occupy

"This is your change, please keep it!"

"Thank you."

Gu Mingyi took the change from the cashier and put it in his pocket, then carefully picked up the small box on the counter and walked out of the dessert room.

Gu Mingyi looked at the beautifully packaged small box in his hand and thought, his baby Xiaoyu would be very happy.

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It was already dark, and the lights of the city were already on, almost illuminating the entire night sky.

But in this part of the suburbs, the street lights are on and off, and sometimes there is no shadow of the street lights for a long stretch of the road, only the headlights of the occasional passing vehicles.

There were not many passers-by on the road, and they were all hurrying back. Some of them were carrying things in their hands, just like Gu Mingyi, but the things they carried might be dishes for dinner, or empty meals for lunch. lunch box.

Afraid that the small box would shake and deform the cake inside, Gu Mingyi didn't dare to walk too fast, but he was eager to go home and see Xiaoyu's baby and his beautiful wife that he wanted most.

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When I walked to the small park near my home, the dim street lights flickered a few times, made a few subtle "cracking" sounds, and went out.

Gu Mingyi quickened his pace, not because he was afraid of anything.Just like when we leave school or get home from get off work, we will unconsciously speed up our pace.

Just as Gu Mingyi passed the entrance of the small park, several footsteps came from the park, followed by several black shadows blocking the way ahead.

"Hey, big brother, what are you doing in such a hurry?"

Gu Mingyi had no choice but to stop his body due to a male voice that was flowing in the air, and raised his head to look at the black shadow in front of him as hard as he could.

There were three black shadows, among which the speaking shadow raised his hand to put on Gu Mingyi's shoulder, his palm tightened tightly on Gu Mingyi's thin shoulder, his evil eyes looked at Gu Mingyi with a faint light, and exhaled a breath of smoke, which could not be tolerated. He said in an arrogant tone of refusal: "My little brother is a little tight recently, so let me borrow some money to spend."

Gu Mingyi didn't say a word, but raised his eyebrows and frowned, his eyes narrowed slightly, full of impatience and anger.

"What? Don't you want to?" The airy man grabbed his subordinate's shoulders even more forcefully, suppressing the anger of being scorned in his voice.

Gu Mingyi didn't move, his eyes slowly turned to the hands on his shoulders that were strenuously on his shoulders, but he still didn't say anything, neither saying he would borrow nor not.

The airy man and his two accomplices blackmailed and threatened several people while it was dark and the road was less crowded, and everyone who was blackmailed by them obediently paid.

But now, this thin man who looked tall and tall was actually a stubborn man who dared to resist them with silence.

"Don't force us to do it! We just want to borrow a little money, otherwise..." The angry man didn't finish speaking, and it was not difficult to hear the meaning of what he didn't say in his fierce tone.

Seeing that his companions hadn't dealt with Gu Mingyi, the two shadowy watchmen beside him whistled, and then, the quick-tempered man quickly took out a dagger that gleamed coldly in the dark from his trouser pocket, and pointed it directly at Gu Mingyi's arm. Belly: "Since you will be fined if you don't eat the toast, let's go inside (in the small park) and talk. When I think about it, you will be happy to 'borrow' money for me and my brothers to spend."

Gu Mingyi still pursed his lips and did not reply, but his gaze shifted from his shoulders to his abdomen, staring at the dagger glowing coldly against his abdomen for a few seconds, he raised his eyelids and took a deep look into the depths of the alleyway, and raised his footsteps very quickly. Cooperatingly turned around and walked into the deserted and dark small park.

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About half an hour later, the extinguished street lamp outside the small park made a slight sound and turned on with a "snap". In an instant, several moths flew over and danced around the lamp. The hazy side is illuminated, making the silence and coldness here even more apparent, making people who occasionally have to walk through this potholed path rush past as if there is something chasing after them.

At this time, Gu Mingyi turned out from the dark small park, startled the woman who was passing by with a flashlight that was about to run out, subconsciously raised her hand, and the yellow flashlight shone on Gu Mingyi's face.

"what--!"

