A foreign city, dear you

Fortunately, we have a partner with each other, so we are not so scared and lonely.

This world is so wonderful. Two people who have never met each other naturally become dependent on each other because of the same situation.

There was actually a moon that night, but we didn't notice it at first.

We walked around, looking at the verandahs of the houses to see if there was a suitable place to spend the night.

But when we saw the police on the street, we gave up the idea of ​​sleeping on the street, thinking that if we were arrested by the police, we would be in trouble.

We also saw a homeless man with unkempt hair. At that time, I quite envied the homeless man's free and easy attitude. He could sleep wherever he wanted on the whole street without worrying about this or that.

As we walked, we unknowingly moved further and further away from the city. When we reached the outskirts of the city, we became aware of the moonlight.

Under the moonlight, we discovered a bridge hole on a road.

The two of us agreed that this bridge hole tonight is the best place for us, and we can finally stop our very tired steps.

So, we walked towards the bridge hole.

We walked into the bridge cave. There was still a little moonlight outside, but it was dark inside the bridge cave.

We stood at the bridge hole for a while, not daring to move rashly.

I heard that the bridge cave is where many homeless people live, and maybe there is a "gang of beggars" "stationed" here.

We slowly got used to the darkness in the bridge cave and were able to identify the general situation inside the bridge cave.

Thank God there are no homeless people in the bridge. The bridge hole is not big, and you can see a few scattered pieces of paper on one side of the hole. These may have been left by homeless people to spend the night here. I didn’t expect that the two of us would be exposed tonight.

We didn't dare to walk around for fear of stepping on feces and urine in the dark.

Each of us took a bit of paper, spread it out, and sat down on it. The bridge was very low, there was no wind, and it was very hot. I could feel the sweat on my back flowing down my spine.

At first we didn't dare to lie down. It was my first time to spend the night outdoors and under a bridge. Although I was very nervous, I still felt insecure and had various worries.

But after a while, we couldn't resist the invasion of sleepiness, so we lay down on the cardboard and stretched our sore legs.

There were a lot of mosquitoes in the bridge hole. At first we stretched out our hands to drive them away, but slowly, our eyelids became too heavy to lift up, and we closed our eyes in a daze.

I don’t know how long it took, but there was a chaotic sound coming from my ears, coming from far away...

At first I thought I was dreaming!

but not!

This sound is so real! I was worried when I slept in the bridge, but I was suddenly startled and woke up.

I listened carefully to make sure it wasn't a dream! My heart goes crazy!

I quickly woke up Xiao Maobing, who was still sleeping.

Xiao Maobing also heard the sound. Unexpectedly, he was more nervous than me, and he shrank closer to me.

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As Cao Xueqian was telling the story, he felt Ye Lian leaning against him unconsciously, so he hugged her tightly: "Are you scared? If I tell you, you will be scared, so I won't tell you anymore."

"No, you tell me." Ye Lianzheng listened anxiously: "What is the sound? A wolf? A wild boar? It can't be a snake."

Cao Xueqian shook his head and continued:

At first, I was worried that it was a wild animal, but I thought badly that we would be killed by a beast tonight.

But then I thought about it, this is the suburbs of the city after all, and it is unlikely that there are wild animals. Besides, it was a sound, not a group of wild beasts.

It can only be human.

indeed! We became more and more certain that it was the footsteps of a group of people.

The footsteps were messy and it could be heard that a group of people were running. The footsteps were getting closer and closer, and someone started to shout. I couldn't make out what they were shouting. I could only vaguely hear the words "rob" and "fight".

I prayed in my heart that they would run somewhere else, not pass by the bridge hole, and not find us.

But it was obvious that they were running along the road. If they want to move forward, they must pass through the bridge hole.

what to do? Should we run out from the other side of the bridge? But there was a road outside, and there didn't seem to be a good hiding place under the moonlight.

The group of people was approaching the entrance of the cave.

We were so nervous that we didn't dare to express ourselves. We retreated into a corner, wishing we could compress ourselves into the stone wall of the bridge.

The group of people poured into the bridge hole like a tide.

It’s over! They are going to find out! Will they arrest us? Do they have a guy in their hands? Will they beat us up?

I had a lot of scary what-ifs in my mind.

I didn't dare to look at them, for fear that my gaze would attract the attention of those people. I was so confused, I thought my eyes were wolf eyes that would glow in the dark.

As soon as they entered the bridge cave, their steps slowed down.

My heart was in my throat. Are they going to stop? Have they discovered us?

But the group of people did not stop at the bridge hole.

They were a little slower, maybe because they were not used to the darkness of the bridge, but they did not stop and kept rushing forward. In a short time, they rushed out of the bridge.

Thank God! They didn't notice us!

We breathed a sigh of relief, like two nocturnal animals clinging to the stone wall of the bridge. When the danger was over, we separated our backs from the stone wall of the bridge.

"What's going on? I'm scared to death." Xiao Maobing whispered to me, stroking his chest.

I shook my head in the dark, I didn’t know either.

"They seem to have sticks in their hands. Is this the legendary 'turf war' between gangs?" Xiao Maobing guessed.

"Isn't it? So scary? It sounds like a movie or novel."

"I'm just guessing too."

……

The two of us were no longer sleepy, so we just chatted here and there.

chatting...

Oops, that voice is back!

This time there was more momentum, the sound of footsteps mixed with curses and drives.

Xiao Maobing and I became nervous again, feeling that danger was coming again, and we didn't know whether we would be lucky enough to escape this time.

We huddled in the corner again.

The footsteps quickly came to the bridge hole, and they could be heard in a hurry.

They poured in again. This time, the pace did not slow down because of the darkness, and they ran out of the bridge hole in a swarm.

A group of people ran out of the bridge hole, and another group of people rushed in. The group behind them obviously slowed down as soon as they entered the bridge. I don't know if it was because they were not used to the darkness of the bridge or because they didn't want to run so fast.

Only one person was heard saying: "Forget it, take it!"

So this group of people slowly stopped and then retreated slowly. But one person stopped again when he was about to retreat to the entrance of the cave.

What is he going to do? Has he discovered us?