While having breakfast, everyone was discussing with great interest where to go today.

Xiao Lang's cell phone rang suddenly, and he picked it up casually.

"mom."

"Well, I slept in the hotel last night, and everyone has a companion."

"What? Didn't you say you won't be back in a few days? Oh, that's it. Okay, let's walk around today."

After hanging up the phone, Xiao Lang said with a little apology: "Why don't you take a stroll around the old streets around Shunping City during the day? Friends from college, have a good meal at home."

Xiao Lang was the host, and everyone naturally expressed their gratitude to his parents for their enthusiasm.

So today's itinerary is also decided, not going to the distant ancient villages for the time being, but walking on the old streets of Shunping City.

In the afternoon, Xiao Lang handed over the rest of the itinerary to Tian Luo.

He said: "I'll go home and help out first, so that my parents won't be overwhelmed with cooking a large table of dishes, and I can tell them about the dishes you avoid."

Anyway, there was Tian Luo, a local, and everyone was already familiar with each other, so they decided to divide the troops into two groups, Xiao Lang went home, and the rest continued to play in Shunping City.

Just when Xiao Lang turned around and was about to leave, Du Yan suddenly stopped him.

Du Yan rubbed his temples, looking very tired: "I didn't sleep well last night, so I'll go out with you in the afternoon, and I can take a rest at your house."

Xiao Lang was taken aback, and said, "Are you going to stay at my house with me in the afternoon?"

Du Yan smiled: "If you find it inconvenient, I can go back to the hotel to sleep."

Xiao Lang shook his head quickly, and said hastily: "It's nothing, if you want to come, I'm too happy for it."

So for the afternoon's itinerary, everyone was divided into two groups.Tian Luo took Xiao Lang's roommates and continued to visit the old streets in Shunping City, while Du Yan followed Xiao Lang back to his home.

Xiao Lang's home is in an old-fashioned community.His parents are both employees of a state-owned enterprise, and all the people living in this community are colleagues, and the relationship between neighbors is very harmonious, so his parents didn't bother to move to other places and lived here all the time.

This kind of honest community is a small residential building with about five or six floors, and there is no elevator.The stairs are a bit narrow, and only two people can pass side by side at the same time, and the daily necessities of the residents are piled up at the corner.

The corridor was a little dark, and the light bulbs seemed to have broken a lot.While leading the way, Xiao Lang turned around and told Du Yan: "Be careful, there are too many things in the corridor, don't trip over."

Xiao Lang's home is on the fourth floor, and the anti-theft door installed at the entrance is quite new, which seems a bit out of place with the surrounding environment.

Xiao Lang took out the key to open the door. The decoration inside was quite different from the dimly lit corridor outside, and it was quite modern.

Xiao Lang turned around and said to Du Yan: "It looks okay inside, but my parents just think that they are all acquaintances who live here, and they are more friendly."

Du Yan nodded, lowered his head and put on the slippers that Xiao Lang handed over.

Xiao Lang heard that there seemed to be movement in the kitchen, and he directly shouted: "Mom, there are guests at home."

Soon someone came out of the kitchen.

Xiao Lang's good looks may be inherited from her mother.The middle-aged woman in front of her, even though she was already old, could tell that she must have been a very famous beauty when she was young.

Xiao Lang introduced: "Mom, this is my friend Du Yan."

Du Yan smiled and said hello: "Hello, Auntie."

Xiao Lang's mother smiled and nodded, she seemed to have a very gentle temper.

Xiao Lang asked again: "Where's my dad?"

Xiao's mother said: "He went out to buy vegetables, you greet Xiao Du, and I will prepare some fruits."

After finishing speaking, Mother Xiao turned around and walked into the kitchen.Xiao Lang led Du Yan to sit on the sofa and poured him some tea.

Soon there was the sound of kitchen knives falling on the cutting board in the kitchen, very regularly.

Xiao Lang sat on the sofa, answering the questions from the kitchen without saying a word.

Xiao's mother's question is probably how is this semester at school?A few friends came to Junping this time, whether they were having a good time or not.

Du Yan had a smile on his face, listening to the conversation between the mother and the son, but his eyes kept falling in the direction of the kitchen.

Perhaps it was because Xiao Lang hadn't been home for a long time, and he was too excited to see his family. He didn't realize that the time to cut the fruits was too long.The regular sound of tuk-tuk-duk sounded for a long time, even if it was cut into ten watermelons, this time was far exceeded.

Du Yan glanced at Xiao Lang, and finally said, "Xiao Lang, it's just the two of us right now, there's no need to prepare too many things, let auntie come and sit down."

Only then did Xiao Lang come to his senses, and found that his mother seemed to be staying in the kitchen for too long.He raised his voice and said, "Mom, don't be so busy, now it's just me and Du Yan, cutting so many fruits won't be fresh anymore."

There was no echo in the kitchen, only the regular sound of knives being cut on the cutting board.

Xiao Lang thought his mother didn't hear it, so he repeated it again, but there was still no response from the kitchen.

