father snake

Even though the doors and windows are closed, but for some reason, a trace of cold air comes out from all directions, as if it drives the air flow, touches the person's cheek, and makes the person feel nothing but cold sweat.

Shi Xiaochuan stumbled and ran out from Zhou Ming's house, ignoring the heart-piercing screams of the old woman behind him, as if there was a ghost chasing him behind him.

It was not until he ran far away that the soul-like voice could no longer be heard, and Shi Xiaochuan slid down against the wall limply. He felt itchy all over his body, so he reached into the thick cotton coat and scratched vigorously. After grabbing one side, switch to the other, he put his hand in front of his eyes, his hands were covered with white flakes, he stared blankly at his hands.

Although that home never made him feel warm, it was still a place he could go back to.

Now, even this place to go back is gone.

Shi Xiaochuan didn't know what he was thinking, there seemed to be countless thoughts in his mind, but he didn't seem to think about anything.

He just felt empty in his heart, unable to tell whether it was good or bad.

I don't know how long it took, but Shi Xiaochuan finally came back to his senses. After being outside for so long, he realized that he had lost all feeling in his hands and feet, and he was walking back and forth on the same spot.

It gets dark very early in winter. Although it is only after five o'clock, the sky is already gloomy.

The big and small birds that had gone out fluttered back to their nests, and the lights on the houses on both sides were lit up one after another.

The lights are on and off, but there is no corner that belongs to me.

Shi Xiaochuan rubbed his hands, took a breath, shook his head, and planned to go back to school as planned.

The current bus stopped very early, and he still had time to catch the last bus at six o'clock.

If you want to get to the station, you have to pass the gate of Zhou Ming’s house. Shi Xiaochuan looked around in fear. The room was dark and the lights were not on. The old lady ran out from the darkness nearby and blocked him tightly.

She was delirious, and had long believed that Shi Xiaochuan was her cheap grandson, but Shi Xiaochuan didn't intend to get involved in this matter, even if he saw the portrait that was very similar to herself.

Seeing no one, he was about to raise his feet and run over when he saw two black figures suddenly appearing in the dark surrounding darkness, walking towards the door of the old woman's house. Their goal was very clear, one After entering the door, one stood guard not far from the door.

Shi Xiaochuan was a little dumbfounded, he turned his head and left without thinking. When he passed by a public phone booth, he thought for a while, called 110, briefly explained the situation, and then hung up.

After feeling that he had done everything that should be done, he hurried to the station.

Time is running out.

When he ran to the station out of breath, he found that the last train had already left.

Shi Xiaochuan looked at his watch, there were still 5 minutes until [-] o'clock, this kind of winter, maybe in order to get off work early, so he was not strictly punctual, moreover, this is not a large passenger terminal, Originally, there was no need to strictly adhere to the departure timetable.

Shi Xiaochuan ran over sweating, and now his mouth was bitter.

He only had such a little money in his hand, and it felt light in his hands. No matter if it was expensive or cheap, he didn't want to go. He turned his head and thought about it, recalling the things mentioned in the chats he had heard, He decided to spend the night in the waiting room of the railway station. It was only a few hours, and it would pass after a while. He would take the earliest train back at dawn.

He bought a pack of biscuits in a roadside store, stood under the street lamp, and waited for the bus that would arrive at an unknown time under the dim light.

Small towns are no better than big cities, and there is no bustling bustling scene, but the wide roads are still full of vehicles, large and small, and occasionally a few people on motorcycles and bicycles pass by him.A few minutes later, a middle-aged woman walked up to Shi Xiaochuan, holding a vegetable basket in her hand. Her tired face was a little numb, as if her energy had been sucked away by a bad life, and she lacked that kind of freshness. live strength.

At this moment, a small black car stopped under the waiting stop sign, the window was rolled down, and a smiling face appeared, "Shi Xiaochuan!" Someone shouted.

Shi Xiaochuan was startled when his mind was wandering. The person who called him was Shi Chen. He got out of the car and ran over excitedly, "I didn't dare to admit it for a long time, but it's really you."

Shi Xiaochuan stared anxiously at this legendary person who had disappeared for a long time, and appeared in front of him without any mistakes, as if what happened before had already become a passing cloud.

"I'm going back to Lingshan Town, let's talk while walking." Shi Chen opened the door and let him get in the car.

There have been too many strange things recently, which made Shi Xiaochuan somewhat suspicious of Shi Chen who appeared suddenly, but his hesitation could not match Shi Chen's enthusiasm, and he finally forced him into the car.

The driver in front was a man wearing a long black trench coat. Shi Xiaochuan took a closer look and felt that this man looked familiar.

It wasn't the flickering light that hit Shi Chen's face, flickering on and off, half of his face was sunk in the shadow, and the other half of his face was slightly pale.

Shi Xiaochuan remembered what Shi Anqing said that night. He begged that weird old Taoist priest to save Shi Chen, even at the expense of members of the clan. Didn't the snake find the wrong one?Both the baby and him are alive and well, so why can Shi Chen appear here now?Could it be that something happened in the dark that he didn't know about?

Shi Xiaochuan stared at Shi Chen for a while, his handsome sunny face remained the same, no matter how he looked at it, he looked like a normal person.

Perhaps, Shi Anqing really thought of another way to save his son.

It takes an hour to take the inter-county bus, but it only took more than half an hour to reach the destination by car. Shi Xiaochuan and Shi Chen agreed to stop at the school. He thought Shi Chen would go back to school, but Shi Chen heard him say so Said, shook his head, said that he had other things to do, and he would not go to school until later, he said with a smile, it was hard for him to take such a long vacation, so hurry up and have fun for a few days, what are you going to school in such a hurry .

Shi Xiaochuan didn't know what to say, he was not like himself, he had no other place to go except school.

The car stopped slowly, and he still didn't ask the questions he wanted to ask, or in other words, when he wanted to ask, he was always fooled by Shi Chen's gossip, Shi Xiaochuan was a very smart person, he came and went, Then he understood that Shi Chen didn't want to talk about this matter.

He didn't care either. For him, the process was not the most important thing. Standing in front of him safely was already the best result.

Shi Xiaochuan opened the car door and got out of the car. Suddenly, he seemed to sense something was wrong. He raised his head and looked at the man in the windbreaker. There was something like a belt dangling by the car window, and the man in the windbreaker held it with his hands. Putting the "tape" into his mouth, maybe he felt Shi Xiaochuan's gaze, he raised his head and looked straight at Shi Xiaochuan.

Shi Xiaochuan saw that the "belt" was not a dead thing, its end was moving slightly, trying to roll up, but hanging down feebly.

It was a snake, and the man was swallowing it alive.

Shi Xiaochuan felt nauseous for a while, and felt cold all over.

He felt that it was not the snake that swallowed, but himself.