The woman's short scream was choked by herself, because she quickly realized who the man whose face was sallow and sallow was in front of her, so the woman put down the hand covering her mouth, and then saw that the flashlight was still shining Looking at Gu Mingyi's face, he hurriedly turned it to the ground, and said with some panic that he seemed to be so frightened that his heart was beating wildly: "It turned out to be Xiaogu, why did you come out of here suddenly? It scared me so much, I thought it was Xiaogu. Ran into a bad guy or something."

Gu Mingyi heard footsteps when he came out of the dim small park, and immediately put away the sinister aura on his body, his slightly pale face under the dim street lamps and flashlights lightly revealed after the woman asked A smile: "I'm sorry, Aunt Huang." Then seeing the thing that the woman named Aunt Huang was carrying in her right hand, she asked, "Is Aunt Huang bringing food to Uncle Huang?" The line of sight, lest she ask him why he came out of the small park.

Sure enough, Aunt Huang was distracted and forgot to ask Gu Mingyi how he got out of the small park, and showed Gu Mingyi the things in his hand, and said, "You Uncle Huang, you said that you worked overtime in the factory and asked Caiyun to deliver meals. Think about it, Caiyun is a girl, how dare I let her deliver food by herself, why not let her take care of the house and I will deliver it."

"Well, Aunt Huang is right. It's a bit chaotic here now, so be careful." Gu Mingyi said, thought for a while, and asked, "Aunt Huang is alone, do you want me to take you across this road?"

Gu Mingyi asked this because Aunt Huang's family was very kind to them, and would send some to his family if they had anything to eat.Ever since he eloped with his cousin to this city and settled in the depths of this alley, Aunt Huang's family has helped them a lot, especially after Baby Xiaoyu was born. In a hurry, it was Aunt Huang who enthusiastically taught them how to take care of their children, and even helped them cook and wash diapers when they were free.

"Ah, no need. You go back quickly. When I went out, I saw Xiaoyu sitting on the steps waiting for you." Aunt Huang said with a smile, and waved her hand, telling Gu Mingyi to go home quickly.

Hearing Aunt Huang's words, Gu Mingyi was really anxious. If he hadn't met three hateful robbers, he would have been home to kiss Baby Xiaoyu's smooth and tender face.

Thinking of this, Gu Mingyi's eyes flashed with blood, but he quickly fell silent, and said to Aunt Huang: "It's okay, I'll take you there, just now I saw a few people who didn't look like here passed by, who knows what they are like?" What do you want to do wandering here? It's better to be more stable."

"Okay. It's safer to have a man with you. I'll come back with your Uncle Huang when I come back. I won't be afraid. Some time ago, I heard that something happened to Mrs. Zhang when she came back a little later. Her family won a bet. The gold necklace bought for her was robbed, and there were several blood marks on her neck, which took about ten days to disappear." Aunt Huang held the insulated lunch box in one hand and flashlight in the other, chattering as she walked. "I don't know what's going on. This kind of thing has never happened here before. Now that there are more people from other places, there are more bad people. Ah, Xiaogu, I'm not talking about you, your family is all dutiful and honest Man, I can see that..."

Gu Mingyi sometimes responds with a few words, but most of them are listening to Aunt Huang.

It seems that because of Gu Mingyi's escort, Aunt Huang became more courageous. She no longer bowed her head and walked quickly, but she walked at a moderate pace.

In this way, Gu Mingyi quickly sent Aunt Huang to the gate of the factory where Uncle Huang worked.

Seeing the big lights at the factory gate from a distance, Aunt Huang stopped in her tracks: "Xiaogu, thank you very much, you can go back, you have seen the factory gate, there are only a few steps left, don't worry about me .”

"Well, then Aunt Huang, let's go." Gu Mingyi responded, but still stood there watching Aunt Huang safely walk into the security room next to the factory gate, then turned and walked back.

But the pace is more than twice as fast as when escorting Aunt Huang over.I don't know if baby Xiaoyu is in a hurry?Gu Mingyi rushed back in such an eager mood.

After passing the path in front of the small park, Gu Mingyi saw that the lights there had "rested" again, and it was dim.

