Deserted Village Apartments

Chapter 30 No.20 Seven Days

Yesterday, I returned to my home, the jade ring was still firmly on my finger, my spirit has not yet come out of the apartment in the deserted village, and I still have the habit of turning on the lights at night.

When I woke up in the morning, I couldn't smell that creeper anymore.Suddenly, I miss the breath among the vines, maybe they have been reduced to ashes.

In the afternoon, I came to the subway station. I shuttled slowly among the busy crowd, scanning countless strange faces, hoping for a miracle to appear.Yes, her footprints have been left on every corner of the platform and carriages, and her shadow has been left on every bookshelf of the underground bookstore.However, after wandering around for more than two hours, I found nothing, but it did attract the vigilance of the subway security guards.

I had no choice but to leave the subway, and after walking a few steps on Shaanxi South Road, I saw the ice cream shop.Yes, I used to stand in this position, staring at her at the counter across the road traffic.I immediately ran across the street and rushed to the ice cream shop, only to find a strange tall girl at the counter.

Fortunately, there was no one in front of the counter, so I quickly asked her, "Excuse me, is there a girl named Nie Xiaoqian here?"

She paused for a while and said, "I've never heard of this person."

"Maybe you don't know her name." Then, I told her Xiaozhi (Xiaoqian)'s appearance and characteristics in detail.

The tall girl still shook her head: "We don't have such people here."

At this time, another girl with red hair came out of the shop, and I asked her the same question again.

The red-haired girl shrugged and replied: "Our store has only been open for a month, and there are only two of us working part-time, and there is no third person."

How is this possible?Could it be that I misidentified the store, I took a few steps back to look at the name of the store, and then looked at the surrounding shops.That's right, it must be this store. I remember I was still buying ice cream in front of this counter, and Xiaozhi (Xiaoqian) was standing at the counter at that time.

I continued to express my doubts, but the two girls at the counter shook their heads repeatedly, saying that there is absolutely no third person who has worked here, and they have never seen the Xiaozhi (Xiaoqian) I mentioned.In the end, they said that I had affected the store's business, and they would call 110 if I didn't leave.

In desperation, I had no choice but to leave the ice cream shop.Walking alone on the crowded street, my heart was already in a mess. The two girls just now really didn't look like they were lying.But Xiaozhi (Xiaoqian) was working at the counter, and I witnessed this scene with my own eyes—could it be that what I saw was not real, but just an illusory image like a movie?

No, I must make it clear that there is at least one other person who has seen Xiaozhi (Xiaoqian), and he is my cousin, Officer Ye Xiao.

In the evening, I hurriedly found Ye Xiao's home.I always visit him so suddenly, and he is really embarrassed to get angry with me, so he can only say with concern: "Did you move out of that ghost place?"

"Yes, because that house will be demolished today, and it may be in ruins now."

Ye Xiao finally smiled: "It's better to dismantle it earlier, how about it? Feel better?"

"No, I feel worse."

"What happened again?"

I think it's time to say it: "Xiaoqian left me."

"Xiaoqian?" Ye Xiao frowned, as if trying to remember, "You seem to have mentioned that there is a person who calls himself Nie Xiaoqian who often harass you, but I have never seen her."

"Did you forget? You saw her. Last time in the subway station, I asked you to help me catch the person who followed me."

Ye Xiao pondered for a moment: "Of course I will never forget that time you said that someone was following you in the subway, so I helped you catch that person. I did go to the subway station that day and waited on the platform for more than an hour. But I didn't find anything suspicious. At that time, I still had some business, so I greeted you and left first, and I didn't find any stalkers?"

"What?" My language was a little deformed, and I said tongue-tiedly, "Impossible, absolutely impossible. At that time, didn't you quickly find out that there was a young woman staring at me? When she followed me up In the subway hall, you rushed up to grab her, and she ran forward desperately, and I caught her."

"Are you crazy? I don't remember such a thing happening." Ye Xiao was also surprised, he patted my shoulder and said, "Is it because I have been so nervous these days that I have memory hallucinations?"

"Memory hallucination?"

I suddenly covered my mouth, not daring to think about it anymore.

"Thinking that you have seen someone special or experienced something special, in fact these people and things do not exist, they are just your own imagination."

Suddenly, I raised my left hand, could it be because of the jade ring?Impossible, because I hadn't worn it yet.

Could it really be that my memory has gone awry, or is the twig a phantom?
At this moment, Xiaozhi's words seemed to ring in his ears——

"As long as you think of me in your heart, then you will see me."

Yes, before I saw Xiaozhi with my own eyes, the person "Nie Xiaoqian" was deeply reflected in my mind through email and phone conversations.So, when she appeared as "Nie Xiaoqian", I would see her, because I was thinking of her from the bottom of my heart.At the same time, only I can see her, and for others, she is just a fog that does not exist.

Now, I understand everything: "Xiao Zhi, as long as I think of you in my heart, then I will see you."

Ye Xiao didn't understand what I meant: "What are you talking about?"

I felt like I was exhausted, I shook my head and said, "It's nothing, thank you, Ye Xiao."

After saying goodbye to Ye Xiao, I quickly returned home and packed up my luggage.

At this moment, I touched the cold jade ring and made up my mind - I will set off for the deserted village early tomorrow morning, no matter what dangers there are, I must complete my mission.

(End of this chapter)