The winter night came quickly, it was only after six o'clock, and the sky was already dark. On both sides of the road, street lights lit up one after another, and a puff of milky white light decorated the streets, preventing the town from being buried in darkness. At the corner of the street, Zhang Jinyu, wearing a black coat, was walking home along the sparsely populated street.
He smoked a cigarette and strode on the snow-covered asphalt road. Maybe it was because of something that was bothering him. At this moment, Zhang Jinyu frowned and felt a lingering sense of depression. About ten minutes later, he arrived at the door of his home, No. 234 Nanxi Road, with a gloomy mood.
As soon as he entered the house and saw his appearance, his wife gathered around him and asked, "Jinyu, why are you back so early today? Did something happen to the construction team? Did those little bastards make you angry again?" You, don¡¯t be too nice to them, just scold them when they need to be scolded.¡±
"Alas" Zhang Jinyu sighed, but he didn't answer even though he had just entered the house.
After throwing his coat on the ground, he started drinking wine at the table.
"You are telling me, you have been keeping a straight face and frowning for the past two days? This is not like you. If Xiaohuan sees you like this, you, as a father, will not be able to live with it." His wife saw him This look immediately revealed the most effective threat. Although this husband is a bit unreliable at times, he pays great attention to his image in front of his daughter.
No matter what worries Zhang Jinyu, he would frown in front of his daughter and try to be a good father. But todaysigh.
After pouring a small glass of white wine into his stomach, feeling the hot liquid slide through his mouth and down his throat, Zhang Jinyu slowly said: "You should go to bed early today, I will think about something alone."
"Jinyu, have you encountered something? Tell me, I am your wife, I should know!" His wife sat beside him gently and poured half a glass of wine for him.
"This matter is very troublesome, so forget it, don't talk anymore, go up and see Xiaohuan, don't let her come down, I don't want her to see me like this." Zhang Jinyu patted the table, excited He wanted to say something, but after standing up, he swallowed what he originally wanted to say.
"By the way, tell your daughter to go home early after school and stop going out to play."
"You forget it, I won't care about you today, but be normal tomorrow, or I will tell Xiaohuan!" The wife was angry and worried, but she also knew that there would be no result if she continued to ask like this. He frowned and went directly upstairs to see his daughter.
My daughter was doing homework in her room. After looking outside the door for a few times, she went to the bedroom and turned on the TV.
The night was getting dark quickly. After finishing her homework, her daughter climbed into bed and watched TV with her for a while. After more than half an hour, her daughter went back to her room to sleep. While watching boring TV series, she was thinking about her husband. These days, her husband always has such a depressed expression when he comes home, and he doesn't even say anything when asked. ¡®By the way, I heard something happened to the construction team a few days ago. I wonder if that little brat caused trouble again. I¡¯ll ask later. ¡¯ Thinking about it, she fell asleep unconsciously.
Drowsily, she felt that the room seemed a little cold.
Having fallen asleep, she pulled the quilt and wrapped herself tighter.
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¡°Jinyu Jinyu, what¡¯s wrong with you?¡±
When she got up in the morning, she wrapped herself in thick pajamas and went downstairs to put her hungover husband up to sleep. But what she saw downstairs was a scene that made her lose her mind She saw her husband, who was originally strong, lying on the ground, with food and wine scattered on the floor next to him.
After helping her husband up, she tested his breathing and breathed a sigh of relief when she found he was still breathing. She hurriedly picked up the phone and called for help: "Hey, is this 112? Come here quickly, this is No. 234 Nanxi Road." My husband passed out and couldn't scream. Oh, yeswell, I knowthat's it, hurry up!"
After hurriedly hanging up the phone, Zhang Jinyu's wife hurriedly opened the door. Afraid that her husband would be cold, she went upstairs to get a blanket and wrapped Zhang Jinyu's cold body. Then she held her husband in her arms and waited for help to arrive.
"Mom, what's wrong with dad?" At this time, the daughter who was still sleeping was woken up.
