our supernatural life

At noon on the weekend, Mai Mai walked up the stairs with heavy steps.He did not go well in finding a job. After running for a week, he managed to find a job as a salesman in a company that sells copiers. He happened to buy a lot of goods these days, and he was so tired from moving the machines that his back was sore and his legs hurt. On Sunday, he also worked overtime for half a day.

Pushing open the door, Mai Mai saw a string of muddy footprints on the ground, and felt a little strange: Shao Jing came back so early today?

Since Shao Jing moved in, Mai Mai has hardly seen him these days.He was going to bed at night, and Shao Jing hadn't come back yet. In the morning, he went to work, and Shao Jing hadn't gotten up yet. He could only confirm from the dirty footprints all over the living room that this person was still in the house.

The door of Shao Jing's room was closed, indicating that he was indeed at home.Mai Mai poured a glass of water and was about to go back to her room when she heard movement in his room.As long as Shao Jing was at home, he would definitely keep the door shut. Mai Mai was inevitably a little curious, although she wouldn't lie on someone's door, she couldn't help pricking up her ears to listen carefully.The voice in the room was very vague, very unclear at first, and then gradually became higher, and Xiaomai finally heard it, it was a panting sound, from low to high, gradually rough.

Mai Mai's face flushed suddenly, and she fled back to her room.The gasp was clearly—he came back at a really bad time.But Shao Jing is a bit too much, right?After all, it's two people renting together, and it's always inconvenient to bring someone back.It seems that he is not a person without money, so he can't open a house outside?

Mai Mai walked into her room thinking wildly, and saw a courier box on the small table by the door, which was obviously placed here after Shao Jing signed for it.Mai Mai picked it up and took a look, her face changed slightly - the address is the city where Wei Yan's family is located, and the handwriting is also Wei Yan's.He sat on the bed and opened the box, and a watch and a note fell out of it.Mai Mai picked up the watch numbly, her hands trembling uncontrollably.That was the only gift he bought for Wei Yan.Omega's all-steel watch, although not the most high-end, cost him more than 2000 at that time. He secretly saved it by not eating lunch for half a year, and gave it to Wei Yan for his 24th birthday.Now that the things were back in his hands, he could not understand what it meant.If he still had some hope when Wei Yan left, then there is no hope at all now.

The note also fell on the bed, and Mai Mai picked it up with the other hand, and it was indeed Wei Yan's handwriting: "Mai Zi, I'm sorry for you. I put 3 yuan on the bank card, and this is all I have now, and I will have money in the future." , I will compensate you."

Xiaomai suddenly dropped the watch on the bed, freed up his hand and tore the note to pieces.compensate?How to compensate?Give him another sum of money?If money can be used to compensate, then what is emotion?

Confetti fell all over the bed, Mai Mai didn't bother to clean it up, so she picked up her coat and went out again.He didn't want to stay in the house, and his chest felt uncomfortable.He really couldn't understand, why some people can stay together for a long time even if they are casual, but he can't escape the one-year deadline every time he manages seriously?If that's the case, he shouldn't take it seriously, it's probably better to be casual.

The weather in April is warmer. On weekend afternoons, couples are wandering around the streets. Everywhere Mai Mai goes, she finds it dazzling. She gets on a bus in a daze. It took a long time to realize that she habitually ran to the vicinity of Taitung. , I had no choice but to get out of the car again and continue walking along the road.It was already dark, and some shops had already turned on the lights. Mai Mai walked down the wedding dress street, and suddenly thought of Zheng Yunshu.In fact, Zheng Yunshu is the type he likes. He is gentle, clean, speaks in a leisurely manner, and appears to have a gentle personality.Moreover, Zheng Yunshu was obviously interested in him.This meaning may be obscure in the eyes of outsiders, but it is very clear among gays.

