstances. If I wasn’t barbaric, I would only be bullied by those fellows every day.
“Hurry up, or else I won’t wait for you.” Er Mao turned around and ran away. When I heard Little Hei’s shout, there was only the last table left, and I couldn’t help but take a glance at the podium. At that moment, I was surprised to discover that he didn’t even look like a shadow.
How could a person not have a shadow! Later, when I thought about it, that was probably the first time I saw those things, and then something happened to my grandfather’s funeral next door, and I gradually realized that I was different from the other children.
As I sat in the taxi, looking at the trees on both sides of me falling backwards, the image of that Spirit Puppet still appeared in my mind. Suddenly, with a creak, the fast moving taxi came to a stop.
“What’s wrong?”
In the mirror in front of me, I saw the driver’s mouth open. He looked very strange, as if something strange had happened.
“I seem to have bumped into someone.”
“Smash?”
I looked out the window. It was dark outside, and this was a short cut to the company. There were few cars going by, but the driver took this route.
“No, I have to go down and take a look.” The driver opened the door, and I sat there without moving, but instead took out my phone. Xu Bing didn’t realize that this was most likely a trap, so she got off the car to lure us in, and then beat us up from the back.
I took out my cell phone and found a good phone number. If I find anything wrong with it, I will press it.
“Are you alright?”
“I’m fine, it’s really strange. Just now, I clearly saw a person cross the road, but he’s actually gone.” From the look on his face, it didn’t seem like he was lying.
“Let’s go.”
The car started up again, and for a moment I turned quickly and looked back. In the light of the taillights I could just make out a woman in white standing behind the car.
I didn’t make a sound, especially in this kind of environment. It wouldn’t be good for anyone to say such words.
It was a smooth ride. I paid the driver and got out, and the taxi driver drove away quickly. After this experience, there was one less driver who had the guts to come to this place at night.
The two of us are walking in, and we’re really lucky this time. Therefore, when people walk, we really can’t stop them. The old gatekeeper is actually standing at the door, which can save us a lot of trouble.
The two of us quickly ran in that direction and waved our hands enthusiastically. Strangely, the lord acted as if he didn’t see us as he kept his gaze on the side of the door.
“Don’t come over.”
The old man suddenly shouted, his voice was very bright, she did not dare imagine that a 60-70 year old man would have such confidence, I was shocked, because that voice was too sudden, Xu Bing grabbed onto my arm tightly.
“Xia Mo, could it be that we got into some trouble because we came back late?”
“Doesn’t look like it.”
The old man had been standing at the door with his face towards us, his eyes fixed on that spot inside the door, and I saw that his hand seemed to be holding something out. There was no helping it, we could only stand there and wait.
After about ten minutes, I saw the door suddenly open. The old man waved his hand towards us, and Xu Bing and I quickly went in. At that time, I purposely looked towards his right hand, because I really wanted to know what exactly he was waving at.
His right hand immediately retracted into his sleeve, probably noticing my earlier action. “Next time, come back early.” The Great Master’s expression was very serious today.
“Alright, alright.”
The two of us agreed as we walked in. At this moment, it was extremely dark inside the company, especially in front of the main entrance. There weren’t any lights on, so I secretly peeked inside.
Could this really be what the driver said, that this place was originally an unmarked cemetery, and it had something to do with Japanese devils? I didn’t dare to think further, as everyone knew that an unmarked cemetery like this was a place that was extremely secretive. Before building a house, they would definitely check if there was such an experience here.
As we passed by the front of the company, the two of us carried our bags and quickly walked to the back. When we passed the second dorm room, I couldn’t help but slow down my footsteps. Sun Xiaoke was living inside there.
I pointed towards the door, and then gestured at Xu Bing. At that time, I wanted to knock on the door to properly scare Sun Xiaoke, but Xu Bing grabbed my head and shook it non-stop.
“Alright, let’s go.”
Just as the door opened, he heard a faint “Putong” sound, “Who is it?” I shouted and rushed in to switch on the dormitory light. I had noticed before that there were traces of people entering our dorm. The sound just now was like someone jumping down from above.
I quickly ran to the window. The window was hanging, so it was impossible for anyone to come in. Could it be a wild cat or something?
“Xia Mo, is there anyone here? “Don’t scare me.”
“It’s a wild cat.”
I smiled and placed a cup of water on the table. If there really was someone here, I would throw the cup at him without hesitation. This kind of pervert who peeps on others should be taught a lesson.
After a simple washing up, we slept on our own. This time, I was more vigilant, so I simply slept in the direction of Xu Bing’s bed, because Xu Bing’s actions last night were really strange.
“Xia Mo, Xia Mo.”
In the middle of the night, I actually heard that voice again. It was very clear in my ears, constantly shouting my name. I tried to open my eyes, but this time, it was surprisingly similar to last night.
“Xia Mo, what are you doing here?”
What’s wrong with me! When I woke up this time, I was actually sitting on the floor of the bathroom, holding a toothbrush in my hand. The toothpaste on top of the toothbrush had covered the toothpaste on top of it, and on the floor, I used a toothpaste to write two words, it was actually Xia Mo.