The dark subway tunnel is like the lair of some kind of monster, and the roar of the approaching train can be heard from the depths. Perhaps because of the old wiring, the sound was like the roar of a wild animal.
The glass safety door with a red banner is like a mirror divided into upper and lower parts by red lines.
The upper half of the mirror reflected the long-haired girl's face and her torso wearing a lavender velvet jacket and a white sweater; the lower half reflected an indigo pleated silk skirt, ribbon-laced white leather shoes, and a long-handled black umbrella in her hand. .
The girl's face has a fair complexion, her eyes are long and slanted, her cheekbones are high, her chin is thin and has a sharp angle, and her profile seems more beautiful than her front face. But his expression was pale and melancholy, as if he lacked some kind of uplifting spirit. Even though she kept her normal expression, she looked like she was worried about something.
With a rumbling roar, the subway finally entered the station. Like a mythical snake, the steel carriages passed behind the safety door one by one. The girl's face is intertwined and blurred in the light and dark background.
Then, the "mirror" separated to both sides and slid away.
——Before the glass mirror was completely retracted to both sides, the corners of her mouth slowly curved, giving herself a happy and coquettish smile.
Zhou Yu walked into the carriage. It was already ten o'clock in the evening, and the subway was heading to a remote section, so there were only a few passengers on the car. Looking around the entire carriage, the only passengers I saw were the girl who boarded the train with me, a young man dozing off with headphones on, and a middle-aged man in a suit and tie who looked tired. If you have to work overtime for this long, your life must be very difficult.
After taking a seat in the single seat in the corner, Zhou Yu turned on her mobile phone. There are dozens of reminders for chat messages. News is still flashing at the top. It is that people in the classmate group are discussing a certain popular movie.
None of them like to watch popular movies. So these are all spam.
Similar situations have happened many times before. Important news will be notified one by one by the class monitor, but for some reason, she has never set "Do Not Disturb" for this group of students.
Zhou Yu frowned in disgust, did not click on the messages, turned off the phone and put it in his bag.
No need for this tonight.
On the contrary, he found a small book of about 64 pages in the bag, titled "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland".
Why is there such a book in the bag?
Zhou Yu opened it with interest, and soon understood - the reason for its selection was not the text content, but maybe the illustrations. This is obviously a paperback book with a featureless cover, but what is rare is that it has black and white illustrations with fine lines. It is inevitable that this old-fashioned style will be favored by her.
When a total of twelve illustrations have been appreciated, the train arrives at the terminal station at the right time. At this time, apart from Zhou Yu, there was only a young man wearing headphones and the girl who boarded the train together.
Zhou Yu picked up the umbrella and followed the girl's back out of the train.
It's raining in the city, or rather it's drizzle that doesn't seem to let up every day. The terminal is close to the suburbs. After walking out of the platform, there were no pedestrians on the street. The dark lampposts were lined up in the distance, like a group of extremely slender figures. On both sides of the queue are low and simple bungalows, making it doubtful whether there are still living people living there.
Even the advantages of being along the subway line cannot make this place prosperous, and it is obvious how sinister the feng shui here is. It wouldn't be surprising if such a room was filled with corpses.
...No, it is hard to say that people trapped under this kind of roof have actually been forgotten by society and are like the dead in a social sense. These houses are the tombs of the living dead.
How strange that a subway was specially built for this cemetery.
The first time he came, he found it unbelievable. The second time he was still surprised, and now the third time he was not impressed at all.
Well...hopefully there won't be a fourth time.
Zhou Yu stared at such a street. Immediately, he held up his umbrella and smiled slightly.
However, if it does happen, it doesn't matter.
Between the tombs with eaves, there is a muddy and winding alley. The paths between the walls may be wide or narrow, straight or winding, and combined with today's rainy atmosphere, they look like caves or the intestines of some kind of creature. That's right, isn't this winding alleyway a "rabbit hole"? It is tonight that Alice in the blue dress will follow the rabbit, find the wonderland at the bottom of the cave, and then never return. This is the fairy tale that will be written.
Now, it's show time.
Zhou Yu held an umbrella and walked forward. He raised the corners of his mouth quietly and expectantly. As his breathing gradually became softer and tinier, and his own drumming noise gradually disappeared, another sound gradually became clearer.
Those were the hesitant footsteps following behind, and the sound of water splashing as they stepped through the puddles. Then, as if annoyed by his clumsiness, he let out a hissing breath.
Is it a man? Or a woman? It's still unclear yet.
Zhou Yu continued to walk in the winding alley, while using his left hand to reach the glasses case hidden at the bottom of the backpack. After opening it, a dark knife handle was revealed inside. Pushing the reed, there was a click, and a blade about fifteen centimeters long popped out from the side of the handle.
Zhou Yu gently held the handle of the knife with his palm, put away the umbrella, turned to one side, and slid naturally into the blind spot formed by the gap in the wall.
Half a minute later, a short shadow walked quietly from the entrance of the alley. Probably surprised by the disappearance of the person he was following, the person approached without warning and walked past Zhou Yu.
But at the end of the dead end, there was only a high, dark wall. She stood at the end of the alley, looking left and right in confusion.
"Are you looking for me?"
After walking out of the hiding place and making sure that he had completely blocked the exit and her, Zhou Yucai smiled and spoke.
He approached her with a smile as he adjusted the switchblade hidden behind his back.
This girl was a head and a half shorter than her, looked to be only twelve or thirteen years old, and was completely non-threatening in appearance. Coupled with the silly childish expression on his face, it would not be surprising even for a junior high school student.
However, the danger cannot be judged by appearance. Zhou Yu thought. This is evidence in itself.
"Ah, it's you..."
When the two sides were already within five or six steps of each other, the girl seemed to have just realized the situation and tugged at the hem of her blue dress blankly.
"That day……"
She let go of her hand holding the corner of her clothes, with an expression that looked like surprise on her face, but was immediately and rudely interrupted.
"You've been following me lately, right? What do you want to do?"