As the sky darkened, the neon lights lit up one by one, decorating the entire street in colorful colors.Mai Mai squinted her eyes and looked for Zheng Yunshu's shop.Both visits were at night, and he was not very familiar with Taitung, so he only remembered that it was between two clothing stores.But there are too many small shops in Taitung, and I couldn't find the door for a while.He walked back and forth a few times, but he didn't see the door of the store. When he was wondering, someone patted his shoulder. When he turned around, Zheng Yunshu's smiling face appeared in front of him: "Waiting for someone?" Turned into amber, reminding Xiaomai of Luo Wei's tiger head ring.

"I -- just come and walk."

Zheng Yunshu showed a tacit smile: "Then, come in and have a seat?" He was wearing a light gray coat with a lifelike tiger's head embroidered with silver thread on his chest. The fur seems to be shaking slightly.

Mai Weiwei was a little embarrassed: "I didn't find your store just now."

Zheng Yunshu sighed: "It's strange to find it. Did you see that billboard? The store is at the back."

Mai Mai looked in the direction of his finger, and there was indeed a big billboard.Zheng Yunshu sighed and said: "It was erected a few days ago, and it completely blocked my front. The store next to it was fine and closed immediately, but with such a sign blocking it, it might not be easy to sell."

Mai Mai followed him and found the store door behind the billboard.Zheng Yunshu let him in: "Sit down, I'll make coffee." As he spoke, he put the things he was carrying on the table, and Mai Mai took a look: "Yangmei again?"

Zheng Yunshu grabbed a few and stuffed them into his mouth: "It's delicious, would you like to try it?"

Mai Mai took one, and as soon as it entered his mouth, it was so sour that he frowned: "So sour?"

Zheng Yunshu smiled and said, "It's delicious only if it's sour." He grabbed a few more and ate them while eating them.

Wheat finally swallowed one, and felt that his cheeks were sour and his teeth tended to fall out. He couldn't help shaking his head, and really didn't understand why Zheng Yunshu liked sour food so much.The bitter aroma of coffee soon came from behind, Mai Mai took a deep breath of the aroma - it will take a while to cook, turned around and saw that there was a newspaper in the plastic bag Zheng Yunshu was carrying, so he took it Woke up, flipped to page 4, and saw a piece of news: The identity of the female skeleton found yesterday at the Jufeng of Laoshan Mountain has been identified.The deceased, Feng Mei, disappeared eight months ago. According to analysis, the deceased accidentally fell to his death while climbing the mountain that day. Due to the long period of time, the body has been highly decomposed, and the identity of the deceased can only be identified by the characteristics of the teeth.Relevant departments draw attention to tourists, please do not climb at will if there is no road...

Mai Mai didn't read what was written below, his attention was completely attracted by the photos attached to the newspaper.The girl in the photo is smiling, with long hair and a pretty face.Xiaomai has seen this face twice, once in an old newspaper more than half a year ago, a missing person notice; once on the road, a month ago.

a month ago?The corpse is already highly decomposed?Disappeared eight months ago?Wheat shivered violently.He still remembered that the missing person notice said "wearing a white dress", and it was the beginning of summer at that time.He recalled that Feng Mei he saw on the side of the road was indeed wearing a light dress, but it was not white, but red flowers on a white ground, as bright as blood.

As bright as blood... Xiaomai's hairs stood on end in fright at the thought that came out of him.Could it be that the skirt is not flowers, but blood stained?Did he see a ghost?Could it be that the big black patch on her forehead was the scar from the fall to her death?

Regarding ghosts, Maimai heard many stories from her grandma when she was a child.Grandma's hometown seems to believe in these ghosts and ghosts, and many things are also told by ghosts. Mai's mother despises this, so grandma always tells him secretly.When Xiaomai was a child, he was very courageous and could not be frightened by any kind of stories, but now seeing this photo and thinking of the stories his grandma told, he felt really creepy for a while.