Suddenly, Gu Mingyi paused, tilted his head and listened in the direction of the small park, as if he heard some strange sound, but also seemed to hear nothing, as if it was just the sound of the wind blowing through the treetops.

Those three robbers should still be in a coma, right?

It's very magnanimous to just let them pass out in the damp place where mosquitoes breed, how dare they hit Gu Mingyi's head?If he hadn't kept a low profile and didn't want people in the family to find out, he wouldn't have just let those three people go like this.

Gu Mingyi stood there for another ten seconds, and realized that the strange sound he heard earlier was like an illusion, so he didn't care much, even if the three people were bitten half to death by mosquitoes or stray cats and dogs, it was none of his business.

Thinking of this, Gu Mingyi shook his head lightly, and with a smile that showed no emotion, he walked quickly towards the depths of the alley.

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As soon as Gu Mingyi's figure walked away, a black figure appeared in the small park. The black figure had his hands hanging down. Among them, the left hand had liquid dripping slowly, making a strange dripping sound in the darkness.

The black figure looked at the direction Gu Mingyi was going away for a while... A faint chuckle passed by, and the street lights outside were turned on again at this time, and looking at the place where the black figure was standing, the figure had disappeared. There was only a place where the figure was standing just now, and there was a scarlet dark place, and after a while, a few wild dogs came out from nowhere, scrambling to lick that dark place.

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As soon as the next day dawned, Gu Mingyi opened his eyes. There was no trace of confusion in his eyes, but direct clarity.

Looking down at Baby Xiaoyu, who was curled up in his arms with two small fists pillowed against his face, Gu Mingyi approached and lovingly kissed the dark birthmark on his son's forehead, not caring about the ugly birthmark at all.

"Hmm, Ah Yi?" Sensing the movement of the people around her, Shi Li opened her sleepy eyes and called to Gu Mingyi, whose back was facing her.

Gu Mingyi carefully turned his head to Shi Li who was sleeping next to him, and said softly: "Li, if you sleep again, don't worry about me." Saying that, he gently let go of Xiaoyu in his arms, and he couldn't help it after getting up. He bent down and kissed Xiao Yu who was sleeping peacefully like an angel.

"I'll get up and make breakfast for A Yi." Shi Li struggled to sit up, but was stopped by Gu Mingyi.

"Today I changed to a construction site, where breakfast is included. So, Li, take Xiaoyu to sleep more, so you don't have to rush to get up."

"...Then Ayi, be careful on the road." Shi Li still propped up her upper body, You looked at Gu Mingyi who walked out of the clean but small room with love in her sleepy eyes, and said simply.

"Well, I know, I will try to come back as soon as possible, you and Xiaoyu should also pay attention to safety at home, and don't open the door to strangers." Gu Mingyi walked to the door, turned around and confessed softly.

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When Gu Mingyi passed by the side of the small park, the sky was still early, almost like night, and there was no one to be seen, only the intermittent whining of stray dogs and the rustling of leaves blown by the morning wind from the small park Voice.

Gu Mingyi has lived here for almost two years, and he still doesn't understand why this small park has become like this. It seems that it has not played the role of a park.

He still remembered that when he and Shi Li came here, this small park was half deserted like this, but occasionally he would take Shi Li to sit in the small gazebo inside when he was free. At that time, he could also see people nearby people walking in it.Just a year ago, after a woman hanged herself with her child in it, the small park, which was not very popular, was completely deserted. In addition, the number of factories around it increased, and the population from other places increased. Moving out one after another, the small park has thus become a "paradise" for some "people" and stray cats and dogs.

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A few days later, Gu Mingyi returned home from work at night and passed the small park without seeing anyone blocking the way. He didn't think much about it, he just thought it was the day that he stopped those bad guys, but he didn't expect that it was rare for him to get an early job the next day. When I went home, I saw a few police cars parked on the muddy road in front of the small park, and many people gathered around the cordon and whispered to each other.

Gu Mingyi's dark eyes flashed a little bit of doubt, but after seeing Shi Li who was holding Xiaoyu standing at the back of the crowd, he ignored the doubts, walked around to Shi Li's side quickly, and wanted to pat Shi Li on the shoulder to cause When she raised her hand, Xiaoyu softly called: "Dad", and stretched out her hand to Gu Mingyi to hug.

