Tang Shu's young heart suddenly made a hurried sound of "rumbling"... and it began to beat uneasily, as heavy and powerful as a yellow crane——
"Whose shadow is this late at night? Is it really my imagination?" He asked himself in a low voice, barely audible.
"No - no, absolutely not, definitely not an illusion, but a real existence - this is what I personally felt, although it only swayed in front of my eyes... but my feeling has always been unmistakable... "
After Tang Shu had this idea, he seemed to hear a series of cold and strong laughter from the sky reaching his fragile eardrums - he couldn't get rid of it.
This laughter seemed like the wail of a lonely ghost—sharp and sinister, sharp as a knife, and unpredictable, laughing like a devil eagerly climbing out of hell—
He felt that this was the sound of the devil grinding his teeth to warm up before eating people - it was chilling, creepy, frightening, and dizzy...
This made him raise his hanging heart to his throat, and his whole body was as tense as a bow string being fully drawn - he shook his body desperately and convulsively, trying to calm himself down...
It was all in vain, his teeth were still fighting against each other, and his whole body was still trembling.
"What a strange thing is this? Whose shadow is it? Did you really meet a ghost tonight?"
He whispered again in a softer voice, repeating it nervously over and over again.
At this time, in an instant, a breeze suddenly blew from a corner of the community, making the leaves rustle, adding to the terrifying atmosphere at night...
He saw another streak of light streaking across the dark sky - this light flowed down slowly like a streamline - but it turned out to be a meteor falling into the sky.
"That black figure disappeared from my field of vision before I could see it clearly, but I felt that it looked a bit like the back of a beautiful woman. Could it be Song Jie?"
Tang Shu felt that the figure looked familiar to Song Jie, but he was not sure. He wanted to send Song Jie a text message to confirm...
He took out his cell phone, but did not open it, but just touched it - he thought he couldn't be so rash and abrupt... What if it wasn't her, wouldn't it be a joke?
Everything around him became quiet - as quiet as a pool of stagnant water. It seemed that all the creatures that could metabolize had fallen asleep, and everything seemed so peaceful... not even the small insects in the woods. Squeak again——
However, at this time, I could only hear someone's window or door suddenly banging and squeaking several times, as if it was opened and then closed.
He rubbed his eyes, braced himself, and stretched - then he stood as straight as the body of a willow tree for a while.
Then, he returned to his room, which was illuminated by pale and bright light, and lay on the bed that had become as cold as if he were in an ice cellar.
He felt a strange feeling of restlessness, pins and needles, and disorientation, as if he had gone out not for a walk but to have a tryst with a lover like a thief, which made his heart beat faster——
However, he was always a lonely little man without a woman to accompany him. His unprecedented loneliness was wrapped up in layers by the dark night...
What's more - on this night, he was passing by another man's happy date with his lover.
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A few days later, Tang Shu and Zheng Wei met by chance in a park surrounded by willow trees and the gentle breeze of the river.
"Hello, Tang Shu!" Zheng Wei greeted.
"Zheng Wei! I didn't expect to see you here." Tang Shu also responded.
"This is normal. Do you live nearby?"
"Yeah, what about you?"
"I live in the community not far away." Zheng Wei pointed her finger and said, "Oh, I remembered, you and Song Jie live in the same community, right?"
"Yes!" Tang Shu replied.
In this way, the topic of the conversation between the two men naturally came to Song Jie.
"Haha, Tang Shu, you are a male best friend, you should know what your beautiful female best friend is up to? Why haven't I seen her shadow for several days?" Zheng Wei asked cryptically .
In this moment, Zheng Wei's radiant and handsome face became so ferocious and mysterious that Tang Shu became disgusted...
——Zheng Wei still looked at Tang Shu with a mocking and sarcastic expression, as if he was looking down on others, so much so that Tang Shu almost didn't want to bother to answer and communicate with him.
"Tang Shu, are you angry?"
Zheng Wei asked calmly when he saw Tang Shu frowning and looking unhappy.
"You don't need to be so angry! You know that it's not me who calls you my best friend, but Song Jie who calls you that."
After a pause, Zheng Wei said again with ulterior motives——
"However... please allow me to remind you that your best friend is not very good. Her behavior is a bit mysterious..."
"How do you see it?"
"Logically speaking, as her male best friend, you should know her well. In fact, you only know a little bit about her... In other words, you don't understand what kind of woman she is at all..."
"Do you think you know her better than I do?"
"I can't say I know her completely, but at least I know her better than you - you should know everything she does. You should even take good care of her and never let her mess around..."
Zheng Wei stepped forward and put his mouth next to Tang Shu's ear, lowered his voice and added -
"We can't let her act recklessly...no matter it's broad day or night -"
"Zheng Wei, what do you mean by that?" Tang Shu saw Zheng Wei's mysterious, sneaky, and mysterious look. He turned away from Zheng Wei's mouth and asked angrily.
"What do you mean? I seem to have made it clear enough. You are so smart, can't you understand it?"
Zheng Wei's face showed a strange expression of pretending to be a ghost, a miraculous, and a thief. Then he said emphatically——
"What I want to say is, no matter day or night, especially in the dead of night..."
"At night...ah?"
"Yes, if you think about it... it's bright during the day, and there are eyes and surveillance everywhere. However, it's different at night. It's surrounded by darkness at night, and some dirty things are basically done under the cover of night. ...such as stealing chickens and dogs, men stealing women and prostitutes..."
"Are you talking too mysteriously?" Tang Shu asked.
"It's not mysterious at all. If you don't believe it, I suggest you go out in the middle of the night and carefully observe the door or window of the room where your best friend lives... I guess there must be a dark shadow in the garden of the community where you live... You can catch it!"
Zheng Wei made the point in an understatement.
"Ah..." Tang Shu was obviously shocked.
"Don't be surprised. Even more surprising things are yet to come. Don't believe it... I think you should thank me for telling you this!"
