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Chapter 12
I had a dream:

Countless identical people formed a circle, trapping me in the middle.

There is only one vacancy.

I rushed there, trying to break through.

But a stern voice sounded from that empty seat: The side is all empty, why did you bump into me?

After killing Gu Panpan, Mi Jia drove back to the corn garden, it was already 11:[-].

People in twos and threes were walking their dogs.In the corn garden, many people have dogs, some are big and some are small, some are fat and some are thin, some have sharp beaks and some have flat beaks, some have eyes protruding from the fur, and some have eyes hidden in the fur.

all kinds.

She entered villa No. 19, the house was empty and there was no food.

She was sitting tiredly on the Japanese-style sofa in the living room, while continuing to play with the lighter in the dark, while sorting out her thoughts-this matter was done too hastily, and she was afraid that there would be a flaw somewhere.

Pat, Pat, Pat, Pat... Ever since I received that call and learned that the girl named Gu Panpan was dead, this lighter could no longer be turned on.

After an unknown amount of time, the door slammed open.

She switched on the floor lamp and looked at the aerodynamic clock: 12:3.

Fushi is back.

His face was flushed, his hair was black and shiny, and his eyes were piercing.

Mijia didn't want him to see that there was something abnormal about him, so he smiled and asked, "Have you charged it?"

Fu Shi said, "I went out for a midnight snack."

Mijia put away the lighter and suddenly thought of something: "Is there any midnight snack around here?"

Fu Shi thought for a while and said, "Oh, I'm entering the city."

That night, Fu Shi was stronger than usual.He tried to enter Mijia several times, but she pushed him away.

She is not in the mood.

Usually, in this matter, Mitya is greedy, just like money.This is the first time she has refused.

The next night Mitya came back earlier.

Her car had just pulled into the cornfield when it came across a brand new police car.

Startled, she immediately slowed down the car.

When she missed the car, she glanced into the police car and saw Fu Shi - he was wearing an old white shirt, his head was leaning on the back seat, his eyes were closed, as if he was going to attend some kind of meeting.

After the police car drove past, Mijia parked the car on the side of the road, puzzled—what happened to Fu Shi?
The next morning, two uninvited guests suddenly appeared in Mijia's office.

A man and a woman, both in casual clothes.The man had a black leather bag under his armpit and his bulging crotch looked like a gun.The woman has short hair and wears a tracksuit.

After showing their IDs, the two sat down in unison.

Mika's brow was already sweating.

The female criminal policeman asked straight to the point: "What's your relationship with Fu Shi?"

Mijia breathed a sigh of relief at this sentence: "Boss and subordinate."

The female detective asked, "Does he live with you?"

Mijia said lightly: "My house is big."

The female criminal policeman asked: "On the night of March 3th, a girl was killed in Xuangua Village, did you know?"

Mi Jia was stunned, unable to turn the corner for a moment—why did the other party jump from Fu Shi's body to Xuangua Village?At this time, she was most afraid of hearing this place name.

The female detective didn't ask any more questions. She narrowed her eyes and began to observe Mijia's reaction.Mijia came back to his senses and immediately shook his head: "I didn't hear that."

The female criminal police said: "That night, Fu Shi appeared at the scene. There is a serious suspicion of murder. We are investigating. I hope you will cooperate."

Mijia's brain couldn't turn the corner again—what did Fu Shi do in Xuangua Village?
The female detective continued to observe Mijia's expression.

Mijia came back to his senses again, and quickly said, "No problem, no problem."

The female police officer asked: "On the night of March 3, when did Fu Shi leave the corn garden?
Mijia said: "I worked overtime at the company that day, and when I got home, it was already 11:[-], and he was not there. Half an hour later, he came back."

The female detective asked, "What did he say?"

Mitya said, "He said he went out for a supper."

The female detective asked: "Does he have any preferences when he usually eats?"

Micah said, "No."

The female detective asked: "Have you noticed anything unusual about this man?"

Mijia thought for a while, and said, "Abnormal? -- It seems that something is wrong, but I can't grasp the essence."

The female detective said, "Think carefully."

Mi Jia said: "Thinking about it, I feel that he is quite normal again."

The female detective and the male detective looked at each other and said, "Okay, if you think of anything, please contact us at any time." Then, she took out a card and put it on Mijia's desk.

Mijia asked tentatively, "Can he come back today?"

The female criminal policeman and the male criminal policeman walked out and said, "I'm sorry, I can't tell you this."

Mijia did not see off the guests.

After the two detectives walked out, she shrank back on the boss chair.

After Fu Shi was arraigned, Mijia called the writer to the corn garden to accompany her.

After dark, Fu Shi hadn't been released yet.In other words, it had been more than 24 hours since he was detained for interrogation.

Villa No. 19 is more like an ancient castle.

The whole house is in a "convex" shape, but it is not square and round, like a person wearing several layers of cotton-padded jacket.