"No, it's okay, honey, you go to school first. Dad was drunk last night, so mom took him to the hospital." Holding back the tears that were about to fall, Zhang Jinyu's wife coaxed her doubtful daughter to go to school, and soon she The hospital ambulance left the house together.
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At the same time, the former mayor Li Zejia.
"Mom, you said Dad hasn't come back for two days Did you ask him to stay overnight? If you call again, if he hasn't come back yetIf there is any news, we will call the police. It would be bad if something happened. "Li Ze's son Li Min has entered the Fenghua City government through various connections. Now he is considered successful, but he often goes home to visit his healthy and elderly parents. But when he entered the door today, he saw his mother frowning. Listen to the phone call.
"Where did this damn ghost fool around again this time? It's been two days, and not a single call has come back." Li Ze's wife, who was about fifty years old, was also worried about her husband at this time. Although there were many occasions when her husband stayed away from home at night, this was the first time that he had not come home for two consecutive days without even a single phone call, so she couldn't help but worry!
"Is something really going to happen? Don't let this old guy meet bad people" Looking at the snow falling outside the window, Li Ze's wife was angry and worried, but she could only pray silently in her heart.
¡°Mom, I think it¡¯s better to call the police.¡±
After hearing the news, even my daughter, who works in a bank, came back quickly. After hearing what her eldest brother and mother said, she suddenly became anxious.
"Wait a minute, Mom, please call Mr. Huang. I remember Dad said last time that they have a big business to do. Now that the business is done, with Dad's personality, he will definitely go to the place with the surname Huang. Exchange feelings.¡±
"Okay, let's do it like this." When Li Ze's wife heard her son's words, she immediately picked up the phone.
"Hello, is this Mr. Huang? Well, I am Li Ze's wife. Where has my husband been with you these two days? Ah, what did you say? He was there the day before yesterday No, he went out the day before yesterday. He didn¡¯t come back¡so you haven¡¯t seen him since the night before yesterday?¡±
After hanging up the phone, Li Ze¡¯s wife hurriedly dialed 110.
"Mom, let me do it!" The son took the call and said directly: "Find your Captain Lin and tell Li Min to find him Well, hurry up."
"Min'er, is this Captain Lin an acquaintance of yours?"
"Well, Mom, Captain Lin is supported by my father and I. He is one of our own. I feel more at ease when I work on my own."
"That's right, don't worry when you are on your own!"
After soothing his panicked mother, Li Ze's son walked out of the house and called his cell phone: "Captain Lin, it's like this, my father is missing I went to Qingxi Hotel once the night before yesterday, and he didn't come back after that Yes, you can investigate it yourselfOh, I will go to the Qingxi Hotel at noon, and I will go with you."
He looked up at the gray sky, feeling a little upset in his chest. After sighing, he turned back to the house to comfort his mother.
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"Sister, you must be very tired. I have already boiled water."
"Well~ I've almost finished cleaning it up. Haha, those brats really left us sugar-coated cannonballs all over the floor." Pointing to the colorful candy wrappers in the trash can, Yuyu stretched tiredly.
There were so many people here yesterday. Even though everyone was very polite and didn't throw anything away, there was still a lot of garbage left in the room. Alas, there is nothing we can do about it. After all, many children came yesterday. They chased and fought, messed up the furniture, and left candy wrappers and other things on the floor.
After working for a long time, she finally took a rest and sat on the chair lazily.
"Sister" Xiaojing cried out with some distress.
"What's wrong?"
"You should have asked me to get up just now to help, how could it be that my sister was busy!" Xiaojing's eyes were full of blame, and she looked at her dissatisfied: "On such a cold day, my sister was cleaning outside the yard alone, while I was Sleeping under the covers" said
"I am a sister~" Yuyu said in the tone she should have said: "Besides, Xiaojing's health is not good, so of course it is my sister who should do these things. All Xiaojing can do is obediently help her sister prepare hot water. As long as you take a comfortable bath, all the fatigue on my sister's body will fly away."
"But" Xiaojing wanted to say something else, but was stopped by the words.