He was pondering here when he suddenly heard a ding, and when he turned around, Zheng Yunshu didn't come out, but the wind chime hanging by the back door was shaking slightly.Mai Mai's heart moved, and she walked over to examine it carefully.The wind chime still seemed to be the same, and the glass pieces in the shape of small people shook slightly, reflecting the lights in the store.Mai Mai looked back at the store door subconsciously. The door was closed, and there was no wind coming in. Why did the wind chime ring again?He remembered that it was the same last time. There was no wind, and the wind chime rang by itself.

Xiaomai looked up and looked carefully, and suddenly found that the little glass figurine hanging at the bottom was incomplete, half of his body was gone, and the gaps were still uneven, not like the stubble after the glass was smashed, but rather like being crushed by something. Something gnawed on.If it weren't for knowing that mice don't eat glass, Xiaomai would probably think it was eaten by mice.But seeing this incomplete glass figurine, Xiaomai can be sure, at least the figurine hadn't been hung up when he came last time.

Or was it smashed by something just now?Mai Mai looked down at the ground, there was no broken glass, and there were only him and Zheng Yunshu in the shop, and Zheng Yunshu was still making coffee in the back, so it was absolutely impossible for him to come out quietly and break his wind chime into pieces.But what happened to the ding just now?The more Xiaomai thought about it, the more puzzled he became. After walking around the wind chime, he made a new discovery: the other glass figurines on the wind chime were not intact. In the position of the villain's heart, only the bottom part of the heart has no hole, but it is incomplete.

Zheng Yunshu came out with coffee, saw Mai Mai looking up at the wind chime, and smiled: "What are you looking at? Shall I make one for you too?"

Taking advantage of the situation, Maimai asked him, "You made this? You also made this piece of glass yourself?"

Zheng Yunshu put down his coffee and said with a smile, "Yes, it is troublesome to do. They are all made of glass piece by piece."

Mai Mai pointed to the incomplete piece at the bottom: "Is this worn out?"

Zheng Yunshu casually raised his head and glanced, his eyes flickered slightly against the light: "Yeah, I collapsed from too much force, and there was no good replacement for a while, so I hung it up first."

Mai Mai tentatively asked: "When did you make it? It seems that you didn't have this last time."

Zheng Yunshu was slightly taken aback, and then smiled: "You looked carefully, it was done just the day before yesterday. This is very troublesome to make, and you have to have time to grind it slowly. It takes many days to grind a piece out."

As he said, he poured hot coffee into the cup, and then lifted the creamer jug: "How about making you a tiger's head again? This is what I am best at." He has already taken off his coat, revealing the sweater of the same color underneath, with a chest A tiger's head is also embroidered at the same position, only slightly smaller than the one on the coat, but the eyes are embroidered with gold thread, which looks alive under the light.Mai Mai glanced over and felt that the tiger head was extremely vivid, and the eyes seemed to be staring at herself, so she couldn't help but say, "You like the tiger head pattern so much?"

Zheng Yunshu turned his wrist, and said casually: "This is called the seal of the general, and it is impolite to call it the tiger's head." After speaking, he pushed the coffee cup in front of Maimai.There was another tiger head of creamer on the coffee-colored liquid surface. Mai Mai glanced at it and felt that it looked similar to the one made last time, so he didn't look at it carefully, and asked casually, "Why is it called the seal of the general?"

Zheng Yunshu also poured himself a cup, picked it up and took a sip, and replied casually: "Tiger is the general." He had a ring of creamer on his lips, stuck out his tongue and licked it himself, making his lips moist One piece, Mai Mai's heart skipped a beat, and she wanted to look away but was reluctant.

There is a saying that looks at beauties under the lamp.Zheng Yunshu can be regarded as a beauty with red lips and white teeth. It is rare that he still has a bookish look on his body, and he looks even more handsome when he smiles slightly.Seeing Mai Mai looking at him, he smiled deeper: "By the way, I have something for you."

Mai's heart skipped a beat again.He and Zheng Yunshu only met two or three times, so it was clear what he meant by giving gifts.In the end, should I accept it?Or refuse?