The brick red walls look very thick.

The windows are different in shape and size, and they are dark, more like one by one?look hole.

The first floor is not directly on the ground, and you need to climb more than a dozen wooden steps to go up.

The interior of the villa is like a science fiction - the walls, partitions, doors and windows in the room are all made of glass and mirrors.Therefore, this house is changeable, and two bedrooms can be transformed into one bedroom, and it can also be transformed into three bedrooms.

Walking into this "Rubik's Cube House" is like being in a cold world, which produces a different sense of space.

Now, there is no glass in sight, no mirror in sight, and no lights in the room.

It was midnight, there was no moon, and the sky was dark.

Mijia and the writer sat on the sofa in the living room, talking about Gu Panpan all the time, without any sleepiness.

Mijia was still playing with the Zippo lighter in his hand: clack, clack, clack, clack... This lighter is dead and will never light.

Neither the writer nor Micah could see the other's face.

On the root carving coffee table, there was a piece of "Afternoon News", which reported the life-and-death wedding last night, and accompanied it with a blurry photo:

Sa Erxing was hugging Gu Panpan, who was wearing a veil, and praying to heaven and earth.She was wearing a Victorian retro-style wedding dress, lying stiffly in Sarsin's arms, and the snow-white wedding dress hung down long...

When the wedding was held, no reporter was present, and this photo must have been provided to the newspaper by a guest.

Now, the image of Gu Panpan is not only hidden behind the veil, but also hidden in the darkness.

Mijia threw the lighter aside, and suddenly changed the subject in the dark: "I feel more and more that Fu Shi is a bit weird..."

The writer has little contact with Fushi, but he must know the relationship between Fushi and Mijia.In this special dark night, Mijia's words made him tremble.

"He...why is it weird?"

"I can't tell... the first time I discovered his abnormal behavior was on November 11 last year. He had just come to the company for two or three days. At night, I woke up and found that he was gone. In the middle of the night, where did he go? I waited for a long time, but he didn't come back. I couldn't bear it anymore, so I fell asleep."

After a pause, Mijia continued: "Late at night on December 12th last year, I vaguely felt that he had gone out again. This time, I stared hard to keep myself from falling asleep. After more than an hour, there was A figure lay down beside me silently, feeling cold all over. I didn’t hear the door open or his footsteps! I pretended to be asleep and didn’t ask him. The next morning, I said Remembering this incident, he said lightly - you are dreaming."

I didn't hear the door open, nor did I hear his footsteps...

When talking about this, Mijia felt deep fear for his own description——Now, has Fu Shi come back and is standing beside him?
She coughed dryly, and said: "Before he lived in the corn garden, I had a gentleman's agreement with him, not to interfere with each other's freedom, nor to inquire about each other's whereabouts. Therefore, I never asked him again. This year 1 On the 14th, he disappeared again at midnight, and returned an hour later without a trace..."

"How do you remember the date so well?"

"Because, I have concluded a rule, he always goes out on the night of the full moon."

"The night of the full moon?"

"These days I'm talking about are the fifteenth day of the lunar calendar."

"Yes……"

"On the night of the Lantern Festival, I had a premonition that he was going to leave again, so I didn't sleep. Sure enough, in the middle of the night, he got up gently and slipped out. I still didn't hear his footsteps, nor did I hear the door open. Every time this mysterious moment came, he seemed to have turned into a ghost, a phantom. I couldn't help it, got up quietly, and decided to follow him—you guess, where did he go? "

"……basement?"

"He went up to Mount Weihu naked. I watched him disappear into the trees and didn't dare to follow."

"He, what is he doing up the mountain?"

"I've been thinking about this. A tryst with a woman? It's not like that. No woman is as brave as waiting for him on the mountain alone; looking for treasures in the mountain? It's not like, there are only cemeteries on the mountain; practicing Qigong? He usually treats him Those things were never of interest . . . and to this day, remain a mystery."

In the darkness, someone's stomach rumbled, and it was unknown whether it was the writer or Mijia.

The writer said: "It seems that there must be something wrong with this person. On the night of March 3th, why did he go to Xuangua Village by a ghost? This is too strange."

"Therefore, I doubt that Gu Panpan was not killed by that killer..."

"Ok?"

"Maybe it's like this - after the killer arrived, Gu Panpan was already dead, but he took all my commission. There is someone hiding behind the killer..."

"You mean...fushi?"

"That night, when he came back and lay next to me, guess what I smelled in his mouth..."

"Let's turn on the lights..."

Mijia snorted lightly: "A majestic horror novelist is so timid!"

The writer's tone is a little awkward: "Really, horror stories are only for the faint of heart."

Mijia paused for a while, then said in a low voice, "I smell blood..."

Before she finished speaking, a calm voice suddenly sounded in the darkness: "Mijia, I am here."

This voice is close at hand!

The writer screamed and threw himself on Mitya.

(End of this chapter)