When Xiaojing came to her, she caught her by surprise and hugged her. Rubbing her sister's Xiangxiang's neck softly, she whispered softly: "Xiaojing, let's take a bath together, we haven't done this for a long time~"
"But we have all grown up, this is so embarrassing!" Yuyu suddenly changed the subject. Xiaojing couldn't react, so she could only push Yuyu with her cheeks red.
"What does it matter? I have been washing it for you since you were a child~ Well, there is a small black mole on Xiaojing's butt. There is also a small strange birthmark on the left chest By the way, there is also a small mole on the right arm. There is a wound caused by my sister accidentally." Yuyu lay in my sister's ear and gave examples of the various parts of my sister's body one by one.??'s secret.
"Ah~ sister, don't say it, this kind of thing is very embarrassing!"
"Haha, does it matter? Hehe, let me see if you have grown up~~" Yuyu laughed mischievously, took her sister's hand and ran to the bathroom.
Soaking in the bathtub, Yuyu was lying on the edge of the bathtub, while Xiaojing behind her was rubbing her back.
The whole temple has a wooden structure, even the bathroom is no exception. Because it has not been repaired for a long time, the bathroom has some air leakage. The cold air outside made the two of them huddle in the wooden tub. Although Xiaojing said she was ashamed, this was not the case. The two of them were very familiar with each other's bodies, so they didn't feel awkward.
"What's wrong, are you talking about the nightmare I had recently?" He closed his eyes and enjoyed the words so much that he didn't care much. He reached out and rubbed his sister's little head: "Don't think too much, sister may be too tired recently. It will be fine when the New Year is over. Haha, there are a lot of offerings this year, which is enough for us to live for a long time. Well, it seems that I can take a break from my part-time job~ Haha, how about my sister helping you with your winter vacation homework, it is very interesting."
"Oh, by the way, Rin helped a lot this time~" Suddenly thinking of Rin's ridiculous amount of offerings, Yuyu laughed happily. She didn't care why Rin gave so much. Since it was an offering to the gods, it was hers!
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"Sister I have a nightmare too?" Xiaojing put down the towel, immersed her body in the water, put her cheek against her sister's back, and said hesitantly. She felt that she should tell her. After all, she was raised by her sister since she was a child. If she kept this kind of thing from her sister, she would be sad!
"What?!" Yuyu stood up from the bathtub in a mixture of shock and anger, and his whole body was looked at by his sister. She could be nonchalant about her condition and could laugh and joke, but that didn't mean she was used to that kind of nightmare. As soon as she heard the panic and silence in her dream happened to her sister, Yuyu immediately couldn't sit still: "No, no way"
"Sister, sister"
"Xiao Jing, what did you dream about? Is it pitch black!?"
"Well, it's very dark all around. It's too quiet and there's no sound at all. I'm scared I don't know how long I stayed in the dark There's nothing, no light, no sound, nothing I'm fine I was scaredI don¡¯t know how long it took, but I woke up after that!¡±
"Woooo" Hearing her sister's narration, Yuyu burst into tears: "Why, why is this happening? It would be better if this nightmare comes to me. Why do you still want to find Xiaojing? Why"
That dream is that dream!
I keep waking up from my dreams lately, breaking out in a cold sweat. Although she always seemed not to care much when faced with Xiaojing's inquiries However, Yuyu was really scared.
That kind of environment with nothing but darkness and silence is so scary!
"Sisterit's okay, it's okay, don't cry."
The two sisters hugged each other and cried for a while. Yuyu suddenly stood up from the bathtub. After listening carefully for a while, she suddenly asked: "Xiaojingis it too quiet around here?"
"Um?!"
Winter is the time when life is dormant, and it is always quiet.
But the two sisters have never experienced this level of silence!
The surroundings were strangely suffocating, silent, and there was no sound at all.
The sizzling sound that often occurs when wooden boards are used for a long time, the sound of mice turning in the kitchen, the soft sound of flying snow falling on the eaves of the roof, the blood falling from the top of the tree, the broken branches, and the low whistle of the cold wind all ,Disappeared!