Zheng Yunshu put down the creamer pot, fumbled in his pocket for a while, and took out a bracelet: "I see marks on your wrist, you should be used to wearing something before, right? I made a bracelet for you." That's it. A black silver chain, with a silver tiger's head strung on it, and the tiger's eyes are painted in eye-catching gold.

Mai Mai grinned hesitantly: "It's pretty, but—how much?"

Zheng Yunshu made a reproachful expression: "I told you it's for you. The general's seal, exorcising evil spirits." As he spoke, he leaned over with both ends of the bracelet in his hands, obviously intending to put it on for him himself.The meaning here is no longer clear, Mai Mai hesitated a little, but still stretched out her hand--I have to say, at least from the outside, Zheng Yunshu is a very good match, why not try it?

With a smile on his face, Zheng Yunshu wrapped the silver chain around Mai Mai's wrist, and was about to fasten the buckle when Mai Mai suddenly turned his head: "What's the sound?"

As soon as he turned his head and drew his hands back, Zheng Yunshu held his hand blankly, and asked in a daze, "How could there be any sound?"

Mai looked behind suspiciously.Just now he clearly heard a slight noise, as if something burped after eating. Although the sound was not loud, the store was very quiet, so he could hear it clearly.But when he looked back, there was nothing behind him.

Zheng Yunshu frowned slightly: "What are you looking at?"

Mai Mai was still looking around: "I seem to hear someone beating--." His voice suddenly paused, and there was a dark red stripe flashing on the tiger-headed mirror on the lintel and then disappearing.Because the mirror is embedded in the tiger's mouth, it looks like the tiger stuck out its tongue.Before Mai Mai had time to think about it, Zheng Yunshu had already walked up to him and smiled: "Hit what? Hit someone? Besides you and me, how can there be a third person in the store? Come, come, put on the chain."

Instinctively, Mai Mai felt that something was wrong. Instead of asking Zheng Yunshu to put on a bracelet, he reached into his trouser pocket and took out his mobile phone to check the time, but when he took it out, he found that there were three missed calls on it.It's strange, he didn't turn it to mute, why didn't he hear the slightest movement?

"Excuse me, I have a phone."

Zheng Yunshu withdrew his hand and smiled slightly: "You answer the phone first."

Xiaomai knew that number, and it was a call from a distant cousin in his hometown.Mai Mai called back: "Brother Yuanzi?"

"Brother Chun!" came a voice with a strong accent, "It's me. Why don't you answer my phone? I'm at the bus station, can you come and pick me up?"

Mai Mai was stunned again: "Brother Yuanzi? You came to Binhai? What's the matter?"

He muttered something, vaguely, and then raised his voice: "You, come and pick me up first. I'm at the bus station, called Sifang Bus Station. The phone bill is quite expensive, and I have an out-of-town number." Here." Then he hung up.

Mai was stunned for a while holding the phone.The situation in his family is a bit special.Since his grandfather's generation, he has been a door-to-door son-in-law. Later, when his father was born, he also came out of his hometown to his mother's house to be a door-to-door son-in-law.Grandpa passed away when he was in his thirties, and grandma followed her son to live with her daughter-in-law.Later, his father died, leaving the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law at odds, so the grandmother returned to her hometown and lived alone in the old house.No matter how difficult Mama Mama was alive, she still sent some money to the uncles in her hometown every year, entrusting them to take care of the elderly. After she passed away, Maimai continued this rule, but he was still in school and sent it back to his hometown The money is pitifully small.Because of this, the cousins ​​in my hometown kept talking about it, and now that they came here in the middle of the night, there must be something wrong.

"Sorry, I have to pick someone up, let's talk next time." Mai Mai was a little sorry, it was too embarrassing.

Zheng Yunshu didn't mean to blame, but just raised the bracelet in his hand: "Then this..."

Mai Mai reached out and took it: "Then thank you."

Zheng Yunshu smiled again showing two rows of neat teeth: "You are welcome, come and sit when you have time."