With a puzzled expression on Xiao Lang's face, he stood up and walked towards the kitchen.Du Yan didn't make a sound, only

It was quietly following behind him.

In the kitchen, Xiao's mother was facing away from the door, concentrating on cutting things on the chopping board, and there seemed to be nothing unusual.

Xiao Lang took a step forward, afraid of scaring his mother and cutting his fingers.So he yelled softly again: "Mom, why don't you say anything..."

"What, what is this!"

From Xiao Lang's angle, he could just see what was on the cutting board.What came into view was not any fruit at all, but a pile of unidentified objects that were so rotten that they could not see the shape clearly.

The regular voice finally stopped, and Mother Xiao said softly, "Aren't you looking for your dad? He's on the chopping block."

After finishing speaking, Mother Xiao slowly turned around.

Her hair was well maintained, and her black hair was pulled neatly into a bun at the back of her head.She turned around slowly, and the two people at the door first saw her profile, and then her entire face.

Shocked, Xiao Lang took a few steps back again and again, because the face of the person who turned around was completely blank.

No eyes, no nose, no mouth, nothing.

She watched the two people at the door of the kitchen speak, but the sound came from nowhere, it seemed to be the stomach or somewhere else.

The voice was full of kindness, and it sounded very strange: "Baby, look at the things on the chopping board, do you like them? If you don't like them, can mom buy them for you again?"

After asking, she raised the kitchen knife in her hand and walked over step by step.

"!"

Xiao Lang jumped up from the sofa, his forehead was covered with cold sweat, he clutched his chest, and kicked a few times, still feeling a little terrified.

"what happened to you?"

Xiao Lang looked up and found that Du Yan was sitting opposite him, looking at him with some doubts.

"I, my mother..." Xiao Lang stammered a few words, then got up and rushed to the kitchen.

The kitchen was empty, no one and no rotten meat on the cutting board.

Du Yan followed behind him and asked, "What are you looking for?"

Xiao Lang returned: "Where's my mother? Has she gone out?"

Du Yan said strangely: "When we came back, there was no one in your house. You said your parents went out to buy groceries. Then we sat on the sofa and watched TV. You fell asleep after watching it for a long time."

It turned out to be a dream, Xiao Lang pinched the center of his brows, and thought of the strange dream just now, could it be that he was too tired these two days, so he had such a weird dream.

The two sat on the sofa for a long time, but Xiao Lang's parents did not come back.

Xiao Lang looked at the time and felt that something was wrong, so he called someone, but it showed that the conversation was not in the service area.

Xiao Lang became a little anxious, he got up and opened the door, walked to the neighbor's door, and rang the doorbell.

It was an old man with a kind face who opened the door, and he smiled when he saw Xiao Lang: "Hey, Xiao Xiao, I haven't seen you for a long time."

Xiao Lang said: "Grandpa Zhou, long time no see. I want to ask, when did my parents go out today?"

Grandpa Zhou asked very strangely: "Didn't your parents sign up for a tour group and went out two days ago? I heard from them that they won't be back until at least a week later."

Xiao Lang felt even more confused and confused. He thanked him and went back to his home.

"How is this going?"

Du Yan comforted him and said, "Elderly people's hearing is not very good, maybe he didn't hear when your parents came back."

Xiao Lang nodded hesitantly, just at this moment, his cell phone rang.

He saw that it was his mother calling.

Xiao Lang quickly picked it up and asked, "Mom, where did you go and why don't you go home?"

Xiao Lang's familiar voice came from the phone: "Didn't you have a friend here? Your dad and I went to the countryside to buy some free-range chickens. There was no signal in that place just now. As soon as I get to a place with a signal, I will call you." You called back.

The expression on Xiao Lang's face relaxed a little: "I just went to Grandpa Zhou's house next door to ask. Speaking of which, Grandpa Zhou's ears are getting weaker and worse. He actually said that you didn't come back at all."

"Xiao Lang, what are you talking about? The old man next door Zhou passed away last month, and now the house is empty and no one lives in it!"

Hearing this sentence, Xiao Lang shook his hands, and wanted to ask something, but the phone seemed to be cut off because of poor signal.

Xiao Lang looked at Du Yan in front of him, with a stiff expression on his face: "You, you just saw someone next door, right?"

Du Yan only felt that Xiao Lang was strange: "What are you talking about?"

"That's right, just now my mother said that Grandpa Zhou passed away last month..."

Du Yan in front of him smiled, and said softly, "Xiao Lang, what are you talking about, what is next door, what is your house?"

Xiao Lang only felt that the voice in his ear was becoming more and more blurred, and Du Yan in front of him also became hazy.

"Xiao Lang, Xiao Lang. We're here."

Xiao Lang opened his eyes suddenly, and Du Yan's face came into view. The distance between the two was extremely close, and he stepped back abruptly.

With a bang, Xiao Lang only felt a sharp pain in the top of his head.

"..." Du Yan looked helplessly at Xiao Lang who hit the car window, "Why are you so surprised?"

Only then did Xiao Lang realize that he and Du Yan were still sitting in the taxi.

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