Shi Li hurriedly turned her head, a beautiful and gentle smile appeared on the corner of her mouth: "Ayi, you came back early today." Then, she turned to the depth of the alley, "Let's go back, I'll cook early."

Gu Mingyi took Xiaoyu and walked beside Shi Li. Suddenly, he felt a meaningful and scorching gaze from the crowd on his back, which made him uneasy for no apparent reason.In order not to attract the other party's attention, he pretended to be nonchalant and tilted his head, but he glanced at the crowd. The owner of that line of sight didn't seem to be in there. Is the other party too alert?

Or his own delusion?

But... During this period of time, he had more "illusions" than before?Moreover, as the junior with the highest martial arts talent in that family, he didn't think it was an illusion, but an intuition hidden deep in his body consciousness!

Shi Li didn't see what Gu Mingyi was doing in the crowd, she just walked in front, and said in a voice that was both surprised and panicked: "Three people died in the small park, if it wasn't for a stray dog ​​biting a I only broke my arm to avoid other dogs and ran outside on the road and was seen by passers-by. I don’t know when I will find out..."

"Huh?" Gu Mingyi let out a "huh" from his throat, but he couldn't tell if it was surprise or what.The moment he saw the police car, he knew in his heart that the three people were in danger that night, but he didn't know who killed them. He believed that he was not strong enough to kill the three people, and he knew that it wasn't those stray dogs who killed them.

For no reason, Gu Mingyi felt more uneasy in his heart.It wasn't that he was afraid that the police would suspect him, but that the invisible "murderer" made him uneasy.

"...It is said that there is an evil spirit in the small park, and there are always dead people. In this hot day, there is no smell coming out of the three dead people... However, I heard from the people in front that the three people were almost eaten by stray dogs... ...It's disgusting to think about."

"Then don't think about it." Gu Mingyi shook the quiet Xiaoyu in his arms, took a big step and took Shi Li's hand in front of him and walked side by side.

The moment Gu Mingyi held her hand, Shi Li shuddered fiercely, as if something invisible had stabbed her back, and it seemed that she was frightened by the incident in the small park and had to rely on it at this moment. Same.

"Cold?" Gu Mingyi was surprised, glanced at Shi Li suspiciously, and then tightened his hands.

Shi Li shook her head: "No, I don't know." After thinking about it, she added: "This alley is shady."

"It seems to be." Gu Mingyi said.

This kind of deep alley always gives people a mysterious and cold feeling. Walking on the old and dilapidated bluestone road, no matter how light the footsteps are, there will be footsteps echoing again and again, as if someone is behind Followed like a shadow; puddle after puddle of sewage, when wading through, the mud splashed from the soles of the shoes dripped into the puddles, always breaking the line of sky that was finally reflected in the puddles, leaving broken figures shaking when people crossed.

Gu Mingyi wasn't afraid to go down the alley, but he still asked softly, "Li, why don't we move?"

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Shi Li didn't agree to move, not to mention that after a few people died in the small park, it was almost haunted, but she didn't want to leave the first home she and Gu Mingyi had here, even if the home was very small.This house was sold to an old lady who lived alone after being taken abroad by her foreign children, so that they had a place to live in this strange city.

Besides, moving is easy to say but difficult to do. How can I have money to move now? !

A few bad guys just died, and those bad guys who are about to move should be afraid and dare not mess around here.

When Shi Li said this to Gu Mingyi, Gu Mingyi also thought it was reasonable, but he tried to go home as early as possible every day.

In this way, the dismemberment incident found in the small park that day was wiped out of people's mouths not long after the murderer could not be found, such as the water mist on the bathroom mirror, and the talking about things returned to the daily daily necessities.

Then, on a dull and gloomy afternoon that was about to rain, Shi Li was fanning Xiaoyu who was taking a nap, her eyes were softly looking at Xiaoyu who was sleeping peacefully, but there was a little worry on her brows. It's raining, Ah Yi didn't bring an umbrella, how can I come back later?